Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private A. Kenway, Dorsetshire Regiment

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3348 Pte. A. Kenway 1st. Bn. Dorset Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3348 Pte. A. Kenway. Dorset Regt.) light contact marks, very fine (2) £180-£220

Arthur Kenway was born in Wareham, Dorset, and attested there for the Dorsetshire Regiment on 16 December 1891, having previously served with the Regiment’s 3rd (Militia) Battalion. He served served with the 1st Battalion overseas in Egypt in 1893, and then in India from 1893 to 1906, and saw active service with the Tirah Expeditionary Force. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 April 1910, and was discharged on 15 December 1912, after 21 years’ service.

Kenway re-enlisted into the 3rd Battalion at Dorchester on 22 August 1914, and served throughout the Great War at Home, transferring to the Labour Corps on 30 June 1917. He was finally discharged on 30 June 1919, after a further 4 years and 314 days’ service (although was not entitled to any Great War medals).