Single Campaign Medals 610
Victory Medal 1914-19 (6) (K.48800 A. Crew. Sto. 2. R.N.; J.38198 E. G. Hedges. A.B. R.N.; J.5069 C. T. Howard A.B. R.N. L.5513 A. B. Hubert. O.S.3 R.N.; J.31464 A. Rodd. A.B. R.N.; J.29911 W. White. Boy 1. R.N.) generally nearly very fine (6)
£100-£140
Arthur Crew, of Woolwich, was born on 2 September 1889 and enlisted in the Royal Navy on 28 January 1918. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Cumberland on convoy escort duties and died of disease on October 2 1918. He is buried at St Thomas’s Churchyard, Charlton.
Edward Greenell Hedges, of Worcester, was born on 23 October 1899 and joined the Royal Navy in 1917. He was serving in H.M.S. Valiant when he contracted pneumonia, and died on 30 October 1918. He is buried in the Upton-on-Severn Cemetery.
Charles Thomas Howard, of Kingston, Surrey was born on 19 October 1893 and enlisted into the Royal Navy in 1911, serving on a variety of ships including H.M.S. Bulwark, Black Prince, and Monarch. He was serving in H.M.S. Albacore when she struck a mine laid by the German submarine UC-44 off Kirkwall on 9 March 1917. The resultant explosion blew off the ship’s bow and killed 17 of her crew including Howard. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Arthur Bond Hubert, of Eltham, London, was born on 8 August 1897 in St Helier, Jersey. He enlisted in the Royal Navy on 22 July 1915 and was serving in H.M.S. Penn when he contracted pneumonia. He died of the disease on 1 October 1918 and is buried in Greenwich Cemetery.
Abraham Rodd was born on 1 July 1895 in Cardiff. He enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1916 and was invalided out in 1919. He was entitled to the Silver War Badge number 44573.
William White was born on 8 January 1897 in Dumfries. He enlisted in the Royal Navy in March 1914 and was serving in H.M.S. Formidable, part of the 5th Battle Squadron based at Portland, when she and the light cruisers Topaze and Diamond were taking part in gunnery exercises on 31 December 1914. Unbeknownst to them they were being stalked by a German submarine, the U-24, which launched a torpedo at Formidable in the early hours of 1 January 1915. The Formidable’s Captain tried to save his ship by bringing her close to shore, but just after 3:00 a.m. the U-24 launched another torpedo again hitting the battleship at the starboard bow. She remained afloat for over an hour but heavy seas made the rescue attempts difficult and she went down with the loss of 35 officers and 512 men. White was amongst those killed and he is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
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Victory Medal 1914-19 (5) (Lieut. E. H. Halley.; 68713 Sjt. R. R. Brooker. R.A.: 83928 Dvr. D. Carter. R.A.; 920268 Dvr. J. Manser. R.A.; 563. Dvr. D. Watson. R.A.) first officially re-impressed, very fine (5)
£100-£140
Edward Harland Halley, of Fulham, was working as a clerk for the Colliery Agents, Ship and Insurance brokers and Steamship Managers Cheney, Eggar and Forrester when he attested for the 7th London Brigade ,Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force) on 2 September 1912 for a period of four years and was given the regimental number 1141. However, in July 1913 he took up a post in Singapore and sought ‘discharge through purchase’ although no monies were required. He was due to set sail on the steamer Syria on 9 August 1913. Evidently he returned to take up a commission in the Royal Field Artillery when war broke out and landed with them in France as a Second Lieutenant on 18 August 1915. He was killed in action on 26 November 1917 during the battle of Cambrai whilst attached to the 12th Trench Mortar Battery, and is Buried in the Villers Hill British Cemetery, Villers-Guislain, France.
Reuben Richard Brooker, of Charlton, London, was with the 25th Brigade Royal Field Artillery when they sailed for France at the beginning of the Great War, landing on the continent on 16 August 1914, thus entitling him to the 1914 Star. He was killed in action on 5 June 1917 whilst with B Battery, 315th Brigade, and is buried in the Hope Store Cemetery, France.
Daniel Carter was awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 27 October 1916), presumably for action on the Somme whilst serving with B battery 48th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.
James Manser, of Eastbourne, Sussex, was serving with the 337th Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery, alongside the 18th Indian Division in Mesopotamia, when he died on 30 June 1918. He is commemorated on the Basra War Memorial, Iraq.
David Watson was with the 27th Divisional Ammunition Column, formed from the IV Home Counties (Howitzer) Brigade (TF), when they landed in France on 21 December 1914. He died on 7 June 1915 and is buried in the Equinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension, France.
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Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (L-12954 Sjt. F. Adcock. R. Fus.; 25718 Pte. R. Cook. R. Fus.: GS-34602 Pte. C. W. Pipe. R. Fus; GS-32654 Pte. W. F. Reading. R. Fus.) generally very fine (4)
£50-£70
Frederick Adcock served with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 January 1915. He later transferred to the 8th Battalion and was discharged on 18 April 1919.
William Frederick Reading, of Lambeth, was serving with the 11th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, when he was killed in action on the Somme on 15 November 1916. He is buried in Courcelette British Cemetery, France.
Private Claude William Pipe, of Dennington, Suffolk, was serving with the 32nd (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, when he was killed in action on the Somme on 10 October 1916. He is one of 15 British soldiers killed in 1916 to be buried in the A.I.F Burial Ground, Flers, France.
613
Victory Medal 1914-19 (5) (3001 Pte. H. C. Walpole. Norf. R.; 51290 Pte. T. Lloyd. Linc. R.; 24868 Pte. S. W. Barker. Suff. R.; 24851 Pte. A. J. Button. Suff. R.; 50026 Pte. A. E. Wiffen. Suff. R.) dark toning and damage to last, otherwise good very fine (5)
£70-£90
Harry Walpole, of Great Yarmouth, was serving with the Norfolk Regiment when he was sent to Mesopotamia in July 1915. He later served as a sapper in the Royal Engineers (number WR/193377) and then again in the Norfolks with number 240627.
Thomas Lloyd, of Hollyhedge Lane, Walsall, attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 8 October 1918 during the attack on the Beaurevoir Line, and is buried in the Naves Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Albert John Button, of Woodbridge, Suffolk, attested for the Suffolk Regiment and served with the 11th (Service) Battalion. He is listed as ‘drowned at sea’ on 17 April 1917, the day two British Hospital ships, the Donegal and the Lanfranc were torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel. It is certainly possible that Button had earlier been wounded when the 11th Battalion were engaged during the Battle of Arras at the beginning of April. He is commemorated on the Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton which lists men who were on board the Donegal.
Albert Edward Wiffen was born in Hackney, Middlesex and originally attested for the Middlesex Regiment as number G16792. He was killed in action in April 1918 whilst serving with the 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment on the Western Front. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour states that he died ‘between 9 April 1918 and 19 April 1918’, and Soldiers’ Died in the Great War lists his date of death as 19 April. The battalion has been involved in heavy fighting in the defensive action on the River Lys (Fourth battle of Ypres) from 9 April 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
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