CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 751 Three: Private J. Stevenson, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, killed in action, France/Flanders, 22 March 1918
1914-15 STAR (23227 Pte., R. Innis. Fus.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (23227 Pte., R. Innis. Fus.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (Joseph Stevenson) this last pierced at 3, 9 and 12 o’clock, medals extremely fine (4)
£250-300
Joseph Stevenson was born in Springhill, Lanarkshire and enlisted at Londonderry. As a Private in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 5 October 1915. He was killed in action on 22 March 1918. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial. He was the son of Joseph and Mary Stevenson of 56 Abercorn Road, London.
With slips to accompany the medals and plaque; slightly damaged card box of issue for the British War and Victory Medals; commemorative scroll; and two group photograph postcards. With copied m.i.c. and casualty details.
752
Three: Stoker Petty Officer L. Burnard, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-9 on 22 September 1914
1914-15 STAR (149707 L. Sto., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (149707 L. Sto., R.N.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (Leonard Burnard) virtually extremely fine (4)
£300-350
Stoker Petty Officer Leonard Burnard (note: paperwork gives the surname as ‘Burnand’) was killed in action when the old armoured cruiser H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-9 in the North Sea on 22 September 1914. Aged 45 at the time of his death, his name is commemorated on the Chatham Memorial. He was the son of Benjamin and Frances Burnard of Sheffield, and the husband of Louisa Burnard of 47 Upwell Street, Grimesthorpe, Sheffield.
The Cressy, together with her sister ships the Aboukir and Hogue, part of the 7th Cruiser Squadron, were engaged in blockade and patrol duties in the southern part of the North Sea. At 6.30 on 22 September 1914 the Aboukir was torpedoed by the U-9. Believing that the ship had struck a mine, the Hogue and Cressy stopped to rescue the survivors, oblivious of the danger lurking beneath the waves. Shortly afterwards torpedoes from the U-9 sent the Hogue and then the Cressy to the bottom. The loss of life in this disaster was heavy, with some 1,400 men being lost from the three ships.
With crumpled ‘Royal Naval Memorial’ commemorative scroll.
753
Three: Private R. M. Rowan, 1st County of London Yeomanry, killed in action, Gallipoli, 21 August 1915
1914-15 STAR (3245 Pte., 1st Co. of. Lond. Y.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (3245 Pte., 1-Co. of Lond. Y.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (Roy Melville Rowan) with slip in card envelope, extremely fine (4)
£200-250
Roy Melville Rowan was born in Stockwell, London on 25 May 1890 and enlisted at Chelsea. Serving with the 1st County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex Hussars), he entered the Egypt theatre of war on 28 April 1915. Then posted to Gallipoli, he was listed as ‘missing’, then as ‘killed in action’ on 21 August 1915. His name is commemorated on the Hellas Memorial. He was the son of Meville George and Agnes Kate Rowan.
With silver cigarette case (with cigarettes) bearing the cypher ‘GMR’ (?); damaged named card boxes of issue for medals; Birth Certificate; a letter addressed to ‘Miss Rowan, Ivanhoe, Victoria Road, Old Charlton (?), London, S.E.’, from her brother ‘Ernie’ with the Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa (not dated), and copied m.i.c. and casualty details.
754
Three: Major E. J. Stapleton-Bretherton, Remount Service 1914-15 STAR (Captain, Remount Serv.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Major) good very fine (3)
£80-100
Edmund Joseph Stapleton-Bretherton was born in Farnham, Hampshire on 19 December 1881. In civilian life he was employed as a Land Agent. He was gazetted a Temporary Captain in the Remount Service at Ormskirk on 28 September 1914. He entered the Egypt theatre of war on 14 March 1915, serving as a Captain in the 21st Remount Squadron at Alexandria. With the unit he was posted to Lemnos in August 1915 and Salonika in February 1916. He was then appointed Adjutant and Quartermaster of the Remount Depot at Belbeis in March 1916 and thence to the H.Q. Remount Section at Ismailia in August 1916. Captain Stapleton-Bretherton returned home on sick leave in August 1917, suffering from sycosis barbae. In September 1917 he was posted to the G.H.Q. in France and was Deputy Assistant Director of Remounts, British Armies in France, from February 1918. As a Temporary Major he was demobilised in February 1919. For his wartime services he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 5 July 1919). In May 1921 he was appointed a Temporary Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion Hampshire Regiment D.F.
With copied service papers, gazette extracts and m.i.c.
755
Three: Serjeant H. C. Hill, 3rd Battalion London Regiment and Army Service Corps
1914-15 STAR (2012 Pte., 3-Lond. R.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS, M.I.D. oakleaf (2012 Sjt., 3-Lond. R.) mounted as worn, very fine (3)
£60-80
Hubert Cecil Hill was born in Loughton, Essex. A Chauffeur by occupation and a former member of the 3rd Volunteer Battalion Royal Fusiliers, he attested for the 3rd City of London Battalion London Regiment on 19 August 1914, aged 27 years, 4 months. With them he served in Malta, September 1914-January 1915, after which he was posted to France. Hill was wounded on 16 May 1915 and was transferred to the A.S.C. in July 1915. Mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 10 July 1919(?)) and discharged to Class Z Reserve on 19 March 1919.
With copied service papers and m.i.c.
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