National Fire Brigades Association. Silver 20 years long service medal, with 'Twenty Years' clasp & 3 x additional 'Five Years' further service clasps. Numbered impressed '4736' & named engraved (William Grimster)

Station Officer William Grimster - a long term resident of Gerrards Cross - served more then 35 years, with the Chalfont St Peter Fire Brigade, Buckinghamshire, England

Station Officer William Grimster only retired from the Fire Brigade in 1953, at the age of 69 having served continuously since the formation of the Gerrards Cross & Chalfont St Peter Fire Brigade in 1915, except for several years service with the British Army in  the Great War during which conflict he served overseas in the B.E.F. with the  6th Battalion Oxfordshire and Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, from 1916 - gaining the Military Medal for 'Bravery in the Field' - and discharged from the Labour Corps. For his Great War services William was awarded the below following medals:

- Military Medal: London Gazette 02/11/1917. For France & Flanders. 27169 Ox & Bucks Light Infantry
- British War Medal. Silver issue: WO 329/1842. No 27169 Ox & Bucks Light Infantry
- Interallied Victory Medal: WO 329/1842. No 27169 Ox & Bucks Light Infantry

This sale is for the NFBA silver medal. The sale does not include the cigarette cards depicting the Military Medal & Great War pair, which are only here shown and used as an illustrative 'prop'

Lots of newspaper references / articles pertaining to William Grimster M.M., were published in the Buckinghamshire newspapers, and far too many to here cite

2nd & 3rd clasps marked 'sterling' & attached by local rod / wire fittings, and top clasp is slip-over type. All clasp with their backstraps as issued

The medal with makers and English silver assay hallmarks on the reverse. The silver hallmark for Birmingham 1933 

The National Fire Brigades Association issued their '20 Years' long service medals between 1920-1950

Further service clasps for each subsequent '5 years' qualifying period were awarded to qualifying firemen

Condition: GVF

Code: 26243