Lot 623
TWO GT WAR HOUSEHOLD BATTALION PAIRS.
British War & Victory Medal pairs named to 1. 70 A-C.of H. E .M. Ash. Household B. (Ernest M Ash) Household Battalion also served in the Coldstream Guards under number 23177 T/Sjt. 2. 1546 Tpr S Whitehead Household B. (Samuel Whitehead) also served in the APD under number 8799.
Famous for their action at Poelcapelle, where of the 498 Officers and Men who started the Battle, 361 became casualties.
