CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 857
Pair: Captain H. Gandy, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Capt. H. Gandy.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine
Pair: Private H. Wood, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (23383 Pte. H. Wood. Notts. & Derby. R.) VM officially re-impressed, extremely fine
Pair: Mr. A. Burrows, Mercantile Marine BRITISH WAR AND MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDALS (Alfred Burrows), together with the recipient’s Certificate of Authority to Wear, nearly extremely fine
BRITISHWARMEDAL 1914-20 (L.Z.5704 R. W. Cayzer. A.B. R.N.V.R.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (Arthur Aked) in card envelope of issue, extremely fine (8)
£100-140
H. Gandy was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, and was promoted Lieutenant on 21 January 1918.
Two men with the name Arthur Aked are recorded on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour: a Private from York in the 17th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 29 November 1917, and is buried in Buffs Road Cemetery, Belgium; and a Private from Halifax, Yorkshire, in the 9th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 23 October 1918, and is buried in Inchy Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
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Pair: Private E. F. Dean, Middlesex Regiment, who was wounded at Guillemont, 18 August 1916 BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (G-9544 Pte. E. F. Dean. Midd’x R.) very fine
Pair: Private H. Broad, London Regiment, who was wounded on the Somme, 6 September 1916 BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (5531 Pte. H. Broad. 14-Lond. R.) good very fine
Pair: Private A. F. Prior, Rifle Brigade, later Royal Sussex Regiment, who was ‘buried alive’, 2 May 1917, and was then gassed at Passchendaele, 27 December 1917 BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (S-30393 Pte. A. F. Prior. Rif. Brig.) nearly extremely fine (6)
£100-140
Edward Francis Dean was born in 1895 and attested for the Middlesex Regiment at Wembley, Middlesex, on 27 March 1915. He served with the 13th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 June 1916 and was wounded by gun shot wounds to both arms on 18 August 1916, on which date the battalion was involved in the attack towards Guillemont- advancing on the right of Trônes Wood Road they were checked by cross fire, incurring heavy casualties. He was discharged on account of his wounds on 13 April 1917, after 2 years and 18 days’ service, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.
Henry Broad attested for the London Regiment on 15 November 1915 and served with the 14th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 March 1916. He was wounded by gun shot to the right shoulder on 6 September 1916, when the Battalion was at Leuze Wood, Somme Sector. Returning home, he was discharged on 17 June 1919, after 3 years and 216 days’ service.
Albert Frederick Prior was born in 1897 and attested for the Rifle Brigade on 11 December 1915. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 January 1917, and suffered trench fever due to ‘exposure and buried alive’ on 2 May 1917, and was then gassed at Passchendaele on 27 December 1917. He subsequently transferred to the 17th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, before being discharged on 28 September 1919.
Sold with copied service papers and other research. 859
Pair: Private H. H. Brown, Royal Army Medical Corps BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2004 Pte. H. H. Brown. R.A.M.C.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (2) £70-90 M.I.D. London Gazette 16 March 1919.
Harry H. Brown served with the 1/3rd (Northumbrian) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps during the Great War, and was Mentioned in Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatch dated 16 March 1919. Sold with the recipient’s M.I.D. certificate, in a glazed display frame.
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Pair: Second Lieutenant A. MacBean, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2/Lieut. A. MacBean. R.A.F.) very fine (2)
£80-120
Alexander MacBean served during the Great War as a 3rd Class Air Mechanic in the Royal Flying Corps, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 31 December 1917.
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Pair: Lieutenant M. E. Beckett, 14th Battalion (Royal Montreal Regiment) Canadian Infantry, who commanded “B” Group in the regiment’s successful trench raid on the night of 27th/28th April 1918, in which Lieutenant G. B. McKean, commanding “E” group, won the Victoria Cross
BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut. M. E. Beckett.) mounted for display, extremely fine (2) £150-200
The following account of Lieutenant Beckett’s “B” Group in the trench raid of 27/28 April 1918 is taken from the history of The Royal Montreal Regiment:
‘The experience of “B” Group was similar to that of “A”. On entering the enemy trench opposition was overcome by the use of the bayonet, and later a German machine-gun was put out of action by a rifle grenade and by a sudden attack, in which Lieut. M. E. Beckett shot down No. 1 of the gun’s crew. Proceeding from the spot where this encounter took place, “B” Group bombed a number of dugouts, continuing operations until red flares burning along Trent Trench signalled the recall.’
Lieutenant G. B. McKean, M.M., commanding “E” Group was subsequently awarded the Victoria Cross for his part in the raid:
‘On 27/28 April 1918 at the Gavrelle Sector, France, when Lieutenant McKean's party was held up at a block in the communication trench by intense fire, he ran into the open, leaping over the block head first on top of one of the enemy. Whilst lying there, he was attacked by another with a fixed bayonet. He shot both of these men, captured the position, then sent back for more bombs, and until they arrived he engaged the enemy single-handed. He then rushed a second block, killing two of the enemy, capturing four others, and driving the remainder into a dug-out, which he then destroyed.’
Strangely Lieutenant Beckett was the only raiding party commander not to be decorated or mentioned for this action. Sold with comprehensive copied personnel file.
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