Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private F. Metcalf, Grenadier Guards

1914 Star, with copy clasp (11634 Pte F. Metcalf. 2/G. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (11634 Pte. F. Metcalf. G. Gds.) very fine (3) £80-120

Frederick Metcalf was born at Wheelock, Cheshire, in 1881, and attested for the Grenadier Guards at Crewe on 22 August 1904, transferring to the Army Reserve on 22 August 1907. He was re-called to the Colours in August 1914 and served during the Great War on the Western Front with the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards from 20 September 1914. He was discharged to Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve on demobilisation on 26 February 1919, and died in Darlington in 1941.