1914-15 Star (228. Ft. Sjt. A. Baird, R.F.A.)
The recipient held the specialist appointment of Fitter Staff-Sergeant, 37th (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery, when he took his final discharge from the British Army due to 'Sickness' on, 8 March 1919
Medal verification: Fitter Staff-Sergeant's Archibald Baird's entitlement to the 1914-15 Star, together with companion British War Medal & Interallied Victory Medal's and a Silver War Badge, is confirmed per the respective medal rolls cited below:
- 1914-15 Star: WO 329/2549 (Roll of Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force). First entered theatre of war Egypt, 17 June 1915
- British War Medal. Silver issue: WO 329/211 shown first entered theatre of war holding regimental number 228, later No. 655102
- Interallied Victory Medal: WO 329/211 shown first entered theatre of war holding regimental number 228, later No. 655102
- Silver War Badge (No. B223656): WO 329/2977. Enlisted 03/08/14. Discharged 08/03/19, 37th (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery
Archibald Baird was born in the West of Scotland in 1889. Evidently a 'Patriot' Archibald is recorded as having enlisted in the Territorial Force of the British Army on 3 August 1914 - the day before Great Britain declared war on Germany and the axis powers. Archibald, holding the rank of Fitter-Sergeant proceeded overseas on active service, when on 17 June 1915 he disembarked at Egypt. As a Fitter-Sergeant he held a key appointment in his artillery battery, being one of a team charged with maintenance of the artillery guns, and carriages. By the end of the Great War, Archibald was holding the appointment of Fitter Staff-Sergeant in his Royal Field Artillery unit. He took his final discharge from the British Army on, 8 March 1919, on which date he was discharged from the 37th (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, due to debilitating sickness, for which he was awarded a Silver War Badge. On rerun to his native Scotland, Archibald is recorded in extant pension index cards, as residing variously at, 9 Byrehill, Kilwinning, Ayrshire and at Little Acre, Highfield, Dalry, Scotland
Fitter-Sergeant is a very scarce seen rank on a 1914-15 Star named to the Royal Regiment of Artillery
Condition: GVF
Code: 24516
35.00 GBP