Campaign Groups and Pairs 417
Three: Private E. Walley, Royal Berkshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (10531 Pte. E. Walley. R. Berks. R.); British War and Victory Medals (10531 Pte. E. Walley. R. Berks. R.) in named card boxes of issue; together with a Princess Mary Christmas 1914 Tin and its related best wishes card, extremely fine
Pair: Private A. Austin, Royal Berkshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (21816 Pte. A. Austin. R. Berks. R.) in named card box of issue with outer envelope addressed to ‘Mr A. Austin, 75, Westborough Road, Boyn Hill, Maidenhead, Berks.’, extremely fine
British War Medal 1914-20 (3380 Pte. J. Hollands. R. Berks. R.); together with a tribute bearing an image of the recipient; a Royal Berkshire Regiment cap badge; and a shoulder title, all contained in a glazed frame, nearly extremely fine
Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (200129 Sjt. F. Finch. 4/R. Berks: R.) minor contact marks, very fine (7) £100-£140
Ernest Walley was born in 1886 in Reading, Berkshire. He attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 27 August 1914 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 May 1915. He was treated for neurasthenia on Ambulance Train 31 in France on 22 April 1917 and then transferred to the Labour Corps. He was discharged on 19 June 1918 and was awarded a Silver War Badge. He died in Reading in 1925.
Arthur Austin served during the Great War on the Western Front with the 8th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. He was treated on Number 31 Ambulance Train on 18 February 1917 and was admitted to County of Middlesex War Hospital at Napsbury in June 1917. He was discharged to furlough on 5 July 1917 and later served with the Training Reserve.
James Arthur Hollands was born in Dartford, Kent in 1898 and was a native of Cookham, Berkshire. He served during the Great War with the 2/4th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment) and was killed in action on 19 July 1916 in an attack on the enemy lines at Varennes, designed to be part of the 61st Division’s support of the Australian Divisional attack at Fromelles. The attack, after several cancellations due to bad weather, was made over a flat muddy Flanders plain devoid of cover, toward the German positions situated at Aubers Ridge. The Australians lost 5,355 men in the attack, while the half strength 61st Division lost 1,547 men. Hollands is buried in the New Military Cemetery, Laventie, France.
Sold with a second, smaller, framed and glazed memorial tribute to the recipient and his older brother Charles Stephen Hollands, East Kent Buffs, who was killed in action at Loos on 28 September 1915.
Frederick Finch served during the Great War with the 1/4th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire) Regiment.
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Three: Sergeant F. W. Banks, 1/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 15 September 1916
1914-15 Star (3361. Cpl. F. W. Banks, Middx. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3361 Sjt. F. W. Banks. Midd’x. R.) generally good very fine
1914-15 Star (345284, J. L. G. Hancock, Ptr. 1., R.N.); together with British War 1914-20 (4606 Pte. G. Rogers. 13 - Lond. R.) generally very fine (5)
£70-£90
Frank William Banks was the son of Mr and Mrs R. Banks of 9 Albert Road, Dover. He served during the Great War with the 1/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment in the French theatre of war from 25 July 1915.
Sergeant Banks was killed in action on the Western Front, 15 September 1916. On the latter date the Battalion were engaged as part of the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, Somme. He is buried in the Combles Communal Cemetery, France.
George Rogers was the son of Mr and Mrs J. Rogers of 22 Bonchurch Road, North Kensington, London. He served during the Great War with the 2/13th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Kensingtons) in the French theatre of war from 22 June 1916. The Battalion were billeted at Neuville St. Vaast and employed as carrying parties for the Mining Companies of the Royal Engineers who were tunnelling under Vimy Ridge. A stray shell hit one of these working parties, killing five men and wounding several others, 2 July 1916. Amongst those killed was Rogers, and he is buried with his comrades in the Ecoivre British Military Cemetery, Mont St. Eloi, France.
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Family Group:
Three: Lance Corporal R. Picking, 9th Battalion, London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), who was killed in action on the Western Front on 25 October 1915 1914-15 Star (1419 L. Cpl. R. Picking. 9-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1419 Pte. R. Picking. 9-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (Robert Picking) this mounted in a circular wooden frame, slightly damaged; together with the recipient’s card identity tag, the plaque very fine, the medals nearly extremely fine
Pair: Sapper A. E. Picking, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (183518 Spr. A. E. Picking. R.E.) nearly very fine (6) £120-£160
Robert Picking was born at Windsor, Berkshire in 1890 and by 1911 he was employed as a Wholesale Drapery Assistant on Portobello Road, Notting Hill. In 1912 he attested for the 9th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 May 1915. He was killed in action by a mine explosion whilst a member of a mining party near Carnoy on 25 October 1915 and is buried in Carnoy Military Cemetery, France.
Albert E. Picking, the older brother of Robert Picking, was born in Battersea in 1876 and served during the Great War with the Royal Engineers. He died in Windsor in 1960. Two other brothers, Thomas and William, also served during the Great War.
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