A Collection of Medals to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers 99
Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (2064. Pte. C. Gerring,
2.Bn. 23. R.W. Fus: 1873-4.) edge bruising, very fine £280-£320
Charles Gerring was born in Faringdon, Berkshire, in 1850 and attested for the 23rd Regiment of Foot at Reading on 21 November 1870. He served with the 2nd Battalion on the Gold Coast in 1873-74, and then in Gibraltar, before purchasing his discharge on 23 January 1878, after 7 years and 64 days’ service.
Sold with copied research. 100 101
Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (2389 Pte. J. Rowlands. 2. Bn. 23. R.W. Fus: 1873-4) edge bruising, very fine £280-£320
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (5663 Pte. J. Taylor, R. Welsh Fus:) minor edge bruising, good very fine
£120-£160
John William Taylor was born in Newchurch, Lancashire, in 1880 and attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Burnley, Lancashire, on 19 April 1898, having previously served in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 23 October 1899 to 20 August 1900, and again from 15 April 1901 to 13 October 1902 (also entitled to the King’s South Africa Medal with 2 clasps). He transferred to the Reserve on 28 November 1902, and was discharged on 18 April 1910, after 12 years’ service.
Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts. 102 China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (5807 Serjt: C. Rooks. 2nd. Rl: Welsh Fus:) nearly extremely fine £400-£500
Charles Rooks was born in Holloway, London, in 1872 and attested for the Grenadier Guards at Horse Guards on 4 January 1893. He transferred to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 1 July 1898, and was promoted Sergeant and appointed Pioneer Sergeant the same day. He served with the 2nd Battalion in the occupation of Crete from 11 September to 13 December 1898; in China from 14 December 1898 to 17 June 1901, and again from 2 November 1901 to 9 November 1902; and then in India from 10 November 1902 to 25 November 1903. He was discharged on 3 January 1905, after 12 years’ service.
Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extract. 103
Three: Private E. Jones, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (23705 Pte. E. Jones. R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (23705 Pte. E. Jones. R.W. Fus.) good very fine
British War Medal 1914-20 (60539 Pte. C. F. Tunnard. R.W. Fus.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (4361 Pte. T. Davies. R.W. Fus.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star, good very fine (11)
£70-£90
Evan Jones attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 17 April 1915 and served with the 13th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 December 1915. Wounded, he was awarded a Silver War Badge, and was discharged on 14 December 1918.
Charles F. Tunnard attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 11 July 1916 and served with the 14th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. Wounded, he was awarded a Silver War Badge, and was discharged on 19 December 1918.
Thomas Davies attested for the 3rd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Wrexham on 14 August 1911 and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 January 1915. Wounded, he was awarded a Silver War Badge, and was discharged on 31 January 1919.
Sold with copied research. 104 Three: Major C. L. Fosbery, Royal Welsh Fusiliers and Denbighshire Yeomanry
British War and Victory Medals (Major C. L. Fosbery.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Capt. C. L. Fosbery. Denbigh Yeo.) nearly extremely fine (3)
£400-£500
C. L. Fosbery served during the Great War as a Captain with the Denbighshire Yeomanry with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 3 March 1916, and later as a Major with the 24th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
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Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (844 Pte. H. Rowlands. Denbigh. Yeo.) very fine Provenance: Buckland Dix & Wood, December 1995.
£200-£240
Henry Rowlands was born in Bodfari, Flintshire, in 1894 and attested for the Denbighshire Yeomanry at Eccleston Camp, Cheshire, on 17 September 1914. Posted to the 24th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front, and died of wounds by gun shot to the left groin on 19 July 1918. He is buried in Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France.
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