Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Captain J. E. P. Hollington, Gloucestershire Regiment, who was wounded in action at St. Julien on 16 August 1917
British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. E. P. Hollington.) good very fine

Pair: Lieutenant E. W. F. Ripley, Durham Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. E. W. F. Ripley.) good very fine

Pair: Lieutenant J. Hawkins
British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. Hawkins.) good very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. J. M. C. Cramer.) good very fine (7) £120-£160

John Edwin Perks Hollington was born in 1885 and was commissioned from the ranks as Second Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, for duty with the 2/5th Battalion, on 27 October 1914. Appointed acting Captain on 20 July 1917, he was wounded in action at St Julien on 16 August 1917. He relinquished his commission on account of ill-health on 12 February 1919, retaining the rank of Captain, and died in 1952.

Edgar William Frederick Ripley was born in 1890 and was commissioned as a temporary Second Lieutenant in the 19th (Service) Battalion (2nd County), Durham Light Infantry, on 8 May 1915. He was subsequently appointed to a commission as Lieutenant, Territorial Army Reserve of Officers, National Defence Companies, on 12 August 1939 for service during the Second World War, and died in 1975.

Jocelyn Marmaduke Coghill Cramer was born in 1899 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 21st Prince Albert Victor’s Own Cavalry (Frontier Force), Indian Army; He subsequently served as Under-Secretary, Native Agriculture and Land Husbandry, Southern Rhodesia, and Managing Director, African Loan and Development Corporation. He died in 1989.