Auction Catalogue

19 April 1995

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 419

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19 April 1995

Hammer Price:
£55

1914-15 Star Trio: 13681 Pte. R. W. Barnes, C.Gds.

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to Casualties of the Great War.

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Killed in action 27.11.1917, 1st Battalion. Sold with 3 pages from the War Diary describing the battalion’s attack on Bourlon Wood. Officer casualties were 2 killed and 8 wounded; Other Ranks 310 killed and wounded.