Auction Catalogue

26 & 27 September 2018

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Lot

№ 955

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27 September 2018

Hammer Price:
£200

Pair: Private D. Clare, Royal Irish Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (8429 Pte. D. Clare. R. Ir. Regt.) very fine

Pair:
Private S. J. Watkins, Royal Engineers
British War and Victory Medals (867 Spr. S. J. Watkins. R.E.) very fine

Victory Medal 1914-19 (7) (29-525 Pte. E. Ramsden. North’d. Fus.; 24-1297 Cpl. T. Williamson. North’d Fus.; 27-1075 Pte. W. Lynn. North’d Fus.; 17-54 Pte. J. Suthering. Noth’d. Fus.; 39216 Pte. D. Cowan. Durh. L. I.; DM2-162561 Pte. G. Toole. A.S.C. 45682 Pte. C. G. Donnison. Essex. R.) very fine or better (11) £120-160

Dennis Clare, a native of Ancoats, Manchester, served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment, landing in France on 6 July 1915. He was posted to the 2nd Battalion on 11 November 1915, when the 1st Battalion left for Salonika. The 2nd Battalion were in reserve for the attack on Mametz Wood on 1 July 1916. He was killed in action on 5 July 1916, when his battalion mounted an attack on ‘Wood Trench’ on the southern side of Mametz wood. They suffered 227 casualties. Clare has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Sidney John Watkins, a native of Bristol, enlisted on 9 August 1914 and served on the Western Front with the 2nd Wessex Divisional Royal Engineers, landing in France on 21 December 1914.

Ernest Ramsden, a native of Halifax, served on the Western Front with the 20th (Service) Battalion (1st Tyneside Scottish), Northumberland Fusiliers and was later posted to the 9th (Service) Battalion. He was killed in action on 4 November 1916. On this day, the battalion returned to Carnoy from their positions in the front line trenches opposite Le Transloy. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
Sold with a Northumberland Fusiliers cap badge.

Thomas Williamson, a resident of Gateshead, served on the Western Front with the 24th (Service) Battalion (1st Tyneside Irish), Northumberland Fusiliers, later being posted to the 23rd (Service) Battalion (4th Tyneside Scottish). He was wounded in the left arm on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, during the battalion’s attack at La Boisselle. He was transferred to 34 Casualty Clearing Station on 2 July 1916 before being invalided home to the U.K. He later returned to France with 1/5th Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

William Lynn, a resident of Tyne Docks, South Shields, enlisted into the 27th (Service) Battalion (4th Tyneside Irish), Northumberland Fusiliers on 14 January 1915 and served with them on the Western Front. He suffered from shell concussion on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, during the battalion’s attack at La Boisselle and was transferred to No 3 Casualty Clearing Station on 2 July 1916. He was later posted to the 1st Battalion.

John Suthering served on the Western Front with the 19th (Service) Battalion (2nd Tyneside Pioneers), Northumberland Fusiliers, before transferring to the 2/4th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

David Cowan enlisted on 10 December 1915 and served on the Western Front with the 14th (Service) Battalion Durham Light Infantry. He was discharged from the army on 29 December 1917.

George Toole, a native of Nelson, Lancashire, served on the Western Front with the 406th Mechanical Transport Company, Army Service Corps. He died of wounds on 15 July 1917 while attached to 104th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, and is buried in Gwalia Cemetery, Belgium.

Cyril Grindley Donnison, a resident of Sale, enlisted in to the 69th Training Reserve Battalion and was transferred to the 1/8th (Cyclist) Battalion, Essex Regiment before served on the Western Front with the 2 Battalion. He was posted to the 9th (Service) Battalion before his discharge in February 1919.
Sold
with original card box of issue.