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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 462

1914-15 Star (4618 Pte. G. F. Catton, Norf. R.), very fine

George Frederick Catton was born at Worthing, Norfolk and enlisted in the Norfolk Regiment at nearby Dereham.

Embarked for Gallipoli in November 1915 - as a reinforcement to the 'lost battalion' of Sandringham fame - he subsequently served in Egypt and Palestine and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Gaza on 19 April 1917, when his battalion 'could be seen lying in considerable numbers on the lower part of the hill, apparently all dead or wounded'. He is buried in Gaza War Cemetery.


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