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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 408

Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars

Three: Private W. H. Bullman, 1/1st Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (Royal Bucks Hussars), who died of wounds in Palestine in May 1917

1914-15 Star (1750 Pte. W. H. Bullman, Bucks. Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (1750 Pte. W. H. Bullman, Bucks. Yeo.), the first with officially re-impressed naming, edge bruise to second, otherwise extremely fine (3)

William Henry Bullman, a Londoner, enlisted in the 1/1st Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry in September 1914 and entered the Egypt theatre of war on 13 September 1915.

He subsequently took part in the Palestine operations and died of wounds on 31 May 1917. Those wounds were received in a gallant action by 'C' Squadron near Munkheileh during the Second Battle of Gaza on 19 April, the 48-strong contingent suffering losses of three killed, three missing and 18 wounded; accompanying copied action report, refers.

Aged 26, William was the son of William and Ellen Bullman of 146 High Street, Shadwell, London, and is buried in Deir El Belah War Cemetery.


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