WW1. British War Medal. Perry. Somerset Light Infantry. #sherborne with some deposits as pictured

with  some deposits as pictured

William James Pidgeon was born in 1873 so was not a young man when he went to war on the western front

Incuse edge Lettering: GOD SAVE THE KING AND CONSTITUTION

258) dark toning

Further anecdotes have him serving on AA guns during the blitz and suffering burns and other injuries putting out a German incendiary bomb

WW1. British War Medal. Perry. Somerset Light Infantry. #sherborne with some deposits as picturedImpressed. 30572 Pte. W. J. Perry. Som. L. I. William John Perry was born at South Brewham, Somerset in 1898 Full Name. Perry, William John Regiment. Somerset Light Infantry, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 34 London Regiment Regiment Number. 30572, 203353, 897507. He also served with The Royal Engineers (203353, 90452) and is recorded as being entitled to a 'Wound Stripe' in October 1917 while attached to the R. I. Fus. William saw service in France