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Auction: 22002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 79

Four: Private L. R. Jess, 14th Battalion, Tank Corps, later Army Service Corps (Motor Transport), who was killed in action on 27 August 1918

1914-15 Star (M2-073457 Pte. L. R. Jess. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M2-073457 Pte. L. R. Jess. A.S.C.); Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Leonard Richard Jess), the first with a little verdigris, otherwise very fine (4)

Leonard Richard Jess was born in 1896, a native of Cricklewood, London. The son of Richard, a Chauffeur, by 1911 young Jess was an apprentice in the motor trade. He served in France with the Army Service Corps (Motor Transport) from 27 May 1915. Transferred to the 14th Battalion, Tank Corps, he was killed in action on 27 August 1918, during the actions around Cherisy and is commemorated upon the Vis-en-Artois Memorial.

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