General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (4858509 Pte. G. Squires, Leic. R.) surname officially corrected, one or two edge bruises, nearly extremely fine £100-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Leicester Regiment and Yeomanry formed by the late Trevor Harris.

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George Herbert Squires died of dysentery on 28 July 1942, aged 22 years, while being held as a P.O.W. by the Japanese at Pudu jail on the Malayan Peninsula. A member of the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, he was the son of Charles and Rose Squires of Warsop, Nottinghamshire, and his remains were re-interred after the War in the Kuala Lumpur (Cheras Road) Civil Cemetery.