Auction Catalogue

7 December 2022

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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7 December 2022

Hammer Price:
£100

British War Medal 1914-20 (6) (2. Lieut. C. H. Fox; 2. Lieut. R. A. Cameron; 1765 Dvr. R. Pemberton. R.A.; S-17908 Pte. W. J. Stove. Gordons.; 8078 Pte. J. J. Maddock. 9-Lond. R.; 76106 Pte. J. Castley. R.A.M.C.) first officially re-impressed, otherwise very fine (6) £100-£140

Cecil Hubert Fox attested for the 5th (London Rifle Brigade) Battalion, London Regiment, for service during the Great War. He served on the Western Front from January 1917, and saw further service with the Royal Irish Rifles before being commissioned into the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, with whom he served in the 11th Battalion.

R. A. Cameron was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders for service during the Great War, with whom he served on the Western Front from 8 May 1918.

Reuben Pemberton attested for the Royal Field Artillery and served during the Great War in Egypt from 27 May 1915. He died at home on 10 January 1917 and is buried in Preston (New Hall Lane) Cemetery, Lancashire.

William J. Stove attested into the Gordon Highlanders for service during the Great War, serving overseas with the 6th Battalion.

James Joseph Maddock attested into the 9th (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment for service during the Great War on 15 November 1915. He served overseas from 4 February 1917 and was discharged on 22 October 1919, aged 35, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B333524.

John Castley attested into the Royal Army Medical Corps for service during the Great War and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 15 August 1917).