Campaign Groups and Pairs 285 Pair: Stoker First Class F. Cooper, Royal Navy
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (286005 Sto: F. Cooper, H.M.S. Terrible.); China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (F. Cooper, Sto., H.M.S. Terrible.) contact marks, nearly very fine (2)
£400-£500
Frank Cooper was born in Rochdale, Lancashire, on 7 May 1876 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 18 September 1897. He entered H.M.S. Terrible on 11 November 1898, and served in her until 28 October 1902, being promoted Stoker on 1 April 1899. He went on to witness active service with H.M.S. Terrible in the Boer War and Boxer Rebellion, being landed in Natal and in China for the Relief of Pekin operations. He was advanced Stoker First Class on 1 July 1906, and was shore invalided on 5 August 1909.
x286 Pair: Private J. Barton, 16th Lancers
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Wittebergen (3653 Pte. J. Barton, 16th Lancers); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3653 Pte. J. Barton, 16th Lancers.) mounted for display, very fine (2)
£180-£220 x287
Pair: Driver W. J. Mason, “M” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Mafeking, Orange Free State, Transvaal (32045 Dvr: W. J. Mason, M Bty: R.H.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (32045 Dvr: W. J. Mason. R.H.A.) nearly very fine and very scarce (2)
£400-£500
William James Mason was born at Leamington, Warwickshire, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Birmingham on 7 December 1898, aged 18 years 10 months, a groom by trade. He was posted to the Depot Battery R.H.A. on 24 January 1899, and to “M” Battery R.H.A. on 24 January 1899. He served with “M” Battery in South Africa from 17 February 1900, and was with the two sections of the battery that served with the Flying Column in the relief of Mafeking. He transferred to “O” Battery R.H.A. on 6 November 1900, and was invalided to England on 2 October 1902. He was finally discharged from “A” Battery (The Chestnut Troop) at Woolwich on 26 September 1906, ‘having been found medically unfit for further service’; ‘conduct very good, has been an officer’s groom for some time.’ Sold with copied discharge papers and medal roll confirmation.
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Pair: Gunner H. Birks, “Q” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (56221 Gnr: H. Birks, Q, B, R.H.A.); Army L.S. & G.C.,
E.VII.R. (56221 Gnr: H. Birks. R.F.A.) light contact marks, very fine (2)
£300-£360
Henry Birks was born at Newport, Shropshire, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Walsall on 13 August 1886, aged 19 years 1 month, a fitter by trade. He served in South Africa from 24 October 1899 to 28 October 1899, and is shown on the roll of “Q” Battery R.H.A. for his medal and first five clasps, and on the roll of “M”Battery R.H.A. for the South Africa 1901 clasp. He was granted the L.S. & G.C. medal on 20 November 1905, and was discharged at Sheffield on 28 July 1906. Sold with copied discharge papers and medal roll extracts confirming both medals and clasps.
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