Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private F. J. Broomfield, Hampshire Regiment, later Mercantile Marine

1914 Star, with clasp (6664 Pte F. J. Broomfield. 1/Hamps: R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (6664 Pte. F. J. Broomfield. Hamps. R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Frederick J. Broomfield); Victory Medal 1914-19 (6664 Pte. F. J. Broomfield. Hamps. R.) mounted for wear, generally good very fine, and scarce (4) £200-£300

Frederick Joseph Broomfield was born in Battersea, London in 1883. He attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Hammersmith in November 1902, and served with the Regiment in Malta before transferring to the Army Reserve in November 1905. Broomfield was mobilised in August 1914, and initially served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment on the Western Front from 23 August 1914. He was discharged ‘Medically Unfit’ on 24 October 1914, but re-engaged for service with the Mercantile Marine.

Sold with copied service papers.