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Auction: 23112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 495

Three: Private J. Bennett, Monmouthshire Regiment, later Royal Defence Corps, who rejoined for service in the Great War having been discharged in ignominy in 1910

1914-1915 Star (3853 Pte. J. Bennett. Monmouth. R.) British War and Victory Medals (3853 Pte. J. Bennett. Monmouth. R.), good very fine (3)

John Bennett saw service with the Monmouthshire Regiment as a Private (No. 3853, later No. 226584) on the Western Front from 11 December 1915 and also at one time service as a Private (No. 89075) with the Royal Defence Corps.

A steelmaker by trade, he had served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers between 25 February 1906 and 1910 when he was discharged with ignominy.

He left France on 26 September 1917 and would be discharged due to sickness on 26 March 1919; sold together with copied research.

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Sold for
£60

Starting price
£40