A Collection of Medals to the South Wales Borderers

Pair: Sergeant T. Horton, 8th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, who was severely wounded at the Third Battle of Doiran in the final days of hostilities in Salonika
1914-15 Star (16603 Sjt. T. Horton. S. Wales Bord:); British War Medal 1914-20 (16603 Sjt. T. Horton. S. Wales Bord.) very fine

Pair: Second Lieutenant D. R. Davies, South Wales Borderers
British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. D. R. Davies.) small edge bruise to VM, generally good very fine

Pair: Sergeant G. R. Smith, 6th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, later Lancashire Fusiliers
British War and Victory Medals (41043 Pte. G. R. Smith. S. Wales Bord.) good very fine (6) £80-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the South Wales Borderers.

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Thomas Horton was born in 1882 and attested for the South Wales Borderers. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from when his battalion first arrived in France on 5 September 1915. After a short period in the front lines N.E. of Albert, this new battalion was sent as part of XII Corps to the Balkans, arriving in Salonika in mid November 1915. Sergeant Horton was admitted to the 28th General Hospital in Salonika with dysentery in June 1916 and later in September 1918, at a time when his battalion was involved in the Third Battle of Doiran, he was admitted to the same hospital with gun shot wounds to the left thigh and left buttock. He was transferred to the Hospital Ship Glengorm Castle on 8 November 1918 and was finally discharged to the reserve on 5 March 1919.

Donald Roy Davies was born in Ton Pentre, Glamorgan in 1892, and was Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the South Wales Borderers. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 February 1916, and died in 1932.

George Richard Smith attested for the South Wales Borderers, and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War, later transferring to the Lancashire Fusiliers.

Sold with copied Medal Index Cards and medal roll extracts.