Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Corporal W. H. Davis, Royal Sussex Regiment, who was wounded at the Battle of Epehy in September 1918

1914 Star, with clasp (7666 Pte. W. H. Davis. 2/R. Suss: R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-7666 Cpl. W. H. Davis. R. Suss. R.) good very fine (3) £100-£140

William Herbert Davis was born in Chichester, Sussex in 1885 and attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment on 7 December 1903. He served with the Regiment in Malta from June 1904 to May 1905 and in Crete from May 1905 to October 1906 before transferring to the Army Reserve in December 1906. After mobilisation on the outbreak of war, Davis served with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 12 August 1914. He was promoted Corporal on 26 August 1918 and suffered a Gun Shot Wound to his right arm during his battalion’s attack at Epehy, with the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, on 18 September 1918. He was discharged due to wounds on 17 November 1919 and awarded a Silver War Badge.