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14 April 2021

Hammer Price:
£140

Pair: Chief Motor Mechanic R. A. Clark, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
British War and Victory Medals (M.B. 2320 R. A. Clark. C.M.M. R.N.V.R.) good very fine

Pair:
Major E. L. Heywood, Middlesex Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. E. L. Heywood.) edge bruising, nearly very fine

Pair:
Private W. J. Grey, King’s Royal Rifle Corps and Machine Gun Corps
British War and Victory Medals (11561 Pte. W. J. Grey. K.R. Rif. C.) good very fine

Pair:
Private H. W. Fisk, Rifle Brigade
British War and Victory Medals (S-21934 Pte. H. W. Fisk. Rif. Brig.) with named lid of card box of issue; together with the recipient’s daughter’s L.C.C. King’s Medal, 1 clasp, 1919-20 (E. Fisk) nearly extremely fine (9) £120-£160

Richard Augustus Clark was born on 14 October 1898 and enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 18 February 1918. He served during the Great War as a Motor Mechanic in various Motor Launches and Coastal Motor Boats, and was promoted Chief Motor Mechanic on 1 November 1918. He was shore demobilised on 14 January 1920, and died in Haringey in 1982.

Everard Lemprière Heywood was born on 26 August 1898 , the son of Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. Heywood, Royal Army Medical Corps, and was educated at Haileybury. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment on 29 August 1917, he served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War in the Balkan theatre of War from 25 January 1918. Remaining in the Army following the cessation of hostilities, was saw further service during the Second World War, and was advanced to Major. He died in 1967.

Walter Joseph Grey attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 June 1915 (also entitled to a 1914-15 Star), subsequently transferring to the Machine Gun Corps.

Henry William Fisk was born on 25 August 1885 and attested for the Rifle Brigade on 11 December 1915. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was discharged on 28 August 1917 due to inflammation of the kidneys aggravated by service. He was awarded a Silver War Badge, and died in Bromley on 8 September 1929. The King’s Medal was awarded to the recipient’s daughter, Ellen Fisk.

Sold with some original ephemera for the last group, and detailed copied research for all.