The Collection of Medals to the Cheshire and Manchester Regiments, Rifle Brigade and Royal Green Jackets formed by the late David Boniface

Three: Sergeant G. E. Wright, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action with the 12th Battalion in Belgium in June 1916

1914-15 Star (S-3589 Sjt., Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (S- 3589 Sjt., Rif. Brig.), good very fine and better (3) £120-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Cheshire and Manchester Regiments, Rifle Brigade and Royal Green Jackets formed by the late David Boniface.

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George Edwin Wright, who was born in Seaforth, Manchester, was killed in action in Belgium on 8 June 1916, while serving in the 12th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. He is buried in Potijze Cemetery, Ypres.