Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private G. R. Markham, 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment, killed in action battle of La Bassee, 13 October 1914

1914 Star, with copy clasp (6893 L. Cpl., Dorset. R.); British War and Victory Medals (6893 Pte., Dorset. R.) very fine (3) £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Medals to the Dorsetshire Regiment.

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George Richard Markham lived at Bow, London and enlisted at Stratford, Essex. Serving in the 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment, he was killed in action at the battle of La Bassee, 13 October 1914. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial. With copied research.