1914 TRIO & Original 'AUG-NOV 1914' CLASP to 6860 PTE Walter ASHFORD 2/S.STAFF.R. Born Handsworth. To France 12/8/14 & served on Western Front. Admitted to No.11 CCS with Trench Fever, then served with NCLC & Tyne Electrical Engineers - ON SALE

6860 PTE W.ASHFORD 2/S.STAFF.R. (on 1914 Star)

6860 PTE W.ASHFORD S.STAFF.R. (on pair)

Walter Ashford

Born Handsworth, Staffordshire 1883

To France 12/8/14 with 2nd South Staffordshire Regiment & qualified for the Aug-Nov 1914 Clasp

Admitted to No 11 Casualty Clearing Station with Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (Trench Fever) 2/11/16

Transferred from the N.C.L.C. (Non Combatant Labour Corps) to the Tyne Electrical Engineers, R.E. 25/8/18 & was renumbered 366623

Discharged 14/2/19

Received a post-war pension for Defective Action of the Heart & Neurasthenia

Died 1927

With copy of his Medal Index Card, 63 page Digital File of his Soldiers Papers (some duplication) & Pension Cards

Condition: With original 'Aug-Nov 1914' Clasp sewn on old silk ribbons; Minor correction to initial 'W' on star, GVF