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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 793

Four: Lance-Corporal W. H. Chick, Military Foot Police, late Somerset Light Infantry

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-1908 (4203 Pte. W. Chick 1st Bn. Som: Lt. Infy:); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (4203 Pte. W. Chick. Somerset: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals 1914-19 (P-3350 L.Cpl. W. H. Chick. M.F.P.), the first with slack suspension, the second with edge bruise, nearly very fine (4)

William Henry Chick was born at Chippenham, Wiltshire in 1876. After civilian employment as a groom, he enlisted into the 4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry at Taunton on 17 August 1894, receiving Good Conduct Pay two years later. On 11 September 1896 he was posted to the Punjab Frontier, taking part in the Mohmand Expedition of 1897 (Medal and clasp). He gained a Certificate of Proficiency in Telegraphy on 8 December 1898. The Battalion embarked for South Africa on 14 March 1902, and returned home on 11 September. Discharged at Exeter on 16 August 1906, Chick re-enlisted during the Great War as a Lance-Corporal in the Military Foot Police; sold with the recipient's original service papers.

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Estimate
£300 to £400

Starting price
£300