{"product_id":"devonshire-regiment-liverpool-regt-wia-gsw-knee-from-everton-ww1-medal-pair","title":"Devonshire Regiment Liverpool Regt. WIA GSW Knee from Everton WW1 Medal Pair","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eFirst World War Medal Pair – Private James Chambers, Devonshire Regiment (formerly Liverpool Regiment \u0026amp; Royal Hampshire Regiment), Wounded in Action\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eBritish War Medal –\u003cb\u003e 63798 PTE. J. CHAMBERS. DEVON. R.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eVictory Medal –\u003cb\u003e 63798 PTE. J. CHAMBERS. DEVON. R.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eJames Chambers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e was born in \u003cb\u003e1889 at Liverpool, Lancashire\u003c\/b\u003e, the son of \u003cb\u003eWilliam Chambers\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eMartha Pears\u003c\/b\u003e. Following the early death of his father in \u003cb\u003e1908\u003c\/b\u003e, he remained living with his mother and siblings in \u003cb\u003eEverton, Liverpool\u003c\/b\u003e, where by \u003cb\u003e1911\u003c\/b\u003e, aged 22, he was employed as a \u003cb\u003estone mason\u003c\/b\u003e, a skilled manual trade.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003ePrior to the First World War, Chambers had already undertaken part-time military service, having served with the \u003cb\u003e6th Volunteer Battalion, King’s (Liverpool Regiment)\u003c\/b\u003e, indicating some prior military experience before his enlistment into the Regular Army during the war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eHe enlisted for wartime service and initially served with the \u003cb\u003eLiverpool Regiment (No. 46723)\u003c\/b\u003e, before being posted to a \u003cb\u003eTraining Reserve Battalion (TR\/3\/5601)\u003c\/b\u003e. He was later transferred to the \u003cb\u003eDevonshire Regiment (No. 63798)\u003c\/b\u003e, under which number his \u003cb\u003eBritish War Medal and Victory Medal are correctly named\u003c\/b\u003e, confirming his qualifying overseas service.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eFurther service saw him transferred again, this time to the \u003cb\u003eRoyal Hampshire Regiment (No. 27898)\u003c\/b\u003e, reflecting the common wartime practice of moving men between regiments as reinforcements were required.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eChambers served on the \u003cb\u003eWestern Front\u003c\/b\u003e, though his time with the field force appears to have been relatively limited, recorded as approximately \u003cb\u003ethree months\u003c\/b\u003e, suggesting either a late deployment or interruption due to illness or injury.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eHe was \u003cb\u003ewounded in action\u003c\/b\u003e, suffering a \u003cb\u003egunshot wound (GSW) to the knee\u003c\/b\u003e, a significant injury which would have impacted mobility and his ability to continue front-line service. He was subsequently admitted to hospital, with records also noting treatment for \u003cb\u003escabies\u003c\/b\u003e and later \u003cb\u003eneurasthenia\u003c\/b\u003e (a condition commonly associated with what would now be understood as psychological trauma or exhaustion from service).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eDespite these setbacks, he was \u003cb\u003ereturned to duty in August 1917\u003c\/b\u003e, though his overall service record suggests he did not resume prolonged front-line service thereafter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eChambers was eventually discharged, with records showing a \u003cb\u003epost-war discharge dated 25 December 1919\u003c\/b\u003e, and an award of a \u003cb\u003epension\u003c\/b\u003e, with disability noted as affecting his \u003cb\u003eknee\u003c\/b\u003e, confirming lasting effects from his wartime wound. His address on discharge is given as \u003cb\u003e20 Aughton Street, Everton, Liverpool\u003c\/b\u003e, the same area in which he had been living prior to the war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eHe was entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e, correctly named to \u003cb\u003e63798 PTE. J. CHAMBERS. DEVON. 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