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№ 301

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19 June 2024

Hammer Price:
£320

Pair: Captain W. D. Bristow, Royal Field Artillery
British War and Victory Medals (Capt. W. D. Bristow.) very fine

Pair: Second Lieutenant S. M. Thomas, Royal Field Artillery, who died a month after the cessation of hostilities
British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. S. M. Thomas.) nearly very fine

Pair: Second Lieutenant W. Sprawson, Norfolk Regiment, late Suffolk Regiment and Hampshire Yeomanry
British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. W. Sprawson) with named card boxes of issue, extremely fine (6) £80-£100

William Dugelby Bristow was born in Portsmouth around 1878. A career soldier formerly recorded as Battery Sergeant Major in 1911, he was appointed to a commission in 1915, and served in Salonika from January 1916.

Stanley Meredith Thomas was educated at Mill Hill School and lived at 2, Richmond Villas, Swansea. He served in France from 29 May 1918, surviving the latter stages of the German Spring Offensive, but died in hospital from peritonitis on 13 December 1918. He is commemorated upon the Welsh National War Memorial Roll of Honour, which records all those of Welsh birth and parentage who gave their lives in the Great War.

Walter Sprawson was discharged to a commission in the Suffolk Regiment on 29 May 1917, and later transferred to the Norfolk Regiment.