£550
A FIRST WORLD WAR TRIO AND PLAQUE TO A FIRST DAY OF THE SOMME CASUALTY FROM THE ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT. A Great War trio comprising 1914-15 Star, War Medal and Victory Medal named to 16628 W. May R. Berks R. Mounted with scroll to William May Royal Berkshire Regiment and plaque to William May. William May was the son of Henry and Mary Ann May and husband of Mary Ann May (possibly an error in recording?) of 22 Spring Grove Reading. Serving with the 2nd Battalion of Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), he arrived in France on the 16th June 1915 and was killed in action on the 1st July 1916 at the age of 31. He is commemorated on the Thiepval memorial. Mounted in a glazed frame with the scroll to the center, maximum dimensions 56 x 34cm. *CR Not examined out of the frame. 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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