Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry 164
A pre-war Palestine operations B.E.M. group of four awarded to Temporary Assistant Inspector H. J. Fulbrook, Palestine Police
British Empire Medal, (Civil)
G.VI.R., 1st issue (Hubert J. Fulbrook.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48 (T/Asst. Insp. H. J. Fulbrook, Pal. Police); Defence and War Medals, mounted as worn, good very fine (4)
£300-£360 B.E.M. London Gazette 9 June 1938: ‘Hubert James Fulbrook, 1st Sergeant, Palestine Police Force.’
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A Second World War B.E.M. group of seven awarded to Able Seaman William Marshall, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his services aboard the destroyer H.M.S. Maori
British Empire Medal, (Military)
G.VI.R., 1st issue (A.B. William Marshall. D/J. 82586. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.89586 W. Marshall. Ord. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G. V.R., 3rd issue (J.89586 W. Marshall. A.B. H.M.S. Eagle) Great War period awards good fine or better, remainder very fine or better (7)
£340-£380 B.E.M. London Gazette 1 July 1941.
William Marshall was born in Nottingham in October 1900 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in April 1918, and quickly witnessed active service in H.M.S. Bellerophon, aboard which ship he was advanced to Ordinary Seaman that October.
Awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in January 1934, while serving as an Able Seaman in the aircraft carrier Eagle, he would appear to have been serving in the destroyer Maori by the renewal of hostilities - certainly he was serving in her at the time of being awarded his B.E. M.
The Maori, under Commander Noel Brewer, R.N., quickly saw action off Norway, not least during the evacuation of Nasmos in April 1940, when two near misses from enemy aircraft caused extensive damage and wounded 20 of her crew, five of them mortally.
Commander H. T. “Beaky” Armstrong, D.S.C., R.N. (afterwards D.S.O.* and D.S.C.*), then having been appointed C.O., Maori went on to lend valuable service with Cossack, Sikh and Zulu during the Bismarck action in May 1941 - after creeping up at 25 knots on the enemy’s port quarter, under fire, and delivering a torpedo attack, she and her destroyer consorts clung to their quarry to await the arrival of Tovey’s big guns. One of Maori’s crew later described the moment Bismarck’s shells started to find their range:
‘Armour piercing shells, each weighing a ton, splashed on all sides sending up large plumes of water. One passed under the wireless aerials between the funnels, and, as Maori gathered speed Bismarck changed to shrapnel, shells exploding in the air, fragments passing through the superstructure ... ’
Maori subsequently fell victim to enemy aircraft at Grand Harbour, Malta, in early 1942; sold with an original wartime photograph of H.M.S. Maori, the reverse bearing numerous signatures, among them that of “Beaky” Armstrong.
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A Second War ‘North Africa’ B.E.M. awarded to Lance-Corporal H. Wadham, Royal Army Service Corps
British Empire Medal, (Military)
G.VI.R., 1st issue (No. T/288277 L/Cpl. Henry Wadham) in card box of issue, extremely fine
£200-£240 B.E.M. London Gazette 23 September 1943: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North Africa.’
The original recommendation, dated 15 April 1943, states: ‘During March 1943 in the Sedjenane area, this N.C.O. was driving an ambulance car attached to 16 Paratroop Battalion for evacuation of casualties. For two weeks he was engaged continuously making day and night runs from Advanced Dressing Station to Main Dressing Station, often under shelling and machine gun fire. On one occasion at night time he volunteered to go 6 miles forward of the Advanced Dressing Station to pick up casualties. he drove without lights over a road which had been shelled and mined and found in some bushes 5 Germans seriously wounded. He loaded these with difficulty on to his ambulance car and being unable to turn round had to travel in reverse for two miles. He unloaded his casualties at the Advanced Dressing Station and immediately went back for more. This N.C.O., by his gallantry and devotion to duty, saved during this fortnight many valuable lives.’
Henry Wadham was a native of Brixton, and served during the Second World War with 112 Mobile Ambulance Column, Royal Army Service Corps.
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