Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Gunner J. V. Symonds, Royal Horse Artillery, late Royal Field Artillery

British War Medal 1914-20 (119147 Gnr. J. V. Symonds. R.A.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (119147 Gnr. J. V. Symonds. R.A.) the latter officially re-impressed, mounted court-style for display, very fine (2) £60-£80

John Victor Symonds was born in Weymouth on 24 May 1898 and served in India as Gunner in the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War. Transferred to the Royal Horse Artillery, he is later recorded as serving on the North West Frontier of India with “M” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, and was transferred to Army Reserve in September 1922. His MIC confirms entitlement to a pair and further notes his address as South Buckland Farm, Nr. Dorchester, Dorset. A married man, he is later recorded in 1939 as still living in the County and working as a cordite worker - almost certainly at the Royal Naval Cordite Factory located between Poole and Wareham. He died on 11 December 1980.

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