Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Wheeler Sergeant R. Slocombe, Royal Army Service Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded an Immediate M.S.M. for Egypt

1914-15 Star (T4-058781 Whlr: Sjt. R. Slocombe. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (T4-058781 Sjt. R. Slocombe. A.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (T4-058781 Whlr: Sjt. R. Slocombe. R.A.S.C.) very fine and better (4) £240-£280

M.I.D. London Gazette 22 January 1919 (Egypt).

M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919 (Egypt).

Robert Slocombe was born in Bridgewater, Somerset, in 1893 and served with the Army Service Corps during the Great War in Egypt from 31 March 1915. Demobilised to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 27 July 1919, he died in Bridgewater in 1928, aged 35.

Sold with the recipient’s original Mentioned in Despatches Certificate.