British War Medal (980 C.SJT. A. MAEER. DEVON.R.); Victory Medal (980 C.SJT. A. MAEER. DEVON.R.); Territorial War Medal (980 SJT. A. MAEER. DEVON.R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal GVR skimmed and unnamed.
Albert Maeer was born in Axminster, Devon on 8 November 1880. He attested for service with the 1/4 Devonshire Regiment on 30 June 1908 and and served with them in India and Mesopotamia in WWI. According to his Soldier's Pay and Service Book he was promoted to Company Quartermaster Sergeant (Accountant) on 10 July 1916
His obituary, which appeared in the Exeter & Plymouth Gazette of 15 July 1938, stated that:
"Mr Maeer was a native of the town (Axminster), and was for 37 years employed at the factory of Messrs. Bidwell, Bidwell & Co., latterly as a Foreman in the hairbrush department. During the war he served throughout in Mesopotamia and contracted Malaria from which he suffered afterwards. He was with the 4th Devons as a company quartermaster sergeant, but before the war he had received a medal for long serviced with the Territorials."
A previous custodian of Maeer's medals tracked down a relative in Axminster in 1995 who sent him the Soldier's pay Book with photos and the comment that, "I am his daughter-in-law. There are none of the family still living. Albert Maeer was a lovely man. I never heard anyone say a bad word of him. Pap was very ill when he was in Fezapore, should have come home but went back to his regiment. He got T.B. and suffered the rest of his life. The last two years he was bedridden and I helped to nurse him."
Medals are in good condition unless indicated otherwise. Sold with some research and original Soldier's Pay Book. Please note that the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal is a skimmed and unnamed version.
