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Auction: 22102 - Orders, Decorations and Medals e-Auction VI - e-Auction
Lot: 349

Four: Private G. Payne, 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action on 7 July 1916

1914-15 Star (PS-7280 Pte. G. Payne. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (PS-7280 Pte. G. Payne. R. Fus.); Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (George Payne), heavy contact marks, polishing and edge bruising, overall good fine (4)

George Payne was born in 1891, the son of William and Eliza Payne of 26 Albert Street, Wednesbury, Staffordshire. Enlisting with 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers Payne entered the war in France on 14 November 1915. He was killed in action during the attack on Ovillers on 7 July 1916 and is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial; sold together with Commonwealth War Graves details.

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Sold for
£230

Starting price
£100