Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Victory Medal 1914-19 (5) (1549 W.O. Cl. 2. W. Sturrock. S. Gds.; 26560 Pte. E. J. Riall. Suff. R.; 4-24376 Pte. W. Hutchinson. R. Innis. Fus.; Capt. A. H. Ford; Lieut. P. B. W. Sich.) generally very fine and better (5) £80-£100

William Sturrock, a factory worker, was born in Forfar in 1877, and enlisted in the Scots Guards on 2 August 1899. He served with the 3rd Battalion from 6 August 1914 and was reposted to the Army Gymnastic Staff on 16 June 1915. Awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in 1916, he served in France from September 1917 to March 1919.

Edward James Riall was born in Emsworth in 1880 and served in France from 20 July 1916 with the 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.

William Hutchinson was born in 1875 and served in the Balkans with the 5th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers from 17 October 1915. Transferred to the Royal Defence Corps, he was demobilised in March 1919.
Sold with original Certificate of Demobilisation.

Aubrey Hammick Ford, a clerk for the Bank of England, was born in Hampstead in 1891 and served in France as Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion, London Regiment from 2 September 1915. Advanced Captain, he claimed his medals in 1922, his address recorded as ‘11 Eldan Road, Hampstead, N.W.3.’

Percy Bertram Wardell Sich was born in Chiswick in 1881, the son of brewery company director Alexander Sich. Recorded in 1911 as a surveyor, he served on the Western Front with the 17th Battalion, London Regiment from 9 November 1916. He survived the campaign and later joined the Chiswick A.R.P. Service in 1939.