Auction Catalogue

19 April 2023

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Lot

№ 559

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19 April 2023

Hammer Price:
£160

Memorial Plaque (2) (John James Mathias Handley; Tom Sunley) the first with Buckingham Palace enclosure, in card envelope, some verdigris, very fine and better (2) £60-£80

John James Mathias Handley served as a Corporal with the Army Service Corps during the Great War in Mesopotamia, and died on 2 October 1918. He is buried in Tehran War Cemetery, Iran.

Tom Sunley served as a Private with the Army Service Corps during the Great War, and later with the 8th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. He died on 20 February 1919 and is buried in Ath Communal Cemetery, Belgium.