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38th (Welsh) Division 'on active service' Musketry Prize Medal, 32mm, silver, hallmarks for...
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38th (Welsh) Division ‘on active service’ Musketry Prize Medal, 32mm, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1916 the obverse engraved ‘On Active Serve 1916-17 38th Welsh Divn.’ within wreath, the reverse engraved ‘Winning Team “C” Company 16th Bn. Welsh Regt., Musketry - 40668 Cpl. W. J. Howells’, with integral loop and small ring suspension; together with a Machynlleth Red Cross Hospital Medal, in the form of a red enamelled dragon, unnamed, with integral top brooch bar inscribed ‘Machynlleth Red Cross Hospital 1917 - 1919 With the President’s Thanks’, good very fine (2) £60-£80
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Wilfred Jarvis Howells was born at Briton Ferry in 1891 and served during the Great War initially as 7482 Private in the 38th (Welsh) Divisional Cyclist Company, later transferring to the 16th Battalion the Welsh Regiment and being re-numbered 40668. He took part in the Battle of Mametz Wood with the 16th Battalion and in all other operations on the Somme in 1916. His winning of a silver medal in the 38th (Welsh) Division musketry competition is mentioned in his entry in the De Ruvigny Roll of Honour. He was killed in action at Langemarck, near Ypres, 27 August 1917, being shot in the head by a sniper whilst leading his platoon into action, and is buried at Cement House Cemetery, Langemarck-Poelkapelle, Belgium.
The Machynlleth Red Cross auxiliary hospital was opened in August 1917 when the Red Cross took over the old workhouse. The hospital had beds for 48 soldiers to recuperate from war wounds. The commandant was Mrs Gertrude Elizabeth Bonsall, M.B.E., of Galltyllan, President of the Machynlleth and District Nursing Association.
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Wilfred Jarvis Howells was born at Briton Ferry in 1891 and served during the Great War initially as 7482 Private in the 38th (Welsh) Divisional Cyclist Company, later transferring to the 16th Battalion the Welsh Regiment and being re-numbered 40668. He took part in the Battle of Mametz Wood with the 16th Battalion and in all other operations on the Somme in 1916. His winning of a silver medal in the 38th (Welsh) Division musketry competition is mentioned in his entry in the De Ruvigny Roll of Honour. He was killed in action at Langemarck, near Ypres, 27 August 1917, being shot in the head by a sniper whilst leading his platoon into action, and is buried at Cement House Cemetery, Langemarck-Poelkapelle, Belgium.
The Machynlleth Red Cross auxiliary hospital was opened in August 1917 when the Red Cross took over the old workhouse. The hospital had beds for 48 soldiers to recuperate from war wounds. The commandant was Mrs Gertrude Elizabeth Bonsall, M.B.E., of Galltyllan, President of the Machynlleth and District Nursing Association.
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38th (Welsh) Division ‘on active service’ Musketry Prize Medal, 32mm, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1916 the obverse engraved ‘On Active Serve 1916-17 38th Welsh Divn.’ within wreath, the reverse engraved ‘Winning Team “C” Company 16th Bn. Welsh Regt., Musketry - 40668 Cpl. W. J. Howells’, with integral loop and small ring suspension; together with a Machynlleth Red Cross Hospital Medal, in the form of a red enamelled dragon, unnamed, with integral top brooch bar inscribed ‘Machynlleth Red Cross Hospital 1917 - 1919 With the President’s Thanks’, good very fine (2) £60-£80
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Wilfred Jarvis Howells was born at Briton Ferry in 1891 and served during the Great War initially as 7482 Private in the 38th (Welsh) Divisional Cyclist Company, later transferring to the 16th Battalion the Welsh Regiment and being re-numbered 40668. He took part in the Battle of Mametz Wood with the 16th Battalion and in all other operations on the Somme in 1916. His winning of a silver medal in the 38th (Welsh) Division musketry competition is mentioned in his entry in the De Ruvigny Roll of Honour. He was killed in action at Langemarck, near Ypres, 27 August 1917, being shot in the head by a sniper whilst leading his platoon into action, and is buried at Cement House Cemetery, Langemarck-Poelkapelle, Belgium.
The Machynlleth Red Cross auxiliary hospital was opened in August 1917 when the Red Cross took over the old workhouse. The hospital had beds for 48 soldiers to recuperate from war wounds. The commandant was Mrs Gertrude Elizabeth Bonsall, M.B.E., of Galltyllan, President of the Machynlleth and District Nursing Association.
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Wilfred Jarvis Howells was born at Briton Ferry in 1891 and served during the Great War initially as 7482 Private in the 38th (Welsh) Divisional Cyclist Company, later transferring to the 16th Battalion the Welsh Regiment and being re-numbered 40668. He took part in the Battle of Mametz Wood with the 16th Battalion and in all other operations on the Somme in 1916. His winning of a silver medal in the 38th (Welsh) Division musketry competition is mentioned in his entry in the De Ruvigny Roll of Honour. He was killed in action at Langemarck, near Ypres, 27 August 1917, being shot in the head by a sniper whilst leading his platoon into action, and is buried at Cement House Cemetery, Langemarck-Poelkapelle, Belgium.
The Machynlleth Red Cross auxiliary hospital was opened in August 1917 when the Red Cross took over the old workhouse. The hospital had beds for 48 soldiers to recuperate from war wounds. The commandant was Mrs Gertrude Elizabeth Bonsall, M.B.E., of Galltyllan, President of the Machynlleth and District Nursing Association.
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