A Small Collection of Awards to Channel Islanders 448
VICTORYMEDAL 1914-19 (2) (89322 A.-Bmbr. C. Besnard, R.A.; 124118 Gnr. P. J. Therin, R.A.), the first with edge bruise, nearly very fine, the last with several edge bruises and surface corrosion, fine (2)
£70-90
Cyril Besnard was a docker who was resident at 32 Upper Mansell Street, St. Peter’s Port, Guernsey, at the time he enlisted in the Guernsey Artillery Contingent in March 1915, aged 21 years, stating that he also had prior service in the Royal Guernsey Artillery and Engineers. In common with fellow members of the 1st Contingent, he was embarked for France in May 1915, on attachment to the 9th Divisional Ammunition Column, R.F.A., in which capacity he remained actively employed until the War’s end and he was discharged as a Bombardier in April 1919; sold with copied service record and other research, including the recipient in a group photograph of the No. 3 Company of the 1st Overseas Contingent which appeared in the Guernsey Weekly Press in April 1915.
Peter James Therin, who was born in Jersey in 1898, died on active service on 5 November 1917, while serving in Iraq with 387th Siege Battery, R.G.A., and is buried in the Basra War Cemetery. He was 19 years of age and the son of Mr. P. Therin of Sunny Cottage, Augres Trinity, Jersey; sold with copied research.
449 Pair: Private E. T. Moignard, London Regiment
BRITISHWAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (5382 Pte. E. T. Moignard, 23-Lond. R.), together with a locket with photographic portraits of the recipient and his son, and an old family photograph taken on the eve of his departure on military service, good very fine (3)
£60-80
Edward Thomas Moignard was born in St. Helier, Jersey, in May 1870, the son of Jean and Sarah Moignard of 11 Halkett Street. He subsequently witnessed active service out in France and Flanders with the 23rd Battalion, London Regiment, his MIC entry revealing that he also applied for the Territorial Force War Medal in September 1923, though there are no annotations to suggest his application was successful. Be that as it may, he was still living in St. Helier at the time of the German occupation in 1940, when he was resident at 6 Hampshire Gardens, Aquila Street, with his wife and two sons, Eric and Edward - a copy of his German I.D. card and photograph is available from the Jersey Heritage Trust Archives; sold with copied research.
450
Pair: Private C. F. Coyen, Machine Gun Corps, late Royal Jersey Militia and Hampshire Regiment BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (108137 Pte. C. F. Coyen, M.G.C.), good very fine (2)
£60-80
Charles Frances Coyen was born in St. Helier, Jersey, in August 1891, the son of Rene and Victorine Coyen, French nationals who had resided at New Cottage, First Tower Hill, since the mid-1880s. Charles enlisted in the 3rd (South) Battalion, Royal Jersey Militia, in August 1914, was transferred to the Hampshire Regiment and, in April 1917, to the Machine Gun Corps. Discharged on medical grounds - possibly as a result of wounds - in May 1919, he was living with his wife and mother at Beachcot, St. Clement, at the time of the German occupation of Jersey in 1940 - his German I.D. card and photograph are available from the Jersey Heritage Trust Archives. He died in 1972; sold with copied research.
451
Pair: Private P. F. Bouchard, Labour Corps BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (211397 Pte. P. F. Bouchard, Labour Corps), mounted as worn, good very fine (2) £40-50
Percy Francis Bouchard was born in Trinity, Jersey in September 1898, and served in the Labour Corps and Railway Transport during the Great War. And at the time of the German occupation in 1940, he was living with his wife and three children at Plaisance, Manor Park Estate, St. Helier - a copy of his German I.D. card and photograph is available from the Jersey Heritage Trust Archives; sold with copied research.
452 Pair: Private H. G. Le Brocq, Durham Light Infantry
BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (96466 Pte. H. G. Le Brocq, Durh. L.I.), together with a VICTORYMEDAL 1914-19 (S-25478 Pte. E. P. Le Masurier, Rif. Brig.), very fine and better (3)
£30-50 Channel Islander surnames. 453
Pair: Peter Buhot, Mercantile Marine BRITISH WAR AND MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDALS (Peter Buhot), very fine or better (2)
£70-90
Peter Buhot was born in Guernsey in January 1900 and served as an Able Seaman in the Mercantile Marine during the Great War, being present aboard the 54-ton Jersey ketch Alabama on the occasion of her being wrecked on 12 March 1917. He later served in the Devonshire Regiment, the ribands of the above described awards being sent to him at the Regimental Depot in Exeter in September 1919, while the medals themselves were sent to him at 56 King Street, Jersey in March 1922. And by the time of the German occupation of Jersey in 1940, he was living with his son Francis at 42 Union Road, St. Helier - a copy of his German I.D. card and photograph is available from the Jersey Heritage Trust Archives; sold with copied research.
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