Auction Catalogue

19–21 June 2013

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

№ 556

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19 June 2013

Hammer Price:
£140

British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (2614 Pte. T. Robinson, N. Staff. R.; 66140 Pte. C. Vessey, K.O.Y.L.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (10789 Pte. A. Mitchell, Wilts. R.; 203003 Pte. W. J. Pope, R.W. Kent R.) good very fine and better (4) £90-120

Thomas Robinson was born in Burslem, Staffordshire, lived at Colbridge Staffs and enlisted into the 1/5th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment at Hanley, Staffs. He went with the Battalion to France on 3 March 1915. The Battalion was a victim of the German Liquid Fire attack at Hooge and then, in the Battle of Loos, were ordered to attack the Hohenzollern Redoubt. Robinson was killed in the battle on 13 October 1915. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.

Charles Vessey was born in Barnet le Buck, Lincolnshire and enlisted at Brigg. Serving in the 2nd Battalion K.O.Y.L.I. Vessey was killed in the last battle of war in crossing the Oise-Sambre Canal on 8 November 1918. He was buried in the Dourlers Communal Cemetery Extension.

Alfred Mitchell was born in Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire and lived in Bournemouth. Serving in the Wiltshire Regiment he entered the Balkan theatre of war on 12 July 1915. Serving with the 2nd Battalion he was killed in action in France on 21 March 1918, aged 27 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial. He was the son of Denis and Annie Mitchell.

William James Pope was born in and enlisted at Penzance, Cornwall. He initially served in the Hertfordshire Regiment. Serving with the 7th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment, he was killed in action on 24 April 1918. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Pozieres and Penzance Memorials.

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