British Campaign Medal Groups & Pairs

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

Company Sergeant Major Frederick John Murphy Huen, 63 Divisional Supply Column, Army Service Corps, MiD: LG 24/12/1917 (France), MSM: LG 18/1/1919 (France & Flanders), with certificates & photo. After the war he drove busses in Brighton

Group of 7 to George Hamilton, Merchant Navy, who was Chief Officer of S.S.S.T. Margaret when the vessel was torpedoed and sunk 27th February 1943, includes a large file of history & original brave conduct citation, scarce

Military Medal group of 5 to 916-935074 Sergeant William E. Hawkes Hames, 1 -3 City of London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, C/282 Brigade, wounded (gassed) 5/11/1917, Military Medal, London Gazette: 14/51919

Group of 4 to Sapr. Charles W. Holland, 92 Field Company, Royal Engineers, Military Medal London Gazette 11/12/1916, wounded 1917, Victory Medal named R.A.

British Empire Medal group of 6 to 733335 Sergeant Leonard Thomas Pyke, Royal Corps of Signals

Group of 5 to 2484933 Pte. D. I. McMillan, Army Catering Corps/ Royal Logistics

British Empire Medal group of 8 to F/0626435 F/Sgt. E. J. Cooper, Medical Secretary, RAF

Scarce group of 6 to S.A.C. S. McDonald, RAF, with scarce Air Operations Iraq bar on Campaign Service Medal, also Iraq and a Sweden Town Medal dated 2002- June 2003

WW1 group of 4 to RFRRA 3538 Driver R. Fitch, 15 Brigade & 80 Battery, R.F.A. Military Medal, London Gazette 9th July 1917, wounded November 1917

Group of 4 to 24877750 Corporal P. S. Clarke, Royal Logistics Corps, with scarce ribbon for Sierra Leone confirmed with box of issue for medal

Group of 7 to 161242 3rd Air Mechanic Robert William Forrester, Rigger (Aero) R.A.F. Born: 25/2/1901, served Russian Expeditionary Force (4/7/19- 24/9/19), with Russian Bravery Medal (not confirmed) numbered 19558, served WW2 in North Africa, with history

Group of 5 to D199957R WEA M. P. O'Donoghue, Royal Navy, Weapon Specialist, scarce

Group of 5 to 24762330 Staff Sergeant/ Signalman M. A. Tench, Royal Signals

Interesting group of 4 to Captain B.S.J. Bedford, Royal Logistics Corps, later joined the police as a Constable: QEII Golden Jubilee Medal 2002, QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal 2012, Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal & Volunteer Reserves Service Medal

Scarce issue of the British Empire Medal, George V, first type, civil/ Imperial Service Medal pair, to Robert Barr, Belfast General Post Office, BEM 28th June 1936, ISM 9th November 1936

WW1/ WW2 merchant navy group of 5 to Captain & Master Peter Little, who was killed by an ariel bombing from a German long-range bomber on 16th April 1941, en route from Sierra Leone to Liverpool. Includes a large file of research, see description

Group of 6 to 46241 Squadron Leader Robert Fernie, RAF Intelligence, Administrative & Special Duties Branch from 1941-47, MBE 11 November 1947, includes some history

Group of 3 to 2492 Pte. W. Stevens, (Victoria Division) South Eastern Central Division 1922, with 1911 St. John Ambulance Brigade Coronation Medal named to him, and the 21 Years Southern Railway Centre St John Medal in 9ct gold, hallmarked & dated 1927

Group of 4 to 24900198 Corporal J. S. Bowler, Royal Engineers

Group of 7 to V.0576068 Flt. Sgt. Donald Ian Douglas, RAF. London Gazette 1 January 1966 for the British Empire Medal

Sergeant Geoffrey Andrew Bennetts, Wireless Operator and Air Gunner in 99 Squadron, RAF. He was lost during a bombing mission on Berlin on May 9th, 1941. Bennetts was last heard calling for help at 5:20 am, posthumously MiD, LG: January 1942, see history

Sudan pair to Lance Corporal George Fletcher, 1st Royal Warwickshire Regiment, served at the Battle of Atbara & Khartoum, with copies of service history, a good pair

Group of 3 to Pte. William Thomas morris, 2 Royal Sussex, later joined the Bedford Regiment, with history confirming medals, also includes original photos

Group of 7 to Aubrey Reginald Benorthan, Royal Artillery, served 1920-1950 (Home Service, India, Sudan), with old service book and old driver's pass for Sudan Sergeant/ Artificer

Group of 6 to Pte,/ Spr. Alfred E. Coates, Dorset Regiment, Royal Engineers. Present at the Relief of Ladysmith, Tugela Heights & Laing's Nek. With Princess Mary tin (WW1), South Africa Tin & ribbon for South African Relief of Ladysmith, Feb. 28, 1900

Military Medal/ British War Medal/ Victory Medal trio to Wilfred G. Jones, 19 Machine Gun Corps. Awarded the Military Medal on 22 October 1918, all medals confirmed with full service papers

Group of 3 to 25135164 Gunner / Lance Bombardier R. Tyson, Royal Artillery