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Auction: 25111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 498

(x) Three: Private H. Pierce, Royal Sussex Regiment & Sussex Yeomanry, who was Killed in Action on 31 August 1916

British War & Victory Medals (3038 Pte. H. Pierce. Suss. Yeo.); Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Henry Pierce), extremely fine (3)

Henry Pierce was born at Brighton, Sussex, in 1887, he enlisted into the Sussex Yeomanry at Brighton and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Pierce, of 10, Hartington Rd., Brighton. Pierce was killed in action on 31 August 1916 during a German Attack whilst serving as part of the 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

Sold together with the following archive:

(i)
Memorial Scroll, this mounted on card and having previously framed.

(ii)
Buckingham Palace slip, mounted on card.

(iii)
Photograph of him in civilian clothing.

(iv)
A cloth badge for a Lewis Gunner.

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

Sold for
£170

Starting price
£140