Lot 476
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus bu… Read more The Manchester Regiment
1914-15 STAR (3) (6584 Pte. H. Billsborough, Manch. R.; 1793 Pte. W. Harrison, Manch. R.; 18993 Sjt. W. Rigby, Manch. R.), good very fine (3)

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1914-15 STAR (3) (6584 Pte. H. Billsborough, Manch. R.; 1793 Pte. W. Harrison, Manch. R.; 18993 Sjt. W. Rigby, Manch. R.), good very fine (3)
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Lot Essay

Private Harry Billsborough, who was from Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, was killed in action at the Third Battle of Ypres on 31.7.1917, while serving with the 16th Battalion, Manchester Regiment.
Private William Harrison, who was from Manchester, was killed in action in Gallipoli on 4.6.1915, while serving with the 1/7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment.

Sergeant Wilfred Rigby, who was from Bury, Lancashire, was killed in action, France and Flanders, on 7.4.1916, while serving with the 21st Battalion, Manchester Regiment.