Auction Catalogue

21 June 2023

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Lot

№ 507

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21 June 2023

Hammer Price:
£100

Memorial Plaque (2) (David James Carter; Arthur Green) latter somewhat polished and worn, therefore nearly very fine; the first better (2) £60-£80

David James Carter was born in Wormingford, Essex, and attested for the Essex Regiment at Colchester. He served with the 11th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 August 1915, and was killed in action on the Somme on 9 August 1916, whilst attached to the 13th Battalion, on which date the battalion was involved in an attack south of the railway at Guillemont. He is buried in Combles Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

There are numerous men with the name Arthur Green listed on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour.