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24 May 2023

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£280

Five: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant E. Edgington, Royal Garrison Artillery

1914-15 Star (34744. Gnr. E. Edgington. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (34744 Sjt. E. Edgington. R.A.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, N.W. Persia (34744 Sjt. E. Edgington. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (1406358 B.Q.M. Sjt. E. Edgington. R.A.) edge bruising and contact marks, generally nearly very fine (5) £160-£200

Ernest Edgington was born on 8 December 1892 and attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery at Aldershot on 18 March 1911. He served during the Great War in Egypt from 22 June 1915, and was latterly attached to No. 1 Siege Battery, R.G.A. He saw further service post-War in Persia with the 6th New Mobile Trench Mortar Battery. He was discharged on 12 March 1932 and died in Chichester, Sussex, on 3 May 1952.

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