Auction Catalogue

2 April 2004

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1074

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2 April 2004

Hammer Price:
£360

Three: Private F. G. Walker, Grenadier Guards, killed in action on 1 November 1914

1914 Star (14734 Pte., G. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (14734 Pte., G. Gds.) first initial given as ‘E’ on Victory Medal; together with memorial plaque (Frederick George Walker); and named brass bed plate, good very fine or better (5) £140-160

Frederick George Walker was born at Nettlestone, Isle of Wight and enlisted at Newport, Isle of Wight. He was killed in action in France and Flanders on 1 November 1914, whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. His name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.