BRITISH ARMY WW1 1914-15 STAR CROIX DE GUERRE MEDAL GROUP SAPPER JACQUES R.E

Offered is a 1914-15 Trio & Croix de Guerre Medal group to Sapper Jacques, 149th Army Troop Company & 441st Glamorgan Field Company, who was wounded in action in France.

1914-15 Star impressed named 101358 SPR. J. JAQUES. R.E. British War and Victory Medal impressed named 101358 SPR. J. JACQUES. R.E & French Croix de Guerre reverse dated 1914- 1915. Court mounted for display & comes with copies of Medal Index Card, medal rolls, discharge documents, census records covering 1901, 1911 & 1939.

Note incorrect spelling of family name on 1914-15 Star and roll.
James Jacques was born in Waltham Abbey Middlesex on the 4/5/1872. He enlisted in the Royal Engineers on the 27/5/1915 at Walthamstow giving his age as 40 when he was in fact 44 with his occupation was listed as a bricklayer. He landed in France 7/10/1915 and was posted to the 149 Army Troop Company (established similar to Field Companies, but for behind-the-lines bridging and water work). On the 16/2/1917 he was wounded in the left eye by shrapnel from a shell burst and evacuated to England. 31/12/1917 on recovering he was posted to 441st Glamorgan Field Company, Northern Army (Home Forces) located on the coast at Great Yarmouth. He survived the war and was transferred to the reserve 14/3/1919. The 1939 census records him living in Walthamstow still working as a bricklayer.