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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 848

(†) Family Group:

Three: Rifleman J. W. Fitter, King's Royal Rifle Corps, who was killed in action in March 1915

1914-15 Star (60653 Pte. J. W. Fitter, K. R. Rif: C.); British War and Victory Medals (6-653 Pte. J. W. Fitter. K. R. Rif. C.), good very fine

Pair: Private E. C. Fitter, Labour Corps, late The King's (Liverpool) Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (82873 Pte. E. C. Fitter. L'Pool R.), nearly extremely fine (5)

John William Fitter was born at Hackney, London in 1892, the son of Charlotte and Thomas Fitter. He served in France from 24 November 1914 with the 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps, and was posted missing, presumed dead while serving with 'A' Company on 10 March 1915. He is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial.

Edward Charles Fitter was born on 22 November 1889 at Hackney, London. He married Alice Bridge at Hackney in the final quarter of 1915, before joining the 25th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool) Regiment. After he had transferred to the Labour Corps, his wife died in childbirth in September 1917. He died in 1977 at South Ockendon, Essex, while his daughter Alice died at Watford in 2002.


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