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Six: Squadron Sergeant Major W. J. Tuckett, Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry 1914-15 Star (1385...
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Six: Squadron Sergeant Major W. J. Tuckett, Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry
1914-15 Star (1385 Sq. S. Mjr. W. J. Tuckett. R. 1/Devon. Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (1385 W.O. Cl. 2. W. J. Tuckett. R. 1-Devon. Yeo.); Defence Medal; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (220008 Sq. Sjt. Mjr: W. J. Tuckett. R. 1/Devon: Hrs:); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, 2 clasps, Long Service 1941, Long Service 1945 (William J. Tuckett.) mounted for wear, edge bruise to TFWM, polished, generally very fine (6) £500-£700
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William James Tuckett was born at Franklands Farm, Hennock, Devon in 1886 and enlisted in the Royal 1st Devon Imperial Yeomanry, being appointed a Lance Corporal in ‘C’ Squadron on 14 May 1907. Discharged from the Imperial Yeomanry on the formation of the Territorial Army he enlisted in the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry on 24 April 1908. Mobilised still with ‘C’ Squadron on 4 August 1914 he was posted with the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry to Essex for intensive training. Embarking on 23 September 1915 in H.M.T. Olympic at Liverpool for Gallipoli they landed at Suvla Bay on 8 October 1915 and marched to reserve dugouts west of Karakol Dagh. Following the withdrawal from Gallipoli, the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry took over duties in the Canal Zone before advancing into Gaza and Palestine.
The Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry and the Royal North Devon Hussars formed 16th (Devon Yeomanry) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment on 21 December 1916. At some stage Tuckett returned home as his marriage is recorded as having taken place at Bovey Tracey Parish Church in October 1917. His Efficiency Medal was awarded in November 1917 and he was disembodied 21 January 1919. Returning to the family farm in Hennock he is shown in the 1939 Register as Sergeant Special Constabulary and is known to have served at Bovey Tracey. He held a number of voluntary positions including being a member of the Devon War Agricultural Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Newton Abbot Rural Council. He died at Hennock on 19 December 1945, aged 59.
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1914-15 Star (1385 Sq. S. Mjr. W. J. Tuckett. R. 1/Devon. Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (1385 W.O. Cl. 2. W. J. Tuckett. R. 1-Devon. Yeo.); Defence Medal; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (220008 Sq. Sjt. Mjr: W. J. Tuckett. R. 1/Devon: Hrs:); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, 2 clasps, Long Service 1941, Long Service 1945 (William J. Tuckett.) mounted for wear, edge bruise to TFWM, polished, generally very fine (6) £500-£700
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William James Tuckett was born at Franklands Farm, Hennock, Devon in 1886 and enlisted in the Royal 1st Devon Imperial Yeomanry, being appointed a Lance Corporal in ‘C’ Squadron on 14 May 1907. Discharged from the Imperial Yeomanry on the formation of the Territorial Army he enlisted in the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry on 24 April 1908. Mobilised still with ‘C’ Squadron on 4 August 1914 he was posted with the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry to Essex for intensive training. Embarking on 23 September 1915 in H.M.T. Olympic at Liverpool for Gallipoli they landed at Suvla Bay on 8 October 1915 and marched to reserve dugouts west of Karakol Dagh. Following the withdrawal from Gallipoli, the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry took over duties in the Canal Zone before advancing into Gaza and Palestine.
The Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry and the Royal North Devon Hussars formed 16th (Devon Yeomanry) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment on 21 December 1916. At some stage Tuckett returned home as his marriage is recorded as having taken place at Bovey Tracey Parish Church in October 1917. His Efficiency Medal was awarded in November 1917 and he was disembodied 21 January 1919. Returning to the family farm in Hennock he is shown in the 1939 Register as Sergeant Special Constabulary and is known to have served at Bovey Tracey. He held a number of voluntary positions including being a member of the Devon War Agricultural Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Newton Abbot Rural Council. He died at Hennock on 19 December 1945, aged 59.
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Six: Squadron Sergeant Major W. J. Tuckett, Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry
1914-15 Star (1385 Sq. S. Mjr. W. J. Tuckett. R. 1/Devon. Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (1385 W.O. Cl. 2. W. J. Tuckett. R. 1-Devon. Yeo.); Defence Medal; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (220008 Sq. Sjt. Mjr: W. J. Tuckett. R. 1/Devon: Hrs:); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, 2 clasps, Long Service 1941, Long Service 1945 (William J. Tuckett.) mounted for wear, edge bruise to TFWM, polished, generally very fine (6) £500-£700
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William James Tuckett was born at Franklands Farm, Hennock, Devon in 1886 and enlisted in the Royal 1st Devon Imperial Yeomanry, being appointed a Lance Corporal in ‘C’ Squadron on 14 May 1907. Discharged from the Imperial Yeomanry on the formation of the Territorial Army he enlisted in the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry on 24 April 1908. Mobilised still with ‘C’ Squadron on 4 August 1914 he was posted with the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry to Essex for intensive training. Embarking on 23 September 1915 in H.M.T. Olympic at Liverpool for Gallipoli they landed at Suvla Bay on 8 October 1915 and marched to reserve dugouts west of Karakol Dagh. Following the withdrawal from Gallipoli, the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry took over duties in the Canal Zone before advancing into Gaza and Palestine.
The Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry and the Royal North Devon Hussars formed 16th (Devon Yeomanry) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment on 21 December 1916. At some stage Tuckett returned home as his marriage is recorded as having taken place at Bovey Tracey Parish Church in October 1917. His Efficiency Medal was awarded in November 1917 and he was disembodied 21 January 1919. Returning to the family farm in Hennock he is shown in the 1939 Register as Sergeant Special Constabulary and is known to have served at Bovey Tracey. He held a number of voluntary positions including being a member of the Devon War Agricultural Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Newton Abbot Rural Council. He died at Hennock on 19 December 1945, aged 59.
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1914-15 Star (1385 Sq. S. Mjr. W. J. Tuckett. R. 1/Devon. Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (1385 W.O. Cl. 2. W. J. Tuckett. R. 1-Devon. Yeo.); Defence Medal; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (220008 Sq. Sjt. Mjr: W. J. Tuckett. R. 1/Devon: Hrs:); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, 2 clasps, Long Service 1941, Long Service 1945 (William J. Tuckett.) mounted for wear, edge bruise to TFWM, polished, generally very fine (6) £500-£700
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William James Tuckett was born at Franklands Farm, Hennock, Devon in 1886 and enlisted in the Royal 1st Devon Imperial Yeomanry, being appointed a Lance Corporal in ‘C’ Squadron on 14 May 1907. Discharged from the Imperial Yeomanry on the formation of the Territorial Army he enlisted in the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry on 24 April 1908. Mobilised still with ‘C’ Squadron on 4 August 1914 he was posted with the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry to Essex for intensive training. Embarking on 23 September 1915 in H.M.T. Olympic at Liverpool for Gallipoli they landed at Suvla Bay on 8 October 1915 and marched to reserve dugouts west of Karakol Dagh. Following the withdrawal from Gallipoli, the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry took over duties in the Canal Zone before advancing into Gaza and Palestine.
The Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry and the Royal North Devon Hussars formed 16th (Devon Yeomanry) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment on 21 December 1916. At some stage Tuckett returned home as his marriage is recorded as having taken place at Bovey Tracey Parish Church in October 1917. His Efficiency Medal was awarded in November 1917 and he was disembodied 21 January 1919. Returning to the family farm in Hennock he is shown in the 1939 Register as Sergeant Special Constabulary and is known to have served at Bovey Tracey. He held a number of voluntary positions including being a member of the Devon War Agricultural Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Newton Abbot Rural Council. He died at Hennock on 19 December 1945, aged 59.
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