Campaign Groups and Pairs 222 Three: Second Lieutenant W. R. Wood, Royal Air Force, late Army Service Corps
1914 Star (M1-08916 Pte. W. R. Wood, A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (
2.Lieut. W. R. Wood.) in two named card boxes of issue, extremely fine (3)
£100-£140
William Robert Wood attested for the Army Service Corps and served with the Anti-Aircraft Unit during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 October 1914. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Manchester Regiment on 30 July 1917, and later transferred to the Royal Air Force.
223 Family group:
Three: Sister L. M. Naismith, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve 1914 Star (Miss L. M. Naismith. Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister L. M. Naismith.) mounted for wear, generally very fine or better
Pair: Lieutenant J. C. D. Naismith, Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut.. J. C. D. Naismith.) mounted for wear, generally good very fine (5) £300-£400
Lillian Margaret Naismith was born in Ayr, the daughter of a Surgeon, in July 1881. She was educated at home, and privately in Paris and Dresden. Prior to the war she was employed as a Staff Nurse at Blackburn and East Lancashire Infirmary, and joined the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve in September 1910. After mobilisation she served at No. 7 and No. 18 General Hospitals, advanced to Staff Nurse, before being placed on sick leave February - April 1915. She subsequently served at the Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham.
J. C. D. Naismith served as Lieutenant with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War. 224
Three: Gunner R. J. Abbott, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (Gnr. R. J. Abbott. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. R. J. Abbott. R.N.); together with a Jutland commemorative medallion, good very fine
Three: Chief Engine Room Artificer W. L. Milton, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (270582. W. L. Milton. C.E.R.A. 2. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (270582 W. L. Milton. C.E.R.A. 1 R.N.) very fine
Three: Private C. G. Newman, Royal Marines Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (PO. 16692 Pte. C. G. Newman. R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (PO. 16692 Pte. C. G. Newman. R.M.L.I.) nearly very fine (10)
£120-£160 225 Three: Fleet Surgeon R. R. Horley, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (St. Surg. R. R. Horley, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Commr. R. R. Horley. R.N.), M.I.D. oak leaves, mounted for display, very fine (3)
£100-£140 Provenance: T. Sabell Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2012.
Richard Rothwell Horley was appointed Surgeon in the Royal Navy in March 1900, advanced to Surgeon Commander, 26 February 1914, and to Fleet Surgeon, 26 February 1916. M.I.D. unconfirmed.
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Three: Surgeon Lieutenant D. S. MacKnight, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Britannia was torpedoed off Cape Trafalgar by U-50, 9 November 1918 - just two days before the Armistice, making her one of the last British warships lost during the Great War
1914-15 Star (Surg. D. S. MacKnight. MB. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Lt. D. S. MacKnight. R.N.) with named card boxes of issue, good very fine or better (3)
£300-£400
Dundas Simpson MacKnight MB, Ch. B, was the son of the Reverend J. MacKnight of U.F. Manse, Whitburn, West Lothian, and was educated at Edinburgh University. MacKnight was appointed to a temporary commission as Surgeon in the Royal Navy in January 1915, and served as Surgeon Lieutenant with H.M.S. Britannia (battleship) during the Great War.
MacKnight was killed in action, 9 November 1918, when the Britannia was travelling through the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar and was torpedoed off Cape Trafalgar by the German submarine U-50. The Britannia sank after several explosions, and nearly three hours listing in the water - during which time 39 officers and 379 men were successfully taken off the doomed vessel. MacKnight was one of 50 of the crew that were killed, and he and 22 others are buried in the Gibraltar (North Front) Cemetery.
The Britannia was sunk just two days before the Armistice, and was one of the last British warships lost during the Great War. 227 Four: Leading Stoker W. R. Kay, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (288236, W. R. Kay,
L.Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (288236 W. R. Kay.
L.Sto. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (288236 William R. Kay, Ldg. Sto. H.M.S. Sandhurst.) good very fine (4) £80-£120
William Robert Kay was born on 24 November 1878, and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 14 April 1898. He was was advanced Leading Stoker on 15 November 1906, and was shore discharged on 16 April 1910, joining the Royal Fleet Reserve at Devonport the following day. Recalled to the Service on 2 August 1914, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Carnarvon from 14 August 1915 to 17 February 1916, and in H.M.S. Sandhurst from 31 August 1916 to 17 February 1919, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 9 October 1917.
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