Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Driver E. Lane, Royal Field Artillery
1914-15 Star (94341, Dvr. E. Lane, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (94341. Dvr. E. Lane, R.A.) traces of verdigris to Star, contact marks, nearly very fine

Three: Gunner A. S. Conibear, Royal Garrison Artillery
1914-15 Star (45462. Gnr. A. S. Conibear, R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (45462. Gnr. A. S. Conibear. R.A.) traces of verdigris to Star and VM, contact marks, very fine

Pair: Private F. C. Clarke, Tank Corps
British War and Victory Medals (69994 Pte. F. C. Clarke. Tank. Corps.) good very fine (8) £80-£100

Edward Lane attested for the Royal Field Artillery and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 September 1915.

Arthur Sydney Conibear, a Blacksmith’s Mate from Ilfracombe, Devon, was born on 3 December 1888. He attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery on 24 August 1914 and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 May 1915. Discharged Class ‘Z’ on 14 February 1919, he died in Devon in December 1956. His son, Flight Sergeant (Pilot) Sydney Arthur Conibear, was killed in action during the Second World War, whilst serving with 148 Squadron, Royal Air Force, and is buried in Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya.