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Pair: Corporal C. J. Clue, 21st Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action on the first day of the momentous Canadian assault on Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917 British War and Victory Medals (204407 Cpl., 21-Can. Inf.), in card boxes of issue in registered envelope, and related Memorial Plaque (Charles John Clue) and Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., officially inscribed, ‘204407 Cpl. C. J. Clue’, good very fine and better (4) £400-450
Hammer Price: £580
Three: Private R. Whiting, Middelsex Regiment, who was killed in action on Vimy Ridge on 28 April 1917: pre-war he was a highly successful goalkeeper for Chelsea F.C. and Brighton and Hove Albion F.C., his 6ft. 12-stone frame, long distance kicking and clearance punch gaining him the nickname “Pom-Pom” 1914-15 Star (F-74 Pte., Middx. R.); British War and Victory Medals (F-74 Pte., Middx. R.), with related Memorial Plaque (Robert Whiting), one or two edge bruises and minor contact...
Hammer Price: £1,100
Three: Captain W. H. Bull, Bedfordshire Regiment, who was severely wounded on the Somme on 1 July 1916 and killed in action at Cerisy on 3 May 1917, just one day after rejoining his unit 1914-15 Star (Capt., Bedf. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.), with related Memorial Plaque (Wilfred Herbert Bull), the whole contained within an old glazed leather display frame, extremely fine (4) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £850
Pair: Donkeyman Joseph Korosky, Mercantile Marine, who was lost when the S.S. Galacia was torpedoed off Fastnet on 10 June 1917 British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Joseph Korosky), with related Memorial Plaque (Joseph Korosky), extremely fine (3) £200-250
Hammer Price: £220
A rare Great War D.C.M., Russian Medal of St. George group of five awarded to Corporal G. H. Hubbard, Northamptonshire Regiment, who was killed in action at Ypres on 31 July 1917 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9620 L. Cpl. G. H. Hubbard, 1/North’n R.); 1914 Star, with clasp (9620 Pte., 1/North’n R.); British War and Victory Medals (9620 Cpl., North’n R.); Russia, Medal of St. George, 4th class, the edge officially impressed ‘9620 Pte. G. H. Hubbard, 1/North’n R.’ and the...
Hammer Price: £2,800
A poignant father and son family group: Pair: Corporal H. Armitage, Army Cyclist Corps, who was killed in action in Belgium on 2 August 1917 British War and Victory Medals (3833 Cpl., A. Cyc. Corps), with related Memorial Plaque (Henry Armitage), extremely fine Pair: Private J. Armitage, South Wales Borderers, who was killed in action on 2 September 1918 British War and Victory Medals (45300 Pte., S. Wales Bord.), with related Memorial Plaque (James Armitage), extremely fine...
Hammer Price: £700
Three: Acting Battery Quarter-Master Sergeant J. J. Whyman, Royal Artillery, who was killed in action in Belgium on 15 August 1917 British War and Victory Medals (148408 A. B.Q.M. Sjt., R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (148408 Gnr., R.A.), with related Memorial Plaque (James John Whyman), extremely fine (4) £350-400
Hammer Price: £360
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant E. Todd, Durham Light Infantry, who was killed in action in Belgium on 22 August 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (13457 Sjt. E. Todd, 10/Durh. L.I.); 1914-15 Star (13457 Pte., Durh. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (13457 Sjt., Durh. L.I.), with related Memorial Plaque (Edward Todd) and Ryton Congregational Church, 1914-19 medallet, silver, the reverse engraved, ‘E. Todd’, extremely fine (6) £800-1000
Hammer Price: £1,300
Three: Private W. Sturmey, Dorsetshire Regiment, who was killed in action at Ramadi, Mesopotamia on 28 September 1917 British War and Victory Medals (1386 Pte., Dorset R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1386 Pte., Dorset R.), with related Memorial Plaque (Walter Harris Sturmey), memorial scroll and portrait photograph, all contained in an old oak glazed display frame, extremely fine (4) £400-500
Hammer Price: £650
Three: Sergeant W. Turner, Royal Artillery, who was killed in action in Belgium on 9 October 1917 1914-15 Star (82363 Cpl., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (82363 Sjt., R.A.), with related Memorial Plaque (William Turner), one or two edge bruises, nearly extremely fine (4) £200-250
Hammer Price: £210
Pair: 2nd Lieutenant C. I. Henderson, East Surrey Regiment, who was killed in action on 26 November 1917 British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.), with related Memorial Plaque (Cecil Ivanhoe Henderson) and Bournemouth Municipal Ochestra 1893-1914, attractive silver-gilt medal, the reverse engraved, ‘C. I. Henderson’, extremely fine (4) £300-350
Hammer Price: £460
Pair: Private H. Hadden, Worcestershire Regiment, who was killed in action in the Battle of Cambrai on 30 November 1917 British War and Victory Medals (28569 Pte., Worc. R.), with related Memorial Plaque (Howard Hadden), this last with stained reverse and polished, about very fine, the others good very fine or better (3) £150-200
A fine Great War Q-ship operations D.S.C. group of three awarded to Engineer Lieutenant N. S. MacKinnon, Royal Naval Reserve, who was lost in the Cullist in the Irish Sea on 11 February 1918, having already been decorated and ‘mentioned’ for services in her against enemy submarines: at the time of his death he had received at least one more bravery recommendation Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘Eng. Lieut. Neil S. MacKinnon, 23rd Jan. 1918’;...
Hammer Price: £6,000
Pair: Gunner W. Walker, Royal Artillery, who was killed in action on 21 March 1918, the first day of the “German Spring Offensive” British War and Victory Medals (111733 Gnr., R.A.), with related Memorial Plaque (William Walker) and Record Office forwarding letter for the first two, good very fine or better (3) £120-150
Hammer Price: £150
A fine Great War D.S.O., M.C. group of five awarded to Major D. C. Stephenson, Royal Artillery, who was killed in action while commanding ‘Z’ Battery, R.H.A. near St. Quentin on 23 March 1918 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major), with related Memorial Plaque (Derek Charles Stephenson), nearly extremely fine...
Hammer Price: £4,600
Three: Corporal C. F. Harber, 1st South African Infantry, late 5th South African Mounted Rifles, who was killled in action in the “German Spring Offensive” on 24 March 1918 1914-15 Star (Rfm., 5th S.A.M.R.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Cpl., 1st S.A.I.), with related Memorial Plaque (Christian Frederick Harber) and a Tug of War Prize Medal for a competition between South Africa and New Zealand at the Aldershot Military Fete, dated 25.8.17 and further engraved,...
Hammer Price: £410
Three: 2nd Lieutenant A. W. Bell, Durham Light Infantry, late 15th London Regiment (The Civil Service Rifles), who was killed in action near Bucquoy on 28 March 1918 1914-15 Star (1980 Pte., 15-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut.), with related Memorial Plaque (Arthur Walton Bell) and original portrait photograph in uniform, all contained in an oak glazed display frame, extremely fine (4) £400-500
Hammer Price: £820
Pair: Private H. Halliwell, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was killed in action on 28 March 1918 during the “German Spring Offensive” British War and Victory Medals (47686 Pte., North’d Fus.), with related Memorial Plaque (Harold Halliwell) and Record Office forwarding letters for the first two, extremely fine (3) £120-150
Hammer Price: £190
Three: Private M. F. Bowers, Cambridgeshire Regiment, who was killed in action on 30 March 1918 during the “German Spring Offensive” 1914-15 Star (2678 Pte., Camb. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2678 Pte., Camb. R.), with related Memorial Plaque (Martin Fulstone Bowers), extremely fine (4) £400-500
Hammer Price: £500
Three: Temporary Major T. M. Allison, Gloucestershire Regiment, who, having twice been wounded on the Somme, was killed in action on 30 May 1918 1914-15 Star (Capt., Glouc. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major), with related Memorial Plaque (Thomas McGregor Allison) and original portrait photograph in uniform, all contained in an oak glazed display frame; together with a 1914-18 Services Rendered badge from the City of Sault Saint Marie, Chippewa County,...
Hammer Price: £780
Pair: Private W. M. Yates, 38th Canadian Infantry and 4th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps, who was killed in action on 8 August 1918 British War and Victory Medals (725001 Pte., 38-Can. Inf.), with related Memorial Plaque (William Michael Yates) and Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘725001 Pte. W. M. Yates’, nearly extremely fine (4) £250-300
Four: Sergeant R. McDonald, Seaforth Highlanders, who was killed in action on 1 September 1918 India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (8642 Pte., 1st Bn. Sea. Highrs.); 1914 Star, with clasp (8642 Pte., 2/Sea. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (8642 Sjt., Seaforth), with related Memorial Plaque (Robert McDonald), with card box of issue and registered envelope for one of the Great War awards, the first very fine, the remainder extremely fine (5) £400-500
Hammer Price: £1,200
Pair: Private F. A. Balch, 17th Armoured Car Company, Tank Corps, late Royal Flying Corps, who was killed in action at Drocourt-Queant on 2 September 1918 British War and Victory Medals (309088 Pte., Tank Corps), with related Memorial Plaque (Frederick Arthur Balch) and Tank Corps cap badge, all contained in a contemporary glazed oak frame; together with a small silver cup with engraved inscription, ‘S.H.S. [for Swindon High School] / 1908 / F. A. Balch / Mrs. Snell’s Prize / 80...
Hammer Price: £490
Three: Corporal T. W. Gabbott, Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion, who was killed in action near Villers-lez-Cagnicourt on 2 September 1918 1914-15 Star (62 Pte., 2/Can. Div. Cyc.); British War and Victory Medals (62 Cpl., Can. Cyc. Bn.), with related Memorial Plaque (Thomas Worswick Gabbott) and Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘62 Cpl. T. W. Gabbott’, nearly extremely fine (5) £300-350
Hammer Price: £450
Three: Corporal B. Pearce, Cheshire Yeomanry and Shropshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action at Villers Faucon on 7 September 1918 British War and Victory Medals (876 Cpl., Ches. Yeo.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (876 Pte., Ches. Yeo.), with related Memorial Plaque (Bert Pearce), nearly extremely fine (4) £500-600
A fine Salonika operations M.C. group of four awarded to Captain C. N. Crawshaw, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who was killed in action in the same theatre of war on 18 September 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., R. Sco. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.), with related Memorial Plaque (Charles Neville Crawshaw), and a silver watch fob, the reverse engraved, ‘Crawshaw’s XI, 1908’, extremely fine (5) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,300
Pair: Lieutenant T. West, Royal Highlanders of Canada, who was killed in action on 29 September 1918 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.), and related Memorial Plaque (Thomas West), extremely fine, together with two pairs of cuff-links, a ring and a silver identity bracelet, the last with engraved inscription, ‘Lieut. T. West, 42nd Battn. Royal Highlanders of Canada, B.’ (7) £250-300
A rare Italy operations D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant A. Wanklin, Worcestershire Regiment, who was killed in action at Beaurevoir on 5 October 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (240026 Sjt. A. Wanklin, 1/8 Worc. R.); 1914-15 Star (545 L. Sjt., Worc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (545 Sjt., Worc. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (545 Pte., 8/Worc. Regt.), with related Memorial Plaque (Albert Wanklin), nearly extremely fine (6) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £2,000
Six: Major B. Croft, 28th London Regiment (The Artists Rifles), who was killed in action on 10 November 1918: he was virtually the last British Army Officer to be killed before the Armistice 1914 Star (Capt., 28/Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Major); Coronation 1902; Coronation 1911; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1917, with related Memorial Plaque (Benjamin Croft), generally good very fine and a very rare combination of awards to a Great War casualty...
Hammer Price: £1,850
An exceptional Great War ‘Cambrai’ D.S.O group of three awarded to Major A. G. Pearson, No. 23 Company, ‘H’ Battalion, Tank Corps, for the successful attack on Fontaine Village on 21 November 1917 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major); together with original warrant for D.S.O., this giving unit as ‘Royal Berkshire Regiment, Special Reserve, and ‘H’ Battalion, Tank Corps’, the medals contained in a contemporary...
Hammer Price: £2,600
A good Great War M.C. and Bar group of four awarded to Captain J. E. Ferrario, 16th Battalion, Tank Corps, and King Edward’s Horse, the bar being awarded for conspicuous gallantry at Mortho Wood on 8 October 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, reverse of cross inscribed ‘Lieut., King Edward’s Horse’; 1914-15 Star (1133 Pte., K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) the campaign medals possibly later issues and the British War Medal officially...
An unusual Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Major A. Moore, ‘C’ Battalion, Tank Corps, for gallantry and devotion to duty whilst workshops officer from 28 March to 12 April 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., in case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Major) in original card boxes of issue; together with a bronze sports prize medal, the reverse inscribed ‘The Mayor and Corporation of Nottingham’s prize for football, 15th (S.) Battn., Sherwood Forresters, inter-platoon...
A fine Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Captain F. Vans-Agnew, ‘B’ Battalion, Tank Corps, and King Edward’s Horse, for the Battle of Messines on 7 June 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse neatly inscribed ‘Captain Frank Vans Agnew, Tank Corps, Messines, 6.7.17’; 1914-15 Star (1112 Pte, K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) nearly extremely fine (4) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,700
A good Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Second Lieutenant C. L. Symonds, ‘D’ Battalion, Tank Corps, for an action north of St. Julien on 20 September 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., with original case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut.) nearly extremely fine (3) £1000-1200
Hammer Price: £1,400
An exceptional Great War ‘German Spring Offensive’ M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant T. A. Van Zeller, 5th Battalion, Tank Corps, and Lovat’s Scouts, for conspicuous gallantry near Brie on 23 March 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed ‘2nd Lt., 5th Bn., Tank Corps, Brie, 23.3.18’; 1914-15 Star (2220 L.-Cpl., Lovat’s Scts.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.) very fine (4) £1200-1500
Hammer Price: £1,800
A good Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Captain A. H. Dawkes, 1st Battalion, Tank Corps, formerly Royal Warwickshire Regiment, for operations near Beaucourt-en-Santerre on 8 August 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed ‘Captain Arthur Henry Dawkes, 8th August 1918’; 1914-15 Star (2772 Pte., R. War. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); Defence Medal 1939-45; together with an original illuminated copy of Army Orders, dated 2 October 1918, which includes the...
Hammer Price: £1,600
A fine Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Major W. S. Ponsford, 10th Battalion, Tank Corps, and Royal Field Artillery, formerly Natal Field Artillery, for conspicuous gallantry near Achiet-le-Grand on 21 August 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed ‘W.S.P., Achiet-le-Grand, 21.3.18’, in damaged case of issue; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Elandslaagte, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (144 Corpl., Natal F. Arty.); British War and Victory...
A superb Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant H. R. Blaker, 14th Battalion, Tank Corps, formerly 7th Dragoon Guards, for conspicuous gallantry near Preux on 7 November 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (14089 Pte., 7-D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut.); together with corresponding miniatures, very fine (8) £1200-1500
A rare Great War ‘North West Russia’ M.C., Russian Order of St Vladimir group of five awarded to Lieutenant G. Wilson, Tank Corps, formerly Royal Highlanders Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed ‘2/Lt.Geo. Wilson, Tank Corps, N. W. Russia 1919’; 1914-15 Star (S-5423 Sjt., R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); Russia, Order of St Vladamir, 4th class, with swords, in gold and enamels; together with named enclosure letter for award of M.C., generally good very...
Hammer Price: £3,600
A very rare ‘Post-War Palestine’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Major D. A. Windeler, Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, for saving the lives of at least 12 Jews who were under attack from a large number of armed Arabs ‘in a dangerous state of excitement’ Military Cross, G.VI.R., 1st type, reverse officially dated ‘1948’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, with 8th Army bar; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine...
Hammer Price: £4,100
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