A Great War 1914 Star trio awarded to Private T. Double, 6th Dragoon Guards – Carabineers attached 1st Life Guards, who saw service on the Western Front from 15th September 1914, and then transferred into the 4th Battalion, Guard’s Machine Gun Regiment on 10th May 1918.
Group of 3: 1914 Star with old copy 5th Aug-22nd Nov 1914 bar; (8456 PTE. T. DOUBLE. 6/D. GDS.) British War Medal and Victory Medal; (8456 PTE. T. DOUBLE. 6-D. GDS.)
Condition: Good Very Fine
Thomas Double came from St Giles in London, and having worked as a collier, then attested for service with the British Army at Stockport in Cheshire when aged 19 years and 7 months, joining on 3rd November 1913, as a Private (No.8546) the 6th Dragoon Guards – Carabineers.
With the outbreak of the Great War, Double saw service on the Western Front from 15th September 1914, and having been attached to the 1st Life Guards, then transferred as a Trooper (No.3465) into the Guard’s Machine Gun Regiment on 10th May 1918, and saw service with the 4th Battalion, Guard’s Machine Gun Regiment. He claimed the Clasp and Roses to his 1914 Star on 17th January 1920.
