Campaign Groups and Pairs x305 Three: Private W. Whitrow, Royal Army Medical Corps


1914 Star, with copy clasp (4007 Pte. W. Whitrow. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (4007 Pte. W. Whitrow. R.A.M.C.) the last two with officially re-impressed naming, nearly very fine (3)


£80-£120


Walter H. Whitrow served in France from 15 August 1914, and, according to his Medal Index Card he was attached to No. 1 Ambulance Train R.A.M.C.


x306 Three: Gunner J. A. McDonald, Royal Marine Artillery


1914 Star (R.M.A. 6086. Gunner. A. [sic] A. Mc.Donald, R.M. Brigade.); British War and Victory Medals (R.M.A. 6086 Gr. J. A. Mc Donald.) mounted as worn, very fine (3)


£120-£160


John Allan McDonald was born in Edinburgh on 7 December 1876 and joined the Royal Marine Artillery on 9 June 1896. He transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve on 29 October 1904, but was recalled for War service on 2 August 1914. He served with the Royal Marine Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front, at Ostend from 27 to 31 August 1914, and at Dunkirk from 7 to 12 October 1914. He was demobilised on 10 April 1919.


Sold with copied record of service.


x307


Three: Private J. W. Partlow, Coldstream Guards


1914 Star (9114 Pte. J. W. Partlow. C. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (9114 Pte. J. W. Partlow. C. Gds.) nearly extremely fine (3)


£100-£140 Joseph W. Partlow served in France with the British Expeditionary Force from 12 August 1914. Sold with copied Medal Index Card. 308


Four: Corporal H. A. Smith, Royal Sussex Regiment and British Red Cross; discharged on account of his wounds in 1916, he subsequently served throughout 1918 as an instructor in Fancy Bag making, teaching interned Allied soldiers in Switzerland a civilian trade


1914 Star (9681 Pte. H. A. Smith. 2/R. Suss: R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-9661 Cpl. H. A. Smith. R. Suss. R.); together with a duplicate issue British War Medal 1914-20 (H. A. Smith.) very fine and better (4)


£160-£200


Herbert Archibald Smith was born in Chichester, Sussex, on 25 July 1891 and attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment on 14 March 1911. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 August 1914, and was discharged on account of wounds on 13 September 1916, being awarded a Silver War Badge. He subsequently enrolled in the British Red Cross on 20 May 1918, and served with them during the latter stages of the Great War in Switzerland, as an instructor in fancy bag making, being erroneously awarded a duplicate British War Medal. He was discharged on 23 November 1918, and his profession on the 1939 Register is recorded as ‘fancy leather worker’.


Note: Classes in Fancy Bag making were established by the British Red Cross in Switzerland for interned Allied soldiers, and were just one of the training schemes offered - classes were also given in French polishing, piano-parts manufacturing, watch repairing, tailoring and leather work &c.. Originally established at Seeburg in February 1918, they moved later that year to Vevey, where the electrical and mechanical classes were held.


Sold with the recipient’s riband bar which indicates entitlement to the clasp to the 1914 Star; and copied research.


x309


Three: Private W. Irving, Seaforth Highlanders


1914 Star (856 Pte. W. Irving. 1/Sea: Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (856 Pte. W. Irving. Sea. Highrs.) the last with officially re-impressed naming, polished, nearly very fine (3)


£80-£120


William Irving served in France with the 1st Seaforth Highlanders from 12 October 1914. According to his Medal Index Card he transferred to the Royal Engineers on 7 April 1917.


x310 Three: Driver W. Linley, Army Service Corps, who died in January 1918


1914 Star (T1-125 Dvr: W. Linley. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (T1-125 Dvr. W. Linley. A.S.C.) extremely fine (3)


£60-£80


William Linley enlisted into the Army Service Corps on 21 August 1914, and served in France with the 2nd Advanced Horse Transport Depot from 16 November 1914. He was discharged on 7 November 1917, and died on 5 January 1918. He is entitled to the Silver War Badge (No. 267361.


311 Three: Assistant Matron Miss Florence Winterborne, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve


1914 Star (Miss F. Winterborne. Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Asst. Matron F. Winterborne.) mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s Gravesend Hospital for Nursing Award of Merit bronze medal, the reverse engraved ‘Florence Winterbourne [sic].’, with integral suspension bar, in Elkington, London, fitted case, good very fine (4)


£240-£280 M.I.D. London Gazette 15 June 1916.


Miss Florence Winterborne was born in Belper, Derbyshire, on 6 December 1880 and trained at Gravesend Hospital from 1903-06. She enrolled in Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve in 1912 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 August 1914. For her services during the Great War she was Mentioned in Despatches.


www.dnw.co.uk all lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to buyers’ premium at 24% (+VAT where applicable)


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75  |  Page 76  |  Page 77  |  Page 78  |  Page 79  |  Page 80  |  Page 81  |  Page 82  |  Page 83  |  Page 84  |  Page 85  |  Page 86  |  Page 87  |  Page 88  |  Page 89  |  Page 90  |  Page 91  |  Page 92  |  Page 93  |  Page 94  |  Page 95  |  Page 96  |  Page 97  |  Page 98  |  Page 99  |  Page 100  |  Page 101  |  Page 102  |  Page 103  |  Page 104  |  Page 105  |  Page 106  |  Page 107  |  Page 108  |  Page 109  |  Page 110  |  Page 111  |  Page 112  |  Page 113  |  Page 114  |  Page 115  |  Page 116  |  Page 117  |  Page 118  |  Page 119  |  Page 120  |  Page 121  |  Page 122  |  Page 123  |  Page 124  |  Page 125  |  Page 126  |  Page 127  |  Page 128  |  Page 129  |  Page 130  |  Page 131  |  Page 132  |  Page 133  |  Page 134  |  Page 135  |  Page 136  |  Page 137  |  Page 138  |  Page 139  |  Page 140  |  Page 141  |  Page 142  |  Page 143  |  Page 144  |  Page 145  |  Page 146  |  Page 147  |  Page 148  |  Page 149  |  Page 150  |  Page 151  |  Page 152  |  Page 153  |  Page 154  |  Page 155  |  Page 156  |  Page 157  |  Page 158  |  Page 159  |  Page 160  |  Page 161  |  Page 162  |  Page 163  |  Page 164  |  Page 165  |  Page 166  |  Page 167  |  Page 168  |  Page 169  |  Page 170  |  Page 171  |  Page 172  |  Page 173  |  Page 174  |  Page 175  |  Page 176  |  Page 177  |  Page 178  |  Page 179  |  Page 180  |  Page 181  |  Page 182  |  Page 183  |  Page 184  |  Page 185  |  Page 186  |  Page 187  |  Page 188  |  Page 189  |  Page 190  |  Page 191  |  Page 192  |  Page 193  |  Page 194  |  Page 195  |  Page 196  |  Page 197  |  Page 198  |  Page 199  |  Page 200  |  Page 201  |  Page 202  |  Page 203  |  Page 204  |  Page 205  |  Page 206  |  Page 207  |  Page 208