Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private F. E. Tucker, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (29600 Pte. F. E. Tucker. D.C.L.I.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge (B78960) very fine

Pair: Private E. A. Brownett, Wiltshire Regiment, late Somerset Light Infantry, who was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 16 January 1917
British War and Victory Medals (26046 Pte. E. A. Brownett. Wilts. R.) extremely fine

Pair: Private J. Pople, Royal Berkshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (29087 Pte. J. Pople. R. Berks. R.) edge bruises, contact marks, fine (6) £70-£90

Fred Evan Tucker was born in Winscombe, Somerset, on 2 November 1898. He attested into the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 26 September 1916 for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front, where he was wounded twice before transferring into the Labour Corps. Discharged on 17 January 1919, he was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B78960. He died, aged 83, in February 1982.

Ernest Arthur Brownett, a postman from Langford, Somerset, was born in 1894. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry for service during the Great War and transferred into the Wiltshire Regiment. He was killed in action on 16 January 1917, whilst serving with the 5th Battalion in Mesopotamia, and is buried in Amara Cemetery, Iraq.

John Pople, a shop assistant from East Brent, Somerset, attested into the Royal Berkshire Regiment for service during the Great War and saw later service with the Labour Corps. He died in 1963.

Sold together with some original paperwork relating to Pte. Tucker, and copied research.