The Collection of Medals Formed By Dr A W Stott

Three: Private G. Leach, 1st Dragoon Guards, later 15th (Salford Pals) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, S.A. 1901, S.A. 1902 (4944 Pte. G. Leach, 1st Dragoon Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (34821 Pte. G. Leach, Lan. Fus.) suspension claw re-fixed on the first, otherwise good very fine (3)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals Formed By Dr A W Stott.

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Private George Leach was born in Bury, Lancashire and enlisted for the Great War at Burnley, Lancs. He was serving as a Lance Corporal in the 15th Bn. (1st Salford) Lancashire Fusiliers when he died of wounds, France & Flanders, on 2 February 1918.