Auction Catalogue

4 & 5 December 2008

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 339

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5 December 2008

Hammer Price:
£130

1914-15 Star (G-1139 Pte. F. A. Boniface, R. Suss. R.); British War Medal 1914-19 (3) (Rev. G. I. Boniface; 6323 Pte. A. W. Boniface, Middx. R.; S-307229 Pte. G. C. Boniface, A.S.C.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (46124 Pte. W. P. Boniface, R. Fus.); Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Frank Josiah Boniface) generally very fine (6) £80-100

Frederick Arthur Boniface, who was born at Pound Common, Sussex, was killed in action in the battle of Loos on 25 September 1915, while serving in the 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment.

George Ignateus Boniface served as a Chaplain 4th Class in the 53rd Division in Gallipoli from October 1915 and was accordingly entitled to the 1914-15 Star, in addition to the B.W.M. & Victory Medals.

William P. Boniface also served in the Labour Corps.

Frank Josiah Boniface, who was born in Guildford in December 1875, died at the Devonport establishment
Vivid on 8 October 1918, while serving as an Engineman in the Royal Naval Reserve, and is buried in Hollybrook Cemetery, Soton, Hampshire.