BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833)<br /> Pic: DixNoonanWebb/BNPS<br /> <br /> Pictured: The medal.<br /> <br /> A school has missed out in its bid to buy the medal of the first British soldier killed in World War One after it sold for a whooping £17,000.<br /> <br /> Private John Parr, was shot dead by a German patrol near Mons in Belgium on August 21, 1914.<br /> <br /> The 17-year-old had been deployed in a two-man team as a reconnaissance cyclist to scout out German positions.<br /> <br /> The pair were spotted by the German First Army and a firefight ensued, with Pte Parr heroically sacrificing himself so his comrade could escape unscathed and report back to the British lines.
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