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Auction: 23111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 778

A family collection of two brothers

Pair: Private E. R. Cadogan, 2/7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers who was killed in action on 29 April 1917

British War and Victory Medals (282387 Pte. E. R. Cadogan. Lan. Fus.); Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Egbert Ralph Caogan) mounting pins soldered to the reverse of the plaque otherwise good very fine (3)

Three: Private A. W. Cadogan, 4th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, who was killed in action on 30 April 1917

British War and Victory Medals (26402 Pte. W. A. Cadogan. S. Wales Bord.) ;Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Walter Arthur Cadogan), good very fine (3)

Egbert Ralph Cadogan was born at Cardiff in 1898, the son of Edward and Margaret Cadogan of 38 Lionel Road, Canton, Cardiff. Enlisting with the 2/7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers Cadagon joined them in France and was killed soon after on 29 April 1917. At this time the Battalion was engaged in fighting on the Flanders coast. He is buried at Ramscappelle Road Military Cemetery; sold together with copied research including a South Wales Borderers cap badge, photograph and a named scroll of honour.

Walter Arthur Cadogan was born at Barry, Glamorganshire the son of Edward and Margaret Cadogan of 38 Lionel Road, Canton, Cardiff. He enlisted at Cardiff and was posted to the 4th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, joining them in the field after the evacuation from Gallipoli. The Battalion fought in Mesopotamia, seeing action in the attempted relief of Kut before taking part in the advance on Baghdad. Cadogan was killed in the fighting after the fall of Baghdad on 30 April 1917, he is commemorated upon the Basra Memorial; sold together with a Lancashire Fusiliers Cap Badge, a photograph of the recipient and a named scroll of honour - the last somewhat distressed.

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Sold for
£350

Starting price
£130