Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (12) (F-1551 Pte. G. H. F. Bulger, Midd’x. R.; G-8768 Pte. G. E. Childs, Midd’x. R.; GS-13534 Pte. S. Cooper, Midd’x. R.; 2651 Pte. A. T. Hack, Midd’x. R.; 15612 Cpl. E. A. Howse, Midd’x. R.; G-36697 Pte. L. A. Kleiser, Midd’x. R.; G.50475 Pte. A. Lawrence, Midd’x. R.; 3524 Pte. H. Shield, Midd’x. R.; G.10606 Sjt. G. A. Storey, Midd’x. R.; 29433 Pte. A. H. Sutton, Midd’x. R.; G-41604 Pte. G. H. Williams, Midd’x. R.; G-45262 Pte. E. O. Wohiiebe (sic), Midd’x. R.) some with edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (12) £160-200

All Middlesex Regiment battalions unless otherwise stated:

G. H. F. Bulger’s service record is available online - born at Eastville, Bristol, in 1878, he enlisted in May 1915, and served in the 17th (1st Sportsmen) and the 23rd (2nd Sportsmen) Battalions, and was in France from May 1916-October 1917, in Italy from October 1917-March 1918, and in Belgium from March 1918-August 1918.

G. E. Childs first went out to France with the 2nd Battalion in July 1915.

Stanley Cooper served with the 12th Battalion, later transferred to the Royal Fusiliers, and was awarded the B.W.M. and Victory Medals.

Alfred Thomas Hack’s service record is available online - a native of Portslade, he served in the 18th (Public Works Pioneer) Battalion in France from November 1915 to September 1916, and afterwards transferred to the Labour Corps.

Corporal Edward Howse later served in the Royal Sussex Regiment and was awarded the B.W.M. and Victory Medals, as were Alfred Lawrence and George Williams.

Henry Shield first went out to France with the 12th Battalion on 26 July 1915 and later served in the Wiltshire Regiment.

George Storey first went out to France on 27 September 1915.

Arthur Sutton’s service record is available online - he served in the 12th Battalion and afterwards in the Machine Gun Corps, and received a gunshot wound to the left side of his face on 11 February 1917.

Edward Oscar Wohllebe’s service record is available online - he served variously in the 3rd, 4th, and 30th Battalions, and in the Labour Corps, including time in France from March 1917 until August 1918, and again from September 1918 until the end of the War. Discharged on account of sickness, he was awarded the Silver War Badge.