Auction Catalogue

5 July 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 160

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5 July 2011

Hammer Price:
£100

Victory Medal 1914-19 (7) (7136 Pte. F. Haddigan, Hamps. R.; 307826 Pte. W. W. Hawley, R. War. R.; 8053 Pte. W. Handscombe, 4-Lond. R.; 31261 Pte. A. A. Hills, Dorset R.; 37339 Pte. W. E. James, Wilts. R.; 1672 Pte. B. G. James, R.A.; 1874 Pte. H. W. Joyce, Som. L.I.) worn and better (7) £50-70

Private William Handscombe, 4th Battalion London Regiment entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 20 October 1915 and qualified for the 1914-15 Star. He later transferred to the 13th Battalion London Regiment.

Private Arthur A. Hills, Dorset Regiment, later transferred to the Welsh Regiment. Post-war he applied to join the Metropolitan Police.

Private W. E. James, Wiltshire Regiment, later transferred to the 4th Battalion London Regiment and then the Royal Fusiliers.

Private Benjamin G. James, R.A.M.C. entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 15 March 1915 and qualified for the 1914-15 Star. He was discharged on 20 February 1919.

Private Henry W. Joyce, Somerset Light Infantry entered the Asiatic theatre of war on 29 August 1915 and qualified for the 1914-15 Star. Discharged on 19 May 1919, he died in Bath in 1921.