Campaign Groups and Pairs 558 Family Group:
Three: Private J. Burton, Machine Gun Corps and East Yorkshire Regiment, who was wounded in action during the Great War, and subsequently served as a Postman in Hull British War and Victory Medals (67702 Pte. J. Burton. M.G.C.); Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (James Burton) in Royal Mint case of issue; together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘348718’, good very fine
Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (2) (Peter Burton; Miss Audrey Nifton Howard) both in Royal Mint cases of issue, extremely fine (5)
£80-£120
James Burton was born Hull, Yorkshire, on 2 October 1897, and attested there for the East Yorkshire Regiment on 1 June 1916. He served during the Great War with the Machine Gun Corps on the Western Front, and was wounded when he was hit in the face by a fragment of a shell on 9 August 1917, suffering a double fracture of jaw. Admitted to Dublin (83) General Hospital, Boulogne, he was discharged on account of his wounds on 13 February 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.
Following the cessation of hostilities, Burton joined the Post Office in 1919, and was employed as a Postman in Hull. He married Miss Gladys Sturdy in Hull Parish Church on 15 September 1924, and retired in 1957, after 38 years’ service, being awarded the Imperial Service Medal upon his retirement.
Sold with a fragment of a shell, reputedly the piece which injured the recipient during the Great War; the recipient’s silver Pocket Watch, by James Whittle, Blackburn, the white enamel dial signed, with gold hands, black Roman numerals, and subsidiary seconds dial, the outer case with silver marks and numbered 130066, watch diameter 52mm, in working order, with fob chain; an assortment of mainly 19th and early 20th Century coins, of various denominations, such as a George III ‘Cartwheel’ penny, George IV farthings, Victoria half crowns, and a number of George V silver three-pennies, all worn and below collectible grade, a number of which are pierced for wearing on the watch chain; named Central Chancery enclosure for the Imperial Service Medal; General Post Office Certificate of appreciation on his retirement, in scroll tube, addressed to ‘J. Burton, Esq., 24 Tavistock Street, Hull, Yorks.’; Great War Character Certificate; Certificate of Discharge; Field Medical Card; two letters regarding the recipient’s injury; a Soldier’s Iodine First Aid tube; and the recipient’s large Great War Honourable Discharge Certificate, this mounted in a glazed display frame.
Peter Burton was born in Hull on 4 February 1929, the son of James and Gladys Burton, and served as a Postal and Telegraph Officer in Hull from 17 May 1943. He married Miss Audrey Nifton Howard, also a Postal and Telegraph Officer, at Hull Registry Officer on 17 October 1970.
Sold with the named Central Chancery enclosures for both Imperial Service Medal, both housed in glazed display frames. 559 Pair: Private G. Payne, Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (118756 Pte. G. Payne. M.G.C.) mounted as worn, very fine
Pair: Worker L. J. Cooper, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps British War and Victory Medals (22620 Wkr. L. J. Cooper. Q.M.A.A.C.) good very fine
1914-15 Star (2) (GS-7668 Pte. A. J. Pearson. R.R. of Cav.; R-12818 Pte. R. Gillett. K.R. Rif: C.); British War Medal 1914 -20 (3) (S-4016 Pte. I. Taylor. Rif. Brig.; 57216 Pte. H. C. Wilson. M.G.C.; 830 Pte. H. C. Ellis. Br. W.I.R.); together with a British West Indies Regiment cap badge; Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (22243 Pte. W. H. Clough. G. Gds.; Rev. W. A. Jeayes.) surname on last officially corrected, generally very fine or better (11)
£140-£180
Arthur John Pearson attested for the Reserve Regiment of Cavalry, and was posted to the 3rd Dragoon Guards. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 December 1914, and died of wounds at home, whilst attached to the 2nd Life Guards, on 29 June 1915. He is buried in Smethwick (Uplands) Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Horace Cecil Wilson was born in Royston, Hertfordshire, and attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps at Battersea, London. He served during the Great War with the 83rd Company, Machine Gun Corps in Salonika, and died on 12 October 1918. He is buried in Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece.
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Pair: Private E. F. Watts, Machine Guns Corps British War and Victory Medals (133307 Pte. E. F. Watts. M.G.C.) very fine
Pair: Private E. H. Welham, Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (3999 Pte. E. H. Welham. M.G.C.) good very fine
Pair: Private F. H. Southgate, Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (153246 Pte. F. H. Southgate M.G.C.) VM officially renamed, nearly extremely fine
Pair: Private A. Redington, Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (85395 Pte. A. Redington. M.G.C.) nearly extremely fine (8)
561 Three: Private A. F. Walbrin, Tank Corps
British War and Victory Medals (306881 Pte. A. E. Walbrin. Tank Corps.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (306881 Pte. A. F. [sic] Walbrin. Tank Corps.) edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine (3)
£160-£200 Arthur F. Walbrin served during the Great War with the Tank Corps, and was entitled to a Silver War Badge. 562 Three: Corporal R. J. Tebery, Royal Army Medical Corps
British War and Victory Medals (67437 Pte. R. J. Tebery. R.A.M.C.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (205300 A. Cpl. R. J. Febery. [sic] R.A.M.C.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3)
£70-£90 Reginald Joseph Tebery served during the Great War with the Royal Army Medical Corps, and was entitled to a Silver War Badge. £60-£80
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