Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War 1917 M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal G. Lawn, 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front, 30 March 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (202953 L. Cpl. G. Lawn. 4/York: R. - T.F.); 1914-15 Star (7536 Pte. G. Lawn. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7536 Cpl. G. Lawn. York. R.) mounted for display, generally good very fine (4) £400-£500

M.M. London Gazette 17 September 1917.

Geoffrey Lawn was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and resided in Wortley, Leeds prior to the Great War. He served during the Great War with the 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment in the French theatre of war from 9 September 1915.

Corporal Lawn died of wounds on the Western Front, 30 March 1918, and is buried in the St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.