Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (103 Sjt: W. A. Avann. 4/W.L. (Hwtzr:) B. R.F.A.) good very fine £60-£80

William Alfred Avann was born in Everton, Liverpool, in 1873 and served with the 4th West Lancashire (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force), being awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal on 1 January 1909. A Post Office clerk by profession, following the outbreak of the Great War he enlisted in the Royal Engineers Postal Section in London on 2 November 1915, and served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 21 January 1916.

Sold together with a photographic image of the 4th West Lancashire (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force) pulling their guns through a town, July 1908.