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Six: Acting Serjeant W. Smith, 5th Battalion Hampshire Regiment
BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (280060 A. Sjt., Hamps. R.); TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-19 (390 Pte., Hamps. R.);
DEFENCE MEDAL, unnamed; IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Walter Smith) name officially corrected; TERRITORIAL
FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.V.R. (390 L. Cpl., 5/Hants. Regt.) mounted court style for wear, good very fine (6) £160-200
I.S.M. London Gazette 14 May 1946. ‘Postman, Liss Sub-Office, Petersfield.’
Awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal by Army Order 293 of August 1915. With copied research.
538
Five: Private J. Begg, 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles
BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (195016 Pte., 5-C.M.R.); FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE, Canadian issue in silver; CANADIAN
VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL, no clasp; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, these four unnamed
Six: to a Canadian serviceman
1939-45 STAR; ITALY STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE, Canadian issue in silver; CANADIAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL, with
overseas service clasp; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, all unnamed, mounted as worn
Three: to a Canadian serviceman
DEFENCE, Canadian issue in silver; CANADIAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL, with overseas service clasp; WAR MEDAL 1939-45,
Canadian issue in silver, all unnamed, mounted as worn, good very fine (14) £70-90
‘Begg’ W.W.2 medal entitlement not confirmed.
539
Four: Captain W. T. Carter, East Surrey Regiment, late Indian Army
BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut. W. T. Carter); GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (Capt. W. T. Carter, 120-
Inf.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 2 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24 (Capt. W. T. Carter, 120-Inf.),
generally very fine and the third rare (4) £600-700
William Thomas Carter, who was born in November 1898, was first commissioned in May 1917 on the Unattached List, and joined the
Indian Army in December of the same year. Subsequently posted to the 120th Rajputana Infantry, he is confirmed as having
participated in the operations in South Persia November 1918 to June 1919, in addition to extensive service in the Waziristan
operations 1919-24 (his MIC entry refers). His earlier British War & Victory Medals were issued via the India Office in 1924. Carter was
appointed a Company Officer and Captain in the 120th in May 1921, but appears to have transferred to the East Surrey Regiment by
the mid-1920s, when he was serving as Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion at Aldershot.
540
Four: Corporal W. J. Palmer, Royal West Kent Regiment
BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (1302 Cpl., R.W. Kent R.); TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-19 (1302 Cpl., R.W. Kent R.);
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (200177 Pte., R.W. Kent R.); TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY
MEDAL, G.V.R. (200177 Pte.-L. Cpl., 4/R.W. Kent R.) minor edge bruising, very fine (4) £200-240
With copied m.i.c.
541
Four: Corporal G. Hill, Gloucestershire Regiment
BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (1682 Cpl., Glouc. R.); TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-19 (1682 Pte., Glouc. R.);
TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.V.R. (265070 Pte., 6/Glouc. R.) good very fine (4) £180-220
542
Four: Kot-Daffadar Ahmad Yar Khan, 18th (King George’s Own) Lancers
BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (2242 K-Dfdr., 18 Lcrs.); ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL, G.V.R. (2242 Sowar Ahmad Yar Khan, 18th
(K.G.O.) Lacrs.) engraved naming; DELHI DURBAR 1911 (2242 Sowar Ahmad Yar Khan, 18th (K.G.O.) Lancers) engraved
naming; INDIAN ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (2242 Kot. Dfdr., 18/19/(K.G.O.) Lcrs.) mounted as worn,
some contact marks, minor edge bruising, very fine (4) £200-240
Ahmad Yar Khan of the Sowar Training Establishment, 18th (K.G.O.) Lancers was awarded the R.V.M. in January 1912 on the occasion
of H.M. The King’s visit to India for the Durbar.
M.S.M. Gazette of India 27 November 1920. ‘... for meritorious service and devotion to duty in the field while serving with the
Egyptian Expeditionary Force’. With copied research.
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