Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between fifth and sixth clasps (2269 Pte. C. Harding. Rl: Warwick: Regt.) suspension claw re-pinned and slightly loose, otherwise very fine --- C. Harding attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War. Sold together with a double sided oval pin back brooch, with bevelled glass, containing a photographic image of two uniformed soldiers, one presumed to be the recipient, with an additional part hand coloured photograph to the reverse of a young lady; and a postcard size photograph of the recipient in later years wearing his medal, accompanied by his wife.
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Three: Private H. Kent, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914 Star, with clasp (8522 Pte. H. Kent, 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8522 Pte. H. Kent. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with a Rhine Army Horse Show 1919 Prize Medal, bronze, crudely engraved ‘H. Kent. 52 L.I.’, very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Harry Kent attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 September 1914. Believed to have been wounded by gun shot to the left leg in November 1914, he subsequently served with the Essex Regiment, the Devonshire Regiment, and the Labour Corps. Sold together with a postcard photograph of the recipient in uniform.
Six: Second Lieutenant C. R. Trelease, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, late Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in the Second World War 1914-15 Star (2788 Pte. C. R. Trelease. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. C. R. Trelease.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Sub-Inspr. Charles R. Trelease) contact marks, generally very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Charles Reginald Trelease was born at Taunton, Somerset, on 30 April 1891 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 26 March 1918, serving on attachment to the 6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. He was promoted Lieutenant on 27 September 1919. He is noted in the Army List for November 1932 as a Captain in 13th London Regiment (Princess Louise’s Kensington Regiment), with seniority from 4 November 1924, and resigned his commission on 11 October 1934. Trelease is recorded in the 1939 Register as residing in Hammersmith, and was a Civil Servant and Technical Assistant in the Gas Testing Section, for the Board of Trade. He is also noted as a Sub-Inspector in the Metropolitan Police Special Constabulary. He was appointed to be a Probationary Pilot Officer in the Administration and Special Duties Branch of the Royal Air Force on 5 September 1941. He died at Sutton, Surrey, in September 1984. Sold together with a photographic image of the recipient.
Five: Private J. W. Talbot, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Cyprus, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (4459331 Pte. J. W. Talbot. Oxf. & Bucks.) suspension very slack on last, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise very fine and better (5) £80-£100 --- J. W. Talbot is noted on the medal roll as serving in Palestine from May to August 1947.
A rare Great War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Dental Surgeon Lieutenant H. J. Corin, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, later Honorary Major, Royal Air Force, who was one of only a handful (believed to be fewer than 10) of Dental Surgeons to receive the 1914-15 Star The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1918; 1914-15 Star (Dent. Surg. H. J. Corin. R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Dent. Surg. Lt. H. J. Corin. R.N.V.R.); Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver and enamel, with A.I.R. silver palm to riband, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, blue enamel damage to obverse central medallion on last, otherwise good very fine, the 1914-15 Star rare to a Dental Surgeon (5) £800-£1,000 --- The April 1915 Navy List records only 7 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Dental Surgeons, and the August 1917 Navy List records 19 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Dental Surgeons. Consequently, it is likely that the number of 1914-15 Stars awarded to Dental Surgeons in the R.N.V.R. is under 10. O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1919. The original recommendation states: ‘Has given dental services since beginning of war, in connection with Air Stations Dunkirk.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 26 April 1918. Belgium, Order of the Crown, Chevalier London Gazette 21 September 1919. Herbert John Corin was born in Forest Hill, London, in 1880, and qualified at Guys Dental School in 1900. By 1910 he had his own private practice at 9 Old Burlington Street, London, W1. He became an Honorary Dental Surgeon with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve attached to the Royal Naval Air Service. He served at the Air Station in Dunkirk during the Great War from October 1914 - his Medal Index Card questions his eligibility for a 1914 Star. During the Great War he would travel from Dover to La Panne in Belgium to work on servicemen with facial injuries, and was also personal dentist to the King of the Belgians who lived at La Panne during the war. A founder member of the Royal Aero Club, on the formation of the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918 Corin became an Honorary Major. he relinquished his commission in April 1920 and resumed his private practice, where he had a number of high profile clients including Princess Alice, the Duke of Westminster, and the Earl of Athlone. The 1935 Dental Directory records him as Consultant Dental Surgeon, Belgian Field Hospital Furnes and Hoogstaede, as well as Honorary Dental Surgeon, St Vincent de Paul Orpahan. He died in Chichester, Sussex, on 28 August 1965. Sold together with the Commission Document appointing the recipient a Dental Surgeon in the R.N.V.R., dated 1.4.1915, in OHMS transmission tube; the Bestowal Document for the O.B.E., in Central Chancery envelope; the recipient’s Mentioned in Despatches Certificate; and the Bestowal Document for the Belgian Order of the Crown; as well as a large quantity of photographs from the Great War, many featuring the recipient.
Three: Acting Warrant Officer Class II A. G. Mitchell, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (8779 A. W.O. Cl. 2. A. G. Mitchell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, with fixed suspension (5374065 Sjt. A. G. Mitchell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £70-£90 --- Albert George Mitchell attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and served with the 3rd Battalion, attached to the Army Gymnastics Staff, for a period during the Great War. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 150 of 1927.
Six: Warrant Officer Class II W. D. Duke, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (1731 L.Cpl. W. D. Duke. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (1731 W.O. Cl. 2 W. D. Duke. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (200168 C. Sjt. W. D. Duke. 4 - Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, 1 clasp, Long Service 1942 (William D. Duke) the three bronze awards lightly gilded, edge bruising and contact marks throughout, generally nearly very fine (6) £160-£200 --- William Druce Duke attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. Appointed Company Quartermaster Sergeant, he subsequently served in No. 4 Officer Cadet Battalion at New College, Oxford, but was struck off the strength in January 1919, on dispersal. In the 1939 Register he is recorded as a Special Constable, residing at Walton Crescent, Oxford. He died in Oxford in 1957.
Three: Leading Signaller W. E. Western, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (J.69382 W. E. Western, Sig. Boy R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (J.69382 W. E. Western. Sig. H.M.S. Venetia.) light contact marks, very fine (3) £60-£80 --- Wilfred Edward Western was born on 6 June 1901, at Plymouth Devon. He commenced naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable, on 3 April 1917. He was appointed Boy Signaller, H.M.S. Ganges, on 29 August 1917. He was then appointed to H.M.S. Valiant, being advanced to Ordinary Signaller, on 6 June 1919, and Signaller, on 26 July 1920. He subsequently saw service in several ships, including H.M.S. Vivid I, H.M.S. Delhi, H.M.S. Vivid II (Tenacious), and H.M.S. Columbine (Warwick). He was advanced to Acting Leading Signaller, H.M.S. Greenwich on 9 January 1929, and confirmed as Leading Signaller, H.M.S. Vivid II - IV (Venetia) on 9 January 1930. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in June 1934. He continued in service to the Second World War, serving in H.M.S. Drake II (Basilisk), H.M.S. Lynx, and H.M.S. Western Isles. He was pensioned on 5 June 1941, but continued in service until his release from H.M.S. Rodney in September 1945.
Four: Company Quarter Master Sergeant J. T. Biggs, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (1710 L. Cpl. J. T. Biggs. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (1710 A. Sjt. J. T. Biggs. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (5375759 Pte. J. T. Biggs. 4-Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with nine shooting medals, 1 silver and 8 bronze, the silver medal engraved ‘Best Shot 1931, C.Q.M.S. J. T. Biggs’, nearly very fine (lot) £100-£140 --- John T. Biggs attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Territorial Force), and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. He was awarded his Territorial Efficiency Medal in 1922.
British War Medal 1914-20 (7) (138503. 2.A.M. J. A. Baume. R.A.F.; 98690. 2.A.M. F. J. Carter. R.A.F.; 147317. 2.A.M. W. G. Crockett. R.A.F.; 63393. 2.A.M. C. W. Dean. R.A.F.; 76126. 2.A.M. T. R. Gould. R.A.F.; 222656. 2.A.M. W. A. Gregory. R.A.F.; 104962. 2.A.M. F. V. Spratt. R.A.F.) generally good very fine (7) £100-£140
Three: Sergeant F. Woodley, 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (195 Pte. F. Woodley. Oxford: Lt.I.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (195 Pte. F. Woodley. Oxford: L.I.); Militia L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (195 Serjt. F. Woodley. 3rd Oxford L.I. Mil.) edge bruise to KSA, generally very fine and better, the last scarce to unit (3) £400-£500 --- Approximately 13 Militia Long Service and Good Conduct Medals awarded to the 3rd Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry. Frederick Woodley, a native of Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, enlisted there into the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 23 February 1882, and re-engaged on 19 May 1887. He was promoted Corporal on 27 April 1891, and Sergeant on on 3 March 1895, and was embodied for service in the Boer War on 21 September 1900, returning to the U.K. on 2 April 1902. He was awarded his Militia Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in February 1905, and was finally discharged on termination of his final engagement at High Wycombe on 19 February 1908.
Three: Leading Telegrapher O. E. Akehurst, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve British War and Victory Medals (J.574441 O. E. Akehurst. O.Tel. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (J.57441 (P.O. B. 185260 O. E. Akehurst. L.Tel. R.F.R.) light polishing and a couple of minor edge bruises to the first two, nearly very fine (3) £60-£80 --- Otto Edward Akehurst was born on 27 January 1901, at Peckham, London. He commenced naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Powerful, on 19 August 1916. He was appointed Boy Telegrapher, H.M.S. Ganges on 30 January 1917, and Ordinary Telegrapher, H.M.S. Shannon, on 19 August 1918. He was subsequently appointed to be Telegrapher, H.M.S. Victory I, on 2 June 1919. He then served in several ships including, H.M.S. Cormorant (Odin), H.M.S. Iron Duke, H.M.S. King George V, H.M.S. Dublin, and H.M.S. Lowestoft, being appointed Leading Telegrapher, on 11 November 1925. He was discharged to shore on the expiration of his period of service, on 26 January 1931, and subsequently joined the Royal Fleet Reserve on 3 March 1933. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1936, and was recalled for war service in August 1939, serving in H.M.S. Victory I, H.M.S. Fervent (Lormont) and H.M.S. Beaver (Lormont). He was released from service in H.M.S. Beaver, in October 1945. He is also entitled to the Africa General Service Medal with clasp for Somaliland 1920, when serving in H.M.S. Odin. Note: H.M.S. Lormont assisted in the evacuation from Dunkirk, but was sunk on 7 December 1940, following a collision with the trawler H.M.S. Cortina, at the mouth of the river Humber.
A rare Army Best Shot Medal awarded to Warrant Officer Class II P. N. Walbridge, Small Arms School Corps Army Best Shot Medal, G.VI.R., 1 clasp, 1938 (6910922 W.O. Cl.II. P. N. Walbridge. S. Arms Sch.) officially impressed naming; together with the recipient’s Army Rifle Association Medal, silver gilt, with 5 clasps, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, unnamed, with top silver-gilt riband buckle, nearly extremely fine, rare (2) £1,200-£1,600 --- The Army Best Shot Medal, sometimes known as the ‘Queen’s Medal’, was instituted in 1869 and continued to be awarded until 1882. The award of the medal was revived in 1923 (as the ‘King’s Medal’), differing from the earlier version in having a clasp(s) bearing the year of award(s). During the period 1923-34, a single medal was competed for by 50 members of the Regular Army and 50 members of the Territorial Army. Certain Commonwealth countries also competed for a separate Medal. From 1935 onwards, the home forces competed for two medals, one for the Regular Army and one for the Territorial Army. With the accession of Queen Elizabeth II, the award was again known as the ‘Queen’s Medal’ and the recipient referred to as the ‘Queen’s Medallist’. P. N. Walbridge transferred to the Small Arms School Corps from the Rifle Brigade in July 1931 and served as a Company Sergeant Major Instructor. He served during the Second World War with the British Expeditionary Force in France, and was evacuated from Dunkirk. Appointed to a commission, he was the last recipient of the King’s Medal until the Championship was reinstated in 1947.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Company Sergeant-Major G. H. Black, Royal Scots Fusiliers, for gallantry in capturing a German “pill-box” and taking 15 prisoners, he himself being severely wounded Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5547 C.S. Mjr: G. H. Black. 1/R.S. Fus:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (5547 Pte. H. G. Black, 2: R. Scots Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (5547 Sjt. H. G. Black. R.S. Fus.); France, Croix de Guerre 1914 1915, with bronze palme, the second with edge bruising and contact marks, good fine, otherwise nearly very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 6 February 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in rushing forward and dropping a bomb through one of the loopholes of a “pill-box” that was holding up an attack. The garrison, fifteen in number, at once surrendered. His gallantry enabled the company to take the position. He was himself severely wounded.’ Croix de Guerre London Gazette 12 July 1918. Sold with copied Medal Index Cards for George H. Black and Henry G. Black, both with matching numbers, confirming entitlement to pair only and also Silver War Badge. Black also served with the Army Service Corps (ES/58415).
Pair: Petty Officer C. H. Wollacott, Royal Navy, who later served in the Coast Guard Service British War Medal 1914-20 (148436 C. H. Wollacott. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (148436 C. H. Wollacott, Boatn., H.M. Coast Guard.) light surface marks, good very fine (2) £100-£140 --- Charles Henry Wollacott was born on 25 September 1873, at Babbacombe, Devon. He commenced naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable, on 3 April 1889. He then served in H.M.S. Black Prince, H.M.S. Ruby, and H.M.S. Assaye, until he was advanced to Ordinary Seaman, on 25 September 1891. He was advanced to Leading Seaman, H.M.S. Hazard, on 19 August 1897, and Petty Officer Second Class in H.M.S. Isis on 5 February 1900. He was further advanced to Petty Officer First Class in H.M.S. Cambridge, on 23 October 1900. He transferred to the Coast Guard, in December 1900, being posted to Lyme Regis. He had subsequent appointments at various Coast Guard Stations, including Bournemouth and Port Erin, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1906. He was appointed Leading Boatman, 1 April 1910, and Petty Officer, Coast Guard, on 12 September 1917. He was formally appointed to the New Coast Guard Force on 1 May 1919. He is confirmed on the medal roll as having received only the British War Medal for his service in the Great War.
Four: Stoker Petty Officer R. H. Gillies, Royal Navy, later Royal Fleet Reserve 1914-15 Star (K.4034, R. H. Gillies, Act. L. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.4034, R. H. Gillies, S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (K.4034 Ch. B.15328 R. H. Gillies. S.P.O. R.F.R.) minor edge bruising, otherwise very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Robert Henry Gillies was born on 12 December 1890, at Homerton, London. He commenced naval service as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Acheron, on 25 August 1909. He was posted to H.M.S. Lancaster on 31 May 1910, and was advanced to Stoker First Class on 1 October 1910. He was posted to H.M.S. Actaeon, for service in Torpedo Boat 115, on 17 December 1912, and was advanced to Acting Leading Stoker on 1 February 1915, and Leading Stoker on 1 January 1916. For the rest of the Great War he served in H.M.S. Pembroke II, H.M.S. Wallington, and H.M.S. Ceres, being promoted Acting Stoker Petty Officer on 1 March 1917, and confirmed in that rate on 2 June 1917. He was discharged to shore on 1 April 1920, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1925.
Three: Private G. E. Plumb, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later a Special Constable British War and Victory Medals (26378 Pte. G. E. Plumb. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, 1 clasp, Long Service 1939 (George E. Plumb) official correction to last letter of surname on BWM and VM, as noted on medal index card; light contact marks, otherwise very fine Four: Private S. Martin, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (20886 Pte. S. Martin. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal; Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Sidney Martin) very fine (7) £70-£90 --- George Edmund Plumb was born on 31 October 1889 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 10 December 1915, serving with the 5th Battalion during the Great War. He was discharged on 11 November 1917, due to sickness, aged 28, and was awarded a Silver War Badge No. 270023.
Eight: Major and Quartermaster E. Digby, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, late Staff Sergeant, Royal Artillery 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Capt. E. Digby. R.E.M.E.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1422476 W.O. Cl. 1. E. Digby. R.E.M.E.) rank partially officially corrected; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (1422476 Bmbr. E. Digby. R.A.); Malaysia, Active Service Medal, mounted court-style, lacquered, generally very fine, scarce combination (8) £400-£500 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 27 September 1945 (Burma). Edward Digby served with the Royal Artillery during the Second World War, and advanced to Staff Sergeant. He transferred as Warrant Officer Class 1 to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and was commissioned Lieutenant and Quartermaster in January 1951. Digby advanced to Captain and Quartermaster in October 1952, and to Major and Quartermaster in October 1958. Major Digby retired in October 1960. Sold with M.O.D. correspondence addressed to recipient at ‘14 The Close, Portchester, Fareham, Hants’, relating to the award of the Malaysian Active Service Medal, dated July 1972.
Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Badajoz, Salamanca (J. Martin, Hospital Mate.) good very fine and rare to unit £1,800-£2,200 --- Provenance: Spink, September 1994; Dix Noonan Webb, September 2012. One of only 8 Hospital Mates found on the medal roll. James Martin was born on 3 January 1790. He trained as a Physician in Edinburgh, gaining the L.R.C.S. Ed. in 1811 and passing an examination for surgery of the R.C.S. Eng. in 1812. In 1826 he gained the degree of M.D. Ed. Entering military service, he was appointed a Hospital Mate on 12 February 1812 and saw active service in the Peninsula War at Badajoz and Salamanca. He was appointed an Assistant Surgeon with the 1st West India Regiment, October 1816; Assistant Surgeon to the 5th Foot, May 1817; and retired on Half Pay on 6 January 1825. Dr Martin died in Edinburgh on 10 February 1875. Sold with copied research.
Three: Second Lieutenant G. H. Brown, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late 6th Dragoon Guards 1914-15 Star (6DN-4806 Sjt. G. H. Brown. 6-Dns.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. G. H. Brown) very fine (3) £70-£90 --- George Hubert Brown was born on 10 September 1883. He joined the ranks of the 6th Dragoons on 10 March 1902, serving with them until transferred to the Army Reserve on 10 March, 1910. He was mobilised from the Army Reserve and returned to the 6th Dragoons, and re-numbered D/21045, until he was posted to No. 16 Officer Cadet Battalion in December 1917. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 27 February 1918, serving with the O.B.L.I. until a short posting to the 1/6th South Staffordshire Regiment in October and November 1918, returning to the O.B.L.I. on 8 November 1918. He retired with the rank of Lieutenant, receiving a gratuity, on 19 November 1919. Brown was working as a postman for the General Post Office, when he was arrested in 1925, and pleaded guilty to stealing two letters containing money. He was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment. Following his conviction he was removed from the Army and deprived of his rank, 16 February 1925, confirmed in the London Gazette of 28 April 1925. A note on his medal index card indicates that he was permitted to retain his medals. Sold together with original Officers Record of Service, blue book (Army Book 439).
A post-War 1949 ‘Malaya operations’ B.E.M. group of four awarded to Staff Sergeant J. G. Hills, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 2nd issue; (5334915 S/Sgt. Joseph G. Hills, R.E.M.E.) Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (5334915 S/Sjt. J. G. Hills. R.E.M.E.) mounted for wear, light contact marks, therefore very fine (4) £200-£240 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 13 December 1949: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Malaya during the period 1st January, 1949, to 30th June, 1949.’ The original recommendation states: ‘S/Sgt. Hills has personally executed most of the urgent operational repairs and difficult recovery work which this workshop has been called upon to undertake. This load has been considerable and at times difficult and has involved him in many all night sessions frequently running into days. By his own example of hard work and a proper realisation of operational urgency he has inspired those who work under him to a similar high regard for duty. His efforts have made a great contribution to the anti-bandit campaign.’ Joseph George Hills was born in Rotherhithe, London in January 1916. He enlisted in the Royal Berkshire Regiment in May 1934, and served in India from September 1937 - December 1945. Hills served in Singapore, September 1948 - February 1955, and was discharged in January 1958. He was subsequently employed at the Bookers Sugar Estates Ltd, Georgetown, British Guiana.
A scarce Second War ‘North-West Europe’ U.S.A. Bronze Star group of seven awarded to Armament Sergeant Major F. J. Beckett, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (2064638 W. O. Cl. 1. F. J. Beckett. R.E.M.E.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (2064638 W. O. Cl. 1. F. J. Beckett. R.E.M.E.); United States of America, Bronze Star, the reverse engraved ‘Frederick Beckett’, mounted as originally worn, generally very fine (7) £300-£400 --- United States of America, Bronze Star London Gazette 17 October 1946, the original recommendation states: ‘Armament Sergeant Major Beckett has distinguished himself by Meritorious achievement, not involving participation in aerial flight, during operations in N. W. Europe. Throughout this campaign, Beckett has set a high example of zeal, determination and devotion to duty. Due to a shortage of officers, during a period of two months he has carried responsibilities greater than those of his rank. His exceptional initiative, untiring work, and ready acceptance of unusual tasks enabled his unit to maintain a high output of tanks and vehicles particularly in the Second Army difficult conditions obtaining during the fighting in the Reichswald Forest. His work throughout the campaign has been quite exceptional.’ Frederick James Beckett served with 813 Armoured Troops Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers during the Second War.
A Bronze R.N.L.I. medal awarded to Joseph Atkinson, Captain of the Padstow Steam Tug Helen Peele, for the rescue of the crew of the Port Isaac fishing boat Our Girlie during a gale near Portquin Royal National Lifeboat Institution, G.V.R., bronze (Joseph Atkinson, Voted 21st February, 1929.) with uniface ‘double dolphin’ suspension, complete with original suspension brooch in its gilt embossed R.N.L.I. presentation case, extremely fine and scarce £600-£800 --- ‘Atkinson, Joseph, Captain, Padstow Steam Tug Helen Peele. 27 November 1928: When, at 4.30 a.m. it was found that the Port Isaac fishing boat Our Girlie could not be accounted for in a west-north-westerly gale, the steam tug put out and, using her searchlight, found her anchored close to shore near Portquin. In the heavy seas she was in danger, if her cable broke, of being cast on to the rocks. Captain Atkinson caused oil to be released, which smoothed the waves, then stood in and anchored in two to three fathoms. He then manoeuvred the tug alongside and took off the five men, just before the boat was thrown on to the rocks.’ (Ref. Lifeboat Gallantry, by Barry Cox).
An Edward Medal for Industry awarded to G. E. Thorpe, for his gallantry during an accident and explosion at Deptford Dry Dock at Greenwich on 7 January 1927; initially the sole survivor, he subsequently died the following year, his death ‘accelerated by the accident’ Edward Medal (Industry), G.V.R., 1st issue, with 2nd type reverse, bronze (George Edward Thorpe) on original investiture pin, in fitted case of issue, extremely fine £1,200-£1,600 --- E.M. London Gazette 1 April 1927: His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to award the Edward Medal to George Edward Thorpe, George Gaunt, Thomas John Taylor and John Henry Perkins, in recognition of their gallantry in the following circumstances:- ‘On 7th January 1927, a shaft 20 feet in diameter and 50 feet deep, was being sunk at Greenwich. Six men, including George Thorpe, were working at the bottom of the shaft under compressed air when an explosion occurred which blew off the top of the shaft and caused a heavy fall of timber and concrete. At the same time the water which before the explosion was held back by the compressed air, rapidly invaded the shaft. When the accident occurred, George Thorpe was partially sheltered from the falling material, but was rendered unconscious for a short time by the concussion. On regaining consciousness, he heard the cry of a companion, Martyn, who was pinned under fallen timber. Despite the fact that he was dazed by the explosion, and by the sudden release of air pressure, he left his shelter and held Martyn’s head above the water until rescue came, preferring so to risk his life rather than to seek safety by climbing out of the shaft. He was all the time exposed to falling material and the water was rapidly flooding the shaft. As soon as the explosion occurred, Gaunt, a foreman, Taylor and Perkins at once sought means to descend the shaft and finally, by improvising a ladder 40 feet long, reached the bottom. They succeeded in freeing Martyn and bringing him and Thorpe to the surface. Further descents were made in a vain search for the other four workers who were held down by wreckage and were submerged in the rising water. Martyn subsequently died from his injuries. During the time they were engaged on the work of rescue debris was continually falling and as the cause of the disaster was unknown so was it unknown whether the first explosion would not be followed by a second. They started rescue operations with great promptitude and embarked on a highly perilous enterprise in a calm and intelligent manner, with a total disregard for their own safety.’ George Edward Thorpe, a native of Clerkenwell, London, was the sole survivor of the working party which was employed in constructing a shaft in the Deptford Dry Dock for the London Power Company Ltd. on 7 January 1927. He was especially praised by the Coroner in his inquest into the accident, who stated: ‘You Thorpe were down in the gloom, and the jury wish specially to commend you. If there be any special recognition available for such gallantry I shall have pleasure in recommending you.’ Consequently he was awarded the Edward Medal for his gallantry. Thorpe died the following year, in hospital on 28 February 1928. The jury at the coroner’s Court found that his death was ‘from syncope due to cancer and pneumonia, accelerated by the accident’, and that the verdict should be ‘accidental death’, rather than natural death. Sold with copied research including many copied contemporary newspaper accounts.
The unique ‘Palestine 1945-48’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant D. K. Ritchie, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, who, armed only with a Tommy-gun, single-handedly repelled a concentrated attack by at least 20 terrorists of the Irgun Zvai Leumi on the Armoury of the R.E.M.E. Depot, Tel-Aviv, 27 December 1945. Ritchie was subjected to attack by hand-grenades, and successfully fought off a Bren-gun during the action against the terrorists who were dressed as British soldiers Military Medal, G.VI.R. (83216 Cfn. D. K. Ritchie. R.E.M.E.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (83216 Cpl. D. K. Ritchie. M.M. R.E.M.E.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (83216. Cpl. D. K. Ritchie. M.M. R.E.M.E.) mounted as worn, generally good very fine (7) £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Glendinings, June 1987. M.M. London Gazette 18 April 1946. The original recommendation (for a B.E.M.) states: ‘On 27 Dec 45 No 83216 Craftsman Ritchie D.K. was sentry on the Armoury of his unit at Tel Aviv, Palestine. At 1920 hours a raid by armed men with Rifles, TSMGs & Grenades was made, and the door adjoining the armoury blown in immobilising the guard. Craftsman Ritchie alone under heavy fire of small arms and grenades advanced & engaged the attackers with his TSMG at close quarters, causing casualties to the raiders. It was entirely due to the sole efforts and gallantry of Craftsman Ritchie that an attack by approximately 20 armed men was repulsed and the attackers failed in attaining their objective. Very strongly recommended as it was entirely due to this one man that that this attack was defeated.’ The above event, which was featured in the newspapers including The Times, is additionally recorded: ‘At about 7.30 in the evening on the 27th December, 1945, some 40 or 50 Jews, members of a terrorist organisation known as Irgun Zvai Leumi, and armed with automatic weapons and explosives, cut through the perimeter wire of a British Army camp. They were dressed in British battledress and wearing steel helmets. After they had entered the camp they encountered several British soldiers, one of whom, a lance-corporal, was killed, the rest being taken prisoner. The terrorists then split into two groups, one group entering billet, into which they threw a bomb. The second group made for the primary target, the armoury, which was situated inside the Q.M. Stores. They attached explosives to the large sliding doors of the stores, which blew them open. The explosions and gunfire had, of course, alerted the one-man guard inside the armoury, and when they entered the building he had no difficulty, fortunately, in identifying the raiders, despite the fact that they were wearing British battledress, for the British troops never wore steel helmets on the camp. He immediately opened fire on them with his Tommy-gun to which the raiders replied from several quarters, and, whilst avoiding the effects of at least two grenades which were thrown at him he carried on a duel with a Bren-gun which was being used against him, in addition to other types of weapons. After some time the terrorists withdrew from the building, and, after the “retreat” (the British Army call) had been sounded by one of their men on a bugle, they also withdrew from the camp, taking an estimated 5 or 6 dead or wounded with them (they also took the mortally wounded British lance-corporal with them, whom they left on an adjoining football ground, the Maccabi Stadium).’ 9 servicemen were killed during the attack. 1 of only 7 M.M.’s awarded for Palestine 1945-48, and unique to the R.E.M.E. David Keith Ritchie was born in Dundee, Scotland in September 1921. He enlisted in the Territorial Army in May 1939, and initially served with the Royal Army Service Corps prior to transferring to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1942. Ritchie advanced to Acting Sergeant in January 1946, and was discharged in November 1950. After service he was employed as a Secondary School Teacher, and he died at Glenrothes in December 2006. Sold with copied research.
Four: Lance Corporal A. F. Atkinson, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24805382 LCpl A F Atkinson REME); Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24805382 LCpl A F Atkinson REME); U.N. Medal, on UNPROFOR ribbon; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Kosovo, mounted as originally worn, generally very fine or better (4) £140-£180
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Camp and Villaverde Medal for Saving Life at Sea, bronze, edge laser engraved ‘Specimen’, in original fitted case with integral top brooch bar, extremely fine £160-£200 --- The Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society’s Camp & Villaverde Medal was instituted in 1873 ‘to be awarded to those who were instrumental in saving life at sea’, and the first award was made to Mr. Rawson Post, mate of the George Hurlbut, for rescuing the crew of the barque Olive in a gale in the Atlantic on 12 April 1873. In total 37 silver and 8 bronze medals have been awarded, with the last award made in 1944. Sold with a letter from the Liverpool Shipwreck & Humane Society, dated 5 November 2021, authenticating and explaining that this is one of four unnamed medals discovered in their archive and is now being sold to raise funds for the Society. Each of the four medals has been marked ‘Specimen’.
Africa Star (10), all unnamed as issued, generally very fine and better (10) £60-£80 --- Sold together with a British Red Cross Society Medal for War Service 1914-18, with integral top riband bar; an unofficial Aspull and Haigh, Lancashire, Coronation Medal 1902 in white metal; a Prussian Commemorative War Merit Medal 1813-15, bronze, on combatant’s riband; and a R.A.O.B. Jewel, gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Bro John W. Cookson. Shakespeare Lodge No. 148 Exalted 9.6.48’; together with a yellow shoulder lanyard; and two black head-dress plumes.
Three: Chief Yeoman of Signals J. E. Cole, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (J.2885 J. E. Cole. L.Sig. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J.2885 J. E. Cole. Y. S. H.M.S. Columbine.) contact marks, heavily polished and worn, therefore fair to fine (3) £60-£80 --- James Edward Cole was born on 23 December 1892, at Bethnal Green, London. He commenced naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Ganges, on 3 September 1908. He was appointed to be Boy First Class (Signals), H.M.S. Impregnable, on 8 May 1909, and was advanced to Ordinary Signaller, H.M.S. Patrol on 23 December 1910, and Signaller, on 3 November 1911. He was again advanced to Leading Signaller, H.M.S. Woolwich (Goshawk) on 5 May 1915. He served in H.M.S. Paris from September 1916 to 31 December 1918, and was then loaned to the Royal Australian Navy for two years from 27 January 1920. He reverted to the Royal Navy and was appointed Yeoman of Signals, H.M.S. Pembroke I, on 1 March 1922. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in March 1926, and was later appointed Chief Yeoman of Signals, H.M.S. Danae. He was pensioned to shore from H.M.S. Pembroke, in December 1932, but was recalled for war service on 27 August 1939, and saw service in H.M.S. President (Dover Castle), H.M.S. Lynx (Sandhurst) and H.M.S. President II (Grove Point). He was released from service in H.M.S. Boscawen, in November 1944.
Three: Private G. H. J. S. Bawden, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (18387 Pte. G. H. J. S. Bawden. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (18387 Pte. G. H. J. S. Bawden. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Three: Private A. C. Bradbury, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (1522 Pte. A. C. Bradbury. Oxf: & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (1523 Pte. A. C. Bradbury. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.), note difference in service number which is noted on Medal Index Card, nearly very fine Pair: Private S. Smith, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (203140 Pte. S. Smith. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Pair: Private H. S. Stanwell, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (202235 Pte. H. S. Stanwell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (10) £120-£160 --- George Henry John Shellish Bawden, a native of Weston-super-Mare, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Gosport, Hampshire, on 3 May 1915 and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 October 1915. He later served on attachment to the 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 30 July 1919. Alfred Charles Bradbury attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. He was disembodied on February 1919.
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut. W. B. Shawe, Gr. Mily. Pol.) very fine £400-£500 --- Provenance: George McIlroy Collection. William Butler Shawe was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Shawe, Madras Light Cavalry, and was nominated for the Honourable East India Company’s Army by General Sir James Lushington. Commissioned Ensign on 8 June 1949, he was posted to the 60th Bengal Native Infantry on 1 February 1850, and was promoted Lieutenant on 15 January 1855. During the Great Sepoy Mutiny he served on General duty at Allahabad from November 1857, and was District Superintendent of Supplies at Cawnpore from 13 May 1858. He was appointed Commandant of the Gorruckpore Military Police Levy on 6 September 1858, and saw action during the latter stages of the Great Sepoy Mutiny with this unit against the rebels in the jungles near Gorruckpore, October to December 1858. Whilst with the Gorruckpore Military Police Levy, Shawe was mentioned in the report by Lieutenant-Colonel G. King, 13th Light Infantry, Commanding at Gorruckpore, dated 21 November 1858: ‘I left Gorruckpore on 19 November for the purpose of dispersing a body of rebels under the command of Budhoo Sing, whose numbers were variously estimated from 500 to 800 strong, and who were reported to have taken up a strong position in a dense jungle, about 16 miles east of Gorruckpore. After a march of about 17 miles we came upon their position, which had evidently been abandoned with the utmost precipitancy, as I found the camp fires burning, and the food of a large number of men in a state of preparation. A few bullocks and ponies, a quantity of native powder and cartridges, and a number of entrenching tools, had all been abandoned in the haste of departure. On examination I found a wide ditch and embankment had been laid out, and, given the density of the jungle, there can be no doubt that had time been allowed to complete the defences, it would have been a formidable one. Finding that pursuit in such ground was useless, I withdrew the party, after burning the camp and destroying the powder, and returned to Gorruckpore, leaving 35 Europeans, 150 Native Levies, and half the troop Madras Native Cavalry, all under Lieutenant Shawe, to level the works thrown up by the rebels.’ Promoted Captain on 8 June 1861, Shawe was posted to the 3rd Bengal Native Infantry on 30 July 1862, before transferring as a Wing Officer to the 2nd Native Infantry. Promoted Major on 8 October 1867, he took command of the 2nd Native Infantry on 15 April 1869, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 29 October of that year. Promoted Colonel on 29 October 1874, he served in Afghanistan 1878-79 (entitled to a no clasp medal), before retiring to the U.K. in 1882 as Colonel Commandant of the 2nd Native Infantry. He was promoted Major-General on 23 August 1884 and Lieutenant-General on 20 September 1887, and having been placed on the supernumerary unemployed list in October 1888, was promoted to full General on 22 June 1894. He died at Southsea in 1905. A regimental historian, Shawe compiled and published The History of the 2nd Bengal Infantry in 1871. In 1881 he changed his surname by Deed Poll to Butler-Shawe.
Three: Able Seaman C. Smith, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Lion, the flagship of Admiral Beatty’s Battlecruiser Fleet, at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916 British War and Victory Medals (211173 C. Smith. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (211173 Charles Smith. A.B. H.M.S. Lion.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Charles Smith was born on 22 November 1884, at Hammersmith, London. He commenced naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable, on 29 August 1900, and was advanced to Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Vivid, on 22 November 1902, and Able Seaman, H.M.S. Royal Oak, on 15 September 1904. He continued in service and in the Great War served in H.M.S. Vivid I, and H.M.S. Defiance. He was present in H.M.S. Lion, the flagship of Admiral Beatty’s Battlecruiser Fleet at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in June 1918, and in 1920 joined H.M.S. Hood. He was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Vivid II, in November 1924.
A good Second War 1943 ‘North Africa’ D.C.M. group of nine awarded to Warrant Officer Class II J. F. Lewis, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, for repeated gallantry in the recovery of disabled tanks from minefields whilst under shell fire, including on one occasion when he crawled on his hands and knees through a field known to contain booby traps and mines Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (1425952 W.O. Cl. II J. F. Lewis. R.E.M.E.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (1425952 S. Sjt. J. F. Lewis. R.A.O.C.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (1425952 S/Sjt. J. F. Lewis. R.E.M.E.) mounted court-style for wear, generally very fine (9) £2,400-£2,800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 25 November 1943. The original recommendation (for a M.M.) states: ‘This WO has, from the outset of the campaign, displayed outstanding devotion to duty and has never hesitated to carry out the recovery of all types of equipment including AFVs in the face of the enemy. On many occasions he has taken recovery vehicles under shell and mortar fire to disabled tanks and vehicles and by his skill and coolness under fire has organised and supervised their immediate recovery. On the night 22/23 Apr 1943 he supervised the recovery of 6 tanks and one Scorpion under direct shell fire from the minefields to the North of the Takrouna feature near Enfidaville. On the night of 23/24 Apr 1943 he again recovered 2 tanks from the same minefield as the previous night and also 2 more tanks from the west of Takrouna. On the night 24/25 Apr 43 he supervised the recovery of 2 tanks from the North West of Takrouna and personally went on hands and knees to investigate another tank under shell fire so intense that no vehicle could get near to it. To do this he had to cross a field known to contain booby traps and mines. Several subsequent attempts were made to recover this one remaining disabled tank and finally on the day of 14 May 43 he succeeded in doing this under shell fire, first of all taking welding equipment to the tank to cut away very badly jammed tracks which had rendered previous recovery impossible. These are but a few examples of the outstanding initiative shown by this WO which have proved a fine example and inspiration to all ranks who have worked with him in his recovery Section.’ 1 of only 6 D.C.M.’s awarded to the R.E.M.E. between 1920-1997. James Frederick Lewis served with the 8 Armoured Brigade Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in North Africa during the Second War.
Pair: Stoker Petty Officer W. Blatchford, Royal Navy British War Medal 1914-20 (116070 W. Blatchford. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Walter Blatchford, Lg. Sto. 1st Cl. H.M.S. Vivid.) nearly extremely fine (2) £140-£180 --- Walter Blatchford was born on 16 January 1863, at Plymouth, Devon. He commenced naval service as Waiter and Officers Servant, H.M.S. Adelaide, on 15 February 1881, but was appointed Stoker Second Class, H.M.S. Indus by 2 March 1884. He was advanced to Stoker, H.M.S. Achilles, on 6 December 1884, and saw further service in H.M.S. Bellerophon, H.M.S. Indus, and H.M.S. Black Prince, being appointed Leading Stoker, H.M.S. Indus, on 25 October 1890. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1894, and was promoted Chief Stoker, H.M.S. Vivid II, on 21 April 1896. He reverted to Leading Stoker First Class, H.M.S. Nile on 11 July 1900, and was pensioned to shore in March 1901, joining the Royal Fleet Reserve on 5 March 1901. He was recalled for war service as Stoker Petty Officer on 2 August 1914, serving in H.M.S. Vivid. He was discharged to shore on 31 December 1921. The British War Medal is his sole medal entitlement for his service in the Great War.
Five: Lance Corporal G S Engelmann, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24836387 Cfn G S Engelmann REME) number officially corrected; U.N. Medal, on UNPROFOR ribbon; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24836387 LCpl G S Engelmann REME); Jubilee 2002, mounted as worn, generally good very fine (5) £160-£200
Three: Supply Chief Petty Officer D. Jones, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (J.60733 D. Jones. Boy I. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M.38069 D. Jones. Sy. P.O. H.M.S. Dundee.) the first two with some polishing and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3) £60-£80 --- Donald Jones was born on 23 April 1901, at Portsmouth, Hampshire. He commenced naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Ganges, and was appointed Boy Signaller, on 3 April 1917. He then served in H.M.S. Egmont (Grampus), H.M.S. Duke (Wallflower) and H.M.S. Hannibal, being appointed Ordinary Telegrapher on 23 April 1919. He was advanced to Telegrapher, H.M.S. Columbine (Spenser) on 1 November 1920. On 7 January 1924, he transferred his engagement to the Supply Branch and was re-numbered M.38069. He was appointed to be Supply / Stores Assistant, H.M.S. Victory II, on 27 February 1924, and Leading Supply Assistant, H.M.S. Curacoa, on 21 February 1927. He subsequently served in several ships including H.M.S. Vivacious, H.M.S. Wakeful, and H.M.S. Dolphin, being appointed Temporary Petty Officer on 3 June 1932. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in May 1934 and was advanced to Supply Chief Petty Officer, H.M.S. Victory II, on 18 September 1936. He remained in service during the Second World War, serving in H.M.S. Proserpine (Iron Duke), H.M.S. Victory II, and H.M.S. Daedalus. He was released from service in H.M.S. Caroline in October 1945.
A post-War Military Division B.E.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant T. C. Billingsley, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (21019132 Sgt. Trevor C. Billingsley. R.E.M.E.) officially renamed; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wear, generally very fine or better (5) £140-£180 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 9 January 1958. The original recommendation states: ‘Sgt Billingsley was appointed 2iC of an experimental unit formed in May 1956 as part of 1 Divisional trial of centralised servicing of vehicles. This experimental unit was composed of personnel seconded from several regiments and units and as it was the first of its kind, Sgt Billingsley had the task of training all the personnel in the special techniques required and adapting the organisation to meet its tasks. During the absence of the Officer in Charge, Billingsley took command. He displayed remarkable qualities of initiative and command far beyond those normally expected from an artisan Sergeant. His energy, drive and adaptability were largely responsible for moulding the unit into an effective organisation which met all its commitments with a high degree of success. His strong sense of duty and his character were reflected in the high morale and keenness of all the men serving under him, and he was untiring in his efforts to ensure that all duties were satisfactorily completed in all respects. As a result of analysing certain maintenance tasks he devised a number of special tools and modifications to existing equipment which enabled those tasks to be carried out much more quickly and satisfactorily. The high standard of efficiency of his unit is a direct result of his outstanding keeness and thoroughness of his work. His work has been a major factor in proving the value to the Army of formation servicing and is worthy of high praise.’
A rare ‘Juba River 1893’ group of five awarded to Petty Officer First Class (Leading Boatman) G. A. Clarke, Royal Navy and H.M. Coast Guard East and West Africa 1887-1900, 2 clasps, Witu August 1893, Juba River 1893 (G. A. Clark [sic], A.B., H.M.S. Blanche.); 1914-15 Star145147. G. A. Clarke, P.O.1. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (145147 G. A. Clarke. P.O.1. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (145147 G. A. Clarke, P.O. 1Cl (Lg. Boatn.) H.M.S. Duncan.); together with a Comrades of the Great War gilt and enamel lapel badge, good very fine, rare (5) £3,000-£4,000 --- Approximately only 43 ‘Juba River 1894’ clasps issued (with the exception of a few ‘odd men’ all to H.M.S. Blanche), 21 in combination with ‘Witu August 1893’. George Albert Clarke was born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, on 5 May 1872, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 11 April 1888, giving his trade as ‘fisher boy’. He served in H.M.S. Blanche from 30 December 1890 to 22 April 1894, being advanced Able Seaman on 1 June 1891, and during this period he served ashore with the Naval Brigade at Witu in August 1893, and with the much smaller Naval Brigade under Lieutenant Lewes, landed at the mouth of the Juba River later the same month. He was promoted Leading Seaman on 3 May 1895; Petty Officer Second Class on 18 October 1896; and Petty Officer First Class on 1 July 1897. He transferred to H.M. Coast Guard as a Boatman on 13 December 1900, and served as various stations in both Ireland an on the east coast of England. Promoted Leading Boatman on 15 July 1908, he was shore pensioned on 16 May 1912. Clarke was recalled for service on the outbreak of the Great War, and served in H.M.S. Duncan from 20 July 1915 to 10 April 1917, with the remainder of the War being borne on the books of various shore based establishments, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 31 May 1916. He was finally shore demobilised on 3 May 1919. He subsequently became the licensee of the Jolly Anglers Public House at Fritton until his death in 1921. Sold with copied record of service, medal roll extracts, and other research.
Three: Able Seaman R. P. Lempriere, who was killed in action on 27 July 1940, when H.M.S. Wren was sunk by a determined dive bombing attack by 15 Junkers (Ju 87) Stuka dive bombers British War and Victory Medals; (J.44845 R. P. Lempriere Ord. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (J.44845 R. P. Lempriere. A.B. H.M.S. Resource.) contact marks, polished, therefore good fine and better (3) £100-£140 --- Raymond Percival Lempriere was born on 2 November 1899, at Pimlico, London. He commenced naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 5 October 1915, and subsequently served in H.M.S. Marshall Ney from June 1916 to 15 August 1916, and was then appointed to H.M.S. Centaur, until January 1918, and then to H.M.S. Curacoa in January 1918. He was advanced Ordinary Seaman, on 2 November 1917 and Able Seaman in January 1919. He subsequently served in several ships including, H.M.S. Canterbury, H.M.S. Excellent, H.M.S. Vanessa, H.M.S. Vendetta, H.M.S. Saladin and H.M.S. Sturdy, amongst others. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in December 1932, and continued in service throughout the 1930’s, and in April 1939 was appointed to H.M.S. Wren. Pensioned in November 1939, he was retained for war service. He continued serving in H.M.S. Wren, and was killed in action on 27 July 1940. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Portsmouth Royal Navy Memorial. The ‘W’ Class Destroyer H.M.S. Wren (D88), was sunk on 27 July 1940, when the ship was providing anti-aircraft protection for minesweeping operations off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. She came under heavy and sustained dive bombing attack by 15 Junkers Ju 87 aircraft and was damaged by several near misses which holed her below the waterline. Collapsed bulkheads caused heavy flooding which led her to sink quickly, killing 37 of her crew. Wren's survivors were rescued by the minesweepers. Note: It appears from the medal rolls that his family requested the issue of replacements of these three medals, assuming them to have been lost at sea, and duplicates were issued in February 1941. These medals are not marked as duplicate or replacement issues and, given their condition, are almost certainly the original medals as first issued to the recipient.
Bronze Medal with silver straight bar suspension, 47mm, the obverse featuring a 14th Century Archer and a 19th Century Rifleman, by G. G. Adams, ‘1300, 1500, 1860’ around, ‘Sit Perpetuum’ in exergue, the reverse inscribed ‘The National Rifle Association 1860.’ within laurel wreath, the edge engraved ‘Won by Corporal W. H. Stanway. Septr. 24th. 1867’, suspended from a green riband with silver riband bar engraved ‘Herefordshire Battalion’ and with top silver riband buckle, very fine £50-£70
Three: Acting Sergeant F. Bromley, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1918 British War and Victory Medals (21253 A. Sjt. F. Bromley. Oxf: & Bucks. L.I.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (21253 Pte - A. Cpl. - F. Bromley. 6/Oxf. & Bucks: L.I.) very fine (3) £100-£140 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Forces in France during the present war.’ Frederick Bromley, a native of Ryde, Isle of Wight, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 16 November 1915 and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 April 1916. He was promoted Corporal on 5 January 1917; and was appointed Acting Orderly Room Sergeant on 8 June 1918. For his services during the Great War he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. He was discharged to the Reserve on 18 July 1919, taking up residence at Banbury. Sold together with a postcard size photograph of a Private soldier, in uniform, believed to be of the recipient.
The First Gulf War 1990-91 Medal with ‘2 August 1990’ clasp awarded to Warrant Officer B. J. Wickett, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, a member of the British Liaison Team in Kuwait, who was taken hostage following the invasion and held in captivity at a hydro-electricity and irrigation complex as part of Saddam Hussein’s “human shield” Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 2 Aug 1990 (24170241 WO1 B J Wickett REME), in named card box of issue, extremely fine £5,000-£7,000 --- Provenance: R. Penhall Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2006; Dix Noonan Webb December 2016. Barry John Wickett was born in April 1953 and enlisted in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers at Surbiton in December 1969 - his certificate of service further reveals that he was awarded the General Service Medal for Northern Ireland, where he served from February to June 1977. In November 1989, Wickett joined the British Liaison Team in Kuwait, and following the Iraqi invasion of 2 August 1990 he and his family went to ground. At the end of the same month, however, they were arrested - ‘they came to get us very quickly, surrounded the block and started to break the door in’. Separated from his wife and children at the beginning of September, when they were put on board a flight to England from Baghdad, he was taken to a hydro-electricity and irrigation complex, about 40 km from the Iranian border, as part of Saddam Hussein’s “human shield”. There, with three other British hostages, he was moved around the site on three occasions, firstly to the neighbouring village, then to the power house and finally to a caravan near the top of the dam, this latter being only 25 metres from anti-aircraft guns. Whilst in captivity he wrote an ‘Ode to Saddam’ entitled ‘Why are we Here?’ Christmas is a time of good cheer I ask myself, why are we here? This time of the year we should be at home Not miles away celebrating alone! Families together, those we hold dear I ask myself, why are we here? I give thanks to God for my life But shouldn’t this time be spent with my wife? As a father I wish my children were near I ask myself, why are we here? I pray for the day when we’ll be released I pray for peace in the Middle East Christmas is a time of good cheer, I ask myself, why are we here? It’s not too late to resolve this, then Peace on Earth and goodwill to all men! Wickett was finally released in mid-December and flown home to be reunited with his wife and two children in time for Christmas. He was discharged at Southampton in July 1993. Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including a group photograph of members of the “British Liaison Team Kuwait”, taken on 6 February 1990, including the recipient; three emotive letters written by him to his family while held in captivity, dated 13 and 21 September, and 6 October 1990; a signed copy of his poem “Why Are We Here?”; Adjutant-General’s “retirement certificate” to ‘Warrant Officer 1 Barry John Wickett’; certificate of service, date stamped at Marchwood, Southampton in July 1993; several photocopied newspaper articles; copy letters from the British Embassy in Baghdad; and a Christmas card from the Children of Kuwait.
Six: Captain J. W. Stephens, Lincolnshire Regiment Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3118 Sgt. O.R.S. J. W. Stephens. 1/Lin. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. J. W. Stephens.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3118 Q.M. Sjt: J. W. Stephens. Linc: Regt.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Q.M. Sjt. J. W. Stephens. Linc. R.) surname corrected; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, The Atbara (3118 O.R. Sergt. J. W. Stephens. 1st. Linc. R.) contemporarily engraved naming in the usual Regimental style, last with unofficial top retaining rod, the Sudan pair very fine, the rest good very fine and better (6) £500-£700 --- John William Stephens was born in Clontarf, Dublin, in 1870 and attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment at Dublin on 26 May 1892. Advanced Sergeant on 9 May 1896, and appointed Orderly Room Sergeant on 24 February 1898, he served with the 1st Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from 4 February to 8 July 1897, and again from 8 October 1897 to 7 November 1898, taking part in the Nile Expedition of 1898 and being present at the Battle of the Atbara, 8 April 1898. Proceeding to India on 8 November 1898, he served for the next 12 years in the sub-continent, being advanced Quartermaster Sergeant on 28 November 1903, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with Gratuity on 1 October 1910. He is also confirmed as having received the Delhi Durbar Medal 1911. After nearly two years in Aden he returned home on 1 November 1912, and was discharged at Portsmouth on 25 May 1913, after 21 years’ service. He served with the Lincolnshire Regiment and subsequently with the Indian Defence Corps at home and in India during the Great War (entitled to a British War Medal only), and was finally awarded his Meritorious Service Medal per Army Order 187 of 1941. For the recipient’s miniature awards, and the recipient’s son’s miniature awards, see Lots 644 and 640.
Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Chas. Newham, 32nd Foot.) small edge bruise, otherwise toned very fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Private Charles Newham was an original defender at Lucknow and was killed in action at Chinhut on 30 June 1857. Sold with copied medal roll entries for Punjab and Mutiny, and copied London Gazette casualty list.
Five: Corporal P. S. L. Mackenzie, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with additional long service clasp (5381617 Cpl. P. S. L. Mackenzie Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine Three: Sergeant P. S. Grant, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Defence Council enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. P. S. Grant, 23 Lichfield Drive, Bury, Lancs’; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5380428 Sjt. P. S. Grant. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) in named card box of issue, the Second War pair later issues (card box of issue postmarked September 1977), extremely fine (8) £100-£140
The British War Medal and rare Medical College for Women, Edinburgh, prize medals awarded to Dr. Barbara Richardson, French Red Cross, who served at the Scottish Women’s Hospital at Rouaymont during the Great War British War Medal 1914-20 (B. Richardson.); together with three Medical College for Women, Edinburgh, silver prize medals, 48.5mm, the reverses engraved ‘Chemistry, Awarded to Barbara Richardson, Session 1902-03, James Kerr B.Sc, A.I.C., Lecturer; Practical Zoology, Presented to Barbara Richardson, Session 1903, Marion I. Newbigin DSc., Lecturer; Systematic Botany, Awarded to Barbara Richardson, Session 1903, Dr. R. Stewart MacDougall M.A., Lecturer’, all in Kirkwood, Edinburgh cases of issue, extremely fine, the prize medals all rare (4) £800-£1,000 --- Miss Barbara Richardson was born at Stuffynwoods, near Mansfield, and was educated at East Bridgford College, Nottingham, and Edinburgh University, graduating M.B., Ch.B. in 1907. She served with the French Red Cross during the Great War on the Western Front at the Scottish Women's Hospital at Rouaymont from May 1918, and subsequently served as Assistant Medical Officer of Health for Staffordshire County Council. Sold with copied research.
Four: Staff Sergeant P. Clark, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia; Gulf 1990-91, no clasp (24863732 SSgt P Clark REME); Jubilee 2002; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24863732 Sgt P Clark REME) mounted as originally worn, generally good very fine or better (4) £140-£180 --- Awarded L.S. & G.C. in November 2004.
Three: Private C. Ell, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was severely wounded on the Western Front in June 1918 British War and Victory Medals (1879 Pte. C. Ell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1879 Pte. C. Ell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly extremely fine (3) £180-£220 --- Christopher Ell attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Headington, Oxford on 23 May 1913, aged 17, and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 May 1916. He was severely wounded by gunshot to the left leg on 14 June 1918, requiring amputation at the thigh, being admitted into the Mile End Military Hospital on 23 June 1918; he was later transferred to the Special Surgical Military Hospital at Birmingham in the August and was fitted with a ‘satisfactory’ artificial limb. He was discharged permanently unfit for war service on 8 January 1919, and was awarded Silver War Badge No. B.110052.
A scarce Great War D.S.O. group of four awarded to Major E. H. Barr, Royal Marine Artillery, for services with the R.M.A. Anti-Aircraft Brigade in France 1914-15 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914 Star, with copy clasp but not entitled (Capt. E. H. Barr, R.M. Brigade); British War and Victory Medals (Maj. E. H. Barr. R.M.A.); together with three engraved school medals, a silver star for Good Conduct 1887, and two circular medals 1893 and 1894, these all named to Barr, chips to white enamel and reverse centre of D.S.O. and all medals affected by residue of adhesive tape, otherwise good very fine (7) £2,000-£2,400 --- Captain Edwin Harold Barr was mentioned in Lord French’s despatch, dated 30th November, 1915, and awarded the D.S.O. for services with the Royal Marine Artillery Anti-Aircraft Brigade in France (London Gazette 1st January, 1916). He was promoted to Major on 15 May 1916, and died in 1924 at Aldermaston, Berkshire, aged 45. His 1914 Star was issued on 4 July 1919, for services at Ostende and Dunkirk which did not qualify for the Clasp. See Lot 561 for a related family medal.
Four: Sergeant R. Bower, Gordon Highlanders, who was severely wounded by gun shot at La Bassee on 12 April 1918, and died as a result on 26 June 1919 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (9050 Pte. R. Bower. Gordon Highrs:); British War and Victory Medals (4980 Pte. R. Bower. Gordons.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (177 L.Sjt: R. Bowie [sic]. 6/Gordon Hdrs.) about extremely fine (4) £200-£240 --- Robert Bower was born in Aberdeen in 1881 and attested there for the Gordon Highlanders on 18 February 1902, having previously served as a Drummer Boy in the Volunteers. He served with the Gordon Highlanders in South Africa during the Boer War from 3 February to 12 July 1902, and was discharged on 14 July 1902, after 147 days’ service. Reverting to the Volunteers, and later Territorial Force, he was advanced Sergeant in the 6th Battalion (Banff), and was awarded the Territorial Force Long Service Medal. Following the outbreak of the Great War Bower re-enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders on 5 January 1915, and served with the 1st/5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 November 1916. He was wounded by gun shot to the right leg at La Bassee on 12 April 1918, and after being treated at No. 7 Canadian General Hospital at Etaples was repatriated to the U.K. Discharged on 7 February 1919, he died of endocarditis, as a result of military service and wounds, at Craigleith Military Hospital, Edinburgh, on 26 June 1919. Sold with seven period postcard photographs, including one sent by the recipient; and copied research.
Three: Chief Engine Room Artificer First Class R. G. Poe, Royal Navy British War Medal 1914-20 (M.14984 R. G. Poe. B. Art. R.N.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (M.14984 R. G. Poe. E.R.A. 4 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M.19484 R. G. Poe, E.R.A. 1. H.M.S. Despatch.) edge bruise to BWM, contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £60-£80 --- Ronald George Poe was born on 22 February 1900, at Portsmouth, Hampshire. He commenced naval service as a Boy Artificer in H.M.S. Fisgard, on 31 July 1915, and subsequently served in H.M.S. Victory II, and H.M.S. Royal Sovereign, being advanced to Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class on 1 June 1920. He was confirmed in this rate in H.M.S. Calcutta, on 12 September 1924, and was further advanced to Engine Room Artificer Third Class on 1 June 1923. He remained in naval service serving in several ships, including H.M.S. Fisgard, H.M.S. Dolphin, and H.M.S. Columbine and was advanced to Engine Room Artificer Second Class, H.M.S. Dauntless, on 1 June 1927. He was further advanced to Engine Room Artificer First Class, H.M.S. Excellent, on 1 June 1932, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1933. He was promoted to Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer Second Class, H.M.S. Resource on 4 February 1937, and was confirmed in this rate in H.M.S. Excellent, on 4 February 1938. He remained in naval service in the Second World War and was further advanced to Chief Engine Room Artificer First Class, H.M.S. Drake II, on 11 April 1940. He is noted as having war service in H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth and H.M.S. Hecla (Spare Corvette). He was released from service in H.M.S. Victory in November 1945, and his service record is noted ‘Rendered valuable service on “M2” salvage operations.’
Four: Plumber First Class W. Fletcher, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (S.S. 9406 W. Fletcher. R.N.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (M. 37728 W. Fletcher. Plbr. 1. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M. 37728 W. Fletcher. Pbr. 1. H.M.S. Warspite.) minor edge bruising to the Great War pair, these nearly very fine, the latter two medals nearly extremely fine (4) £160-£200 --- William Fletcher was born at St. Leonards, Sussex, on 7 August 1900. He attested for naval service at Portsmouth, by occupation a plumbers mate, on 7th August 1918, and was appointed to H.M.S. Victory, as Ordinary Seaman, No. SS 9406. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Caesar, H.M.S. Blenheim (Tobago), H.M.S. Fisgard, and H.M.S. Malabar (Demerara) amongst others. He was advanced to Able Seaman on 16 August 1920, and Acting Plumber 4th Class, on 8 September 1923. His medals for service in the Great War were sent to H.M.S. Agamemnon. Fletcher was advanced to Plumber First Class, on 8 September 1932, when serving in H.M.S. Warspite, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1933. Following further service in H.M.S. Dolphin, and H.M.S. Hawkins, he was discharged to pension from H.M.S. Aurora on 6 August 1940, but was promptly recalled for war service the following day. His service papers indicate that he may have been employed as Temporary Chief Pilot, in 1944, and he was again discharged in 1945.
Four: Private W. E. F. Gibbs, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and Machine Gun Corps 1914-15 Star (1965 Pte. W. E. F. Gibbs. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (1965 Pte. W. E. F. Gibbs Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal; together with a National Safety First Freedom from Accidents Drivers Award in sterling silver and enamel, for 5 years accident free motoring, with dated clasps for 1931, 1936, 1938 and 1939 (W. E. F. Gibbs); and a 10 year ’Gold’ Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Safe Driving award, ‘War Substitute for Gold Medal’ (W. E. F. Gibbs), in base metal, very fine Three: Bugler F. Bravington, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (2278 Bglr. F. Bravington. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2278 Pte. F. Bravington. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) minor edge nicks, otherwise very fine (9) £80-£100 --- William Eversleigh Fisher Gibbs attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, on 10 August 1914, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 March 1915. He later served with 48th Battalion Machine Gun Corps, being re-numbered 70644, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 24 May 1919. Frank Bravington attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served in 1st/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 March 1915. He was disembodied on 21 March 1919.
Three: Craftsman R. D. Jones, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia; Operational Service Medal 2000, for Sierra Leone, with rosette (25054572 Cfn R D Jones REME); Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued, mounted for wear, good very fine (3) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2014.
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