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15313 PRIVATE LENNOX DUTTON SHRIMPTON, 2ND. BATTALION GRENADIER GUARDS : DIED OF WOUNDS 5 NOVEMBER 1914 :
1914 Star with original 'Aug-Nov 1914' clasp (15313 Pte. 2/G.Gds:); British War Medal; Victory Medal 1914-19 (15313 Pte. G.Gds.) : (LENNOX DUTTON SHRIMPTON - Born at Dutton, Nottingham in 1893 the son of Alexander Shrimpton (died 1908), a draper and clothier, and his wife Kate Elizabeth Shrimpton : Attended the High Pavement School, Forest Fields, Nottingham and in the 1911 Census is recorded as a 17 year old, commercial draper's assistant residing at 11 Cambria Grove, Nottingham with his widowed mother and a younger sister : He attested for the Grenadier Guards at Nottingham on 27 June 1911 and entered the war in France with the 2nd Battalion from 22 August 1914 : He was severely wounded at the First Battle of Ypres which had commenced on 19 October 1914, and died of his wounds on 5 November 1914 : He is buried at the Perth Cemetery (China Wall), West Vlaanderen, Belgium.) : Sold with verification, CWGC. information and extract taken from the 'Nottingham Evening Post' newspaper of 10 December 1914 which includes a photograph of the recipient in full dress uniform : NEF - £465