Campaign Groups and Pairs 269 Four: Major L. Edge, Lancashire Fusiliers
1914-15 Star (Capt. L. Edge. Lan. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Major L. Edge.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., with integral top riband bar, mounted as worn, very fine (4)
£140-£180
Louis Edge was born in Oldham, Lancashire in 1891 and was commissioned into the 7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers (Territorial Force). He served during the Great War as a Captain in Gallipoli from 5 May 1915 (his Medal Index Card erroneously gives the date of entry in Gallipoli as 11 September 1914). Promoted Major, he was awarded his Territorial Decoration in 1925 (London Gazette 5 May 1925).
Sold with copied research including a group photographic image of the officers of the 7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, including the recipient.
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Three: Private J. Grieve, 6/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who died of wounds on the Western Front, 9 November 1916
1914-15 Star (13568 Pte J. Grieve. R. Sc: Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (13568 Pte. J. Grieve. R.S. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (James Grieve) generally very fine or better (4)
£100-£140
James Grieve was born in Newington, Edinburgh. He served during the Great War with the 7th (Service) Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers in the French theatre of war from 10 July 1915. Private Grieve died of wounds whilst serving with the 6/7th Battalion on the Western Front, 9 November 1916, and is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
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Family group: Three: Private A. Smart, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1915-15 Star (2838 Pte. A. Smart. R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (2638 Pte. A. Smart. R.W. Fus.) good very fine Pair: Private E. Smart, Rifle Brigade
1914-15 Star (S-4571 Pte. E. Smart. Rif: Brig:); Victory Medal 1914-19 (S-4571 Pte. E. Smart. Rif. Brig.) very fine
Family group: Three: Private C. J. Sanger, Gloucestershire Regiment 1914-15 Star (8594 Pte. C. J. Sanger. Glouc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (8594 Pte. C. J. Sanger. Glouc. R.) very fine Pair: Private A. G. Sanger, Gloucestershire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (26511 Pte. A. G. Sanger. Glouc. R.) very fine (10)
£80-£120 272
Three: Private J. Watts, South Wales Borderers 1914-15 Star (14364 Pte. J. Watts. S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (14364 Pte. J. Watts. S. Wales Bord.) good very fine
Three: Private E. R. North, Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (M2-048163 Pte E. R. North. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M2-048163 Pte. E. R. North. A.S.C.) with card box of issue, nearly extremely fine (6)
£60-£80 273
Three: Private R. S. White, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 30 July 1916
1915-15 Star (18197 Pte R. S. White. K.O. Sco: Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (18197 Cpl. R. S. White. K.O. Sco. Bord.) good very fine (3)
£70-£90
Roy Stillman White born in Cape Town, South Africa, and attested for the King’s Own Scottish Borderers at Stonehaven, Kincardine. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 30 July 1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in an attack on Delville Wood. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
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Three: Second Lieutenant A. Dunkley, 12th Battalion, attached 9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, who was either killed in action or died of wounds, in Mesopotamia, 9 April 1916
1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. A. Dunkley. Worc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. A. Dunkley.); Memorial Plaque (Alexander Dunkley) small mount removed from reverse of plaque, generally good very fine or better (4) £300-£400
Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009.
Alexander Dunkley was born in East Plumstead in January 1892, and educated at Aske’s School, Hatcham, where in 1909 he won a Gold Medal for Science and Mathematics. He then went to University College London, 1910-12, where he gained a
B.Sc. (Honours) in Physics; he was also a member of the University O.T.C. Dunkley then entered the teaching profession and when the war broke out was an Assistant Master at the High School for Boys, Southend-on-Sea, and an officer in the School Cadet Corps.
Dunkley resided with his wife at 22 Swettenham Place, Plumstead, London. He was commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant in June 1915, and served during the Great War with the Worcestershire Regiment in the Egyptian theatre of war from 7 December 1915. Dunkley was killed in action whilst serving with the 12th Battalion, attached 9th (Service) Battalion in the Mesopotamian theatre of war, 9 April 1916, and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq (Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 refers). Elsewhere he was reported severely wounded and missing in an attack on the Turks before Sanna-i-Yat, 9 April 1916. At a Court of Inquiry held on 2 June 1917 it was concluded that 2nd Lieutenant Dunkley had died of wounds.
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