Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lieutenant C. R. N. Groom, East Kent Regiment, late 28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles), London Regiment
1914-15 Star (3660. Pte. C. R. N. Groom. 28-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. R. N. Groom.) good very fine

Pair: Private C. W. Banes, Bedfordshire Yeomanry
British War and Victory Medals (2431 Pte. C. W. Banes. Bedf. Yeo.) very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (44363 Pte. E. Bettany. Suff. R.); together with a Suffolk Regiment cap badge; Memorial Plaque (William Herbert Sadler) in original card envelope, suspension claw re-pinned on first, minor edge nicks, very fine (7) £100-£140

Charles Robin Napier Groom attested for the 28th (Artist’s Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 January 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the East Kent Regiment on 18 November 1916, and saw further service during the Great War with the 1st Battalion.

Ernest Bettany was born in Stoke, Staffordshire, and originally attested for the South Staffordshire Regiment at Burslem. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front post-1916, and was killed in action on 27 September 1918. He is buried in Lowrie Cemetery, Havrincourt, France.

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