Campaign Groups and Pairs x392 Four: Staff Sergeant C. S. Gissing, Canadian Army Service Corps
1914-15 Star (30453 Pte. C. S. Gissing, Can: A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (30453 S. Sjt. C. S. Gissing. C.A.S. C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (30453 Cpl.-A. Sjt.- G. [sic] S. Gissing. Can: A.S.C.) good very fine (4)
£180-£220 M.S.M. London Gazette 22 February 1919.
Charles Sidney Gissing was born in Norton, Suffolk on 21 January 1889. A Book Keeper by occupation and a former member of the 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment (Militia), he attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Valcartier on 23 September 1914, and served with the Canadian Army Service Corps during the Great War on the Western Front, being awarded the M.S.M. in recognition of his valuable service rendered in connection with the war. He was discharged as ‘medically unfit’ at Calgary on 13 May 1920.
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Three: Private J. Murdiff, 2nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 20 July 1916
1914-15 Star (984 Pte. J. Murdiff. 2/Bn. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (984 Pte. J. Murdiff. 2 Bn. A.I.F.) traces of verdigris to reverse of star, otherwise good very fine (3)
£80-£120
John Murdiff was born in Kingstown, Ireland, and having emigrated to Australia attested for the Australian Imperial Force at Sydney. He served with the 2nd Battalion, and latterly with the 1st Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery, during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 20 July 1916. He is buried in Pozieres British Cemetery, France.
x394 Five: Private R. A. L. Clark-Walker, South African Forces
1914-15 Star (Pte. R. A. L. Clark-Walker 8th Infantry); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. R. A. L. Clark- Walker. 8th. Inftry.); War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, the last two both officially named ‘212067 R. A. L. Clark-Walker); together with the recipient’s Transvaal Scottish cap badge, nearly very fine (6)
£70-£90
Rupert Albert Lewis Clark-Walker was born in England on 4 January 1887 and having emigrated to South Africa attested for the Transvaal Scottish Regiment on 14 October 1914. He embarked for the Western Front on 27 May 1915, and saw further services with the Union Defence Force during the Second World War.
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Pair: Stoker First Class J. Darling, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Queen Mary was sunk during the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916
British War and Victory Medals (K.27653 J. Darling. Sto.1 R.N.) good very fine (2) £80-£120
John Darling was born in Durham on 4 June 1888 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 4 August 1915. Promoted Stoker First Class on 9 October 1915, he joined H.M.S. Queen Mary on 27 April 1916, and he was killed in action at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. During the battle H.M.S. Queen Mary, under the command of Captain C. I. Prowse, engaged the Derfflinger, putting one of her turrets out of action, and then scored four hits on SMS Seydlitz. The German battlecruiser hit back striking ´Q´ turret before sending more 12 inch shells to hit near ´A´ and ´B´ turrets before scoring another hit on ´Q´ turret. Queen Mary´s forward magazine exploded, the ship listed to port and began to sink amid more explosions. 1,266 of the crew went down with her, with only 18 men surviving. Darling is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
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Pair: Ordinary Seaman W. Neal, Royal Navy, who served with H.M.S. Liverpool in the Black Sea area of operations during the Russian Intervention
British War and Victory Medals (J.81670 W. Neal. Ord. R.N.) with named card box of issue, and parchment certificate of service, the latter in an OHMS addressed to recipient at ‘22 Willoughby St., New Lenton, Nottingham’, good very fine (2)
£40-£50
William Neal was born in Chester, Cheshire in December 1899. He joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman in December 1917. Service during the Great War included with H.M. Ships Europa (cruiser - and flagship at Mudros), April - June 1918, and Liverpool (cruiser), June 1918 - April 1919. He served with the latter in the Black Sea, during the Russian Intervention.
397 Pair: Winchman Second Class J. Pilkington, Mine Clearance Service, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (M.30957 J. Pilkington. Wmn.2 R.N.); together with the recipient’s Mine Clearance Service metal cuff badge, very fine, the badge scarce (3)
£80-£120
John Pilkington was born in Wigan, Lancashire, on 8 April 1900 and joined the Royal Navy for the duration of hostilities on 1 May 1918. He served in the minesweepers H.M.S. Bacchus and H.M.S. Satona, and was shore demobilised on 10 February 1919.
x398 Seven: Lieutenant E. A. Barclay-Smith, Royal Engineers
British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. E. A. Barclay-Smith); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939 -45; Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, very fine (7)
£80-£120 Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 4 September 1919.
Edward Alan Barclay-Smith was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers from the Royal Military Academy on 19 February 1916, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 October 1916.
399 Five: Private M. I. Easton, Scots Guards and City of London Police
British War and Victory Medals (14022 Pte. M. I. Easton. S. Gds.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1911, City of London Police (P.C. M. I. Easton.); Jubilee 1935 (M. I. Easton P.C. 95.) contemporarily engraved naming, generally very fine and better (5)
£100-£140
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