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15 May 2024

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£550

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Pair: Private W. Wyatt, Royal Marine Light Infantry, who died at home of wounds received on the Western Front on 21 January 1917
British War and Victory Medals (Ch.907 - S - Pte. W. Wyatt. R.M.L.I.); Memorial Plaque (William Wyatt); Memorial Scroll, inscribed ‘Pte. William Wyatt, R.M. R.N. Division’, the Scroll mounted for display in a glazed frame, nearly extremely fine

Pair: Private J. M. Wyatt, Northamptonshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 18 September 1918
British War and Victory Medals (45032 Pte. J. M. Wyatt. Bedf. R.); Memorial Plaque (John Moses Wyatt); Memorial Scroll, inscribed ‘Pte. John Moses Wyatt, Northamptonshire Regt.’, the Scroll mounted for display in a glazed frame, light scratching to reverse of plaque, otherwise nearly extremely fine (6) £300-£400

William Wyatt was born in Hove, Sussex, and attested for the Royal Marine Light Infantry. He served with the 1st Royal Marines Battalion, Royal Naval Division, during the Great War on the Western Front, and died at home from wounds received in action on 21 January 1917. He is buried at Hove Cemetery.
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Joseph Moses Wyatt, the brother of the above, was born in Hove, Sussex, and attested for the Bedfordshire Regiment at Brighton. Transferring to the Northamptonshire Regiment, he served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 18 September 1918, aged 18. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial.
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