Auction Catalogue

19 April 2023

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№ 464

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19 April 2023

Hammer Price:
£190

British War Medal 1914-20 (6) (27968 Pte. F. G. Brown. R. War. R.; 16683 Pte. E. H. Parry. R. War. R.; 242692 Pte. W. Pettifer. R. War. R.; 2099 Pte. F. Sanders. R. War. R.; 40745 Pte. G. England. Yorks. L.I.; 43525 Pte. J. R. B. Houghton. Manch. R.) generally very fine and better (6) £120-£160

Frederick George Brown was born in Wimborne, Dorset. He attested into the Royal Warwickshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front. After contracting Trench Fever and a spell in hospital in England, he returned to France and later died of wounds on 15 April 1918. He is buried in Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, France.

Evan Henry Parry, a native of Birmingham, attested at Warwick into the Royal Warwickshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion. He was killed in action on 3 May 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

William Pettifer was born in Birmingham in 1873 and attested into the Royal Warwickshire Regiment for service during the Great War. He served with the 1st/6th Battalion on the Western Front, and was killed in action, aged 44, on 9 November 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Frederick Sanders was born in Birmingham and attested into the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 August 1914, and died of wounds on 30 April 1915. He is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.

George England was born in Mangotfield, Bristol. He attested into the Yorkshire Light Infantry and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 August 1916. He was killed in action whilst serving with the 1/5th Battalion on 9 July 1917 and is buried in Ramscappelle Military Cemetery, Belgium.

John Reginald Burkett Houghton was born in 1896 and attested into the Manchester Regiment for service during the Great War. He served on the Western Front and was killed in action, aged 21, whilst serving with the 21st Battalion, on 10 January 1917. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.