Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Captain H. C. Stuart, Royal Highlanders
British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. C. Stuart.) mounted as worn, very fine

Pair: Lieutenant W. E. Smith, London Regiment, late King’s Royal Rifle Corps
British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. W. E. Smith.) both in named card boxes of issue, attempted erasure of name on card boxes, the medals nearly extremely fine (4) £80-£120

Henry Campbell Stuart was born in Raynham, Norfolk, on 2 March 1874, the son of Colonel John Windsor Stuart, and was educated at Haileybury School. Commissioned Second Lieutenant into the Royal Highlanders (Black Watch), he served during the Great War on the Western Front and was advanced Captain on 1 April 1917. He was wounded in action in September 1918, and died at Hill of Burns, Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 22 April 1953.

William Ernest Smith was born in Camberwell on 14 April 1898, and was educated at Borough Polytechnic Institute. An Architect Draughtsman, able to ride, he attested for the 15th Battalion, London Regiment as a Private on 24 May 1916, aged 18, and served during the Great War on the Western Front on attachment to the 17th (Service) Battalion (British Empire League), King’s Royal Rifle Corps from April 1917 in France. Posted to no. 5 (Cambridge) Officer Cadet Branch in February 1918, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 9th Battalion, London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) on 27 August 1918, and served with them on the Western Front during the final month of hostilities. He was promoted Lieutenant on 28 February 1920, and is the only Second Lieutenant W. E. Smith to appear on the Great War medal rolls.