Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith - Part I
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Four: Lance-Corporal C. B. Hansen, 1st (Singapore Volunteer Corps)
Battalion Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, a prisoner-of-war of the
Japanese, who died on 23 August 1945
1939-45 STAR; 1939-45 STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, these privately
engraved (12835 L. Cpl C B Hansen 1 Bn S.S.V.F. S.V.C.); DENMARK,
PARTICIPATION MEDAL 1940-45, silver, unnamed, in card box of issue;
CHRISTIAN X 75TH BIRTHDAY BADGE 1870-1945, silver and enamel, about
extremely fine (5) £180-220
Lance-Corporal C. B. Hansen, Singapore Volunteer Corps, died on 23 August
(Part Lot)
1945, aged 29 years. He was buried in the Labuan War Cemetery. He was a
recipient of King Christian’s Commemorative Medal for Participation in the War.
He was the son of Valdemar and Alice Hansen of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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A Second World War group of three attributed to Lieutenant Norris Henry Hoare, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.
M.S. Hood, killed in action against the Bismarck, 24 May 1941
1939-45STAR;ATLANTIC STAR;WAR MEDAL 1939-45, these unnamed as issued, in wooden framed glass-fronted case, bearing
a brass name plate inscribed, ‘Lt. Norris Henry Hoare, R.N.V.R., Killed on Active Service 24.5.41, H.M.S. Hood’,
extremely fine (3) £300-400
Norris Henry Hoare, son of Henry and Elizabeth Jane Hoare, of Whipton, Devon,
was a member of staff of Lloyds Bank Limited at Newton Abbot, Devon and was
a Member of the Institute of Bankers. During the Second World War he served as
a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Serving aboard the battle
cruiser H.M.S. Hood, he was killed in the action with the German battleship
Bismarck in the Denmark Straits on 24 May 1941. Aged 28 at the time of his
death; his name is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
The battle cruiser Hood, together with the battleship Prince of Wales were
closing with the Bismarck and her cruiser consort, the Prinz Eugen, when the
Hood was hit by shells from the Bismarck and exploded. Only three men of her
compliment of 1,421 survived her catastrophic end.
Sold with the book In Memoriam 1939-1945. The book was published in
conjunction with the unveiling of a Memorial to fallen members of Lloyds Bank
staff, erected at the Banking Hall at 71 Lombard Street. The Memorial was
unveiled on 11 November 1949, at a service of dedication attended by many of
the relatives of the deceased, directors, senior officials and staff of the Bank. The
book contains the Order of Service for the Dedication and provides a
photographic record of members of staff named on the Memorial, who were
killed during the war (including Lieutenant Hoare). With the book is a forwarding
letter from the Chairman and Directors of the Bank, dated 3 September 1951,
addressed to Mr & Mrs H. Hoare at ‘Morwenna’, 10, Kennerley Avenue,
Whipton, near Exeter. Also with a copy of the letter of acknowledgement and
thanks sent in return.
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Three: Lieutenant-Colonel G. B. S. Chawla, 18th Field Ambulance
1939-45 STAR; PACIFIC STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, these privately engraved (M.Z.1099 Lt-Colonel G. B. S. Chawla, 18th Fd.
Amb.)
Three: H. L. Upadhe, Calcutta Port, Defence of India Corps
1939-45 STAR; BURMA STAR, these two officially impressed (165185 H. L. Upadhe, Cal. Port, D. of I. Corps (Docks)); WAR
MEDAL 1939-45, unnamed, mounted as worn
Pair: Rifleman Kishnabahadur Thapa, 8th Gurkha Rifles
BURMA STAR;WAR MEDAL 1939-45, both officially impressed (86583 Rfn. Kishnabahadur Thapa, 8 G.R.) very fine and better
(8) £50-70
Gurbaksh Singh Chawla was born on 5 May 1893. He served in the ranks of the Indian Army, September 1918-January 1919 and April-
August 1919. He received his medical training at St. Andrews, gaining the M.B., Ch.B. in 1923. Appointed a Temporary Lieutenant in
the Indian Medical Service, August 1924; Lieutenant, May 1925; Captain, August 1927; Major, February 1934 and attained the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel in February 1944. With copied research.
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