CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 938
Three: Lieutenant C. E. Macaulay, King’s African Rifles, late Royal Fusiliers 1914-15 STAR (G-12960 L. Cpl., R. Fus.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut.) good very fine (3)
£140-180
Charles Edward Macauley was born in Bradford in 1892. A Wool Grader by trade, he attested at Bradford on 16 February 1915 and was posted to the 25th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (Frontiersmen), which battalion of the London Regiment had been raised in London by the Legion of Frontiersmen four days before. Promoted Lance Corporal in March, he embarked for East Africa, arriving in Mombassa in May. Promoted Corporal in June he was severely wounded on 11 September 1915, taking a gunshot to the left axilla and shoulder. After recovering from his wounds, in December 1915 he was transferred to the East African Pay Corps. In 1916 he was commissioned into the King’s African Rifles, being appointed Lieutenant on 27 August
1916.Sold with copied service and other papers. Amongst the documents is a copied letter, dated Dublin, 29 June 1920, in which he sought the honorary title of Captain, following his having been ‘discharged from the Army on medical grounds on January 1st 1920, caused by wounds’. Macaulay goes on to give his reasons for making such a claim, stating he was a full Lieutenant for over three years and although frequently recommended for promotion he failed to secure a Captaincy ‘due to there being no establishment’. He further underlined his claim by stating that he ‘came over from the United States to join up in 1914, paying my own passage’ and emphasizing the sacrifice he made to join the British Army stated that he was ‘a loyal Irishman and therefore had no need to join up, and that means a lot in the States’, and finally, that the rank would assist him in building up his business. His request was refused. He died in 1972 in Dublin.
939
Pair: Warrant Officer Class 2 A. J. Brian, 23rd Battalion London Regiment - awarded the D.C.M. for Givenchy, May 1915
1914-15 STAR (81 Sjt., 23-Lond. R.); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (81 W.O. Cl. 2, 23-Lond. R.) very fine (2) £80-100
D.C.M. London Gazette 5 August 1915. ‘For conspicuous gallantry on the 25th and 26th May 1915, at Givenchy, while working a machine gun under a very heavy rifle, machine gun and shrapnel fire in a captured German trench. His general conduct and bravery has set a fine example to others.’Serjeant Alfred J. Brian, 23rd Battalion London Regiment entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 March 1915. Entitled to the Territorial Efficiency Medal and clasp awarded in 1913 and 1922 respectively.
940
Pair: Private S. Newell, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 STAR (26344 Pte., R.A.M.C.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (26344 Pte., R.A.M.C.)
Three: Corporal T. C. Prior, Royal Sussex Regiment BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (SD-3431 Cpl., R. Suss. R.); DEFENCE MEDAL, unnamed, mounted as worn
1914-15 STAR (2 Lieut. L. W. Thompson, Midd’x. R.); together with a renamed Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. L. W. Thompson, R.F.C.); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (G-6381 Pte. F. H. Williams, Midd’x. R.); together with a renamed British War Medal 1914-20 (G.6381 Pte. F. H. Williams, Middx. R.) very fine and better (9)
£90-120 941
Pair: Private W. Fleming, 24th Canadian Infantry, died of wounds, 5 November 1915 1914-15 STAR (65334 Pte., 24/Can. Inf.); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (65334 Pte., 24-Can. Inf.) good very fine (2) £70-90
William Fleming was born in Liverpool, England on 20 March 1885. Employed as a Fireman, he attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Montreal on 6 November 1914. Serving with the 24th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) he died of wounds on 5 November 1915. He was buried in Westouter Churchyard Extension.
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Nine: Major M. L. Maughan, Transvaal Scottish BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (2 Lieut.); 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; ITALY STAR, these three officially named (126303 M. L. Maughan); DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, this pair unnamed; AFRICA SERVICE MEDAL, this officially named (126303 M. L. Maughan); COLONIAL AUXILIARY FORCE LONG SERVICEMEDAL, G.V.R. (Major M. L. Maughan, 1st Bn. T.S.); EFFICIENCY DECORATION,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Union of South Africa (Maj. M. L. Maughan) mounted court style for wear; with an 8th Inf. Transvaal Scottish cap badge, nearly extremely fine (10)
£300-350
Mark Leslie Maughan served as a Private in the 28th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Artists Rifles) from 1 September 1916. He was commissioned a Temporary 2nd Lt. in the Labour Corps on 16 Dec 1917, and on 7 September 1918 he was transferred to the Northumberland Fusiliers. For his services in the Great War he received the British War Medal only. Moving to South Africa after the Great War, Maughan joined the Rand Light Infantry on 1 July 1922, and on 22 October was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant. He transferred to the Reserve of Officers in May 1926 but rejoined the Rand Light Infantry in October 1928. In July 1930 he transferred to the Transvaal Scottish and by 1938 had attained the rank of Major. He was awarded the Colonial Forces L.S. Medal (Staatskoerant 21 June 1940) and Efficiency Decoration (Union of South Africa) (Government Gazette 6 Mar 1942).
Sold with copied research. 943
Seven: Captain (Temporary Major) William Thomas Matthew Rowe, Indian Army Reserve of Officers and Grand Indian Peninsula Railway Regiment, a P.O.W. Camp Officer during the Second World War BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lt.); 1939-45 STAR; BURMA STAR; WAR MEDAL, M.I.D. oak leaf; INDIA SERVICE MEDAL, these unnamed; EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.V.R., India, with Second and Third Award Clasps (Sjt., 2 G.I.P. Ry., A.F.I.) mounted as worn, good very fine (7)
£250-300
William Thomas Matthew Rowe was born in Twickenham on 26 July 1898. After serving in the ranks from 8 September 1914, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers on 5 November 1917 and was promoted to Lieutenant in August 1918. He was appointed a Company Officer with the 2nd Battalion 124th Duchess of Connaught’s Own Baluchistan Infantry on 19 July 1918 and later served with the 10th Baluchistan as a Company Officer and Quarter Master, and Commandant of the 4th Government Camel Corps. He retired under the Surplus Officers Scheme of 1922. After the Great War he served in the 2nd Battalion of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Regiment. In the rank of Sergeant he was awarded the Efficiency Medal (India) and clasp, this notified in I.A.O. 531 of October 1934. As a Sergeant in the 1st Battalion, he was awarded the second clasp to his medal, listed in I.A. O. 1139 of December 1937. With the onset of war he was re-employed on 19 May 1941, as a Lieutenant on the General List, holding the rank of Acting Captain in May 1941 and War Substantive Captain and Temporary Major in August 1943. He was employed as Adjutant of 21 Prisoner-of-War Camp, May 1941-July 1942; Staff Captain, H.Q. Group 4 P.O.W. Camps, July 1942-August 1943; Second-in-Command, 23 P.O.W. Camp, August 1943-March 1944, and O.C. D.A.A. & Q.M.G. 4 Group P.O.W. Camp from March 1944. He was mentioned in despatches for gallant and distinguished service in Burma (London Gazette 19 September 1946). Rowe was released from service in January 1947. Latterly living in Tiptree, Essex, he died on 30 January 1969.
Sold with copied research.
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