GROUPS AND SINGLE DECORATIONS FOR GALLANTRY
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A Great War M.B.E. group of four awarded to Major A. W. East, Bedfordshire Regiment
THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for
London 1919; 1914-15 STAR (2 Lieut., Bedf. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Major) very fine (4) £280-320
M.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919 (Balkans). ‘T./Lt. (Local Major), Gen. List.’
M.I.D. London Gazette 11 June 1918. ‘T./Lt. (A./Capt.), Gen. List.’
Arthur William East was born on 22 September 1885. Living at 7 Moon Street, Luton, he attested for the 2nd (City of London) Battalion
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) on 12 September 1914. Firstly as a Private, then as a Lance-Corporal, he served with the regiment in
Malta, 23 December 1914-25 March 1915. He was discharged to a commission in March 1915, being posted to the 10th Battalion
Bedfordshire Regiment. He entered the Salonika theatre of war in November 1915 and continued to serve there throughout the war,
serving on the ‘General List’ and attaining local rank of Major. Listed in 1918 Army List as ‘Lieutenant (Temporary Major )(Adjutant
Infantry Base Depot, 28 April 1918), 1 July 1917. For his services he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the M.B.E. With
copied m.i.c., service papers and gazette extracts.
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A Great War ‘Mesopotamia operations’ M.B.E. group of four awarded to Captain Roland Tylor Everett, South Wales
Borderers, late 2nd Battalion County of London Yeomanry
THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for
London 1918; 1914-15 STAR (1526 Cpl., 2-Co. of Lond. Y.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Capt.) good very fine and
better (4) £300-350
M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1919 (Mesopotamia) ‘T/Lt., General List, attd. 4th (S) Bn. S.W.B.’
Roland Tylor Everett was born in Lewisham, London. Employed as a Stockbroker’s Clerk, he enlisted into the City of London Yeomanry
on 1 March 1912, aged 29 years. As a Corporal in the 2nd Battalion County of London Yeomanry, he entered the Egypt theatre of war
on 5 November 1914, serving there until September 1915. He was discharged to a temporary commission with the 4th Battalion South
Wales Borderers on 11 September 1915 and was advanced to Temporary Lieutenant in September 1916 and Temporary Captain in
November the same year. Serving then in Mesopotamia, he was wounded in action on 5 April 1916 in the attack and capture of
Falahiya - suffering a shrapnel wound to the left shoulder. The attack, part of the operations for the relief of Kut, was followed on the
9th by the attack on Sannaiyat, in which Private James Henry Fynn of the 4th Battalion South Wales Borderers won the V.C. Though
Everett returned to the front soon after, in May 1916 he was invalided to India. Making a full recovery from his wounds, he returned to
Mesopotamia in September 1916 and continued to serve there until the end of the war. Lieutenant Everett was appointed Military
Governor of Kifri in May 1918, and during November-December 1918 was employed by the Assistant Political Officer at Kirkuk.
Sold with a folder containing a quantity of copied research, including service papers, m.i.c., and gazette and war diary extracts.
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An M.B.E. and Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea group of six awarded to Second Engineer Officer Edward Langan
for services when the S.S. Yorkwood was sunk by the U-507 off the coast of South America in January 1943
THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR;
ITALY STAR; WAR MEDAL; LLOYD’S WAR MEDAL FOR BRAVERY AT SEA (Second Engineer Officer Edward Langan, S.S. “Yorkwood” 8th
January 1943) court mounted for display, nearly extremely fine (6) £1400-1800
M.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 2 May 1944:
‘Edward Langan, Esq., Second Engineer Officer.
The ship, sailing alone, was torpedoed and sank within seven minutes.
When the ship was hit the Second Engineer Officer went alone to the flooded and steam filled engine-room to rescue one of the
personnel who was injured and trapped. After wrapping him in a hammock Mr Langan carried him on deck. This courageous action,
undertaken without thought of personal safety, undoubtedly saved the disabled seaman, although, unfortunately, he was so badly
injured that subsequently died.’
Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea, Lloyd’s List & Shipping Gazette Not published.
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