Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Private F. Britton, Devonshire Regiment, later Royal Warwickshire Regiment

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98, clasp carriage refurbished, with unofficial rivets between clasps (4187 Pte. F. Britton 1st. Bn. Devon: Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Transvaal, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (4187 Pte. F. Britton. Devon: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4187 Pte. F. Britton. Devon: Regt.); 1914 Star (2780 Pte. F. Britton. R. War. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2780 Pte. F. Britton. R. War. R.) minor edge bruise to IGS, otherwise good very fine and better (6) £700-£900

Frank Britton was born at Woodplace, near Tiverton, Devon, in 1872, one of eleven children of a local farmer, and attested for the Devonshire Regiment, serving with the 1st Battalion in India and then in South Africa during the Boer War, before transferring to the Army Reserve in 1903. He saw further service with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 November 1914, subsequently transferring to the Army Service Corps (Motor Transport). He died in Barnstaple in 1942.

Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research.

Note: The recipient’s Medal Index Card for his Great War medals originally shows the spelling of his surname as ‘Brittain’ and that his 1914 Star was originally issued with this name; the Star was returned and re-issued with the correct spelling on 11 November 1921.