Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private A. Jolliffe, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Thiennes on the Western Front on 11 April 1918

British War and Victory Medals (37904 Pte. A. Jolliffe. D. of Corn. L.I.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (37904 Pte. A. Jolliffe. D.C.L.I.) mounted court-style, minor edge bruising, very fine (3) £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 46th Foot and its Successor Units.

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Albert Jolliffe was born in Stratton, Cornwall, in April 1899 and attested for the Army at Launceston on 2 March 1917. Mobilised on 23 April 1917, he was posted to the 4th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, on 4 December 1917, and served with the 1/5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 April 1918. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War on 11 April 1918, during the Battalion’s rearguard action at Thiennes in preventing the enemy reaching the Channel ports, and was repatriated on 9 December 1918. He saw further service with the 2nd Battalion in post-War Mesopotamia from 23 September 1920 to 25 February 1921, and was discharged on 26 March 1922 He died in Torquay, Devon, on 11 January 1965.

Sold with copied service papers, medal roll extracts, and other research.