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Auction: 4014 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 191

A Great War 1916 Somme Casualty Group of Five to Second Lieutenant B.G. Egerton, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, Late City of London Yeomanry Queen's South Africa, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (14585 Pte. B. G. Egerton. Impl: Yeomanry); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal E.VII.R. (1507 L. Sjt. City of Lon:Yeo); 1914-15 Star (2375 Sjt.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut), good very fine or better (5) Estimate £ 350-400 Second Lieutenant Bertram Gustavus Egerton (1882-1916), born Pimlico, London; enlisted City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) 1900, and served with the regiment in South Africa 1900-1901 20th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry with 72nd Company attached to Imperial Light Horse; served in the Great War with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force 11.4.1915 - 10.10.1915; 2nd Lieutenant, 9th Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, died of wounds, received in action, 8.9.1916; buried Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France. The 9th (Service) Battalion relieved the 13th Cheshire Regiment in trenches at Ovillers 6.9.1916.

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