Campaign Groups and Pairs 346 Pair: Private T. Edmunds, Manchester Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 22 September 1916
British War and Victory Medals (27025 Pte. Pte. T. Edmunds. R. Lanc. R.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Edmunds); Memorial Scroll, inscribed ‘Pte. Thomas Edmunds, Manchester Regt.’, traces of verdigris to reverse of Plaque, good very fine (3)
£120-£160
Thomas Edmunds, who was born in Waterloo, Lancashire, was killed in action on 22 September 1916, while serving with the 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment, and was buried at Cambrin Churchyard Extension.
347 Pair: Private F. Roberts, Tank Corps
British War and Victory Medals (316711 Pte. F. Roberts. Tank Corps.); together with an original Tank Corps cap badge, minor edge nicks, good very fine (2)
£70-£90
Fred Roberts was born in Lye, Worcestershire, on 27 June 1899, and attested for the Territorial Force on 28 June 1915; he was discharged the following day for being underage! He subsequently attested for the Tank Corps, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front.
Sold with copied research. 348
Pair: Second Lieutenant G. T. Hellicar, 2nd/20th, late 28th Battalion London Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 26 July 1916
British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. G. T. Hellicar) nearly extremely fine (2) £100-£140
Geoffrey Theodore Hellicar was born in Stoke Newington, London, on 19 December 1896 and was educated at Wilson College and King’s College, London. He attested for the 28th Battalion London Regiment (Artists’ Rifles) on 25 May 1915, and in September of the same year he gained a commission in the 2nd/20th Battalion London Regiment. He was killed in action on the Western Front on 26 July 1916, aged 19 years, and is buried in the Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France.
349
Pair: Private H. G. Boyten, 7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 15 September 1916
British War and Victory Medals (1219 Pte. H. G. Boyten. 7-Lond. R.), good very fine
Pair: Private J. Buckley, 12th Battalion, London Regiment (The Rangers) British War and Victory Medals (4225 Pte. J. Buckley. 12-Lond. R.), very fine
British War Medal 1914-20 (5795 Pte. B. C. Page. 19. Lond. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (S-27263 Pte. A. J. G. Smith. Rif. Brig.) minor edge bruising to first, very fine (6)
£80-£120
Henry George Boyten, who was born in Finsbury Park, London, died of wounds on the Western Front on 15 September 1916, while serving with the 7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment. He was buried at Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz.
James Buckey, who was from Rotherithe, London, enlisted for service with the 7th Battalion, London Regiment, and served in France from 5 August 1916 to 11 February 1919. He received a gun shot wound on 7 October 1916 and was further wounded on 7 May 1918. Sold with copied service record.
Barnard Chappell Page, who was born in Ormsby, died on 12 October 1918, while serving with the 19th Battalion, London Regiment (St Pancras), having served with the 5th Battalion (London Rifle Brigade). He was buried at Ramleh War Cemetery.
Alfred J. G. Smith enlisted for service with the Rifle Brigade on 2 December 1915 and served with the 8th Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles). He was discharged on 18 March 1919.
350
Pair: Private J. H. Brightwell, 15th Battalion, London Regiment (Civil Service Rifles), who was killed in action on the Western Front on 15 September 1916
British War and Victory Medals (3832 Pte. J. H. Brightwell. 15-Lond. R.); Memorial Scroll, inscribed ‘Pte. John Henry Brightwell, London Regt.’, good very fine (3)
£60-£80
John Henry Brightwell, who was from Romford, was killed in action on the Western Front on 15 September 1916, while serving with the 15th Battalion, London Regiment (Civil Service Rifles). He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
351 Family Group:
Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R., attributed to Lieutenant T. Redman, Durham Rifle Corps, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine Pair: Corporal T. A. Redman, Army Service Corps
British War and Victory Medals (DM2-151534 Cpl. T. A. Redman. A.S.C.) nearly very fine
Three: Sergeant Flight Engineer N. A. Redman, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Lancaster was brought down by flak, 11 December 1944 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to T. A. Redman, Esq., 39 Albany Road, Cardiff’, extremely fine (6)
£180-£220
Thomas Redman was commissioned Sub-Lieutenant in the 1st Durham Rifle Corps, Volunteer Forces, on 8 December 1873, and was promoted Lieutenant on 10 April 1876.
Sold with the recipient’s two original Commission Documents.
Norman Arthur Redman was born on 9 June 1924, the son of Corporal T. A. Redman, and attested for the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 17 June 1943. Posted to 514 Squadron as a Sergeant Flight Engineer, flying Lancasters, he flew his first sortie on 29 November 1944, and was killed in action on his fifth sortie, to Osterfeld, on 11 December 1944, when his Lancaster NG350, piloted by Flying Officer E. Hill, was hit by flak and fell into a built up areas of Sterkrade, destroying several houses. All the crew were killed, and Redman is buried alongside his crew in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.
Sold with the recipient’s Airman’s Service Book; official telegram to the recipient’s father, reporting him missing in action; two Air Ministry letters regarding his death; photograph of the recipient; and various copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient with his crew.
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