Medals to the Liverpool Regiment from the Collection of Hal Giblin

Four: Sergeant A. Fennah, 10th (Scottish) Battalion, Liverpool Regiment

1914 Star (2900 Pte., 10/L’pool. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2900 Sjt., L’pool. R.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st type (Alfred Fennah) official correction to part of surname, nearly extremely fine (4) £250-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to the Liverpool Regiment from the Collection of Hal Giblin.

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Alfred Fennah enlisted on 5 August 1914, and sailed to France with the first first draft of the Liverpool Scottish aboard the Maidan in November 1914. He was discharged on 18 February 1919, aged 29, and was entitled to a Silver War Badge.

Sold with a copy of the book Retaliation, 184pp, written by the recipient and published circa 1935. This rare book details his war-time experiences, all of which had left him somewhat bitter and resentful. The book critisices other members of his battalion and was apparently looked upon with contempt by his comrades. It is however an interesting and scarce memoir written by a soldier serving in the ranks of the Liverpool Scottish, whom the war had touched personally when his brother Gunner Richard Fennah had been killed whilst serving with a Trench Mortar Battery in 1917.