Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Pair: Private J. S. Mumford, Royal Fusiliers
British War and Victory Medals (GS-57653 Pte. J. S. Mumford. R. Fus.) good very fine

Pair: Private D. K. Mumford, Devon Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (15524 Pte. D. K. Mumford. Devon. R.) very fine (4) £80-£100

Joseph Stanley Mumford, an inventory clerk and member of the Plymouth Brethren, enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers on 17 November 1915 and served in German East Africa with the 25th (Frontiersmen) Battalion from 22 July 1917 to 17 March 1918. According to the recipient’s medical notes he suffered ‘many malarial attacks’ during this time resulting in an enlarged spleen. Evacuated to hospital in Dar es Salaam and Durban, he was discharged at Exeter in 1919.

Sold with a photograph of the recipient in military uniform, annotated to reverse ‘Congella Camp, Durban, 1st World War, Royal Fusiliers.’

Donald Kerslake Mumford was born in Newton Abbott on 1 September 1898 and enlisted in the 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment on 29 January 1915. He remained with the Battalion throughout the Great War and was discharged at Exeter on 28 January 1924: ‘Clean, hardworking, reliable & intelligent. He has been employed for a considerable period as clerk to storekeeper in the regimental medical inspection room... He is thoroughly recommended for employment in any clinical capacity.’

Sold with original Certificate of Transfer to Army Reserve and Character Certificate; with 2 photographs of the recipient in military uniform.