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Pair: Second Lieutenant H. S. Bourne, Royal Garrison Artillery, late Honourable Artillery Company
British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. H. S. Bourne) nearly extremely fine
Pair: Captain A. M. Humble, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, late Royal Army Medical Corps
British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. M. Humble) mounted for wear, some scratches, very fine (4) £70-£90
Henry Sidney Bourne was born in Tottenham, London in July 1884 and attested into the Honourable Artillery Company during the Great War. He served on the Western Front and was commissioned into the Royal Garrison Artillery on 18 August 1918. Post-War, he returned to Tottenham and died on 11 December 1930.
Archibald Marshall Humble was born around 1892 in Dumbarton, Scotland and was commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during the Great War, serving with the 9th Battalion on the Western Front before later service attached to the 1/14th (London Scottish) Battalion, London Regiment. Post War, he moved to Canada where he further served as a Captain in the Militia with the 1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps. He died in Ontario on 24 September 1979, aged 87.
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