Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private A. C. Bowdidge, alias G. Green, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front at St. Eloi on 14 March 1915

1914-15 Star (6817 Pte. G. Green. D. of Corn: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6817 Pte. G. Green D. of Corn. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (George Green) the plaque polished and slightly worn; otherwise nearly extremely fine (4) £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 46th Foot and its Successor Units.

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Arthur Craft Bowdidge was born in Wandsworth, London, in 1882 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry under the alias George Green at Stratford, Essex. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 December 1914, and was killed in action during the action at St. Eloi on 14 March 1915. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Sold with copied research.