Four: Private A. E. Langdon, Devonshire Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (280 Sjt. A. E. Langdon. Devon. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (280 Sjt. A. E. Langdon. Devon. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (280 Pte. A. E. Langdon. 4/Devon: Regt.) polished and worn, the obverses fair to fine, the reverses very fine (4) £240-£280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore.

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Albert Edward Langdon was born in St Thomas, Exeter in 1878. A Bootmaker by occupation, he enlisted into the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment and, on formation of the Territorial Force in April 1908, he re-enlisted into the 4th Territorial Battalion. Awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order No. 7 of January 1909, he was promoted Sergeant and was embodied with the 4th Territorial Battalion on 5 August 1914. Embarking for India the battalion disembarked at Karachi, arriving at Ferozepore on 13 November 1914. Embarking with the India Expeditionary Force ‘D’ Mesopotamia on 23 February 1916, the battalion was employed in defence of the Tigris Line and took part in the successful attack on the Hai Salient on 3 February 1917. Disembodied on demobilisation on 29 April 1919 he was subsequently employed as a civilian Boot Maker at the Depot, Devonshire Regiment, Town Barracks, Exeter. He died at Dawlish, Devon on 23 January 1958, aged 79.

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