A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Lance-Corporal A. R. Feast, 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, late 11th (Service) Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbshire Regiment, killed in action, 11 January 1917

Military Medal, G.V.R. (10562 L. Cpl., 11/N. & D.R.); 1914 Star (10562 Pte., 1/Notts. & Derby. R.); British War and Victory Medals (10562 Pte., Notts. & Derby. R.); Memorial Plaque (Alfred Richard Feast) in card enevelope; together with a Sherwood Foresters Medal, 1 clasp inscribed, ‘Bantam Weight 1910’, reverse inscribed, ‘Pte. H. Feast’, 39mm., silver, good very fine and better (6) £1000-1200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A fine Collection of Medals to the Sherwood Foresters.

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M.M. London Gazette 9 December 1916.


Alfred Richard Feast, 1st Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 4 November 1914 and transferred to the 2nd Battalion on 24 April 1916. He later won the the M.M. while serving with the 11th Battalion. Feast later transferred to the 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment and was killed in action whilst serving with them on 11 January 1917. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. He was the husband of Annie L. Feast, of 37 Beaumont Road, Barking Road, Plaistow, London.

With copied research.