Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Second Lieutenant G. W. Healing, 22nd (The Queen’s ) Battalion, London Regiment, late Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment), who was killed in action on the Western Front on 4 October 1918

British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. G. W. Healing.) both in named card boxes of issue; Memorial Plaque (George William Healing) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; Memorial Scroll, ‘2/Lieut. George William Healing London Regt.’, extremely fine (4) £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties.

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George William Healing was born in Gloucestershire and attested for the Middlesex Regiment on 24 June 1916, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 22nd (The Queen’s) Battalion, London Regiment on 1 May 1918, he saw further service on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 4 October 1918. He is buried in Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery, France.

Sold with named Record Office enclosure for the medals; and copied research.