Auction Catalogue

14 September 2022

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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№ 218

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14 September 2022

Hammer Price:
£130

Pair: Gunner A. Knee, Royal Field Artillery, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 2 September 1917
British War and Victory Medals (95179 Gnr. A. Knee. R.A.) good very fine

Pair: Gunner W. Knight, Royal Field Artillery, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 9 June 1918
British War and Victory Medals (169152 Gnr. W. Knight. R.A.) good very fine

Pair: Gunner J. F. C. Matthews, Royal Field Artillery, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 5 June 1918
British War and Victory Medals (236325 Gnr. J. F. C. Matthews. R.A.) good very fine (6) £100-£140

Albert Knee was born in Ealing, London, and attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Hounslow, London. He served with ‘A’ Battery, 122nd Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front, and died of wounds on 2 September 1917. He is buried in Bard Cottage Cemetery, Belgium.

Walter Knight was born in Normanton, Yorkshire, and attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Ilford, Essex. He served with ‘X’ 38th Trench Mortar Battery during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 9 June 1918. He is buried in Varennes Military Cemetery, France.

John Frederick Charles Matthews (also recorded at Mathews) attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Paddington, London. He served with ‘A’ Battery, 223rd Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 5 June 1918. He is buried in Harponville Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

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