CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 1434 A Great War M.S.M. for Gallantry group of four awarded to Serjeant B. R. Badger, Royal Engineers
1914-15 STAR (105813 Sjt., R.E.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (105813 Sjt., R.E.); ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V. R. 1st issue (WR-252503 Sjt., R.E.) last with official correction to service number, good very fine and better (4)
£300-400 M.S.M. London Gazette 3 July 1919.
Serjeant Bert R. Badger, R.E. entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 4 October 1915. He was awarded the M.S.M. for Gallantry when serving with 1 Broad Gauge Operating Company, R.E. in France.
His citation reads: ‘On the night of the 27th of December, 1918, one of 21 wagons of German ammunition, standing, in at the station, was set alight by some means unknown. These wagons contained heavy ammunition and the cordite immediately blazed up. Sergt. Badger, although fully aware of the contents of the truck,immediately proceeded to uncouple the truck on both sides. He then obtained the assistance of an engine and pulled the front portion of the rake away from the blazing truck, and man-handled five wagons on the other side to a place further down the line. In order to prevent the blazing wagon from running down he had to scotch the wheel. The ammunition in this wagon subsequently exploded. Sergt. Badger, by his prompt action saved the rest of the train, which if it had got alight, would have resulted in disastrous consequences. Through the campaign he has shewn great devotion to duty, and more particular last April, after the enemy advanced on the Lys, when, as Station Master at Abeele, he remained at his post although the Station was constantly being shelled, and supervised operations there until the situation necessitated the line being closed.’
With copied citation and m.i.c. 1435 Four: Air Mechanic 1st Class S. Irving, Royal Flying Corps
1914-15 STAR (4228 2 A.M., R.F.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (4228 1 A.M. R.F.C.); DEFENCE MEDAL, unnamed, good very fine and better (4)
£100-140
2 A.M. S. Irving, R.F.C. entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 11 October 1915. With copied m.i.c.
1436 Seven: Second Lieutenant E. G. Barnard, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps
1914-15 STAR (7362 2 A.M., R.F.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (7362 1 A.M., R.F.C.); 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed, good very fine (7)
£140-180
Air Mechanic 2nd Class Ernest George Barnard, R.F.C. entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 7 November 1915. Later commissioned into the R.A.F. and served at the Wireless School, Winchester. Post Great War he lived at 64 Gloucester Road, South Kensington.
With copied m.i.c. 1437 Four: Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 H. Parfitt, Monmouthshire Regiment, late Royal Garrison Artillery
1914-15 STAR (2647 C. Sjt., Monmouth. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2647 A.W.O. Cl. 1, Monmouth. R.); ARMY L. S. & G.C.,
E.VII.R. (71100 Sjt., R.G.A.),nearly extremely fine (4)
£200-250
Herbert Parfitt was awarded his Army L.S. & G.C. Medal in July 1907, while serving in the Fife and Kincardine R.G.A., and first entered the French theatre of war as a Lance-Sergeant in the Monmouthshires in mid-February 1915.
1438 Four: Serjeant W. V. Hawes, Monmouthshire Regiment
1914-15 STAR (245 Sjt., Monmouth R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (245 Sjt., Monmouth. R.); TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.V.R. (245 Sjt., 3-Monmouth. R.) minor edge bruising and contact marks, about very fine (4)
£140-180
William V. Hawes first entered the French theatre of war in the rank of Sergeant in the 3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment in mid- February 1915. His m.i.c. entry further reveals that his 1914-15 trio was re-issued in late 1922, having been returned, it appears, as a result of the rank of ‘Private’ having been used on the originals.
1439 Three: Lieutenant L. Blumfeld, Royal Navy, a Jutland veteran who died on active service in July 1918
1914-15 STAR (S. Lt. L. Blumfeld, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut. L. Blumfeld, R.N.), mounted as worn, presumably by his mother, nearly extremely fine (3)
£300-350
Louis Blumfeld was born in Hampstead, London in May 1893, the son of Colonel James Blumfeld of the Middlesex Regiment, and entered the Royal Navy as a Cadet at Osborne in May 1906.
A Sub. Lieutenant serving aboard the cruiser H.M.S. Achilles on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he remained similarly employed until removing to the light cruiser Comus in early May 1916, in which ship he was subsequently present at Jutland. On that occasion, the Comus, with her consorts in 4th Light Cruiser Squadron, formed part of the anti-submarine screen for the battleships of the Grand Fleet - taking part in the main engagement at 7.15 p.m., Comus was one of the last ships to exchange fire with the enemy, as late as 8.30 p.m. In April 1917, Blumfeld removed to the sloop Lupin, and remained employed in that capacity until joining the battle cruiser Inflexible as a recently promoted Lieutenant that October. And he was still serving in her at the time of his demise from pneumonia in July 1918. Aged 25 years, he was buried in South Queensferry Cemetery, West Lothian. His brother, Hubert, a Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment, also died on active service, and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.
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