WW1 medals to Private Peter Bird, Coldstream Guards, who was wounded in action on 3/10/1914. 

1914 Star, named 6671 PTE P. BIRD. C. GDS. with clasp affixed to ribbon; British War and Victory Medals, impressed named 6671 PTE. P. BIRD. C. GDS. Court mounted for display. Comes with copies of Guards service record extract, M.I.C., medal roll, S.W.B. roll, 1911/1939 census. 

Peter Bird was born on 29/3/1888 at Nazeing, Essex. A barman by trade, he enlisted into the Coldstream Guards on 5/3/1906 at London. The 1911 census records him as ‘Soldier Valet’ in the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards. In 1914 the 2nd Battalion was stationed at Windsor. He landed in France on 13/8/1914 with the Coldstream Guards (4th Guards Brigade, 2nd Division). Wounded in action on 3/10/1914 with a gunshot wound to his right calf. At the time of being wounded, the 1st Battalion was involved in an action on the 3-4th October which resulted in 2 men killed and 5 wounded. It is possible that he was wounded serving with the 1st Battalion during this incident. He was subsequently medically discharged on 9/11/1917, qualifying for the silver war badge, which records GSW right leg and tetanus. He married in March 1918, with his occupation recorded as ‘Bank messenger’, a position which he was still employed in 1939 as recorded on the census. He died on 9/2/1951 in Kent.

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