CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 1216 Four: Lieutenant-Colonel P. W. Robinson, Royal Artillery, late Royal Air Force
BRITISHWAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2/Lieut. P. W. Robinson. R.A.F.); WAR MEDAL 1939-45; EFFICIENCY DECORATION,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver and silver-gilt, reverse officially dated ‘1939’, lacking integral top riband bar; mounted as worn, very fine (4)
£180-220 T.D. London Gazette 28 March 1939: ‘Lt.-Col. Philip Worth Robinson, 67th (S. Midland) Fd. R., Royal Artillery.’
Philip Worth Robinson was born in Stourport, Worcestershire, on 11 June 1898, and was educated at Bedford School. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery (Special Reserve) on 7 October 1917, and transferred to the Royal Air Force on 6 August 1918. After undergoing training to become an Observer he was appointed Second Lieutenant Observer Officer on 7 November 1918, and was posted to the British Expeditionary Force as a Corps Reconnaissance Observer with No. 2 Squadron on 10 November 1918. Following the cessation of hostilities, he was posted to the Home Establishment on 2 February 1919, and transferred to the Unemployed list two days later.
Resuming his service with the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army), Robinson was promoted Lieutenant on 31 July 1921, whilst serving with 266 Battery, 67th (South Midland) Brigade, and was promoted Captain in 265 Battery, 67th Brigade on 18 May 1926; and Major on 1 November 1929. He passed his Royal Aero Club Aviator’s Certificate at Worcestershire Flying School on 11 June 1937. He was appointed Officer Commanding, 67th (South Midland) Brigade, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on 16 February 1939, and was awarded his Efficiency Decoration the following month. He transferred to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers on 22 November of that year, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and served throughout the Second World War as a Member of the Worcester Territorial Army Association.
In civilian life Robinson worked in his mother’s family firm of Bond Worth & Sons Ltd., carpet manufacturers, and in the 1940s and 1950s he filed a number of patents in the United States and elsewhere for products relating to manufacture of carpets. He died at Savernake Forest on 1 February 1960.
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Family group:
Pair: Private G. G. Taylor, 3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), killed in action in Salonika, 15 May 1917 BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (PS-9178 Pte. G. G. Taylor. R. Fus.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (Gilbert George Taylor) very fine or better
Pair: Private E. Taylor, 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, killed in action on the Western Front, 12 April 1918 BRITISHWAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (3355 Pte. E. Taylor. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (Edwin Taylor) good very fine, both groups glazed and framed in matching contemporary wooden frames, very fine or better (6)
£160-200
Gilbert George Taylor was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and was the son of Mr and Mrs George Taylor of 36 Oakridge Road, High Wycombe. He served during the Great War with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) and was killed in action in the Balkans theatre of war, 15 May 1917. On the latter date the Battalion was engaged in an assault on the Ferdie trench positions in Salonika. Private Taylor is buried in Struma Military Cemetary, Greece.
Edwin Taylor was the younger brother of G. G. Gilbert. He served during the Great War with the 2/4th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and was killed in action on the Western Front, 12 April 1918. On the latter date the Battalion were engaged in operations around the Noe River, near Robecq, France. Private Taylor is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial.
1218
Pair: Private J. Phillips, Lancashire Fusiliers, killed in action on the Western Front, 26 August 1914
BRITISHWAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (7984 Pte. J. Phillips. Lan. Fus.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (James Phillips) in card envelope, very fine (3)
£160-200
James Phillips was born in Runcorn, Cheshire, and attested for the Lancashire Fusiliers at Bury, Lancashire. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action during the first month of hostilities, on 26 August 1914. He has no known grave and is commemorated on La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, France.
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Three: Private J. Warner, Lancashire Fusiliers, killed in action on the Western Front, 11 August 1917
BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (34629 Pte. J. Warner. Lan. Fus.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (James Warner) in card envelope, extremely fine (3)
£120-160
James Warner was born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, and attested there for the Lancashire Fusiliers. He served with the 11th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 11 August 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
1220
Pair: Stoker A. H. Griffiths, Royal Navy BRITISHWAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (K.38235 A. H. Griffiths. Sto. 1 R.N.) in named card box of issue; together with a small bronze medal with ring suspension commemorating the performance of the play ‘H.M.S. Irrepressible’ on board H.M.S. Malaya at Scapa in December 1916, nearly extremely fine
Pair: Private T. Radford, Leicestershire Regiment BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (36471 Pte. T. Radford. Leic. R.) nearly extremely fine
Pair: Private P. O. Clarkson, Royal Berkshire Regiment BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (31179 Pte. P. O. Clarkson. R. Berks. R.) nearly extremely fine
1914-15 STAR (8912 Pte. H. Leigh. R. Berks: R.) nearly extremely fine (8)
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