Campaign Groups and Pairs x1295 Three: Aircraftman 1st Class A. Wilson, Royal Air Force, who died on 1 November 1943
1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45; Memorial Scroll ‘Aircraftman 1st Class A. Wilson Royal Air Force’, good very fine (3)
£240-£280
Attributed to 624898 Aircraftman 1st Class Arthur Wilson, who died on 1 November 1943, and is buried in Shildon Cemetery, Co. Durham.
Sold with a portrait photograph of the recipient. 1296 Six: Lieutenant (Quartermaster) W. Timmis, Royal Army Medical Corps
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (7257683 W.O. Cl.1. W. Timmis. R.A.M.C.) mounted as worn, number officially corrected, good very fine (6)
£50-£70
William Timmis was advanced War Substantive Sergeant Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 5 June 1940, and was commissioned Lieutenant (Quartermaster) in the same unit on 19 January 1942. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in December 1943.
1297
Eight: Fusilier E. Hirst, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, who was wounded in action at the Battle of Imjin, 23 April 1951
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (2059758 Fus. B. Hirst. R.N.F.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, generally good very fine (8) £300-£400
Provenance: Strong Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, May 2011 (Korea and U.N. Korea Medals only).
Bernard Hirst was born in Elland, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire on 28 December 1919, and enlisted in the Royal Engineers (Territorial Army) on 24 August 1938, before transferring to the Regulars at Halifax on 22 February 1939. He served with the Green Howards during the Second World War with the British Expeditionary Force from October 1939 to 17 April 1940; in India from March to September 1942; in Iraq from September 1942 to March 1943; in the Middle East (Syria and Egypt) from March to August 1943; in Italy from August 1943 to June 1944; in the Middle East from June 1944 to March 1945; and in North West Europe from March 1945 to March 1946. He transferred to Section ‘B’ Reserve in June 1946, but was recalled for service in August 1950 and was posted to the 1st Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. He served in Korea from 10 October 1950 to 26 October 1951, being wounded in action at the battle of Imjin on 23 April 1951, where he suffered a gunshot wound to the forehead. Placed on the Reserve List of the 29th Infantry Brigade on 16 May 1951, he was posted to Japan in June 1951 where he was employed as a Regimental Policeman. Transferred home, he was discharged to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 23 November 1951.
Sold with copied service notes. 1298 Six: Corporal J. Harold, Lothian and Border Horse
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (420234. Cpl. J. Harold. Lothians.) last in named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine (6)
£140-£180 1299 Seven: Captain B. M. Roberts, Royal Engineers, who was wounded at Monte Casino in June 1944
1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal,
G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (Lt. B. M. Roberts. R.E.); Jubilee 1977, mounted as worn, edge nick to EM, otherwise good very fine or better (7)
£180-£220
Brian Meiric Roberts was born in Cardiff on 11 June 1917, and having trained as a Civil Engineer was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 25 January 1941, from 142nd Officer Cadets Training Unit. He served during the Second World War with the 7th Field Company, Royal Engineers in the Middle East from March 1943, and was present at the final battles of the Tunisian Campaign. Advanced Captain, he was appointed the C.R.E’s Reconnaissance Officer, following which he moved to the Italian front, and was present in the final battle for Casino and was part of the Royal Engineer team that constructed the famous ‘Amazon’ bridge over the Rapido river. He was severely wounded at Monte Casino on 25 June 1944, as the campaign moved through central Italy on route to Florence, when his Daimler Dingo scout car ran into a minefield, hit a mine, and turned over severing his right hand; repatriated to the U.K. he ended the War as a Mine Warfare Instructor at the Royal Engineers Officer Cadets Training Unit at Newark. He was awarded the Efficiency Medal on 1 April 1949. He subsequently served in civilian life as Chief Engineer with the newly formed Crawley Development Corporation, and was awarded the 1977 Silver Jubilee Medal for his services as Chief Engineer of the New Towns Commission. He died in Crawley on 14 August 2000.
1300 Five: Sapper E. Clarke, Royal Engineers
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, all unnamed, nearly extremely fine (5)
£60-£80
Provenance: Strong Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, May 2011. M.I.D. London Gazette 23 May 1946:
‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Mediterranean theatre.’
Eric Cecil Clarke was born in Slough on 17 May 1917. A Well Borer by occupation, he enlisted into the Territorial Army at Reading on 21 September 1939. He served during the Second World War in No. 1 Boring Section, Royal Engineers, with the British Expeditionary Force in France from November 1939- to 29 May 1940; in the Middle East from March 1941 to August 1943; and in North Africa from August 1943 to August 1945. He transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve in April 1946.
Sold with the recipient’s original M.I.D. Certificate and copied service notes.
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