Three: Private B. Pearson, Monmouthshire Regiment, a P.O.W. who was repatriated as a result of his wounds

1914-15 Star (2608 Pte., Monmouth R.); British War and Victory Medals (2608 Pte., Monmouth R.), together with Newport’s Medal for Returning Prisoners’ of War 1914-18, gold, and his Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘48605’, generally good very fine, the fourth rare (5) £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Monmouthshire Regiment formed by Lt. Col. P. A. Blagojevic, O. St. J., T.D..

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Bernard Pearson first entered the French theatre of war as a Private in the 1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment in February 1915. Subsequently taken P.O.W., he was repatriated as early as February 1916, when he was admitted to Queen Alexandra’s Military Extension Hospital at Millbank, London, at which establishment he was honourably discharged as a result of his wounds on the 23rd of the following month.