Three: Gunner J. Whitfield, Royal Field Artillery
1914 Star (26517 Gnr: J. Whitfield. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (26517 Gnr. J. Whitfield. R.A.) light contact marks, very fine

Three: Private F. E. Davis, Army Service Corps
1914 Star (CMT-2762 Pte. F. E. Davis. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (CMT-2762 Pte. F. E. Davis. A.S.C.) contact marks, nearly very fine (6) £100-£140

James Whitfield attested into the Royal Field Artillery and served during the Great War with the 40th Brigade on the Western Front from 19 August 1914. The brigade saw action with the 3rd Division at Mons, the subsequent retreat, at Le Cateau, the Marne and other early battles. He was discharged time expired on 15 September 1915.

Frank Ernest Davis, a motor driver with Rolls Royce in Derby, was born in Nottinghamshire on 7 November 1889. He joined Rolls Royce around 1910 and later attested into the Army Service Corps as a ‘Category C’ Reservist at Derby on 30 April 1914. Mobilised on 6 August 1914, he served during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914, possibly working in one of the 18 Rolls Royce Armoured Cars. He was discharged upon the termination of his engagement on 11 May 1916.

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