WW1 MEDALS KNOWN AS 'PIP SQUEAK & WILFRED'

The first medal (The Star) was only issued if the named person was in active service during 1914 to 1915, these men would have been volunteers and already in service, there was no conscription at the time.

The other two were issued automatically at the end of the war, and were all marked with the owners name, (unlike the second war).

Recipients could claim their medals which were issued on request, if the person was deceased then the family could claim.

These were issued to Private W. Sanger RAMC

Your comments:

• My Grandfather informed me that Pip, Squeak, and Wilfred were cartoon characters in a popular newspaper of WWI and after.
  .......... Adrian Kirkup, Salisbury, 30th of October 2020
  
  

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