Auction Catalogue

16 & 17 September 2010

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1249

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17 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£110

Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (475034 Pte. H. Wilson, R.A.M.C.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (614085 Sjt. T. Ashmore, R.A.) good very fine (2) £70-90

Wilson, serving with the 2nd East Anglian Field Ambulance (Norfolk), that served in Egypt, Gallipoli and Palestine, was awarded the T.F.E.M. by Army Order August 1921.

Tom Ashmore was born in Harborough Magna, Warwickshire, in 1890. A Carpenter by occupation, he enlisted into the Warwickshire Royal Horse Artillery at Warwick on 17 December 1910. With them he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 30 October 1914. He remained there until he was invalided home in June 1917 suffering from severe trench fever. He was demobilised on 19 March 1919. Ashmore was awarded the T.E.M. in 1930. With copied service papers, m.i.c.