GVIR 2nd TYPE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, ROYAL LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT, OFFICER

GVIR 2nd type efficiency medal with Territorial suspender To- LT.H.L.COOK.R.LINCOLNS
The recipient was commissioned in to the Royal Artillery in 1944 & awarded his efficiency medal in 1947. He finally retired due to his age in 1967.
NEF & Complete with basic London gazette details  read more

Code: 56180

GVIR REGULAR ARMY LS&GC & GVIR M.S.M, ROYAL ARTILLERY

GVIR 2nd type Regular Army LS&GC & GVIR 2nd type Meritorious Service Medal (M.S.M)
To- 790290.WO.CL.2.T.KENNEDY.RA
The recipient was awarded his LS&GC in army order 15 of 1949 but had actually qualified for it 8-1-1947. He went on to be awarded the MSM in 1952 when the list of recipients was cleared at the kings request.
NEF & Complete with army order details for the LS&GC.  read more

Code: 56207

WW1 PAIR, C-SJT 25th NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS / 2nd TYNESIDE IRISH, WOUNDED 1918

WW1 Pair
To- 25-1534.C-SJT.J.A.PURVIS.NORTH'D.FUS
John.A.Purvis was one of the original members of the 25th service battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers / 2nd Tyneside Irish. He lived at 17 Tarmac Street, Newcastle on Tyne & served with A-Company. He is recorded in the war office casualty lists as having been wounded 24-4-1918 & having being admitted to hospital with Syphilis...  read more

Code: 56188

1914-15 STAR & BRITISH WAR MEDAL, 6th NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, KILLED IN ACTION F&F 2-7-1915, FROM NEWCASTLE ON TYNE

WW1 1914-15 Trio & British War Medal
To- 2093.PTE.J.THOMPSON.NORTH'D.FUS
John Thompson was both born & enlisted in Newcastle upon Tyne. He first Landed in France 20-4-1915 serving with the 6th battalion. He was sadly killed in action in France & Flanders 2-7-1915 age 21 & is buried in ST. QUENTIN CABARET MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium & is recorded by the CWGC as the ...  read more

Code: 56217

WW1 MILITARY CROSS (MC) & PAIR, 2nd SOUTH MIDLAND BRIGADE R.F.A, WITH A SUPERB CITATION FOR CAPTURING A GERMAN MACHINE GUN & SIX PRISONERS WHILST A RECONNAISSANCE OFFICER.

WW1 Military Cross (MC) & Pair
To- LIEUT.P.H.LEACH
Percy Hastings Leach was born in Redditch 1885 & was educated at Haywardsfield / Wycliffe college. He was working as a mining engineer in Rhodesia on the outbreak of war & was commissioned in to the 2nd South Midland Brigade of the R.F.A 15-11-1915. He was wounded in France 4-12-1916 & went on to be awarded the Military Cross in t...  read more

Code: 56162

WW1 MILITARY MEDAL (MM) & 1914-15 TRIO, 41st SIEGE BTY RGA FROM WEST HARTLEPOOL, SERVED AT THE HARTLEPOOL BOMBARDMENT

GVR 1st Type WW1 Military Medal (MM) & 1914-15 Trio To- 5678/337724.SJT.L.G.THOMSON.RGA / RA
Lancelot George Thomson from West Hartlepool attended Sunderland Bede Collegiate boys school & enlisted in to the 41st Siege battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery. He first landed in France 10-12-1915 & went on to be awarded the MM for services in France in the London gazette 11-5-1917. He wen...  read more

Code: 56165

FATHER & SON FAMILY GROUP TO THE MIRTLE FAMILY, ROXBURGH & SELKIRK RIFLE VOLUNTEERS, 8th ROYAL SCOTS & 4th K.O.S.B, WITH SHOOTING MEDALS & TROPHIES

A very nice father & son family group to the Mirtle family
1) Victorian volunteer long service medal
To- CORPL.W.MIRTLE.1st.ROX & SELK.RV.1894
Complete with a superb selection of shooting medals & trophies that are all named to the recipient. Including a small sterling silver trophy dated 1925 (141 Grams), N.R.A Bisley medal in sterling silver (23 Grams) small silver shooti...  read more

Code: 56166

WW2 GROUP WITH REGIMENTALLY RARE GSM PALESTINE 1945-48, ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS OFFICER, PRISONER OF WAR & WOUNDED ITALY 1944 ATTACHED TO THE 2/4th K.O.Y.L.I, WITH A LARGE ARCHIVE OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.

1939-45 Star, Italy Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, 1939-45 War Medal & GVIR 1st type GSM 1918-1962 With Palestine 1945-48 Clasp
To- CAPT.J.E.F.WATSON.RWF
Lieutenant Watson was both wounded & taken prisoner of war by the Germans in Italy 1-2-1944 whilst attached to the 2/4th K.O.Y.L.I. He was held as P.O.W number 128871 at Oflag O79 at Braunschweig. After he was releas...  read more

Code: 56161

2 BAR QSA & 1914-15 TRIO WITH ORIGINAL DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE & OTHER DOCUMENTS, IMPERIAL YEOMANRY / ROYAL SCOTS GREYS, LOST HIS LEFT FOOT DUE TO GUN SHOT WOUNDS

QSA 1899-1902 With clasps for Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 & 1914-15 trio To- 39220.PTE.G.KENNEDY.142/.COY.IMP.YEO (QSA)
& GS-15099.PTE.G.KENNEDY.2-DNS (Trio)
George Kennedy was born in Paisley 1878 & served in South Africa during the Boer war with the 142nd company of the Imperial Yeomanry (Fincastle's Horse).He enlisted in to the 2nd Dragoons / Royal Scots Greys in York 25-8-1...  read more

Code: 56150

EGYPT PAIR ALEXANDRIA 11th JULY & QV RN LS&GC, HMS PENELOPE & HMS PEMBROKE

Egypt & Sudan with Alexandria 11th July clasp & 1882 dated reverse, QV RN LS&GC & 1882 dated Khedives Star To- W.A.HARTFIELD.E.R.ARTFR.HMS.PENELOPE
& WALTER.A.HARTFIELD.ENG.ROOM.ARTR.
HMS.PEMBROKE (LS&GC)
Walter Albert Hartfield was born in Woolwich, Kent 29-6-1848 & enlisted in to the Royal Navy in 1872. He served onboard HMS Penelope at Alexandria during the Egypt campaig...  read more

Code: 56148