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1914-15 Trio to Sergeant Henry Drawmer Connaught Rangers, M.I.D.
1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal officially named to
841 Sjt. H. J. Drawmer Conn. Rang. Henry J. Drawmer served in Gallipoli
with the 5th Battalion from October 1915 and was mentioned in
dispatches in 1917 for service in the Balkans.
€250-€300 (£208-£250 approx)
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1914-15 Trio to Private Cornelius Twomey Royal Munster Fusiliers
1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal officially named to
6928 Pte. C. Twomey R. Mun. Fus. Cornelius Twomey served with the 1st
and 2nd Battalions of the Munster Fusiliers on the Western Front from
1914 and was discharged in 1919.
€220-€250 (£183-£208 approx)
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1914-15 Trio to Private Stephen Horan Leinster Regiment
1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal officially named to
4657 Pte. S. Horan Leins. R. Stephen Horan served with the Leinster
Regiment in France from September 1915. He was later discharged as
unfit and was also entitled to a Silver War Badge
€200-€250 (£167-£208 approx)
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1914-15 Trio awarded to Private James Commins Royal Irish Fusiliers
1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal officially named to
Pte. J. Commins R. Ir. Fus. Also with original photographic postcard of
the recipient. James Commins from Sligo served with the 2nd Battalion
Royal Irish Fusiliers and enlisted in 1908. He served in France from
December 1914 and later in Salonika and Egypt.
€200-€250 (£167-£208 approx)
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1914-1918: 16th (Irish) Division medal group including
commendation parchments
British War Medal and Victory Medal, with mentioned in despatches oak
leaf, officially named to 13519 B. Q. M. Sjt. S. Hampson R.A. Also with
16th (Irish) Division commendation certificate issued by Major General
W. B. Hickie and awarded to 13519 B. Q. M. Sjt. S. Hampson No 3 Sect.
16th Div. Amm. Col. for “gallant conduct and devotion to duty in the
field on June 7th 1917” and mentioned in despatches certificate from Sir
Douglas Haig awarded to B.Q.M.S.S. Hampson and issued by Winston
Churchill. The latter two framed. (4 items)
Sydney Hampson, a painter, enlisted in the Royal Artillery in 1914 and
quickly rose through the ranks. He served on the Western Front from
1916, he was twice mentioned in dispatches. One of these mentions, as
confirmed by the parchment included in this lot, was for the famous
Battle of Messines in which the 16th (Irish) and 36th (Ulster) Divisions
famously took a major part together.
€200-€300 (£167-£250 approx)
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1922: The History of the 36th (Ulster) Division by Cyril Falls Original
boards, 359pp. McCaw Stevenson & Orr., 1922. Association copy to
Major Claud Chichester. Also with ‘Popular Edition’ of the same book
also published in 1922. (2 items) 9 x 6in. (22.86 x 15.24cm)
€80-€100 (£67-£83 approx)
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1914-15 Trio to Sergeant L. Pendrick 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons
1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal officially named to
6292 Sjt. L. C. Pendrick 6-Dns. Leopold C. Pendrick enlisted in the 6th
(Inniskilling) Dragoons in 1911 and served with the British Expeditionary
Force from 1914. He later transferred to the Machine Gun Corps and was
discharged in 1919
€200-€250 (£167-£208 approx)
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1914-15 Trio to Private James Walsh Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal officially named to
16779 Pte. J. Walsh R. Innis. Fus. James Walsh served in Gallipoli from
July 1915 and was later transferred to the Bedfordshire Regiment
€200-€250 (£167-£208 approx)
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WW1 and Special Constabulary Service Medal group of four to 2nd
Lieutenant C. Stead Royal Garrison Artillery
British War Medal and Victory Medal officially named to 2 Lieut. C.
Stead, Defence Medal unnamed as issued and Special Constabulary Long
Service Medal named to Clifford Stead.
Stead served with the Garrison Artillery in France from 1917 and was
later promoted to Lieutenant. After his discharge he lived in Harrogate,
North Yorkshire.
€160-€180 (£133-£150 approx)
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1914-18: WW1 Memorial Plaque to James Dalzell
WW1 Memorial Plaque to James Dalzell. Also with WW1 Princess Mary
gift tin, Lee Enfield oiler, Royal Irish Rifles enamel matchbox cover and
bugle with Young Citizens Volunteers badge attached. Five men with the
name James Dalzell died during WW1, bugle badge of modern
production.
€120-€150 (£100-£125 approx)
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1914-15 Trio to Private J. E. Cribb Wilts Regiment later 2nd
Lieutenant London Scottish
1914-15 Star 10127 L. Cpl. J. E. Cribb Wilts R., British War and Victory
Medals 10127 Pte. J. E. Cribb Wilts. R. All officially impressed.
John Edward Cribb served on the Western Front with the Wiltshire
Regiment from December 1914 and was commissioned to Second
Lieutenant only to be later reverted to Private. His service ended with
the 14th (London Scottish) Battalion London Regiment when he was
wounded on 8 October 1918 after the capture of Sauchy-Cauchy. He
was finally discharged due to his wounds in 1919. Later in life he
married a woman from Cork and moved to Paris where he worked for
the Guaranty Trust Company of New York.
€100-€150 (£83-£125 approx)
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