Pair: Second Lieutenant F. E. Sheldrake, Royal Fusiliers, late Honourable Artillery Company
British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. F. E. Sheldrake.) nearly extremely fine

Pair: Second Lieutenant F. Ingerson, Tank Corps, late Honourable Artillery Company
British War and Victory Medals (5482 Pte. F. Ingerson. H.A.C. (Inf.)) minor edge bruising, good very fine (4) £120-160

Frederick Edward Sheldrake was born in Enfield, Middlesex, on 2 September 1893, and attested for the Honourable Artillery Company. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 July 1915 (also entitled to a 1914-15 Star), before being commissioned on 8 January 1917 as a Second Lieutenant in the 7th (Extra Reserve) Battalion Royal Fusiliers, serving overseas with a Regular Battalion Royal Fusiliers. He relinquished his commission on 8 January 1921, retaining the rank of Lieutenant. He died at Palmers Green, Middlesex, on 23 December 1950.
Frederick’s brother Richard William Sheldrake was killed in action on 26 September 1916 when serving with the 12th Battalion Middlesex Regiment.


Frank Ingerson was born in Teignmouth, Devon, in 1895, and was educated at Tavistock Grammar School, Devon. In September 1915, Frank, a Clerk at the War Office, living in Portsdown Road, Maida Vale, London, enlisted as a Private in the Honourable Artillery Company, noting that he was serving with the 5th Battalion East Surrey Regiment. He served with the 1st Battalion H.A.C. during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 July 1916, before transferring to No. 5 Company, B Battalion, Tank Corps, on 25 December 1916. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Tank Corps on 8 October 1918. After the War he resumed his work as a civil servant, taking up an appointment as an Examiner in the Comptroller-General's Department of the Health Insurance Department, Ministry of Health, in March 1920. He died on 24 July 1973.