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1915 Star Trio (with original boxes, ribbons and two
officers pips) to 2nd Lieutenant George Ernest Lister
Cressey, 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (Green
Howards). Killed in Action 26th September 1915,
commemorated Loos Memorial. Previous service in Kent
Cyclist Corps. Tonbridge and Christ's College,
Cambridge. Lieut Cressey was killed instantaneously at
about 3 a.m. on the 26th, shot through the head, whilst
holding a captured trench. He was buried near the spot
where he fell, east of Vermelles. "He had been with us but
a short time," writes his Colonel, "but we all recognised
that we all had a real good officer in him, to be relied on
in an emergency, and from that point of view we deplore
his loss, but also we all liked him and are - those left of us-
very deeply grieved at his loss." "The opinion we all had
of him," says his Major, "was that he was one of the best
band most promising officers we had seen.". Son of Dr.
G.H.Cressey of Tunbridge Wells.
£180 - £200
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1915 Star Trio, Contemporarily framed and glazed with
Transmission Slip to 3/8189 Pte Arthur Henry Jenkins
5th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment. Killed in Action 4th
October 1917, Commemorated on the Tyne Cot
Memorial. Living in Mardy, Rhondda, Glamorgan
(fragile)
£120 - £140
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1915 Star Trio, Defence Medal, TF Efficiency Medal and
Cadet Force Medal (mounted for wear) to T-
1494/240166 Pte William George Peters.1/5th Battalion
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) W.O.1. on
Cadet Force Medal commissioned 2nd Lt. Surrey Cadet
Force, 16th March 1953
£100 - £120
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1915 Trio to 46906 Pte John Edward Webb 13th
Battalion Canadian Infantry
£40 - £50
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An original framed Memorial Scroll to Cpl Robert
Taylor 2/Bn. Northampton R. in a contemporary frame
with MIC taped to rear. To France 06.11.14 died with
Labour Corps
£20 - £25
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British War Medal to 31634 Pte William Ayres, 1st
Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in
Action 4th September 1916. Commemorated Thiepval
Memorial. Attack on Leuze Wood. Ex Dorset Regiment.
Born Warsash Hampshire
£25 - £30
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BWM and Victory Medal to 21311 Pte George Morrison,
7th Battalion Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers)
Killed in Action 9th September 1916. Commemorated
Thiepval Memorial. Attack on Ginchy, 143 casualties.
Previous service in Royal Dublin Fusiliers no. 17011
£60 - £70
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BWM and Victory Medal to 25739 Sjt Frederick E Evans
5th Battalion Dorset Regiment
£25 - £30
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BWM and Victory Medal to 2896/201126 Lance
Corporal Stanley George Lee 1/4th Battalion
Dorsetshire Regiment. Died 15th February 1918, buried
Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Address 21, Victoria Road,
Dorchester. A native of Dorchester, his name can be
found on the Postal Staff Memorial, The Town Memorial
and St Peters Church Memorial
£60 - £70
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BWM and Victory Medal to 29400 Pte Robert Sedgwick
2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in Action 20th
July 1916. Buried Sucrerie Military Cemetery,
Colincamps. From Bury, Lancashire
£60 - £70
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BWM and Victory Medal to GS48044 Pte Arthur
Budworth Royal Fusiliers
£25 - £30
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BWM and Victory Medal to Lt Albert Victor Seymour
Nordheimer Royal Canadian Dragoons. Killed in Action
30th March 1918, buried Moreuil Communal Cemetery
Allied Extension. He commanded the Guard Squadron
during the change of the Canadian Cavalry Brigade at
Bois de Moreuil. One of the last charges on the Western
Front. Taken from the intelligence summary :'Lt AVS
Nordheimer was killed in the first mounted charge of the
day. Later he was buried where he fell, his initials being
cut into a large tree'. Lt Flowerdew of Lord Strathcona's
Horse was awarded a VC during the charge. So
important was this action to Canada that it was re-
enacted less than a month later so that the artist Alfred
Munnings could immortalise the charge in paint. Upper
Canada College.
£70 - £80
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BWM and Victory Medal to Lt. Cyril George Johnson-
Stuart 13th Battalion (4th Hull, The T'others) East
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in Action 16th March 1918,
commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial. Attached to the 1st
Battalion. Commissioned from Inns of Court OTC, a
native of Aberdeen
£80 - £100
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BWM and Victory Medal to S/255013 Pte Percival Allen
Riggs Army Service Corps. 1034th MT Company. Died
23rd March 1919, buried Arouata Scrivia Communal
Cemetery Extension, Italy. Born Cheselbourne, Dorset.
Commemorated Hazelbury Bryan
£30 - £40
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BWM and Victory Medal (entitled to 1914 Star Trio) to
7112 Cpl Charley Park, 1/5th Battalion Wiltshire
Regiment. Died 9th September 1919, buried Melksham
Church Cemetery
£40 - £50
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BWM and Victory Medal (only entitlement) to 34605 Pte
John F. Raven 9th Battn Loyal North Lancashire
Regiment. Killed in Action 22nd March 1918,
commemorated Arras Memorial. Also commemorated
on the Barnsley St.Mary's Church Combined Memorial.
£60 - £70
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BWM and Victory Medal (only entitlement) to 4639 Pte
William E Grigg Royal Fusiliers. War Medal is
incorrectly named to Northamptonshire Regiment? Sold
A/F
£20 - £25
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BWM and Victory Medal, Territorial War Medal and
Territorial Efficiency Medal to 274/307050 Bdr Harry
H. Sibbald 1st/2nd Lancashire Heavy Battery, Royal
Garrison Artillery
£70 - £80
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BWM and Victory Medal, Territorial War Medal and
Territorial Efficiency Medal to 98/905044 Gnr John W
.Knight Royal Field Artillery, Sussex 2nd Brigade
£70 - £80
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BWM to Lt. William Aubrey Darlington 7th Battalion
Northumberland Fusiliers. A/Capt on Medal Index
Card. Lived Beauford Mansions, Chelsea, SW3. W.A.C
Darlington was born in Taunton, the son of the principal
of Queen's College, Taunton. At fourteen he was sent to
Shrewsbury School and then in 1908 he secured a
classical scholarship in Cambridge. He had pieces
published in Punch during the War and after the war
became a journalist. He is best remembered as the drama
critic for the Telegraph
£30 - £40
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BWM with suspender bar made into a brooch clip (nicely
done) 134240 Spr Charles Howell, 2nd Field Squadron
R.E. Killed in Action 23.03.1918. Buried Grand
Seraucourt British Cemetery. Unusual Memorial
£20 - £25