Auction Catalogue

19 & 20 July 2017

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 294

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19 July 2017

Hammer Price:
£85

Three: Private F. E. Davis, Army Service Corps

1914 Star (CMT-2762 Pte F. E. Davis. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (CMT-2762 Pte. F. E. Davis. A.S.C.) contact marks, very fine (3) £60-80

Frank Ernest Davis was born in Nottingham and attested for the Army Service Corps at Derby on 30 April 1914. He served during the Great War with the 5th Divisional Supply Column, Army Service Corps, on the Western Front from 13 August 1914, and up to 27 April 1916 with a variety of supply columns including 3rd Cavalry Division and 25th Division. He was discharged, per the terms of his engagement, from 621st Company Army Service Corps on 11 May 1916. In civilian life he worked for Rolls Royce at their Derby works, and by 1939 he was the Assistant Supervisor of Apprentices. He died in 1964.