An unusual Great War Western Front and Canadian Merchant Navy group of five awarded to Private C.B. Povey, 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment who saw service on the Western Front from 11th November 1914 and who would later be admitted to No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station with a gunshot wound to the thigh on 19th April 1915. Later discharged he saw further Great War service with the Canadian Merchant Navy.
Five: 1914 Star and 5th Aug-22nd Nov bar; (10293 PTE. C.B. POVEY. 1/BEDF:R.) British War Medal; (10293 PTE. C.B. POVEY. BEDF. R.) Mercantile Marine War Medal (131849 C.B. POVEY. G.S “MEDINA”) Victory Medal; (10293 PTE. C.B. POVEY. BEDF.R.); Canada, City of Sault Ste Marie Commemoration of the Great War Tribute Medal marked Sterling (C. B. Povey), engraved naming in running script to central reverser scroll. Loose-mounted for wear.
Condition: polished, Very Fine
Cyril Bernard Povey saw service as a Private (No. 10293) with the 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment on the Western Front from 11th November 1914 and would be admitted to No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station with a gunshot wound to the thigh on 19th April 1915. He appears to have joined the Canadian Merchant Navy and received a silver tribute medal from the city of Sault Ste. Marie in northern Ontario, Canada.
