CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS
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Three: Private H. Thorpe, Labour Corps, late Seaforth Highlanders, who was discharged as a result of wounds
1914-15 STAR (3882 Pte. H. Thorp, Sea. Highrs.), note spelling of surname; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (3882 Pte. H.
Thorpe, Sea. Highrs.), together with his SILVER WAR BADGE, the reverse officially numbered ‘462775’, good very fine or
better (4) £50-70
Harry Thorpe enlisted in the Seaforth Highlanders in May 1915 and first entered the French theatre of war at the end of the same year.
Sometime thereafter transferring to the Labour Corps, he was discharged as a result of wounds in May 1919 (The official S.W.B. roll
refers).
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Three: Driver F. C. Woodley, Royal Field Artillery
1914-15 STAR (53681 Dvr. F. C. Woodley, R.F.A.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (53681 Dvr. F. C. Woodley, R.A.),
generally very fine (3) £40-60
Frederick Charles Woodley enlisted in November 1914, entered the Balkans theatre of war in April 1915, and was discharged as a
result of sickness in July 1916, thereby qualifying for the Silver War Badge (The official S.W.B. roll refers).
644
Three: Private J. Graham, Labour Corps, late Seaforth Highlanders and Army Service Corps
1914-15 STAR (S-8033 Pte. J. Graham, Sea. Highrs.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (8033 Pte. J. Graham, Seaforth), good
very fine (3) £40-60
John Graham first entered the French theatre of war in the Seaforth Highlanders in early November 1915 but, as evidenced by his MIC
entry, later served in the Army Service Corps and Labour Corps.
645
Three: Private W. A. Shorthouse, Seaforth Highlanders
1914-15 STAR (S-6164 Pte. W. A. Shorthouse, Sea. Highrs.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (S-6164 Pte. W. A. Shorthouse,
Sea. Highrs.), the last with officially re-impressed naming, generally very fine and better (3) £30-50
Walter A. Shorthouse first entered the French theatre of war in early May 1915.
646
Three: Nurse Gladys Morgan, Voluntary Aid Detachment
1914-15 STAR (G. Morgan, V.A.D.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (G. Morgan, V.A.D.); BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY WAR SERVICE
MEDAL 1914-18, unnamed, with brooch bar; B.R.C.S. MEDAL, enamelled, reverse inscribed, ‘7066 G. Morgan’; identity
disk (2) (Nurse G. Morgan, V.A.D. C.E.); another (Nurse G. Morgan V.A.D. Bapt.); Red Cross Arm Band, stamped ‘Army
Medical Service’ and ‘British Red Cross Society’, the latter inscribed in ink, ‘16.11.15’, with buckle; 2 x ‘Red Cross’, ‘40’
and ‘Glamorgan’ shoulder titles; and ‘2 Scarlet Efficiency Stripe’ cloth patch (2) and ‘4 Blue Stripe’ cloth patch, medals
nearly extremely fine (lot) £120-160
Miss Gladys Morgan enrolled as a Nurse Member of the Glamorgan/40 Detachment of the Red Cross in September 1914. She served at
the Red Cross Hospital, Dock View Road, Barry Dock, September 1914-October 1915. With the V.A.D. she entered the
France/Flanders theatre of war on 19 November 1915, then aged 23 years, and served in military hospitals there until September 1920.
For her war service she was awarded the Portuguese Military Order of Christ, Chevalier’s badge in November 1919 and was awarded
two Scarlet Efficiency Stripes by the War Office. Post-war she was based at Hanwell, April 1921-April 1922. With a number of original
photographs and postcards, mostly of nurses; together with copied research.
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Four: Signalman B. H. Gazzard, Bristol Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
1914-15 STAR (B.2-955 B. H. Gazzard, Sig. R.N.V.R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (B.2-955 B. H. Gazzard, Sig. R.N.V.
R.) these two officially re-impressed; ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (2/955 B. H. Gazzard,
Sig. R.N.V.R. Bristol Div.) nearly extremely fine (4) £100-120
Bertram Henry Gazzard was born on 27 June 1893 and enlisted into the Bristol Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 14
June 1911, being rated Signalman from October 1911. During the war he was wounded in action whilst serving in H.M. Trawler H. E.
Stroud off Dover on 27 October 1916. Sold with copy record of service.
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Three: Able Seaman Joseph Paul Ryan, Royal Navy, killed in action, serving on H.M.S. Invincible, at the battle of
Jutland, 31 May 1916
1914-15 STAR (212880 A.B., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (212880 A.B., R.N.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (Joseph Paul
Ryan); Battle of Jutland Commemorative Medallion, by Spink, London, 45mm., silver, extremely fine (5) £240-280
Able Seaman Joseph Paul Ryan, Royal Navy, was killed in action when serving on the battlecruiser Invincible, during the battle of
Jutland, 31 May 1916. Aged 32 years at the time of his death, he was the son of William Joseph and Annie Paul Strickland Ryan of
Swansea. His name is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
H.M.S. Invincible was the flagship of Rear-Admiral The Hon. H. L. A. Hood, R.N., commanding the 3rd Battle Cruiser Squadron. The
battlecruisers, in the vanguard of the Grand Fleet, came under sustained fire from battleships of the High Seas Fleet. Receiving a
number of hits in quick succession, the Invincible sank with the loss of 59 officers and 961 ratings and civilians.
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