Single Campaign Medals 618


Victory Medal 1914-19 (6) (5512 Pte. W. Huggins. 14-Lond. R.; 5084 Pte. G. A. Bolton 15-Lond. R.; 4186 Pte. A. W. Witchlow. 18-Lond. R.; 5573 A.Cpl. R. Bell. 20-Lond. R.; 6622 Pte. A. Cottrell. 20-Lond. R.; 6134 Pte. F. T. Clarke. 22- Lond. R.) the first somewhat worn, otherwise very fine (6)


£80-£120


George Algernon Bolton was serving with the 15th (Prince of Wales Own Civil Service Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment when he died of wounds on the Western Front on 13 August 1916. He is buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France.


Reginald Bell, of Lincoln, was serving as an Acting Corporal with the 20th Battalion, London Regiment when he died of wounds on the Western Front on 10 October 1918. He is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France. The medal roll shows service in France, Macedonia, and Egypt.


Alfred Cottrell, of Thurnham, Kent was serving with the 20th Battalion, London Regiment when he was killed in action on the Western Front on 30 October 1916. He had only been in a theatre of war for two months, having landed in France on 31 August 1916.


Frederick Clarke, from Banbury, Oxfordshire, was serving with the 22 Battalion, London Regiment when he first went to France on 1 September 1916. He was renumbered 683082 in July 1917 and then again when he joined the 1st (City of London) Battalion London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) in August 1917. He died of wounds on 29 December 1917.


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Naval General Service 1915-62 (2), 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (205459. A. J. Wilson, Ldg. Sean. H.M.S. Philomel.); 1 clasp, Near East (P/J.936585 A. Lindsay. A.B. R.N.) surname officially corrected on latter, very fine (2) £120-£160


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Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (160421. A. Birch, Sh. Std. H.M.S. Philomel.) good very fine


£100-£120


Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (Mx.50553 W. W. Knott. S.B.A. R.N.) naming officially re-impressed, nearly very fine


£40-£60 Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R., 1st issue (R.M.14015 A. Butler. Mne. R.M.) good very fine £120-£160


Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (P/L. 949744 P. J. Brett. Stwd. R.N.) prefix to number partially officially corrected; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (077234 M. Trzoska. Ord. Sea. R.N.) good very fine (2)


£70-£90 624 625 626 Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (P/J.926168 B. W. G. Jackson. A.B. R.N.) nearly extremely fine £60-£80 Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (P/KX.914129 D. J. Parsons. L.M.(E). R.N.) good very fine £60-£80


General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (D-30952 Cpl. F. W. Merritt, 7-D. Gds.) edge bruise, nearly very fine £70-£90 Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2006.


Frederick William Merritt was born in Devizes, Wiltshire in 1888 and attested for the 7th Dragoon Guards in 1908. He served with ‘A’ Squadron during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 October 1914 - the regiment, which had been serving in Secunderabad at the start of the Great War, landed in Marseille as part of the 9th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade in the 1st Indian Cavalry Division in October 1914. Four years later, a squadron from the regiment rode ten miles to capture the town of Lessines on 11 November 1918, just minutes before the armistice.


Merritt subsequently served with the 7th Dragoon Guards in Iraq before transferring into the 2 Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys). He was finally discharged on 10 May 1929.


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General Service 1918-62 (3), 1 clasp, Iraq (4118 Sepoy Sundar Singh. 15-Sikhs.); 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (19177309 L/Cpl. C. G. Busbridge. R. Sigs.); 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (22441707 Sogmn. M. J. Whale. R. Sigs.) very fine or better (3)


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General Service 1918-62 (2), 1 clasp, Palestine (3523358 Cpl. F. Bennell. Manch. R.); another, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (3507556 Act. Cpl. J. Rodway. R.A.F.) edge bruise to first, very fine and better (2)


£80-£120 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (408865 Sjt. T. P. French. R. Tks.) good very fine £60-£80


General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (2) (AS.28274. Pte. S. Chachole. A.P.C.; EC.2603 Pte. M. Tshopyane. A.P.C.) nearly extremely fine (2)


£70-£90


General Service 1918-62 (3), 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (4691438 Pte. J. Potts. K.O.Y.L.I.); 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (23224406 Tpr. W. Lester. K.D.G.); 1 clasp, Cyprus (1931243 L.A.C. A. R. Anstruther R.A.F.) official correction to number on the last, very fine or better (3)


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