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CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 900 Four: Wheeler Corporal H. Proud, Royal Field Artillery


1914-15 STAR (237 Whlr., R.F.A.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (237 Cpl., R.A.); TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCYMEDAL, G.V.R. (771511 Whlr. Cpl., R.F.A.) nearly extremely fine (4)


£60-80


Herbert Proud attested as a ‘Wheeler’ in the Royal Field Artillery in 1908. He lived at 75 Hotspur Street, Heaton, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. Serving in England until 18 April 1915 when he was posted to France. He died in Newcastle in 1943 aged 52 years. With copied m.i.c.


901 Four: Serjeant R. Hignell, Royal Warwickshire Regiment


1914-15 STAR (251 Sjt., R. War. R.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (200026 Sjt., R. War. R.); TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.V.R. (200026 Sjt., 5/R. War. R.) mounted as worn, edge bruising, fine and better (4)


£60-80


Serjeant R. Hignell, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 22 March 1915 - the same date as the 8th Battalion. He was discharged on 21 November 1917 and awarded the Silver War Badge. With copied m.i.c.


902 Three: Acting Corporal F. Tomlinson, South Staffordshire Regiment, killed in action, Battle of Albert, 23 August 1918


1914-15 STAR (1723 Pte., S. Staff. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (1723 A. Cpl., S. Staff. R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £100-140


Frederick Tomlinson was born in Wednesfield, Staffordshire and enlisted at Wolverhampton. Serving with the South Staffordshire Regiment, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 5 March 1915. By 23 August 1918 he was serving in the 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment which was part of the 6th Brigade 2nd Division. At 1100 hrs the 2nd Battalion lined up on a two company front with three light tanks in support with orders to advance and capture the village of Ervillers. In spite of a heavy enemy barrage by 1200 hrs they had captured the village and consolidated a line east and south of the village. They then encountered a series of enemy machine gun posts sited in depth and mutually supporting the destruction of these machine gun posts involved fierce hand- to-hand fighting and by the end of the day the 6th Brigade had suffered 25 officers and 575 other rank casualties. Included among those killed was Acting Corporal Frederick Tomlinson who was buried with 80 other soldiers in the Douchy-Les Ayette Military Cemetery. With copied m.i.c.


903


Three: Sapper F. H. Pelham, Royal Engineers 1914-15 STAR (540295 Spr., R.E.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (540295 Spr., R.E.)


1914/15 STAR/VICTORYMEDAL PAIRS (2) (13217 Gnr. J. Huntley, R.G.A./R.A.; 34242 S. Sth./Cpl. J. W. Howstan, R.F.A./R.A.) nearly very fine and better (7)


£90-120


Frank Pelham was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, in January 1896 and lived at 14, Norman Street. He was working as a Butcher in Victoria Buildings, Goods Station Road when he joined the 1/3rd Field Company RE in Southborough on 29 October 1913. On 19 October 1915 he sailed for Gallipoli as part of the 495th Field Company and was attached to the Yeomanry 2nd Mounted Division which fought at Suvla Bay and Scimitar Hill. He was evacuated back on 8 February 1916 but then returned to the Middle East on 31 May 1916 where he served until 4 June 1919. On the 17 August while serving in Aldershot he transferred to the Corps of Military Police and returned to Mesopotamia and then Egypt. He returned to the UK on 19 March 1926 and was discharged as a Lance Corporal on 16 August 1926. In 1924 while serving in the Basra District of Iraq, the Assistant Provost Marshall wrote that he was clean, reliable and intelligent and is employed looking after the Provost Detachment Cart and would be suitable for a similar appointment as a “Van Man”. Apart from an attack of jaundice, which was a common affliction in Egypt, his main physical problem was ‘Teeth broken by eating army biscuits’. Subsequently awarded the General Service Medal with clasps for Iraq and N.W. Persia. Frank Pelham died in Tonbridge, Kent in 1964 aged 88 years.


Shoeing Smith Joseph W. C. Howstan sailed for Gallipoli on 1 April 1915. Attaining the rank of Corporal he was demobilised on 10 March 1919. He then re-enlisted as a Driver in the R.A. on 26 August 1919. Gunner John Huntley entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 1 February 1915.


904 Family group:


Three: Private George Law, Royal Scots Fusiliers 1914-15 STAR (8482 Pte., R. Sc. Fus.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (8482 Pte., R. Sc. Fus.)


Four: attributed to Trooper John Law, 13th/18th Hussars 1939-45 STAR; FRANCE ANDGERMANY STAR;DEFENCE ANDWARMEDALS, these unnamed, mounted as worn; with a mounted set of miniature dress medals; together with NORMANDY CAMPAIGNMEDAL, 1 clasp, Normandy (17430) in case of issue; NATIONAL SERVICE MEDAL, unnamed, in case of issue


Three: Second Lieutenant Muriel Law (nee Bradburn), Women’s Royal Army Corps WARMEDAL 1939-45, unnamed; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (W/308863 S.Sgt. M. Bradburn, W.R.A. C.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (W/308863 Pte. M. Law, WRAC) mounted as worn, last with edge bruise; together with a mounted set of miniature dress medals, good very fine (lot)


£300-400


Private George Law, Royal Scots Fusiliers, entered the Balkan theatre of war on 6 June 1915. Later discharged and entitled to the Silver War Badge. A Draper in civilian life; he died on 14 July 1961. With copied m.i.c.


John Law, son of George and Elizabeth Law, was born on 17 September 1923. A Joiner by occupation, he served in the Second World War. Post-war he lived in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire and was an active fund-raiser for the Royal British Legion. He died on 6 July 1997. With a letter confirming his service with ‘B’ Squadron, 13th/18th Hussars, immediately post-war; nominal roll extract; copied photograph of Trooper Law in uniform; sundry papers and receipts, and two booklets ‘Customs of the Army’. Also with ‘Market Garden’ Commemorative Medal; 13th/18th Hussars badge; a small cloth badge and enamelled lapel badges (3) of the Royal British Legion, 13th/18th Hussars Association and Light Dragoons Regimental Association.


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