A Small Collection of Medals to the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment (Territorial Force)

Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (250013 C.S. Mjr: V. L. Jefferies. 5/Essex R.) extremely fine £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Medals to the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment (Territorial Force).

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Vincent Lewis Jefferies was born in Brightlingsea, Essex, in 1880 and served during the Great War at home as a Company Sergeant Major with the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, being awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 236 of 1918. He subsequently transferred to the Regular Army with number 6000832 (an Essex Regiment number), and died in Peshawar, India, on 27 June 1925 whilst serving as an Instructor with the Army Educational Corps. This is his sole medallic entitlement.