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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 435

Pair: Private S. Smith, 1/7th Battalion, Essex Regiment, who was killed in action in the Third Battle of Gaza in November 1917

British War and Victory Medals (36572 Pte. S. Smith, Essex R.), with card box of issue and two Record Office forwarding letters, dated 19 January and 5 July 1921, extremely fine (2)

Simeon Smith was born at Sharlston, Yorkshire and enlisted in the Essex Regiment at Wakefield. He first entered a theatre of war in 1916, or later and was killed in action at the Third Battle of Gaza on 2 November 1917. He left a widow, Alice Smith of 22 Lower Station Road, Normanton, Castleford, Yorkshire and is buried in Gaza War Cemetery.

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Estimate
£80 to £100