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Auction: 1006 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 127

A Poignant Family Pair: Victory Medals (2) (2350 C. of H. H.W. Dawes. 1-L. Gds.; 306-5315 Pte. T.R. Dawes. 3-D. Gds.) Victory Medals (8) (3719 Tpr. W.H. Burston. 1-L. Gds.; 2843 Tpr. H.S. Glasby 1-L. Gds.; 2107 Tpr. W.J. Martin. 1-L. Gds.; 4485 Tpr. E.W. Simms. 1-L. Gds.; 3844 Tpr. A.S.C. Smith. 1-L. Gds.; 4234 Tpr. C.F. Waters. 1-L. Gds.; 2741 Tpr. S. Whittaker. 1-L. Gds.; 4664 Cpl. W.O. Reade. R.H. Gds.) (10) Estimate £ 80-100 2350 Corporal of Horse Herbert William Dawes, born Pickney, Sussex; served with the 1st Life Guards during the Great War; killed in action on the Western Front, 30.10.1914, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. 5315 Private Thomas Richard Dawes, born Eastbourne, Sussex; served with the 3rd Dragoon Guards during the Great War, attached to the 2nd Life Guards; killed in action on the Western Front, 31.10.1914, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. 3844 Trooper Arthur Sidney Claude Smith, born Plaistow, Essex; served with "D" Squadron, 1st Life Guards during the Great War; killed in action on the Western Front, 29.4.1917, and is buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France. 2741Trooper Stanley Whittaker, born Horwich, Lancashire; served with 1st Life Guards during the Great War; killed in action on the Western Front, 13.5.1915, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

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