SINGLE CAMPAIGN MEDALS x637
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35 (2), 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (V-1785 Pte. Sikandar, I.A.V.C.); another, 2 clasps, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1930-31, unofficial rivets between clasps, as issued (Ris-Maj. Sanwal Khan, I.A.V.C.) number officially corrected on first, rank partially officially correct on latter, nearly very fine (2) £70-90
Sanwal Khan was born on 3 July 1888 and graduated from Veterinary College on 12 April 1912. He served during the Great War and joined the Indian Army Veterinary Corps on 18 February 1919. He was stationed initially with the Mobile Veterinary Section at Kirkak from 23 May to 31 July 1919, and then with the Veterinary Hospital at Bushire. He was advanced Jemadar on 18 February 1924 and subsequently served with Remount Depot at Mona.
He was awarded the Order of British India 1st Class on 10 February 1930, and retired on 30 June 1931, being granted the honorary rank of Captain on retirement, as well as the honorific of Sardar Bahadur.
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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (V.1531 Farr. Gulzar Khan, I.A.V.C.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1936 -39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (2) (V-94 Jemdr. Ali Bahadur. I.A.V.C.; V-2511 Sowar Abdul Aziz, I.A.V.C.); INDIAN ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 2nd issue (V-1038 Daf. Mubarak Din, I.A.V.C.) minor edge bruising and small test cut to third, generally very fine and better (4)
£100-140
Ali Bahadur was born on 1 July 1889 and graduated from Veterinary College on 16 April 1914. He served during the Great War in South Persia 1918-19, and joined the Indian Army Veterinary Corps on 2 July 1918. He was advanced Jemadar on 9 February 1925 and was awarded the Order of British India 1st Class on 14 August 1945.
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INDIAGENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 3 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1930-31, unofficial retaining rods between clasps (V-10367 Pte. Fazal Shah, A.V.C.) nearly very fine
£80-120
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 4 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1930-31, North West Frontier 1935, unofficial rivets between clasps, as issued (V-10063 Pte. Fazal Dad, A.V.C.) very fine £100-140
1914 STAR (4711 Pte. F. G. Nicolls [sic]. 15/Hrs.) nearly extremely fine £80-120
Frederick George Nicholls was born in Merton, Oxfordshire, and attested for the 15th (King’s) Hussars at Warwick. A pre-War regular, he was called up from the Reserve on the outbreak of the Great War, and served with the 15th Hussars on the Western Front from 16 August 1914. He was wounded during the retreat from Mons with a dislocated shoulder as a result of his horse being shot from under him, and was invalided home. Recovering, he subsequently transferred to the 6th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, and was killed in action on the Western Front near Ribecourt on 10 January 1918. He is buried in Ribecourt British Cemetery, France.
Sold with copied Medal Index Card and other research. 642
1914-15 STAR (7) (18277, Pte. J. Hancox, 15th. Hrs.; 12262 Pte. H. Fox. C. Gds.; 13643 Pte. H. Wilkinson. C. Gds:; 16156 Cpl. A. Burton. R. Scots.; 17-143 Pte. G. Needham. North’d Fus:; 3-7106 Sjt. T. Cain. E. York: R.; 1278. Pte. J. Walker, W. Rid. R.) unit over-stamped on first, generally very fine (7)
£80-120
Arthur Burton was born in Warrington, Lancashire, and attested there for the Royal Scots. He served with the 13th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 21 August 1916, on which date the Battalion was in the front line at Martinpuich, Somme. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
James Walker was born in Stalybridge, Cheshire, and attested for the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment at Mossley, Lancashire. He served with the 1st/7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 28 December 1915. He is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.
643
1914-15 STAR (2) (1237.
S.Sth. Cpl. F. W. Fathers, Worc. Yeo.; 2478 Pte. G. W. C. Shepherd. Worc. Yeo.) very fine (2) £80-120
Frank William Fathers was born in Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, in 1881, and attested for the Worcestershire Imperial Yeomanry on 18 November 1904, transferring to the Territorial Force on 7 April 1908. he served as a Shoeing Smith Corporal with the Worcestershire Yeomanry during the Great War in the Egyptian theatre of War from 20 April to 24 September 1915, and was discharged ‘Time Expired’ on 6 April 1916. He died in Stourport, Worcestershire, on 4 July 1964.
George Wise Cooper Shepherd was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, in 1893 and served with the Worcestershire Yeomanry during the Great War in the Egyptian theatre of War from 24 April 1915. Post-War he served as treasurer to Stourport Urban District Council, and died in Leicester on 21 June 1943.
x644 645 1914-15 STAR (602 Pte. R. May. 1/Aust: Vet: Sec:) good very fine, scarce to unit £60-80
1914-15 STAR (6) (19080 Pte. M. J. Halliday. 1/Can: Inf:; 12938 Pte. W. H. Lawson. 5/Can: Inf:; 25912 Sjt. A. N. Beswick. 14/Can: Inf:; 75839 Pte. J. T. Meadows. 29/Can: Inf:; Mc.G-101 Pte. E. J. Woodgate. P.P.C.L.I.; 2664 Pte. J. B. Hambidge. 11 A.S.C. A.I.F.) number officially corrected on last, very fine and better (6)
£120-160
M. J. Halliday served with the 1st (Western Ontario) Regiment, Canadian Infantry during the Great War, and died from the effects of gas on 6 November 1915. He is buried in Lockerbie (Dryfesdale) Cemetery, Dumfriesshire.
William Hoy Lawson was born in Coupar, Angus, Scotland, and served with the Royal Scots in South Africa during the Boer War; and with the 5th (Western Canadian Cavalry) Regiment, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 22 May 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, France.
Archie Neville Beswick served with the 14th (Quebec) Regiment, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 19 May 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, France.
Ernest John Woodgate served with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 15 September 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, France.
John Bertie Hambidge served with the 2nd Company, Australian Tunnelling Corps during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 14 August 1916. He is buried in ANZAC Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys, France.
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