Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant G. Painter, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment), who was severely wounded at the Battle of Loos in 1915 and died of influenza on 15 February 1919

1914 Star, with copy clasp (7990 Pte. G. Painter. 2/Wilts: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7990 Sjt. G. Painter. Wilts. R.) good very fine (3) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star.

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George Painter was born in Brokenborough, Wiltshire in 1889 and attested for the Wiltshire Regiment on 18 November 1907. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 October 1914 and was promoted Sergeant on 7 April 1915. He was severely wounded in action in the hip in France and having been repatriated to England on 4 October 1915 was posted to the 3rd Wiltshires (Portland Garrison) on 18 February 1916.

Painter’s wounds were almost certainly received at the Battle of Loos, 25 September - 8 October 1915, where the battalion suffered 400 casualties. Remaining in the United Kingdom, Sergeant Painter transferred to the Dorset Regiment in September 1916 and to the Labour Corps on 25 October 1917. He was serving with 598 Agricultural Company when he died of influenza and broncho pneumonia on 15 February 1919, and is buried in Wroughton (St. John the Baptist and St. Helen) Churchyard, Wiltshire.