Auction Catalogue

7 December 2005

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1133

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7 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£140

Pair: Private J. Bruce, 27th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers

British War and Victory Medals (43161 Pte., North’d. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (John Bruce) extremely fine (3) £100-120

John Bruce was born in Glasgow and enlisted at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Serving with the 27th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, he was killed in action on 9 April 1917, aged 22 years. He was buried in the Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle, Pas de Calais, France.