Auction Catalogue

25 & 26 March 2013

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 1092

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26 March 2013

Hammer Price:
£200

Three; attributed to Able Seaman E. J. Kehoe, Royal Navy, killed in action, H.M.S. Culver, 31 January 1942
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, all unnamed,

Four: attributed to Able Seaman G. E. Chipperfield, Royal Navy, who died on 4 March 1943
1939-45 Star Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, all unnamed,

Three: attributed to Lance Serjeant R. Herberson, Black Watch, killed/died on 6 March 1943
1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; War Medal 1939-45, all unnamed, extremely fine (10) £120-150

Able Seaman Edward Joseph Kehoe, R.N., was killed in action, aged 27 years, when the cutter/escort Culver, ex- U.S.N. Mendota, was torpedoed and sunk in the East Atlantic by the German submarine U-105, on 31 January 1942. Eight officers and 118 ratings were killed. He was the son of Edward Joseph and Bridget Kehoe and husband of Matilda Kehoe, of Gateshead.

Medals to Kehoe with Admiralty condolence slip named to ‘Edward Joseff Kehoe’, in damaged medal forwarding box, addressed to ‘Mrs E. M. Kehoe, 98, Southey Street, Gateshead 8, Co. Durham’.

Able Seaman George Emmenson Chipperfield, R.N., died on 4 March 1943 whilst serving at
President III. His name is recorded on the Portsmouth Naval memorial. He was the husband of M. Chipperfield of Shiremoor, Northumberland.

Medals to Chipperfield with Admiralty condolence slip named to ‘George E. Chipperfield’, in medal forwarding box addressed to ‘Mrs M. Ambler (formerly Mrs Chipperfield), 43 Netherton Avenue, Lynn Road Estate, North Shields, Northumberland’.

Lance Serjeant Reginald Herberson, 7th Battalion Black Watch, was killed/died on 6 March 1943, aged 28 years. He was buried in the Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia. He was the son of George and Anne Herberson, of Birtley, Co. Durham; stepson of Isobel Herberson of Birtley.

Medals to Herberson with condolence slip named to ‘R. Herberson’ and forwarding box - name and address removed.