Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. C. Potter, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, later Special Constable, Launceston Special Constabulary

British War Medal 1914-20 (4271 Pte. W. C. Potter. D.C.L.I.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, with Long Service 1949 Second Award Bar (William C. Potter) good very fine (3) £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 46th Foot and its Successor Units.

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William Charles Potter was born in Stogumber, Somerset, on 11 May 1887, and served with the 2nd/4th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry during the Great War, the British War Medal being his sole entitlement for the conflict. He was sworn in as a Special Constable with the Launceston Special Constabulary on 17 October 1939, and was awarded his Special Constabulary Long Service Medal on 18 March 1943, and a Second Award Bar in 1949, shortly before relinquishing his appointment on 25 May 1949. He died in Plymouth on 21 November 1954.

Sold with copied research.