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Five: Petty Officer W. Tilton, Royal Navy, who was lost when H.M.S. Formidable was torpedoed in the English Channel on 1 January 1915 1914-15 Star (165546 P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (165546 P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (165546 P.O., H.M.S. Pembroke); Italy, Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, unnamed as issued, with related Memorial Plaque (William Tilton) and silver pocket watch, the interior of the case with engraved...
Hammer Price: £900
Six: Corporal R. de R. Roche, 16th London Regiment (The Queen’s Westminster Rifles), late Imperial Yeomanry, who was killed in action near Houplines on 8 January 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (4766 Tpr., 50th Coy. 17th Impl. Yeo. ); 1914 Star (409 L. Cpl., 1/16 Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (409 Cpl., 16 Lond. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (409 Pte., 16/Lond. Regt.);...
Hammer Price: £1,000
Four: Private G. W. Davison, Coldstream Guards, who was killed in action on 13 February 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (3080 Pte., Coldstream Guards); 1914 Star (3080 Pte., C. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (3080 Pte., C. Gds.), with related Memorial Plaque (George William Davison), the first with a few edge nicks and second clasp loose on riband, the second with slightly loose suspension claw, otherwise good very fine and better...
Hammer Price: £520
Three: Private J. Taylor, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was killed in action on 10 March 1915, the first day of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle 1914 Star (5817 Pte., 1/K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals (5817 Pte., K.R. Rif. C.), with related Memorial Plaque (Joseph Taylor), with remnants of Army Record Office registered envelope, extremely fine (4) £300-350
Hammer Price: £410
Three: Private C. J. White, South Staffordshire Regiment, who was killed in action at Givenchy on 10 March 1915 1914 Star (7116 Pte., 2/S. Staff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (7116 Pte., 2/S. Staff. R.), with related Memorial Plaque (Charles John White), extremely fine (4) £300-350
Hammer Price: £390
Three: Private T. E. Clucas, Gordon Highlanders, who was killed in action near La Clytte on 22 April 1915 1914-15 Star (S-7495 Pte., Gord. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (S-7495 Pte., Gordons), with related Memorial Plaque (Thomas Edgar Clucas), nearly extremely fine (4) £300-350
Hammer Price: £420
Four: Private C. J. Cox, York & Lancaster Regiment, who was killed in action at Ypres on 23 April 1915 1914-15 Star (4356 Pte., York & Lanc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (4356 Pte., York & Lanc. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4356 Pte., York & Lanc. Regt.), with related Memorial Plaque (Charles John Cox), number on the last officially corrected, nearly extremely fine (5) £350-400
Hammer Price: £360
Three: Private J. G. Palethorpe, 15th Canadian Infantry, who was posted missing in the gas attacks at St. Julien on 24 April 1915: the same unit, place and date attributed to the “Crucified Soldier” 1914-15 Star (28038 Pte., 15/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (28038 Pte., 15-Can. Inf.), with related Memorial Plaque (J. G. Palethorpe) and Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., this last officially inscribed, ‘28038 Pte. J. G. Palethorpe’, and further inscribed ‘K.I.A....
Hammer Price: £620
Five: Driver M. Mee, Royal Field Artillery, who was killed in action at Ypres on 25 April 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2178 Dvr., 14th Bty. R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2178 Dvr., R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (32197 Dvr., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (32197 Dvr., R.A.), with related Memorial Plaque (Mark Mee), the first two with contact marks and edge bruising,...
Hammer Price: £600
Three: Captain H. Q. Irwin, Connaught Rangers, who was killed in action at St. Julien on 26 April 1915 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut., Conn. Rang.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.), with related Memorial Plaque (Herbert Quintus Irwin), nearly extremely fine (4) £1000-1200
Four: Company Quarter-Master Sergeant E. C. Whiskin, 16th London Regiment (The Queen’s Westminster Rifles), who was killed in action at Houplines on 3 May 1915 1914 Star, with clasp (43 Sjt., 1/16 Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (43 C. Sjt., 16-Lond. R.); Volunteer Force Long Service, E.VII.R. (5310 Sjt., 13/Middx. V.R.C.), with related Memorial Plaque (Ernest Charles Whiskin) and two Westminster Rifles’ shooting awards for 1899 and 1903, bronze, both named, good very fine...
Hammer Price: £1,050
Five: Private F. Wilson, East Surrey Regiment, who was killed in action in the Ypres salient on 6 May 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (3235 Pte., 2nd E. Surrey Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3235 Pte., E. Surrey Regt.); 1914-15 Star (1303 Pte., E. Surr. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1303 Pte., E. Surr. R.), with related Memorial...
Four: Corporal J. Beattie, Royal Highlanders, who was killed in action at Aubers Ridge on 9 May 1915, when a fellow soldier of the 2nd Battalion won a V.C. 1914 Star (822 Cpl., 2/R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (822 Cpl., R. Highrs.); Delhi Durbar 1911 (822 L./Cpl., R.H.), regimentally impressed naming, with related Memorial Plaque (John Beattie), nearly extremely fine (5) £350-400
Hammer Price: £820
Four: Seaman J. Thomas, Royal Naval Reserve, who was lost when H.M.S. Goliath was torpedoed off Cape Helles on 13 May 1915 1914-15 Star (D. 2104 Smn., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (2104 D. Smn., R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve L.S., G.V.R., 1st issue (D. 2104 Sean., R.N.R.), with related Memorial Plaque (James Thomas), nearly extremely fine and a scarce combination to a Great War casualty (5) £350-400
Hammer Price: £880
Three: Captain C. R. Andrews, Cheshire Regiment, who was killed in action at Hooge on 24 May 1915 1914-15 Star (Capt., Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.), with related Memorial Plaque (Charles Raymond Andrews), contained within an old glazed display frame, extremely fine (4) £600-700
A superb 1914 operations Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Company Sergeant-Major W. Halliwell, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action near Pilkem on 6 July 1915 Military Cross, G.V.R., in its case of issue; 1914 Star, with clasp (228 Sjt., 1/Rif. Bde.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (228 A.-W.O. Cl. 2, Rif. Brig.), with related Memorial Plaque (William Halliwell), extremely fine (5) £1800-2200
Hammer Price: £2,700
Three: Private F. Atkinson, 10th Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action at Ploegsteert on 15 August 1915 1914-15 Star (81029 Pte., 10/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (81029 Pte., 10-Can. Inf.), with related Memorial Plaque (Fred Atkinson) and Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘81029 Pte. F. Atkinson’, all but the last in original card boxes of issue, with registered envelopes and relevant enclosures, etc., good extremely fine (5) £350-400
Hammer Price: £460
Five: Private W. Simpson, Seaforth Highlanders, who was killed in action at Loos on 25 September 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6611 Pte., 2 Sea. Highrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6611 Pte., Seaforth Highrs.); 1914-15 Star (S-1526 Pte., Sea. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (S-1526 Pte., Sea. Highrs.), with related Memorial Plaque (William Simpson), good very fine...
Hammer Price: £580
Three: Private F. Cox, Devonshire Regiment, who was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 8 March 1916 British War and Victory Medals (1680 Pte., Devon. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1680 Pte., Devon. R.), with related Memorial Plaque (Frank Cox), extremely fine (4) £400-500
Hammer Price: £650
Three: Corporal T. P. Jones, 24th Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action at St. Eloi on 15 April 1916 1914-15 Star (65512 Cpl., 24/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (65512 Cpl., 24-Can. Inf.), all in card boxes of issue, with related Memorial Plaque (Trevor Prys Jones), extremely fine (4) £300-400
Hammer Price: £470
Three: Private J. H. Dorber, South Lancashire Regiment, who was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 19 April 1916 1914-15 Star (19507 Pte., S. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (19507 Pte., S. Lan. R.), with related Memorial Plaque (John Henry Dorber) and I.D. disc, extremely fine (5) £200-250
Hammer Price: £300
Five: Petty Officer G. T. Bridges, Royal Navy, who was lost when H.M.S. Russell was mined off Malta on 27 April 1916 Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (213288 A.B., H.M.S. Hyacinth); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (213288 Lg. Sean., H.M.S. Hyacinth); 1914-15 Star (213288 P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (213288 P.O., R.N.), with related Memorial Plaque (Grayston Thurston Bridges), generally extremely fine (6) £400-500
An extremely poignant family group to the Carter brothers: Three: Private H. Carter, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Somme on 1 July 1916 1914-15 Star (1701 Pte., R. War. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1701 Pte., R. War. R.), with related Memorial Plaque (Harold Carter), extremely fine Three: Private P. Carter, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who was killed in action near Poelcapelle on 12 October 1917 1914-15 Star (9991 Pte., R. War. R.); British...
Hammer Price: £1,400
Three: Sergeant W. Gordon, 4th South African Infantry, late Imperial Yeomanry, who was killed in action near Maricourt on 5 July 1916 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (41638 Serjt., 142nd Coy. Imp. Yeo.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Sjt., 4th S.A.I.), with related Memorial Plaque (William Gordon), nearly extremely fine (3) £300-350
Pair: Private G. M. Westover, 1st Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action near Sanctuary Wood on 9 July 1916 British War and Victory Medals (177331 Pte., 1-Can. Inf.), with related Memorial Plaque (George Moses Westover) and Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., officially inscribed ‘177331 Pte. G. M. Westover’, nearly extremely fine (4) £300-350
Hammer Price: £310
Three: Sergeant F. O. C. Bambridge, Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Somme on 13 July 1916 1914-15 Star (STK.-320 L. Cpl., R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (STK.-320 Sjt., R. Fus.), with related Memorial Plaque (Frederick Oliver Charles Bambridge), extremely fine (4) £200-250
Hammer Price: £340
Three: Corporal C. Jenkinson, 2nd South African Infantry, formerly Botha’s Natal Horse, who was killed in action on 15 July 1916 in the epic battle for Delville Wood 1914-15 Star (Pte., Bothas Natal Hse.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Cpl., 2nd S.A.I.), with related Memorial Plaque (Clement Jenkinson), and memorial scroll, all contained in a contemporary oak glazed display frame, extremely fine (4) £250-300
Three: Private C. L. Crisfield, 10th (Stockbrokers) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Somme on 15 July 1916 1914-15 Star (Stk.-932 L. Cpl., R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Stk.-932 Pte., R. Fus.), with card forwarding box for the first, and related Memorial Plaque (Campbell Lea Crisfield), extremely fine (4) £200-250
Three: Private H. Burgess, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, a stretcher-bearer who was killed in action at Delville Wood on 20 July 1916: the V.C. was won by two members of his Battalion on the same day, one of whom came from his home town 1914-15 Star (15342 Pte., R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (15342 Pte., R.W. Fus.), with related Memorial Plaque (Harry Burgess), good extremely fine (4) £350-400
Hammer Price: £500
Three: Private W. G. M. Parsons, 24th (2nd Sportsmans) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Somme on 31 July 1916 1914-15 Star (3774 Pte., R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (SPTS-3774 Pte., R. Fus.), with related Memorial Plaque (William George Miller Parsons), extremely fine (4) £200-250
A superb Great War Somme July 1916 operations M.M. group of four awarded to Private J. Hoyle, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was killed in action in a trench raid at Ploegsteert on 31 August 1916 and posthumously listed in his C.O.’s subsequent recommendations for gallantry Military Medal, G.V.R. (10-19716 Pte. J. Hoyle, 10/Nth’ld Fus.); 1914-15 Star (19716 Pte., North’d Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (19716 Pte., North’d Fus.), with related Memorial Plaque (John Hoyle), the...
Hammer Price: £1,100
Five: Sergeant W. H. Worrall, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Somme on 3 September 1916 Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3998 Pte., 1/R. War. R.); 1914-15 Star (2839 Pte., R. War. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2839 Sjt., R. War. R.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, unnamed, with related Memorial Plaque (William Henry Worrall), Army Temperance Association awards (3), all in silver, and I.D. disc, the 1914-18 issues in their card boxes of issue...
A fine Great War Loos salient M.C. group of three awarded to Captain J. Ritty, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Somme on 9 September 1916 Military Cross, G.V.R., in its case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Capt.), with related Memorial Plaque (John Ritty), extremely fine (4) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,000
Pair: Lance-Corporal G. T. Hogg, 29th Canadian Infantry, who was killled in action on the Somme on 26 September 1916 British War and Victory Medals (464594 Cpl., 29-Can. Inf.), with related Memorial Plaque (George Tulley Hogg) and Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., officially inscribed, ‘464594 Cpl. G. T. Hogg’, with lid of card box of issue for the medals and what would appear to be the original I.D. disc removed from his remains in the field, extremely fine (5) £300-350
Pair: Private D. McKay, Royal Canadian Regiment, who was killed in action at the “Chalk Pits”, near Albert on 1 October 1916 British War and Victory Medals (228218 Pte., R.C.R.), with related Memorial Plaque (David McKay) and Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., officially inscribed, ‘228218 Pte. D. McKay’, extremely fine (4) £300-350
Three: Private W. S. Porteous, 4th South African Infantry, who was killed in action on the Somme on 12 October 1916 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (785 Pte., Kaffrn. Rifles), single initial ‘W.’; British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte., 4th S.A.I.), with related Memorial Plaque (William Sutherland Porteous) and Pretoria Citizens’ Service Medal for the Great War 1914-18, bronze, one or two edge bruises, otherwise...
Hammer Price: £550
Three: Private J. M. Batey, Army Cyclist Corps, who was killed in action on 23 October 1916: pre-war he was a professional footballer for Brighton and Hove Albion F.C. 1914-15 Star (8419 Pte., A. Cyclist Corps); British War and Victory Medals (8419 Pte., A. Cyc. Corps); with related Memorial Plaque (Jasper Matthews Batey), extremely fine (4) £500-600
Three: Captain L. FitzMaurice, Somerset Light Infantry, who was killed in action in the Battle of the Ancre on 18 November 1916 1914-15 Star (Lieut., Som. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.), with related Memorial Plaque (Lindsay Fitzmaurice), extremely fine (4) £600-700
Three: Captain J. C. E. Inchbald, Devonshire Regiment, who was killed in action at Ecoust St. Mein on 2 April 1917 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., Devon R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.), in card boxes of issue, with related Memorial Plaque (John Chantrey Elliot Inchbald), good extremely fine (4) £600-700
Hammer Price: £850
A fine Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Lance-Corporal H. W. Fox, Wiltshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Arras front 9 April 1917 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8829 L. Cpl. H. W. Fox, 2/Wilts. R.); 1914 Star, with clasp (8829 Pte., 2/Wilts. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Cpl., Wilts. R.), with related Memorial Plaque (Herbert Wolton Fox), extremely fine (5) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £2,200
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