Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Captain E. L. Councell, Royal Army Medical Corps
British War and Victory Medals (Capt. E. L. Councell.) good very fine

Pair: Lieutenant R. G. Wyer, Royal Army Service Corps
British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. R. G. Wyer.) nearly extremely fine

1914-15 Star (1208. Pte. B. T. Hayman, A. & S. Highrs.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Evan Jones); Victory Medal 1914-19 (47115 Pte. W. Bowes. R.A.M.C.); India Service Medal, unnamed as issued, very fine (8) £100-£140

Edward Leslie Councell was commissioned temporary Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 2 April 1917, and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 April 1917.

Roland George Wyre was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, in October 1883 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps on 15 April 1918. He served during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 22 September 1918, and was promoted Lieutenant on 15 October 1919.

Bertie Tavert Hayman, of Sidmouth, Devon, attested for the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and served with the 1st/8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 May 1915. He was killed in action on 15 September 1916, whilst attached to 152nd Trench Mortar Battery, and is buried in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France.

Walter Bowes attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps and served with them during the Great War in Hospital Ships from 2 December 1914. He died in service on 15 December 1918, and is buried in Pemba Cemetery, Mozambique. Pemba (formerly known as Porto Amelia) was the shore base of the Anglo-Portuguese forces in 1918.