CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 1128 Family Group:
IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL,
G.VI.R. 1st issue (Benjamin Frederick Victor Freeman) edge prepared prior to naming, nearly extremely fine
Four: Sapper F. V. Freeman, Royal Engineers 1939-45 STAR; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE ANDWAR MEDALS 1939-45, mounted as worn with the Defence and War Medals on the wrong ribands, together with the recipient’s riband bar, nearly extremely fine (5)
£100-140
Benjamin Frederick Victor Freeman was born at Gillingham, Kent, on 2 December 1887, and served as a Postman from September 1909. He attested for the 8th Battalion London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) on 18 April 1915 and served with the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front from 18 December 1916 until 13 September 1917. He was discharged on 19 February 1918, after 2 years and 308 days’ service, and returned to his civilian career as a postman. He died in Chatham, Kent, on 5 February 1981.
Sold together with the recipient’s Character Certificate and Certificate of Discharge.
Frederick Victor Freeman, the son of Benjamin Frederick Victor Freeman, was born in Gillingham, Kent, on 31 May 1913, and attested for the Royal Engineers (Territorial Army) at Chatham, Kent, on 6 October 1930, transferring to the Regular Army on 21 April 1933. He served during the Second World War with the British Expeditionary Force in France from 3 April to 5 June 1940, and then in Sicily and North Africa from 15 August 1943 to 10 November 1945. Transferring to the Reserve on 5 February 1946, he was discharged on 18 February 1952. In civilian life he followed his father as a Postman, in the Rochester and Chatham District, and retired on 26 June 1969.
Sold together with a large quantity of original documents, including the recipient’s Regular Army Certificate of Service; Soldier’s Release Book; National Identity Card; Passport; and various letters, cards, and photographs.
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Four: Trooper A. Halsey, Life Guards
1939-45 STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR;WARMEDAL 1939-45, all in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr A. Halsey, 19 Augustus Drive, Alceste, Warwicks.’; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (296177 Tpr A Halsey LG) all slightly later issues, nearly extremely fine (4)
£80-120 Sold with Ministry of Defence enclosure for the Second World War awards, dated 26 August 1987.
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Four: Private E. L. Rosen, York and Lancaster Regiment 1939-45 STAR; FRANCE ANDGERMANY STAR;DEFENCE ANDWARMEDALS 1939-45, all contemporarily named Boots’ style ‘4Y55093 Pte. E. L. Rosen. Y. & L. Regt.’, mounted for wear, good very fine
Four: Attributed to Corporal J. Baxendale, Royal Artillery 1939-45 STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45; together with a JEWISH LADS’ BRIGADE MEDAL (Corporal J. Baxendale. Brighton Co.) bronze, with top riband bar, good very fine (9)
£50-70
Eli Louis Rosen was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, on 14 April 1914, and served during the Second World War with the 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, in the North West Europe Campaign. He died in April 1992. He is confirmed on the WW2 AJEX (The Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women) roll.
John Richard Baxendale was born in Epsom, Surrey, on 20 September 1919 and enlisted into the Royal Artillery at Brighton 31 October 1938 as a vehicle mechanic. He served during the Second World War in 460th Searchlight Battery in Brighton and 1st Searchlight Regiment in North West Europe (the Defence of Antwerp) as a Bombardier Vehicle Mechanic. He transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers on 1 October 1951.
He is confirmed on the WW2 AJEX (The Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women) roll.
Sold together with the following original documents and photographs: Soldiers release book filled out and named; Soldiers service and pay book; Black and White photocard of his son Aubrey; Sports Group Photo of his unit 460th Searchlight Battery, 70th (Sussex) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery 1944; Large Group Black and White photo in uniform.
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Five: Flying Officer H. J. Wilkinson, 297 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, who towed gliders on the first day of Operation Market, 17 September 1944
1939-45 STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE ANDWAR MEDALS 1939-45; AUSTRALIA SERVICE MEDAL, the last three officially named ‘415597 H Wilkinson’, mounted as worn, the War Medal and Australian Service Medals on the incorrect ribands, good very fine (5)
£300-400
Harold John Wilkinson was born at Kojonup, Western Australia, on 31 August 1923 and enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force at Perth on 30 November 1941. He was awarded his flying badge on 4 December 1942, and embarked overseas on 20 April 1943. Posted to No. 297 Squadron on 21 August 1944, he was promoted Warrant Officer on 1 November 1944. On 17 September he captained an Albemarle Mk VI that, taking off from R.A.F. Station Manston towed a glider for Operation Market, which successfully landed in the landing zone, before moving with the Squadron to R.A.F. Station Earls Colne and converting to Halifaxes. Commissioned Pilot Officer in April 1945, he was discharged on 24 December of that year, later joining the Royal Australian Air Force Reserves with the rank of Flying Officer in 1953.
Sold with copied research including the Glider Raid Report for Operation Market; enclosure for the Second War Medals; and a photographic image of the recipient.
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