Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lance Sergeant S. Ellis, Coldstream Guards, who deserted in 1915

1914 Star (9575 Pte. S. Ellis. C.Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (9575 Cpl. S. Ellis. C.Gds.) better than very fine (3) £70-£90

Sydney Ellis, a butcher, was born in Chesterfield around 1893, and attested for the Coldstream Guards at Sheffield in 1911. He served in France with the Coldstream Guards from 13 August 1914, but his 1914 Star was forfeited by desertion on 21 October 1915; the year corresponds with the records of the Coldstream Guards (1800-1981), which state ‘G.S.W. left breast.’ Advanced Lance Sergeant and having had his 1914 Star restored under King’s Regulations (1911), Ellis was discharged from the Coldstream Guards (Army Reserve) on 28 November 1919, the record adding: ‘Surplus having suffered.’