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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 326

Sold by Order of a Direct Descendant

Three: Private G. Smith, 1st/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, who was killed in action at the Third Battle of Krithia, Gallipoli

1914-15 Star (1649 Pte. G. Smith. Lan. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (1649 Pte. G. Smith, Lan. Fus.), together with the recipient's Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (George Smith), good very fine (4)


George Smith enlisted in the Lancashire Fusiliers at Bury and served in Egypt from 25 September 1914, as part of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division; he would have been employed in the defence of the Suez Canal.

On 5 May 1915, his battalion landed at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, where horrendous casualties would eventually result in the unit's withdrawal. Many of those casualties stemmed from the Third Battle of Krithia on 4 June 1915. Smith's MIC notes 'death assumed' on the same date and, in common with members of the 1st Battalion, he likely fell on the banks of Gully Ravine.

He is commemorated on the Cape Helles Memorial. He left a widow, Clara, of 18 Dawson Street, Bury, Lancashire.

Sold with original card case and paper envelope for Memorial Plaque, Buckingham Palace letter of condolence, Imperial War Graves Commission memorial register document, and studio portrait photograph of the recipient, written in flowing script to reverse, 'Wishing you a happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.'




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Estimate
£400 to £500

Sale 18001 Notices
The Lot is now accompanied with the recipient's original Memorial Scroll.