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The 1914 Star, known as the Mons Star, the British War
Medal and the Victory Medal, affectionately referred to as
Pip, Squeak & Wilfred.
Below left: Captain Alan Tritton of Lyons Hall, Great Leighs,
Essex, 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, killed in action 26
December 1914.
Below Right: Although 13 years in the Scots Guards, you
might have met Blue Badge Guide Martin wearing this
Great War uniform of a Royal Artillery Lieutenant on the
City & Village Tours stand at the Excursions exhibition at
the Alexandra Palace back in January.
Left page: A Christina Broom photograph of 1914 or 1915
showing men from Bermondsey in South East London in the
2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards at Wellington Barracks.
