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Three: Private W. Scrivener, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment, who was killed in action near Messines on 23 October 1914
1914 Star, with clasp (8229 Pte. W. Scrivener. 2/Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (8229 Pte. W. Scrivener. Essex R.); Memorial Plaque (Walter Scrivener) good very fine (4)
£240-£280
Walter Scrivener was born in 1884 at Billericay, Essex and attested for the Essex Regiment at Maldon, Essex in 1904. Following the outbreak of the Great War, he served with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 22 August 1914 as part of the 12th Brigade in the 4th Division. Having participated in the battles of Le Cateau and the Aisne, his battalion moved north to Hazebrouck and was then involved in a series of actions near Armentières and Messines in October 1914.
Private Scrivener was killed in action in the Messines Sector on 23 October 1914. He was the husband of Christina Scrivener of 29 Church St., Maldon, Essex and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
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Three: Private A. Johnson, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment, who was killed in action near Armentières, during the First Battle of Ypres, on 22 November 1914
1914 Star, with clasp (7116 Pte. A. Johnson. 2/Essex R.) in partially flattened named card box of issue and outer OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mrs. A. L. Palmer, 49 Cramphorn Road, Chelmsford’; British War and Victory Medals (7116 Pte. A. Johnson. Essex R.) in partially flattened named card box of issue and outer OHMS envelope, similarly addressed; Memorial Plaque (Archibald Johnson) in inner envelope and outer card envelope with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine (4)
£200-£240
Archibald Johnson was born at Shoreditch, Middlesex and attested for the Essex Regiment at Romford, Essex in 1902. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 September 1914 and was killed in action on the final day of the First Battle of Ypres, 22 November 1914, during a period when his battalion was occupying trenches between Warnave and Touquet, near Armentières. His sole legatee was James Richard Palmer of Cramphorn Road, Chelmsford and, having no known grave, he is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
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Four: Private A. Farley, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment, who served in the Boer War and was killed in action during the Great War near Ploegsteert, Flanders on 13 March 1915
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (6477 Pte. A. Farley. Essex Regt); 1914 Star (7286 Pte. A. Farley. 2/Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (7286 Pte. A. Farley. Essex R.); Memorial Plaque (Albert Farley) in card envelope, with slightly torn Buckingham Palace enclosure; Memorial Scroll, ‘Pte. Albert Farley Essex Regt.’, in contemporary glazed frame, extremely fine (6)
£300-£400
Albert Victor Farley was born in 1885 in the Parish of St. Botolph, near Colchester, Essex. Having just turned 17 years of age, he served with the 3rd Battalion, Essex Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War from 9 March 1902 until 14 September 1902, and was awarded the Q.S.A. with 3 clasps. Returning to England he attested for the Essex Regiment at Colchester on 3 November 1902, now aged 17 years and 9 months, and commenced his service towards limited engagement. Posted to the 2nd Battalion on 15 April 1902, he was stationed on Malta from April 1904 to April 1907 and whilst there was appointed Drummer in October 1904. Discharged to the Reserve in 1910 after completing 8 years with the colours, he was working as a travelling musician in 1911.
Following the outbreak of the Great War, Farley was recalled from the Reserve and served with the 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment on the Western Front from 14 September 1914, his battalion seeing action at the Battles of the Aisne, Messines and Armentières in 1914. He was killed in action on 13 March 1915 near Ploegsteert in the Le Touquet Sector where the 2nd Essex, as part of the 12th Brigade, 4th Division, had been alternately occupying trenches in the front line and taking rest at Le Bizet and Nieppe since January 1915.
He was the son of Robert and Frances Farley of 26 Albion Grove, Colchester, and husband of Mabel Farley, of Thorrington Street, Stoke-by-Nayland, Colchester and he is buried in Calvaire (Essex) Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Sold together with the recipient’s ‘Soldiers’ Small Book’, a riband bar for the Great War medals; and an illuminated certificate presented to the recipient’s wife by the Stoke-by-Nayland Branch of the Girls Friendly Society on the occasion of her marriage on 6 April 1912.
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Pair: Private H. F. Blackwell, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment, who died of wounds in France on 14 August 1918
British War and Victory Medals (401308 Pte. H. F. Blackwell. Essex R.) with flattened named card box of issue and transmittal slip; Memorial Plaque (Harold Fred Blackwell) with Buckingham Palace enclosure, in card envelope with O. H.M.S. outer envelope addressed to, ‘Mrs E. Blackwell, 23 Craigdale Rd, Romford, Essex.’, extremely fine (3) £140-£180
Harold Fred Blackwell was born in 1879 at Dulverton, Somerset and was a tailor shopkeeper by occupation, residing in Romford. He served with the 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front and died of wounds in France on 14 August 1918 at the 32nd Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, France, having suffered a gunshot wound to his left arm which necessitated amputation. He was the son of Fred and Elizabeth Blackwell, of Alcombe, Somerset and husband of Eleanor Blackwell, of 23, Craigdale Rd., Romford, Essex, and is buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France.
Sold together with 3 Post Office Telegraphs sent to the recipient’s wife, communicating the grave condition and subsequent death of her husband; Army Form B.104-80, dated 15 August 1918, addressed to the recipient’s wife regarding condition of her husband and denying permission to visit; Army Form B.104-82, addressed to the recipient’s wife communicating the death of her husband; the recipient’s Army Book 136 with much content; 2 Field Service Postcards sent by the recipient to his wife, dated May 1918; illustrated booklet advertising the recipient’s business ‘H. F. Blackwell, High-class Tailor, 62 South Street, Romford’; the recipient’s leather bound London and Provincial Bank Ltd. Bank Book; and a further quantity of ephemera.
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