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Auction: 1006 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 106

Pair: Corporal J. Hoyland, Household Battalion, Late 1st Life Guards, Died of Wounds, 12.10.1917 British War and Victory Medals (781 A. Cpl. J. Hoyland. Household Bn.), good very fine Pair: Trooper E. Watson, Household Battalion, Late 1st Life Guards, Killed in Action, 3.5.1917 British War and Victory Medals (805 Tpr. E. Watson. Household Bn.), extremely fine (4) Estimate £ 130-160 781 Corporal Joseph Hoyland, born Marlpool, London; enlisted as 3951 Trooper, 1st Life Guards; served with the Household Battalion during the Great War; died of wounds on the Western Front, 12.10.1917, and is buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium. 805 Trooper Edward Watson, born London; enlisted as 4211 Trooper, 1st life Guards; served with the Household Battalion during the Great War; killed in action on the Western Front, 3.5.1917, and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

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