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№ 698

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10 April 2024

Hammer Price:
£260

Family Group:

Memorial Plaque (2) (Maurice William Easterby; Albert Easterby) very fine (2) £140-£180

Maurice William Easterby served with ‘A’ Company, 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, during the Great War on the Western Front, and died on 1 October 1918. He is buried in Marcoing British Cemetery, France.

Albert Easterby served with the 16th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.