Auction Catalogue

6 July 2004

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 727

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6 July 2004

Hammer Price:
£200

British War and Victory Medal pairs (2) (Lieut. E. H. A. Lockwood; 801178 Pte. T. J. Pickett, R. Fus.)

1914 Star (3-5655 Pte. J. Rowe, Dorset R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (3377 Pte. F. Webster, W. Gds.; 49136 Pte. H. Turner, Ches. R.; Ply.15255 Pte. A. Harper, R.M.L.I.; Lieut. C. B. Willcocks, R.F.C.); Africa Service Medal 1939-45 (283099 J. A. Smith); South Africa Medal for War Service 1939-45, unnamed as issued , good very fine (11) £120-160

Lieutenant E. H. A. Lockwood served in the Worcestershire Regiment, gaining his rank in July 1917.

Fisher Webster was born in Willingham, Suffolk and enlisted at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Serving with the Welsh Guards, he was killed in action on 1 December 1917, aged 28 years. He was buried in the Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery. He was the son of James Webster of Willingham, Suffolk and husband of Emily Webster of Ely.

2nd Lieutenant C. B. Willcocks gained his commission as a technical officer in the Royal Flying Corps in April 1918.