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Three: Private W. Parker, Devonshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (200909...
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Three: Private W. Parker, Devonshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (200909 Pte. W. Parker. Devon. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Royal Mint issue (200909 Pte. W. Parker. Devon R.) mounted as worn, traces of verdigris to VM, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (3) £80-£100
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Wilfred Parker was born in Honiton, Devon in 1885. A Saddler by trade he enlisted in the 4th (Territorial) Battalion Devonshire Regiment and served in India and Mesopotamia. With the 4th Battalion Cadre he embarked at Baquba for Bombay on 17 April 1919 and was despatched for Bangalore and mobilised for the North West Frontier, where he saw active service during the Third Afghan War attached to the 1/25th London Regiment. Returning to the U.K. he was demobilised on 15 December 1919, and returning to Honiton was employed as a Saddle and Harness Maker. He applied for the Territorial Force War Medal and the India General Service Medal in December 1926; the record card is marked ‘Ineligible for TFWM’ however the IGS was issued and the roll is dated 11 April 1927 hence the later Royal Mint issue. He died in Letchworth on 8 July 1964, aged 79.
Sold with copied research.
For the medals awarded to the recipient’s son, see Lot 143.
British War and Victory Medals (200909 Pte. W. Parker. Devon. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Royal Mint issue (200909 Pte. W. Parker. Devon R.) mounted as worn, traces of verdigris to VM, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (3) £80-£100
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Wilfred Parker was born in Honiton, Devon in 1885. A Saddler by trade he enlisted in the 4th (Territorial) Battalion Devonshire Regiment and served in India and Mesopotamia. With the 4th Battalion Cadre he embarked at Baquba for Bombay on 17 April 1919 and was despatched for Bangalore and mobilised for the North West Frontier, where he saw active service during the Third Afghan War attached to the 1/25th London Regiment. Returning to the U.K. he was demobilised on 15 December 1919, and returning to Honiton was employed as a Saddle and Harness Maker. He applied for the Territorial Force War Medal and the India General Service Medal in December 1926; the record card is marked ‘Ineligible for TFWM’ however the IGS was issued and the roll is dated 11 April 1927 hence the later Royal Mint issue. He died in Letchworth on 8 July 1964, aged 79.
Sold with copied research.
For the medals awarded to the recipient’s son, see Lot 143.
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Three: Private W. Parker, Devonshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (200909 Pte. W. Parker. Devon. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Royal Mint issue (200909 Pte. W. Parker. Devon R.) mounted as worn, traces of verdigris to VM, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (3) £80-£100
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Wilfred Parker was born in Honiton, Devon in 1885. A Saddler by trade he enlisted in the 4th (Territorial) Battalion Devonshire Regiment and served in India and Mesopotamia. With the 4th Battalion Cadre he embarked at Baquba for Bombay on 17 April 1919 and was despatched for Bangalore and mobilised for the North West Frontier, where he saw active service during the Third Afghan War attached to the 1/25th London Regiment. Returning to the U.K. he was demobilised on 15 December 1919, and returning to Honiton was employed as a Saddle and Harness Maker. He applied for the Territorial Force War Medal and the India General Service Medal in December 1926; the record card is marked ‘Ineligible for TFWM’ however the IGS was issued and the roll is dated 11 April 1927 hence the later Royal Mint issue. He died in Letchworth on 8 July 1964, aged 79.
Sold with copied research.
For the medals awarded to the recipient’s son, see Lot 143.
British War and Victory Medals (200909 Pte. W. Parker. Devon. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Royal Mint issue (200909 Pte. W. Parker. Devon R.) mounted as worn, traces of verdigris to VM, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (3) £80-£100
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Wilfred Parker was born in Honiton, Devon in 1885. A Saddler by trade he enlisted in the 4th (Territorial) Battalion Devonshire Regiment and served in India and Mesopotamia. With the 4th Battalion Cadre he embarked at Baquba for Bombay on 17 April 1919 and was despatched for Bangalore and mobilised for the North West Frontier, where he saw active service during the Third Afghan War attached to the 1/25th London Regiment. Returning to the U.K. he was demobilised on 15 December 1919, and returning to Honiton was employed as a Saddle and Harness Maker. He applied for the Territorial Force War Medal and the India General Service Medal in December 1926; the record card is marked ‘Ineligible for TFWM’ however the IGS was issued and the roll is dated 11 April 1927 hence the later Royal Mint issue. He died in Letchworth on 8 July 1964, aged 79.
Sold with copied research.
For the medals awarded to the recipient’s son, see Lot 143.
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