A Collection of Medals to the 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment

Pair: Second Lieutenant G. T. Hellicar, 2nd/20th, late 28th Battalion London Regiment, killed in action, 26 July 1916

British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.) nearly extremely fine (2) £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment.

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Geoffrey Theodore Hellicar was born on 19 December 1896 at Stoke Newington and was educated at Wilson College and Strand School, King’s College, London. He attested for the 28th Battalion London Regiment (Artists’ Rifles) on 25 May 1915. In September the same year he gained a commission in the 2nd/20th Battalion London Regiment. On active service in France, he was killed in action on 26 July 1916, aged 19 years. He was buried in the Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi. He was the son of George Thomas and Lily Hellicar of 47 Woodbury Grove, Finsbury Park, London.

Sold with copied service papers and an extract from the Hornsey Journal with his obituary.