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Sold on 18 May 2011

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The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection

Brigadier W.E. Strong, C St J

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№ 608

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18 May 2011

Hammer Price:
£130

Pair: Gunner L. Bidgood, Royal Field Artillery, who died in Aden 6 August 1916

British War and Victory Medals (540 Gnr., R.A.); Memorial Plaque (Levi Bidgood) good very fine and better (3) £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection.

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Levi Bidgood was born in Bodmin, Cornwall and enlisted at Exeter. Serving as a Gunner with “A” Battery, 228th Brigade, R.F.A., he died in Aden on 6 August 1916. He was buried in the Maala Cemetery. With copied research including modern photographs of his grave stone.