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Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 132

Three: Private A.H.T. Dunn, Royal Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (GS-81116 Pte. A.H.T. Dunn. R.Fus.); Special Constabulary Long Service, G.V.R. (Alec Dunn.), nearly extremely fine Pair: Private C.A. Freeborn, Royal Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (GS-17383 Pte. C.A. Freeborn. R.Fus.), good very fine Pair: Private A.E. Greenwood, Royal Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (GS-72436 Pte. A.E. Greenwood. R.Fus.), good very fine Pair: Private D. Judson, Royal Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (GS-130845 Pte. D. Judson. R.Fus.), good very fine Pair: Private H.J. Kensett, Royal Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (SPTS-5388 Pte. H.J. Kensett. R.Fus.), good very fine Pair: Private A.F. Parris, Royal Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (GS-12655 Pte. A.F. Parris. R.Fus.), toned, nearly extremely fine Pair: Private E.A. Steadman, Royal Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (STK-836 Pte. E.A. Steadman. R.Fus.), extremely fine, with named card box of issue (15) Estimate £ 180-220 GS-81116 Alexander Henry Thomas Dunn, enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers, 15.4.1917; discharged as a result of wounds, 6.8.1919. GS-17383 Private Charles Alfred Freeborn, born Kelvedon, Essex, September 1892; served with the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front from 7.12.1915; transferred to the 3rd Battalion and killed in action during the Battalion´s advance on the Richmond Copse Redoubt, Le Catelet, 4.10.1918, on which date the Battalion suffered 150 casualties, including 9 Officers killed (the greatest number in any one action of the Royal Fusiliers during the Great War), and is buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, France. GS-72436 Private Albert Edward Greenwood served with the 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front from 18.1.1918. SPTS-5388 Private Henry James Kensett, born Chiperey, Sussex; served with the 13th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front; killed in action during the attack on Orange Hill, 11.4.1917, and is buried in Orange Trench Cemetery, France. GS-12655 Private Archibald Frank Parris, born Merton, Surrey; served with the 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front from 20.7.1915; transferred to the 4th Battalion, 19.4.1916; killed in action whilst attached to the 1st Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment, 15.7.1916, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. STK-836 Private Edward Alfred Steadman, born Walthamstow, Essex; served with the 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front from 31.7.1915; killed in action at Contalmaison, 12.7.1916, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

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