Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private A. G. Trowbridge, Royal Sussex Regiment, who was twice wounded in action by gun shot during the Great War

1914-15 Star (4-2226 Pte. A. G. Trowbridge. R. Suss: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2226 Pte. A. G. Trowbridge. R. Suss. R.) together with the slightly damaged lid of the card box of issue for the BWM and VM named to ‘Pte. A. G. Trowbridge, R. Suss. R.’ and outer OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mr. A. G. Trowbridge, 5 Lawn Road, Beckenham, Kent’ good very fine (3) £60-£80

Albert George Trowbridge served with the 1/4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (Territorial Force) during the Great War in the Dardanelles from 8 August 1915. Landing at Suvla Bay, the Battalion was engaged in various actions during the Gallipoli Campaign and was evacuated to Egypt in December 1915 after suffering heavy casualties from combat, disease and severe weather conditions. They then fought in the Palestine Campaign, notably seeing action in 1916 at the Battle of Romani, during 1917 at the Second and Third Battles of Gaza, the Capture and Defence of Jerusalem and in 1918 at the Battle of Tell’Asur.
Trowbridge was wounded in action at Abu Tellul on 22 March 1918 and was admitted to Cairo Hospital six days later with a gun shot wound to his left side. On recovering he was then wounded in action on 29 July 1918 and admitted to hospital on 31 August 1918, with a gunshot wound to the head. He returned to England and was posted to the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion at Newhaven before being disembodied on demobilisation on 25 February 1919.

Sold together with an empty Princess Mary Christmas 1914 Tin and uniform button.