A Collection of Medals to Second World War Casualties (Part II) 985
Five: Brigadier I. V. R. Smith, Royal Artillery, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches, and was killed in action at the Battle of Monte Cassino, 26 March 1944
1939-45 STAR;AFRICA STAR, 1 clasp, 1st Army; ITALY STAR;DEFENCE ANDWARMEDALS 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. L. G. Smith, 1 St. Mary’s Grove, Barnes, London, SW13’, extremely fine (5)
£240-280
Ivan Victor Russell Smith was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery on 26 May 1916. He was advanced Major and acting Lieutenant-Colonel on 24 May 1938, and served during the Second World War with the Royal Artillery as part of the British Expeditionary Force. He was wounded in action on 6 June 1940, possibly in the retreat from Le Harve, and was Mentioned in Despatches for ‘Services in the Field, March to June 1940’ (London Gazette 20 December 1940). He subsequently served with the 1st Army in North Africa, and was again Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 27 January 1944). Promoted Acting Brigadier on 13 December 1943, he was killed in action at the Battle of Monte Cassino on 26 March 1944.
Smith was aged 47 at the time of his death. He is buried in Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. His medals were sent to his widow Laura Georgina Smith.
986 Four: Lance-Corporal T. Lumley, Royal Corps of Signals, who died of wounds at Kohima, 15 May 1944
1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; PACIFIC STAR;WAR MEDAL 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘T. Lumley, Montrose Crescent, Carr Hill, Gateshead, Co. Durham’, address label on box slightly torn, nearly extremely fine (4)
£80-120
Thomas Lumley served during the Second World War as a Lance-Corporal with the Royal Corps of Signals, and on attachment with 33 Indian Corps of Signals. He died of wounds received during the Battle of Kohima on 15 May 1944.
Lumley was aged 23 at the time of his death. He is buried in Kohima War Cemetery, India. His medals were sent to his father Thomas Lumley.
987
Four: Private H. Philburn, 12th (Yorkshire Regiment) Battalion, Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps, who was dropped into France shortly after midnight on D-Day, 6 June 1944, and was killed in action three days later at Longueval, 9 June 1944
1939-45 STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE ANDWAR MEDALS 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. F. A. Philburn,
...Newcastle...’, address label on box slightly torn, nearly extremely fine (4)
£140-180
Herbert Philburn served during the Second World War with the 12th (Yorkshire Regiment) Battalion, Parachute Regiment, formed from the 10th (East Riding) Battalion, Green Howards, in May 1943. They became part of the 6th Airborne Division and formed the 5th Parachute Brigade with the 7th and 13th Battalions.
The Battalion was dropped into France shortly after midnight on D-Day, 6 June 1944, their objectives being the area in and around the village of Ranville. By 4:00 a.m. the Battalion was digging in and covering the eastern approach roads to the bridges over the River Orne and Canal de Caen. There was some hard and bloody fighting throughout D-Day, but by the end of the day the 6th Airborne Division was firmly in control of Ranville and the villages around it; all the objectives had been achieved; the Orne and Caen bridges captured; and the bridge over the Dives destroyed.
At 10:00 a.m. on 9 June intelligence was received that the enemy were leaving St. Honorine. The 12th Battalion was ordered to move down to Longueval to take over the defence of that village; later that day a tremendous barrage of mortar and artillery fire crashed into the village and a number of casualties were taken.
Philburn was amongst those killed at Longueval, aged 24. He is buried in Ranville War Cemetery, France. His medals were sent to his widow Florence Philburn.
988
Four: Lieutenant G. W. Hird, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Royal Armoured Corps, who was wounded during the crossing of the Sangro, 22 November 1943, and was killed in action when his scout car ran over a mine in Belgium, 20 September 1944
1939-45 STAR; ITALY STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR;WARMEDAL 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘A. F. Hird Esq., 6 Chandos Avenue, Southgate, London N14.’, extremely fine (4)
£140-180
Geoffrey William Hird was commissioned Second Lieutenant in 1943 and served during the Second World War with the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Royal Armoured Corps, joining the Regiment in Italy on 7 September 1943. He was in action on 22 November of that year, the Battalion War Diary recording: ‘10 tanks crossed the Sangro, the remainder being stuck in the mud on the far side. These tanks were now in support of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Heavy shellfire was encountered on the crossing. Later in the day Sergeant Bryant destroyed a machine gun nest near the Argylls’ position. The enemy at this time were only 200 yards from our harbour. Casualties through shelling: Second Lieutenant Hird and Troopers Coleman and Brothwell.’
Promoted Lieutenant, on 16 December 1943: ‘Lieutenant Hird’s Troop was sent at 1:00 p.m. with a Platoon of infantry to discover whether the village of Consalvo, about a mile across the road, was still held. After going a short distance the leading tank was knocked out and set on fire. Of the crew one was killed and two wounded.’
By September 1944 Hird was serving with his unit in North-West Europe, and on 20 September was killed in action, as recounted in the Battalion War Diary: ‘Placed under the command of 8th Corps and re-joined the 4th Armoured Brigade in the area of Asche with the instructions to hold a section of the west bank of the Junction canal and prevent any crossings by the enemy. Liaison was made with United States forces to the South. Major Atkin, M.C., Lieutenant Hird, and Trooper Trotter were killed when a scout car in which they were making a reconnaissance ran over a mine.’
Hird was aged 21 at the time of his death. He is buried in Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Belgium. His medals were sent to his father Albert Frederick Hird.
Sold with two photographic images of the recipient.
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