11th Dec, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Royal Flying Corps Memorial Plaque, to Lieutenant WILLIAM JOHN SHORTER, the reverse privately engraved "LIEUT.W.J.SHORTER 1/8 ESSEX REGT. ATTD. R.F.C. KILLED IN ACTION NEAR ARRAS 24.3.18 AGED 20", in cardboard case and postal envelope of issue, together with a 9 carat gold RFC sweetheart brooch, a pocket photograph album, three hand written letters, a postcard, a postcard photograph and printed research material.
Footnote :- Lieutenant William John (Earlie) Shorter died from wounds received in action on 24th March 1918 age 20. He was serving with the 1st-8th Essex Regiment attached to the Royal Flying Corps. He is Remembered with Honour at Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Sold for £180
Estimated at £100 - £150
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 11th Dec, 2024
The sale will include a large selection of Victorian, First and Second World War and Post-War medals and Civil awards, and a variety of cap and other badges, cloth insignia and helmet plates.
A good private collection offers Victorian and Edwardian military headgear and a number of scarlet tunics to local regiments including the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, the Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) and the Northumberland Fusiliers.
Edged weapons include a private collection of British Cavalry swords, alongside bayonets and fighting knives; and from a further private vendor is a good collection of antique firearms, pistols and revolvers.
The ethnographic section of the sale will see notable tribal weapons from Fiji and Australia.
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