Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private G. E. Umpleby, Machine Gun Corps, who died of Malaria while serving with Dunsterforce in November 1918

British War and Victory Medals (68378 Pte. G. E. Umpleby, M.G.C.); Memorial Plaque (George Edward Umpleby) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine (3) £180-£220

George Edward Umpleby died in hospital from malaria on 20 November 1918. He was serving as a Private in the 186th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), attached Dunsterforce in the Caucasus, and is buried in Tehran War Cemetery.