Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private A. Chave, Welsh Guards, who was twice wounded in action during the Great War
British War and Victory Medals (3092 Pte. A. Chave. W. Gds.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, number erased and privately engraved ‘A. Chave. W. Gds.’ extremely fine

Pair: Private A. G. Wye, 23rd (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (6952 Pte. A. G. Wye. 23-Lond. R.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘127772’, nearly extremely fine (4) £70-£90

Arthur Chave was born in 1898 and enlisted in the Welsh Guards on 9 May 1916. He disembarked at Le Havre 15 March 1917 and was wounded in action on 24 August 1918. Admitted to No. 2 General Hospital suffering from a shrapnel wound to the head, he was sent to the Guards Divisional Base Depot at Harfleur for two weeks recuperation before returning to the Western Front on 13 September 1918. Wounded in the leg whilst serving with the 1st Battalion on 6 November 1918, he was discharged due to wounds on 30 August 1919 and issued Silver War Badge ‘B 311114’.

Sold with copied Army Service Record.

Alfred George Wye, a milk carrier, was born in 1896 and originally enlisted in the 2/5th Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment in December 1915. Transferred to the London Regiment, he served in France from 31 August 1916 and is recorded in 1921 as living with his mother in Englefield Green, Surrey.