Campaign Groups and Pairs 909 Three: Lieutenant A. H. Covington, Honourable Artillery Company
1914-15 Star (2232 Pte. A. H. Covington. H.A.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. H. Covington.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3)
£80-£120
Allan Henry Covington was born in Hornsey, Middlesex, on 26 July 1894 and was educated at the University of London. He joined the Honourable Artillery Company, and was mobilised for service on 8 September 1914. He served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 December 1914, and was wounded by gun shot to the left leg on 16 February 1915. Advanced Lance-Sergeant on 1 April 1916, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Honourable Artillery Company on 25 October 1916.
Sold with copied service papers and other research.
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Four: Second Lieutenant F. G. Parfitt, Royal Field Artillery
1914-15 Star (1065 Cpl. F. G. Parfitt. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (1065 Sgt. F. G. Parfitt. R.A.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, nearly extremely fine (4)
£50-£70 Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 15 April 1918.
Frederick George Parfitt attested for the Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force), and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 October 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, Territorial Force, on 14 October 1918. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and London Gazette entries.
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Five: Warrant Officer Class II S. L. Doney, Royal Garrison Artillery, who subsequently served as a Yeomanry Warder of the Tower of London
1914-15 Star (16932. Sjt. S. L. Doney. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (16932 W.O. Cl.2 S. L. Doney. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1401698 W.O. Cl.II. S. L. Doney. R.G.A.); Meritorious Service Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue (1401698 W.O. Cl.2. S. L. Doney. R.G.A.) edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine, the MSM nearly extremely fine (5)
£160-£200
Samuel L. Doney served with the Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War, and subsequently as a Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London. He was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal without annuity per Army Order 68 of 1946.
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Family Group:
Three: Gunner G. S. Hardy, Royal Garrison Artillery, who died on the Western Front, 26 October 1918 1914-15 Star (34380. Gnr. G. S. Hardy, R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (34380 Gnr. G. S. Hardy. R.A.) good very fine
Pair: Driver H. Hardy, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (T4-234720 Dvr. H. Hardy. A.S.C.) good very fine
Three: S. Hardy Church Council of Education for Birkenhead and Wirral Punctual Attendance Medal (2), white metal, the reverse engraved ‘To Samuel Hardy, Heswell, for 2 Years, 1887’; another, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘To Samuel Hardy, Heswell, for 3 Years, 1888’; Reward of Superior Merit Medal for Regular Attendance, white metal, unnamed, very fine, the whole mounted for display purposes with two R.G.A. shoulder titles; and an A.S.C. cap badge (8)
£50-£70
George Stephen Hardy was born in Heswell, Cheshire, and attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery at Liverpool. He served with the 60th Siege Battery during the Great War on the Western Front, and died on 26 October 1918. He is buried in Etretat Churchyard Extension, Seine-Maritime, France.
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Five: Local Sergeant J. R. Bennett, Royal Engineers, attached 3rd Bombay Sappers and Miners, late Hampshire Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded both the M.S.M. and French Medaille Militaire for services in Mesopotamia
1914-15 Star (2954 Pte. J. R. Bennett, Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (2954 Cpl. J. R. Bennett. Hamps. R.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (271198 Cpl.- Loc: Sjt:- J. R. Bennett. M.M. R.E.); France, Third Republic, Medaille Militarie, silver, gilt, and enamel, with trophy of arms suspension, good very fine (5) £340-£380
M.S.M. London Gazette 15 October 1918: 271198 Cpl. (local Sjt.) J. R. Bennett, M.M., R.E. (Aldershot) ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Forces in Mesopotamia during the present War.’
John Richard Bennett attested for the Hampshire Regiment and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 March 1915, before transferring to the Royal Engineers for service with the 3rd Bombay Sappers and Miners in Mesopotamia. For his services in Mesopotamia he was awarded the French Medaille Militaire (London Gazette 26 September 1917) and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 21 January 1919), as well as additionally being awarded the Meritorious Service Medal.
Note: Although Bennett’s M.S.M. (and the corresponding announcement in the London Gazette) gives him the post-nominal letters ‘M. M.’, there is no evidence that he was awarded the Military Medal. It is however possible that he was recommended for the Military Medal, and the recommendation being turned down instead received the French Medaille Militaire.
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