Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private P. W. Brooks, Grenadier Guards

1914-15 Star (19693 Pte., G. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (19693 Pte., G. Gds.); Sweden, Royal Household Medal, King Gustaf V, silver with crown, edge impressed, ‘Silver 1918’, reverse inscribed, ‘P. W. Brooks, 1919’, some edge bruising, nearly very fine (4) £140-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of British Groups with Foreign Awards.

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Paul Wilson Brooks was born in Leicestershire c.1887. A Footman by occupation, he attested for the Grenadier Guards on 8 October 1914, aged 27 years. As a Private he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 26 July 1915, returning back to England on 14 September 1916. Brooks transferred to the Guards Machine Gun Regiment on 24 November 1917 but remained in England. He held the rank of Corporal, January-October 1918. Private Brooks was transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on demobilisation on 5 February 1919.

As a Footman in the employ of H.R.H. The Duke and Duchess of Connaught, he was awarded the Swedish Royal Household Medal in May 1919. The Connaught’s daughter, Princess Margaret of Connaught had married Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf on 15 June 1905. It is likely that the award was made as a result of services during the Connaught’s visit to Sweden or the Crown Prince’s visit to his wife’s parents. With copied m.i.c. and other research.