Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Seven: Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 W. Voce, Royal Field Artillery

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (66903 Sergt., R.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-19022 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (66903 Sgt., 37th Batt. R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (24845 B.S. Mjr., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (24845 A.-W. O. Cl. 1, R.A.); Army L.S.& G.C., E.VII.R. (66903 B.S. Mjr., R.A.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (66903 Sergt., 37th Fd. By. R.A.), mounted for display, pre-W.W.1 with contact marks, nearly very fine and better (7) £420-480

William Voce was born in Liverpool. A groom by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Artillery on 9 April 1888, aged 18 years, 4 months. He served in Egypt and Sudan, 1 July - 6 October 1898 and in South Africa, 15 November 1899 - 19 June 1900. In the later he is listed as being ‘invalided home’. He was discharged as a Battery Sergeant-Major, after completion of his second period of service, on 8 April 1913. He re-enlisted for service at Bolton on 14 September 1914, aged 44 years. As a Battery Sergeant-Major and Acting Warrant Officer Class 1, he served in France, 12 July 1915 - 8 January 1917 and in Egypt, 9 June 1917 - 20 June 1919. For his services he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 4 January 1917). He was discharged on 31 March 1920. Sold with a large quantity of copied service papers and other research.