Campaign Groups and Pairs 219 Three: Lance-Corporal C. Hall, Gloucestershire Regiment, later Military Foot Police
British War and Victory Medals (31581 Pte. C. Hall. Glouc. R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (P-12510 L.Cpl. C. Hall. M.F.P.) very fine (3)
£60-£80 220
Pair: Private J. McAdam, 11th (Lonsdale) Battalion, Border Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date the Battalion suffered almost 500 casualties
British War and Victory Medals (13917 Pte. J. McAdam. Bord. R.); Memorial Plaque (James McAdam) nearly extremely fine (3)
£600-£800
James McAdam was born in Bridgefoot, Cumberland, and attested for the Border Regiment at Workington, Cumberland. He served with the 11th (Lonsdale) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 November 1915 (also entitled to a 1914-15 Star), and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. On this date the Battalion was involved in the attack on the Leipzig Salient. They advanced from assemble positions in Authuille Wood at 8:00 a.m. and came under very heavy machine gun fire from the Nord Werk on the right flank. The Commanding Officer and almost all the officers were killed, and the Battalion suffered total casualties that day of almost 500.
McAdam was amongst those killed; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. 221 Pair: Private F. Collier, Hampshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (201928 Pte. F. Collier. Hamps. R.) nearly very fine
Pair: Private W. C. Smith, Royal Berkshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (33431 Pte W. C. Smith. R. Berks. R.) good very fine
Pair: Private A. F. Gieson, King’s Royal Rifle Corps British War and Victory Medals (R-31918 Pte. A. F. Gieson. K.R. Rif. C.) good very fine (6)
222 Three: Company Quarter-Master Sergeant F. S. Butler, Northamptonshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (8731 Sjt. F. S. Butler. North’n. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (5876278 C.Q.M. Sjt. F.Butler. North’n R.) very fine (3)
£50-£70 Sold with copied Medal Index Card which confirms pair. 223 Family Group:
Pair: Second Lieutenant J. P. Hodges, Seaforth Highlanders, late King’s Own Scottish Borderers British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. P. Hodges.) minor edge bruise to BWM, very fine Pair: Corporal F. S. Hodges, Royal Air Force
British War and Victory Medals (56964. Cpl. F. S. Hodges. R.A.F.) nearly very fine (4) £60-£80
John Percy Hodges attested for the King’s Own Scottish Borderers and served with them as a Sergeant during the Great War post-1916. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Seaforth Highlanders on 15 April 1918.
224 Pair: Private P. E. Palmer, Machine Gun Corps, who was wounded in April 1918
British War and Victory Medals (28550 Pte. P. E. Palmer. M.G.C.) the BWM officially re-impressed without any punctuation; together with Charing Cross Hospital bronze cross, the reverse engraved (P. Palmer) possibly his wife, good very fine 80
£40-50
Percy Edward Palmer, from Finsbury Park, London, served with 25 Company, Machine Gun Corps and was wounded on 10 April 1918 by a gunshot to his right arm. Entitled to Silver War Badge No. 452706.
225
Pair: Lieutenant F. G. Blandford, Royal Army Ordnance Corps British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F. G. Blandford.) extremely fine
Memorial Plaque (Frederick John Garside Neville) nearly extremely fine (3) £60-£80
Francis George Blandford was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps on 8 August 1917, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 July 1918.
Frederick John Garside Neville was born in Shoreditch and attested for the London Regiment in London. He served with the 4th (Royal Fusiliers) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 January 1915, and died of wounds on 30 April 1915. He is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.
226 Family group:
Pair: Private S. Lazarus, Royal Flying Corps British War and Victory Medals (17427 Pte. S. Lazarus. R.F.C.) with Post Card group photo taken at Rath Camp, Ireland, and another of the recipient
Three: Mrs Betty Rosenbloom (née Cohen), Women’s Royal Air Force, later Women’s Voluntary Service
Defence and War Medals, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Miss B. Cohen’; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp Malaya, E.II.R. (B. Rosenbloom.) with small photograph in W.R.A.F. uniform, nearly extremely fine (5)
£100-£140
Sim Lazarus was the uncle of Betty Cohen, later Mrs Betty Rosenbloom who, according to accompanying family letter, subsequently changed her name to ‘Ross’.
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