Auction Catalogue

19 & 20 March 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1140

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20 March 2008

Hammer Price:
£260

Three: Private G. E. Rayner, Royal Fusiliers, killed in action, 8 April 1916

1914-15 Star (10070 Pte., R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-10070 Pte., R. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (George Edward Rayner) good very fine (4) £160-200

George Edward Rayner was born in Hammersmith, lived at Westbourne Park and enlisted at Marylebone. Serving with the 9th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), he was killed in action on 8 April 1916. He was buried in Vermelles British Cemetery, France.