Auction Catalogue

25 & 26 June 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1080

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26 June 2008

Hammer Price:
£460

Five: Major A. H. James, Worcestershire Regiment, who was taken P.O.W. at Tobruk: his father, Major H. James, was awarded the V.C. for Gallipoli

General Service 1918-62
, 1 clasp, Palestine (2 Lieut., Worcs. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted court-style as worn, together with a set of related miniature dress medals, good very fine (10) £250-300

Anthony Howard James was born in September 1917, the son of Major Herbert James, V.C., M.C., and was commissioned in his father’s old regiment in January 1939. Posted to the 1st Battalion out in Palestine shortly before the outbreak of hostilities, he went on to witness active service in Eritrea and in the Western Desert, where he was taken P.O.W. at Tobruk in 1942. Liberated from Stalag O. 79 at Braunschweig at the War’s end, he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 4 April 1946 refers) and advanced to Captain in the 1st Battalion in Germany in July 1946, in which capacity he also served in Trieste and Pola. Having then attended Staff College at Camberley, he was advanced to Major in January 1952 and served as a Rifle Company Commander back in Germany, before taking command of ‘C’ Company, 1st Battalion in British Guiana in 1957. His final appointment was as D.A.A. and Q.M.G., Headquarters, Caribbean Area; also see Lot 1162 for his father’s Honours and Awards.