Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Capt. R. E. Godfrey) good very fine £120-£160

M.I.D. London Gazette, 5 June 1919

Richard Edgar Godfrey from Denmark Hill, South East London, was born on 13 December 1894. He attested into the 24th (County of London) Battalion on 19 September 1914 for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 29 June 1915. He was soon commissioned into the Leicestershire Regiment and served with the 11th Battalion before being appointed to a probationary commission with the Indian Army on 16 November 1917. Serving with 3/153rd (Croke’s) Rifles, he was Mentioned in Despatches in General Allenby’s despatch of 5 March 1919, London Gazette 5 June 1919. Appointed Captain, he served post war with his regiment during the Iraq campaign and was listed as Adjutant, in the Indian Army List of 1922.

Sold with copy service records and copy Medal Index Card.