Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C. (2), V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (12062. Driv: J. Donovan. B/2nd. Bde. R.A.); G.V.R., 1st issue (18514 Cpl. F. Allcock. R.G.A.) Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (136780 Cpl. T. J. Williamson. R.A.) nearly very fine and better (3) £120-£160

John Donovan, a mason, was born in Kingston on Thames in 1846 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Woolwich on 28 January 1864. Posted to India from 1969 to 1874, he was awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. Medal with £5 gratuity in March 1883 and was discharged at his own request on 16 November 1886.

Frank Allcock, a labourer, was born in Norwood, London, around 1877, and attested for the Royal Artillery on 4 February 1897. Posted to Aden, India and Malta, he spent the entirely of the Great War on home service, latterly with 370 (Siege) Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, and was discharged on 6 January 1920.

Theodore John Williamson served during the Great War as Corporal in “B” Battery, Anti-Aircraft Section, Royal Garrison Artillery, and was later awarded the Territorial Efficiency Medal in 1924.

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