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Three: Regimental Sergeant Major A. W. Keefe, Royal Field Artillery British War Medal...
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Three: Regimental Sergeant Major A. W. Keefe, Royal Field Artillery British War Medal 1914-20 (88672 T.W.O.Cl.1. A. W. Keefe. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (88672 B.S.Mjr: -T.R.S.Mjr:- A. W. Keefe. R.F.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (88672 Sjt: A. W. Keefe. R.F.A.) lightly polished to high relief, generally very fine (3) £120-£160 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918. Arthur William Keefe was born in Shorncliffe, Kent, around 1878, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Trimulgherry, India on 4 January 1892, his age given as 14 years 9 months. Posted to 49th Field Battery, he was appointed Trumpeter on 1 January 1893 and mustered as Gunner on 17 June 1895. Transferred to the 1st West Lancashire Brigade on 28 July 1908, Keefe was advanced Battery Sergeant Major on 4 January 1913 and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 September 1915 to 30 October 1918. Awarded the M.S.M. whilst serving with the R.F.A., attached Headquarters, 275th Brigade, he was later discharged surplus to military requirement on 3 January 1920. He died in Liverpool in 1948.
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Three: Regimental Sergeant Major A. W. Keefe, Royal Field Artillery British War Medal 1914-20 (88672 T.W.O.Cl.1. A. W. Keefe. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (88672 B.S.Mjr: -T.R.S.Mjr:- A. W. Keefe. R.F.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (88672 Sjt: A. W. Keefe. R.F.A.) lightly polished to high relief, generally very fine (3) £120-£160 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918. Arthur William Keefe was born in Shorncliffe, Kent, around 1878, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Trimulgherry, India on 4 January 1892, his age given as 14 years 9 months. Posted to 49th Field Battery, he was appointed Trumpeter on 1 January 1893 and mustered as Gunner on 17 June 1895. Transferred to the 1st West Lancashire Brigade on 28 July 1908, Keefe was advanced Battery Sergeant Major on 4 January 1913 and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 September 1915 to 30 October 1918. Awarded the M.S.M. whilst serving with the R.F.A., attached Headquarters, 275th Brigade, he was later discharged surplus to military requirement on 3 January 1920. He died in Liverpool in 1948.
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