WW1 1914/15 Stars etc.

WWI MEDALS

 

Silver War Badges :

 

  1. B80127 - Lieut W. G. Halford, William George born 7 Jan 1895, Johannesburg, South Africa (served in the 2nd London Divisional Train) RASC (T.F.), address Regent Palace Hotel, Piccadilly, W1. - VF, badge is missing the catch - $70

 

1914 "Mons" Stars

 

  1. 8484 Sjt T E Gray 2/York R. - Died of Wounds 23/10/1914 and rests at Ypres Town cemetery  VF - $250 
  2. 6229 Pte A King 2/Essex R. -  GVF $160
  3. 696 Pte. N. Lapsley 2/Sea. Highrs. KIA 23/10/1916, Thiepval Memorial, GVF $300
  4. 3-8635 PTE. F. RUTHERFORD. 2/YORK: R. MIC gives first name Frederick. - GVF - $160
  5. L-9625 Pte. B. Mantle. 1/Middx. R. - Benjamin Mantle was entitled to clasp and roses, qualifying date 11 August 1914. VF, short original ribbon - $160
  6. 18236 SAPR H. Neate. R.E. - Herbert William Neate R.E. Born 1886 Bath, Somerset.  He enlisted as Army Sapper building trenches with 12th Field Company, Royal Engineers. He died in early in WW1 of wounds in France on Dec. 31, 1914, (CWGC states KIA). Buried at Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres. Grade EF. - $225
  7. 1914 Star with clasp - 1873 Tptr: J. Petty. 12/Lrs. - Trumpeter John Petty was born in Bradford, enlisted circa 1906 and served in France with the 12th (The Prince of Wales’s Royal) Lancers from 15 August 1914. Captured by the Germans on 30 October 1914, his name appears on the roll of 54 men of the 12th Lancers taken prisoner of war in the opening year of the Great War. (with paperwork) - Very fine on a silk ribbon. - $375
  8. 1914 Star with copy clasp  - 3664 Pte. J. Shaw. 9/Lrs. - Joseph Shaw served in France with the 9th (The Queen’s Royal) Lancers from 27 August 1914. He was later discharged upon termination of engagement on 11 October 1916. (with paperwork). - Very fine. - $225
 

 

1914-15 Stars :-

  1.  
  2. Sjt. C. B. Wilke, Graaff Reinet Kdo. VF $90
  3. Burg. S. B. van Dyk, Heidelberg Kdo. EF $80
  4. Pte. J.S. Kitching Enslin’s Hse. VF short ribbon $75
  5. Pte. E. Elias 12th Infantry VF  short ribbon $55
  6. Pte. K.A. Gordon 5th Infanty. EF, Gilded  - $65
  7. Pte. W. O. Van Waltsleben Grff Reinet Cdo GVF $80
  8. 414478 Pte. F. Johnson. 13/Can. Inf. (LAC gives Frederick Thompson alias Frederick Nelson, so a mystery). VF, short piece of ribbon, $90 
  9. 11717 PTE. R. LITTLE. R. SC: FUS: VF Lacquered, ribbon needs replacing. Robert Little, served 6th Bn, awarded a SWB. $55
  10. 2105 Pte. C. Ryall. I. Gds. - Charles Ryall, born 1878 Fethard, Tipperary, KIA serving with 1st Battalion, The Irish Guards KIA 13/9/17. (Passchendaele) Son of Richard and Annie Ryall, of Buffanagh, Fethard, Co. Tipperary. Laid to rest at Canada Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Headstone inscription says: "He Died as a Soldier should Die" had relatives in Denver, Colorado, USA. - Dark toned GVF on Poly ribbon - SOLD
  11. Un-named (not erased) - EF - $210
  12. Major C.L. Peacocke. R.G.A. - Charles Leslie, later Lt. Colonel. Seniority from 16th Feb 1887, served Boer War in Imperial Yeomanry (on roll for HQ 11th Imperial Yeomanry) and also awarded a KSA with 35th Company I.Y. Served in 19th Heavy Battery and 181 Battery WW1. Resided 5 Tregunter Road, South Kensington, London SW 10, was involved in an interesting physical altercation when Chairman of the Lydenburg Proprietary Mines with another Director, Captain George Fryer which ended up in the courts. - GVF on original ribbon. - $180
  13. 1466 Pte. N. Satchell Norf. Yeo. - Nelson Satchell, served 1/1 Norfolk Yeomanry and 12th Norfolk Regt. As 320065. Born circa 1870 Burnham Market, Norfolk. Later a Farm Dairy Manager. With research. – NEF, on faded orig ribbon. $140
  14. PLY.9282 Pte. A.A. Clark R.M.L.I. - Arthur Albert Clark, born 23rd November 1876 Essendon, Hatfield, Hants. Occ. Green Grocer, 14th Dec. 1894 Portsmouth Division, Invalided Nov. 1916 "Melancholia". - VF - $80
  15. 2. Lieut. I. Morse. Hamps. R. - Disembarked 2Bn on 20/04/15 so possibly a first day lander at Gallipoli with 2nd Battalion. MIC shows 1st Theatre as Anzac, GSW Right arm amputated on 28/12/15 - no Promotion and awarded a SWB 6/7/17 with 13th Battalion and looks like his career ended in 1917. First name was Isidore Morse, born c. 1873 at Boston, Massachusets, USA, son of a Member of the US House of Representatives; MORSE, Leopold, A Representative from Massachusetts; born in Wachenheim, Rhenish Palatinate, Bavaria. Jewish religion. His UK address was initially 58A Brook Street, W1 London, being a visitor of "private means" on the 1911 census. On his MIC his UK address was The Carlton Hotel, Pall Mall, London. He died in Lisbon, Portugal 30th March 1932. His Officer's records have not been consulted. - NEF - $290
  16. Cpl. J.F. FOLEY S.A.E.C. - NEF, on Polyester ribbon. - $60