Auction Catalogue

8 November 2023

Starting at 10:00 AM

.

Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Live Online Auction

Download Images

Lot

№ 685

.

8 November 2023

Hammer Price:
£130

1914-15 Star (4) (15816 Pte. A. Jones. S. W. Bord:; 15199 Pte. E. Toulcher. S. Wales Bord.; M2- 105259 Pte. O. R. Gent. A.S.C.; No. 1362 Sepy Pir Baksh 1/69/Punjabis.); Burma Star (5); Italy Star (5), the Second War stars all later issues, very fine and better (14) £80-£100

Albert Jones, from Neath, attested into the Welsh Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 8th Battalion from 5 September 1915. He saw further service with the 1st Battalion and was discharged Class ‘Z’ on 17 January 1919.

Ernest Toulcher attested into the Welsh Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 8th Battalion from 6 September 1915 and saw further service with Royal Engineers.

Oswald Rushton Gent, from Middlesborough, attested into the Army Service Corps for service during the Great War and served in Egypt from 20 November 1915. He saw later service in the Balkans with the 597th Mechanical Transport Company, where he died, aged 31, on 6 November 1918. He is buried in Sturma Military Cemetery, Greece.