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14 April 2021
Three: Commander O. J. Prentis, Royal Navy, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches for his gallantry in the Dardanelles, and was killed in action when his ship H.M.S. Wolverine, minesweeping in support of the Gallipoli Landings, was hit by a Turkish shell on 28 April 1915 1914-15 Star (Commr. C. [sic] J. Prentis. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Commr. O. J. Prentis. R.N.); Memorial Plaque (Osmond James Prentis) all mounted for display purposes; Memorial...
Hammer Price: £2,200
An emotive Great War pair, together with an extensive archive, awarded to Air Mechanic 1st Class F. Dearing, 20 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, who was mortally wounded during an aerial combat on the Western Front over Ypres on 26 September 1916, in which he and his pilot succeeded in shooting down an enemy aircraft, before being shot down themselves. Never regaining consciousness, Dearing died of his wounds later that day. He was just 16 years of age - one of the youngest Flying casualties of...
Family Group: Four: Lance-Corporal H. McMullan, Royal Irish Rifles, who was awarded the Italian Al Valore Militare for his gallantry at Thiepval on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, and was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the German Spring Offensive, 21 March 1918 1914-15 Star (12-19118 Pte. H. Mc.Mullan. R. Ir: Rif:); British War and Victory Medals (19118 Pte. H. McMullan. R. Ir. Rif.); Italy, Kingdom, Al Valore Militare, bronze, unnamed as...
Hammer Price: £1,500
17 February 2021
A Great War ‘Third Battle of Ypres’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private A. Broadwell, Durham Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 29 May 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (53745 Pte. A. Broadwell. 15/Durh: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (53745 Pte. A. Broadwell. Durh. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Albert Broadwell) in card envelope, nearly extremely fine (4) £800-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,400
Pair: Private J. Scott, Border Regiment, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916, on which date the 11th (Lonsdale) Battalion suffered almost 500 casualties British War and Victory Medals (23299 Pte. J. Scott. Bord. R.); Memorial Plaque (Joe Scott) in card envelope, extremely fine (3) £300-£400
Hammer Price: £1,300
17 March 2021
Three: Private W. Bickle, 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 27 December 1915, aged just 16 1914-15 Star (3479, Pte. W. Bickle. 20-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3479 Pte. W. Bickle. 20-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (William Bickle) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; together with the recipient’s card identity disc ‘Bickle W. 3479. 20 Ldn. CE’, extremely fine (4) £300-£400
Hammer Price: £1,200
Three: Private W. Briggs, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date his battalion suffered over 750 officers and men killed or wounded, the greatest number of casualties to a single battalion on the first day of the Battle 1914-15 Star (21057 Pte. W. Briggs. W. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (21057 Pte. W. Briggs. W. York. R.); Memorial Plaque (Willie Briggs) in card envelope,...
Hammer Price: £1,100
Three: Acting Corporal W. Terry, 5th (London Rifle Brigade) Battalion, London Regiment, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date the Battalion suffered almost 600 casualties 1914-15 Star (1339. Pte. W. Terry. 5-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1339 A.Cpl. W. Terry. 5-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (Walter Terry) in card envelope, remnants of solder and small central indentation to reverse of plaque, otherwise extremely fine...
Hammer Price: £950
Pair: Private A. W. Maddison, Lincolnshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date his Battalion suffered over 450 casualties British War and Victory Medals (16723 Pte. A. W. Maddison. Linc. R.); Memorial Plaque (Arthur William Maddison) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, BWM cleaned, very fine and better (3) £300-£400
Hammer Price: £900
Three: Private L. Wright, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916, on which date his battalion suffered over 500 casualties 1914-15 Star (19625 Pte. L. Wright. Notts: & Derby: R.); British War and Victory Medals (19626 Pte. L. Wright. Notts. & Derby. R.); Memorial Plaque (Lewis Wright) in card envelope, nearly extremely fine (4) £300-£400
Pair: Private J. Young, 21st (2nd Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date the four Tyneside Scottish Battalions were virtually wiped out British War and Victory Medals (21-984 Pte. J. Young. North’d Fus.); Memorial Plaque (John Young) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, good very fine (3) £400-£500
Hammer Price: £850
Pair: Corporal A. Toy, 44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front at Vimy Ridge on 23 August 1917 British War and Victory Medals (718838 Cpl. A. Toy. 44-Can. Inf.) in named card box of issue, with Militia Council enclosure; Memorial Plaque (Arthur Toy) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, in outer (Canadian) OHMS transmission envelope, addressed to ‘Mrs. E. M. Toy, 79 George St., West Bromwich, England’; Canadian Memorial Cross,...
Hammer Price: £800
Pair: Private W. J. Sandford, Tank Corps, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 25 August 1918, during an act of heroic self-sacrifice as he succeeded, at the cost of his own life, in rescuing four of his comrades from a burning tank, for which act of gallantry he was strongly commended British War and Victory Medals (109780 Pte W. J. Sandford. Tank Corps); Memorial Plaque (William Joseph Sandford) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine (3) £240-£280
Pair: Private A. P. Eglintine, 22nd (3rd Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 - the tremendous casualties suffered by the four Tyneside Scottish battalions that day were among the worst ever recorded on the Somme: of the 80 officers that went into action only 10 returned, and of the the men some 80 per cent became casualties, with 940 other ranks killed and some 1,500 wounded British War...
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private A. H. Gibbs, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 29 April 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (A-1021 Pte. A. H. Gibbs. 7/K.R.R.C.); 1914-15 Star (A-1021 Pte. A. H. Gibbs. K.R. Rif: C.); British War and Victory Medals (A-1021 Pte. A. H. Gibbs. K.R. Rif. C.); Memorial Plaque (Albert Henry Gibbs) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine (5) £400-£500
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant A. Davies, Lancashire Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 29 September 1916 Military Medal, G.V.R. (9704 L. Cpl. A. Davies. 11/Lanc: Fus:); 1914-15 Star (9704 Pte. A. Davies. Lan. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (9704 Sjt. A. Davies. Lan. Fus.) with lids of two named card boxes of issue; Memorial Plaque (Arthur Davies) in card envelope, extremely fine (5) £400-£500
Family Group: Three: Private T. Bailey, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date his battalion suffered over 550 casualties 1914-15 Star (2628 Pte. T. Bailey. R. War: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2628 Pte. T. Bailey. R. War. R.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Bailey) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; Memorial Scroll, ‘Pte. Thomas Bailey, Royal Warwickshire...
Pair: Lieutenant J. P. Webster, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, late 13th (Princess Louise’s Kensington) Battalion, London Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 24 October 1918 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. P. Webster) both in named card boxes of issue, in outer OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mrs. J. P. Webster, 23 Bagby Road, Leeds’; Memorial Plaque (John Phillip Webster) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine...
Hammer Price: £750
Pair: Captain T. L. Astbury, South Staffordshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 21 March 1918 British War and Victory Medals (Capt. T. L. Astbury.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Leslie Astbury) in card envelope; Memorial Scroll, ‘Capt. Thomas Leslie Astbury, South Staffordshire Regt.’, in scroll tube holder, extremely fine (4) £240-£280
A highly emotive Great War casualty pair and related Diaries awarded to Private F. A. Everidge, 9th Battalion (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), London Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 13 September 1917 British War and Victory Medals (6091 Pte. F. A. Everidge. 9-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (Frederick Alderman Everidge) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; Memorial Scroll, ‘Rifleman Frederick Alderman Everidge, London Regt.’, in OHMS transmission tube,...
Hammer Price: £700
Pair: Private A. J. Packer, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 British War and Victory Medals (S-15099 Pte. A. J. Packer. Rif. Brig.); Memorial Plaque (Arthur John Packer) in card envelope, good very fine (3) £300-£400
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private T. Collingwood, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was posted missing, presumed dead, on the Western Front on 27 May 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (40355 Pte. T. Collingwood. 4/North’d Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (40355 Pte. T. Collingwood. North’d Fus.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Collingwood) in card envelope, nearly extremely fine (4) £400-£500
Pair: Private H. C. Barker, 16th Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), London Regiment, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916 British War and Victory Medals (4752 Pte. H. C. Barker. 16-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (Harold Charles Barker) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine (3) £300-£400
Hammer Price: £650
Pair: Corporal W. T. Woolnough, 38th Battalion (Eastern Ontario Regiment), Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 21 July 1918 British War and Victory Medals (246469 Cpl. W. T. Woolnough. 38-Can. Inf.); Memorial Plaque (William Thomas Woolnough) housed in a contemporary cross display frame; Memorial Scroll ‘Cpl. William Thomas Woolnough, Canadian Infantry Bn.’; Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (246469 Cpl. W. T. Woolnough) in embossed case of issue, with...
Hammer Price: £500
Three: Private T Carson, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 15 November 1916 1914-15 Star (2506. Pte. T. Carson. A. & S. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (2506 Pte. T. Carson. A. & S. Highrs.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Carson) in card envelope, nearly extremely fine (4) £140-£180
Hammer Price: £480
Pair: Private J. Evans, Cheshire Regiment, late Shropshire Yeomanry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 17 October 1916 British War and Victory Medals (2529 Pte. J. Evans. Shrops. Yeo.); Memorial Plaque (John Evans) housed in a contemporary circular wooden frame, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; Memorial Scroll, ‘Pte. John Evans, Cheshire Regt.’, embellished and additionally inscribed ‘previously of the Shropshire Imperial Yeomanry’, in OHMS transmission tube,...
Three: Second Lieutenant C. W. Sherwood, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), who was killed in action at Burlon Wood, Cambrai, on 28 November 1917 1914-15 Star (E-459 Pte. C. W. Sherwood. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. C. W. Sherwood.) all in named card boxes of issue; Memorial Plaque (Clement Walter Sherwood) in card envelope, extremely fine (4) £160-£200
Three: Private W. W. Watt, Seaforth Highlanders, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Loos on 25 September 1915, on which date he ‘was down for recommendation on account of his great bravery in the fight’ 1914-15 Star (S-6710 Pte. W. W. Watt. Sea: Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (S.6710. Pte. W. W. Watt. Seaforth.); Memorial Plaque (William Warnock Watt); Memorial Scroll, ‘Pte. William Warnock Watt, Seaforth Highrs.’, mounted in a glazed display...
Three: Second Lieutenant J. D. W. McMichael, Worcestershire Regiment, who was killed in action at Vimy Ridge on 23 May 1916, having particularly distinguished himself in the fighting a month earlier 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. J. D. W. Mc.Michael. Worc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. J. D. W. Mc.Michael.); Memorial Plaque (John Douglas Wyld McMichael) in card envelope, extremely fine (4) £300-£400
Hammer Price: £460
Three: Second Lieutenant L. G. Hadenham, East Surrey Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 18 July 1916 1914-15 Star (4769 Sjt. L. G. Hadenham. E. Surr. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. L. G. Hadenham) all in named card boxes of issue; Memorial Plaque (Laurence George Hadenham) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine (4) £140-£180
Three: Second Lieutenant J. Kilby, Gloucestershire Regiment, attached 7th Mortar Battery, who was one of the original members of the 12th (Bristol’s Own) Battalion, and died of wounds on the Western Front on 21 August 1916 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. J. Kilby Glouc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. Kilby); Memorial Plaque (John Kilby) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; together with the recipient’s identity bracelet ‘2d. Lieut. J. Kilby C. of F. 10th....
Three: Second Lieutenant C. W. Miller, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front at Hill 60 on the first day of the Battle of Messines, 7 June 1917 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. C. W. Miller. W. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. C. W. Miller.); Memorial Plaque (Charles Wilde Miller) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine (4) £200-£240
Family Group: Pair: Private W. Brock, Essex Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 October 1916 British War and Victory Medals (27328 Pte. W. Brock. Essex R.); Memorial Plaque (William Brock) in card envelope, extremely fine Pair: Private J. Brock, Essex Regiment, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Cambrai on 20 November 1917 British War and Victory Medals (31572 Pte. J. Brock. Essex R.); Memorial Plaque (John Brock) in card envelope,...
Hammer Price: £420
Three: Sergeant W. A. Faux, Gloucestershire Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches, and died of wounds on the Western Front on 15 October 1917 1914-15 Star (478 Pte. W. A. Faux. Glouc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (478 A.W.O. Cl.2 W. A. Faux. Glouc. R.); Memorial Plaque (William Albert Faux) in card envelope, extremely fine (4) £140-£180
Three: Private J. Knox, Royal Irish Rifles, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 8 April 1916 1914-15 Star (12-0641 Pte. J. Knox. R. Ir: Rif:); British War and Victory Medals (12-641 Pte. J. Knox. R. Ir. Rif.); Memorial Plaque (John Knox) in card envelope, the plaque somewhat polished, generally very fine (4) £100-£140
Hammer Price: £400
Three: Private G. H. Harvey, 18th Battalion (Irish Rifles), London Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front during counter-mining operations at the Hohenzollern Redoubt, Loos, on 24 December 1915 1914-15 Star (2347. Pte. G. H. Harvey, 18-Lond. R.) in named card box of issue; British War and Victory Medals (2347 Pte. G H. Harvey. 18-Lond. R.) in named card box of issue; Memorial Plaque (George Horace Harvey) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine...
Family Group: Three: Lance-Corporal A. Reid, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, who was killed in action in Gallipoli on 12 July 1915, on which date his Battalion suffered over 550 casualties 1914-15 Star (6675 Pte. A. Reid. K.O. Sco: Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (6675 Pte. A. Reid. K.O. Sco. Bord.); Memorial Plaque (Archibald Reid) in slightly damaged card envelope, extremely fine Pair: Private D. Reid, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), who was killed in action on the Western...
Pair: Private R. H. King, 20th Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 28 October 1917 British War and Victory Medals (5689. Pte. R. H. King. 20-Bn. A.I.F.); Memorial Plaque (Robert Henry King) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, nearly extremely fine (3) £180-£220
Three: Private T. Johnston, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 12 October 1916 1914-15 Star (S-13014. Pte. T. Johnston, Cam’n Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (S-13014 Pte. T. Johnston. Cam’n Highrs.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Johnston) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, in outer OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mr. A. Johnston, 11, Craig Terrace, Caldercruix, Airdrie, Lanarkshire’; Memorial Scroll,...
Three: Private A. Peat, Leicestershire Regiment, who was killed in action during the attack on Bazentin-le-Petit in the Battle of the Somme on 14 July 1916, on which date his battalion suffered over 550 casualties 1914-15 Star (11962 Pte. A. Peat. Leic: R.); British War and Victory Medals (11962 Pte. A. Peat. Leic. R.); Memorial Plaque (Alfred Peat) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine (4) £100-£140
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