CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 812 Three: Corporal J. Anderson, Fife & Forfar Yeomanry
1914-15 STAR (2184 Pte - A Cpl - J Anderson Fife & Forfar Y); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (2184 A. Cpl. J. Anderson. Fife & Forfar Y.) mounted as worn, generally nearly very fine or better (3)
£100-140
813
Three: Gunner G. T. Beaton, Royal Field Artillery, who was killed in action at Armentières, 6 October 1915
1914-15 STAR (1241. Gnr. G. T. Beaton. R.F.A.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (1241 Gnr. G. T. Beaton. R.A.) good very fine (3)
£80-120
George Tait Beaton was born at Milnathort, co. Kinross, Scotland, on 24 September 1895 and was educated at Rutherford College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He passed the Boy Clerks’ Examination for the Civil Service on 19 May 1911 and entered H.M. Office of Works, Whitehall, on 26 June 1911. He next joined the London City and Midland Bank on 1 April 1912, and transferred to the Newcastle- upon-Tyne branch on 30 September 1912.
On the outbreak of the Great War he ‘volunteered the week war was declared, and joined the 1st Northumbrian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, on 9 August 1914. He left for France with this Brigade on 16 April 1915; was in the firing line for six months, and was killed in action near Armentières on 6 October 1915, being shot by a sniper whilst acting as a telephonist in the first-line trenches. He had been complimented by his officers for smart and intelligent work, and his Colonel wrote: “He is a very great loss to us... and very much beloved by his officers and the rest of the battery, and we had decided to recommend him for a commission.” His Major wrote: “He was one of the very few whom I always felt I could entirely trust in the performance of his very important duties; he would have been a most valuable soldier, and a good officer.” His Section Commander also wrote: “It was impossible not to notice him from amongst other men. The first day I went to the trenches he was a great help to me, and always afterwards he was the same... He was so intelligent, and obliging and straight, and altogether a fine fellow; his death has been a great loss to us all. I can easily tell how much he was liked by what I hear our men say, and it has cast a gloom over the battery. We all had a great affection for him.”’ (The Roll of Honour refers).
Beaton is buried in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, France. Sold with copied service records and research.
814
Three: Corporal H. B. T. Sykes, Royal Engineers, who was wounded and gassed on the Western Front in August 1917 1914-15 STAR (42511 Cpl. H. B. T. Sykes. R.E.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (42511 2.Cpl. H. B. T. Sykes. R.E.) good very fine
Pair: Corporal W. S. Mitchell, Royal Garrison Artillery, later Military Foot Police, who served with the Dublin Detachment, M.F.P. during the Irish uprising BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (40071 Cpl. W. S. Mitchell. R.A.) good very fine (5)
£60-80
Herbert Brooke Trevor Sykes was born in Belfast in 1894 and attested for the Royal Engineers in Manchester on 29 August 1914. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 August 1915, and, in his statement of disability wrote: ‘In August 1917 I was wounded in the back above the right hip and gassed.’
Wallace Sidney Mitchell attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery at Newhaven, Sussex, on 9 January 1914 and served during the Great War with No. 43 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery in the Egyptian theatre of War from 4 August 1915 (also entitled to a 1914-15 Star). Promoted Bombardier on 4 February 1916, and Corporal on 19 June 1918, he transferred to the Military Foot Police on 6 April 1920, and served with the Dublin Detachment in Ireland during the Irish uprising. He was discharged on 21 June 1920, after 6 years and 164 days’ service.
Sold with copied service papers and other research.
815
Three: Sapper J. R. Caudwell, Royal Engineers
1914-15 STAR (35996 Spr: J. Caudwell. R.E.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (35996 Spr. J. Candwell [sic]. R.E.) very fine (3)
£80-120
John Richard Caudwell was born in Stoke-on-Trent on 4 June 1896, and attested into the Royal Engineers on 12 April 1915. Posted to the 144 Army Troops Company, he served during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 October 1915, and was demobilised on 11 February 1919, returning to his former trade of shoe/boot maker. He served during the Second World War with the Air Raid Precautions, and died on 1 March 1953.
Sold with the recipient’s Certificate of Transfer to the Reserve; National Registration Identity Card; Beret adorned with various military, sweetheart, and scouting badges; Service Chevrons; a large quantity of photographs and letters; two Military Bibles; Vesta and Cigarette Case; and various other ephemera.
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