WWI / WWII FATHER & SON MILITARY MEDALS, ASSOCIATED PAPERWORK AND PERSONAL EFFECTS COLLECTION, a highly interesting compilation, to include a WWI group of three medals awarded to 1508 Pte William Dowell, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, to include a 1914-16 Star, 1914-18 War medal and 1914-19 Victory medal, dog tag and regimental cap badge and 17 x pieces of ephemera directly relating to the soldier, both time served and later, mostly 1915, 1917 and 1919 dates, to include an army form, handwritten and typed 2 September 1915 - 'Madam- I regret to have to inform you that Pte W Dowell is reported from Alexandria, Egypt suffering from wounds', handwritten will dated 4/9/15, stamped by the Army Pay Office, 17 December 1915, 3 x items date stamped 10 September 1917 all relating to medically unfit discharge, one being a character certificate explaining his service in the 5th Battalion of the Royal Welsh for 3 years and 119 days and then being wounded at Gallipoli in August 1915, 24 September 1917 War badge certificate, decorative scroll for Pte William Dowell served with honour and was disabled in The Great War, honourably discharged 10 September 1917, pensions certificate, 2 x photographs showing Pte Dowell, later items include 2 x telegrams with congratulations, presumably relating to the impending birth of their son, WWII unmarked group of 4, dog-tag, and numerous items of ephemera relating to 2157252 Sapper William Dowell Royal Engineers, the National service acts registration certificate states his date of birth as the 1/8/1922, 'Welcome to His Majesty's Army - you are about to become a solider' pamphlet 26 February 1942, numerous other items of ephemera including workbooks, identification, letters home ETC, personal items include trench art-type items, a few further badges and metal lighter inscribed 'Bengasi` with local view to the front, verso inscribed 'To Dad from Bill 1945' Provenance: private collection Conwy
WWI / WWII FATHER & SON MILITARY MEDALS, ASSOCIATED PAPERWORK AND PERSONAL EFFECTS COLLECTION, a highly interesting compilation, to include a WWI group of three medals awarded to 1508 Pte William Dowell, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, to include a 1914-16 Star, 1914-18 War medal and 1914-19 Victory medal, dog tag and regimental cap badge and 17 x pieces of ephemera directly relating to the soldier, both time served and later, mostly 1915, 1917 and 1919 dates, to include an army form, handwritten and typed 2 September 1915 - 'Madam- I regret to have to inform you that Pte W Dowell is reported from Alexandria, Egypt suffering from wounds', handwritten will dated 4/9/15, stamped by the Army Pay Office, 17 December 1915, 3 x items date stamped 10 September 1917 all relating to medically unfit discharge, one being a character certificate explaining his service in the 5th Battalion of the Royal Welsh for 3 years and 119 days and then being wounded at Gallipoli in August 1915, 24 September 1917 War badge certificate, decorative scroll for Pte William Dowell served with honour and was disabled in The Great War, honourably discharged 10 September 1917, pensions certificate, 2 x photographs showing Pte Dowell, later items include 2 x telegrams with congratulations, presumably relating to the impending birth of their son, WWII unmarked group of 4, dog-tag, and numerous items of ephemera relating to 2157252 Sapper William Dowell Royal Engineers, the National service acts registration certificate states his date of birth as the 1/8/1922, 'Welcome to His Majesty's Army - you are about to become a solider' pamphlet 26 February 1942, numerous other items of ephemera including workbooks, identification, letters home ETC, personal items include trench art-type items, a few further badges and metal lighter inscribed 'Bengasi` with local view to the front, verso inscribed 'To Dad from Bill 1945' Provenance: private collection Conwy
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