Single Campaign Medals 572
British War Medal 1914-20 (Sister M. B. McGibbon.) middle initial officially corrected, in named card box of issue; together with the recipient’s Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve cape badge, silver; and a Medico-Psychological Association Medal for Proficiency in Mental Nursing, bronze, the reverse inscribed ’Mary Brabender McGibbon’, with two Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve collar badges on riband, good very fine (3)
£200-£240
Sold together with an attractive silver presentation circular three-legged box, hallmarks for Birmingham 1912, the lid engraved ‘For King and Country, 1915. “I was sick and ye visited me”. A Token of Respect to Nurse Mary McGibbon from The School Children of Ballantrae.’
573
Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaves (2. Lieut. W. A. Cheers.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (202 Sjt: W. Martin. 7/Lanc: Fus:) edge bruising and contact marks, very fine, the first better (2)
£80-£120
Wilfroy Anson Cheers was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment (Special Reserve) on 14 May 1915, and served with them during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 14 October 1916. For his services with the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force he was Mentioned in Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Maude’s Despatch of 10 April 1917 (London Gazette 15 August 1917).
Sold with the recipient’s Mentioned in Despatches Certificate, named to ‘South Lancashire Regiment. 2nd Lt. W. A. Cheers, Spec. Res.’, this in slightly distressed condition.
W. Martin was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 335 of 1 October 1913, and served with the 7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers during the Great War in Gallipoli.
574
Victory Medal 1914-19 (A. Sister N. A. Graham) very fine R.R.C. London Gazette 30 December 1941.
£60-£80
Miss Nina Alicia Graham trained at Sir Patrick Dun’s Hospital, Dublin, from 1911-14, and joined Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service. She served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 May 1915 and, remaining in the service following the cessation of hostilities, was promoted Sister on 1 July 1926, and Matron on 1 June 1935. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross (First Class) in the 1942 New Year’s Honours’ List, and saw further service with the Q.A.I.M.N.S. during the Second World War. She died at Whitstable, Kent, on 9 October 1955.
Sold with copied research.
575
Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (777
C.Sjt. C. F. Batstone. Devon. R.) good very fine Sold with copied research.
£160-£200
Charles Frank Batstone was born in Cullompton, Devon, and attested for the Devonshire Regiment at Ottery St. Mary, Devon. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion in India, and died on 10 June 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Kirkee Memorial, India.
576
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (3055334. Pte. J. McGhee. R. Scots.) struck on a slightly thinner flan, edge bruise, nearly extremely fine
£40-£50
577
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (19059704 Gnr D C B Grant RA) in named box of issue; together with a National Service Medal 1939-60, 2 clasps, 1945-1948, Royal Artillery; and two sets of related miniature awards, good very fine (2)
£50-£70
Sold together with the recipient War Officer Identification Card for Mechanical Transport Drivers; and the remnants of a Royal Artillery Cap Badge, unit title, and button.
578
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (2) (14123411 Cpl. H. Craythorne. R. Lincolns.; 14460188 Pte. W. Pearce. R. Lincolns.) minor official correction to unit on first, and to number on second, nearly extremely fine (2) £80-£120
579
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya,
G.VI.R. (22373011 Pte. J. Kane. K.O.Y.L.I.) good very fine
£40-£50
580
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya,
G.VI.R. (21046519 Tpr. F. J. Puttnam. Glider P.) light contact marks to obverse, very fine, scarce to unit
£240-£280
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