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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 726

(x) Four: Rifleman D. Bruce, King's Royal Rifle Corps, who died of wounds on 15 May 1915 during the Second Battle of Ypres

1914-15 Star (R-7682 Pte. D. Bruce, K. R. Rif: C.), British War and Victory Medals (R-7682 Pte. D. Bruce, K. R. Rif. C.), together with the Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque to 'Donald Bruce', very fine (4)

Donald Bruce was born in Ealing, London, the son of Ellen Mary and Francis Robert Bruce. He served in France from 21 December 1914 and died whilst serving with the 3rd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Bruce is buried at Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery in the Pas de Calais, France, his headstone bearing the inscription 'Never Forgotten'.

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