A 'World Wars' Dorset man's campaign and long service medal group of 4: Ambulanceman Robert Caleb Rogers, St.John Ambulance Brigade late, Dorsetshire Regiment

- British War Medal. Silver issue (27117 Pte. R. Rogers. Dorset. R.)
- Interallied Victory Medal (27117 Pte. R. Rogers. Dorset. R.)
- Defence Medal
- St. John's Ambulance Brigade Service Medal (A/M. R. Rogers. Dorset. 1960.)

Medals verification: All medals and clasp confirmed as entitled per the respective medal roll of the Labour Corps as cited:

- British War Medal. Silver issue: Ref WO 329/1877
- Interallied Victory Medal: Ref WO 329/1877

Robert Caleb Rogers, son of Caleb Morgan Rogers (Manager of Tin Works) and Mary Esther Rogers (nee Sheppard) was a native of, Eastington, Gloucestershire, England, where he was born on 7 May 1898. During the Great War Robert joined the British Army, and was posted to the Dorsetshire Regiment, and given the regimental number 27117, and with which infantry regiment he first entered an overseas theatre of war sometime after 1 January 1916. Robert was later transferred to the Labour Corps, in which unit he was given the regimental number 681728. Robert survived the Great War and after taking his discharge from the British Army, returned to his roots in Gloucestershire, where he took up the trade of 'Bricklayer'. On 7 June 1924, Robert married Lilian Ivy Maud Creed, at, Minchinhamton, Gloucestershire, England. By the time of the compilation of the National Register for England & Wales in 1939, Robert - still performing the trade of 'Bricklayer' and his wife had relocated to, Weymouth, Dorsetshire, England, where the couple were living at, 2 Radipole Lane. Rober Caleb Jones is recorded as having died at Weymouth, Dorset, England, on, 7 June 1965

Note: An attributed portrait photograph of the recipient wearing his khaki field service uniform from the era of the Great War can be seen / accessed at the Ancestry Genealogical website

The medals mounted in the 'swing-style' and as-worn by the recipient. The mounting bar retainin its long hinged-pin & clasp fittings

Condition: VF & better

Code: 22264