Special Reserve L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3006 Sjt: C. Spivey. 3/Devon: Regt.) edge bruise, very fine £300-£400

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

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Awarded October 1910, one of 16 awards to the 3rd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment (nine E.VII.R. and seven G.V.R.)

Charles Spivey was born in Armin, Goole, Yorkshire in 1862. A Farm Labourer by occupation he enlisted in the Royal Artillery in December 1877, serving at home and in India until being discharged 11 November 1890 after 12 years 315 days’ service. Recorded in the 1891 Census as residing in Exeter he attested c.1895 into the Devon Militia and was embodied into the 3rd Militia Battalion, Devonshire Regiment in 1899, serving at Fort Regent Barracks, Jersey between 1899 and 1902 when he was disembodied. Subsequently re-titled the 3rd Special Reserve Battalion, Devonshire Regiment in 1908, he was awarded the Special Reserve Long Service Medal in October 1910. Embodied once again for Great War service as a Lance Sergeant in the 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve) Devonshire Regiment on 29 September 1914 he served at home until being discharged due to ‘Debility’ on 15 May 1918, aged 55, being awarded a Silver War Badge No. 362460. He died at Exeter on 4 June 1927, aged 64, and was buried with full military honours at Higher Cemetery, Exeter.

Sold with copied record of service and other research