24 July 2019

Inter Allied Victory Medal 1914-1919 - For Sale

Inter Allied Victory Medals for sale

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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.

Victory Medal, erased (pictured above); perfect gap-filler; £40.


5098 Benjamin Balding, 6th London Regt

5098 Pte B. Balding 6-Lond R.
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. Sold

203507 Pte L A Harris Essex R
Probably 203507 Leslie Arnold Harris 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. Photo available on request. £40. 


G-36978 Pte A Reid, 11th R Sussex Regt

G-36978 Pte A Reid R Suss R
G-36978 Pte Albert Reid served overseas with the 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Entitled to pair. £30


315067 Pte S J Slade, 16th R Sussex Regt

315067 Pte S J Slade R Suss R
315607 Pte Sydney James Slade served overseas with the 16th Royal Sussex Regiment. Entitled to pair. £30.

B-2966 Pte S S G Smeeton Rif. Brig.
Extensively researched and written about on this blog: Stephen Samuel George Smeeton 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. Photo available on request. £40. 


G-21022 Arthur Turner, 8th R Sussex Regt
G-21022 Pte. A. Turner. R. Suss. R.
Arthur Turner 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 Chailey memorial.  Extensive supporting research. £40.



G-22254 Pte F Turner, 16th R Sussex Regt
G-22254 Pte F Turner R Suss R
G-22254 Pte Frank Turner 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. £40.




Left to right, William Bell, Sarah Cahill, George Clulow

39259 A. Cpl. W. Bell. Linc. R.
39259 A/Cpl William Bell; later 31252 Labour Corps. Entitled to pair. £20.

25483 Wkr S. Cahill.  Q.M.A.A.C.
25483 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 regimental number and regiment. £50.

12008 Pte. G. Clulow. Ches. R.
12008 Pte 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. SOLD
Left to right: William Cousins, Frank Gibson, William Hardy
L.9937 Pte. W. E. Cousins.  Midd’x R.
Born in December 1884, L/9337 Private William 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. SOLD


M2-182464 Pte. F. Gibson. A.S.C.
M2/182464 Pte Frank Gibson, No 4 Aux Coy, ASC. Entitled to pair and SWB. £20.

T4-060672 Dvr. W. Hardy. A.S.C.
T4/060672 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. £30.
Left to right: George Keane, George Lane, Ottiwell Lodge
100136 Pte. G. Keane. R.A.M.C.
100136 Pte George Keane, RAMC. Entitled to pair. £20.

73772 Pte. G. Lane. Welsh R
Believed to be 73772 Pte George 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. £20.

S4-090200 Sjt. O. Lodge. A.S.C.
S4/090200 Sgt Ottiwell Lodge. Entitled to pair. £20.

Left to right: Harry Marland, Edward Walton

PW-1497 Pte. H. Marland. Midd’x R.
PW/1497 Pte Harry Marland, 19th Middlesex. Wounded 1916. Entitled to pair. £25.

598 Pte. E. Walton. R.A.M.C.

598, later 350336 Pte Edward Mackenzie Walton, 1st East Lancashire Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps.  Joined this unit on the 5th December 1914.  Discharged aged 31 years and 4 months (born circa October 1887) on the 19th February 1919. Entitled to 1914-15 Star trio and SWB.

A strong 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. £30.



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