T2-13649: Farrier
David F. Brookham, Army Service Corps.
I enjoy the diversity of Army Service Corps medals. They are
relatively inexpensive and offer the collector a number of prefixes - all
denoting various areas of service and trades. The Army Service Corps, like the
Labour Corps, have often been overlooked by collectors, and as such, generally
do not command high prices. To
someone on a budget, building a collection of single ASC medals is a real
possibility with great future investment, not to mention a huge amount of
research possibilities.
This single 1915 start was awarded to David F. Brookham who
served from 1st November 1915 with the ASC in Egypt. We can see this
from his MIC (One of the faintest I have ever seen!) It shows his full
entitlement as the 1915 trio. The ‘T2’ prefix at the start of his service
number denotes he served with the transport section within the newly formed ‘2nd
Armies’
His rank is given as ‘Farrier’ – an unusual rank and a trade
of the utmost importance keeping the thousands of Horses shod thus making the
task of supply possible. It is widely argued that without the countless horses
and mules mobilized into the British and Commonwealth armies that victory would
not have been possible. Although
probably true, I think it’s important to remember all the animal casualties,
often overlooked and arguably, the real innocent victims of war.
Do you know the whereabouts of David’s BWM and Victory?
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