Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Captain G. R. Lane, Coldstream Guards, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 14 September 1916
British War and Victory Medals (Capt. G. R. Lane) nearly extremely fine

Pair: Captain D. T. Milne, Cameron Highlanders, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 28 March 1918
British War and Victory Medals (Capt. D. T. Milne) nearly extremely fine (4) £80-£120

George Ronald Lane was born on 27 February 1894, the son of Major-General Sir Ronald Lane, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., and Lady Lane, and was educated at Eton. He served as Page of Honour to H.M. King Edward VII from February 1907 until his death, then as Page of Honour to H.M. King George V until 1911.

Lane was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards on 4 February 1913, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 September 1914. Advanced Captain in March 1916, he was killed in action on 14 September 1916, and is buried in the Guards’ Cemetery, Lesbouefs, France.

Douglas Thwaite Milne, a native of Leeds, was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Cameron Highlanders on 14 June 1915, and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 28 March 1918, while attached to the 7th Battalion. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.