Auction Catalogue

2 April 2004

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 745

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2 April 2004

Hammer Price:
£440

Victory Medal 1914-19 (46) (128173 Pnr. C. C. A. Pragnell, R.E.; 27496 T.C.Q.M. Sjt. A. E. Suter, R.E.; 76779 Spr. J. Brown, R.E.; 15311 Spr. C. Bungard, R.E.; 881 Spr. W. E. Flux, R.E.; 211111 Cpl. W. H. Gyton, R.E.; 155475 Pnr. H. H. Hall, R.E.; Wr-322720 A. Cpl. W. Hutton, R.E.; 162650 Spr. R. Jones, R.E.; 45114 Spr. E. Kelleway, R.E.; 281616 Spr. W. P. Martindale, R.E.; 145921 Dvr. H. J. Puttock, R.E.; 63413 Pnr. T. Randall, R.E.; 1925 Spr. F. C. Thorogood, R.E.; 1420 Spr. W. E. Ward, R.E.; 341114 Spr. E. S. Ware, R.E.; M2-074854 Pte. W. Barton, A.S.C.; A-362997 Pte. L. J. Butcher, A.S.C.; T4-160951 Dvr. W. Cross, A.S.C.; A-368997 A.W.O.Cl.1 R. F. Gardner, A.S.C.; T3-027809 Dvr. G. H. Isom, A.S.C.; A-257201 A.W.O.Cl.2 F. C. Kettle, A.S.C.; S3- 030346 Sjt. J. Mellor, A.S.C.; R-277842 Pte. F. Moreton, A.S.C.; DM2-118407 Pte. J. W. Richmond, A.S.C.; M2-097624 Pte. W. J. Salter, A.S.C.; T-993 S. Sjt. D. W. Thomson, A.S.C.; M2-221625 Pte. E. Walford, A.S.C.; M-303301 Pte. H. A. Walker, A.S.C.; M-320529 Pte. F. A. Wiggins, A.S.C.; M-33498 Pte. J. H. Wright, A.S.C.; 62680 Pte. A. Bailey, R.A.M.C.; 140 A.W.O.Cl.2 A. Dewhurst, R.A.M.C.; 2272 Pte. W. W. Spencer, R.A.M.C.; 88770 Pte. C. J. Underhill, R.A.M.C.; 30929 A. Cpl. A. Waller, R.A.M.C.; 200015 Spr. G. Wilding, R.E.; T4-198603 Pte. W. Abbott, A.S.C.; T-29548 T. Cpl. F. G. Beall, A.S.C.; 07654 Pte. W. W. Odell, A.O.C.; 026076 Pte. A. Wheatley, A.O.C.; SE-18814 Pte. J. Cook, A.V.C.; 187802 Pte. G. H. Edwards, Labour Corps; 499953 Pte. A. Gardiner, Labour Corps; P-2184 L. Cpl. H. R. Simmons, M.F.P.; H. Chambers, Asst. Std., M.F.A.) medal to ‘Cook’ worn, otherwise generally good very fine (46) £50-70

Charles George Ambrose Pragnell (note different initials on medal), living in Battersea, enlisted in London. Serving initially as Private 8049 in the East Kent Regiment, he later transferred to the Royal Engineers. Whilst serving as a Pioneer in the 5th Battalion Special Brigade, he was killed in action, France / Flanders, on 18 August 1916, aged 21 years. He was buried in the Serre Road Cemetery No.2.

Temporary Company Quartermaster Serjeant A. E. Suter, Postal Section, Royal Engineers, died 22 November 1918. He was buried in the Solesmes British Cemetery, France.