Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private G. O. Coventry, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action with the 13th Battalion at Arras in April 1917

British War and Victory Medals (S-21978 Pte., Rif. Brig.), good very fine (2) £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Cheshire and Manchester Regiments, Rifle Brigade and Royal Green Jackets formed by the late David Boniface.

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George Oliver Coventry, who was born in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, but resident at Kennington, Surrey at the time of his enlistment, was killed in action at Arras on 11 April 1917, while serving in the 13th Battalion. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.