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Auction: 18003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 373

Three: Private J. Cleveland, Essex Regiment

1914-15 Star (1776 Pte. J. W. Cleveland, Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (1776 Pte. J. W. Cleveland, Essex R.), very fine (3)


John W. Cleveland served in Gallipoli with the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment from 9 August 1915. The 5th Battalion sailed from Plymouth aboard the S.S. Grampian and after a few days in reserve, albeit under sniper fire, it moved forward into the trenches around Suvla Bay. Its soldiers faced heavy losses at Jephson's Post, before transferring to Anzac where their campaign was marked by trench warfare with occasional losses from high explosive and snipers and the constant drain of illness such as dysentery; occasional dips in the nearby sea were enjoyed, but these could be dangerous, as exemplified by Sergeant Robert W. Miller of the 5th Battalion who was fatally wounded bathing in a reserve area on 6 September 1915.

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