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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 797

Pair: Rifleman W. Tew, Royal Irish Rifles, who was killed in action on the Somme on 1 July 1916

British War and Victory Medals (3-982 Pte. W. Tew, R. Ir. Rif.), together with the recipient's Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (William Tew), extremely fine (3)

William Tew was born in Shoreditch, Middlesex and was living in Islington at the time of his enlistment in the Royal Irish Rifles. He first saw action in France with the 15th Battalion (North Belfast) and was killed in action on the 'First Day of the Somme'.

He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.


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Sold for
£450