Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Driver H. Worthington, Royal Engineers
1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, all unnamed

War Medal 1939-45 (2) unnamed, attributed to Lieutenant R. H. Smith, R.A.M.C. and Aircraftsmen 1st Class E. J. Bone, R.A.F.V.R. extremely fine (5) £40-50

M.I.D. London Gazette 6 April 1944. ‘... in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East.’

With card forwarding box addressed to ‘Mr H. Worthington, Jnr., 14 Cecil Road, New Ferry, Cheshire’, and with forwarding slip - unnamed but marked for the three medals and emblem. With copied gazette extracts.

War Medal attributed to Lieutenant R. H. Smith, R.A.M.C. - with named condolence slip; Buckingham Palace Condolence slip and in card forwarding box addressed to ‘Mrs S. V. Smith, Herons Field, Upton, Poole, Dorset.’ With copied extract from the Sherborne Register showing further education at Magdalene College, Cambridge and St. Thomas’s Hospital, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.; died on active service in Northern Ireland.

War Medal attributed to Aircraftsman 1st Class E. J. Bone, R.A.F.V.R. With named condolence slip and card forwarding box addressed to ‘A. Lovatt, Esq., 4 Marsh Avenue, High Lane, Burslem, Stoke on Trent.’ Bone of No. 88 Squadron died on 31 October 1942, aged 36 years.