CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 1045
Three: Second Lieutenant D. H. Donaldson, 7th Battalion London Regiment, killed in action in the Battle of Loos, 25 September 1915, two days after receiving his commission
1914-15 STAR (2150 L. Cpl D. H. Donaldson. 7/Lond. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (
2.Lieut. D. H. Donaldson.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (Denis Harrison Donaldson) extremely fine (4)
£180-220
Denis Harrison Donaldson was born in 1896, the son of Dr. Tom Campbell Donaldson and Mrs. Emma Kathleen Donaldson, of The Elms, Harlington, Hounslow, Middlesex. He was educated at Epsom College, Epsom, Surrey, studied engineering at The City & Guilds College, London, and was a member of the University of London O.T.C. Tired of waiting for a commission, he enlisted in the 7th Battalion London Regiment, which along with Lance-Corporal Donaldson, arrived on the Western Front in March 1915. He was appointed Lance Sergeant on 16 May 1915, commissioned on 23 September 1915 in his own battalion and was killed in action two days later, on 25 September 1915, at the Battle of Loos. He is buried in Loos British Cemetery, France. He is also commemorated in Ireland’s Memorial Records, on the Epsom College Roll of Honour, two City and Guilds College War Memorials and the Harlington War Memorial.
The University of London O.T.C. Roll of Honour states that Second Lieutenant Donaldson was ‘killed by machine-gun fire in front of the enemy trench at the Battle of Loos on 25 September 1915 and buried at the foot of the Double Crassier.’
An obituary appears in The Epsomiam and relates the following: ‘He was leading his platoon as a Sergeant when he was killed, as he had only been gazetted the day before and the Regiment was not aware of the fact until afterwards. In a letter from Captain Fost, the adjutant, he says “He died leading his men against the German trenches and I saw him laid in his lasting place close to the German trenches he had helped to capture.”’
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Four: Private C. H. Brent, 9th Battalion, London Regiment, killed in action 9 September 1916
1914-15 STAR (2786 Pte. C. H. Brent. 9-Lond. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2786. Pte. C. H. Brent. 9-Lond. R.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (Clifford Herbert Brent) minor verdigris to plaque, otherwise extremely fine (4)
£120-160
Clifford Herbert Brent was born in Alexandra Park, Middlesex, and attested for the 9th Battalion, London Regiment in London. He served with 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 April 1915 until 13 May 1915, and again from 2 February 1916 until he was killed in action on 9 September 1916. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
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Family Group:
Three: Private P. J. Brierley, 13th Canadian Infantry, killed in action 9 September 1916 1914-15 STAR (63132 Pte P. J. Brierley. 13/Can. Inf:); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (63132 Pte. P. J. Brierly [sic]. 13-Can. Inf.), all in flattened named card boxes boxes of issue; MEMORIAL PLAQUE (Philip John Brierley) extremely fine
Pair: Private J. F. Brierley, Leinster Regiment BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (5446 Pte. J. F. Brierley. Leins. R.) in named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine (6) £140-180
Philip John Brierley was born at North Kensington, London, on 10 July 1892, the son of John James Brierley, of 50 Osterley Park, View Road, Hanwell, London. He served during the Great War with the 13th Canadian Infantry, was wounded by gun-shot wound to the head on 4 May 1917, and died of his wounds in No. 11 General Hospital, Camiers on 20 May 1917. He is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.
John Frederick Brierley attested for the Leinster Regiment and served in the Great War in the 2nd and 7th Battalions.
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Three: Lieutenant Engineer H. J. Andrews, Royal Navy
1914-15 STAR (Art. Eng. H. J. Andrews. R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Art. Eng. H. J. Andrews. R.N.) minor spot corrosion to both Star and VM, otherwise good very fine (3)
£120-160 Provenance: John Chidzey Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2012.
Herbert James Andrews was born in Chelsea, London, on 12 January 1879 and joined the Royal Navy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class on 11 March 1903. He served in the battleships H.M.S. Illustrious, Ramilles, and Albermarle, and was advanced to Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class on 11 March 1906 and Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class on 11 March 1910. Posted to the battleship H. M.S. Implacable on 11 October 1911, he was promoted to Acting Artificer Engineer on 11 February 1915, and was subsequently posted to the pre- dreadnought battleship Goliath in February 1915. However, he was unable to join the ship before she sailed for the Eastern Mediterranean - a fortunate occurrence as the ship was torpedoed and sunk off Cape Helles on 15 May 1915. Appointed instead to the 2nd Class cruiser H.M.S. Hyacinth on 1 April 1915, he later joined the battleship H.M.S. Vengeance in January 1916.
Returning to the Hyacinth on 25 September 1916, he transferred to the Severn on 30 August 1917, and to the Bellerophon on 24 June 1919. Whilst serving in the survey ship Fitzroy, from December 1923 to November 1925, he was promoted to Commissioned Engineer on 1 January 1925, and then joined the battleship Malaya on 17 November 1925. He was placed on the Retired List on 12 January 1929, on reaching the age of 50, and was given the rank of Lieutenant (Engineer). He died on 23 January 1953.
Sold together with four original photographs of the recipient.
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