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The Collection of Medals to the Monmouthshire Regiment formed by Lt. Col. P. A. Blagojevic, O. St. J., T.D.

Lt. Col. P. A. Blagojevic, O. St. J., T.D.

Lot

№ 588

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29 June 2006

Hammer Price:
£170

Five: Private T. W. Jones, Monmouthshire Regiment

1914-15 Star
(1699 Pte., Monmouth R.); British War Medal 1914-20, naming erased; Victory Medal (1699 Pte., Monmouth. R.); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial (4070014 Rfmn., 1-Monmouth. R.); Jubilee 1935, the Great War trio polished, good fine, the remainder rather better (5) £100-120

Thomas William Jones first entered the French theatre of war as a Private in the 1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment in mid-February 1915, was awarded his Efficiency Medal in Army Order 59 of 1924 and is confirmed on the official roll for his Jubilee 1935 Medal - one of just 5 awarded to men of the 1st Battalion.