Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
ORDERS, DECORATIONS, CAMPAIGN MEDALS AND MILITARIA
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 23rd April 2015 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Wednesday 22 April 2015 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
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Auction Lots - Page 4
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  Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4215 Sapper H. Cook, Rl: Engineers.), very fine £60-80
152
  Anglo-Boere Oorlog 1899-1902 (Burger H.P. Kleynhans.), very fine £80-120
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Click to view full image... Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp, Jubaland (243 L-Dafadar Asgar Ali Shah. Aden Troop.), scratches, therefore nearly very fine £140-180
154
  Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp, Gambia (1275 Pte. J. Belgrave. 3rd W. India Regt.), suspension claw re-pinned, light contact marks, therefore nearly very fine £100-140
155
  Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp, Gambia (2895 Pte. D. Dixon. 3rd W. India Regt.), edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine £140-180
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Click to view full image... Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp, Lango 1901 (2178 Pte. Mahabub Surur. Uganda Rifles), nearly very fine £240-280
157
  Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (T.F. Babbage, A.B., H.M.S. Fox.), pawn broker's mark to reverse, very fine £80-120
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Click to view full image... Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp, Kissi 1905 (John Coulson.), good very fine, rare £600-700
Footnote: Corporal John Coulson served as 'Messenger at British Consulate', and was one of three (and the only European) members of Charles W. Braithwaite's staff at the Liberian Consulate.
159
  Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp, Nandi 1905-06 (143 Pte. Tibu. 1/K.A.R.), worn, therefore good fine £80-120
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Click to view full image... Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp, West Africa 1906 (3233 Bglr. Awudu Keffi. 2/N.N. Regt.), good very fine £160-200
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Click to view full image... Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (213045 R.J. Phillips, A.B., H.M.S. Diana.), good very fine £100-140
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Click to view full image... Africa General Service 1902-56, G.V.R., one clasp, East Africa 1913-14 (473 Pte. Selanji. 'C' Coy: 1/K.A.R.), nearly very fine £140-180
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Click to view full image... Africa General Service 1902-56, G.V.R., one clasp, Nyasaland 1915 (P.B. Jhala. Nyasaland Vol: Res:), good very fine £120-160
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Click to view full image... Africa General Service 1902-56, G.V.R., one clasp, Nigeria 1918 (H.A. Freeland.), good very fine, scarce £200-240
Footnote: H.A. Freeland served as the District Locomotive Superintendent for the Nigerian Railway, he was 'in charge of working party with 25 Ton Steam Crane picking up derailed waggons and engines.' (Medal Roll refers)
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Click to view full image... Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., two clasps, Somaliland 1901, Somaliland 1902-04 (Sepoy Awali Hersi (H.G. Aidegalla). L.S.L.), good very fine £300-350
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  Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., two clasps, East Africa 1905, East Africa 1906 (471 Serjt: Muzari Matambatoo. 3/K.A.R.), suspension claw crudely re-pinned, lugs soldered between clasps, fine £80-120
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Click to view full image... Africa General Service 1902-56, G.V.R., two clasps, East Africa 1915, East Africa 1918 (D.R. Crampton. Pol: Officer.), good very fine, scarce £400-500
Footnote: Dudley Russell Crampton, educated at Aldenham School, Elstree and in Germany and Switzerland; served as Assistant Collector, East Africa, before being appointed District Commissioner, 1909; served as Political Officer for the expeditions in East Africa in 1915, and 1918.
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Click to view full image... Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., four clasps, Aro 1901-02, N. Nigeria 1902, N. Nigeria 1903, N. Nigeria 1904 (1750 Pte. Iddi Kano. N.N. Regt.), good very fine £400-500
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Click to view full image... Natal 1906, one clasp, 1906 (Tpr: B. Marsh, Royston's Horse.), extremely fine £100-140

A COLLECTION OF MEDALS TO THE ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT

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Click to view full image... A Great War M.C. Group of Five to Captain T.R. Kerr, Royal West Kent Regiment a) Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued b) 1914-15 Star (PS-2897 Pte. R. Kerr. R. Fus:) c) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Capt. R. Kerr) d) Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., with Bronze Palm on riband, nearly very fine or better (5) £800-1,200
Footnote: M.C. London Gazette 15.3.1918 T./Lt. (A./Capt.) Robert Kerr, R.W. Kent R. 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When the enemy counter-attacked and part of the line was driven in, he rallied the men near him under very heavy fire and re-established the position, thereby saving a critical situation by his promptness and initiative.'
M.I.D. London Gazette 5.7.1919 Kerr, T./Capt., R., M.C., Gen. List.
Belgium, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 4.9.1919 Temporary Captain Robert Kerr, M.C., Royal West Kent Regiment 'For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign.'
Captain Robert Kerr, M.C., born Kilbirnie, Scotland, March 1888; educated at Ashford Grammar School; enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers, 5.11.1914; served during the Great War on the Western Front from 14.11.1915; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal West Kent Regiment, 22.7.1916; promoted Lieutenant, 8.10.1916; Acting Captain and Adjutant, 20.7.1917; awarded the Military Cross whilst serving with the 11th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment for gallantry during the attack on Tower Hamlets in the Third Battle of Ypres, September 1917, when, with Captain Henderson, he took command of the Battalion after Colonel Corfe had been wounded; following the Great War the recipient was a founder Member and Treasurer of 11th Royal West Kent Old Comrades Association; died Newbury, Berkshire, 27.6.1961.
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  The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division, Member's (M.B.E) breast Badge, silver, attributed to Major H.B. James, Royal West Kent Regiment, good very fine, together with the Bestowal Document for the M.B.E., named to Captain (temporary Major) Horace Benjamin James, and dated 1.1.1945, this in a glazed frame £80-120
Footnote: M.B.E. London Gazette 1.1.1945 Captain (temporary Major) Horace Benjamin James (146973), The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment.
Major Horace Benjamin James, M.B.E., Commissioned Lieutenant, Royal West Kent Regiment, 9.9.1940; promoted Captain, 28.12.1943.
172
  Pair: Corporal H. Chapman, Royal West Kent Regiment Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (6098 Pte. H. Chapman, Rl: W. Kent Regt.); Victory Medal (L-6098 Cpl. H Chapman, R.W. Kent. R.), edge bruise to first and suspension slightly bent, toned, nearly very fine (2) £80-120
Footnote: 6098 Corporal Harry Chapman, born December 1882; enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment, 26.2.1901; promoted Corporal, 9.8.1908; served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion on the Western Front from 23.8.1914; taken Prisoner of War, 27.10.1914; repatriated, 18.11.1918; demobilized, 11.2.1919.
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Click to view full image... Four: Corporal J.H. Fathers, Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-15 Star (L-7879. L-Sjt. J.H. Fathers. R.W. Kent. R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-7879. A.Cpl. J.H. Fathers. R.W. Kent. R); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R. (John Henry Fathers), good very fine, together with the recipient's Soldier's Service and Pay Book; Record of Service Certificate; Invitation to Entertainment at the Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace, 22.3.1916, and accompanying programme; and portrait photograph of the recipient Three: Private S. Catt, Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-15 Star (2734 Pte. S. Catt. R.W. Kent. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2734 Pte. S. Catt. R.W. Kent. R.), good very fine (7) £80-120
Footnote: I.S.M. London Gazette 22.6.1945 Fathers, John Henry, Postman, London Postal Region
L-7879 Corporal John Henry Fathers, born Greenwich, London, 1883; enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment, October 1904; promoted Corporal, 21.2.1908; served with the Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 1.6.1915; (wounded and awarded Silver War Badge); discharged as a result of his wounds, 3.3.1919, after 14 years and 149 days with the Colours.
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Click to view full image... Three: Private W. Tovell, Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-15 Star (W-8527 Pte. W. Tovell. R.W. Kent. R); British War and Victory Medals (S-8527 Pte. W. Tovell. R.W. Kent. R), very fine, with the recipient's Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Walter Tovell) and Memorial Scroll 'Pte. Walter Tovell, Royal West Kent Regiment', this damaged; and portrait photograph of the recipient (3) £140-180
Footnote: 8527 Private Walter Tovell, born 1886; served with the 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 27.1.1915; killed in action 25.4.1915, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
175
  Family Group: Three: Private G.A. Huxstep, East Kent Regiment 1914-15 Star (S-9453 Pte. G.A. Huxstep E. Kent. R); British War and Victory Medals (SR-9463 Pte. G.A. Huxstep. E. Kent R.), extremely fine Pair: Private J. Huxstep, Royal West Kent Regiment British War and Victory Medals (G-12744 Pte. J. Huxstep R.W. Kent R.), extremely fine (5) £80-120
Footnote: S-9463 Private George Arthur Huxstep, born Wouldham, Kent, 1885; enlisted in the East Kent Regiment, 29.7.1909, and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 27.12.1914; died of wounds 7.1.1916 and is commemorated upon the Bethune Town Cemetery, France.
G-12744 Private John Huxstep, born Wouldham, Kent, 1882; enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment, 11.12.1915; served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 24.6.1916; killed in action 2.9.1916 and is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial, France.
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Click to view full image... Three: Lieutenant F.E.E. Norris, Royal West Kent Regiment, Late Middlesex Regiment 1914-15 Star (PS-34 Pte. F.E.E. Norris Middx. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F.E.E. Norris), extremely fine, together with a portrait photograph of recipient (3) £100-140
Footnote: Lieutenant Frank Ernest Edwin Norris, born Dulwich, London, 1885; served with the Middlesex Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 17.11.1915; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal West Kent Regiment, 5.8.1916; died of wounds, 2.10.1918, and is buried in Voormezeele Enclosure No.3, Belgium.
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  Pair: Private F. Handley, Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-15 Star (G-5125 Pte. F. Handley, R.W. Kent. R.); Victory Medal (GS-5125 Pte. F. Handley, R.W. Kent. R), good very fine Pair: Private W.H. Chengy, Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-15 Star (G-3643 Pte. W.H. Chengy. R.W. Kent. R); Victory Medal (GS-3643 Pte. W.H. Chengy. R.W. Kent R.), good very fine Pair: Private F.W. Shaw, Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-15 Star (L-9624 Pte. F.W. Shaw. R.W. Kent R.); Victory Medal (L-9624 Pte. F.W. Shaw. R.W. Kent R.), good very fine Pair: Sergeant H. Mansell, Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-15 Star (1032 Sjt. H. Mansell. R.W. Kent R.); Victory Medal (1032 Sjt. H. Mansell. R.W. Kent R.), good very fine Pair: Private W.C. Gambrill, Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-15 Star (G-5947 Pte. W.C. Gambrill. R.W. Kent R.); Victory Medal (GS-5947 Pte. W.C. Gambrill. R.W. Kent. R.), good very fine (10) £100-140
Footnote: L-9624 Private Frederick William Shaw, served with the Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War; died 31.12.1916, and is commemorated upon the Basra Memorial, Iraq.
1032 Sergeant Harry Mansell, born 1868; enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment, 29.9.1914; promoted Corporal, 30.9.1914; Sergeant, 22.10.1914; served during the Great War on the Western Front from 26.7.1915; discharged, 21.12.1918, after 4 years and 84 days with the Colours.
G-5947 Private William Clarence Gabrill, born Northgate, Kent, August 1882; from a documented family of whom the father and all five sons served during the Great War, with one of his brothers, Private Stanley John Gambrill, being awarded the D.C.M.; enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment, 15.3.1915, having previously served in the Royal Navy, and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29.4.1915; discharged following gassing at Ypres 7.8.1915, died as a direct result, 7.12.1916, and is buried in the Fort Pitt Military Cemetery, Kent.
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  Pair: Private E.A. Malins, Royal West Kent Regiment British War and Victory Medals (GS-5793 Pte. E.A. Malins R.W. Kent R.), good very fine, with the recipient's Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Ernest Arthur Malins) (2) £70-90
Footnote: GS-5793 Private Ernest Arthur Malins, born Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, January 1881; enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment, 22.2.1915; served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War; killed in action on the Western Front, 2.7.1916, and is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial, France.
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Click to view full image... Pair: Private F.B. Ellis, Royal West Kent Regiment British War and Victory Medals (205607 Pte. F.B. Ellis. R.W. Kent R.), good very fine, with the recipient's Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Fred Brooke Ellis), this pierced at 3 and 9 o'clock; and a photograph of the recipient Pair: Private W.A. Carrington, London Regiment and Royal West Kent Regiment British War and Victory Medals (G-29300 Pte. W.A. Carrington 20-London R.), nearly extremely fine, with the recipient's Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (William Alfred Carrington) (4) £120-160
Footnote: 205607 Private Fred Brooke Ellis, served with the 7th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front; died of wounds, 13.1.1918 and is buried in the Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.
G-29300 Private William Alfred Carrington, born Birmingham; served with the 20th Battalion London Regiment (Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment) during the Great War on the Western Front; died of wounds 1.9.1918, and is buried in Heilly Station Cemetery, France.
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  Pair: Lieutenant W.F. Cutbush, Hampshire Regiment, Late Royal West Kent Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. W.F. Cutbush), good very fine Pair: Private J.L.H. Falkner, Royal West Kent Regiment British War and Victory Medals (L-10230 Pte. J.L.H. Falkner R.W. Kent R.), good very fine Pair: Private W.T. Pettit, London Regiment and Royal West Kent Regiment British War and Victory Medals (635786 Pte. W.T. Pettit 20-Lond. R.), nearly extremely fine Pair: Private W.H. Wagstaff, Royal West Kent Regiment British War and Victory Medals (G-20165 Pte. W.H. Wagstaff R.W. Kent R.), good very fine, together with his identity tag (8) £70-90
Footnote: Lieutenant William Francis Cutbrush, born Bury, Lancashire, November 1894; enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment, 9.9.1914, and served with the Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 4.12.1916; advanced Company Sergeant Major; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Hampshire Regiment, 27.2.1918; promoted Lieutenant, 27.8.1919; relinquished his Commission, 1.4.1920.
Private William H. Wagstaff, enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment 9.12.15; served with the Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 17.9.1917.
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  Four: Sergeant J. Steptoe, Royal West Kent Regiment, Recommended for a D.C.M. for His Gallantry in Saving a Wounded Comrade Whilst Under Fire, July 1940 1939-1945 Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaf; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., with 'Territorial' scroll suspension (6345555 Sjt. J. Steptoe. R.W.K.), good very fine, together with the recipient's M.I.D. Certificate, dated 20.12.1940; Dunkerque Commemoration Medal with Royal West Kent Regiment emblem unofficially attached to riband, and accompanying certificate; two photographs of the recipient, one in a glazed frame; 21st Army Group card from Field Marshal Montgomery; and two Kent Schools Football Association medals and cloth badge (4) £80-120
Footnote: M.I.D. London Gazette 20.12.1940 634555 L/Cpl J. Steptoe, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 'In recognition of distinguished services in connection with operations in the field, March-June, 1940.'
634555 Sergeant John Steptoe, served with the 4th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Second War; recommended for either the Distinguished Conduct Medal or the Military Medal, 'for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on the 28th July 1940. When carrying out a reconnaissance of Steinhequn in the outpost position at dawn this N.C.O.'s platoon encountered enemy A.F.V.'s and suffered casualties from very heavy machine gun fire. The platoon withdrew but L/Cpl. Steptoe, seeing that Pte. Hardy had been left lying wounded in the road half a mile away, ran back and carried him in. This act of gallantry was a fine example to others in the platoon'; in the event Steptoe received his M.I.D. for this action.
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  Pair: Private R. Dunkley, Royal West Kent Regiment 1939-1945 Star; War Medal, good very fine, together with the recipient's Soldier's Service and Pay Book and copied Prisoner of War document Pair: Corporal F.B. Hemsley, Royal West Kent Regiment 1939-1945 Star; War Medal, extremely fine, together with named card box of issue, addressed to 'Mrs. M.F. Hemsley, 65 Nursery Road, High Brooms, Tunbridge Wells, Kent', and named condolence slip (4) £80-120
Footnote: 6347101 Private Richard Dunkley, born 11.1.1919; enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment, 20.10.1939; served with the 6th Battalion during the Second World War in France from 21.4.1940; taken Prisoner of War on the Somme, 24.5.1940; held in four Prisoner of War camps across Poland; liberated 15.5.1945; discharged, 2.1.1946.
6345633 Corporal Frank Bernhard Hemsley, served during the Second World War with the 4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; died 28.5.1940, and is buried in Le Grand Hasard Military Cemetery, Morbecque, France.
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  Pair: Corporal R. Vale, Royal West Kent Regiment General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, Borneo (22775098 Cpl. R. Vale. Queens Own Buffs.), number officially corrected; Army Long Service & G.C., E.II.R., with 'Regular Army' bar suspension (22775098 Cpl. R. Vale. Queens.), traces of lacquer on latter, good very fine (2) £70-90
184
  Egypt 1882-89, dated, no clasp (736. Sgt. J. Jones. 1/R.W. Kent. R.), rank corrected, light pitting from star otherwise good very fine £80-120
185
  1914-15 Star (8) (2124 Pte. G.H. Anchors. R.W. Kent R.; L-10562. Pte. W.G. Balcombe. R.W. Kent. R.; S-1106. Pte. J. Brooker. R.W. Kent. R.; 2310 Pte. H. Burton. R.W. Kent R.; 5217 Pte. A.E. Field. R.W. Kent. R.; G-3681. L-Cpl. R. Goulding. R.W. Kent. R.; G-265. Pte. S. Jackson. R.W. Kent. R.; G. 6071. Pte. P.J. Watts. R.W. Kent. R.), generally very fine or better (8) £140-180
Footnote: L-10562 Private Walter George Balcombe, born Hawkhurst, Kent, December 1889; enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment, 17.11.1914; served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29.4.1915; killed in action, 22.7.1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in the attack on Wood Lane, starting at 9:52pm- machine gun fire from the wood soon brought attack to a standstill, with almost all officer casualties; total casualties were 421. He is buried in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France.
S-1106 Private John Brooker, served with the 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front; killed in action 26.9.1915, when as part of the 24th Division the Battalion suffered 24 Officers and 556 other ranks killed and wounded during the disastrous attack on the German second position at Loos, and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.
5217 Private Albert Edward Field, M.M., born Chatham, Kent, November 1879; enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment, 4.1.1915, and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 24.7.1915; severely wounded by gun shot wound to the right thigh, 15.7.1916, and to the left heel, 7.6.1917; awarded the Military Medal, (London Gazette 11.11.1916).
G-3681 Lance Corporal Raymond Goulding, served with the 8th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front; killed in action 26.9.1915, when as part of the 24th Division the Battalion suffered 24 Officers and 556 other ranks killed and wounded during the disastrous attack on the German second position at Loos, and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.
G-6071 Private Percival John Watts, served with the 8th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front; killed in action 5.11.1915, and is buried in Elzenwalle Brasserie Cemetery, Belgium.
186
  British War Medal (7) (Capt. G.C. Golding.; Lieut G.H. Wallington.; L-8926 S. Sgt. P.H. Broom R.W. Kent R.; L-9269 Pte. F.G. Smithers. R.W. Kent R.; GS-5422 Pte. J.T. Taylor. R.W. Kent R.; G-23672 Pte. W.J. Wooley. R.W. Kent R.; G-17903 Pte. C. Wright. R.W. Kent R.), generally nearly very fine or better (7) £70-90
Footnote: Captain George Cecil Golding, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; served with the Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War in India from 29.10.1914; promoted Captain 1.6.1917.
Lieutenant G.H. Wallington, Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal West Kent Regiment, 27.6.1917.
L-9269 Private Frederick George Smithers, born Rochester, Kent; served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment; died whilst serving with the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 14.9.1916, and is buried in Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.
GS-5422 Private James Taylor, served with the 8th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 30.8.1915.
G-23672 Private William John Wooley, born 1889; enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment 11.12.1915; served during the Great War with the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force from 3.5.1917.
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  British War Medal (7) (Lieut. E.V. Stokes.; TF-2885 Pte. F.J. Court. R.W. Kent R.; G-15526 Pte. L. Crawley. R.W. Kent R.; GS-4065 Pte. J. Merritt. R.W. Kent R.; TF-241210 S. Smith. R.W. Kent R.; 6202 Pte. E.J. Spong. R.W. Kent R.; GS-7792 Pte. J. Tyrer. R.W. Kent R.), generally very fine or better (7) £80-120
Footnote: Lieutenant Eric Vincent Stokes, born June 1894; Commissioned Second Lieutenant 29.10.1914; promoted Lieutenant 17.8.1915; served with the 5th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War from 8.11.1915.
TF-2885 Private Frederick John Court, born Deal, Kent, 1896; served with the 2/4th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War; died of wounds 9.5.1917, and is buried in Deir El Balah War Cemetery, Israel.
G-15526 Private Lawrence Crawley, born Bermondsey, Surrey, 1876; served with the 10th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front; killed in action 7.6.1917, and is buried in the Bus House Cemetery, Belgium.
GS-4065 Private Percy James Merritt, served with the 2nd Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War as part of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force; died of wounds, 25.4.1916, and is buried in the Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.
TF-241210 Private Samuel Smith, enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment 8.12.1915; served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War; discharged 12.11.1918.
6202 Private Ernest John Spong, enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment 19.4.1915; served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front 1.10.1915; transferred into the Tank Corps 8.10.1917; discharged 16.2.1919.
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  British War Medal (7) (2.Lieut. E.F. Allnutt.; 5229 Pte. H.C. Bolton. R.W. Kent R.; G-31505 Pte. T.C. Evans. R.W. Kent R.; 4898 Pte. W. Love. R.W. Kent R.; GS-4055 Pte. A.T. Morgan. R.W. Kent R.; 2.Lieut. R. Standring; 242266 Pte. A. Youlton. R.W. Kent R.), generally very fine or better (7) £80-120
Footnote: Lieutenant Ernest Francis Allnutt, born Bromley, Kent, September 1884; enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment, 13.12.1916; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal West Kent Regiment 15.6.1917; promoted Lieutenant, 30.11.1918; served with the Regiment in India from 26.8.1917.
Lieutenant Rambert Standring, enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers, 11.9.1914; commissioned Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment, 31.8.1917; served with the 3rd and 6th Battalions during the Great War; promoted Lieutenant, 14.11.1917; twice wounded in action, including a severe shell wound suffered to the left foot at Bouzincourt, France, 30.6.1918.
189
  Victory Medal (8) (Capt H.V. Mitchell; Lieut. T.A. Stokes; G-12518 Pte. C. Ellis R.W. Kent R.; L-6724 Sjt. W.T. Fermor R.W. Kent R.; G-17816 Pte. L.E. Griggs. R.W. Kent R.; 1160 Pte. J.H. Lomax. R.W. Kent R.; 204911 Pte. C.F. Page R.W. Kent R.; GS-9951 Pte. F. Ridall R.W. Kent R.), generally very fine or better (8) £100-140
Footnote: M.C. London Gazette 1.2.1919 T./Lt. Hubert Vincent Mitchell, 2nd Bn., E. Kent R., attd. 7th Bn. 'At Montauban, on 25th August, 1918, for gallant resource during the advance, when his men were held by a nest of hostile machine-guns. Regardless of heavy fire, he crawled forward and located the post, which was then destroyed, thus enabling the advance to continue.'
Captain Herbert Vincent Mitchell, M.C., born Shaw, Lancashire, December 1892; enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers 28.10.1914 and served with the 21st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front and as part of the Salonika Army; Commissioned Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment 5.8.1916; Lieutenant 5.2.1918; Captain 7.11.1918; awarded the Military Cross 1.2.1919; transferred into the Royal West Kent Regiment 1.8.1919; discharged 20.8.1919.
Lieutenant Thomas Alan Stokes, born June 1896; Commissioned Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment 12.9.1914; promoted Lieutenant 1.6.1916; served with the 1/5th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 5.12.1917; twice suffered malaria.
G-12518 Private Charles Ellis, served with the 8th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front; killed in action 17.8.1916, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
1160 Private John Henry Lomax, born 1896; enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment 4.9.1914; served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26.7.1915; gun shot wound to the left knee 3.7.1916; transferred to the East Lancashire Regiment 29.3.1919.
G-9951 Private Frederick Riddall, served with the 11th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front; killed in action 31.7.1917, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
190
  Victory Medal (7) (Capt. F.I. Harrison.; Lieut. C.J.A. Kysh.; GS-6860 Pte. W.D. Hardy. R.W. Kent R.; 997 Pte. W. George. R.W. Kent R.; GS-8055 Pte. E.N. Powell R.W. Kent R.; G-18521 Pte. A.V. Terry R.W. Kent R.; GS-3068 Pte. J. Wolfers. R.W. Kent R.), generally very fine or better (8) £70-90
Footnote: Captain Francis Ingleby Harrison, born Islington, London, April 1883; educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford; commissioned Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment 3.11.1915; served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 28.7.1916; promoted Lieutenant 1.7.1917; Captain 8.5.1918; suffered gun shot wounds right thigh, left arm and right foot, died of wounds 8.5.1918, and is buried in the Aire Communal Cemetery, France.
Lieutenant Claude James Anthony Kysh, born St. Michael's, Barbados, January 1894; commissioned Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment 21.10.1914; served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18.8.1915; suffered trench foot, November 1915, due to 'exposure on active service'; promoted Lieutenant 22.12.1915; died 27.11.1918, and is buried in Thorpe-next-Norwich (St. Andrew) Church Cemetery.
GS-6860 Private William Donald Hardy, born Brockley, Kent, 1897; served with the 6th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 14.12.1915; killed in action, 3.7.1916, on which date the Battalion formed part of the 34th Division during its disastrous advance on Ovillers, which cost the lives of 145 members of the 6th Battalion and a total of nearly 2,400 officers and men from the Division due to hostile artillery and machine-gun fire, the failure was attributed to inadequate flank protection and the lack of any element of surprise. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
997 Private Walter George, served with the Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 12.9.1915.
GS-8055 Private Edward Norman Powell, served with the 11th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front; killed in action 8.4.1917, and is buried in Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Belgium.
191
  Victory Medal (8), (G-14753 Pte. A. Brice R.W. Kent R.; G-11030 Pte. H.E. Broxholme R.W. Kent R.; 7678 Pte. J.W. Bunyard R.W. Kent R.; 203017 Pte. H.J. Constable R.W. Kent R.; 202923 Pte. B.D. Hillsdon R.W. Kent R.; L-11185 Pte. W. Sendles R.W. Kent R.; GS-9797 Pte. F. Stenning R.W. Kent R.; G-23143 Pte. S.M. Stodart R.W. Kent R.), generally nearly very fine or better, one with damage to suspender (8) £80-120
Footnote: G-1103 Private Herbert E. Broxholme, enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment 15.11.1915; discharged 25.10.1918.
202923 Private Benjamin Daintry Hillsdon, served with the 6th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front; died of wounds 16.10.1918, and is buried in King's Walden (St. Mary) Churchyard, Hertfordshire.
G-23143 Private Sydney Maxwell Stodart, served with the 6th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front; died of wounds 6.5.1917 and is buried in Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France.
L-11185 Private Walter Sendles, born Loose, Kent, December 1896; enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment 29.1.1916; served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front; suffered a gun shot wound to the leg 2.10.1917, gun shot wound to the back 1.5.1918, died of his wounds in Rouen Hospital 21.5.1918, and is buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.
GS-9797 Private Frank Stenning, born August 1896; enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment 2.9.1915; served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front; discharged 18.4.1919.
192
  Territorial Force War Medal (1276 Pte. A.C. White R.W. Kent R.), good very fine £140-180
193
  Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (George Frederick Gibbon), good very fine, in card envelope of issue; with the recipient's Memorial Scroll, named 'Pte. George Frederick Gibbon, Royal W. Kent Regt.'; and two letters of condolence, addressed to Mrs M. Gibbon, 2 Horns Lane, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire £70-90
Footnote: 18198 Private George Frederick Gibbon, enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment 15.11.1915; served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front; died 5.5.1918, and is buried in Grand-Seraucourt British Cemetery, France.
194
  Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (2) (Philip Frank Cross, Frank Palmer Thompson), first drilled at 12 o'clock; second with hook suspension on reverse, otherwise good very fine (2) £120-160
Footnote: Second Lieutenant Philip Frank Cross, served with the 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front; commissioned Second Lieutenant 29.8.1915; killed in action during the disastrous attack on Wood Lane, 22.7.1916, which began at 9.52pm but was soon brought to a standstill after machine-gun fire cost 421 casualties, almost all officers, he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
203945 Lance Corporal Frank Palmer Thomson, served with the 3rd/4th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front; killed in action 7.7.1917, and is buried in the Sunken Road Cemetery, Fampoux, France.
195
  Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (William Henry Penney), good very fine, in card envelope of issue £140-180
Footnote: D.C.M. London Gazette 1.4.1915 4558 Company Sergeant Major Penney, W.H., 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment 'For gallant conduct and ability in the trenches from 23rd to 28th October, 1914, especially in dealing with the enemy's attempt at an outflanking movement.'
4558 Company Sergeant Major William Henry Penney, D.C.M., born Greenwich, Kent; served with the Regiment during the Boer War and with the 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 15.8.1914; played 'a prominent part in the Battles of Mons, Le Cateau, the Marne, and the Aisne'; killed in action at Neuve Chapelle 28.10.1914 'whilst rallying his men under very heavy fire', for which his D.C.M. was awarded, on the day of his death Penney 'did splendid work, behaving with the utmost coolness, walking along smoking a cigarette and directing the fire of his men calmly and collectedly, and the determination with which this improvised line kept the Germans at bay', and is commemorated upon the Le Touret Memorial, France.
196
  Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (2) (Victor Thomas Butler; Thomas Joseph Kevan), good very fine (2) £100-140
Footnote: G-2861 Private Victor Thomas Butler, served with the 8th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 30.8.1915; killed in action, 26.9.1915, and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.
S-1020 Sergeant Thomas Joseph Kevan, enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment, 28.9.1914; served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front; killed in action, 8.10.1915, and is commemorated upon the Loos Memorial, France.
197
  Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (2) (Harold Merrett; Harry Vigus), good very fine (2) £80-120
Footnote: G-9361 Private Harold Merrett, served with the 6th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front; killed in action 3.5.1917, and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
G-19361 Private Harry Vigus, served with the 11th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front; died of wounds 16.6.1917, and is buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
198
  Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (2) (Henry Rich; William Henry Sherlock), good very fine (2) £100-140
Footnote: 205527 Private Henry Rich, served with the 10th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front; killed in action 9.8.1917 and is commemorated upon the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
3729 Private William Henry Sherlock, born Sittingbourne, Kent; served with the 1st Battalion Royal West Surrey Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front; killed in action 15.7.1916 and is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial, France.
199
  General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (22522163 Pte. W.A. Thompson. R.W.K.), nearly extremely fine General Service 1962-2007, one clasp Borneo (23663769 L/Cpl. G.W. Kemp. Queens Own Buffs.), nearly extremely fine (2) £80-120

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Click to view full image... France, Kingdom, First Restoration 1814-15, Legion of Honour, Commander's neck Badge, 91mm including crown suspension x 64mm, gold and enamel, enamel damage to wreath, otherwise good very fine, rare £3,000-4,000
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