Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part II)

Four: Captain W. H. Pugh, South Wales Borderers, late 4th Hussars

1914 Star, with clasp (6394 Cpl., 4/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (2 Lieut.); Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed, very fine (4) £220-260

M.I.D. London Gazette 30 January 1919.

William Henry Pugh was born on 28 April 1886. He served in the ranks of the 4th Hussars for eight years before transferring to the Army Reserve in January 1913. Remobilised with the onset of war, he served with the 4th Hussars in France/Flanders from 18 August 1914 to 30 April 1915 and from 19 September 1915 to 17 April 1917. Commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the South Wales Borderers on 27 June 1917, he served in the Balkan theatre of war from 13 October 1917 to 11 November 1918. Promoted Lieutenant on 27 December 1918, he held the rank of Temporary Captain from 12 December 1918 to 22 August 1919. During the course of the war he was wounded and was mentioned in despatches. He retired with the rank of Captain on 9 September 1920.