Auction Catalogue

13 March 2024

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Lot

№ 197

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13 March 2024

Hammer Price:
£280

Pair: Private H. Walker, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, who was killed in action at Longueval on 14 July 1916

British War and Victory Medals (22161 Pte. H. Walker. K.O. Sco. Bord.); Memorial Plaque (Harry Walker); Memorial Scroll, ‘Pte. Harry Walker, K.O. Scottish Borderers’, nearly extremely fine (4) £100-£140

Harry Walker was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, and attested there for the King’s Own Scottish Borderers. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front and was killed in action during the fighting at Longueval on 14 July 1916. He is buried in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban, France.

Sold with Buckingham Palace enclosure and a postcard photograph of the recipient.