Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (10) (26379 Pte. T. E. Fraser, R. War. R.; 5565 Pte. B. F. Short, R. War. R.; 30984 Pte. W. H. Richards, R. Berks. R.; 5923 Pte. E. Bailess, Notts. & Derby. R.; 2519 Pte. E. Foreman, Wilts. R.; 33349 Pte. P. Andrews, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; S-7548 Pte. T. F. Austin, Rif. Brig.; S-13954 Pte. E. W. Blake, Rif. Brig.; 47736 Pte. J. W. Scrace, Rif. Brig.; 205712 A. Cpl. T. P. Stroulger, Rif. Brig.) last with slack suspension, very fine and better (10) £120-150

Thomas E. Fraser later served in the Royal Berkshire Regiment and was entitled to the B.W.M. and Victory Medals.

Bertram Frowd Short, a native of Wargrave, Berkshire, served with the 2nd/8th Royal Warwickshire Regiment and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion in October 1917.

W. H. Richards’ service record is available online - a native of St. Austell, Cornwall, he enlisted in June 1916 and also served in the Devonshire Regiment and, in common with Edward Bailess, the Labour Corps.

Ernest Foreman later served in the East Yorkshire Regiment and was entitled to the B.W.M. and Victory Medals.

Percy Andrews’ service record is online - born at Brill, Buckinghamshire, in 1893, he first went out to France in December 1916, and later served with the 10th Hussars and in the 16th Battalion (3rd Birmingham Pals), Royal Warwickshire Regiment.

T. F. Austin first went out to France on 18 May 1915.

E. W. Blake enlisted in October 1914 and was subsequently discharged due to shell shock in 1915, when he was awarded the Silver War Badge. He was otherwise entitled to the B.W.M. and Victory Medals, as was John Scrace, who later served in the 8th Battalion, London Regiment.

Thomas Stroulger later served in the Royal Army Medical Corps and was entitled to a single B.W.M.