General Service Medal 1918, GV first issue with clasp 'Iraq' (45844 Pte. H. A. Rowe. D.C.L.I.)
Medal and clasp verification: The recipient's entitlement to the medal & both clasps is confirmed per the respective campaign medal roll of the 2nd Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (ref WO 100/G4/414) that was compiled and signed at Exeter, Devon, England, on, 5 April 1923, at which time he was still serving with his battalion
Howard Albert Rowe, enlisted in the British Army sometime prior to 1920, and only served with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. However he did not see overseas active service during the Great War, that would have qualified him for Great War campaign medals. His solitary awarded medal, as testified by his single extant Medal Index Card shows that his original regimental number was 45844, and from 1920 was re-numbered with a unique Army Number '5429872' which is in the block awarded to the DCLI in 1920. His extant Medal Index Card held and accessible at The National Archives shows his domestic forwarding address as:
78 Maidstone Road
Perry Bar
Birmingham
General Service Medal 1918, GV first issue with clasp 'Iraq' (45844 Pte. H. A. Rowe. D.C.L.I.)
Medal and clasp verification: The recipient's entitlement to the medal & both clasps is confirmed per the respective campaign medal roll of the 2nd Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (ref WO 100/G4/414) that was compiled and signed at Exeter, Devon, England, on, 5 April 1923, at which time he was still serving with his battalion
Howard Albert Rowe, enlisted in the British Army sometime prior to 1920, and only served with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. However he did not see overseas active service during the Great War, that would have qualified him for Great War campaign medals. His solitary awarded medal, as testified by his single extant Medal Index Card shows that his original regimental number was 45844, and from 1920 was re-numbered with a unique Army Number '5429872' which is in the block awarded to the DCLI in 1920. His extant Medal Index Card held and accessible at The National Archives shows his domestic forwarding address as:
78 Maidstone Road
Perry Bar
Birmingham
Naming: The combination of lacquer and tobacco generated patina on the medal has made photo imaging hard on this particular medal. The naming is, as examined, exactly as issued in the original impressed style
Condition: Sometime lacquered VF
Code: 23790