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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 450

British War Medal 1914-20 (3055 Pte. A. W. Spillman, 18-Lond. R.), very fine

Arthur William Spillman first entered a theatre of war as a Private in the London Irish Rifles in 1916, or later The Battalion supported the final attack on Tell esh Sheria on 6 November 1917, during the closing stages of the Third Battle of Gaza. Led by Lieutenant-Colonel Norton, two trenches were captured along with two 77mm. guns, four machine-guns and 64 prisoners. During subsequent operations beyond the capture of Jerusalem, Private Spillman was killed in action in Palestine on 23 December 1917.

Aged 24, and the son of William and Louisa Philippa Spillman of 35 Alcester Street, Devonport, he is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial.


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