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Five: Lieutenant C. H. G. Ross, 1/7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment - the ‘Shiny Seventh’, late Private Canadian Forces
British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. H. G. Ross.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, minor edge bruising overall, very fine (5)
£70-£90
Colin Harold Graham Ross (listed on Canadian papers as ‘Barola’ instead of Harold) was born in the UK in November 1890. He was employed as a Bank Clerk by the Union Bank in Alsask, Saskatchewan, Canada. Ross attested for the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force in May 1916, as No. 255628 Private. He transferred as a Second Lieutenant to the London Regiment, and served with the 1/7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment - the ‘Shiny Seventh’, in the French theatre of war from 7 August 1918.
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Three: Company Sergeant Major C. F. Jervis, Royal Army Service Corps, who was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and Mentioned in Despatches for his services in Mesopotamia
British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (DM2-163655 A.W.O. Cl.2. C. F. Jervis. A.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (DM2-163655 C.S. Mjr. C. F. Jervis R.A.S.C.) very fine (3)
£100-£140 M.S.M. London Gazette 22 September 1919:
‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the British Forces in Mesopotamia.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 5 June 1919:
‘For distinguished and gallant service and devotion to duty with the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force.’
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Three: Acting Sergeant J. Secker, Army Service Corps, later Private, Norfolk Regiment (Territorial Force)
British War and Victory Medals (M2-264629 A. Sjt. J. Secker. A.S.C.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (462 Pte. J. Secker. 5-Norf. R.) very fine (3)
£60-£80
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Three: Private J. C. Dutton, Royal Army Medical Corps
British War and Victory Medals (92409 Pte. J. C. Dutton. R.A.M.C.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (92409 Pte. J. C. Dutton. R.A.M.C.) very fine (3)
£100-£140
Joseph Charles Dutton served with the Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force) during the Great War, and later with the Welsh Regiment.
Sold with copied Medal Index Card.
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Family Group:
Pair: Private G. H. Hobson, Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (80629 Pte. G. H. Hobson. R.A.M.C.) good very fine
Pair: Lance-Bombardier H. J. Hobson, 57th H.A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery, who died on active service on 12 March 1941
Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, nearly very fine
Pair: Sergeant G. J. Hobson, Royal Air Force, who was killed in action on 11 September 1940 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, extremely fine (7)
£300-£400
Horace James Hobson, the son of Private George Henry Hobson, Royal Army Medical Corps, of Cowes, Isle of Wight, and the brother of George John Hobson, served with 215 Battery, 57th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery during the Second World War, and died on active service on 12 March 1941, aged 19. He is buried in Gosport (Ann’s Hill) Cemetery, Hampshire.
George John Hobson, the son of Private George Henry Hobson, Royal Army Medical Corps, of Cowes, Isle of Wight, and the brother of Horace James Hobson, served with 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He was killed in action on the night of 11-12 September 1940 when his Hampden crashed into the sea after being hit by flak whilst on a bombing raid to Bremerhaven. He is buried in Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany.
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Pair: Miss Mary M. B. Innes, Voluntary Aid Detachment
British War and Victory Medals (M. M. B. Innes. V.A.D.), with damaged named card boxes of issue, nearly extremely fine (2)
£60-£80
Miss Mary Margaret Beatrice Innes joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 July 1916 to 12 January 1917.
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