CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 848
Pair: Gunner A. Buttery, Royal Artillery, killed in action at Passchendaele, 25 September 1917 BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (806102 Gnr. A. Buttery. R.A.) minor edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine
Pair: Private T. Perry, Royal Artillery DEFENCE ANDWARMEDALS 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. T. Perry, 71 Victoria Terrace, Stafford’; together with four ROYAL AND ANCIENTORDER OF BUFFALOESMEDALS, silver-gilt, gilt, and enamel, variously inscribed ‘Presented to Bro. T. Perry C.P. for Services Rendered 1938-1939’; ‘Bro. Thomas Perry, Sir William Scarrott Lodge No. 573 Exalted 25-5-43’; Bro. Thomas Perry, Sir Wm. Scarrott Lodge, No 573 Exalted 15.10.48’; and ‘Bro. T. Perry, Sir William Scarrott Lodge No. 573 14.12.48’, with various top riband bars and riband devices; and a COUNTY BOROUGH OF STAFFORD CORONATION MEDAL 1911, bronze, with top crown riband bar, very fine and better
BRITISHWAR MEDAL 1914-20 (3) (64306 Bmbr. H. Wild. R.A.; William F. Smith; 436090 Pte. T. O. Saidler. 4-Can. Inf.) first planchet only, suspension partly broken on second; VICTORYMEDAL 1914-19 (2) (80710 Gnr. H. Wallbank. R.A.; WR -149135 Spr. H. Shone. R.E.) minor edge bruising, very fine or better
Nigeria, Republic, NATIONAL SERVICE MEDAL 1966-70, bronze; DEFENCE SERVICE MEDAL 1967-70, silvered; REPUBLIC MEDAL 1963 -73, bronze, all unnamed as issued, good very fine (17)
£100-140
Arthur Buttery was born in Tunstall, Staffordshire, and attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Stoke-on-Trent. He served with ‘C’ Battery, 296th Brigade, R.F.A. during the Great War, and was killed in action at Passchendaele on 25 September 1917. He is buried in Wieltje Farm Cemetery, Belgium.
Henry Wild attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery at Eccleshall, Staffordshire, and served during the Great War as a Bombardier Signaller with the 145th Siege Battery, R.G.A. For his services during the Great War he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette 18 January 1919) and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 14 December 1917).
Sold with a silver pocket watch and a small double slot Victorian silver stamp box. William F. Smith served during the Great War with the Mercantile Marine.
Thomas Orr Saidler was born at Bathgate, Scotland, on 23 September 1892, and emigrated to Canada, landing at Quebec, a miner by trade. He attested for the 4th Battalion, Canadian Infantry at Edmonton, Alberta, on 4 January 1915, and, possibly owing to his background as a miner, was transferred to the 3rd Canadian Tunnelling Company. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action in the area of Hill 60, Belgium, on 9 July 1916. The Company’s War Diary states: ‘Started to repair the shaft and digging towards the old German gallery previously wrecked by our camouflet worked into. Moved Headquarters to new dug out. Old dugout for stores – own dump heavily shelled.’ He is buried in the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Belgium.
Harold Wallbank, a native of Rugeley, Staffordshire, was born on 18 October 1896 and attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery on 12 February 1916. He served during the Great War with the 336th Siege Battery, R.G.A. on the Western Front from 22 May 1917, and was promoted Bombardier on 20 June 1919, and transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 17 September 1919.
Harold Shone was born in 1882 and attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery at Ashton-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, on 30 August 1912. He served with the R.G.A. in India before transferring to the Royal Engineers on 18 September 1917, and became a loco driver. He was discharged due to sickness on 11 October 1919, and received a Silver War Badge.
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Pair: Gunner W. J. Harris, Royal Field Artillery, who was twice wounded on the Western Front, 19 February 1917 and 19 May 1918 BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (132317 Gnr. W. J. Harris. R.A.) with lid from named card box of issue, extremely fine
Pair: Gunner W. G. Hunt, Royal Field Artillery, who was twice wounded on the Western Front, August 1917 and 29 July 1918 BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2561 Gnr. W. G. Hunt. R.A.) extremely fine
Pair: Gunner F. Wallhead, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was wounded on the Western Front, 15 June 1917 BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (99605 Gnr. F. Wallhead. R.A.) mounted as worn, good very fine (6)
£100-140
William Joseph Harris was born in Finsbury, London, in 1892 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery in London on 26 April 1916. He served during the Great War on the Western Front, and was twice wounded, suffering a gun shot wound to the right leg on 19 February 1917; and a gun shot wound to the right arm and left side on 19 May 1918.
William George Hunt attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Brixton on 20 April 1915 and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 August 1916. He was wounded by a gas shell in August 1917, and was dangerously wounded by a gun shot wound to the abdomen on 29 July 1918, being specifically mentioned by name as being wounded in the Battalion War Diary. He was discharged on account of his wounds on 17 January 1919.
Frank Wallhead was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, in 1884 and attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery on 11 December 1915. He served during the Great War on the Western Front, and was wounded by shrapnel to the left thigh on 15 June 1917, being specifically mentioned by name as being wounded in the Battalion War Diary.
Sold with copied service papers and other research. 850
Pair: Gunner H. G. Baker, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was wounded at Ploegsteert, 24 June 1917 BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (65313 Gnr. H. G. Baker. R.A.) good very fine
Pair: Gunner A. Jackson, Royal Field Artillery, who was severely wounded on the Western Front, 20 March 1918 BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (136998 Gnr. A. Jackson. R.A.) very fine
Pair: Gunner A. C. Ruffle, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was severely wounded on the Western Front, 17 June 1917 BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (85782 Gnr. A. C. Ruffle. R.A.) very fine (6)
£100-140
Henry Gilbert Baker was born in Downend, Gloucestershire, in 1891 and attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery at Bristol on 17 November 1915. He served during the Great War on the Western Front, and was wounded at Ploegsteert, Belgium, on 24 June 1917, being specifically mentioned as such by name in the Battalion War Diary.
Albert Jackson, a native of Birkenhead, Cheshire, was born in 1897 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Birkenhead on 11 May 1916. He served during the Great War on the Western Front, and was severely wounded on 20 March 1918.
Alfred Charles Ruffle was born in 1891 and attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery on 17 February 1916. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 November 1916, and suffered a severe flesh wound to the left side of his chest and a slight flesh wound to his left forearm caused by a shell on 17 June 1917.
Sold with copied service papers and other research.
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