Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lieutenant G. A. M. Anthony, The Queen’s Regiment, attached 4th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment, who was killed in action in the Cameroons, 24 January 1916

1914-15 Star (Lieut. G. A. M. Anthony. The Queen’s R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. G. A. M. Anthony.) initials and part of surname officially corrected on VM, very fine (3) £180-£220

George Adam Moriarty Anthony was born in January 1896, and educated at Haileybury College and Imperial College, London. He was commissioned into the 9th (Reserve) Battalion, The Queen’s Regiment, and attached to the 4th Battalion, Nigerian Regiment, West African Field Force for service in the Cameroons theatre of war from 23 December 1915.

Lieutenant Anthony was killed in action in the Cameroons, 24 January 1916, and is commemorated on the Ibadan Memorial, Nigeria and the Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial.