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Auction: 25112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 392

Three: Corporal G. Judd, 8th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, who was severely wounded by shrapnel in August 1918, the resulting operations left him with one leg nearly 2 inches shorter than the other

1914-15 Star (6914 Pte. G. Judd. The Queen's R.); British War and Victory Medals (6914 Pte. G. Judd. The Queen's R.), mounted as worn, very fine (3)

George Judd was born in the Caterham Valley, Surrey in 1897 and enlisted in the 3rd Battalion, The Queen's Regiment at Guildford in August 1914. Landed in France in December 1915, he would serve with the 8th Battalion on the Western Front, their story is told in the recently-published work The Battalion - Citizen Soldiers at War by Ian Isherwood.

Having suffered bronchitis April 1916 and influenza in July 1917, both of which required hospital treatment, he would be severely wounded on 22 August 1918. On that day, the unit were at Le Brebis and came under fire from a 5.9" gun from 0700-1300hrs, especially harassing 'B' Company. Judd took severe shrapnel wounds to his left thigh and right buttock, having his femur smashed and broken. Taken to a Casualty Clearing Station and then evacuated to England on 11 September 1918, he would require surgery. That left him with one leg nearly 2" shorter than the other and required his wearing a calliper on the thigh. Discharged as a result, he lived at 2 Geneva Terrace, Geneva Road, Brixton.

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£65

Starting price
£40