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Auction: 8016 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 177

Three: Sergeant W. Staples, Essex Regiment 1914-15 Star (1620 L.Cpl. W. Staples. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (1620 Sjt. W. Staples. Essex R.) extremely fine, mounted court style Three: Private E. Drew, Essex Regiment 1914-15 Star (17036 Pte E. Drew. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (17036 Pte E. Drew. Essex R.), extremely fine (6) Estimate £ 180-220 1620 Sergeant Walter Staples, born in the Tidal Basin, Essex; entered the Gallipoli Theatre of War 10.8.1915; served during the Great War with the 6th Battalion, Essex Regiment; died of wounds, Palestine 26.3.1917, and is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial. Appears on the printed transcript ´´Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19´´ as 275187 Sergeant W. Staples 17036 Private Ernest Drew, born Stambourne, Essex; died of wounds on the Western Front 20.10.1917, and is buried in Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, France.

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