A Small Collection of Medals to the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment (Territorial Force)

Three: Private W. H. Warren, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, later Royal Air Force

British War and Victory Medals (56419. Pte. 1. W. Warren. R.A.F.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (533 Pte. W. H. Warren. 5/Essex Regt.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Medals to the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment (Territorial Force).

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Walter Horace Warren was born in Braintree, Essex, on 20 November 1881, and served with the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, being awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 4 of January 1910, one of only 41 E.VII.R. Territorial Force Efficiency Medals awarded to the 5th Battalion. He served during the Great War in a Balloon Section, Royal Flying Corps, in the Middle East from 25 August 1917, and transferred to the Royal Air Force as a Founder Member on 1 April 1918. He transferred to the reserve on 5 March 1919, and was discharged on 30 April 1920. He died in Braintree in 1961.

Sold with copied RAF service papers and other research.