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Auction: 25001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 73

Five: Lieutenant-Colonel A. A. W. Spencer, West Yorkshire Regiment

1914 Star (Capt: A. A. W. Spencer. W. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. A. A. W. Spencer.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (Bt. Lt. Col. A. A. W. Spencer.); France, Republic, Legion of Honour, breast Badge, mounted as worn, the ribands rather tired and VM detached, very fine (5)

Legion of Honour London Gazette 15 December 1919.

Almeric Arthur William Spencer was born at Bombay on 21 November 1874 and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant into the West Yorkshire Regiment on 12 December 1894, being advanced Lieutenant on 27 November 1894 and Captain on 12 December 1901. During the Great War served with the 2nd Battalion in France from 1 November 1914 and for his troubles, was thrice 'mentioned' and took the Legion of Honour from our French allies. Latterly serving with his unit in Kurdistan, he died suddenly at Fowey, St Austell, Cornwall on 21 October 1934.

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Estimate
£400 to £600

Starting price
£300