Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private C. G. Coles, Suffolk Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 12 March 1915

1914 Star (1946 Pte C. G. Coles. 1/4 Suff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (1946 Pte. C. G. Coles. Suff. R.) good very fine (3) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Suffolk Regiment.

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Charles George Coles was the son of Mrs. Licence of 17 Paradise Place, Leiston, and the husband of Beatrice Mary Coles, of 30 Paradise Place, Leiston, Suffolk. He served during the Great War with the 1/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment in the French theatre of war from 8 November 1914. Private Coles was killed in action on the Western Front on 12 March 1915, and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France.