Four: Farrier Quarter Master Sergeant F. A. Crowe, Royal Field Artillery

British War and Victory Medals, with small M.I.D. oak leaves (463 W.O. Cl. 2. F. A. Crowe. R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2634 W. O. Cl. II F. A. Crowe. R.A.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (732692 W.O. Cl. II. F. A. Crowe. R.F.A.) mounted as worn, official correction to service number on BWM, contact marks, very fine (4) £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The David Laban Collection of Territorial Force War Medal Groups.

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M.I.D. London Gazette 7 July 1919:
‘For distinguished services in France.’

Frederick Arthur Crowe, a Farrier and General Smith from Mutford, Suffolk, was born in 1888 and served during the Great War with the Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force). He was advanced Warrant Officer Class 2 in June 1918, and was Mentioned in Despatches in 1919, whilst serving as Farrier Quarter Master Sergeant with the 155th Army Brigade. He was awarded the T.E.M. in 1922 and a Second Award Bar in 1931. He died in Lothingland, Suffolk, in 1954.

Sold with the recipient’s original M.I.D. certificate, this with minor spotting and folded; original parchment warrant on appointment as Warrant Officer Class II, dated 1 December 1919, and backdated to 22 June 1918; and original ‘flimsy’ letter authorising him to retain his rank and to wear uniform after discharge, dated 2 February 1931.