Medals from the Rob Campbell Collection relating to Clevedon, Somerset 704
Family group:
Three: Lieutenant The 6th Baron Teignmouth, Royal Marine Engineers, late Indian Public Works Department British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. The Hon. H. A. Shore. R.M.) surname partially officially corrected; Defence Medal; Delhi Durbar 1911, mounted for display, good very fine
Five: Major The Honourable Lionel Shore, 2nd (King Edward VII’s Own) Gurkhas, killed in action near Arezzo, Italy, 20 July 1944
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for display, good very fine
A Second War 1944 ‘Motor Torpedo Boat’ D.S.C. and Second Award Bar group of six awarded to Lieutenant The 7th Baron Teignmouth, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, a talented and aggressive MTB commander who met with success in the Mediterranean, Adriatic and the English Channel. Serving as part of the 20th Flotilla he commanded MTB 298 as part of a two boat attack on the stranded German cruiser Niobe, and her attendant tug, off Silba Island, in the Adriatic, 21 December 1943. Using his torpedoes to good effect he also had a hand in the sinking of two schooners and an F-lighter during his time in the Mediterranean and the Adriatic.Lord Teignmouth returned to the UK in May 1944, and served with the 30th Flotilla as part of the Nore Command. He commanded the 2nd Division of the flotilla, and in attacks under his command at least 1 merchant vessel and 1 R-boat were sunk, whilst 3 R-boats were damaged. After the war he worked in London as a successful fashion designer Distinguished Service Cross,
G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’, hallmarks for London 1943, with Second Award Bar, reverse officially dated ‘1944’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted for display, with six related miniature awards, good very fine (14)
£3,000-£4,000
Hugh Aglionby, 6th Baron Teignmouth was born in July 1881, and was the eldest son of the Fifth Baron Teignmouth, of Mount Elton, Clevedon. He was educated at Wellington College and Cooper’s Hill (Royal Indian Engineering College). Lord Teignmouth was employed as an assistant engineer with the Public Works Department in Madras, India, in 1902. He retired due to ill health in 1917, and upon his return to the UK was commissioned as a Temporary Lieutenant in the Royal Marine Engineers, 8 October 1918.
Lord Teignmouth served at Fort Southwick, near Porstmouth, 29 October 1918 - 13 January 1919. He was discharged in January 1919, and he succeeded his father to become the 6th Baron Teignmouth in February 1926. Appointed JP in 1940, Lord Teignmouth also served as a County Councillor for Somerset, 1946-1950, and as District Commissioner for the Boy Scouts Association for North Somerset, 1939-1950. He died in August 1964.
The Honourable Lionel Charles Frederick Shore was born in January 1918, and was eldest son of the 6th Baron Teignmouth. He was educated at Wellington College and Sandhurst. Shore was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in January 1938. He transferred to the 1st Battalion, 2nd (King Edward VII’s Own) Gurkhas in April 1939, and served with the Battalion throughout it’s tour of Persia, Iraq, Cyprus, North Africa and Italy.
Shore advanced to Lieutenant in January 1940, and ultimately to Temporary Major. He was killed in action by mortar fire, 20 July 1944, whilst commanding ‘D’ Company on the start line for an attack at Monte Prusso near Arezzo, Italy. His obituary, which appeared in The Times, gives the following:
‘During the North African campaign he commanded the machine-gun company of the 7th Indian Infantry Brigade, and was wounded at El Akarit [6 April 1943]. He managed, however, by taking “French leave” from the convalescent camp, to rejoin in time for the final mopping up at Tunis. At Cassino he unhesitatingly gave up his independent command, of which he had good reason to be proud, in order to serve his regiment, and was an inspiration to his company then and in subsequent advances. Like all who have been privileged to serve in these crack regiments, never ceased to sing the praises of his men, and in one of his last letters he told how, during the height of the fighting at Cassino, “the quality and stamina of the Gurkhas really stand out under these almost unbearable conditions. They never for one instant lose their wonderful bearing and discipline, and remain cheerful the whole time. We have troops of all nationalities here, but the Gurkha beats the lot.”
His brigadier writes: - “Bunny was killed in a moment of victory of quite considerable importance which he and his company had entirely won. He had always done very well, but latterly he had done superlatively, and was a brilliant company commander. His courage, dash, and leadership were bywords in the battalion and in the brigade. I can truthfully say he was sans peur et sans reproche, and very much a 2nd Gurkha, a first-class sportsman and soldier.”
Major The Honourable Lionel Shore is buried in Arezzo War Cemetery, Italy. all lots are illustrated on our website
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