Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private S. A. Young, Hampshire Regiment, later Royal Air Force
Victory Medal 1914-19 (1679 Pte. S. A. Young. Hamps. R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (340496. A.C.2. S. A. Young. R.A.F.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (336745 T. J. Law. R.A.F.) officially re-impressed naming, nearly very fine (3) £120-£160

Sydney A. Young attested initially for the Hampshire Regiment, before transferring to the Wiltshire Regiment, and then to the Royal Air Force, seeing active service with them in post-War Mesopotamia.

Thomas John Law was born in Lambeth, London, on 30 October 183 and initially enlisted for the 4th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, on 14 May 1901. He transferred to the Devonshire Regiment on 5 February 1903, and then to the Army Reserve on 12 November 1909. Recalled to the Colours on 6 August 1914, he served with the 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 August 1914 (entitled to a 1914 Star with clasp trio). Discharged class ‘Z’ on 19 March 1919, he enlisted in the Royal Air Force on 2 September 1919, and saw further service in post-War Mesopotamia, being promoted Corporal on 24 May 1921. He transferred to the Reserve on 1 September 1923, and was discharged on 26 April 1930.