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Three: Lance Corporal A. Conley, 2nd Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, who was taken prisoner of war 1914 Star, with copy clasp (9676 L. Cpl., 2/Notts. & Derby. R.); British War and Victory Medals (9676 Pte., Notts. & Derby. R.) last medal with officially re-impressed naming, a little polished, therefore nearly very fine (3) £120-150
Hammer Price: £100
A good Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Company Sergeant Major George Thompson, 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who was taken prisoner of war and brought to notice for gallantry at the Battle of Loos Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5115 C. S. Mjr., 1/L.N. Lan. R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (5115 L. Cpl., 1st L.N. Lanc. Regt. M.I.); 1914 Star, with clasp (5115 C. Sjt.,...
Hammer Price: £1,950
Five: Private William Kirk, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5681 Pte., 2nd Northampton Regt.) this with re-pinned suspension claw; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (5681 Pte., N’hampton Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (5681 Pte., 2/North’n. R.); British War and Victory Medals (5681 Pte., North’n. R.) very fine and better (5) £180-220
Hammer Price: £310
A good Great War M.M. and bar group of eight awarded to Sergeant T. G. Huggins, 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (8209 Sjt., 2/R. Berks. R.); 1914 Star, with clasp (8209 L. Cpl., 1/R. Berks. R.); British War and Victory Medals (8209 Sjt., R. Berks. R.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Delhi Durbar 1911, edge impressed ‘8209 L/C T. Huggins, 2 Roy. Berks. Regt.’; Jubilee 1935; Special Constabulary Long Service, G.V.R., type 1 (Sergt.)...
Hammer Price: £1,350
Three: Corporal Henry Styles, 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, who was wounded by shrapnel in October 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (L-6101 Cpl., 1/R. W. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-6101 Cpl., R. W. Kent R.) very fine (3) £140-160
Hammer Price: £200
A very good Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Colour Sergeant F. B. Finney, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, who was admitted to hospital in 1918 suffering the effects of ‘shell gas poisoning’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8430 L. Cpl., 2/York. L.I.); 1914 Star, with clasp (8430 L. Cpl., Yorks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8430 C. Sjt., Yorks. L.I.) generally very fine (4) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £2,100
A good Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Company Sergeant Major Algernon Knight, 1st Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8233 C. S. Mjr., 1/Shrops. L.I.); 1914 Star, with clasp (8233 Sjt., 1/Shrops. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (8233 W.O.Cl.2., Shrops. L.I.) some contact wear, generally very fine and better (4) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,600
Three: Sergeant Abraham Benn, 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 1914 Star, with clasp (L-8837 L.Cpl., 1/Middx. R.) holes enlarged on clasp to facilitate mounting; British War and Victory Medals (L-8837 Sjt., Midd’x. R.) some contact wear and a little polished, therefore nearly very fine (3) £100-120
Hammer Price: £130
Eight: Private John Barnes, 4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, formerly Royal Scots Fusiliers, who was awarded a Medaille Militaire in France in 1914 at which time he was aged 43 India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (2833 Pte., 1st Bn. Ryl. Sco. Fus.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (2833 Pte., 2. R. Scots. Fus.); 1914 Star, with clasp (L-14047 Pte., 4/Midd’x. R.); British War and...
Hammer Price: £1,000
A Great War M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant Gilbert Hancock, 1st Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, later Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and Indian Army Military Medal, G.V.R. (10414 Cpl., 1/K.R. Rif. C.); 1914 Star, with clasp (10414 Pte., 1/K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals (10414 Cpl., K.R. Rif. C.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (6837570 Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) official correction to regiment; Army L.S. & G.C., type 2...
Hammer Price: £700
Three: Private W. J. Saunders, 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment 1914 Star, with clasp (7792 Pte., 1/Wilts. R.); British War and Victory Medals (7792 Pte., Wilts. R.) last medal with officially re-impressed naming, contact wear overall, about nearly very fine (3) £80-100
Hammer Price: £110
Three: Private H. G. Sainsbury, 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, who was killed in action at Loos on 25 September 1915 1914 Star, with copy clasp (8034 Pte., 2/Wits. R.); British War and Victory Medals (8034 Pte., Wilts. R.) good very fine (3) £140-160
Three: Private George Howe, 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment 1914 Star, with clasp (8781 Pte., 2/Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (8761 Pte., Manch. R.) very fine (3) £100-120
Hammer Price: £170
A good Great War ‘St Eloi’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Private A. S. Loughnane, 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9417 Pte., 1/N. Staff. Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (9417 Pte., 1.N. Staff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (9417 Pte., N. Staff. R.); Defence Medal 1939-45, some heavy contact wear, edge bruising, polished and with cut to edge of Victory Medal over first ‘N’ of surname, therefore only about good fine (5) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,300
A superb Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Acting Corporal Ernest Coles, 1st Battalion and 13th (Barnsley) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, who went to France with the B.E.F. in September 1914, was wounded in October 1914 and awarded an exceptional D.C.M. for great gallantry just two weeks prior to the Armistice when he single-handedly silenced an enemy minenwerfer Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7587 Pte.-A. Cpl., 13/York & Lanc. R.); 1914 Star,...
Hammer Price: £1,800
Four: Major A. K. Robb, 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, who was recommended for the award of a D.S.O. for gallantry on the North West Frontier of India in 1898, subsequently being killed in action during the Battle of the Aisne on 20 September 1914 - though severely wounded in a bayonet charge he continued to lead his men, falling at last within forty yards of the enemy’s trenches India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Lieut., 2nd Bn....
Hammer Price: £3,400
Three: Private John McHugh, 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, who was wounded in 1914 and 1915 1914 Star, with clasp (7952 Pte., 2/High. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (7952 Pte., High. L.I.) edge bruise to last, nearly very fine and better (3) £120-140
Hammer Price: £230
Pair: Lieutenant H. W. R. Brown, 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, later Intelligence Corps (Special List) 1914 Star, with clasp (2400 Pte., 9/High. L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut.); together with a renamed Victory Medal, nearly very fine (3) £50-70
A good Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Private William Walker, 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, later Royal Engineers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (63 Pte., 1/Sea. Hdrs.); 1914 Star, with clasp (63 Pte., 1/Sea. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (63 Pte., Seaforth); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (313914 Spr., R.E.) a little polished and with some edge bruising and contact wear, therefore generally nearly very fine...
Five: Acting Sergeant Walter Jack, 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, who was wounded in November 1914 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6637 Corl., 2:Sea. Highrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (6637 Corpl., Seaforth Highrs.); 1914 Star, with clasp (6637 Pte., 2/Sea. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (6637 A. Sjt., Sea. Highrs.) some contact wear and edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (5) £250-300
Hammer Price: £350
Three: Lieutenant W. F. R. Dobie, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, who was killed in action on 14 December 1914 and posthumously mentioned in despatches 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut., Gord. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut.) nearly extremely fine (3) £500-600
Hammer Price: £1,100
Three: Private James Williamson, 1/6th battalion, Gordon Highlanders, who was killed in action during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March 1915 1914 Star (1465 Pte., 1/6 Gord. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (1465 Pte., Gord. Highrs.); together with memorial plaque (James Williamson) nearly extremely fine (4) £120-150
Hammer Price: £330
Four: Private Michael Stokes, 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, later Royal Ulster Rifles 1914 Star, with clasp (6864 Pte., 1/R. Ir. Rif.); British War and Victory Medals (1-6864 Pte., R. Ir. Rif.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., type 1 (700623 Cpl., R.U. Rif.) very fine and better (4) £180-220
Hammer Price: £280
The exceptional Great War 1914 ‘Festubert’ D.C.M. and Russian Cross of St George group of five awarded to Sergeant Hugh Coldwell, 1st Battalion, Connaught Rangers - After his death in action in 1915 his Colonel paid the following tribute “He was the bravest of the brave and knew no danger - the true type of a Ranger” Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9054 Sjt., 1/Conn. Rang.); 1914 Star, with clasp (9054 Cpl., 1/Conn. Rang.); British War and Victory Medals (9054 Cpl., Conn....
Hammer Price: £5,800
A good Great War M.C. group of seven awarded to Warrant Officer (Regimental Sergeant Major) M. G. McNama, 2nd Battalion, formerly 1st Battalion, Connaught Rangers, who was wounded during the Boer War and accompanied his regiment to France in August 1914 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (5701 Cpl., 1st Connaught Rang.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2...
Hammer Price: £3,100
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of six awarded to Private John McGonigle, 2nd Battalion, later 3rd Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, formerly Scots Guards Military Medal, G.V.R. (7349 Pte., 3/Arg. & Suth’d. Highrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (693 Pte., Scots Gds.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (693 Pte., Scots Guards); 1914 Star, with clasp (3-7349 Pte., 2/A. & S. Highrs.);...
Three: Private Alfred Eldridge, Leinster Regiment 1914 Star, with clasp (7480 Pte., Leins. R.); British War and Victory Medals (7480 Pte., Leins. R.) good very fine (3) £120-140
Hammer Price: £300
Four: Private Albert Parsons, Royal Munster Fusiliers, who was taken prisoner of war India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (8031 Pte., 1st Rl. M. Fus.); 1914 Star, with clasp (8031 Pte., R. Muns. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (8031 Pte., R. Mun. Fus.) very fine (4) £250-300
Hammer Price: £880
Seven: Sergeant John Townsend, 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, later Royal Tank Corps 1914 Star, with clasp (10104 Pte., R. Dub. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (10104 Pte., R. D. Fus.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (7075124 Sjt., R. Tank C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., type 2 (7075124 Cpl., R. Tank C.); Army Meritorious Service, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (7075124 Sjt., R. Tank Corps) the Great War trio and L.S. medal polished good fine and...
Hammer Price: £680
Three: Private Richard Coyne, 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1914 Star, with clasp (9842 Pte., R. Dub. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (9842 Pte., R. D. Fus.) very fine (3) £120-150
Five: Corporal William Donovan, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade, later Royal Tank Corps 1914 Star, with clasp (4801 Pte., 1/Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (4801 Pte., Rif. Brig.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (-905678 Pte., R. Tank Corps); Regular Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (6905678 Cpl., R. Tank C.) trio a little polished, contact wear to edge of I.G.S. obliterating first digit of regimental number, generally nearly very fine and better (5) £200-250
Hammer Price: £250
Captain (formerly Colour Sergeant) E. A. Pauly, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade, who was wounded, losing the sight of both eyes at the the Battle of Festubert on the night of 15/16 May 1915, whilst serving with the 1st Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps - In the following year King George V personally intervened to insure that he was able retain the rank of Captain: ‘This is a case worthy of every possible consideration and of exceptional treatment. The man has lost almost everything but...
Hammer Price: £1,400
Three: Sergeant Alfred Seaman, 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade 1914 Star, with clasp (712 L. Sjt., 3/Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (712 Sjt., Rif. Brig.) nearly extremely fine (3) £120-150
Hammer Price: £180
Four: Corporal R. C. Alliston, Honourable Artillery Company (Infantry), who was wounded whilst serving on the Western Front in November 1914 1914 Star, with clasp ((729 Pte., H.A.C.); British War and Victory Medals (729 Cpl., H.A.C.-Inf.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (6825113 Cpl., H.A.C.-Inf.) with H.A.C. ribbon, good very fine (4) £300-350
Three: Private I. W. Saunders, 1/2nd Monmouthshire Regiment 1914 Star (1387 Pte., 1/2 Mon. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1387 Pte., Monmouth R.) good very fine (3) £120-150
Hammer Price: £210
Three: Private Charles Arthur, 1/9th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), who was killed in action in January 1915 1914 Star (1770 Pte., 9/Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1770 Pte., 9-Lond. R.) good very fine (3) £120-150
Three: Private C. B. Cohen, 1/9th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) 1914 Star (2338 Pte., 9/Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2338 Pte., 9-Lond. R.); together with two Soldier’s Active Service Pay Books, original Certificate of Demobilization and an H.M. Forces Combined Leave Railway Ticket, dated 30 October 1915, good very fine (3) £80-100
Hammer Price: £140
Six: Private (Bandsman) W. C. Bannister, 1/13th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Princess Louise’s Kensington Regiment), formerly Royal Fusiliers and later Middlesex Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (9005 Pte., 2nd Royal Fus.) unofficial rivets to top clasp; 1914 Star, with clasp (1344 Pte., 1/13 Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1344 Pte., 13-Lond. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency...
Hammer Price: £1,050
Six: Major J. B. Whitmore, 1/16th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt., 16/Lond. R.); British war and Victory Medals (Major); Defence Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1911, edge neatly inscribed ‘Lt. J. B. Whitmore, Queen’s Westminster Rifles); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1915, unnamed as issued, good very fine and better (6) £300-350
The Second War C.I.E. group of ten awarded to Brigadier J. D. Mackenzie, 41st Dogra Regiment, later 1-17th Dogra Regiment, who went to the Western Front with the Indian Corps in 1914 and was was mentioned in despatches for service in Waziristan in 1921 The Most Eminent Order of The Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, in gold and enamels, reverse backing plate loose; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Lt., 41/Dogras); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) surname spelt...
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