Medals from the Collection of Brigadier Brian Parritt, C.B.E.

Victory Medal 1914-19 (2 Lieut. E. M. Lynch-Staunton) nearly very fine £40-50

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Brigadier Brian Parritt, C.B.E..

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Eric Margrave Lynch-Staunton was born in Addleston, Surrey on 15 July 1897. After leaving School he worked as a ‘L.C.C. Tramways Clerk’ but as soon as he was eighteen he joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in London and on 16 August 1915 became 1659 Private E.M. Lynch-Staunton. He was appointed to a commission in the 4/3rd London Regiment on 30 December 1915. He entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 17 September 1916 and was posted to the 1/3rd London Regiment. He was killed in action on 9 May 1917, aged 19 years. Having no known grave, his name was commemorated on the Arras Memorial. Sold with copied service papers and m.i.c.