The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Three: Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant A. J. Coxon, Middlesex Regiment, later Lieutenant (Quartermaster), Welsh Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches and subsequently suffered from shell-shock
1914-15 Star (PS-622 Q.M. Sjt. A. J. Coxon. Middx. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Q.M. & Lieut. A. J. Coxon); together with the recipient’s related miniature awards; Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘B80045’; wound stripe; and three French ‘Society of the Wounded’ lapel badges, nearly extremely fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (M. Coxon.) nearly extremely fine (4) £160-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Atwell John Coxon was born in 1881 and attested for the Middlesex Regiment on 14 August 1914. He served as Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant of the 16th (Public Schools) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 November 1915, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 25 May 1917). He was commissioned Lieutenant (Quartermaster) of the 13th Battalion, Welsh Regiment on 30 October 1917, and suffered shell-shock, from shellburst, near Varennes on 12 June 1918. He relinquished his commission on account of ill-health on 3 January 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

Mrs. M. Coxon, the wife of Lieutenant Atwell Coxon, served during the Great War with the Catholic Club.