Militaria in association with the Tank Museum

Correctly impressed
Condition GVF

With prayer book.
John Hewitt Sutton Moxly was born in Woolwich, Kent on December 27th 1891.

He was educated at Victoria College, Jersey, where he won the gold medal for classics and was head of his school. He won a King Charles I scholarship at Oxford University and had served in the OTC there. Moxly was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 4th Bn Bedfordshire Regiment on August 21st 1914.

William Shakes lived in Paddington and enlisted in Kensington, joining the 13th Bn London Regiment.

He landed on the Western Front on November 3rd 1914 and was thus entitled to a 1914 Star Trio. He sadly died of wounds on January 22nd 1915, and was laid to rest in Estaires Communal Cemetery.

Ernest Edward Wicks was born in Oxford on November 22nd 1893. He was commissioned as a Temporary Sub Lieutenant on January 11th 1916. On November 30th 1916, he was drafted to Nelson Bn and went to France on December 14th 1916. He was invalided to England in February 1917, suffering from Trench Fever. He then served as a training officer mainly in bombing until April 12th 1918, when he was drafted to Hawke Bn.

There are two men of this name listed on the CWGC, one in the Machine Gun Corps, the other in the NZEF.

Montague Wyndham Harold Sargent was born in January 1898 in Dorchester. At the time of the 1911 census, Harold was living with his family at 12 Harvey's Buildings, Dorchester. He was still attending school, with a part-time job as a Drapers Errand Boy. He enlisted into the 5th Bn of the Dorset Regiment, his service number being 17623. He sadly died of wounds on September 6th, aged 19. He was laid to rest in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.

There were a number of casualties to men of that name during the Great War.

Henry David Snell was born in Ontario, Canada; in 1896, he earned his living as a Farmer, which is noted on his service papers; however, it looks like he was born in London.

Snell joined the Royal Navy on February 29th 1916, as a Stoker. He was sadly killed in action on October 2nd 1918, while serving on HMS Weymouth at the Battle of Durazzo.

the upper section of metal construction covered with leather, the eye apertures pierced with horizontal vision slits, the lower section of chain mail with chamois leather lining.

These masks were introduced in 1917 to protect tank crews from small particles of metal and lead fragments flying across the inside of the tank when it came under fire in battles.

with inscription to the sides "Souvenir 1916" and Souvenir 1914", 13cm long (2)

oil on board, framed, 31.75cm by 39.5cm.

including Cavalry Regiments, Yeomanry and Guards. With a British Army Side Cap.

Novices Boxing February 1935 Lightweight Winner I C Justice.
Royal Military Academy Cap badge.
Captain Ian Charles Justice 52nd Bty, 1 Field Regt, Royal Artillery – killed February 13th 1941. Buried in Keren War Cemetery

on a detachable metal stand, in grey military paint, with its' original instructions card, accompanied with an ARP whistle by J. Hudson & Co

stamped AP No 16001, stamped with military crow's foot mark, and a military respirator in its original cardboard box (2)

stamped 1944 with a British military crow's foot, with painted initials "JS", and a pair of brown leather goggles (2)

with a quantity of various gun magazines and gun butt ends

signed at the bottom "V. Bouvier. - Loose", framed and glazed, 40cm x 28cm; a military belt and frog; "The Gospel According to St. Mark" dating from 1914-16; "The Gospel According to St. John";
Active Service from 1914-16; various black and white postcards and other items (a lot)

stamped "RKp.Nr", in original leather carrying case; a quadrant gunners sight no. 48808 1943, in original leather case; and another brass military sight by Cook, Troughton & Sims Ltd, London and New York, stamped with a military crows foot no. 8695 mkVI (3)

marked no. 2 MKII, military crows foot , stamped "OGB53GA", 6x30, 1943, together with a military canvas case; and a Stanley of London military compass, no. 409444

comprising tobacco, cigarettes, a pencil in the form of a brass shell and a Christmas card (a lot)

Twenty-two in total, shoulder titles, cap badges and buttons. Including a rare Royal Tank Corps badge, 1923 second pattern (tank in retreat)

Plastic economy type from WW2.

Order of the Patriotic War in 1st and 2nd Class and four regimental badges.