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Click here to subscribeWW1 Imperial German medal bar of 3 awards, including rare Lübeck Hanseatic Cross. Includes 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class, Lübeck Hanseatic Cross (enamel perfect) & War Honour Cross with Swords. Mounted for wear, medals sewn to double ribbon wrapped bar, being pin backed. N.B. Only 8,000 of the Lübeck Hanseatic Cross were awarded.
India GeneImpressed named 2314408 SGLN. C.J. HOYLE. R. SIGNALS. Comes with a copy of the medal roll and basic research.ral Service Medal 1908 – 35 Medal with clasp “WAZIRISTAN 1921 – 24.Signaller Hoyle was posted to No 1 Line Coy. B Corps Signals and was stationed with L Coy “Jubbulpore” when the medal was issued.
A WW1 Royal Navy ‘drowning casualty’ medal trio group to Stoker Griggs. 1914/15 Star, impressed named K. 21050 C. R. GRIGGS. STO. 1. R.N.; War Medal & Victory Medal, impressed named K. 21050 C. R. GRIGGS. STO. 1. R.N. Medals court mounted for display. Charles Reginald Griggs was born at Herne Bay, Kent on 16 June 1895 and joined the Royal Navy in October 1913. He also served as a Stoker and commenced the war aboard the pre-dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Vengeance. After a brief spell at Pembroke II, he next joined the Mars, then acting as a troopship in the Dardanelles. Sadly, however, Charles was drowned at Alexandria whilst on leave on 4 December 1915. He is buried at Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery; sold with copied service record.
WW2 Service Medals, to Ivy Packham, Women’s Auxiliary Airforce Service. Defence Medal & War Medal, unnamed as issued; Photograph of Cpl Packham WAAF in uniform; RAF Service book; 21 RAF Kings crown brass buttons; 4 x RAF kings crown medical collar badge; Kings crown RAF hat badge; 2 x clothing books; 2 nursing badges for Bolingbroke Hospital 5/1/51; Enamel badge Women’s Section British Legion. Ivy Doris Packham, who was born 12/7/1915 enlisted 6/10/1941 as a nursing orderly WAAF. Discharged 2/12/1947. From 27/3/1945 – 11/2/1946 she was stationed in Egypt. She married Sgt H.C. Higginson post war (see previous lot).
Framed WW1 medals with citation and documents to Canadian W. McFarlane. Features framed British War and Mercantile Marine Medal framed with Certificate of gratitude from the Pacific Railway Company who employed Mr McFarlane before he joined up, also included are the original boxes, postal letters that the medals came with.
WW1 British Royal Navy ‘mine explosion’ casualty medals and Memorial Plaque group to Able Seaman K. R. Binns, who was killed as a result of the utter destruction of H.M.S. Princess Irene, due to an internal explosion, of which he was serving on the 27th May 1915. Binns, along with the entire ship’s crew, dockyard workers & civilians, numbering 352 people who were killed, marked one of the most lethal civilian based maritime disasters of the First World War. 1914-15 Star, impressed named S. S. 761, K.R BINNS, A.B., R.N.; British War Medal, impressed named SS.761 K.R. BINNS. A.B. R.N.; Victory Medal unnamed & Memorial Plaque, named to KIRK RAWNSLEY BINNS. Comes with copy of rolls, Navy service records, newspaper articles and basic research on disaster. Kirk Rawnsley Binns was born on the 7/7/1886 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. He enlisted 9/8/1904. On the 27/5/1915, he was serving aboard H.M.S. Princess Irene when the ship suddenly blew up in Saltpan Reach, on the Medway Estuary in Kent, with the loss of some 352 people. (Entire crew of 273 Officers and men of the ship, 76 dockside workers and 3 civilians). A Court of Inquiry was held into the loss of Princess Irene, with evidence given that priming of the mines was being carried out hurriedly and by untrained personnel. Binns is commemorated on the East wall of the nave, Holy Cross Church, Scopwick, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire as well as the Chatham Naval Memorial. The fate of H.M.S. Princess Irene In May 1915, Princess Irene was moored in Saltpan Reach, on the Medway Estuary in Kent between Port Victoria and Sheerness, being loaded with mines in preparation for deployment on a minelaying mission. At 11:14 a.m. on 27th May, she exploded and disintegrated. A column of flame 300 feet (100 m) high was followed a few seconds later by another of similar height and a pall of smoke hung over the spot where Princess Irene had been, reaching to 1,200 feet (400 m). Two barges laying alongside her were also destroyed. The explosion was larger than that which had destroyed H.M.S. Bulwark in the Medway six months earlier, although the loss of life was less. A total of 352 people were killed, including 273 officers and men, and 76 dockyard workers who were on board Princess Irene. On the Isle of Grain, a girl of nine was killed by flying debris, and a farmhand died of shock. A collier half a mile (800 m) away had its crane blown off its mountings. A part of one of Princess Irene's boilers landed on the ship; a man working on the ship died from injuries sustained when he was struck by a piece of metal weighing 70 pounds (32 kg). Wreckage was flung up to 20 miles (32 km) away, with people near Sittingbourne being injured by flying debris, some of which landed in Bredhurst. Severed heads were found at Hartlip and on the Isle of Grain. A case of butter landed at Rainham, 6 miles (10 km) away. A 10-ton (10,160 kg) section of the ship landed on the Isle of Grain. The Admiralty's oil storage tanks there were damaged. The sole survivor from Princess Irene was a stoker, who suffered severe burns. Three of her crew had a lucky escape as they were ashore at the time. The victims whose bodies were recovered were buried at Woodlands Road Cemetery, Gillingham. A memorial service for the victims was held at the Dockyard Church, Sheerness on 1/6/1915. It was led by Randall Davidson, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Inquests were held on two victims of the disaster. The coroner stated that he did not intend to hold an inquest for any other victim unless there were exceptional circumstances that warranted it. A Court of Inquiry was held into the loss of Princess Irene. Evidence was given that priming of the mines was being carried out hurriedly and by untrained personnel. A faulty primer was blamed for the explosion. Following the loss of H.M.S. Natal on 30.12/1915 and H.M.S. Vanguard on 9/7/1917, both caused by internal explosions,
WW1 British Army 1918 Military Medal group to Bombardier Pidcock, 124th Bty, R.G.A. Military Medal G.V.R., impressed named 99598 BMBR: H. PIDCOCK. 124/HY:BY:R.G.A.; War & Victory Medal, impressed named 99598 A.SJT. H.PIDCOCK.R.A.; Special Constabulary Medal (King George V), impressed named HAROLD PIDCOCK. Medals are unmounted. Comes with copies of medal index card, medal rolls, London Gazette & basic research. Harold Pidcock was from Chesterfield. He served overseas post 1/1/1916 with the 124th Heavy Battery. His MM was gazetted on the 7th October 1918. This Gazette carries the number range 185,000-187,600. Awards cover the period April/May – 1st week in June 1918. The 124th battery was equipped with 60pdr Field guns (5 inch) it served in France from April 1916. It was transferred to various Heavy Artillery Groups throughout the war. It was in action on the 1st Day of the Somme and also at Passchendaele. (3rd Battle Ypres). His M.M. was probably awarded whilst serving with the 42nd H.A.G.
WW2 German Russian Front Medal, with award document dated 1942. type medal, with all silver finished worn, revealing crisp features to eagle etc. Silver ring un-marked, with ribbon. Document named to Unteroffizier Karl Schwabl, 6th Artillery Regiment 137. Dated 13/8/1942. Hand signed by Commander 137th Artillery Regiment.
Korea and Suez Crisis Royal Navy medal group to Engine Room Artificer C.T. Dodge. Korea Medal impressed named C/SMX. 898945. C.DODGE. E.R.A.4. R.N.; U.N. Korea Medal, un-named as issued & Naval General Service 1909-62, with clasp NEAR EAST, impressed named C/SMX. 898945. C.DODGE. E.R.A.3. R.N. Court mounted as worn
WW1 & WW2 British & Australian Royal Navy medal group to Boy Signaller Ayres, who was present at the Battle of Jutland on H.M.S. Colossus. 1914-15 Star, impressed named J.37111. W.G.AYRES. SG.BOYR.N.; War Medal impressed named J.37111. W.G. AYRES. SIG. R.N.; Victory medal named correctly but very faint, War Medal & Australian Service Medal 1939-45 impressed named W29073 W.G.AYRES;. Comes with copies Navy service papers, medal roll, 1923 passenger list and research. WW2 Australian records not digitalised as of this date. William George AYRES was born in Elmstead, Essex on the 9th February 1899. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy and commenced 22/3/1915 aged 16. Height 4’10”. He served as a signaller through most of his time in the Royal Navy. William served on battleships and Destroyers from 1915 – 1918. 17/9/1915 – 1/10/1916. HMS Colossus “Battle of Jutland” William was a boy signaller. Served HMS Colossus (During the battle she fired a total of 93 twelve-inch shells (During the Battle, H.M.S/ Colossus was the only dreadnought from the main body of the Grand Fleet to be hit by German shells, herself claiming several hits on German ships), 17/9/1915 – 1/10/1916. 1916 -1918 Destroyers attached to the Grand Fleet. 12/6/1919 – 30/9/1919 HMS Caesar. From 1918 to 1919 she served as a depot ship, firstly in the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas and then the Black Sea in support of naval operations against the Bolsheviks. In this latter role, she was the last of the pre-dreadnought battleships to see service outside the United Kingdom. Returning to England in 1920. 1/10/1919 – 19/9/1920 HMS Julius. Julius from 1 October 1919 was the Harbour Craft Base for Constantinople. 4/6/1921 Demobilised. William emigrated to West Australia in 1923. WW2 Australian Army as a Warrant Officer Class 2. Regt# W29073. Discharged in 22nd March 1944.
WW1 Australian Army 1915 medal trio to Lieutenant Leaver, 4th Coy. Army Service Corps. Promoted from the ranks, serving at Gallipoli & France/Flanders. 1914-15 Star, impressed named 835 PTE L.W.LEAVER. 4/A.S.C. A.I.F.; War and Victory Medal, impressed named LIEUT.L.W.LEAVER. A.I.F. Medals are unmounted and comes with full copies of Australian Enlistment papers for WW1. Leonard Wilfred Leaver was born in Prospect, South Australia on the 7/5/1892. Enlisted 19/8/1914 with his occupation given as clerk. Embarked Melbourne 21/10/1914 on Transport A3 “Orvieto. 5/4/1915 Proceeded to join M.E.F Gallipoli. 26/5/1915 Dardanelles. 30/5/1915 Detached from unit to Supply work Imbros /Lemnos 4th A.S.C. 26/11/1915- 25/12/1915 ANZAC. 27/12/1915 Cairo. 2/4/1916 Marseilles France 4th Coy. 11/3/1917 Probationary Lieutenant Army Service Coy School of Instruction. Served with 1 & 2 Coy ASC, 1st Div Train. 13/10/1918 Embarked for Australia. Leonard was promoted through the ranks as the war progressed to finish as a Lieutenant after being commissioned in 1917. His posting history is extensive as per copies attached. In World War 2 he joined the 2nd AIF as a Lieutenant and discharged on the 15th February 1945.
WW1 Imperial German medal bar of 5 awards & stick pin miniature set. Includes War Honour Cross with Swords, Prussian 9 Year Service Medal, Austrian, Hungarian & Bulgarian Commemorative War Medals. Mounted for wear, Prussian style with felt backing, pin backed. Comes with a complete requisite set of miniature medals stick pin.
WW1 British Army 1914 medal trio to Private Williams, 1st Battalion South Wales Borderers, who became a P.O.W. in 1916. 1914 Star, impressed named 10681 PTE W.H.WILLIAMS. S.WALES.BORD.; British War & Victory Medal, impressed named 10681 PTE.W.H.WILLIAMS. S.WALES BORD.- With copies medal index card, medal rolls, absent voters list, POW record, Battalion War Diary 1-6/4/1916. Copies of ‘Capt. The Lord Phillomores’ records and research. William Henry Williams was recorded as living in Tabard St London on the absent voters list 1918. Based on his regimental number it is believed that he joined 1911-1912. He landed in France 13/11/1914 with the 1st Battalion S.W.B. at some stage he transferred to the 2nd Battalion who arrived in France 15/3/16 after returning from Gallipoli. On the 6/4/1916 the Battalion was in the line near Englebelmer Somme. The War Diary records 5/4/16: ‘Several patrols set out last night to examine wire and ground in front. Lieut G.H Phillimore (sic) 3rd H.L.I. (attached) and a man went out at 3am and did not return. At about 4am shots & a machine gun were heard from the enemy trench opposite the point where the two individuals were last seen. 6/4/16: Patrols sent out last night but could find no trace of Lt Phillimore or his companion’. William was initially reported as missing but later confirmed as a P.O.W. He was recorded in the weekly casualty lists for 24/12/1918 as “Released prisoners arriving from Germany”. Lieutenant, The Honourable Godfrey Walter Phillimore who was the officer captured with William went on to become Captain the 2nd Baron Phillimore. Godfrey Walter Phillimore, 2nd Baron Phillimore, M.C. (of Shiplake in the County of Oxford) (b Henley-on-Thames 29 December 1879; d Cape Town 28 November 1947) was an English peer, soldier and author. He was the eldest surviving son of Walter Phillimore, 1st Baron Phillimore and his wife Agnes, daughter of Charles Manners Lushington, M.P. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and was admitted to the Middle Temple on 1 November 1900. He withdrew without being Called to the Bar on 13 January 1928. During World War One he served with the Highland Light Infantry. He wrote a book about his time in captivity entitled "Recollections of a prisoner of war". He married twice, but his eldest son was killed during WW2.
Lot of 3 Belgian medals for Korea. Commemorative Military Medal, for the participation in the Operations during the Korean War under the UN mandate. With 4 bars: "Korea" in French and Flemish. CHATKOL bar; Volunteers Combatants Military Medal 2 Clasps Korea-Coree & Pugnator & Decoration Militaire 'Article 4'.
US Navy Admiral’s uniform peaked cap and signed photo of Rear Admiral Eugene B Fluckey, the top scoring submarine commander of the U.S. Navy during WW2, who during the conflict was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, 4 Navy Crosses and numerous other US awards for his diligent & heroic service, being credited with the sinking of 17 ships including a carrier, cruiser and a frigate. The cap features a tan cotton body, with black woven centre band, with U.S.N. 2-piece eagle, gold braid chinstrap & twin gilt buttons, with a double row of bullion oak leaves embroidered direct woven to the black felt top of the flat leather peak. The interior shows the maker details for Berkshire Caps, with clear protective cover, mid brown leather sweatband, with gilt embossed name ‘ADMIRAL EUGEN B. FLUCKEY’, size tagged 7 ½. Light wear to top of crown, but in overall fine condition. Along with the cap is included a colour photo of the Rear Admiral Fluckey in service uniform, profile, showing award ribbons, measuring 20cm x 25cm, with hand written dedication from Fluckey to ‘Margery’, with best wishes & brief details in blue sharpie. Rear Admiral Eugene B. Fluckey 1913-2007 Rear Adm. Eugene B. Fluckey, one of America’s most daring submarine commanders of World War II. The skipper of the submarine Barb in the Pacific from April 1944 to August 1945, Commander Fluckey was known for innovative tactics. He was the only American submarine skipper to fire rockets at Japanese targets on shore and he oversaw a sabotage raid in which sailors from his submarine blew up a Japanese train. In addition to receiving the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for valor, he was awarded four Navy Crosses, his service’s second-highest decoration. The Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee, which provided final, official tallies for World War II submarine attacks, credited him with destroying 95,360 tons of Japanese shipping, the highest total for any American submarine commander. According to his own findings, based on his 10 years of post-war research, the Barb sank about 145,000 tons under his command during five extended periods at sea. He was also credited by military authorities with sinking 16 Japanese ships and taking part with two other skippers in a 17th sinking, the fourth-highest total among America’s World War II submarine commanders. By his own accounting, he sank 28 ships and took part in a 29th sinking. In September 1944, the Barb sank the 20,000-ton Japanese aircraft carrier Unyo together with an 11,000-ton Japanese tanker in the same torpedo salvo. Telling of the Barb’s attacks on Japanese shipping early in 1945, Clay Blair Jr. wrote in the book “Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan” that when Commander Fluckey brought his submarine back to Pearl Harbor, “he was greeted with a red carpet." "His endorsements were ecstatic. One stated, ‘The Barb is one of the finest fighting submarines this war has ever known.’ Eugene Bennett Fluckey was born in Washington on Oct. 5, 1913. When he was 10, he was impressed with a radio speech by President Calvin Coolidge stressing persistence as a prime ingredient for success. He named his dog Calvin Coolidge, and inspired by the admonition to excel, he finished high school at age 15. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1935 and served on the submarine Bonita in the early years of World War II before commanding the Barb and taking as his motto “we don’t have problems, just solutions.” He was awarded the Medal of Honor for the Barb’s attacks on Japanese ships between December 1944 and February 1945 in waters off the eastern coast of occupied China and was cited specifically for the events in the predawn hours of Jan. 23, 1945. The Barb, riding above the surface in shallow, uncharted, mined and rock-obstructed waters, sneaked into a harbor some 250 miles south of Shanghai and scored direct hits on six of the more than 30 Japanese ships there. A large ammunition ship was blown up in the attack, according to the citation. “Clearing the treacherous area at high speed, he brought the Barb through to safety, and four days later sank a large Japanese freighter to complete a record of heroic combat achievement,” the citation said. In the summer of 1945, the Barb became the first American submarine armed with rockets, and it used them to strike a Japanese air station and several factories. On July 23, 1945, the Barb embarked on a sabotage mission. With the submarine standing 950 yards offshore, eight volunteers, aboard a pair of rubber boats, paddled onto Japanese soil on the southern half of Sakhalin Island under cover of night and planted explosive charges on railroad tracks 400 yards inland. Commander Fluckey had considered giving the crewmen a terse Hollywood-style send off, but as he told The New York Times afterward, all he could think of was: “Boys, if you get stuck, head for Siberia, 130 miles north. Following the mountain ranges. Good luck.” The crewmen did not get stuck, and as they paddled back to the Barb, a 16-car train came by, triggering the explosives. The wreckage flew 200 feet in the air. Soon after the war ended, Commander Fluckey became an aide to Navy Secretary James Forrestal and to the chief of naval operations, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, soon after the war’s end. He was promoted to rear admiral in 1960. He commanded American submarine forces in the Pacific and was the director of naval intelligence in the 1960s. He retired from military service in 1972. In addition to his daughter, of Summerfield, Fla., and Annapolis, he is survived by his wife, Margaret; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. His first wife, Marjorie, died in 1979. For all his exploits, Admiral Fluckey said he was most proud of one thing. As he put it in his memoir, “Thunder Below!” (University of Illinois Press, 1992): “No one who ever served under my command was awarded the Purple Heart for being wounded or killed, and all of us brought our Barb back safe and sound.” He died in Annapolis, Maryland, 28th June, 2003, aged 93, due to complications of Alzheimer’s disease. (Edited form the New York Times, June 2007).
Lot of British Army defective service medals (3). General Service Medal George VI (3rd issue 1933-49) with clasp PALESTINE, name erased; Territorial Efficiency Medal, George VI, impressed named 890560 G.C. BREAKER; Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, George V. Post 1920 fixed suspender partially broken, sewn to ribbon. Impressed named to S/3846774 CPL F.G. PERRYMAN R.A.S.C. George Charles BREAKER 890560 appears on the Royal Artillery records dated 3/8/1944. Transferred to R.A.O.C. Comes with copy RA ledger.
WW1 & WW2 British Army & A.R.P. medal group of 3 to Gunner Surridge, R.A. & H.H.R.D. British War & Victory Medal impressed named 890755 GNR. P.H.SURRIDGE. R.A.; Defence Medal unnamed as issued; ARP badge: H.H.R.D cloth shoulder title; Original card box addressed to Mr P.SURRISGE. 45 ALEXANDRA ROAD, KINGS LANGLEY HERTS. Unmounted, with copies M.I.C., medal roll and 1939 register. Philip H Surridge was born 14/7/1896. He went overseas post 1/1/1916 with the Royal Field Artillery (Territorial). He survived the war and in 1939 was living in Hertfordshire and a member of the A.R.P.
WW1 British Army 1918 Military Medal to Private May, who served with 7th Bn Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Military Medal G.V.R. impressed named 96049 PTE E.MAY. 7/R.FUS. Comes with copies of medal index card, medal rolls, London Gazette & basic research. Edgar May was from Cardiff; his records have not survived but he served with the Army Service Corp, regimental number A/257565. Essex Regiment regimental number 43721. 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. (City of London) GS/96049. Edgar landed France post 1/1/1916 as he is not entitled to 14/15 Star. The 7th Battalion RF was the last unit that he served with and the one that he was awarded the MM. As of the 27/7/1916 they were part of the 190th Brigade, 63rd Royal Naval Division. Also entitled to British War and Victory Medal. LG 23/7/1919. Schedule number 251900. This LG carries the schedule numbers 245,000-254,999. This is a major France and Flanders gazette for Oct/Nov 1918. It carries many of the awards for the last big attack on the Battle of Sambre 4/11/1918.
United Kingdom War & Civil Long Service Medals (8). Includes of the Order of St. John (2) one named 8148 WINNIFRED HEPPER 1954; Voluntary Medical Service Medal (2), one named MISS MARGARET E. DANVERS; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, GVI, named CHARLES MATHIESON, War Medal 1939-45, WW2 Defence Medal & Women’s Royal Voluntary Long Service Medal, with Long Service Bar, these last two mounted as worn.
WW1 & WW2 Mercantile Marine medal group of 6 to Captain Robert McEwan. War & Mercantile Marine medals, impressed named to ROBERT MC EWAN; 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star and War Medal un named as issued; Stay bright Mercantile Marine badge affixed to court mounted medals. Comes with copy of Mercantile medal paperwork.
WW2 group of 3 attributed to Flying Officer Higginson, 613 Sqn. Royal Airforce Reserve, who was ‘Killed in Action’ over Germany in 1945, during an attack on targets in Schleswig Holstein. 1939-45 Star; France & Germany Star & War Medal. All unnamed as issued in original cardboard box & envelope that medals were delivered; Condolence slip; 2 telegrams informing MIA then KIA; Pictures of Arthur in uniform & squadron photographs; Copy of a letter from fellow officer on raid describing last moments. Scroll of commission; Navigators flying log & Sight Log book. 163646 Arthur William Higginson was a navigator with 613 Squadron. He was gazetted in August 1944. On the 22/2/1945. He was flying with 613 Squadron (Mosquito) when he was killed in Action with his Pilot Ft/Lt Arnold on operation Clarion. 4 Aircraft were ground attacking targets in the Schleswig Holstein area. Last seen Arthurs Mosquito was seen going in with both engines on fire. He is buried in the Kiel War Cemetery Germany.
British Army 2nd Afghan War Medal to Driver North, ‘C’ Battery, 4th Brigade, Royal Artillery. Afghanistan. 1878-1880 Medal, impressed named, in upright capitals, to 4684 DRIV: D. NORTH. C. BATT: 4TH/B.. R. A. Medal polished and worn, several edge knocks to face, generally good to reverse. Comes with a copy of the Medal Roll.
WW2 R.A.F. medal group of 3 to Sergeant Higginson, including GSM with clasp ‘BOMB AND MINE CLEARANCE 1945-49’. Defence Medal; War Medal both unnamed as issued; General Service Medal 1918-62 (GVI), clasp BOMB & MINE CLEARANCE 1945-49, impressed named 621720 Sgt H.C HIGGINSON RAF. Swing mounted, as worn. Comes with cardboard box for GSM; Airman’s pay book; 3 pictures including No 40 Bomb Disposal Squadron RAF Inverness; 2 stamps, Berlin airlift 1948-49. Harry Charles Higginson was born on the 28/3/1919, he enlisted on the 29/9/1938. His trade was as an Armourer in 1939 and Fitter Armourer in 1947. He was stationed at Biggin Hill 1939-41. Discharged in 1949. Married Ivy Packham (see next lot). N.B. The clasp “BOMB AND MINE CLEARANCE 1945-49” was awarded for a total of 180 days active engagement in the removal of mines and bombs in the UK between May 1945 and December 1949.
Family lot of WW1 British Army medals to the Dunnachie bothers. 1914-15 Star, impressed named 48696. FTR: J.DUNNACHIE. R.F.A.; War and Victory Medal impressed named 48696. CPL: J.DUNNACHIE. R.A. Comes with copies of medal index card & medal roll. War and Victory Medal impressed named 27833 PTE A.R.DUNNACHIE. SCO.RIF. Original box of issue. Comes with copies of medal index card, medal roll, copy Battalion War Diary page 15-19/4/1917. “Burnt” service records & basic research. Fitter Joseph Dunnachie landed in France on the 28/9/1915 and survived the war being demobilized with the rank of Acting Sgt Fitter. Comes with copies of medal index card & medal roll. Anthony Robert Dunnachie enlisted on the 2/3/1916 and was called up on the 30/8/1916. He landed France 14/12/1916 & posted 1st Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) He was admitted 31st Ambulance Train 17/4/1917 ‘Shrapnel wound to the knee’. He was recorded as being with ‘D Coy’ at the time. The battalion war diary records on the 16th the battalion renewed the attack down the Hindenburg line with 2 Companies ect. Bombs running short and driven back. The diary makes no mention of casualties. On the 9/1/1918 Pte Dunnachie was in England where he passed his trade test and was posted to the R.A.S.C. (Mechanical) with a regimental number of M/353920. Comes with original box of issue which interestingly enough has recorded his unit as Sco Rif and regimental number 27833, the roll number displayed 25273 is from the R.A.M.C. roll.
WW1 British Army 1915 medal trio to Private Rawlings, 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade, who was wounded in 1917. 1914-15 Star, impressed named 5939. PTE.A.RAWLINGS. RIF.BRIG.; War and Victory Medal, impressed named 5939. PTE.A.RAWLINGS. RIF.BRIG. Victory medal suspension ring replaced with copper wire. Comes with copies of medal index card, medal rolls & copy 31st Ambulance train admission. No ribbon with medals. Alfred Rawlings was born on the 27/1/1896. He landed in France on the 19/11/1915. The 31st Ambulance train records him being admitted with a shrapnel wound (superficial) to his abdomen on the 20/1/1917. Served HQ Coy 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade at the time. Annotation on the medal roll shows attached 8th London Regt.
Lot of United States of America medals (6). Includes Purple Heart, engraved named LOUIS ONECSNY, US Army Soldier’s Medal for Valor, US Air Force Airman’s Medal for Valor, Woman’s Army Corps 1942-43 Service Medal, Defense Medal & US Marine Corps Long Service Medal. Medals date from 1940’s to 1950’s.
WW1 British Army medals to Driver Hood. R.F.A., who ‘died in Malta’ 1917. War and Victory Medal impressed named 59975 DVR.C.E.HOOD.RA. Comes with copies M.I.C., medal rolls, register of soldiers effects and basic research. Entitled to 1914/15 Star. Cecil Edward Hood landed in France on the 6/9/1915. The 22nd Division crossed to France in early September 1915, all units being concentrated near Flesselles by 9th of the month. Cecil is recorded as ‘Died’ 23/2/1917 and buried on Malta. Maltese hospitals mainly dealt with sick and wounded from the Gallipoli and Salonica campaign.
WW2 Australian Army medal group to Trooper Kevin Kelly, 2/10th Commando Squadron. 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal, Australian Service Medal 1939-45 & Australian Service Medal 1945-75, 1 clasp PNG. Medals impressed named NX103686 K. KELLY. Comes with ‘mostly unsung’ service summary. Kevin Kelly was born 14/5/1922 in Wyalong, N.S.W. Enlisted A.M.F. 5/11/1941, serving 12th Field Regiment. Regular Army 1/7/1942, serving 14 days Field Punishment (insubordination). 14th Field Regiment 4/1/1943, taking part in operations in Buna, Gona & Sanananda. 1st Infantry Trg Sqn 14/8/1944. 1st Cavalry Commando Trg Sqn 16/1/1945, to 2/10th Commando Sqn 28/6/1945. Discharged 13/3/1946 on compassionate grounds.
WW2 & Malaya British Army medal group of 8 to Captain Norton. R.A.M.C. General Service Medal 1962-07, Clasp MALAYA, impressed named CAPT. J.NORTON. R.A.M.C.; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, Clasp 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence Medal; War Medal; Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Medal unnamed as issued; Long service Good Conduct Medal Regular Army, GVI, impressed named 7261498 W.O. CL.1. J. NORTON R.A.M.C. Comes with copy London Gazette. Swing mounted. London Gazette Dec. 1953: 7261498 W.O. Cl. I John NORTON (429892) to be Lt. (Qr.-Mr.), 23rd Oct. 1953, antedate for seniority purposes only to 15th Apr 1953.
WW1 British Army 1915 medal trio to Private Hawker, Ox. and Bucks. Light Infantry, who subsequently served with American forces in 1918. 1914-15 Star, impressed named 11469 PTE A. A.HAWKER. OXF: & BUCKS: L.I.; War and Victory Medal, impressed named 11469 PTE.A. A.HAWKER. OXF. & BUCKS. L.I. Medals are court mounted. Comes with copies “burnt” service records, medal index card, medal rolls & national census 1911. Andrew Ambrose Hawker was born on the 24/12/1891 in Birmingham. He enlisted on the 31/8/1914 with the 6th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Discharging 20/3/1919. His occupation “farm labourer”. Landed in France on the 22/7/1915 with the 6th Battalion and served with them up to 1918. He was posted with the Americans 1918 (Writing hard to decipher exactly). Posted to the 2nd Battalion OXF and BUCKS 2/9/1918. He died 1969 Solihull Warwickshire.
WW1 British Army Distinguished Conduct Medal to Driver Davies. Royal Field Artillery. Distinguished Conduct Medal G.V.R. Impressed named 681481 DVR: W. DAVIES 286/W LAN: BDE: RFA.; In fitted award case. Comes with copies of medal rolls, London Gazette, newspaper article and basic research. William Davies is entitled to the British War & victory Medal. From Liverpool. 286th Brigade was with the 57th Division (West Lancashire) who landed in France 7th -22nd February 1917. London Gazette 3rd June 1918. Citation states:“681481 Dvr W DAVIES RFA (Liverpool) (LG 21 Oct 1918) For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During two months operations he succeeded in getting rations through daily to the gun positions often under heavy shell fire and on one occasion volunteered to take rations up, although two previous attempts had failed.” The Gazette for October covers a lot of awards from 12/3/1918 - 22/6/1918.
WW1 Australian medal group to Private Hay. 5th Bn A.I.F. War and Victory Medal impressed named 7267 PTE W.P.HAY. 5 BN. A.I.F. Comes with copies enlistment papers. William Percival Hay was born in Victoria in 1889. He enlisted on the 16/11/1916 and embarked HMAS Ballarat on the 19/2/1917 as part of the 24th reinforcement to the 5th Battalion. He returned to Australia 22/7/1918.
WW1 Mercantile Marie medals to Frederick Smith. War Medal & Mercantile Marine War Medal, impressed named FREDERICK.H.SMITH. Card box of issue; Authority to Wear certificate; paper wrapper for both medals. John H SMITH was born in 1890 in Liverpool. It is most unusual to find the certificate for the medals but even rarer to find the original wrappers with instructions for wear.
WW2 South African Army medal group to Lance Corporal J. A. Erasmus, South African Corps of Signals. 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, 1 clasp 8th ARMY, Italy Star, Defence, War, African Service Medal, these impressed named 178740 J. A. R. ERASMUS & Efficiency Medal, with clasp Union of South Africa, impressed named L/CPL. J. A. R. ERASMUS. S.A.C.S.
British Army Boer War & WW1 1914 medal trio to Private Stratton, 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards. W.I.A. and P.O.W. 1st Battle of Ypres, 1914. Died of Wounds, Germany 1915. Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, 3 bars, CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE, TRANSVAAL, impressed named 2365 PTE G.STRATTON. CLDSTM: GDS: King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, SOUTH AFRICA 1901 & SOUTH AFRICA 1902, impressed named 2365 PTE G.STRATTON. COLDSTREAM GUARDS. 1914 Star correctly impressed named (Medal sewn down unable to read top) C.GDS. with clasp, War and Victory Medals impressed named 2365 PTE. G.STRATTON. C.GDS. Court mounted comes with copies medal rolls, medal index card, War Diary Sept-Oct 1914, POW records, Register of soldiers effects, newspaper cuttings, 1911 Census, Commonwealth War Graves Commission certificate & research. George Stratton was born in 1883 at Warboys Huntingdonshire England. He lived there until he enlisted with the Coldstream Guards and served in South Africa. He is recorded as being “Dangerously ill” at Aliwali North on the 27th Dec 1900. On discharging from the colours, he returned to Warboys and in the 1911 senses is recorded as married with a child and a domestic gardener by trade. He would have been recalled to the colours of his old Battalion being the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards. August 1914 they were in Aldershot & Part of 1st (Guards) Brigade, 1st Division and landed in France with that Division. At the outbreak of the First World War, the Coldstreamer’s was among the first British regiments to arrive in France after Britain declared war on Germany. It suffered heavy losses in 1914, in two cases losing all of its officers. At the First Battle of Ypres, the 1st battalion was virtually annihilated George landed in France on the 11/9/14. He would have joined the 1st Battalion with the 1st Draft of 1 Officer and 88 men about that date. (Original diary destroyed in the fighting). The battalion suffered heavy losses up to the 1st Battle of Ypres when it was virtually destroyed. At the conclusion of the battle the Battalion consisted of the Lt Quartermaster and 60 men. George was wounded and taken prisoner on the 29/10/14. He eventually succumbed to his wounds dying in Germany on the 20/5/1915. The Battalion had been engaged in heavy fighting prior to the 29th October and on the day in question they remained where they were, under fire, and in trenches which were not connected and which they were not able to improve, as they had little or no wire and had only their small entrenching tools, many of which were lost. The Battalion had a front of some eight or nine hundred yards. The Coldstream were only some three hundred and fifty strong and on so extensive a front they formed rather a line of out posts than one of defence; they were far too few and too much scattered to resist any determined attack. The companies from right to left were Nos. 1, 2, 4, and 3, and except the last two were in separate trenches with considerable intervals between them. The small number of troops defending it were scattered in groups at some distance apart, and by reason of the buildings, enclosures, and woods that then covered the district, their view was obstructed and their posts often out of sight of each other; a mishap might occur to one of them and remain unknown to those near it even for some hours. The infantry, moreover, could not expect to get much assistance from our artillery. On account of the shortage of ammunition only some nine rounds were available per gun, and if an attack developed their fire was to be directed upon the enemy's artillery rather than on his assaulting columns. Punctually at 5.30 a.m. on the morning of Thursday the 29th October in foggy weather the 6th Bavarian Reserve Division, covered by a screen of skirmishers, got up to within fifty yards of our defences without being seen, and made a rush upon the trenches of the right half of the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards as well as upon the company of the Black Watch posted at the cross roads. Our troops were well on the alert and at once opened fire on the assailants, causing a slight pause in the attack; but the momentum of the advance prevailed and carried the Germans forward without any serious check. The struggle at that point lasted for a short time only, and as no Officer survived it the exact details of what actually occurred are not fully known. It is, however, known that at least two of our machine guns jammed, and that a considerable proportion of the ammunition was defective, the cartridges were too large for the barrel of the rifles, and many of the men could not use their arms; this circumstance was in fact largely responsible for the disaster of that day. Hence there were no means to arrest the progress of the enemy who, bursting through the line near the cross roads, or more probably through the gaps in the line, wheeled up north wards, took the company of the Black Watch as well as the two weak companies of our 1st Battalion in flank and in reverse, and, rolling them up, captured their trenches. The left half of the Battalion, at some distance from the Menin road, were also attacked at the same time by units of the XXVIIth Reserve Corps, but three resolute attempts to seize our position by assault were successfully repulsed. But our ranks were thinning fast and those who survived were in deep and narrow trenches where they could not use their bayonets. Thus, reduced to a small number and surrounded on all sides they were finally overwhelmed. Nevertheless, the greater part of the Battalion beat off the enemy successfully and with great gallantry, and later on, assisted by some stragglers, among them some Coldstreamers, they retook the trenches that were lost and restored their front. At the end of the action the 1st Battalion Coldstream lost all their eleven Officers present, and at the end of the day only some 60 other ranks were collected by Lieutenant and Quartermaster J. Boyd, the sole remaining Officer of the Battalion. Next day 60 more men joined who had wandered over to the Scots Guards and had fought with them when their own trenches were captured.
WW1 British Army 1915 medal trio to Corporal Black, 6th Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers, who was discharged 1916 due to Shell Shock. 1914-15 Star impressed named 12074. CPL W.BLACK. K.O.SCO: BORD:; War Medal impressed named 12074. CPL. W.BLACK. K.O.SCO. BORD.; Victory Medal impressed named 12074. CPL. W.BLACK. K.O.S. B; Comes with copies medal index card, medal rolls, silver war badge roll, service and medical papers and basic research. Cpl William Black was born in Kirkcudbrightshire Scotland in1893. He enlisted to the 6th Battalion K.O.S.B on the 11/8/ 1914 and promoted to Acting L/Cpl 26/8/1914. Full Cpl 19/4/ 1915. He landed in France with the 6th Battalion on the 12/5/1915. On the 30/8/1915 a shell landed near him whilst carrying a box of ammunition. He was evacuated eventually to England with “Contusions to chest”. Discharged 1/9/ 1916 with shell shock. Entitled to silver war badge. Note on Medal Index Card from 1926 Applicant states Victory medal lost in fire in India. Medal roll notes Victory medal only replaced.
WW1 British Army 1917 Military Medal group to Bombardier Evans, Royal Field Artillery. Evans was a Canadian serving in the British Army, who was gassed and shell shocked in 1917. Military Medal G.V.R., impressed named 110594 GNR: W. EVANS. 85/BY: R.F.A.; 1914-15 Star impressed named 110594 GNR. W.EVANS.R.F.A.; War Medal & Victory Medal impressed named 110594 BMBR. W.EVANS.R.A. Comes with leather wallet named William H Evans, copies of war diary pages, medal index card, medal rolls, casualty admittance record, London Gazette and basic research. Bombardier William Evans from Ontario Canada, serving in the British Army with the Royal Field Artillery landed in France 7/11/1915. William was admitted to the 47th Casualty Clearing Station on the 6/11/1917 suffering from Gas and Shell shock. 47 CCS was at Lozinghe, June 1917- March 1918. His Military Medal was gazetted on the 28/1/1918, schedule number 137308. Schedule numbers 134,500-137,999 are for awards from October 1917. Passchendaele Ridge. His unit is given as 85th Battery 11th Brigade RFA. The 11th Artillery Brigade served with a variety of units including Canadian 3rd and 4th Division. It became an Army Brigade and was attached to different Divisions and Army’s in 1917 & 1918.
WW1 Imperial German medal bar of 5 awards. Includes 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class, War Honour Cross with Swords, Bulgarian War Merit Medal in bronze, Hungarian & Bulgarian Commemorative War Medals. Mounted for wear, Prussian style with a WW1 Wound Badge in black stickpin with felt backing, pin backed.
WW1 & WW2 father & son ‘double casualty’ group of 8 to the Burlingham family. 1914-15 Star, impressed 18018 PTE.G.W.BURLINGHAM. E.YORK.R.; War and Victory Medals impressed named 18018 PTE.G.W.BURLINGHAM. E.YORK.R. 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, War Medal & DUNKIRK Medal; un-named as issued; WW2 cardboard medal issue box and medal entitlement papers addressed to Mr BURLINGHAM, Suffolk. The medals are court mounted as a family group. Comes with copy Commonwealth War Graves Certificate and basic research, M.I.C., medal rolls, 1911 census and research. George William Burlingham was born in 1897 at Snetterton Norfolk. He landed Gallipoli 7th August 1915, with the 6th East Yorkshire Regiment at Suvla Bay. From the war diary: Attack on Scimitar Hill 8th August. Heavy fighting with the CO being bayoneted and KIA. 5 Officers KIA, 5 WIA, 3 POW, 20 other ranks KIA, 104 WIA, 28 WIA & missing, 183 MIA. War diary covers heavy fighting all through August and at during an attack on the 21st Aug notes “Nearly all our officers killed during this period” September –December employed as pioneers. He was possibly wounded and posted to 8th Battalion on recovery. George is buried at Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-D'armentieres. The Tyneside Scottish unit history by Graham Stewart and John Sheen, mentions that after the loses on the 1st day of the Somme, “Drafts of new men began to arrive the 20th Battalion recorded the arrival of 190 men on the 25th July and 111 on the 26th July. The unit does not mention where the drafts came from but it is highly likely the majority came from Yorkshire Regiments (page 169), Killed in Action 10th December 1916 from the same source. 90 On the night of 10/11/December 1916 at 1:10am the 20th Battalion party that had been in training commenced their raid on the enemy trenches. The party was made up of four officers and eighty-four other ranks of the 20th Battalion. Three Royal Engineers of 208 Field Company and three men of the 102 Light Trench Mortar Battery. These men were divided into two main groups under the command of Second Lieutenant MacNaught and Second Lieutenant Browning. Both groups attacked simultaneously and managed to take three men of the 1/8th Bavarian Infantry Regt prisoner along with much valuable information. This was one of the most successful raids carried out by the Tyneside Scottish Brigade.
British Army 2nd Afghan War Medal to Private Witting, 2nd Battalion (P.O.W.) West Yorkshire Regiment. Afghanistan 1878-1880 Medal, impressed named, in upright capitals, 10B/770 PTE C. WITTING. 2/14TH REGT. Medal has two minor edge knocks at 6 o’clock. With copy of enlistment papers, medal roll, newspaper article and basic research. N.B. No bars were issued to the 2/14th for this campaign. Christopher Witting was born in Skirlaugh, Yorkshire in 1858. He enlisted with the 10th Brigade on the 24/10/1876 in Leeds. He served in various localities in the UK between 25/10/1876 - 5/10/1878. India 6/10/1878 - 8/12/1886. Home 9/12/1886 - 18/12/1886, then reserve 24/10/1888. Whilst in India the 2/14th were stationed in Lucknow 18/11/1878 – Afghanistan 27/1/ 1880 - India 18/8/1880. Nowshera 21/8/1880 - Peshawar 10/10/1881 - Nowshera 1/12/1881 - Sealkote (Bengal) 27/2/1883, Mooltan 14/3/1886. After discharge he is recorded as being accused of chicken theft from a neighbour in May 1902 and rape in February 1904. The rape case was dismissed but it is unknown what fate befell the chicken! He died aged 66 in September 1924 in Yorkshire.
WW1 British Army medal group of 4 to Mesopotamia Military Medal winner Corporal Cook, 7th Hussars. War Medal & Victory Medal, impressed named 6218 CPL. C. COOK. 7- HRS.; WW2 British Defence medal, unnamed as issued; King George V Long Service Good Conduct impressed named 5 32952 SJT.C. COOK.M.M.: 7-H.; Original swing mounted with space where M.M. should sit. Comes with copies medal index card, medal roll, MM card, London Gazette, Tank Corps register and basic research. Charles Cook was born on the 9/8/1891 in London. He enlisted in London to the 7th Hussars (Queens Own) on the 1/10/ 1910. His occupation was Horse keeper. He was stationed in India 11/10/1911, until the unit was deployed to Mesopotamia on the 22/11/1917. Awarded the M.M. for actions in late 1918. It was awarded 1/12/1918 and Gazetted 3/7/1919. MM Gazette No 64 carries the schedule number in the range of 246,000-248,999 and 252,000-254,100 with awards for September /October 1918. He served in Mesopotamia until the 12/4/1918 & India 12/11/1920. He was discharged 30/9/1933 time expired. Re enlisted 24/6/1939 A total of 366 M.M.’s were issued for Mesopotamia. 78 for 1918. The 7th Hussars were part of the 11th Cavalry Brigade in Mesopotamia. They were involved in classic cavalry flanking manoeuvres in 1918. This resulted in heavy fighting and losses.
WW1 British Navy Distinguished Service Medal to Seaman Keogh, for service during the Gallipoli campaign.Naval Distinguished Service Medal (King George V), impressed named to A.5251. P. KEOGH. SEAN R.N.R. GALLIPOLI OPNS 1915-16. Toned to face, with light wear. Generally good. Service papers appear to have been misfield. Comes with copy of London Gazette and medal roll. Patrick Keogh was also entitled to the 1914-15 Trio. The DSM was gazetted 15th May 1916 for GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN and EVACUATION - NAVAL AWARDS in recognition of services rendered by Petty Officers and men of the Eastern Mediterranean Squadron between the time of landing in the Gallipoli Peninsula in April, 1915, and the evacuation in December, 1915 - January, 1916: To receive the Distinguished Service Medal. Seaman, R.N.R., Patrick Keogh, O.N. 5251A
WW1 British Army 1916 Military Medal to Sapper M. ALLEN, 4th Div. Sig. R.E. Military Medal G.V.R. impressed named 22874 SAPR M.ALLEN. 4/D.S COY R.E. Comes with copies of enlistment papers, trade test papers, medal index card, medal rolls, London Gazette & basic research. Entitled to the 1914 Star trio. The medal index card and the medal roll for the War & Victory medal show the War and Victory medal were returned as per Kings Regulations 1923 Para 992 (a.). MM London Gazette 14/12/1916. Mark Allen was born at Hull Yorkshire in April 1893. He enlisted in the Royal Engineers 21/5/1912 and gave his occupation as Joiner. Home address 29 Norwood St Hull. 20/7/1914 Posted to 9th Coy. Who were with the 4th Div. Home 21/5/12 - 22/8/14 France 23/8/14-14/2/19. Home 15/2/19-29/10/20. 23/8/1914 Landed in France with 9th Coy RE. 4th Div. 22/12/15 Joined HQ 4th Div. 21/11/17 recorded as appointed L/Cpl H’d Qs (HQ 4th Div Eng. B.I.G. No. 2). He was discharged 29/10/20. Awards in this Gazette do not carry schedule numbers which would indicate individual awards for small actions such as trench raids. These actions would have taken place in September 1916.
WW1 British Army 1915 medal trio to Private Sutton, Norfolk Regt & Royal Engineers, who served in Mesopotamia and France. 1914-15 Star, impressed named 1839 PTE. W.A. SUTTON: NORF.R.; War and Victory Medal, impressed named 1839 PTE. W.A. SUTTON. NORF.R.; Original ribbons and safety pin sown onto ribbon for wear. Comes with copies M.I.C., medal rolls and basic research. Private William Sutton landed Mesopotamia 30/7/1915 with the 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment. The battalion surrendered at Kut in April 1916, but Pte Sutton was not with them at the time. At some stage he transferred to the Royal Engineers finishing the war with them. Royal Engineer serial number WR/193395 is with the range issued to 2nd LIGHT RAILWAY OPERATING COY, who landed France 4/2/1917. It is possible that he was wounded or more likely sick from the Mesopotamian campaign, that then resulted in his transfer to the Engineers.
WW1 Ottoman Turkey Gallipoli Star medal/badge. Excellent red enamel finish with brass crescent moon and sultan’s name/date. Enamel is faultless and clear. Pin backed, non-rivet type, plain reverse. A quality German made example, awarded & worn by those serving as advisors to the Turkish Forces.
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