Campaign Groups and Pairs 229 Three: Private J. W. Compton, 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade
1914 Star (1110 Pte J. W. Compton. 3/Rif: Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (1110 A-Cpl. J. W. Compton. Rif. Brig.) with Cap Badge and Bedfordshire A.A.A. County Championship prize medal, generally very fine (3)
£70-£90
John W. Compton served during the Great War with the 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade in the French theatre of war from 22 September 1914.
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Three: Private J. Brown, Army Service Corps, later Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 11 September 1918
1914 Star (T-26103 Dvr: J. Brown. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (26103 Pte. J. Brown. A.S.C.) good very fine (3)
£80-100
John Brown was born in Glasgow. He initially served during the Great War with the Army Service Corps in the French theatre of war from 24 August 1914. Brown subsequently transferred to the Northumberland Fusiliers, and then to the Royal Fusiliers (No. 797907). He was killed in action whilst serving with the 13th (Service) Battalion on the Western Front, 11 September 1918.
Private Brown is buried in Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France. 231
Three: Captain J. H. Meers, Royal Army Medical Corps, attached Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who died of wounds, 10 October 1915
1914 Star (Lieut: J. H. Meers. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. H. Meers.) good very fine (3) £160-£200
John Henry Meers was the husband of Mrs. C. G. Meers of 5 Trebovir Road, Earl’s Court, London. He served during the Great War with the Royal Army Medical Corps in the French theatre of war from 25 August 1914. Meers was attached to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment when he died of wounds on the Western Front, 10 October 1915.
Captain Meers is buried in Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 232 Family Group:
Three: Sister E. A. Crewes, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve 1914 Star (Miss E. A. Crewes. Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister E. A. Crewes.) very fine
Pair: Private H. J. Crewes, Honourable Artillery Company British War and Victory Medals (11180 Pte. H. J. Crewes. H.A.C. -Inf.-) very fine (5)
£260-£300
Miss Ethel Annie Crewes, later Mrs. Wilson, was born in Cornwall on 10 November 1882 and trained at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital from February 1904 to June 1908. She joined Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve on 27 July 1912, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 August 1914 as a Staff Nurse at No. 3 General Hospital. She was promoted Acting Sister at No. 10 General Hospital on 1 February 1915, before resigning on 8 August 1915 in order to get married. Her brother, Horace J. Crewes served during the Great War as a Private with the Honourable Artillery Company.
233 Three: Lieutenant A. Richard, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (Lieut. A. Richard. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. Richard. R.N.); together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, the British War Medal with 6 clasps, North Sea 1914, North Sea 1915, North Sea 1916, Jutland 31 May 1916, North Sea 1917, North Sea 1918, good very fine (6)
£100-£140 234 Six: Commissioned Cook and Paymaster Lieutenant W. V. Stear, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (M.12115 W. V. Stear, Ck. Mte., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.12115 W. V. Stear, Ck. Mte., R. N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M.12115 W. V. Stear. L. Ck. H.M.S. Daffodil.) mounted as worn on two bars, together with mounted group of four miniature medals and a Universal Cookery & Food Exhibition 1925 silver medal in fitted presentation case, generally very fine or better ((11) £100-£140
Sold with a small photograph of the recipient with his wife.
William Vincent Stear was born at Kingsbridge, Devon, on 10 December 1892, and was a baker by trade when he joined the Royal Navy on 27 February 1915 as a Cook’s Mate. Serving mainly at various shore establishments, his Great War medals being sent to him aboard the training ship Impregnable at Devonport. He was thereafter advanced to Cook, May 1919; Leading Cook, December 1923; Petty Officer Cook, December 1931; Chief Petty Officer Cook, February 1934; Acting Lieutenant Cook, January 1937; Warrant Cook, 1939; Commissioned Cook W. V. Stear to be Paymaster Lieutenant, 12 February 1943; Paymaster Lieutenant W. V. Stear placed on Retired List, 10 December 1943. He died at Plymouth, Devon, in December 1972, aged 80.
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Four: Chief Petty Officer J. Neil, Royal Navy, who served with H.M.S. Warspite at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May/1 June 1916
1914-15 Star (178651. J. Neil. C.P.O., R.N.) traces of verdigris; British War and Victory Medals (178651 J. Neil. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (178651. John Neil, P.O. 1Cl., H.M.S. Cumberland.) generally good very fine (4)
£100-£140
John Neil/Neill was born in Baylick, Cork, Ireland in November 1877. He joined the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class in January 1894, and advanced to Able Seaman in August 1896. Having advanced to Petty Officer 1st Class, Neil was posted to H.M.S. Cumberland in September 1911 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in February 1914).
Neil was posted to the battleship H.M.S. Warspite in April 1915 and served on the ship throughout the war, being promoted to Chief Petty Officer in November 1916. He was present on board the ship at the battle of Jutland, 31 May/1 June 1916. On that memorable occasion, as part of the 5th Battle Squadron, the ship was hit by no less than 13 ‘large projectiles’, several of them when her helm jammed and forced her out of line. Making an involuntary circle at ‘Windy Corner’, she became the prime target of the ‘big guns’ of the High Seas Fleet. Both the Warspite and Neil survived the ordeal. He was demobilised in March 1919.
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