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Auction: 18003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 389

Three: Corporal H. J. Coe, Labour Corps, late Essex Regiment

1914-15 Star (19296 Pte. H. J. Coe, Essex. R.); British War and Victory Medals (19296 Cpl. H. J. Coe, Essex R.), nearly very fine (3)


Harry J. Coe served in France from 2 December 1915 with the Essex Regiment. The Regiment provided 30 infantry battalions to the British Army, many of which fought in the Battle of the Somme. The Labour Corps was formed in January 1917 and grew to approximately 389,900 men by the Armistice, more than 10% of the total size of the Army; manned by officers and other ranks medically rated below the "A1" condition, many were wounded men who had returned to the front and continued to serve, often within range of the enemy guns for lengthy periods; sold with copied MIC.

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£65