Description
REX ET REGINA BRITAN"
served with the 1st Battalion
He was transferred to Stalag XIIA Limburg an der Lahn
Obverse: A market Cross surmounted by a figure of Justice
and although solid
WW1. 1914-15 Star. Appleby. Durham L.I. #sherborne REX ET REGINA BRITAN"1914 15 Star (3380 Pte. W. Appleby. Durh. L. I.), light contact marks, very fine William Appleby first enlisted as a Private in the Durham Light Infantry, with whom he served under regimental number 3380, but at an unknown date transferred to the Royal Field Artillery, serving as a Gunner and with regimental number 232325. He and his unit were disembarked at the Western Front on 12 October 1915. Appleby survived the war and was discharged on 8 April