King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment in Mesopotamia? : Private H P Herbert, 6th (Service) Battalion, KORLR, attached Royal Field Artillery

Holder's service details :

Horace Pryce Herbert
Military Year:1914-1920
Rank:Private
Medal Awarded:British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps:King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
Regimental Number:32669
Previous Units:6th K.O.R.L. Att R.F.A. 32669 Pte

Medal condition :

Very Fine with some loss to gilding.

6th (Service) Battalion
Formed at Lancaster in August 1914 as part of K1 and came under command of 38th Brigade, 13th (Western) Division.
Moved to Gallipoli in July 1915. Went to Egypt in January 1916 and thence to Mesopotamia.

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Northumberland Fusiliers Territorial , Labour Corps and Garrison Battalion : Pte A Sheers

Holder's service details :

Arthur Sheers
Military Year:1914-1920
Rank:Private
Medal Awarded:British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps:Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Regimental Number:GS/110681
Previous Units:1/7 North'd. Fus. 294418. Pte., 932/Coy. Lab. Corps. 425971, 44/R. Fus. GS/110681

1/7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
August 1914 : in Alnwick. Part of Northumberland Brigade, Northumbrian Division.
April 1915 : landed in France.
May 1915 : became 149th Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division, in France.
12 February 1918 : transferred to 42nd (East Lancashire) Division and converted to Pioneer Battalion.

44th (Garrison) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Formed in France in September 1918 from Garrison Guard Companies, for duty at the five Army HQ’s. Manned by troops who had been rated as medically unfit for front line duty.

Medal condition :

Very Fine.

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Somerset Light Infantry Kitchener volunteer: Pte F Darby, 7th (Service) and 1st Battalions

Holder's service details:

F Darby
Military Year:1914-1915
Rank:Private
Medal Awarded:1914-15 Star
Regiment or Corps:Somerset Light Infantry
Regimental Number:16982

Date of entry into France (1a) theatre 18 8 1915.

Frank Darby
Military Year:1914-1920
Rank:Private
Medal Awarded:British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps:Somerset Light Infantry
Regimental Number:16982
Previous Units:7th Som. L.I. Pte 16982, 1st Som. L.I.

7th then 1st Somerset Light Infantry

7th (Service) Battalion
Formed at Taunton in September 1914 as part of K2 and came under command of 61st Brigade, 20th (Light) Division.
24 July 1915 : landed at Boulogne.

1st Battalion
August 1914 : in Colchester. Part of 11th Brigade, 4th Division.
22 August 1914 landed at Le Havre.

Medal condition:

Very Fine; some defacement to obverse of 1914-15 Star. Broken trio.

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Army Veterinary Corps Victory Medal: Pte A Shemming

Holder's service details :

Arthur Shemming
Military Year:1914-1920
Rank:Private
Medal Awarded:British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps:Army Veterinary Corps
Regimental Number:SE/20684
Previous Units:SE/20684 RAVC Pte

The "SE" prefix appears to indicate Special Enlistment as a horsekeeper whilst Shemming seems to be an East Anglian name. The Corps provided a Mobile Veterinary Section as part of each Division that went overseas, expanding from 934 Other Ranks to 41,755 for the purpose over the course of the war. It is estimated that at one point over half of the veterinary surgeons in Britain were officers in the AVC, and that of the 2.5 million animals treated in France and Flanders, 2 million were cured to return to duty.

Medal condition :

Very Fine.

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Army Veterinary Corps Victory Medal: Pte A Shemming

Holder's service details :

Arthur Shemming
Military Year:1914-1920
Rank:Private
Medal Awarded:British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps:Army Veterinary Corps
Regimental Number:SE/20684
Previous Units:SE/20684 RAVC Pte

The "SE" prefix appears to indicate Special Enlistment as a horsekeeper whilst Shemming seems to be an East Anglian name. The Corps provided a Mobile Veterinary Section as part of each Division that went overseas, expanding from 934 Other Ranks to 41,755 for the purpose over the course of the war. It is estimated that athe one point over half of the veterinary surgeons in Britain were officers in the AVC, and that of the 2.5 million animals treated in France and Flanders, 2 million were cured to return to duty.

Medal condition :

Very Fine.

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