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Auction: 23001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 54

British War Medal 1914-20 (2. Lieut. G. E. Locket.), nearly extremely fine

George Eimes Locket, a native of Edenbridge, Kent, was born on 8 August 1890 and was educated at Clifton College and the Central Technical College, South Kensington. An engineer by trade, he served in the ranks of the Public Schools Battalion, Middlesex Regiment and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant into the Suffolk Regiment. Locket served in France with the 1st Battalion from 6 May 1915 and was killed in action near Ypres on 28 June 1915, being buried in the Ridge Wood Military Cemetery.

For the Medals of his brother, please see Lot 149.

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£140

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