Auction Catalogue

15 March 2023

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Lot

№ 419

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15 March 2023

Hammer Price:
£130

Pair: Private P. J. Allen, Royal Berkshire Regiment, late Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 5 December 1917

British War and Victory Medals (27567 Pte. P. J. Allen. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Percy John Allen) glue residue to reverse of plaque, otherwise very fine and better (3) £100-£140

Percy John Allen was born in Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire in 1881 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front before transferring to the 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, and was killed in action on 5 December 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, France.