Three: Private E. Jones, 1st/2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment, later Welsh Regiment

1914 Star, with copy clasp (2154 Pte. E. Jones. 1/2 Mon: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2154 Pte. E. Jones. Monmouth. R.) nearly very fine (3) £80-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star.

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Ellis Jones attested for the Monmouthshire Regiment on 8 August 1914 and served with the 1st/2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 November 1914. He later transferred to the 5th Battalion, Welsh Regiment and was discharged, no longer physically fit for war service, on 30 June 1916.