A Coventry / Warwickshire interest World Wars, 'Palestine' campaign & Second World War Malta service campaign & long service group of 6: Staff Sergeant-Major James Mortimer Score, Royal Army Pay Corps, late 6th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment

- 1914-15 Star (20953 Pte. J. Score, York. & Lanc. R.)
- British War Medal. Silver issue (20953 Sjt. J. Score. Y.& L. R.)
- Interallied Victory Medal (20953 Sjt. J. Score. Y.& L. R.)
- Defence Medal
- War Medals 1939-45
- Military LS&GC. GV issue with 'Regular Army' bar (7657364 W.O.Cl.II. J. Score. R.A.P.C.) 

Medals Verification: All medals confirmed as entitled per the below following cited sources:

- 1914-15 Star: WO 329/2786. Shows entered theatre of war 'Egypt' with rank of Private 20/09/1915
- British War Medal. Silver issue: WO 329/1590. Shows served as Sergeant 6/Yorks & Lancs
- Interallied Victory Medal: WO 329/1590. Shows served as Sergeant 6/Yorks & Lancs
- Defence Medal: Awarded for 6 months service in Malta. British Army WWII Medal Index Card refers
- War Medals 1939-45: For 28 days service in Armed Forces. British Army WWII Medal Index Card refers
- Military LS&GC. GV 'Regular Army' bar: Completed 18 years Army service in 1932, medal presented 1933 (service papers refer) 

James Mortimer Score, son of William Score & Mary Score (nee) was a native of Coventry, Warwickshire, England where he was born on 5 September 1889 and enlisted in the Army Service Corps at Islington on 9 August 1914. Transferred to the York and Lancaster Regiment, he served with the 6th Battalion in Egypt from 20 September 1915 and was advanced Sergeant in December 1917. He later joined the Army Pay Corps at Cologne in the rank of Private 1 May 1920, and was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in 1933. Sent to Malta from 16 November 1935 to 25 May 1940, he returned to London as Warrant Officer 1st Class and died at the Military Hospital, Shrewsbury on 30 December 1945

The memory of the life and service of Staff Sergeant-Major James M. Score, is commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Garaves Commission at Heston (St. Leonard) Churchyard located in Middlesex, England - where another 118 service personnel of both World Wars are interred - where the burial plot of James Score has a CWGC memorial headstone, engraved with the regimental insignia of the Royal Army Pay Corps and the name and service details of the late Staff Sergeant-Major, who was the son of William and Mary Score & husband of Ethel Lilian Score of Hounslow 

Sold together  with some hard-copy research

The medals professionally mounted in the court-style. The reverse of the white metal mounting bar retaining its long hinged pin & clasp fittings

Condition: GVF

Code: 26107