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№ 348

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21 May 2020

Hammer Price:
£300

Pair: Second Lieutenant G. T. Hellicar, 2nd/20th, late 28th Battalion London Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 26 July 1916

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

Geoffrey Theodore Hellicar was born in Stoke Newington, London, on 19 December 1896 and was educated at Wilson College and King’s College, London. He attested for the 28th Battalion London Regiment (Artists’ Rifles) on 25 May 1915, and in September of the same year he gained a commission in the 2nd/20th Battalion London Regiment. He was killed in action on the Western Front on 26 July 1916, aged 19 years, and is buried in the Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France.