Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Driver B. C. Ladbrook, Royal Field Artillery
1914-15 Star (711 Dvr. B. C. Ladbrook. R.F.A); British War and Victory Medals (711 Dvr. B. C. Ladbrooke. R.A.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R. 2nd issue (Bertie C. Ladbrook) contact marks, very fine and better

Three: Lieutenant G. Plant, Royal Field Artillery
1914-15 Star (L-9948 Cpl. G. Plant. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. G. Plant.) nearly extremely fine

Pair: Lieutenant C. H. Donne, Royal Field Artillery
British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. C. H. Donne.) nearly extremely fine (10) £140-180

Bertie Charles Ladbrook was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, on 23 November 1895, and attested for the 1st/3rd East Anglian (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, who were based in Ipswich, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 November 1915.


George Plant was born in Manchester on 5 August 1891, and attested for the Royal Field Artillery. He was promoted to Sergeant on 13 March 1915 and served during the Great War on the Western Front with ‘A’ Battery, 149th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, from 29 November 1915. He was admitted to 3 Royal Field Artillery Officer Cadet Station on 21 September 1917, from which he was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 23 February 1918, and subsequently served with ‘B’ Battery, 187th Brigade, 41st Divisional Artillery until demobilization in 24 April 1919 in Germany. He was promoted Lieutenant on 23 August 1919.


Claude Harold Donne was born in Brighton, Sussex, in 1895, and was commissioned from an Officer Cadet Unit in the Royal Field Artillery on 14 January 1918. He served during the Great War on the Western Front with the 1st Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery from 2 May 1918, was promoted Lieutenant on 14 July 1919, and transferred to the Territorial Force Reserve on 11 August 1920.
He subsequently became a School Master and died at Cockfosters, Hertfordshire, on 21 May 1963.