Auction Catalogue

22 July 2016

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 270

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22 July 2016

Hammer Price:
£120

Pair: Sub-Lieutenant F. A. Bowerman, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

British War and Victory Medals (S.Lt. F. A. Bowerman. R.N.V.R.)

Three: Z. W. Coles, British Red Cross Society

British War and Victory Medals (Z. W. Coles. B.R.C. & St. J.J.); Jubilee 1935, good very fine (5) £120-140

Frank Alfred Bowerman was appointed temporary Assistant Paymaster, R.N.R., 22 April 1916; temporary Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R., 27 March 1917; temporary Lieutenant, R.N.V.R., 27 March 1918; mentioned in despatches London Gazette 11 December 1917. Sold with copied research

Zachariah William Coles was a long serving member of the B.R.C.S. in both World Wars. A member of the Kent Home Guard he was the licensee of the Running Horses public house in Erith, Kent. He was killed instantly when the pub was hit during a bombing raid on 29 November 1940. Sold with copied research.