Medals & Coins, Arms & Militaria - 21 Nov 2018
Three Great War Memorial Plaques: Frank James Dowden
Three Great War Memorial Plaques: Frank James Dowden, Reginald Dennie Ellis, and Frank Bridger; the last in a glazed frame (the transmission slip for his medals pasted to the back) and with a photograph of Sergeant Bridger and an associated cap badge; the first two about very fine, the third extremely fine. [3]
25700 Pte. F.J. Dowden 1/8 Bn Hampshire Regiment (Isle of Wight Rifles), died 27/02/19 aged 41, a resident of East Cowes; Captain R.D. Ellis, Lincolnshire Regiment, died 08/06/17 at Lens aged 29; 201028 Sergt F. Bridger, Royal Sussex Regiment, died 18/09/18 at 141 Field Ambulance Hospital, of wounds received in action at St Quentin the previous day.