Two 1914 Stars with Bars: Captain A.E.C.T.Dooner, 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers (Lt:&Adjt:); Captain A.S.Nesbitt, 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, both with photographs

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Two 1914 Stars with Bars: Captain A.E.C.T.Dooner, 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers (Lt:&Adjt:); Captain A.S.Nesbitt, 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, both with photographs

Six 1914 Stars: Private J.Considine, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment; Private J.Taylor, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers; Private J.P.Thomas, Royal Welsh Fusiliers; Lieutenant W.S.Hughes, Royal Sussex Regiment (2.Lieut.), with photograph; Private C.Clare, 1st Battalion, Connaught Rangers, formerly 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment (1/Conn.Rang.); Private MacClean, 14th Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish), all very fine or better (8)

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INDENTCaptain Alfred Edwin Claud Toke Dooner was killed in action at Zandvoorde, near Ypres, 30 October 1914 (Regimental History and Tonbridge School and The Great War 1914-1919 refer). He was Mentioned in Despatches, 14 January 1915.

Captain Arnold Stearns Nesbitt was killed in action at Ploegsteert, Belgium, 7 November 1914.

Private John Considine was killed in action on the Frezenburg Ridge, 8 May 1915, and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.

Private James Taylor was killed in action at Harcourt during the retreat from Mons, 26 August 1914.

Private John Price Thomas was killed in action during the defence of Givenchy-lez-La Bassée, 25 January 1915.

Second Lieutenant William Sladeb Hughes was killed in action at Vendresse, during the Battle of the Aisne, 14 September 1914.

Private Charles Clare was killed in action in Mesopotamia, 21 January 1916 and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.

Private Allan Charles MacClean was killed in action France/Flanders, 1 November 1914 and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.

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