CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 148
Seven: Flight Lieutenant George G. Angelo, Royal Air Force, late Royal Field Artillery
1914-15 STAR (8672 Gnr: G. Angelo. R.F.A.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (8672 Gnr. G. Angelo. R.A.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1925 (343433 Cpl. G. G. Angelo. R.A.F.); DEFENCE ANDWARMEDALS; ROYAL AIR FORCE L. S. & G.C., G.V.R. (343433 F/Sgt. G. G. Angelo. R.A.F.) mounted for wear, good very fine (7)
£800-1000
Sold with original issue of the London Gazette for 29 October 1946, announcing his retirement retaining the rank of Flight Lieutenant: ‘Flying Officer G. G. Angelo (55746). 6th Dec. 1945.’
Medal Index Card confirms entry into Egyptian theatre on 6 July 1915. 149 Nine: Captain W. Lewis, Somerset Light Infantry
1914-15 STAR (Lieut. W. Lewis. Som. L.I.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. W. Lewis.); 1939 -45 STAR; AFRICA STAR, 1 clasp, 1st Army; DEFENCE ANDWARMEDALS 1939-45; TERRITORIAL DECORATION, G.V.R., silver and silver- gilt, unnamed as issued, with integral top riband bar; France, Third Republic, CROIX DE GUERRE, bronze, reverse dated ‘1914-1916’, with bronze palm on riband, this of Belgian manufacture, mounted as worn, together with the related miniature awards, the reverse of the Croix de Guerre dated 1914-1918, generally very fine or better (9)
£300-400
M.I.D. London Gazette 15 August 1917. French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 31 August 1917.
x150 Seven: Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer A. Clevely, Royal Navy
1914-15 STAR (351575, A. Clevely, S.B.S.2. R.N.); BRITISHWAR ANDVICTORYMEDALS (351575 A. Clevely. S.B.S. R.N.); DEFENCE ANDWARMEDALS 1939-45; ROYALNAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, non-swivel suspension (51575. Albert Clevely, S.B.S. H.M.S. Egmont.); Italy, Kingdom, MESSINA EARTHQUAKE MEDAL 1908, silver (A. Clevely. S.B.A. H.M.S. Minerva) contact marks, nearly very fine (7)
£240-280
Albert Clevely was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on 27 March 1887, and joined the Royal Navy on 12 October 1905. Appointed Sick Bert Attendant on 21 May 1906, much of his service was with various Naval Hospitals, including Haslar, Chatham, Gibraltar, and Egmont (Malta). He joined H.M.S. Minerva on 22 September 1908, and served in her during the Messina Earthquake relief operations in December of that year. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Champion from 8 December 1915, and was present at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 2 November 1920, whilst based at Egmont Naval Hospital in Malta, and was advanced to Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer on 9 September 1924. He was shore pensioned on 11 October 1927, but saw further service during the Second World War. He died at Thanet, Kent, in 1965.
151 Three: Sergeant J. Steptoe, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, killed in action at the Battle of the Somme, 28 August 1918
1914-15 STAR (R-7834 Cpl. J Steptoe. K.R. Rif: C.), in named card box of issue; BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (R.7834 Sjt. J. Steptoe. K.R. Rif. C.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (James Steptoe), in card envelope of issue with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine (4)
£140-180
James Steptoe was born in Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, and attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps at Wandsworth, Surrey. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 28 August 1918. He is buried in Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, France.
Sold together with a Princess Mary 1914 Christmas tin and an ‘In Memoriam’ card for the recipient. 152 Three: Private J. Stewart, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, killed in action on the Western Front, 20 April 1916
1914-15 STAR (3343. Pte. J. Stewart, A. & S. Highrs.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (3343 Pte. J. Stewart. A. & S. Highrs.), in named card box of issue; MEMORIAL PLAQUE (John Stewart); PARCHMENT MEMORIAL SCROLL (Pte. John Stewart, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders), extremely fine (5)
£300-400
John Stewart was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, and attested for the 1st/ 6th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Territorial Force) on 5 August 1914. He served during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 20 April 1916. He is buried in Maroeuil British Cemetery, France.
Sold together with Buckingham Palace enclosure; a Condolence enclosure from Field Marshal the Lord Kitchener; and Record Office enclosures for the three awards.
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