Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private J. Dorke, Glamorgan Yeomanry

British War and Victory Medals (1438 Pte. J. Dorke Glam Yeo); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1438 Pte. J. Dorke. Glam. Yeo.); Defence Medal, mounted for wear, with Silver War Badge (B25...), number obscured by pin mount, and Glamorgan Yeomanry Cap Badge, riband bar for first three awards, generally very fine or better (4) £300-400

Joseph Dorke was born in Llanharry, Glamorgan, the son of a coal miner. Dorke was employed in the same profession as his father, prior to enlisting in the Glamorgan Yeomanry in January 1914. In 1916 the 1/1 Glamorgan Yeomanry moved to Egypt, and in the Spring of 1917 they merged with the 1/1 Pembrokeshire Yeomanry to form the 24/Welsh Regiment, 231st Brigade in the 74th (Yeomanry) Division. Dorke served with the latter in Palestine for nearly two years, before being discharged ‘no longer fit for military service’ in July 1918.

After the war, Dorke moved to London and was employed as a Nightwatchman in Hammersmith, in 1939. He died in Stubbington, Hampshire, in February 1980.

Sold with the following related documents: named Silver War Badge Certificate; Territorial Force Discharge Certificate; Service Book; Postcard of Regimental Signallers, 2nd Line, Glamorgan Yeomanry, 1916 and a file of copied research.