Auction Catalogue

4 & 5 December 2008

Starting at 11:00 AM

.

Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1142

.

5 December 2008

Hammer Price:
£55

Pair: Private J. C. Bunting, Lancashire Fusiliers, who died while in captivity in October 1918

British War and Victory Medals
(202957 Pte., Lan. Fus.), good very fine (2) £60-80

James Charles Bunting, a member of the 1/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, died of pneumonia while a P.O.W. at Antwerp on 30 October 1918. Aged 28 years, he left a widow, Fanny Elizabeth, a resident of West Gorton, Manchester. He is buried in the Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerp.