Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant A. Crook, Grenadier Guards

1914 Star (10473 Sjt. A. Crook. 1/G. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (10473 Sjt. A. Crook. G. Gds.) good very fine (3) £80-£100

Alfred Crook, an iron moulder, was born in Bury, Lancashire, around 1884, and enlisted in the Grenadier Guards at Manchester on 17 September 1902. Posted to France with the 1st Battalion from 12 November 1914 to 1 April 1915, he was discharged at Chelsea Barracks upon termination of his first period of engagement on 16 September 1915, after 13 years of service with the Colours. The recipient’s Army Service Record adds: ‘Character exemplary, thorough & reliable, clean, sober & hardworking.’

Sold with copied Army Service Record.