Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Farrier Staff Sergeant W. R. Martin, Royal Field Artillery

British War Medal 1914-20 (110 Sjt. W. R. Martin. R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (110 Sjt. W. R. Martin. R.A.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (910012 Far: S. Sjt. W. R. Martin, R.F.A.) contact marks and edge bruising especially to the last, nearly very fine (3) £160-£200

William Robert Martin is recorded in the 1911 Census as a 21 year old blacksmith from Canterbury. He served as a Farrier Staff Sergeant, in the Royal Field Artillery, and was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order No. 372 of 1 December 1918. His medal index card confirms that he was not entitled to the Allied Victory Medal.