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.
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.
XIV
Dear AHJ,
ReplyDeleteI was thrilled to find your blog & with it a tangible link to my family history during WW1.
Your post on driver Herbert Benjamin Chatten was of particular interest as Herbert's brother was my great grandfather.
It's amazing that so much family history is at ones fingertips, helped hugely by time spent by my father compiling records for www.ukchattens.net
Out of interest, does Herbert's medal trio have a particular significance to you and would you perhaps condsider selling it in order that it could be reunited with the Chatten family?
I hope that you don't object to me asking.
Regards, Guy Chatten