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16366/16738 PRIVATE JAMES WELBOURN, ROYAL FUSILIERS & ROYAL FLYING CORPS:

1914/15 Star (16366 Pte.: R.Fus.); British War Medal; Victory Medal 1914-19 (16738 Pte.: R.Fus.) : (JAMES WELBOURN - Born 9 April 1890 at Pendlebury, Lancashire: A Groom by trade at the date of enlistment into Royal Fusiliers, 29 August 1914: Served firstly with Regimental Number 16366, but subsequently renumbered as 16738: With Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 8 August 1915: Transferred to Middlesex Regiment as C/7918 and then to Labour Corps as 151788: France from 4 June 1916: On 9 January 1918 transferred to Royal Flying Corps as 3rd.Class Air Mechanic, 136987: Royal Air Force from 1 April 1918: Placed on Reserve from 5 November 1918 and Discharged (not required) on 10 December 1918.) : Sold with verification; copy Royal Air Force papers and original Forwarding Document from RAF. Records, Ruislip, Middlesex for the 1914/15 Star, addressed to the recipient at Goodyers End, Near Coventry: Slight edge bruising to Victory Medal otherwise generally GVF - £110