Gallantry Casualties  

 

MM. GV to 24824 Cpl J Kenyon 1st/4th Bn Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Reg). DOW 08/06/1918 F & F. MM LG 13/11/1918. Probably for the action in which he was wounded/died. Entitled Pair & Plaque. Copy Service papers, MIC, LG, Scroll, CWGC, Soldiers Died paperwork. £650.

  MM GV to 10092 Sgt T A Rosam 12th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers. Sgt Rosam was awarded his MM LG 23/08/1916 & was KIA 16/06/1917.Sgt Rosam is only entitled to a Pair. The medal comes with copies of the MIC, LG, CWGC & Soldiers Died details. £650.

MM GV to 55580 Pte H Rodgers 11th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Killed in Action 27/10/1918 a scarce KIA in Italy gallantry. The MM was gazetted 21/10/1918. Pte Rodgers was born Alverston Derby & enlisted in Derby. £650.

Victorian Casualties

Queens South Africa 1899-1902 3 Clasps ‘Rel of K’‘Paar’‘Drie’ to 5757 Pte H Bantick  1st Bn Essex Regiment  Wounded & Died Of Wounds Same Day 11/3/1900 At Driefontein  £450.

2784 Pte D Roberts 1st Cameroon Highlanders 4 clasps CC, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill & Wittebergen. Pte Roberts was wounded 21/7/1900 at Spitzkop.  2nd type Ghost  Dates NEF £375.

24518 Tpr P B Halladay 69th Coy (Sussex) Imp Yeomanry. 4 Clasps CC, OFS, Trans, SA 1901. Wounded at Basfontein 26/05/1901 and second time on the 29th at Vlakfontein Clearing Station when shelled by the Boers. A Scarce twice wounded Boer War Imperial Yeomanry Casualty rarely seen on the market. EF £420.

29972 Tpr E E Evans 88th Coy (Montgomery) Imp Yeomanry. 4 Clasps CC, Trans, SA 1901, SA 1902. MIA near Jackalsfontein 08/02/1902. NEF £320.

1914 Star & Bar Casualty Groups.

A 1914 Star Bar Trio & Plaque to John Charles Reginald Rose 2nd Btn Argyll & Sutherland Highlands Wounded 9th November 1914 gunshot wound to the head & died shortly after. Son of Mrs. Emily C. Macdonald, of  14 Bina Gardens, South Kensington, London. Grave/Memorial Reference: D. 2. 4. Cemetery: BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY (NORD). This is a very earlier Officer Casualty to the first Regiment to land In France. The groups is mounted in a frame & comes with copy papers, a photo & copies of the CWGC & Soldiers Died details. The medals are nicely toned. 4 EF £2150.  

1914 Star with bar named to 8691 Pte H Yates 2/York & Lancs, BWM & Victory Medals named to 8961 A W O CL 2 H Yates Y&L R, Death Plaque named to Herbert Yates. WO CL 2 Yates was KIA 17/10/1918 F&F. £495. 

1914 Star Bar Trio & Rosette to 2nd Lt. L J Brown East Surrey Reg. KIA 19/08/1918. Leonard James Attached 2nd Royal Fusiliers.  Leonard James Pope was one of many soldiers who served under a false name. Born in December 1896, he ran away from home in 1912, and made his way to Ireland where he joined the Royal Irish Regiment. Aged only sixteen,  he produced false papers upping his age by two years and changed his name to Brown.  In   1914 Leonard fought at Mons, Le Château and First Ypres with the 2nd Btn, and in 1915 at Neuve-Chapclle and Festubert, where he was wounded. He returned to the 2nd Btn for the Somme in 1916, transferred to the 2nd Leinsters and by 1917 had been wounded a further three times.   He applied for a commission and became a Second Lieutenant in the 1st Btn East Surrey Regiment, serving with them in Italy and France, and in July 1918 transferred to 2nd Royal Fusiliers, A few weeks later Leonard was killed in action near Borre,  on 19th August 1918, and buried there by his comrades - although after the war no grave could be found. By the age of only twenty-two Leonard Pope was a veteran soldier of four regiments, four wounds, and almost every major battle on the Western Front. For reasons that remain a mystery, his true surname was never revealed to the GWGC and he is recorded under the East Surrey panel as Brown. Star named to 10636 Pte L J Brown R. IR .Reg, Pair to 2/Lt L J Brown. Lt Brown is mentioned in Walking the Salient by Paul Reed page 188 & 189. The group comes with copies MIC. CWGC, Soldiers Died paperwork and photo of him in East Surrey uniform. Original Ribbons. £1100.

1914/15 Trio Casualty Groups.  

1914/15 Star, BWM Victory Medal, Plaque to 265670 Pte K Ingleton 1st/6th Gloucestershire Reg. Died F&F 23/07/1916. The medals come with copies of MIC, Soldiers Died, CWGC details. Plus 2 boxed & one unboxed medallions to T Ingleton for Superior Conduct Presented from the The Principal P Stewart Palmer House, one dated 1867 & Presented by the Rev A Stewart & Sons. Pte Ingleton was born Newport enlisted & lived in Bristol. CWGC details  £395.

1914/15 Trio & Plaque to Sjt T Bowers A Cyclist Corp, Sjt Bowers returned to the UK was commissioned & then Died, the medals come complete with full service CWGC details here    £350.

1914-15 Star/BWM/Victory/Plaque to 18297 Pte A Sinclair 6/7th Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers KIA F&F 21/04/1917 6th RSF was commanded by Winston Churchill From 1915 to June 1916 CWGC & Soldiers Died paperwork £375.

1914/15 Trio to 20944 Pte P J Kirk 2nd Regt. South African Infantry D.O.W 23/10/1918. Son of Harriet and the late James H. Kirk, of Tarleni, Idutywa, Cape Province. Born in Cape Province. Grave/Memorial Reference: BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY. The medals come with copies of CWGC & a photo of Pte Kirk's grave. 4 NEF RESERVED

1914/15 Star, BWM & Victory Medals to TF 1640 L/Cpl W Tarver Middlesex Regiment. Death Plaque named to William Tarver. L/Cpl Tarver was KIA 19/09/1916 F&F. £350.

1914-15 Star /BWM/Victory to 15179 Pte J W Watson 2nd Bn West Yorks Regiment (Prince of Wale’s Own) KIA F&F 06/04/1915 MIC to France 28/12/1914 John William from Wakefield. Soldiers Died & CWGC paperwork £200.

1914/15 Star, BWM, Victory Medal & Plaque to 8714 Pte J Tootell 18th (Bantam) Btn Lancashire Fusiliers KIA F&F 26/03/1918. The medals also come copies of CWGC details, Soldiers Died & MIC. £450. 

2, 1914/15 Trio's to 2 Brothers both Northumberland Fusiliers one KIA the other D.O.W within 3 months of each other. (1) 12040 Cpl A Hall 8th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers KIA 19th August 1915 Gallipoli. Son of John William and Margaret Hall, of 21, Railway Row, North Seaton, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland.  Grave/Memorial Reference:  Panel 33 to 35 Cemetery: HELLES MEMORIAL. (2). 16846 Pte J W Hall 1st/7th Bn. Btn Northumberland Fusiliers D.O.W 11/05/1915.  Son of John William and Margaret Jane Hall, of 21, Railway Row, North Seaton, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. Grave/Memorial Reference: V. D. 5. Cemetery: COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY. The groups come with copies of Soldiers Died & CWGC Details. A sad group of medals to 2 Brothers who both gave their lives for King & Country. £600.   

A scarce double Brother Casualty group to the Border Regiment. 1914/15 Trio & Plaque to 15773 Pte J Parker 2nd Btn Border Regiment KIA 26th October 1917, Aged 22. Son of Mr. J. Parker, of Park Rd., Milnthorpe, Westmorland. Grave/Memorial Reference: VIA. H. 6. Cemetery: HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY.  BWM, Victory Medal & Plaque to 32637 Pte E Parker 7th (Westmorland and Cumbberland Yeomanry Btn) Border Regiment KIA 21/03/1918. Aged 21. Son of Mrs. Edith Parker, of Park Rd., Milnthorpe, Westmorland, and the late J. Parker. With the two groups is a shield witha photo in the centre & an inscription on the top which reads Pte John Parker 2nd Border Reg Killed In Action In France Oct 26 1917. The medals come with copies of the MIC SDGC & CWGC Details. £895.

BWM, Victory Medal & Plaque to 204513 Pte Joseph Bell Northumberland Fusiliers, Died as number 235216 Pte with the 2nd/4th Btn Gloucestershire Regiment. Died 27/08/1917, Son of Mrs. Mary Jane Bell, of 2, Javel Groupe Close, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 1914/15 Star, BWM & Plaque to  22361 Pte James Bell 8th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Died 26/09/1916. Son of Mrs. Mary Jane Bell, of 2, Javel Groupe Close, Newcastle-on-Tyne.  The medals comes with copies CWGC & Soldiers Died details. A group of 2 brothers who both give their lives in the Great War. £450.

1914-15 Star/BWM/Victory to 14826 Pte W Amos 5th South Wales Borderers KIA 30/05/1918 F&F To France 17/07/1915. Previously served 6 years Welsh Reg Special Reserve 1908-14 MIC, CWGC & Soldiers Died & Reserve paperwork Original ribbons £250.

1914/15 Trio to 22156 Pte J Gormlay MM 12th Bn. Durham Light Infantry D.O.W 18/07/1916. Grave/Memorial Reference: V. A. 22. Cemetery: WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION. Pte Gormlay won his MM LG 19/2/1917, most likely for the action in which he died. The group comes with copies MIC, LG for the MM, CWGC & Soldiers Died & also a photo of Pte Gormlay's Grave 3 NEF £295.

1914/15 Trio to 23094 Pte J Massingham Border Regiment KIA 13/01/1918 The medals come with issue slips for the 1914/15 Star, BWM & Victory also with original boxes of issue & CWGC details. £295.  

BWM & Victory Medal Casualty Groups. 

BWM, Victory Medal, Plaque and photo to 204382 Pte J (John) M (Matthew) Archer 22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers KIA 09 April 1917. Son of William and Jane Archer, of Gill House, Alston, Cumberland. A native of Blaydon-on-Tyne. On original faded ribbons. £300. CWGC Details

BWM, Victory Medal, Plaque to 29060 Pte W Kirkman  13th Bn., Manchester Regiment KIA 25 April 1917. £225. CWGC Details 

BWM/Victory to 440278 Pte H N Bingham 14th Canadian Infantry KIA 30th April 1917 commemorated on the Vimy Memorial. He was wounded on the attack at Courcelette September 1916 and posted missing.Fully researched, comes with service papers, photos of name on the Vimy Memorial, war diary entries for the entire period of his war service, Census details, photos of family graves in Pinxton Churchyard Derbyshire and of his name on the Pinxton War Memorial. Numerous other research accompanies the medals. All research on CD. £220.

BWM, Victory & Plaque to 45477 Pte C E Spencer 2/4th Btn Yorkshire Light Infantry. Died Of Wounds F&F 03/07/1918 German P O W. Born Belper Derby. £250.

BWM, Victory Medal & Plaque to R36177 Rifleman J M Scott KRRC DOW F&F 23/04/1917. Born & Enlisted Newcastle Upon Tyne. The group comes complete with CWGC & Soldiers Died details. £225. 

WW1 Pair & Plaque to R/22751 Rifleman E (EDWIN) MILLS, 2nd Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps, DOW 16/09/1916, Husband of Mrs. E. Mills, of 32, Thrush St., Crampton St., Walworth, London. Cemetery: ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, Grave/Memorial Reference: B. 19. 17. Born & Enlisted Southwark Surrey. Comes with copies of CWGC & Soldiers Died Details. 3 NEF £250.

BWM/Victory to  9934 Sgt E Spencer 1st Bn Royal Dublin Fusilliers KIA 03/08/1918 Aged 30 years. Born & Enlisted in Dublin. MIC Edward only entitled to pair, CWGC & Soldiers Died paperwork. Early number & Sgt probably a training Sgt then to France late. Original pieces of ribbon. £240

A scarce BWM, Victory, SWB & cap badge to 818 Private F R Evans Denbighshire (Hussars) Yeomanry. Pte Evans enlisted on 12th September 1914 into the Denbighshire Yeomanry & was discharged 18th September 1916 being no longer fit for service. He served for a total of 2 years & 7 days including 180 days in the Mediterranean. Pte Evans Died 18th September 1918. The group comes with original discharge certificate, photo of Pte Evans in uniform, a memorial of his funeral, a copy of the 1901 census, a photo of his grave & also the memorial of his old School with his name on it. Pte Evans is listed on neither the GWGC or Soldiers Died however this is being looked into as this has happenend  many times.  The Denbighshire Yeomanry lost only 15 men including Pte Evans in WW1 and all died at home. £600.  

WW1 Pair to 2nd Lieut George William Jones Cheshire Regiment KIA between 15/05/1916 and 16/05/1916 attached 6th Bn. South Wales Borderers. Son of William and Anne Jones, of Dowlais, Glamorgan. Cemetery: ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI, Grave/Memorial Reference: I. M. 14.  Entered France 24/9/1915 &  is also entitled to a 1914/15 Star. The group comes with a copy of the MIC, GWGC, Soldiers Died Details & the 1901 census. £375.

1914/15 Star Casualties.

11904 Pte G N Cook 11th Btn Durham Light Infantry George Nesbit Cook KIA F&F 23/03/1918 B. Barrow in Furness E. Newcastle. Cemetery: GRAND-SERAUCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY Aisne, France, Grave or Reference Panel Number:III. D. 11. CWGC & Soldiers Died paperwork.Copy Scroll. £80

13812 Pte A Cameron 6th/7th Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers. KIA 22/03/1918. Cemetery: ARRAS MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France.Grave or Reference Panel Number: Bay 5. Plus CWGC & Soldiers Died paperwork. £80

RMA/9872 Gunner Peter BREMNER, Royal Marine Artillery H.M.S. Goliath, DOW 13/05/1915. Cemetery: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL,  Grave/Memorial Reference:  9. The medal comes with copies CWGC Details. £70.

A LSGC GV to C S MJR G Fewster Northumberland Fusiliers. RSM G Fewster was KIA 27th May 1918 with the 1st/4th Northumberland Fusiliers. RSM Fewster is entitled to a Queens Sudan, QSA clasps Belmot, Modder River, OFS & Transvaal, KSA clasps SA1901 & SA 1902, 1914/15 Trio, MSM, LSGC & Khedives Sudan Medal. RSM Fewster was the highest ranking NCO to be killed with the 1st/4th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers in WW1. RSM Fewster served a total over over 22 years reaching the highest rank a NCO could & had the same service number on all medals. RSM Fewster was MID LG 04-01-1917. He was the Husband of Eliza Jane Fewster, of 42, Hencotes, Hexham, Northumberland. The medal comes with paperwork confirming the medals & CWGC & Soldiers Died details. £350.

Plaques

  Death Plaque to ARCHIBALD STEWART WEST MC KIA 23/03/1918. This is a single name on both the CWGC & Soldiers Died. The plaque comes with a copy of the MIC, CWGC & Soldiers Died details. £200.

Joseph Stringer this came from Oxford so it is likely to be 10481 Lance Corporal Joseph Stringer "A" Coy. 2nd Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry KIA 13/11/1916, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Stringer, of 135, York St., Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The plaque has 2 small holes in. Comes with CWGC Details & Soldiers Died. 1 £65.

Plaque named to Thomas Doran multiple entries on GWGC including 1st Day of the Somme. £55.

Plaque named to Frederick Dunford (single name) K/2030 PO F Dunford KIA 31st May 1916 Jutland aboard HMS Fortune. £175.

Plaque named (Small H) to Frederick George Matthews Single Navy name 159752 Officers Stewart 1st Class KIA 31st May 1916 Jutland aboard HMS Black Prince. £175.

Plaque named (Small H) to John Edward Heaton Single Navy Name K/24693 St 1st Class KIA 31st May 1916 Jutland aboard HMS Queen Mary.  £175.

Plaque named to Malcolm Horn (Single Name) 25715 Pte 16th Service Btn 2nd Glasgow HLI kIA F&F 18/11/1916. £80.

Plaque named to Clifford Robson, Single name 471791 L/Cpl 1st/3rd Durham Fort Co RE. DOW 13/01/1917. The plaque is fitted in period frame. £85.

Plaque named to George Wilkie Jones, Single Name 291317 Pte 10th Btn Welsh Regiment DOW 12/07/1917 F&F. £80.

Plaque named to Alfred Puxley, Single Name. 280077 Pte 4th City of London Btn Royal Fusiliers KIA 20/09/1917 F&F. £80.

Plaque named to Arthur Cowap plus a period framed photo (18"x21") Single Name, 47208 Rifleman 15th Btn Royal Irish Rifles. KIA 21/03/1918 F&F. £150.

Plaque named to Michael Doyle 20 Army & 1 Navy including 1st Day of the Somme, MM & MSM winners. £80.

Plaque named to John Hope 11 named including 1st Day of the Somme, name polished but you can still read it. £75.

Plaque named to Richard Rhodes 3 names. £70.

Plaque named to Archie Fraser only 2 names. £75.

Plaque named to David Coutts 2 names. £75.

Plaque named to James Boken single name 18th Btn Welsh Regiment KIA 25/11/1917. £80.

Plaque named to Edward Sweeney multiple names mostly Irish including a DCM winner. £70.

Plaque named to Patrick Keenan 3 names, 2 small holes at 12 & 6 o'clock. £70.

2 Plaque's named to William & Walter Hector (believed brothers). £160.

Plaque named to George Nesbit Cook single name 11th BTN DLI KIA 23/03/1918. £80.

Plaque named to Alexander Walker Davidson small H. £75.

WW2 Casualties.

Scarce Nursing casualty to 318419 Sister Audrey Mary Blackman Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service KIA 27th November 1944 at Antwerp when a V-2 rocket landed in the middle of her convoy. Here is a brief discreption what happenend that day

On November 27, a terrible incident occurred at a major road junction near the Central Station. Teniers Plaats (Square) was the busiest intersection in town (as it still is today). Military policemen were always regulating the heavy traffic for an Allied convoy passing through the square. It was on the main north-south axis for the supply columns. From the docks, American troops were heading south to the US supply bases near Liege and British columns were heading north to the front lines in Holland. There were four tram lines crossing the square in both directions, plus there were many autos and pedestrians moving throughout the busy intersection.

"I often went there after lunch to watch the military activity..." said Charles. "...and the British MP, right there in the middle, regulating and directing both military and civilian traffic. On very busy days there were two MP's." A V-2 came down at ten minutes past noon and exploded in the middle of all this activity. A British convoy was moving through the intersection and was caught in the blast. This particular rocket was believed to have exploded just above ground possibly having struck the overhead tram lines just where the traffic policemen stood. A city water main burst, water bubbling up from the ground. Soon, the whole square was filled with water.

"I heard and saw this explosion from a short distance away while riding in the back of an open truck and approached the scene about 2 hours later," Charles remembered.

"...There was water running everywhere and the whole place was cordoned off and guarded by US soldiers. There was a massive crowd of onlookers and many people with bandages on their heads walking around... It must have hit something above ground first because no crater was ever found."

The result was total devastation. The water began to pool on the street. Floating on the water were dismembered corpses, various body parts, clothing and large amounts of debris. Several of the vehicles in the convoy exploded or caught on fire, their occupants lay burning. The glass windows of the passing trams near the intersection were all shattered causing injuries to those riding on the trams.

One of the MP's was completely disintegrated and the charred body of another was found sometime later on the roof of a nearby hotel, about 60 meters away. Soon, the story of the unfortunate MP who was blown to bits was infamous among the locals. In all, the dead were 126 (26 were American & British soldiers) and another 309 injured.

Teniers Square just happened to be the geographical centre of Antwerp. It is highly probable that it was the aiming point for many V-2 rounds.

Daughter of Albert and Alice Mary Blackman, of Hayes, Middlesex. Buried SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY. The group comes with original medal issue slip cap badge  & a bullion wire badge, photos of the devastation at Antwerp & CWGC details. 7 NEF £500.

 

 

 

           

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