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Auction 90  23 Nov 2017
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Lot 122

Estimate: 300 GBP
Price realized: 320 GBP
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An Interesting Great War 'Posthumous M.i.D.' Casualty Trio & Plaque awarded to Acting-Sergeant Ernest Bush, 1st Battalion Scottish Rifles (Cameronians), killed in action on 20 July 1916, comprising: 1914 Star (10117 Cpl E. Bush. 1/Sco: Rif.); British War and Victory Medals (10177 A. Sjt. E. Bush. Sco. Rif.); Memorial Plaque (Ernest Bush) in original card envelope; Group swing mounted, toned, good very fine or better (4). M.i.D.: London Gazette: 4 January 1917 (Haig's Despatch) – 'distinguished and gallant services, and devotion to duty'. Acting Sergeant Ernest Bush was killed in action on 20 July 1916, and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. He appears to have been mentioned in despatches after his death, in the despatch of 4 January 1917. Worthy of further research.
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