Auction Catalogue

6 December 2006

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 828

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6 December 2006

Hammer Price:
£140

Three: Serjeant C. F. Price, Welsh Regiment, killed in action on 15 January 1916

1914-15 Star (14188 Sjt., Welsh R.); British War and Victory Medals (14188 Sjt., Welsh R.) extremely fine (3) £100-120

Charles Francis Price was born and lived in Plymouth and enlisted at Merthyr. Serving in the 9th Battalion Welsh Regiment, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 18 July 1915 and was killed in action on 15 January 1916. The son of John Charles Price and husband of Hannah Price; he was buried in the Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l’Avoue, Pas de Calais, France.