Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Corporal F. G. Thomas, Wiltshire Regiment and Machine Gun Corps

1914 Star (7580 Pte. F. G. Thomas 1/Wilts. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (7580 Cpl. F. C. [sic] Thomas. Wilts. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (7580 Cpl. F. G. Thomas. Wilts. R.) contact marks, very fine (3) £120-£160

Frederick G. Thomas was born at Swindon, Wiltshire, in 1888 and attested there for the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment on 2 July 1906. He transferred to the 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment on a regular engagement on 25 August 1906, and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 August 1914. Promoted Corporal, he subsequently transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, and was discharged on 31 March 1920.