Auction Catalogue

23 March 2022

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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№ 289 x

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23 March 2022

Hammer Price:
£320

Pair: Captain H. F. Lucas, Royal Engineers
British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. F. Lucas.) very fine

Pair:
Captain H. D. Pollard, Royal Army Medical Corps
British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. D. Pollard.) nearly extremely fine

Pair:
Driver E. Bass, Royal Artillery
British War and Victory Medals (204524 Dvr. E. Bass. R.A.) very fine

Pair:
Private S. Calvert, Royal Lancaster Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (33918 Pte. S. Calvert. R. Lanc. R.) good very fine

Three:
Sergeant H. A. Barnett, Royal Army Pay Corps
Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Militia (537575 Sjt. H. A. Barnett. R.A.P.C.) good very fine (11) £140-£180

Hubert Francis Lucas was born on 21 January 1897 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 22 April 1915. He served during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 31 May 1916, and was promoted Lieutenant on 1 July 1917. He remained in Mesopotamia post-War, and was awarded the General Service Medal with clasps Iraq and Kurdistan, in the rank of Captain.

Herbert Dean Pollard was born in 1874 and trained at the London Hospital, being appointed a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1904. He was granted a temporary commission with the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 10 November 1916, and served during the Great War as a Surgical Specialist with the Army in Salonika, and later at home at Tidmouth Military Hospital. He was promoted Captain on 28 September 1918, and died in 1954.