Auction Catalogue

6 December 2006

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 910

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6 December 2006

Hammer Price:
£100

Pair: Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class A. R. Humphreys, Royal Naval Air Service

British War and Victory Medals (F.14502 Act. A.M.1, R.N.A.S.)

Pair: Air Mechanic 2nd Class E. I. Williams, Royal Naval Air Service

British War and Victory Medals (F.42250 A.M.2, R.N.A.S.) good very fine and better (5) £70-90

Albert Richard Humphreys was born in Dublin on 15 December 1878. A Chauffeur by occupation, he enlisted into the R.N.A.S. on 17 May 1916. Sold with copied service record and with (damaged) card box of issue and original registered envelope addressed to ‘Mr A. R. Humphreys, 3 Red Mews, Mount Street, London, W.1’.

Edward Idris Williams was born in Denbighshire on 28 June 1897. An Analytical Chemist by occupation, he entered the R.N.A.S. on 26 November 1917. He was demobilized on 4 August 1919. Sold with copied service sheet and a silver I.D. bracelet, on one side engraved, ‘E. Idris Williams, F.42250, R.N. Expt. Base, Dover’, the other side bearing a photograph of the recipient (?).