The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Pair: Second Lieutenant W. H. S. Cheavin, Middlesex Regiment, who was wounded on the Western Front on 24 April 1918
British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. W. H. S. Cheavin.) nearly extremely fine

Pair: Second Lieutenant W. J. Wallond, Middlesex Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 22 March 1918
British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. W. J. Wallond.) good very fine

Pair: Second Lieutenant P. C. Shute, Middlesex Regiment, who was gas poisoned at Ypres on 24 September 1917
British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. P. C. Shute.) good very fine (6) £100-£140

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

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William Hardy Squier Cheavin was born on 17 June 1885, and joined the Inns of Court Reserve Corps on 18 March 1915. He was posted to the 24th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment on 19 February 1916, and then to the Machine Gun Corps on 7 April of that year, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 12th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment on 25 September 1917. He was wounded by shrapnel to the left shin on 24 April 1918, whilst attached to the 18th Battalion, and suffered an epileptic fit on 23 June 1918. He relinquished his commission on account of his ill-health on 5 April 1919.

William John Wallond was born on 29 May 1898 and commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment in 1917. He served during the Great War with the 13th Battalion on the Western Front from 16 June 1917, and was killed in action on 22 March 1918. He was killed in action during the Battle of St. Quentin on 22 March 1918, the Regimental History giving him as one of two officers of “D” Company killed on this date. His identity disc was sent into Headquarters by ‘a Royal Prussian Regiment’, but he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France.

Percy Clifford Shute was born on 2 October 1892, joined the Cadet Battalion of the Honourable Artillery Company on 4 December 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment on 25 February 1917, ands served with the 19th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He suffered gas poisoning at Ypres on 24 September 1917.