WW1 BRITISH ARMY WAR MEDAL PRIVATE MAWER 4TH BATTALION WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT WIA PASSCHENDAELE

Description

Offered is a British War medal to Private Percy Mawer. Wounded in Action with the 4^th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment at the 3rd Battle of Ypres. (Passchendaele).

British War medal impressed named 23303 PTE.P.MAWER. WORC.R. The medal is unmounted and comes with copies of his medal index card, medal rolls, Service papers, War Diary 1/10/17 -10/10/17.

Percy Mawer from London, a Butcher by trade. Enlisted Woolwich to the Hussars of the Line. 6/9/1914. Regimental number 21846 & 23303.

10/9/1914. Posted 14^th Reserve Regiment. 9/7/1915 Posted 5^th Worcestershire Regiment. 13/7/15 Posted 3^rd Battalion. Landed France 13/7/1915. 3^rd Battalion. 21/10/16. 5^th Battalion. 31/12/1916. 4^th Battalion. 6/4/19 To class Z Reserve.

Service: Home 6/9/14 -12/7/1915. France 13/7/15 – 10/7/1916. Home 11/7/16 – 16/12/16. France 17/12/16 – 25/10/17. Home 26/10/17 – 6/4/1919. WIA 9/10/17 GSW left leg. (Pension records right leg).

Wounded in action 3rd Battle of Ypres. (Passchendaele). 9/10/1917 Battalion attacked from the trenches north of Langemarck.  Captured 6 Officers, 200 ORS & 5 Machine Guns. Battalion losses were Killed: 2 Officers 20 ORS, Wounded 5 Officers 107 ORS. Missing 40 ORS.

14th Reserve Regiment of Cavalry. Seventeen reserve regiments were formed when the army mobilised in August 1914. The intention was for the reserve to supply drafts to the affiliated regiments. Men who enlisted into the cavalry, either as volunteers or conscripts, served with the cavalry reserve to carry out their basic training. Many were not, however, posted to a cavalry regiment overseas but were converted into infantry or other corps before being sent there.

Worcestershire Regiment.

5th and 6th (Reserve) Battalions. Moved on mobilisation to Plymouth Garrison.

3rd Battalion part of 7th Brigade in 3rd Division. 18 October 1915 : transferred with Brigade to 25th Division. 10 November 1915 : transferred to 74th Brigade in same Division.

4th Battalion part of the 88th Brigade in 29th Division.