WW1 1914 – 15 STAR MEDAL GROUP 1821 SJT STAGG 7TH BN WEST YORKSHIRE REGT LEEDS

Offered is a 1914 – 15 Star, impressed named 1821C^PL H.E. STAGGS. W.YORK:R.; British War and Victory Medals impressed named 1821 SJT. H.E. STAGG. W.YORK.R.. On the original bar as acquired. Comes with copies M.I.C. medal rolls, 1911 and 1939 census.

Unfortunately It would appear that Sergeant Staggs records did not survive the ‘blitz’. But what is known is that he was born 6/9/1881 in Leeds. The 1911 census records him working in the newspapers, he was probably a pre-war territorial as he landed in France on the 15/4/1915 as a Corporal with the 7^th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment, with a service number 1821, he was given the new number of 265197 but remained in the 7^th Battalion being disembodied on the 19/3/1919. The 1939 census records him as a widower and working a s a newspaper despatch hand.

As the medal bar is missing the 1^st medal it is probable that Sergeant Stagg served in the Boer War or was possibly awarded a bravery medal.