Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private C. Dutch, Army Service Corps
1914-15 Star (SS-20555 Pte. C. Dutch. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (SS-20555 Pte. C. Dutch. A.S.C.); together with a School Board for London Attendance Medal, 1901, V.R., white metal, the reverse engraved ‘G. Dutch.’; and an A.S.C. cap badge, good very fine

Pair: Private A. Whittingham, South Lancashire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 13 April 1918
British War and Victory Medals (265451 Pte. A. Whittingham. S. Lan. R.) edge bruising, nearly very fine

Pair: Private J. Whittingham, Welsh Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (37314 Pte. J. Whittingham. Welsh R.) minor edge bruising, very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (2/Lieut. C. H. Whittingham. R.A.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (41686 Cpl. T. L. Whittingham. The Queen’s R.); Royal Navy L.S. & GC., E.II.R., 2nd issue (K.953898 R. Whittingham. LM(E). HMS Eagle.) good very fine (11) £160-£200

Charles Dutch attested for the Army Service Corps in London on 13 October 1915, aged 44, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 to 30 November 1915. He was discharged on 11 February 1916, physically unfit for war service, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

Arthur Whittingham was born in Ancoats, Lancashire, and attested for the South Lancashire Regiment at Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 13 April 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.

Cecil Hall Whittingham was born in Bickerton, Cheshire, on 5 July 1892 and attested initially for the Denbighshire Yeomanry, serving with the 1st Battalion during the Great War, before transferring to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force on 9 August 1918. Posted to 142 Squadron on 20 September 1918, he served with them during the latter stages of the Great War in Palestine, before transferring to the Unemployed List on 5 July 1919.

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