Auction Catalogue

13 October 2021

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 239

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13 October 2021

Hammer Price:
£110

Pair: Attributed to Private T. Watson, Sherwood Foresters, who died in France in 1940
1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, about extremely fine

Pair:
Attributed to Squadron Leader L. G. Headworth, Royal Air Force
Defence and War Medals 1939-45, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Sqd./Ldr. L. G. Headworth, c/o Midland Bank Ltd., Falmouth, Cornwall’, extremely fine

Pair:
Attributed to Miss Doris M. Watson
Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, extremely fine

Defence Medal (2); War Medal 1939-45; together with a mounted group of three miniature awards, comprising 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; two Second War card boxes of issue, the first named to ‘Mr. W. G. Muir, 58 Garfin Road, Newart...’; the second with address label torn; and a St. John Ambulance Association Re-examination Cross, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘297532 George Levett’, with 18 Year Bars, a complete run from 1929 to 1946 inclusive, the reverse of all engraved ‘297532’, in case, generally nearly extremely fine (10) £60-£80

Thomas Watson attested for the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) and served with them during the Second World War as part of the British Expeditionary Force. He died between 28 May and 23 June 1940, and is buried in St. Marie Communal Cemetery, France.
Sold together with a photographic image of the recipient and one of the recipient’s CWGC headstone.

George Levett was employed by the Southern Railway as a Clerk in the Goods Department at Chichester.