First World War 1914 “Mons” Medal Trio – Corporal Samuel Travis, 1st Bn. Royal Fusiliers (London Regiment) – Twice WIA
1914 “Mons” Star with Clasp – L-7543 PTE S. TRAVIS. 1/R.FUS.
British War Medal – L-7543 CPL. S. TRAVIS. R. FUS.
Victory Medal – L-7543 CPL. S. TRAVIS. R. FUS.
Comes with his original medal ribbon bar
Corporal Samuel Travis was born on 21 November 1880 at Stepney, London, and later resided at 4 Remmune Avenue, Hackney. Prior to the Great War he worked as a bookkeeper and was living in Hackney with his wife, Temperence M. Travis, and family.
He enlisted on 4 October 1899 into the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) and went on to serve with the 1st Battalion. A regular soldier, he was serving with the battalion when it embarked for France, landing on 7 September 1914 as part of the original British Expeditionary Force.
He was first Wounded in Action on 5 December 1914, during the bitter fighting of the First Battle of Ypres period. He recovered and returned to duty, remaining with the battalion as the war progressed. By July/August 1916, during the fighting on the Somme, he was serving as an Acting Sergeant when he was again Wounded in Action.
The cumulative effects of his wounds led to his discharge from the Army on 20 January 1917, being released as no longer fit for further service due to wounds received on active service. His military career therefore spanned from the late Victorian Army through the opening and most intense years of the Great War.
He returned to civilian life in Hackney, later recorded in the 1921 Census as a bookkeeper and in 1939 as residing at Fletching Road, Hackney, described as Chairman H.B.C. He survived the war and lived until the post-war era, representing one of the regular pre-war soldiers who endured the heavy fighting of 1914 and 1916 and were ultimately discharged through the effects of their service.
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