CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 819
Three: Lance-Corporal J. H. Bash, South Staffordshire Regiment 1914-15 STAR (8649 Pte. J. H. Bash. S. Staff: R.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (8649 Pte. J. H. Bash. S. Staff. R.); together with a ROYAL AND ANCIENT ORDER OF BUFFALOES MEDAL, silver and enamel, the reverse inscribed ‘Presented to Bro. John Hy. Bash, raised to 2nd. Deg. Mar. 15th. 1920’, with integral top ‘Brockmoor Lge 2365’, enamel damage to last, nearly very fine
Pair: Corporal T. Whitehouse, South Staffordshire Regiment BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (14692 Cpl. T. Whitehouse. S. Staff. R.) extremely fine
Four: Corporal F. A. Quartermain, North Staffordshire Regiment 1939-45 STAR; BURMA STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine
BRITISHWARMEDAL 1914-20 (203613 Pte. E .H. Smallman. N. Staff. R.); VICTORYMEDAL 1914-19 (203567 Pte. W. Ogle. S. Staff. R.) first nearly extremely fine, second with edge bruising, therefore very fine (12)
£70-90
John Henry Bash was born in Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, in 1895, and served during the Great War with the 1st/5th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment on the Western Front from 5 March 1915. Promoted Lance-Corporal, he was demobilised on 15 February 1919.
Thomas Whitehouse served during the Great War with the 9th (Pioneer) Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment on the Western Front from 24 August 1915 (additionally entitled to a 1914-15 Star). Promoted Corporal, he was transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 1 March 1919.
Frederick A. Quartermain was born on 8 May 1923 and attested for the North Staffordshire Regiment on 21 May 1937. He served with them throughout the Second World War in India, and from January 1943 he was an Assistant on the rivers of East Bengal, running airfield supplies with a large fleet of tugs and country boats, crewed in the main by native boatmen. Post-War, he served on attachment to the Green Howards as an Orderly Room Clerk in North-West Europe from 31 January 1946 to 11 September 1947, before returning to the North Staffordshire Regiment, at home, on 15 November 1948. He transferred to Section ‘B’ Reserve on 9 May 1950, after 12 years and 353 days’ service. He died in Dover, Kent, in April 2005.
Sold with the recipient’s Record of Service and Certificate of Transfer to the Reserve; four letters, two being Testimonial letters; and two group photographic images both taken in Calcutta and both featuring the recipient.
Ernest Hazrey Smallman attested for the North Staffordshire Regiment on 11 December 1915 and served during the Great War with the 2nd/6th Battalion. He was discharged on 12 September 1919, and received a Silver War Badge.
Sold with a white metal ‘Our Empire Prince’ Medal, the Prince of Wales on the obverse, and bearing the date 24 May 1927, the reverse inscribed ‘For God, King, and Empire’.
Walter Ogle was born in Nottingham and attested there for the South Staffordshire Regiment. He served during the Great War with the 4th (Special Reserve) Battalion on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 10 April 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
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Three: Private P. Pennycook, Royal Highlanders, who was taken Prisoner of War at the Battle of Loos, 26 September 1915
1914-15 STAR (3-3282 Pte. P. Pennycook. R. Highrs.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (3-3282 Pte. P. Pennycook. R. Highrs.) mounted as worn, contact marks, very fine (3)
£70-90
Peter Pennycook was born in Dundee, Forfar, in 1875 and attested for the Forfar and Kincardine Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia) at Montrose on 25 September 1895. After service with them, and with the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Royal Highlanders, he transferred to the Special Reserve on 23 August 1908. Following the outbreak of the Great War he attested in Perth for one year’s service with the National Reserve on 21 September 1914, and served with the 1st Battalion, Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 November 1914. He was taken Prisoner of War during the Battle of Loos on 26 September 1915 and was held for the remainder of the War in Germany. Released on the cessation of hostilities, he was transferred to Class ‘Z” Reserve on 22 March 1919.
Sold with two Royal Highlanders badges; copied service papers; and other research.
821
Three: Private S. Le Breton, Essex Regiment 1914-15 STAR (17309. Pte. S. Le Breton. Essex R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (17309 Pte. S. Le Breton. Essex R.) nearly very fine
ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION RE-EXAMINATION CROSS, bronze, reverse inscribed ‘335494 William W. Lucas’, with an uninterrupted run 17 Year Bars, 1932-1948, all inscribed ‘335494’ on reverse, good very fine
ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY REWARD OF MERIT MEDAL, silver (H. W. Fisher. 1935) good very fine
France, Third Republic, CROIX DE GUERRE, bronze, reverse dated ‘1939’, with bronze star on riband, good very fine (lot) £50-70
Sold with a large quantity of miscellaneous medals, cap badges, and other insignia.
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