Campaign Groups and Pairs 965 Pair: Sapper H. Heywood, Royal Engineers
British War and Victory Medals (444203 Spr. H. Heywood. R.E.) both partially officially corrected, good very fine Pair: Private H. J. Erridge, Army Veterinary Corps
British War and Victory Medals (SE-29610 Pte. H. J. Erridge. A.V.C.) mounted as worn, very fine Pair: Private O. Thomas, Army Service Corps
British War and Victory Medals (M-338419 Pte. O. Thomas. A.S.C.) minor edge bruising, good very fine Pair: Private W. D. Mason, Army Service Corps
British War and Victory Medals (DM2-162638 Pte. W. D. Mason. A.S.C.) good very fine (8) £50-£70
William Dobson Mason was born in Sunderland and was a hairdresser by profession. He enlisted in the Army Service Corps in November 1915.
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Pair: Sapper A. H. Palmer, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (293372 Spr. A. Palmer. R.E.) very fine
Family Group:
Pair: Sergeant R. Harvey, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (2118 Sjt. R. Harvey. R.E.) good very fine
Pair: Sapper R. L. C. Harvey, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (2628 Spr. R. L. C. Harvey. R.E.) good very fine Volunteer Force Long Service Medal,
E.VII.R. (216
C.Sjt.: R. Harvey. 26/Middx: V.R.C.) nearly extremely fine (7)
£80-£120 967
Pair: Private D. Skinner, Scots Guards British War and Victory Medals (17694 Pte. D. Skinner. S. Gds.) very fine
1914 Star (8688 Pte. D. J. Browne. R.A.M.C.); 1914-15 Star (3) (1927 Pte. W. Foskett. Warwick. Yeo.; 21648 Pte. J. L. Page. G. Gds.; 8483. Pte. A. Taaffe. I. Gds.) nearly very fine or better (6)
£140-£180
James Lawrence Page was born in London and attested there for the Grenadier Guards, having previously served with the Middlesex Engineers (Territorial Force). He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War, and was wounded during the attack on Hill 70. After a period of recuperation in Chelsea, where he acted as an Instructor, he returned to the Western Front and was promoted Lance-Corporal. He was killed in action on the Western Front on 31 July 1917. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Sold with a photographic image of the recipient. 968
Family group:
Pair: Lance-Sergeant W. Sloan, 16th (Service) Battalion, Royal Scots (2nd Edinburgh), killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916
British War and Victory Medals (18913 Cpl. W. Sloan. R. Scots.) good very fine
Pair: Second Lieutenant J. Sloan, 7/8th Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, killed in action on the Western Front, 23 July 1918
British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. Sloan) good very fine (4) £300-£400
William Sloan was the eldest son of John Sloan, a fish merchant, of 7 Craigcrook Terrace, Blackhall, Edinburgh. He served during the Great War with the 16th (Service) Battalion, Royal Scots (2nd Edinburgh) on the Western Front. Having advanced Lance-Sergeant, Sloan was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. On this date the Battalion served as part of the 101st Brigade, 34th Division, and ‘Left Bécourt Wood for assembly positions 5 am (1/7). Followed 15th Royal Scots into attack at La Boisselle 7.35 am - heavy machine gun and shell fire before reaching British front line. Report in War diary records No Man’s Land crossed with few casualties - battalions on left (10th Lincolnshires and 11th Suffolk) suffering heavily with very few reaching enemy lines - some of the 16th said to have reached Contalmaison. Messages received - Peake Wood reached 8.45 am, German support line 5.40pm. Direction somewhat lost owing to exposed flank - enemy counter attacked in neighbourhood of Peake Wood.’ (British Battalions on the Somme, by R. Westlake, refers)
Lance-Sergeant Sloan is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
John Sloan was the younger brother of the above, and was born in Edinburgh in November 1896. He initially served during the Great War as a Private with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in the French theatre of war from 3 June 1916. Sloan was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 5th Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers (T.F.) in January 1918. He was attached for service with the 7/8th Battalion when he was killed in action on the Western Front, 23 July 1918.
Second Lieutenant Sloan is buried in the Buzancy Military Cemetery, Aisne, France. 969 Pair: Private C. W. Stanyon, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (34087 Pte. C. W. Stanyon. R. Lanc. R.); Memorial Plaque (Charles William Stanyon); together with the recipient’s two identity tags ‘34087 Pte Stanyan [sic] C., K.O.R.L.’, small spot of verdigris to plaque, good very fine (3)
£80-£120
Charles William Stanyon was born in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, and attested for the King’s Own Royal Lancashire Regiment at Leicester. He served with the 6th Battalion in Mesopotamia, and was killed in action on 29 April 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.
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