The Barry Hobbs Collection of Great War Medals 116 Family group:
The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Sergeant H. J. Crockett, 4th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, who was killed in action during the Great War with the 1st Battalion at Hill 60 on 12 April 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (1504 Serjt: H. Crockett. E. Surrey Regt.) nearly extremely fine
Three: Private A. J. Crockett, 12th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), who was captured at Loos on 27 September 1915 and held prisoner of war in Germany for the remainder of the war 1914-15 Star (5162 Pte. A. Crockett. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-5162 Pte. A. J. Crockett. R. Fus.) mounted as worn, very fine or better (4)
£200-£240
Henry Joseph Crockett was born in 1878 at Mile End, London, Middlesex and attested for the East Surrey Regiment on 7 June 1900. He served with the 4th Battalion during the Boer War in South Africa (QSA with 2 clasps) gaining rapid promotion to Lance Corporal on 11 September 1900, Corporal on 6 October 1900 and Sergeant on 20 February 1902.
Following the outbreak of the Great War, he attested once more for the East Surrey Rifles on 3 September and served as a Private with No. 1 Platoon of No. 1 Company, 1st Battalion (service number 326) on the Western Front from 4 December 1914. He was killed in action at Hill 60 on 12 April 1915, the battalion having taken over trenches the previous day half a mile south-east of Verbrandenmolen and south of the railway line across from Hill 60. He was the eldest son of Henry Thomas Crockett and Catherine Crockett and the husband of Florence Crockett and is buried in Chester Farm Cemetery, Belgium.
Augustus James Crockett, brother of the above, was born in Stepney, London in 1890, and was a clerk by occupation. Following the outbreak of the Great War, he attested for the Royal Fusiliers at Hounslow on 16 September 1914 and was posted to the 12th Battalion, serving with B Company on the Western Front from 1 September 1915. Captured by the Germans at Loos on 27 September 1915, he was incarcerated at Münster and Friedrichsfeld bei Wesel prisoner of war camps and was repatriated on 10 December 1918. He was discharged Class Z on 8 March 1919.
Note: Two more Crockett brothers served with the British Army during the Great War: E. R. Crockett, 11th Rifle Brigade; and W. T. Crockett, Royal Field Artillery, Howitzer Battery, wounded. A fifth brother, A. T. Crockett, served with the Legion of Frontiersmen, Winnipeg.
Sold with a considerable quantity of postcards, photographs and letters including four postcards written and sent by the recipient to his wife from Friedrichsfeld bei Wesel prisoner of war camp; a quantity of postcard photographs of the recipient in uniform and additional photographs of fellow prisoners; a small artistic rendering of the Friedrichsfeld camp and other cards hand painted by the recipient; and a postcard with decorative floral background overlayed by framed and captioned portrait photographs all five Crockett brothers in uniform.
117 Six: Regimental Sergeant Major F. S. Gaiger, 6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment (Territorial Force)
British War and Victory Medals (146 T.W.O. Cl.1. F. S. Gaiger. E. Surr. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (146 C. Sjt. F. S. Gaiger. E. Surr. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (240016 R.S. Mjr. F. S. Gaiger. 1/6 E. Surr. R.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal,
E.VII.R. (1019 Serjt. F. S. Gaiger. 3rd V. B. E. Surrey Regt.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (240016 T.S.Mjr. F. S. Gaiger. 6/ E. Surr: R.) good very fine or better (6)
£300-£400
Frederick Samuel Gaiger was born at Chertsey, Surrey and attested there for the 6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment on 10 April 1908. Embarked with his battalion for India in October 1914, Gaiger was granted the substantive rank of Warrant Officer Class II and appointed Company Sergeant Major on 1 May 1915 and Temporary Warrant Officer Class I as Temporary Regimental Sergeant Major (for the duration of the war), dated 17 June 1915.
The 6th Battalion embarked from Bombay bound for service in Aden on 20 May 1917 and after a period of security duty back in Agra from January 1918, returned to England in 1919. Gaiger was demobilized at Hanwell on 8 January 1920 and died at Chertsey in 1934.
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Four: Sergeant J. Robinson, 9th (Service) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, who was killed in the attack on Ale Alley and Beer Trench near Ginchy on 3 September 1916
British War and Victory Medals (192 Sjt. J. Robinson. E. Surr. R.) with flattened named card box of issue and transmission slip, in damaged outer envelope addressed to, ‘Mrs. J. Robinson, 55 White Hart Line, Barnes, SW’; Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (192 Sjt. J. Robinson. E. Surr. R.) with flattened named card box of issue and transmission slip in damaged outer envelope similarly addressed; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (192 Sjt. J. Robinson. 5/E. Surr: Regt.); Memorial Plaque (Jacob Robinson) with Buckingham Palace enclosure and damaged outer envelope, nearly extremely fine (5)
£300-£400
Jacob Robinson was born in 1879 at Putney, Surrey and resided at Tottenham, Middlesex prior to attesting for the East Surrey Regiment at Wimbledon, Surrey. He served during the Great War ranked Sergeant in the 5th Battalion (Territorial Force) in India for one year and seven months after which he was posted to the 9th (Service) Battalion in France where he was killed on 3 September 1916, one month after his arrival, during the attack on Ale Alley and Beer Trench near Ginchy:
‘On 3 September, 7th Division, on the right of 24th Division was to attack Ginchy, half a mile south-east of 9/East Surrey. Germans in Ale Alley and Hop Alley could enfilade units advancing on Ginchy. The battalion was ordered to assist by attacking, at noon, Ale Alley from the north-west, whilst a bombing party from the brigade on the right would attack from the south. The battalion was also to capture Beer Trench, which was then lightly held. However, the neighbouring brigade declared a change of plan, so that their bombers would attack Hop Alley instead. Captain Ingrams and Second Lieutenant Tetley led around forty men attacking Ale alley at noon, with a second attack 40 minutes later. Unfortunately, the attack by the brigade on the right did not progress and the Surrey men failed to break into the two Alleys. Captain Ingrams was killed and Lieutenant-Colonel de la Fontaine was very severely wounded leading an attack. An officer and three men crawled forward to a shell hole and sniped at Germans, who they reported to be holding Ale and hop Alleys in strength. Part of Beer Trench was, however, seized and thirty Germans advancing towards it were badly hit by Lewis gun fire. The war diary complained of the support given to the battalion’s attack. ‘Our own artillery did not assist us very much. Our heavy guns were throwing shells into our trench instead of Ale Alley. Our stokes guns failed to fire anywhere near the enemy trench and the T.M. firing smoke bombs stopped firing much too soon.’ (The Journey’s End Battalion: The 9th East Surrey in the Great War by Michael Lucas refers).
Sergeant Robinson’s T.F.E.M. was issued posthumously under Army Order 143 of 1920. He was the husband of Charlotte Amy Robinson, of 99, Archway Street, Barnes, London and having no known grave is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
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