India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, with M.I.D. oak leaves (870067-A.Cpl. E. Gempton, R.A.) rank officially corrected, minor edge bruise, very fine £60-£80

Ernest Gempton was born in 1894 and attested for the 3/2nd Devon Depot Battery, Royal Field Artillery at Exeter on 23 March 1915. Posted to Hyderabad from 1 April 1917, he was appointed Senior Signalling Instructor with 1107th Battery on 6 March 1919 and was raised Sergeant 22 October 1919. Mentioned in despatches for this work (London Gazette 3 August 1920), his Army Service Record shows that the certificate was later forwarded to his home in London on 25 July 1921.