Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Warrant Officer Class 1 G. James, Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (218 Arm. Serjt., A.O.C.); 1914 Star, with clasp (T-218 Amt. Q.M. Sjt., A.O.C.); British War and Victory Medals (T-218 W.O. Cl. I, A.O.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (T-218 T.-Amt. S. Mjr., R.A.O.C.), generally very fine or better (5) £250-300

George James was one of just 34 members of the Army Ordnance Corps to receive the Africa General Service Medal for the Somaliland operations of 1902-04. From 1906-11, he served out in India, where he was attached to assorted artillery units and was advanced to Armament Quarter-Master Sergeant in December 1910, and he first entered the French theatre of war in the same rank on 1 October 1914.