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Three: Private A. W. Jewell, Royal Sussex Regiment, who was killed on the Western Front on 6 August 1917 1914-15 Star (G-6913 Pte. A. W. Jewell. R. Suss. R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-6913 Pte. A. W. Jewell. R. Suss. R.) good very fine
1914-15 Star (L-10791 Pte F. Stevens. R. Suss. R); British War Medal 1914-20 (G-5258 Pte. A. Mackey. R. Suss. R.) very fine (5)
£100-£140
Arthur William Jewell was born in Brighton on 27 October 1897 and was employed as a clerk on Volk's Electric Railway, before enlisting in the Royal Sussex Regiment on 27 October 1915; he was wounded at Guillemont in August 1916 and, while serving with the 9th Battalion of his regiment, and was killed in action (Soldiers Died in the Great War records he died of wounds) near Ypres on 6 August 1917, aged 19 (De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, vol. 3, refers). He was buried at Aeroplane Cemetery, France.
Frederick Stevens, who was born in Brighton, was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 November 1917, while serving with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Arthur Mackey, who was from Fulham, was killed in action on the Western Front on 12 April 1917, while serving with the 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
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Three: Private W. J. Stockford, Royal Sussex Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 20 August 1916 1914-15 Star (G-3673 Pte W. J. Stockford. R. Suss. R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-3673 Pte. W. J. Stockford. R. Suss. R.) good very fine
Pair: Private W. E. Walder, Royal Sussex Regiment, who died in Egypt on 20 August 1915 1914-15 Star (4-2483 Pte W. E. Walder. R. Suss. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2483 Pte. W. E. Walder. R. Suss. R.) good very fine (5)
£80-£120
William James Stockford, who was born in Tingwick, Buckinghamshire, died of wounds on the Western Front on 20 August 1916, while serving with the 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. He was buried at La Neuville British Cemetery, France.
Wilfred Ernest Walder, who was from Horsham, Sussex, died in Egypt on 20 August 1915, while serving with the 1st/4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. He was buried at the Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
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Three: Corporal M. A. Anscombe, Royal Sussex Regiment 1914-15 Star (G-2449 Cpl M. A. Anscombe, R. Suss: R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-2449 Cpl. M. A. Anscombe. R. Suss. R.) good very fine
Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R. (1768. Pte. A. Anscombe. 2/V.B. Rl. Suss: R.); together with a Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs Decoration, very fine (5)
£100-£140 Sold with a quantity of original photographs 279 . Three: Second Lieutenant H. P. Pearce, Hampshire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps
1914-15 Star (4-2186 Pte. H. Pearce. Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals (
2.Lieut. H. Pearce.) mounted for wear, good very fine (3)
£100-£140
Herbert Parmenter Pearce was born at Palling, Norfolk, and enlisted for the 4th Hampshire Regiment at Winchester on 16 September 1913. He served in India with 1/4th Hampshire Regiment from 9 October 1914, and with the Indian Expeditionary Force “D” from 13 March to 29 October 1915. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 2 January 1916, and posted to 11th Hampshires, later attached to No. 9 Reserve Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, for flying training. Whilst flying at Norwich on 5 January 1917, he was injured when ‘due to error of judgement in landing machine struck hedge & turned over.’ He was ‘badly shaken’ and admitted to hospital with a broken collar bone. A subsequent medical report noted that ‘He should never have been accepted in the R.F.C. for in August 1916, after he had been partly buried by a shell explosion in France, he found he was nervous, depressed, frightened and unable to carry on his work.’ He was declared to be permanently unfit as a Pilot or Observer and it was recommended that he should be ‘returned to his Unit when passed fit for some duty
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Three: Private E. H. Stephens, Hampshire Regiment, attached Indian Supply and Transport Corps as a driver instructor on N.W. Frontier operations in August-October 1915
1914-15 Star (2581 Pte. E. H. Stephens. Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2581 Pte. E. H. Stephens. Hamps. R.) good very fine (3)
£80-£120
Edward Henry Stephens served with the 2/7th Hampshire Regiment in India from 7 January 1915, as Garrison Battalion at Secunderabad. He was seconded to the Indian Supply and Transport Corps as a driver instructor during the North-West Frontier operations of 1915 against three tribes - the Mohmands, Bunerwals and Swatis - which lasted from 17 August to 28 October. These three tribes inhabit the northern half of the Peshawar district. Fighting began with the defeat of about 3,500 Bunerwals near Rustam on 17 August, and ended with the rout of 3,000 Bajauris near the village of Wuch north of Chakdara. Another six small engagements were fought, the most important of which was on 5 September at Hafiz Kor, when 10,000 tribesmen were defeated. Stephens was detached to Basra in September 1917 as Line of Communications Troops.
Sold with copied m.i.c. shows Theatre of War as ‘Hazi-Kor’ and Qualifying Date as 30 August 1915. His card is also marked ‘Rustam Aug 1915
. 281 Three: Private G. P. A. Clark, 1st Battalion, Royal Highlanders, who was killed in action in France in October 1918
1914-15 Star (1859. Pte. G. P. Clark, R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (1859 Pte. G. P. Clark. R. Highrs.) nearly extremely fine (3)
£70-£90
George Panton Anderson Clark, son of James and Helen Clark, of Blairgowrie, Perthshire, was killed in action in France on 24 October 1918, aged 22. He is buried in La Vallée-Mulatre Communal Cemetery Extension. Sold with copied m.i.c. and other research.
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