The David Laban Collection of Great War Awards

Four: Warrant Officer Class II and Acting Regimental Sergeant Major J. E. Frost, 15th Hussars

1914 Star, with later slide clasp (2784 Sjt. J. E. Frost. 15/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (2784 Sjt. J. E. Frost. 15-Hrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (536735 W.O. Cl. 11. J. E. Frost. 15 19 Hrs.) mounted for wear, scratches to obverse of B.W.M., otherwise good very fine (4) £260-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The David Laban Collection of Great War Awards.

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John Ernest Frost attested for the East Surrey Regiment at Kingston upon Thames on 25 May 1908, before transferring to the 19th Hussars on 1 August 1908, and then to the 15th Hussars in 1910. He served with the 15th Hussars during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 August 1914 and fought in the retreat from Mons, and the battles of the Aisne and Marne, and was hospitalised after having been gassed at Ypres in May 1915. He was later re-numbered 536735, and attended an Officer Cadet Battalion in June 1918, but was not commissioned. He subsequently serving in the 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment, from January 1919 and reverted to 15th Hussars in February 1920. He was appointed to the Permanent Staff, Staffordshire Yeomanry, on 27 July 1923, and was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order No. 150 of 1927. He died at the Military Hospital, Tidworth Garrison, as an Acting Regimental Sergeant Major, on 25 June 1928.

Sold with a large framed portrait photograph of the recipient in uniform; a large quantity of original mounted photographs including several group photographs of the 15th Hussars; mounted wedding photograph with the recipient in uniform; photograph of “B” Squadron 15th Hussars Soccer Team, in which the recipient is named; Officer Cadet Group Photographs, presumed to include the recipient; N.C.O.’s “C” Squadron, Bedburg Germany February 1919; plus a quantity of other related and family photographs; also a hand-written summary of his army service up to the Somme 1916; together with a quantity of postcard-size group photographs of 15th Hussars and sports teams with several identifying the recipient; several small photographs of the recipient in dress uniform; together with a quantity of ephemera including several Field Service Postcards and two original certified copy marriage certificates.