Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Driver H. Cavigan, Royal Horse Artillery

1914 Star, with copy clasp (66426 Dvr: H. Cavigan. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (66426 Dvr. H. Cavigan. R.A.) very fine (3) £70-£90

Henry Cavigan was born around 1893 and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery on 28 August 1911. He served in France with “H” Battery from 9 September 1914, joining VII Brigade and the 1st Cavalry Division as replacement for “L” Battery which was all but wiped out at Nery. His Battery fought in the defence of Messines Ridge from 31 October 1914, and later at the Battle of the Ancre from 13 to 18 November 1916. Discharged on 7 May 1917 in consequence of sickness, Cavigan returned home to Wolverhampton, from where he claimed the clasp to his 1914 Star in 1926.