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Memorial Plaque (Geoffrey Thomas Trafford) nearly extremely fine £100-£140
Geoffrey Thomas Trafford was born in South Africa on 8 December 1895 and was educated at Maritzburg College. He was commissioned temporary Second Lieutenant in the 1st Life Guards on 20 October 1914 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 January 1915. He was killed in action on the Western Front at Sauvillers-Mongival on 23 July 1918, whilst attached to the 9th Battalion, Tank Corps, and is buried in Roye New British Cemetery, France.
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