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Great War, Group of Six to the Hon U. Lawley, including 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal with oak leaf, Second World War Defence Medal, Delhi Durbar Medal, Voluntary Medical Service Medal with four bars, mounted; and another Second World War Defence medal, loose; and a set of six miniatures, en suite The Hon. Ursula Mary Lawley (1888-1979) was the daughter of Sir Arthur Lawley (later the 6th Baron Wenlock), and Annie Allen Lawley (nee Cunard). She was the second wife of George Abraham Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall (1873-1931). Ursula was a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse (VAD) during the Great war, stationed in France, and the three WW1 medals in the present lot are inscribed to her. Ursula would remain an active member of the Red Cross throughout her life, including during WW2. The Voluntary Service and Defence medals dating from this period attest to her continued involvement. The Delhi Durbar medal with the portrait profiles of King George V and Queen Mary of Teck, issued in 1911, may be a remnant of the governorship of Madras held by Ursula Lawley's father, Sir Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock, until that year.