A Collection of Medals The Property of a Gentleman
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A Great War and 1939-45 War campaign service group of eight awarded to Able Seaman H. W. Keemar, Royal Navy,
who was mentioned in despatches for services in the cruiser H.M.S. Despatch in 1942
BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (J. 58939 H. W. Keemar, Ord., R.N.); 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; PACIFIC STAR; WAR MEDAL
1939-45, M.I.D. oakleaf; ROYAL FLEET RESERVE LONG SERVICE, G.V.R., coinage bust (J. 58939 (PO. B. 17726) H. W. Keemar, A.
B., R.F.R.); IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL, E.II.R. (Harold Walter Keemar), the 1939-45 awards and the last with boxes of issue, the
seventh with minor official correction, the first two heavily polished, thus good fine, the remainder very fine or better (8)
£200-250
Harold Walter Keemar was born in Shoreham, Sussex in September 1900 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in September
1916, his first seagoing appointment being in the cruiser H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh from September 1917 until April 1918. Having
then ended the War with an appointment in Gibraltar, he served in the battleship Barham in the late 1920s and sometime thereafter
transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve.
Recalled on the renewal of hostilities, he served in the cruiser Despatch in the early part of the War, winning a mention in despatches
(London Gazette 11 June 1942, refers), and was awarded his I.S.M. for services as a postman in Brighton (London Gazette 21 October
1960, refers).
Sold with original M.I.D. and I.S.M. certificates, together with two silver cups, both named to the recipient and awarded in 1927, one
for H.M.S. Barham, and three prize medals, all named, two in silver, one in bronze, and all cased.
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Five: Squadron Leader G. Whatling, Royal Air Force
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (590137 Cpl. G. Whatling, R.A.F.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE
1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (590137 Sgt. G. Whatling, R.A.F.); DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, M.I.D.
oakleaf; ROYAL AIR FORCE L.S.&G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (Act. Sqn. Ldr. G. Whatling, R.A.F.), together with his silver identity
bracelet, generally good very fine (5) £300-350
George Whatling, who was born in January 1911, enlisted in the Royal Air Force as an Apprentice Clerk in April 1928, and was
commissioned from Flight Sergeant in June 1940. Mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 1 January 1946 refers), he was placed on
the Retired List as a Squadron Leader in September 1951 after a final appointment in the Secretarial Branch; sold with brief research.
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Nine: Chief Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic D. B. Stimpson, Royal Navy
1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR, clasp, France and Germany; AFRICA STAR, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; PACIFIC STAR; WAR MEDAL
1939-45; NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Malaya (D/KX. 85584 D. B. Stimpson, P.O.S.M., R.N.); KOREA 1950-53
(D/KX. 85584 D. B. Stimpson, P.O.S.M., R.N.); U.N. KOREA 1950-54; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (KX. 85584 D. B.
Stimpson, C.P.O.S.M., H.M.S. Drake), surname on the last officially corrected, good very fine (9) £300-350
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Four: Company Sergeant-Major K. Kaporo, King’s African Rifles
1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45; KING’S AFRICAN RIFLES L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (Z 11084 C.S.M.
Khangawa Kaporo, K.A.R.), generally very fine (4) £250-300
Khangawa Koporo, a native of the Atonga Tribe, enlisted in the King’s African Rifles at Zomba in February 1929 and served in both the
1st and 2nd Battalions during his ensuing career, including several months in Abyssinia and Somalia during the 1939-45 War. He was
finally discharged as a Company Sergeant-Major in October 1945, the award of his L.S. & G.C. Medal having been approved by the
Nyasaland Military Records Office in the same year; sold with copied service record, which confirms his application for replacement
1939-45 campaign awards in the early 1960s.
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Seven: Sergeant T. H. Franklin, Royal Air Force, late Royal Fusiliers
1939-45 STAR; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (4013068 Cpl. T. H.
Franklin, R.A.F.); ROYAL AIR FORCE L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (4013068 Sgt. T. H. Franklin, R.A.F.); EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.VI.R., 1st
issue, Territorial (5990282 Sjt. T. H. Franklin, R.F.), mounted as worn, generally good very fine and a most unusual
combination (7) £200-250
An accompanying note states that the recipient served in the 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers in the Italian campaign.
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