Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Driver W. Moore, Royal Engineers, who died on active service in Macedonia on 10 November 1918, just one day before the Armistice
1914-15 Star (26634 Dvr: W. Moore. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (26634 Dvr. W. Moore. R.E.) good very fine

Three: Pioneer T. Grant, Royal Engineers, late Seaforth Highlanders, who died on active service in France on 29 October 1918
1914-15 Star (707 Pte. T. Grant. Sea. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (707 Pte. T. Grant. Seaforth.) good very fine (6) £120-£160

This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward De Santis.

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William Robert Moore was born in Norwich, Norfolk on 11 July 1895 and enlisted in the Royal Engineers as a Driver on the outbreak of war. Posted to 100 Field Company, R.E., he was embarked for France in December 1914, where his unit saw action in 22nd Division. Later still, he and his comrades were embarked for Salonika, where they went into action against the Bulgarian Army, not least in the fighting at Doiran in April-May 1917. Having then moved north to Macedonia and taken part in the Allied offensive of September 1918, Moore fell ill with malaria. And his condition rapidly deteriorated with the additional burden of pneumonia, so much so that he died at No. 31 Casualty Clearing Station on 10 November 1918, on the eve of the Armistice. He is buried in Dedeagatch British Cemetery, Bulgaria.
Sold with a photographic image of the recipient; and an Imperial War Graves forwarding message with a photograph of his grave.

Thomas Grant was born in Dornoch, Scotland, where he enlisted in the Seaforth Highlanders on the outbreak of war. Embarked for France in May 1915, he subsequently transferred to the Royal Engineers and was serving as a Pioneer in 317 Road Construction Company, R.E., at the time of his death on 29 October 1918. Aged 30, he was the son of George and Catherine Grant, of Evelex, Dornoch, Sutherland, and is buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Sold with a Seaforth Highlanders cap badge.