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Three: Private G. Sampson, 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment, killed in action, France/Flanders, 12 July 1916
1914-15 Star (3-8687 Pte., Dorset R.); British War and Victory Medals (3-8687 Pte., Dorset. R.) good very fine (3) £100-140
George Sampson was born in Bishopsworth, Gloucestershire and enlisted at Ynyshir, Glamorgan. Serving with the 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 8 April 1915. He was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 12 July 1916. He was buried in the Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension. He was the son of Alice Moreton (formerly Sampson), of Highridge Common, Bishopsworth, Bristol, and the late Samuel Joseph Sampson. With copied m.i.c. and casualty details.
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