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Pair: Private Thomas Albone, York and Lancaster Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, El-Teb_Tamaai (2080, Pte. T. Albone, 1/York & Lanc: R:); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, light pitting from star, otherwise very fine (2) £200-£240 --- Thomas Albone was born at Isleworth, Hounslow, Middlesex, and attested for the 65th Regiment at Westminster on 9 August 1870. He served abroad in the East Indies from January 1871 to August 1880; in Afghanistan from August 1880 to November 1881; once more in the East Indies from November 1881 to February 1884; and in the Soudan from 28 February to 21 April 1884. He was discharged at Dover on 7 June 1884, being in possession of medal for Afghanistan and for Egypt with clasp El-Teb-Tamaai. He volunteered for ‘One Year’s Service’ on 16 September 1914, and served at Home until discharged at Hounslow on 30 September 1916, being no longer physically fit for service and entitled to the Silver War Badge. Sold with copied discharge papers.
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A Second War ‘Anzio Beachhead’ Immediate M.M. group of eight awarded to Sergeant John Finnie, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers Military Medal, G.VI.R. (3127966 Sjt. J. Finnie. R.S. Fus.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (3127966 Fsr. J. Finnie. R.S. Fus.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted on card for display, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (8) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.M. London Gazette 3 August 1944: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.’ The recommendation for the grant of an Immediate M.M. states: ‘Serjeant John Finnie, 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers, 17 Infantry Brigade, 5 Division, VI American Corps. Between 30th March and 3rd April 1944 in the BUON RIPOSO Valley Sjt Finnie was commanding the Signal Platoon, two Signal Officers in succession having been badly wounded. Owing to casualties only three other signallers remained to carry on at Bn HQ. Throughout these days Sjt Finnie was absolutely untiring in his work; heedless of his personal safety he in turn manned wireless sets, attended the switchboard and led line parties under almost continuous enemy shelling. In particular on 3rd April during a critical stage in the battle when Bn HQ area was being severely shelled, Sjt Finnie at great personal risk led a line party and worked in the open under direct fire from the enemy. Despite the fact that he was on one occasion knocked over and partially stunned by blast, Sjt Finnie sustained his work under continuous fire and succeeded in restoring communications. By his devotion to duty under fire and his unflagging energy Sjt Finnie thus ensured continuous communications and handed over an intact and efficient signal system to the relieving Bn. His conduct had a direct bearing in the holding of an important Sector of the ANZIO beachhead and was in the highest tradition of The Regiment.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 24 August 1944: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.’ John Finnie, according to an accompanying letter from the recipient himself, dated May 1967, ‘Joined the 1st Bn R.S.F. in Aug 1930. Served in Palestine, Egypt and India and demobilised in Nov 1937. Capped up as a Reservist in Aug 1939, and re-joined the R.S.F. but this time in the 2nd Bn. Was in action:- France and Belgium and Dunkirk. Madagascar 1942, India 1942-43. Syria, Iraq and Iran, Palestine, Egypt and N. Africa until Sicily. Sicily and Italy, from Italy to France, Belgium and Germany. Was in Lubeck when the War in Europe ended. Was demobbed in Nov 1946 with the rank of C.Q.M.S. “Mentioned in Despatches”, “Military Medal” and wounded in Italy.’ Sold with named Buckingham Palace enclosure for M.M., and above quoted letter, together with cap badge and copied research including original recommendation and extracts from the regimental history mentioning Finnie.
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Pair: Second Lieutenant A. E. Painter, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. A. E. Painter.) edge nicks to VM, generally very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (Capt. C. J. Jarvis.; Lieut. K. A. Madge.) very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Archibald Ernest Painter was born in Tavistock, Devon, on 3 June 1888 and educated at Tavistock Grammar School. He initially served in the ranks with the 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, and was posted to France in November 1915. Remaining on the Western Front until June 1917, Painter was successful in his application for a commission and was gazetted to the 1/5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 21 December 1917. Released from military duty on 19 January 1919, it seems likely that he returned to his profession as a schoolmaster in Exeter. Sold with a file of copied research, including the recipient’s Officer Service Record; the former notes a second man with identical rank, initials and surname: Second Lieutenant Albert Ernest Painter of the Royal Engineers, who died of wounds on 14 April 1917 and is entitled to the BWM and VM. Cecil James Jarvis was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, on 13 July 1894, and attested at Minster for the Kent Cyclist Battalion on 21 August 1914. Recorded as a corn merchant and former Cadet Officer in the 2nd (Cadet) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, he applied for a commission in the Army Service Corps in January 1915, his papers noting experience of horses, forage and transport work. Appointed Second Lieutenant in the 9th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry from 8 September 1915 (attached 2/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment), he suffered a shrapnel bullet through the left leg near La Vantie on 4 August 1916 and was removed to the 3rd London General Hospital soon thereafter. Operated upon, Jarvis spent the next three months in hospital before returning to light duties on 27 December 1916 with the Army Canteen Committee. Appearing before a special Medical Board at Caxton Hall in May 1917, it soon became clear that further treatment was required; sent to the Prince of Wales Hospital, he made a slow recovery and spent the final year of the war with the Army Canteen Service in Egypt. Sold with the recipient’s copied Army Service Record. Kenneth Alfred Madge was born on 6 November 1892 and worked as a land agent at Stratton in Cornwall. Attesting at Bodmin for the 4th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 17 September 1914, he was appointed Private in the 2/4th Battalion and sent to India from 9 October 1914. Posted to Lucknow and Bareilly on 31 December 1914, his papers note a tissue infection in April 1915 in consequence of a mosquito bite. Appropriately treated, he served in Aden from 28 January 1916 before being appointed to a commission in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers in the summer of 1917; the Indian Army List of October 1918 lists him as a Company Officer, attached 3rd Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles. Sold with an extensive file of copied research, with MIC confirming sole entitlement to the BWM and noting the recipient’s home address as Holyrood House, Chard, Somerset.
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Pair: Private H. J. Iley, Somerset Light Infantry, who died of wounds in Egypt on 3 October 1917 British War and Victory Medals (3203672 Pte. H. J. Iley. Som. L.I.) very fine Pair: Private J. A. Lacey, Somerset Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (232587 Pte. J. A. Lacey. Som. L.I.) very fine Pair: Private C. Smith, Somerset Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (4237 Pte. C. Smith. Som. L.I.) very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (25918 Pte G. G. Hooper. Som. L.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (63493 Pte. W. Williams. Durh. L.I.) nearly very fine (8) £80-£100 --- Hubert John Iley, a baker from Bridgwater, Somerset, was born in 1891. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served in Egypt with the 1/5th Battalion. He died of wounds on 3 October 1917 and is buried in Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Joseph Lacey was born in Bristol in 1900. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 11 September 1918. He received gun shot wounds to his left arm and right thigh, and was subsequently returned Home on 28 October 1918. George Good Hooper, a painter from Berhill, Ascott, Somerset, was born in September 1889. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 7th Battalion. He was killed in action during the Battle of Cambrai on 30 November 1917 and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, France. Sold together with a Somerset Light Infantry cap badge and shoulder title, and copied research.
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Three: Private A. W. Miller, Royal Marines Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (CH. 11241 Pte. A. W. Miller. R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (CH. 11241 Pte. A. W. Miller. R.M.L.I.) very fine Three: Private E. Addicott, Royal Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (10394 Pte. E. Addicott, R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (10394 Pte. E. Addicott, R. Fus.) very fine Pair: Private J. Paramore, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (57905 Pte. J. Paramore, R.A.M.C.), Victory Medal 1914-19 (57905 Pte. J.Paramore. R.A.M.C.) nearly very fine, British War Medal 1914-20 (26607 Pte. H. J. Bowmer. G. Gds.) nearly very fine (9) £80-£100 --- Arthur William Miller, a carpenter from Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, Somerset, was born on 1 May 1877. He attested into the Royal Marines Light Infantry on 6 June 1895, and later served during the Great War in H.M.S. Rainbow and H.M.S. Niobe, before being discharged at the end of hostilities on 20 May 1919. Ernest Addicott, a carter from North Petherton, Somerset, was born in 1890. He attested into the Royal Fusiliers in January 1915, for service during the Great War and served at Gallipoli with the 2nd Battalion from 24 October 1915. Hospitalised the following January in Egypt with bronchitis, he was further hospitalised with influenza and pleurisy in France before returning Home, where he spent the rest of the War in hospital until his discharge in January 1919. He later died in 1971. Sold with copied research, British Legion and Royal Observer Corps badges, and an original photograph of Addicott in uniform.
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A Great War 1918 ‘German Spring Offensive’ D.C.M. group of nine awarded to Sergeant Harry Henderson, 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, later Colour Sergeant, Northumberland Fusiliers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (250150 Sjt: H. Henderson. 6/Durh: L.I.); 1914-15 Star (2101 Pte. H. Henderson. Durh: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2101 Sjt. H. Henderson. Durh. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (D/4398 C. Sjt. H. Henderson. N.F.) mounted court-style as worn, the first polished on the obverse, otherwise nearly very fine and better (9) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 September 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Throughout nine days’ fighting this N.C.O., by his ability and leadership, rendered valuable assistance to his officers until they became casualties. On three different occasions he organised and rallied his platoon at great personal risk under heavy machine-gun fire. When his platoon commander was wounded, he led it forward in a counter-attack, and his dash and example were mainly responsible for the company reaching its objective.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Somme Area 21-29 March 1918.’ Harry Henderson was a native of Crook, County Durham, and served with the Durham Light Infantry in France from 19 April 1915. Sold with original Buckingham Palace from the King to returned Prisoners of War although no confirmation of P.O.W. status found; together with copied research including gazette notices, War Diary extracts, D.C.M. and Medal Index Cards.
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A post-War B.E.M., M.S.M. group of seven awarded to Acting Chief Inspector J. Chaffin, War Department Constabulary, late Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 2nd issue (John Chaffin); 1914-15 Star (9148 Cpl. J. Chaffin. D. of Corn: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9148 Sjt. J. Chaffin. D. of Corn. L.I.) unit partially corrected on VM; Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (5429139 W.O. Cl.II. J. Chaffin. D.C.L.I.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (5421939 W.O. Cl.I. J. Chaffin. D.C.L.I.) edge bruising, contact marks and polishing to Great War medals, these good fine, the remainder good very fine (7) £400-£500 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 2 January 1950. John Chaffin was born in the Parish of Kingsland, near Southampton, on 29 March 1890. A labourer by trade, he attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 19 October 1908 and served as a Private in South Africa from 10 February 1910 to 21 December 1912. Transferred to Hong Kong, he returned home to England on 20 September 1914 and joined the British Expeditionary Force in France on 19 December 1914. Raised Acting Sergeant two months later, his Army Service Record notes that he received a bullet wound to the right arm on 13 May 1915. Evacuated across the Channel, this marked the end of his Great War campaign. Remaining in the service of the D.C.L.I., Chaffin was awarded his 1st Class Certificate of Education at Ballykinlar in Northern Ireland on 5 April 1921. Posted to Egypt in March 1922, he was appointed Acting R.S.M. at the Small Arms School (Pachmarhi) in 1929 and permitted to continue in the service beyond 21 years soon thereafter. He finally took his discharge at his own request in 1935 and settled with his wife and son in Nottingham. Taking employment as a Constable in the city’s police force, he later served with the War Department Constabulary at Woolwich during the Second World War. Promoted Acting Chief Inspector in May 1941, he returned to Didcot (Berkshire) in March 1945 and was recognised for his valuable service with the War Department Constabulary in the New Year’s Honours List of 1950. Sold with the recipient’s original warrant for promotion to Warrant Officer Class II; and a file of copied research.
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A Second War ‘Crossing of the River Arno’ M.M. group of five awarded to Lance-Bombardier T. H. Plummer, 26 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery Military Medal, G.VI.R. (1680141 L. Bmbr. T. H. Plummer. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted for display, good very fine (5) £500-£700 --- M.M. London Gazette 8 March 1945. The recommendation for the grant of an immediate M.M. states: ‘Gunner (L/Bdr) Thomas Henry Plummer, (26 LAA Regt) Royal Artillery. On 26 Aug 44, No 1680141 L/Bdr Plummer T H was in charge of a “smoke” site on the NORTH bank of the River ARNO which his Bty were engaged in smoking the approaches to and the bridges of at PONTASSIEVE. By mid afternoon a number of the men were badly affected by the smoke and some had to be evacuated. L/Bdr Plummer then took over the next site to his own and later assisted in lighting and portering generators to all six sites in his area. During the whole operation the area was being continuously shelled and it was by his courage, example, and disregard for his own personal safety that made the operation a success and denied observation of the crossing to the enemy.’
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Pair: Gunner G. Hodges, Royal Artillery Telegraph Department India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-5 (49594 Gunr. G. Hodge Tel: Dept.); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (49594 Gunner G. Hodges 16th Western Dn. R.A. Tele: Deptt.) initial officially corrected on second, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £200-£240
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A Second War ‘North West Europe’ B.E.M. group of eight awarded to Staff Sergeant C. W. Richardson, 149 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (1473324 S/Sgt. Charles W. Richardson. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (1473324S. Sjt. C. W. Richardson. R.A.) this with two minor official corrections to naming, mounted as worn, good very fine (8) £240-£280 --- B.E.M. (Military) London Gazette 24 January 1946. The recommendation states: ‘W/S/Sjt. Charles William Richardson, 149 LAA Regt RA This NCO has been the senior veh mech in a LAA Bty throughout the campaign in NW EUROPE. He has played an outstanding part in the organisation and maintenance of a WE of approx 50 vehs. His own example has been an inspiration to the other mechs, dvrs and all concerned with MT and his advice to & general supervision of the inexperienced has been invaluable. S/Sjt Richardson’s Bty did not receive its REME sub-section until shortly before embarkation. As a result the responsibility for preparation of vehs incl waterproofing trg fell largely on S/Sjt Richardson. He carried out these duties with distinction. In Sep 44 the guns of S/Sjt Richardson’s Bty were employed in a fd role with improvised gun laying eqpt. As weaknesses in this improvised eqpt became apparent S/Sjt Richardson was always the first to devise & execute the necessary modifications. Although this was outside the scope of his normal duty he often worked far into the night for days at a time until a satisfactory answer was produced. Since Jan 45 this NCO has been handicapped by an injured arm which has often caused him great pain. He has always made light of this handicap and cheerfully continued with his work. S/Sjt Richardson’s performance throughout has been an outstanding example of untiring devotion to duty in the face of all difficulties.’ Sold with Soldier’s Service Book and various official documents concerning service and award of B.E.M. and Efficiency Medal, together with original copy of L.G. announcing the B.E.M. and several photographs.
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Pair: Private H. Petherham, Somerset Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1406 Pte. H. Petherham. 2-Som.L.I.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1406 Pte. H. Petherham. 2-Som.L.I.) mounted for wear, both somewhat later issues, the KSA with fixed suspension, polished, contact marks, good fine Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (2765 Pte. T. Rooke. 2-Som. L.I.) a somewhat later issue, contact marks, good fine (3) £120-£160 --- Henry Petherham was born in Churchill, Somerset, in 1868. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry in 1886 and served at Home and in India, before serving in South Africa during the Boer War. He was discharged in 1902 but attested into the Monmouthshire Regiment for service during the Great War. In April 1916 he transferred into the Royal Defence Corps and was discharged in April 1919. In August 1920 he was admitted as an In-Pensioner to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, where a replacement QSA was issued to him. He died in 1961, aged 91, in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Thomas Rooke was born in St. George’s, Bristol, in January 1872. He attested into the 4th (Militia) Battalion in 1890, before attesting for the 1st Battalion the following month. He served at Home and in Gibraltar and India until being transferred to the Reserve in 1897. Recalled in October 1899 for service during the Boer War, he served in South Africa with the 2nd Battalion, and was wounded in the left hand at Colenso, resulting in the loss of a finger. He returned home on 12 April 1900 and was medically discharged the following June. In August 1914, he attested into his old regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 11 January 1915, and saw later service with the Royal Engineers. Discharged in January 1919, he was later admitted as an In-Pensioner to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, where a replacement QSA and Great War trio were issued to him. He died there in 1940. Sold together with an original named group photograph of both recipients with other Chelsea Pensioners from the Somerset Light Infantry, taken at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, in 1936.
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A ‘Queen Victoria’s funeral’ R.V.M. group of three awarded to Petty Officer (Rigger) 1st Class J. Whitcher, Royal Navy Royal Victorian Medal, V.R., silver, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (J. Whitcher, P.O. 1 Cl. (Rigger), H.M.Y. Victoria & Albert.) impressed naming; Jubilee 1897, bronze, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, therefore very fine (3) £380-£460 --- Provenance: Oliver Stirling Lee Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2004. John Whitcher was born in Southampton in September 1856, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 1st Class in September 1873. Not having witnessed any active service, Whitcher joined the royal yacht Victoria & Albert in October 1882, the beginning of a lengthy commission that saw him gain advancement to Petty Officer 1st Class in March 1895, the year in which he also received his L.S. & G.C. Medal. Indeed, Whitcher remained employed in the royal yacht until pensioned ashore in May 1901, shortly after he had been awarded his R.V.M. for services at Queen Victoria’s funeral. Sold with copied service papers and research. 

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Pair: Private R. J. Brain, Somerset Light Infantry British War Medal 1914-20 (4726 Pte. R. J. Brain. Som. L.I.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (4726 Pte. R. Brain. 2 Bn. Som. L.I.) good very fine (2) £60-£80 --- Reginald John Brain, a stone cutter from Barton St. David, Somerset, was born in 1879. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry on 3 November 1896 and served with the 2nd Battalion in India, Malta, and North China, before further service in India, and on the North West Frontier of Afghanistan during, and at the end of, the Great War. He was discharged on 8 January 1920. He died in Bridgwater, Somerset, in 1945. Sold together with a R.A.O.B. Jewel, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Presented to Bro. Reginald J. Brain C.P. by the Irving Lodge No. 6618 certified on 15. Nov. 1933.’, with integral top ‘Primo’ Buffalo riband bar; with copied service papers and copy Medal Index Card.
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The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Private W. Sterry, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was taken prisoner at Sannah’s Post following a devastating dawn ambush Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Belfast, South Africa 1901, date clasp loose on riband, as issued (2737 Pte. W. Sterry, 2: D. of C. Lt. Inft.) minor edge bruising, nearly extremely fine £300-£400 --- William Sterry was born in Kidderminster in 1870 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry in his home town on 13 July 1888. A former labourer by trade, he served in India from 11 December 1891 to 16 February 1896, and South Africa from 5 November 1899 to 19 July 1901. Serving with the 2nd Battalion, D.C.L.I., Sterry was part of Brigadier General R. G. Broadwood’s column which was ambushed by 1600 men of de Wet’s Commando at Sannah’s Post on 31 March 1900; with the transport wagons jammed together at the drift across the Koornspruit, the ensuing engagement resulted in the loss of one third of the column killed, captured or wounded. The collective gallantry by the officers, drivers and gunners of ‘Q’ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, was later recognised with the award of four Victoria Crosses. Taken Prisoner of War - one of 12 other ranks of the 2nd Battalion, D.C.L.I. captured that day - Sterry was later released from Boer captivity at Waterval on 6 June 1900 when his camp was taken by a squadron of the 2nd Dragoons under Captain F. S. Maude. Repatriated to Battalion Depot at Bodmin, Sterry was discharged in July 1901 and returned home to Kidderminster. He died in September 1932.
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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (575 Pte. J. Matherick, Somerset: Lt. Infy.) extremely fine £100-£140 --- James Matherick was born in Bridgwater, Somerset, in 1865. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry in 1883 and later served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War. He died from dysentery at Chievely on 23 April 1900. Sold with copied research.
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Three: Private F. G. Berry, Devonshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (11581 Pte. F. G. Berry. Devon: R.); British War and Victory Medals (11581 Pte. F. G. Berry. Devon: R.) polished, some staining, good fine Three: Acting Sergeant C. W. Curtis, Somerset Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (1025 Cpl. C. W. Curtis. Som. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (1025 A. Sjt. C. W. Curtis. Som. L.I.), some staining, very fine Three: Private H. Slocombe, Army Veterinary Corps 1914-15 Star (SE-10893 Pte. H. Slocombe. A.V.C.); British War and Victory Medals (SE-10893 Pte. H. Slocombe. A.V.C.) very fine (9) £100-£140 --- Frederick George Berry, a motor cleaner from Teignmouth, Devon, was born in 1897. He attested into the Devonshire Regiment in September 1914, for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 22 September 1915, before later service in Salonika, where he contracted malaria and, in April 1917, received a wound to his arm and knee. Later further hospitalised due to malaria, he was discharged in January 1919. Charles Walter Curtis, a tailor from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, was born in Paddington, London, in 1891. He attested into the 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry in 1905 and served during the Great War with the 1/4th Battalion, first in India, then later in Mesopotamia from 29 August 1915. He died on 4 August 1917, two days after an operation to remove an abscess from his liver, and is buried in Basra War Cemetery, Iraq. Henry Slocombe, a farm labourer from Aller Moor, Somerset, was born in Blakeway, Wedmore, Somerset, in 1875. He attested into the Army Veterinary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 13 September 1915. He died in Rooksbridge, Somerset in 1935. Sold with card identity discs named to Slocombe; and copied research.
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Four: Private L. T. Hooper, Somerset Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (51121 Pte. L. Hooper. Som. L.I.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Leonard T. Hooper) good very fine Four: Sapper A. O. Tanner, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (506389 Spr. A. O. Tanner. R.E.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Arthur O. Tanner) contact marks, very fine (8) £90-£120 --- Leonard Thomas Hooper, a farm labourer from Catcott, Somerset, was born on 2 April 1897. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry for service during the Great War. He appears in the 1939 Register as a Special Constable serving in the Somerset Constabulary. He died in 1972. Arthur Owen Tanner, a messenger with the General Post Office, was born in Clevedon, Somerset in 1896. He attested into the Royal Engineers for service during the Great War and served overseas. He died in 1979. Sold with a silver ID bracelet named to Tanner, fashioned from an erased coin; and copied research.
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Five: Private G. Boon, Somerset Light Infantry, later Devonshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (2460 Pte. G. Boon. Somerset: Lt. Infy.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2460 Pte. G. Boon. Somerset: L.I.); 1914-15 Star (19555 Pte. G. Boon. Devon: R.); British War and Victory Medals (19555 Pte. G. Boon. Devon. R.), some polishing, contact marks, good fine (5) £280-£340 --- George Boon, a Labourer from Berrow, Somerset, was born in 1871. He attested into Somerset Light Infantry on 31 January 1889 and served at Home and in India, before being place on the Reserve in January 1897. Recalled for service during the Boer War in October 1899, he served in South Africa until his discharge in 1902. In November 1914, and now living in Ogmore Vale, Bridgend, Galmorgan, he attested into his old regiment for service during the Great War. Transferred into the Devonshire Regiment, he served in the Egyptian theatre with the 1st Battalion from 27 September 1915. He was discharged ‘Class Z’ on 22 April 1919. He died in Bridgend in 1951. Sold together with copy service papers, copy medal roll extracts and copy Medal Index Card.
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India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (339 Pte. H. Bolwell. 2nd. Bn. Som. L.I.) minor edge bruising, very fine £100-£140 --- Henry Bolwell was born in Batheaston, Somerset, in 1868. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry on 7 May 1883 and served in India and Burma during the Third Anglo Burmese campaign. He was discharged in May 1895. Sold with copied service papers.
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Family Group: Pair: Sergeant C. W. Tait, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, later Bedfordshire Regiment India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3100. Lce. Cpl. C. Tait. 1/D.C.L.I.) officially engraved in the usual style associated with the DCLI; British War Medal 1914-20 (22175 Sjt. C. W. Tait. Bedf. R.) very fine India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4800. Pte. P. Tait. 1/D.C.L.I.) officially engraved in the usual style associated with the DCLI, very fine (3) £240-£280 --- Charles Walter Tait was born in the Straits Settlements around 1876 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry in the spring of 1890. He attended a one-year ‘Pupil’s Course’ of instruction in the flute, and likely served as a member of the band of the 1st Battalion before witnessing extensive service in India. Returned home to his wife in South Africa, he later enlisted for the Bedfordshire Regiment on 7 June 1915, possibly training new recruits in England; for this work he was awarded the BWM and a silver war badge. Percy Tait was born around 1880 and enlisted in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 2 February 1895. Posted to the 2nd Battalion initially, it appears that he transferred to the 1st Battalion and followed a similar path to his elder brother, being present on the Punjab Frontier and during the Tirah Expedition. It is not known when he left the regiment, but records note that he died a civilian in Billericay, Essex, in 1907. Sold with copied research relating to both men and other members of the Tait family.
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Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (A. E. Hall, S.B. Stewd, H.M.S. Blenheim.) impressed naming, light pitting, nearly very fine £80-£100 --- Arthur Edward Hall was born in Sheerness, Kent, in February 1864. He joined the Royal Navy as a Domestic 3rd Class in March 1882, and advanced to Chief Sick Berth Steward in May 1900. He served with H.M.S. Blenheim between August 1894 and January 1997 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in ), and at Chatham and Haslar Hospitals, on and off in between sea-going postings from September 1889 to September 1904. Sold with copied service papers.
Los 249
A Great War 1918 ‘German Spring Offensive’ D.C.M. and 1917 ‘Messines’ M.M. group of five awarded to Lance-Corporal W. Kirkman, 9th Battalion, Welsh Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (20376 L. Cpl. W. Kirkman, M.M. 9/Welsh R.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (20376 Pte. W. Kirkman. 9/Welsh R.); 1914-15 Star (20376 Pte. W. Kirkman. Welsh R.); British War and Victory Medals (20376 Pte. W. Kirkman. Welsh R.) light contact marks and a little polished, otherwise nearly very fine (5) £1,800-£2,200 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 September 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Twice in succession he succeeded in carrying most important messages despite an intense barrage and in the face of an enemy attack. On several occasions he has distinguished himself by a fine display of courage and devotion to duty.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Beughny [Beaugny, near Bapaume], 22-26 March 1918.’ M.M. London Gazette 16 August 1917. A contemporary Bolton newspaper report states ‘for gallantry on the field on June 7th’ when the battalion made a successful attack at Messines. William Kirkman enlisted on 8 February 1915, and went to France on 4 December the same year. In civil life he worked at the Bolton L. and Y. Station as a porter. He transferred to the ‘Class Z’ Reserve on 16 January 1919. Sold with copied research including news cutting, gazette notices, War Diary extracts for both actions, and D.C.M., M.M. and Medal Index Cards.
Los 804
War Service Cross Medals in Original Presentation Packets. Two examples, the first an early War issue of excellent quality in bronze, and in mint as new unissued condition, retaining all original bright factory finish. The ring is not marked. The light brown packet is also mint, and has printed on the front ‘Kriegs-Verdienstmedaille 1939’ and on the reverse ‘Josef Feix Sohne Gablonz/Neisse’; the second an early War issue of excellent quality in bronze, and in mint as new unissued condition, retaining all original bright factory finish. The ring is not marked. The light brown packet is almost mint, and has printed on the front ‘Kriegs-Verdienstmedaille 1939’ and on the reverse ‘Oberhoff and Die Ludenscheid’, extremely fine (2) £100-£140
![1914-15 Star (3) (17904 Pte. W. M. McLaren. L’pool R.; 20598 Pte. E. McLarin. [sic] Durh: L.I.; S-7297 Pte. J. McLaren. Gord.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/60eb3f2a-a56b-47d5-aa13-b0d900c3c3e0/8ed96979-c1c5-409d-8463-b10600e535b6/468x382.jpg)
Los 641
1914-15 Star (3) (17904 Pte. W. M. McLaren. L’pool R.; 20598 Pte. E. McLarin. [sic] Durh: L.I.; S-7297 Pte. J. McLaren. Gord. Highrs.) very fine (3) £70-£90 --- William Morton McLaren attested into the Liverpool Regiment and served during the Great War on the Western Front with the 19th (Pals) Battalion from 11 November 1915. He saw later service with the Royal Engineers and was discharged Class ‘Z’ on 14 March 1919. Edward McLaren, a shipwright from South Shields, was born in Leith, Midlothian, in 1894. He attested into the Durham Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 11 September 1915. He died as a result of a liver abscess on 9 March 1917. He is buried in Étaples Military Cemetery, France. David McLaren attested into the Gordon Highlanders for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 2nd Battalion from 10 March 1915. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ on 19 February 1919. Sold together with copy research.
![Germany, Hannover, Waterloo Medal 1815 (Faehnrich [Ensign] Heinrich Schwarze, Landwehr Bat. Salzgitter) fitted with original](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/60eb3f2a-a56b-47d5-aa13-b0d900c3c3e0/246df7d2-cd9e-4ee9-9c8e-b10600e28d46/468x382.jpg)
Los 754
Germany, Hannover, Waterloo Medal 1815 (Faehnrich [Ensign] Heinrich Schwarze, Landwehr Bat. Salzgitter) fitted with original steel clip which partially obscures first letter of rank and later ring suspension, two small edge bruises and light contact marks, otherwise very fine £700-£900 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Los 205
Pair: Quartermaster W. G. Street, 46th Regiment of Foot, late 11th Hussars, who died on active service in India in 1864 Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Paymr. Serjt. W. G. Street, 46th. Regt.) contemporarily engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed as issued, plugged and fitted with a Crimea-style suspension; together with the related miniature awards (the Turkish Crimea a Sardinian issue), light contact marks to first, nearly very fine and better (2) £240-£280 --- William George Street was born at Offley, Oxfordshire, on 19 August 1827. A clerk by profession, he enlisted in the 11th Hussars on 19 February 1845 and transferred two months later to the 46th Regiment of Foot. Appointed Acting Paymaster’s Clerk at Depot on 1 October 1846, he was raised Corporal upon the demise of Tredwin on 1 December 1848 and appointed Paymaster’s Clerk the following year. Landing at Balaklava with Regimental Headquarters in November 1854, he witnessed the fall of Sebastopol and was promoted Sergeant in May 1856. Returned home shortly thereafter after a passage of three weeks’ duration, he was promoted Quartermaster in April 1861, but is noted as sick and absent in February 1864; likely beset by illness, he died on 8 May 1864 whilst serving with the Regiment at Shahjehampore in India.
Los 210
Pair: Corporal A. C. Westlake, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (9541 Pte. A. C. Westlake, D. of Corn: L.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (9541 Cpl. A. C. Westlake. D. of Corn. L.I.) polished, nearly very fine Pair: Private W. D. Verrent, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (16832 Pte. W. D. Verrent. D. of Corn: L.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (16832 Pte. W. D. Verrent. D. of Corn. L.I.) the first abrasively cleaned, good fine Four: Private G. H. T. Rickards, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, later Somerset Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (24591 Pte. G. H. T. Rickards. D.C.L.I.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, staining to VM, good fine and better Pair: Private A. Wyles, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, later Labour Corps British War and Victory Medals (23609 Pte. A. Wyles. D. of Corn. L.I.) very fine Silver War Badge ‘B53569’ [awarded to No. 6132 Sergeant F. G. King, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry]; together with a Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (Depot) unmarked silver medal, the reverse engraved ‘A. E. Pedrick 5432295 Boxing.’ generally very fine (12) £100-£140 --- Archibald Carlisle Westlake served in France from 19 December 1914 and was later discharged due to wounds on 25 May 1919. A resident of Myrtle Road in Hounslow, he married Miss Emily Eliza Margarete Pearson whilst home on leave in April 1917. William David Verrent was born in County Kerry, Ireland, on 12 February 1895. He served in France from 3 September 1915 and is listed as a casualty in the West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser on 2 October 1916. Further noted as a resident of St Ives, he was discharged in consequence of wounds on 24 August 1917; online family research indicates that he may have lost a leg at the Battle of the Somme and made use of crutches for the remainder of his life. George Henry Thomas Rickards was born in Brixton on 5 October 1890, the son of a Mayfair valet. He later worked as a shipyard labourer and died on 13 March 1969, his last address recorded as 32 Orchard Grove, Brixham, Devon. Frederick George King was born around 1867 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry at the age of 47 years on 11 September 1914. Posted as Corporal to the 8th Battalion, D.C.L.I., he was raised Sergeant and discharged from the Army in consequence of sickness, later being issued SWB ‘B53569’ under AO 291/18, paragraph 2c. Albert Edward Pedrick was born in Holborn in 1902. A labourer, he enlisted in London on 10 March 1922 and was discharged on 9 March 1934 having completed 12 years of service with the Colours.
Los 635
India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1930-31 (5765062 Pte. C. J. Cleary. F. Dvl. Signals.) light contact marks, nearly very fine £120-£160 --- C. J. Cleary was awarded the India General Service Medal whilst serving as Private in the Norfolk Regiment, attached ‘F’ Divisional Signals. WO 100 states that his medal was issued in India, with his MIC confirming entitlement to the three clasps. Sold with copied research which includes an extract from The India General Service Medal 1908-35, noting that this combination of clasps appears unique to the 1st Garrison Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Los 417
Family Group: Pair: Private L. Burge, Somerset Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 29 August 1918 British War and Victory Medals (29380 Pte/ L. Burge. Som. L.I.) very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (4034 Pte. H. C. Burge. Som. L.I.) edge bruise, very fine Pair: Private H. Banwell, Dorsetshire Regiment, late Somerset Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 11 January 1917 British War and Victory Medals (22519 Pte. H. Banwell. Som. L.I.) very fine Pair: Private H. C. Biss, Somerset Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (241764 Pte. H. C. Biss. Som. L.I.) some staining, very fine Pair: Private L. B. Buttle, Somerset Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (32157 Pte. l. B. Buttle. Som. L.I.) nearly very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (5458 Pte. W. Allen. Som. L.I.); Defence Medal, unnamed as issued, very fine (11) £120-£160 --- Leonard Burge was born in Bridgwater, Somerset, in 1899. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 26 February 1918. He received a gun shot wound to his thigh, which led to his return to the U.K. for hospital treatment. Upon recovery, he returned to the Western Front and was killed in action on 29 August 1918. He is buried in Dury Crucifix Cemetery, France. Herbert Charles Burge, older brother of the above, was born in 1893. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry for service during the Great War, and served in India with the 2/5th Battalion. Henry Banwell, a postman from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, was born in 1898. He attested into Somerset Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front. He transferred into the Dorsetshire Regiment and was killed in action whilst serving with the 5th Battalion on 11 January 1917. He is commemorated on the Thiepval memorial, France. Sold together with copied research.
Los 889
A French Navy Admiral and General Staff Officer's Sword M. An.XII (1803).
Overall 97cm long, double edged 79cm. Superb quality heavily gilded brass hilt retaining almost all original finish. Crossguard has Neptune holding his trident on front, and a large anchor on the back. Inside of guard has a large high relief anchor, silver wire grip, and Greco-Roman helmet pommel. Small spots of very light pitting on blade, generally very good condition £500-£700 --- This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
Los 803
War Service Crosses Second Class in Original Presentation Packets. Two examples, the first an early War issue of excellent quality in bronze, and in mint as new unissued condition, retaining all original bright factory finish, and is wrapped in its original tissue paper. The ring is maker stamped ‘1’ [Deschler and Sohn, Munchen]. The light brown packet is also mint, and has printed on the front ‘Kriegs-Verdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerten’ and on the reverse ‘Deschler and Sohn Munchen 9’; the second an early War issue of excellent quality in bronze, and in mint as new unissued condition, retaining all original bright factory finish. The ring is maker stamped ‘1’ [Deschler and Sohn, Munchen]. The light brown packet is also mint, and has printed on the front ‘Kriegs-Verdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerten’ and on the reverse ‘Deschler and Sohn Munchen 9’, extremely fine (2) £100-£140
Los 896
A French Light Cavalry Sabre M.AnXI (1802). A particularly fine example, the 90cm blade retaining almost all original finish, back edge maker marked ‘Mfure Imple du Klingenthal Juin 1813', indicating that it was one of the weapons produced that year by the French to replace the huge number lost in Russia, 1812. Three bar brass hilt, black leather grip with oval brass stud in centre. In its original heavy iron scabbard, with 2 suspension rings, extremely good condition £600-£800 --- Referenced in Aries No. 4, 1967, Figs. 10-15. This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
Los 214
Four: Second Lieutenant S. G. Williams, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine Three: Driver T. H. Matthews, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, later Royal Army Service Corps, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War in North Africa in 1941 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (7) £80-£100 --- Stanley Gordon Williams was born in 1920 and lived in the village of Gulval, near Penzance. Enlisting on 25 April 1939, he was soon posted to 164th Officer Cadet Training Unit and appointed to a commission in the 6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Sent to No. 5 Corps School, he later witnessed active service in North West Europe before taking his discharge and forging a civilian career in the insurance industry. Sold with a fine selection of original documentation including Certificate of Discharge upon being appointed to a commission, dated 15 November 1940; letters from the National Provincial Bank relating to an inheritance; card recommendation from Formation College, noting the recipient ‘an excellent student’ - but with minor weakness in mercantile law. Thomas Henry Matthews was born in the Parish of St. Giles, Edinburgh, in the autumn of 1903. A labourer, he attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry at Birmingham on 20 May 1922, passing his 3rd Class Certificate of Education at Bodmin shortly thereafter. Transferred to Lucknow in 1927, he left the Colours in 1930 but later re-enlisted as a Driver with the Royal Army Service Corps on 6 September 1934. Posted to North Africa, he was taken prisoner on 28 April 1941 and was held at Stalag 383 (Hohen Fels) until 9 May 1945. Matthews was later discharged from the R.A.S.C. Special Reserve on 28 January 1953, his records noting ‘medically unfit for further service’, possibly exacerbated by the long period of incarceration. Sold with the recipient’s original Regular Army Certificate of Service and Soldier’s Release Book, Class ‘A’; with a fine Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Medal (Depot), bronze, unnamed as awarded.
Los 425
Pair: Private F. E. Tucker, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (29600 Pte. F. E. Tucker. D.C.L.I.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge (B78960) very fine Pair: Private E. A. Brownett, Wiltshire Regiment, late Somerset Light Infantry, who was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 16 January 1917 British War and Victory Medals (26046 Pte. E. A. Brownett. Wilts. R.) extremely fine Pair: Private J. Pople, Royal Berkshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (29087 Pte. J. Pople. R. Berks. R.) edge bruises, contact marks, fine (6) £70-£90 --- Fred Evan Tucker was born in Winscombe, Somerset, on 2 November 1898. He attested into the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 26 September 1916 for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front, where he was wounded twice before transferring into the Labour Corps. Discharged on 17 January 1919, he was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B78960. He died, aged 83, in February 1982. Ernest Arthur Brownett, a postman from Langford, Somerset, was born in 1894. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry for service during the Great War and transferred into the Wiltshire Regiment. He was killed in action on 16 January 1917, whilst serving with the 5th Battalion in Mesopotamia, and is buried in Amara Cemetery, Iraq. John Pople, a shop assistant from East Brent, Somerset, attested into the Royal Berkshire Regiment for service during the Great War and saw later service with the Labour Corps. He died in 1963. Sold together with some original paperwork relating to Pte. Tucker, and copied research.
Los 324
Pair: Driver E. Lynham, Royal Field Artillery, late Somerset Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (72832 Dvr. E. Lynham, 44th. Bty: R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (72832 Dvr: E. Lynham. R.F.A.) nearly very fine and better (2) £120-£160 --- Ernest Lynham was born in Bridgwater, Somerset, around 1871. A labourer, he served initially with the 3rd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry and subsequently attested at Hilsea for the Royal Field Artillery on 25 April 1889. Appointed Driver, he was convicted of ‘riotous and disorderly’ conduct on 18 March 1895 and imprisoned for seven days. Transferred to Army Reserve the following year, Lynham was recalled in December 1899 and served in South Africa during the Boer War from 21 January 1900 to 10 April 1902.
Los 474
Eight: Corporal V. Dale, Royal Army Service Corps 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 3 clasps, Malaya, Cyprus, Near East, E.II.R. (T/22234355 Cpl. V. Dale. R.A.SC.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (T/22234355 Dvr. V. Dale. R.A.S.C.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP riband, mounted court-style for display in this order, light contact marks, very fine (8) £140-£180
Los 451
Five: Captain P. S. Harris, Royal Signals India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (2314378 Cpl. P. S. Harris. R. Signals.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Malaya, Cyprus, G.VI.R., unofficial retaining rod between clasps (Capt. P. S. Harris. R. Sigs.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (2314378 C.Q.M. Sjt. P. S. Harris. R. Signals) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, light contact marks to fourth and fifth, good very fine and better (5) £240-£280
Los 546
India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (64 Pte. G. Hodges. 2nd. Bn. Som. L.I.) contact marks, nearly very fine £160-£200 --- Thomas George Hodges, a labourer from Weston, Somerset, was born on 23 February 1862. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry, from the Militia, at Taunton, on 17 November 1881 and served in India with the 2nd Battalion. Sentenced to six months imprisonment for theft in 19 April 1886, he returned home in April 1889 before his discharge on 15 November 1893. He attested into the Reserve on 19 March 1900, but was discharged due to epilepsy after nine months’ service. He died, aged 54, in Weston on 13 December 1916. Sold with copied service papers, medal roll extracts, and other research.
![A French Marine's Briquet, dated 1804. An Infantry Grenadier Pattern M.1770, stamped 'Dumont' [47 rue de la Calandre] on knuc](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/60eb3f2a-a56b-47d5-aa13-b0d900c3c3e0/a741aa24-c3e5-4101-8ec4-b10600e343ba/468x382.jpg)
Los 883
A French Marine's Briquet, dated 1804. An Infantry Grenadier Pattern M.1770, stamped 'Dumont' [47 rue de la Calandre] on knuckle bow. Overall length 75cm, slightly curved blade 61cm, stamped just under crossguard with Revolutionary fasces acceptance mark. With its original black leather scabbard with brass mounts. Another type used at Trafalgar. Leather somewhat worn and mounts dented, blade with some patches of light pitting and some staining, reasonable condition £260-£300 --- Referenced in Aries No.3 1967, figs. 12-16. This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
Los 652
Victory Medal 1914-19 (9) (23941 Gnr. C. Tripp. R.A.; 7491 Pte. A. H. Edwards. Som. L.I.; 3-6460 Pte. E. Oliver. Som. L.I.; 4240 Pte. J. Smith. Notts. & Derby. R.; M2-168240 Pte. G. J. Beakes. A.S.C.; SS-23087 Pte. H. Burgess. A.S.C.; M2-132241 Pte. H. E. Cowey. A.S.C.; M2-021808 Pte. S. J. Gerrett. A.S.C.) some edge bruising, generally very fine (9) £90-£120 --- Albert Henry Edwards, an errand boy from Weston-super-Mare, was born in March 1888. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry and served on the Western Front from 27 December 1914. He was killed in action on 16 September 1916, whilst serving with the 6th Battalion and is buried in Combles Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Sold with copied research.
Los 49
Four: Driver W. J. Cartwright, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (19518 Dr: W. J. Cartwright. R.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (19518 Dr. W. J. Cartwright, R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (19518 Dvr: W. J. Cartwright. R.F.A.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp (19518 Dr. W. J. Cartwright. 32. F.B. R.A.) impressed naming, toned, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- William Joseph Cartwright was born in the Parish of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, and enlisted into the Royal Artillery at Longton on 6 April 1897. Following service in the U.K. with 84 Field Battery, he served overseas in Egypt and the Sudan with 32 Field Battery, R.F.A., from 20 December 1897 to 7 November 1898; in India until 26 September 1899; and in South Africa from 27 September 1899, initially with the Indian Ammunition Column until posted to a 1-pounder Maxim Battery. He was discharged in South Africa, on payment of £18 on 10 November 1902. Sold with copied discharge papers which confirm all medals.
Los 801
War Service Crosses Second Class with Swords in Original Presentation Packets. Two examples, the first an early War issue of excellent quality in bronze, and in mint as new unissued condition, retaining all original bright factory finish. The ring is maker stamped ‘1’ [Deschler and Sohn, Munchen]. The light brown packet is also mint, and has printed on the front ‘Kriegs-Verdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwerten’; the second a late War issue, but of excellent quality in bronze washed zinc, and in mint as new unissued condition, retaining almost all original bright factory finish. The ring is maker stamped ‘107’ [Carl Wild, Hamburg]. It is also wrapped in the original tissue paper. The light brown packet has some wear, and has printed on the front ‘Kriegs-Verdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwerten’ in black Gothic type. On the reverse is printed ‘Carl Wild Metallwarenfabrik Hamburg 24], extremely fine (2) £100-£140
Los 379
Four: Acting Sergeant E. W. Stevens, Somerset Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (1990 Pte. E. W. Stevens. Som. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (1990 A. Sjt. E. W. Stevens. Som. L.I.); Defence Medal, contact marks, very fine Four: Sergeant L. Cotton, Rifle Brigade 1914-15 Star (2453 L. Cpl. L. Cotton. Rif: Brig:); British War and Victory Medals (2453 Sjt. L. Cotton. Rif. Brig.); Defence Medal, good very fine Four: Gunner C. H. Light, Royal Artillery, late Cullian’s Horse 1914-15 Star (Pte. C. H. Light. Cullians Hse.); British War and Victory Medals (266636 Gnr. C. H. Light. R.A.); Defence Medal, good very fine (12) £100-£140 --- Ernest William Stevens was born in Pilton, Somerset, in 1896. He attested into the 4th Battalion (Territorial Force), Somerset Light Infantry on 19 September 1913 and served during the Great war in the Frontier regions of India from 9 October 1914. Posted to Mesopotamia in February 1916, he returned to India suffering from dysentery seven moths later. Upon recovery he rejoined his battalion in March 1917. After further periods of sickness, he transferred into the Royal Engineers. Appointed Acting Sergeant, he was discharged in May 1919. In civilian life he served as a Police Officer in Yeovil. He died in 1962. Louis Cotton was born in Ascot Under Whichwood, Oxfordshire, in 1891. He attested into the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment on 17 September 1907, and after two months’ service attested into the 4th Battalion Rifle Brigade. He appears in the 1911 census as serving in Cairo, Egypt. He served during the Great War on the Western Front, before moving to Salonika in November 1915, where he served for the duration of hostilities. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the Home Guard detachment at Highworth, Wiltshire. He died, aged 91, in 1984. Charles Henry Light was born in Hewish, North Somerset, on 28 January 1880. Emigrating to South Africa, he attested into Cullian’s Horse on 26 October 1914 for service during the Great War. Upon his discharge, he returned to the U.K. where he attested for further service into the Royal Artillery. Sold with copied research.
Los 217
Five: Acting Sergeant R. G. Pearce, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5438386 Cpl. R. G. Pearce. D.C.L.I.) mounted as worn, good very fine Five: Private J. L. Williams, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry France and Germany Star; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5438165 Pte. J. L. Williams. D.C.L.I.) court mounted in this order, good very fine (10) £100-£140 --- Ronald George Pearce was born in Bude, Cornwall, on 6 June 1921. A carpenter by trade, he attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 15 May 1939 and was appointed Private in the 4/5th Battalion. Mustered in the trade of carpenter and joiner Class I, Group B, under A.O. 137/40 on 13 February 1941, he witnessed extensive service in North West Europe and was raised Acting Sergeant on 14 October 1945 when part of the British Army of the Rhine. Released from service in May 1946, his reference adds a little more detail: ‘Exemplary. Served with distinction in the North West European campaign. A fine leader. Very thorough, reliable and hard working, a skilled tradesman. He has commanded the Pioneer Platoon with success. His conduct has been beyond reproach.’ Sold with the recipient’s original typed letter of reference, dated 12 August 1945, mounted on card, a contemporary photograph of the recipient in military uniform, a bronze XXX Corps Alamein & Cuxhaven 1944-45 medallion, unnamed, and a file of copied research. John Leslie Williams was born in Camelford, Cornwall, on 20 February 1920. A stone mason’s apprentice, he attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 2 May 1939 and served in Normandy with the 5th Battalion, D.C.L.I., from 17 June 1944 as a Commanding Officer’s signaller throughout the North-West Europe campaign. Appointed Lance Corporal 25 November 1944 he was struck off strength from the British Army of the Rhine on 14 October 1945. Posted to Reserve, he was awarded the Efficiency Medal in 1946 and died at the East Cornwall Hospital in Bodmin on 14 August 1984. His obituary in the Silver Bugle reads: ‘He served throughout the whole of the North West European Campaign as the Commanding Officer's signaller. He will always be remembered in this capacity where his calm, stubborn and persistent voice was so often heard holding the Battalion's wireless net together on those difficult and temperamental No. 18 sets. No doubt he drove the CO and other members of Tac HQ mad with his continuous tuning and netting calls, but to his compatriots trying to keep in contact with Battalion HQ, his voice conveyed confidence and assurance. So often he would be heard calmly requesting "Through me” to an out-station struggling to get through in the heat of battle. He set his standard of excellence in Normandy and maintained it at Falaise pocket, the crossing of the Seine, the race to Arnhem, the winter campaign of 1944 and the crossing of the Rhine, culminating in the final battles for Bremen.’ Sold with an original photograph of the recipient in military uniform and copied research.
Los 846
A Volunteer Light Company Officer’s Coatee. A fine and scarce Officer’s Coatee c.1810, the coatee of scarlet cloth with black facings, the collar decorated with gilt finial buttons marked the breast of the coatee set with two sets of eight gilt buttons, crowned star with ‘LV’, padded silk lining to the interior, the ornately patterned rear skirts with duff trim to the false pockets, gilt buttons, the skirt ornament being a gilt rifle bugle, complete with all 38 buttons marked H.T & D, minor service overall, some moth nips, good condition £1,800-£2,200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Note: The 1806 Willson’s Chart (pages 127-128) states that the only volunteer unit with black facing were the Louth Volunteer Infantry (Lincolnshire), commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel S. M. Clarke with 420 Officers and men.
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Four: Petty Officer First Class J. W. Burch, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Alexandria 11th July, Suakin 1884 (J. W. Burch, Boy 1.Cl: H.M.S. “Alexandra”); British War Medal 1914-20 (113739 J. Burch. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (J. W. Burch, P.O. 1Cl, H.M.S. Crescent.) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, light pitting and contact marks, nearly very fine; the BWM better (4) £400-£500 --- Joseph William Burch was born in Hull, Yorkshire, on 10 July 1865 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 28 October 1880. He served in H.M.S. Alexandra from 30 June 1882 to 31 January 1883, and then in H.M.S. Carysfort from 1 February 1883 to 14 April 1884. Advanced Petty Officer First Class on 7 November 1893, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 6 March 1901, and was shore pensioned on 28 July 1903, joining the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day. Recalled for service on 14 July 1915, he served during the Great War borne on the books of H.M.S. Vivid until demobilised on 12 September 1919. He died in Hull in 1943. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
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Three: Private W. D. King, Somerset Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (241097 Pte. W. D. King. Som. L.I.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (241097 Spr. W. D. King. Som. L.I.) mounted for wear, contact marks, very fine, the rank on the IGS rare to unit (3) £80-£100 --- Walter Denham King, a printer from Bridgwater, Somerset, was born in 1895. He attested into the 5th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry on 2 September 1914 for service during the Great War, and served in Mesopotamia and India, including service on the North West Frontier of Afghanistan at the end of the War attached to the 3rd Wireless Signal Company, Royal Engineers. His brother Joseph and cousin William, who he had signed up alongside, together with another brother Joseph, both died of disease, having been taken Prisoners of War at Kut-Al-Amara. A unique rank on the regimental roll for the IGSM, he died aged 97 in Bridgwater in 1993. Sold with a Somerset Light Infantry cap badge, copied research including a copy press clipping from a local newspaper, with a copy photograph of the recipient and two brothers, all listed as the sons of local councillor Joseph King.
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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (5462 Pte. W. Cousins, Somerset: Lt. Infy.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5508 Pte W. Farrow. Somerset: L.I.) scratch to obverse of KSA, slight edge digs, otherwise very fine (2) £100-£140 --- William Frederick Farrow, a butcher from Burnham on Sea, Somerset, was born in 1881. He attested into the 4th (Militia) Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry on 19 December 1899 and served in South Africa during the Boer War. Also entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasp for Cape Colony, he was court martialed and jailed twice for deserting his post and wilfully injuring his equipment, before his discharge, by purchase, in May 1903. He later attested into the Hertfordshire Regiment in 1916 for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from December 1917, before transferring into the Royal Engineers. He was finally discharged in October 1919. Sold with copied service records and other research.
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Family Group: Pair: Sapper M. T. Hawkins, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (175161 Spr. M. T. Hawkins. R.E.) very fine General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (22721633 Pte. T. R. Hawkins. Som. L.I.) mounted for wear, extremely fine (3) £60-£80 --- Mark Tyron Hawkins, a porter from East Huntspill, Somerset, was born in 1893. He attested into the Royal Engineers for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front. Thomas R. Hawkins, son of the above, was born on 10 October 1931. Conscripted for National Service, he served in Malaya, during the Malayan emergency with the Somerset Light Infantry. Sold together with copied research.
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A French General Officer's Epee Style Sword, c.1810. A particularly fine quality hilt retaining about 95% original bright gilding. 97cm overall. On front shell guard is an impressive high relief stand of arms depicting an elaborate Roman-style helmet over a similar breastplate with a standard, cannon barrel, etc., below. Grip with mother-of-pearl plaques each side. Pommel is a helmet similar to that on the shell guard, but with a visor. The three-sided blued and gilt 83cm blade retains much of its original finish, and is etched with stands of arms, & foliage, maker's mark ‘I S B’. Original black leather scabbard, with top and bottom brass gilded fittings. An old period repair about a third of the way down its length and some patches of light pitting to the blade, otherwise good condition £500-£700 --- See Armes Blanches, by Jean L. Hoste & J-J Buigne, p.51, bottom row, left photo, for this pommel and description of a General's epee of the 1st Empire. This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
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The Egypt and Sudan Medal awarded to Lieutenant A. D. Homfray, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, late Royal Monmouthshire Engineers, who succumbed to disease in Upper Egypt on the eastern bank of the River Nile Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (Lieut: A. D. Homfray. 2/D of Corn: L.I.) abrasively cleaned and polished (although all naming perfectly clear), good fine £200-£240 --- Augustus Devereux Homfray was born in Malpas, Monmouthshire, around 1859, the son of Lorenzo Augustus Homfray. Granted a commission on 10 December 1878 as Second Lieutenant in the Royal Monmouthshire Regiment - with favour of His Grace The Duke of Beaufort - he witnessed initial service with the Royal Monmouthshire Engineers and was raised Lieutenant in the London Gazette of 23 April 1880. Transferred to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and keen to be placed on active service, he is noted in the Historical Records of the 32nd Regiment as having volunteered for service in Egypt; transferred from the 1st to 2nd Battalion, D.C.L.I., alongside Lieutenant J. T. Bowles, Homfray embarked for service overseas on 4 December 1884. Serving on the Nile, Homfray was soon seized with fever at Keneh. The Star of Gwent, dated 18 December 1885, takes up the story: ‘The arduous work which he had to undertake, coupled with climatic influences, brought on enteric fever, to which the young Lieutenant succumbed on the 2nd April last, thus putting an end to a career full of hope and promise. Death of loved ones is ever harrowing to the feelings of fond parents, and this is even more the case when it takes place thousands of miles from home... Yet Mr. and Mrs. Homfray must have derived some consolation from knowledge of the fact that their son died a noble death, for he fell while fighting for his Queen and country.’ Sold with extensive copied research, including the above newspaper article and correspondence to the Duke of Beaufort.
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Four: Colonel F. Grieve, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was ‘mentioned’ for his efforts in attempting to defend the canal at Kassassin and cultivated delta surroundings, and subsequently witnessed rapid promotion which resulted in the command the 2nd Battalion in 1886 Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Frank Grieve, 46th Regt. Sept 8 1855) contemporarily engraved naming; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85 (Maj: F. Grieve, 2/D of C. L.I.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Lieut. Frank Grieve. 46th. Regt.) contemporarily engraved naming, plugged with small loop suspension; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, wear and edge bruising to first, contact marks throughout, generally nearly very fine (4) £600-£800 --- Frank Grieve was born in Kilburn, London, on 23 November 1834. Passing through the Chatham (Field Works) School of Instruction, he attested for the 46th Regiment of Foot as Ensign on 20 February 1855 and served in Crimea as Lieutenant from 3 September 1855. Advanced Captain whilst stationed in India on 20 February 1867, and Major on 1 July 1881 in the service of the 2nd Battalion, D.C.L.I., Grieve embarked for Egypt in 1882 and served as part of the Reconnaissance force of Alexandria on 5 August. He went on to command half the battalion at El Magfar and Tel-el-Mahutia, being further present at Kassassin and Tel-el-Kebir; his service during the action at Kassassin was later recognised in the despatch from Major-General Graham to Sir Garnet Wolseley of 19 September 1882, where the 2nd D.C.L.I. were commended for their ‘admirable steadiness’ under fire, with Grieve noted as ‘indefatigable’ [in his exertions]. Advanced Brevet Lieutenant Colonel 18 November 1882, Grieve went on to serve under Major General Earle in the Nile Expedition of 1884-85. Promoted Lieutenant Colonel in the latter year and Colonel of the 2nd Battalion, D.C.L.I. shortly thereafter, he transferred to the half pay list in 1889 and died in 1893. Sold with copied research including the recipient’s Army Service Record.
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Pair: Private C. C. Stitch, Somerset Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (29303 Pte. C. C. Stitch. Som. L.I.) very fine Pair: Private B. Stock, Somerset Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 2 May 1915 British War and Victory Medals (9701 Pte. B. Stock. Som. L.I.) very fine Pair: Corporal W. J. Tottle, Somerset Light Infantry, who died at home on 5 May 1919 British War and Victory Medals (202164 Cpl. W. Tottle. Som. L.I) in named cardboard box of issue, very fine Pair: Private F. Urch, Somerset Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (26657 Pte. F. E. Urch. Som. L.I.) scratch across regimental no. on VM, otherwise very fine (8) £100-£140 --- Bertie Stock was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, in 1897. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 11 November 1914. He died of wounds on 2 May 1915 and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Walter John Tottle, a gardener’s assistant from Bridgwater, Somerset, was born in 1893. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry for service during the Great War, and served in both India and on the Western Front, with the 2/4th Battalion. He died in Bridgwater Hospital of the effects of influenza on 5 May 1919 and is buried in Bridgwater (St. John’s) Cemetery, Somerset. Sold together with a Somerset Light Infantry cap badge and copied research.
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Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Jas Howlett, 2nd C. Qr. Dk, H.M.S. Excellent.) impressed naming, light pitting, therefore nearly very fine £70-£90 --- James Howlett was born in Sheerness, Kent, in August 1858. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in February 1874, and advanced to Petty Officer 1st Class in January 1887. Howlett served with H.M.S. Inflexible from July 1881 to February 1885 (entitled to Egypt Medal with ‘Aexandria 11th July’ clasp), and H.M.S. Excellent, on and off between February 1885 and November 1905 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in October 1886). He advanced to Chief Petty Officer in May 1895, and was shore pensioned in March 1908. Sold with copied service papers.
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Three: Private R. S. Curtis, Somerset Light Infantry, who was killed in action on 17 March 1915 1914 Star (7047 Pte. R. S. Curtis. 1/Som: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (7047 Pte. R. S. Curtis. Som. L.I.) stain to reverse of star, nearly extremely fine Three: Private G. L. Norville, Somerset Light Infantry 1914 Star (7577 Pte. G. L. Norville. 1/Som: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (7577 Pte. G. L. Norville. Som. L.I.) stain to VM, otherwise good very fine (6) £140-£180 --- Richard Samuel Curtis was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, in 1886. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry and served in India and Malta before being placed on the Army Reserve in 1911. Recalled for service during the Great War, he served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 21 August 1914. A regular correspondent with his family, some of his letters were published in The Weston Mercury and Gazette. He was killed by a shell on 17 May 1915 and is commemorated on the the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium. George Lewis Norville was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, in 1887. He attested into Somerset Light Infantry around 1907, and later served during the Great War on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion, from 19 September 1914. He was discharged on 12 February 1919. Sold with copied research.
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Pair: Bombardier E. Ponder, Royal Horse Artillery China 1900, no clasp (101632 Bomb: E. Ponder. Vickers-Maxim Bty.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, South Africa 1901 (10162 Bomb. E. Ponder, T Bty., R.H.A.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £300-£400
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1914 Star, with copy clasp (2) (27205 Gnr: H. Passmore. R.F.A.; 3-5926 Pte. A. J. James. 1/Som. L.I.) contact marks, very fine (2) £80-£100 --- Harold Walter Passmore, a plasterer from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, was born in 1886. He attested into the Somerset Militia in October 1902 and after three years’ service was placed on the Army Reserve. Mobilised on 17 August 1914 for service during the Great War, he transferred into the Royal Artillery the following month and served on the Western Front from 3 October 1914. Alfred John James was born in Huntspill, Somerset, in 1885. He attested into the 3rd (Territorial) Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry in May 1909, and was mobilised in August 1914 for service during the Great War. He served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 11 September 1914 and was transferred into the Army Cyclist Corps on 8 December 1914. Discharged to the Army Reserve in May 1916, he later died in 1965. Sold with copied research.
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