Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Wheeler Sergeant R. Slocombe, Royal Army Service Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded an ‘Immediate’ M.S.M. for Egypt

1914-15 Star (T4-058781 Whlr: Sjt. R. Slocombe. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (T4-058781 Sjt. R. Slocombe. A.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (T4-058781 Whlr: Sjt. R. Slocombe. R.A.S.C.) very fine and better (4) £240-£280

M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919.

Robert Slocombe was born in Bridgwater in 1893, and is recorded in 1911 as a French polisher and cabinet maker living with his parents at 28 Angel Crescent, Bridgwater, Somerset. Attesting for the Army Service Corps at the outbreak of the Great War, Slocombe served in Egypt from 31 March 1915 and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 22 January 1919). Later recognised with the award of the M.S.M., he was demobilised in July 1919 and died in his home town in 1928.

Sold with the recipient’s original M.I.D. Certificate and copied research.