Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family group:

Pair: Gunner J. H. Kingsbury, 14th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, who died at Le Treport from wounds received on the Western Front on 17 May 1918
British War and Victory Medals (169369 Gnr. H. Kingsbury. R.A.); Memorial Plaque (Joseph Henry Kingsbury) in card envelope, good very fine or better

Pair: Private A. S. Kingsbury, 2nd/19th Battalion, London Regiment (St. Pancras), late 2nd/21st Battalion, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), who died of pneumonia in Cairo on 31 October 1918
British War and Victory Medals (4727 Pte. A. S. Kingsbury. 21-Lond. R.) in named card box of issue and torn OHMS outer envelope; Memorial Plaque (Alfred Samuel Kingsbury), together with a King Edward VII 1903 School Attendance Medal with 1905 brooched clasp, base metal, awarded to A. S. Kingsbury; Y.M.C.A. Gospel of St. John booklet; a Wesleyan Methodist card envelope containing three small prayer and hymn booklets; and Record Office transmission letter for BWM and VM, medals and plaque extremely fine

Four: Marine G. Kingsbury, Royal Marines
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Admiralty enclosure, in paper packets and card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr G. Kingsbury, 2A Henslowe Rd. East Dulwich. SE22.’, together with 2 heavily worn Royal Marines cap badges, extremely fine

Pair: Private W. T. Townsend, Army Service Corps
1914-15 Star (M2-049888 Pte. W. T. Townsend. A.S.C.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (M2-049888 Pte. W. T. Townsend. A.S.C.) good very fine (lot) £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Barry Hobbs Collection of Great War Medals.

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Joseph Henry Kingsbury was born in 1878 at Camberwell, London and resided at East Dulwich prior to attesting for the Royal Garrison Artillery at Peckham, Surrey. He served with the 444th and 14th Siege Batteries on the Western Front and died of wounds at No. 3 General Hospital, Le Treport on 17 May 1918. He was the son of John Thomas and Jane Elizabeth Kingsbury of 48 Crawthew Grove, Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, London and is buried at Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, France.

Alfred Samuel Kingsbury, younger brother of the above was born in 1894 at Camberwell, London. Together with his brother Charles, he attested for the 2nd/21st London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) towards the end of 1915 and both brothers then served with them in Egypt from July 1916 as part of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force. Alfred later transferred to the 2nd/19th Battalion, London Regiment (”C” Company) but died of pneumonia in Cairo on 31 October 1918. He is buried in Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

George Kingsbury, son of Joseph Henry Kingsbury, was a native of East Dulwich, London and served during the Second World War with the Royal Marines in North Africa, Egypt and Crete.

W. T. Townsend father-in-law of George Kingsbury, served with the Army Service Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 March 1915. He was discharged Class Z on 25 June 1919.

Sold together with research into the wartime service of the Kingsbury family members and a substantial, good quality, well captioned Kingsbury family album of postcards and photographs, including many cards sent by the five Kingsbury brothers from France, Egypt and Salonika during the Great War.