A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Company Sergeant Major T. J. Mead, Rifle Brigade, who died of wounds on the Somme on 15 September 1916 Military Medal, G.V.R. (2429 Sjt: T. J. Mead. 9/Rif: Bde:) toned, minor edge nicks, good very fine £260-£300 --- M.M. London Gazette 27 October 1916. Thomas Joseph Mead was born in Brentwood, Essex and attested for the Rifle Brigade at Harwich, Essex, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 December 1914. He advanced to Sergeant, and served with the 9th (Service) Battalion as part of the 42nd Brigade, 14th (Light) Division on the Somme. The Battalion were engaged at Delville Wood on 24 August 1916, and ‘entrained for Dernacourt (11/9). Moved to forward area and in line at Delville Wood by (15/9). Attack towards Flers - lost heavily from enfilade machine gun fire from right flank while approaching Bulls Road - Lieutenant-Colonel T. H. P. Morris mortally wounded and every other officer hit except one junior subaltern. Casualties - 294. To Montauban Alley (16/9)’ (British Battalions on the Somme, R. Westlake refers). Company Sergeant Major Mead died of wounds on the Western Front on 15 September 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
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Pair: Private J. W. J. Beecroft, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 1 May 1917 British War and Victory Medals (R-25455 Pte. J. W. J. Beecroft. K.R. Rif. C.) in named card box of issue; Memorial Plaque (John William Joseph Beecroft) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, in outer OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mrs. A. E. Beecroft, 77 Rattray Rd, Brixton, London’, extremely fine (3) £80-£120 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family. John William Joseph Beecroft was born in Lambeth, Surrey, and attested there for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. He served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 1 May 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Private A. J. Packer, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 British War and Victory Medals (S-15099 Pte. A. J. Packer. Rif. Brig.); Memorial Plaque (Arthur John Packer) in card envelope, good very fine (3) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family. Arthur John Packer was born in Westminster, Middlesex, and attested for the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own) at Camberwell, Surrey, on 8 December 1915. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 May 1916, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, on 1 July 1916. On this date the Battalion, as part of the 11th Brigade, 4th Division, was ordered to attack Redan Ridge. Held up by fire from Ridge Redoubt and The Quadrilateral soon after leaving the trenches, they entered the German line by 10:00 a.m., and were involved in heavy close quarter fighting along the trenches. Driven back after a counter attack they retired to Mailly-Maillet, having suffered total casualties of 474. Packer was amongst those killed, and is buried in Redan Ridge Cemetery, France. Sold with named Record Office enclosure for the British War Medal; the recipient’s last letter home to his parents; and copied research.
The Memorial Plaque bestowed upon Private H. H. Fowler, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 Memorial Plaque (Herbert Harold Fowler) in card envelope, extremely fine £200-£240 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family. Herbert Harold Fowler was born in Peckham, Surrey, in 1896 and attested for the Rifle Brigade in London on 2 February 1916. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 May 1916, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, on 1 July 1916. On this date the Battalion, as part of the 11th Brigade, 4th Division, was ordered to attack Redan Ridge. Held up by fire from Ridge Redoubt and The Quadrilateral soon after leaving the trenches, they entered the German line by 10:00 a.m., and were involved in heavy close quarter fighting along the trenches. Driven back after a counter attack they retired to Mailly-Maillet, having suffered total casualties of 474. Fowler was amongst those killed, and is buried in Redan Ridge Cemetery, France. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Private A. N. Bloomfield, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the German Spring Offensive, 21 March 1918 British War and Victory Medals (S-12689 Pte. A. N. Bloomfield. Rif. Brig.) both in named card boxes of issue; Memorial Plaque )Allan Nelson Bloomfield) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; Memorial Scroll, ‘Rifleman Allan Nelson Bloomfield, Rifle Brigade’, in OHMS transmission tube, addressed to ‘Mr. C. Bloomfield, 72 Brook Street, Erith, Kent’, extremely fine (4) £180-£220 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family. Allan Nelson Bloomfield was born in Eltham, Kent, and attested for the Rifle Brigade at Chelsea. He served initially with the 9th, and subsequently with the 16th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on the first day of the German Spring Offensive on 21 March 1918. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France. Sold together with extensive ephemera, including a number of postcards and embroidered cards written by the recipient home to his sister Elsie; sweetheart brooch and locket photographs; a portrait photograph of the recipient, in a glazed frame, together with a large copy of this, also in a glazed frame, and various other photographs; the recipient’s diary for 1916, with sporadic entries from the Front in the Arras region; C.W.G.C. Memorial Scroll; and copied research.
Pair: Company Sergeant Major G. W. T. Price, 5th Battalion (London Rifle Brigade), London Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 29 August 1918 British War and Victory Medals (1274 W.O. Cl.2. G. W. T. Price. 5-Lond. R.) in named card box of issue, with outer OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mr. Norman L. T. Price, 28 Warley Road, Brentwood, Essex’; Memorial Plaque (Gerald William Tudor Price) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; Memorial Scroll, ‘Coy. Serjt. Maj. Gerald William Tudor Price, London Regt.’, extremely fine (4) £240-£280 --- Gerald William Tudor Price was born in Forest Gate, London, and prior to the Great War had served for nine years as a Volunteer and Territorial in the London Rifle Brigade, where he was a crack shot. He re-joined the 5th Battalion (London Rifle Brigade), London Regiment in November 1914, was promoted Colour Sergeant Instructor of Musketry, and for three and a half years was kept in England training recruits. He proceeded to France on attachment to the 1st Battalion on 10 May 1918, was promoted Company Sergeant Major, and was killed in action on the Western Front on 29 August 1918, being shot through the head by a sniper whilst in the trenches. He is buried in the Honourable Artillery Company Cemetery, Escoust-St. Mein, France. Sold with the recipient’s silver vesta case, inscribed ‘L.R.B. G. Coy. Pte. C. W. T. Prices 1905’; a London Rifle Brigade Shako badge; named Record office enclosure; a Musketry Instruction Book; copy of ‘The War Record of the Northern Assurance Co. Ltd. 1914-1918’, containing a portrait photograph of the recipient’; Northern Assurance Co. Ltd. card Roll of Honour; and copied research.
Three: Private A. J. Costin, 7th Battalion, London Regiment, late King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 12 July 1918 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, third and fourth clasps both loose on riband (3744 Cpl. A. J. Costin, Vol: Co: K.R.R.C.) housed in a leather case; British War and Victory Medals (7298 Pte. A. J. Costin. 7-Lond. R.) in named card box of issue; Memorial Plaque (Arthur John Costin) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine (4) £200-£240 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family. Arthur Costin was born in Shoreditch, London, in 1877 and served with the Volunteer Company, King’s Royal Rifle Corps in South Africa during the Boer War, and later with No. 1 Special Service Company (with which unit he qualified for the Cape Colony clasp). He attested for the 7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment at Finsbury, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 December 1916. He was killed in action on 12 July 1918, and is buried in Contay British Cemetery, France. Sold with two post card photographs of the recipient; Imperial War Graves Commission photograph of the recipient’s grave; and copied research.
British Army Victorian and later group of six medals for WO2 Jacob, King's Royal Rifle Corps and 9th Battalion London Regiment, comprising India Medal 1896 with clasp for Relief of Chitral 1895 named to 7677 Cpl E J Jacob, 1st Battalion KRRC, Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Talna, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing's Nek and Belfast (6) and King's South Africa Medal with clasps for South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902, both named to Sgt E Jacob KRRC, WW1 War Medal and Victory Medal, both named to 3275 WO2 E J Jacob, 9th London Regiment and his Edward VII Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, named to 7677 Colour Sgt E Jacob, KRRC, all with spare ribbons
Alexander Henry & Co canvas and leather gun case with brass bound corners, fitted interior and 'Alexander Henry & Co Rifle & Gun Makers To His Majesty The King Her Late Majesty Queen Victoria HM The King of Portugal 22 Frederick Street Edinburgh incorporating Alexr Martin Glasgow and Aberdeen' label, 83x24x9cm.
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