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Coronation and Jubilee Medals 511 Three: Police Constable William Clarke, Metropolitan Police


Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police (PC, W. Clarke. D. Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police (P.C. W. Clark. D. Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. W. Clark) mounted as worn, pin lacking, good very fine (3)


£80-£120


William Clarke joined the Metropolitan Police force on 22 October 1883 and retired on 3 July 1911, after serving a total of nearly 28 years. He served in ‘A’ (Whitehall) Division, ‘C’ (St James’s) Division, and ‘D’ (Marylebone) Division.


512 Pair: Police Constable John Rockingham, ‘A’ Division, Metropolitan Police


Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police (PC, J. Rockingham. A. Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police (P. C. J. Rockingham. A. Div.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine or better (2)


£60-£80


John Rockingham was born at Stoney Stratford, Buckinghamshire, on 6 June 1855. A hammer-man by trade when he joined the Metropolitan Police on 17 June 1880, he served initially with ‘A’ Division and resigned from the force with pension on 12 June 1905. Sold with Metropolitan Police record of service.


513 Pair: Police Constable J. Richards, ‘W’ or Clapham Division, Metropolitan Police


Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police (PC, J. Richards. W. Div:); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police (P.C. J. Richards. W. Div.) each mounted on a ribbon brooch, retaining clasp lacking on first brooch, obverses polished, fine or better (2)


£60-£80 514 Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C, J. Norman. A. Divn.) very fine £60-£80


John Robert Norman was born in the Parish of St. Peter’s, Norwich, Norfolk, on 6 June 1862, and joined the Metropolitan Police at Great Scotland Yard on 19 October 1885. Assigned to ‘A’ or 1st Division, he was promoted to Police Sergeant in August 1888 and transferred to the Commissioners Office; promoted to Inspector and transferred to ‘J’ or Bethnal Green Division, March 1899; to ‘C’ or St James’s Division, March 1901; to ‘H’ or Whitechapel Division, November 1901; to ‘M’ or Southwark Division, September 1907. Inspector J. R. Norman resigned to Pension from ‘M’ Division on 24 October 1910. Sold with copied Metropolitan Police record of service.


515


Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police (PC, C. Crosswell. T. Divn.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (Insp. G. Davis) the first nearly very fine, second better (2)


£80-£100


George Davis joined the Metropolitan Police as a constable on 21 June 1893, with ‘H’ (Whitechapel) Division, and retired from the force after serving 35 years on 29 July 1928. Prior to his enlistment he had served as an asylum attendant at the top security Priory clinic in Roehampton. Sold with copied Metropolitan Police record of service.


516


Three: Police Constable J. Martin, City of London Police, who was present at the Exchange Buildings, Houndsditch, on the night of 16-17 December 1910, when three City of London Policemen were murdered, resulting in the famous Siege of Sidney Street


Jubilee 1897, City of London Police, bronze (P.C. 961 J. Martin.); Coronation 1902, City of London Police, bronze (P.C. J. Martin.); Coronation 1911, City of London Police (P.C., J. Martin.) good very fine


£300-£400


James Martin was born in Preston, near Faversham, Kent, in 1886 and attested for the City of London Police on 31 October 1890, having previously served as a Fireman with the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. Numerous times Commended for his service, he was advanced Detective Constable, and was present at the Exchange Buildings, Houndsditch on the night of 16-17 December 1910, when three policemen were murdered- the crime shocked Londoners, and the following month the perpetrators were identified as hiding out in Sidney Street- the subsequent Siege of Sidney Street, in which the Home Secretary Winston Churchill himself was present, was one of the major police incidents of the early 20th Century. Martin was discharged, ‘unfit for further service’, on 27 November 1913, and died at Faversham, Kent, on 21 January 1925.


Sold with copied research including a copy of the book ‘The Houndsditch Murders ands the Siege of Sidney Street by Donald Rumbelow, in which the recipient is mentioned numerous times.


517 Four: Regimental Quarter-Master Sergeant F. W. Drew, Royal Garrison Artillery


Coronation 1911 (Regl. Qr. Mr. Sergt. F. W. Drew R.G.A.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R. (793 C. Sgt.-Maj: F. W. Drew. 1st Hamps: R.G.A.V.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (57 C.Q.M. Sjt. F. W. Drew. R.G.A.); British Red Cross Society Medal for War Service 1914-1918 (F. W. Drew. Hants 3rd Men’s V.A.D.) mounted court-style, nearly extremely fine (4)


£100-£140 Sold with confirmation of first three medals. 518 Pair: Corporal B. Gilson, 5th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment


Coronation 1911 (177 Corpl. B. Gilson 5th Hants Regt.); Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., Circular issue, 2nd ‘Coronation robes’ issue (Benjamin Gilson) in its case of issue, the first very fine, the second extremely fine (2) £40-£50


I.S.M. London Gazette 18 September 1934: ‘Gilson, Benjamin, Litho Machine Minder, Ordnance Survey, Southampton.’ Sold with copied medal roll extract for Coronation 1911 but in in rank of Private.


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