Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private J. Want, Royal West Kent Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (TF-240204 Pte. J. Want. R.W. Kent R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1498 Pte. J. Want. R.W. Kent R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (240204 Pte. J. Want. R.W. Kent R.) nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£240

James Want attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment in late 1912, and served for most of the Great War in India and Mesopotamia. He saw further service on the North West Frontier in 1919 as part of the 17th Special Battalion, that briefly mutinied on 23 August 1919.

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