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№ 478

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7 November 2024

Hammer Price:
£55

British War Medal 1914-20 (S. W. P. Street.) good very fine £40-£50

Samuel William P. Street served as a temporary Lieutenant with the West African Expeditionary Force as a Transport Officer in the Cameroon theatre of War from 4 August 1915, and died of fever on 9 November 1915. He is buried in Douala Cemetery, Cameroon.

Sold with copied medal index card and medal roll extracts, both of which confirm that the medal was issued without rank.