A Scarce Great War 1914-15 Trio and Territorial Force Efficiency Medal awarded to Private Thomas Thorpe, 1st/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, comprising:1914-15 Star (T5-244 Pte. T. Thorpe. R. Lanc. R.);British War and Victory Medals, 1914-1919 (244 Pte. T. Thorpe. R. Lanc. R.);Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (244 Pte T. Thorpe. 5/R. Lanc. Regt);Group swing-mounted on bar as worn, with two original I.D. tags & key on an old length of string, old dark tone, generally about extremely fine, small edge bruise to the last (4). Private Thomas Thorpe enlisted for service with the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment on 7 May 1908, and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War. His M.I.C. shows that he entered active service on the Western Front on 14 February 1915, and the Silver War Badge Roll confirms that he was discharged from further service no 5 November 1915 as being ‘no longer physically fit for active service’. Frank Moore’s short note for this lot states that this T.F.E.M. group is a rare combination for the regiment.

Estimate: GBP 150 - 200