Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private B. Taplin, Rifle Brigade
1914-15 Star (1995 Pte. B. Taplin. Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (1995 Pte. B. Taplin. Rif. Brig.) very fine

Three: Private C. H. Redwood, 2nd South African Infantry, late Botha’s Mounted Rifles, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 24 March 1918
1914-15 Star (Pte. C. H. Redwood. Bothas M.R.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. C. H. Redwood. 2nd S.A.I.) good very fine

Pair: Second Lieutenant H. G. Waterall, Honourable Artillery Company
British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. H. G. Waterall.) very fine

Pair: Corporal P. Leverton, Life Guards
British War and Victory Medals (4547 Cpl. P. Leverton. 1-L. Gds.) edge bruising, very fine

Pair: Private C. G. Childs, Tank Corps
British War and Victory Medals (93040 Pte. C. G. Childs. Tank Corps) good very fine (12) £200-£240

Bert Taplin attested for the Rifle Brigade, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 May 1915. He subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps, and was discharged to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 26 February 1919.

Charles Huntly Redwood served during the Great War with Botha’s Mounted Rifles, and subsequently with the 2nd South African Infantry, and was killed in action on the Western Front on 24 March 1918. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.

Horace George Waterall attested for the Honourable Artillery Corps and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 September 1914. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 8th Battalion, H.A.C., and subsequently served as a Captain in the Royal Flying Corps.