Campaign Groups and Pairs 939
Three: Private W. Firth, Army Veterinary Corps 1914-15 Star (SE-3237 Pte. W. Firth, A.V.C.); British War and Victory Medals (SE-3237 Pte. W. Firth. A.V.C.); together with a Royal and Ancient Order of Buffaloes Medal, bronze and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘W. Firth. Aug. 9. 1925’, with top ‘Prince of Wales Lge. 699’ suspension bar, very fine
Three: Lance-Corporal E. Jarrett, Military Foot Police 1914-15 Star (P.1722, L-Cpl. E. Jarrett. M.F.P.); British War and Victory Medals (P-1722 L.Cpl. E. Jarrett. M.F.P.) edge bruising, nearly very fine
Pair: Gunner D. Chalmers, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (167683 Gnr. D. Chalmers. R.A.) in slightly damaged named card box of issue, extremely fine (9)
£100-£140 x940
A scarce Great War ‘East Africa’ M.S.M. group of four awarded to Mechanist Staff Sergeant S. G. W. Blythe, Army Service Corps
1914-15 Star (M2-079368. M.S. Sjt. S. G. W. Blythe, A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M2-079368 S. Sjt. S. G. Blythe. A.S.C.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (M2-079368 M.S .Sjt: S. G. W. Blythe. 648/M.T. Coy. A.S. C.) good very fine (4)
£180-£220 M.S.M. London Gazette 13 March 1918.
Sidney George Winder Blythe, a native of Dollis Hill, north London, attested for the Army Service Corps on 23 April 1915, and served during the Great War, initially on the Western Front from 25 May 1915. Transferring to the 648th Motor Transport Company, he served with them in East Africa from 1916, and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. He transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 8 April 1919.
Sold with copied service papers and other research. 941
Three: Captain A. M. Dunnet, Royal Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. A. M. Dunnet. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. A. M. Dunnet) nearly extremely fine
Three: Warrant Officer Class II S. C. Anyon, Royal Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (M2-054006 Cpl. S. C. Anyon. A.S.C.); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial (T/34537 W. O. Cl.II. S. C. Anyon. R.A.S.C.) mounted as worn, the last with lid of named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine (6) £100-£140
M.I.D. London Gazette 10 March 1919.
Alexander Merven Dunnet was born in Fulham, London, and attested for the London Regiment in Westminster on 10 November 1914. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 April 1915.
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Three: Private J. C. Duckworth, 11th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, who was killed in action at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, on 25 April 1915
1914-15 Star (385 Pte. J. C. Duckworth. 11/Bn. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (385 Pte. J. C. Duckworth. 11 Bn. A.I.F.); Memorial Plaque (John Currie Duckworth); Memorial Scroll (Pte. John Currie Duckworth 11 Bn. A.I.F.), the Plaque mounted in a fitted wooden shield, lacquered, good very fine (4)
£800-£1,200
John Curry Duckworth, a native of Perth, Western Australia, was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, in April 1878, and attested for the Australian Imperial Force at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia on 19 August 1914. He embarked with the 11th Battalion from Fremantle on 2 November 1914, and arrived in Alexandria on 26 November 1914. He served during the Great War in the Gallipoli landings on 25 April 1915, and was killed in action that same day, as described in a letter written to the recipient’s father by Corporal M. Spicer, also of the 11th Battalion: ‘Your son “Jock”, together with the greater part of the signallers, including myself, landed from the Usk about 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, 25th April. We went up the first hill and found ourselves together again on top of the next. Signalling was out of the question where we were, so we went into the firing line, and were potting away together and chatting, Jock being as cool as ever he was. I had just finished speaking to Jock, and had fired one or two shots when I glanced towards him, and found he had been hit. I crept alongside him, but regret I could not help him- he had been killed instantaneously in the act of firing. It will be some consolation to you to know that he died fighting to the last, and that his death was painless. He was held in high esteem by every man in the section, and all wish to join with me in expression of sympathy with you in the loss of such a splendid son.’
Duckworth is buried in Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Turkey.
Sold with an Australian Military Forces ‘For Australia’ pennant; letter to the recipient’s widow informing her of the death of her husband, dated Perth, 28 June 1915; a copy of a letter written to the recipient’s father by a Corporal in the recipient’s battalion, describing the recipient’s death; and a photograph of the recipient with his family.
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