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Knight's Batchelor badge and 1953 Coronation medal, attributed

 

 

 

to Sir John HACKING in 1951. For Services to the Power Industry

 

 

 

during WW2. (In the 1920s he was in Argentina, where he was

 

 

 

responsible for setting up the electrification of the Argentine

 

 

 

railways. (Both medals in case of issue, the first being the

 

 

 

smaller breast pin type. Hallmarked 1951)

£450

 

 

 

 

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Crimea and Indian Mutiny trio to - Thomas EDWARDS, 95th Regt

 

 

 

Derbyshire Regiment, as : Crimea medal / 1 bar Sebastopol

 

 

 

this crudely renamed, Turkish Crimea - the rarer La Crimee

 

 

 

French issue, impressed 'T.Edwards, XCV Regt. Plus Indian

 

 

 

Mutiny medal, bar Central India, impressed Thos Edwards,

 

 

 

95th Regt. All with original if sl frayed ribbon, each on its own

 

 

 

old safety pin for wear. VF overall, first with contact mks

£850

 

 

 

 

C

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Boer War and WW1 group of four to 2nd Lieutenant T. HIPKINS,

 

 

 

Royal Munster Fusiliers, as: QSA / 3 bars CC, Tr, Wittebergen,

 

 

 

KSA / 2 bars SA1901, SA1902 (both named 4727 Pte, Ryl

 

 

 

Munster Fusiliers), plus WW1 pair - BWM and Victory named to

 

 

 

2nd Lieut. Mounted as worn (BWM mounted back-to-front) -

 

 

 

Boer War pair AVF, WW1 pair GVF.

 

 

 

Plus matching mounted miniatures, miniature ribbon bar and a

 

 

 

Buffalo's gilt Primo medal from Brave Old Oak Lodge 4/5/1920

£500

 

 

 

 

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Boer War pair to - 6053 Private W. ALLAN, 2nd, Royal Scots

 

 

 

Fusiliers, as : QSA / 3 bars - CC, Tr, OFS (this last bar slipped

 

 

 

loose on ribbon), plus KSA / 2 bars - SA1901, SA1902. GVF+

£245

 

 

 

 

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2

Boer War pair to 3141 Pte D. EDWARDS, 13th Hussars, as :

 

 

 

QSA / 4 bars - OFS, Tugela Hts, Rel of Ladysmith, Tr KSA / 2

 

 

 

bars - SA1901, SA1902. Both have been crudely re-named,

 

 

 

conditon VF, with some contact scuffs in the fields.

£120

 

 

 

 

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2

Boer War pair to 51589 Driver F.J. MASSEY, RFA, as :-

 

 

 

QSA / 2 bars - CC, OFS, KSA / 2 bars - SA1901, SA1902.

 

 

 

VF and better, with mor scuffs in the fields.

£170

 

 

 

 

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2

Boer War pair to 4109 Pte H. MINNS, Rifle Brigade, as:-

 

 

 

QSA / 2 bars - Def of Ladysmith, Tr KSA / 2 bars - SA1901,

 

 

 

SA1902. GVF, nicely toned.

£325

 

 

 

 

H

3+1

WW1 Military medal and WW1 Pair to - 5022 Pte D.C. MESTON,

 

 

 

Machine Gun Corps, as - MM (LG not checked yet) 62nd Coy,

 

 

 

MGC, plus BWM and Victory medals. With silver wound badge,

 

 

 

no. 272354 SWB. GVF+. (MM & BWM deep tone)

£450

 

 

 

 

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Pair to Captain A.T. DOMINY, as - Indian Volunteer Forces

 

 

 

Officer's Decoration (Geo V) plus Long Service medal in the

 

 

 

Volunteer Force (Edw VII). Arthur Tothill Dominy was with the

 

 

 

Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles; plus paperwork to confirm.

£400

 

 

 

 

K

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Police trio to PC E. POOK, T division, Metropolitan Police, as

 

 

 

1897 Jubilee medal in bronze, 1902 Coronation medal in

 

 

 

bronze, plus 1911 Coronation medal in silver. EF, lustrous.

£150

 

 

 

 

L

5+5+

WW1 Long Service mounted group to Q.M.Sgt / WO Cl2. W.J,

 

 

 

MARSHALL, Royal Engineers, as - WW1 Mons trio, MiD oak-

 

 

 

leaf on Victory, plus 1935 Jubilee medal and Army LS/GC medal

 

 

 

(Q.M.Sgt on star, WOCl.1 on pair, and WOCl. 11 on LS/GC,

 

 

 

Geo V. Plus a matching set of mounted miniatures, and

 

 

 

9 supporting documents - MiD certificate 30/4/1916 and 1935

 

 

 

Jubilee, with seven further warrants dated from 1918 through to

 

 

 

1927 with 2 from WW2 (1938 and 1939) noting his appointment

 

 

 

as a Flight Lieutenant with the A.A.F and then the RAFVR.

 

 

 

All medals EF/+ with lovely aged toning.

£480

 

 

 

 

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4

WW1 group to M.F.A., as - WW1 trio : AB P. DONOVAN, MFA,

 

 

 

plus Mercantile Marine medal (Patrick Donovan). BWM has

 

 

 

been officially renamed - Patrick Donovan.

£90

 

 

 

 

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4+

WW1 CASUALTY group to R-6944 Pte George Edward MINTON,

 

 

 

9th Kings Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC), as - 1914/15 trio plus

 

 

 

plaque. Died of Wounds 4/5/1917. With original medal

 

 

 

transmittal slips, and further paperwork.

£325

 

 

 

 

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4+

WW1 CASUALTY - Trio and Plaque to L/13539 Pte Herbert GALLANT,

 

 

 

KiA on 13th May 1915, aged 21; commemorated on the Menin Gate

 

 

 

from Camden town, N. London. Medals housed in long glazed frame

 

 

 

with a photo of him, and a 'signed' condolence letter from Kitchener.

 

 

 

Plaque is housed in shield-shaped black wood; name polished.

£350

 

 

 

 

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Canadian/Scottish WW1 casualty, as Trio (star, BWM and Victory)

 

 

 

to 71168 Pte George James JESSIMAN, 27th Canadian Infantry.

 

 

 

Manitoba Regt - KiA on 15th September 1916, at Vimy Ridge.

 

 

 

Originally from Huntley, Aberdeen. He emigrated to Canada, from

 

 

 

where he enlisted and was sent to the front; with 2 War Graves

 

 

 

Memorial Registers (23) - Vimy Memorials, one with details of

 

 

 

the Memorial itself, the other part 4 with lists of names (I - L)

 

 

 

Also 2 large certificates, one from Canadian Pacific Railways,

 

 

 

naming him as a volunteer, other the official Canadian Expeditionary

 

 

 

Force Death Certificate, dated 26/4/1919, with his details.

£300

 

 

 

 

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4

WW1 Casualty Mons trio and plaque to 7861 Pte William

 

 

 

Robert FULLER, 1st bn Scots Guards. KiA 11/11/1914

 

 

 

together with photo of his name on the Menin Gate, aged 23.

 

 

 

From Prospect Hill, Leicester. With further papers.

£450

 

 

 

 

S

3+10

WW1 Trio to 61309 Driver G. POOLER, R.E., plus ten medals

 

 

 

variously in silver, enamels and bronze to his son (GE Pooler),

 

 

 

as linesman and referee in the 1950s/60s.

£85

 

 

 

 

T

3

WW1 / WW2 to 2743 Sergeant J. WALKER, Notts & Derby Regt,

 

 

 

as - WW1 pair, plus WW2 Territorial Efficiency medal (Geo VI)

 

 

 

bar Militia. Indiae Imp : this last 1926613 Cpl, RE.

£100

 

 

 

 

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4

WW1 / WW2 to 2nd Lieutenant Lewis Cecil BALL, (RA), as -

 

 

 

mounted trio - BWM and Victory with India GSM / bar Afghanistan

 

 

 

N.W.F. 1919, plus his WW2 Defence medal.

 

 

 

Reportedly a Commissioner in Wandsworth Prison in 1930s/40s.

 

 

 

With his MiC, which notes later promotion to Lieutenant.

£200

 

 

 

 

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10

Family medals to the HUMPHREY family, as :

 

 

 

Father : Mons trio CASUALTY L/9867 Pte Cornelius Coates

 

 

 

Humphrey, 2nd / Ryl Sussex Regt., KiA 30/10/1914 (entitled to

 

 

 

Mons clasp) with his MiC. From West Chittington/Petworth

 

 

 

Son : WW2 group, as 1939/45 star, Africa star/bar 8th Army,

 

 

 

Italy star, Defence and War medals, plus Territorial Efficiency

 

 

 

medal EIIR to Sergeant J.J. Humphrey, RE, with box of issue

 

 

 

for TA medal (6393597 Sgt.)

£385

 

 

 

 

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3+2

Family medals to the WELLS brothers, as :-

 

 

 

K-6900 Stoker 1 A.F. Wells, RN WW1 Trio, plus

 

 

 

K-37444 Stoker 1 J. Wells, RN WW1 Victory.

£80

 

 

 

 

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Family medals to the FITCHETT family, as :-

 

 

 

Father : WW1 pair to 109874 Driver C.W. Fitchett, RA

 

 

 

Son : WW2 group of 4 - 1939/45 star, Burma star, Defence and

 

 

 

War medals, plus photo of son, taken on 10/8/1961, along with

 

 

 

two Formation cloth badges, and 2 RAF cloth wings.

£85

 

 

 

 

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Family medals to the COOKE family -

 

 

 

Father - WW1 BWM 14512 Pte W. Cooke, Royal Warks

 

 

 

Son - WW2 Defence and War medals, plus conferral box and

 

 

 

award slip - Mr F. Cook, RASC, from Spark Brook, B'ham.

£40

 

 

 

 

Z1

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WW1 CASUALTY, as - Pair and Plaque to : 4123 Private

 

 

 

William MOWBRAY, 1st / 6th Royal Warwickshire Regiment.

 

 

 

KiA on 4th february, 1917; from Sparkbrook, Birmingham, with colour

 

 

 

photo of his house there (12 Beach Ave). Buried in Assevillers New

 

 

 

British Cemetery, with further details of the cemetery and extract

 

 

 

from Ryl Warks War diary, noting the casualties of that period.

£200

 

 

 

 

Z2

3

WW1 CASUALTY, as - Pair and Plaque to : 235037 Private

 

 

 

Oliver CARTER, 5th Bn, King's (Liverpool Regt). KiA F&F on 19th

 

 

 

April 1917; from Great Wratting, Suffolk, enlisted in Newmarket.

 

 

 

Buried in Vlamertinghe Mil't C cemetery, near Ypres.

£200

 

 

 

 

A1

2

Navy pair to Petty officer cl. 1 149397 Alfred Henry DORMER,

 

 

 

RN, as - Naval LS/Gc medal Edw VII plus WW1 BWM; plus

 

 

 

papers confirming his service record (ADM/188/213). GVF+

£110

 

 

 

 

B1

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WW1 pair to Aubrey R(aymond) PENGILLY, as - British War

 

 

 

medal plus the Mercantile Marine medal, along with letter from

 

 

 

Board of Trade, dated 22/7/1921 awarding him the medals,

 

 

 

also Authority to wear medals certificate, stamped variously

 

 

 

3/6/1920 and 22/7/1921.

£65

 

 

 

 

C1

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WW2 and later pair to Corporal E.M. JAKES - as WW2 War medal

 

 

 

plus GSM / bar Palestine 1945-48. (No. 14763675 Royal Signals).

 

 

 

With box of issue to 2nd medal, and a Postal Order to EM Jakes

 

 

 

issued in 1944 for 4 shillings and not cashed !! Plus his father's

 

 

 

Buffalo silver and enamel medal for 1920: Bro CE Jakes.

£95

 

 

 

 

D1

4

WW1/WW2 group to 34322 Pte C.E. KING, as - WW1 pair

 

 

 

The Queen's Regiment, plus WW2 Defence medal and Special

 

 

 

Constabulary LS medal, Geo VI IndImp to Charles E. King.

£57

 

 

 

 

E1

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WW1/WW2 group to 209423 Gunner Alfred E. JACOB, RA, as

 

 

 

WW1 pair, plus WW2 Defence medal; with his ribbon bar for all

 

 

 

3 medals, a StJAA gilt medal with bars for 1942 & 1944, and a

 

 

 

red & blue enamelled lapel badge "Lend to Defend" National

 

 

 

Savings Movement badge.

£57

 

 

 

 

F1

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WW1/WW2 trio to Warrant Officer Class 1 1402761 E.G. BULLETT,

 

 

 

Royal Artillery, as - Mounted pair: WW1 BWM and Army

 

 

 

Long Service & Good Conduct medal Geo V (BWM Bombadier)

 

 

 

24329, ( LS/GC medal WO Cl2), with Geo VI Meritorious Service

 

 

 

medal FidDef obverse & box of issue. From Mottingham, SE London.

 

 

 

Plus letter to him, dated 13/11/1952 awarding him MSM.

£300

 

 

 

 

G1

3+

WW2 Casualty trio attributed to Robert Henry PERRY, as -

 

 

 

WW2 1939/45 star, Atlantic star, and War medal; plus the

 

 

 

award slip noting the 3 medals, and named on the front to

 

 

 

Robert H. Perry. 2 possibilities -

 

 

 

Able Seaman, sunk on SS Englishman on 22/1/1941 or

 

 

 

Chief Officer, sunk on SS Tremoda on 27/8/1941. Abt Mint

£100

 

 

 

 

H1

6

India / WW2 PoW group to 1060804 Warrant Officer Class 2

 

 

 

Eddie LITTLEWOOD, R.A., as - India GSM / bar North-West

 

 

 

Frontier 1930-31 (Bombadier), plus WW2 1939/45 star,

 

 

 

Italy star, War medal and Army LS/GC medal Geo VI / bar

 

 

 

Regular Army IndiaeImp. Plus his Meritorious Service medal

 

 

 

Geo VI FidDef. Family relates that he was a PoW in Italy during

 

 

 

WW2, becoming a postman after leaving service.

£400

 

 

 

 

J1

6

WW2 Mounted group to T.86309 Driver W.C. MORFETT, RASC,

 

 

 

as - 1939/45 star, Africa star / bar 8th army, Italy star, Defence

 

 

 

and War medals, plus Territorial Efficiency medal, Geo VI.

 

 

 

Last medal only named; all medals EF+, as worn

£100

 

 

 

 

K1

6

WW2 mounted group to T / 68793 Sergeant L.W. SKENTELBERRY,

 

 

 

Royal army Service Corps, as - WW2 1939/45 star, Africa star,

 

 

 

Italy star, War medal, GSM / bar Malaya (EIIR) and Territorial

 

 

 

Efficiency medal / bar Territorial Geo VI FidDef.

£175

 

 

 

 

L1

6

WW2 group to T - 14124334 Driver L.P. BETHELL, RASC, as -

 

 

 

1939/45 star, Africa star, Burma star, Italy star, War medal and

 

 

 

post-war GSM / bar Palestine 1945-48. GVF/+

£112

 

 

 

 

M1

4

WW2 group to 22282694 Staff Sergeant N. WILSON, R.E., as -

 

 

 

France & Germany star, Defence and War medals, plus Territorial

 

 

 

Efficiency medal EIIR. Last medal dark tone and only one named.

£90

 

 

 

 

N1

5

WW2 mounted group to 798197 Warrant Officer Class 1

 

 

 

S.C. ALLEN, R.E.M.E., as - 1939/45 star, F & G star, Defence

 

 

 

medal, War medal, plus Army LS/GC medal Geo VI FidDef

 

 

 

bar Regular Army. Semi court-style. EF, toned

£100

 

 

 

 

P1

6+

WW2 mounted group to David George GOWLER, as - 1939/45

 

 

 

star, F & G star, Defence and War medals; these 4 mounted as worn,

 

 

 

plus his LCC King's medal for 1919/20 and Imperial Service medal

 

 

 

in its RM case of issue (EIIR issue) and the original award certificate

 

 

 

from the Central Chancery, dated 10th Jnauary 1975.

£85

 

 

 

 

Q1

4+

WW2 medals attributed to 4208570 Pte A.G. VERRAN, RWK

 

 

 

regt., as - 1939/45 star, F&G star, Defence and War medals,

 

 

 

plus letter sent to his son by the War Office Records Centre in 1963,

 

 

 

noting his military service from 1941 to 1959, during which he

 

 

 

served with TA, RWF, SWB, Hampshire Regt and RWK !!

£48

 

 

 

 

R1

4

WW2 Mounted group to - 1696469 Gunner F. MOUNTAIN,

 

 

 

Royal Artillery, as - France & Germany star, Defence & War

 

 

 

medals plus GSM / bar Palestine 1945-48. AEF

£108

 

 

 

 

S1

4

Mounted group to 971593 Sergeant A. BOWMAN, RAF, as -

 

 

 

WW2 Defence and War medals, plus GSM / 2 bars : Palestine

 

 

 

1945-48, Cyprus and RAF LS/GC medal EIIR. EF, silver toned

£200

 

 

 

 

T1

6

WW2 mounted group to 22557238 Warrant Officer Class 2

 

 

 

W.R.H. COLLINS, ACC as - 1939/45 star, Africa star / bar 8th

 

 

 

Army, Italy star, Defence and War medals, plus Territorial Efficiency

 

 

 

medal EIIR. All nicely toned

£120

 

 

 

 

V1

5+

WW2 group attributed to Jack PASIFUL, from Orpington, as -

 

 

 

1939/45 star, Africa star / bar 8th Army, Italy star, Defence medal.,

 

 

 

War medal / set MiD oak-leaf. All 1980's issue with large rings.

 

 

 

Mint condition, in conferral box and award slip.

£70

 

 

 

 

W1

4+1

WW2 mounted group, attributed to Pte David MORGAN, as -

 

 

 

1939/45 star, Burma star, Defence and War medals.

 

 

 

Noted that he came from Selby (Nr York) and spent most of the

 

 

 

war in Burma, possibly as a Prisoner of War. (Not researched).

£45

 

 

 

 

X1

4+

WW2group attributed to J. BUCK, from Eccleshill, Bradford, as -

 

 

 

1939/45 star, Africa star, Italy star and War medal; plus conferral

 

 

 

box (ASC or ACC ?) and a photocopied b/w photo of him in

 

 

 

uniform. (stars with remnants of brasso)

£40

 

 

 

 

Y1

5++

WW2 medals attributed to Sidney Harold PACKHAM, Royal Navy,

 

 

 

as - 1939/45 star, Atlantic star, Africa star / bar N.Africa 1942/43,

 

 

 

and War medal, plus award certificate and the conferral

 

 

 

box of issue (from Swanley, in Kent) and three photos :

 

 

 

one original with wife and daughter on leave - 2 photocopies.

£75

 

 

 

 

V2

5

WW2 group of official and unofficial medals to 6216338 Pte