WW1 BRITISH ARMY 1914 STAR MEDAL TRIO GROUP 2835 LCPL BEARE 16TH LANCERS

Description

WW1 1914 medal trio with clasp to Lance Corporal  F. Beare 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers.1914 Star, impressed named 2838 L.CPL F.BEARE. 16/LRS. clasp ‘5TH AUG-22ND NOV.1914’. & British War and Victory Medals, impressed named 2838 PTE F.BEARE. 16TH.LRS (16-LRS ON Victory). Medals court mounted & come with copies medal rolls, M.I.C. (PDF of History of the 16th, The Queens Light Dragoons 1912 -1925 available on request).

Fred Beare was a pre-war regular with the 16th Lancers, who at the outbreak of the First World War were stationed in Curragh, Ireland. L/Cpl Beare landed with his unit in France 17/8/14. On the 11/5/16, he transferred to the Royal Engineers with a new regimental #32859 (Divisional Signal Coy).A nice cavalry ‘Old Contemptable’ group, with the 16th Lancers seeing serious action in 1914 & 15. The history of the regiment has numerous mentions of being shelled in the retreat in 1914. e.g. ‘While the Hussars were thus employed the 5th and 16th Lancers fell in with two companies of German infantry moving south from Brenelle, of whom 70 were killed and the remainder, about 100 in number, made prisoners.