Auction Catalogue

4 & 5 March 2020

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 355

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4 March 2020

Hammer Price:
£260

Three: Private E. F. Cole, Lincolnshire Regiment, who was killed in action at Gallipoli on 9 August 1915
1914-15 Star (13627 Pte. E. F. Cole. Linc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (13627 Pte. E. F. Cole. Linc. R.) good very fine

Three:
Private A. Smith, Lincolnshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 2 August 1918
1914-15 Star (16840 Pte. A. Smith. Linc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (16840 Pte. A. Smith. Linc. R.) good very fine

Three:
Private D. Willerton, Lincolnshire Regiment
1914-15 Star (3392. Pte. D. Willerton. Linc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3392. Pte. D. Willerton. Linc. R.) good very fine (9) £120-£160

Edward Flatt Cole was born in Lamba Magna, Lincolnshire and served with the 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment during the Great War. He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 9 August 1915 and having no known grave is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.

Alfred Smith was born in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire and served with the 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment during the Great War. He was killed in action on the Western Front on 2 August 1918 and is buried in the Mailly Wood Cemetery, Mailly-Maillet, France.