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Scots Guards WWI Loos Casualty Trio
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Scots Guards WWI Loos Casualty Trio

£185.00
-1914-15 Star, War & Victory Medal 12491 Pte. G. Mitchell S. GDS. Copy documentation, Commonwealth War graves, medal index card, regimental history and from the local newspaper, 2 modern photographs of Dunfermline War memorial. Killed in action 27th September 1915 aged 30. Son of Elizabeth Arnott 101 Nethertown, Dunfermline. Commemorated at Philosphe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe. 1 of 106 Scots Guardsmen killed in action that day during the Battle of Loos. Newspaper cutting states that he was serving in the 2nd battalion. Before the war, he was serving an apprenticeship with Messrs Henry Reid & Son and was a member of the Young Scots Society. In letter from a fellow guardsman, it states 'I am very sorry to state that our Corporal (Mitchell) was killed on the first morning of the engagement when we were laying back in the reserve trenches. A stray shell came over our way and a splinter struck poor Mitchell.' He enlisted in November 1914 and had been in France since 22nd May 1915. Condition as shown in photographs
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Silver War Badge
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Silver War Badge

£30.00
Silver War Badge Numbered 433367 Awarded to 281360 Pte. John T. Hague 4th Bn. London Regt. Enlisted 25th January 1915, discharged 6th August 1918 Condition as shown in photographs
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Singapore P.O.W. Campaign Group Attributed to Private L.H. Fisk 5th Suffolk Regt.
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Singapore P.O.W. Campaign Group Attributed to Private L.H. Fisk 5th Suffolk Regt.

£240.00
1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, sold together with an archive of original paperwork including named documents, very fine (3) Medals mounted for display Leslie Harold Fisk was born at London on 3 April 1920. At the time of his enlistment in the 5th Battalion Suffolk Regiment he was living at Bedingfield, Suffolk. In October 1941 prior to embarking for overseas service he married Grace Clark at Cambridge. The 5th Battalion (T.A.) were part of the ill-fated 18th Division which comprised mostly of Territorials from the eastern counties, left for the Middle East in October 1941, was diverted to Singapore when Japan entered the war, arriving there on 29 January 1942. Immediately thrown into action they were involved in some early intensive actions in Malaya before retreating with the rest of the Allied forces to Singapore. Just over two weeks later Fisk and the 5th Battalion were 'put in the bag.' On 15 February 1942. Initially imprisoned at Changi, Singapore the Battalion left in cattle trucks as part of Letter Party 'R' on 31 October 1942, destination Thailand and what was to become the gruelling and hazardous work constructing the infamous Burma Thai Railway. It's testament to his resilience that he survived the privations as a prisoner of war of the Japanese. Sold together with copied research and an original archive comprising a letter from the Infantry Record office addressed to Fisk, his certificate of transfer to the Army Reserve, and his repatriated military pass with several notes issued during Japanese occupation. Condition as shown in photographs
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Somerset Light Infantry Colour Sergeant's Long Service & Good Conduct Medal EVII
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Somerset Light Infantry Colour Sergeant's Long Service & Good Conduct Medal EVII

£120.00
Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal Edward VII issue 1478 Colour Sergeant G.B. Church Somerset Light Infantry George Backhouse Church was born in Carrick, Ireland in 1865. He attested for the Somerset Light Infantry on 22nd February 1886 at Taunton, Somerset. He gave his occupation as a Clerk. He was posted to the 1st Battalion. He was promoted to Lance Corporal 1st June 1887 and then to Corporal. He was promoted to Lance Sergeant 15th September 1887 and Sergeant 1st November 1888. He was posted to India arriving 15th October 1889 and passed his course for Sergeant of Musketry 14th November 1890 and was promoted to Colour Sergeant 2nd Battalion 16th January 1893. He was posted back to the UK, arriving back 15th February 1894. From the 30th April 1898 he was in Australia attached to the Queensland government serving as Sergeant Instructor of Infantry for the next 3 years. He arrived home on 1st May 1900 and was appointed to the permanent staff of the 5th Militia Somerset Light Infantry. He was discharged on the 16th February 1907 at Taunton having been awarded his Long Service & good Conduct medal in 1904 with gratuity. He died in St. Pancras Hospital aged 74 years, 8th March 1939 following an accident. Accompanied by a folder of copy documents and research. Condition as shown in photographs  
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Special Constabulary Long Service Medal
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Special Constabulary Long Service Medal

£24.00
George VI coinage head 1937-48 issue Accompanied by box of issue showing service in the Warwickshire Special Constabulary and issue award letter from the Chief Constable dated 17th October 1950. Additionally showing he lived in Stratford Upon Avon. Condition as shown in photographs
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Spink & Son Jutland 1916 Medal
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Spink & Son Jutland 1916 Medal

£30.00
Produced in aid of Royal Naval Orphanages for those sailors killed in action at the Battle of Jutland. Condition as shown in photographs- edge knocks
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St Johns Ambulance Coronation and Order of St John Pair
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St Johns Ambulance Coronation and Order of St John Pair

£175.00
George V St Johns Ambulance Coronation 1911 Medal named CPL. J. D. Carlisle Order of St John Service Medal named 2558 AMB OFFR. J.D. Carlisle Alexandra Dock DN. Hull CPS No.6 DIST. 5 J.A.E. 1922. Accompanied by an enamelled lapel badge King Edward VIII Coronation May 1937. Very comprehensive naming on the Service Medal identifying where he served. Condition as shown in photographs
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Sudan Pair Lincolnshire Regiment
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Sudan Pair Lincolnshire Regiment

£575.00
-Queen's Sudan Medal -Khedive's Sudan Medal 1896 Clasps The Atbara and Khartoum 4278 Pte. T. Clark 1st Lincolnshire Regt. Condition as shown in photographs
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Suez Canal Zone Commemorative Medal
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Suez Canal Zone Commemorative Medal

£45.00
This hallmarked solid silver medal is available to military and civilian personnel who served in the Suez Canal Zone. Bigbury Mint are offering this for £91 Presentation box included. Unnamed example Condition as shown in photographs
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