Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith - Part I
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Three: Private E. B. White, Bloemhof Commando
1914-15 STAR (Pte., Bloemhof Cdo.); BRITISH WAR AND BILINGUAL VICTORY MEDALS (Pte., Bloemhof Cdo.) good very fine (3)
£80-100
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Three: Private A. N. Wyatt, South African Forces
1914-15 STAR (Pte., 2nd F. Amb. S.A.M.C.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Pte., 4th S.A.I.); BILINGUAL VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19
(Pte., 1st S.A.H.)
Pair: Private Namate, King’s African Rifles
1914-15 STAR (1467 Pte.,1/K.A.R.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (1467 Pte., 1/K.A.R.) very fine and better (5) £70-90
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Three: Sepoy Fateh Khan, 1-67th Punjabis
BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2493 Sepoy, 1-67 Pjbis); GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62,1 clasp, N.W. Persia (2493 Sepoy, 1-67-
Punjabis) nearly very fine
Three: Lance-Naik Kabul Khan, 33rd Punjabis
BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (2569 Sepoy Kabal Khan, 33 Pjbis.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 2 clasps, Afghanistan 1919,
Burma 1930-32 (2569 Sepoy Kabul, 1/33/Pjbs.) unofficial connection between clasps; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp,
Kurdistan (888 L. Naik Kabul Khan, 3-16-Punjab R.) note variation in name, very fine (6) £100-140
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BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDAL PAIRS (4) (Capt. A. G. Carment; 2 Lieut. G. A. Potter-Kirby; Flt. Lt. A. M. Kay, R.N.A.S.; R.M.
A. 2698-S-Gr. E. C. Prentice) good very fine and better (8) £120-160
Andrew Gray Carment was born in India in 1873. He received his medical training at the University of Edinburgh, gaining a M.B., C.M.
in 1896, B.Sc. in 1909, and M.D. in 1911. He was D.P.H., R.C.P.S. Edinburgh and R.F.P.S. Glasgow, 1920. During the Great War he
was appointed a Temporary Lieutenant, R.A.M.C., October 1916 and Temporary Captain, October 1917. Served in East Africa, Malta,
Macedonia and North Russia (August-October 1918). In the 1924 Medical Register his address is given as Tulagi on the British
Solomon Island Protectorate.
With copied research.
George Arthur Potter-Kirby was born on 21 February 1879. A Silk Mercer by occupation, he enlisted on 9 March 1915 and serving as a
Private in the Army Service Corps he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 24 August 1915. In September 1917 Potter-Kirby
was discharged to a temporary commission in the Chinese Labour Corps. With copied research.
Ernest George Prentice was born in St. Albans on 30 October 1899. A Groom by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Marine Artillery
on 30 October 1917.
With copied service paper.
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Pair: Lance-Duffadar Khan Mohammad Khan, 19th Lancers
BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (2251 L-Dfdr., 18 Lcrs.); INDIAN ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (2251 L. Dfdr.,
18/19/(K.G.O.) Lcrs.)
BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (2252 L-Dfdr. Mohd. Khan, 18 Lcrs) very fine (3) £60-80
M.S.M. awarded for Egypt.
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Six: Water Carrier Naurata Singh, Rajput, late 1-11 Sikh Regiment
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (74 W-Carr., 1-11 Sikh R.); 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR;
ITALY STAR;DEFENCE MEDAL, these officially named (3028651 W/C Naurata Singh, Rajput R.); WAR MEDAL 1939-45, unnamed,
first with some edge bruising, very fine (6)
Four: Jemadar Raman Rana, 2-1 Gurkha Rifles, a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (Jemdr., 2-1 G.R.); 1939-45 STAR; PACIFIC STAR; WAR
MEDAL 1939-45, these unnamed, very fine (4) £100-140
Medals to Rana with copied research stating Jemadar Raman Rana, 2-1 Gurkha Rifles, was captured by the Japanese at Jitra, near Alor
Star, N. Malaya, on 11 December 1941.
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Five: Havildar Padamsing Gurung, 8th Gurkha Rifles
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (2392 Rfn., 1-8 G.R.); 1939-45 STAR; BURMA STAR; WAR
AND INDIA SERVICE MEDALS, these four officially named (2392 Hav., 8 G.R.) mounted court style for wear, very fine (5)
£60-80
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