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17 & 18 July 2019

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Lot

№ 255

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17 July 2019

Hammer Price:
£70

The Great War pair awarded to Corporal John Garnett, 2/7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, who was killed in action at Passchendaele on 10 October 1917

British War and Victory Medals (280987 A. Cpl. J. Garnett. Lan. Fus.) extremely fine (2) £40-£50

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Robin Scott-Smith Collection of Medals to Casualties.

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John Garnett was born and enlisted at Salford, Lancashire, and was killed in action at Passchendaele on 10 October 1917. He is commemorated by name on the Tyne Cot Memorial.