Auction Catalogue

12 November 2020

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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12 November 2020

Hammer Price:
£180

Pair: Captain R. S. Dudley, Indian Army Reserve of Officers
British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. R. S. Dudley.) mounted for display purposes with a partially erased 1914-15 Star, edge bruise to BWM, very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (210892 A. Sjt. F. G. Smith. 98-Can. Inf.) together with two collar titles and lapel badge; Victory Medal 1914-19 (147918 Sjt. W. E. Jones. 78-Can. Inf.) BWM polished and cleaned, therefore good fine, the VM better (5) £70-£90

M.I.D. London Gazette 12 March 1918: ‘Dudley, Lt. R.S., I.A.R.O.
‘For distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty with the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force.’

Fred George Smith was born in London on 1 January 1888, and having emigrated to Canada joined the 44th Regiment, Canadian Militia. He attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 9 November 1915, and served with the 98th Lincoln and Welland Battalion overseas during the Great War. He was discharged at Toronto on 23 December 1918.
Sold with copied service records.

William Edward Jones attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, and served with the 78th Battalion overseas during the Great War. He was killed in action on the Western Front on 11 August 1918; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, France.