Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part III)

Pair: Private G. H. Harris, Leicestershire Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (25681 Pte., Leic. R.), together with related Memorial Plaque (George Henry Harris) extremely fine (3) £100-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Leicester Regiment and Yeomanry formed by the late Trevor Harris.

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George Henry Harris was born in Newton Nethercote, Leicestershire and living in Heather, enlisted at Coalville, Leicestershire. Serving in the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, he was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 19 September 1918, aged 25 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. He was the son of William and Hannah Harris of Swepstone Road, Heather, Leicester.