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Three: Major R. V. Brandon, 1st Battalion 4th Gurkha Rifles
BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Lieut.); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (Lt.) the letter ‘T’ of Lt. over struck upon the letter ‘S’; INDIA
GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 4 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24
(Capt., 1-4 Grks.) minor contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £340-380
Major Roy Victor Brandon served in a number of Gurkha regiments and
battalions both during and after the Great War. Born in 1889 and a foundation
scholar of St. Paul’s School, Hammersmith, he was commissioned in 1910 as a
University Entrant. He was gazetted to the Unattached List of the Indian Army in
1911 and subsequently posted to the 18th Infantry. He was attached to the 2nd
Battalion 2nd Goorkhas in France in 1915 and later the same year was sent with
a draft of 100 picked men to reinforce 1st Battalion 4th Gurkha Rifles who were
being sent from France to Gallipoli. He served in the Dardanelles and later in
Egypt until 1916. In 1917, he took part in operations against the Mahsuds in
Waziristan with the 1st Battalion 4th Gurkhas. He was subsequently posted to the
3rd Battalion 2nd Goorkhas in India, with whom he served until returning to the
1st Battalion 4th Gurkhas on the outbreak of the Third Afghan War. He
represented the 1st Battalion 4th Gurkhas at the Peace Celebrations in London
the same year. In 1921, he was attached to the 1st Battalion 50th Kumaon Rifles
until he was posted to the 1st Battalion 9th Gurkha Rifles in 1923 with whom he
served until his death in England whilst on leave in 1931 at the age of 41 years.
With copied photograph and service details.
544
Three: Private M. Shutt, Northumberland Fusiliers
BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (65767 Pte., North’d. Fus.); IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL, E.II.R., 1st issue (Matthew Shutt) this last
in case of issue
Pair: Signaller W. Hardy, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (T.Z. 11853 Sig. R.N.V.R.) extremely fine (5) £70-90
Willie Hardy was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, on 28 September 1899. An Apprentice Worsted Spinner by occupation, he enlisted
into the R.N.V.R. on 26 September 1917. He was mobilised, October 1917-February 1919. Sold with original Service Certificate and
Signal History Sheet, together with damaged medal card box of issue and two riband bars.
545
Three: Acting Serjeant A. Notley, Dorsetshire Regiment
BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (721 Pte., Dorset R.); TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-19 (721 Pte., Dorset R.); TERRITORIAL
FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.V.R. (200072 Pte.-A. Sjt., 4/Dorset R.) mounted as worn, slight contact marks, very fine (3)
£160-200
With copied m.i.c.
546
Pair: Lieutenant D. B. Gill, West Yorkshire Regiment
BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut.) nearly extremely fine (2) £100-140
David Brian Gill was born in 1896 and lived in Menston-in-Wharfdale, near Leeds. Educated at Leeds University, he was
commissioned from the University O.T.C. in September 1914 into the 15th (Service) Battalion (1st Leeds) The Prince of Wales’s Own
(West Yorkshire Regiment) - being one of the original officers of the ‘Leeds Pals’. He did not serve with them in Egypt in December
1915 but joined them on attachment from the 19th (Reserve) Battalion in France in April 1916. He arrived to join the battalion, taking
post with ‘A’ Company in the front line at Courcelles, 23 April 1916. Four days later he was severely wounded by a shell burst, causing
his evacuation to England on 2 May. His hospital notes record, ‘Minenwerfer shell wounds in back and left leg’. Gill records in a letter,
‘I sustained between 20 & 30 small wounds to my back and left leg’. Gill convalesced at the Countess of Pembroke Private Hospital,
Wilton House, Salisbury. Recovering from his wounds he was then posted to the 9th (Service) Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment in
France. He was wounded a second time at Messines, on 13 June 1917 - ‘when going around inspecting posts at night, he was blown
into a trench by a German shell which burst close to him, and fell onto the point of a British bayonet. The bayonet entered the front of
the leg at its centre. He was also hit in the calf by two small shell fragments ....’ He recovered and on 25 May 1918 was posted to No. 3
O.C.B. at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. Lieutenant Gill was discharged from the unit on 18 April 1919 and resumed his civilian occupation
as a Textile Bleacher.
With copied m.i.c., service papers, war diary extracts etc.
547
Pair: Lieutenant B. S. Sheldrake, Gurkha Rifles
BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (2 Lieut.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lieut., 1-4 Grks.)
extremely fine (2) £120-160
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