Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Captain G. H. Tapper, Transport Officer, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, late Staff Sergeant, 1st Wessex Field Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps

British War and Victory Medals (Capt. G. H. Tapper.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (6 S.Sgt. G. H. Tapper. 1/Wessex F.A. R.A.M.C.) good very fine (3) £100-£140

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

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George Hutchings Tapper was born in Teignmouth, Devon, in 1884. A tailor by occupation, he enlisted into the Devonshire Brigade Bearer Company, Royal Army Medical Corps, and was discharged on the formation of the Territorial Force in 1908, re-enlisting with Regimental Number 6 into the 1st Wessex Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C., and was promoted Sergeant on 20 April 1908. Awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in July 1913, he was embodied for service during the Great War at Exeter in August 1914, and was appointed Transport Officer in the 1st Wessex Field Ambulance with the honorary rank of Lieutenant on 28 October 1914. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, as Transport Officer he embarked for France on 16 April 1916. On the Somme he was kicked by a horse, suffering a compound fracture to his left tibia, and was evacuated to England. He subsequently joined the 15th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment ‘In the Field’ on 4 February 1918, and was admitted to No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital suffering an ‘old fracture of Left Tibia’, and was appointed Adjutant and Acting Captain of a Reception Camp on 27 June 1918. Disembodied on 7 July 1919, he resumed his career in the tailoring industry, being advanced Buying Controller, Messrs Lewis’s Stores, Liverpool. He died at his place of work in Liverpool on 11 January 1938, aged 54.

The 1st Wessex Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, was recognised as a unit of the newly formed Territorial Army on 25 June 1908, Headquartered at Exeter.

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