Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith

British War and Victory Medal pairs (4) (Capt. A. G. Carment; 2 Lieut. G. A. Potter-Kirby; Flt. Lt. A. M. Kay, R.N.A.S.; R.M.A. 2698-S-Gr. E. C. Prentice) good very fine and better (8) £120-160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith.

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Andrew Gray Carment was born in India in 1873. He received his medical training at the University of Edinburgh, gaining a M.B., C.M. in 1896, B.Sc. in 1909, and M.D. in 1911. He was D.P.H., R.C.P.S. Edinburgh and R.F.P.S. Glasgow, 1920. During the Great War he was appointed a Temporary Lieutenant, R.A.M.C., October 1916 and Temporary Captain, October 1917. Served in East Africa, Malta, Macedonia and North Russia (August-October 1918). In the 1924 Medical Register his address is given as Tulagi on the British Solomon Island Protectorate. With copied research.

George Arthur Potter-Kirby was born on 21 February 1879. A Silk Mercer by occupation, he enlisted on 9 March 1915 and serving as a Private in the Army Service Corps he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 24 August 1915. In September 1917 Potter-Kirby was discharged to a temporary commission in the Chinese Labour Corps. With copied research.

Ernest George Prentice was born in St. Albans on 30 October 1899. A Groom by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Marine Artillery on 30 October 1917. With copied service paper.