Nine: Battery Quarter-Master Sergeant J. Breakspear, Royal Field Artillery, 1914 Star, with bar (17118 Cpl., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaf (17118 Sjt., R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals; Jubilee 1935; Army Long Service and Good Conduct, G.V.R., 1st type (17118 B.Q.M. Sjt., R.F.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (17118 B.Q.M. Sjt., R.F.A.), minor edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better, mounted as worn (9)

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Nine: Battery Quarter-Master Sergeant J. Breakspear, Royal Field Artillery, 1914 Star, with bar (17118 Cpl., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaf (17118 Sjt., R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals; Jubilee 1935; Army Long Service and Good Conduct, G.V.R., 1st type (17118 B.Q.M. Sjt., R.F.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (17118 B.Q.M. Sjt., R.F.A.), minor edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better, mounted as worn (9)

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Lot Essay

Battery Quarter-Master Sergeant John Breakspear, a Birmingham man, first entered the French Theatre of War in mid-October 1914 as a Corporal in the Meerut D.A. Column, R.F.A. but was awarded the M.S.M. for services with 35th Battery, R.F.A. on the North West Frontier, India (London Gazette 28.10.1920 refers).