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Auction: 21003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 326

Three: Private A. Sneddon, 16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916

1914-15 Star (14830 Pte. A. Sneddon. High: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (14830 Pte. A. Sneddon. High. L.I.), traces of verdigris, otherwise good very fine (3)

Alexander Sneddon served in France with the 16th Battalion H.L.I. from 23 November 1915 and was killed in action on 1 July 1916. Having made their attack on the Leipzig Salient, their first objective being the Wonderwerk and the last being Mouquet Quarry at 0730hrs, within 10 minutes they had lost half their number with survivors clinging to shell holes for cover. By the close of play the battalion's casualties totalled 554 killed, wounded and missing. Sneddon was one of those casualties and is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial.

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Sold for
£450

Starting price
£320