Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Second Lieutenant A. W. Marslen, East Surrey Regiment, late Tank Corps and 5th (City of London Rifle Brigade) Battalion, London Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. A W. Marslen.) very fine

Pair: Lieutenant C. H. Pye, Royal Air Force, late 15th (Civil Service Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment, who was twice wounded on the Western Front
British War and Victory Medals (5852 Pte. C. H. Pye. 15-Lond. R.) very fine

Memorial Plaque (Frank Perton) traces of verdigris, otherwise generally very fine (5) £80-£100

Ambrose William Marslen, an Accountant from Henley-on-Thames, was born in Balham on 20 September 1893. He attested for the 2nd/5th (London Rifle Brigade) Battalion, London Regiment on 4 January 1916 and saw service on the Western Front from 6 January 1917, where he injured his knee whilst falling into a trench during a raid, south of Mori, on 12 June 1917. Appointed Lance Corporal, he received a war time commission into the Tank Corps on 16 November 1917, before transferring into the East Surrey Regiment, with whom he was wounded at Cambrai, as a result of the effect of mustard gas on 20 October 1918. Invalided to the Dover convalescent home, he relinquished his commission on account of ill health contracted on active service, on 14 May 1919, retaining the rank of Second Lieutenant.

Sold with detailed copy service papers and research and an original black and white photograph of the recipient.

Charles Hugh Pye, a Civil Service Clerk, was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire on 9 March 1891. He attested for the 15th (Civil Service Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment on 10 February 1916, serving on the Western Front from 22 July 1916. He was wounded, with a gunshot wound to his right thigh on 7 October 1916, whilst serving in the Somme sector and further wounded by the effects of mustard gas at Bourlon Wood on 3 December 1917. He was commissioned as an Honorary Lieutenant into the Royal Air Force on 5 July 1918 with whom he served in the U.K. before his discharge on 7 May 1919.

Awarded a Silver War Badge, his Great War medals were sent to his address at 15 Homecroft Road, Sydenham, London SE26. Sold with detailed copy service records and copy Medal index Card.

Frank Perton, a Trade Painter from Shepherds Bush, London, was born in November 1888 in Battersea, London and attested for Rifle Brigade on 16 January 1906.

A frequent offender, he saw pre-war service at Home and in Egypt and returned from India with the 4th Battalion before entering the Western Front theatre on 20 December 1915. He was killed in action on 10 May 1915 in the Hooge area. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

A unique name on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission register.