{"product_id":"6th-dragoon-guards-carabiniers-attd-1st-life-guards-1914-star-ww1-medal-trio","title":"6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) attd 1st Life Guards 1914 Star WW1 Medal Trio","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eFirst World War1914 Mons Star Medal Trio – Trooper Ernest William Greenaway, 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), attached to the 1st Life Guards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e1914 Star with genuine clasp – \u003cb\u003e8426 PTE. E. W. GREENAWAY. 6\/DNS:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eBritish War Medal \u003cb\u003e– D-8426 PTE. E. W. GREENAWAY. 6-D. GDS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eVictory Medal – \u003cb\u003eD-8426 PTE. E. W. GREENAWAY. 6-D. GDS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eTogether with a cap badge, presumed to be a copy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eErnest William Greenaway\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e was \u003cb\u003eborn at Notting Hill, London, in about 1894\u003c\/b\u003e, and was \u003cb\u003ebaptised at All Saints, Notting Hill, on 11th February 1894\u003c\/b\u003e. He was the \u003cb\u003eson of Frederick Greenaway and Martha Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e, and was raised in the \u003cb\u003eHammersmith \/ Shepherd’s Bush area\u003c\/b\u003e, appearing in the \u003cb\u003e1911 Census\u003c\/b\u003e aged \u003cb\u003e17\u003c\/b\u003e, living at \u003cb\u003e49 Cobbold Road, Shepherd’s Bush\u003c\/b\u003e, and working as a \u003cb\u003eleather strap finisher in a trunk factory\u003c\/b\u003e — a skilled trade closely associated with London’s leatherworking districts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eHe enlisted into the \u003cb\u003e6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)\u003c\/b\u003e on \u003cb\u003e9th October 1913\u003c\/b\u003e, aged \u003cb\u003e19\u003c\/b\u003e, joining at the regiment’s depot at \u003cb\u003eNewport, Monmouthshire\u003c\/b\u003e. His civilian occupation is consistently recorded as \u003cb\u003etrunk maker\u003c\/b\u003e, and his service record survives \u003cb\u003eonline in good detail\u003c\/b\u003e. A \u003cb\u003eclear studio photograph of Greenaway in his 6th Dragoon Guards uniform\u003c\/b\u003e is also available via Ancestry, showing him as a pre-war regular cavalryman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eAt the outbreak of war in \u003cb\u003eAugust 1914\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003e6th Dragoon Guards\u003c\/b\u003e were stationed at \u003cb\u003eCanterbury\u003c\/b\u003e, forming part of \u003cb\u003e4th Cavalry Brigade\u003c\/b\u003e. They embarked for France in the opening weeks of the war, and \u003cb\u003eErnest William Greenaway arrived in France on 15th September 1914\u003c\/b\u003e, joining the British Expeditionary Force during the crucial mobile phase following the Retreat from Mons.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eOn \u003cb\u003e9th November 1914\u003c\/b\u003e, Greenaway was \u003cb\u003eattached from the 6th Dragoon Guards to the 1st Life Guards\u003c\/b\u003e, and is recorded thereafter as serving with that regiment. This attachment places him directly in the cavalry fighting of \u003cb\u003eOctober–November 1914\u003c\/b\u003e, and he \u003cb\u003ewill have seen active service during the First Battle of Ypres\u003c\/b\u003e, when the cavalry divisions were repeatedly used to plug gaps, screen infantry movements, and hold exposed sectors under intense pressure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eThe conditions endured by cavalrymen during this period were exceptionally severe. Although trained for mobile warfare, the Life Guards and Dragoon regiments were frequently \u003cb\u003edismounted and used as infantry\u003c\/b\u003e, holding muddy trenches, manning improvised defensive lines, and operating under constant shellfire and exhaustion. It was during this period of sustained strain that Greenaway’s health began to fail.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eOn \u003cb\u003e10th December 1914\u003c\/b\u003e, he was \u003cb\u003eadmitted to No. 10 General Hospital, Rouen\u003c\/b\u003e, suffering from \u003cb\u003eDisordered Action of the Heart (DAH)\u003c\/b\u003e — a condition commonly associated with prolonged stress, exposure, and over-exertion during the early months of the war. His hospital admission record describes him as a \u003cb\u003eTrooper of the 1st Life Guards\u003c\/b\u003e, confirming that his attachment was active at the time of his illness. On the same date, \u003cb\u003e10th December 1914\u003c\/b\u003e, he was \u003cb\u003einvalided home to the United Kingdom\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eDespite further assessment, his condition did not sufficiently improve, and \u003cb\u003eErnest William Greenaway was formally discharged from the British Army on 10th May 1915\u003c\/b\u003e, being classed as \u003cb\u003ephysically unfit for further service\u003c\/b\u003e. His total overseas service amounted to \u003cb\u003enearly three months\u003c\/b\u003e, all of it during one of the most demanding phases of the war, when the BEF was fighting for survival in Flanders.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eGreenaway survived the war and later returned to civilian life. By \u003cb\u003e1921\u003c\/b\u003e, he was living at \u003cb\u003e121 Duke Road, Chiswick\u003c\/b\u003e, employed as an \u003cb\u003eomnibus driver with the London General Omnibus Company\u003c\/b\u003e, and supporting a family. He later remarried and remained in Middlesex for the rest of his life, dying at \u003cb\u003eEnfield in December 1984\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eErnest William Greenaway’s service represents that of a \u003cb\u003epre-war regular cavalryman\u003c\/b\u003e, mobilised immediately for active service, \u003cb\u003epresent during the fighting of First Ypres\u003c\/b\u003e, and ultimately broken in health by the physical demands of early trench warfare. His documented attachment to the \u003cb\u003e1st Life Guards\u003c\/b\u003e, combined with a surviving photograph and full service record, makes his career particularly well-evidenced and historically significant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003ePLEASE NOTE: All research will be sent to the buyer via email. 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