Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private G. M. Stark, 1st (The King’s) Dragoon Guards, later 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) Dragoon Guards and Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)

1914 Star (299 Pte. G. M. Stark. 1/D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (299 Pte. G. M. Stark. 1-D. Gds.) good very fine (3) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star.

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George Mark Stark served with the 1st Dragoon Guards during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 November 1914. The regiment, which had been stationed at Lucknow in India at the start of the war, had recently landed at Marseille as part of the 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade in the 1st Indian Cavalry Division. He subsequently transferred to the 5th Dragoon Guards and later served with the Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry).