Campaign Groups and Pairs 309
Pair: Private E. Mabbott, South Wales Borderers and Northumberland Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (3-12131 Pte. E. Mabbott. S. Wales. Bord.) with named Honourable Discharge Certificate, dated 20 June 1919, very fine
British War Medal 1914-20 (Allan Campbell) good very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (SS-976 Pte. J. Hill. A.S.C.) good very fine Victory Medal 1914-19 (12114 Pte. G. Chard. Som. L.I.) nearly very fine
Defence Medal, attributed to D. M. Pillans, Somerset Home Guard, with named Home Guard Service Certificate, dated 14 September 1940 - 31 December 1944, extremely fine
Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, Long Service 1940 (Edward J. Chard) in named card box, with Devon Special Constable lapel badge, bronze and enamel, enamel damage, otherwise extremely fine (7) £60-£80
Ernest Mabbott enlisted in the South Wales Borderers, Depot, in February 1916. He subsequently transferred to the Northumberland Fusiliers, and was discharged 20 June 1916 (entitled to Silver War Badge).
George Chard served during the Great War with the 7th (Service) Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry on the Western Front (wounded 30 October 1916).
Several men of the name ‘Allan Campbell’ served with the Merchant Navy during the Great War, including a 2nd Engineer who was killed when SS Wilston hit a mine laid by the German ship Moewe 20 miles east of Wick, 15 February 1916.
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Family Group:
Pair: Private A. Garman, East Surrey Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2659 Pte. A. Garman. E. Surr. R.) good very fine
Four: Attributed to Leading Aircraftman C. A. Garman, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all unnamed as issued; with Air Council enclosure, nearly extremely fine (6)
£40-£50
Arthur Garman attested for the East Surrey Regiment on 16 September 1914, and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916 onwards. He was discharged on 11 December 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.
Cyril Arthur Garman was born in Norwich on 23 September 1911, and enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in April 1941. He died in Norwich in 1979.
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Pair: Private R. W. G. Evans, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was wounded on the Western Front in October 1918
British War and Victory Medals (202936 Pte. R. W. G. Evans. D. of Corn. L.I.) good very fine
Pair: Private G. Sinclair, Highland Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (32473 Pte. G. Sinclair. High. L.I.) good very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (52789 Pte. T. W .Ward. Durh. L.I.) good very fine (5)
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Reginald Walter George Evans was born in Cheddar, Somerset, on 26 July 1898 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was wounded on 14 October 1918.
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Pair: Lieutenant R. Catto, Border Regiment, attached Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, who was wounded on the Western Front in August 1918 British War and Victory Medals (
2.Lieut. R. Catto.) in named card box of issue; together with a 1920 Shilling gilded and converted into an identity tag, the obverse engraved ‘R. S. Catto. 21/1/20.’, extremely fine
Pair: Private W. V. Denwood, Border Regiment British War and Victory Medals (14753 Pte. W. V. Denwood. Bord. R.) very fine
British War Medal 1914-20 (241433 Pte. T. H. Bowron. Bord. R.); together with the recipient’s brother’s (?) two card identity tags, named ‘1128830 E. Bowron. C. of E.’; Victory Medal 1914-19 (260093 Cpl. E. Fairhurst. Bord. R.) good very fine (6)
£100-£140
Robert Catto was educated at Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Border Regiment in November 1917. He served during the Great War attached to the 10th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment on the Western Front from April 1918, and was wounded by shrapnel to the left knee on 26 August 1918. Reverting to the 3rd/7th Battalion, Border Regiment, he was promoted Lieutenant in May 1919.
William V. Denwood attested for the Border Regiment on 7 September 1914, and served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 September 1915. Reported wounded in action on 12 August 1916, he was discharged on 24 January 1917, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.
Thomas Henry Bowron was born in Keswick Cumberland, and attested for the Border Regiment at Shap, Westmorland, on 22 March 1916. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 July 1916, and died of wounds on 8 November 1917, from the effects of gas breathed in two days earlier. He is buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Enoch Fairhurst, a native of Hollinwood, Lancashire, was born in 1882 and attested for the Border Regiment on 26 June 1913. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War, and was discharged on 18 October 1917, suffering from bronchitis.
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