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Three: Corporal F. G. Perry, Royal Irish Regiment, later Military Mounted Police 1914-15 Star (11455 L Cpl. F. G. Perry. R. Ir. Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (11455 Cpl. F. G. Perry. R. Ir. Regt.) good very fine
Pair: Private O. Elderton, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 29 September 1918
British War and Victory Medals (40689 Pte. O. Elderton. R. Innis. Fus.) good very fine
Pair: Private C. W. Creed, 18th (London Irish Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (5623 Pte. C. W. Creed 18-Lond. R.) minor edge bruising, very fine (7)
£140-£180
F. G. Perry attested for the Royal Irish Regiment and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War in the Balkan theatre of War from 8 July 1915. He transferred to the Military Mounted Police in Alexandria on 8 February 1918, and was discharged on 13 February 1919.
Oscar Elderton was born in Earls Baron, Northamptonshire, in 1893 and attested for the Northamptonshire Regiment. Transferring to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, he served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 29 September 1918. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Charles William Creed attested for the London Regiment, and served with the 18th Battalion (London Irish Rifles) during the Great War on the Western Front, before transferring to the Labour Corps.
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Three: Private W. Burgess, East Surrey Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 15 June 1915 1914-15 Star (653 Pte W. Burgess. E. Surr: R.); British War and Victory Medals (653 Pte. W. E. Burgess. E. Surr. R.); together with a related sports medal, engraved ‘W. E. Burgess, A.F.S. (Capt.)’ very fine
Pair: Private F. J. Burgess, Northumberland Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (57438 Pte. F. J. Burgess. North'd. Fus.) very fine (6)
£70-£90
William Burgess, who was born in Franklin, Surrey, was killed in action on the Western Front on 15 June 1916, while serving with the 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. He is buried at Woods Cemetery, France.
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Three: Lieutenant J. R. Jackson, Royal Air Force, late West Riding Regiment, who was killed in action over France on 17 June 1918, when he was shot down when returning from a ‘successful bombing expedition’
1914-15 Star (2609 Pte. J. Jackman. W. Rid. R.) in original crushed box of issue with transmittal slip; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. R. Jackman. R.A.F.) nearly extremely fine (3)
£160-£200
John Robinson Jackman, who was from Hughenden, Long Preston, was educated at Sedburgh School and, before the war, was in the wool industry with his father. He enlisted in the 1/6th West Riding Regiment on the outbreak of war and served in France from 14 April 1915. In September 1915, he was wounded in the eye by glass from a trench periscope which had been hit by a bullet, and in December 1915 he was commissioned Second Lieutenant. Transferring to Royal Flying Corps in November 1917, he trained as an observer with 98 Squadron, and was reported missing on 17 June 1918 after a sortie. A letter to his parents reads ‘six of us were returning after a successful bombing expedition, when we were attacked by twenty to thirty enemy machines. A fight ensued, in which two of our machines were brought down within the enemy’s lines.’
Lieutenant Jackman was flying in one of the two (Guiseley Terriers: A Small Part in the Great War by Stephen Barber, refers). He was buried at Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
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Family group:
Three: Private H. Miles, Royal Sussex Regiment, who was killed in action at Loos on 25 September 1915 1914-15 Star (LSR-2309 Pte H. Miles. R. Suss: R.); British War and Victory Medals (LSR-2309 Pte. H. Miles. R. Suss. R.) good very fine
Pair: Private C. H. L. Miles, Royal Sussex Regiment British War and Victory Medals (3401 Pte. C. H. L. Miles. R. Suss. R.) good very fine (5)
£80-£120
Harold Miles was born in Brighton, where he enlisted for service with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, and was killed in action on the Western Front at Loos on 25 September 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.
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