Campaign Groups and Pairs 259 Five: Gunner S. Shipp, Royal Marine Artillery
1914-15 Star (R.M.A. 7208, Gr. S. Shipp.); British War and Victory Medals (R.M.A. 7208 Gr. S. Shipp.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (R.M.A. 7208. Sydney Shipp, Gunner. R.M.A.) minor official correction to Christian name; Russia, Empire, Medal of the Order of St. George, 4th Class, silver, the reverse officially numbered ‘1273178’, good very fine (5)
£300-£400
Sydney Shipp was born on 21 August 1877 and enlisted in the Royal Marines in London on 29 December 1897. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Bellerophon, and was present at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with a gratuity of £5, in January 1918, and for his services during the Great War was awarded the Russian Medal of the Order of St. George (Service Papers confirm). He was discharged in June 1919, and died on 8 December 1966.
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Three: Flight Sergeant J. Prior, Royal Air Force, late Petty Officer, Royal Naval Air Service 1914-15 Star (F. 2530. J. Prior. P.O. M. R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (202530. F. Sgt. J. Prior. R.A.F.), in original card boxes of issue and with various pieces of insignia and 'charms', good very fine
British War Medal 1914-20 (15891. F. Sgt. R. Milby. R.A.F.) good very fine (4) £70-£90
R. Milby, Chief Technician, was brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War on 29 August 1919, in respect of valuable service rendered during the war (Flight Magazine, 4 September 1919 refers).
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Three: Corporal R. Carrol, Royal Garrison Artillery, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 19 August 1916 1914-15 Star (20960 Bmbr. R. Carrol, R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (20960 Cpl. R. Carrol. R.A.) good very fine
1914-15 Star (2) (90728 Gnr. J. T. Carrol. R.H.A.; 29328 Gnr: S. A. Dilley. R.F.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2784 Gnr. B. G. Drummond. R.A.), lacking part of suspender; Memorial Plaque (2) (Reginald Arthur Gigney; John Elias) both in card envelopes of issue, some corrosion on plaques, otherwise generally very fine or better (7)
£160-£200
Ralph Carrol, who was born in Sunderland, died of wounds on the Western Front on 19 August 1916, while serving with the 24th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
John Thomas Carrol, the brother of Corporal Ralph Carrol, who was born in Sunderland, died of wounds in Mesopotamia on 9 December 1915, while serving with 'S' Battery, Royal Horse Artillery and was buried in the Basra War Cemetery. He formerly served in the 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps.
Sidney Alfred Dilley, who was born in St Pancras, London, and enlisted in Glamorgan, died at home on 17 July 1918, while serving with 'A' Battery, 91st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He was buried in Maesteg Cemetery.
Bryant George Drummond, who was born in Enfield, Middlesex, died of wounds on the Western Front on 16 April 1918, while serving with 'C' Battery, 311th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He was buried at Namps-au-Val British Cemetery.
Reginald Arthur Gigney, who was born in Wickford, Essex, died in the Balkan theatre on 23 September 1916, while serving in the 20th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. He was buried at Karasouli Military Cemetery. Sold with original transmittal slips for 1914-18 medals, the King's letter and an original newspaper cutting.
John Elias, who was from Glamorgan, was killed in action on the Western Front on 24 September 1917, while serving with the 51st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. He was buried in the Huts Cemetery.
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Four: Sapper J. A. Rathbone, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (47701 Spr: J. A. Rathbone. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (47701 Spr: J. A. Rathbone. R.E.); Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., circular type, 2nd issue (James Ashburner Rathbone.) nearly extremely fine
Three: Sapper W. Slocombe, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (506476 Spr. W. Slocombe. R.E.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1917, with bronze star emblem on riband, mounted as worn, very fine
Pair: Private A. O. J. L. Scarnell, Royal West Surrey Regiment British War and Victory Medals (32820 Pte, A. O. J. L. Scarnell. The Queen’s R.) good very fine
Pair: Private A. A. Barham, Durham Light Infantry, who was Mentioned in Despatches, and later became a Roman Catholic Priest
British War and Victory Medals (63581 Pte. A. A. Barham. Durh. L.I.) good very fine (11) £300-£400
James Ashburner Rathbone attested for the Royal Engineers and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 December 1914. In civilian life he was employed as a Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist in Liverpool, and was awarded his Imperial Service Medal upon his retirement in 1936 (London Gazette 2 October 1936.)
Walter Slocombe attested for the Royal Engineers at Bridgwater, Somerset, and served with them during the Great War, being awarded the French Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 22 November 1918).
Adolf Barham was born in Maltby in June 1887 and enlisted into the Durham Light Infantry on 9 December 1915. His Medal Index Card shows he later served in the Labour Corps and Royal Engineers, and for his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 10 July 1919). Post-War, Barham became a Catholic priest, taking up duties in Waiapu, New Zealand in 1927. He drowned whilst bathing in a nearby river on New Year’s Day 1930.
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