CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS
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Three: Temporary Lieutenant C. J. Woodford, D.S.M., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, attached Royal Naval Division,
who was decorated for gallant deeds with Collingwood Battalion in Gallipoli, twice wounded in France, and
ultimately killed in action while serving in Drake Battalion on Welsh Ridge in December 1917
1914-15 STAR (S. Lt. C. J. Woodford, D.S.M., R.N.V.R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut. C. J. Woodford, R.N.V.R.),
very fine and better (3) £600-800
Charles James Woodford was born in April 1884 and enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in October 1914. Appointed a
Petty Officer in Collingwood Battalion, Royal Naval Division in February 1915, he landed in Gallipoli that May and quickly saw action
in the Third Battle of Krithia on 3 June, a disastrous engagement for his unit in consequence of the murderous flank fire encountered
during the general advance - the Battalion was virtually annihilated with no less than 14 officers killed outright. Mentioned in
despatches (London Gazette 5 November 1915) and awarded the D.S.M. for his gallantry on that occasion (London Gazette 19
November 1915), Woodford received his decoration from Major-General Sir A. Paris at Mudros in February 1916, the same month in
which he was embarked for England.
He had meanwhile been commissioned as a Temporary Sub. Lieutenant and, having attended a courses at Larkhill and Chelsea,
proceeded to France with the Drake Battalion in December 1916. Wounded by a gunshot to his left shoulder in February 1917, he was
admitted to 14th General Hospital in Boulogne and thence embarked for the U.K., but was able to rejoin his Battalion back in France
that May. Again wounded in early December 1917, he remained on duty, only to be killed in action on Welsh Ridge on the 30th of the
same month. Woodford, who was subsequently mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 20 May 1918 refers), left a widow, Louisa,
then resident at Chale on the Isle of Wight. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
667
Pair: Fleet Surgeon S. T. Reid, Royal Navy
1914-15 STAR (Ft. Surg. S. T. Reid, R.N.); 2ND CRUISER SQUADRON’S MEDAL FOR
SOUTH AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA 1908, 11 clasps, Durban,
Pietermaritzburg, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Ladysmith,
Capetown, St. Helena, Rio de Janeiro, Monte Video, Buenos Aires,
unnamed, suspension claw tightened on the last, good very fine (2)
£200-250
Sidney Thomas Reid served as a Staff Surgeon in H.M.S. Antrim at the time of the
2nd Cruiser Squadron’s tour of South Africa and South America in 1908. He had
originally joined the Royal Navy as a Surgeon in May 1895, saw active service in
the Great War and was placed on the Retired List in December 1919, having
latterly served aboard the Marlborough. Also a recipient of the Sir Gilbert Blane
Gold Medal, Reid died in 1939.
(Part Lot illustrated)
668
Pair: Private H. King, Hampshire Regiment
BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (3849 Pte. H. King, Hamps. R.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F.
1919 (241965 Pte. H. King, Hamps. R.), this last with officially corrected number, generally good very fine
Pair: Acting Corporal A. W. Warden, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (4945 A. Cpl. A. W. Warden, D.C.L.I.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, no clasp (201614 A. Cpl.
A. W. Warden, D.C.L.I.), the first with bent suspension bar and the second with swivel-scroll bar but lacking clasp, etc.,
edge knocks, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £80-100
Harry King is verified as having been awarded a single British War Medal 1914-20 and India General Service Medal 1908-35 for the
Third Afghan War (his MIC entry refers).
Alfred W. Warden is verified as having been awarded a single British War Medal 1914-20 and India General Service Medal 1908-35
for the Third Afghan War (his MIC entry refers).
669
Pair: Lieutenant A. C. Bird, 19th Battalion Australian Imperial Forces
BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Lieut., 19 Bn. A.I.F.); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (Lieut., A.I.F.) mounted court style for wear,
extremely fine (2) £80-100
Appointed a Lieutenant, 26 September 1917.
670
Three: Private A. E. Lee, Yorkshire Regiment and Merchant Navy
BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (2526 Pte., York. R.); MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDAL 1914-18 (Arthur E. Lee); VICTORY MEDAL 1914
-19 (2526 Pte., York. R.) mounted as worn, good very fine and better (3) £50-70
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