Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private G. Coates, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 16 March 1915

1914 Star (3745 Pte. G. Coates. 1/ North’d Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (3745 Pte. G. Coates. North’d. Fus.) good very fine (3) £140-£180

George Coates was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne and attested for the Northumberland Fusiliers at York. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 October 1914 and was killed in action on 16 March 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.