Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Acting Sergeant C. Abel, Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment), later Royal Defence Corps

1914-15 Star (457 Pte. C. Abel. N. Staff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (457 Cpl. C. Abel. N. Staff. R.) good very fine (3) £50-£70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Staffordshire Regiments.

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Cyril Abel was born in 1888 and lived at 3 Green Hill, Lichfield. He served in France from 5 March to 26 October 1915, but struggled with rheumatism in the damp autumnal conditions of the Western Front. Returned home, he later served with the Royal Defence Corps.