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Nine: Corporal S. E. P. Davey, Devon (Fortress) Royal Engineers, later Station Officer, Exeter Fire Brigade, who was awarded the Society for the Protection of Life from Fire’s Bronze Medal in 1936
British War and Victory Medals (5114115 A. Cpl. S. Davey. R.E.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (265 2.Cpl. S. Davey. R.E.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1953 (Stn. Off. S. E. P. Davey Exeter Fire Brigade) contemporarily engraved naming, in card box of issue; Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Stn. Offr. Sidney E. P. Davey); National Fire Brigades Association Medal, 2nd type, bronze, with two Additional Award Bars for ‘Ten Years’ and ‘Five Years’, officially impressed ‘9657’ and additionally privately engraved ‘E. P. Davey.’; Association of Professional Fire Brigade Officers Long Service Medal, silver, unnamed as issued, in named card box of issue; Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 5th type (1902-83), bronze (Sidney E. Davey, Exeter. 5-2-36) with integral top riband bar, in John Pinches, London, case of issue, good very fine and better (9) £800-£1,000
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Sidney Ernest Peter Davey was born in Pinhoe, Exeter in 1894. A Brass Engraver by trade he attested at Exeter for the Territorial Force, Devon (Fortress) Royal Engineers on 25 September 1912. Appointed Lance Corporal he was embodied for Great War service on 5 August 1914 and was posted to 1/2 Devon (Works) Company RE, disembarking at Gibraltar on 29 March 1915. Returning home he was posted to the Expeditionary Force France with 568 Devon (Army Troops) Company Royal Engineers, disembarking on 14 March 1917, and was present at the Battle of Messines 7-14 June 1917. Promoted Acting Corporal he returned home on 26 February 1919 and was demobilised on 26 March 1919. He subsequently found employment with the Exeter City Fire Brigade as a Motor Driver in 1919, and was additionally awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in August 1920 (not present).
Davey was awarded the National Fire Brigades Association Bronze Medal with additional 5 years’ service bar as a Fireman (Permanent Staff) with the Exeter Fire Brigade for 16 years’ service on 2 January 1931, and was in attendance at the fatal fire at Guinea Street, Exeter on the night of 5 February 1936 for which he was awarded the Society for the Protection of Life from Fire’s Bronze Medal for his part in the rescue of 12 occupants. In the 1939 Register he is recorded as Sub-Officer, Exeter Fire Brigade and doubtless he will have experienced the full force of the ‘Blitz’ on the City of Exeter during the Second World War. Promoted to Section Leader, National Fire Service, Exeter in November 1941 and as Company Officer he was awarded the Association of Professional Fire Brigade Officers Long Service Medal on 18 February 1944. In his capacity as Station Officer, Exeter Fire Brigade he received the Coronation 1953 Medal. On retiring from the Brigade he continued to reside in Exeter, and died there on 21 June 1984 aged 89.
Sold with the recipient’s AFS lapel badge; original riband bar; various NFS buttons; and copied service records and other research including copied contemporary newspapers cuttings and copy photographs
British War and Victory Medals (5114115 A. Cpl. S. Davey. R.E.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (265 2.Cpl. S. Davey. R.E.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1953 (Stn. Off. S. E. P. Davey Exeter Fire Brigade) contemporarily engraved naming, in card box of issue; Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Stn. Offr. Sidney E. P. Davey); National Fire Brigades Association Medal, 2nd type, bronze, with two Additional Award Bars for ‘Ten Years’ and ‘Five Years’, officially impressed ‘9657’ and additionally privately engraved ‘E. P. Davey.’; Association of Professional Fire Brigade Officers Long Service Medal, silver, unnamed as issued, in named card box of issue; Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 5th type (1902-83), bronze (Sidney E. Davey, Exeter. 5-2-36) with integral top riband bar, in John Pinches, London, case of issue, good very fine and better (9) £800-£1,000
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Sidney Ernest Peter Davey was born in Pinhoe, Exeter in 1894. A Brass Engraver by trade he attested at Exeter for the Territorial Force, Devon (Fortress) Royal Engineers on 25 September 1912. Appointed Lance Corporal he was embodied for Great War service on 5 August 1914 and was posted to 1/2 Devon (Works) Company RE, disembarking at Gibraltar on 29 March 1915. Returning home he was posted to the Expeditionary Force France with 568 Devon (Army Troops) Company Royal Engineers, disembarking on 14 March 1917, and was present at the Battle of Messines 7-14 June 1917. Promoted Acting Corporal he returned home on 26 February 1919 and was demobilised on 26 March 1919. He subsequently found employment with the Exeter City Fire Brigade as a Motor Driver in 1919, and was additionally awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in August 1920 (not present).
Davey was awarded the National Fire Brigades Association Bronze Medal with additional 5 years’ service bar as a Fireman (Permanent Staff) with the Exeter Fire Brigade for 16 years’ service on 2 January 1931, and was in attendance at the fatal fire at Guinea Street, Exeter on the night of 5 February 1936 for which he was awarded the Society for the Protection of Life from Fire’s Bronze Medal for his part in the rescue of 12 occupants. In the 1939 Register he is recorded as Sub-Officer, Exeter Fire Brigade and doubtless he will have experienced the full force of the ‘Blitz’ on the City of Exeter during the Second World War. Promoted to Section Leader, National Fire Service, Exeter in November 1941 and as Company Officer he was awarded the Association of Professional Fire Brigade Officers Long Service Medal on 18 February 1944. In his capacity as Station Officer, Exeter Fire Brigade he received the Coronation 1953 Medal. On retiring from the Brigade he continued to reside in Exeter, and died there on 21 June 1984 aged 89.
Sold with the recipient’s AFS lapel badge; original riband bar; various NFS buttons; and copied service records and other research including copied contemporary newspapers cuttings and copy photographs
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Nine: Corporal S. E. P. Davey, Devon (Fortress) Royal Engineers, later Station Officer, Exeter Fire Brigade, who was awarded the Society for the Protection of Life from Fire’s Bronze Medal in 1936
British War and Victory Medals (5114115 A. Cpl. S. Davey. R.E.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (265 2.Cpl. S. Davey. R.E.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1953 (Stn. Off. S. E. P. Davey Exeter Fire Brigade) contemporarily engraved naming, in card box of issue; Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Stn. Offr. Sidney E. P. Davey); National Fire Brigades Association Medal, 2nd type, bronze, with two Additional Award Bars for ‘Ten Years’ and ‘Five Years’, officially impressed ‘9657’ and additionally privately engraved ‘E. P. Davey.’; Association of Professional Fire Brigade Officers Long Service Medal, silver, unnamed as issued, in named card box of issue; Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 5th type (1902-83), bronze (Sidney E. Davey, Exeter. 5-2-36) with integral top riband bar, in John Pinches, London, case of issue, good very fine and better (9) £800-£1,000
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Sidney Ernest Peter Davey was born in Pinhoe, Exeter in 1894. A Brass Engraver by trade he attested at Exeter for the Territorial Force, Devon (Fortress) Royal Engineers on 25 September 1912. Appointed Lance Corporal he was embodied for Great War service on 5 August 1914 and was posted to 1/2 Devon (Works) Company RE, disembarking at Gibraltar on 29 March 1915. Returning home he was posted to the Expeditionary Force France with 568 Devon (Army Troops) Company Royal Engineers, disembarking on 14 March 1917, and was present at the Battle of Messines 7-14 June 1917. Promoted Acting Corporal he returned home on 26 February 1919 and was demobilised on 26 March 1919. He subsequently found employment with the Exeter City Fire Brigade as a Motor Driver in 1919, and was additionally awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in August 1920 (not present).
Davey was awarded the National Fire Brigades Association Bronze Medal with additional 5 years’ service bar as a Fireman (Permanent Staff) with the Exeter Fire Brigade for 16 years’ service on 2 January 1931, and was in attendance at the fatal fire at Guinea Street, Exeter on the night of 5 February 1936 for which he was awarded the Society for the Protection of Life from Fire’s Bronze Medal for his part in the rescue of 12 occupants. In the 1939 Register he is recorded as Sub-Officer, Exeter Fire Brigade and doubtless he will have experienced the full force of the ‘Blitz’ on the City of Exeter during the Second World War. Promoted to Section Leader, National Fire Service, Exeter in November 1941 and as Company Officer he was awarded the Association of Professional Fire Brigade Officers Long Service Medal on 18 February 1944. In his capacity as Station Officer, Exeter Fire Brigade he received the Coronation 1953 Medal. On retiring from the Brigade he continued to reside in Exeter, and died there on 21 June 1984 aged 89.
Sold with the recipient’s AFS lapel badge; original riband bar; various NFS buttons; and copied service records and other research including copied contemporary newspapers cuttings and copy photographs
British War and Victory Medals (5114115 A. Cpl. S. Davey. R.E.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (265 2.Cpl. S. Davey. R.E.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1953 (Stn. Off. S. E. P. Davey Exeter Fire Brigade) contemporarily engraved naming, in card box of issue; Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Stn. Offr. Sidney E. P. Davey); National Fire Brigades Association Medal, 2nd type, bronze, with two Additional Award Bars for ‘Ten Years’ and ‘Five Years’, officially impressed ‘9657’ and additionally privately engraved ‘E. P. Davey.’; Association of Professional Fire Brigade Officers Long Service Medal, silver, unnamed as issued, in named card box of issue; Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 5th type (1902-83), bronze (Sidney E. Davey, Exeter. 5-2-36) with integral top riband bar, in John Pinches, London, case of issue, good very fine and better (9) £800-£1,000
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Sidney Ernest Peter Davey was born in Pinhoe, Exeter in 1894. A Brass Engraver by trade he attested at Exeter for the Territorial Force, Devon (Fortress) Royal Engineers on 25 September 1912. Appointed Lance Corporal he was embodied for Great War service on 5 August 1914 and was posted to 1/2 Devon (Works) Company RE, disembarking at Gibraltar on 29 March 1915. Returning home he was posted to the Expeditionary Force France with 568 Devon (Army Troops) Company Royal Engineers, disembarking on 14 March 1917, and was present at the Battle of Messines 7-14 June 1917. Promoted Acting Corporal he returned home on 26 February 1919 and was demobilised on 26 March 1919. He subsequently found employment with the Exeter City Fire Brigade as a Motor Driver in 1919, and was additionally awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in August 1920 (not present).
Davey was awarded the National Fire Brigades Association Bronze Medal with additional 5 years’ service bar as a Fireman (Permanent Staff) with the Exeter Fire Brigade for 16 years’ service on 2 January 1931, and was in attendance at the fatal fire at Guinea Street, Exeter on the night of 5 February 1936 for which he was awarded the Society for the Protection of Life from Fire’s Bronze Medal for his part in the rescue of 12 occupants. In the 1939 Register he is recorded as Sub-Officer, Exeter Fire Brigade and doubtless he will have experienced the full force of the ‘Blitz’ on the City of Exeter during the Second World War. Promoted to Section Leader, National Fire Service, Exeter in November 1941 and as Company Officer he was awarded the Association of Professional Fire Brigade Officers Long Service Medal on 18 February 1944. In his capacity as Station Officer, Exeter Fire Brigade he received the Coronation 1953 Medal. On retiring from the Brigade he continued to reside in Exeter, and died there on 21 June 1984 aged 89.
Sold with the recipient’s AFS lapel badge; original riband bar; various NFS buttons; and copied service records and other research including copied contemporary newspapers cuttings and copy photographs
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