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Auction: 22001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 357

Pair: Ward Maid M. E. M. Bogg, Voluntary Aid Detachment

British War and Victory Medals (M. E. M. Bogg. V.A.D.), mounted as worn, lacquered, slight edge bruise, some contact marks, very fine (2)

Minnie Esther Maria Bogg was born at Bontuchel, Denbigh in 1893, the daughter of Thomas and Jane Bogg. Later moving to Wales by the outbreak of the war she was living at Ropewear Road, West Street, Fishguard, Pembroke. Joining the Norfolk Reserve, Voluntary Aid Detachment she joined the war in France on 6 April 1918 with No. 73 General Military Hospital. She later transferred to 52 Stationary Military Hospital on 5 February 1919 before moving on to 74 General Military Hospital on 13 February. Demobilised on 4 April 1920 she returned to Cardiff where on 12 August that same year she married Regimental Sergeant Major George O. Burn, a recipient of the Military Medal. Joining him in India she sadly died out there at Rawalpindi in 1934; sold together with copied research including V.A.D. service records, Volunteer Overseas lists and census data as well as research regarding her husband and an original photograph of the recipient, a V.A.D. identity bracelet inscribed 'M. Bogg. No 16277' and a County of Norfolk Red Cross Badge inscribed 'E. M. Bogg 16277'.

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Sold for
£140

Starting price
£50