Auction Catalogue

21 September 2001

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1113

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21 September 2001

Hammer Price:
£60

Pair: Gunner J. G. Pearson, Royal Garrison Artillery

British War and Victory Medals (127865 Gnr., R.A.); together with transmission slip, Princess Mary Christmas 1914 tin; ‘T. R.G.A. Tynemouth’ shoulder title, nearly extremely fine (4) £30-40

John George Pearson lived at Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne and enlisted at North Shields. He was killed in action in France and Flanders on 19 September 1917 whilst serving with the 232nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.