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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 559

Pair: Private A. E. Barratt, Tank Corps, late Rifle Brigade, who was mortally wounded with 4 Company, 'B' Battalion at Ypres on 21 August 1917

British War and Victory Medals (S-23784 Pte. A. E. Barratt. Rif. Brig.), extremely fine (2)

Albert Edward Barratt, a native of Walthamstow, served in France with the 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, before transferring to the Tank Corps. He was mortally wounded on 21 August 1917, when No. 12 Company, 'D' Battalion suffered heavy losses in men and tanks during a largely unsuccessful attack on a series of German strongpoints. Barrett, aged just 28, was buried in the Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery and Extension, Belgium. The inscription upon his gravestone by his family reads:

'As years roll on dear we miss you more.'

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Sold for
£480

Starting price
£110