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Auction: 13001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 340

British War Medal (7) (23257 Cpl. H. Dane. R.W. Fus.; 63665 Pte. C.T. Cranmer. R.W. Fus.; 67031 Pte. J. Duckworth. R.W. Fus.; 68477 Pte. E.O. Jones. R.W. Fus.; 13523 Pte. G.D. King. R.W. Fus.; 18274 Pte. E.H. Meredith. R.W. Fus.; 19098 Pte. H. Roberts. R.W. Fus.), suspension loose and edge bruising to last, otherwise good very fine or better

Victory Medal (5) (3014 Sjt. A. Hanlon. R.W. Fus.; 66261 Pte. P.H. Brisbourne. R.W. Fus.; 3048 Pte. T. Griffiths. R.W. Fus.; 86840 Pte. W.R. Owen. R.W. Fus.; 73668 Pte. G. Unsworth. R.W. Fus.), good very fine (12)

23257 Corporal Harry Dane, born Crewe; served with the 14th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers during the Great War; killed in action on the Western Front, 26.8.1918, on the first day of the Battle of the Scarpe, on which day the Battalion was involved in the advance on Longueval, and is buried in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, France.

63665 Lance Corporal Charles Thomas Cranmer, born Black Torington, Devon; served with the Machine Gun Corps and the 1st Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers during the Great War; killed in action in Italy, 31.10.1918, and is buried in Tezze British Cemetery, Italy.

67031 Private James Edward Duckworth, served with the 17th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers during the Great War; died of wounds on the Western front, 8.10.1918, and is buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, France.

68477 Private Evan Oliver Jones, born Waenfawr, Carnarvon; served with the 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers during the Great War; killed in action on the Western Front, 9.1.1918, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

13523 Lance Corporal George Daniel King, born Oxford; served with the 9th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front from 19.7.1915; died of wounds on the Western Front, 27.9.1915, and is buried in Chocques Military Cemetery, France.

18274 Private Edward Henry Meredith, born Raglan, Monmouthshire; served with the 8th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 1.10.1915; died of wounds in Mesopotamia, 9.4.1916, and is buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

19098 Private Henry Roberts, served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 10.7.1915; discharged, 17.1.1919.

73668 Private George Unsworth, born Liverpool; served with the 9th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers during the Great War; killed in action on the Western Front, 30.9.1918 and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.

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