Description
Military Medal, 20141 Sergeant Edward Annett, 1st 4th South Lancashire Regiment Territorial Force.
Officially impressed: “20141 Sjt E. Annett. 1/4 S. Lanc: R. T.F.”
Military Medal announced in The London Gazette, 18th October 1917.
With service papers, for Earlier service and detailing WW1 services.
Served:
Home, 4th November 1914 – 4th August 1915
France, 5th August 1915 – 20th September 1918, 3 years 47 days
Home, 21st Sept 1918 – 20th Feb 1919.
Edward Annett, was born in Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire circa 1883.
When he was just 14, he attested for service, having been a Musician in the South Lancashire Regiment on 22nd January 1897 at Portsmouth.
He specifically requested to join the South Lancashire Regiment and was accepted.
Joined the regiment as a “Boy” on 22nd January 1917, and was appointed as a Drummer on 23rd January 1897.
Being posted to South Africa to fight in the Boer War as a Drummer, aged only 16.
He would see significant fighting being entitled to the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Orange Free State and Transvaal. As well as the King’s South Africa Medal with both bars.
He saw the following services:
Home, 22nd January 1897 – 29th November 1899
South Africa, 30th November 1899 – 21st January 1903.
India, 22nd January 1903 – 22nd November 1906
Home, 23rd November 1906 to 16th May 1913.
Having been in the reserve for a short break before WW1, he was embodied with the 4th South Lancs Regt on 4th November 1914.
Being Promoted to Corporal on 28th November 1914.
Promoted again to Lance Sergeant on 12th February 1915
Promoted to Acting Sergeant on 17th July 1915. Same Day confirmed in the rank of Sergeant.
After the war he returned home to Warrington.
He had a wife Lillian Catherine Annett from Liverpool (born 1883), and some children.
In 1921 he was working for the Corporation of Warrington on a week on week off basis.
He died in Warrington aged 53 during 1936.
