Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Captain H. A. Buller, Army Service Corps
British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. A. Buller) extremely fine

Three: Pioneer T. D. Evans, Royal Engineers
British War and Victory Medals (39457 Pnr. T. D. Evans. R.E.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Thomas David Evans) extremely fine

Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Oscar V. W. R. Basham) very fine (6) £80-£100

Hugh Algernon Buller was born on 20 August 1887 in Kensington, Middlesex. He was commissioned into the Army Service Corps for service during the Great War, and served on the Western Front from 11 November 1916. Later appointed Captain, he died, aged 49, in Newbury, Berkshire, on 2 August 1937.

I.S.M. London Gazette, 17 May 1949. Inspector, Post Office, Maidenhead.

Thomas David Evans attested into the Royal Engineers for service during the Great War, transferring to the South Wales Borderers. He later returned to the Royal Engineers. Post-War he worked as an Inspector with the General Post Office.

Oscar Vernon William Richard Basham was born in Chiswick, Middlesex, on 8 November 1892. A Master Mariner with the Mercantile Marine, he served during the Great War and was awarded the British War Medal and the Mercantile Marine Medal. He later served during the Second World War in the Pacific, with the Merchant Navy, and was awarded the 1939/45 Star, Pacific Star and War Medal 1939-45. He died on 6 February 1976, aged 83, in Bournemouth, Hampshire.