Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (3) (George Walter Gibbs; Stewart Arthur Spriggs; George Burnham) first with two large drill holes at 11 and 1 o’clock, generally very fine and better (3) £100-£140

George Walter Gibbs was born in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, and attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 November 1914, and died of wounds on 21 February 1915. He is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, France.

Stewart Arthur Spriggs was born in Loughborough, Leicestershire, and attested initially for the Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. He served with 17th Squadron, Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) during the Great War in Egypt from 21 April 1915, and was killed in action on 27 November 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial.

Five men with the name George Burnham are listed on the C.W.G.C. roll of honour.