Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private W. F. Barrett, Honourable Artillery Company Infantry

British War and Victory Medals (7102 Pte. W. F. Barrett. H.A.C. - Inf.); together with an H.A.C. grenade cap badge with slider; a later H.A.C. Royal Artillery cap badge with slider; two H.A.C. all brass shoulder titles, each with two lugs; a later white embroidered red felt shoulder title with black fabric backing; and a brass H.A.C. uniform button, good very fine (2) £70-£90

Walter Fred Barrett enlisted on 28 February 1916, into 2nd Battalion H.A.C., he served in France from October 1916 to December 1916, and was invalided home suffering from severe trench foot and nephritis. He was discharged on 8 February 1919, due to sickness, and was awarded Silver War Badge No. B198791. His home address was at 48 Grove Road, Walthamstow.