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Three: Private G. Pestell, Middlesex Regiment
1914-15 Star (2431 Pte. G. Pestell, Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (2431 Pte. G. Pestell. Midd’x R.); together with a 7th Battalion silver prize spoon for shooting, very fine (4) £60-£80
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.
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Gilbert Pestell was born in Edmonton, Middlesex, on 20 July 1891, and attesting for the Middlesex Regiment (Territorial Force) served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 March 1915. In peacetime, he was the recipient of a Battalion Prize Spoon for Shooting. He died in Hampstead on 5 June 1972.
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