Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (M2-203830 Pte. H. Skilbeck, A.S.C.; T4-306394 Pte. F. Handley, A.S.C.; SS-9126 Pte. G. Townsend, A.S.C.) very fine and better (3) £50-70

Herbert Skilbeck, A.S.C. was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in Mesopotamia (London Gazette 3 July 1919). Latterly attached to the 14th Light Armoured Battery, Machine Gun Corps (Motors), he died on 26 May 1919, aged 33 years. He was buried in the Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.

Private George Townsend, A.S.C., entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 5 May 1915. Discharged on 23 June 1916 suffering from tuberculosis. He died on 14 September 1917. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star and the Silver War Badge. With some copied research.