Auction Catalogue

18 January 2023

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18 January 2023

Hammer Price:
£100

British War Medal 1914-20 (8) (J.171075 H. J. Feist. A.B. R.N.; J.63534 A. E. Bartram. A.B. R.N.; 174525 J. Grieve. A.B. R.N.; J.41586 A. E. Shepherd. A.B. R.N. Lieut. D. H. Fleet. R.N.V.R.; Lieut. F. J. R. Garland; WR-503214. Spr. C. P. Wykes. R.E.; 47679 Pte. W. Clark. R. Fus.) retaining rod missing from Fleet medal, and the last three planchets only; therefore good fine and better (8) £100-£140

Frank John Russell Garland attested into the Royal Fusiliers for serving during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 26th (Banker’s) Battalion from 4 May 1916. Appointed Acting Warrant Officer Class 2, he was commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment on 2 February 1917.

Charles P. Wykes attested into the Royal Engineers for service during the Great War and served with the Inland Waterways Department before transferring into the Durham Light Infantry.

William Clark attested into the Middlesex Regiment for service during the Great War, and served on the Western Front. He saw further service with the Labour Corps, before transferring to the York and Lancaster Regiment, with whom he was killed in action on 21 March 1918. He is commemorated on the Queant German Memorial, Ecoust-St. Mein Cemtery, France.