SINGLE CAMPAIGN MEDALS 488 BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Lt. Col. W. N. E. Smith, R.M.L.I.) extremely fine £30-40
Wilfred Noel Edmund Smith was born in Sydenham, Kent on 20 November 1864 and was educated at Uppingham. Appointed a 1st Lieutenant in the Royal Marines on 21 September 1886 and promoted to Captain in September 1896 and Major in April 1905. As a Captain in the Royal Marines, he was awarded the Coronation Medal in 1902. As a Lieutenant-Colonel he was landed in command of detachments in April 1908, to reinforce the garrison of native troops threatened by an attack from Afghans, at Jash, in the Persian Gulf. Smith was re-appointed to the Reserve of Officers, 17 August 1914. He was married to Elizabeth Ashford Griffin, at Hackney, London, on 28 May 1911.
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Armand D’Haes, most probably a Belgian agent, was resident at 251 Rue Dailly, Schaerbeek (T.N.A. WO 329/2356 refers). BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (A. D’Haes), officially re-impressed naming, good very fine
£20-30
BRITISHWARMEDAL 1914-20 (172 T.S.M. A. Palmer, R.F.C.), together with a silver identity disc fashioned from a 5 Franc coin, neatly engraved with R.F.C. wings and ‘A. Palmer, 172, C. of E.’, good very fine (2)
£60-80
Albert Palmer enlisted in the fledgling Royal Flying Corps in July 1912 and was advanced to Air Mechanic 1st Class in February of the following year. Embarked for France in August 1914, he was posted to No. 1 Aircraft Reserve Depot, gaining advancement to Corporal in February 1915, to Sergeant in March 1916 and to Temporary Sergeant-Major (Technical) in August 1917. Two months later he was admitted to No. 8 General Hospital in Rouen, suffering from an abscess to his left knee, as a consequence of which he was evacuated to the U.K. and treated at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley. He was finally discharged in June 1920, having latterly served on attachment to No. 105 Squadron.
491
BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (452576 Pte. F. Ross, 58-Can. Inf.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (Frederick Ross) 1914-15 STAR (2 Lieut. J. Mackie, Sea. Highrs.) extremely fine (3)
£100-140
Private Frederick Ross, 58th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment), was killed in action on 13 June 1916. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
492 VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (Major P. R. Grace, R.F.C.), good very fine £60-80
Percy Russell Grace, described as ‘of independent means’ under his pre-war occupation, was also an early aviator and aircraft owner, ‘with technical experience flying machines since 1909’. Appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps in November 1914, he does not appear to have undertaken pilot duties until passing a refresher course in August 1916, and thereafter seems to have served in 20th Reserve Wing in Egypt, until hospitalised in March 1917. Mentioned in Murray’s despatch dated 28 June 1917 (London Gazette 12 January 1918 refers), Grace, by now a Flight Commander in the temporary rank of Major, returned to the Home Establishment where, on account of ongoing ill-health, he relinquished his commission in November 1918; his British War Medal is known to exist (see Liverpool Medals List, August 1992, No. 804).
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VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (3) (M2-203830 Pte. H. Skilbeck, A.S.C.; T4-306394 Pte. F. Handley, A.S.C.; SS-9126 Pte. G. Townsend, A.S.C.) very fine and better (3)
£50-70
Herbert Skilbeck, A.S.C. was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in Mesopotamia (London Gazette 3 July 1919). Latterly attached to the 14th Light Armoured Battery, Machine Gun Corps (Motors), he died on 26 May 1919, aged 33 years. He was buried in the Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.
Private George Townsend, A.S.C., entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 5 May 1915. Discharged on 23 June 1916 suffering from tuberculosis. He died on 14 September 1917. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star and the Silver War Badge. With some copied research.
494
VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (2) (208410 Dvr. F. G. Robinson, R.A.; 25873 Sgt. J. G. Williams, S. & T.C.); BILINGUAL VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (2) (Sjt. E. J. Cook, 1st S.A.I.; A/Cpl. M. H. O’Meara, 2nd S.A.I.) all with adhesive residues, good very fine and better (4)
£60-80
Sergeant Ernest James Cook, 1st Regiment South African Infantry, was killed in action on 21 March 1918, aged 36 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial. He was the son of Charles Edward and Agnes Anne Cook.
Corporal Michael Henry O’Meara, 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, was killed in action on 24 March 1918, aged 38 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial. He was the son of Thomas P. and Mary O’Meara of 42 Loop Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal.
495 GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (88963 Pte. W. Gallagher, Manch. R.) edge bruise, very fine £200-250
Private W. Gallagher, 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment, was captured at Hillah, 24 July 1920. He was released on 19 October 1920. With copied research.
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