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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 837

(x) A Great War group of three awarded to Private G. A. White, Rifle Brigade, who witnessed considerable service with the Colours before being captured on the first day of Operation Michael, the opening gambit of the German Spring Offensive

1914 Star (3691 Pte. A. White. 2/Rif: Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (3691 Pte. A. G. White. Rif. Brig.), good very fine (3)


Arthur George White was born in October 1894 at Chichester, the son of William and Mary White of 18 Basin Road, Chichester, West Sussex. He served in France with the 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade, from 7 November 1914 and was twice wounded in action. Transferring to the 12th and 7th Battalions respectively, he was captured at St Quentin on 21 March 1918 and reported missing on 5 June 1918. He was transferred soon thereafter to the Giessen Camp for Allied Prisoners of War near Frankfurt which had a reputation for being well-ordered and sanitary, before being released on 16 December 1918 and repatriated home; sold with copied research and MIC which notes entitlement to clasp and roses.

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Sold for
£170

Starting price
£80