REGIMENT:-        

Royal Warwickshire Regiment.

 5th Battalion Infantry.

Regiment No. 200212.

 

 

MEDALS:-

1914 – 15 Star.

British War Medal.

Oak Leaf Bar.

Victory Medal.

 

 

SERVICE:-

Active service 1913 – 1919

 in France and Belgium.

As part of the BEF force

he was deployed to defend Mons.

Promoted to Sergeant “in the field”.

 Injured in the line of duty by shell

bombardment in 1918.

Mentioned in despatches, receiving

 a signed commendation from Winston Churchill.     

 

 

 

 

REMEMBERED by:-

A brave soldier and a larger than life character in civi street. Remembered with pride by all his family.