Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private A. Mackieson, Royal Army Medical Corps, killed in action, France/Flanders, 27 May 1918

1914-15 Star (185 Pte., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (185 Pte., R.A.M.C.); Memorial Plaque (Andrew Mackieson) extremely fine (4) £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Awards to the Medical Services from the Collection of the late Tony Sabell.

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Andrew Mackieson was born in Woodside, Lanark and enlisted at Glasgow. He entered the Egypt theatre of war on 25 June 1915. Serving with the 2nd (Lowland) Field Ambulance R.A.M.C., he was killed in action, France/Flanders on 27 May 1918, aged 22 years. He was buried in the Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont St. Eloi, Pas de Calais, France. He was the son of Andrew and Jean Mackieson of Glasgow.

With damaged card lid to the box for the British War and Victory Medals and registered envelope for the memorial plaque addressed to ‘Mr A. Mackieson, 124 Sandy Lane, Chorlton-C-Hardy, Manchester’.