A 'Petham' - Man of Kent - Territorial Force Great War campaign medal & long service medal group of 4: Private Albert Ashby, 2nd Home Counties Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force)

- 1914-15 Star (1019 Pte A. Ashby. R.A.M.C.)
- British War Medal. Silver issue (1019 Pte A. Ashby. R.A.M.C.)
- Interallied Victory Medal (1019 Pte A. Ashby. R.A.M.C.)
- Territorial Force Efficiency Medal. GV:(495037 Pte A. Ashby. R.A.M.C.)

Medals Verification: Private Albert Ashby, Royal Army Medical Corps. is confirmed as entitled to all 4 x medals per the respective referenced medal rolls and Army Order sources shown below:

- 1914-15 Star: WO 329/2913. Shows disembarked theatre '1' (France) 24/12/14. Disembodied 20/07/15
- British War Medal. Silver issue: WO 329/2095
- Interallied Victory Medal: WO 329/2095
- Territorial Force Efficiency Medal. GV: WO 372/24/110670 recipients Medal Index Card for TEM shows awarded by Army Order No. 65 February 1921

Reference the 'Kentish Express and Ashford News' issue of, April 17 1915, the name(s) of Albert Ashby and Ernest Ashby are included in the 'Roll of Honour' therein that contains a nominal list of men serving from lists of respective Kentish villages. Under the 'Petham' heading, are the names Albert & Ernest Ashby both showing as serving in the R.A.M.C

Note: The extant medal rolls for the 1914-15 Star, show that both brothers, shown consecutively on the same medal roll entry page of the Royal Army Medical Corps, as Nos. 1025 Pte. E.P.V. Ashby, & 1019 Pte A. Ashby, both of whom entered theatre of war France on same date, 24 December 1914, and disembodied on same date 20 July 1915, indicating beyond any doubt that the brothers served in the very same R.A.M.C. unit.

Albert Henry Ashby, second son of Ambrose Ashby (Carpenter & Joiner) & Sarah Ann Ashby was a native of Canterbury, Kent, England, where he was born on, 15 March 1897. At the time of the compilation of the National Census for England & Wales in 1911, Albert is recorded employed as a 'Errand Boy' and residing with his widowed father and four sibling brothers at the family residence located at, 16 Church Street, St Pauls, Canterbury, Kent. In 1914, Albert is known to have been a serving member of the 2nd Home Counties Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force) of the British Army, when on 14 September 1914, at Sandwich, Kent, he signed his oath to serve overseas from the United Kingdom. At the time of the compilation of the National Register for England & Wales in 1939, Albert is recorded employed as a 'Baker & Confectioner' and residing, together with his wife Edith Olive Marie Ashby (nee Warden) at 35 Watling Street, Canterbury, England. Albert Henry Ashby is recorded to have died in Canterbury, Kent, sometime during the last quarter of 1956

Some service / pension records from the 'Burnt Series' are extant and accessible for Albert Ashby at The National Archives

The medals mounted in the swing-style and as-worn by the recipient. The silk ribands suspended from a white metal mounting bar that retains its long hinged pin & clasp fittings

Condition: About GVF

Code: 24943