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Three: Private G. M. Graham, 11th (Service) Battalion, Royal Scots, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 10 April 1918 1914-15 Star (350582 Pte G. M. Graham. R. Scots.); British War and Victory Medals (2535 Pte. G. M. Graham. R. Scots.) generally very fine or better
Pair: Private H. Gilroy, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 18 August 1918
British War and Victory Medals (40239 Pte. H. Gilroy. R.S. Fus.) good very fine £70-£90
George McLeod Graham was a native of Edinburgh. He served during the Great War with the 1/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, Royal Scots in the French theatre of war from 24 February 1915. Graham subsequently transferred to the 11th (Service) Battalion, and was killed in action whilst serving with them on the Western Front, 10 April 1918. Private Graham is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Hugh Gilroy was born in Musselburgh, Midlothian. He served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers on the Western Front. Private Gilroy was killed in action on the Western Front, 18 August 1918, and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
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Three: Lieutenant G. A. M. Anthony, The Queen’s Regiment, attached 4th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment, who was killed in action in the Cameroons, 24 January 1916
1914-15 Star (Lieut. G. A. M. Anthony. The Queen’s R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. G. A. M. Anthony.) initials and part of surname officially corrected on VM, very fine (3)
£180-£220
George Adam Moriarty Anthony was born in January 1896, and educated at Haileybury College and Imperial College, London. He was commissioned into the 9th (Reserve) Battalion, The Queen’s Regiment, and attached to the 4th Battalion, Nigerian Regiment, West African Field Force for service in the Cameroons theatre of war from 23 December 1915.
Lieutenant Anthony was killed in action in the Cameroons, 24 January 1916, and is commemorated on the Ibadan Memorial, Nigeria and the Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial.
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Three: Private T. C. Smithers, 2nd Battalion, The Queen’s Regiment, who was killed in action during the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25 September 1915 1914-15 Star (S-423 Pte T. C. Smithers. The Queen’s R.); British War and Victory Medals (S-423 Pte. T. C. Smithers. The Queen’s R.) generally good very fine or better
Three: Corporal T. Heaton, 6th (Service) Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action during the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25 September 1915 1914-15 Star (12435 Pte (A. Cpl) T. Heaton. Shrops: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (12435 Pte. T. Heaton. Shrops. L.I.) generally good very fine or better (6)
£80-£120
Thomas Charles Smithers was born in Godalming, Surrey. He served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, The Queen’s Regiment in the French theatre of war from 4 January 1915. Smithers was killed in action on the Western Front, 25 September 1915. On the latter date the Battalion was engaged as part of the first day of the Battle of Loos. Private Smithers is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Thomas Heaton was born in Tealby, Market Rasen. He served during the Great War with the 6th (Service) Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry in the French theatre of war from July 1915. Heaton was killed in action on the Western Front, 25 September 1915. On the latter date the Battalion was engaged as part of the first day of the Battle of Loos. Corporal Heaton is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
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Three: Lance Corporal J. J. Blair, Northumberland Fusiliers and Machine Gun Corps, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 27 March 1916 1914-15 Star (3769 Pte. J. J. Blair. North’d Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (3769 Pte. J. J. Blair. North’d Fus.) very fine
Pair: Second Lieutenant A. E. Davies
British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. A. E. Davies.) good very fine Pair: Private G. Mortlock, Rifle Brigade
British War and Victory Medals (B-200919 Pte. G. Mortlock. Rif. Brig.) mounted for display, very fine (7) £60-£80
James Joseph Blair was the son of Mr and Mrs R. Blair of 9 Grahamsley Street, Gateshead. He served during the Great War with the Northumberland Fusiliers in the French theatre of war from 5 July 1915. Blair advanced to Lance Corporal and transferred to the 9th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). He was killed in action on the Western Front, 27 March 1916, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
There are several Second Lieutenant A. E. Davies who served during the Great War. 262 Three: Private E. P. Seldon, Norfolk Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 3 October 1915
1914-15 Star (12679 Pte. E. P. Seldon, Norf. R.); British War and Victory Medals (12679 Pte. E. P. Seldon. Norf. R.); Memorial Plaque (Edward Percy Seldon) the plaque with small drill hole at 12 o’clock and small collector’s number to reverse, otherwise good very fine (4)
£80-£120
Edwin Percy Sewell was born in Rotherhithe, London, in 1883, and attested for the Norfolk Regiment at St. Paul’s Churchyard, London, on 29 August 1914. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 3 October 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.
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