Auction Catalogue

13 & 14 September 2012

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 201

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13 September 2012

Hammer Price:
£150

1914-15 Star (3) (19405 Pte. W. J. Moody, Wilts R.; 15169 L. Cpl. W. Ponton, High. L.I.; 6-583 Pte. W. S. Arnold, Rif. Brig.), this last polished, thus fine, the remainder very fine or better 3) £60-80

William Joseph Moody was killed in action on 5 April 1916, while serving in ‘D’ Company of the 5th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. His unit was embarked for Gallipoli in June 1915 and thence, in January 1916, for Mesopotamia, and it was in this latter theatre of war that he was killed on the opening day of Gorringe’s offensive to relieve the garrison at Kut. The son of Frederick and Caroline Moody of Swindon, Wiltshire, he was 31 years of age and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial in Iraq.

Walter Ponton first entered the French theatre of war in late November 1915 and was killed in action on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Somme, while serving in the 16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Boys’ Brigade). His battalion was decimated by machine-gun fire and suffered over 500 casualties. Ponton is buried in Lonsdale Cemetery at Authuile.

William S. Arnold first entered the French theatre of war in late February 1915.