Campaign Groups and Pairs x172 Family Group:
Three: Driver G. Head, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (82446. Dvr. G. Head, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (82446. Dvr. G. Head. R.A.) minor edge bruise to BWM, very fine
Three: Driver G. E. Head, Royal Field Artillery
1914-15 Star (50881 Dvr: G. E. Head, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (50881. Dvr. G. E. Head. R.A.) very fine Three: Sapper H. G. Head, Royal Engineers
1914-15 Star (29528 Spr: H. G. Head. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (29528 Spr. H. G. Head. R.E.) very fine
Three: Driver C. Head, Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (T4-041457, Dvr. C. Head, A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (T4-041457 Dvr. C. Head. A.S.C.) very fine
Pair: Private W. S. Head, Army Service Corps
British War and Victory Medals (S-314114 Pte. W. S. Head. A.S.C.) pawn broker’s mark to obverse of BWM, very fine Victory Medal 1914-19 (51351 Dvr. R. Head. R.E.) edge bruising, nearly very fine (15)
£140-£180
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Eight: Captain B. R. Vertannes, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, late Honourable Artillery Company, who subsequently served with the 18th Rangoon Battalion, Indian Defence Force
1914-15 Star (3639 Pte. B R. Vertannes. H.A.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. B. R. Vertannes. R.A.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. B. R. Vertannes. R.F.C.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Pte. B. R. Vertannes, 18-Rangoon Bn. I.D.F.) light pitting to BWM, generally very fine and better (8)
£400-£500
Benjamin Raphael Vertannes attested for the Honourable Artillery Company and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 January 1915, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps on 5 April 1917, serving with 42 Squadron. A Member of the 18th Rangoon Battalion, Indian Defence Force in the inter-War years, he saw further service during the Second World War, being granted an emergency commission in the Army in Burma Reserve of Officers on 10 April 1942.
Sold with typed extracts from the Squadron Record Book giving details of the recipient’s flying operations during the period 5 December 1917 to 9 March 1918.
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Three: Captain H. S. Alexander, Royal Engineers
1914-15 Star (Lieut. H. S. Alexander. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. S. Alexander.) edge bruising, nearly very fine (3)
£50-£70
Herbert S. Alexander was commissioned into the Royal Engineers and served with the R.E. Transport during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 August 1915.
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Three: Second Lieutenant P. Coates, Royal Engineers, who was killed in action in Tunnel Warfare on 15 April 1916
1914-15 Star (
2.Lieut. P. Coates. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (
2.Lieut. P. Coates.) BWM lacking retaining rod, otherwise very fine (3)
£240-£280
Percy Coates was born on 11 January 1885 and was employed pre-War on the staff of the Resident Engineer of both the Sheffield and Leeds sewage-disposal works. Following the outbreak of the Great War he attested for the Honourable Artillery Company and served with them at home before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 29 October 1915. He served with 180 Company during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 November 1915, and was killed in action on 15 April 1916 whilst on tunnelling duty - the Company War Diary states: ‘The Germans sprung a mine at the Hairpin, and about 40 foot of one Gallery which was being packed out was caved in and there were considerable falls of chalk in another Gallery. In this latter Gallery Lieutenant P. Coates R.E. of the Company and an N.C.O. were killed.’ Coates is buried at Vermelles British Cemetery, France.
Sold with copied research.
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Three: Pioneer W. K. Hobbs, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (86752 Pnr: W. K. Hobbs. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (86752 Pnr. W. K. Hobbs. R.E.) nearly very fine
Family Group:
Three: Acting Corporal E. F. Poole, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (43194 L.Cpl. E. F. Poole. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (43194 A-Cpl. E. F. Poole. R.E.) nearly very fine
Pair: Sapper A. E. Poole, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (134567 Spr. A. E. Poole. R.E.) nearly very fine (8) £80-£120
William K. Hobbs attested for the Royal Engineers and served with them in the Egyptian theatre of War from 27 July 1915. He was discharged on 11 June 1919.
E. F. Poole attested for the Royal Engineers and served with them in the Egyptian theatre of War from 15 June 1915. He was discharged on 23 June 1919.
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