Special Collections

Sold on 16 December 2003

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The Jack Webb 1914 Star Collection

Jack Webb

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№ 639

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16 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£150

1914 Star (Lieut. J. H. Milligan, 58/Vaughans. Rif.) good very fine £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb 1914 Star Collection.

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Lieutenant James Henry Milligan, 58th Vaughan’s Rifles (Frontier Force), was killed in action in France on 25 September 1915, aged 29 years. Millighan was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 1 January 1916). He was the husband of Edith Milligan of Moray Place, Edinburgh. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Neuve-Chapelle Memorial.