CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS
William Henry Edwin “Freezer” Frost was born in Dublin in July 1893, the son of a Company Sergeant-Major in the Army Service Corps. He served in his father’s old corps in India during the Great War as a Corporal, his MIC entry revealing his sole entitlement to be the British War Medal, though this was returned as per King’s Regulations 1743 of 1912 (i.e. not claimed for 10 years), this probably because Frost had joined the Tientsin Volunteer Corps shortly after the War, afterwards re-titled in 1925 the Tientsin British Municipal Emergency Corps.
He subsequently served as a Sergeant-Major in the Guard of Honour at the funeral of Sir Lancelot Giles, C.M.G., our man in Tientsin, in December 1934, and a further glimpse of him at work, after being commissioned, may be found in The Ford of Heaven by Brian Power:
‘The late Queen Victoria’s birthday, May 24, was also Empire Day. Woodhead used to say with pride that it was celebrated more heartily in Tientsin than anywhere in England.
The day began with a church parade. The Consul-General in his cocked hat attended the service at All Saints and afterwards reviewed the troops. H.M.S. Hollyhock, dressed with flags, was open to the public.
In the afternoon the inter-schools sports meeting was held at the Min Yuan opposite our house. Mr. Peebles was chief referee, assisted by the umpire, Captain “Freezer” Frost, a short man with a large moustache waxed at the ends. After serving as a sergeant in the British Army in India, the Captain had found work as the secretary of the Tientsin Racecourse. He joined the Volunteer Corps and soon rose to his present rank.
Mr. Peebles admired the Captain’s efficiency. Wherever Mr. Peebles presided as chairman, be it at the St. Andrew’s Society or the Ice Skating Club, you could be sure to find Captain “Freezer” Frost, the perfect secretary, sitting at his side, armed with a battery of sharp pencils and plenty of paper ... ’
Frost, who was also employed as an accountant for the Kailan Mining Co., was among those interned by the Japanese in early 1943, and appears to have been held in Weihsien Internment Camp at Weifang City in the Shadong Province of China. Liberated in August 1945, he later settled in New Zealand, where he died at Wellington in September 1956, aged 63 years; sold with a copy of the aforementioned book and a file of research.
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A rare Great War and Iraq 1919-20 operations group of four awarded to Able Seaman C. F. Walker, Royal Navy
1914-15 STAR (J. 35173 C. F. Walker, Ord., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (J. 35173 C. F. Walker, A.B., R.N.); NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Iraq 1919-1920 (J. 35173 C. Walker, A.B., R.N.), contact marks, edge bruising and polished, thus fine, although the last a little better (4)
£1600-1800
One of 122 R.N. and R.M. personnel to receive the “Iraq 1919-1920” clasp, Walker having been drafted from H.M.S. Espiegle for service in the river craft Tug 1 in August-September 1920.
Charles Frederick Walker was born in Sheffield in April 1897 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in January 1915. Having completed his training in Ganges and elsewhere, he joined the cruiser H.M.S. Arethusa in June 1915, and was still similarly employed when she hit a mine off Felixstowe on 11 February 1916 - drifting ashore, she broke her back before an effective tow could be put in place. Having then served briefly in the Christopher, Walker removed to another destroyer, the Norman, in which capacity he remained employed until the end of 1917. His final wartime appointment was in the battle cruiser Princess Royal in the North Sea from January 1918, although as stated, he went on to qualify for his rare Naval General Service Medal while detached from the Espiegle in the Iraq operations of 1920. Walker was discharged ashore in April 1927; sold with copied service record.
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Four: Lance-Corporal R. Martin, Durham Light Infantry
1914-15 STAR (10026 Pte., Durh. L.I.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (10926 Pte., Durh. L.I.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908 -35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (10926 L-Cpl., 1-Durh. L.I.) generally good very fine (4)
£100-140 Private Robert Martin, Durham Light Infantry entered the India theatre of war on 21 August 1915. With copied m.i.c.
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