Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Lance Corporal G. E. Else, 24th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), who died of wounds on the Western Front, 25 November 1917

Military Medal, G.V.R. (6646 Pte G. Else. 24/Coy M.G.C.); British War and Victory Medals (6646 Pte. G. E. Else. M.G.C.); Memorial Plaque (George Edward Else) cleaned, generally very fine or better (4) £500-£600

M.M. London Gazette 28 September 1917.

George Edward Else was born in Ramsgate, Kent. He served during the Great War with the 24th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) in the French theatre of war. Else advanced to Lance Corporal and died of wounds on the Western Front, 25 November 1917. He is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.