Single Campaign Medals 534 1914 Star, with clasp (2627 Pte. A. Atkinson. R.A.M.C.) very fine £100-£140
Arthur Atkinson attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps and served at No. 4 General Hospital during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 August 1914.
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1914 Star (SX.2/7. F. A. Bennett, A.B. R.N.V.R. Howe Bttn. R.N.D.) good very fine
£100-£140
James Harold Bennett was born on 26 July 1882 and enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1 June 1910. He served with the Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division, during the Great War at Antwerp from 4 to 11 October 1914, and was advanced Petty Officer on 1 March 1915. He saw further service with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, was promoted Chief Petty Officer at Gallipoli on 25 July 1915, and was commissioned Sub Lieutenant on 15 November 1915. Proceeding to the Western Front he was wounded by gun shot to the legs on 13 November 1916, and was invalided out of the service on 20 November 1916. For his services during the Great War with the British Armies in France he was Mentioned in Despatches by General Haig (London Gazette 4 January 1917).
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1914 Star (66612 Gnr: T. Brown. R.F.A.); together with a Silver War Badge, reverse officially numbered ‘B328306’, very fine (2)
£70-£90
Thomas Brown attested for the Royal Field Artillery and served with the 1st Divisional Artillery Column during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 August 1914. He died in India on 23 September 1917, whilst serving with the 89th Battery, R.F.A., and is buried in Kasauli Cemetery, India.
Silver War Badge B328306 was awarded to Private Alexander Jones, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who enlisted on 25 May 1917, and was discharged on 28 October 1919.
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1914-15 Star (2) (2723 Pte. L. J. Allen. Som. L.I.; 19417 Pte. D. Jenkins. Welsh R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (6241 W.O. Cl.2 T. Howard. Som. L.I.; 2266 Cpl. H. W. Weaver. Som. L.I.; S-9522 Pte. W. Bean. Rif. Brig.; M2 -020875 Pte. W. H. Wood. A.S.C.) the BWM to Weaver officially re-impressed; Victory Medal 1914-19 (14743 Pte. F. G. Edwards. Som. L.I.); U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP riband, in card box of issue; Women’s Voluntary Service Medal, unnamed as issue, in Royal Mint case of issue, together with the related lapel badge, generally good very fine
Five: Rifleman Dara Singh, Jammu and Kashmir Rifles
Sainya Seva Medal 1960, 1 clasp, Jammu and Kashmir (13721423 Rfn. Dara Singh, JAK Rif.); Poorvi Star (13721423 Rfn. Dara Singh, JAK Rif.); Sangram Medal (13721423 Rfn. Dara Singh, JAK Rif.); Long Service Medal, for 9 Years’ Service (13721423 Rfn. Dara Singh, J&K Rif.); Commemorative Medal for the 25th Anniversary of Independence 1947-72 (13721423 Rfn. Dara Singh, JAK Rif.) generally very fine (14)
£120-£160
Laban John Allen was born in 1897 and attested for the Somerset Light Infantry at Bath. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War in India, and died of pneumonia at Peshawar on 6 January 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Delhi Memorial (India Gate).
David Jenkins was born in 1896 and attested for the Welsh Regiment. He served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 August 1915, and was attached to the 58th Division Machine Gun Corps. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 16 March 1919.
Thomas M. Howard attested for the Somerset Light Infantry and served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 June 1915. He died at home on 30 July 1919, and is buried in Portland (St. George’s ) Churchyard.
Henry William Weaver attested for the Somerset Light Infantry and served with the 2nd/5th Battalion during the Great War in India. Transferring to the Royal Flying Corps he served with the 4th Aircraft Park (India), and died on 21 October 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Karachi War Memorial.
William Bean attested for the Rifle Brigade and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 August 1915.
Frederick Edwards was born at Taunton, Somerset, on 8 June 1890 and attested for the Somerset Light Infantry. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 July 1915, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Masniers on 30 November 1917. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 8 March 1919.
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British War Medal 1914-20 (Surg. Gen. A. J. J. Johnston. R.N.) good very fine
£80-£120
Alexander John James Johnston was commissioned Surgeon in the Royal Navy on 30 March 1878 and was promoted Staff Surgeon on 30 March 1890 and Fleet Surgeon on 16 November 1894. He served as Deputy Inspector-General at Haslar Hospital on 27 May 1905, and was appointed Surgeon-General of the Royal Navy on 2 February 1912.
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British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (202439 A.W.O. Cl.2. A. J. Jones. R.E.; 18832 Pte. W. J. Chisholm. Sco. Rif.); War Medal 1939-45; National Fire Brigades Union Long Service Medal, silver, the edge numbered ‘1218’, unnamed; together with a copy French Croix de Guerre, the reverse dated 1939-1940, generally good very fine (5)
£50-£70
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