Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

National Fire Brigades Union Long Service Medal, silver, with top ‘Twenty Years’ silver brooch bar and two additional ‘Five Years’ slip bars, edge impressed ‘1721’, the reverse engraved ‘W.A. Broom’, minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore.

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William Amos Broom was born in Newton Abbot, Devon, in 1861. Moving to Teignmouth, he was employed as Chief Roadman by the local Urban District Council for 38 years and in that capacity he volunteered for the Teignmouth Fire Brigade for nearly 40 years. He died in Teignmouth on 6 February 1934, aged 72, and received a Fireman’s funeral service.

Sold with copied research, including a detailed obituary from The Teignmouth Post.