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№ 450

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8 September 2015

Hammer Price:
£80

Pair: Lieutenant G. J. L. Stovin, 37th Dogras, died, Mesopotamia, 2 February 1917

British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.) extremely fine (2) £100-140

George John Lucas Stovin was the son of Captain and Mrs Stovin, of The Moorings, Lyndhurst Road, Ramsgate. Educated at Rochester Cathedral School. Employed in India, he was on the Indian Army Reserve of Officers. Attached to the 37th Dogra Regiment, he was posted to Mesopotamia. During 9-27 December 1916 he was involved in operations in the relief of Kut. Lieutenant Stovin died in hospital on 2 February 1917, aged 25 years and was buried in the Amara War Cemetery. With copied casualty details, m.i.c. and gazette newspaper extracts.