Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant E. C. Furse, Royal Field Artillery, who was Mentioned in Despatches during the Great War
1914-15 Star (28764 Sjt. E. C. Furse. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (28764 B.Q.M. Sjt. E. C. Furse. R.A.) spots of verdigris on star, very fine

Three: Shoeing Smith G. M. Currie, Royal Field Artillery
1914-15 Star (15778 S. Sth. G. M. Currie. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (15778 Gnr. G. M. Currie. R.A.) very fine (6) £80-£100

Edward Charles Hall Furse, a Boatman, from Naylor, Famouth, Cornwall, with eight years previous service as a Seaman in the Royal Naval Reserve, attested, aged 32 years and 11 months for the Royal Field Artillery and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 September 1915. He was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette on 4 January 1917), and was hospitalised as a result of a Gun Shot Wound to his finger, from Christmas Day 1916 to 14 March 1917. Appointed Battery Quartermaster Sergeant on 14 April 1918, he was discharged Class ‘Z’ on 24 February 1919.

George McKeller Currie attested for the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 17 July 1915. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ on 8 May 1919.