Campaign Groups and Pairs 203 Pair: Stoker C. D. Weatherby, Royal Navy, who was invalided from the service due to ‘insanity’
Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (C. D. Weatherby, Sto., H.M.S. Pomone.), suspension claw reaffixed; British War Medal 1914-20 (293212 C. D. Weatherby. Sto. 1 R.N.), very fine (2)
£120-£160
Charles Dance Weatherby was born on 15 April 1881 at Dalston, London and entered naval service on 9 September 1899 as a Stoker 2nd Class. He served in H.M.S. Pomone from 7 July 1902 to 23 August 1904 and spent the bulk of the Great War in H.M.S. Actaeon, being invalided from the service on 16 February 1918, due to ‘insanity’. His service record notes he was ‘admitted to Great Yarmouth Hospital on 8 February 18918 as a dangerous lunatic’ and, happily, that he was discharged to his wife’s care in April 1919.
204 Six: Chief Stoker T. A Lindores, Royal Navy, later Royal Fleet Reserve
Africa General Service 1908-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (299816 T. A. Lindores. Lg. Sto., H.M.S. Fox.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (299816 T. A. Lindores. Lg. Sto. H.M.S. Fox.), officially renamed; 1914-15 Star (299816. T. A. Lindores, S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (299816 T. A. Lindores. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (299816 Dev. A. 7345 T. A. Lindores. Ch. Sto. R.F.R.), contact marks, occasional edge knocks, nearly very fine (6)
£200-£240
Thomas Alexander Lindores was born in Ireland on 3 July 1881 and entered the Royal Navy from the Merchant service on 8 February 1902, as a Stoker 2nd Class in H.M.S. Vivid II. Advanced to Leading Stoker on 22 May 1908 in H.M.S. Indus, he served as such in H.M. S. Fox between June 1908 and July 1910.
His Great War service was in H.M.S. Blake, Vivid II, Dido and Maresfield. 205 Pair: Stoker R. B. Greenfield, Royal Navy
Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (299000 R. Greenfield, Sto. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Hyacinth.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (299000. R. B Greenfield, Sto. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Hyacinth.), contact marks to rims, nearly very fine (2)
£240-£280
Richard Belshaw Greenfield was born in Gisburn, Co. Antrim, on 3 May 1881 and entered naval service as a Stoker 2nd Class on 7 November 1901, but, despite periods in the cells, achieved promotion to Stoker 1st Class, in which capacity he served in H.M.S. Hyacinth from 28 August 1909 to 24 August 1910.
He spent the bulk of the Great War as a Stoker Petty Officer in H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh, and was discharged to the Royal Fleet Reserve on 2 January 1925.
206 Pair: Able Seaman J. W. Strahan, Royal Navy
Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (228787 J. W. Strahan, A.B., H.M.S. Philomel.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (228787 J. W. Strahan, A.B. H.M.S. Philomel.), very fine (2) £240-£280
John William Strahan was born in Mile End, London, on 29 June 1887 and entered naval service on 13 November 1903 as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Boscawen, seeing advancement to Able Seaman in H.M.S. King Alfred on 2 January 1906, and then serving in H.M.S. Hawke and Victory I, before he was drafted to H.M.S. Philomel, during which he served in the Somaliland operations, remaining in her until 30 September 1911. After further service, including in H.M.S. Attentive from 1913 to 1917, he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve in April 1920.
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Pair: Subadar Ghulam Mohammad, 127th Baluchis, who was awarded the I.O.M. for gallantry in the ‘East African operations’ during the Great War
Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (4071 Pte Ghulam Muhammad. 127/Baluch L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Jemdr. Ghulam Mohd. 2-127 Baluchis.) worn, good fine (2)
£200-£240 Provenance: A. M. Shaw Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2013 (when sold with I.O.M.)
Ghulam Mohammad joined the Indian Army on 1 June 1908 and served with the 127th Baluchis. He was appointed a Jemadar of the 2/127th Baluchis in May 1918 and Subadar in June 1921. In 1922 he became Subadar of the 2/10th Baluch Regiment (126th Baluchis) and last appears in the Indian Army list of 1929. He served in Somaliland 1908-10; in operations in East Africa and Egypt, March 1915- January 1919 and on the N.W. Frontier of India, October 1919-March 1921. He was awarded the I.O.M. 2nd Class as Havildar by G. G.O. No. 894 of 9 June 1917 for service in East Africa.
208 Four: Chief Armourer E. E. Webb, Royal Navy
Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (342160. E. E. Webb. Arm., H.M.S. Dartmouth.); British War and Victory Medals (342160 E. E. Webb. Ch. Armr. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (342160 E. E. Webb, Armr., H.M.S. Diana.), generally good very fine (4)
£140-£180
Ernest Edward Webb was born in Truro, Cornwall, on 21 January 1877 and entered naval service on 21 June 1898 in H.M.S. Cambridge. Appointed Armourer on 1 August 1911, in H.M.S. Thistle, he served as such in H.M.S. Dartmouth from 2 September 1913 and as an acting Chief Armourer from 1 August 1914 to 30 June 1915, when he was drafted to H.M.S. Egmont.
209 Five: Armourer T. Branson, Royal Navy
Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (295577. T. Branson. Armr. H.M.S. Sphinx.); 1914-15 Star (295577. T. Branson. Armr. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (295577 T. Branson. Armr. R.N.); Royal Navy L. S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (295577. Thomas Branson. Armr. H.M.S. Dufferin.), nearly very fine (5)
£180-£220
Thomas Branson was born in Birmingham on 1 December 1880 and entered naval service on 30 June 1900 as a Stoker 2nd Class, quickly changing trades to Armourer’s Crew on 30 October in H.M.S. Wildfire. He served in H.M.S. Sphinx from 26 March 1913 to 5 August 1914 as an Armourer.
After war service in H.M.S. Dufferin (in which ship was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal), he served in the Coast Guard before taking his pension in June 1922.
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