Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sapper A. H. Andrews, Royal Engineers
1914 Star, with later slide clasp (9998 Sapr: A. H. Andrews. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (9998 Spr. A. H. Andrews. R.E.) very fine

Three: Private H. Day, Army Service Corps
1914 Star (M-27749 Pte. H. Day. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M-27749 Pte. H. Day. A.S.C.) some polishing, good fine (6) £80-£100

Alfred Harold Andrews attested into the Royal Engineers and served with the 9th Field Company during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 August 1914. The award of the clasp to his 1914 Star is confirmed on his Medal Index Card.

Henry Day, a tractor engine driver from Swindon, Wiltshire, attested into the Army Service Corps on 2 July 1909. He served during the Great War with the 5th Ammunition Park on the Western Front from 16 August 1914 until 21 October 1914, before returning to the U.K. due to a fracture of his left ulna. Afterwards serving at home, he was discharged due to sickness on 28 December 1915 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 233,593.