Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private W. Gripton, Lincolnshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 26 December 1917

British War and Victory Medals (19032 Pte. W. Gripton. Linc. R.); Memorial Plaque William Gripton) in card envelope; Memorial Scroll ‘Pte. William Gripton, Lincolnshire Regt.’, extremely fine (4) £120-£160

William Gripton was born in Hanley, Staffordshire, and attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment at Stoke-on-Trent. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 26 December 1917. He is buried in Ribecourt Road Cemetery, Trescault, France.