1914-15 Star trio to 2792 Pte F.A. Foxell C of Lond Yeo good...

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£160 - £160

1914-15 Star trio to 2792 Pte F.A. Foxell C of Lond Yeo good extremely fine, with Rough Riders RR on spur metal badge.
With large quantity of copied and typed research including service papers, Frank Allen Foxell was born 5/11/91 in Hemel Hempstead, joined Territorials 1907, an early Boy Scout and one of the first Scout Masters in 1909/10, enlisted in City of London Yeomanry 8/9/14, landed Egypt 24/4/15, served Gallipoli from 15/8/15, present at the Yeomanry attack on Chocolate Hill, later served in RE and Labour Corps, discharged 3/4/19. Played football for Luton 1919/20.
He suffered a bad motorbike accident in 1929 and while in hospital contracted septicaemia. Dr Alexander Fleming was one of the doctors at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, where he was experimenting with enzyme bacteria. The family have reason to believe he was the first person to have his life saved by Fleming's discovery of Penicillin. He died in 1980. (See photo) (R)