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Sold on 27 September 2016

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The Collection of Medals to Welsh Regiments formed by the Late Llewellyn Lord

Llewellyn Williams Lord, Jr

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№ 254 x

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27 September 2016

Hammer Price:
£260

Three: Drummer G. R. Bennett, Welsh Regiment, who died of wounds while serving in the 2nd Battalion in October 1914

1914
Star, with copy clasp (10285 Dmr. G. R. Bennett, 2/Welsh R.); British War and Victory Medals (10285 Pte. G. R. Bennett, Welsh R.), nearly extremely fine (3)
£160-180

George Ronald Bennett died of wounds on 7 October 1914, aged 19 years, while serving in the 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment. The son of William and Bessie Bennett of Weymouth, Dorset, he was buried in St. Nazaire (Toutes-Aides) Cemetery, France.