Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant W. E. R. Jennings, Somerset Light Infantry

British War Medal 1914-20 (8929 Sjt. W. H. [sic] R. Jennings. Som. L.I.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (8928 Sgt. W. Jennings, Som. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (5663816 Sgt. W. E. R. Jennings. Som. L.I.) contact marks, slight scratch to obverse of LSGC, otherwise nearly extremely fine (3) £120-£160

William Eldred Roberts Jennings was born in Truro, Cornwall, in 1891. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry in May 1910 and served during the Great War in India with the 2nd Battalion. Advanced Sergeant in September 1918, he served in Afghanistan during the 1919 campaign. By 1925 he was a Sergeant Instructor attached to the 4th (Territorial) Battalion, and was was awarded his LSGC in 1928. Further Advanced Company Quartermaster Sergeant in January 1929, he was discharged to pension later that year. He died in Redruth, Cornwall, in 1969.

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