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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 706

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Three: Private R. Weeks, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, late Coldstream Guards

1914-15 Star (4855 Pte. R. Weeks, A.O.C.); British War and Victory Medals (04855 Pte. R. Weeks. A.O.C.), the second officially re-impressed, good very fine

Three: Private N. A. Weeks, Royal West Kent Regiment, late Kent Cyclist Battalion

British War and Victory Medals (265242 Pte. N. A. Weeks. R. W. Kent R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (265242 Pte. N. A. Weeks, R. W. Kent R.), the third officially re-impressed, nearly extremely fine (6)

Reginald Weeks served in France from 2 June 1915, and was likely involved in the supply and repair of weapons, armoured vehicles and other military equipment as part of the R.A.O.C.

Norman A. Weeks initially served with the Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War, before transferring to the Kent Cyclist Battalion which was used as mobile infantry and for work involving scouting and signalling. He then saw further service on the North West Frontier, where the 1st and 1/4th Battalions of the Royal West Kent Regiment were involved in putting down the Mahsud tribal rebellion; sold with copied MIC's, Medal box of issue to N. A. Weeks (2), and envelopes of transmission addressed to, 'Mrs Weeks, 32 Milton Avenue, Sutton, Surrey', and 'Mr N. A. Weeks, 14 Arklow Square, Ramsgate, Kent.'


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