A Fine Collection of 1914 Star Groups

Four: Private F. Newell, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards

1914 Star, with clasp (6974 Pte., C. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (6974 Pte., C. Gds.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Frederick George Newell) this last officially re-impressed, good very fine (4) £140-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of 1914 Star Groups.

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Private Frederick George Newell, 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 12 August 1914. Served in the 4th Guards Brigade, 2nd Division, in Haig’s I Army Corps. Involved in the heavy fighting at Villers Cotterets on 1 September 1914. For his services as a Postman in the London Postal Region, he was awarded the I.S.M. (London Gazette 16 May 1947). With copied gazette extracts and m.i.c. - clasp confirmed.