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15 September 2021

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Lot

№ 259

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15 September 2021

Hammer Price:
£150

Pair: Private G. Eaton, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), who was killed in action on the Western Front on 10 October 1917

British War and Victory Medals (202272 Pte. G. Eaton. The Queen’s R.); Memorial Plaque (George Eaton) nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£120

George Eaton was born at Stanlake, and attested for the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) at Witley, Oxfordshire. He served with the 3rd/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 10 October 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.