Campaign Groups and Pairs x180 Three: Private E. G. Adams, Liverpool Regiment, who died of disease on the Western Front on 14 May 1915
1914-15 Star (11844 Pte. E. G. Adams. L’pool R.); British War and Victory Medals (11844 Pte. E. G. Adams. L’pool R.) very fine (3)
£60-£80
Ernest George Adams attested for the Liverpool Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 February 1915. He died of fever on 14 May 1915, and is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.
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Three: Private J. G. Davis, Leicestershire Regiment 1914-15 Star (16135 Pte. J. G. Davis. Leic: R.); British War and Victory Medals (16135 Pte. J. G. Davis. Leic. R.) mounted as worn, good very fine
Three: Warrant Officer Class I W. L. Crook, Army Ordnance Corps 1914-15 Star (03323 Pte. W. L. Crook, A.O.C.); British War and Victory Medals (03323 W.O. Cl. 1. W. L. Crook. A.O. C.) good very fine (6)
£80-£120 x182
Three: Second Lieutenant A. Sherriff, Royal Scots Fusiliers, late Gordon Highlanders, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 22 March 1918
1914-15 Star (S-2671 Pte. A. Sherriff. Gord. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (
2.Lieut. A. Sherriff.); Memorial Plaque (Alexander Sherriff) the plaque with two drill holes at top, otherwise very fine (4)
£160-£200
Alexander Sherriff, a native of Hawick, Roxburghshire, attested for the Gordon Highlanders and served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 July 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Scots Fusiliers on 29 March 1917, and was killed in action on the Western Front on 22 March 1918, during the 6th/7th Battalion’s retirement from at Vraucourt on the St. Leger- Bullecourt Front. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
Sold with copied research. x183
Three: Private J. Mitchell, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25 September 1915
1914-15 Star (8013 Pte. J. Mitchell. K.O. Sco: Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (8013 Pte. J. Mitchell. K.O. Sco. Bord.); Memorial Plaque (John Mitchell) nearly extremely fine (4)
£160-£200
John Mitchell was born in Govan, Lanarkshire, and attested for the King’s Own Scottish Borderers at Glasgow. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 July 1915, and was killed in action on 25 September 1915, on the first day of the Battle of Loos. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.
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Three: Private C. Hood, King’s Own Scottish Borderers 1914-15 Star (11013 Pte. C. Hood, K.O. Sco. Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (11013 Pte. C. Hood. K.O.S.B.) mounted as worn, polished, better than good fine
Pair: Mate C. Brock, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary British War and Victory Medals (Mte. C. Brock. M.F.A.) very fine
New Zealand War Service Medal, unnamed as issued, good very fine (6) 185 Family Group:
Pair: Corporal H. Lee, Scottish Rifles, later Cameron Highlanders and Labour Corps Scottish Command 1914-15 Star (8734 Cpl. H. Lee. Sco: Rif:); Victory Medal 1914-19 (24229 Pte. H. Lee. Cam’n Highrs.) very fine
Three: Attributed to Gunner J. Lee, No. 1 Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery, who died on 30 October 1942 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, slightly later issues, extremely fine (5)
£80-£120
Henry Lee attested for the Scottish Rifles and served with the 1st/8th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 14 June 1915. Discharged, he subsequently re-enlisted in the Cameron Highlanders on 21 July 1916 and served with them on the Western Front, before transferring to the Labour Corps Scottish Command.
John Lee, the son of the above, served with 1 Battery, No. 1 Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery during the Second World War, and died on 30 October 1942. He is buried in La Palma (Mazo) Cemetery, Spain, the only Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial in this cemetery.
Sold together with a Boys Brigade cap, with number 139; a quantity of Boys Brigade insignia; a King’s Badge attributed to 2389754 Private T. W. Adams, Royal Corps of Signals; and other ephemera.
Gunner J. Lee
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