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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 864

Three: Private E. Henry, Gloucestershire Regiment, who was killed in action during the advance on the Hindenburg Line in September 1918

1914-15 Star (15646 Pte. E. Henry, Glouc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (15646 Pte. E. Henry. Glouc. R.), good very fine (3)



Ernest Henry was born at Dell Cottage, Wooburn Common, Buckinghamshire in 1896. He served as a Private with the 12th (Bristol Pals') Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, arriving in France on 9 August 1915. On 29 September 1918 he took part in the advance on the fortified village of Gonnelieu, part of the Hindenburg Line. The Gloucesters did well, taking 120 prisoners and seizing most of their objectives, but Henry was killed in action, along with ten other men of the 12th Battalion. He is commemorated on Panel 6 of the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, the Soho Mill Memorial, and the Wooburn Common Memorial; sold with copied research and MIC.

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Sold for
£130

Starting price
£60