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India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (8947 Pte. J. M....
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India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (8947 Pte. J. M. Braithwaite, 2/Devon Regt.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and Regimentally unique to unit £140-£180 --- The India General Service Medal 1908-35 with clasp Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 awarded to Private Briathwaite and specifically named ‘2/Devon Regt.’ is believed to be unique; other examples simply named ‘Devon R.’ Braithwaite is the single man named on the 2nd Devonshire Regiment roll. Joseph Mallinson Braithwaite was born in Leeds, Yorkshire in 1890. A Mechanic by trade he attested for the Yorkshire Regiment on 23 July 1907 and served with the 1st Battalion in Cyprus and Egypt before being posted with his battalion to India in February 1912. Remaining in India with the 1st Battalion for the duration of the Great War he received a single British War Medal. Transferred to the 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment at Peshawar on 1 January 1920, his India General Service Medal was issued in India and is shown on the 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment roll (WO 100/117/483) as 1st Bn. Yorkshire Regt. Attached 1st (Peshawar) Division Head Quarters. Returning from India, Braithwaite was posted to the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment at Blackdown on 1 May 1923 before being discharged to pension on 31 August 1928. On leaving the army he was appointed Postman, General Post Office, Leeds in January 1933. Retiring from the General Post Office he died in Leeds on 31 January 1956, aged 66. Sold with copied service records and other research.
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India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (8947 Pte. J. M. Braithwaite, 2/Devon Regt.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and Regimentally unique to unit £140-£180 --- The India General Service Medal 1908-35 with clasp Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 awarded to Private Briathwaite and specifically named ‘2/Devon Regt.’ is believed to be unique; other examples simply named ‘Devon R.’ Braithwaite is the single man named on the 2nd Devonshire Regiment roll. Joseph Mallinson Braithwaite was born in Leeds, Yorkshire in 1890. A Mechanic by trade he attested for the Yorkshire Regiment on 23 July 1907 and served with the 1st Battalion in Cyprus and Egypt before being posted with his battalion to India in February 1912. Remaining in India with the 1st Battalion for the duration of the Great War he received a single British War Medal. Transferred to the 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment at Peshawar on 1 January 1920, his India General Service Medal was issued in India and is shown on the 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment roll (WO 100/117/483) as 1st Bn. Yorkshire Regt. Attached 1st (Peshawar) Division Head Quarters. Returning from India, Braithwaite was posted to the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment at Blackdown on 1 May 1923 before being discharged to pension on 31 August 1928. On leaving the army he was appointed Postman, General Post Office, Leeds in January 1933. Retiring from the General Post Office he died in Leeds on 31 January 1956, aged 66. Sold with copied service records and other research.
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