WW1 Medal Pair to Anderson Cambridgeshire Regiment.

WW1 British war and victory medal both correctly named to 290668 Private Bassil Ramsey Anderson, Cambridgeshire regiment.
Basil was born in Montrose, Forfarshire on 7th January 1892 and it looks like he was raised by his mother Elizabeth and grandmother, also Elizabeth at 81 high street Montrose. Before the war he working as a bank cashier and was probably drafted into the army in October 1916. He may have tried to enlist be fore this but his medical describes his physical development as poor and in need of dental treatment. He was placed with the 4th Reserve Battalion Suffolk Regiment which amalgamated with the 3rd/1st Cambridgeshire’s in July 1917. He saw home service in England and was promoted to lance Corporal. But in the early part of 1918, the situation with the war on the western front was becoming quite desperate and every man was needed to fight. Basil was transferred to the 1st Lincolnshire regiment and reverted back to a private on embarkation, he sailed from Folkston to France on 6th February 1918 and joined the 62nd Brigade, 21st Division. When the German’s launched Operation Michael in March 1918, basil was in the area of the Somme. On the first day of the battle of St Quentin on the 21st of March, Basil was severely wounded, receiving a gun shot wound in the shoulder. And was finally invalided home on the 9th of April 1918. He underwent a long and painful recovery, but he survived to marry Hilder in 1921. Sadly, Hilder died in 1933. He later remarried to Gerturde and lived out his life in Norfolk.
His medals come with a Lincolnshire regiment cap badge and a whole host of copied research. The medals are in excellent condition and on their original ribbons, although ribbons are a little scruffy.

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