Miscellaneous 613
Memorial Plaque (3) (Thomas Harold Gardiner; A. George Watts; Frederick Willcox) first heavily polished and naming only just discernible; the third drilled at 12 o’clock, the first fair, the others very fine (3)
£70-£90
Thomas Harold Gardiner was born in Tonbridge, Kent, and attested there for the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 December 1914, and was killed in action on 18 April 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Sold together with an empty Princess Mary 1914 Christmas tin. x614
Memorial Plaque (John Edward Crane) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, and outer OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mrs. Hilma Crane, 118 Arundel Avenue, Toronto, Ont.’, extremely fine £60-£80
John Edward Crane was born in Leicester on 11 March 1892 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Toronto on 4 November 1915. Posted to the Canadian Mounted Rifles, he served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 9 August 1918. He is buried in Caix British Cemetery, France.
Sold together with a photograph of the recipient’s Imperial War Graves Commission wooden cross and related correspondence; the recipient’s Canadian Expeditionary Force Death Certificate; and Minister of National Defence enclosure.
x615 Memorial Plaque (2) (Frederick S. Beath; Herbert Henry Palmer) second in card envelope, good very fine (2) £60-£80
Frederick S. Beath, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Beath, Army Medical Department, was born in Stirling, Lanarkshire, on 29 July 1888 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Saltcoats, Saskatchewan, on 27 July 1916. Posted to the 210th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment), he died at home on 4 January 1917. He is buried in Moose Jaw Cemetery, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Herbert Henry Palmer was born in Essington, Staffordshire on 9 January 1884 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 10 January 1916. Posted to the 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment), he served during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 1 November 1918. He is buried in Aulnoy Communal Cemetery, France.
Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of Palmer. x616 Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., ‘3255948 Cpl. M. D. Worden’, good very fine £60-£80
Melzar Douglas Worden, the son of the Rev. H. D. Worden, of Smithtown, New Brunswick, attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force and served with the New Brunswick Regiment, Canadian Infantry. He died at home on 28 February 1918, and is buried in Canterbury Marne Cemetery, New Brunswick, Canada.
x617 Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. ‘3382973 Pte. B. Bernier’, good very fine £50-£70
Basile Bernier attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force and was posted to the 3rd/2nd Depot Battalion (Quebec). He died at home on 27 October 1918, aged 20, and is buried in St. Jean-de-Dieu Roman Catholic Cemetery, Quebec, Canada.
x618 Canadian Memorial Cross,
G.VI.R. ‘F/Sgt. D. J. Gibson. R158800’, good very fine £60-£80
Donald James Gibson, a native of Swastika, Ontario, enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and served with 101 Squadron during the Second World War. He was killed when his Lancaster DV299 was lost without trace whilst on a sortie to Berlin on the night of 16 -17 December 1943. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
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King’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air Civil Badge (2), silver, both unmarked, with pin-back suspension; together with a miniature lapel badge, extremely fine (3)
£80-£120
Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air Civil Badge (2), silver, reverses of both stamped ‘R.D. 847363’, both with pin-back suspension; together with two miniature lapel badges, extremely fine (4)
£80-£120
The Association of Professional Fire Brigades of the British Empire Past President’s Badge, gold (9ct, 9.53g) and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Firemaster A. Pordage, Edinburgh Fire Brigade.’; together with an unrelated golf medal, gold (15ct, 9.77g), the reverse engraved ‘1915 Golf Scratch Trophy won by H. Eastwood, Score: 82.’, generally very fine (2)
£80-£120 622
National Union of Railwaymen Badge (3), the first gold (9ct, 11.11g) and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Present to Bro. C. Turner for services rendered during the Strike 1919.’; the others silver and enamel, the reverses engraved ‘Presented to Bro. C. Turner by Bricklayers Arms Branch for services rendered’ and ‘Presented to Bro. Charles Turner by the Members of the Bermondsey No.1 Branch’; together with a presentation watch, the inside reverse engraved ‘A.S.R.S. Presented to Bro. C. Turner as a mark of respect, by the Carmen of the S.E. & C. Rly.’, the watch no longer in working order, contact marks to reverses of medals, generally nearly very fine (4)
£100-£140
The 1919 Railway Strike was a nation-wide strike which lasted for nine days from 27 September to 5 October, and resulted in a victory for the National Union of Railwaymen.
623
Corps of Commissionaires Badge, silver and enamel, the reverse named ‘G. Pike’; together with a hallmarked silver Efficiency Medal, the obverse engraved ‘F. Pickard S.P.O.’, the reverse engraved ‘Diyatalawa 1923’; and four hallmarked silver sports medals, awarded respectively for the Lord Brooke Challenge Cup Runner Up 1925, named to ‘A. Beard’; Darnley Athletic Club 1930-31, named to ‘R. L. Young’; Darnley Athletic Club 1st Place 1931-32, named to ‘R. L. Young’; and a Kent County A.A.A. Championships 10 Miles Road Walking 2nd Place 1936, unnamed, generally very fine (6)
£80-£120
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