Auction Catalogue

27 & 28 June 2012

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 222

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28 June 2012

Hammer Price:
£120

1914 Star, with clasp (2064 Pte. J. Pamphilion, 4/R. Fus.) contact marks, edge bruising; Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (15152 Pte. A. E. Cole, R. Fus.; L-10664 A. Sjt. E. W. Green, R. Fus.) fine and better (3) £80-100

John Pamphilion landed in France to join the 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers on 26 October 1914 and qualified for the 1914 Star and clasp. The 4th Battalion fought continually in the 1915 Ypres Battles and in the period from January to June 1915 suffered 369 casualties. John Pamphilion was discharged from the Army on the 2nd July 1915. With copied m.i.c.

Albert Cole landed in France to join the 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers on 13 August 1914 and qualified for the 1914 Star and clasp. He was awarded the Silver War Badge and later transferred to the Labour Corps. With copied m.i.c.

Ernest Walter Green was born in Sutton, Surrey. On the outbreak of war he was promoted Acting Sergeant and landed to join the 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers in France on 27 August 1914 so qualifying for the 1914 Star and clasp. On 25 October two companies attacked towards Neuve Chapelle and Captain Sir Francis Waller was mortally wounded; on the night of the 26th a further attack was launched but was again forced back with heavy casualties. By the 28th the War Diary records the strength of the Battalion as only 8 officers and 350 other ranks. Amongst the dead was Acting Sergeant Ernest Walter Green. His body was not recovered and his name is recorded on the Le Touret Memorial.

With copied research.