Miscellaneous 755 Memorial Plaque (3) (David Coull; Ralph Walker; Hazara Singh) generally very fine (3) £50-£70
David Coull was born in Dundee and attested for the Royal Scots. He served during the Great War as a Private with the 13th (Service) Battalion on the Western Front, and died of wounds on 14 September 1918. He is buried in Pernes British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
There are several men of the name ‘Ralph Walker’ that died during the Great War. Hazara Singh (with his name in this format)does not appear on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour.
756
Memorial Plaque (2) both named (Robert Cyril Walker Macpherson) the first named over two lines, the second over three, small collector’s number to reverse of both, nearly extremely fine (2)
£80-£120
Robert Cyril Walker Macpherson was born at Barrow-in-Furness and attested for the Royal Fusiliers at Preston. He served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 24 April 1917. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
Note: Both the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour and Soldiers Died gives his third Christian name as Walter.
757
Memorial Plaque (John S. Orrett) small collector’s number and scratch marks to reverse, very fine
£50-£70
John Stanley Orrett was born in Prescot and attested for the King’s (Liverpool) Regiment at Liverpool. He served as a Sergeant with the 18th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 18 October 1916. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
758
Memorial Plaque (Robert Emmett Langford) in original card envelope very fine
£50-£70
Robert Emmett Langford attested for the Somerset Light Infantry, and served with the 7th Battalion During the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 30 November 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial.
759
Memorial Plaque (2) (Herbert Arthur Mottram; Donald Osborne Mitchell) both with Buckingham Palace enclosures, both in card envelopes of issue, nearly extremely fine (2)
£80-£120
Herbert Arthur Mottram was born in West Melton, Yorkshire, and attested for the York and Lancaster Regiment at Barnsley. He transferred to the West Yorkshire Regiment, and served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916. He died on 11 January 1917, and is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.
Donald Osborne Mitchell was born in Plymouth and attested for the Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) at Dublin. He served as a Lance- Corporal with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 May 1915, and was killed in action on 27 June 1915. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France.
760
Memorial Plaque (Kenneth Ruegg) small collector’s number to reverse, good very fine
£80-£120
Kenneth Stanes Ruegg was born in Wethereden, Suffolk, in 1890, the son of the Rev. Ferdinand Ruegg, and attested for the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment at Bury St. Edmunds. He served as a Corporal with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 September 1914; was commissioned Second Lieutenant ‘in the Field’ on 16 September 1914, and was killed in action on 20 September 1914. He has no known grave and is commemorated on La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, France.
Sold with copied research.
761
Memorial Plaque (3) (Henry Allen Reed; William Milne; David Morton) all in card envelopes of issue, generally good very fine (3)
£80-£120
Henry Allen Reed was born in Chelsea, and attested for the Labour Corps at Fulham. He served with the 13th Company during the Great War on the Western Front, and died of wounds on 9 January 1918. He is buried in Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station Cemetery, Belgium.
There are several men with the names William Milne and David Morton on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour.
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