A Collection of Medals to recipients of the 1914 Star, Part 3 193
Pair: Chauffeur F. C. Papworth, British Red Cross Society and Graves Registration Commission, later Army Service Corps
1914 Star (F. C. Papworth. B.R.C.S. & St. J. J.); British War Medal 1914-20 (F. C. Papworth. B.R.C. & St. J. J.) with damaged named card box of issue and outer transmission envelope, good very fine (2)
£80-£120
Frederick Charles Papworth was born at Chesterton, Cambridgeshire on 17 March 1884. He served as a Chauffeur during the Great War for 12 months from 4 November 1914; firstly with Motor Ambulance Unit No. 2 of the British Red Cross Society, later with the Graves Registration Commission. Following his return to England, Papworth attested for the Army Service Corps at Battersea, London on 11 December 1915 and returned to the Western Front as a Driver attached to a succession of different units with the British Expeditionary Force from 23 July 1917.
Sold with the following original photographs and documents: a portrait photograph, 85mm x 130mm, of the recipient in the uniform of the British Red Cross Society, taken March 1915; a photograph, 105mm x 82mm, of a fleet of motor vehicles inside a large hangar, reverse captioned ‘The Workshop, Le Cateau, 1918’; the recipient’s ‘Annexe du Passeport’ with portrait photograph attached, issued by the République Francaise authorising entry into France via Boulogne before 2 June 1915; a certificate issued by the French Ambassador to London authorising passage to France for the recipient’s automobile - Vauxhall, chassis Number 216; a letter of reference from Brigidier-General Fabian Ware, Director of Graves Registration and Enquiries at the War Office; a letter from the British Red Cross Society regarding overseas service Chevrons earned by the recipient; the damaged lid to another card box of issue for BWM and VM named to “Pte F. C. Papworth, A.S.C.’
Note: The medal rolls and index cards indicate that the recipient’s service with the Army Service Corps resulted in him being issued with a second pair of British War and Victory Medals.
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Three: Sister Grace Phillips, Civilian Hospital Reserve, later Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
1914 Star (Miss G. Phillips. Civ: Hosp: Res.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister G. Phillips.) good very fine, scarce to unit (3)
£240-£280
Miss Grace Phillips served with the Civil Hospital Reserve during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 August 1914 and later as a Sister with Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Nursing Service Reserve.
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1914 Star (3) (1589 Sowar Muhamad Ali Khan, 4/Cavy; 2492 Sowar Kishan Singh, 6/Cavy; No. 2328 L.D. Dhian Singh, 9/Horse.) nearly very fine (3)
£100-£140
Muhamed Ali Khan served during the Great War with the 4th Cavalry (Indian Army); Kishan Singh served with King Edward’s Own Cavalry; and Dhian Singh served with Hodson’s Horse.
196
1914 Star (3) (2994 A.L.D. Bostan Khan, 11/Lncrs; 1859 Sowar Umar Khan, 15/Lncrs; No. 3166 Sowar Faqir Mohd., 19/Lcrs. (F.H.)) nearly very fine or better (3)
£100-£140
Bostan Khan served during the Great War with King Edward’s Own Lancers (Probyn’s Horse); Umar Khan served with Cureton’s Multanis; and Faqir Mohammed served with Fane’s Horse.
197
1914 Star (3) (1189 Sowar Gurbax Singh, 20/Horse; No. 1473 Sowar Khuda Dad, 22 Cavy.; No. 3267 Sowar Yakub Khan, 33/Cavy.) generally good fine and better (3)
£100-£140
Gurbax Singh served during the Great War with the 20th Deccan Horse; Khuda Dad served with Sam Browne’s Cavalry; and Yakub Khan served with Queen Victoria’s Own Cavalry.
198
Bal Singh served during the Great War with Prince Albert Victor’s Own Poona Horse; and Nimal Singh served with Jacob’s Horse. 1914 Star (2) (No. 3110 Sowar Bal Singh, 34/Horse; No. 3009 Sowar Nimal Singh, 36/Horse) generally nearly very fine
(2) 199 £70-£90
Pair: Naik Ganda Singh, 2/32nd Sikhs, late Sepoy, 1/34th Sikh Pioneers 1914 Star (No. 1965 Sepoy Ganda Singh, 1/34/Sikh Pionrs.); Victory Medal (767 Nk. Ganda Singh. 2-32 Sikhs.) nearly very fine
1914 Star (2) (No. 3602 Sepoy Harpat, 1/6 /Jat Lt. Infy.; No. 204 Sepoy Amar Singh, 15/Sikhs.) nearly very fine and better (4)
£100-£140
Ganda Singh served during the Great War as a Sepoy with the 1/34th Sikh Pioneers and subsequently in the rank of Naik with the 1/34th Sikh Pioneers.
Harpat served with the 1st Battalion, 6th Jat Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front and died on 3 March 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Neuve-Chapelle Memorial, France.
Amar Singh served during the Great War with the 15th Ludhiana Sikhs. 200
Pair: Sepoy Tek Singh, 1/41st Dogras 1914 Star (No. 705 Sepoy Tek Singh, 41/Dogras); Victory Medal (705 Sepoy Tek Singh, 1-41 Dogras.) suspension ring of VM misshapen, nearly very fine
1914 Star (No. 1660 Sepoy Prem Singh, 47/ Sikhs.) very fine
Pair: Sepoy Natha Singh, 1/55th Coke’s Rifles (Frontier Force) 1914 Star (No. 1869 Sepoy Natha Singh, 1/55 /Coke’s Rfls. F.F.); 1914-15 Star (No. 1869 Sepoy Natha Singh, 55/Rfls. F. F.), an unusual ‘double issue’, very fine (5)
£120-£160
Natha Singh was among those men of the 55th Rifles who served during the Great War on the Western Front although the Regiment did not. Jamadar Mir Dast also of the 55th Rifles, won the regiment’s first and only Victoria Cross for distinguished gallantry in 1915 attached to Wilde’s Rifles in Belgium.
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