Auction Catalogue

19 April 2023

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 550

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19 April 2023

Hammer Price:
£110

Memorial Plaque (2) (William Robert Henry Blades; Reginald Freed) some glue residue to reverse, otherwise very fine £60-£80

William Robert Henry Blades served as a Gunner with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War and died in Mesopotamia between 29 April 1916 and 31 December 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.

Reginald Freed served as a Private with the Royal Engineers during the Great War and died on the Western Front on 25 October 1918. He is buried in Rocquigny Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, France.