A Collection of British Groups with Foreign Awards 671 Three: Matron Constance M. Hunt, French Red Cross
BRITISHWAR ANDVICTORYMEDALS (C. M. Hunt); FRANCE,MEDAL OFGRATITUDE, 3rd Class, bronze, unnamed, nearly extremely fine (3)
£60-80
Matron Constance M. Hunt, French Red Cross entered the France/Flanders theatre of war in November 1914. French medal not confirmed. With copied m.i.c.
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Three: Harriet Louisa Haworth, Voluntary Aid Detachment BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (H. L. Howarth, V.A.D.); BELGIUM, QUEEN ELIZABETH MEDAL, bronze, good very fine (3)
£60-80 Listed as a Scullery Maid, working for the V.A.D. in France. Belgian medal not confirmed. 673
Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel P. L. Grove, Cheshire Regiment
BRITISHWAR MEDAL 1914-20, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.); FRANCE, THIRD REPUBLIC, LEGION OF HONOUR, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, in Aucoc, Paris case of issue, last with slight enamel damage, very fine and better (2)
£120-160
M.I.D. London Gazette 26 November 1918 (despatch of General Sir Charles Monro, C-in-C. India). ‘Lt-Col. (temp.), Cheshire Regt.’ France, Legion of Honour, Chevalier London Gazette 6 November 1918. ‘Major (temporary Colonel), Cheshire Regiment.’
Percy Lynes Groves was born on 16 September 1871. Appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the Cheshire Regiment from the Militia on 17 January 1891 and promoted to Lieutenant in October 1894 and Captain in June 1900. Served as Adjutant of the 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment, August 1900-August 1904. Promoted to Major in September 1912 and appointed Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, July 1915- May 1918; and Temporary Colonel, May-June 1918. On 3 June 1918 he received the Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel (London Gazette 19 December 1918) ‘for valuable services rendered in connection with the war in India’. Grove served as Instructor (graded as G.S.O. 2) at the School of Musketry, India, October 1911-July 1915. The British War Medal and the Legion of Honour were his only wartime awards. Post-war he was Commandant of the Small Arms School, India, May 1918-May 1922. Latterly living in Tenterden, Kent he was Assistant District Commissioner in the Boy Scout movement, a member of the Parochial Church Council and a member of the Church Assembly. Colonel Grove died of natural causes at Tenterden in August 1943. With a quantity of copied research.
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Three: Chief Stoker J. C. Kemp, Royal Navy
NAVALGENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (293825 Sto. P.O., H.M.S. Alert); BRITISHWARMEDAL 1914 -20 (293825 Act. Ch. Sto., R.N.); RUSSIA,
ST.GEORGE CROSS FOR BRAVERY, 4th Class, reverse numbered, ‘870453’, minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine and better (3)
£200-250
James Charles Kemp was born in Canterbury, Kent on 5 August 1881. A Labourer by occupation, he entered in to the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 16 November 1899, being promoted to Stoker in August 1900 when on Severn. Kemp was promoted to Stoker 1st Class in July 1906 and to Leading Stoker in September 1908 both whilst on Albemarle and to Stoker Petty Officer in August 1911 when on Africa. He served on the sloop Alert, February 1912-March 1914, seeing active service in the Persian Gulf. During the Great War he served on the destroyer Kestrel, May 1914-December 1917; torpedo boat TB.113, December 1917-February 1918, and the destroyer Osiris, February-August 1918. He was advanced to Acting Chief Stoker in November 1918 when based at Pembroke II and confirmed in that rank in March 1919 when on the destroyer Stuart. Kemp was pensioned ashore in January 1922.
With copied service papers and roll extracts. Additionally awarded the 1914-15 Star and Victory Medal. The Russian decoration is not confirmed.
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