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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 461

Pair: Private C. Strangleman, 1/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, who was killed in action in Palestine in April 1917

British War and Victory Medals (3462 Pte. C. Strangleman, Norf. R.), good very fine (2)

Cecil Strangleman was born at East Dereham, Norfolk and enlisted in the 1/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment in November 1914. Embarked for Egypt in January 1916, he was killed in action in the Second Battle of Gaza, having been reported missing on 19 April 1917. Originally buried on 'Norfolk Ridge', his remains were reinterred at Gaza War Cemetery in February 1919. He was the son of John and Amelia Strangleman of East Rudham, King's Lynn.

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