Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Victory Medal 1914-19 (5) (Lieut. E. H. Halley.; 68713 Sjt. R. R. Brooker. R.A.: 83928 Dvr. D. Carter. R.A.; 920268 Dvr. J. Manser. R.A.; 563. Dvr. D. Watson. R.A.) first officially re-impressed, very fine (5) £100-£140

Edward Harland Halley, of Fulham, was working as a clerk for the Colliery Agents, Ship and Insurance brokers and Steamship Managers Cheney, Eggar and Forrester when he attested for the 7th London Brigade ,Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force) on 2 September 1912 for a period of four years and was given the regimental number 1141. However, in July 1913 he took up a post in Singapore and sought ‘discharge through purchase’ although no monies were required. He was due to set sail on the steamer Syria on 9 August 1913. Evidently he returned to take up a commission in the Royal Field Artillery when war broke out and landed with them in France as a Second Lieutenant on 18 August 1915. He was killed in action on 26 November 1917 during the battle of Cambrai whilst attached to the 12th Trench Mortar Battery, and is Buried in the Villers Hill British Cemetery, Villers-Guislain, France.

Reuben Richard Brooker, of Charlton, London, was with the 25th Brigade Royal Field Artillery when they sailed for France at the beginning of the Great War, landing on the continent on 16 August 1914, thus entitling him to the 1914 Star. He was killed in action on 5 June 1917 whilst with B Battery, 315th Brigade, and is buried in the Hope Store Cemetery, France.

Daniel Carter was awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 27 October 1916), presumably for action on the Somme whilst serving with B battery 48th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.

James Manser, of Eastbourne, Sussex, was serving with the 337th Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery, alongside the 18th Indian Division in Mesopotamia, when he died on 30 June 1918. He is commemorated on the Basra War Memorial, Iraq.

David Watson was with the 27th Divisional Ammunition Column, formed from the IV Home Counties (Howitzer) Brigade (TF), when they landed in France on 21 December 1914. He died on 7 June 1915 and is buried in the Equinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension, France.