CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 1513 Four: Sergeant G. H. Peters, Royal Air Force
BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (302747 Sgt., R.A.F.); DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed, mounted as worn, good very fine (4)
£30-50 1514 Five: Rev. W. Brown, Royal Army Chaplain’s Department
BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Rev.); DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed; EFFICIENCY DECORATION,
G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, reverse dated, ‘1948’, unnamed; together with an Army Chaplains Department cap badge, very fine and better (6)
£180-220
Rev. W. Brown, a Presbyterian Minister, was appointed Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class on 6 October 1917. He entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 15 January 1918. As a Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class he was awarded the Efficiency Decoration (London Gazette 2 November 1948).
With copied m.i.c. and gazette extract. 1515 Five: Able Seaman F. W. Boothby, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve
BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (J.83768 ORD., R.N.); DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed; ROYAL FLEET RESERVE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (J.83768 (Ch.B.15042) A.B., R.F.R.) some contact marks, good very fine (5)
£60-80 1516 Seven: Captain J. F. Field, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, awarded a M.S.M. for ‘Siberia’
BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (S-6588 A.W.O. Cl. 1, A.O.C.); DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed; ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (S-6588 T. Sub-Condr., R.A.O.C.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (7574402 W.O. Cl. II, R.A.O.C.); EFFICIENCY DECORATION,
G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated, ‘1950’, in Royal Mint case of issue, good very fine and better (7)
£400-500 M.S.M. London Gazette 22 January 1920. ‘.... for valuable services rendered with the British Forces in Siberia.’
Recommendation, dated Vladivostok, 3 October 1919, reads: ‘For meritorious service, resource and ability and devotion to duty. This W.O. has been with the Mission nearly 12 months, when he was alone to do Ordnance and other work on arrival and until R.A.O.C. arrived from England in January. He has done excellent work and has always been cheerful and willing, setting a good example to others in trying times, when tact was most necessary to avoid trouble and pushing the work on.’
Eff. Dec. London Gazette 21 April 1950. ‘Capt. J. F. Field, Royal Army Ordnance Corps’
James Francis Field was born in Woolwich, Kent on 18 June 1891. A Clerk by occupation, he attested for the A.O.C. at Woolwich on 18 January 1910. With the unit he served in South Africa, January 1913-September 1914; Hong Kong, January 1917-September 1918, and Vladivostock, September 1918-November 1919. For his services in North Russia he was awarded the M.S.M. Field continued to serve after the Great War and into the Second and was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1950 as a Captain in the R.A.O.C.
With repaired recommendation form; Soldiers’ Service and Pay Book; military history sheets; damaged forwarding slip for the Efficiency Decoration, and copied gazette extracts.
1517 Four: Engineer Commander C. R. L. Bergner, Royal Indian Marine and Royal Navy
BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. small oakleaf emblem (Eng. Lt. C., R.N.); JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1937, these unnamed; together with a renamed 1914-15 Star (Engr. Lieut., R.N.) good very fine (5)
£120-160 M.I.D. London Gazette 7 August 1918. ‘Eng.-Lieut., R.N. (Eng.-Lieut., R.I.M.)’
Carl Rousey Leopold Bergner was appointed an Engineer-Lieutenant in the Royal Indian Marine in February 1914. Appointed a Temporary Engineer in the Royal Navy, 4 August 1914. Rejoined the R.I.M. in 1919. Promoted to Engineer Commander in November 1931. Served on R.I.M. Ship Lawrence, October 1914-1918.
With copied Confidential Reports of the period, 1930-36 and other research. 1518 Three: Saddler Staff Serjeant R. Mallett, Royal Army Service Corps
BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (TS-7431 S. Sjt., A.S.C.); ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (TS-7431 Sd. S. Sjt., R.A.S.C.) mounted (incorrectly) as worn, good very fine (3)
£120-150 M.S.M. London Gazette 18 January 1919. ‘... in recognition of valuable services rendered with the Armies in France & Flanders.’ 1519
Pair: Second Lieutenant J. H. Juniper, 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, killed in action at the battle of Arras, 30 April 1917 BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2 Lieut.) nearly extremely fine (2)
£120-160
John Harvey Juniper was born in 1898, the son of Engineer Rear-Admiral W. V. Juniper, R.N. As a Student, he attested for the East Kent Regiment on 23 May 1916, aged 18 years. Selected as an officer candidate, he attended an officer’s training course. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers and proceeded overseas with that unit. He was killed in action in the battle of Arras on 30 April 1917. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. With copied service papers, m.i.c. and other research.
See lot 1680 for his father’s medals.
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