Three: Private J. Duncan, The Gordon Highlanders

British War and Victory Medals (1467 Pte., Gord. Highrs.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1467 Pte., Gordons) good very fine and better (3) £140-160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to The Gordon Highlanders and Associated Units from the Collection of A.J. Henderson.

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James Duncan, who was born at Fordyce in Banffshire in about 1898, enlisted in the Gordons at Portsoy. Killed in action on the Somme on 4 August 1916, while serving with the 6th Gordons, he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.