A Collection of Medals to the Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Pair: Private F. A. Chute, Coldstream Guards and Guards Machine Gun Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 27 September 1918
British War and Victory Medals (16460 Pte. F. A. Chute. C. Gds.) nearly extremely fine

Pair: Private G. W. Chute, Royal Marine Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (Po.19790 Pte. G. W. Chute. R.M.L.I.) nearly extremely fine (4) £260-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Guards Machine Gun Regiment.

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Francis Aquila Chute was born in Kennington, London, and attested there for the Coldstream Guards. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front, before transferring to the 4th Company, Machine Gun Guards, and then to the 4th Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment, and died of wounds on 27 September 1918. He is buried in Grevillers British Cemetery, France.