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Auction date Wednesday 17 May 2023 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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Head of Sale:

Adam Chapman

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Total lots: 618

A WWI NAVAL LSGC GROUP TO GRIBBLE RN
Lot 168 Sold
A WWI NAVAL LSGC GROUP TO GRIBBLE RN
1914/15 Star correctly impressed 204203 E R Gribble AB RN
Pair correctly impressed 204203 E R Gribble AB RN
GV LSGC correctly impressed 204203 E R Gribble HMS Tiger

Swing mounted

Condition GVF
With the original minesweeping badge and the postcard of HMS Tiger. Plus, a silk postcard. Ernest…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
GREAT WAR PAIR TO LIEUTENANT HEDGES NORFOLK REGT
Lot 169 Sold
GREAT WAR PAIR TO LIEUTENANT HEDGES NORFOLK REGT
Pair correctly impressed 2.Lieut S V Hedges Norfolk Regt.

Condition GVF

Sold with a Livery medal to S V Hedges.

Stanley Vernon Hedges was a native of Putney, London. He served with the 5th Bn Norfolk Regiment as a Second Lieutenant during the Great War. He landed in Egypt on the 11th of July, 1917. He survived the war and was discharged with a Silver War Badge.

He passed away in 1968 in Brighton.
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £60 - £80
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
CAMPAIGN GROUP OF SEVEN TO WARRANT OFFICER JONES, MILITARY PROVEST STAFF CORPS
Lot 170 Unsold
CAMPAIGN GROUP OF SEVEN TO WARRANT OFFICER JONES, MILITARY PROVEST STAFF CORPS
1939 - 45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal; War Medal; GVI Regular Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal; correctly impressed 5567344 WO Cl 2 C R Jones MPSC; Police Exemplary Service Medal correctly impressed Const C R Jones; swing mounted as worn, condition GVF

Sold with shooting medal engraved to the reverse ' L/Cpl Jones'. The recipients' paybook and release book, postcards and a passport-size picture of the recipient
Estimate: £120 - £140
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
NAVAL CAMPAIGN GROUP OF FIVE TO CPO T E COLLINS RN
Lot 171 Sold
NAVAL CAMPAIGN GROUP OF FIVE TO CPO T E COLLINS RN
Queens South Africa, no bar. Correctly impressed T E Collins Po 1st Cl HMS Monarch; 1914/15 Star, correctly impressed 125533 T E Collins CPO RN; British War Medal, correctly impressed 125533 T E Collins CPO RN; Victory Medal, correctly impressed 125533 T E Collins CPO RN; Queen Victoria Naval Long Service Good Conduct Medal, correctly impressed T E Collins P O Cl1 HMS Excellent, swing mounted as worn; condition VF and better, edge bruises to the LSGC

The group is housed in a homemade wooden case.
Sold with original service papers, torpedo and gunnery record and certificate of service. Three…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £220 - £260
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL GROUP TO SUB CONDUCTOR CHADWICK RAOC
Lot 172 Sold
MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL GROUP TO SUB CONDUCTOR CHADWICK RAOC
1914/15 Star, correctly impressed 02298 SJT S V Chadwick AOC; British War Medal, correctly impressed 02298 T W O Cl1 S V Chadwick AOC; Victory Medal, correctly impressed 02298 T W O Cl1 S V Chadwick AOC (MID); Defence Medal; War Medal; GV MSM, correctly impressed 0/2298 T SUB CONDR S V Chadwick RAOC; condition VF+, court mounted

Sold with an original photograph of the recipient.
Stanley Victor Chadwick was born in Elmesthrofie, Leicestershire, on the 22nd of March 1892. At the…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £220 - £240
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
TERRITORIAL PAIR TO LIEUTENANT CHADWICK ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS
Lot 173 Sold
TERRITORIAL PAIR TO LIEUTENANT CHADWICK ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS
GSM Near East, correctly impressed Lieut A B Chadwick RAOC; EIIR T & AVR Officers Decoration dated 1969, with three bars.

Sold with three sets of miniatures, with a photograph of the recipient; condition EF
Anthony B Chadwick was born in Hampshire in 1935. Called up for National Service, he was given a…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £240 - £260
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
A POW TERRITORIAL GROUP TO PTE MILES MIDDLESEX REGT
Lot 174 Sold
A POW TERRITORIAL GROUP TO PTE MILES MIDDLESEX REGT
Pair correctly impressed 240140 Pte H Miles Midd'x R
GV TEM correctly impressed 235270 Cpl H Miles 6-N Staff R

Condition GVF

With POW welcome home letter


Henry Miles First served in France with the Middlesex Regiment; later, he was transferred to the 2nd/6th North Staffordshire Regiment. He was taken prisoner of war during the German Spring Offensive in March 1918.
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £80 - £120
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
A 1914/15 TRIO TO 2586 PTE W CAREY R LANC R
Lot 175 Sold
A 1914/15 TRIO TO 2586 PTE W CAREY R LANC R
Trio correctly impressed 2586 Pte W Carey R Lanc R.
With Princess Mary Tin, Cap Badges, Trench Art Harmonica and an envelope for the medals.
William Carey was born in Ulverston in 1894. He worked as a Draper and resided in Ulverston,…
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £200
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
AN ARCTIC STAR GROUP TO R J W HALLET OF HMS BEAGLE
Lot 176 Sold
AN ARCTIC STAR GROUP TO R J W HALLET OF HMS BEAGLE
along with his fathers' medals

Richard J W Hallett resided in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. During the Second World War, he served on HMS Beagle, a B-Class destroyer which took part in the Russian Convoys between 1942 and 1944.
1939/45 StarAtlantic Star with F & G ClaspAfrica Star, North Africa 1942-43 ClaspArctic StarWar…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
WW2 COMBINED OPERATIONS AND POST WAR PHANTOM GROUP TO WARRANT OFFICER CLASS 2 EVANS
Lot 177 Sold
WW2 COMBINED OPERATIONS AND POST WAR PHANTOM GROUP TO WARRANT OFFICER CLASS 2 EVANS
1939/45 Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal; War Medal; EII Territorial Efficiency Medal correctly impressed 22515026 W.O. Cl. 2. O.E. Evans. R.Sigs.;
court mounted as worn; condition GVF
Sold with two Combined Operations patches. Photographs of the recipient in the post-war years, with…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
A COLLECTION OF MEDALS AND BADGES
Lot 178 Sold
A COLLECTION OF MEDALS AND BADGES
Victory Medal to GS-35243 Pte H.H. Taylor R Fus; 1939 to 45 Star; Africa Star with 8th Army Clasp; Italy Star; Defence Medal; War Medal; Battle of Britain Commemorative Medal; miniature medal group; DCM, 39/45, Atlantic Star, Burma Star, Defence and War.

Sold with cap badges and fobs.
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £40 - £60
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS GROUP TO PILOT OFFICER GEORGE HIGHTON 192 SQUADRON
Lot 179 Sold
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS GROUP TO PILOT OFFICER GEORGE HIGHTON 192 SQUADRON
GVI Cased Distinguished Flying Cross; 1939 to 45 Star; Aircrew Europe Star; Defence Medal; War Medal; Condition NEF (large rings on stars, potentially slightly later issues); sold with miniature medals; two logbooks covering his full service; together with a photograph of the recipient and photo of him at the US mess in Rheims after the German surrender. Higton is in the background looking at General Eisenhower and Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder.
George Highton was commissioned as Pilot Officer in the Royal Airforce on the 14th of December 1943…
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £1,400 - £1,800
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
A RAF GROUP TO LEADING AIRCRAFTSMAN GRANVILLE BERNARD JONES
Lot 180 Unsold
A RAF GROUP TO LEADING AIRCRAFTSMAN GRANVILLE BERNARD JONES
Defence and War Medal.

Condition GVF

With extensive ephemera

1166570 LAC Granville Bernard Jones was a Fitter Mechanic of Airframes. He served in the RAF from the 21st Jube 1940 until the 8th of March 1946; between the 29th of August 1941 and the 15th of September 1944, he served in South Africa.
He produced high-quality technical drawings of a variety of aircraft in a drawing pad, which is…
Estimate: £40 - £80
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
A BRITISH WAR MEDAL & MEMORIAL PLAQUE TO WILLIAMS
Lot 181 Sold
A BRITISH WAR MEDAL & MEMORIAL PLAQUE TO WILLIAMS
BWM impressed DVR M Williams C A H TC
Memorial Plaque Moos Williams
Condition GVF
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £60 - £80
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
GREAT WAR PAIR AND MEMORIAL PLAQUE TO PTE EARLE LIVERPOOL REGIMENT
Lot 182 Sold
GREAT WAR PAIR AND MEMORIAL PLAQUE TO PTE EARLE LIVERPOOL REGIMENT
pair correctly impressed 25301 Pte G Earle L'Pool R; memorial plaque to George Earle; condition EF
George Earle was born in Bebington, Cheshire. During the Great War, he joined the Liverpool…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £80 - £120
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
PRINCESS MARY TIN AND BRITISH WAR MEDAL TO PTE EARLE ASC
Lot 183 Sold
PRINCESS MARY TIN AND BRITISH WAR MEDAL TO PTE EARLE ASC
British War Medal, correctly impressed S-419329 Pte J T Earle ASC, condition EF
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
WW2 NAVAL GROUP TO ARTHUR WILLIAM GILLINGHAM
Lot 184 Sold
WW2 NAVAL GROUP TO ARTHUR WILLIAM GILLINGHAM
1939/45 Star & Atlantic Star, with numerous photographs of the recipient and his time in service
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £20 - £40
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
CAMPAIGN GROUP TO SERGEANT SMALL ROYAL MILITARY POLICE
Lot 185 Sold
CAMPAIGN GROUP TO SERGEANT SMALL ROYAL MILITARY POLICE
1939/45 Star; France & Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal; GV TEM, correctly impressed 829005 S SJT G C Small RMP

EII Special Constabulary Medal (Long Service 1965 bar), correctly impressed Sergt George C Small ( naming has tarnish covering it partly); condition VF; sold with extensive ephemera, Paybook, Discharge book, photographs of the recipient, certificate and box of issue
George Charles Henry Small joined the Royal Artillery in 1933 as a territorial; on the 6th of April…
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £80 - £120
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
CAMPAIGN GROUP OF FOUR TO LEADING STOKER GILLHAM HSM PEARL
Lot 186 Sold
CAMPAIGN GROUP OF FOUR TO LEADING STOKER GILLHAM HSM PEARL
no bar QSA, correctly impressed F.W. Gillham Sto HMS Pearl; 1914/15 Star, correctly impressed 287179 F W Gilham L Sto RN; Pair, correctly impressed 287179 F W Gilham L Sto RN; condition GVF (some verdigris to the obverse of the Star); sold with pictures of the recipient and service papers
Frank William Gilham was born in Bradfield, Witts, on the 25th of September 1878. He joined the…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £80 - £120
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
PAIR AND PLAQUE TO PTE BRADSHAW DLI, SONS MEDALS
Lot 187 Unsold
PAIR AND PLAQUE TO PTE BRADSHAW DLI, SONS MEDALS.
Pair correctly impressed 33740 Pte T R Bradshaw Durh LI
Plaque - Thomas Revell Bradshaw

Condition GVF
With a card cover for the plaque.

1939 to 45 Star
France and Germany Star
Defence Medal
War Medal Masonic Medal, silver hallmarked and enamel engraved to 'Bro David R Bradshaw Crewkerne Lodge.'
Thomas Revell Bradshaw was born in Mayfield, Derby in 1891. A farm Labourer by trade. He attested…
Estimate: £200 - £250
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
CASUALTY GREAT WAR PAIR TO PTE EMMETT ROYAL BERKS
Lot 188 Sold
CASUALTY GREAT WAR PAIR TO PTE EMMETT ROYAL BERKS
correctly impressed 33933 Pte J Emmett R Berks R, condition EF

James Emmett was born in Cookham, Berks, in 1887. He was sadly killed on the 24th of March 1918 and buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension.
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £40 - £60
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
GREAT WAR MEDALS AND A RARE RIDGWAY'S PEACE TEA CANISTER 1919
Lot 189 Sold
GREAT WAR MEDALS AND A RARE RIDGWAY'S PEACE TEA CANISTER 1919
1914-15 Star, attributed to M2-079992 Private John L. Bohler, Army Service Corps,
1914-15 Star, attributed to 56849 Gunner P. H. Havill, Royal Garrison Artillery,
Victory Medal, Great Britain and British Empire issue, 1914-1919, attributed to 35401 Private Horace Sanson, Royal Warwickshire Regiment,
Victory Medal, Great Britain and British Empire issue, 1914-1919, attributed to 39891 Private…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £100
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
A WW2 GROUP TO A URQUHART, POSSIBLY A SUBMARINER
Lot 190 Unsold
A WW2 GROUP TO A URQUHART, POSSIBLY A SUBMARINER
1939/45 Star
Atlantic Star
War Medal

In Box of issue with entitlement slip. Addressed to Mr A Uruhart Abberdeen Scotland. With Submariners bullion badge.

Condition VF+
Estimate: £80 - £120
17 May 2023
17 May 2023
A PAIR AND PLAQUE TO PTE W BASSETT E YORK R
Lot 191 Unsold
A PAIR AND PLAQUE TO PTE W BASSETT E YORK R
Pair correctly impressed 7711 Pte W Bassett E York R
Plaque Walter Bassett

Condition GVF

Walter Bassett was born in Heyford, Northamptonshire, in 1893. He was a farm labour in civilian life before joining up.
He first served with the East Yorkshire Regiment before transferring to the 7th Bn Lincolnshire…
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 May 2023
17 May 2023

Total lots: 618

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