Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C. (2), G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1859961 Sjt. R. Gold-Spilsbury. R.E.); G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (1862367 Sjt. J. R. T. Hodges. R.E.) good very fine (2) £80-£100

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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Robert John Gold-Spilsbury was born in Parkstone, Dorset on 18 May 1901 and appears to have joined the Royal Artillery at the end of the Great War. More certain is the fact he enlisted in the Royal Engineers in June 1920, in which he served in Egypt and was advanced to Warrant Officer Class I shortly after the outbreak of war. He was subsequently commissioned and attained the rank of Captain in November 1941.
Sold together with six related military prize medals for shooting, football and hockey, in silver (3), and bronze (3), five named, and all dating from the 1920s, three of the latter drilled at 12 o’clock, otherwise very fine

Jack Richard Tom Hodges was born in Farnham, Surrey on 15 October 1898 and originally enlisted in the 16th Battalion, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) in October 1916. Later still, he served in the Labour Corps and was demobilised in March 1919. But he rejoined the Colours in April 1922, when he enlisted in the Royal Engineers, and served tours of duty in Sierra Leone and Hong Kong. His subsequent wartime career was solely spent in the U.K., and he was discharged as a Company Quarter-Master Sergeant in June 1943. He died in Poole, Dorset in November 1982.