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Auction: 25112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 396

Three: Private D. Rogers, Shropshire Light Infantry, who suffered a gunshot wound to his left foot in October 1918

1914-15 Star (15928 Pte. D. Rogers. Shrops: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (15928 Pte. D. Rogers. K.S.L.I.), mounted as worn, together with a Royal Agricultural Society of England Medal (David Rogers. First Prize Ploughing. Class 6. Knighton 1913.), contact marks, very fine (4)

David Rogers was born about 1896 and likely worked as a farm labourer prior to the onset of the Great War; he participated in a ploughing competition in Knighton in 1913, earning First Prize. During the War, he served as a Private in the 2nd Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry. Rogers and his unit were disembarked in France on19 May 1915, and a few years later on 5 October 1918 he was admitted to 2nd General Hospital after suffering a gunshot wound to his left foot. After two days he was transferred to 'Formosa', likely the H.M.H.S. Formosa, a French ocean liner that had been commissioned as a hospital ship. It's not known how long Rogers spent recovering, but he survived his wound and the war to be discharged to Class Z Army Reserve on 10 February 1919.

Sold together with two K.S.L.I. regimental shoulder titles, two collar badges and a cap badge, as well as copied research.

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Sold for
£120

Starting price
£50