31139 Henry TRAINER 7th Machine Gun Company M.G.C. Born 1893 25 Valley Road, Anfield, Liverpool Enlisted 25th October 1915 Age 22 Posted to the Machine Gun Training Centre Grantham 11.4.1916 Posted to France 13.7.1916 to 18.4.1919 2 Years and 280 days Injures his ankle while assisting the cooks chopping wood for fires 13.12.1917 Transferred to Class "Z" Army Reserve on demobilisation 28.5.1919 His father, W.j. Trainer, acknowledeged receipt of Henry's War and Victory medal on 7.2.1922
Thanks Guy the carboot sale was in Liverpool where I found it, here is a close up of the badge. I don’t normally buy medals but I didn’t want just to leave them
Hi vespa100, With my research and subject matter, Liverpool would the best and only place worth me visiting carboots. I live in London!!
Early Austin Motor Co. Lapel Badge. c.1920 AN EARLY AUSTIN WINGS AND WHEELS LAPEL BADGE AND ONE LATER An early Austin Wings and Wheels lapel badge and one later example. TD AUSTIN CARS LAPEL PIN BADGE | eBay
Thanks again Tricky I thought it was an American military badge, I need to find a Austin car collecter now.
I hope people do not mind me posting my carboot finds, due to them being Ww1, thanks for every ones help
Foe me its not a problem at all - WW1 is just as important to me as WW2 - relations in both - fortunately didnt have much else on this Sunday TD