Pair: Private G. Pybus, Lancashire Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 9 October 1917

British War and Victory Medals (39065 Pte. G. Pybus. Lan. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (George Pybus) all mounted in a glazed display frame together with a Lancashire Fusiliers cap badge, nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties.

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George Pybus was born in Goathland, Yorkshire, and attested for the Lancashire Fusiliers at Whitby, Yorkshire. He served with the 2nd/8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action during the Battle of Poelcappelle on 9 October 1917. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Sold with two individual and one group postcard photograph of the recipient; and copied research.