Royal Artillery, obv. unit motif, rev. engraved, ‘6th Fd. Bde. R.A. 1924 Relay Race, 1st, 2/Lieut. G. K. Bourne’, 32mm., silver, ring suspension, in case; 3rd M.A. Half Battery Competition, obv. cannon, rev. ‘Gunner S. M. Fossett’, 31mm., silver; City of London R.F.A., unit motif, rev. ‘Army Marathon Walk Windsor to London, March 1915’ and engraved, ‘Bombr. F. Hammond’, 32mm., silver; 344th Battery (Herts) Yeomanry R.F.A., obv. stag, engraved, ‘Third Prize’, rev. engraved, ‘Dr. Wharton C., King’s Cup, 1923’, 29mm., silver; 59th (Warwickshire) Searchlight Regiment R.A., obv. unit motif and engraved, ‘148 L.A.A.’, rev. wreath and engraved, ‘1507346 Gnr. G. H. Ritchie’, 35mm., silver; Royal Artillery Golfing Society, engraved, ‘1920 Spring Handicap Medal, Mid Surrey, April 8th & 9th, won by Major l. A. Coker’, 63mm., silver; other Artillery medals (9), good very fine and better (15) £70-90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Military Sports and Shooting Medals from the James N. Spencer Collection.

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Second and fourth illustrated.

Geoffrey Kemp Bourne was born on 5 October 1902 and entered the Royal Artillery as a 2nd Lieutenant on 31 January 1923. Promoted Lieutenant in 1925 and Captain in 1936, he received the brevet of Major in January 1939. Serving in the Second World War, he attained the rank of Colonel on 15 March 1945 and was Acting Brigadier during 1942 and Temporary Brigadier during 1942 and 1944. He was a General Staff Officer, 1938-44.