Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Gunner E. M. Dumper, Royal Artillery
British War and Victory Medals (128783 Gnr. E. M. Dumper. R.A.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, 1 clasp, Long Service 1939 (Maurice Dumper), mounted for wear, very fine

Pair: W. J. Coventry, Special Constabulary
Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, 2 clasps, Long Service 1945, Long Service 1953 (Wilfred J. Coventry), mounted for wear, nearly very fine (5) £60-£80

Edward Maurice Dumper was born in Winchester, Hampshire, on 25 February 1897. He attested for the Hampshire Royal Garrison Artillery on 2 November 1914 and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 February 1917 with 222 Siege Battery. Discharged on 8 March 1919, he later served with the Special Constabulary and died in Winchester, aged 56, on 27 December 1973.

Wilfred John Coventry was born in Bradfield, Berkshire, on 28 March 1887. He served as a Special Constable during the Second World War, and died, aged 83, in Reading, Berkshire, in the autumn of 1970.