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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 155

A Second War 'Home Guard' B.E.M. Group of Seven to Private J. Griffin, East Riding Home Guard, Late East Yorkshire Regiment
a) British Empire Medal, G.VI.R., Military Division (Pte. John Griffin.)
b) Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (2808 Pte. J. Griffin. E. York: Regt.), number unofficially corrected
c) 1914 Star (3-2808 Pte. J. Griffen [sic]. 1/E. York: R.)
d) British War Medal, erased
e) Victory Medal (3-2808 Pte. J. Griffin. E. York. R.)
f) Defence Medal
g) Special Reserve Long Service & G.C., G.V.R. (2808 Pte. J. Griffin. 3/E. York: Regt.), QSA worn, therefore fine, otherwise nearly very fine or better (7)

B.E.M. London Gazette 1.1.1943 Private John Griffin, East Riding Home Guard

3-2808 Private John Griffin enlisted in the East Yorkshire Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa and during the Great War on the Western Front from 8.10.1914; awarded Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Army Order, January 1915; subsequently served in the 3rd (Beverley) Battalion, East Riding Home Guard.

9 Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medals awarded to the East Yorkshire Regiment.

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£750