A Collection of Medals relating to the Boer War formed by two brothers 240
A rare Great War Antwerp 1914 operations D.S.M. group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer J. Payne, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in the Machine Gun Section Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R. (188844 J. Payne, C.P.O., R.N. Bde.); QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (J. Payne, P.O. 1st Cl., H.M.S. Pelorus); 1914 STAR, WITH CLASP (118844 J. Payne, C.P.O., Anson Bttn. R.N.D.); VICTORYMEDAL 1914-19, M.I.D. oak leaf (118844 J. Payne, C.P.O., R.N.); ROYALNAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st type (118844 John Payne, C.P.O., H.M.S. Pomone), contact marks, generally very fine or better (5)
£1000-1200
D.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1915: ‘For the operations round Antwerp 3-9 October 1914.’
John Payne was born in Templemore, Co. Kerry in November 1866 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in February 1882. Advanced to Petty Officer 1st Class in May 1895, he served in H.M.S. Pelorus from January 1898 until January 1901, latterly off South Africa, and was pensioned ashore in November 1904.
Having then been placed on the strength of the Royal Fleet Reserve, he was recalled on the outbreak of hostilities and attached to the Machine Gun Section of Anson Battalion, R.N.D. from 19 September until 26 October 1914 - in which period he won his D.S.M. for gallant deeds in the Antwerp operations, as per his original “mention” in Major-General Paris’ despatch dated 31 October 1914: an indication of the chaotic nature of the R.N.D’s retreat may be gleaned from the resultant casualties of 29 killed, 167 wounded and 3428 missing, including men from the Royal Marine Brigade.
Discharged to Vivid after the Antwerp operations, Payne joined the training ship Pomone in April 1915, in which capacity he served until the end of the War and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal; the whereabouts of his British War Medal remains unknown.
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A rare R.V.M. and Clasp group of six awarded to Warrant Officer Class 1 G. I. Fletcher, Royal Fusiliers, late Grenadier Guards
ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL, V.R., silver, with 1st type clasp, ‘E. May 1910 R.’, unnamed; QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4420 Sejt., Gren. Gds.); 1914 -15 STAR (PS-6194 S. Mjr., R. Fus.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (PS-6194 W.O. Cl. 1, R. Fus.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V. R., 1st issue (4420 C. Sjt., G. Gds.) cleaned, first two with edge bruising and contact marks, fine; others very fine and better (6)
£600-700
George Isaac Fletcher was born in Bristol in April 1875. A Baker by occupation he enlisted into the Grenadier Guards on 4 August 1893. He was promoted to Corporal in January 1897, Lance-Sergeant in May 1897, Sergeant in November 1898, Colour Sergeant in January 1905 and Company Sergeant-Major in November 1911. With the Guards he served in South Africa, October 1899-July 1900 and November 1901-October 1902. At the time of Queen Victoria’s funeral in February 1901, he took part as a member of the Bearer Party. For his services he was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in Silver. At the time of the funeral of King Edward VII in May 1910, Fletcher again took part. For his services he was awarded the Clasp to his Royal Victorian Medal - one of four silver R.V.M., V.R. issue holders so entitled. Colour-Serjeant Fletcher was awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. in A.O. 104 of April 1912. During the Great War he was appointed a Temporary Sergeant-Major and served with the 21st Battalion Royal Fusiliers, entering the France/Flanders theatre of war on 15 November 1915. After the war he served with the 105th Training Reserve Battalion.
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