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Auction: 22101 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 303

Three: Lance-Corporal J. Whitmore, 11th (Lonsdale) Battalion, Border Regiment, who was killed in action on 18 November 1916

1914-15 Star (15531 Pte J. Whitmore. Bord: R.); Victory Medal 1914-1919 (15531 Pte. J. Whitmore. Bord. R.); Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (John Whitmore), Star polished, nearly very fine (3)

John Whitmore was born at Hasfield, Gloucestershire and enlisted in Carlisle with the 11th Battalion, Border Regiment. Entering the war in France on 23 November 1915, he was killed when the Battalion attacked the Munich and Frankfurt Trenches in the vicinity of Redan Ridge on 18 November 1916. Whitmore is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial.

Further entitled to the British War Medal.

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Sold for
£220

Starting price
£80