CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS
598
Four: Serjeant A. S. Baker, Royal Engineers
1914 STAR (2474 Sjt., R.E.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2474 Sjt., R.E.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (2474 Sjt.,
R.E.) good very fine (4) £100-140
599
Four: Chief Petty Officer Arthur Stoddart, R.N.V.R., Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division
1914 STAR (C.1/2618 A. Stoddart, Ldg. Smn. R.N.V.R. Anson Bttn. R.N.D.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (C.1-2618 A.
Stoddart, C.P.O. R.N.V.R.); BELGIAN CROIX DE GUERRE, extremely fine (4) £250-300
Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 14 September 1918.
Arthur Stoddart, an apprentice electrician from Edinburgh, was born on 16 February 1895, and enlisted into the Clyde Division of the
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 18 April 1913. He joined Anson Battalion as a Bugler on 22 August 1914, seeing service in Belgium
and subsequently in the Dardanelles. During this period he suffered from tonsilitis, typhoid and enteric, and was finally invalided home
at the end of 1915. He rejoined Anson Battalion with the B.E.F. in France in September 1916. He appears to have suffered from various
illnesses during his service but was finally reported to have died of wounds in 29 Casualty Clearing Station on 8 April 1918, and was
buried in Gezaincourt Communal Extension. Sold with copy record of service.
600
Three: Private J. McLachlan, 1st Battalion Connaught Rangers, killed in action, Mesopotamia, 11 March 1916
1914 STAR (10085 Pte., 1/Conn. Rang.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (10085 Pte., Conn. Rang.) nearly extremely fine (3)
£250-300
John McLachlan was born and lived in Govan, Lanarkshire, and enlisted at Dublin. Serving with the 1st Battalion Connaught Rangers
he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 26 September 1914. He later served in Mesopotamia where he was killed in action,
11 March 1916, in the attack on the Turkish positions at Abu Roman, in the expedition to relief Kut. His name is commemorated on the
Basra Memorial.
601
Pair: Private W. Wilson, 27th Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces
1914-15 STAR (2839 Pte., 27/Bn. A.I.F.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (2839 Pte., 27 Bn. A.I.F.) mounted court style for
wear, nearly extremely fine (2) £60-80
William Wilson, a Labourer, aged 38 years, enlisted on 11 August 1915, giving as his next-of-kin, his mother - Mrs Emily Jane Wilson,
of Mosman, Sydney, N.S.W. He embarked overseas from Adelaide aboard the H.M.A.T. Benalla on 27 October 1915. With some
copied research.
602
Four: Joiner 1st Class M. O’Brien, Royal Navy
1914-15 STAR (M.8041 Car. Cr., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS
(M.8041 Jr. 4, R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed
suspension (M-8041 Jr. 1, H.M.S. Cumberland) edge bruising, contact
marks, fine (4) £60-80
Michael O’Brien was born in Clonakilty, Cork, on 6 November 1891. A
Carpenter by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Navy as Carpenter’s Crew on
2 August 1914. During the war he served on the Aurora, August 1914-December
1917 and Curlew, December 1917-May 1919, and was promoted to Joiner 4th,
thence 3rd Class in October 1918. Continuing to serve after the war, he was
advanced to Joiner 2nd Class when on Curlew in October 1921 and Joiner 1st
Class when on Hood in October 1924. O’Brien was serving on the heavy cruiser
Cumberland in 1927. With original photograph of the recipient in uniform,
c.1924, and copied service paper.
603
Pair: Leading Mechanic J. Green, Royal Navy
1914-15 STAR (J.23740 A.M.2, R.N.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (J.23740 L.M., R.N.) contact marks
Pair: Aircraftsman 1st Class B. W. Day, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force
BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (215401 1.A.M., R.A.F.); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (F.15401 A.C.1, R.N.A.S.) nearly very fine
and better (4) £40-60
604
Pair: Lance-Corporal N. L. Boulding, 20th Canadian Infantry
1914-15 STAR (57137 Pte., 20/Can. Inf.); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (57137 L. Cpl., 20-Can. Inf.)
Pair: Serjeant F. B. Geer, 15th Canadian Infantry
BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (47181 Sjt., 15-Can. Inf.)
Pair: Private G. Lucas, 1st Cape Corps
BRITISH WAR AND BILINGUAL VICTORY MEDALS (Pte., 1st C.C.) all mounted court style for wear, good very fine and better (6)
£70-90
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