Auction Catalogue

14 February 2024

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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№ 435

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14 February 2024

Hammer Price:
£130

Pair: Captain H. C. Fear, Machine Gun Corps
British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. C. Fear.) very fine

Pair: Private E. C. Browning, Machine Gun Corps
British War and Victory Medals (3304 Pte. E. C. Browning. M.G.C.)
very fine

Pair: Private 2nd Class E. Williams, Royal Air Force
British War and Victory Medals (260047 Pte. E. Williams. R.A.F.)
very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (M2-183341 Pte. S. Sell. A.S.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5173 C.S.Mjr: G. White. R.G.A.) contact marks, edge bruises, otherwise nearly very fine (8) £100-£140

Henry Cecil Fear was born in Weston, Somerset, in 1883. He was commissioned into the Army Service Corps and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 June 1916, and saw later service with the Royal Garrison Artillery. He died in April 1927.

Ernest Clifford Browning was born in Highbridge, Somerset, in 1892. He attested into the Yorkshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front. He transferred into the Machine Gun Corps and was killed in action on 11 August 1918 whilst serving with the 58th Battalion. He is commemorated on the Vin-En-Artois Memorial, France.

George White was born in Kemble, Gloucestershire, in 1873. He attested into the Royal Artillery in 1894 and was appointed Sergeant in 1901, being posted to the 50th Company in Sierra Leone. After further service in Hong Kong, he returned Home where he was awarded his LSGC in 1912, before his discharge in January 1913. Recalled for service during the Great War, he was Advanced Company Sergeant Major and served at Home until he was again posted to Sierra Leone in May 1918. Discharged to pension in February 1919, he later died in 1950, in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.

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