Auction Catalogue

15 September 2021

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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№ 247

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15 September 2021

Hammer Price:
£85

Three: Second Lieutenant J. S. Sindell, Royal Garrison Artillery, late Army Cyclist Corps

1914-15 Star (82 Pte. J. S. Sindell, A. Cyc. Corps.); British War and Victory Medals (82 Pte. J. S. Sindell. A. Cyc. Corps.) nearly extremely fine (3) £70-£90

John Sidney Sindell was born in Kensington, London, on 25 July 1895 and was appointed a temporary Boy Clerk in the Post Office on 10 January 1910. Attesting for the Army Cyclist Corps, he served with the 1st Division Cyclist Company during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 November 1914, and was commission Second Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery on 19 February 1917, serving with the R.G.A. at home. He was dismissed the service by General Court Martial on 9 April 1918, but re-enlisted in the Royal Air Force as a Clerk for the Duration of the War on 15 May 1918. His Great War medals were finally approved in 1922.

Post-War, Sindell was appointed an Officer in H.M. Customs and Excise on 13 July 1920. He died in Surrey in December 1976.

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