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№ 1301

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26 March 2014

Estimate: £100–£140

Three: Private G. Peace, 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards, killed in action, France, 19 May 1915

1914-15 Star (13294 Pte., G. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (13294 Pte., G. Gds.) good very fine (3) £100-140

George Peace was born in Spondon, Derbyshire and enlisted at Derby. Serving with the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 23 November 1914. He was killed in action on 19 May 1915. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial, France. With copied casualty details and m.i.c.