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Pair: Private S. Grimwood, Rifle Brigade, British War and Victory Medals (Pte., Rif. Brig.), extremely fine (2)

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Pair: Private S. Grimwood, Rifle Brigade, British War and Victory Medals (Pte., Rif. Brig.), extremely fine (2)
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Lot Essay

Private Sidney Grimwood, an Eastender from Bow, was killed in action on 31.7.1917, while serving in the 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade on the first day of the Ypres-Passchendaele offensive. He was just 18 years of age.