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Four: Drummer H. G. Wearing, Wiltshire Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War at Ypres on 24 October 1914


1914 Star, with clasp (8491 Dmr: H. G. Wearing. 2/Wilts: R.); British War and Victory Medals (8491 Pte. H. G. Wearing. Wilts. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (5562168 Pte. H. G. Wearing. Wilts. R.) mounted as worn, surname partially officially corrected on last, edge bruising and contact marks, fine, the last better (4) £280-£320


Herbert George Wearing attested for the Wiltshire Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 October 1914. Quickly in action at Ypres, in the last week of the month they faced a massive German attack, Major W. S. Shepherd, M.C., noting ‘continuous shooting from sunrise to sunset’ over a four day period. Heavy shelling also caused great damage to the trenches and many men were buried alive. And for those who were not killed or mortally wounded, captivity beckoned, the sole remaining officer being the Quarter-Master.


Wearing was one of 443 men of the Battalion taken Prisoner of War on 24 October, and was subsequently interned at Gottingen - a lively account of life there, written by a fellow member of his battalion, is included in the lot. Released following the cessation of hostilities, he arrived back in Hull on 23 December 1918, and was discharged on 17 January 1932.


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Ten: Major S. G. Grant, Federation of Malay States Volunteer Force, late Royal Army Ordnance Corps


1914 Star, with clasp (A-1225 Ar: S. Sjt. S. G. Grant. A.O.C.); British War and Victory Medals (A-1225 S. Sgt. S. G. Grant. A.O.C.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (7578706 S. Sgt. S. G. Grant. R.A.O.C.); 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (7578706 W.O. Cl. II. S. G. Grant. R.A.O.C.); Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Malaya, the reverse undated and inscribed ‘Maj. Stanley G. Grant, F.M.S.V.F.’, mounted as worn, generally very fine (10)


£300-£360 Efficiency Decoration Federation of Malaya Government Gazette 7 July 1949: ‘Major Stanley George Grant, F.M.S.V.F.’


Armourer Staff Sergeant Stanley George Grant served in France and Flanders from 13 August 1914. Sold with copied m.i.c. which confirms I.G.S. and clasp, and L.S. & G.C. medal which was awarded in Army Order 136 of 1926.


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