The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

1914-15 Star (3) (Capt. T. L. Mills. Midd’x R.; G-1005. Pte. F. A. Swain, Middx. R.; 3352. Pte. E. Treacher, Middx. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (7250 A-W.O. Cl. 1. A. Ambrose. Midd’x R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (5626 Pte. J. Stone. Midd’x R.) very fine (5) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Teulon Lewis Mills was born at Southsea, Hampshire, on 10 April 1892, the son of Colonel H. J. Mills C.B., and was educated at Dover College. He was commissioned into the Middlesex Regiment, and served with the 11th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 31 May 1915. According to the Regimental History, he was shot in the head whilst looking over the parapet, and died of his wounds the following day on 5 August 1915, only the second officer to the battalion to die. He is buried in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France.

Frank Augustus Swain was born in Bermondsey, and attested for the Middlesex Regiment in London. He served with the 11th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 31 May 1915, and was killed in action on 15 October 1915. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.

Ernest Treacher attested for the Middlesex Regiment at Hornsey in August 1914, and served with the 1st/7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 July 1915. He was killed in action at Bullecourt on 3 May 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.