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Auction: 8023 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 39

A Great War 1916 ´French Theatre´ M.M. to Private J.W. Howell, Yorkshire Light Infantry, Who Died of Wounds, 20.5.1917 Military Medal G.V.R (11472 Pte. J.W. Howell. 6/York:L.I.), minor edge bruising, therefore very fine Estimate £ 240-280 M.M. London Gazette 9.12.1916 11472 Pte. J.W. Howell 6th Bn. Yorks. L.I. 11472 Private John Willie Howell, M.M., born Normanton, Yorkshire; served during the Great the War with the 6th Battalion Yorkshire Light Infantry on the Western Front from, 21.5.1915; Howell´´s Battalion were in action on the Somme during August-September 1916; they took part in operations around the Delville Wood area before transferring to the Arras Sector at the end of September; Howell died of wounds, 20.5.1917, and is buried in the Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, France.

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