Auction Catalogue

15 October 2020

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Lot

№ 273

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15 October 2020

Hammer Price:
£220

Three: Private A. G. Merritt, Hampshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 28 March 1918

1914-15 Star (11270 Pte. A. G. Merritt. Hamps: R.); British War and Victory Medals (11270 Pte. A. G. Merritt. Hamps: R.); Memorial Plaque (Albert George Merritt) with Buckingham Palace enclosure, in card envelope of issue, good very fine (4) £80-£120

Albert George Merritt attested for the Hampshire Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 December 1915. He was killed in action on 28 March 1918; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.