Campaign Groups and Pairs 862 Three: Driver T. Gibbs, Royal Field Artillery, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 9 September 1918
1914 Star, with clasp (10639 Dvr: T. Gibbs. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (10639 Dvr. T. Gibbs. R.A.) very fine (3)
£120-£160
Thomas Gibbs was born in Eastbourne, Sussex, and attested there for the Royal Field Artillery. He served with 117th Brigade, R.F.A. during the Great War on the Western Front, and died of wounds on 9 September 1918. He is buried in Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
863 Four: Private G. E. Thompson, Grenadier Guards
1914 Star, with copy clasp (14316 Pte. G. E. Thompson. 1.
G.Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (14316 Pte. G. E. Thompson. G. Gds.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (George E. Thompson.) last officially re-impressed, good very fine (4)
£100-£140
George E. Thompson attested for the Grenadier Guards, and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 October 1914.
864
Three: Private P. Daniels, Royal Irish Regiment, who was one of 300 men from the Regiment taken Prisoner of War at Le Pilly following the disastrous Battle of La Bassee, 20 October 1914
1914 Star, with clasp (4352 Pte. P. Daniels. R. Ir: Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (4352 Pte. P. Daniels. R. ir. Regt.) nearly very fine (3)
£180-£220
Patrick Daniels attested for the Royal Irish Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 October 1914, and was taken prisoner of war on 20 October 1914 after the battalion’s ‘last stand’ at Le Pilly (Battle of La Bassee): ‘Another Allied attack was planned for 19 October. The only success during this attack would lead to tragedy. The 2nd Battalion of the Royal Irish captured Le Pilly, a village on Aubers Ridge, but the rest of the advance failed. The Royal Irish were dangerously isolated, but before the order to retreat could reach them they were surrounded by the Germans. Of nearly 900 men only 300 survived to surrender to the Germans.’
Sold with copied Medal Index Card and other research. 865 Three: Acting Colour Sergeant P. Feehan, Royal Irish Regiment
1914 Star, with clasp (9086 Pte. P. Feehan. R. Ir: Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (9086 A.C. Sjt. P. Feehan. R. Ir. Regt.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (3)
£140-£180 866
Three: Private F. Bates, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who died of wounds on the Western Front, 24 October 1914
1914 Star, with clasp (7183 Pte. F. Bates. 1/R. Sc: Fus.) British War and Victory Medals (7183 Pte. F. R. Bates. R.S. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (Frederick Bates); Memorial Scroll (Pte. Frederick Bates, Royal Scots Fusiliers), last with Buckingham Palace enclosure in postage tube addressed to ‘Mrs E. J. George, 18 Blackman St. Brighton’, generally good very fine (lot)
£300-400 Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2006.
Frederick Reeves Bates was born in Stepney, London, and attested for the Royal Scots Fusiliers at Brighton, Sussex. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion on the Western Front from 8 September 1914, and died of wounds on 24 October 1914. He is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
The recipient’s medals were sent to his widow, who had subsequently remarried.
Sold with the recipient’s Princess Mary Christmas Tin (with record Office enclosure which states ‘H.R.H. Princess Mary’s Christmas Gift, for the late 7183 Pte. R. F. Bates, R.S.F.’, and enclosure slips for the 1914 Star and for the clasp, the latter documentation also addressed to Mrs George.
867 Three: Captain R. U. Bennett, Cheshire Regiment, late Scottish Rifles
1914 Star, with clasp (6338 L.Cpl. R. U. Bennett. 5/Sco: Rif.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. U. Bennett.) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, good very fine (3)
£120-£160
Reginald Urban Bennett served during the Great War on the Western Front initially with the 5th Battalion, Scottish Rifles, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 13th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment.
868
Three: Lance-Corporal A. E. Jenson, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914 Star, with clasp (9219 L.Cpl. A. E. Jenson. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (
...Pte. A. E. Jenson Oxf. & Bucks...) mounted as worn, heavy contact marks, the medals worn, therefore fair
Pair: Sergeant J. Heathcote, Leicestershire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (36468 Sjt. J. Heathcote. Leic. R.) nearly extremely fine
Pair: Private A. Bayes, Northamptonshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 10 November 1917
British War and Victory Medals (40629 Pte. A. Bayes. North’n. R.) nearly extremely fine (7) £100-£140
Arthur Bayes was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, and attested there for the Northamptonshire Regiment. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 10 November 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
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