MAJOR J.P. CHARNOCK, M.B., ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. Three: 1914 Star and bar (Lieutenant,
£360.00
MAJOR J.P. CHARNOCK, M.B., ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. Three: 1914 Star and bar (Lieutenant, RAMC) British War and Victory Medals (Major), Victory Medal with M.I.D. oakleaf. Copy bar on Star, otherwise generally Almost Extremely Fine.
John Phetnean Charnock was first commissioned Lieutellant, RAMC, 28/10/1910. Promoted Captain, 10/8/1914 and Major, 14/8/1918, he retired from the army in 1920.
Group accompanied by photocopied Medal Index Card, which notes that Major Charnock initially saw service during WWl with the 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment. Medal Index Card confirms Mentioned in Dispatches, and also notes that the Officer Commanding 2nd South Staffordshire Regiment was responsible for forwarding Major Charnock’s claim for the 1914 Star, the claim being forwarded on 3/1/1918. Major Charnock first saw active service in France and Flanders during WWl, entering that theatre of operations on 21/8/1914 (the 2nd South Staffordshires had already landed as unit at Havre a week earlier, on 14/8/l914). Medal Index Card gives two home addresses, 195 Maldon Road, Colchester and 62 West Stockwell Street, Colchester.