SINGLE CAMPAIGN MEDALS 222
1914 STAR, with clasp (2064 Pte. J. Pamphilion, 4/R. Fus.) contact marks, edge bruising; VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (2) (15152 Pte. A. E. Cole, R. Fus.; L-10664 A. Sjt. E. W. Green, R. Fus.) fine and better (3)
£80-100
John Pamphilion landed in France to join the 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers on 26 October 1914 and qualified for the 1914 Star and clasp. The 4th Battalion fought continually in the 1915 Ypres Battles and in the period from January to June 1915 suffered 369 casualties. John Pamphilion was discharged from the Army on the 2nd July 1915. With copied m.i.c.
Albert Cole landed in France to join the 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers on 13 August 1914 and qualified for the 1914 Star and clasp. He was awarded the Silver War Badge and later transferred to the Labour Corps. With copied m.i.c.
Ernest Walter Green was born in Sutton, Surrey. On the outbreak of war he was promoted Acting Sergeant and landed to join the 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers in France on 27 August 1914 so qualifying for the 1914 Star and clasp. On 25 October two companies attacked towards Neuve Chapelle and Captain Sir Francis Waller was mortally wounded; on the night of the 26th a further attack was launched but was again forced back with heavy casualties. By the 28th the War Diary records the strength of the Battalion as only 8 officers and 350 other ranks. Amongst the dead was Acting Sergeant Ernest Walter Green. His body was not recovered and his name is recorded on the Le Touret Memorial.
With copied research. 223 1914 STAR (1336 Pte. W. F. Parriss, H.A.C.) good very fine £100-140
One of the H.A.C. ‘muddy privates’ commissioned in the field in early 1915 due to the shortage of officers in Regular Battalions, at the request of Brigadier-General Ballard, commanding the 7th Brigade, following heavy casualties. According to the regimental history, ‘23 muddy privates went into the trenches as Platoon Commanders, NCOs could not be spared. They were paid as privates in the H.A.C. until the end of March when they were finally gazetted, but by that time some of them were dead and others badly wounded.’
Walter Frederick Parriss entered the France/Flanders theatre of war as a Private on 18 September 1914. As a 2nd Lieutenant he was killed in action in France and Flanders on 15 March 1915 whilst serving with the 3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Sold with copied extract from The Bond of Sacrifice, which states the following ‘He was killed on the 15th March 1915, shot dead while gallantly holding an advanced trench. His Commanding Officer wrote of him ‘He was so willing and ready to do anything, so brave and keen, that we shall miss him very much. Although he had been so short a time with us, he was very popular, a gallant boy with all the courage of his race.’
He was the son of John William and Selina Parriss of 4 Palmeira Square, Hove, Brighton. With copied research.
224
1914-15 STAR (2) (57022 Pte. V. Doyle, 20/Can. Inf.; 58220 Pte. G. C. Paterson, 20/Can. Inf.) very fine and better (2) £40-60
Vincent Doyle was born in London, England in 1880. A Designer by occupation, he attested for the 20th Battalion at Toronto on 12 November 1914; he had previously served with the Mississauga Horse. He arrived in England aboard the S.S. Megantic in May 1915 and embarked for France on 14 September 1915. He was wounded on 11 October 1915 - suffering a gun shot wound to the left thigh. Transferred to the 35th Battalion in April 1916, the 39th Battalion in May 1916 and then to the 20th Battalion in July 1916. Returning to Canada, he was discharged on 23 September 1916. With copied service papers.
George Campbell Paterson was born in Scotland on 7 March 1885. A Clothing Clerk by occupation, he attested for the 20th Battalion in Toronto on 8 April 1915, having previously served 3 years with the 6th Battalion Royal Scots. He arrived in England aboard the S.S. Megantic in May 1915. After going AWOL in July 1915, he embarked for France on 10 January 1916. Promoted to Corporal in September 1916 and attached to the Canadian Corps School in December 1916. Promoted to Sergeant on 4 March 1917 and wounded on 12 March 1917 - suffering a gun shot wound to the left leg. On 23 November 1918 he was promoted to Temporary Lieutenant and returned to Canada in March 1919. During the war he served in Britain and France with the 20th Battalion, 4th Brigade Machine Gun Corps, 4th Reserve Battalion and Canadian Machine Gun Corps.
With copied service papers. 225
1914-15 STAR (2469 Pte. J. C. Welch, Essex R.); BRITISHWAR MEDAL 1914-20 (K-1386 Cpl. C. R. Gray, R. Fus.); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (4) (46030 Pte. W. H. V. Turner, Essex R.; 35025 Pte. J. H. Dillon, R. Fus.; 11501 Pte. J. Williams, S. Staff. R.; 5-3616 Pte. E. Crooks, Durh. L.I.) very fine and better (6)
£80-100
Charles Gray entered France as a Private on 16 November 1915 and so qualified for the 1914-5 Star; he was subsequently promoted Corporal. James Dillon subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps with the number 60671. John Welch qualified for his 1914-15 Star when he entered France on 24 Feb 1915. Edwin Crooks entered France on 1 September 1915 and so qualified for the 1914-15 Star; also awarded the Silver War Badge.
Most with copied m.i.c. 226
1914-15 STAR (4) (17003 Pte. R. T. White, R. Berks. R.; 13875 Pte. B. J. Eales, D. of Corn. L.I.; L-10354 Pte. C. Green, R.W. Kent R.; 19092 Pte. C. Ford, Wilts. R.) very fine and better (4)
£80-100
Charles Green was born in Bishops Stortford and on 18 February 1908, aged 17 joined the Royal West Kent Regiment at Maidstone. In October 1911 he transferred to the 8th (The Kings Royal Irish) Regt. of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) but transferred back to the 2nd Bn R. W.K. in April 1914 in Multan, India. On 30 January 1915 the Battalion left Bombay and arrived in Basra as part of the 12th Indian Brigade on 6 February 1915. Two companies of the Battalion were captured in the Siege of Kut, the remainder fought through the Mesopotamian Campaign and then returned to India where Pte Green qualified for the I.G.S. with clasp Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919. He retired from the Army on 19 December 1919. With copied m.i.c.
Charles Ford landed in France on 25 May 1915. He was later transferred to the Labour Corps. He was discharged from the Army on 25 April 1919. Reuban White landed in France on 27 May 1915. He subsequently transferred to the Cheshire Regiment.
Burleigh Eales landed in France on 22 September 1915 with the 8th (Service) Bn D.C.L.I. and so qualified for the 1914-15 Star. The Battalion sailed from Marseilles to Salonika on 13 November 1915. He subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps.
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