Campaign Groups and Pairs 320 Nine: Major C. Hooper, Royal Artillery, late Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and Machine Gun Corps
British War and Victory Medals (46371 Cpl. C. Hooper. M.G.C.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated 1943, with integral top riband bar; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Cecil Hooper) very fine and better (9)
£200-£240
Cecil Hooper attested for the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and served with the Machine Gun Corps during the Great War on the Western Front. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Tank Corps towards the end of the War, before transferring to the Royal Artillery (Territorial Force). He was promoted Captain on 24 August 1939, and was awarded his Efficiency Decoration in 1943 (London Gazette 25 March 1943). He is shown in the 1946 Army List as a Captain and Honorary Major, Unemployed List.
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Pair: Lieutenant P. E. Vesper, East Surrey Regiment and Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. P. E. Vesper.) nearly extremely fine
Pair: Private T. E. Bluck, Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (89240 Pte. T. E. Bluck. M.G.C.) very fine
Pair: Private H. W. Costigan, Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (84665 Pte. H. W. Costigan. M.G.C.) good very fine (6)
£80-£120
Philip Edgar Vesper was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the East Surrey Regiment on 21 August 1915, and served with the Machine Gun Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 June 1916.
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Pair: Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class the Reverend W. J. Heaton, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department British War and Victory Medals (Rev. W. J. Heaton.) good very fine (2)
Sold with various riband bars which include ribands for the Imperial Russian Orders of St Anne and St Stanislaus.
£60-£80
Wallace James Heaton served as a Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class during the Great War. After the War, he took a territorial commission and was awarded the Efficiency Decoration on 4 August 1942. He was the author of a number of religious publications.
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Three: Staff Nurse A. Buchanan, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service
British War and Victory Medals (S. Nurse A. Buchanan.); Greece, Kingdom, Medal for Military Merit, Fourth Class, bronze, generally good very fine (3)
£200-£240 Greek Medal for Military Merit, 4th Class London Gazette 26 November 1919.
Annie Buchanan served during the Great War with the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service. She embarked for Salonika, 24 July 1918, and was demobilised as a Staff Nurse in April 1919.
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Pair: Staff Nurse Gertrude A. Bryett, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve British War and Victory Medals (S. Nurse G. A. Bryett.) with named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine
Pair: Miss Alice M. Candler, Voluntary Aid Detachment British War and Victory Medals (A. M. Candler. V.A.D.) good very fine (4)
Alice May Candler served as a cook and linen maid with the Voluntary Aid Detachment in France from July 1917. £70-£90
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Pair: Corporal E. Le Bas, 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles British War and Victory Medals (158126 Cpl. E. Le Bas. 4-C.M.R.) very fine
British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (45429 Spr. J. S. C Farley. C.E.; 3032966 Pte. P. Macklin.
19-Can.Inf; 113055. Pte. L. Allen. 4-C.M.R.) very fine or better (5)
£70-£90 Edward Le Bas, of Brighton, Ontario, died on 10 July 1917 and is buried in La Chaudier Military Cemetery, near Vimy, France.
P. Macklin of the 19th (Central Ontario Regiment) Canadian Infantry died on 10 October 1918 and is buried in the Bucquoy Cemetery at Ficheux.
L. Allen of the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Central Ontario Regiment) was killed in action on 2 June 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
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Three: Lieutenant J. W. White, Royal Engineers
British War Medal 1914-20 (16627 W.O. Cl.2. J. W. White. R.E.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1930-31, Mohmand 1933 (Lieut. J. W. White. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1852115 W.O. Cl.1. J. W. White. R.E.) rank officially corrected on last, good very fine (3)
£120-£160
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