Campaign Groups and Pairs 309
Four: Signaller A. G. Bowl, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (J.18981, A. G. Bowl, Sig., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.18981 A. G. Bowl. Sig. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (J.18981 (Dev. B. 10152. A. G. Bowl. Sig. R.F.R.) nearly very fine
Three: S. J. Trebble, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (143850 S. J. Trebble....); British War and Victory Medals (143850 S. J. Trebble... R.N.) rate erased from all three, otherwise very fine
Three: Corporal E. Kennie, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (4237 Bmbr: E. Kennie. R.F.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (4237 Cpl. E. Kennie. R.A.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (4237 Cpl. E. Kennil [sic]. R.A.) good very fine
British War Medal 1914-20 (4066 Pte. J. Stainton. R. Lanc. R.) nearly very fine Memorial Plaque (Frank Herbert Osgood) traces of verdigris to reverse, very fine (12)
£140-£180
Frank Herbert Osgood was born in Bristol and attested for the Royal Engineers at Clevedon, Somerset. He served with the 2nd (Wessex) Field Company during the Great War, and died of wounds in Salonika on 12 December 1916. He is buried in Struma Military Cemetery, Greece.
310 A scarce ‘Baltic 1919’ M.S.M. group of five awarded to Chief Blacksmith W. J. C. Coleman, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (346033 J. C. Coleman. Blk. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (346033 W. J. C. Coleman. Blk.1. R. N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (346033. W. J C. Coleman, Blksth. H.M.S. Curlew.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (346033. W. J. C. Coleman. Blksmth. “Delhi” Baltic 1919.) lacquered, contact marks, nearly very fine (5)
£600-£800
Provenance: Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, October 1996. M.S.M. London Gazette 8 March 1920.
The following details are taken from Admiralty recommendations for honours: ‘Meritorious service in connection with repairs to Fleet Auxiliaries, construction of seaplane base and aerodrome at Biviko during the period July to December 1919.’
William James Clarence Coleman was born in Falmouth on 6 December 1883. A Blacksmith by occupation in civilian life, he continued his career when joining the Royal Navy on 14 April 1903, being ranked as a Blacksmith’s Mate. He served on the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Cornwall, January 1914-March 1917 and was promoted to Blacksmith in August 1914. He was serving in Cornwall at the Battle of the Falklands on 8 December 1914, when his ship sank the German light cruiser Leipzig. He was later present for the blockade of the German light cruiser Königsberg in the Rufiji River in East Africa in April 1915, and he went on to see service in the Dardanelles from May 1915, and then in the Far East from the end of that year. After a period ashore based at Vivid II, his next seagoing appointment was on the light cruiser H.M.S. Curlew, January 1918-May 1919, during which time he was awarded the long service medal. Coleman then served on the light cruiser H.M.S. Delhi, May 1919-June 1921, taking part in the British campaign in the Baltic against Bolshevik forces. For his services in the campaign Coleman was awarded the Royal Navy M.S.M. He was promoted to Chief Blacksmith in April 1924 and was pensioned ashore on 15 April 1925.
Sold with copied research. 311 Three: Petty Officer W. G. Cutler, Royal Navy, who was killed by a mine in the English Channel on 8 February 1917
1914-15 Star (301350. W. G. Cutter [sic]. S.P.O. R.N.) officially re-impressed naming; British War and Victory Medals (301350. W. G. Cutler. S.P.O. R.N.); Memorial Plaque (William George Cutler) ‘clip’ soldered to reverse of plaque, nearly extremely fine (4)
£100-£140
William George Cutler served during the Great War as a Petty Officer in H.M.S. Gurkha, and was killed by a mine explosion in the English Channel on 8 February 1917, aged 37. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Sold with a private memorial scroll, which includes a photograph, and an original photograph of his ship. x312
Four: Able Seaman G. L. Dugger, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve, who served in H.M.S. Renown during the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
1914-15 Star (172973 G. L. Dugger, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (172973 G. L. Dugger. A.B. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (172973 (CH. B. 897) G. L. Dugger. A.B. R.F.R.) very fine (4)
£80-£120
George Lewis (Louis) Dugger was born in Mullingar, Ireland on 7 November 1877 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class, serving in the training ship H.M.S. Caledonia, on 6 April 1893. Advanced Ordinary Seaman in the torpedo cruiser H.M.S. Fearless on 7 November 1895, he was promoted to Able Seaman on 1 August 1896 in the same ship.
Dugger joined the Royal Fleet Reserve on 27 September 1902 for five years and re-enrolled for a further five years on 28 September 1907. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Magnificent from 2 August 1914 until 1 February 1915, H.M.S. Royal Arthur from 2 February 1915 until 12 July 1916 and in the battlecruiser H.M.S. Repulse from 8 August 1916 until 17 December 1918. He was present at the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight on 17 November 1917 when Renown scored a hit on the light cruiser S.M.S. Konigsberg igniting a major fire on board. Dugger transferred to the shore barracks at Chatham, H.M.S. Pembroke I, on 18 December 1918 and was awarded his Royal Fleet Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 10 April 1922. He died in Bedfordshire in 1956.
313 Four: Leading Stoker J. S. Haberfield, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (309182. J. S. Haberfield. L. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (309182 J. S. Haberfield. L. Sto. R. N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (309182 J. S. Haberfield. L. Sto. H.M.S. Revenge.) minor edge nicks, good very fine (4)
£70-£90
John Samuel Haberfield was born in Bristol on 18 June 1882, and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 2 November 1905. Advanced Leading Stoker on 22 July 1915, he transferred to H.M.S. Revenge on 16 February 1918, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 9 January 1922.
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