Auction Catalogue

16 & 17 September 2010

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 1366

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17 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£1,300

Four: Warrant Officer Class 2 H. J. Warwick, Royal Engineers

Hong Kong Plague 1894 (Lance Corporal, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (153832 W.O. Cl. 2, R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (23367 F. of W. Q.M. Sjt., R.E.) the last three mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £1200-1500

Henry John Warwick was born in Eastworth, Chertsey, Surrey, on 2 August 1869. Served as a Lance-Corporal in the 25th Fortress Company, R.E. in Hong Kong at the time of plague, for which he was awarded the silver medal. Awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. during the reign of Edward VII as a Foreman of Works Quartermaster Serjeant in the Royal Engineers - a replacement medal was issued in October 1917, the original having been lost at sea. During the Great War Warwick served in the 101 Company R.E. With some copied research.