Campaign Groups and Pairs 381
Pair: Private A. E. Welch, London Regiment 1914 Star (2065 Pte. A. E. Welch. 1/16 Lond. R); British War Medal 1914-20 (2065 Pte. A. E. Welch. 16-Lond. R) nearly very fine
Pair: Lance-Corporal J. T. Wells, Middlesex Regiment who was killed in action on the Western Front on 13 October 1916
1914-15 Star (PW-2758 L-Cpl. J. T. Wells. Middx. R.); Victory Medal (PW-2758 L-Cpl. J. T. Wells. Middx. R.) very fine
Pair: Private A. E. Legge, Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 27 May 1917 British War and Victory Medals (GS-51496 Pte. A. E. Legge. R. Fus.) very fine
Pair: Private J. H. Ibbetson, London Regiment, who died on the Western Front on 25 April 1917 British War and Victory Medals (6864 Pte. J. H. Ibbetson. 23-Lond. R.) good very fine (8)
£160-£200
Albert E Welch served in the Great War on the Western front with the 1/16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) London Regiment, landing on 1 November 1914. He was discharged in February 1919 as a result of wounds, having reached the rank of Acting Company Sergeant Major.
John Thomas Wells was born in Stepney and was a resident of Islington, Middlesex. He enlisted into the Middlesex Regiment and served on the Western Front with the 18th (1st Public Works Pioneers) Battalion from 14 November 1915. He was killed in action while working on trenches in the vicinity of Souastre and Sailly-au-Bois on 13 October 1916. On that day, the battalion suffered 5 killed and 7 wounded. He is buried in Hebuterne Military Cemetery, France.
Alfred Edward Legge was born in Canterbury, Kent. He served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front after 1 January 1916 and was killed in action on 27 May 1917 while his battalion occupied the trenches at the Monchy Defences. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
John Henry Ibbetson was born in Brosley, Shropshire and was a resident of Haslemere, Surrey. He served with the 23rd (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from August 1916. He died on 25 April 1917 and is buried in St. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France.
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Five: Second Lieutenat G. E. Gatling, Royal Air Force, late Army Service Corps, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches
1914 Star (SS-3914 Cpl. G. Gatling, A.S.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (SS-3914 W.O. Cl. 1. G. E. Gatling. A.S.C.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (... A.S.C.) all naming apart from unit erased; Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (SS -3914 Cpl. G. E. Gatling. A.S.C.); France, Third Republic, Medaille Militaire, silver and silver-gilt, with trophy of arms suspension, the last almost entirely lacking enamel; otherwise generally very fine and better (5)
£160-£200 M.S.M. London Gazette 4 June 1917:
‘For valuable services rendered with the Armies in the Field.’ French Medaille Militaire London Gazette 10 October 1918.
George Ernest Gatling was born in Camberwell, London in 1893. A Clerk by occupation, he attested for the Army Service Corps and served with them as a Corporal during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 October 1914. Advanced Staff Sergeant-Major, for his services during the Great War he was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 4 January 1917 and 25 May 1918), and was awarded an ‘Immediate’ Meritorious Service Medal and the French Medaille Militaire. In May 1918 he transferred to the Royal Air Force and as a Flight Cadet, and trained as a Pilot. He was Commissioned Second Lieutenant on 25 February 1919, and was transferred to the Royal Air Force Reserve on 26 March 1919. In 1939 he was a Company Director for Army Military Outfitters living in Petts Wood Road, Orpington. He died in 1943 in Bromley, Kent.
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Four: Captain G. V. C. Knox, Royal Navy, who was awarded the Norwegian 1905 Coronation Medal whilst serving in H.M.Y. Victoria and Albert
1914-15 Star (Commr. G. V. C. Knox, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. G. V. C. Knox. R.N.); Coronation 1911, silver, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (4)
£200-£240 Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2011.
Gerald Vivian Cuff Knox was born in South City, Dublin on 29 April 1875, the son of Colonel C. H. C. Knox. Entering the Royal Navy, he was appointed a Midshipman on 15 July 1891, and was promoted to Acting Sub-Lieutenant in April 1895; Sub-Lieutenant in June 1895; Lieutenant in December 1897; Commander in August 1907; and Acting Captain in January 1916. As a Lieutenant aboard H.M.Y. Victoria and Albert (19 September 1905 to 20 September 1907), he was awarded the Norwegian Coronation Medal 1905 of King Haakon VII, and was later awarded the Coronation Medal of King George V in 1911 whilst serving in H.M.S. Surprise.
Knox served as Commander in charge aboard the 2nd Class Cruiser H.M.S. Sappho from April 1912 - the ship being the tender to the flagship of the Grand Fleet, 1914-16. In January 1916 he was appointed Acting Captain of the ship ‘in recognition of skilful handling of Sappho when she broke from her mooring in a gale, 23 December 1915’. He remained Acting Captain of the Sappho until December 1916, later serving in Mesopotamia in the Indian Marine Troopship H.M.S. Dalhousie from 1 May 1917. He was recommended by his G.O.C. for the period ending 15 October 1917 for Mesopotamia and Mentioned in Despatches of 2 November 1917 ‘for distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty’ (London Gazette 12 March 1918). His papers record that he ‘has done very good work in [the] Persian Gulf’.
Knox was placed on the Retired List with the rank of Captain on 23 October 1919. He died in Cheltenham in September 1957. 384
Three: Mate E. R. Barwise, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (M. 1755, E. R. Barwise, E.R.A. 3, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Mte. E. R. Barwise. R.N.) mounted as worn, very fine
Three: Warrant Shipwright H. L. Wilson, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (Carpr. H. L. Wilson, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Wt. Shpt. H. L. Wilson. R.N.) with original boxes of issue, extremely fine
Pair: Wireman L. Robbins, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (M. 20641 L. Robbins. Wmn. 2 R.N.) good very fine
Pair: Private G. F. W. Adams, Royal Marine Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (CH. 20068 Pte. G. F. W. Adams. R.M.L.I.) nearly extremely fine (10)
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