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Auction: 25111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 510

Pair: Lieutenant J. G. F. Winter, Sherwood Foresters

British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. G. F. Winter.), the first deeply toned, the second with verdigris and staining, otherwise very fine (2)

John George Frederick Winter was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 8 July 1915 into the South Staffordshire Regiment. He served on the Western Front from 24 May 1916 and was promoted Lieutenant on 24 October 1916, Winter also served with the 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters which is confirmed on his MIC.

His Great War pair was issued by the South Staffordshire Regiment and he applied for his medals on 3 December 1921 and they were sent to him at 29 Aston Road, Southsea, Hampshire. After the war he became a Solicitor and worked in Portsmouth, whilst living in Cosham, however he collapsed at work and died at the Queen Alexandra Hospital on 11 May 1961 at the age of 70.

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