Auction Catalogue

25 March 2015

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria to include a Fine Collection of Napoleonic Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 795

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25 March 2015

Hammer Price:
£110

Pair: Captain R. Rumney, Honourable Artillery Company

British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) mounted as worn, good very fine (2) £100-140

Reginald Rumney was born on 7 July 1880. He joined the Honourable Artillery Company in 1901 and was commissioned on 15 January 1910. Promoted to Lieutenant in October 1911 and Captain in June 1916. Captain Rumney entered France on 21 June 1917 and suffered gas poisoning from a shell at Loos, 10 April 1918. Later in the U.K. he was appointed Major with the 126th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Demobilised on 23 April 1919. Home address on his m.i.c. given as 30 Belsize Square, South Hampstead, N.W.3. With copied m.i.c. and service notes.