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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 108

Four: Private E. R. C. Bignell, 2nd Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, who died of pneumonia on 17 October 1918

1914-15 Star (17234 Pte. E. R. Bignell. Shrops. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (17234 Pte. E. R. Bignell. K.S.L.I.); Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Ernest Richard Bignell), this last in card envelope, good very fine (4)

Provenance:
Purchased Carter, June 1986.

Ernest Richard Charles Bignell was born in 1888 at Gloucester. He enlisted at Newport and lived at Cwmtillery. Serving in 'Z' Company, he served in France from 2 June 1915 and died of pneumonia on 17 October 1918, being buried in the Lembet Road Cemetery, Salonika.

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Sold for
£190

Starting price
£60