WWI
WWI Pair. Royal Engineers. Tank Corps Signal Company. Harry Townsend. Boer War veteran. Hartshill, Stoke on Trent.
£90.00
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A ww1 pair on short original ribbons named to 127624 spr h Townsend re .
Harry was born c1881 .
In 1899 He was working At Derby for a railway company .
Was recruited for service in south Africa during the Anglo Boer War as a railway clerk & telegraphist for duration of the campaign being entitled to a qsa .
He attested into the Royal Engineers 18th November 1915 .
Harry landed in France with the t Corps sig coy 4th February 1917 .
A letter from his Commanding officer A captain in 8th hussars o/c tank Corps signal company confirms hes employed as a telephone switchboard operator in June 1917.
class z 30th January 1919 .
Lived at 1 Mount Ave, Hartshill , Stoke on Trent.
