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WW2 Casualty Medal Groups 2 Brothers 16 & 19- Merchant Navy Freathy Essex

WW2 Casualty Medal Groups 2 Brothers 16 & 19- Merchant Navy Freathy Essex

WW2 Casualty Medal Groups 2 Brothers 16 & 19- Merchant Navy Freathy Essex

WW2 Casualty Medal Groups 2 Brothers 16 & 19- Merchant Navy Freathy Essex

WW2 Casualty Medal Groups 2 Brothers 16 & 19- Merchant Navy Freathy Essex

WW2 Casualty Medal Groups 2 Brothers 16 & 19- Merchant Navy Freathy Essex

WW2 Casualty Medal Groups 2 Brothers 16 & 19- Merchant Navy Freathy Essex

WW2 Casualty Medal Groups 2 Brothers 16 & 19- Merchant Navy Freathy Essex

WW2 Casualty Medal Groups 2 Brothers 16 & 19- Merchant Navy Freathy Essex

Two World War Two medal groups to two brothers aged 16 and 19 who came from Hornchurch in Essex and who were both killed in action serving with the Merchant Navy. The groups were awarded to. Ordinary Seaman Leonard Freathy who died on 2nd November 1941 aged 16 whilst serving on S. Panty Boy Frederick William Freathy who died on 7th November 1942 aged 19 whilst serving on S. Both brothers are remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial. The 1939-45 Star with ribbon. The Atlantic Star with ribbon. The War Medal with ribbon. There are three original medal envelopes (between the two boxes). Lindenhall was sunk by German U-Boat U-508 40 miles north of Margarita Island in Venezuela. Larpool was sunk by German U-Boat U-208 150 miles south east of Cape Race, New Foundland. Worthy of more research. Please let me know if you need any additional photos or details. Please see my other listings of British and foreign Medals and Militaria. Thanks and kind regards. The item “WW2 Casualty Medal Groups 2 Brothers 16 & 19- Merchant Navy Freathy Essex” is in sale since Thursday, October 31, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War II (1939-1945)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “harrypitt69″ and is located in Nottingham. This item can be shipped worldwide.
  • Modified Item: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Country/ Organization: Great Britain
  • Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
  • Type: Medals & Ribbons
  • Conflict: World War II (1939-1945)
  • Service: Navy
  • Era: 1914-1945

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Medal group , Boer War & WW1 , Sgt William J Upton, for further research. QSA has 2 clasps, Orange Free State and Cape Colony, (also eligable SA 01) confirmed on medal roll, unconfirmed KSA has SA 01 & SA 02 (clasps are tailors copies on KSA), both have same contemporary engraved same style capital letters, renamed probably due to change of rank from Private to Corporal, “5897 CPL W UPTON E KENTS”. (this medal requires further research, could be interesting story). Boer War & WW1 Meritorious Service Medal group Sgt Upton East Kent & Essex Regt. Boer War KSA QSA WWI MSM medal group Sgt W J Upton East Kent & Essex Regiment. Medal group for further research, QSA & KSA named in matching contemporary engraved lettering to “5897 CPL W UPTON E KENTS” (renamed probably for change of rank to Corporal) comes with QSA medal roll confirming clasps Orange Free State, Cape Colony and eligable South Africa 1901 (early version with faint ghost dates below wreath pointing to letter “R” in Africa), KSA unconfirmed and SA 1901 & SA 1902 clasps are taylors copies. World War I trio with Meritorious Service Medal , MSM, for bravery in the field requires further research, should be an interesting story as could possibly have earned award 1st day of Somme? All officially impressed name. MSM renamed possibly for change of rank and medal roll states Star officially had rank changed to Sgt, probably promoted after the Somme/receiving MSM? The 1st Battalion saw action in the Anglo-Egyptian War and the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Battalion, 1st Volunteer (Militia) Battalion and 2nd Volunteer (Weald of Kent) Battalion all saw action during the 2nd Boer War with Captain Naunton Henry Vertue of the 2nd Battalion serving as brigade major to the 11th infantry Brigade under Major General Edward Woodgate. At the Battle of Spion Kop where he was mortally wounded in January 1900. Poster calling on the men of Essex to volunteer for Kitchener’s Army. During WW1, the Essex Regiment provided 30 infantry battalions to the British Army. The 3rd (Special Reserve) (formerly Militia) battalion was mobilised to supply drafts to the two Regular battalions. On the outbreak of war, the Territorial battalions 4th-7th, and 8th (Cyclist) battalions, all formed second line (2/4-2/8th) and eventually third line (3/4th-3/8th) battalions. Three service battalions (9th, 10th and 11th) and one reserve battalion (12th), were formed from volunteers in 1914 as part of Kitchener’s Army. A further service battalion 13th (West Ham), was raised by the Mayor and Borough of Westham. Reserve battalions were created as the war progressed, including the 14th (from the depot companies of the 13th), the 15th, 16th and 17th (from provisional battalions), the 18th (Home Service) and 1st and 2nd Garrison Battalions. After serving in home defence, the Essex Brigade containing the 1/4th, 1/5th, 1/6th and 1/7th battalions and now numbered the 161st and 54th landed at Sulva in August 1915 in an attempt to restart the stalled Gallipoli Campaign. The four Essex battalions saw some hard fighting, but lost even more men to sickness. They were withdrawn to Egypt in December before the Gallipoli Peninsula was finally abandoned. Battle of the Somme. The 1st Battalion took part in the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916. It was delayed by heavy enemy fire and congestion in the communication trenches. The Newfoundland Regiment advancing to the left of the Essex battalion was almost entirely wiped out as it advanced towards the German lines. The companies came under heavy artillery and machine gun fire almost as soon as they appeared over the parapet, causing heavy losses. The attack became bogged down in NO MAN’S LAND. The survivors of the battalion received orders to hold their position along the line of’Mary Redan”New Trench”Regent Street’. The worst day in British army History for losses. The names of 959 members of the Essex Regiment are recorded on the Thiepval memorial, commemorating the officers and men of the regiment who died on the Somme and have no known grave. Auctiva gets you noticed! Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. The item “Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt” is in sale since Friday, November 9, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\Boer War (1899-1902)”. The seller is “theonlineauctionsale” and is located in England. This item can be shipped worldwide.
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Country/ Organization: Great Britain
  • Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
  • Type: Medals & Ribbons
  • Conflict: Boer War (1899-1902)
  • Service: Army
  • Era: 1914-1945

Pre-War India & Palestine medal group WW2 North Africa & Burma Essex Regiment

Pre-War India & Palestine medal group WW2 North Africa & Burma Essex Regiment

Pre-War India & Palestine medal group WW2 North Africa & Burma Essex Regiment

Pre-War India & Palestine medal group WW2 North Africa & Burma Essex Regiment

Pre-War India & Palestine medal group WW2 North Africa & Burma Essex Regiment

Pre-War India & Palestine medal group WW2 North Africa & Burma Essex Regiment

Pre-War India & Palestine medal group WW2 North Africa & Burma Essex Regiment

Pre-War India & Palestine medal group WW2 North Africa & Burma Essex Regiment

Pre-War India & Palestine medal group WW2 North Africa & Burma Essex Regiment

Pre-War India & Palestine medal group WW2 North Africa & Burma Essex Regiment

Pre-War and WW2 medal group if 7 to the Essex Regiment, comprising India General Service Medal 1908, clasp North West Frontier 1930-31, General Service Medal 1918, clasp Palestine, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal and War Medal, the first two with correctly impressed naming to. IGSM Medal Roll confirms award of medal and clasp to Pte Reeve with his unit given as 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment and the GSM Roll, with confirmation of clasp, following his transfer to the 1st Battalion of the Essex Regiment. Whilst in Palestine, men of the 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment, were caught up in the aftermath of the Christmas Day bombing of the Jordania Cafe in Haifa for which Pte Mott, 1 Essex, was awarded the Empire Gallantry Medal which was subsequently exchanged for a George Cross. Interestingly, their numbers are not miles apart and both have the same Palestine/WW2 combination. During WW2, 1st Essex served in North Africa before the Division was moved to the Far East, participating as a part of the Chindit Force and subsequently Columns working deep into the jungles. I have found reference online to a G. REEVES sic, serving with one of the Chindit Columns, but apart from available rolls and CWGC, no other research done as yet. Medals are in NEF condition with original ribbons although a couple are a little tatty. The Stars are all first issue with small rings. Along with the group is an original, WW2 issue, bi-metal cap badge if the Essex Regiment with slider and blow holes. A nice group, worthy of further research. No reserve and realistic offers will be considered. The item “Pre-War India & Palestine medal group WW2 North Africa & Burma Essex Regiment” is in sale since Monday, October 22, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War II (1939-1945)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “phibat_5″ and is located in Bangor. This item can be shipped worldwide.
  • Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
  • Service: Army
  • Modified Item: No
  • Era: 1914-1945
  • Type: Medals & Ribbons
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Country/ Organization: Great Britain
  • Conflict: World War II (1939-1945)

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Medal group , Boer War & WW1 , Sgt William J Upton, for further research. QSA has 2 clasps, Orange Free State and Cape Colony, (also eligable SA 01) confirmed on medal roll, unconfirmed KSA has SA 01 & SA 02 (clasps are tailors copies on KSA), both have same contemporary engraved same style capital letters, renamed probably due to change of rank from Private to Corporal, “5897 CPL W UPTON E KENTS”. (this medal requires further research, could be interesting story). Boer War & WW1 Meritorious Service Medal group Sgt Upton East Kent & Essex Regt. Boer War KSA QSA WWI MSM medal group Sgt W J Upton East Kent & Essex Regiment. Medal group for further research, QSA & KSA named in matching contemporary engraved lettering to “5897 CPL W UPTON E KENTS” (renamed probably for change of rank to Corporal) comes with QSA medal roll confirming clasps Orange Free State, Cape Colony and eligable South Africa 1901 (early version with faint ghost dates below wreath pointing to letter “R” in Africa), KSA unconfirmed and SA 1901 & SA 1902 clasps are taylors copies. World War I trio with Meritorious Service Medal , MSM, for bravery in the field requires further research, should be an interesting story as could possibly have earned award 1st day of Somme? All officially impressed name. MSM renamed possibly for change of rank and medal roll states Star officially had rank changed to Sgt, probably promoted after the Somme/receiving MSM? The 1st Battalion saw action in the Anglo-Egyptian War and the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Battalion, 1st Volunteer (Militia) Battalion and 2nd Volunteer (Weald of Kent) Battalion all saw action during the 2nd Boer War with Captain Naunton Henry Vertue of the 2nd Battalion serving as brigade major to the 11th infantry Brigade under Major General Edward Woodgate. At the Battle of Spion Kop where he was mortally wounded in January 1900. Poster calling on the men of Essex to volunteer for Kitchener’s Army. During WW1, the Essex Regiment provided 30 infantry battalions to the British Army. The 3rd (Special Reserve) (formerly Militia) battalion was mobilised to supply drafts to the two Regular battalions. On the outbreak of war, the Territorial battalions 4th-7th, and 8th (Cyclist) battalions, all formed second line (2/4-2/8th) and eventually third line (3/4th-3/8th) battalions. Three service battalions (9th, 10th and 11th) and one reserve battalion (12th), were formed from volunteers in 1914 as part of Kitchener’s Army. A further service battalion 13th (West Ham), was raised by the Mayor and Borough of Westham. Reserve battalions were created as the war progressed, including the 14th (from the depot companies of the 13th), the 15th, 16th and 17th (from provisional battalions), the 18th (Home Service) and 1st and 2nd Garrison Battalions. After serving in home defence, the Essex Brigade containing the 1/4th, 1/5th, 1/6th and 1/7th battalions and now numbered the 161st and 54th landed at Sulva in August 1915 in an attempt to restart the stalled Gallipoli Campaign. The four Essex battalions saw some hard fighting, but lost even more men to sickness. They were withdrawn to Egypt in December before the Gallipoli Peninsula was finally abandoned. Battle of the Somme. The 1st Battalion took part in the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916. It was delayed by heavy enemy fire and congestion in the communication trenches. The Newfoundland Regiment advancing to the left of the Essex battalion was almost entirely wiped out as it advanced towards the German lines. The companies came under heavy artillery and machine gun fire almost as soon as they appeared over the parapet, causing heavy losses. The attack became bogged down in NO MAN’S LAND. The survivors of the battalion received orders to hold their position along the line of’Mary Redan”New Trench”Regent Street’. The worst day in British army History for losses. The names of 959 members of the Essex Regiment are recorded on the Thiepval memorial, commemorating the officers and men of the regiment who died on the Somme and have no known grave. Auctiva gets you noticed! Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. The item “Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt” is in sale since Wednesday, October 10, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\Boer War (1899-1902)”. The seller is “theonlineauctionsale” and is located in England. This item can be shipped worldwide.
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Country/ Organization: Great Britain
  • Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
  • Type: Medals & Ribbons
  • Conflict: Boer War (1899-1902)
  • Service: Army
  • Era: 1914-1945

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt

Medal group , Boer War & WW1 , Sgt William J Upton, for further research. QSA has 2 clasps, Orange Free State and Cape Colony, (also eligable SA 01) confirmed on medal roll, unconfirmed KSA has SA 01 & SA 02 (clasps are tailors copies on KSA), both have same contemporary engraved same style capital letters, renamed probably due to change of rank from Private to Corporal, “5897 CPL W UPTON E KENTS”. (this medal requires further research, could be interesting story). Boer War & WW1 Meritorious Service Medal group Sgt Upton East Kent & Essex Regt. Boer War KSA QSA WWI MSM medal group Sgt W J Upton East Kent & Essex Regiment. Medal group for further research, QSA & KSA named in matching contemporary engraved lettering to “5897 CPL W UPTON E KENTS” (renamed probably for change of rank to Corporal) comes with QSA medal roll confirming clasps Orange Free State, Cape Colony and eligable South Africa 1901 (early version with faint ghost dates below wreath pointing to letter “R” in Africa), KSA unconfirmed and SA 1901 & SA 1902 clasps are taylors copies. World War I trio with Meritorious Service Medal , MSM, for bravery in the field requires further research, should be an interesting story as could possibly have earned award 1st day of Somme? All officially impressed name. MSM renamed possibly for change of rank and medal roll states Star officially had rank changed to Sgt, probably promoted after the Somme/receiving MSM? The 1st Battalion saw action in the Anglo-Egyptian War and the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Battalion, 1st Volunteer (Militia) Battalion and 2nd Volunteer (Weald of Kent) Battalion all saw action during the 2nd Boer War with Captain Naunton Henry Vertue of the 2nd Battalion serving as brigade major to the 11th infantry Brigade under Major General Edward Woodgate. At the Battle of Spion Kop where he was mortally wounded in January 1900. Poster calling on the men of Essex to volunteer for Kitchener’s Army. During WW1, the Essex Regiment provided 30 infantry battalions to the British Army. The 3rd (Special Reserve) (formerly Militia) battalion was mobilised to supply drafts to the two Regular battalions. On the outbreak of war, the Territorial battalions 4th-7th, and 8th (Cyclist) battalions, all formed second line (2/4-2/8th) and eventually third line (3/4th-3/8th) battalions. Three service battalions (9th, 10th and 11th) and one reserve battalion (12th), were formed from volunteers in 1914 as part of Kitchener’s Army. A further service battalion 13th (West Ham), was raised by the Mayor and Borough of Westham. Reserve battalions were created as the war progressed, including the 14th (from the depot companies of the 13th), the 15th, 16th and 17th (from provisional battalions), the 18th (Home Service) and 1st and 2nd Garrison Battalions. After serving in home defence, the Essex Brigade containing the 1/4th, 1/5th, 1/6th and 1/7th battalions and now numbered the 161st and 54th landed at Sulva in August 1915 in an attempt to restart the stalled Gallipoli Campaign. The four Essex battalions saw some hard fighting, but lost even more men to sickness. They were withdrawn to Egypt in December before the Gallipoli Peninsula was finally abandoned. Battle of the Somme. The 1st Battalion took part in the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916. It was delayed by heavy enemy fire and congestion in the communication trenches. The Newfoundland Regiment advancing to the left of the Essex battalion was almost entirely wiped out as it advanced towards the German lines. The companies came under heavy artillery and machine gun fire almost as soon as they appeared over the parapet, causing heavy losses. The attack became bogged down in NO MAN’S LAND. The survivors of the battalion received orders to hold their position along the line of’Mary Redan”New Trench”Regent Street’. The worst day in British army History for losses. The names of 959 members of the Essex Regiment are recorded on the Thiepval memorial, commemorating the officers and men of the regiment who died on the Somme and have no known grave. Auctiva gets you noticed! Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. The item “Boer War & MSM WW1 medals Gallipoli Somme 1st July Sgt Upton E Kent & Essex Regt” is in sale since Tuesday, July 10, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\Boer War (1899-1902)”. The seller is “theonlineauctionsale” and is located in England. This item can be shipped worldwide.
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Country/ Organization: Great Britain
  • Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
  • Type: Medals & Ribbons
  • Conflict: Boer War (1899-1902)
  • Service: Army
  • Era: 1914-1945

Boer War & WW1 Meritorious Service Medal group Sgt Upton East Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & WW1 Meritorious Service Medal group Sgt Upton East Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & WW1 Meritorious Service Medal group Sgt Upton East Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & WW1 Meritorious Service Medal group Sgt Upton East Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & WW1 Meritorious Service Medal group Sgt Upton East Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & WW1 Meritorious Service Medal group Sgt Upton East Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & WW1 Meritorious Service Medal group Sgt Upton East Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & WW1 Meritorious Service Medal group Sgt Upton East Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & WW1 Meritorious Service Medal group Sgt Upton East Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & WW1 Meritorious Service Medal group Sgt Upton East Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & WW1 Meritorious Service Medal group Sgt Upton East Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & WW1 Meritorious Service Medal group Sgt Upton East Kent & Essex Regt

Boer War & WW1 Meritorious Service Medal group Sgt Upton East Kent & Essex Regt

Medal group , Boer War & WW1 , Sgt William J Upton, for further research. QSA has 2 clasps, Orange Free State and Cape Colony, (also eligable SA 01) confirmed on medal roll, unconfirmed KSA has SA 01 & SA 02 (clasps are tailors copies on KSA), both have same contemporary engraved same style capital letters, renamed probably due to change of rank from Private to Corporal, “5897 CPL W UPTON E KENTS”. (this medal requires further research, could be interesting story). Boer War & WW1 Meritorious Service Medal group Sgt Upton East Kent & Essex Regt. Boer War KSA QSA WWI MSM medal group Sgt W J Upton East Kent & Essex Regiment. Medal group for further research, QSA & KSA named in matching contemporary engraved lettering to “5897 CPL W UPTON E KENTS” (renamed probably for change of rank to Corporal) comes with QSA medal roll confirming clasps Orange Free State, Cape Clony and eligable South Africa 1901 (early version with faint ghost dates below wreath pointing to letter “R” in Africa), KSA unconfirmed and SA 1901 & SA 1902 clasps are taylors copies. World War I trio with Meritorious Service medal for bravery in the field requires further research, should be an interesting story as could possibly have earned award 1st day of Somme? All officially impressed name. MSM renamed possibly for change of rank and medal roll states Star officially had rank changed to Sgt, probably promoted after the Somme/receiving MSM? The 1st Battalion saw action in the Anglo-Egyptian War and the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Battalion, 1st Volunteer (Militia) Battalion and 2nd Volunteer (Weald of Kent) Battalion all saw action during the 2nd Boer War with Captain Naunton Henry Vertue of the 2nd Battalion serving as brigade major to the 11th infantry Brigade under Major General Edward Woodgate. At the Battle of Spion Kop where he was mortally wounded in January 1900. Poster calling on the men of Essex to volunteer for Kitchener’s Army. During WW1, the Essex Regiment provided 30 infantry battalions to the British Army. The 3rd (Special Reserve) (formerly Militia) battalion was mobilised to supply drafts to the two Regular battalions. On the outbreak of war, the Territorial battalions 4th-7th, and 8th (Cyclist) battalions, all formed second line (2/4-2/8th) and eventually third line (3/4th-3/8th) battalions. Three service battalions (9th, 10th and 11th) and one reserve battalion (12th), were formed from volunteers in 1914 as part of Kitchener’s Army. A further service battalion 13th (West Ham), was raised by the Mayor and Borough of Westham. Reserve battalions were created as the war progressed, including the 14th (from the depot companies of the 13th), the 15th, 16th and 17th (from provisional battalions), the 18th (Home Service) and 1st and 2nd Garrison Battalions. After serving in home defence, the Essex Brigade containing the 1/4th, 1/5th, 1/6th and 1/7th battalions and now numbered the 161st and 54th landed at Sulva in August 1915 in an attempt to restart the stalled Gallipoli Campaign. The four Essex battalions saw some hard fighting, but lost even more men to sickness. They were withdrawn to Egypt in December before the Gallipoli Peninsula was finally abandoned. Battle of the Somme. The 1st Battalion took part in the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916. It was delayed by heavy enemy fire and congestion in the communication trenches. The Newfoundland Regiment advancing to the left of the Essex battalion was almost entirely wiped out as it advanced towards the German lines. The companies came under heavy artillery and machine gun fire almost as soon as they appeared over the parapet, causing heavy losses. The attack became bogged down in NO MAN’S LAND. The survivors of the battalion received orders to hold their position along the line of’Mary Redan”New Trench”Regent Street’. The worst day in British army History for losses. The names of 959 members of the Essex Regiment are recorded on the Thiepval memorial, commemorating the officers and men of the regiment who died on the Somme and have no known grave. Auctiva gets you noticed! Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. The item “Boer War & WW1 Meritorious Service Medal group Sgt Upton East Kent & Essex Regt” is in sale since Sunday, June 10, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\Boer War (1899-1902)”. The seller is “theonlineauctionsale” and is located in England. This item can be shipped worldwide.
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Country/ Organization: Great Britain
  • Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
  • Type: Medals & Ribbons
  • Conflict: Boer War (1899-1902)
  • Service: Army
  • Era: 1914-1945

Boer War & First World War Medal Group Essex Regiment Pte William Bunch

Boer War & First World War Medal Group Essex Regiment Pte William Bunch

Boer War & First World War Medal Group Essex Regiment Pte William Bunch

Boer War & First World War Medal Group Essex Regiment Pte William Bunch

Boer War & First World War Medal Group Essex Regiment Pte William Bunch

Boer War & First World War Medal Group Essex Regiment Pte William Bunch

Boer War & First World War Medal Group Essex Regiment Pte William Bunch

Boer War & First World War Medal Group Essex Regiment Pte William Bunch

Boer War & First World War Medal Group Essex Regiment Pte William Bunch

Original full sized Boer War pair and First World War 1914 Star Medal trio awarded to Private William Bunch who served during the Boer War with the 1st Battalion Essex Regiment and during the Great War with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was discharged in 1916 having reached the end of his term of engagement. Index Card shows he was from Walthamsow, London. The Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for. King’s South Africa Medal with clasps. The 1914 Star British War & Victory Medal named to. All medals and clasps confirmed on the medal rolls. Please view photos for accurate condition. The item “BOER WAR & FIRST WORLD WAR MEDAL GROUP ESSEX REGIMENT PTE WILLIAM BUNCH” is in sale since Monday, November 14, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War I (1914-1918)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “madgingercat” and is located in Midlands. This item can be shipped worldwide.
  • Country/ Organization: Great Britain
  • Conflict: World War I (1914-1918)
  • Era: 1914-1945
  • Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
  • Type: Medals & Ribbons
  • Service: Army
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom

WW1 Medals Papers 1914 Death Plaque Coldstream Guards Hunts & Essex Connection

WW1 Medals Papers 1914 Death Plaque Coldstream Guards Hunts & Essex Connection

WW1 Medals Papers 1914 Death Plaque Coldstream Guards Hunts & Essex Connection

WW1 Medals Papers 1914 Death Plaque Coldstream Guards Hunts & Essex Connection

Thank you for checking my sales page. WW1 Medals Papers 1914 Death Plaque. Coldstream Guards Hunts & Essex Connection. This is a collection of papers along with a death plaque and medals. Alfred Wootten of the Coldstream Guards died 1st October 1914 at the age of 29. Alfred was born in Somersham Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire), enlisted in Lincoln and died of his wounds in France and Flanders, 1. His wife Flo lived in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex. This collection would be a great research project. Some of the papers may not relate to Alfred but to his family but were all in an envelope with the medals and plaque. Named to Alfred Wootten, no papers, envelope etc. Named on the edge to 6995 Pte A. Comes with no papers / box but a long piece of ribbon which may be original. Silver British War Medal. Copy Medal Index Card. Not a good print out, seems to show that Alfred should have three medals, the Star is not present. States the qualifying date was 12.8.14. Including a Field Service Post Card dated 4 SP 14, 1909 wedding wishes postcard, 1905 Xmas card showing a man, Alfred maybe? Including 1939 registration card for an Alfred Frank Wootten possible son? Arras Bullecourt Flanders 1917 Gale & Polden Christmas card signed Alfred. Letter of condolence regarding Alfreds death. An undated letter from Alfred to his mother regarding whats generally happening to him etc. Its very hard to read but could be very interesting when fully read. Letter from IWGC regarding cemetery registers. I will leave you to decide; please look at the photos carefully. I think the general condition is of the medals and death plaque are good used collectable for the age. The papers are in used collectable condition. There are a lot of creases, bends, folds, tears etc. The Xmas card is in better condition. The IWGC letter has split in two. Screen shots will not be printed and sent. Remember to send your. In broken form so I can reply asap. Check out my other listings. The item “WW1 Medals Papers 1914 Death Plaque Coldstream Guards Hunts & Essex Connection” is in sale since Wednesday, September 14, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War I (1914-1918)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “angel_lottie” and is located in Saffron Walden. This item can be shipped worldwide.
  • Era: 1914-1945
  • Type: Medals, Papers, Death Plaque
  • Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
  • Conflict: World War I (1914-1918)
  • Service: Army
  • Country/ Organization: Great Britain