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Dealer: Great Scott Antiques
Location: Hampshire, United Kingdom
Tel: 07824445058
Email: chris@greatscottantiques.com

1914 Star And Victoru Medal Pair. Underage Casualty

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Code: 11455

Website: https://www.militariazone.com/casuality/1914-star-and-victoru-medal-pair-underage-casualty/itm35957

An interesting 1914 and Victory Medal Pair.

1914 Star correctly impressed "10020 PTE C. NEWELL 1/R BERKS:R."

Victory Medal correctly impressed "10020 PTE C. NEWELL R. BERKS. R."

Christopher Newell was killed in action on the 10th of April 1915. 

He was born in 1898 and lived in Bovington Green, Great Marlow. The "Buckinghamshire Remebers" website records that he enlisted in 1913, and would have been underage when he went to France.