Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sergeant E. H. Guard, Devonshire Regiment

British War Medal 1914-20 (30405 Sjt. E. H. Guard. Devon. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (556 Cpl. E. H. Guard. Devon. R.) contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £140-£180

Ernest Henry Guard was born in St. Giles in the Woods, Devon, on 8 July 1889 and served with the 2/4th Battalion Devonshire Regiment during the Great War. The Battalion served at Fort George, Madras, before leaving India on 15 October 1917 and landing at Suez on 26 October 1917, being placed under orders of Lines of Communication. Disbanded in Egypt in the autumn of 1918, it appears that Guard enjoyed a brief spell with the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry before qualifying for a Territorial Efficiency Medal in 1925 whilst serving with the 6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment.