Campaign Groups and Pairs 316
Pair: Private T. Burling, 19th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (2nd Public Works Pioneers), who was killed in action on the Western Front, 20 August 1918
British War and Victory Medals (PW.2478 Pte. T. Burling. Midd’x R.) very fine
Pair: Sergeant R. Priest, 16th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), late 2/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front, 17 August 1917 British War and Victory Medals (2853 Sjt. R. Priest. Midd’x R.) mounted for wear, good very fine
Pair: Private J. Borrie, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 9 April 1917 British War and Victory Medals (S-25641 Pte. J. Borrie. Rif. Brig.) very fine (6)
£70-£90
Thomas Burling was the son of Mr and Mrs T. Burling of 3 Mayfields Buildings, Cable Street, St.-Georges-in-the-East, London. He served during the Great War with the 19th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (2nd Public Works Pioneers) on the Western Front. Private Burling was killed in action on the Western Front, 20 August 1918, and is buried in the Lijssenhoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Robert Priest was born in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. He initially served during the Great War with the 2/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment in the Egyptian theatre of war from 24 August 1915. Priest subsequently advanced to Sergeant and transferred to the 16th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles). Sergeant Priest died of wounds aged 44 on the Western Front, 17 August 1917, and is buried in Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No. 3, Belgium.
John Borrie was born in Clapham, London and resided at 9 Bloompark Road, Fulham, London. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade on the Western Front. Private Borrie was killed in action on the Western Front, 9 April 1917, and buried in Brown’s Copse Cemetery, Roeux, Pas de Calais, France.
317
Pair: Private J. Isaacs, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 20 September 1917
British War and Victory Medals (R-19103 Pte. J. Isaacs. K. R. Rif. C.); Memorial Plaque (Joseph Isaacs) good very fine (3) £60-£80
Joseph Isaacs, of Canonbury, London, attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and served with the 21st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He died of wounds on 20 September 1917, and is buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium.
Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient taken from the British Jewry Book of Honour 1914-18.
318
Family Group:
Three: Sergeant W. C. Wakley, North Staffordshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2968 Sjt. W. C. Wakley, N. Staff. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (240684 Sjt. W. C. Wakeley [sic], 6/N. Staff. R.); together with a National Rifle Association Bronze Medal (Won by Pt. W. C. Wakley, 2nd V.B.N.S. Regt.) with top bronze brooch bar inscribed ‘Staffordshire 1902 [sic]’, very fine and better
Volunteer Forces Long Service, V.R. (No. 36 Sergt. W. Wakley, 2nd V.B. North Staff. Regt.) engraved naming, very fine (5)
£240-£280
William Charles Wakley attested for the North Staffordshire Regiment (Territorial Force) and served with the 2nd/6th Battalion during the Great War, later served in the Liverpool Regiment.
Sold with a typed letter from the Staffordshire County Rifle Association confirming that W. C. Wakeley [sic] and another were winners of the National Rifle Association Bronze Medal, competed for at Sedgeley Park, on 22 June 1908.
319
Pair: Private A. Gilchrist, 1/4th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, late Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who was reported as missing in action on the Western Front, 21-25 March 1918, and later recorded as killed in action, 25 March 1918
British War and Victory Medals (326040 Pte. A. Gilchrist. A.& S.H.); Memorial Plaque (Andrew Gilchrist) good very fine (3)
£100-£140
Andrew Gilchrist was born in Edinburgh. Prior to the war he was employed by A. Alexander & Co., Distillers & Blenders of Scotch Whisky, Leith. Gilchrist initially served during the Great War with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on the Western Front. He transferred to the 1/4th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, and was listed as killed in action, aged 41, on the Western Front, 25 March 1918 (having been reported missing in action 21-25 March 1918).
A letter from a friend who served with him in 14 Platoon, ‘D’ Company, gives the following details: ‘It is with regret that as far as my information goes he was killed on March 22nd, for I saw and spoke to him on the morning the 22nd after we withdraw from the Front Line. I did not actually see him killed, but some of the Boys who were captured along with me, told me he was killed early in the day. We were lying near a village called Hermies not far from Cambria, Bapaume Road at the time.’
Private Gilchrist is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Sold with following original related documentation: Short Service Attestation; Notice of Transfer to the Army Reserve; National Registration Act Certificate; letter of reference from employer, A. Alexander & Co., Distillers & Blenders of Scotch Whisky, dated 25 January 1903; letter from Battalion contemporary concerning recipient’s death, dated 13 January 1919; named label from card box of issue for campaign awards.
www.dnw.co.uk all lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to buyers’ premium at 24% (+VAT where applicable)
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112 |
Page 113 |
Page 114 |
Page 115 |
Page 116 |
Page 117 |
Page 118 |
Page 119 |
Page 120 |
Page 121 |
Page 122 |
Page 123 |
Page 124 |
Page 125 |
Page 126 |
Page 127 |
Page 128 |
Page 129 |
Page 130 |
Page 131 |
Page 132 |
Page 133 |
Page 134 |
Page 135 |
Page 136 |
Page 137 |
Page 138 |
Page 139 |
Page 140 |
Page 141 |
Page 142 |
Page 143 |
Page 144 |
Page 145 |
Page 146 |
Page 147 |
Page 148 |
Page 149 |
Page 150 |
Page 151 |
Page 152 |
Page 153 |
Page 154 |
Page 155 |
Page 156 |
Page 157 |
Page 158 |
Page 159 |
Page 160 |
Page 161 |
Page 162 |
Page 163 |
Page 164 |
Page 165 |
Page 166 |
Page 167 |
Page 168 |
Page 169 |
Page 170 |
Page 171 |
Page 172 |
Page 173 |
Page 174 |
Page 175 |
Page 176 |
Page 177 |
Page 178 |
Page 179 |
Page 180 |
Page 181 |
Page 182 |
Page 183 |
Page 184 |
Page 185 |
Page 186 |
Page 187 |
Page 188 |
Page 189 |
Page 190 |
Page 191 |
Page 192 |
Page 193 |
Page 194 |
Page 195 |
Page 196 |
Page 197 |
Page 198 |
Page 199 |
Page 200 |
Page 201 |
Page 202 |
Page 203 |
Page 204 |
Page 205 |
Page 206 |
Page 207 |
Page 208 |
Page 209 |
Page 210 |
Page 211 |
Page 212 |
Page 213 |
Page 214 |
Page 215 |
Page 216 |
Page 217 |
Page 218 |
Page 219 |
Page 220 |
Page 221 |
Page 222 |
Page 223 |
Page 224
