WWI Family Medal Trios (Star, BWM & Victory Group) West Riding Regiment & RFA

Description

According to fraternal accounts of combat, serving alongside a brother fortified the heroic qualities of self-control and endurance. Brothers formed a separate blood unit within the military unit. Some siblings believed this made them almost invincible. For the Francis brothers, Ted explained, it supported their physical and psychological survival:
The main idea with Harry and I was keeping alive. We had no thought for practically any other people, there was only our skill and our knowledge and being aware of the danger and not feeling frightened. In every attack there was men more frightened than others, who couldn’t hold themselves, men who really had shell shock … Everyone was afraid and as a matter of fact to see people who couldn’t stand it made us a little bit more braver. We felt good they couldn’t stand this sort of thing but we could. That was the feeling that made us go on and on and on.1
- from "Brothers in Arms: Brothers in the Great War" by Linda Maynard.
This family grouping includes Two Trio Sets (The 1914- 1915 Star, The British War Medal & The Victory Medal)
Inscribed:
Service Number 5438
Driver J Mellors
Royal Field Artillery Inscribed on the Star.
** Inscribed on both the BWM and the Victory Medal as a "Bomber", not "Driver" and Mellor having enlisted in the Royal Artillery, not the RFA
Inscribed:
Service Number 1338
Sergeant E S.  Mellors
West Riding Regiment (Yorkshire)
**Mellor's 1914- 1915 Star is missing its suspension ribbon.
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