WW1 1914 STAR & MONS BAR MEDALS 3517 FRANK COSSTICK 19TH HUSSARS & CAVALRY MGC

WW1 1914 STAR & MONS BAR MEDALS 3517 FRANK COSSTICK 19TH HUSSARS & CAVALRY MGC

Offered is a 1914 Star, impressed named 3517 LCPL F.W.G. COSSTICK. 19/HRS. with August – November clasp sewn to ribbon.; British War and Victory Medal, impressed named 3517 CPL. F.W.G. CROSSTICK. Swing mounted as worn comes with copies of M.I.C. (2), medal rolls, pension card and 1939 census extract.

Note spelling of Cosstick on War and Victory Medals. There are two M.I.C. one as Cosstick for the 1914 Star and clasp, and a second M.I.C. for Crosstick.

Frank William George Cosstick was born on 15/3/1891 in Hove, West Sussex. He was a pre-war regular, he enlisted about 1908 and was a Trooper in ‘C’ Squadron 19th, Hussars when he was married in Aldershot in 1912.

He landed in France on 10/9/1914 with the 19th Hussars. At the outbreak of the war the 19th Hussars were stationed in Hounslow and were split up to provide squadrons for Divisions, with ‘A’ being assigned to the 5th Division, ‘B’ with the 4th Division. They both landed in France in August.

‘C’ Squadron was assigned to the 6th Division and landed in France in September 1914. This would tie in with Cosstick still serving with ‘C’ Squadron. He was admitted to No 20 Ambulance Train July 1916 (carbuncle to his thigh) still with ‘C’ Squadron.

On 14/4/1915 the squadrons were returned from the Divisions, and the Regiment then served as a unit again as part of the 9th Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division.

At an unknown date he transferred to the Worcester Regiment with the service No 40976. On 20/4/1917 he transferred to the Cavalry Machine Gun Corps with the new service No 39868. He served with them for the remainder of the war. He discharged on 29/11/1920 and applied for a pension. The 1939 census records him as living in Brighton, working as a general labourer with the annotation ‘National Service Bri. sports and communication centre. He died in Brighton in April 1961.