Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Staff Sergeant Instructor A. Salisbury, Indian Unattached List, late Suffolk Regiment - a prisoner-of-war

1914 Star, with clasp (8671 Cpl., Suff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (8671 L. Cpl., Suff. R.) ‘Calcutta issue’ medals and naming; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, India (S.S.I., I U L attd. A F I) good very fine (4) £180-220

Based on his service number, Albert Salisbury probably enlisted into the Suffolk Regiment in 1911. In May 1913, as a Private he was granted the privilege of forming part of the Honour Guard supplied by the 2nd Battalion for a visit to Aldershot by King George V and Queen Mary. As a Lance-Corporal he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 15 August 1914. The regiment took part in the battle of Le Chateau, taking losses in killed, wounded and missing amounting to 720. Salisbury may well have been captured at this time - he is listed as a P.O.W. on his m.i.c. Postwar, with a new service number ‘5819256’, he attained the rank of Serjeant in September 1922. In 1924 he proceeded to India to join the 1st Battalion. The battalion returned home after two years, stopping at Gibraltar and meeting up with the 2nd Battalion who were on their way to Shangri, China. At this point Salisbury transferred to the 2nd Battalion. Later returning to India, at some point he transferred to the Auxiliary Staff and was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in September 1932 as a Staff Sergeant Instructor. During the Second World War he served as a Lieutenant (Quartermaster) at a P.O.W. Camp at Secunderabad, India. With copied m.i.c., roll extracts and service notes.