Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private F. G. Berry, Devonshire Regiment
1914-15 Star (11581 Pte. F. G. Berry. Devon: R.); British War and Victory Medals (11581 Pte. F. G. Berry. Devon: R.) polished, some staining, good fine

Three: Acting Sergeant C. W. Curtis, Somerset Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (1025 Cpl. C. W. Curtis. Som. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (1025 A. Sjt. C. W. Curtis. Som. L.I.), some staining, very fine

Three: Private H. Slocombe, Army Veterinary Corps
1914-15 Star (SE-10893 Pte. H. Slocombe. A.V.C.); British War and Victory Medals (SE-10893 Pte. H. Slocombe. A.V.C.) very fine (9) £100-£140

Frederick George Berry, a motor cleaner from Teignmouth, Devon, was born in 1897. He attested into the Devonshire Regiment in September 1914, for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 22 September 1915, before later service in Salonika, where he contracted malaria and, in April 1917, received a wound to his arm and knee. Later further hospitalised due to malaria, he was discharged in January 1919.

Charles Walter Curtis, a tailor from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, was born in Paddington, London, in 1891. He attested into the 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry in 1905 and served during the Great War with the 1/4th Battalion, first in India, then later in Mesopotamia from 29 August 1915. He died on 4 August 1917, two days after an operation to remove an abscess from his liver, and is buried in Basra War Cemetery, Iraq.

Henry Slocombe, a farm labourer from Aller Moor, Somerset, was born in Blakeway, Wedmore, Somerset, in 1875. He attested into the Army Veterinary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 13 September 1915. He died in Rooksbridge, Somerset in 1935.

Sold with card identity discs named to Slocombe; and copied research.