Auction Catalogue

25 March 2015

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria to include a Fine Collection of Napoleonic Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 532

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25 March 2015

Hammer Price:
£80

The Great War memorial plaque issued in remembrance of Private A. F. Stewart, Royal Scots, who was killed in action in Gallipoli in May 1915

Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Andrew Falconer Stewart), in its card envelope with Buckingham Palace slip, good very fine
£100-120

Andrew Falconer Stewart was killed in action on 7 May 1915, on which date the 5th Battalion, Royal Scots launched a costly attack on Fir Tree Wood - enemy snipers positioned on small wooden platforms in the branches of the trees took their toll and by the time the Battalion withdrew after three hours of fighting, it had been reduced in strength to two companies.

Stewart, the son of Duncan and Janet Stewart of 52 Dalry Road, Edinburgh, has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.