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Four: Sergeant H. S. Bolt, Devonshire Regiment 1914 Star (9604 L. Cpl. H. S. Bolt....
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Four: Sergeant H. S. Bolt, Devonshire Regiment 1914 Star (9604 L. Cpl. H. S. Bolt. 1/Devon: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9604 Cpl. H. S. Bolt. Devon. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (5608181 Sjt. H. S. Bolt. Devon. R.) with flattened named card box of issue for the LS&GC, contact marks, nearly very fine and better; the LS&GC extremely fine (4) £120-£160 --- Harry Slee Bolt was born in Lydford, North Devon in 1885. A Labourer by occupation he attested for the Royal North Devon Hussars at Tavistock on 24 March 1909 and served for 3 years and 182 days in the Territorial Force before attesting for the Devonshire Regiment on 23 September 1912. At the outbreak of the Great War he was serving with the 1st Battalion stationed at St Helier, Jersey. The battalion embarked for France and joined the British Expeditionary Force at Le Havre on 22 August 1914. Quickly promoted to Acting Sergeant he served in the early actions of the Great War before being returned to England suffering from Rheumatic Fever on 26 June 1915. On recovery he was posted to the 8th Battalion in France only to be returned to England this time with a fractured right leg 18 December 1915. Remaining then in England until the end of hostilities he was posted to the 1st Battalion and in 1920 stationed at Waterford during the Irish Troubles. Still with the 1st Battalion he arrived in Shanghai for service with the Shanghai Defence Force on 26 March 1927. Serving later in Malta and India and being awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal he returned to England to be finally discharged as physically unfit on 3 July 1931. He died at Devonport on 22 February 1932, aged 47. Sold with original letter enclosing the recipient’s L.S. & G.C.; and copied service records and other research.
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Four: Sergeant H. S. Bolt, Devonshire Regiment 1914 Star (9604 L. Cpl. H. S. Bolt. 1/Devon: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9604 Cpl. H. S. Bolt. Devon. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (5608181 Sjt. H. S. Bolt. Devon. R.) with flattened named card box of issue for the LS&GC, contact marks, nearly very fine and better; the LS&GC extremely fine (4) £120-£160 --- Harry Slee Bolt was born in Lydford, North Devon in 1885. A Labourer by occupation he attested for the Royal North Devon Hussars at Tavistock on 24 March 1909 and served for 3 years and 182 days in the Territorial Force before attesting for the Devonshire Regiment on 23 September 1912. At the outbreak of the Great War he was serving with the 1st Battalion stationed at St Helier, Jersey. The battalion embarked for France and joined the British Expeditionary Force at Le Havre on 22 August 1914. Quickly promoted to Acting Sergeant he served in the early actions of the Great War before being returned to England suffering from Rheumatic Fever on 26 June 1915. On recovery he was posted to the 8th Battalion in France only to be returned to England this time with a fractured right leg 18 December 1915. Remaining then in England until the end of hostilities he was posted to the 1st Battalion and in 1920 stationed at Waterford during the Irish Troubles. Still with the 1st Battalion he arrived in Shanghai for service with the Shanghai Defence Force on 26 March 1927. Serving later in Malta and India and being awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal he returned to England to be finally discharged as physically unfit on 3 July 1931. He died at Devonport on 22 February 1932, aged 47. Sold with original letter enclosing the recipient’s L.S. & G.C.; and copied service records and other research.
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