Military Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. GV crowned head issue with 'Regular Army' bar (3179298 Pte. H. C. Allcock. K.O.S.B.)

At the time of receiving his LS&GC medal, the recipient Private Henry Christopher Allcock, was a long serving member of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, which regiment he had transferred into in 1916, having prior served at Gallipoli with the 1/5 Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment

A medal with strong Sandringham, Norfolk connections, to a Gallipoli veteran and former member of the 1/5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment (Territorial Force), the so called 'Vanished Battalion' - a much hyped - Great War myth!

Medals verification: The medal rolls (and service papers) for recipients of Military Long Service & Good Conduct Medals, who served in the British Army post 1920, are not yet in the public domain. The recipient wa showever known to have bene awarded campaign medals for his services during the Great War, as referenced below:

- 1914-15 Star: WO 329/2697 the KOSB roll compiled & dated Hamilton 31 August 1920, shows prior qualifying service with 1/5 Norfolks
- British War Medal. Silver issue: WO 329/1117 the KOSB roll compiled & dated Hamilton 9 June 1920, shows prior qualifying service with 1/5 Norfolks
- Interallied Victory Medal: WO 329/1117 the KOSB roll compiled & dated Hamilton 9 June 1920, shows prior qualifying service with 1/5 Norfolks

Henry Christopher Allcock son of James Allcock (a Farm Labourer), and Martha Marian Allcock (nee Woodrow) was a native of, Swaffham, Norfolk, England, where he was born on, 1 March 1895. At the time of the compilation of the National Census for England & Wales in 1911, Henry is shown as a 'Farm Labourer' living at home with his parents, residing at, Lynn Road, Swaffham, Norfolk, England. During the Great War, henry served with his local Territorial Force battalion, 1/5 Battalion Norfolk Regiment - 'The vanished Battalion' - in which unit he held the regimental number 1643, and with which unit he fought at Gallipoli during the Dardanelles Campaign, his Medal Index Card showing that he first entered theatre of war 'Gallipoli' on, 8 August 1915. Henry's unit suffered appalling battlefield losses at Gallipoli, and he was shortly transferred into the King's Own Scottish Borderers, in which unit he held the regimental number 48849. Henry subsequently decided to make a career in the British Army, and post war, was in 1920, re-numbered with the unique Army number 3179298, that was from the regimental block, 3178001- 3233000 that had been allocated to the King's Own Scottish Borderers in 1920. After taking his retirement from the British Army, Henry retired to his Norfolk roots, and tt the time of the compilation of the National Register of England & Wales in 1939, Henry is recorded as employed as an 'Estate Watchman' (and shown under remarks as a Special Constable), residing at his place of work at 'The Farm, West Newton, Sandringham, Freebridge Lynn Norfolk, England', one of the properties on the Sandringham Royal Estate

Condition: GVF

Code: 24229