Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private E. J. Cleaveley, Somerset Light Infantry, later Railway Operating Division, Royal Engineers
1914-15 Star (6874 Pte. E. J. Cleaveley. Som. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6874 Pte. E. J. Cleaveley. Som. L.I.) nearly extremely fine

Three: Private T. Stephens, Somerset Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (3-7512 Pte. T. Stephens. Som: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (3-7512 Pte. T. Stephens. Som. L.I.) good very fine (6) £100-£140

Edward James Cleaveley enlisted in the 12th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry on 12 August 1914. Posted to France from 21 May 1915, his Army Service Record notes the repeated forfeiture of pay for absence and 14 days’ field punishment No. 1 for ‘using obscene language to an N.C.O. & creating a disturbance’ in March 1916. Admitted to hospital suffering from a gunshot wound to the neck 19 August 1916, Cleaveley spent further time under medical care at Le Treport in December 1916, in consequence of nephritis. Disembarked at Alexandria on 31 March 1917, he transferred from the 3rd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry to the Railway Transport as checker on 14 October 1917, spending the remainder of the campaign in Egypt.

Thomas Stephens served in France with the 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry from 3 December 1914, being later discharged on 15 January 1919.