Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Corporal J. E. M. Herbert, Royal Engineers
1914-15 Star (1517. Spr. J. E. M. Herbert. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (1517 2.Cpl. J. E. M. Herbert. R.E.) mounted court-style as worn, good very fine

Three: Corporal R. G. Ward, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, late Hampshire Regiment
1914-15 Star (200285 Pte. R. G. Ward. Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals (406595 Cpl. R. G. Ward. R.A.F.) nearly extremely fine (6) £80-£100

John Edward Mop Herbert, a mechanical engineer’s apprentice, was born in Woolwich on 24 April 1892 and served in Egypt with the Royal Engineers from 30 March 1915. Discharged 9 April 1919, Herbert is listed in 1939 as an industrial purchasing agent residing at Ermington Road, Woolwich, London. Emigrating to Canada, he died in 1960 and is buried in Thomson in the Park Cemetery, Manitoba.

Richard George Ward, a decorator, was born in Plymouth in 1896 and served with the Hampshire Regiment in Mesopotamia from 27 March 1915. Transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as Air Mechanic Class III on 26 September 1917, he later qualified as a wireless operator in the Royal Air Force.