Essex Regiment medals for sale

Essex Regiment medals for sale

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2409 Pte. C. Appleton. Essex R.

Private Charles Appleton, 6th Essex Regiment

1914-15 Star (2409 Pte. C. Appleton. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (2409 Pte. C. Appleton. Essex R.) good very fine, SOLD

2409, later 275392 Charles Appleton, the 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.

34000 Sjt. E. J. Ballinger. Essex R.

Sergeant Edwin John Ballinger, Essex Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (34000 Sjt. E. J. Ballinger. Essex R.) good very fine SOLD

Born: 25th April 1886 at Whitchurch / Symonds Yat, Herefordshire; married: 1914 to Florence Burton; died 1969. According to the silver war badge roll, Edwin John Ballinger 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.

3833 Pte. W. J. Bartrop. Essex R.

3833 Pte William John Bartrop, 5th Essex Regt 

Victory Medal (3833 Pte. W. J. Bartrop. Essex R.) very fine SOLD

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.

3752 Pte. C. Button. Essex R.

2500 later 35172 Private Charles Button, 1/5th Essex Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (3752 Pte. C. Button. Essex R.) very fine SOLD

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 The Essex County Chronicle casualty list of 26 April 1917. Lived at 1, Front Lane, Cranham, Upminster. Papers in WO 363.

3287 Pte. T. Galley. Essex R.

3287 Pte Thomas Galley. Essex R. 

Victory Medal (3287 Pte. T. Galley. Essex R.) very fine SOLD

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.

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.’

42645 Pte. E. W. Hopkins. Essex R.

42645 Private Edward William Hopkins, 2nd Essex Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (42645 Pte. E. W. Hopkins. Essex R.) SOLD

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.

5660 Pte. H. T. Turpin. Essex R.

Private Harold Thomas Turpin, 1/6th Essex Regiment

British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (5660 Pte. H. T. Turpin. Essex R.) good very fine SOLD

Born:  29th September 1896, the son of Frances and Albert Thomas James Turpin. Married: Emily C Craddock in 1922. Died: 1977

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 (London Gazette 30480, 16 January 1918). Address in September 1919 was 71 Gwendoline Avenue, Upton Park, London E13. Aged  22.  Papers in WO 364.