Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Conductor W. S. Griffiths, Indian Army Service Corps, late Shropshire Light Infantry

1914-15 Star (7934 Cpl., Shrops. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (7934 Sjt., Shrops. L.I.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (S-Condr., I.A.S.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (S-Sgt, I.A.S.C.) good very fine (5) £ 140-180

Sydney Walter Griffiths was born in 1887. He enlisted into the Shropshire Light Infantry at Shrewsbury on 3 May 1905. With them he served in India, February 1906-November 1914; France, November 1914-November 1915; Salonica, November 1915-January 1918 and Aden, October 1919-December 1923, being attached to the Supply & Transport Corps from July 1920 and attached to the Indian Army Service Corps from April 1923. Posted to the I.A.S.C., Griffiths then served in India from July 1928, retiring as a Conductor on 3 February 1939.

With original Regular Army Certificate of Service booklet.