Three: Private G. Cripps, 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, who died of wounds received at the Battle of the Aisne on 17 September 1914

1914 Star, with later slide clasp (6869 Pte. G. Cripps. 1/North’n R.); British War and Victory Medals (6869 Pte. G. Cripps. North’n R.); Memorial Plaque (George Cripps) nearly extremely fine (4) £240-£280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Barry Hobbs Collection of Great War Medals.

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George Cripps was born in 1886 at Evenley, Northamptonshire and attested for the Northamptonshire Regiment at Brackley, Northamptonshire in 1903. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 August 1914 and was reported wounded and missing on 17 September 1914 during the battle of the Aisne. He was later officially recorded as having died of wounds on 17 September 1914.

He was the husband of Emily Jane Cripps of 92 Banbury Road, Oxford and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, France.