Three: Sergeant G. I’Anson, East Lancashire Regiment, who was wounded at Armentieres on 16 November 1914

1914 Star (10377 Sjt. G. Ianson [sic]. 1/E. Lan: R.); British War and Victory Medals (10377 Sjt. G. I’Anson. E. Lan. R.) light contact marks, very fine (3) £120-£160

George I’Anson (also recorded as Ianson) was born at Salford, Lancashire in 1890 and attested for the East Lancashire Regiment at Manchester in October 1910. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 August 1914 to 19 November 1914, and again from 19 October 1916 to 14 March 1917, and received a severe gun shot or shrapnel wound to the left leg at Armentieres on 16 November 1914. He was transferred to Section ‘B’ Army Reserve on 25 March 1919, after 8 years and 165 days’ service.