SINGLE CAMPAIGN MEDALS 372 373 TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-19 (1523 Pte. W. A. Smith, R.W. Kent R.) suspension a little slack, good very fine £80-100
TERRITORIAL FORCEWARMEDAL 1914-19 (207236 Cpl. W. H. Cunningham, Worc. R.); VICTORYMEDAL 1914-19 (3) (17810 Pte. A. A. Davey, R. Suss. R.; 10449 A. Sjt. C. C. Bacon, R.E.; M2-182842 Pte. C. J. Watts, A.S.C.) first fine; others very fine (4)
£70-90 374 375 TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-19 (2406 Gnr. G. W. Holland, R.A.) suspension a little slack, very fine £70-90
TERRITORIAL FORCEWARMEDAL 1914-19 (1138 Pte. R. S. Strachan, R. Scots); ITALIAN VICTORYMEDAL 1918, official type 2, good very fine (2)
£120-160
Robert S. Strachan enlisted on 16 May 1911 and was discharged from the Royal Scots on 22 January 1919. In addition to the above, he was awarded the British War and Victory Medals; Territorial Efficiency Medal and Silver War Badge. With copied m.i.c. and S.W.B. roll extract.
376
MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDAL 1914-18 (John N. Leach) very fine With a note to accompany the lot:
£400-500
‘John Neil Leach, 25, was the son of a judge in Jamaica; ... Leach was of British nationality, fluent in German, and consorted with known World War I German sympathizers. While in New York (he boarded with a German named Gustav Stahl at 20 Leroy Street, where the proprietors were German sympathizers. He also knew German spy Curt Thummel from the same boarding house.
Leach was recommended for a job on the Lusitania by his uncle who was a provisions importer in New York and knew Staff Captain Anderson. Stahl testified under oath that the night before Lusitania left New York, he and Leach snuck on board and found Lusitania to be armed. Stahl was later convicted of perjury.
Leach’s British nationality and consorting with Germans leads to the conclusion that Leach was a mercenary spy working for the Germans. His task on board the Lusitania can only be speculated, but it is very likely that he was connected to the three stowaways apprehended by Detective-Inspector Pierpoint just after the Lusitania left New York.
The stowaways spoke German and did not speak English, and the ship’s translator Adolph Pederson had to assist in the interrogation. Some accounts say that they were found with photographic equipment, possibly looking for concealed armament or smuggled munitions. From the descriptions the stowaways seem to be German agents beyond a reasonable doubt. These three were then locked up below decks to await trial for espionage when Lusitania reached England. When the ship was torpedoed, the three were still locked below decks and drowned.’For further information see ‘
www.rmslusitania.info’
John Neil Leach served as a Waiter aboard the Lusitania. He died when the ship was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U -20., 7 May 1915. Aged 25 years at the time of his death, he was the son of John Vincent and Katherine Theodore Leach, of Jamaica.
Well worthy of further research. 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384
MERCANTILEMARINEWARMEDAL 1914-18 (James Redpath); BRITISHWARMEDAL 1914-20 (F. Burgess), very fine and better (2) £40-60
NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (J.X.141596 C. Aldridge, O. Smn., R.N.) nearly extremely fine
£80-100
NAVALGENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (P/KX.87600 R. N. Emmerson, S.P.O., R.N.) suspension a little slack, very fine
£140-180
NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (P/SSX.815395 C. P. Curtis, A.B. R.N.) minor correction to naming, suspension slack, good very fine
£50-70
NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (D/JX.131221 J. Drury, Ch. Yeo. Sigs., R.N.) good very fine £70-90
NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping 1945-51 (JX516045 C A Perry AB RN) late issue, extremely fine £60-80
NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Malaya,
G.VI.R. (MX.51635 W. Braney, E.R.A.4, R.N.) edge bruise, otherwise good very fine
£70-90
NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, E.II.R. 1st issue, 1 clasp, Malaya (D/MX.52744 F. J. B. Bradby, St. P.O.(S), R.N.) good very fine
£80-100 385 NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (C/JX246237 T. Wilson, P.O. Tel., R.N.) good very fine £650-750
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