A Collection of Medals to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers 89
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain J. S. M. Shingler, 4th (Denbighshire) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 4 September 1918
Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in case of issue; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. J. S. M. Shingler. R.W. Fus.); British War Medal 1914-20, unnamed; Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. J. M. S. Shingler) renamed; Memorial Plaque (John Stanley Marsh Shingler); Memorial Scroll ‘Capt. John S. M. Shingler, M.C., Royal Welsh Fusiliers, good very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400
M.C. London Gazette 25 August 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at a critical moment when hostile shell fire was constantly concentrated upon his platoon, who were at work in a trench. He steadied and collected his men, going up and down the trench for the purpose, and showing utter disregard of his own safety whilst doing so. He then led them from the shelled area, afterwards taking them back to their work and completing it with success before daylight. Throughout the operations he has displayed coolness and untiring energy when employed on similar work.’
John Stanley Marsh Shingler was born at Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia, the son of Sarah Elizabeth Shingler, of Scotland Street, Ellesmere, Shropshire, and the late John Hilton Shingler. He was educated at Ellesmere College, and served as a Cadet with the College Contingent Junior Division, O.T.C. He was commissioned, from a cadet of the Ellesmere College Contingent, as Second Lieutenant into the 4th (Denbighshire) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, on 10 November 1914, and joined his battalion in France on 6 March 1915. Converted to a Pioneer battalion in September 1915 in the 47th London Division, he was promoted temporary Lieutenant, 2 March 1916, and Lieutenant, 1 June 1916. He was gazetted acting Captain, 20 July 1916, and while working on the trenching and tramway along the Messines-Wytschaete Ridge, he was awarded the M.C. for an action on 11/12th June, 1917, at Bluff Tunnels. He commanded “D” Company, but lost his company in the battalion re-organisation, 27 January 1918, when his company was split into three platoons and transferred, one to each of the other companies in the battalion. Later he commanded “A” Company with the rank of acting Captain, was wounded in mopping up operations at St Pierre Vaast Wood on 2 September, and died of wounds on 4 September 1918, aged 25. He is buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Sold with the recipient’s original commission as Second Lieutenant, dated 10 November 1914; a post card photograph of seven officers of “A” Company, 1/4th R.W.F., in July 1918; a 9 carat gold regimental tie-pin; War Office enclosure letter forwarding medals to his mother; and a photograph of his original grave marker.
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A Great War M.M. awarded to Corporal R. Roberts, 16th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Military Medal, G.V.R. (31335 Cpl. R. Roberts. R.W. Fus.) a somewhat later issue with non-swivel suspension, nearly extremely fine
£160-£200 M.M. London Gazette 25 April 1918.
Robert Roberts attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Llandudno, and served with the 16th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 December 1915. Promoted Corporal, he subsequently transferred to the 43rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.
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Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Corunna, Albuhera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (Thos. Parry, 23rd Foot) scratching in fields, otherwise very fine
£3,600-£4,400 Provenance: J. B. Hayward, June 1975; Dix Noonan Webb, June 2002.
Thomas Parry was born at Llandwrnog, Denbighshire, and attested for the 23rd Foot on 17 August 1807, aged 24. He was discharged on 30 October 1814, and later received a pension for ‘Bayonet and other wounds’ (WO 116/61).
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