Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Private R. H. A. Turrell, Royal West Surrey Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (T-1601 Pte. R. H. A. Turrell. The Queen’s R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (T-1601 Pte. R. H. A. Turrell. The Queen’s R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (200281 Pte. R. H. A. Turrell. 4 Queen’s Rl. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (200281 Pte. R. H. A. Turrell. 4/The Queen’s R.) mounted for wear; together with a Queen’s cap badge and shoulder title, good very fine (5) £500-£700

Robert Henry Axford Turrell was born in Croydon, Surrey, on 1 July 1895 and attested for the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), Territorial Force. He served with the 1/4th Battalion during the Great War, and subsequently during the Third Afghan War, and was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 23 of February 1925. He is recorded in the 1939 Register as an Air Ministry Warder, and died on 10 March 1957.

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