Three: Lieutenant S. D. Wilmot-Sitwell, Royal Marines, who was killed in action at Gallipoli...


Three: Lieutenant S. D. Wilmot-Sitwell, Royal Marines, who was killed in action at Gallipoli on 14 July 1915 1914-15 Star (Lieut. S. D. Wilmot-Sitwell. R.M.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. S. D. Wilmot-Sitwell R.M.); Memorial Plaque (Stanton Degge Wilmot-Sitwell) all housed on a contemporary display frame insert, some staining/ rusting to medals at points of contact with mounting pins, otherwise good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- Stanton Degge Wilmot-Sitwell was born in London on 25 July 1896 and was educated at Malvern College. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Portsmouth Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Marines on 29 August 1914, and was promoted Lieutenant on 27 March 1915. ‘He served during the Great War with the Royal Naval Division as part of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and landed at Gaba Tepe with the Anzacs, and was killed in action on the slopes of Achi Baba on 14 July 1915’ (The Roll of Honour, by The Marquis de Ruvigny refers). He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.


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