Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 75 26 September 2012
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MILITARY MEDALS. Family Groups. Family Group to 'Ramsbottom': Great War Pair awarded to Private John Ramsbottom, 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade, 1914-15 Star (Z-2356 Pte. J. Ramsbottom. Rif: Brig:), Victory Medal, 1914-1919 (Pte.); officially impressed, medals mounted on board for display; Great War Pair awarded to Private Samuel Ramsbottom, 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, 1914-15 Star (Z-2341 Pte. S. Ramsbottom. Rif: Brig:), Victory Medal, 1914-1919 (Pte.); officially impressed, medals mounted on board for display. All toned, good very fine. (4)
John and Samuel Ramsbottom, brothers from Darwen, Lancashire, enlisted for Great War Service in the Rifle Brigade, joining up at Blackburn. John Ramsbottom was killed whilst serving in the 2nd Battalion 9 May 1915, and is commemorated at the Ploegsteert Memorial. His brother, Samuel Ramsbottom, was killed whilst serving in the 1st Battalion 12 April 1917. He is remembered at the Sunken Road Cemetery, Fampoux.
Estimate: £80-120
John and Samuel Ramsbottom, brothers from Darwen, Lancashire, enlisted for Great War Service in the Rifle Brigade, joining up at Blackburn. John Ramsbottom was killed whilst serving in the 2nd Battalion 9 May 1915, and is commemorated at the Ploegsteert Memorial. His brother, Samuel Ramsbottom, was killed whilst serving in the 1st Battalion 12 April 1917. He is remembered at the Sunken Road Cemetery, Fampoux.
Estimate: £80-120