Auction Catalogue

7 & 8 July 2010

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 415

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8 July 2010

Hammer Price:
£190

British War Medal 1914-20 (5) (436281 Pte. L. A. Waterhouse, 49-Can. Inf.; 201828 Pte. R. Jillings, 52-Can. Inf.; 129075 Pte. T. Boyd, 72-Can. Inf.; 154913 Pte. J. W. Pickering, Can. Pnr. Bn.; 88 Spr. W. A. Sang, C.O.R.C.C.) medal to ‘Jillings’ with slack suspension, very fine and better (5) £120-160

Private Leonard Arthur Waterhouse, 49th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment), died of wounds on 2 May 1916, aged 19 years. He was buried in the Menin Road South Military Cemetery. He was the son of Mrs E. J. Waterhouse of 52 Sheep Street, Northampton, England.

Private Ronald Jillings, 52nd Battalion Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment), was killed in action on 19 August 1916, aged 19 years. He was buried in the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Ieper, Belgium. He was the son of Lewis and Dorothy Jillings of Loddon, Norfolk, England.

Private Thomas Boyd, 72nd Battalion Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment), was killed in action on 9 April 1917, aged 32 years. He was buried in the Givenchy-en-Gohelle Canadian Cemetery, Souchez, Pas de Calais, France.

Sapper John William Pickering, 9th Battalion Canadian Railway Troops, died of wounds on 25 October 1917, aged 27 years. He was buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium. He was the son of William and Elizabeth Pickering, and husband of Mary Pickering of 411 Third Street, Medicine Hat, Alberta.

Sapper William Alastair Sang, Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps, was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. He died of wounds on 25 March 1916, aged 28 years. He was buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.