Four: Corporal G. J. Pass, Royal Fusiliers

British War and Victory Medals (26731 Cpl. G. J. Pass. R. Fus.); Defence Medal (Gilbert Pass) privately impressed naming; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Gilbert Pass.) mounted for wear, contact marks, very fine (4) £50-£70

Gilbert J Pass, a school master from Eastbourne, Sussex, was born in Marylebone, London, in 1881. He attested into the Royal Fusiliers for service during the Great War at Mill Hill, London, on 10 December 1915, and served on the Western Front with the 17th Battalion from 23 July 1916. Advanced Corporal, he saw later service with the Army Pay Corps and was discharged ‘Class Z’ on 14 January 1919. He later appears in the 1939 Register as the proprietor of a coaching (teaching) establishment in Eastbourne, and is also noted as a Special Constable. He died in Eastbourne in early 1952.

Sold with copied Medal Index Card and copied extract from the 1939 Register.