tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70246373315640122262024-03-13T18:53:35.575+00:00British Army MedalsBritish Army Medals | British Army | Campaigns & Awards | Medals | Gallantry Awards | Campaign Medals | 1914-1918 | Boer War | India | Africa | Sudan | 1939-1945 | WW1 | WW2 | First World War | Second World War | Great War | British Military History | Information | Research | British Empire | British medalsPaul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.comBlogger167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024637331564012226.post-80813058518595184242022-04-23T14:27:00.003+01:002022-04-23T14:28:36.882+01:00The 1921 Census of England & Wales - 50% discount!<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.2px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWeOEgY7Vt9mTh-7mUHP4fTR2kNwVundvX51GxHvbhm6Pj9xRZ-9rKcemQppL6zGBTJI0hbh2D0nkCP8EoMo8zD10b63c0sQx2DH2zCGszTxPi_1TxREvyDfCzdl0r0GAwWfBBMOzebwS6SjPwrqWaBksVa3gfZ7jESDXz4og2IyWahGGdKOG_b8_gg/s933/1921%20Census.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="933" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWeOEgY7Vt9mTh-7mUHP4fTR2kNwVundvX51GxHvbhm6Pj9xRZ-9rKcemQppL6zGBTJI0hbh2D0nkCP8EoMo8zD10b63c0sQx2DH2zCGszTxPi_1TxREvyDfCzdl0r0GAwWfBBMOzebwS6SjPwrqWaBksVa3gfZ7jESDXz4og2IyWahGGdKOG_b8_gg/w400-h205/1921%20Census.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">That's right, <b>50% off the cost to view the 1921 Census of England & Wales </b>- but be quick!</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Those of us with an interest in the First World War and earlier will have eagerly awaited the release of the 1921 Census by Findmypast. I have enjoyed finding soldiers who served in the First World War back in their civilian environments - usually - by 1921.</span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Now, in a 'flash' sale, Findmypast has slashed the cost of viewing the census by 50%. However, you'll need to be quick because this <b>offer ends at 9am BST on Tuesday 26th April</b>. The normal cost to view a census image is £3.50, and to view a transcription it's £2.50. However, these prices have been halved and so it will now cost just £1.75 and £1.25 respectively.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Make the most of this offer. Remember, the sale ends at Tuesday at 9am BST.</b> Click on this <a href="https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=2114&awinaffid=94297&ued=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.findmypast.co.uk%2F1921-census" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">1921 Census sale</a> link to go straight to the Findmypast website. If you are not already registered with the site you will need to register first.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Remember too, that you can also conduct a <a href="https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=2114&awinaffid=94297&ued=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.findmypast.co.uk%2F1921-census%2Faddress" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">1921 Census address search</a> and a <a href="https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=2114&awinaffid=94297&ued=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.findmypast.co.uk%2F1921-census%2Femployer" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">1921 Census Employer search</a>. So not only can you now see where your ancestor worked, but who he or she worked with.</span></div>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024637331564012226.post-39938629640095083112021-07-27T06:27:00.006+01:002021-07-27T06:31:09.583+01:00Medals Wanted - Herbert Nelson BASTON, Royal Welsh Fusiliers<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--pUUok4bjiI/YP-YOIih9uI/AAAAAAAANuA/JSer7qY2wOkY2WFH1kYNL-Yxxu4zsku6ACLcBGAsYHQ/s581/2nd%2BRWF.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="363" data-original-width="581" height="250" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--pUUok4bjiI/YP-YOIih9uI/AAAAAAAANuA/JSer7qY2wOkY2WFH1kYNL-Yxxu4zsku6ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h250/2nd%2BRWF.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />3693 Herbert Nelson Masson BASTON was a long-serving soldier who enlisted with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in September 1892. By 1910 he had already served overseas in Malta, Crete, Egypt, China, India and Burma, and when Britain went to war with Germany in August 1914, he again served overseas in Egypt. In November 1915, and by now a regimental quarter master sergeant, he was discharged to commission and continued to serve with the 3/7th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I now seek the medals awarded to this man which are as follows:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">China Medal 1900, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Long Service Good Conduct Medal.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Herbert Nelson Masson Baston was born in India on the 9th October 1876, the son of Elizabeth Catherine Sophia McDougal Baston, and Edward Baston. Edward was employed as headmaster at the Diocesan School in Naini Tal, and Herbert was baptised at Naini Tal by his father, a deacon at the church, on the 12th November 1876.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When, many years later, on the 12th September 1892, Herbert enlisted with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Clonmel in Ireland, he gave his age as 17 years and 10 months. In actual fact though, he would have been a month short of his sixteenth birthday.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Surviving papers in series WO 363 show that when he enlisted, Herbert gave his next of kin as his father (by now a minister) as the Reverend Edward Baston of Dinorwic Street, Caernarfon. His description on enlistment was given as height 5 foot 8 inches, weight 115 Lbs; complexion fresh; blue eyes and dark brown hair. </span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Service with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Herbert's papers show that he joined the army as Herbert N M Baston, although his second middle name 'Masson' is dropped from First World War medal records. The first of his many promotions took place on the 23rd March 1894 when he was appointed lance-corporal, and this was followed by promotion to corporal on the 31st March 1895. He was appointed lance-sergeant on the 6th August 1896 and promoted to sergeant on the 12th August 1898. On the 23rd May 1905 he was promoted to colour sergeant and appointed orderly room sergeant. On the 10th July 1915, Herbert was appointed acting company sergeant major and on the 20th November 1915 he was discharged on appointment as quarter master and honorary lieutenant, continuing his service with the 3/7th Royal Welsh Fusiliers. There are papers held at The National Archives which chart his service as an officer.</span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Medal entitlement - medals wanted</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Herbert earned campaign medals for China (China Medal 1900 with clasp, Relief of Pekin) and the First World War, (1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Inter-Allied Victory Medal). He was also awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in November 1915, and the Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal in April 1917. In addition to his medals, he was also awarded a silver war badge. If you know of the whereabouts of these medals and the silver war badge, or are the current owner and would be willing to sell them, please let me know: <b>paul@britisharmyancestors.co.uk</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Service with Frank Richards, Old Soldier Sahib</b></h3><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Author and Royal Welsh Fusiliers career soldier Frank Richards served overseas in India and Burma at the same time that Herbert Baston was in those countries and Frank would almost certainly have known of him. Frank Richards' account of life in India in the first decade of the 1900s is still arguably the best account of soldiering in the ranks and both <i>Old Soldier Sahib</i> which details those events, and his later work, <i>Old Soldiers Never Die</i>, which picks up the story in 1914, are well worth reading.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Herbert was twice married. He married Annie Gregory in Malta on the 22nd February 1897 and she bore him six children. Annie died in September 1909 and Herbert subsequently married Violet Gregory in August 1911 who bore him a further two children by 1913. Herbert and Annie's two youngest children, Isabella Annie Baston and James Nelson Baston died in infancy in 1907 and 1908 respectively. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The image on this page is courtesy the Royal Welsh Fusiliers Museum and shows officers of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers either en route to or returning from China in 1900.</span></div><p><br /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024637331564012226.post-20117259168181445072020-06-09T14:47:00.000+01:002020-06-09T14:48:44.641+01:00Medals Wanted - Lt David Radcliffe, 24th Royal Fusiliers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am looking to purchase the medals awarded to the Late Lieutenant David Radcliffe of the 24th (Sportsman's) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers who was killed in action on the 18th March 1916. His medal entitlement was 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal and there would also have been a memorial plaque and scroll.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Born in 1894, David
Radcliffe was the only son of Sir Frederick and Margaret Morton Radcliffe of Mossley Hill, Liverpool. He studied at Winchester College and subsequently attended Corpus Christi College, Oxford where he rowed in the College VIII in 1914.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"In
spite of ill-health," so his potted biography reads on the Winchester College website, "he volunteered at the outbreak of war and was gazetted in
December 1914 to the 11th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment. After
undergoing a serious operation, he was transferred to the 24th Battalion
Royal Fusiliers and went to France in November 1915. At the time of his death
he had been notified of his promotion to the rank of Captain, but had not yet
been gazetted. He was killed near Loos on March 18th 1916."</span></div>
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battalion war diary gives the details: “March 19th 1916: Enemy fired a
considerable number of whizz-bangs on our left front; they were probably trying
to hit a trench mortar battery located there. Captain Radcliffe went out to
front trenches to observe the fire of our guns in retaliation and was killed,
probably by a German sniper, being hit in the head by a bullet. This is a
serious loss to the Battalion; he was a good officer and very popular with all
ranks. He was buried at Bully-Grenay this evening.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you own these medals and plaque and would be willing to part with them, please contact me via the <a href="https://britisharmyancestors.co.uk/" target="_blank">British Army Ancestors</a> website or leave a message on this post. </span></div>
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<br />Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024637331564012226.post-82859292005258265012019-10-19T12:55:00.003+01:002019-12-09T03:48:02.431+00:00Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) medals for sale<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>G-68286</b> <b>Private Sydney
Mole, 6th Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)</b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span></h3>
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R.) <i>nearly very fine <b>SOLD</b></i></span></span></div>
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Queen's. The number dates to the 4th April 1918, and would have been issued in
France from<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J Infantry Base Depot at
Etaples. At the time of arrival in France, this man was probably part of a
draft from the 245th Infantry Battalion, formerly the 23rd Training Reserve
Battalion. Survived the war.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Queen’s R.) <i>very fine <o:p></o:p></i></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b>SOLD</b></span></span></div>
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(aged 31 when conscripted on the 29th
June 1916). Posted to 25th Middx Regt (1st July 1916) then to 99th TRB (1st
September 1916). Transferred to Queen's (RWS) on the 11th September 1916. To
Infantry Labour Company No 2 on the 1st January 1917 and then transferred to
the 110 Labour Coy on the on the 9th May 1917. To Eastern Command Labour Centre
on the 12th January 1918 and 302 Labour Coy on the 27th April 1918. To France
on the 4th May 1918. Demobilised 3rd March 1919; intended address given as 45
Cambridge Street, Brighton. Papers in WO 363.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">British War and Victory Medals (G-6355 Pte. W. Johnson. The Queen’s
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">William Johnson a carman from
Peckham, London was 29 years and nine months old when he attested with the
Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment on the 5th August 1915. This places his
date of birth as about November 1885. At the time of his attestation he was
living at 32 Parsons Mead, West Croydon. He was the husband of Winifred Mary
Johnson (nee Marshall) whom he had married in 1913, and the father of Nellie
Johnson (born 9th January 1915) and Winifred Mary Johnson (born 19th April
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">William was initially posted to the
3rd Battalion and was appointed lance-corporal on the 10th December 1915,
subsequently losing his stripe on the 30th March 1916. He served overseas
with the 1st Battalion from the 2nd February 1917 and was killed in action on
23 April 1917, four days after his second daughter was born. He has no known
grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. William's effects were
sent to his widow who, by August 1918, was living at 38 Bassett Road, Lavender
Hill, Clapham Junction, London SW11. An alternative address of 59 Wickersley
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<b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Private Charles
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Star (2409 Pte. C. Appleton. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (2409
Pte. C. Appleton. Essex R.) <i>good very fine, </i><b>SOLD</b><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Appleton, the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt;">son of Sarah
Appleton, was born on the 24th February 1897. He attested with 6th Essex Regiment at West Ham on the 5th Oct 1914 giving his home address as 137 Cathall Road, Leytonstone. Embarked for MEF on 24th July 1915 and served Gallipoli and
Egypt. Disembodied 23rd April 1919 aged 22. Address then given as 42 Leahall
Road, Leytonstone, E10. Married Edna Doreen Jolly in 1930 and died in May 1973. Papers in WO 363.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: small;">34000 Sjt. E. J. Ballinger. Essex R.</span></td></tr>
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and Victory Medals (34000 Sjt. E. J. Ballinger. Essex R.) <i>good very
fine </i><b>SOLD</b><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Born: 25th April 1886 at Whitchurch / Symonds Yat, Herefordshire; married: 1914 to Florence Burton; died 1969. <span style="font-size: 11pt;">According to the
silver war badge roll, Edwin John Ballinger</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> attested
on the 13 November 1914. This must have
been with a unit other than the Essex regiment as the Essex Regt number dates
to December 1916. Discharged on 6
September 1918 aged 32½.</span></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">William John Bartrop was born in
Dunmow, Essex, in 1898, and attested for the Essex Regiment, under age, at
Chelmsford on 10 August 1915. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great
War with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 18 May 1916, and was
wounded at the First Battle of Gaza on 26 March 1917. He was disembodied on 8
April 1919.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>2500 later 35172 </b><b>Private Charles Button, 1/5th Essex Regiment<o:p></o:p></b></span></h3>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">British War and Victory Medals (3752 Pte. C. Button. Essex R.) <i>very
fine <o:p></o:p></i></span><b>SOLD</b></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Charles Stanley Button was born in Ramsey, Essex, in 1892, and
attested for the Essex Regiment in 1915. He served with the 1st/5th Battalion
during the Great War in the Egyptian theatre of War and was wounded at the
First Battle of Gaza on 26-27 March 1917, his name appearing in <i>The
Essex County Chronicle</i> casualty list of 26 April 1917. Lived at 1,
Front Lane, Cranham, Upminster. Papers in WO 363.</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Thomas Edward Galley, of Great Henny, Essex, was born in 1896 and
attested with the Essex Regiment on 22 February 1915. He served with the 5th
Battalion during the Great War with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in
the Gallipoli theatre of War from 9 August 1915, and was reported wounded in
the thigh on 23 August 1915. Evacuated to Mudros, he returned to the Battalion
in Gallipoli on 6 October of that year.<br />
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Galley transferred to the Machine Gun Corps on 14 July 1916, and served with
161st Company, M.G.C., a new company formed from the Machine Gun companies of
the 4th, 5th 6th, and 7th Battalions of the Essex Regiment in the Middle East.
He served the rest of the War in the Middle East and, embarking from Port Said
on 20 May 1919, he was disembodied on 2 July 1919. A character statement in
January 1919 lists him as a maxim gunner and describes him as ‘a capable
soldier, steady in action, hard working and trustworthy.’</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">42645 Private Edward William Hopkins, 2nd Essex
Regiment</span></b></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Enlisted on the 5th March 1917 aged 18 years and one month, the son of
Edward Thomas Hopkins. At the time of enlistment he was working as a munitions
worker. Mobilised at Woolwich on the 22nd May 1917. To 47th Training Reserve
Battalion (34521), then to 3rd Battalion Norfolk Regt (37536) on the 11th
December 1917 and finally to Essex Regiment (42645) on the 4th April 1918.
Served overseas with the 2nd Essex Regiment from the 3rd April 1918 until the
5th September 1918. Returned to the UK with a sprained left ankle on the 5th
September 1918. Discharged to class Z of the Army Reserve from the 3rd Essex
Regiment on the 7th May 1919, home address given as Brambleberry Road,
Plumstead, Kent, SE18.</span></span><br />
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<b>Private Harold
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R.) <i>good very fine</i> <b><i>SOLD</i></b><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Born:
29th September 1896, the son of Frances and Albert Thomas James Turpin. Married:
Emily C Craddock in 1922. Died: 1977<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">5660, later 275998 Harold
Thomas Turpin attested at West Ham with the Essex Regiment on the 23rd August
1915 and served overseas with the 1/6th Battalion from the 1st Jun 1916. Mentioned
in Despatches (<i>London Gazette</i> 30480, 16 January 1918). Address in
September 1919 was 71 Gwendoline Avenue, Upton Park, London E13. Aged 22.
Papers in WO 364.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lilywhite. R. Suss. R.) <i>SOLD<o:p></o:p></i></span></h3>
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E Lilywhite</span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"> was born in Holloway,
London on the 10th August 1896, one of nine children born to William and
Eleanor Lilywhite (nee Sealey) who had married in Poplar in 1891. His birth was registered in the name of Albert
Edward LILLYWHITE at Poplar in the September quarter of 1896 (Vol 01B, page
245). He is probably the same man who would later appear as a married caretaker
on the 1939 Register, living at 6 Baranscraig Avenue, Brighton .<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Horsham, Sussex, on 4 September 1914 and served with the 8th (Pioneer)
Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 July 1915, qualifying
as a machine gunner on the 29th January
1916. He was wounded in action during the Battle of the Somme on 13 July 1916,
at Trones Wood, suffering shrapnel wounds to his right arm, left wrist, and
right leg, which necessitated his right arm being amputated four inches below
the elbow. Owing to infection, he subsequently underwent a further amputation
on the afflicted limb. His name appears in a list of wounded Royal Sussex
Regiment men that was published on the 14th August 1916. Albert was discharged
permanently unfit on 27 July 1917 and later claimed a silver war badge. Albert
died in Sussex in 1993 aged 97. Sold with extensive copied research.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Census) on the 19th January 1888 (1939 Register). He married Mary A Richardson (born 4th
September 1887) in Poplar in the fourth quarter of 1912 and had at least two
children: a son, Bertie A J Whiter, born on the 13th Nov 1914, and a daughter,
Mary R Whiter (later BASTICK), born on the 15th December 1926.</span></span></div>
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Sussex Regiment </span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">in the first week of
September 1914 and served with the 8th (Pioneer) Battalion during the Great War
on the Western Front from 24 July 1915. He was wounded in late 1916, appearing in
a casualty list published on the 11th Jan 1917 and, as evidenced by a
contemporary newspaper report, he was certainly in the UK in February 1918 when
he was assaulted by two policemen whilst queuing for food for his family. Following
the cessation of hostilities he was discharged to Class ‘Z’ of the Army Reserve
on the 25th February 1919.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">By September
1939 he was a paper machinist living in Poplar. He died in Poplar in 1951 aged
about 60. Sold with extensive research.</span></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black;">Arthur Turner was
born in Little Horsted, Sussex.</span><span style="color: #222222;"> He enlisted in
the Royal Sussex Regiment at Lewes, Sussex and was given the number G/21022. </span><span style="color: black;">He served with the 8th (Pioneer) Battalion during the Great War on
the Western Front, and died of wounds at No 4 Casualty Clearing Station on the
27th November 1917. He is buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium. </span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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appear every month up to and including September 1917. In December 1917
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Sussex Regiment and served with the 11th (1st South Downs) Battalion during the
Great War on the Western Front. He later
transferred to the West Riding Regiment (number 49605), and was ultimately
discharged to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 24 February 1919. <b>SOLD</b><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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James Chandler</span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"> was born in Rotherfield,
Sussex, the son of Charles and Elizabeth Chandler of Eastbourne, and the
husband of Maud Elizabeth Mary Chandler of 107 Langney Road, Eastbourne. A
chemist's assistant in Eastbourne, he was one of the first men to attest for
the newly forming South Down battalions of the Royal Sussex Regiment, enlisting
at Hurstmonceux, Sussex and he served
with the 11th (1st South Downs) Battalion (the poet, Edmund Blunden's
battalion). He was killed in action on 18 September 1917 when a shell exploded
on the exit of one of the trenches as the battalion was in the process of being
relieved by the 17th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, killing seven men. He
is buried in La Clytte Military Cemetery, Belgium, the words THERE IS A HEART
THAT NEVER FAILS inscribed on his headstone. He was 25 years old. Harold Chandler is commemorated on the war
memorial in Eastbourne town hall and on one of the panels at Chichester
Cathedral. </span></span></div>
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shillings and 3d a week in respect of their daughter (born on the 3rd April
1916) and herself. Sold with research.</span></span></div>
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Parish magazine first mentions 6565 Private Charles Lee in its November 1916
issue, reporting him as Lee, Private C, 3rd Royal Sussex, England. In the following month’s issue he is reported
simply as Lee, Private C, 3rd Royal Sussex.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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In The Great War records that Charles Lee enlisted at Kenley in Surrey. The 3rd Royal Sussex was the special reserve
battalion which remained in England throughout the war. Charles first served overseas with the 12th
battalion, Royal Sussex regiment, subsequently posted to the 11th Battalion
(116th Brigade, 39th Division) because he was killed whilst serving with this
battalion on Sunday 3rd June 1917. It
was not until December 1917 however, that Charles's name was recorded in the
Chailey Parish magazine roll of honour.
The information was recorded, incorrectly, as Private C Lee, 3rd Royal
Sussex, killed in action, June 2nd 1917, in France. His death was reported in a casualty list
published on the 9th July 1917.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Royal Sussex was also known as the 1st South Downs Battalion and had been
formed on 7th September 1914 by Lieutenant Colonel Claude Lowther MP. All original enlistments (and there were
1,100 of them in under three days), were given an SD (South Downs) prefix to
their regimental number. The National
Archives in London and Soldiers Died In The Great War record Charles' number as
G/6565 although The Commonwealth War Graves’ Commission’s Debt of Honour
Register omits this prefix. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of his death, Charles Lee was married to Florence Lee and was living in
Chailey. He was 31 years old. He was buried in Vlamertinghe Military
Cemetery in Ypres (VII F 4). On his
tombstone are written the words: “UNTIL THE DAY BREAK / AND THE SHADOWS FLEE
AWAY”. Charles Lee is commemorated on the war memorials at Chailey and
Chichester Cathedral. <b>SOLD</b></span></div>
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11th (1st South Downs) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, and Machine Gun Corps</span></h3>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Wounded in action on 3 September 1916 (340 Pte. F. J. Panting.
R. Suss. R.)<i> nearly extremely fine. </i><b>SOLD</b><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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James Panting was born in Brighton in
1891, and attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment at Eastbourne on the 7th
September 1914. He served with the 11th (1st South Downs) Battalion during the
Great War on the Western Front, and was wounded in action on 3 September 1916,
on which date the Battalion was involved in an attack on the enemy’s position
at Hamel, and suffered 299 casualties. He transferred to 116th Company, Machine
Gun Corps (regimental number 75134) on 30th January 1917, and was discharged to
Class ‘Z’ Reserve on the 22nd February 1919. Sold with copied research
including extensive papers (x38) in WO 363. </span></div>
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Joseph William Preston was born in 1890 in Deptford, London, the son of Henry
John and Martha Sarah Preston. He was baptised at St Paul's Church, Deptford on
the 29th October 1890. By the time the 1911 Census was taken he was living at
18 Sandowne Road, Charlton and working as a butcher. The census reveals that, aged 20, he was
still living at home with his mother and step-father (Henry James Sinclair aged
41, also a butcher), three step-brothers and a step-sister. He attested with the 11th Royal Sussex Regiment
at Eastbourne in September 1914, an early member of the 1st South Down
battalion. No service record survives for this man but he was certainly back in
the UK in 1917 as he married Hilda Florence Dean at St Mary (The Minster) in
Reading, Berkshire on the 30th April 1917. His occupation is recorded as
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British War and Victory Medals (Capt. L. J.
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8 June 1915. His narrative <i><o:p></o:p></i>appeared in <i>500 of the best Cockney war stories.</i></span></div>
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28, 1916, we were told to take over a series of food dumps which had been
formed in the front and support lines at Hamel, on the Ancre, before a general
attack came off.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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party going back to fetch rations, came to my dug-out to know if there were
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E. Betts. M.G.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension
(..7451 C. Sjt. A. E. Betts R. Suss. R.) <i>heavy contact marks, polished, fair to
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Royal Sussex Regiment and Labour Corps (411683).</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">9089 Royal Sussex Regt; possibly 7th Battalion. The number does not
belong to the regular series as this was issued to Leonard Brown in 1908, and
not the 3rd Battalion as this was issued to William Piercy in August 1903. By
default then the number is almost certainly <b>G/</b>9089 which would date to about the 29th February 1916 and
suggests that Charles was probably a Derby Scheme volunteer mobilised (at
Chichester) on this date.</span></div>
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indicates that Charles probably initially served with 891 Area Employment
Coy. Sold with research.</span></div>
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Pte Lewis George Playle was born in 1898 and enlisted on the 25th May 1916. Served
overseas with the Royal Sussex Regt (unknown battalion) and later Labour Corps
(reg number 554686). He was entitled to a pair and SWB. Appeared in an official
casualty list as a wounded soldier on the 25th September 1917; list notes place
of residence as Ridgewell. Discharged
sick on the 18th July 1919. Married Ellen L Whatley in 1921 and died in 1923
(Sept qtr) at Halstead, Essex aged 25. Sold
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Turner was born in Holloway, Middlesex, and attested
for the Royal Sussex Regiment at Mill Hill, Middlesex. He served with the 16th
(Sussex Yeomanry) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was
killed in action on 2 September 1918. He is buried in Peronne Communal Cemetery
Extension, France and commemorated on one of the panels in Chichester
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Turner of 54 Maldon Road, Edmonton who died on 20th May 1921. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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James Slade, 16th Royal Sussex Regt. Entitled to pair. <b>SOLD</b></span></div>
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to be the same Sydney James Slade who was born 24th August 1885 (1939 Register)
in Stanwell Moor, Middlesex; a boot repairer when the 1911 Census of England
and Wales was taken, and a part time gardener by 1939. Died in 1942. Sold with
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Regt at Crowborough on the 9th December 1915 (Derby Scheme) aged 25 years and
310 days (born circa Feb 1890). He was mobilised at Chichester on the 30th August 1916
and given the number G/13983. His next of
kin was his wife, Kate Harman (maiden name, Cramp), whom he had married at Crowborough
on the 1st January 1910. Two daughters, Evelyn May Harman (born 14th May 1910)
and Elsie Katherine Harman (born 2nd April 1916); home address: Stone House
Cottage, White Hill Road, Crowborough, Sussex. Transferred to MGC on the 19th
October 1916. Served overseas from 17th March 1917. Served with various units
of the MGC: 286 Coy, 8th Reserve Bn and
latterly 200th Bn, MGC. Demobilised 23rd November 1919.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Machine Gun Corps medals for sale. Contact me at paulcanixon@yahoo.co.uk</h2>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Judging from his regimental number, Alfred Thomas
Bury joined the Machine Gun Corps in about October 1917 and he was
discharged to Class Z of the Army Reserve on the 12th March 1919. The carte
postale is addressed "from your affectionate brother Alfred" and on
the reverse he has written "To my dearest sister from Alfred, August 3rd
1918".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had formerly served with the London Scottish but he must have transferred
to the MGC, almost certainly via a battalion of the Training Reserve, before he
went to France. This photo bears the photographer's details of A L West &
Co who had studios in Winchester and Basingstoke.<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Londoner from 64 Victoria Road, Hendon,
Arthur Fine attested under Derby Scheme on 8th December 1915 aged 34 years and
4 months (born 4th August 1880). He was the husband of Lilian Webb (m 1904 at
West Hendon) and father to Arthur John James (b. 11th March 1905) and Stanley
(b. 5th December 1906). Mobilised at Mill Hill on the 22nd December 1916 and
posted to the 3rd east Surrey Regiment the following day (number 3/21659).
Transferred to the Machine Gun Corps on the 6th March 1917.</span></div>
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posted to 198 Coy on the 23rd May 1917. Received a severe gunshot wound to his
left knee on the 20th September 1917. Spent time in 4th General Hospital
Camiers and then at the Military Hospital at Frensham Hill between the 5th
October 1917 and the 2nd February 1918 (121 days). Discharged 16th March 1918
and entitled to silver war badge (No 403027) and King's certificate. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Arthur Fine died in 1972 aged 91. Papers in
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Pair</i>: 83640 Private Harold George Pardoe, 227 Coy and 29th
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very fine. </i></span></span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>SOLD</b></span></span></i></div>
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Staffordshire on either the 23rd July 1898 (according to his death register
entry) or the 17th January 1898 (according to the 1939 Register entry). He
attested on the 5th Jun 1916 at Stourbridge, stating as age as 18 years and
five months (suggesting the January 1898 birth date is the correct one) and was
mobilised on the 2nd December 1916. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Reserve Battalion (TR/7/17042) before transferring to the Machine Gun Corps at
Grantham on the 22nd January 1917. Proceeded overseas with 227 Coy. MGC on the
11th July 1917 disembarking at Havre on the 12th July. Received gunshot wound
to left shoulder on the 17th April 1918 whilst serving with the 29th Bn, MGC.
To 2nd CCS and then to 2nd Australian General Hospital at Boulogne (20th April)
before returned to the UK on the 21st April 1918. Spent 16 days at Fuse Hill
War Hospital, Carlisle and 59 days Bleasdale House Auxiliary Hospital, Silverdale,
Lancs. Discharged 26th January 1919. </span>Harold Pardoe died in 1979 aged 80.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Pair</b></span></i><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>: 106378 Private George
Herbert Fox, Machine Gun Corps</b></span><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Optima;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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Staffordshire. Attested at Stoke on Trent on the 27th October 1915. Served
initially with Army Ordnance Corps and then 106 TRB. Served overseas in France
with No 4 Battalion, MGC between October 1917 and January 1918. Discharged from
20 Coy, MGC and demobilised on the 4th February 1919. Intended address given as
335 Trubshawe Cross, Longpost, Stoke-on-Trent. Papers in WO 364.</span></span></div>
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Regt at Crowborough on the 9th December 1915 (Derby Scheme) aged 25 years and
310 days (born circa Feb 1890). Mobilised at Chichester on the 30th August 1916
and given the number G/13983. Next of
kin: Kate Harman (maiden name, Katherine Camp), wife whom he had married at Crowborough
on the 1st January 1910. Two daughters, Evelyn May Harman (born 14th May 1910)
and Elsie Katherine Harman (born 2nd April 1916); home address: Stone House
Cottage, White Hill Road, Crowborough, Sussex. Transferred to MGC on the 19th
October 1916. Served overseas from 17th March 1917. Served with various units
of the MGC: 286 Coy, 8th Reserve Bn and
latterly 200th Bn, MGC. Demobilised 23rd November 1919. Papers in WO 364.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024637331564012226.post-86144574866020216842019-08-09T12:37:00.000+01:002019-10-19T13:12:20.463+01:00First World War medal groups for sale<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>First World War medals for sale</b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>paulcanixon@yahoo.co.uk</b></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have various First World War medal groups for sale. Contact me if you would like to buy any medals on this page or if you would like to see additional photos. I also have single <a href="http://britisharmymedals.blogspot.com/2019/07/inter-allied-victory-medal-1914-1919.html" target="_blank">First World War Victory Medals</a> and single <a href="http://britisharmymedals.blogspot.com/2019/07/british-war-medal-1914-1920-for-sale.html" target="_blank">British War Medals</a> for sale. Postage extra.</span></span><br />
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Betts. M.G.C.); Army Long Service & Good Conduct medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension </span>(..7451 C. Sjt. A. E. Betts R. Suss. R.). </span><br />
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medal number is worn; an army number ending in 7451. Royal Sussex Regt numbers were
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the full number was possibly 6397451. This man almost certainly has papers extant with the MoD</span><span style="background-color: white;"> <b>£100</b>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">SD-578 Serjeant Harold James Chandler was born in Rotherfield, Sussex and enlisted at Hurstmonceux in September 1914, an early volunteer and an original member of the 11th Royal Sussex regiment (1st South Down battalion). Appears to have survived the assault on the Boar's Head on 30th June 1916 unscathed but was KiA on the 18th September 1917 when a shell burst on a sap exit whilst the battalion was being relieved by the 17th KRRC "... killing 7 ORs including sniping, police and gas serjeants..." [battalion war diary]. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">B</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">uried in La Clytte Military Cemetery, Belgium; e</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ntitled to pair & plaque etc </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">SOLD</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Born on the 18th September 1885, G-39867 Pte Sydney (or Sidney) Daniels attested under the Derby Scheme on the 10th December 1915 and almost certainly joined The Queen's in France on the 31st March 1918 having previously trained in the UK with one or more training reserve battalions. He served with the 6th and 1st Battalions overseas and his name appeared in casualty list published 31st October 1917 which gives place of residence as Willesden Green, NW. Discharged 18th May 1918 aged 32 years and eight months. Sold with copied research. Entitled to pair and SWB. <b>£60</b>.</span></span><br />
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British War and Victory Medals (SD-3943 Pte. J. T. Hughes. R. Suss. R.), above, together with three Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes Jewels, below; </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the first a
Somerton Lodge Jewel, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Presented
to Bro. J. T. Hughes by the Somerton Lodge No. 2566 Raised to 2nd Degree Sept
2nd 1925’, with top ‘Primo’ riband bar; the second a Grove House Orphange,
Harrogate, Donor’s Badge, gilt and enamel, the reverse inscribed ‘Presented to
Bro. J. Hughes C.P., Donor’, with top ‘Donor’ riband bar; and the third a First
Degree Jewel, silver-gilt and enamel, unnamed, with top riband bar,</span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> generally
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Thomas Hughes' regimental number dates to early 1915. His name appears twice in
casualty rolls, the first in a extensive list of Sussex Regiment casualties
published in The Times on the 20th July 1916. This suggests that he was a
casualty during the Boer's Head assault on the 30 June 1916. </span><o:p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
second appearance dates to the 14th September 1917 and suggests that he was a
casualty in August 1917. This gives his place of residence as Newport. The
battalion took part in the 3rd Battle of Ypres which commenced on the 31st July
1917, sustaining 150 OR casualties on the 31st. No significant action or
casualties noted after the 1st August and so almost certainly a 3rd Ypres
casualty. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pair and RAOB jewels sold with copied research which will be emailed. Photos above. <b>£150</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">G-6565 Pte Charles Lee was KiA on the 3rd June 1917 whilst serving with the 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regt. Buried in </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><st1:placename w:st="on">Vlamertinghe</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Military</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Cemetery, commemorated on the Chailey war Memorial in Sussex. <b>£120</b>.</st1:placetype></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Private Albert Lilywhite, 8th (Pioneer) Battalion,
Royal Sussex Regiment, who was wounded in action during the Battle of the Somme
at Trones Wood on 13 July 1916, which necessitated his right arm being
amputated. Trio sold with copied research which will be emailed. Photo at the top of this page. <b>£120</b>.</span></span><br />
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week of September 1914 and served with the 8th (Pioneer) Battalion during the
Great War on the Western Front from 24 July 1915. Wounded in late 1916 (he appears
in a casualty list published on the 11th Jan 1917), following the
cessation of hostilities he was discharged to Class ‘Z’ of the Army Reserve on
the 25th February 1919. <o:p></o:p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Trio sold with copied research which will be emailed. Photo above. <b>£100</b>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">British War Medal, erased (pictured above); perfect gap-filler; SOLD</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3-12617 Sjt. A. Bradley. W. Rid. R.</span></span></b><br />
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Bradley, 9th West Riding Regt. Number dates to early Oct 1914. Arrived France
29th July 1915 as a private; later promoted. Pte appears on 1914-15 Star, Sjt
on other two medals. Appears in casualty list, wounded, on 20th March 1916. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="background-color: white;">Entitled to 1914-15
Star trio. To Class Z on the 18th Feb 1919. <b>SOLD</b></span></span></div>
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Broadbent, 1/4th West Riding Regiment; later 547209 Labour Corps. Appears in
casualty list, wounded, published 20th January 1917. </span></span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">SOLD</b></div>
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(Fred) Clarkin</span><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> was born in Halifax, Yorkshire in 1883. He
attested with the 4th (Militia) Bn of the Yorkshire Regt on the 5th November
1902 (stated aged, 17 years and 3 months) and then enlisted with the regular
Yorkshire Regt on the 19th December 1902 (reg number 7081), for 3&9; later
extended to 8&4, serving in the UK, India and South Africa until discharged
for misconduct on the 17th May 1909 (6 years and 150 days). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background: white;">Attested with the 4th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment on the 8th August
1914. Served overseas with D Coy, 1/4th Battalion from the 14th April 1915.
Accidentally wounded in the chest on the 20th September 1915 by a bullet
exploding in a fire when lunch was being cooked. Returned to duty on the 26th
September and killed in action on 16 October 1915. He is buried in Bard Cottage
Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Entitled to 1914-15 Star trio. Papers in WO 96,
WO 97 and WO 363. <b>SOLD</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ZP/1251 Able Seaman Lawrence I Edward Crane was born in 1897 and was living in Sawbridgeworth, Herts when he enlisted in December 1915. Entitled to pair. £30. </span></div>
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Dott, 2nd Yorkshire Regt; later 59045 1st King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
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1st GB Yorkshire Regt; later 53177 2nd GB, Northumberland Fusiliers. Discharged
KR 392 (xxviii). Entitled to pair. retaining rod missing. <b>SOLD</b></span></span></div>
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Herbert William Russell, 4th Y&L. Enlisted 17 Apr 1915; disch 27 Mar 1918,
wounds, aged 28. Entitled to pair and SWB. <o:p></o:p></span></span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">SOLD</b></div>
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Henry/Harry Stevens. Enlisted 17th July 1916, discharged sick 9th March 1918
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2nd KOYLI, later 9th KOYLI. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="background-color: white;">Number dates to Jan
1918. For instance, 38923 joined the 2nd KOYLI on 4th Jan 1918, having arrived
in France the previous day. This man had originally attested 31st Oct 1916,
mobilised 19th Feb 1917 and joined 90th TRB on the 22nd Feb 1917. Transferred
to 264 Infantry battalion on the 1st July 1917. Likelihood is that Robert
Walton was a young soldier, probably 18 years old in 1917 and probably from
Yorkshire. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Entitled to pair. <b>SOLD</b></span></span></div>
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Wheater, a career soldier who served with the 2nd and 8th Battalions, East
Yorkshire Regt; later 23442 6th Dorsetshire Regiment. Transferred to Section B,
Army Reserve on the 8th February 1919. 10196 indicates that he joined the East
Yorks Regt in about Feb 1914. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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8th E Yorks Regt received a slight gunshot wound to his right thigh. He was
sent to No 4 Stationary Hospital on the 9th October 1917 and was discharged to
duty on the 28th October 1917. By this stage he was 29 years old, and had
served 6 years of which two years and 4 months had been with the Field Force.
His name appeared in a casualty list published on the 25th October 1917. <b>SOLD</b></span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">16835 Pte Lewis George Playle,
Royal Sussex Regiment; later 554686 Pte, Labour Corps. <b><o:p></o:p></b><span style="background-color: transparent;">Born in Ridgewell,
Essex in 1898 or 1899 (aged 2 and 12 in 1901 and 1911 census returns). SWB roll
states that he enlisted on 25th May 1916 but this is the date of mobilisation
and suggests that John was born on the 25th May 1898. The regimental number dates to June
1917. Research suggests he p</span>robably arrived overseas in May or June 1917 and possibly served with 2nd
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Appears in War Office casualty list published on the 25th September 1917. Subsequently
transferred to Labour Corps and discharged due to sickness on 18th July 1919.
Married Ellen L Whatley in 1921 (Lambeth, 1st quarter) and son, John E F
Playle, born in 1922 (birth registered Lambeth, 3rd quarter). Died 1923 (Halstead,
3rd quarter) aged 25.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sold with copied research which will be emailed. </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">SOLD</b></div>
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later 686027 Driver Walter Heaton, 3rd West Lancashire Bde. Enlisted May 1915,
arrived France 30th Sep 1915. Entitled to 1914-15 Star trio. <b>SOLD</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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John McGrath.<b> </b>Entitled to pair. Papers in WO 363. </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">SOLD</b><br />
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Samuel Sigurdson, 1st Canadian Tank Battalion. Enlisted April 1918. <b>SOLD</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #000034;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">61267 Pte. F. W. Walker. Durh.
L.I.) <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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Corps. Papers in WO 364. Naming largely obscured. Entitled to
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<br />Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024637331564012226.post-67523134829741343632019-07-24T18:23:00.000+01:002019-12-01T16:23:53.228+00:00Inter Allied Victory Medal 1914-1919 - For Sale<h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b>Inter Allied Victory Medals for sale</b></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have various Victory Medals for sale. Please contact me if you would like to buy any medals on this page or request additional photos. General condition of medals is fair to fine and better. Postage extra.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Victory Medal, erased (pictured above); perfect gap-filler; <b>£40</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5098, later 322311 Pte Benjamin Balding, a resident of West Ham, probably attested under the derby Scheme and joined the 6th London Regt in January 1916. He was KiA on the 20th July 1917, one week before his daughter's first birthday. Buried at Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery, France and commemorated on the Gas Light & Coke Company Memorial at Twelvetrees
Crescent, Bromley by Bow, E3 3TE. Entitled to pair. <b>Sold</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Probably 203507 <a href="https://britisharmymedals.blogspot.com/search?q=harris+essex" target="_blank">Leslie Arnold Harris</a> who I wrote about previously on this blog. Entitled to British War Medal and Victory Medal, serving overseas with the 5th and 10th Battalions, Essex Regiment. Survived the war. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Photo available on request. </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">£40. </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">G-36978 Pte Albert Reid served overseas with the 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Entitled to pair. <b>£30</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">315607 Pte Sydney James Slade served overseas with the 16th Royal Sussex Regiment. Entitled to pair. <b>£30</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Extensively researched and written about on this blog: <a href="https://britisharmymedals.blogspot.com/search?q=smeeton" target="_blank">Stephen Samuel George Smeeton</a> enlisted on the 1st September 1914 and served overseas with the 11th Battalion, Rifle Brigade from the 21st July 1915. Entitled to trio and SWB. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Photo available on request. </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">£40. </b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Arthur Turner</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"> was
born in Little Horsted, Sussex, and attested with the Royal Sussex Regiment at
Lewes. He served with the 8th (Pioneer) Battalion during the Great War on the
Western Front, and died of wounds on 27 November 1917. He is buried in
Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium. Commemorated on <a href="http://chailey1418.blogspot.com/2006/11/remembering-arthur-turner-kia-89-years.html" target="_blank">Chailey</a> memorial. Extensive supporting research. <b>£40.</b><br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">G-22254 Pte Frank Turner</span></span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> was
born in Holloway, Middlesex, and attested with the Royal Sussex Regiment at Mill
Hill, Middlesex. He served with the 16th (Sussex Yeomanry) Battalion and was killed in action on 2 September 1918.
He is buried in Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, France. </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">£40.</b><br />
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A/Cpl William Bell; later 31252 Labour Corps<b>. </b>Entitled to pair. </span><span style="background: white; color: #000034;"><b>£20</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Worker Sarah Cahill served overseas with Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps from
23rd March 1918 until 19th August 1918. Naming worn and partially obscured on
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George Clulow, 1st Cheshire Regt. Enlisted 29th August 1914. Arrived France
17th Feb 1915. Discharged due to wounds on the 3rd July 1916. Entitled to
1914-15 Star trio and SWB. <b>SOLD</b></span></span></div>
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Ernest Cousins was a career soldier who originally attested on the 16th November 1904. He was wounded and captured at Mons on the
23rd August 1914; one of 453 4th Middlesex other rank casualties on this day, later repatriated as a PoW and discharged on the 29th December 1915. Papers in WO 364 contain a lot of correspondence from William Cousins and there is also a PoW report in WO 161 (below, courtesy The National Archives). Entitled to 1914 Star trio and SWB.
Name partially obscured. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #000034;"><b>SOLD</b></span></span></div>
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Dvr William Hardy, 3rd Base Horse Transport, ASC. Born Hyde, Cheshire, resident
in Hyde, enlisted Manchester. Died at 65 General Hospital, Greece on the 26th
Sep 1917. Soldiers Effects Register gives "ASC HSL". Widow and sole
legator, wife Mary A Hardy. Buried in Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military Cemetery in
Greece. Entitled to 1914-15 Star trio. Replacement suspension ring.<b> £30</b>.</span></div>
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Gilbert Lane, 14th Welsh Regiment. An attempt has been made to erase details
but those partial details which are still visible suggest that George Lane was
the original recipient. Entitled to pair. Some traces of verdigris. <b>£20</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sgt Ottiwell Lodge. Entitled to pair. </span><span style="background: white; color: #000034;"><b>£20</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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later 350336 Pte Edward Mackenzie Walton, 1st East Lancashire Field Ambulance,
Royal Army Medical Corps. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Joined this
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candidate is Edward M Walton, born 21st September 1887, who by 1939 was a
widowed verger living at 36 Greenbank Avenue, Wembley. This man's death was
registered at Paddington in the 3rd quarter of 1962. </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #000034;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>£30</b>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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There are a number of lucky breaks which aid identification in this photograph. Having said that, at the time of writing I have not even attempted to put names to the faces of these Devonshire Regiment men.</div>
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Helpfully, the photographer is recorded as Arora of Razmak and the date is the 24th April 1924. Razmak is in Pakistan these days but it was still India in 1924, of course. The regimental identification comes from the officers' helmets, the old reference to the 11th (or XI) Foot still in use thirty-three years after these designations had been abandoned. The 2nd Battalion had been in India since 1919 and it would proceed to Aden in 1926, returning to the UK the following year.</div>
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There is a good array of medals on view here. With one exception, all of the officers in the front row wear at least two campaign medals from the First World War, and the man third from right wears a QSA (and an OBE). Four of the men wear clasps on their 1914 Star ribbon and there are two men who wear the Military Cross. The most decorated man of this group is the man seated fourth from right who wears a DSO, MC and an oak leaf emblem on his Victory Medal ribbon, signifying that he was mentioned in despatches. At least two other men also wear this oak leaf emblem.</div>
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The man second from right appears to be suffering from some form of paralysis which affects his left side. Of the other officers in this group, two men wear a campaign pair from 1914-1918. It's a superb photo and now I need to find an Army List for 1924 to try and identify these men.</div>
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<br />Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024637331564012226.post-10005242129660580312017-08-27T08:20:00.001+01:002017-08-27T08:29:02.285+01:00Volunteer Service Gazette & Illustrated War News<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Surviving service records for members of the Volunteer Force are few and far between. Some later records may survive as part of a man's Territorial Force record but for the most part these papers (1859-1908) simply do not survive. This leaves those of us with an interest in the VF turning to other sources, and <a href="http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=2114&awinaffid=94297&clickref=&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.findmypast.co.uk%2Fsearch%2Fbritish-newspapers%3Fnewspaper%3Dvolunteer%2520service%2520gazette%2520and%2520military%2520dispatch" target="_blank">The Volunteer Service Gazette</a> is a fantastic source and resource.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The British Newspaper Archive has published digital copies of this weekly publication between October 1859 and December 1903 and these can be searched on the BNA website and also on Findmypast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The second publication of note this week is the <a href="http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=2114&awinaffid=94297&clickref=&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.findmypast.co.uk%2Fsearch%2Fbritish-newspapers%3Fdate_offsetdate%3D1915-09-07%26newspaper%3Dillustrated%2520war%2520news" target="_blank">Illustrated War News</a>. This was one of the better weekly publications during the First World War, and in particular those earlier issues, mostly from 1915, which feature (often) third-line Territorial Force photographs of officers and NCOs which name the individuals concerned.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Both of these collection have been run through an OCR process which means that it is possible to search by name, although one would hope that Findmypast might also consider making a separate indexed collection of The Illustrated War News available in due course. As for me, I shall now hopefully be making room on my bookshelves by selling off my two bound volumes of the IWN.</span></div>
<br />Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024637331564012226.post-2087657225437174852017-02-25T06:35:00.000+00:002017-02-25T06:46:37.768+00:00Superb two-volume Scots Guards history massively discounted<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Naval and Military Press has acquired copies of this recent two-volume Helion publication and is massively discounting from £75 to £30. I remember reviewing these books last year (and frankly, it seems a little early to be remaindering these, if this is what has happened) and they are superbly well-researched and very readable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Randall, as former Scots Guards officer himself, knows the regiment well and has access to thousands of Scots Guards service records and other regimental material that he has used unsparingly in this massive two-volume account. At £75 the books were something of a bargain. Now, at £30, these books are no less than a steal ands to be recommended not only to Scots Guards medal collectors and enthusiasts, but to anyone with an interest in the First World War. This is the First World War regimental history that the Scots Guards never had and once these books are sol they will quickly become highly and deservedly sought-after.</span></div>
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<br />Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024637331564012226.post-67041082727797509852017-02-14T07:42:00.001+00:002017-02-14T07:42:22.286+00:00Somme VC to go under the hammer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The star in Dix Noonan Webb's March 1st auction is this First Day of the Somme VC and German Spring Offensive MC group to Captain George Sanders who served with the 1/7th and 1/6th Battalions of the West Yorkshire Regiment. This from DNW's catalogue:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #000034; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">The exceptional Great War ‘First Day of The Somme’ V.C., ‘German Spring Offensive’ M.C. group of six awarded to Captain George Sanders, who was awarded his Victoria Cross whilst serving as a Corporal in the 1/7th (Leeds Rifles) Territorial Battalion, for gallantry near Thiepval on 1 July 1916, when, following an advance into the enemy’s trenches, he found himself isolated with a party of thirty men - Impressing upon them that it was ‘his and their duty to hold the position at all costs’ they fought a series of desperate actions over a period of 36 hours, all without food and water, the gallant Sanders eventually returning to British lines with nineteen of his comrades. <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Subsequently commissioned from the ranks and posted to the 1/6th Battalion, Sanders again found himself in a fight against overwhelming odds on 25 April 1918 at the Battle of Kemmel Hill, following which action he was posted as missing - Witnesses stated that he was last seen standing on top of a pill-box rallying his men, shot in the right arm and leg, but continuing to fire his revolver at the enemy at point blank range with his left hand - This, however, was not the last to be heard from the heroic Sanders, as the following July a letter was received from him, sent from Limburg Prisoner of War Camp and two months later the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #000034; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">London Gazette </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #000034; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">carried the announcement of the award of his Military Cross.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For more on this lot, and all lots in the 1st March 2017 sale, <a href="https://www.dnw.co.uk/auctions/catalogue/results.php?auction_id=454&utm_source=auction_notifications_launch_catalogue&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Medals_1_Mar_17" target="_blank">browse the Dix Noonan Webb catalogue online</a>.</span>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024637331564012226.post-27781121277413408212017-02-12T10:33:00.001+00:002017-04-21T21:35:16.726+01:00No 2 RFA officer cadet school - Four MMs on show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I bought this photo in Cambridge last week. What's interesting - and unusual - about it is that the men are named. There is no location noted but I believe it to have been taked in 1918 at the No 2 officer cadet school at Topsham Barracks, Exeter. A number of the men have prior service and four of them are recipients of the Military Medal. I have carried out some research but there is still more to be done. Here are the bare bones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hermann Henry<b> Osmers</b> MM.
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Howard Catcheside (1899-1987) would later play rugby for England, making his international debut in January 1924. He was the first player to score a try in each round of the then Five Nations Championship, a feat not equalled by another Englishman until 2002 by Will Greenwood. </span></div>
<br />Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024637331564012226.post-59132919148237319652017-01-22T12:05:00.000+00:002017-01-24T09:22:04.106+00:00An Arras casualty: S/20896 Rfm Herbert Charles Hines, 1st Rifle Brigade<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here's a nice little group which is my latest acquisition, courtesy of The London Medal Company. These have been on the market before, and were certainly sold at auction in 2005. Nevertheless, with the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Arras just around the corner, I thought it would be fitting to add this Arras casualty group to my collection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">S/20896 Rfm Herbert Charles Hines of the 1st Rifle Brigade was killed in action on the opening day of the Battle of Arras on the 9th April 1917. He was born in New Cross, South London in 1883, his birth registered at Greenwich in the fourth quarter of that year. He was the son of William Hines, a bricklayer by trade, and his wife Emily, and they baptised him on the 5th December 1883 at Christchurch, East Greenwich (image below, courtesy of the LMA via Ancestry).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the 1891 census the family was living at 6 Glenville Grove, Greenwich and comprised William and Emily and their six children, Herbert, aged seven, being the second eldest. His place of birth is recorded here as Deptford.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By the time the 1901 census was taken, Herbert was working as a sculleryman at Greenwich Naval College and, ten years on, aged 27, he was living alone at 14 Goodwood Road, New Cross, and working as a pastry cook. The following year he married Eliza Gibson (born 2nd January 1882) in Greenwich and the year after that, on the 2nd August 1913, their daughter Lilian Agnes F Hines was born, her birth registered in Lewisham district in the third quarter of that year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No service record survives for Herbert but his regimental number suggests that he joined the Rifle Brigade on the 6th June 1916. Other men with numbers in this range are mostly Derby Scheme men who had attested in November or December 1915 and were now being called up. As a married man, born in 1883, Herbert would have been placed into Group 38, and groups 33 to 41 began to be called up at the end of May 1916. The extract below shows other men with regimental numbers close to Herbert's, the date they attested, the Derby Scheme Group they belonged to (if they had attested under the Derby Scheme) and the date on which they were mobilised. Six of the nine men in this small sample were Derby Scheme men:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Unfortunately there is no pattern of service beyond early September 1916. The majority of these men - and presumably Herbert too - joined the regiment at Winchester on the 7th June and were posted to the 15th Battalion on the 10th June. From there, it was a transfer to the 20th Training Reserve Battalion for many, and then transfer again for many of the men. Three of the men listed above were transferred to the King's Royal Rifle Corps whilst others found themselves with the Northamptonshire Regiment and The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Herbert remained with the Rifle Brigade though. He was drafted to the 1st Rifle Brigade, probably via an Infantry Base Depot in Etaples or Havre and thus found himself serving with a regular battalion which had been in France since the 23rd August 1914 but which would have completely changed in complexion, many of the original members of that battalion having become casualties long ago. The battalion formed part of the 11th Brigade in the 4th Division.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Bn taking part in 3rd Army operations left the camp at 6.15am being engaged in the final objective of this day... Casualties: Capt Jackson and 2nd Lt Schiff killed; Capt Cavendish, 2nd Lts Day, Wellerd and Bridgman wounded. Other ranks, 20 killed , 71 wounded, 32 missing (16 subsequently being found holding shell hole posts)."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Herbert's name initially appeared on a Rifle Brigade list dated 29th April 1917 which appears to record him as being wounded, although note the speech marks around the letter W.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Soldiers Died in The Great War records that Herbert was killed in action and his widow would later receive a gratuity of £3 in addition to the princely sum of £3, three shillings and sixpence owing to him at the time of his death.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Eliza would have been sent Herbert's medals and memorial plaque, and it was presumably she who arranged for them to be framed together with a tiny portrait photo of him. Eliza Hines never remarried and died in 1962 having been a widow for thirty-five years. Lilian Hines, who barely knew her father, married Victor C Benfield in 1946. The couple had one daughter, Margaret A Benfield, born in 1947. Lilian Benfield died at Hove in Sussex in 1989. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Herbert Hines has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. He may be remembered by family members. He is now remembered by me. RIP.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Medals sought, please, for the man pictured above. His name was Frederick Allsopp and in the undated photograph above he wears the following medals:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frederick was born in 1878 and enlisted with the 6th Dragoons on the 12th October 1898 having previosuly served with the 3rd (militia) Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. He extended his service in 1904 to complete eight years with the colours. extended aagain in 1906 to complete 12 years with the colours and then re-engaged in May 1910 to complete 21 years. By the time he was discharged in November 1919 he had soldiered in South Africa, Egypt, India and France and Flanders. He had three children, all born in India, two of whom died in infancy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frederick Allsopp's DCM was gazetted on the 26th June 1918. His son, a veteran of the Second World War, is now hoping to find his father's medals. Please contact me if you can help.</span></div>
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<br />Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024637331564012226.post-4982814856487637462016-12-20T21:59:00.002+00:002016-12-20T22:03:44.180+00:00Philip Burman RIP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Very sorry to see that Philp Burman died on the 13th December at the age of eighty-four. I never met him but I have bought medals from him and he was well respected in the medals trade. The photo on this post appears on Philip's site - http://www.military-medals.co.uk/ - which notes that the business has been closed until further notice. RIP Philip Burman.Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024637331564012226.post-61580676596967263852016-12-18T07:53:00.002+00:002016-12-18T07:53:22.343+00:00The Great War Medal Collector's Companion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I see that my old mate Howard Williamson is selling his essential three-volume Great War Medal Collector's set at bargain prices via eBay. Volumes I and III are being offered at £25 and volume II at £20. These would normally cost £150 for all three and so this really is a give-away. Each volume is comprehensively illustrated and contains a wealth of information that really is not found anywhere else. For the medal collector I would argue that these volumes are as essential as <i>British Battles & Medals</i> and the annual Token Medal Yearbook. <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/halinabann/m.html?item=152332133106&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562" target="_blank">Here's the eBay link</a>.</span></div>
<br />Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024637331564012226.post-25901236708739669192016-11-10T22:38:00.000+00:002016-11-10T22:38:14.142+00:00Military Medal 1914-1920<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b><a href="http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=2114&awinaffid=94297&clickref=&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.findmypast.co.uk%2Fresults%2Fworld-records%2Fbritain-campaign-gallantry-and-long-service-medals-and-awards%3Fdatabasetitle%3Dmilitary%2520medalutf002c%25201914-1920" target="_blank">Military Medal 1914-1920</a> </b>collection is the most comprehensively indexed version online and there has been a good deal of clean-up on the regiments that is missing from, for instance, the National Archives' version. Registration paper, schedule, reference, and gazette date have all been indexed and are all searchable fields using the "additional keywords" field on the main search screen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And if you're quick, for this Remembrance Weekend only, all military records are completely free on Findmypast.</span>Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024637331564012226.post-28867064571677657002016-10-13T13:39:00.001+01:002016-10-13T13:39:53.778+01:0034113 Pte Albert J Hall, 13th & 3rd Hussars<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I recently picked up Albert Hall's First World War campaign medals and school attendance medals. The First World War medals are unremarkable but in cracking condition, as are the school medals which I had not seen before. Together, I think they make an attractive display, and as the sale price was under £50 I thought they were also something of a bargain.<br />
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I don't know anything about Albert, and no service record survives for him. The school attendance medals, issued by London County Council, cover the period 1906 to 1911. Assuming that 1911 was the last year that Albert was at school, and assuming that he left school at the age of 14, a birth year of about 1896 or 1897 would seem reasonable.</div>
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Albert's regimental number with the 13th Hussars dates to between March and April 1917, although it is possible that he could have attested earlier under the Derby Scheme. Again, an enlistment year of 1917 suggest to me a younger man, maybe someone born in between 1897 and 1899.</div>
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The problem of course is that Albert Hall is a common name but there are potentially two candidates on the 1911 census: Albert Joseph Hall, a 15-year-old printer living with his parents in Hoxton and Albert Joseph Hall, a 12-year-old schoolboy living in Bow with his parents and three siblings. Of the two, and bearing in mind that in 1911, the fifteen year-old was working and not at school, I think that The Bow boy is the more likely candidate. Then again, there is the possibility that Albert J Hall was only recorded as "Albert Hall" on the census return...</div>
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<br />Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024637331564012226.post-37813075146352482562016-09-10T06:22:00.000+01:002016-09-10T06:46:29.793+01:00Replica medals anyone?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am often asked if I can recommend a good replica medals' provider. The honest answer is, I cannot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By replica medals I mean replacement medals; copies of campaign and gallantry medals to replace originals that have been lost or sold over the years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The truth of the matter is, I just cannot see any reason why anyone would want to go along this route. Neither would I advocate buying original medals which have had the recipient's details erased - neatly or otherwise. To me, that is vandalism and desecration which simply encourages more vandalism and desecration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I rule out the replica/replacement/copy/fake - call them what you will - medals, simply because they are not the originals. Furthermore, from what I have seen, the vast majority look and feel awful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For me, as a collector, I give myself two options: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1. Post online appeals and create web pages for medals in the hope that one day someone might read that post or web page and recognise those same medals in their own collection</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2. Buy identical contemporary medals</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I recently purchased the campaign pair and Rifle Brigade cap badge to S-28524 Pte Leonard Thomas Bouchard. In due course these will go into a display for my great uncle, Rifleman John Frederick Nixon, who was killed in action in October 1918. Jack had attested under the Derby Scheme in 1915 and been mobilised in 1916 - so had Private Bouchard. The fact that the two men served in different battalions of the Rifle Brigade - albeit both service battalions - is irrelevant to me, although had I been more pedantic I might have held out for a closer medals-match.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Neither does it matter to me that when ultimately mounted in a display case alongside Jack's photo and identity tags, I will know that the medals next to him are not his. To me, displaying the medals of a contemporary is far preferable to displaying poor copies. For all the claims by medal companies, I have yet to see any produced with the toning that comes with decades of being hidden away in a drawer - as in the British War Medal example above. Buying another man's medals also enables me to take on another research project and to remember another man alongside Jack. Once the medals have been mounted I will record a brief service history on the back of the frame.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Finally there is the matter of cost. I note that one copy medal specialist by Royal Appointment, sells a First World War medal pair for a little over £55 (including VAT). The nasty modern shine on both medals comes free of charge. I paid £55 on eBay for the Bouchard pair, and furthermore have what looks like an authentic Rifle Brigade cap badge to boot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If Jack's medals ever do turn up I would of course remove Leonard Bouchard's pair and display these separately. Until that time though, I will be happy to honour both men's service for King and Country.</span><br />
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<br />Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024637331564012226.post-89755839640105610232016-07-24T21:44:00.000+01:002016-07-24T21:48:06.389+01:00Medals sought: 7896 Pte William Reid, 2nd A&S Highlanders<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I completed some research for a client this week who would dearly love to trace her grandfather's medals and, if possible, a photograph of him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">William Reid served with the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and was entitled to a QSA with clasps for Transvaal and South Africa 1902 (7896 W Reid) . He also served during the First World War and earned a 1914 Star (7896 Pte W Reid, 2nd A&S Highlanders) claiming his clasp and roses in May 1921, and the British War and Victory Medals (201536 Pte W Reid, A&S Highlanders).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">William Reid was born in 1882 and served almost continuously in the regiment between 1900 and 1919 when he re-enlisted with the Royal Engineers (613164) presumably to complete 21 years and qualify for a pension. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Please contact Heather Fuller at <a href="mailto:hmafuller001@hotmail.co.uk">hmafuller001@hotmail.co.uk</a> if you are able to assist.</span><br />
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I picked up another 1914 Star trio PoW group this morning to 9738 Pte Richard Watling, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. There's plenty of research potential here, particularly as Richard's group also came with his son's Second World War medals.<br />
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Richard Watling was born in Heigham, Norwich on the 3rd February 1888 and joined the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry on the 11th June 1908. He was the son of William and Elizabeth Watling and by 1891 was the second youngest of seven children.<br />
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He entered France with the 2nd KOYLI on the 14th August 1914 and, according to his entry in the 1914 Star medal roll, was captured on the 30th December 1914. This is clearly incorrect as he appears on my <a href="http://armyservicenumbers.blogspot.co.uk/p/1914-pows.html" target="_blank">Princess Mary tin database</a> of men captured up to and including the 25th December 1914 and, furthermore, was reported as missing in The Times list published on the 26th October. He was certainly held at Sennelager PoW camp for some of his time in captivity and was repatriated in 1918, arriving at Hull on the 27th November. He was discharged on the 23rd March 1919.<br />
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By the time the 1939 Register was taken, Richard was living with his wife Maud (nee Parker) and two sons, Richard Herbert Arthur Watling (1920-1985) and Reginald D Watling (1924-1991) at 19 Salford Street, Norwich.<br />
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Richard Watling died on the 3rd May 1964 at the age of 76, probate of £1184 being granted to his son, Richard, insurance agent. At the time of his death his home address was recorded as 17 Woodcock Close, Norwich.Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024637331564012226.post-48414443133258312752016-05-01T08:35:00.000+01:002016-05-01T08:35:11.696+01:00Liverpool Pals and Sportsmen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.london-medals.co.uk/index.php?route=common/home" target="_blank">The London Medal Company</a> has some nice items on this week's list. There are a couple of Liverpool Pals badges up for grabs, as well as the nice 24th Royal Fusiliers (2nd Sportsmen's) tribute medal below. <br />
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I don't suppose these will be around for very long. The Liverpool Pals' badge in particular would make a nice addition to a medal group to an original battalion member.Paul Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354531380984476532noreply@blogger.com0