Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A fine Great War ‘Salonika’ M.M. group of nine awarded to Warrant Officer Class 1 W. J. H. Davis, 153rd Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

Military Medal, G.V.R. (34193 Cpl. W. J. H. Davis. R.G.A.); 1914-15 Star (34193. Gnr. W. J. Davis. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals; (34193 Cpl. W. J. H. Davis. R.A.) India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (1406053 Sjt. W. J. H. Davis. R.A.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (1406053 Sjt. W. J. H. Davis M.M., R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1406053 W.O. Cl. 1. W. J. H. Davis. R.A.) 5th, 6th and 9th medals loose with last in named card box of issue, remainder mounted for wear, light contact marks in places, otherwise generally very fine or better (lot) £400-£500

M.M. London Gazette 24 January 1919.

Walter James Hollick Davis was born in 1896, and was a native of Maidstone, Kent. He enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery at Chatham in January 1911. Davis served during the Great War with the 153rd Heavy Battery, R.G.A. in Salonika from 3 July 1915 until 11 May 1918. He served with the Royal Artillery in India from 19 September 1922 to 11 May 1926, and in Aden from 12 February 1932 until 19 March 1934. Davis gained his Master Gunner’s Certificate at Woolwich between 30 March 1925 and 27 March 1926. Having advanced to Warrant Officer Class I, he was discharged on 20 May 1938, having served for 27 years and 128 days (awarded M.S.M. in 1952).

Sold with the following related items and documents: R.A. Tug of War prize medal, bronze, reverse engraved ‘W. J. H. Davis 1930’; Warrant appointing recipient Warrant Officer Class I, dated 16 October 1935; Regular Army Certificate of Service; Artillery College Master Gunner’s Certificate; named enclosure for M.S.M., dated 23 April 1952, and addressed to recipient at 37 Pembury Road, Bexleyheath, Kent; group photograph (including recipient) of Master Gunners’ Course, 1925-26.