Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Fireman C. J. Henstridge, Shanklin (Isle of Wight) Fire Brigade
National Fire Brigades Association L.S. Medal (2) 1 clasp, Twenty Years (5908 Cecil J. Henstridge.) silver; another, 1 clasp, Ten Years (9913 Cecil J. Henstridge.) bronze, generally very fine or better

National Fire Brigades Union L.S. with ‘Twenty Years’ brooch bar and two ‘Five Years’ slip bars, edge impressed ‘721’, reverse engraved (Henry Robson 1st June 1911.), silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1910, very fine

Fire Brigade Service Medal, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1912, reverse engraved with the Southampton coat of arms, and the edge engraved (Fireman W. Hiscocks. 1894-1914) good very fine (4) £160-£200

Cecil John Henstridge joined the Shanklin Fire Brigade in July 1920, and was awarded medal for Ten Years Service in April 1931, and the medal for Twenty Years Service in May 1941. He resided at 37 Brook Road, Shanklin, Isle of Wight.

Sold with a letter from the Clerk of the Council for Sandown-Shanklin Urban District Council offering the recipient a job as a gardener, dated 18 August 1959.

Henry Robson served with the Bournemouth Fire Brigade, and was issued the first bar to his medal in October 1916, and the second in April 1922.

Sold with copied research.