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12 November 2020

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№ 170

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12 November 2020

Hammer Price:
£750

Five: Sergeant C. J. Rendle, 1/1st North Somerset Yeomany, later Lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade

1914 Star, with clasp (740 Pte C. J. Rendle. 1/1 N. Som: Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. C. J. Rendle.); Defence Medal, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Capt. C. J. Rendle, Strathmere, 102 Haygate Road, Wellington, Salop’, with Under-Secretary of State for War enclosure; Russia, Empire, Medal of the Order of St. George, 4th Class, silver, the reverse officially numbered ‘165165’, and the edge impressed (740 Sgt. C. J. Rendle. N. Som. Yeo. T.F.) generally very fine, scarce (5) £800-£1,000

Russia, Empire, Medal of the Order of St. George, 4th Class London Gazette 25 August 1915:

‘For gallantry and distinguished service in the field.’

Clifton James Rendle resided at 11 Manilla Crescent, Weston-Super-Mare. He served during the Great War with the 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry in the French theatre of war from 2 November 1914. Rendle advanced to Sergeant, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in to the Rifle Brigade. He subsequently transferred as Lieutenant to the 6th Cheshire & Shropshire Medical Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery in July 1921. In later life he resided in Salop.

Sold with War Office letter forwarding the late claim of a clasp to the 1914 Star, dated 21 July 1914.