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Three: Sergeant D. Beaton, M.M., Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
1914-15 Star (3320 Pte., A. & S. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals(3320 Sjt., A. & S.H.)
Three: Carpenter D. Beaton, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary
1914-15 Star (Carpr., M.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Carpr., M.F.A.); together with related Victory Medal (3056 Pte. J. Beaton, A. & S.H.) very fine (7) £80-100
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals Formed by The Late Major David Evans, T.D..
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Donald Beaton lived at Dunoon, Argyllshire and enlisted at Stobs Camp, Roxburghshire. He was killed in action in France and Flanders on 19 September 1918, whilst serving with the 1/8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He is buried at Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery Extension, France, and was awarded the M.M. London Gazette 22 January 1917.
John Beaton was born and enlisted at Dunoon, Argyllshire. He was killed in action in France and Flanders on 12 December 1916, whilst serving with the 1/8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. His name is comemmorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
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