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25 May 2022

Hammer Price:
£240

Four: Driver W. F. Bowerman, Royal Horse Artillery

1914 Star, with copy clasp (47804 Dvr: W. F. Bowerman. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (47804 Dvr. W. F. Bowerman. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (47804 Dvr. W. F. Bowerman. R.H.A.) nearly very fine (4) £120-£160

William Francis Bowerman, a native of Wellington, Somerset, attested for the Royal Artillery on 2 October 1907, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 1 October 1913. Recalled on 5 August 1914, he served with ‘F’ Battery, 3rd Brigade Ammunition Column during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 August 1914, and for his services during the Great War was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette 3 June 1919). He was discharged on termination of engagement on 1 October 1919.

M.I.D. unconfirmed.