Third Battle of Ypres casualty Victory Medal awarded to Private B. Vine, 5th Cinque Ports Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, Territorial Force. Vine from Hailsham, Sussex saw service with the 1st/5th Battalion out on the Western Front from July 1915, and was killed in action during the Third Battle of Ypres on 12th October 1917.
Victory Medal; (1323 PTE. B. VINE. R.SUSS.R.)
Condition: Good Very Fine.
Bert Vine came from Hailsham, Sussex, and saw service during the Great War as a Private (No.202989) with the 5th Cinque Ports Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, Territorial Force. Present out on the Western Front from 10th July 1915 with the 1st/5th Battalion, he was killed in action during the Third Battle of Ypres on 12th October 1917, being buried in Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery.