Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private A McGee, Middlesex Regiment
1914-15 Star (775 Pte. A. Mc Gee, Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (775 Pte. A. Mc Gee. Midd’x R.) polished, good very fine

Pair: Private L. V. Flarty, Hampshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (241277 Pte. L. V. Flarty. Hamps. R.) very fine

Pair: Corporal P. O. Kirkby, Middlesex Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (5500 Cpl. P. O. Kirkby. Midd’x R.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine

Pair: Private C. F. Dittert, Middlesex Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (73680 Pte. C. F. Dittert. Midd’x. R.) good very fine (9) £100-£140

Alfred McGee attested for the Middlesex Regiment and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 November 1915.

Lewis Victor Flarty was born in Southampton on 4 February 1896 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment. Appointed Lance Corporal, he served with the 2nd/5th Battalion during the Great War in Egypt and Palestine, before further service with the 1st/4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment.
Percy Oscar Kirkby was born in Walthamstow, Essex, on 4 February 1896 and attested for the Middlesex Regiment. He served with the 1st/7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 October 1916, and was discharged to a commission into the Royal Fusiliers on 17 December 1917. During the Second World War, he saw service as a Captain with the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. His son, Second Lieutenant Clifford George Kirkby, Royal Armoured Corps, was killed during the Second World War and is buried in El-Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. Percy Kirkby died in Folkestone, Kent in July 1959.