Six: Gunner C. Cobb, Royal Field Artillery

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (19071 [sic]. Gr: C. Cobb. 61/R.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (19070 A. Bomb: C. Cobb, 17th. Bty: R.F.A.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (19070 Gr. C. Cobb. 37th. Fd. Bty. R.A.) depot engraved naming; 1914-15 Star (17839 Gnr: C. Cobb. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (17839 Gnr. C. Cobb. R.A.) mounted as worn in this order on two separate bars; together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘332280’, contact marks, nearly very fine (6) £500-£700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Royal Artillery.

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Charles Cobb was born in Hounslow, Middlesex, in June 1878 and attested there for the Royal Artillery on 3 March 1897. He served with the Artillery overseas in the Sudan and in South Africa, and was discharged on 2 March 1913 after 16 years’ service, of which 2 years and 272 days had been spent overseas. Following the outbreak of the Great War Cobb re-enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery on 23 November 19194, and served with the British Expeditionary Force in the Mediterranean theatre, 1915-16, and then on the Western Front, 1916-18. He was discharged on 19 February 1918, no longer physically fit for War Service, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

Sold with the recipient’s original Parchment Certificate for his first period of service; Great War Discharge Certificate, Character Certificate, and Silver War Badge Certificate; and other ephemera.