British Campaign Medal Groups & Pairs

WW1 & WW2 RFC & RAF Military Cross group of 6 to Air Commodore J. L. Vachell. Involved with British Intelligence, he was placed in Hitler's black book of people to be executed if the Germans ever landed in the UK, interesting group, see description

Group of 13 to Air Vice Marshal Charles William Nutting, Royal Naval Air Service, DSC, Officer commanding RAF Hal Far, Director of Signals, CBE, see description

Distinguished Flying Medal to Sgt. Pilot Thomas Purdy, RAF. KIA with 57 Sqn 1941 over Eindhoven, he took part in the famous raid of Heligoland Bight 1939 & capital ships at Brunsbuttel with 9 Sqn, with original news cuttings & MiD certificate, see history

Distinguished Flying Cross group to Flying Officer Brian Frederick Fermor, 233 Squadron, RAF, a Wireless Operator Air Gunner, campaigns in Greece, Crete, Syria, Iraq and Persia, with miniatures, cigarette case engraved with mosque & photo album, scarce

Pilot Officer Basil Arthur Curtis, RAF, early award of the DFM, LG: 22/10/1940, Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner, completed 38 ops. on Wellington Bombers, 29/4/1943 aged 22 KIA over Denmark, complete with medals and box of issue, lots of history, scarce

Air Force Medal group of 5 to Signaller I R. J. Le Feaver, Royal Air Force, scarce, see history

Distinguished Flying Medal group to Flight Lieutenant Lewis Edward Hopkins, joined the RAF as a Rigger Air Mechanic with 206 Squadron (a Coastal Command Squadron flying Anson Aircraft), also qualified as an Air Gunner, completed 25 ops., see description

Falklands pair to Mark Shurben-Brown, Second Battalion, Parachute Regiment (2 PARA), saw action at Goose Green and Bluff Cove, and was one of the first soldiers to arrive in Port Stanley at the end of the conflict, includes full history and some photos

Group of 6 to 12409 Quater-Master Sergeant Frederick George Burgess, 115 Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. MiD 1915, MM 1916, DCM 1916 for saving the life of an officer during a heavy bombardment, includes full history, see description

Group of 4 to Squadron Leader Fredrick Ronald Flynn, RAF. Chief Flying Instructor at No.4 Air School, flew on the Royal Flight (1953 Coronation), King's Commendation, LG 1/1/1945, Air Force Cross 2/1/1950, photos, officer's promotion document & 4 logbooks

Group to 2195 Chief Motor Mechanic Henry Hipwood, RFC (1914-18) RAF (1918-1947) RAF Meritorious Service Medal (LG: 3/6/1919) RAF LSGC (13/11/1932) OBE (LG: 1/1/1941) Defence of Malta: April - Aug 1941, retired Wing Commander 1/11/1947, see description

Group of 4 with sports medals to Flight Lieutenant Thomas Pounteny, RAF, born 1911, Air Force Medal, London Gazette 1938, early award of the AFM pre-war, trained pilots throughout the war, enlisted 1927, retired 1950, with copies of his service papers

Group of 6 to Sergeant Solomon Cowan, a cabinet maker from Spitalfields, London. RAMC 1893, Royal Fusiliers 1899 (South Africa), promoted to Corporal, awarded DCM & discharged 1902, rejoined RAMC 1915, EEF from 1915-1919, a scarce lot, see description

Group of 3 to 25152222 Private J. A. Davison, Para Regiment, on all three medals, plus ID card. General Service Medal, Northern Ireland bar, Iraq Medal & Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan

Two family groups: CH. Tech G. R. Edney, (Malaya, Borneo, RAF LSGC) & SG.186 M. Edney, RFA Brambleleaf- Falklands, Petty Officer- 1st Gulf War/ Afghanistan, Chief Petty Officer- Iraq, scarce RFA LSGC with bar, 2002 & 2012 Jubilee, all in original boxes

Group of 4 to 250631102 Lance Corporal Simon J. Scott, 2 Para Regiment, Mortar Platoon Support Company, enlisted at Plymouth on 15th April 1997 until December 2004, includes photos and history

Group of 4 to 25101 Private K. J. Watson, Assault Pioneer Platoon 2 Para, with service in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan, Nato, includes 2 photos

WW2 Sicily Military Medal group to Regimental Sergeant-Major Micheal Rodger, 2nd Bn., Royal Scots Fusiliers. A pre-war regular he had served with 1st Bn., in Palestine 1932-36. See description

Group of 5 to 25076436 Private D. J. Deraphin, Para Regiment, Iraq & Afghanistan Medals, includes some photos

Pte. Alfred Wolfenden, 19 (Salford Pals) Lancashire Fusiliers. DCM: France 1/11/1918. Under heavy machine-gun fire he took command, rushed a bridge into position, crossed the river, attacked & captured a machine-gun team, full history, see description

DCM group to Sergeant Charles Alfred Watch, Gloucester Regiment, Lancashire Fusiliers. LG: 6/2/1918 (France) an enemy machine-gun post was seriously affecting the line, he collected three men and rushed it, capturing 2 officers and 25 men. See description

Group of 5 to the Honourable Captain Denys Scott, Royal North Devonshire Hussars. Served with the Tank Corps Carrier Company in WW1 and took part in many battles. Later served as Major in the 5 Bn., Devon Home Guard. An interesting group, see description

Distinguished Conduct Medal group of 4 to 3269 Colour Sergeant William Frederick Dachtler, 23rd (County of London) Bn., London Regiment, MiD LG 25/5/1917, DCM LG 17/4/1918 (reconnoitring enemy position), POW 24/3/1918, see full history with group

Military Cross group to Lt. E. G. Kirk, R.G.A. (S.R.) attd. 32nd Sge. Bty.

Group of 6 to 60004 Sergeant Walter George Evans, 22nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Belgium Order of Leopold II (avec palme) chevalier, LG 5/4/1919 - A/47th Brigade RFA, DCM - LG 3/6/1919 (Belgium/France), 'A' Battery 47th Brigade RFA, see description

Sir Samuel Harrison Yardley Oulsnam, 124 Heavy Artillery, 42 Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery, born 1898, Military Cross 1919, Indian Civil Service, C.I.E., C.S.I. Secretary to Government of India Health, knighted 1948, died 1972, see description

Group of 7 to 25047904 Sergeant L. D. McLellan, Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers, awarded a commendation on 12th May 2010, see citation, comes with original photos, news cutting, and a certificate from the Queen’s Royal Lancers 11th January 2008

3 groups to the Marchbank family: Lt. Col. William Richard Marchbank, 4th VB West Surrey/ Essex Regiments, ASC (TA), Major William George Marchbank, East Anglian Transport & Supply Column, ASC (TA), & Lt. Col. Harold George Marchbank RA, see descriptions

WW1 DCM trio to 915772 Gunner/ Lance Corporal Percy Quinnell, served Egypt attd. No.5 M.M. Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Killed an enemy machine gun crew after being struck in the head by a splinter. With two certificates signed by General Allenby

Captain, later Major & Brevet Lieutenant Edward Kent Jones, 57 West Middlesex Regiment, served at the Siege of Sebastopol, 1855, Indian Mutiny, Jounpore Field Force & Command, 1st Sikh Irregular, died on the passage home in 1877, with lots of history

Cpt. Herbert Frederick Atwell, X/11 Trench Mortar Battery/ A/58 Brigade, RFA, Military Cross: serous loss of life was averted, later when another gun pit was hit he put out the fire, saved a number of wounded men from being burnt to death, see description

Group of 11 to Sergeant, later Major, Francis F. West, Royal Engineers, later Royal Signals. Served France with the 2 Division, MM probably for actions on Ancre & Transley Ridges (Somme), all medals confirmed, see description, a scarce group with history

DCM group to Pte. Joseph Gilliam, 2 East Yorkshire Regt., LG: 11/3/1916, after the enemy had blown in his trench with a mine he displayed great bravery and devotion to duty in digging out under heavy shell fire and rifle fire the men who had been buried

Group of 5 to JX/24837 Petty Officer Thomas Carmichael Bell, D.E.M.S., HMS President III, Royal Navy. Presented the British Empire Medal 4/12/1945 by the King, for bravery and enterprise during the Plymouth blitz. With original documents, see description

A fine group to Major William Howard, Army Ordnance Corps (Boer War), Commissary of Ordnance (Tientsin, China), Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Egypt), MiD: 1916, 1918 & 1919, awarded OBE in 1919, O.E.O 2nd class 1928 & 1st class 1933, see description

Military Cross group to Captain Harold Edgar Kendrick, Wakefield Royal Engineers. Service in France September 1915, Signal Company, Royal Engineers, MiD 28/11/1917, Military Cross 3/6/1918, studied at Oxford, with history

Scarce trio to Sergeant Edward Nathan, 10 Middlesex/ 19 London Regt. DCM for gallantry 17-21 April 1917 near Gaza, Egypt: 'he brought in wounded from the open under heavy fire', 'setting a fine, magnificent example to the whole battalion', see description

Group of 8 to Captain Robert Farrell, Oxford Bucks., later Quetta Division. Served from 26/12/1876 to 11/2/1923, OBE awarded 4/8/1920 for valuable service in the British-Afghan War of 1919, includes a large file of research

Group of 4 to 11055 Sapper William Barnecutt, C Troop, Royal Engineers: South Africa Medal, 1879 clasp, Egypt Medal Suakin 1885 clasp, Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, & Khedive's Star 1884-86, with full history & photo

Group of 8 to 24486356 Sergeant W. Weir, Royal Irish

WW1 Military Cross trio to 2 Lieutenant Albert Charles Elliott, 1/5 East Lancashire Regiment. Wounded 12/01/1918, MC for gallantry, Riencourt, August 1918, for capturing machine gun crew, enabling the advance to continue. Includes history, see description

Northern Ireland\ Falklands pair to D.183570A A.B. C. Rockett, HMS Ambuscade, Royal Navy

Group of 6 to Chief Petty Officer James Leonard Thundercliff, Royal Navy. Awarded the Royal Navy Good Shot in 1910, 10 inch BL, joined 1897-1922, with Marine Society Medal dated 19th April 1905, includes full service history

WW1 Distinguished Service Medal group of 5 to 176238 Petty Officer Stephen Pike, Royal Navy - Royal Fleet Reserve. LG 1/1/1916 (Mine Sweeping), DSM LG 17/4/1918 (Mine Sweeping) HMS Gossamer (Torpedo Gun Boat converted for minesweeping), includes history

The incredible group of medals plus MiD, to Lt. Eric Aver Duncan, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in the Victoria Cross action on the port of Oran, North Africa. His ship, HMS Walney, was sunk in forcing entry to the habour. See description

Group of 9 to Cpl. D. J. Kitching, 8th Sig. Regt., R.L.C. Includes photos, documents & full service history

Doctor Charles Herbert Budd MC TD TL MA MBBCh FFARCS DA, saw several campaigns with the RAMC during WW1, Military Cross: 'Under heavy shelling, he went forward and dressed wounded, and dressed one man under full observation of the enemy.' See description

Group of 6 to Captain Francis Disney, Duke of Edinburgh's Own Volunteer Rifles, later Army Service Corps, South African Staff Corps, late 3rd. Battalion, Leinster Regiment, WW1 South Africa Service Corps, see history