Five: Major A. Sissons, East Yorkshire Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (Major A. Sissons.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Major A. Sissons. E. York. R.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919, with integral top slip-on brooch bar; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Alfred Sissons) mounted as worn and housed in a fitted leather case, good very fine (5) £360-£440

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

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Alfred Sissons was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 1st Volunteer Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, on 10 October 1900. He was appointed Captain and Instructor of Musketry on 20 February 1908, and was appointed to be Captain in the 4th (Territorial) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment on the establishment of the Territorial Force on 1 April 1908.

Sissons served as Adjutant of his battalion from 25 September 1914, until seconded for duty with 25th Provisional Battalion on 15 August 1915 when he vacated his appointment as Adjutant. He served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from July 1917, and was awarded the Territorial Decoration in 1919 (London Gazette 15 July 1919).