Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (16856 Pte. P. McCall, K.O. Sco. Bord.; 4/1307 Spr. H. H. Pink, N.Z.E.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (5) (48310 Gnr. H. Clapham, R.A.; 210410 Dvr. R. S. Lewis, R.A.; 1181 Dvr. J. Sowerby, R.A.; 1416 Dvr. W. Beard, A.S.C.; 200783 Spr. B. Trickey, R.E.), the second lacquered, nearly very fine, the remainder generally very fine or better (7) £100-150

Peter McCall landed on ‘W’ Beach, Gallipoli, on 29 April 1915, and was killed in action on 4 June during a costly attack at Twelve Tree Copse, on which occasion the men of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, ‘cheered and fixed bayonets’ before the ‘leading waves were soon enfiladed by fire, the majority of men being killed close to parapet’ (British Regiments at Gallipoli, by Ray Westlake, refers). The son of Alexander and Catherine McCall of Maxton, St. Boswells, Roxburghshire, he was 34 years old and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.

Herbert Henry Pink, who was from Auckland, served in a tunnelling unit of the New Zealand Engineers (New Zealand Army W.W. 1 Nominal Rolls 1914-18, refer).

Herbert Clapham first entered France on 30 August 1915, as a Gunner in ‘C’ Battery, 84th Brigade, R.F.A., and was serving as a Lance-Bombardier at the time of his death on 3 October 1918. The son of Thomas and Grace Clapham of Main Street, Pannal, Harrogate, Yorkshire, he was 26 years of age and is buried in Bellicourt British Cemetery.

Ralph Swindon Lewis appears to have enlisted under age in the Army Service Corps as ‘Raymond Lewis’ towards the end of 1915, but was discharged in May 1916, aged 16 years and four months. Enlisting in the Royal Artillery on coming of age, he served in France from April to October 1918, in which latter month he sustained a broken jaw owing to being kicked by a horse. He was invalided home; sold with copied service and pension records.

John Sowerby first entered France on 29 September 1915, as a Driver in ‘A’ Battery, 275th Brigade, R.F.A., and died on active service on 25 April 1918. He is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery.

William Beard, who was from Battersea, London, enlisted in the Army Service Corps in September 1914, aged 17 years, and served out in France from June 1916. He was discharged in June 1919; sold with copied service record.

Bertie Trickey enlisted in the Royal Engineers in September 1916, aged 34 years, and served in the Inland Water Transport Corps in Mesopotamia from January-July 1917, and afterwards in India. He was discharged in March 1919; sold with copied service and pension records.