RARE 1914/15 STAR TRIO - SOUTH AFRICAN SIGNAL COY - GERMAN SW AFRICA & FRANCE

RARE 1914/15 STAR TRIO - SOUTH AFRICAN SIGNAL COY - GERMAN SW AFRICA & FRANCE (image 1/1)
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A RARE 1914/15 STAR TRIO to PRIVATE (Later SERJEANT) CROWE who served in the SOUTH AFRICAN FIELD TELEGRAPH & POSTAL CORPS during the GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA (1914 - 15) & in the 1st South African Signal Company on the WESTERN FRONT (1916 - 1918). Having fought on the SOMME in 1916, he later took part in the defeat of the major attack by the Elite German 'FLANDERS MARINE KORPS' at NIEUPOORT in July 1917 & the battles of 1918. Consists of 1914/15 Star correctly named to PTE. F. C. CROWE. S.A.F.T & P.O CORPS, British War Medal & Bilingual Victory Medal correctly named to SJT. F. C. CROWE. D.S.C. Private (Later Sergeant) Crowe first served with the small, specialised unit - S.A.F.T & P.O against the Germans in German South West Africa (Modern NAMIBIA) between August 1914 - May 1915. After the campaign ended, he joined the 1st South African Signal Company first seeing action with the South African Brigade at the SOMME in late 1916.After making a major contribution during the Battle of Monchy-Le-Preux (Arras) in April 1917, Crowe & the S.A Signal Company transferred to XV Corps in preparation for an amphibious attack (Operation HUSH) on the Flanders coast in support of the Third Battle of YPRES (Passchendaele). However, they were soon in action against the German MARINE CORPS when they attacked British XV Corps in July 1917.With the read more
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