Auction Catalogue

24 May 2023

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Lot

№ 199

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24 May 2023

Hammer Price:
£110

Three: Private J. E. Spencer, Bedfordshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 26 March 1918

1914-15 Star (15181 Pte. J. E. Spencer. Bedf: R.); British War and Victory Medals (15181 Pte. J E. Spencer. Bedf. R.) extremely fine (3) £80-£100

James Ernest Spencer was born and lived in Ware, Hertfordshire and attested for the Bedfordshire Regiment at Hertford. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 August 1915, and was killed in action on 26 March 1918, aged 27 years. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France.