Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private R. W. Chambers, Royal Army Medical Corps, who accidentally drowned in the Persian Gulf, 25 September 1916

1914-15 Star (28641 Pte., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (28641 Pte., R.A.M.C.); Memorial Plaque (Richard William Chambers) extremely fine (4) £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Awards to the Medical Services from the Collection of the late Tony Sabell.

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Richard William Chambers was born in Manningtree, Essex and enlisted at Harwich. As a Private in the R.A.M.C. he entered the Balkan theatre of war on 18 October 1915. As a Private serving with the 40th Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C., he accidentally drowned in the Persian Gulf on 25 September 1916, aged 22 years. His name is commemorated on the Basra memorial.