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Four: Quartermaster Sergeant A. H. Dunsford, Devonshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (701 A.C. Sjt. A. H. Dunsford. Devon. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (200066 Cpl. A. H. Dunsford. Devon. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (200066 Sjt. -A.Q.M. Sjt.- A. H. Dunsford. 4/Devon: Regt.) light contact marks, very fine and better (4) £300-£400
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Albert Henry Dunsford was born at Sidbury, East Devon in 1885 and enlisted into the 3rd Volunteer Battalion Devonshire Regiment on 12 February 1904. Discharged from the Volunteers on the formation of the Territorial Army, he enlisted at Honiton in the 4th Territorial Battalion Devonshire Regiment on 7 April 1908, and on 11 November 1913 he signed the agreement to serve outside the UK in the event of a National Emergency. Embodied with the 4th Battalion and appointed Lance Sergeant on 5 August 1914 he embarked for India with the battalion, arriving at Ferozepore on 13 November 1914 for a period of intensive training. Promoted Acting Sergeant he embarked with his battalion as part of Expeditionary Force ‘D’ Mesopotamia on 23 February 1916. Awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in August 1918, he was appointed Acting Quarter Master Sergeant the following month. Returning to India from Mesopotamia in April 1919, he embarked for home on 20 September 1919.
Demobilised at Exeter on 12 December 1919 having applied for special enlistment in the Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport, Dunsford attested for one year as a Motor Driver and joined No. 4 Depot RASC at Avington Park, Winchester on 17 December 1919. Next posted to 615 M.T. Company in Dublin on 21 May 1920, he was discharged on termination of his engagement on 31 December 1920. Returning to Honiton he was employed as a Motor Driver by Matthews Brothers, Ironmongers. He died at Honiton on 6 January 1963, aged 77.
Sold with copied service records, other research and including original Detention (in India) Certificate, Discharge Certificate, Protection Certificate, Furlough Pass and Issue Voucher for Territorial War Medal.
For the medals awarded to the recipient’s brother-in-law, Sergeant F. R. A. Towell, see Lot 124.
British War and Victory Medals (701 A.C. Sjt. A. H. Dunsford. Devon. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (200066 Cpl. A. H. Dunsford. Devon. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (200066 Sjt. -A.Q.M. Sjt.- A. H. Dunsford. 4/Devon: Regt.) light contact marks, very fine and better (4) £300-£400
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Albert Henry Dunsford was born at Sidbury, East Devon in 1885 and enlisted into the 3rd Volunteer Battalion Devonshire Regiment on 12 February 1904. Discharged from the Volunteers on the formation of the Territorial Army, he enlisted at Honiton in the 4th Territorial Battalion Devonshire Regiment on 7 April 1908, and on 11 November 1913 he signed the agreement to serve outside the UK in the event of a National Emergency. Embodied with the 4th Battalion and appointed Lance Sergeant on 5 August 1914 he embarked for India with the battalion, arriving at Ferozepore on 13 November 1914 for a period of intensive training. Promoted Acting Sergeant he embarked with his battalion as part of Expeditionary Force ‘D’ Mesopotamia on 23 February 1916. Awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in August 1918, he was appointed Acting Quarter Master Sergeant the following month. Returning to India from Mesopotamia in April 1919, he embarked for home on 20 September 1919.
Demobilised at Exeter on 12 December 1919 having applied for special enlistment in the Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport, Dunsford attested for one year as a Motor Driver and joined No. 4 Depot RASC at Avington Park, Winchester on 17 December 1919. Next posted to 615 M.T. Company in Dublin on 21 May 1920, he was discharged on termination of his engagement on 31 December 1920. Returning to Honiton he was employed as a Motor Driver by Matthews Brothers, Ironmongers. He died at Honiton on 6 January 1963, aged 77.
Sold with copied service records, other research and including original Detention (in India) Certificate, Discharge Certificate, Protection Certificate, Furlough Pass and Issue Voucher for Territorial War Medal.
For the medals awarded to the recipient’s brother-in-law, Sergeant F. R. A. Towell, see Lot 124.
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Four: Quartermaster Sergeant A. H. Dunsford, Devonshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (701 A.C. Sjt. A. H. Dunsford. Devon. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (200066 Cpl. A. H. Dunsford. Devon. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (200066 Sjt. -A.Q.M. Sjt.- A. H. Dunsford. 4/Devon: Regt.) light contact marks, very fine and better (4) £300-£400
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Albert Henry Dunsford was born at Sidbury, East Devon in 1885 and enlisted into the 3rd Volunteer Battalion Devonshire Regiment on 12 February 1904. Discharged from the Volunteers on the formation of the Territorial Army, he enlisted at Honiton in the 4th Territorial Battalion Devonshire Regiment on 7 April 1908, and on 11 November 1913 he signed the agreement to serve outside the UK in the event of a National Emergency. Embodied with the 4th Battalion and appointed Lance Sergeant on 5 August 1914 he embarked for India with the battalion, arriving at Ferozepore on 13 November 1914 for a period of intensive training. Promoted Acting Sergeant he embarked with his battalion as part of Expeditionary Force ‘D’ Mesopotamia on 23 February 1916. Awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in August 1918, he was appointed Acting Quarter Master Sergeant the following month. Returning to India from Mesopotamia in April 1919, he embarked for home on 20 September 1919.
Demobilised at Exeter on 12 December 1919 having applied for special enlistment in the Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport, Dunsford attested for one year as a Motor Driver and joined No. 4 Depot RASC at Avington Park, Winchester on 17 December 1919. Next posted to 615 M.T. Company in Dublin on 21 May 1920, he was discharged on termination of his engagement on 31 December 1920. Returning to Honiton he was employed as a Motor Driver by Matthews Brothers, Ironmongers. He died at Honiton on 6 January 1963, aged 77.
Sold with copied service records, other research and including original Detention (in India) Certificate, Discharge Certificate, Protection Certificate, Furlough Pass and Issue Voucher for Territorial War Medal.
For the medals awarded to the recipient’s brother-in-law, Sergeant F. R. A. Towell, see Lot 124.
British War and Victory Medals (701 A.C. Sjt. A. H. Dunsford. Devon. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (200066 Cpl. A. H. Dunsford. Devon. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (200066 Sjt. -A.Q.M. Sjt.- A. H. Dunsford. 4/Devon: Regt.) light contact marks, very fine and better (4) £300-£400
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Albert Henry Dunsford was born at Sidbury, East Devon in 1885 and enlisted into the 3rd Volunteer Battalion Devonshire Regiment on 12 February 1904. Discharged from the Volunteers on the formation of the Territorial Army, he enlisted at Honiton in the 4th Territorial Battalion Devonshire Regiment on 7 April 1908, and on 11 November 1913 he signed the agreement to serve outside the UK in the event of a National Emergency. Embodied with the 4th Battalion and appointed Lance Sergeant on 5 August 1914 he embarked for India with the battalion, arriving at Ferozepore on 13 November 1914 for a period of intensive training. Promoted Acting Sergeant he embarked with his battalion as part of Expeditionary Force ‘D’ Mesopotamia on 23 February 1916. Awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in August 1918, he was appointed Acting Quarter Master Sergeant the following month. Returning to India from Mesopotamia in April 1919, he embarked for home on 20 September 1919.
Demobilised at Exeter on 12 December 1919 having applied for special enlistment in the Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport, Dunsford attested for one year as a Motor Driver and joined No. 4 Depot RASC at Avington Park, Winchester on 17 December 1919. Next posted to 615 M.T. Company in Dublin on 21 May 1920, he was discharged on termination of his engagement on 31 December 1920. Returning to Honiton he was employed as a Motor Driver by Matthews Brothers, Ironmongers. He died at Honiton on 6 January 1963, aged 77.
Sold with copied service records, other research and including original Detention (in India) Certificate, Discharge Certificate, Protection Certificate, Furlough Pass and Issue Voucher for Territorial War Medal.
For the medals awarded to the recipient’s brother-in-law, Sergeant F. R. A. Towell, see Lot 124.
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