Auction Catalogue

27 & 28 September 2016

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 1214

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28 September 2016

Hammer Price:
£170

1914 Star (2), with copy clasp (T1-675 Dvr: R. W. Todd. A.S.C.); another (9658 Pte. W. Todd. 1/R. Sc: Fus.); 1914-15 Star (2) (S.S.109186. J. Smith. Sto.1. R.N.; 8184 Pte. G. Hearn. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) generally very fine or better (4) £140-180

Richard W. Todd served with Headquarters, 3rd Division, Army Service Corps during the Great War in France from 16 August 1914.

William Todd
was born in Kelso, Roxburghshire, and enlisted in the Royal Scots Fusiliers at Edinburgh. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in France from 22 August 1914, and was killed in action on the Western Front on 27 March 1916. He is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Jabez Smith
was born at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, on 27 November 1890 and joined the Royal Navy on 25 August 1909, serving in H.M.S. Acheron. Promoted Stoker First Class, serving in H.M.S. Implacable, on 7 October 19190, he served during the Great War, first in H.M.S. King Edward VII, before transferring to the newly-commissioned H.M.S. Royal Oak, 1 May 1916, and served in her at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. Shore demobilised at the end of the War, Smith joined the Royal Fleet Reserve on 26 March 1919.

George Hearn
served with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War in the Asiatic theatre of War from 5 December 1914, and was subsequently advanced to Acting Sergeant.