WW1 medal pair with original unused ribbons, box & medal envelope – British War Medal & Victory Medal - Awarded to Gunner FRANK W WALKER of the Royal Field Artillery (Greater London District)

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WW1 medal pair with original unused ribbons, box & medal envelope – British War Medal & Victory Medal - Awarded to Gunner FRANK W WALKER of the Royal Field Artillery (Greater London District)

You are looking at a WW1 medal pair, British War Medal and Victory Medal, with original unused ribbons, box and medal envelope, awarded to Gunner FRANK W WALKER of the Royal Field Artillery.

The medals are inscribed ‘151115 GNR. F.W.WALKER. R.A.’

Gunner WALKER originally held service number 151115 but was provided a new service number (936138) in the later renumbering of Territorial Force soldiers.

The original service number 151115 was believed to have been issued around May to August 1916, probably under the ‘Derby Scheme’, but in January 1917, to address the Royal Artillery’s administrative issue over the same service numbers being allocated to members of the corps, there was a dedicated renumbering of the Royal Artillery Territorial Force members, and gunner WALKER was provided with a new number, 936138.

No surviving record have been identified to indicate the exact battery, brigade or unit in which FRANK WALKER served, however, his later Territorial Force service number, 936138, is within the 935001–940000 block allocated to the 3rd London Brigade Royal Field Artillery, who later became the 282nd Brigade R.F.A. (T.F.), which suggests he served with one of the Royal Field Artillery's Territorial units from the Greater London district.

SELLER NOTE - This medal has been subject to basic identification and service verification only, with no extended biographical research undertaken. If further information should come to light in the future, the listing and asking price may be updated accordingly. 

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