A Territorial War Medal to Lieutenant Colonel H.L.Acland Troyte, Commanding 4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment attached General Staff, extremely fine, with photograph

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A Territorial War Medal to Lieutenant Colonel H.L.Acland Troyte, Commanding 4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment attached General Staff, extremely fine, with photograph

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INDENTLieutenant Colonel Hugh Leonard Ackland Troyte educated at Eton, proceeded to India with his Bn. in 1914 and after much strenuous service was invalided home from Mesopotamia in 1916; attached to the General Staff during service in Italy and France, he was killed in action at St Venant 17 April 1918 whilst helping to evacuate the civilian population from the village and was buried in Berguette Churchyard, France.

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