Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private G. C. Baker, Rifle Brigade, attached 1/17th London Regiment, who was killed in action in France June 1918

British War and Victory Medals (38786 Pte., Rif. Brig.), good very fine and better (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 Charles Baker, who was born in Winchester, the son of George and Fanny Baker of 56 Sussex Street, was killed in action in France on 2 June 1918, while attached to the 1/17th Battalion, London Regiment - the Poplar & Stepney Rifles. He was 18 years of age and is buried in Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension.