A 1914/15 TRIO TO PTE S P WINTON 1/5TH ROYAL SCOTS
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£100 - £200
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£120 |
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A 1914/15 TRIO TO PTE S P WINTON 1/5TH ROYAL SCOTS who landed on 'V' Beach at Gallipoli on 25th April 1915 Correctly impressed - 250908 Pte S P Winton R Scots Condition GVF Stamford Peter Winton was born in Dunbartonshire in 1897. A member of the 1/5th Royal Scots (Queen Edinburgh's Rifles) (T.F.) He landed at Gallipoli on the 25th April 1915 at12.30pm. The troops went back and forth under heavy fire, with the water up to their waists unloading supplies. The battalion left Gallipoli in October 1915. Winton survived the war.
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