A 1914 Trio to Lieutenant G.R. Parr, 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, Killed in Action Leading his Men in an Attack, 1914 Star (2 Lieut. Som. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, extremely fine, with photograph (3)

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A 1914 Trio to Lieutenant G.R. Parr, 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, Killed in Action Leading his Men in an Attack, 1914 Star (2 Lieut. Som. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, extremely fine, with photograph (3)

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INDENTSecond Lieutenant George Roworth Parr, born 1891, only surviving son of General Sir Hallam Parr, educated at Wellington College and at Sandhurst, was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, 1912 and advanced to Lieutenant December 1914. During the retirement to the Marne he was employed as an interpreter and as a reconnaissance officer on the Aisne. He was killed in action near Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium, 19 December 1914 while leading his men under heavy fire; he was buried with five other officers of his Regiment who fell on the same day. General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien wrote, "None of our brave soldiers have died a more glorious death, gallantly leading his men forward against the enemy." (Bond of Sacrifice refers)

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