Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private L. Bennett, Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 28 July 1916

1914-15 Star (527 Pte. L. Bennett. R. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (K-527 Pte. L. Bennett. R. Fus.) with named card boxes of issue; Memorial Plaque (Leo Bennett) nearly extremely fine (3) £160-£200

Leo Bennett was born in St. Pinnock, Cornwall, and attested for the Royal Fusiliers at Shepherd’s Bush, London, having previously served with the Gold Coast Survey Department. He served with the 22nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 November 1915, and was killed in action on 28 July 1916, on which date the Battalion was in action at Delville Wood. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

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