Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2) (351 S.Q.M. Sjt: C. Pitcher. A.P.C.; 317 St.Q.M. Sgt. E. T. Salmon. A.P.C.) suspension claw re-riveted on latter, very fine (2) £80-£100

Charles Pitcher was born in Jevington, Eastbourne, on 20 January 1868. Appointed Acting Bombardier in the Cinque Ports Division, Royal Artillery, from 19 February 1889, he transferred to the Army Pay Department as Probationary Staff Clerk in 1891. Awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal under Army Order 90 of 1906, he died in Winchester in 1939, the death certificate stating: ‘Captain & Quartermaster, Royal Lancashire Fusiliers (retired).’

Edward Thomas Salmon was born in St. Pancras on 21 June 1865. He initially served in Bermuda and Halifax (Nova Scotia) with the West Riding Regiment, and was appointed probationary Staff Clerk 18 November 1890. Transferred to the Army Pay Corps 1 April 1893, he was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in 1903.