MENTION IN DESPATCHES PAIR. BARROW, 21st Divisional ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY & TANK CORPS who was decorated for Gallant & Distinguished Services during the period of the Battles of PASSCHENDAELE & the Tank Attack at CAMBRAI. Consists of British War Medal & Victory Medal. D Oakleaf Emblem both correctly named to. Mounted on contemporary buckram bar with pin/clasp for wear. These come with research file including copy entries of London Gazette for M. D, Officers Services’TANK CORPS’, Medal Index Card confirming entitlement, & 21st Division information. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant into the Territorial Force Royal Field Artillery, landing in France on 19/1/1917 which confirms entitlement to War Medal & Victory Medal. He joined 21st Division, first seeing action during the Arras Offensive of April-May 1917, followed from September by the fighting for Polygon Wood & Broodseinde Ridge (3rd Ypres), then Cambrai. On 21st May 1918, in the Field Despatch of FM Sir Douglas Haig covering operations between October 1917 January 1918, the then 2nd Lieutenant Barrow was Mentioned in Despatches for Gallant and Distinguished Services in the Field. However, by May 1918, he had already been promoted to Lieutenant. He then served as 21st Division Ammunition Column ADJUTANT (Acting Captain) from 18/4/1918 14/7/1918, where he was responsible for unit planning, orders & discipline. From 4/9/1918, he was graded as Specialist (Class FF) & Specially Employed as an Officer with H. This important medal pair comes with 8 A4 printed pages of supporting research. The item “WW1 WAR & VICTORY MEDAL PAIR OFFICER’MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES’ RFA & TANK CORPS” is in sale since Tuesday, September 27, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War I (1914-1918)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “inkerman-ridge” and is located in Bristol. This item can be shipped worldwide.
