Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Captain K. T. Key, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (Capt. K. T. Key.) very fine

Pair: Lieutenant W. Harriss, South Staffordshire Regiment and Machine Gun Corps
British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Lieut. W. Harriss.) good very fine

Pair: Captain T. R. Groom, Yorkshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (Capt. T. R. Groom.) very fine

Victory Medal (Capt. A. D. Willcox.) good very fine (7)
£100-140

Kenneth Tyler Key was educated at King Edward’s School, Birmingham. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in October 1914. Key advanced to Captain, and served with the 5th Battalion in the French theatre of war from May 1916.

M.I.D. London Gazette 9 July 1919.

William Harriss was educated at King Edward’s School, Birmingham. He originally served during the Great War as a Private with the 3/5th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant into the 5th Battalion in September 1917. Harriss transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, and was severely wounded in October 1917.

Thomas Richard Groom was born in Longton, Staffordshire, in July 1895. He was educated at King Edward’s School, Birmingham and enlisted in the 14th (Service) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1st Birmingham) in 1914. The following year he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 25th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (2nd Tyneside Irish), before being posted as Temporary Captain to the 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. He received a gunshot wound to the head during the attack on the Chemical Works at Rouex near Arras, 12 May 1917. Groom lost vision in his left eye as a result of the wound.

For the recipient’s sword see Lot 1024.

A. D. Willcox was educated at King Edward’s School, Birmingham, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 3/6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (T.F.) in August 1914. He advanced to Captain and was twice wounded during the Great War.