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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 106

Four: Private H. A. Weston, 'D' Company, 5th Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry, who died of wounds suffered in September 1916

1914-15 Star (16955 Pte. H. A. Weston, Shrops. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (16955 Pte. H. A. Weston. K.S.L.I.); Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Henry Arthur Weston), overall good very fine (4)

Provenance:
H & B Medals, January 1995.

Henry Arthur Weston was born at Richmond, London and enlisted at Kingston-upon-Thames with the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. He entered the war in France on 22 April 1915 where the Battalion was part of the 20th Division, taking part in the Battle of Loos in 1915 and deploying in 1916 for the Somme Offensive. They initially went into action around Fricourt and Delville Wood, leaving the line in August 1916. The Battalion returned to the offensive on 14 September and attacked from Delville Wood in the direction of Gueudecourt on 15 September. Weston was mortally wounded in 1915, likely in that final action, he is buried at Etaples Military Cemetery; sold together with copied research.

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Sold for
£350

Starting price
£100