The "Old Contemptibles" were soldiers who had served pre-war in the professional British Army and who became the first British soldiers to be sent into France at the beginning of WW1. They served in France and Flanders between 4th August and 22nd November 1914 and received the 1914 Star, the Old Contemptibles medal. The name came from a comment by a senior German soldier "that contemptible little army".
OLD CONTEMPTIBLES ASSO'N |
Lieut Col CROOKE MC Driver J POLLARD Pte S WARRINGTON
J EATON Royal Scots |
| W R HURST Cheshire Rgt C H KAVANAGH MM T BRADBURY Cheshire Rgt R BRERETON Cheshire Rgt W MASON 19th Hussars E MANNING HMS Essex J MARTIN |