Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front 1917’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private E. D. Chambers, 2/5th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (202830 Pte. E. Chambers. 2/5 N. Staff: R.-T.F.); British War and Victory Medals 202830 Pte. E. Chambers. N. Staff: R.); Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Eric Donald Chambers) mounted court style for display, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (4) £800-£1,000

D.C.M. London Gazette 1 January 1918; citation published 17 April 1918:
‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in lengthy operations, when, on many occasions, he volunteered to go out and cut hostile wire under heavy fire, and also to search for missing men in No Man’s Land.’

I.S.M. London Gazette 23 October 1962: Awarded for services as a Batman at the War Office.

Eric Donald Chambers was a native of Camberley, Surrey. He was latterly employed as a Batman at the War Office and was awarded the I.S.M. upon his retirement in 1962. He died at Farnham on 28 January 1966.

Sold with copied research including a photocopied photograph of Chambers with his brother in uniform.