Auction Catalogue

6 December 2023

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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№ 365

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6 December 2023

Hammer Price:
£200

Three: Lance Corporal W. Rogers, Suffolk Regiment
1914-15 Star (3.9953 L. Cpl. W. Rogers. Suff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3-9953 Pte. W. Rogers. Suff. R.) generally very fine

Three: Lance Corporal C. S. Rose, 1/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, who died of wounds in Gallipoli on 13 August 1915
1914-15 Star (221 L. Cpl. C. S. Rose. Suff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (221 Pte. C. S. Rose. Suff. R.) generally very fine or better (6) £70-£90

Walter Rogers served during the Great War with the Suffolk Regiment in the French theatre of War from 30 August 1915. He was discharged on 23 November 1918 (entitled to a Silver War Badge).

Claude Shenley Rose was the son of the late James and Helen Rose, of The Broadway, Wickham Skeith, Eye, Suffolk. He served during the Great War with the 1/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment in Gallipoli from 10 August 1915. Lance Corporal Rose died of wounds just three days later on 13 August 1915, and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.