British Medals

Group of 4 to 1404 Bombardier Albert Thomas Vailes, 84th Brigade, RFA, who came to the aid of wounded Lieut. J Philips and stayed with him under heavy fire until he was rescued, with original award document, letter from Lieut. Philips, and full history

Group of 4 to 2241 Private E. Davis, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal & Territorial Efficiency Medal

Scarce pair to 2118726 Private D. Wearn, Gloucester Regiment, Korea Medal with an original framed letter of thanks for service from Field Marshal Sir William Slim, given by the War Office for service rendered

Territorial Force War Medal, 1914-18, to 1167 Private G. Bowles, Royal West Kent Regiment

Interesting Group of 7 to 4612575 Sgt W.L. Iredale, Royal Engineers: British Empire Medal (London Gazette, 1st January 1945, page 35/37), 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal and Territorial Efficiency Medal

Group of 4 to M.37597 F.G. Cain, SY. Petty Officer, HMS Pembroke, Royal Navy, 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star with France and Germany clasp, War Medal 1939-45 and Naval Long Service & Good Conduct Medal

British Empire Medal, Elizabeth II issue, named to Herbert Edward Mudd, in case of issue

British Empire Medal, Elizabeth II issue, to Thomas George Brown

Victorian Naval Long Service & Good Conduct Medal to JNO. Varcoe, Musician, number 1730, Plymouth Royal Marines Light Infantry, some wear to name but all readable

Egypt Medal 1882 no bar & Naval Long Service & Good Conduct Medal pair to Quarter Master J. Dooley, HMS Agincourt on Egypt, HMS Implacable on LSGC

Imperial Service Medal, Edward VII issue 1902-10, engraved C.W. 1905, in original case

Imperial Service Medal, George V 1st issue 1911-22, named to James Farrar, in original case

Group of 4 to 38119 Pte E. Call, 128th Imperial Yeomanry/ 8974 Gnr E. Call, Royal Field Artillery, service in Egypt 24th September 1915

Queen's South Africa Medal, 3 clasps (Belfast, Laing's Nek & Orange Free State) to 1857 Trooper P. O. Sergfried, South African Light Horse

Group of three to 6158 Private B. Pick, Hampshire Regiment, later Driver B. Pick, Royal Artillery, Queen's South Africa Medal, 4 bars: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal and South Africa 1902, British War Medal and Victory Medal

Interesting group of 3 to Dr Frederick Henry Gravely, officially named Delhi Durbar Medal (1911) in original box, with 1935 Jubilee & 1937 Coronation Medals in original boxes, eminent zoologist, entomologist & museum director, see history

India General Service Medal, Hazara 1888 clasp to 1311 Sgt D. Burchcll, 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers Regiment

Queen's South Africa Medal, 6 clasps, to 9380 Pte E. Spence, Coldstream Guards, Belfast, Diamond Hill, Johannesburg, Driefontein, Modder River & Belmont

Royal Air Force group of 6 to 568310 Flight Sergeant R. Vernon: 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, General Service Medal Cyprus bar & RAF Long Service & Good Conduct Medal

Indian Mutiny Medal, 1857-58, no bar, to Driver James Richards, 13th Battalion, Royal Artillery

Royal Navy group of 5 to 297502 T. Bower, Stoker Petty Officer: Africa General Service Medal, Somaliland 1902-04 clasp, HMS Natal, 1914-15 Star Trio & Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, HMS Vengeance

Father & Son medal groups: John Mitchell Crosby, 32nd Brigade RFA, Royal Engineers & Royal Signals, Military Medal: LG 13 March 1919 (France), and son Benjamin George Crosby, Queen's Regiment, killed in action Burma 11 Jan 1944, Rangoon Memorial

Medal groups to father and son: Lt Arnold James Jack, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Indian Army & Royal Signals, died on active service 27th October 1940, 5 weeks before his son: Midshipman Lawrence Evelyn Richard Jack, RN, who was killed aboard HMS Javelin

Serjeant Edwin Oliver, C Battery, 50th Brigade, RFA, DCM for actions at Bessart Wood, when all his detachment had been wounded, he continued to serve and fire his gun until the battery was withdrawn from action, MSM (France), gunshot wound to right knee

Group of 3 to 17095 Corporal William Cole, 45th Company, Royal Engineers, Meritorious Service Medal: London Gazette 12th December 1919, 'Meritorious Service in Gibraltar', see history

Highland Society Medal in bronze, 1801, some wear, marked on edge, scarce

General Service Medal, Northern Ireland clasp, to D8085165 P. R. Canning, RAF

The Royal Horticultural Society Long Service Medal to T. H. Lamport, in case of issue

1914-15 trio to S-4094517 Private A.E. Bentall, Army Service Corps, with various postcards to his wife

Volunteer Decoration, Victorian issue, 1895-1901

Group of 4 to Lieutenant A. Rigby, Royal Engineers

Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to T8073147 Sergeant D. G. Constantine

Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to G4020637 Corporal G. N. Pope, RAF

MBE, ladies, 1st type, in original case

Group of 5 to 1481 Private A. Knight, 8th London Regiment, Post Office Rifles, 319449 Gunner A. Knight, Royal Garrison Artillery, Alfred Knight on Territorial Efficiency Medal

Distinguished Service Order bar, dated 1941, second award, scarce

Miniature British South Africa Company Medal with Rhodesia 1896 bar, original silver example

Group of 7 to 5861 Private Willie Bin Matilda, 1st Battalion King’s African Rifles, joined 17/6/1917, served as Machine Gunner, Musketry Prize winner, WW1 & WW2 Africa & Far East service

Miniature East & West Africa Medal, original type

Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-58 with Lucknow bar to H. Clark, 1st Battalion, 20th Regiment, Devon’s, a good example of type

Group of 11 to Colonel Frederick Walter Price MBE, Royal Army Service Corps, first Quartermaster of the Army Service Corps to receive the honorary rank of Colonel on retirement, enlisted 1904, served 43 years, retired 1947, interesting group, see history

WW1 DCM Group of 4 to No.1 Corporal Richard Connor, 1/2nd North Midland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, Territorial Force, DMC awarded for Ypres September 1915 whilst employed as a linesman during a heavy bombardment, see citation LG 29/11/1915

Group of 3 to 29431 Sergeant Earnest Walter Carter, Searchlight Section, Royal Engineers, South Africa (Boer War) 1901-1902, later served Gibraltar, see history

Northern Ireland pair to Pte. Andy Richards, 1st Battalion, Devon and Dorset Regiment, served from 1992-2000, see history

WW1 & WW2 Group of 6 to Private John Hooker, 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment & Machine Gun Corps, awarded Military Medal for Arras 1917 (LG 18 July 1917) and British Empire Medal for Home Guard service 1944 (LG 15 Dec 1944)

Fleet Air Arm Distinguished Service Order Group of 8 to Commander J. Sholto Douglas Royal Navy (late RAF), 807 Squadron HMS Ark Royal Malta Convoys 1941, includes DSO, campaign stars & medals with research notes, outstanding and excessively rare group

Distinguished Service Order dated 1945, WWII issue, single

Afghanistan Medal to H8434290 Junior Technician S. Harris, RAF