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№ 257

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19 April 2023

Hammer Price:
£220

Pair: Ward Maid R. M. du Boulay, Voluntary Aid Detachment

British War and Victory Medals (R. M. Du Boulay. V.A.D.) nearly extremely fine (2) £60-£80

Rhoda Mary du Boulay was born in 1886 at Bembridge, Isle of Wight, daughter of Ernest de Vismes du Boulay, late Captain, Royal Artillery. She served in France, from 7 November 1918 to 1 June 1919, as a ‘pantry maid’ at the Hostel for Relations, Rouen. The medal roll shows that she was at the Indian Hospital in Alexandria from March to October 1915 but notes “Not then a V.A.D.”. She was afterwards at the Hazlewood Red Cross Hospital, Ryde, I.O.W., until 19 June 1916.

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