A VERY NICE EMOTIVE COMPLETE GROUP OF MEDALS AND ITEMS BELONGING TO PRIVATE CHARLES JARVIS WHO DIED OF WOUNDS IN JANUARY 1917 AS A RESULT OF ACTION IN FRANCE ON THE SOMME. CONSISTS OF HIS WAR AND VICTORY MEDAL CORRECTLY NAMED (MID CONFIRMS THIS IS HIS FULL ENTITLEMENT) HIS DEATH PLAQUE IN AN OAK DISPLAY FRAME. HIS PHOTOGRAPH IN OAK FRAME. COPPER CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE MEDAL. GOLD COLOUR GEORGE V PENDANT WITH THE LORDS PRAYER ON REVERSE. SOLID GOLD 9CT RING ENGRAVED INSIDE FROM C JARVIS. HIS SERVICE POCKET BIBLE. ORIGINAL ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT CAP BADGE WITH MAKERS MARK TO SLIDER. ALL THE ABOVE OBVIOUSLY HIS DEAD MANS EFFECTS SENT HOME TO HIS NEXT OF KIN. I HAVE DONE A SMALL AMOUNT OF RESEARCH. HE SERVED WITH THE 7TH BN ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT AS PART OF KITCHENERS NEW ARMY. HE ENLISTED AT BEDFORD AND LIVED IN A SMALL VILLAGE HAMERTON HUNTS CAMBRIDGESHIRE. HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT HOME AS A RESULT OF FIGHTING WITH THE 12TH EASTERN DIVISION ON THE SOMME. FIRST SEEING ACTION ON 2ND JULY 1916 AT LA BOSSEILLE, MOUQUET FARM AND BUTTE DE WALLENCOURT. HE WAS WOUNDED AT ONE OF THESE ACTIONS DURING JULY OR AUGUST AND WAS SENT HOME WHERE HE DIED OF WOUNDS ON THE 17TH JANUARY 1917 IN HOSPITAL IN LEICESTER. HIS BODY WAS SENT HOME AND HE IS BURIED IN HIS VILLAGE CHURCH WITH HIS MOTHER AND FATHER. HE WAS SHOWN AS A FARM LABOURER PRIOR TO ENLISTMENT. HE WAS ONLY 20 YEARS OF AGE. A VERY INTERESTING COMPLETE GROUP TO A BRAVE YOUNG MAN WORTHY OF MORE RESEARCH. The item “WW1 BRITISH CASUALTY MEDAL GROUP PLAQUE SCROLL HAMERTON HUNTS GOLD RING & MORE” is in sale since Saturday, March 11, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War I (1914-1918)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “oldcontemptible1418″ and is located in St. Neots. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Type: Medals & Ribbons
- Era: 1914-1945
- Conflict: World War I (1914-1918)
- Service: Army
- Country/ Organization: Great Britain
- Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued