Auction Catalogue

18 June 2020

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 263

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18 June 2020

Hammer Price:
£260

Pair: Lieutenant C. W. Badger, Royal Garrison Artillery
British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. C. W. Badger.) good very fine

Pair:
Second Lieutenant F. E. Gillams, Royal Garrison Artillery
British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. F. E. Gillams.); together with the recipient’s Royal Life Saving Society Swimming Proficiency Medal, bronze (F. E. Gillams. July 1911); and four silver prize medals, all named to the recipient, good very fine (9) £100-£140

Charles W. Badger was born in Penicuik, Midlothian, in 1893, and served with the Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War. He was promoted Lieutenant on 16 March 1921, and subsequently went into the medical profession.

Frank Ernest Gillams was born in Oxford in 1888 and resided at Wharf House, Folly Bridge. He served during the Great War with the Royal Garrison Artillery on the Western Front from June 1916, initially in the ranks, and was commission Second Lieutenant on 26 May 1917.

Sold with copied Medal Index Cards and other research.