13th Jun, 2017 10:00
Fine Art
Sold for £110
Lot details
WWI Prisoner of War and WWII National Service Interest, to include: a pair of First World War General Service medals awarded to 6561 Private R. S. Hunter, Durham Light Infantry, with ribbons and tags, signing up papers including letters of reference, Christmas card to Dick's wife Kate 1917, a letter to Kate informing her that he was posted ''Missing'' on 27th May 1918, with repatriation from Buckingham Palace, discharge from Ripon and train ticket to Sunderland, and some discharge papers, together with a photograph of Dick at a later age and an application for enrollment into the Sunderland & County Durham National Defence Company, also marriage certificate from the 3rd July 1905. NB: The Durham Light Infantry were known to have been part of the third Battle of The Aisne on 27th May 1918. A war diary of Captain Henry Wilkinson also of The Durham Light Infantry is online at the Durham Records Office, he also was captured on the first day of the battle.
WWI Prisoner of War and WWII National Service Interest, to include: a pair of First World War General Service medals awarded to 6561 Private R. S. Hunter, Durham Light Infantry, with ribbons and tags, signing up papers including letters of reference, Christmas card to Dick's wife Kate 1917, a letter to Kate informing her that he was posted ''Missing'' on 27th May 1918, with repatriation from Buckingham Palace, discharge from Ripon and train ticket to Sunderland, and some discharge papers, together with a photograph of Dick at a later age and an application for enrollment into the Sunderland & County Durham National Defence Company, also marriage certificate from the 3rd July 1905. NB: The Durham Light Infantry were known to have been part of the third Battle of The Aisne on 27th May 1918. A war diary of Captain Henry Wilkinson also of The Durham Light Infantry is online at the Durham Records Office, he also was captured on the first day of the battle.
Auction: Fine Art, 13th Jun, 2017
