Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private G. R. Pippet, Rifle Brigade, late Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

1914-15 Star (S-7482 Pte. G. R. Pippet. Rif: Brig:); British War and Victory Medals (S-7482 Pte. G. R. Pippet. Rif. Brig.); together with a Ceylon Tribute Medal, bronze (G. R. Pippet) the last polished and worn, nearly very fine (4) £120-£160

George Reginald Pippet was born at Croscombe, Congleton, Cheshire and attested for the Rifle Brigade in London on 13 December 1914, at the age of 22. By profession a tea planter, he declared 18 months’ prior service with the Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was wounded by a gun shot wound ‘explosive bullet’ to his right arm on 15 August 1915, being invalided to England on 18 September 1915. He was discharged no longer fit for active service in July 1916.