Campaign Groups and Pairs 263 Three: Sapper S. W. Windsor, Royal Engineers, who died at home on 2 April 1917


1914-15 Star (32930 Spr: S. W. Winter. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (32930 Spr. S. W. Winter. R.E.); Memorial Plaque (Samuel William Winter) good very fine (4)


£80-£120


Samuel William Winter, who was from Yardley, Worcestershire, enlisted in Birmingham for service with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and was later transferred to the Royal Engineers, serving with the 23rd Field Company and 1st Provincial Company. He died at home on 2 April 1917 and is buried at Birmingham (Yardley) Cemetery.


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Three: Private J. Ross, Royal Scots, who died of wounds at Gallipoli on 19 June 1915 1914-15 Star (2379 Pte. J. Ross. R. Scots.); British War and Victory Medals (2379 Pte. J. Ross. R. Scots.) good very fine


Memorial Plaque (Henry Stewart Hall) in card envelope of issue, good very fine (4) £140-£180


John Ross, who enlisted in Edinburgh, died of wounds at Gallipoli on 19 June 1915, while serving with the 5th Battalion, Royal Scots. He was buried at the Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Turkey.


Henry Stewart Hall, who was from York, was killed in action on 15 September 1916 in France, while serving with the 8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Theipval Memorial, France.


265 Three: Captain C. J. Howell, East Kent Regiment, who was severely wounded in action in Mesopotamia


1914-15 Star (Lieut. C. J. Howell. E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. J. Howell.) edge bruising, nearly very fine (3)


£60-£80


Cecil John Howell was born at St Leonard’s on Sea on 20 May 1883. He served in the ranks in the Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles (Volunteers) from February 1904 to February 1908, and was appointed to a commission as Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, East Kent Regiment, on 13 November 1913. He was promoted temporary Lieutenant on 16 October 1914, being confirmed in that rank on 26 June 1915, and served overseas during the Great War in India, December 1914 to July 1915; Aden, August 1915 to February 1916; India, February to June 1916; and in Mesopotamia, June 1916 to October 1917. He was promoted Captain on 1 June 1916, and was severely wounded by a gun shot in the right leg at Shumran Bend, Mesopotamia, on 24 February 1917. Over the next few years he underwent nine operations on his leg which left it shortened by nearly an inch.


266 Family group:


Three: Private C. F. Willey, East Kent Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 11 February 1915 1914-15 Star (L-9323 Pte C. F. Willey. E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-9323 Pte. C. F. Willey. E. Kent R.) very fine


India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1919-21(607736 Pte. E. J. Willey. 2 Bn. The Queen's R.) very fine Pair: Private M. A. Humphries, Surrey Yeomanry


British War and Victory Medals (2806 Pte. M. A. Humphries. Surr. Yeo.) very fine (6) £140-£180


Charles Frederick Willey, who was born in St Gregory’s, Canterbury, Kent, was killed in action on the Western Front on 11 February 1915, while serving with the 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.


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The well-documented Great War family group awarded to Lieutenant F. C. Johnston, East Surrey Regiment, late Royal Fusiliers, who was mortally wounded on 23 April 1917, and Corporal J. L. O. Johnston, 4th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, who died in Sydney on 4 November 1918


1914-15 Star (1638 Pte. F. C. Johnston. R. Fus:); British War Medal 1914-20 (2. Lieut. F. C. Johnston) good very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (2623 A-Cpl J. L. O. Johnston. 4 Bn. A.I.F.) good very fine (3)


£140-£180


Foster Crampton Johnston was born in 1882, the second son of the late N. W. R. Johnston, of Portobello, Scotland. Educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond, he joined the Civil Service in South Africa and was employed by the Posts and Telegraphs Department. On the outbreak of war, he enlisted in the 18th Battalion (1st Public Schools and Universities), Royal Fusiliers and served as regimental stretcher-bearer, during the winter of 1915-16. Johnston was commissioned into the East Surrey Regiment in August 1916, before he was mortally wounded on 23 April 1917 and died the next day, while serving with the 13th Battalion. He was buried at Bray Military Cemetery. He was a keen tennis player and golfer and was well known in athletic circles; both his brothers served during the war.


Sold with an extensive archive of original material relating to Lieutenant Johnston and his family: - commissioning scroll, dated 8 August 1916, for Lieutenant F. C. Johnston, East Surrey Regiment, East Surrey Regiment - telegrams from the War Office notifying his mother on his death and a related telegram from the Keeper of the Privy Purse, with the King's and Queen's condolences - a quantity of letters to Johnston's mother from his comrades sending condolences on his death and from his department in South Africa, concerning his death and contributions to the pension fund, including a long letter from his commanding officer, with details of his death


- newspaper cuttings, including one which includes a photograph of him - photograph of Johnston playing tennis


- Standing Orders of the 18th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, by Colonel the Lord Henry Scott - original box of issue


- commissioning scroll dated 26 June 1917, relating to Lieutenant John Ritchie, Royal Army Medical Corps - other family letters and cuttings.


John Lindsay Oriel Johnston served with the 3rd Battalion, A.I.F., in Gallipoli and Egypt and died in Sydney on 4 November 1918. Sold with an old photograph of his grave at Rookwood Necropolis, Sydney,


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