Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914-15 Star (4) (17003 Pte. R. T. White, R. Berks. R.; 13875 Pte. B. J. Eales, D. of Corn. L.I.; L-10354 Pte. C. Green, R.W. Kent R.; 19092 Pte. C. Ford, Wilts. R.) very fine and better (4) £80-100

Charles Green was born in Bishops Stortford and on 18 February 1908, aged 17 joined the Royal West Kent Regiment at Maidstone. In October 1911 he transferred to the 8th (The Kings Royal Irish) Regt. of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) but transferred back to the 2nd Bn R.W.K. in April 1914 in Multan, India. On 30 January 1915 the Battalion left Bombay and arrived in Basra as part of the 12th Indian Brigade on 6 February 1915. Two companies of the Battalion were captured in the Siege of Kut, the remainder fought through the Mesopotamian Campaign and then returned to India where Pte Green qualified for the I.G.S. with clasp Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919. He retired from the Army on 19 December 1919. With copied m.i.c.

Charles Ford landed in France on 25 May 1915. He was later transferred to the Labour Corps. He was discharged from the Army on 25 April 1919. Reuban White landed in France on 27 May 1915. He subsequently transferred to the Cheshire Regiment.

Burleigh Eales landed in France on 22 September 1915 with the 8th (Service) Bn D.C.L.I. and so qualified for the 1914-15 Star. The Battalion sailed from Marseilles to Salonika on 13 November 1915. He subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps.