British Campaign Medal Groups & Pairs

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

Group of 7 to 25074082/ 30120726 L/Cpl./ Scot's. B. A. Sneddon, Royal Highland Fusiliers

Group of 5 to Lt. Commander F. H. Yeo, Royal Navy, WW1 trio & good shooting medal awarded 1913, 13.5 inc. HMS Centurion, with history

Navy Distinguished Service Medal to Chief Petty Officer John Piggott, HMS Patrician, Royal Navy, London Gazette 31 December 1917, with full service history

Group of 5 to Australian Air Gunner/ Warrant Officer W. F. Fitzgerald, 49 Squadron, RAF, shot down over Germany 8th October 1943, POW in Stalag Luft 1 and later Stalag Luft 3, all medals named, impressed or officially engraved, a scarce group

Father & son's medals: T. S. Major William A. Murphy (father) includes history of his service in China, & 3126 SS Major Reginal Leslie Murphy (son), served in South Africa from 1901, both 1 Dragoon Guards, includes history, scarce

Military Cross group of 4 to 633 Corporal David Scott Charmers Watson, Seaforth Highlanders/ Royal Engineers. Military Cross for gallantry at Fay Farm near Kappaart, 21 October 1918, saved & helped/ bandaged wounded under fire, War Medal unnamed

Group of 6 to 200715 Chief Petty Officer G. F. Wade, Royal Navy, served on HMS Hussar, then on HMS Topaz when best shoot was awarded 1908, later in WW1 served on HMS Adventure, a scarce group

Group of 4 to 24964162 Corporal P. R. Keepin, Royal Logistics Corps. Iraq Medal, Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan, Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal & Volunteer Reserves Service Medal, complete with boxes and 3 badges

DFM group to a complete fantasist Edmund Cawthorn: claims to have sunk a U-boat with his crew & sent home the U-boat Commander's cap badge. Also claims to have the goldfish club badge. In reality, he was a Leading Aircraft, class 2. See description

Group of 6 to 565361 Flying Lieutenant John Francis Cooper, RAF pilot flying with 61 Squadron, an interesting group with some early raids on Germany, includes a large file of research, see description/ combat reports

Group of 4 to 64952314 Pte. Henry Erksine, 2 Bedfordshire Regiment, later Labour Corps, France, 6/10/1915, MM awarded for gallantry on the field 28th September 1916 at the capture of Thiepval, with original document for the award, includes full history

Military Medal group of 4 to 62234 Cpl. Percy C. L. H. Bulmer, 18- Divisional Signal Coy., R.E. Includes Flying Log Book as a Bomb-Aimer (1944-45)/ 'B' Brevet (no ops) & son's 1939-45 War Medal

Family group- father & son, both R.A.M.C. surgeons in Great War. Father: CBE (Military) to Henry J. Neilson C.M., M.B., M.D. Son: 1914 trio to Major Drevor Frederick Acton Neilson (served at Gallipolli) famous Harley Street surgeon

Group of 8 to 2457772 Corporal/ Sergeant M. F. Parnell, Royal Fusiliers/ Royal Army Medical Corps

Group of 8 to Captain George William Beszant, MBE, Royal Artillery 1888-1913/ 1916-19, 12 Northumberland Fusiliers 1914-16, wounded at Battle of Loos 1915, his wife was killed in the blitz 1941, with research & original photo, a good lot, see description

Group of 5 to 2554 Private J. Scott, 25th King's Own Scottish Borderers, served Egypt, India & South Africa. Geimaizah 1888, Khedive's Star (undated), India Medal, Relief of Chitral 1895 bar, QSA 3 bars & KSA, with full service history

Group of 3 to Private James Gray, 82 Regiment, Prince of Wales Volunteers, South Lancashire Regiment, with full service history

WW2 group of 7 to CJX140625 Acting Seaman Edward Common Hall, Royal Navy. MiD 11/7/1940 on HMS Leath, later served in the Royal Australian Navy (Naval LSGC named to R.A.N.) includes some history, scarce

Group to 25159743 Sergeant D. D. Coleman, R.E.M.E., Afghanistan Medal, Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal 2012, Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal 2023 & LSGC (Military), also prize medals won for British Army (Germany) Championships 2013

Two WW1 trios to K/17981 Walter James Fairhurst (from Warrington) and 6264 Stoker John Healy, Jutland casualties who died on HMS Indefatigable, which was sunk at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916, with the loss of 1010 men, only two survivors

Group of 4 to 24802318 Sergeant/ Captain P. A. Thompson, Royal Engineers: Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan (Captain), NATO Medal for the Former Yugoslavia, Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal & Medal for Long Service & Good Conduct (Military)

Group of 3 to to CSM Instructor J. Halsey, School of Musketry, late K.R.R.C., papers show he deserted 3 times & rejoined under 3 different alias, still managed to get an Army LSGC, also saved Sepoy Khan from drowning, an interesting lot, see description

Group of 3 to Lt.-Col. Henry Rundle Lawrence, Indian Army- Government of India Political Department, Kaiser-I-Hind (2nd class) 1/1/1915, MiD 11/10/1917 (East Africa), MiD LG 7/3/1918 (East Africa), Companion India Empire (C.I.E.) LG 3/6/1925, see history

Group of 5 to A.B. John H. Jones, HMS Endymion on China War Medal, Lieutenant Royal Navy Reserve on WW1 trio, John H. Jones on Mercantile Marine Medal, unofficial bar on China War Medal

Group of 4 to 28714 Gunner Herbert Bramael Ledger, 12 Battery, Royal Field Artillery, China Medal: Relief of Pekin bar, later served WW1 Farrier Sergeant, 17 Royal Field Artillery, he came from Taunton, Somerset, includes full service papers

China War Medal 1900, 1 bar: Relief of Pekin/ India Medal, 2 bars: Tirah 1897-98 & Punjab Frontier 1897-98, pair, to 2015 Driver Masum Shah, Number 3 Company, Bombay Sappers & Miners

Group of 4 to Corporal Thomas Henry Sawyer, Royal Marines, HMS Phobe in West Africa, Benin 1897, later Ships Corporal, Royal Navy 18th April 1902, Master at Arms - HMS Hawke - 4th February 1913, killed in action 15th October 1914 (HMS Hawke sunk by UC9)

Group of 9 to Pte. A. M. Bennett, 4th Bn., Middlesex Regt., POW (St Quentin) 1914, released 1918, Drum Major Toronto Regt. (Royal Regt. Canada Militia) 1926-39, W.0.1 Provost Corps 1940-46/ Sgt. Maj,, MBE (Military) CG 5/1/1946, Band Master 1948

MBE group of 8 to Pte. John Connor Scrimgeour, 4 Royal Fusiliers (Iraq 1920), Temp Conductor, MiD 14/1/1943- Syria/ Iraq/ Persia- Indian Army. MBE, LG: 21/12/1944 (Italy)- Indian Army Corps Clerks. Assistant Commissary- Commissioned Lieutenant- 6/2/1945

Indian Mutiny pair to 222 Charles Verity, 3 Rifle Brigade, entitled to pair, 10th March 1873 invalided, includes full history

Royal Victorian Order - Member (MVO), 5th class/ Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal 1977 pair, possible research number 1414 on MVO

Group of 5 to Colonel James Hurrie Brodie, Royal Army Medical Corps, served Army Medical Corps from 1941 where he served in England and India, see history

A fine group of 6 to Lieutenant Colonel Roger Gilmore Bacon, 1 Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers, 124 D.C.O. Baluchistan Infantry, 71st Punjabis, 1/1 Baluch Regiment & Pioneers Corps, full history

Group of 3 to S. McMillan, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, no.4007 on Sudan Medal, later served in South Africa

Group of 4 to Sergeant of the Band David Lomas, King's Own Scottish Borders & West Yorkshire Regiment, with full service history

Abyssinian War Medal/ Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal pair to 452 Battery Quater Master Sergeant R. Youngman, 5th Brigade, Royal Artillery

Afghanistan Medal (Kabul & Charasia clasps)/ India General Service Medal (Burma 1885-7 clasp) pair to George Styles, 67 Foot, Hampshire Regiment, with history

Group of 5 to Staff Seargeant David McPhail. Served Burma WW2, then went to Suez where he served as Troop Staff Sergeant of the main corps headquarters. Rare award for Suez Port, BEM covers the period 7 November 1956 to 30 June 1957

Group of 3 with miniatures to Reginald Frank Copus, 25 London Regt., London Cyclist Bn., Waziristan Campaign, A Company, H.A.C. & Royal Army Ordinance Corps (Lieut.). See history, some of his items are on display at the Imperial War Museum

Allan family medals; group of 4 to 5107 Trooper John R. Allan, Guards Machine Gun Regiment (father) & General Service Medal (Arabian Peninsula clasp) to Second Lieutenant J. A. Allan, Royal Engineers (son)

Military Medal/ WW1 group of 4 to 5180 Sjt. (Cecil) Duncan Robertson, 9/Pioneer Bn., The Seaforth Highrs. (and post war Flying Officer (GD) RAF: 1920-28 in Ambala 20 Sqdn.)

2 brothers: K/14281 Stoker George Henry Couch, 1st class, Royal Navy, HMS Tiger, KIA at Dogger Bank 24/1/1915, & 35050 Boy 1 S. T. Couch, Royal Navy, HMS Dolphin, with medal for Slesvig, Denmark, 1920 (not confirmed), includes history

Group of 6 to Group Captain Eustace George Keeping, East Surry Regiment/ RAF, Pilot, 31 Squadron, India from October 1920-21, Wing Commander 2/3/1944, Group Captain 31/5/1948, with miniatures, full service, a nice lot

Group of 8 to Paymaster Lieutenat Commander Norman Ridley Fairbairn Redhead, Royal Navy, includes full history

Group to 845 Pte. C. R. Fright, 1/1 West Kent Yeomanry (Gallipoli 1915), 2nd Lieut. 10th Bn., East Kent Regt., WIA (gun shot wound to head) 1918, resigned commission 1919, 1920 RFA (TF) - TEM 1922, MBE LG: 1947 (Manager of General Post Office, Reading)

Group of 7 with miniatures to 24852269 Corporal Mulroney, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, please note that the Accumulated Long Service Medal is a copy, all the rest are the original named medals

Father & son medals. Father: 1091 Corporal Herbert Pickering,16 Middlesex Regt., missing presumed killed 1st day of Somme, 1st July 1916, commemorated Thispval Memorial. Son: Lieutenant Major A. E. J. Pickering, T.D., named small letters, includes history