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Auction: 25111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 474

(x) Four: Rifleman W. Brown, Rifle Brigade, late Yorkshire Light Infantry who was Killed in Action on 28 May 1918

1914-15 Star Trio (18089 Pte. W. Brown. Yorks. L. I.); Memorial Plaque (William Brown), extremely fine (4)

William Brown was born at Barnsley and enlisted at Manningham, Bradford. Entering the war in France on 21 May 1915 with the Yorkshire Light Infantry, he served as 48221 with the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade. Brown was killed in action on 28 May 1918, the second day of the Third Battle of the Aisne, he is commemorated on the Soissons Memorial.

Sold together with a small archive of original documents comprising:

i)
Memorial Scroll with postage tube addressed to Mrs A. Brown, 65 Bearsley Street, Manningham, Bradford.

ii)
Slip for the Memorial Scroll from Rifle Brigade records.

iii)
Document relating to inclusion on the Soissons Memorial.

iv)
Photograph of a Second Lieutenant in Army Service Corps uniform.

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£170

Starting price
£80