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1914-15 STAR (2) (3-8938 Pte. T. Bowman, North'd. Fus.; 8-9999 Pte. J. Wood, North'd. Fus.), good very fine

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1914-15 STAR (2) (3-8938 Pte. T. Bowman, North'd. Fus.; 8-9999 Pte. J. Wood, North'd. Fus.), good very fine

VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (6) (28865 Pte. W. Reddish, North'd. Fus.; 8215 Pte. C. Rudd, North'd. Fus.; 18512 Pte. W.H. Stannard, North'n. R.; 21478 Pte. J.F. Theakston, North'd. Fus.; 3-5008 Pte. S. Trainor, North'd. Fus.; 13270 Pte. A. Tuck, North'd. Fus.), very fine and better (8)
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Lot Essay

Private Thomas Bowman, who was from Morpeth, Northumberland, was killed in action on Frezuburg Ridge on 8.5.1915, while serving with the 2nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.

Private James Wood was killed in action in the assault on Zollern and Stuff Redoubts on the Somme on 26.9.1916, while serving with the 8th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.

Private William Reddish, who was from Nottingham, was killed in action in the Ypres Salient on 26.8.1917, while serving with the 23rd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.

Private Charles Rudd, who was from Newcastle, was killed in action, France and Flanders, on 9.1.1915, while serving with the 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.

Private Walter Henry Stannard, who was from Speyhall, Norfolk and formerly of the Northamptonshire Regiment, died of wounds on the Somme on 26.7.1916, while serving with the 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.

Private James Fergus Theakston, who was from Newcastle and formerly of the West Yorkshire Regiment, died of wounds, France and Flanders, on 2.4.1917, while serving with the 13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.

Private Stephen Trainor, who was from Newcastle, was killed in action on the Somme on 9.11.1916, while serving with the 9th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.

Private A. Tuck was killed in action on the Somme on 5.8.1916, while serving with the 5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.