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Auction: 23113 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 390

Three: Private A. Chilvers, Durham Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the North West Frontier on 4 August 1917

1914-15 Star (8408 Pte. A. Chilvers. Durh. L. I.); British War and Victory Medals (8408 Pte A. Chilvers. Durh. L. I.), some light verdigris to the star, otherwise good very fine (3)

Arthur Chilvers 21 August 1915 was born at Stratfield Saye and enlisted at Aldershot, he served in the Asiatic Theatre from 21 August 1915 with the 1st Battalion Durham Light Infantry but was killed in action on 4 August 1917 and is commemorated on the Delhi Memorial. He was the son of George and Hanna Chilvers, of Stratfield Saye, Mortimer, Berkshire.

The 1st Battalion remained in India throughout the First World War, suffering a continual drain of drafts for the Western Front. In August 1914 it was part of the Nowshera Brigade of the Peshawar Division, and served on the North West Frontier in 1915, and 1916–17 in campaigns against the Mohmands. The battalion was in Rawalpindi in 1919 at the outbreak of the Third Anglo-Afghan War in which it played a mostly supporting role. Demobilising its time expired men, a cadre of the battalion returned to Britain in February 1920.

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£120

Starting price
£60