Robert Francis Frith served as a Private with the 1/4th Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, probably going overseas some time after 31 December 1915. Depending upon his date of joining the battalion (and departure) he may have served in Aden, in the Suez Defence Force, and in Palestine. He was subsequently transferred to the Hampshire Regiment, given the new regimental number 06612, and posted to an unrecorded battalion. If this transfer took place in-theatre, it is possible that he transferred to a Territorial battalion of the Hampshires, of which the 1/8th, 2/4th and 2/5th served in Egypt and/or Palestine. His British War Medal and Victory Medal were issued off the Hampshire Regiment roll some time after 19 May 1920.
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