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Pair: Private A. E. Davis, Wiltshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western...
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Pair: Private A. E. Davis, Wiltshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 11 April 1918 British War and Victory Medals (36095 Pte. A. E. Davis. Wilts. R.) very fine 1914-15 Star (15938 Pte. F. Cooper. Yorks: L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (5) (Lt. Col. E. W. Powell.; Lieut. W. Dean.; Lieut. H. Knight.; 2. Lieut. J. R. W. Saunders.; 4186 Cpl. A. G. Arnott. K.O. Sco. Bord.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army, Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; together with a Silver War Badge, the reverse numbered ‘B178173’, edge bruising, nearly very fine (13) £120-£160 --- Arthur Ernest Davis was born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, and attested for the Wiltshire Regiment at Devizes, Wiltshire. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 11 April 1918, aged 18. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Fred Cooper attested for the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry ands served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 September 1915. Posted as Missing in Action on 27 May 1918, he returned to his unit and was discharged Class ‘Z’ following the cessation of hostilities. Arthur George Arnott attested for the King’s Own Scottish Borderers on 10 May 1909 and was promoted Corporal on 26 September 1914. He served with the 1/5th Battalion during the Great War with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 24 May 1915, and was wounded by gun shot to the right shoulder on 16 July 1915. He was discharged on 19 May 1916, after 7 years and 10 days’ service. Sold with copied research.
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Pair: Private A. E. Davis, Wiltshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 11 April 1918 British War and Victory Medals (36095 Pte. A. E. Davis. Wilts. R.) very fine 1914-15 Star (15938 Pte. F. Cooper. Yorks: L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (5) (Lt. Col. E. W. Powell.; Lieut. W. Dean.; Lieut. H. Knight.; 2. Lieut. J. R. W. Saunders.; 4186 Cpl. A. G. Arnott. K.O. Sco. Bord.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army, Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; together with a Silver War Badge, the reverse numbered ‘B178173’, edge bruising, nearly very fine (13) £120-£160 --- Arthur Ernest Davis was born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, and attested for the Wiltshire Regiment at Devizes, Wiltshire. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 11 April 1918, aged 18. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Fred Cooper attested for the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry ands served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 September 1915. Posted as Missing in Action on 27 May 1918, he returned to his unit and was discharged Class ‘Z’ following the cessation of hostilities. Arthur George Arnott attested for the King’s Own Scottish Borderers on 10 May 1909 and was promoted Corporal on 26 September 1914. He served with the 1/5th Battalion during the Great War with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 24 May 1915, and was wounded by gun shot to the right shoulder on 16 July 1915. He was discharged on 19 May 1916, after 7 years and 10 days’ service. Sold with copied research.
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