Auction Catalogue

17 January 2024

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Lot

№ 432

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17 January 2024

Hammer Price:
£260

Pair: Private J. Crombie, Royal Highlanders, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 12 October 1917

British War and Victory Medals (350119 Pte. J. Crombie. R. Highrs.); Memorial Plaque (John Crombie) traces of adhesive to reverse of plaque, nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100

John Crombie was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, and attested there for the Royal Highlanders. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916, and was killed in action on 12 October 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Sold with named Record Office enclosure for the campaign medals.