Holder's details:
Sapper Frederick Feldman, Royal Engineers, service numbers 205080, WR/553101.
WR prefix indicates Royal Engineers. (Waterways & Railways)
Name: Frederick Feldman (also may be incorrectly given as "Fieldman")
Military Year: 1914-1920
Rank: Sapper
Medal Awarded: British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps: Royal Engineers
Regimental Number: WR/553101
Sub Unit: Inland Water Transport
Previous Units: Royal Engineers. 205080 Spr.
Summary of activities of the branch:
A wholesale renumbering of RE personnel took place in April 1918; a change of number did not necessarily imply change of unit. "Sapper" (as opposed to "Pioneer") denotes a skilled trade. "Inland Water Transport" could also denote service in a dock construction company.
The Waterways and Railways branch was particularly concerned with keeping the armies in the field supplied by maintaining the railways, roads, water supply, bridges and operating rail and inland waterways transport, including constructing and maintaining dock facilities and manning hospital barges.
Medal condition:
Very Fine. Short length of original ribbon.
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