Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private A. E. Linklater, 9th Battalion, Royal Scots, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 23 April 1917
British War and Victory Medals (351895 Pte. A. E. Linklater. R. Scotts.) generally very fine or better

Three: Attributed to Flight Lieutenant M. S. Donne, Royal Air Force
1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with card box of issue addressed to, ‘Mrs C. S. Wolstenholme, Chernwood, 37 Aultone Way, Sutton, Surrey’, box later annotated ‘Clarence House, 2, The Vineyard, Richmond’ and ‘Michael’s War Medals’, good very fine

Three: Attributed to Guardsman T. Dinning, Grenadier Guards
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. T. Dinning, 5 Hanover Square, Thurnscoe East, Rotherham, Yorks’, with hand written letter from recipient’s son of the same name, and also an address in Rotherham, dated 24 March 1979, good very fine (8) £300-£400

Alexander Edgar Linklater was the son of Mr J. Linklater of 11 Comely Bank Grove, Edinburgh. He served during the Great War with the 9th Battalion, Royal Scots, and was killed in action on the Western Front, 23 April 1917. Private Linklater is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.

Michael Stephen Donne served during the Second War as a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force. He was posted as a pilot to 17 Squadron (Hurricanes), and was shot down and killed, 11 May 1940, whilst in combat with Me. 109’s near Ypres. Donne is buried in Numansdorp Protestant Cemetery, Netherlands. ‘C. S. Wolstenholme’ is believed to be Donne’s sister.

T. Dinning ‘was in the Grenadier Guards from 14th January 1941 and he was discharged on the 2nd June after being injured by a land mine and losing his left eye.’ (Letter included in lot refers)