Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Gunner J. W. Burden, Royal Artillery
British War and Victory Medals (159413 Gnr. J. W. Burden. R.A.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (John W. Burden) contact marks, very fine

Pair: Acting Battery Sergeant W. Artherton, Royal Artillery
British War and Victory Medals (890724 A.W.O.Cl. 2. W. Artherton. R.A.) contact marks, otherwise very fine

Pair: Gunner J. Cameron, Royal Artillery
British War and Victory Medals (618458 Gnr. J. Cameron. R.A.) some staining, good very fine

Pair: Gunner P. Clarkson, Honourable Artillery Company
British War and Victory Medals (625984 Pte. P. Clarkson. H.A.C.-Art.-) extremely fine

Three: Battery Sergeant Major J. S. Burgess, South African Field Artillery
British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (B.S.M. J. S. Burgess. S.A.F.A.); Defence Medal, very fine (13) £160-£200

John Wills Burden, a Grocer and from Abbotsbury, Dorset, attested into the Royal Artillery on 18 May 1917 for service during the Great War and served in East Africa from 27 September 1917. Discharged ‘Class Z’ on 8 August 1919, he saw further service with the Special Constabulary.

William Artherton, a Bricklayer’s Labourer from Hempton Norfolk, attested into the Royal Artillery and served during the Great War with the 4th (Hertfordshire) Brigade. He was advanced Acting Battery Sergeant Major.

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James Cameron, from Beauly, Invernesshire, attested into the Royal Artillery opn 7 October 1915 for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with 298th Brigade. He was discharged medically unfit as a consequence of pleurisy on 27 June 1918.

Percy Clarkson, an Assistant Examiner with the Patent Office, Board of Trade, attested into the Honourable Artillery and served during the Great War with ‘D’ Battery, Honourable Artillery Company and 309th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.

James Selby Burgess, a Draughtsman from Gunnersbury, London, attested into the Royal Artillery on 24 August 1915 for service during the Great War. Transferred into the South African Field Artillery, he was advanced Battery Sergeant Major and served in East Africa where he contracted Malaria. Discharged medically unfit in Maitland on 25 August 1917, he was awarded a Silver War Badge.

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