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Three: Second Lieutenant W. B. Hunter, Tank Corps, late Army Cyclist Corps, who was twice wounded during the Battle of Messines in July 1917 1914-15 Star (10507 Pte. W. B. Hunter. A. Cyc. C.); British War and Victory Medals (10507 Pte. W. B. Hunter. A. Cyc. Corps.); together with the recipient’s Tank Corps badge, nearly extremely fine Pair: Private G. Kravanger, Army Cyclist Corps British War and Victory Medals (7688 Pte. G. Kravanger. A. Cyc. Corps.) good very fine (5) £80-£100 --- William Bordass Hunter, a native of Maryport, Cumberland, attested for the Northumberland Fusiliers on 11 September 1914. Posted to the Army Cyclist Corps on 1 September 1915, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 November 1915; his service records note that he saw action on the Somme on 1 July 1916 with the 32nd Division. Transferring to “B” Battalion, Tank Corps on 24 December 1916 he saw further action at Messines on 7 June 1917 and at Ypres where he was wounded twice on 31 July 1917. He was hospitalised in the U.K. from 3 August 1917 to October 1917 after which he served at home with the Depot Battalion, Tank Corps. Posted to No. 24 Officer Cadet Battalion at Winchester on 5 April 1918, he was granted a temporary commission into the Tank Corps on 8 October 1918, after which he served in the U.K. Gerrard Kravanger was born in Southwark, London, on 1 June 1885, the son of Gerrett J. Kraaivanger, a Dutch national, and served during the Great War with the Army Cyclist Corps. He died in Surrey on 18 August 1959. Sold with copied research.
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Three: Second Lieutenant W. B. Hunter, Tank Corps, late Army Cyclist Corps, who was twice wounded during the Battle of Messines in July 1917 1914-15 Star (10507 Pte. W. B. Hunter. A. Cyc. C.); British War and Victory Medals (10507 Pte. W. B. Hunter. A. Cyc. Corps.); together with the recipient’s Tank Corps badge, nearly extremely fine Pair: Private G. Kravanger, Army Cyclist Corps British War and Victory Medals (7688 Pte. G. Kravanger. A. Cyc. Corps.) good very fine (5) £80-£100 --- William Bordass Hunter, a native of Maryport, Cumberland, attested for the Northumberland Fusiliers on 11 September 1914. Posted to the Army Cyclist Corps on 1 September 1915, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 November 1915; his service records note that he saw action on the Somme on 1 July 1916 with the 32nd Division. Transferring to “B” Battalion, Tank Corps on 24 December 1916 he saw further action at Messines on 7 June 1917 and at Ypres where he was wounded twice on 31 July 1917. He was hospitalised in the U.K. from 3 August 1917 to October 1917 after which he served at home with the Depot Battalion, Tank Corps. Posted to No. 24 Officer Cadet Battalion at Winchester on 5 April 1918, he was granted a temporary commission into the Tank Corps on 8 October 1918, after which he served in the U.K. Gerrard Kravanger was born in Southwark, London, on 1 June 1885, the son of Gerrett J. Kraaivanger, a Dutch national, and served during the Great War with the Army Cyclist Corps. He died in Surrey on 18 August 1959. Sold with copied research.
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