Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Sergeant A. F. Holgate, Royal Field Artillery

1914-15 Star (15489 Cpl. A. F. Holgate. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (15489 Sjt. A. F. Holgate. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1017795 Sjt. A. F. Holgate. R.F.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1017795 Sjt. A. F. Holgate. R.A.) the first four mounted as worn, the last loose in named card box of issue, good very fine, the last extremely fine (5) £160-£200

Arthur Fred Holgate was born in 1884 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Colchester on 15 April 1903. He served in Mesopotamia and Bushire from 29 December 1915, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 12 January 1920). Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal the following year, he was discharged at Woolwich on 11 December 1924, his conduct noted as ‘exemplary’.