WW1 POW & WW2 Civil Defence Medal Group To Pte J D Irving RAMC

For sale is a WW1 POW & WW2 Civil Defence Medal Group To Pte J D Irving RAMC Accompanied By Research. 

This mounted medal group holds a 1914-15 Star, British war medal, victory medal and defence medal which are engraved to “209 Pte J D Irving RAMC.”

John Doxford Irving was born in 1890 in York, Yorkshire, England. His civil parish was Harrogate. He lived at 16 Franklin Road Harrogate. His occupation before enlisting was a chemist assistant. 

John enlisted into the British army on the 2nd of September 1914, aged 24 years old where he started serving with the royal army medical corps (RAMC). 

In 1916 John contracted malaria, and had several short stays in a field hospital. 

At some point during World War One John was also a prisoner of war and his health record whilst he was a prisoner of war can be seen in one of the research service scans. 

John was discharged from the British army on the 26th of June 1919. 

During WW2 John served in a civil defence role (which role were unsure of) but this is where he was awarded a British defence medal. 

Accompanying this medal is 7 scans of his records. Upon payment please let me know if you would prefer digital scans or printed copies.

These will be sent via Royal Mail 1st class signed for and dispatched within two working days.