CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS
634
Three: Warrant Writer J. W. Jago, Royal Navy
1914-15 STAR (Ch. Writer, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Wt. Wr., R.N.) nearly extremely fine (3) £40-60
635
Three: Private W. Crawford, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, who died of wounds in France in October 1918
1914-15 STAR (2993 Pte. W. Crawford, A. & S. Highrs.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2993 Pte. Crawford, A. & S.H.),
very fine and better (3) £120-140
William Crawford, who first entered the French theatre of war in mid-December 1914, died of wounds on 3 October 1918, while
serving in the 10th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. He is buried in Tincourt New British Cemetery on the Somme.
636
Three: Private J. Allison, Scottish Rifles, late King’s Own Scottish Borderers, who was twice wounded in action
1914-15 STAR (12921 Pte. J. Allison, K.O. Sco. Bord.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (12921 Pte. J. Allison, K.O.S.B.),
generally good very fine (3) £80-100
John Allison was born in Fifeshire and enlisted in the King’s Own Scottish Borderers in August 1914, aged 20 years. Posted to the 6th
Battalion, he first entered the French theatre of war in May 1915, and received a gunshot wound in his face on 3 September of the
same year, shortly before his unit was decimated in an attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt in the battle of Loos. Rejoining his unit, he
was quickly back in action on the Somme, where he was again wounded during his unit’s attack on Bernafey Wood on 3-4 July 1916 -
this time by a gun shot wound in the left thigh and foot. On being discharged from a hospital in Rouen in the following month, Allison
transferred to the 1st Battalion, Scottish Rifles, in which capacity he appears to have served until being discharged in Edinburgh in
December 1918; sold with copied service record.
637
Three: Private G. R. Austen, East Kent Regiment
1914-15 STAR (G-6101 Pte. G. R. Austen, E. Kent R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (G-6101 Pte. G. R. Austen, E. Kent
R.), generally very fine (3) £40-60
Austen first entered the French theatre of war in mid-August 1915 and was demobilised in April 1919.
638
Three: Private J. T. Fuller, Northumberland Fusiliers, late Bedfordshire Regiment and Royal Engineers
1914-15 STAR (13783 Pte. J. T. Fuller, Bedf. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (13783 A. Sjt. J. T. Fuller, Bedf. R.), the
second with officially re-impressed naming, generally good very fine (3) £30-50
John T. Fuller first entered the French theatre of war as a Private in the Bedfordshire Regiment in early April 1915 but, as verified by his
MIC entry, later transferred to the Royal Engineers, and later still the Northumberland Fusiliers, latterly serving in the rank of Acting
Sergeant.
639
Three: Private M. Curran, Cameron Highlanders, who was wounded in France in May 1916 and later invalided from
Salonica with malaria
1914-15 STAR (S-16815 Pte. M. Curran, Cam’n Highrs.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (S-16815 Pte. M. Curran,
Camerons), generally good very fine (3) £60-80
Michael Curran was born in Ayrshire and enlisted in the Camerons in Glasgow in January 1915, aged 27 years. Initially posted to the
8th Battalion, he was sent out to France as a reinforcement for the 7th Battalion in early October 1915, the latter unit nearly having
been wiped out attacking Hill 70 during the battle of Loos in the previous month. For his own part, Curran was wounded in the hand
by a gunshot in late May 1916 and did not return to regular duty until joining the 3rd Battalion in November of the same year. Later
still, he served in the 2nd Battalion in Salonika, where he contracted malaria, and he was demobilised in early 1919 after being
admitted to 1st Scottish General Hospital.
640
Three: Private W. C. Everest, Royal Marine Light Infantry
1914-15 STAR (CH. 10773 Pte. W. C. Everest, R.M.L.I.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (CH. 10773 Pte. W. C. Everest, R.
M.L.I.), good very fine (3) £50-70
William Charles Everest was born in West Malling, Kent in July 1883 and enlisted in the Royal Marine Light Infantry in March 1899.
Appointed a Bugler in the Chatham Division later that year, his first proper seagoing experience appears to have been in H.M.S. Jupiter
between December 1901 and January 1904, in which latter month he was appointed a Private. And by the outbreak of hostilities he
was serving in the cruiser Niobe, then in the service of the Royal Canadian Navy, in which capacity he remained actively engaged until
removing to the Dover Patrol flotilla leader Botha in December 1915 and thence, in May 1917, returning home to Chatham. Thereafter,
for the remainder of the War, he would appear to have been employed in the repair ship Cyclops, prior to being invalided in October
1919; sold with copied service record.
641
Three: Corporal W. J. Hunt, Royal Scots
1914-15 STAR (23158 Pte. W. J. Hunt, R. Scots); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (23158 Cpl. W. J. Hunt, R. Scots), very fine
or better (3) £40-60
William J. Hunt first entered the French theatre of war as a Private in the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots, in early October 1915 and later
gained advancement to Corporal. His Battalion saw action on the Somme in 1916, twice going into action in July of that year in attacks
in the Longueval and Guillemont sectors, and afterwards in the Arras offensive of 1917.
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