CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 268 Four: Serjeant W. A. Corben, North Somerset Yeomanry
1914 STAR, with clasp ((165073 Pte., 1/1 N. Som. Yeo.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (472 A. Sjt., N. Som. Yeo.); SPECIAL CONSTABULARY LONG SERVICE, G.V.R., 1st issue (William A. Corben) good very fine (4)
£220-260
William Corben enlisted on 3 May 1913. Serving with the 1/1 North Somerset Yeomary, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 2 or 30 November 1914. Later served as a Battery Quartermaster Sergeant in the R.F.A.
Discharged from the Labour Corps as a Corporal on 17 January 1919 due to sickness and awarded the Silver War Badge (not with lot). With copied m.i.c. (2) and copied roll extracts.
269 Four: Lance-Corporal H. Briar, Royal Marines Light Infantry
1914 STAR, with clasp (Po.7013 Pte., R.M. Brigade); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (Po.7013 L. Cpl., R.M.L.I.); ROYALNAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (Po.7013 Pte., R.M.L.I.) nearly extremely fine (4)
£200-240
Henry Briar was born in Alverstoke, Fareham, Hampshire on 4 March 1875. A Labourer by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Marines on 4 July 1893. His papers list him with the Portsmouth Battalion R.M.L.I. as having landed at Ostend, served at Dunkirk and at the defence of Antwerp.
Awarded the 1914 Star with clasp. Served with the Victory R.M. Brigade, September 1914-July 1916, then with the Portsmouth Division, July 1916-May 1919. Awarded the L.S. & G.C. in January 1922.
With copied service papers. 270 Five: Private H. Hastings, Royal Marines Light Infantry
1914 STAR, with clasp (Po.7769 Pte., R.M. Brigade); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Po.7769 Pte., R.M.L.I.); ROYAL FLEET RESERVE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Po.7769 (B.670) Pte., R.F.R.); SPECIAL CONSTABULARY LONG SERVICE, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Henry H. V. Hastings) very fine and better (5)
£200-260 Clasp issued 9 March 1921. 271 Five: Lieutenant-Colonel A. L. Otway, Royal Army Medical Corps
1914 STAR, with clasp (Capt., R.A.M.C.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.); DEFENCE ANDWARMEDALS, unnamed, mounted as worn, minor contact marks, good very fine (5)
£260-300 M.I.D. London Gazette 19 October 1914. Alexander Loftus Otway was born in Waterford on 19 June 1880. He qualified as M.B.,
B.Ch., B.A.O., D.P.H. Lond. 1913.
Commissioned a Lieutenant, 30 January 1904, promoted to Captain, July 1907, Major, July 1915 and Acting Lieutenant-Colonel, January 1918-February 1919. Served in India, 1905-10; France and Flanders, August 1914-May 1915; with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, December 1917-October 1918. In command of the 130 Field Ambulance from January 1918. Served in India once more, 1919 -22 and then the Gold Coast, 1924-25.
Placed on Retired Pay due to ill health and granted the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, 5 July 1927. Re-employed as C.O. of the Military Hospital Londonderry, 8 January-27 August 1940. He died on 19 September 1958 at Londonderry.
272 Three: Seaman G. A. Cooper, Royal Naval Reserve, Benbow Battalion Royal Naval Division
1914 STAR, with copy clasp (A.5913 Sea. R.N.R., Benbow Bttn. R.N.D.); BRITISHWAR ANDVICTORYMEDALS (5913A Smn., R.N. R.) very fine and better (3)
£180-220
George Albert Cooper was born in Colchester, Essex on 22 December 1896. Served at Antwerp with the Benbow Battalion 1914. He was one of a small number of Benbow Battalion members who returned from the defence of Antwerp. Over 90% of the battalion were interned in Holland or taken prisoner by the Germans.
His 1914 Star ribbon was sent to the O.C. H.M.S. Gazelle, 25 April 1918. 1914 Star sent to him on H.M.S. Europa, 10 March 1919. With copied service papers
273 Four: Trooper J. Wilcox, 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
1914 STAR, with copy ‘slip-on’ clasp (5816 Pte., 2/Dns.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (2DN-5816 Pte., 2-Dns.); ARMY L. S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (392324 Tpr., The Greys) mounted as worn, some contact marks, nearly very fine and better (4)
£180-220
Trooper James Wilcox, 2nd Dragoons, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 17 August 1914. With copied m.i.c. - clasp not confirmed. With riband bar and two identity disks.
274 Three: Able Seaman H. D. Green, Collingwood Battalion Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - a prisoner-of-war
1914 STAR, with copy clasp (L.5/3040 A.B., R.N.V.R., Collingwood Bttn. R.N.D.) with two rosettes on ribbon; BRITISHWAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (L.5-3040 A.B., R.N.V.R.) good very fine (3)
£200-260
Able Seaman H. D. Green, Collingwood Battalion R.N.V.R., captured and held as a prisoner-of-war. 1914 Star sent to the H.Q. London R.N.V.R., 17 June 1919; clasp issued 9 December 1920.
275 Three: Stoker 1st Class F. H. Golding, Hawke Battalion Royal Navy - interned for the duration of the war
1914 STAR, with copy ‘slip-on’ clasp (S.S.106836 Sto. 1Cl., Hawke Bttn. R.N.D.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (S. S.106836 Sto. 1, R.N.) nearly very fine and better (3)
£200-260
Stoker 1st Class F. H. Golding, Hawke Battalion, R.N., was interned in Holland for the duration of the war. Medal sent to him on 29 April 1920; clasp issued on 4 November 1920.
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