Three: Private G. Sussex, 7/Somerset Light Infantry, 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, good very fine, together with related Memorial Plaque and Scroll (4)

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Three: Private G. Sussex, 7/Somerset Light Infantry, 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, good very fine, together with related Memorial Plaque and Scroll (4)

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Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including Record Office enclosures for medals; a 'wounded' condolence letter (dated 8.3.1915); a 'missing' condolence letter (dated 22.3.1918); and a 'presumed dead' condolence letter (dated 8.4.1919).

Private George Sussex, aged 23 years, from Tonypandy was reported missing on 22.3.1918. Correspondence with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission confirms that no information was held on Private Sussex until 1987 when his name was added to the Pozieres Memorial.