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Crimea Medal Alma / Inkermann / Sebastopol J. COLLINS. 34TH REGT. £575 (JW)
Turkish Crimea Medal (British issue)
John Collins was born in Tipperary and enlisted March 1846, aged 20, 34th Foot (Cumberland). Served in the West Indies, Corfu, Crimea and East Indies (including during the Mutiny). Entitled to the Indian Mutiny Medal with clasp for Lucknow. Discharged as unfit for further service, April 1861. His conduct as been "bad". "Disability attributable to his long military service in the East and West Indies, Mediterranean & Crimea, where he was severely wounded in the right arm..." but cannot trace on casualty roll.
Thomas Keble Wigan
Victory Medal CAPT. T.K. WIGAN. (MiD)
General Service Medal Iraq T.K. WIGAN. (MiD)
1939-45 Star
Africa Star
1939-45 War Medal
Thomas Keble Wigan was born 22 November 1892 in London. Educated at Radley and Christchurch, Oxford. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, 1/6th Battalion Devonshire Regiment August 1914, Battalion to India October 1914. Mesopotamia January 1916 (Captain). In action 3 March 1916 commanding a Company. In action at Dujailah Redoubt 8 March 1916. Invalided to India August 1916. Assumed command of a detachment at Tel-El-Lahm October 1917. OC the Company at Hyde Park Magazine, Shaiba November 1918. Gazetted Officer serving under the Civil Commissioner 1 November 1919. Appointed Assistant Political Officer in Iraq July 1920. Present at the Siege of Kufa 1920 (MiD).
Kufa is 90 miles south of Baghdad. 14 July 1920 Arab rebels began to attack and the 730 man garrison prepared to defend the town. The milkitary force was made up of two companies of the 10th Infantry (Indian Army). Thomas wrote six letters during the siege, still held by the family.
The rebels brought a captured British 12-pounder to hit the town. The siege finally ended on 17 October when the 2nd Manchesters, 1/15th Sikhs and 35th Scinde Horse broke through to the outskirts of the town. The siege had lasted 89 days. The story and photos of Thomas can be read here (click)
(MiD 11 november 1918, 12 January 1920 and 9 September 1921). Appointed Under-Secretary to the High Commissioner of Iraq. 1925 called to the Bar (Lincoln's Inn, London). Thomas joined the Home Guard but was commissioned into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1941. Appointed Political Officer (Acting Captain) May 1942. Posted to Civil Affairs Branch, Eritrea July 1943. Relinquished appointment and to Unemployed List October 1944. Recalled November 1945 and posted to Dodecanese as Legal Officer. Relinquished appointment March 1946. Appointed civil judge in the High Court of Abyssina under Emperor Haile Salassie in 1947. Justice of the Peace in Surrey 1956. Died 6 March 1957.
Group of Six: £450 (PB)
Private John Grace
6th Foot
John Grace enlisted in the 51st Regiment in 1858 but transferred to the 6th Regiment soon after. Served in the Indian Mutiny, medal confirmed on roll. He was awarded the I.G.S. Medal for service in the Hazara Expedition. He was discharged February 1879, after just over 20 years service.
Private Michael Dowling
81st Foot
Michael Dowling was born in Queen's County, Ireland and enlisted January 1847, aged 23. Discharged 1868, received the Army Long Service Good Conduct Medal. Medal confirmed on roll. (JW)
Private John Walford
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
India General Service Medal Burma 1885-7 810 Pte. J. Walford. 2nd Bn R.W. Fus. £195
John Walford was born in London and
enlisted October 1884, aged 24. Served in India and Burma December 1885
to February 1892. Medal confirmed on roll. Discharged October 1896. (JW)
Private Robert Gardner
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Medal roll shows that Robert Gardner was living in Poplar Road, Birmingham when the medal was issued. (PB)
Private Charles Ings
Hampshire Regiment
Charles Ings was born in Ringwood, Hampshire and enlisted March 1883, aged 19. Served in Malta and India. Transferred to the Reserve November 1890 and discharged March 1895. Medal and clasps confirmed on roll. (JW)
Sergeant W Rowland
Devosnshire Regiment
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Private David Young
Gordon Highlanders
Medal and clasps confirmed on roll, not entitled to the Star. David Young, Gordon Highhlanders. (JW)
PrivateT. Evans
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Afghanistan
Medal Kandahar/Ahmed Khel 746 PTE. T. EVANS. 2/60TH
FOOT. SOLD
Thomas
Evans was born 1841 and enlisted into the 2nd Battalion
King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1860. A year later he was serving in
China and by 1871 was a Sergeant serving in India. However, by 1879
he was back to Private. Discharged March 1882. Clasps confirmed on
roll. Discharge sheet shows entitlement to the Kabul to Kandahar
Star.
Private J. Smith
Cheshire Regiment
(JW)
Corporal Charles O'Connell
Manchester Regiment
Medal confirmed on roll. Charles Michael O'Connell was born in Manchester and enlisted 1887, aged 18. Served in India 1889 to 1895. Discharged 1899. Re-called May 1899. Entitled to Queen's South Africa Medal with 3 clasps. Discharged August 1903. Medal roll and service record does not state drummer. Naming obviously altered at some time. (AF)
L/Corporal Henry Harrison
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Private David Muir
Cameron Highlanders
Khedive's Sudan Medal The Atbara/Khartoum 3800 Pte MUIR. 1 CAM. HIGHrs £250 (JW)
David
Muir was born in Lochgelly, Fife and enlisted 1896, aged 18. Served in
Gibraltar, Egypt and South Africa. Also recieved the Queen's Sudan
Medal, QSA with 3 clasps and KSA with 2 clasps. Discharged May 1908. 
Gunner John Edgecumbe
Royal Field Artillery
British War Medal 78116 GNR. J. EDGECUMBE. R.A.
Victory Medal 78116 GNR. J. EDGECUMBE. R.A.
John Edgcumbe was from Hull and enlisted 24 June 1914. Went to France 16 August 1914. Gunshot wound right thigh at Soissons 15 September 1914. He was left with one leg 3 inches shorter. Discharged 25 February 1916 and unfit for service. Oddly no trace of a Silver War Badge being issued. He died in Hull in 1957. He is entitled to the clasp on the star, but it is a copy clasp.
Group of three: £120
Private Ernest Atkins
Victory Medal 32566 PTE. E. ATKINS. GLOUC.R.
Framed with postcard photo. Ernest Atkins served with the Gloucestershire Regiment, Worcesters, Royal Defence Corps and Royal Engineers.
In 1911 he was living in Brislington, Bristol.
Pair: £80 (AF)
Gunner William Read
Royal Field Artillery
Victory Medal 123369 GNR. W. READ. R.F.A.
India General Service Medal Aghanistan NWF 1919 123369 GNR. W. READ. R.A.
William Read was from Walton-on-Thames, Surrey and enlisted March 1916, aged 24. Served in France from June 1916. Posted to India August 1917. Served in the Afghan War attached to HQ 7 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Discharged February 1920.
Group of three: £120
Leigh Mansell was born in Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham in 1888. Enlisted 8th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, arrived in France in August 1915. He was killed 23 October 1918 near Les Fourrieres. Listed on the the Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France. Listed on Cheltenham and Bishops Cleeve War Memorials.