Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Serjeant G. R. Dickens, 1/7th Battalion London Regiment, attached Nigeria Regiment W.A.F.F., who died in Nigeria, 11 January 1919

Military Medal, G.V.R. (2662 L. Cpl., 1/7 Lond. R.) with ornate silver pin-backed top bar; 1914-15 Star (2662 Pte., 7-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2662 Sjt., 7-Lond. R.) nearly extremely fine (4) £380-420

M.M. London Gazette 21 December 1916.

Private George R. Dickens, 7th Battalion London Regiment entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 18 March 1915. As a Lance-Corporal with the the battalion he was awarded the M.M. for bravery in the field. Later as a Serjeant on attachment with the Nigeria Regiment, W.A.F.F., he died in Nigeria on 11 January 1919, aged 22 years. He was buried in the Zungeru Cemetery, Nigeria. He was the son of George and Annie Dickens of 188 Old Street, London.

With original forwarding slip and named card lid of the forwarding box for the British War and Victory Medals; with copied m.i.c. and gazette extracts.