Campaign Groups and Pairs 356
Six: Acting Sergeant (Artillery Clerk) H. Barret, Royal Garrison Artillery
1914-15 Star (41018 Gnr. H. Barret. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (41018 A. Sjt. H. Barret. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1409819 W.O. Cl. II. H. Barret. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (41018 Cpl.-A. Sjt:-A.C.- H. Barret. R.G.A.); Romania, Kingdom, Croix de Virtute Militara, 2nd Class, very fine (6)
£180-£220
M.S.M. London Gazette 18 January 1919: ‘Valuable services rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders:- Royal Garrison Artillery. 41018 Cpl. (A/Sjt.). (A.C.) Barret. H. 81st H.A.G. (Canada).’
Croiz de Virtute Militara, 2nd Class, London Gazette 20 September 1919: ‘For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign:- 41018 Corporal (Acting Serjeant) Artillery Clerk Henry Barret, Clerks’ Section, Royal Garrison Artillery (attached Headquarters, 81st Brigade) (Cheshunt).’
Henry Barret first entered the Egyptian theatre of war on 8 April 1915. 357 Three: Private G. F. Sibbick, Devonshire Regiment
1914-15 Star (19471 Pte. G. F. Sibbick. Devon: R.); British War and Victory Medals (19471 Pte. G. F. Sibbick. Devon R.) nearly very fine (3)
£60-£80
George Francis Sibbick served with the 1st Garrison Battalion, Devonshire Regiment during the Great War in the Egypt theatre of war from 16 October 1915. He was transferred to the Z Class Reserve on 11 April 1919.
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Three: Second Lieutenant S. Thomas, 11th (Cambridge City) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, late Honourable Artillery Company, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916
1914-15 Star (3982 Pte. S. Thomas. H.A.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. S. Thomas.); Memorial Plaque (Sydney Thomas) the plaque neatly pierced at 6 o’clock and 12 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine (4) £1,400-£1,800
Sydney Thomas, a native of Cardiff, was employed as a bank clerk with the London Provincial Bank in Caerphilly. He enlisted on 5 July 1915 as a private in the Honourable Artillery Company in which his elder brother was also serving. He was reported as a fine athlete and the best shot in the battalion. On 10 October 1915, he embarked at Southampton and joined his unit in France some days later.
Thomas was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 7 May 1916 and was posted to the 11th (Cambridge City) Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment, which he joined three days later. He was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. The Battalion War Diary for 1 July 1916 reads: ‘7:28 a.m. The mine opposite left of 101st Brigade was exploded. 7:30 a.m. The infantry assault was launched. The Battalion followed the 10th Lincolns from our assembly trenches down into Sausage Valley and across to the German lines. Owing to the failure of the 102nd Brigade on the left to capture La Boiselle, our advance from the moment it left our assembly trenches was subjected to a very heavy fire from machine guns from La Boiselle. In spite of the fact that wave after wave were mown down by machine gun fire, all pushed on without hesitation, though very few reached the German lines.’
Thomas has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
Sold with an original letter from the War Office Accounts Department, dated 4 October 1916, detailing the monies due to his estate after his death, showing a total of forty nine pounds one shilling and eleven pence, this amount including a deduction of eleven pounds and five shillings for pay over-issued 2-31 July 1916; and copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.
x359 Three: Private A. Dale, Suffolk Regiment
1914-15 Star (16037 Pte. A. Dale. Suff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (16037 Pte. A. Dale. Suff. R.) Three: Corporal A. Stillwell, Royal Field Artillery
1914-15 Star (1545. Bmbr. A. Stillwell. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (1545 Cpl. A. Stillwell. R.F.A.) Pair: Private E. Gillott, Yorkshire Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (21821 Pte. E. Gilott. Yorks: L.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (21821 Pte. E. Gilott. Yorks. L.I.) Pair: Private C. Harbury, 19 Canadian Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (48811 Pte. C. Harbury. 19-Can. Inf.) generally very fine or better (10) £80-£120
Private E. Gillott was killed in action on 8 August 1918, and is buried in St Ever Cemetery Extension, Rouen. Private Charles Harbury was killed in action on 15 September 1916, and is commemorated by name on the Vimy Memorial.
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