Family Group:

A fine Great War ‘Salonika’ M.S.M. group of seven awarded to Battery Sergeant Major H. C. Relph, Royal Field Artillery
1914-15 Star (6512 B.S. Mjr. H. C. Relph. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (6512 W.O. Cl.2. H. C. Relph. R.A.); Defence Medal; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (6512 B.S. Mjr. H. C. Relph. R.F.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6512 B.S. Mjr: H. C. Relph. R.F.A.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (1019020 Sjt. H. C. Relph. R.A.) mounted for wear, nearly very fine and better

Four: Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant H. C. Relph, Royal Signals
India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (2323089 Sgln. H. C. Relph. R. Signals.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., 2nd issue, Regular Army (2323089 S.Q.M.S. H. C. Relph. R.Sigs.) mounted for wear, good very fine (11) £400-£500

M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919:
‘In recognition of valuable service rendered with the British Forces in the Balkans.’

Herbert Campbell Relph was born in Fulham, London, in 1882. He attested for the Royal Artillery on 12 March 1900, and served in South Africa from 1905 to 1908, and in India from 1908 until 1912. Sent to France on 15 January 1915, he spent a brief period in Egypt before spending four years in Salonica from late 1915 until 1919. Awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 October 1918, Relph’s valuable work whilst serving with 130th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, was recognised with the award of the Meritorious Service Medal in the ‘Peace Gazette’ of 1919.

Herbert Charles Relph, son of the above, was born in 1914 and witnessed extensive service with the Royal Signals on the North West Frontier of India. He died at Tonbridge, Kent, on 15 November 1988.