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18 January 2023

Hammer Price:
£140

Three: Private G. Elliott, Royal Marines Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (CH.9517 Pte. G. Elliott. R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (CH.9517 Pte. G. Elliott. R.M.L.I.) contact marks, very fine

Three: Musician J. Fowler, Royal Marines Band
1914-15 Star (R.M.B.674. Mus. J. Fowler.); British War and Victory Medals (R.M.B.674. Mus. J. Fowler.) slight edge bruise to VM, otherwise very fine

Three: Private H. Turner, Royal Marines Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (PO.18097, Pte. H. Turner. R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (PO.18097, Pte. H. Turner. R.M.L.I.) contact marks, very fine (9) £100-£140

George Elliott, a Gardener from Sidcup, Kent, attested for the Royal Marines Light Infantry on 5 January 1897 and mostly served during the Great War in H.M.S. Agamemnon. Awarded his fourth Good Conduct badge on 16 February 1916, his partial copy service record notes that he died on 13 February 1961.