Auction Catalogue

25 & 26 November 2015

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 856

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26 November 2015

Hammer Price:
£300

1914-15 Star (3796 Pte. C. V. Frith, H.A.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Rev. B. S. M. Howell); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Daniel Collins); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-18 (2403 A.S. Sjt. E. B. Daysdale, R.A.M.C.); Memorial Plaque (William Green) good very fine (5) £150-200

Charles Victor Frith was born in Polsham, lived in Langport and enlisted at Armoury House. London. Serving in the 1st Battalion Honourable Artillery Company (Infantry), he died of wounds, France/Flanders, on 9 June 1917, aged 28 years. He was buried in the Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun. He was the son of Samuel Stuckley and Mary Frith, of Easton, Wells, Somerset.

The Reverend Bernard Stanislaus Mary Howell was a Roman Catholic priest, fluent in English, French, Italian and German. Appointed a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class in November 1916, he served with the Egypt Expeditionary Force. With some copied papers.

Plaque to Green with an associated postcard photograph of a soldier and wife.