Four: Major D. R. Grindley, Liverpool Regiment, formerly Royal Irish Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (Lieut., Vol. Co., R. Irish Rgt.); 1914-15 Star (Capt., L’pool. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) nearly very fine or better (4) £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals Formed by The Late Major David Evans, T.D..

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Major David Radcliffe Grindley, a native of South Birkenhead, Cheshire, served during the South African War during operations in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony, and Cape Colony, April to 31 May 1902. He was transferred to the 1/5th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment on 16 January 1912, and served during the Great War in France and Belgium from 21 February 1915 to 16 May 1915 when he received a severe gun shot wound to the the right ankle.

The following is extracted from The History of The King’s Regiment (Liverpool), by Everard Wyrell: ‘About 4am, ‘C’ and ‘D’ Companies of the 5th Btn. were ordered to advance into the firing line in support of the 1st Btn. still in ‘A’ line, who were to cross ‘No Man’s Land’. These two companies of the 1/5th, with Battalion H.Q., moved up across the open and came under heavy rifle and machine-gun fire and shell fire. Captain J. H. Grindley, commanding ‘D’ Company, and Captain D. R. Grindley, were both wounded during the advance, the latter seriously.’ Sold with copy m.i.c. and five pages from correspondence file.