Auction Catalogue

10 April 2024

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Lot

№ 245

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10 April 2024

Hammer Price:
£160

Three: Private W. T. Lyndon, Royal Army Medical Corps, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 8 October 1916
1914-15 Star (36689. Pte. W. J. [sic] Lyndon. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (36689 Pte. W. T. Lyndon. R.A.M.C.) good very fine

Pair: Private C. C. Betts, Essex Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 9 April 1917
British War and Victory Medals (31295 Pte. C. C. Betts. Essex. R.) nearly extremely fine

1914-15 Star (S-16334. Pte. A. Robertson. Cam’n Highrs.) good very fine (6) £100-£140

Walter Thomas Lyndon was born in Birmingham and attested there for the Royal Army Medical Corps. He served with the 47th Field Ambulance during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 July 1915, and died of wounds on 8 October 1916. He is buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

C. C. Betts attested for the Essex Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 9 April 1917, during the First Battle of the Scarpe, and is buried in Fampoux British Cemetery, France.

Alexander Robertson attested for the Cameron Highlanders and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 March 1915. He was killed in action on 23 April 1915, and is buried in Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, Belgium.