WW1 gp - Cuerden - MWS Ind Army
Major/Conductor Charles Cuerden b Bengal India 1879 Served WWI with Military Works Service Comm 1920 Retired as Major 1933 Evacuated from Island of Jersey in WWII

£700.00

£840.00 inc VAT

SKU: C1002881

1914-15 Star (S.CONDR. C. CUERDEN. M.W.S.); British War Medal (S-COND. C. CUERDEN. M.W.S.); Victory Medal (S-COND. C. CUERDEN. M.W.S.); India General Service Medal clasp Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (CR.C. CUERDEN. M.W.S.); Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal GVR (Sub Condtr. C. Cuerden. M.W. Serve's)

Charles Cuerden was born in Bengal, India in 1879. Following in his father, Thomas', footsteps he served as a Conductor with the Military Works Service (Commissary) until retiring with the equivalent rank of Major in 1933. He had been commissioned towards the end of WWI. 

A resident of the Island of Jersey, he was evacuated from there just prior to the German occupation in WWII. His address on the island was Glen Link, Plat Douet Road, Bagot, Jersey.

He died in Hitchin, Hertfordshire in 1960

Medals are in good condition unless indicated otherwise. Sold with some copied research including his Jersey Evacuation Card.


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