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19 June 2024

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№ 608

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19 June 2024

Hammer Price:
£110

British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (84510 Pte. H. Follows. R.F.C.; 56504 Pte. F. A. Frank. R.F.C.; 94489 Pte. F. H. Haddrell. R.F.C.; 75461 2. A.M. T. Melling. R.F.C.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (57683 Pte. G. Peak. R.F.C.) scratch to end of surname on first medal, some edge digs, otherwise generally very fine (5) £120-£160

Frank Alexander Frank attested into the Royal Flying Corps for service during the Great War and was killed in action on 30 December 1917, when H.M.T. Aragon was torpedoed and sunk by UC-34 off Alexandria, Egypt, with the loss of 610 lives. He is commemorated on the Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt.