Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private R. H. Heslam, Hertfordshire Yeomanry

1914-15 Star (1892. Pte. R. H. Heslam, Herts. Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (1892. Pte. R. H. Heslam. Herts Yeo.) adhesive residue to reverse of Star, very fine (3) £100-£140

Reginald Henry Heslam was born in 1895 and enlisted for the 1/1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry at Hertford on 6 September 1914. Posted to Egypt on 16 July 1915, his Army Service Record notes embarkation for Gallipoli on 14 August 1915, and admission to hospital in Malta on 5 September 1915, suffering from stomach complaints. Transferred to England to recuperate, he returned to the Egyptian theatre on 16 September 1916 and was present with his unit at Amarah, Hinaidi, Ramadi and Baghdad. Transferrred to India in May 1918, Heslam was demobilised at Canterbury in 1919. His address at this time is noted as: ‘Hazelwood, Radleth, Herts.’