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A Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties, Part 2
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Three: Lance-Corporal H. Algar, 13th (Princess Louie’s Kensington) Battalion, London Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 7 September 1916 1914-15 Star (2656. Pte. H. Algar. 13-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2656 Pte. H. Algar. 13-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (Herbert Algar) in card envelope; together with two prize medals, the first silver and inscribed ‘Prize Medal, Swimming 1912’; the second bronze and inscribed ‘Prize Medal, Crystal Palace Fête 1913’, extremely fine (6) £140-£180 --- Herbert Algar was born in Kensington, London, and attested there for the 13th (Princess Louise’s Kensington) Battalion, London Regiment. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 February 1915, and was killed in action on 7 September 1916. A letter written to the recipient’s father from Captain Geoffrey Leigh, “B” company, 13th London Regiment, states: ‘Your son was killed instantaneously by a shell whilst in the Reserve Trenches. He did not suffer at all. He was one of the most promising N.C.O.s in the Company and he is a great loss to us all.’ Algar is buried in Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, France. Sold with Record Office enclosures for the three medals; official notification of his death, and hand-written letter from his Captain; a hand-written essay by the recipient, entitled ‘Time’; and other ephemera and copied research.
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Three: Lance-Corporal H. Algar, 13th (Princess Louie’s Kensington) Battalion, London Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 7 September 1916 1914-15 Star (2656. Pte. H. Algar. 13-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2656 Pte. H. Algar. 13-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (Herbert Algar) in card envelope; together with two prize medals, the first silver and inscribed ‘Prize Medal, Swimming 1912’; the second bronze and inscribed ‘Prize Medal, Crystal Palace Fête 1913’, extremely fine (6) £140-£180 --- Herbert Algar was born in Kensington, London, and attested there for the 13th (Princess Louise’s Kensington) Battalion, London Regiment. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 February 1915, and was killed in action on 7 September 1916. A letter written to the recipient’s father from Captain Geoffrey Leigh, “B” company, 13th London Regiment, states: ‘Your son was killed instantaneously by a shell whilst in the Reserve Trenches. He did not suffer at all. He was one of the most promising N.C.O.s in the Company and he is a great loss to us all.’ Algar is buried in Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, France. Sold with Record Office enclosures for the three medals; official notification of his death, and hand-written letter from his Captain; a hand-written essay by the recipient, entitled ‘Time’; and other ephemera and copied research.
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