Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private H. George, Lincolnshire Regiment, who served as a Bandsman and Stretcher Bearer on the Western Front, who recorded the daily events of 1915 in a fascinating diary

1914-15 Star (313 Pte. H. George. Linc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (313 Pte. H. George. Linc. R.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £70-£90

Herbert George was born in Nettleham, Lincolnshire, on 8 August 1892, and attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment on 5 August 1914. He served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 March 1915, as a Bandsman and Stretcher-bearer, and recorded the events of 1915 in a daily diary, a full transcript of which is included with this lot. His year at the front was punctuated by a week’s leave at the end of September to enable him to get married back in Lincoln. He survived the War, but died of pneumonia at the early age of 39.

Sold with copied research, including a full transcript of the recipient’s diary and various copied photographic images; and two copies of Lincolnshire Life, March 1996, which contains a lengthy article on the recipient.