A Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties

Pair: Private G. K. Atkins, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 15 October 1917

British War and Victory Medals (S-15094 Pte. G. K. Atkins. Rif. Brig.) in named card box of issue; Memorial Plaque (Geoffrey Kemp Atkins) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; Memorial Scroll, ‘Rifleman Geoffrey Kemp Atkins, Rifle Brigade’, mounted in a glazed display frame; together with the recipient’s card identity tag ‘S15094 Atkins. G. RB. C.E.’, extremely fine (4) £180-£220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties.

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Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family.

Geoffrey Kemp Atkins was born in New Cross, Surrey, and attested for the Rifle Brigade at Camberwell, London. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 5 October 1917. He is buried in Bard Cottege Cemetery, Belgium.

Sold with recipient’s Book of Common Prayer and Hymns Ancient and Modern; his ‘Wit & Humour Birthday Book’; two postcards written home by the recipient; named Record Office enclosure for the British War Medal; Imperial War Graves correspondence including a photograph of the recipient's original grave; sweetheart brooch; and copied research.