Auction Catalogue

6 July 2004

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 373

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6 July 2004

Hammer Price:
£410

Three: Corporal E. G. Lawson, 10th (Scottish) Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, who was killed in action in the charge at Hooge on 16 June 1915

1914 Star (1282 L. Cpl., 10/L’pool. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1282 Cpl., L’pool. R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £130-160

Edward Gemmell Lawson was the son of Thomas and Margaret Lawson of Birkenhead. A Committee Clerk in the Birkenhead Town Clerk’s Office, he joined the 8th Volunteer Battalion in 1906 and accompanied the original contingent of the 10th Battalion to France aboard the Maidan in November 1914. Corporal Lawson was killed in action during the battalion’s charge at Hooge on 16 June 1915. Sold with copied newspaper reports including picture of recipient in uniform.