Special Collections

Sold on 25 September 2008

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The Collection of Medals to the Cheshire and Manchester Regiments, Rifle Brigade and Royal Green Jackets formed by the late David Boniface

David Boniface

Lot

№ 589

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25 September 2008

Hammer Price:
£130

Three: Private E. Dumphy, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action with the 2nd Battalion at Fromelles in May 1915

1914-15 Star
(Z-768 Pte., Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (Z-768 Pte., Rif. Brig.), good very fine or better (3) £120-150

Edward Dumphy, who was born in Salford, Manchester, was killed in action at Fromelles on 9 May 1915, while serving in the 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium; the awards of Private Ernest Stevenson, another native of Salford, whose regimental number was Z-769, are also included in the collection (see Lot 600).