Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Victory Medal 1914-19 (203346 Pte. G. E. Bilsbury. Manch. R.); Memorial Plaque (George Edward Bilsbury) in card envelope, nearly extremely fine (2) £60-£80

George Edward Bilsbury was born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, and attested for the Manchester Regiment at Denton, Lancashire. He served with the 18th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 1 August 1917. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.