Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private A. E. Handscombe, 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment, late 18th Hussars, killed in action, France/Flanders, 25 March 1915

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (3175 Pte., 18th Hussars) unofficial connections between clasps; 1914 Star, with clasp (L-10007 Pte., 1/R.W. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-10007 Pte., R.W. Kent R.) first with slight edge bruising, very fine and better (4) £300-360

Alfred Edwin Handscombe was born in Walworth, Surrey, lived in Chesunt and enlisted at Tottenham. Serving in the 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment, he entered France/Flanders on 15 August 1914. He was killed in action on 25 March 1915. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.