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

Four: Sergeant G. Hughes, Liverpool Regiment, late Royal Warwickshire Regiment

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (744 Pte., 1st R. War. R.); 1914-15 Star (20548 Sjt., L’pool R.); British War and Victory Medals (20548 Sjt., L’pool R.), good very fine and better (4) £200-250

George Hughes,who was born in Bootle, Liverpool, died on 9 September 1916, while serving as a Sergeant in the 14th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, and was buried in Bournemouth East Cemetery (the military plot therein contains a number of “died of wounds’ cases” from local auxiliary and private hospitals). Aged 28 years, he left a widow, who was resident at Parkstone, Dorset.