Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Second Lieutenant F. G. Grigsby, York and Lancaster Regiment and Special Constabulary, late Royal Fusiliers

1914-15 Star (4914 Pte. F. G. Grigsby. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. F. G. Grigsby.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, 2 clasps, Long Service 1940, Long Service 1944 (Sergt. Frank G. Grigsby); together with a Medal for the Battle on Asiago Plateau, 15 June 1918, silver, the trio and SCLSM mounted for wear, some contact marks, good very fine (5) £120-£160

Frank Gordon Grigsby, originally a house furnishings salesman, was born in Reading, Berkshire on 24 May 1885. He attested into the 20th (Public Schools) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers for service during the Great War, and served on the Western Front from 14 November 1915. He was commissioned into the York and Lancaster Regiment on 28 August 1917 and served with the 8th Battalion. Awarded a pension post-War, he settled in Tavistock, Devon, where he joined the Special Constabulary. Appointed Sergeant, he served during the Second World War, thus qualifying for the Defence Medal. He died, aged 66, in Tavistock, on 22 November 1951.