£260
A FIRST WORLD WAR TRIO AND PLAQUE TO THE FIELD ARTILLERY WITH EXTENSIVE ARCHIVE. A Great War Trio comprising 1914-15 Star named to L8720 Gnr E. Keighley R.F.A. War Medal and Victory Medal similarly named. Plaque to Ernest Keighley. Charles Ernest Keighley was the eldest son of James Edward Keighley JP and Alice Mary Ann Keighley of Colne, Lancashire. He served with 'A' Battery 150th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, entering France on the 28th November 1915 he died of wounds on the 12th August 1917 and is buried at Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, Leper, Belgium, he was 22 years old. With a collection of images and research including a copy photograph of the recipient in uniform, a group in uniform around guns including Keighley. A number of local newspaper cuttings, being the son of a local Councilor there was considerable coverage 'your son was severely wounded above the heart by a fragment of a high explosive shell at the gun position on the 12th ...'. *CR Normal light surface marks. A lot fee of £8 inc. VAT will be charged on top of the hammer price and BP on all lots.
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