7586: Pte Arthur E. Buckett, The North Staffordshire Regiment.

7586: Pte Arthur E. Buckett, The North Staffordshire Regiment.

This single Victory medal was a Christmas gift to me from my Mother and Father-in-law a few years back and it still wears its original silk ribbon. I love these orphaned medals – so much research and investment potential whilst still keeping someone’s service alive. Victory medals in particular make a great collecting theme for those on a limited budget.

Arthur Buckett entered the theatre of war listed on his MIC as ‘2B’ - The Balkans, on 20^th November 1915. He was entitled to the 1915 trio, this single victory medal being all I have of Arthur’s war service.

None of Arthur’s service records have survived unfortunately and it’s only by his MIC that we can see some small part of his story. He certainly did his fair share of moving around, his MIC showing service after the North Staffs in both the Welsh Regiment (No: 49920) and later in The Nott’s and Derby Regiment (No: 63597)

We cannot be certain where Arthur was born, grew up, or indeed where he lived, but we know he appears to have come through the war without any serious injury (No mention of a SWB on the MIC)

He is shown as being Class Z (Demobilized) on 11^th March 1919. At present the location on Arthur’s BWM and 15 star are unknown – Can you help locate them?