Collection of medals from Stroud
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India General Service Medal Samana 1891 1905 DRUMMER O'CONNELL. 2ND MANCHESTER REGT.  £200

Medal confirmed on roll. Charles Michael O'Connell was born in Manchester and enlisted 1887, aged 18. Served in India 1889 to 1895. Discharged 1899. Re-called May 1899. Entitled to Queen's South Africa Medal with 3 clasps. Discharged August 1903. Medal roll and service record does not state drummer. Naming obviously altered at some time.

1914/15 Star              18900 PTE. E. BROOKS. GLOUC.R.
British War Medal        18900 PTE. E. BROOKS. GLOUC.R.
Victory Medal                18900 PTE. E. BROOKS. GLOUC.R.
Ernest Brooks went to France 18 May 1915 with 2nd Bn Gloucestershire Regiment. Later transferred to the Devons.
Four: £70

1914/15 Star              84228 GNR. W.J. WOOTTEN. R.F.A.
British War Medal        84228 GNR. W.J. WOOTTEN. R.A.
Victory Medal                 84228 GNR. W.J. WOOTTEN. R.A.
Defence Medal 
William John Wootten served with the Royal Field Artillery in France from 30 April 1915. Group came with a Defence Medal and a small framed photograph.
Four: £80

1914/15 Star              5292 PTE. W.L. MARSHALL. THE QUEEN'S R.  
Victory Medal               5292 PTE. W.L. MARSHALL. THE QUEEN'S R.
William Lawrence Marshall was born in Ilford, Essex and enlisted into The Queen's Regiment May 1890. Served in Malta, East Indies and South Africa. Entitled to Queen's South Africa Medal (5 clasps) and King's South Africa Medal (2 clasps). Discharged August 1902. Re-enlisted August 1914, aged 43. To France 12 May 1915. Tried and sentenced to 56 days for drunk on active service. Sent back to UK 26 November 1915. He died 9th February 1947.  
Pair: £55

1914/15 Star              7597 PTE. G. HOLDEN. DURH:L.I.   £45
George Holden was from Gateshead and served with 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. Gunshot wound right side of chest 10 June 1916 at Ypres. After treatment he returned and was wounded 25 July 1918 (shrapnel wound head). Demobilised February 1919. 

British War Medal   266684 PTE. A. DICKINSON. W.YORK.R.   £45   SOLD
Alfred Dickinson son a Military Medal with the West Yorkshire Regiment (London Gazette 19 November 1917). He came from Leeds and was discharged due to wounds (Silver War Badge).

British War Medal   12169 PTE. G. TURNER. GLOUC.R.   £30
George Turner was born 1893, enlisted 1st Battalion 7 September 1914. To France 10 February 1915. Wounded in the leg May 1915. Discharged January 1919 with a Silver War Badge. Lived in Newton Cottages, North Leach, Gloucestershire. 

British War Medal   10242 PTE. W.T. PASCOE. C.GDS.     £40  SOLD
William Thomas Pascoe enlisted in the Coldstream Guards February 1913, aged 18. To France 13 August 1914 (claimed clasp). Discharged 15 July 1915 due to GSW right hand. 

British War Medal   300094 PTE. J.R. STEEL. R. WAR. R.     £35
John Robert Steel was from Gloucester and enlisted into the Royal Warwickshire Regiment December 1915, aged 21. To France 15 June 1917. Wounded right eye 23 August 1917. Discharged November 1918 (Silver War Badge). 

Victory Medal    7646 PTE. G.M. FITZGERALD. 9-LOND. R.   £50
George Maurice Fitzgerald was born in Islington, London and served with 9th Battalion London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles). He was killed in action in France 25 September 1916. He is listed on the Thiepval Memorial. Sold with 9th London's cap badge.

Victory Medal    06650 CPL. H. HOWARD. A.O.C.          £45
Henry Howard, Army Ordnance Corps, was mentioned in despatches for service in Mesopotamia (London Gazette 12 Janaury 1920). Sold with both types of cap badge and pair of collar badges.

Victory Medal    2023 PTE. E. SMITH. R. WAR. R.          £28
Edward Smith was born in Birmingham in February 1879. He went to France 8 November 1914. He was captured at Fleurbaix 19 December 1914. Pension card shows wounds to head and abdomen.

Victory Medal    9L-4912 CPL. T. GIRTLEY. 9-LRS.          £28
Thomas Girtley enlisted November 1902, aged 14, and served in India Sept. 1903 to October 1906. Africa 1906 to December 1910. L/Cpl. August 1912. Cpl. June 1913. To France 15 August 1914. Discharged 14 December 1915 on termination of engagement. Entitled to 1914 Star and clasp trio. He died in 1961.

Victory Medal   18864 PTE. T. PICKUP. E.LAN.R.              £28
Thomas Pickup was born 1876 and lived in Bolton. Enlisted February 1915 with the East Lancashire Regiment. To France 19 May 1915. Wounded right leg 7 July 1916 at Contalmaison. Transferred to 67 Company, Labour Corps. Discharged April 1919.

Victory Medal   19348 PTE. W. HIGGINS. GLOUC.R.  £30
William Higgins was born in Gloucester and enlisted into the Gloucestershire Regiment, went to France 19 December 1914. Transferred to the Machine Gun Corps.
Died of wounds 11 July 1916, aged 28. Listed at Etaples Military Cemetery.

Victory Medal   203519 PTE. J.C. BURGESS. LEIC. R.  £30
John Charles Burgess served with 7th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment and was wounded in the left shoulder and captured at Epehy, 22 March 1918. He was from Stroud Green, London.

British War Medal   14143 PTE. J. HOLBROOK. 19-HRS.
Victory Medal           14143 PTE. J. HOLBROOK. 19-HRS.
James Holbrook served in France with the 19th Hussars, from 23 May 1915. Entitled to 1914/15 Star.
Pair: £40

British War Medal   661118 DVR. G. PATERSON. R.A.
Victory Medal           661118 DVR. G. PATERSON. R.A.
Royal Life Saving Society Medal: G. PATERSON. OCT.1911
George Paterson was wounded in the right knee. Transferred to the Royal Engineers. Discharged May 1919 (Silver War Badge). He came from Arbroath.
Pair: £40

British War Medal   GS-21483 PTE. J.G. KIRKBY. 2-D.GDS.
Victory Medal           GS-21483 PTE. J.G. KIRKBY. 2-D.GDS.
Jack G. Kirkby served with the 2nd Dragoon Guards and was discharged February 1919. Entitled to pair only.
Pair: £40   SOLD

British War Medal   18089 PTE. T.W. NEWELL.C.GDS.
Victory Medal         18089 PTE. T.W. NEWELL.C.GDS.
Thomas Newell was born in Birmingham in December 1890 and enlisted into the Coldstream Guards December 1915. Bomber 1st Class October 1916. GSW back 5 August 1917. Discharged medically unfit 27 July 1918. .
Pair: £50

British War Medal   PLY.17377 PTE. P.A.E. MASON. R.M.L.I.
Victory Medal         PLY.17377 PTE. P.A.E. MASON. R.M.L.I.
Percival Albert Edward Mason was born in Stroud in 1896 and enisted in the Royal Marine Light Infantry in September 1914. Posted to Reservist Depot, Deal until April 1915, when he joined Plymouth Division. January 1916 posted to HMS Revenge (Battleship), which served at Jutland. Discharged in 1919.
Pair: £50  

British War Medal       T-2225 PTE. A. BATCHELOR. THE QUEEN'S R.
Victory Medal               T-2225 PTE. A. BATCHELOR. THE QUEEN'S R.
India General Service Medal Afghanistan NWF 1919    200697 CPL. A. BATCHELOR. 4 QUEENS RL. R.

Alfred Batchelor served with 1/4th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment. Battalion Served in India through the First World War.
Group of three: £155

1939-45 Star              C304437 N.B. AUGUST
Africa Star                     C304437 N.B. AUGUST
Defence Medal              C304437 N.B. AUGUST
War Medal                     C304437 N.B. AUGUST
Africa Service Medal    C304437 N.B. AUGUST

Original photo and documents. Norman Basil August enlisted in the Cape Corps 16 July 1941. He was captured at the Fall of Tobruk 20 June 1942. Released by South African forces at Benghazi 18 November 1942. Discharged 3 August 1944.
Group of Five: £150

1939-45 Star              51493 D.B. WATSON
Africa Star                     51493 D.B. WATSON
Italy Star                       51493 D.B. WATSON
Defence Medal              51493 D.B. WATSON
War Medal                     51493 D.B. WATSON
Africa Service Medal    51493 D.B. WATSON
Copy service record. Duncan Bruce Watson was born 19 October 1912 in Port Elizabeth and was living in Umbilo Road, Durban when he enlisted into the South African Service Corps.
Posted to 1 Supply Company, Q Service Corps December 1940 in Mombasa. Acting Lance-Corporal October 1941. Discharged 1 October 1945. Medals confirmed on papers.
He died in Durban 6 July 1961.
Group of Six: £150