Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private F. J. Baggott, Gloucestershire Regiment, who was wounded at Sartori, 15 June 1918
British War and Victory Medals (202152 Pte. F. J. Baggott. Glouc. R.) very fine

Pair: Private L. Lock, Gloucestershire Regiment, who was wounded with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 30 September 1916
British War and Victory Medals (28233 Pte. L. Lock. Glouc. R.) good very fine

Pair: Private E. W. Smith, Worcestershire Regiment, who was blown up on 14 July 1917, after only one week on the Western Front, and subsequently suffered from shell shock
British War and Victory Medals (35861 Pte. E. W. Smith. Worc. R.) edge bruising, nearly very fine (6) £80-120

Francis James Baggott was born in 1886 and attested for the Gloucestershire Regiment at Bristol on 12 December 1915. He served with the 4th (Reserve) Battalion during the Great War in Italy and on the Western Front, and suffered a gun shot wound to the right thigh at Sartori on 15 June 1918. He was discharged on 19 February 1919, after 3 years and 67 days’ service.

Leonard Lock was born in 1888 and attested for the Gloucestershire Regiment at Bristol on 13 May 1916. He served with the 2nd/5th Battalion as part of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force during the Great War from 9 September 1916, and suffered a gun shot wound to the left hip on 30 September 1916. He was discharged on 7 March 1919, after 2 years and 299 days’ service.

Ernest William Smith attested for the Worcestershire Regiment and served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. ‘On 14 July 1917, after being only a week in France, he was blown up and after this was very shaky and nervous, complaining of pains in his head and legs; he had no use of his left side, both arms and legs, and stammered badly. He once went up the line for two days, but had to be sent back at once, was hysterical, delirious, and could not walk’ (recipient’s Medical Report refers). He was discharged on account of being unfit for military service on 30 October 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

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