Lot Archive

Lot

№ 835

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29 March 2000

Hammer Price:
£95

Family group of three: 2nd Lieutenant George Vincent, Royal Fusiliers, and Private Gideon Vincent, Royal Sussex Regiment, both killed in action

1914-15 Star (G-7277 Pte. G. J. Vincent, R. Suss. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. G. S. Vincent) nearly extremely fine (3) £60-80

2nd Lieutenant George Samuel Vincent, 13th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, was killed in action on 4 October 1917, and is commemorated by name on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.

Private Gideon James Vincent, 8th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, was killed in action on 16 July 1916, and is buried in La Neuville British Cemetery, Courbie, Somme, France.