Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Driver H. A. Rookwood, Royal Artillery

British War and Victory Medals (91874 Dvr. H. A. Rockwood, R.A.), mounted as worn, together with East Midland and East Anglian Brigade sporting awards, 1922 and 1924, both bronze, one cased, and R.A. cap badge, very fine or better (5) £20-30

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals The Property of a Gentleman.

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Harold Alfred Rookwood originally enlisted in the 7th Reserve Cavalry Regiment in August 1914, but subsequently transferred to the Royal Field Artillery, and was demobilised in March 1919. He also served in the Hertfordshire Regiment (Territorials) as a C.Q.M. Sergeant from July 1921 to July 1925; sold with original Great War and T.A. discharge certificates, together with the recipient’s Hertfordshire County County driver’s licence (July, 1927), and a portrait photograph.