Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Temporary Sergeant T. O’Brien, Army Veterinary Corps, late 21st Lancers

1914 Star, naming erased; British War Medal 1914-20 (5381 T. Sjt., 21-Lrs.); Victory Medal 1914-19, naming erased, generally very fine or better (3) £40-50

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Tom Gustard Collection of Medals & Militaria and to the 21st Lancers.

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Thomas O’Brien entered the French theatre of war on 15 August 1914, as a Private in a small service squadron of the 21st Lancers. In common with a number of his comrades in his regiment, he transferred to the Army Veterinary Corps on 17 March 1915.