Campaign Groups and Pairs 213
Pair: Captain C. N. M. Hamilton, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. C. N. M. Hamilton.) nearly extremely fine (2) £60-£80
Charles Norman MacLean Hamilton was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 March 1916. Twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 18 May 1917 and 23 December 1918), he was appointed Adjutant, and held the temporary rank of Captain.
x214 Pair: Driver W. T. Moakes, Royal Artillery
British War and Victory Medals (36178 Dvr. W. T. Moakes. R.A.) very fine Family Group: Pair: Gunner T. Walchester, Royal Artillery
British War and Victory Medals (174553 Gnr. T. Walchester. R.A.) minor edge nicks to BWM, good very fine Pair: Driver J. Walchester, Royal Artillery
British War and Victory Medals (186263 Dvr. J. Walchester. R.A.) minor edge bruise to BWM, very fine (6) £70-£90 215 Four: Sergeant W. J. Reeds, Royal Engineers, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War on 23 March 1918
British War and Victory Medals (518037 Sjt. W. J. Reeds. R.E.); Defence Medal; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V. R. (518037 Sjt. W. J. Reeds. R.E.), together with the three G.V.R. related miniature awards, these mounted as worn, heavy verdigris to VM, otherwise nearly very fine (4)
£100-£140
William James Reeds was born in 1890 at Portsmouth, Hampshire and was a shipwright by occupation. He enrolled as a Sapper in the 1st Hampshire Royal Engineers Volunteers at Portsmouth on 17 October 1905 and attested for the Hampshire (Fortress) Royal Engineers on 14 May 1908. Promoted Corporal in 1912, he was embodied in that rank on 5 August 1914 following the outbreak of the Great War, serving initially at Home. He was granted the substantive rank of Sergeant on 28 November 1914.
Reeds was embarked to join the British Expeditionary Force in France on 27 May 1917 and served on the Western Front with No. 517 (London) Field Company, Royal Engineers from August 1917. He was reported missing on 23 March 1918 and later confirmed as having been captured by the Germans on that date at Metz and was held prisoner of war. His last place of internment was Güstrow, Germany, from where he was released on 11 January 1919. He was disembodied on demobilisation on 15 May 1919, and was awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in February 1921.
216 Three: Lance-Corporal W. M. Eley, Grenadier Guards, later Military Foot Police
British War and Victory Medals (27132 Pte. W. M. Eley. G. Gds.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (1487 L.Cpl. M. Eley. M.F.P.) very fine (3)
£70-£90 217
Pair: Corporal E. Larter, Norfolk Regiment, who was killed in action at Ypres on the Western Front on 11 August 1917
British War and Victory Medals (43479 Cpl. E. Larter. Norf. R.) in named card box of issue; Memorial Plaque (Ernest Larter), extremely fine (3)
£120-£160
Ernest Larter was born in Bungay, Suffolk, and attested for the Norfolk Regiment at Norwich. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 11 August 1917, on which date the Battalion was involved in an attack on Inverness Copse, Ypres, in which they suffered 1 officer and 45 other ranks killed or died of wounds; and 7 officers and 87 other ranks wounded. Larter has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Sold together with named Record Office enclosure for the British War and Victory Medal; two photographs of the recipient; and copied research.
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Pair: Private J. Manders, Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 12 March 1915 British War and Victory Medals (3.7718 Pte. J. Manders. York. R.) very fine
Victory Medal 1914-19 (5) (45101 Pte. E. J. Carhart. D. of Corn. L.I.; 27161 Pte. W. Hodson. K.S.L.I.; 201343 Pte. H. K. Hudson. Durh. L.I.; 38716 Pte. W. Pollock. Durh. L.I.; M1-6647 Sjt. W. H. Stone. A.S.C.) generally nearly very fine and better (7)
£70-£90
John Manders, a native of Middlesbrough, attested for the Yorkshire Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 November 1914. He was killed in action on 12 March 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France.
W. Hodson attested for the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He died on 20 November 1917 and is buried in Ribecourt British Cemetery, France.
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