Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Corporal E. T. R. Smith, Royal Engineers
1914 Star (18072 Cpl. E. T. R. Smith. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (18072 Cpl. E. T. R. Smith. R.E.) edge bruises, contact marks, very fine

Three: Private H. Belaney, East Surrey Regiment
1914-15 Star (L.10875 Pte. H. Belaney. E. Surr. R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-10875 Pte. H. Belaney. E. Surr. R.) very fine

Three: Private N. L. Norton, Royal Army Medical Corps
British War and Victory Medals (196 Pte. N. L. Horton [sic]. R.A.M.C.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, slight edge bruise, nearly extremely fine (9) £120-£160

Edward Thomas R. Smith was born in Canterbury, Kent in 1889. He attested for service in the Royal Engineers during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 7th Signalling Company from 4 October 1914. The award of a Clasp to his 1914 Star is noted on his Medal Index Card.

Hugh Belaney attested for the East Surrey Regiment on 18 May 1914 and saw service during the Great War with the 1st Battalion on the Western Front from 2 February 1915. He was discharged due to sickness on 19 May 1917 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 176774.

Neville Lloyd Norton attested for service during the Great War with the Royal Army Medical Corps. In later life he served as the National Treasurer of the National Guild of Telephonists from 1947-1968, which may account for a possible award of a Coronation Medal in 1953.

Sold together with a copy inscribed press group photograph including the recipient outside Chateau Selines on Armistice Day 1918, two small original photographs of the recipient in later life, an original copy of his obituary dated February 1970 from The Telephonist, the official journal of the National Guild of Telephonists, and a named St. John Ambulance Re-examination Cross in Bronze.