Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private A. E. Reeves, 24th (2nd Sportsman’s) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, later Royal Army Service Corps
1914-15 Star (2895 Pte. A. E. Reeves. R. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (Spts-2895 Pte. A. E. Reeves. R. Fus.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘42967’, extremely fine

Three: Sergeant W. Beck, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was wounded in action at Dernancourt in September 1916 and later had his toes crushed by a lorry on a dark night in 1917
1914-15 Star (R-2017 L. Cpl. W. Beck. K.R. Rif: C.); British War and Victory Medals (R-2017 Sjt. W. Beck. K.R. Rif. C.) better than very fine (7) £100-£140

Arthur Edwin Reeves, an earthenware manufacturer, was born in Holloway in 1870 and served in France with the 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers from 15 November 1915. Discharged due to sickness on 28 June 1916, he later re-enlisted and served at home with the Royal Army Service Corps.

William Beck, a tool fitter, was born in Stafford in 1891 and enlisted in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 2 September 1914. Posted to the 7th Battalion, he served in France from 19 May 1915 and was advanced Sergeant 25 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. The recipient’s Army Service Record states that he suffered a gunshot wound to the left leg on 17 September 1916 and a contusion to the foot at Dauville on 14 April 1917, later confirmed as an accidental fracture of the metatarsals:
‘He states on returning to billet at night 10pm., passing a convoy of motor lorries they crushed his foot, causing fracture of the 2nd, 3rd & 4th metatarsals, lt. foot. The road was very narrow & it was pitch dark.’

Transferred to Tipperary 22 October 1917, Beck was posted to Army Reserve on 7 June 1918.

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