CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 1589
Five: attributed to Lieutenant F. W. Barrett, British Army 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed as issued, extremely fine
Pair: Corporal C. W. Gell, British Army DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed as issued; together with an URBAN DISTRICT OF BEBINGTON JUBILEE MEDAL 1935, bronze, unnamed; ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY MEDAL, bronze (C. W. Gell, Oct. 1934), this in case of issue, first two of this group with contact marks, very fine; others better (9)
£40-60
Medals to Barrett in forwarding box addressed to ‘Lt. F. W. Barrett, 48 Bruce Ave., Hornchurch, Romford, Essex.’ With forwarding slip. Three officers with these initials in the 1945 Army List.
Cecil Wade Gell was born in the Parish of New Ferry, Cheshire on 10 January 1920. An Engineer by occupation, he enlisted at Catterick on 30 May 1940. After training at the Technical College & School of Artillery he was employed as a Fitter (Motor Vehicles). Latterly employed as a Clerk; discharged in May 1946.
With Soldier’s Service and Pay Book and medal forwarding box addressed to ‘Mr C. W. Gell, 62 Moorland Ave., Bromborough, Wirral.’
1590
Five: attributed to Nursing Member Pamela Molesworth, Voluntary Aid Detachment 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; BURMA STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, all unnamed, mounted as worn, very fine (5)
£40-60
Pamela Molesworth was born in London on 14 March 1919, the only daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel H. C. Molesworth of Ainstey Lodge, Wetherby, West Yorkshire. She was a member of the North Riding of Yorkshire British Red Cross Society. She served as a Civil Nursing Member of the V.A.D. at the 15th Scottish Hospital, Cairo, July 1940-February 1941; then at Catterick Military Hospital, June 1941-February 1942 where she passed out as a Nurse Grade 1. She was then posted to the Camp Reception Station Hospital, Marske- on-Sea, February 1942-February 1944, and then Harewood Convalescent Hospital, Leeds, February-June 1944. Molesworth was then released for service in India, arriving there in August 1944 and later served with the S.E.A.C., returning to England in April 1946. In 1952 she became an Enrolled Assistant Nurse. She later married Robert A. Langham - a former fighter pilot with the R.A.F.
With a letter to Miss Molesworth from the British Red Cross, 1943; the recipient’s General Nursing Council Certificate of Enrolment as an Assistant Nurse, 1952; her diary for 1946; five original wartime photographs featuring the recipient and others; two newspaper cuttings re. her marriage; two other cuttings; and a number of copied service papers.
1591
Eight: J. F. Crossman, Canadian Forces
1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE MEDAL, Canadian issue in silver; CANADIAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL, with overseas clasp; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, these unnamed; KOREA 1950-53, Canadian issue, silver (SG -9866 J. F. Crossman); U.N. KOREA 1950-54 (SG-9866 J. F. Crossman) minor edge bruising, good very fine (8) £120-160
1592
Five: Acting Flight Sergeant J. C. Saville, Royal Air Force
1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; ROYAL AIR FORCE L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI.R., 2nd issue, with Second Award Bar (565417 Act. F. Sgt., R.A.F.) minor contact marks, good very fine (5) £80-100
1593 Six: Company Sergeant D. MacGregor, Royal West Kent Regiment
1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; EFFICIENCY MEDAL,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (6346173 C. Sjt. D. MacGregor, R.W.K.), good very fine (6)
£100-120 M.I.D. unverified.
1594
Eight: Warrant Officer Class 2 A. Curson, Royal Engineers and Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR, clasp, 1st Army; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Near East (22818351 S. Sgt., R.E.); EFFICIENCY MEDAL,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (7599971 Cpl., R.E.M.E.); ARMY EMERGENCY RESERVE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, E.II.R. (22818351 W.O. Cl. 2, RE.) contact marks, G.S.M. with edge bruise, generally very fine (8)
£220-280
1595
Nine: Staff Sergeant P. McManus, Royal Engineers
1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; KOREA 1950-54, 1st issue (6979974 Cpl., R. E.); U.N. KOREA 1950-54, unnamed; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (6979974 Sgt., R.E.); GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Borneo (6979974 S. Sgt., RE) mounted as worn, some contact marks, about very fine (9)
£250-300
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