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India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (8529 Pte B. Whitby 1st W. Y. Regt.) edge bruising, nearly very fine £100-£140
Bertie Whitby was born in Paddington, London. He initially served with the 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, before serving with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War in the French theatre of war from 5 November 1914. Private Whitby was killed in action on the Western Front, 29 May 1918, and is commemorated on the Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France.
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