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Auction: 20003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 392

Three: Private J. E. Essery, Gloucestershire Regiment, who was killed in action on 23 July 1916

1914-15 Star (17527 Pte. J. E. Essery. Glouc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (17527 Pte. J. E. Essery. Glouc. R.), good very fine (3)

John E. Essery was born in 1886 and served in France with the 10th Battalion from 9 May 1915. He was killed in action on 23 July 1916, when the unit attacked from north of Bazentin Wood between their 1st and 8th Battalions. He left a widow who lived at 66 Kingsholm Road, Gloucester and is buried in the Serre Road Cemetery No. 2.

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£120

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