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Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (2) (624 Pte. J. A. Searle. 7/(Cyc.) Bn: Devon:...
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Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (2) (624 Pte. J. A. Searle. 7/(Cyc.) Bn: Devon: Regt.; 290050 Sjt. J. A. Searle. 7/Devon: R.) good very fine and better and a scarce double-issue (2) £100-£140 --- James Alfred Searle was born in Plymouth in 1877 and enlisted in the 5th (Prince of Wales) Volunteer Battalion Devonshire Regiment in Plymouth circa 1898. On the formation of the Territorial Army he again enlisted at Plymouth in the 7th (Cyclist) Territorial Battalion Devon Regiment on 25 June 1908. Awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 120 of April 1913 he was embodied for Great War service with the 7th Cyclist Battalion on 5 August 1914. Employed patrolling the North East Coast between Scarborough and Seaton Delaval the battalion assisted in rescuing survivors from the Hospital Ship Rohilla wrecked off Whitby on 30 October 1914 and in the following December they were involved during the German Naval bombardment of the East Coast towns. Serving the remainder of the war at home he was not entitled to any Great War campaign medals. Disembodied at Exeter on 10 April 1919, his second Territorial Force Efficiency Medal was awarded per Army Order 178 of May 1919 and the entry is noted ‘This award was lost by man 7/6d received from him for loss of same’. Returning to Devonport he was employed as a Commercial Traveller, and died in Plymouth on 25 August 1941, aged 64. Sold with copied service records and other research.
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Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (2) (624 Pte. J. A. Searle. 7/(Cyc.) Bn: Devon: Regt.; 290050 Sjt. J. A. Searle. 7/Devon: R.) good very fine and better and a scarce double-issue (2) £100-£140 --- James Alfred Searle was born in Plymouth in 1877 and enlisted in the 5th (Prince of Wales) Volunteer Battalion Devonshire Regiment in Plymouth circa 1898. On the formation of the Territorial Army he again enlisted at Plymouth in the 7th (Cyclist) Territorial Battalion Devon Regiment on 25 June 1908. Awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 120 of April 1913 he was embodied for Great War service with the 7th Cyclist Battalion on 5 August 1914. Employed patrolling the North East Coast between Scarborough and Seaton Delaval the battalion assisted in rescuing survivors from the Hospital Ship Rohilla wrecked off Whitby on 30 October 1914 and in the following December they were involved during the German Naval bombardment of the East Coast towns. Serving the remainder of the war at home he was not entitled to any Great War campaign medals. Disembodied at Exeter on 10 April 1919, his second Territorial Force Efficiency Medal was awarded per Army Order 178 of May 1919 and the entry is noted ‘This award was lost by man 7/6d received from him for loss of same’. Returning to Devonport he was employed as a Commercial Traveller, and died in Plymouth on 25 August 1941, aged 64. Sold with copied service records and other research.
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