Single Campaign Medals 592
British War Medal 1914-20 (8) (153332 Gnr. A. Allbutt. R.A.; 24269 Sjt. S. T. Atkinson. R.A.; 1135 Dvr. F. Barnes. R. A.; L-11022 Sjt.
J.Francis. R.A.; 616309 Gnr. A. H. Holder. R.A.; 68112 Gnr. H. J. Harden. R.A.: 153118 Gnr. P. D. Norgate. R.A. 120165 Gnr. A. E. Rigglesford. R.A.) suspension re-affixed on Barnes’s medal, minor edge bruising and con tat marks, generally nearly very fine or better (8)
£120-£160
Sydney Thomas Atkinson attested for the Royal Artillery on 1 September 1914 having previously worked as a clerk in Chester. He quickly progressed through the ranks being promoted to Bombardier in April 1915, Corporal in June 1915 and Sergeant two months later. He spent some time in hospital in Athlone in July 1915 with a severe contusion to his left foot for which he was ‘in no way to blame’ and in September 1915 was placed on a charge for using obscene language in front of an officer and went absent without leave in November 1915, resulting in a severe reprimand and the forfeiture of six days’ pay. He was posted to France on 17 February 1916 with 180th Brigade Royal Field Artillery and was serving in Belgium when he was shot in the arms, legs and abdomen. He died of his wounds on 4 January 1917 and is buried in Loker Cemetery, Belgium.
James Francis attested for the Royal Field Artillery on 24 March 1915 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 November of that year. He was discharged sick from the 67th Division Ammunition Column on 7 January 1918 and was entitled to the Silver War Badge no. 299494. He succumbed to that sickness on 20 February 1919 and is buried in the Birkenhead (Flaybrick Hill) Cemetery, Cheshire.
Henry Holder served with the Royal Horse Artillery (Territorial Force) during the Great War and was awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 28 September 1917).
Henry John Harden, of Seaford, Sussex, attested for the Royal Field Artillery and served with the 57 Brigade R.F.A. during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 November 1914 (entitled to the 1914 Star). He was killed in action whilst with the 380th Battery, 158th Brigade R.F.A. on 23 March 1918 during the Spring Offensive. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France.
Percy Douglas Norgate, of Alresford, Hampshire, attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery and served with the 233rd Siege Battery during the Great War on the Western Front. He died on 10 August 1918, and is buried in the Valenciennes (St Roch) Communal Cemetery, France.
Albert Ernest Rigglesford, of Bexhill, Sussex, attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery on 2 February 1916 and served overseas from September 1917. He was transferred to Class ‘Z’ reserve in July 1920. Whilst he survived the war his son, Arthur Presley Rigglesford was not to survive the next one - he was killed in action whilst serving in the Royal Navy aboard H.M.S. Hood during her battle with the Bismarck on 24 May 1941.
593
British War Medal 1914-20 (6) (60033 Dvr. R. Evason. R.E.; M2/156653 Pte. V. Hudson A.S.C.; SS-11652 Pte. F. Skeats. A.S.C.; PETROL-210157 Cadet H. W. Fry. A.S.C.; S-365247 Pte. J. E. Bower. A.S.C.; M2-049876 Pte. H. Hooton. A.S.C.) retaining rod loose on last, nearly very fine or better (6)
£60-£80
Richard Evason, of Norbiton, Surrey, attested for the Royal Engineers and served with the 72nd Field Company during the Great War in the Egyptian theatre of War from 30 June 1915. He died in Mesopotamia on 30 January 1918 and is commemorated on the Kirkee Memorial.
Victor Hudson died at home in Brighton on 23 May 1918, and is buried in Brighton (Lewes Road) Borough Cemetery. Frank Skeats died at home in Vauxhall, London on 15 September 1915, and is buried in Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery.
594
British War Medal 1914-20 (7) (44029 Pte. O. Davies. The Queen’s R.; G-72407 Pte. A. Fox. The Queen’s R.; G-72406 Pte, W. Fox. The Queen’s R.; 14726 Pte. G. Funnell. The Queen’s R.; GS-8800 Cpl. W. Wise. R.W. Kent R.; G-25294 Pte. E. Singyard. R.W. Kent R.; G-16243 Pte. R. E. Prior. R.W. Kent R.) Funnell planchet only, otherwise generally nearly very fine or better (7)
£100-£140
Arthur Fox, of Alfreton, Derbyshire, attested for the Sherwood Foresters before transferring to the Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 23 August 1918. He is buried at the Becourt Military Cemetery, France.
George Funnell, of Ringmer, Sussex, originally attested for the Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front before transferring to the Royal Fusiliers, and it was with the latter unit that he was serving with when he was killed in action on 21 August 1918. He is buried in the Railway Cutting Cemetery, Courcelles-Le-Comte.
Walter Wise attested for the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment and served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. Taken prisoner of war, he died in captivity on 3 April 1918, and is buried in the Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Germany.
Ernest Singyard, of Yalding, near Maidstone, Kent, attested for the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment and served with the 11th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action during the third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) on 20 September 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cote Memorial.
Robert Edward Prior, of Guston, Kent attested for the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment on 17 February 1916. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War as part of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, and died of heatstroke on 1 August 1918. He is buried in the Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.
595
British War Medals 1914-20 (5) (11282 Pte. O. F. T. Holbrook. The Queen’s R.; 201749 Pte. R. Weston. Devon. R.; 1845 Pte. W. J. Butcher. Hamps. R.; 10231 Cpl. H. E. White. Dorset. R.; 23769 Pte. H. Fennell. R. Berks. R.) generally nearly very fine (5)
£80-£120
Oliver Holbrook, of Lambeth originally attested for the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, but was serving with the 7th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment when he died in Mesopotamia on 3 November 1918. He is buried in the Tehran War Cemetery.
Walter Butcher, of the Isle of Wight served with the 8th Battalion Hampshire Regiment (Princess Beatrice’s Isle of Wight Rifles) when they landed in Gallipoli on 10 August 1915. He was to die just over two months later on 17 October 1915 and is buried in the Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery.
Herbert White, of Bristol sailed to Gallipoli with the 5th (Service) Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment, landing at Suvla Bay on 11 July 1915. They redeployed to Egypt in January 1916 then to France in July 1916. Serving with”A” company, he would have seen action with them at Messines in May and June of 1917. He died of wounds on 15 August 1917 and is buried at Bard Cottage Cemetery, France.
Harold Fennell, of Windsor, Berkshire, was serving with the 2nd Battalion Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire) Regiment when he died of wounds on the Western Front on 11 November 1917. He is buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
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