Campaign Groups and Pairs 407 Family Group:


Pair: Lieutenant L. H. Riddell, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, who was shot down, wounded, and taken Prisoner of War on the first day of the Battle of Amiens, 8 August 1918 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. L. H. Riddell. R.A.F.) nearly very fine


British War Medal 1914-20 (J. Riddell.) good very fine (3) £200-£240


Leonard Harper Riddell was born in Manchester in 1899 and joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1917. He kept a photograph album and wrote letters home to his parents describing his enthusiasm for flying: ‘I tried my hand at stunts today and attempted three side loops and a spinning nose dive. It’s really a great sensation and gives one a great deal of confidence in both oneself and the machine.’


Promoted Flight Sub-Lieutenant, by March 1918, just five months after he had taken his first solo flight, he had been sent to the Western Front, and was posted to 201 Squadron, flying Sopwith Camels. The level of risk facing him soon became apparent, as his diary entry for 2 April 1918 describes going out on patrol and coming across anti-aircraft fire: ‘Got Archied very badly- heard the bursting shrapnel which indicates that it is time to do a bit of dodging about. Did dodge muchly.’


His luck finally ran out on 8 August 1918, on the first day of the Battle of Amiens. Taking off at 8:30 a.m. in Sopwith Camel D9652 on a line patrol near Bayonvillers, Riddell was hit by anti-aircraft fire, and was seen to crash behind enemy lines shortly after 9:00 a.m. The R.A.F. casualty lists for his day were far higher than any other day during the Great War, especially for 201 Squadron, who had lost seven aircraft. Wounded with a badly broken leg, Riddell was taken prisoner of war and remained in captivity for the rest of the war. Repatriated following the cessation of hostilities, he relinquished his commission on 6 August 1920 on account of his wounds. He died in Yorkshire in 1984.


Note: The recipient’s wartime diaries, letters, photographs, and other ephemera are all held by the Imperial War Museum.


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Pair: Lieutenant E. L. Smith, Canadian Engineers and Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. E. L. Smith) very fine (2)


£200-£300


Eric Leonard Smith was born at Thurso, Quebec, on 28 December 1891, and was a Telephone Electrician when he enlisted at Ottawa on 29 March 1916, into the 8th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. He was a Lieutenant with the Signal Training Depot in December 1916 and subsequently transferred to the Canadian Engineers. He is one of the officers listed in the Toronto Star of 14 September 1918, as having been appointed for service with the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force as a Captain in the Signal Company. Sold with copied Attestation Papers and aforementioned news cutting.


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Eight: Captain S. G. Dickinson, Canadian Forces


British War and Victory Medals, naming erased; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada, the reverse impressed (Capt S. G. Dickinson) note, only last medal named, good very fine (8)


£100-£140


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Pair: Chief Petty Officer T. Munday, Royal Navy


British War Medal 1914-20 (181238 T. Munday. Act. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (181238. Thomas Munday, C.P.O, H.M.S. Acacia.) light contact marks, very fine and better (2)


£50-£70


Thomas Munday was born at Southwick, Sussex, in December 1878 and enlisted into the Royal Navy in August 1894 as a Boy Second Class. He served with numerous ships including H.M.S. Royal Sovereign, Stork, Irresistible and Dominion. Throughout the Great War Munday served at the shore establishment H.M.S. Pembroke and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1919 while on the crew of the sloop H.M.S. Acacia, having attained the rate of Chief Petty Officer. He was demobilised in July 1919.


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Pair: Chief Engine Room Artificer F. A. B. Haynes, Royal Navy, who during the Second World War served with the destroyer H.M.S. Wrestler and was awarded a Distinguished Service Medal for his involvement in the Malta Convoy Operation Harpoon


British War Medal 1914-20 (M.26933 F. A. B. Haynes. B. Art. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M.26933 F.A.B. Haynes. E.R.A. 2. H.M.S. Garry.) light contact marks, very fine (2)


£100-£140 D.S.M. London Gazette 22 September 1942: ‘For bravery and resolution ... while escorting an important Convoy to Malta’


Frederick Arthur Boulton Haynes was born at Usk, Monmouth in June 1901. He enlisted into the Royal Navy in July 1917 and was posted to the mechanics' training establishment H.M.S. Indus as a Boy Artificer Second Class, remaining there until August 1920, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in July 1934 while serving with the naval trawler H.M.T. Garry.


Haynes served on the crew of the destroyer H.M.S. Wrestler throughout the Second World War, having attained the rate of Chief Engine Room Artificer. In July 1940, Wrestler was present at the attack on Mers-el-Kébir, where she rescued crews from the French battleship Strasbourg, which had been sunk by the Royal Navy. On 18 October 1940 she assisted in sinking the Italian submarine Durbo, east of Gibraltar. From July 1941 to April 1942 Wrestler was stationed at Freetown and was then transferred to the Malta Convoys as part of Force H and ‘Operation Harpoon’, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. The ship later served as one of the naval escorts for ‘Operation Torch’. On 2 May 1942 she assisted in the sinking of the German submarine U-74 and then on 15 November 1942 single-handedly sunk the U-98. In 1943 Wrestler took part in ‘Operation Husky’ off Sicily until July that year, when she returned to Atlantic and Arctic convoy duties. On 6 June 1944, whilst participating in ‘Operation Neptune’, she was mined off Juno Beach, declared a total loss and later sold off as scrap.


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