Campaign Groups and Pairs x165 Four: Bandmaster First Class S. Dennis, Royal Marine Band
1914-15 Star (R.M.B. 1475. Mus. S. Dennis.); British War and Victory Medals (R.M.B. 1475
L.Sgt. S. Dennis.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (R.M.B. 1475 S. Dennis. Bdmr.2. H.M.S. Ganges.) last officially re-impressed, contact marks, nearly very fine (4)
£100-£140
Sidney Dennis was born in Pentonville, London, on 26 June 1893 and joined the Royal Marines as a Band Boy on 18 September 1908. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Dreadnought from the outbreak of War to 2 February 1917, and was serving in her when Dreadnought became the first and only battleship ever to sink a submarine, when she rammed and cut in two the German submarine U-29 on 18 March 1915.
Advanced Band Corporal on 26 April 1916, Dennis was promoted Bandmaster Second Class on 23 May 1924 and Bandmaster First Class on 24 January 1927, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 26 September 1926. He was discharged on 25 June 1932, and died on 9 January 1971.
Sold with copied research. x166 Four: Musician H. Readings, Royal Marine Band, who served in H.M.S. Temeraire at the Battle of Jutland
1914-15 Star (R.M.B.802, Mus. H. Readings.); British War and Victory Medals (R.M.B. 802 Mus. H. Readings.); Italy, Kingdom, War Cross, silver, unnamed as issued, nearly very fine (4)
£80-£120
Hugh Readings was born in Winchester, Hampshire, on 16 June 1889 and joined the Royal Marines as a Band Boy on 10 February 1905. He served throughout the Great War in the Battleship H.M.S. Temeraire, and was present in her at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. He was demobilised on 19 July 1919.
Italian War Cross unconfirmed. Sold with copied research. 167 Three: Petty Officer Mechanic B. Scudder, Royal Naval Air Service, later Army Service Corps
1914-15 Star (F.1447, B. Scudder, P.O.M., R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (M2-192907 Pte. B. Scudder. A.S. C.) good very fine (3)
£70-£90 168
Three: Deck Hand S. S. Slape, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary 1914-15 Star (S. Slape, A.B., M.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (S. S. Slape. D.H. M.F.A.) pitting from star, good fine and better
Pair: Chief Petty Officer W. E. Kent, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (163354 W. E. Kent. C.P.O. R.N.) good very fine
1914-15 Star (SA.2212, J. H. Baker, 2.Hd., R.N.R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (K.55440 R. A. P. Frampton. Act. Sto.1 R. N.) the VM heavily polished and worn, therefore about fair, the Star better (7)
£50-£70 169 Pair: Captain R. M. Cardwell, Sussex Yeomanry, who was Mentioned in Despatches
1914-15 Star (Lieut. R. M. Cardwell. Suss. Yeo.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. R. M. Cardwell.); together with an erased British War Medal 1914-20, good very fine (3)
£80-£120
Ronald McKenzie Cardwell was born in Eastbourne, Sussex, in 1888 and was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Sussex Yeomanry, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front, being Mentioned in General Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatch of 30 April 1916 (London Gazette 15 June 1916).
Sold with copied research, including a photocopy of a postcard photograph believed to be the recipient. 170
Six: Wing Commander R. H. Stocken, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps and City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders), who served as a Test Pilot for de Havilland and Gloster, and was Deputy Master of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators
1914-15 Star (1932. Pte. R. Stocken. C. of Long. Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (2/Lieut. R. H. Stocken. R.F.C.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with a large Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators Deputy Master’s neck badge, gilt and enamel, in Fattorini case of issue, good very fine (7)
£400-£500
Reginald Herbert ‘Rex’ Stocken was born on 11 June 1893 and joined the City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) in 1912. He served with them during the Great War in Egypt from 7 May 1915, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps on 15 March 1916. Joining 56 Squadron as a Pilot in 1917, he served at home, combating the increasing number of Zeppelin and Gotha raids, and was involved in a notable incident on 22 August 1917 when, on a daylight sortie, his radiator burst soon after takeoff, although he was fortunately able to get down unscathed.
In the inter-War years Stocken served a a Test and Delivery Pilot at Croydon, and then as an Instructor at the Central Flying School, Upavon. During the 1930s he served as a Test Pilot for de Havilland and Gloster, in addition to organising the I. of M. International Air Races. He also served as Deputy Master of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators from 1938 to 1944. Recalled to the Royal Air Force for the duration of the Second World War, he finally retired with the rank of Wing Commander, and died in 1983.
Sold together with a number of invitations, dinner menus, Schneider Trophy Race passes, and other ephemera; and copied research. 171 Three: Gunner F. Warren, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (83747 Gnr: F. Warren. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (63747 Gnr. F. Warren. R.A.) very fine
Three: Sapper W. C. Abbott, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (138005 Spr. W. C. Abbott. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (138005 Spr. W. C. Abbott. R.E.) very fine
Three: Sapper W. D. Robinson, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (325574 Spr. W. D. Robinson. R.E.) in named card box of issue; Defence Medal, nearly extremely fine
1914-15 Star (Spr. S. G. Woodcock. Can: Eng:) nearly very fine (10)
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