Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (George Squire Cottrill) with original card envelope, nearly extremely fine; £60-£80

George Squire Cottrill was born at Hope Woodlands, Derbyshire and attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps at Buxton in November 1915. He served with the 12th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and died of wounds on 2 April 1918. He is buried at Savy British Cemetery, France.