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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 274

(x) British War Medal 1914-20 (7802 Pte. D. Ellis, K.R. Rif. C.), very fine

David Ellis was the son of William and Jane Ellis of 33, Somerset Street, Northampton. He served in France with the 1st Battalion, K.R.R.C., from 20 December 1914 and died of wounds on 28 July 1916, likely gained the day before when his Battalion and the 23rd Royal Fusiliers advanced at 7.10 am on Delville Wood. Aged just 29, Ellis is buried at La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie, his headstone poignantly inscribed 'R.I.P. One of the Best'.

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