Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C. (2), G.V.R., 1st issue (27429 Sjt: A. H. Finn. R.E.); G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (Capt. J. K. Wren. I.A.) good very fine and better (2) £80-£100

Alfred Henry Finn was born in Rochester, Kent, in 1873, and attested for the Royal Engineers at Chatham on 19 May 1893. Present at the Battle of Belmont on 23 November 1899, he returned home from South Africa on 19 June 1900 and was subsequently wounded in the head; the subsequent court of enquiry held on 18 February 1902 later deemed the affair an accident. Re-engaged to complete 21 years’ service 25 January 1905, Finn was raised Sergeant Volunteer Instructor and posted to the Cheshire R.E. Railway Battalion. Transferred to the South West, he ended his career as C.S.M. at Pendennis Castle, Falmouth, with the 18th Cornwall Fortress Company, Royal Engineers.

James Kenneth Wren served on the North West Frontier as Sergeant in the 17th (Rifle Brigade) Field Company, Indian Engineers, and was awarded the India General Service Medal 1936-39. He was later appointed to an Emergency Commission in the Indian Army in March 1943.