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Auction 90  23 Nov 2017
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Estimate: 60 GBP
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A Great War Gallipoli Casualty Pair awarded to Sergeant Joseph Young, 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, who died of wounds received in Gallipoli on 31 August 1915, comprising: 1914-15 Star (5219 Sjt J. Young. K. O. Sco: Bord:); Victory Medal (5219 Sjt. J. Young. K. O. Sco. Bord.); Pair loose, toned, extremely fine (2). Sergeant Joseph Young, was born in Carlisle, and was later husband of Isabella Sanders Young, of 21 High Street, Dumfries, Scotland. He died of wounds received in Gallipoli, while at sea (presumably aboard a hospital ship), and is remembered with honour at the Green Hill Cemetery, Gallipoli. He is entitled to an additional British War Medal.
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