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12 & 12 October 2022

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Lot

№ 216

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12 October 2022

Hammer Price:
£150

Pair: Second Lieutenant E. M. Eldridge, British West Indies Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. E M. Eldridge) mounted as worn, very fine (2) £70-£90

Ernest Monro Eldridge was born on Antigua in the British West Indies in 1897, the son of Alfred Ernest Gateward Eldridge and Florence Eldridge. He was a bank clerk by profession and worked in several banks in the West Indies, his home address from his medal index card being c/o Colonial Bank, St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda. He died in Hampshire in 1962.