CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 807 Six: Warrant Officer Class 1 C. Francis, Canadian Army Medical Corps
1914-15 STAR (33235 S. Sjt. C. Francis. Can: A.M.C.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (33235
A.W.O.Cl.1 C. Francis. C.A. M.C.); MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (33235
S.Sjt: - A.S.Mjr:- C. Francis. Can: A.M.C.); DEFENCE MEDAL, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. C. Francis, 46 Granada Road, Southsea, Hants.’, with Home Secretary’s enclosure; SPECIAL CONSTABULARY LONG SERVICE MEDAL,
G.VI.R., 1st issue (Charles Francis) in named card box of issue, the first four medals mounted as worn, the last two loose; together with the related miniature awards for the first four medals, extremely fine (10)
£240-280 M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919. x808
Three: Second Lieutenant Sidney Thomas, 11th (Cambridge City) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme
1914-15 STAR (3982 Pte. S. Thomas. H.A.C.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2. Lieut. S. Thomas.) mounted for display, together with Bronze Memorial Plaque (Sydney Thomas) this neatly pierced at 6 o’clock and 12 o’clock, with transmission slip and card envelope, extremely fine (4)
£1400-1800
Sydney Thomas, a native of Cardiff, was employed as a bank clerk with the London Provincial Bank in Caerphilly. He enlisted on 5 July 1915 as a private in the Honourable Artillery Company in which his elder brother was also serving. He was reported as a fine athlete and the best shot in the battalion. On 10 October 1915, he embarked at Southampton and joined his unit in France some days later.
On 7 May 1916, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and posted to the 11th Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment, which he joined on the 10th. He was killed in action on 1 July 1916; his body was not recovered and he is commemorated by name on the Thiepval Memorial. He was 23.
The Battalion War Diary for 1 July 1916 reads: ‘7:28 a.m. The mine opposite left of 101st Brigade was exploded. 7:30 a.m. The infantry assault was launched. The Bn. followed the 10th Lincolns from our assembly trenches down into Sausage Valley and across to the German lines. Owing to the failure of the 102nd Brigade on the left to capture La Boiselle, our advance from the moment it left our assembly trenches was subjected to a very heavy fire from machine guns from La Boiselle. In spite of the fact that wave after wave were mown down by machine gun fire, all pushed on without hesitation, though very few reached the German lines.’ A photograph of Second Lieutenant Thomas appears in the Cardiff Times of 8 July 1916.
Sold with an original letter from the War Office Accounts Department, dated 4 October 1916, detailing the monies due to his estate after his death, showing a total of forty nine pounds one shilling and eleven pence, this amount including a deduction of eleven pounds and five shillings for pay over-issued 2-31 July 1916. Together with copied service papers, Battalion War Diary, and obituary page from the Cardiff Times.
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Three: Bandsman A. Baldacchino, Royal Navy, who was killed in action during the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, when H.M.S Defence exploded after being hit by two salvoes from SMS Derfflinger and several other German battleships
1914-15 STAR (157931. A. Baldaechino. [sic] Bdmr., R.N.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (157931 A. Baldacchino. Bdn. R.N.) nearly extremely fine (3)
£300-340
Alberto Baldacchino was the son of Guiseppe and Guiseppa Baldacchino of Sliema, Malta. He served during the Great War as a Bandsman with the Royal Navy. Baldacchino was present with H.M.S. Defence at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May - 1 June 1916. The latter was the flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot, and led the First Cruiser Squadron during the battle. The Defence was engaged by the German battlecruiser SMS Derfflinger and several other battleships, resulting in her being hit by two salvoes which caused the detonation of a magazine and surrounding ammunition. The Defence exploded, with the loss of all hands.
Bandsman Baldacchino is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. 810 Three: Able Seaman G. L. Bradley, Royal Navy
1914-15 STAR (221284 G. L. Bradley. A.B., R.N.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (221284 G. L. Bradley. A.B. R.N.) nearly extremely fine (3)
£80-120
George Lister Bradley was born at Gateshead, Co. Durham, on 27 August 1886, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd class on 2 July 1902, serving in H.M.S. Caledonia. Transferring to H.M.S. Crescent on 25 February 1904, he was advanced Ordinary Seaman on 27 August 1904, and promoted Able Seaman on 10 October 1905, whilst still serving in Crescent. His next ship was H.M.S. Shannon, and he served in her from 10 March 1908 to 21 February 1912, taking part in the Coronation Review of the Fleet at Spithead in June 1911, before being invalided to R.N. Hospital, Chatham, on 6 June 1912, having been wounded to the right side of his chest and left kidney (Service Record refers).
Shore pensioned, Bradley enrolled in the Royal Fleet Reserve on 17 September 1914, and served as an Able Seaman throughout the Great War in H.M.S. Actaeon from 25 September 1914 to 15 February 1918. Transferring to the ‘Q-Ship’ H.M.S. Mistletoe on 21 April 1918, he served in her for the final six months of the Great War, before being demobilised on 24 February 1919; however, he subsequently re-enrolled in the Royal Fleet Reserve on 17 September of that year. He was awarded his Royal Fleet Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 19 January 1927, together with a gratuity of £100.
Sold with the recipient’s Parchment Certificate of Service, and continuation certificate of the above; two contemporary postcards showing the Coronation Review of the Fleet at Spithead, June 1911, both annotated by the recipient ‘... our ship is at the end of the line, the 4th line from the left, taken whilst we were all lit up...’; and two photographic images, of H.M.S. Shannon and H.M. Torpedo Boat 116.
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Three: Lieutenant T. E. Rogers, Royal Naval Reserve, killed when his vessel H.M. Drifter Frons Olivae struck a mine and exploded in the Dover Straits, 12 October 1915
1914-15 STAR (Lieut. T. E. Rogers, R.N.R.); BRITISHWAR ANDVICTORYMEDALS (Lieut. T. E. Rogers. R.N.R.) edge prepared prior to naming on BWM, nearly extremely fine (3)
£240-280
Thomas Evan Rogers was commissioned Temporary Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve, in November 1914. He served during the Great War with H.M. (T) Drifter Frons Olivae, and was lost at sea with her when she was blown up after striking a mine in the Dover Straits, 12 October 1915. Rogers was the commanding officer, and the entire crew of 10 (half of which were serving members of the Newfoundland R.N.R.) were killed. Lieutenant Rogers is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
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