Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Second Lieutenant G. J. Lunnon, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 April 1915

1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. G. J. Lunnon. D. of Corn. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. G. J. Lunnon.) nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140

George John Lunnon was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry from the ranks on 15 December 1914 and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 December 1914. He was killed in action on 23 April 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.