Campaign Groups and Pairs 871
Pair: Able Seaman W. C. Harriott, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division, wounded at Gallipoli, and later killed in action whilst serving with the Hood Battalion at Arras in April 1917
1914 Star (SX6/21 W. C. Harriott, A.B. R.N.V.R. Howe Bttn. R.N.D.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (S. 6-21 W. C. Harriott. A. B. R.N.V.R.) extremely fine (2)
£160-£200
Walter Clement Harriott was born at Seaford, West Sussex, on 31 March 1890, and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in December 1908. He was mobilised on 22 August 1914, and joined the Howe Battalion R.N.D., serving in Belgium in 1914 and afterwards at Gallipoli, where he was seriously wounded in the hand on 14 May 1915, and invalided to England in early 1916. He was drafted to the Hood Battalion for service with the B.E.F. and was reported missing, presumed killed in action at Arras on 23 April 1917. He is commemorated by name on the Arras Memorial.
Sold with copied R.N.D. record card. 872 Three: Able Seaman F. C. Proctor, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division
1914 Star (SX6/128. F. Proctor, A.B. R.N.V.R. Howe Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (S6-128F. C. Proctor. A.B. R.N.V.R.) extremely fine (3)
£160-£200
Frederick Charles Proctor was born on 14 March 1896, and entered the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 14 April 1914. He was advanced to Able Seaman on 15 September 1914, and joined the Howe Battalion on 28 October following.
Sold with copied R.N.D. record card which confirms 1914 Star and indicates that he was a survivor of H.M.S. Alcantara’s action with S.M.S. Greif on 29 February 1916, in which both ships were sunk.
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Three: Acting Leading Seaman H. P. Smith, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division, who was rescued from the defensively armed merchant ship Rose Lea when she was torpedoed by the U-62 in March 1917
1914 Star (SX.5/245. H. P. Smith, A.B. R.N.V.R. Howe Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (S.4-245 H. P. Smith. Act. L.S. R.N.V.R.) together with companion set of mounted miniature medals, extremely fine (6)
£160-£200
Harold Plesents Smith was born on 5 November 1895, and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 12 February 1913. After service in Belgium and France with the Howe Battalion R.N.D., he was assigned to Defensively Armed Merchant Ships and was reported missing when D.A.M.S. Rose Lea was torpedoed on 14 March 1917 by U-62, whilst on a voyage from Cardiff to Malta with a cargo of coal, 230 miles west of Bishop Rock. There were no casualties and Smith was reported rescued in Victory on 21 March 1917.
Sold with copied record of service. 874
Three: Lieutenant L. M. Murdoch, Royal Marines, a Motor Owner Driver attached Royal Naval Division in 1914, mentioned in despatches for services with the Divisional Train in the Dardanelles 1915-16
1914 Star (Temp. 2nd Lieut. L. M. Murdoch, R.M. Attd. R.N. Div.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. L. M. Murdoch. R.M.) extremely fine and rare (3)
£300-£400
Only 42 1914 Stars and 16 clasps issued to Motor Owner Drivers. Murdoch is entitled to the clasp which was sent to him on 29 April 1921.
M.I.D. London Gazette 13 July 1916.
Lewis Malcolm Murdoch was a Motor Owner Driver appointed to a Temporary commission in the Royal Marines as 2nd Lieutenant on 26 September 1914. These Motor Owner Drivers were ‘gentlemen’ car owners who volunteered to take their cars to the war zone and drive them under military command. They were all given Temporary commissions in the Royal Marines. He is confirmed on the roll as being entitled to the 1914 Star and Clasp. He was posted for service in the Divisional Train with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on 5 April 1915, and promoted to Lieutenant on 30 June 1915. Posted for service with the B.E.F. on 23 May 1916, he was admitted to 24th General Hospital at Etaples on 6 December with sciatica and returned to duty on 16 December 1916. Demobilised 11 February 1919.
Sold with copied record of service. 875
Three: Lieutenant H. Godsal, Royal Field Artillery, who was Mentioned in Despatches following the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in 1915, and was wounded on the Western Front on 25 August 1918
1914 Star (
2.Lieut: H. Godsal. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. H. Godsal.) light contact marks, very fine (3)
£140-£180
Hugh Godsal was born in Otakeho, New Zealand, on 29 May 1893, and was educated at Oundle School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery (Special Reserve) on 7 March 1914, and served during the Great War with the 25th Battery, R.F.A. on the Western Front from 6 October 1914. He was Mentioned in Field Marshal Sir John French’s Despatch following the Second Battle of Ypres (London Gazette 22 June 1915), most likely for his services during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, and was promoted Lieutenant on 12 January 1916. Transferring to the 78th Division on 1 December 1917, he was wounded in action on 25 August 1918, suffering a gunshot wound to his left side, and was admitted to No. 2 Stationary Hospital, before being repatriated to England. Following three years trying to convince the Medical authorities that he was permanently disabled due to effects of his wound, and the general debilities brought about by active service, he was finally passed unfit for further service on 17 June 1921, and transferred to the retired list (on retired pay) on 24 August 1921. He died on 11 May 1936, aged 42, his premature death no doubt hastened by the effects of War.
Sold with copied research including a group photographic image featuring the recipient. 876 Three: Gunner R. Burgess, Royal Field Artillery
1914 Star (55830 Gnr: R. Burgess. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (55830 Gnr. R. Burgess. R.A.) good very fine (3)
£80-£120 Robert Burgess served with 34th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery during the Great War.
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