Campaign Groups and Pairs 250


Three: Sergeant L. E. Smith, Military Mounted Police, who died of wounds on the Western Front, 22 March 1918 1914-15 Star (P.629, Sjt. L. E. Smith, M.M.P.); British War and Victory Medals (P-629 Sjt. L. E. Smith. M.M.P.) good very fine


British War Medal 1914-20 (P-2432 L. Cpl. A. Everrett. M.F.P.) very fine, scarce casualties (4) £100-£140


Lawrence Edward Smith was born in Camberwell, London. He served during the Great War with the Military Mounted Police in the French theatre of war from 2 October 1915. Sergeant Smith died of wounds on the Western Front, 22 March 1918, and is buried in Noyon New British Cemetery, Oise, France.


Alfred Stephen Everett was the adopted son of Mrs M. Cummins, 29 Trinity Road, Southampton. He served during the Great War with the Military Foot Police in the French theatre of war from 15 December 1915. Lance Corporal Everett died of wounds on the Western Front, 9 May 1918, and is buried in the Aire Communal Cemetery, France.


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Three: Lance Corporal A. Dyer, Military Foot Police 1914-15 Star (P-1159. L. Cpl. A. Dyer. M.F.P.); British War and Victory Medals (P-1159 L. Cpl. A. Dyer. M.F.P.) very fine


Three: Sergeant R. McKeown, Military Mounted Police 1914-15 Star (P.178. L-Cpl. R. McKeown, M.M.P.) traces of verdigris; British War and Victory Medals (P-178 A. Sjt. R. McKeown. M.M.P.) very fine


Three: Corporal D. Ferguson, Military Mounted Police 1914-15 Star (P-886 L. Cpl D. Ferguson. M.F.P.); British War and Victory Medals (P-886 A. Cpl. D. Ferguson. M.M.P.) with Old Contemptibles Association lapel badge ‘3679A’, generally very fine or better (9)


£90-£110 252


Pair: Sergeant S. Webster, Military Foot Police 1914-15 Star (P.1828. L-Cpl. S. Webster. M.F.P.); British War Medal 1914-20 (P.1828 Sjt. T. [sic] Webster. M.F.P.) very fine


1914-15 Star (2) (P.1047, L-Cpl. R. W. Hall, M.M.P.; P.482 L-Cpl. W. C. Holmes M.M.P.); together with Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (1142 T. Cpl. R. H. Nelms. M.F.P.; P-866 Sjt. F. J. Vandy. M.M.P.; 1061 A. Cpl. C. P. Mayes. M.F.P.; 567 A. W.O. Cl. 2. H. Brooks. M.M.P.) generally very fine (8)


£50-£60 S. Webster served during the Great War with the Military Foot Police in the French theatre of war from October 1915. 253


Three: Lieutenant C. N. Silvester, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, Royal Field Artillery and Royal Engineers


1914-15 Star (1266 Spr. C. N. Silvester. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. N. Silvester. R.A.F.) good very fine (3 )


£200-£300


Colin Norman Silvester was born on 25 September 1895, and was a pupil engineer with London & South West Railway at Eastleigh, Hampshire, from 1912 to 9 August 1914, when he enlisted into the Hampshire Royal Engineers. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery (Special Reserve) on 16 October 1915. He was attached to the Royal Flying Corps and served as an Observer with 34 Squadron, flying RE8s. He later transferred to the Royal Air Force and was afterwards appointed to a commission in the Indian Auxiliary Force as a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, North Western Railway Regiment.


Sold with various original documents and photographs including: i. Army Commission as Second Lieutenant, Special Reserve of Officers, 16 October 1915. ii. Royal Air Force Temporary Commission as Lieutenant from 1 April 1918, dated 1 November 1918. iii. Indian Auxiliary Force Commission as Lieutenant, 1st Bn. The North Western Railway Regiment from 1 October 1922. iv. Graduation Certificate for completing a course ‘on the Military Wing’ at Central Flying School, Upavon, Wilts, and is qualified for service in the Royal Air Force, dated 19 May 1918. v. Portrait photograph of Silvester in R.F.C. uniform.


vi. Photograph of Silvester as Observer in a RE8 with Lieut. F. W. Mathias, 34 Squadron, Flanders 1916. vii. Photograph captioned ‘Self swinging a prop RE/8 Flanders 1916’, together with several aerial photographs and a group photograph of R.F.C. officers. viii. Contemporary magazine cuttings featuring British aces and V.C. winners McCudden, Ball, and Bishop, together with Baron Richthoven and Max Immelmann, these mostly with ink captions, possibly by Silvester; together with other cuttings and ephemera.


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