MEDALS TO 1918
Military General Service Medal Corunna / Salamanca CHAS. WILSON, SERJT 82ND FOOT £1395
Copy papers. Charles Wilsonwas born in Harleston, Norfolk. Enlisted 15 March 1801. Corporal 1806. Sergt. 1807. Served in the Walcheren Expedition 1809. Served atthe Battle of Waterloo 1815 (medal issued). Discharged 31 January 1819. In the 1851 Census he is living back in Pembridge, Herefordshire with his wife and daughter.
Queens South Africa Medal Defence of Ladysmith 4108 PTE W. BUTLER, GLOUC: REGT £275
Private Butler died of enteric at Ladysmith, 22 March 1900. There is a Pte W. Butler listed on the Cheltenham Boer War memorial but it does not give his regiment.
Queens South Africa Medal Cape Colony 156 ORDLY: A. KEW, ST. JOHN AMB: BDE: £250
Rare MID to a St. John's Ambulance Volunteer. Copy papers. London Gazette 10 Sept. 1901 shows that 156 Private A. Kew, St. John's Volunteer Ambulance Corps was mentioned in Earl Robert's despatch dated 4 Sept. 1901. The only 2 other St. John's men listed are officers. Medal roll confirms Cape Colony clasp (which is loose on ribbon). He is listed on the Leeds Town Hall roll of service for the Boer War as Private A. Kew, Leeds Corps, St. John's Ambulance Brigade.
Military General Service Medal Corunna / Salamanca CHAS. WILSON, SERJT 82ND FOOT £1395
Copy papers. Charles Wilsonwas born in Harleston, Norfolk. Enlisted 15 March 1801. Corporal 1806. Sergt. 1807. Served in the Walcheren Expedition 1809. Served atthe Battle of Waterloo 1815 (medal issued). Discharged 31 January 1819. In the 1851 Census he is living back in Pembridge, Herefordshire with his wife and daughter.
Queens South Africa Medal Defence of Ladysmith 4108 PTE W. BUTLER, GLOUC: REGT £275
Private Butler died of enteric at Ladysmith, 22 March 1900. There is a Pte W. Butler listed on the Cheltenham Boer War memorial but it does not give his regiment.
Queens South Africa Medal Cape Colony 156 ORDLY: A. KEW, ST. JOHN AMB: BDE: £250
Rare MID to a St. John's Ambulance Volunteer. Copy papers. London Gazette 10 Sept. 1901 shows that 156 Private A. Kew, St. John's Volunteer Ambulance Corps was mentioned in Earl Robert's despatch dated 4 Sept. 1901. The only 2 other St. John's men listed are officers. Medal roll confirms Cape Colony clasp (which is loose on ribbon). He is listed on the Leeds Town Hall roll of service for the Boer War as Private A. Kew, Leeds Corps, St. John's Ambulance Brigade.
Corporal Horace Alfred Hazel
Imperial Yeomanry
Copy papers. Horace Alfred Hazel was born in Peckham, London in 1877 and gave his trade as 'Traveller'.
Enlisted 23 March 1901 and served with 79th Company, 20th battalion, Imperial Yeomanry.
Served in South Africa from 14 April 1900 to 10 October 1901. Discharged 12 October 1901.
Trooper E.A. Hanman
British South Afican Police
Copy paper. Trooper E.A. Hanman issued Rhodesia clasp (on roll as 'discharged').
Roll states II Division, Bulawayo. A second roll also shows that he was issued the South Africa 1901 clasp, but this was no with the medal.
Sergeant Thomas Rodgers
Bengal Artillery
Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (Victorian) 252. SERGT. T. RODGERS. 24TH BDE R.A.
Copy papers. Thomas Rodgers was born at Ghazeepore, Bengal and served as a half-pay Bugler in the Bengal Artillery from 3 Feb. 1845 to 12 Sept. 1849 before attesting as a Gunner 13 Sept. 1849. Bombadier 1 Oct. 1852. Corporal 20 June 1853. Sergeant 2 April 1856. Battery Sergt-Major 29 July 1857 serving with the 3rd Bn Bengal Artillery during the Mutiny. Volunteered for 22nd Brigade Royal Artillery May 1861. To No. 1 Battery, 24th Brigade 1862. 'Resigned' to Sergeant 1 Feb. 1868. Discharged at Meean Mear 22 Dec. 1868, aged 37. Intended place of residence, Lahore.
Pair: £450
C.S.M. Charles Novell
Royal Artillery
.Royal Artillery
Meritorious Service Medal (GV) C.S. MAJ C. NOVELL RA
Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (Victorian) 25339 BR SGT MAJ C. NOVELL 3RD BDE WELSH DIV RA
Khedive's Star 1882 Unnamed
Copy papers. Charles Novell was born in Chichester and was 19 when he enlisted 25 October 1869. Posted as gunner to 12 Brigade, R.A. Bombadier 1 April 1876. Corporal 4 June 1876. Sergeant 30 April 1879 (11 Brigade, R.A.). Battery Sergt-Major 3rd Bde Welch April 1884. Served at home to Oct. 1873. Malta to August 1882. Egypt to Feb. 1883, Home to February 1893. Attended Gunery Course 1873. Married 25 Oct. 1875. Discharged as Coy. Sergt-Major, Permanent Staff, Carmarthenshire Artillery, 9 February 1893. Gave his intended residence as Snowdrop Inn, Lewes, Sussex. MSM awarded 1920.
Group of Four: £400
Private George Downes
South Wales Borderers
Copy papers. George Downes was born in Kildare and enlisted 9 September 1892, aged 23. Transferred to Army Reserve 9 September 1899 but recalled to service 18 December 1899 and sent to South Africa 13 January 1900 with the 2nd Battalion. Returned to UK 20 August 1902 and back to Reserve 20 April 1903. Finally discharged 2 September 1904. He died in Exeter 8 August 1940.
Private S. McCarthy
South Wales Borderers
Copy medal roll for KSA.
Private Frederick William Hills
Royal Engineers
King's South Africa Medal South Africa 1901 / South Africa 1902 25602 CORPL. F.W. HILLS. R.E.
Copy papers. Frederick William Hills was born in Faversham, Kent in 1872. He served with the Artillery Volunteers before enlisting in the Royal Engineers 9 March 1891. He passed a course in 'Instrument repairing 25 September 1893 and was rated 'superior'. Passed a course in 'military instrument repairing' 26 May 1894 and was rated 'very superior'. Promoted 2nd Corporal December 1894. To 1st class Army Reserve 24 December 1896. He was recalled 18 December 1899 and made Corporal in April 1900. Arrived in South Africa 4 January 1900. Returned to UK 11 Sept. 1902 and discharged with rank of Sapper 8 March 1903. Clasps to medals confirmed on papers. A rare combination of clasps to the Royal Engineers, with apparently only one other such recipient who's medals are in the RE's Museum.
Pair: £245
Private James Connor
Seaforth Highlanders
Copy papers. James Connor was born in Renfrew in 1864. He enlisted 28 March 1885 at Hamilton and listed his trade as 'miner'. Posted to 2nd Battalion and by July of that year he was confined "awaiting trial". He was convicted of "Insubordinate language" and imprisoned until October. To India 30 December 1885. Various postings around India and several periods of sickness. Served in the Hazara campaigns of 1888 and 1891. Discharged 27 March 1897. Copy medal roll confirming both clasps.
Engraved with the initials H M and XVIIITH HUSSARS
Engraving much clearer than in the photograph. The pocket watch and outer case are hallmarked for Chester 1892. Watch not working at the moment but the original key is attached. No doubt, the watch could be restored to working order.
Watch attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Esdaile Malet, who was commissioned in the regiment in 1859. He went on command the 18th Hussars from 1882 to 1886. In 1907 he published "The Historical Memoirs of the XVIII Hussars."
Sergeant Thomas Beardsmore
4th Light Dragoons
Copy roll and musters. Thomas Beardsmore enlisted 25 Dec. 1807 and sailed for Spain 25 March 1808. Corporal 23 April 1810. Returned to England December 1813. Sergeant 25 Jan. 1814. Troop-Sergeant-Major 25 Sept. 1819. Reduced to Private 11 October 1820. Bought himself out 18 June 1821. The History of the 4th Hussars (by D.S. Daniell) page 91 "Sergeant Beardmore (sic) was on patrol with 5 dragoons when he came across a dozen French musketeers. The French formed up and loaded their muskets to fire on the dragoons as they rode off. Instead Beardmore gave the order to charge. The astonished enemy hesitated, threw down their muskets and surrendered." Six clasps is the maximum to the regiment. Busted from TSM to Private and then bought himself out, must be a story there?
Owen McGleavy
74th Foot
Clasps confirmed. Served from 11 May 1809 to 14 March 1815.
He was discharged "disabled left leg from gun shot wound 10th April at Toulouse", he was 22 years old on discharge. £3600
Lieutenant John Fletcher
Royal York Rangers
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Copy medal roll and reserach. Appointed Cornet in the Royal Waggon Train 1804. Exchanged to Royal York Rangers 1807. Captain 1811.
Exchanged to 37th Foot 1817. Retired 1821. The Royal York Rangers was formed from 6 companies of the Royal African Corps 1807 and disbanded 1819.
Only 5 officers and 42 other ranks claimed their medals.
Silvester Burke
91st Foot
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Copy muster roll showing that Sylvester Burke was a Prisoner of War.
He enlisted 3 May 1808 in Capt. James Walsh's company (No. 7) at Ennisworthy, Ireland.
James Desland/James Bencroft, D.C.M.
49th Foot
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Copy papers. James Bencroft (alias James Dealand) enlisted 24 Sept. 1841. On 15 Sept. 1852 he was sentenced to 28 days prison for being drunk on duty.
Muster Roll shows Pte James Desland "alias James Bencroft". Served in China, East India, Turkey and the Crimea and the West Indies. Awarded the China Medal, Crimea Medal with 3 clasps and the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Discharged under his real name 18 Feb. 1863. Intended residence in Oxford Street, London. One letter wrong in naming of the China Medal but papers confirm identity.
Private Randle Meason
10th Foot
Copy muster.
Lieutenant Roderick Robertson
70th Bengal Native Infantry
Copy research. Roderick Robertson was born 25 May 1814 in Calcutta, son of Roderick Robertson (merchant) and his wife, Anne (sister of Sir Archibald Galloway, Bengal Army). Educated at London University 1829-30. Addiscombe cadet 1831-32. Embarked for India 27 May 1833. 2nd Lieut, October 1833, 55th Bengal N.I. Posted to 70th B.N.I. 24 May 1834. Passed examination at Fort William College 30 August 1836 as an Interpreter.
Inspection Report of 70th B.N.I. 26 Jan. 1837 "Brig. Penny states that Ensign Robertson, who is officiating as Interpreter & QuarterMaster, appears to be a promising young officer." Lieutenant 15 March 1839. Posted to 31st B.N.I. as Interpreter 1843-44, and to 7th Bengal Light Cavalry 1846. Appointed Commandant of the Delhi Palace Guards 1847. Served in the 2nd Sikh War with his regiment 1848-49. Appointed Commissioner for the Cis-Sutlej states 22 Dec. 1849. Captain 9 August 1851. Appointed Superintendent of the Bhatti Territories 26 February 1852. Retired 10 January 1859, honourary rank of Major. Died at Worthing, Sussex 8 October 1869.
Corporal Patrick Clarke
4th Battalion Military Train
Copy medal roll. Enlisted at Dublin 30 Nov. 1859. Served in the Field Force 19 April 1866 to 1 June. Transferred to the Army Service Corps 15 Feb. 1870.
Private John Turnbull
5th Dragoon Guards
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Turkish Crimea Medal Unnamed
Copy muster and medal roll. John Turnbull was born in Leeds and was a coachbuilder when he enlisted 24 May 1848 as 900 Private, 5th Dragoon Guards. Sailed for the Crimea July 1854. Died in the Crimea 10 November 1854. He was on duty and there was no reason why he did not charge with the Heavy Brigade at Balaclava. He was on the troopship Himalaya when he died, probably from sickness. The last L of his surname has been impressed upside down.
Pair: £2200
Private William Bow
7th Royal Fusiliers
.7th Royal Fusiliers
Turkish Crimea Medal (Sardinian issue) Unnamed
Copy depot muster sheet, May 1865. William Bow, born Sherborne. Trade on enlistment, Labourer. Enlisted 3 April 1854. Discharged at Walmer, 15 May 1865.
The entry above his is 3307 Pte Robert Bow, born Sherborne, maybe brothers.
Pair: £285
Very lightly named, some letters possible to make out.
British issue.
Sardinian issue.
Turkish Crimea Medal SERJT. JOHN FOX. No 3339 39 REGT. £105
Sardinian issue.
Turkish Crimea Medal SEIGE. H. DOMAN. TRAIN. £100
Sardinian issue.
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Private James Dolphin
12th Lancers
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Copy musters and medal roll. James Dolphin enlisted in the 17th Lancers 3 April 1855, aged 21.
Musters show that he left for India 16 August 1856, arriving October 1856 and transferring to 12th Lancers 12 August.
He was invalided at Secunderabad 12 May 1859 and left for England to be discharged.
Private G. Johnson
2nd Grenadier Guards
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Khedive's Star 1882 Unnamed
Egypt medal in later impressed style. Copy medal and star roll.
Pair: £ 200
Private J. Clinton
Cape Town Rangers
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Private J. Death
Bedfordshire Regiment
Relief of Chitral 1895 4414 Pte J. Death 1st Bn Bedford Regt
Copy medal roll. The man below on the roll was Pte Dedman! £185
Lieutenant E.E. Porter
Shanghai Volunteers
China Medal 1900 Lieut:
E.E. PORTER, Shanghai Vols:
Copy of photograph from the National
Army Museum. Copy of medal roll.
London Gazette 5 June 1917: Evelyn
Edward Porter, Deceased. Died 28th April 1917. £695
CSM Stanley Cownie, DCM*, MM
Royal Scots.
Copy papers and rolls. Stanley Cownie (note spelling of surname) was born in London but by 1891 was living with his family at 58 Broughton Street, Edinburgh.
He enlisted in the Royal Scots 23 May 1898 at Glencorse. Posted to the 1st Battalion and served in South Africa from November 1899 to March 1903. Mentioned in despatches 10 September 1901 and awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal 27 September 1901. Also entitled to the KSA with 2 clasps. Transferred to the 2nd Battalion in September 1904. Served in India from September 1904 to March 1909. Discharged 22 May 1910.
In WWI served as 31424 CSM S. Cownie, 13th Battalion Royal Scots. Awarded the Military Medal 19 November 1917 and bar to DCM 5 December 1918 - "During a counter-attack by the enemy he held up by grenade fire a party of the enemy attacking the right flank of the company until he was practically surrounded. His initiative saved the situation. On another occasion he got bombs and ammunition up to the company during an enemy bombing attack, and personally accounted for three men." Also entitled to a British War and Victory Medal. This would be a possibly unique combination of awards?
DCM EdVII, bar GV, MM GV, QSA 3 clasps, KSA 2 clasps, BWM, Victory Medal.
King's South Africa Medal South Africa 1901 / South Africa 1902 58985 SERJT. T. TOWNSEND. R.F.A.
Copy WWI papers. Thomas Townsend enlisted 1887. He was discharged 12 February 1903. He lived in Bagshot, Surrey where he was a gardener. 16 April 1918 he enlisted in the RGA for service in the UK only, aged 49 years and 6 months. He was posted to No. 8 Portsmouth Fire Command as a Gunner 31 May 1918 and served with 67 Company. He was discharged 29 August 1918. No medal entitlement for this service.
Pair: £225
Bombadier/Gunner William McCluskey
Royal Garrison Artillery
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King's South Africa Medal South Africa 1901 / South Africa 1902 11713 GNR. W. McCLUSKEY. R.G.A.
Copy papers. William McCluskey was born in Meath and enlisted in Dublin on 23 October 1895, aged 18 years. He passed the Wheelers Course at Woolwich in 1897. Served UK to 2 Feb. 1900. South Africa Feb. 1900 to March 1902 and UK to October 1909. Medals and clasps confirmed. Discharged 22 October 1909. Served with 14th Company, Souther Division, Royal Garrison Artillery in South Africa.
Pair: £225
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Private Adeoye Ikerun
North Nigeria Regiment
N. Nigeria 1902 / N. Niogeria 1903 2353 PTE. ADEOYE IKERUN. N.N. REGT. £300
N. Nigeria 1904 1427 PTE MAMA KATANAWA. N.NIGERIA REGT £195
Trooper H.E. Walden
Transvaal Mounted Rifles
Afghanistan NWF 1919 L-8960 PTE. E.R. SMITH. R.SUSS.R. £95 Copy MIC shows entitlement to 14/15 trio. Confirms medal & clasp.
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Private Stanley Mowbray Davenport
8th Rifle Brigade
War Medal B-3185 PTE. S.M. DAVENPORT. RIF.BRIG.
Victory Medal B-3185 PTE. S.M. DAVENPORT. RIF.BRIG.
Stanley Mowbray Davenport was born 1892, son of William and Mary Davenport, of Hawthorn Villa, Prestwich, Manchester. He was killed serving with the 8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade on 30 July 1915. He is listed on the Ypres Memorial. On that date the 8th Battalion was holding the lip of Hooge Crater (Battle of Neuve Chapelle). At 3.15 am the Germans attacked using, for the first time, liquid frame throwers. His brothers were also killed in the war: Private Alfred Davenport, 31st Canadian Infantry was killed 9 April 1917 at Vimy Ridge, and Private Albert Victor Davenport, 38th Australian Infantry died of wounds in France 17 February 1917.
Group of Three: £245
Horace Henry Thorpe, Army Service Corps
and Horace Thorpe, R.H.A. / A.S.C.
Long Service & Good Conduct Medal 2917. SERGT. H. THORPE. B/B. R.H.A.
LSGC awarded 1 July 1886. Transferred to the Army Service Corps at some point. 1891 Census shows him as Colour-Sergeant, Army Service Corps, living in Sheerness Barracks. 1901 Census he is Sergeant-Major, A.S.C. at Chatham. £125
1914/15 Star S-28778 PTE. H.H. THORPE. A.S.C.
British War Medal S-28778 CPL. H.H. THORPE. A.S.C.
Victory Medal S-28778 CPL. H.H. THORPE. A.S.C.
Horace Henry Thorpe. Copy papers. Son of Horace Thorpe. Born at Sheerness, Kent. Enlisted aged 15 years, 3 months on 8 February 1910. Rank of Boy.
Private 16 December 1912. Arrived Alexandria, Egypt 12 September 1915. Corporal 5 March 1917. Posted to "Delta & Western Force" 6 September 1917.
To Khartoum 15 April 1918. Admitted 14th Australian General Hospital, Port Said 12 December 1918. Died of pneumonia 30 December 1918, aged 24.
Served with 'D' Supply Company, RASC. Buried at Port Said War Memorial Cemetery. Unusual that papers for a casualty have survived.
Trio £230
Family Group (both lots together): £345
Lance-Corporal James Weir Lumsden
Royal Highlandses (Black Watch)
Lance-Corporal W.H. Mallett
Military Foot Police
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95044 GNR. T.E. TOWNSEND. R.F.A. £85
(copy MIC. Thomas E. Townsend. France 22 July 1915)
2218 L-CPL. J.W. LUMSDEN, R/HIGHRS. £95
(MIC & medal rolls) To France 2 May 1915. 1/7th Battalion. Dismebodied 13 May 1915.
SE-3528 PTE. F. STEVENS, A.V.C. £95
(A.SJT. on pair)
12344 PTE. J. SUMMERS. C.GDS. £175
Discharged 6.7.16 GSW neck and upper jaw.
P.2415. L-CPL. W.H. MALLETT, M.F.P. £120
Mounted as worn. Copy MIC shows service in France from 15 December 1915.
Private James F. Watson
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Victory Medal 202143 PTE. J.F. WATSON. A. & S.H.
Defence Medal Unnamed
Special Constabulary Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (GVI) JAMES F. WATSON
Copy MIC. A note states from Dunoon, Argyll but this is not confirmed.
Group of Four: £85
PrivateAlbert J. Roberts
Welsh Regiment
2.LIEUT. H.J. PARKER £196
Copy service papers. 2nd Lieutenant Herbert John Parker was killed 27 October 1917 while serving with 1/1st Welsh (Carnarvon) Heavy Battery, RGA. He was 33 years old and husband of Florence Parker, Saltoun Road, London. He is buried at Perth Cemetery, Zillebeke. Went to France as 8508 Cpl. H.J. Parker, 80th Siege Battery. Recommended for commission, "He showed great zeal & efficiency in training his section & in the field, has been a very efficienct No. 1 of his gun detachment, very often having to carry out the duties of Section Commander...". Commissioned 2 Sept. 1916. Posted to 1/1st Welsh Battery 7 September 1916.
Entitled to 1914/15 Star.
58687 PTE. C.W. AMBRIDGE. MIDD'X R. £40 MIC
4724 PTE. A.J. ROBERTS. WELSH R. SOLD Medals in box of issue. Albert J. Roberts.
228801 PTE. A. HUTCHINSON. MONMOUTH.R. £80 Copy MIC. Served with 1/1 Monmouthshire Regiment and later with 14th Worcestershire Regt)
69677 PTE. T.H.J. MARTIN. DEVON.R. £50
T4-212559 PTE. J.A. BANCROFT. A.S.C. £60 MIC. Came with a small photo and silk postcard.
124195 PTE. E.G. COLEMAN. R.A.M.C. £40
GS-21483 PTE. J.G. KIRBY. 2-D.GDS. £85 MIC
32022 PTE. E.W. THACKHAM. SUFF.R. £48
49889 PTE.T.C. WEBB. NORTH'N.R. £55
66822 PTE. H. STANDHOPE. DURH.L.I. £40
45015 PTE. A.C. ADLAM. NORTH'N. R. £55
116112 PTE. G.W. WALKER. 2-CO.OF LOND.Y. £100 Copy MIC. Also shows service with Lincolnshire Yeomanry and MGC.
35517 PTE. H. ROBERTS. YORK.R. £48
4648 PTE. E.F. BURLING. ESSEX R. £52
42618 PTE. W. VARNEY. NOTTS & DERBYS £52
16932 PTE. T. GAMBLE. C. GDS. £65 MIC. Tom Gamble
L-25850 DVR. H. POGSON. R.A. £40 Harry Pogson served with Royal Field Artillery.
290747 SPR. H.J. ALDRED. R.E. £36
1939-45 Defence Medal Unnamed
Mounted as worn. Copy MIC.
Group of Three: £65
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Private J. Baker
4th London Regiment
Alfred Edward Reavell (note reversal of initials on star) served with the 2nd Battalion and died 15 February 1915, aged 25. He is listed on the Menin Gate Memorial. His parents lived at 61 Oldfield Road, Willesden, London.
1914/15 Star 3096 PTE. J. BAKER. 4TH LOND.R. £50
1914/15 Star 13118 PTE. S. CHANEY, YORK. R. £45
1914/15 Star 1886 PTE J. MUNRO. SEA:HIGHRS £45 Copy MIC
1914/15 Star 2.LIEUT. J. MEIKLE. A.S.C. £65
Copy papers. James Meikle was born 13 March 1868, in Lochgelly, Fifeshire and served 20 years in the Army Service Corps, serving in South Africa (awarded QSA with 5 clasps). He joined the Territorial Force in March 1909, aged 41, and served as S.S.M. in the South Midlands ASC. He was mobilised 5 August 1914 and discharged to commission 21 January 1915. A/Capt. 3 May 1916. Adjutant 17 June 1916. Lieut. 1 July 1917. Served in Italy. Embarked at Taranto 17 October 1918 and arrived in Salonica on 22 October. Posted to 122 Coy. 28th Div. Train, ASC. In November he embarked for the Dardanelles and was deatched to 84 Bde Supplies. Relinquished rank of Acting Captain 28 Jan. 1919. He returned to the UK and relinquished his commission 16 August 1920 "on account of ill health contacted on active service." Entitled to QSA and 1914/15 trio. Note: mistakenly listed as a Victory Medal - we don't have it!
British War Medals
901940 DVR. A.J. FEAR. R.A. £20 Copy MIC. Alfred J. Fear served with the RFA, entitled to pair.
212399 PTE. TIGHE. LABOUR CORPS. £28
DM2-11231 PTE. L. STEIN. A.S.C. £18
M-402346 PTE. J. GARVIL. A.S.C. £18
M2-175492 PTE. F. MCTAVISH. A.S.C. £18
104070 DVR. S. GRAINGHEAD. A.S.C. £18
242639 PTE J.W. SCOTT. Y. & L.R. £25
1790 CPL J. MUNRO. SCO.RIF. £25 Copy MIC
4512 PTE. H.C. GREGG. MONMOUTH R. £50
L.J.S. BROWN. V.A.D. £100 MIC shows this is her only medal entitlement
SE-19438 PTE. A. LIGHT. A.V.C. £18
SE-15399 PTE. J. WILLIAMS. A.V.C. £18
SE-25881 PTE. A.R. WATSON. A.V.C. £18
117960 GNR J. MARSHALL R.A £18
290428 PTE. F. GRIFFITHS. SUFFOLK R. £28
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Silver War Badge 511436
Copy SWB roll and MIC. Corporal Hartley Oates served with South Wales Borderers and then the Rifle Brigade. He was discharged from the Rifle Brigade Depot on
8 March 1919. £45
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S-4136 PTE. T. ROBERTSON. GORD. HIGHRS. £40
Copy papers and MIC. Thomas Robertson was born in Invarurie and was a game keeper by trade. Lived at The Lodge, Knockenpark, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire. Enlisted 6 September 1914. To France 10 May 1915 with 8th Battalion. Admitted 16 General Hospital, Le Treport 13 Oct. 1915 with tonsilitis. Rejoined his battalion. Invalided to Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital, London 13 May 1916. Discharged 'no longer physically fit' 4 July 1916. Awarded Silver War Badge. Medical notes state: "Has been more or less inefficient since Loos action Sept. 1915. Rapid heart action, often giddy, generally ailing. Result of active service, strain of action at Loos."
39551 PTE. B. MOSELEY. S.STAFF. R. £35
Bemjamin Moseley was killed in action 30 June 1918, serving with the 1st Battalion. He is buried in Magnaboschi British Cemetery, Italy. Son of Thomas and Sarah Moseley, of Cross Street, Wednesbury, Staffs. Copy MIC shows entitlement to a pair.
68426 A.CPL. F.C. FARROW. R.E. £12
Copy MIC and service papers. Frederick Charles Farrow was a fisherman from Life Boat Plain, Sheringham, Norfolk. He enlisted 26 Feb. 1915 with the Inland Water Transport, Royal Engineers.
45767 SJT. D.S. COUCH. WELSH R. £18 Copy MIC. David S. Couch. Entitled to pair. Also served with Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
M-316163 PTE. S. MAHONEY. A.S.C. £12
103654 GNR. C. NESBITT. R.A. £15
287703 PTE. E. SALWAY. DEVON R. £15
61034 DVR. H. DARVILL. R.E. £14
241689 PTE. W. PARRY. MIDD'X R. £15
SE-15896 CPL. M. SHERLOCK. A.V.C. £20
S-10135 PTE F. MCLACHLAN. GORDONS. £40 Frank McLachlan, 2nd Bn Gordon Highlanders. Killed in action 6 Sept. 1916. Entitled 1914/15 trio.
474432 PTE. B. OVERETT. 9-LOND.R. £15
M2-103245 SJT. J. BAILEY. A.S.C. £12
G-87094 PTE. H.E. WESTGATE. MIDD'X R. £15
SE-28957 PTE R. HARDY. A.V.C. £18 Entitled SW
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Gunner William G. Woodgate
Royal Artillery
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Copy MIC.
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Although approved by King George V, the Gallipoli Star was never issued. In 1990 an Australian businessman had the Star produced and presented to surviving Australian Gallipoli veterans.
CQMS C.S. Woodhouse
Royal Artillery
Copy papers. Charles Stephen Woodhouse was born in Dover and enlisted 1 April 1876, aged 14 (rank 'Boy'). Appointed Trumpeter 8 August 1877. Gunner 22 June 1881. A/Bombadier 18 Feb. 1884. Bombadier 29 Oct. 1884. Corporal 17 Feb. 1886. Battery Quarter-Master Sergeant 1 April 1887. Posted to Guernsey 1880. Alderney 1881. Jersey 1882. Weymouth 1883. Portsmouth 1885. Cork Harbour 1888.Served UK for whole service except India 6 Dec. 1889 to 22 Feb. 1892. Posted to the Tower of London 1892. LSGC awarded 1894. Discharged 20 July 1897.
Albert Edward Parker,
of Weymouth, Dorset enlisted as 'boy' musician in 1st Battalion South
Lancashire Regiment aged 15 years on 22 November 1893 in Kings County Ireland.
1894 he transferred to 2nd Bn, with whom he served to 1913, attaining rank
of Band Sergeant. During his pre 1914 service he spent almost 10 years
overseas on garrison duty in Egypt and later India. LSGC with gratuity
awarded April 1912. Disharged 1919, place of residence was in Barrow-in-Furness.
Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (GV) 1853849 SPR. G.W.N. STEVENSON. R.E. £85
Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (GV) 1852144 C.Q.M.SJT. W.L. LEAL. R.E. £88
Copy MIC. William J. Leal served with 11 Field Coy and was awarded a 1914 Star trio (France 17 August 1914). His LSGC was awarded April 1926.
Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (GV) 1853849 SPR. G.W.N. STEVENSON. R.E. £85
Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (GV) 1852144 C.Q.M.SJT. W.L. LEAL. R.E. £88
Copy MIC. William J. Leal served with 11 Field Coy and was awarded a 1914 Star trio (France 17 August 1914). His LSGC was awarded April 1926.
Sapper Frederick J. Sturgess
Royal Engineers
Copy MIC and TFEM Cards. Frederick J. Sturgess served with Notts & Derby Regt and Royal Engineers.
Entitled to War & Victory pair. TFEM awarded 1 August 1918.
Territorial Force Efficiency Medal
(EVII) 496 BNDSMN G. CARRINGTON. 5/NOTTS: & DERBY: REGT £150
Copy AO, awarded July 1909.
Cr-Sgt. R. Griffin
(Victorian)
Unnamed example as issued £58
5903 Sjt. J. SMITH. 2/Dur.V.A. stationed at Seaham (Harbour) £100
2575 PRIVATE H.J. AUBURN. £105
1881 Census shows Henry J. Auburn, aged 22, living at 30 Backstone Rd, London. Occupation: Drey Sampler. In 1901 he is shown as a Dock Foreman Labourer.
No. 1711. CORPORAL G. SYKES, 4TH W.Y.V.A. stationed at Sheffield £100
Volunteer Force Long Service Medal
(Edward VII)
1612 PTE A. BUSWELL. 1ST V.B. LEICESTER: REGT £125
1834 GNR. W. HANDY. 4/DURHAM R.G.A.V. stationed at Hartlepool £100
4233 CORPL. T. HUDSON. 1ST W.R. OF YORK: R.G.A.V. Stationed at Leeds £100
5370 GNR: J. BIRCH. 8TH LANC: R.G.A. VOLS. stationed at Liverpool £100
4938 B.S.MJR. R.J. MEW. 6/LANC: R.G.A.V. stationed at Liverpool £115
1612 PTE A. BUSWELL. 1ST V.B. LEICESTER: REGT £125
1834 GNR. W. HANDY. 4/DURHAM R.G.A.V. stationed at Hartlepool £100
4233 CORPL. T. HUDSON. 1ST W.R. OF YORK: R.G.A.V. Stationed at Leeds £100
5370 GNR: J. BIRCH. 8TH LANC: R.G.A. VOLS. stationed at Liverpool £100
4938 B.S.MJR. R.J. MEW. 6/LANC: R.G.A.V. stationed at Liverpool £115
6198
SJT: C.W. BLUNDELL. 13TH MIDD'X. V.R.C.
£100
13th Middlesex VRC became
the 16th London Regiment.