Auction Catalogue

21 July 2021

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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№ 470

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21 July 2021

Hammer Price:
£260

1914 Star (Miss C. H. Partridge, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.) very fine, scarce £200-£240

Miss Constance Harriet Partridge was born at Saham-Toney, Norfolk, on 29 September 1878 and served with Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve during the Great War on the Western Front from 31 October 1914. Appointed Staff Nurse, she was invalided from the service on 17 November 1916, and was in receipt of a disability pension attributable to her service, when she died, aged 42, on 5 January 1920. She is buried under a C.W.G.C. headstone at Ventnor Cemetery on the Isle of Wight.

Her British War Medal and Victory medal were issued in October 1920, but the medal roll is noted that they were returned and scrapped in March 1924, hence this 1914 star appears to be her sole surviving medal entitlement. One of only 175 1914 Stars awarded to Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.