Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private C. Page, Royal Welsh Fusiliers

1914 Star (8473 Pte. C. Page. 2/R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (8473 Pte C. Page. R. W. Fus.) the first with roses mounted upon riband, good very fine (3) £70-£90

Charles Page was born in 1885 and attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Lichfield on 12 August 1904. Posted to India and Burma with the 1st Battalion from 1906-12, he served transferred to the 2nd Battalion and served in France from 12 August 1914. The recipient’s Army Service Record states that he received a gunshot wound to the right shoulder on 30 June 1915. Evacuated home a week later for medical attention, he returned to active service in Egypt per H.T. Angonia 1 February 1916, serving with 1/5th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, attached 158th Brigade Headquarters (Transport). Admitted to hospital at Mahamidiya 10 August 1917, suffering from problems with his hands, he survived the campaign and was demobilised in February 1919.