A Collection of Medals to the 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment

British War Medal 1914-20 (10) (635846 Pte. J. W. Daniels, 20-Lond. R.; 3519 Pte. F. Dimmock, 20-Lond. R.; 3009 Pte. F. J. Gage, 20-Lond. R.; 5272 Pte. E. Giles, 20-Lond. R.; 2 Lieut. M. T. J. Keens; 5329 Pte. E. S. Pinnion, 20-Lond. R.; G-41894 Pte. C. J. Rodman, 20-Lond. R.; 5653 Pte. H. G. Scholey, 20-Lond. R.; 5996 Pte. G. Valentine, 20-Lond. R.; 630568 Pte. S. T. White, 20-Lond. R.) medal to ‘Daniels’ lacking suspension, nealy very fine and better (10) £140-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment.

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Frederick Dimmock lived at East Greenwich and enlisted at Blackheath. Serving with the 20th Battalion London Regiment he was killed in action at Messines, 7 June 1917. Having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.

Frank J. Gage enlisted into the 20th Battalion London Regiment on 8 September 1914. He was discharged on 17 April 1919 due to sickness. He was awarded the 1914-15 Star and Silver War Badge.

Maurice Theodore Joseph Keens was born on 1 August 1893. A Bank Clerk by occupation, he enlisted into the 20th Battalion London Regiment on 2 September 1914. He entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 9 March 1915 and was promoted to Serjeant in August 1915. Later served with the E.E.F. Commissioned into the Machine Gun Corps on 25 September 1917, he received a wound to his right leg on 27 March 1918.

Ernest Sydney Pinnion was born in Chelsea, lived at Brixton and enlisted at Lambeth. Serving with the 20th Battalion London Regiment, he was killed in action, 24 March 1918. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.

George Valentine, a Bus Conductor with the London General Omnibus Co., attested for service with the 6th Battalion Royal Fusiliers on 12 December 1915. He transferred to the 20th Battalion London Regiment on 3 June 1916. Serving in France from 15 June, he was wounded, suffering a gunshot wound to the fore-arm, on 1 October. Invalided home, he was discharged on 3 December 1917 and awarded the Silver War Badge.

Sydney Thorley White enlisted into the 20th Battalion London Regiment on 31 August 1914. He was discharged on 30 June 1919 due to sickness.

The above with copied research; the others with copied m.i.c.