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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 343

Three: Guardsman M. Farrell, Welsh Guards

British War and Victory Medals 1914-19 (786 Pte. M. Farrell. W. Gds.); France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, with star on riband, very fine (3)

Michael Farrell was born in Cardiff in February 1891. He enlisted in the Welsh Guards on 13 March 1915, also served with the Lancashire Fusiliers and was discharged 'no longer physically fit' on 14 December 1918 (issued Silver War Badge). Farrell died on 7 May 1921 and was buried at Cardiff (Cathays) Cemetery, leaving five children; sold with copied records and MIC.

Entitlement for the Croix de Guerre remains outstanding.

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Sold for
£120