Campaign Groups and Pairs 397 Four: Warrant Officer Class II J. Scott, Black Watch, late Tank Corps and Machine Gun Corps
British War and Victory Medals (201982 Pte. J. Scott. Tank Corps); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (38989 A. Sjt. J. Scott. M.G.C.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, this loose on riband (2746858 Sjt. J. Scott. 6-Black Watch.); together with 41 shooting medals of which 20 are cased, awards for local competitions to N.R.A. national tournaments at Bisley, some in silver; the majority named and/or dated, dates from 1906 to 1948, extensive verdigris to second and minor verdigris to third, otherwise very fine (45)
£300-£400
James Scott, a native of Perth, Scotland, attested for the 4th (Perthshire) Volunteer Battalion, (The Black Watch) Royal Highlanders prior to 1 April 1908 and was serving with A Company of its lineal successor, the 6th (Perthshire) Battalion Royal Highlanders (Territorial Force), in July 1914, in which month he also took first place in the County of Perthshire Shooting Championships.
Scott served during the Great War on the Western Front initially with the Machine Gun Corps, subsequently transferring to the 9th Battalion, Tank Corps, with which unit he was present on the Somme in 1917 and then latterly he rejoined the 6th/7th Battalion Black Watch, advancing to Warrant Officer Class II. He was awarded the T.F.E.M. in 1923 and a second award bar in 1928 while still serving with the 6/7th Battalion, although now in the rank of Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant.
Sold together with a 5 Franc silver coin, the reverse bearing a finely engraved depiction of a British tank traversing a trench, with detailed edge surround and engraved ‘201982 Sgt. Scott 1917 Somme Tank Corps’.
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Pair: Private G. E. Umpleby, Machine Gun Corps, who died of Malaria while serving with Dunsterforce in November 1918
British War and Victory Medals (68378 Pte. G. E. Umpleby, M.G.C.); Memorial Plaque (George Edward Umpleby) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine (3)
£180-£220
George Edward Umpleby died in hospital from malaria on 20 November 1918. He was serving as a Private in the 186th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), attached Dunsterforce in the Caucasus, and is buried in Tehran War Cemetery.
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Three: Corporal C. Pippard, 8th Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), who was discharged due to wounds on 4 May 1918
British War and Victory Medals, with copy M.I.D. oak leaves (3095 Cpl. C. Pippard. 8-Lond. R.); Imperial Service Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue (Charles Pippard) slight edge nick to BWM, otherwise good very fine or better (3)
£60-£80 I.S.M. London Gazette 7 May 2021: ‘Pippard, Charles, Assistant Superintendent, London Postal Region.’
Charles Pippard was born in 1880 in Kensington, London and was appointed a Postman with the Post Office in London in 1898. During the Great War he enlisted in the Post Office Rifles on 6 February 1915 and was discharged due to wounds on 4 May 1918. He was awarded a Silver War Badge.
M.I.D. not confirmed.
400
Pair: Acting Corporal W. H. Rixon, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (S4-157928 A-Cpl. W. H. Rixon. A.S.C.) very fine
Pair: E. D. Collins British War and Victory Medals (E. D. Collins.) very fine
British War Medal (91450 Gnr. H. F. Litten. R.A.); Defence Medal; together with a renamed King’s South Africa Medal 1901-02 (15440. Sgt. F. Ferguson. 75th. Coy. 18th. Imp. Yeo.) renamed and lacking retaining rod and clasps; a renamed India General Service Medal 1908-35, 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (Miss E. M. Cooper) renamed; and a Voluntary Service Medal (Pte. J. F. Lawrence. Ox & Bucks.) nearly very fine and better (9)
£60-£80 Sold together with an empty Princess Mary 1914 Christmas Tin.
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Family Group:
Three: Corporal E. P. Simmonds, Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (78291 Cpl. E. P. Simmonds. R.A.M.C.); Imperial Service Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue (Edgar Pye Simmonds) good very fine
Seven: Corporal E. R. Simmonds, Royal Army Medical Corps, late Liverpool Regiment and Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who was wounded in North West Europe in August 1944 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22258588 Cpl. E. Simmonds. R.A.M.C.) surname partially officially corrected; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (22258588 Pte E. R. Simmonds. R.A.M.C.) good very fine (10)
£140-£180
Edgar Pye Simmonds was born in Widness, Lancashire, on 7 May 1888, and served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Great War. He was later employed by the Post Office, and was awarded the Imperial Service Medal upon his retirement.
Edgar Rawcliffe Simmonds was born in Wigan, Lancashire, on 5 April 1915, the son of Edgar Pye Simmonds. He attested for the Liverpool Regiment on 2 August 1934 and served with them during the Second World War in North West Europe from 1 July 1944. Posted to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, he was wounded in the stomach on 9 August 1944, and was discharged Class ‘Z’ on 1 August 1946. Re-enlisting in the Royal Army Medical Corps, he saw further service in Korea on attachment to the Black Watch from June 1952 to August 1953, and was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. He died in Southampton in March 1980.
Sold with copied service papers and other research.
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