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Day 1, Room 1, 9.30am
‘The French Connection’ Part 1
The following lots come from a private museum; the
property of a gentleman. The vendor has associations
with military museums, auction houses, and for some
years was resident on the Somme, running a bed &
breakfast business. These lots were purchased over
the past 35 years, many from the families of the
original owners; a number purchased from brocantes
and from farmers on the Somme and at Ypres. These
comprise a collection of ‘one-offs’, rarely or never
seen before. Each has an interesting provenance and I
commend this collection to you.
Howard Williamson, Harwich.
1
1914 Star Trio and Clasp to 67264 Shoeing Smith John
H. Radley, Royal Horse Artillery
£100 - £120
2
1914 Star Trio (entitled to clasp) To CMT/1464 Pte
George T Ball Army Service Corps, Corps of Mechanical
Transport (National Reserve) 1st Cavalry Ammunition
Park. From Tottenham N17
£40 - £50
3
1915 Star and Victory Medal (entitled to MC and BWM)
to Lieutenant Arnold George Alexander Vidler, 11th
Battalion (1st South Downs) Royal Sussex Regiment.
Previous service as 2548 Pte Lord Strathcona's Horse. A
pupil at Christ's Hospital (2)
£80 - £100
4
1915 Star and Victory Medal (missing the War Medal)
Lt. Robert Heyward 4th Battalion (City of Bristol)
Gloucestershire Regiment. Died of Wounds 17th August
1916. Buried Puchevilliers British Cemetery, Somme.
From Clifton, Bristol.
£50 - £60
5
1915 Star to 12635 Pte Charles Kellaway 5th Battalion
Dorset Regiment. Killed in Action 21st August,
commemorated Helles Memorial, Gallipoli. The attack
on Hetman Chair, Chocolate Hill. From Brook Farm,
Cheselbourne, Dorset.
£30 - £40
6
1915 Star to 308082 Pte Edward Arthur Simm 1/8th
Battalion King's (Liverpool Regiment) Killed in Action
27th September 1916. Commemorated Thiepval
Memorial. Factory Corner, Flers, Somme. Previous
service at 2357 Manchester Regiment at Gallipoli
£30 - £40
7
1915 Star to Pte. J H J Forrest 5/R.Berks R. Killed in
Action 4th October 1916. Buried Longueval Road
Cemetery from Didcot Berks. Toned
£30 - £40
8
1915 Star Trio and Cap Badge to T1SR533 Cpl Herbert
Jukes Army Service Corps (new army special reserve)
£40 - £50
9
1915 Star Trio and Death Plaque (star broached) with
extensive original documentation and copy service file to
18357 Pte Thomas Heron 1st Battalion York and
Lancaster Regiment. Killed in Action 23rd April 1915,
Commemorated Menin Gate, Ypres. Zouave Farm,
Mauser Ridge. 463 casualties on this day including Lt.
Colonel Burt. Born West Bowling, Bradford, living
Bradford
£140 - £160
10
1915 Star Trio and Scroll to 11539 Cpl Frank Frenton
19th Battalion (4th City) Manchester Regiment. A
Company 2nd Platoon. Killed in Action 23rd July 1916,
commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Attack on
Guillemont, heavy casualties at uncut wire. From Ansdell
Lytham, Lancashire
£100 - £120
11
1915 Star Trio and Silver War Badge (mounted for wear)
to MB29 Motor Boatman H. R. Buckamster Coastal
Motor Boats, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Very low
number
£40 - £50
12
1915 Star Trio and Territorial Force Efficiency Medal to
2235 and 851125 Dvr Alfred W. Willis Royal Field
Artillery (1st Wessex Brigade TF) mounted for wear
£60 - £70
13
1915 Star Trio to 15128 Pte Ernest Alfred David Barnes
1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment. Killed in Action 1st
July 1916. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Previous
service at Gallipoli with the 5th Battalion. Born and living
at Corfe Castle, Dorset. Heavy casualties (501) advancing
from Authuille Wood to the front line, Lonsdale
Cemetery is located on this location and contains the
graves of many of the Dorset's killed that day. This group
also comes with his brothers medals a 1915 Star Trio to
58981 Gnr Arthur F.J. Barnes, Royal Field Artillery.
£200 - £300
14
1915 Star Trio to 15363 Pte William James Hunn, 9th
Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Killed in Action 9th August
1916. Buried Auchonvilliers Military Cemetery. From
Hoveton, Norfolk
£100 - £120
15
1915 Star Trio to 16768 Pte Robert Powell, 12th
Battalion (Bristol's Own) Gloucestershire Regiment.
Killed in Action 21st July 1916, commemorated Thiepval
Memorial. Caterpillar Valley, Longueval, Somme
(location of Bristol Pals Cross). Born St Phillip's, Bristol
£100 - £120
16
1915 Star Trio to 20255 Pte Norman Slinger 1st
Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Died of
Wounds 1st July 1916, buried Lievin Communal
Cemetery Extension. He died in enemy hands having
been captured during a battalion trench raid. Born
Darwen, enlisted Blackburn
£120 - £140
17
1915 Star Trio to 21668 C Farrell Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
Date of entry France 19/12/15
£40 - £50
18
1915 Star Trio to 3380/266037 Pte Robert Stokell, 1/7th
battalion (Leeds Rifles) West Yorkshire Regiment
£40 - £50
19
1915 Star Trio to 4-229/200409 Cpl Harold P. Basten
4th Battalion Hampshire Regiment
£40 - £50
20
1915 Star Trio to C/412 Rifleman Arthur Wright 16th
Battalion (Church Lads Brigade) Kings Royal Rifle
Corps. Died of Wounds 5th November 1916,
commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Somme. Successful
assault on Hazy Trench.
£100 - £120
21
1915 Star Trio to Lt Claude Meeson 114th Coy Machine
Gun Corps. Commissioned 26th September 1916.
Previous 657 19th Battalion (2nd Public Schools) Royal
Fusiliers. A solicitor from Battle Bridge, Essex. Educated
Lancing College. Lt .Meeson acted as a prisoner's friend
(defence) in the trial of Sapper Robert Bell. Sapper Bell
was executed for murdering 2nd Lt. W.H.Lloyd on 22nd
May 1918. See chapter 11 of 'Murdering Tommies' by
Putkowski and Dunning.
£100 - £120
22
1915 Star Trio (boxed in original packets) to 12564 Pte
Edward
Wilson
5th
Battalion
(Pioneers)
Northamptonshire Regiment. Died of Wounds 1st
December 1917, buried Roquigny - Equancourt
Cemetery. Born St. George's In-The-East, Middlesex
£80 - £100
23
1915 Star Trio (mounted for wear) to Major Reginald C.
Neil Royal Army Medical Corps. Attached to 8th
Battalion (TF) Middlesex Regiment
£80 - £100