A Collection of Medals to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers 16 Three: Private R. I. Jenkins, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
1914-15 Star (14073 Pte. R. I. Jenkins, R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (14073 Pte. R. I. Jenkins R.W. Fus.); together with a British Expeditionary Force Salonika, Recreational Training Sports prize medallion, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘R. I. Jenkins’, very fine (4)
£60-£80
Richard Ivor Jenkins attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and served with the 11th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 September 1915. He saw further service with the Battalion in Salonika, and at some time was attached to 67th Trench Mortar Battery. He was demobilised on 11 April 1919.
The 11th (Service) Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers was raised in Wrexham on 18 October 1914 as part of Kitchener’s third New Army and joined 67th Brigade in the 22nd Division.
There is only one Richard Ivor Jenkins recorded in the 1911 Census for Wales, a 15 year old, residing in his parents home at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire.
17 Three: Private A. Y. Thomas, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
1914-15 Star (3196 Pte. A. Y. Thomas. R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (3196 Pte. A. Y. Thomas, R.W.Fus.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge numbered, B.88219, with original safety chain fitting in original numbered box of issue and named and numbered issue slip; and a St. Dunstan’s Billiard Fund Prize Medallion, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘A. Thomas, 1922’, in fitted case, extremely fine (5)
£60-£80
Albert Yorke Thomas was born at Penmaenmawr, Caernarvonshire, North Wales, in 1896 and attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 4 January 1915. He served during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 8 August 1915; his pension records indicate that he suffered a crushing injury to his foot while on active service and he was awarded the Silver War Badge prior to being discharged on 2 January 1919.
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Pair: Private L. S. Davies, Royal Welsh Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (27892 Pte. L. S. Davies R.W. Fus.); together with a scarce 18th R.W.F. (2nd London Welch) Battalion ‘Best Shot in Platoon’ Shooting Prize fob, gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘No. 27892 Davies 39. Nov. 1915’, minor chipping to enamel and suspension loop re-soldered on last, otherwise very fine
The Victory Medal awarded to Acting Warrant Officer Class II W. A. Hart, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was killed in action in Italy on 3 May 1918
Victory Medal 1914-19 (20007 A.W.O. Cl.2 W. A. Hart, R.W. Fus.) light contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £50-£70
Llewellyn Samuel Davies attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and served with the 18th, 15th, and 16th Battalions during the Great War. He is also noted as serving attached to 113 Brigade Trench Mortar Battery.
William Alfred Hart was born at Llandudno, North Wales in 1889. He attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and was serving in ‘A’ Company, 1st Battalion when he was killed in action on 3 May 1918, whilst taking part in a trench raid at Ambrosini, on the Italian Front. He is buried at Granezza British Cemetery, Italy. The medal roll also shows service with 63rd Royal Naval Division. The Regimental History records: ‘A similar sort of raid, but with artillery support, was made on the 3rd May by A Company. Ambrosini was again the point chosen . No Man’s Land was fairly wide, and unfortunately, while getting to their selected jumping off spot , the company was seen by the enemy, who opened heavy rifle and machine - gun fire. It was not yet Zero hour. The company was suffering casualties - the situation was distinctly unpleasant. One reads the cold, unadorned entry in the Brigade Diary with gratification : As it was not yet Zero time they charged, and the enemy retired. The soldierly spirit and bearing of the 1st Battalion were remarkable.’ (Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, by Major C. H. Dudley Ward, D.S.O., M.C. Vol. IV, 1915 - 1918 refers).
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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Major J. H. K. Griffith, R of O.) engraved naming, nearly extremely fine
£200-£260
John Harnage King Griffith was born in London on 9 September 1853, the eldest son of the Rev. John Griffith, M.A., of Braich-y-Celyn, Merionethshire. He was educated at Cheltenham College, Trinity College, Cambridge and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned a Lieutenant in the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers in 1875, he served as Adjutant, 1880-85 and was promoted to Captain in 1885 and Major in April 1895. He served in India, August 1880-October 1885 and January-August 1888. Griffith retired on 11 January 1899 but returned to the service in April 1900 as a Major in the Reserve of Officers, with the No. 2 Remount Depot in South Africa during the Boer War. In civilian life he was a J.P. for Merioneth, and died on 13 July 1925.
Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient. 20
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (Lieut: E. W. Chapman, 3rd. Rl: Welsh Fus.) Battalion number officially corrected, good very fine
£180-£220
Ernest Walker Chapman was born on 30 April 1883, in London and was educated at St. Peters College, Adelaide, South Australia. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant into the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 17 April 1901, and was promoted Lieutenant on 28 June 1901. He served in the South African War as a Militia Officer, R.W.F., attached to 3rd Battalion the King’s Liverpool Regiment. He subsequently obtained a regular commission as Second Lieutenant in 1st Battalion the South Wales Borderers, serving in India from July 1903, and died from Enteric Fever at Karachi Station Hospital on 18 December 1905, aged 22.
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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3821 Pte. P. Evans, R. Welsh Fus:) edge bruise, very fine
£100-£140
Price Evans was born at Llansannan, Denbighshire, in 1874 and enlisted in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 22 December 1892, at the age of 18. He served in South Africa during the Boer War between 18 July 1900 and 11 September 1902 and was discharged on 21 February 1904.
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