A Bury-St-Edmunds local interest Firefighters long service medal pair: Fireman James Edward Chinnery, Bury St Edmunds Fire Brigade

- N.F.B.A. 20 Years LSM. Type I with 'Twenty Years' clasp (Bury St Edmunds Fireman E.C. Chinery 1926)
- Bury St Edmunds: Fire Brigade 20 Years LSM. Silver H/M (1925 James E. Chinery, Fireman)

Note the forename initials (sic) on the NFBA Medal - an engravers error

The N.F.B.A. medal with indented number '3319' on rim, with makers and silver hallmarks on reverse

The Bury St Edmunds medal with makers and silver hallmarks on reverse

James E Chinery, was a native of Thurston, Suffolk, England, where he was born on 3 June 1873. In the 1911 National Census for England and Wales, he is recorded employed as a 'Storeman' with 'Robert Boby Ltd (a major engineering and ironworks located in Bury St Edmunds), and living with his wife Georgina Chinery, and daughter Olive Chinery, at their residence located at, 51 Garland Street, Bury St, Edmunds. At the time of the compilation of the National Register for England and Wales he is recorded therein employed as a 'Labourer', and lived with his wife, Georgina Chinery and son Wilfred George Chinnery (b. 1923) at their residence located at, 51 Garland Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. James is recorded to have died at Bury St Edmunds, on 17 December in 1946  

See the 'Chronicle & Mercury' newspaper edition of, 27 December 1946 for a lengthy - and quite remarkable human interest story, underthe  header 'Lightning Restored His Sight' - relating to Edward (sic) James Chinery of, 51 Garland Street, - a former Fireman of 24 years service - who had been employed at 'Robert Boby Ltd' for 33 years - and who had been a local 'Bell-Ringer' for 40 years!

The medals each retaining their original original silk riband and fitted with their mounting brooches, these latter complete with their hinged pins & clasps as issued

An extremely scarce provincial Fire Brigades medal 

Condition: Toned GVF

Code: 26353