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A Collection of Gallantry Awards to the South Wales Borderers

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Lot 127, 19 Jul 17

A ‘Political Service’ C.M.G. group of four to Captain W. F. Page, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers, who was twice wounded and taken Prisoner of War, subsequently serving as a Political Officer in Tanganyika The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, this with some enamel chipping to centres; 1914-15 Star (2-Lieut. W. F Page. S. Wales. Bord.); British War and Vic...

Lot 127, 19 Jul 17

Sold for £460

Lot 128, 19 Jul 17

A civil O.B.E. and a Great War ‘Salonika’ M.C. group of six awarded to Second Lieutenant L. B. Greaves, 8th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, late Royal Fusiliers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (P.S.2720 Pte. L. B. Greaves, R. Fus. R. Fus.) initial ‘B’ officially corrected; British War and Victory Meda...

Lot 128, 19 Jul 17

Sold for £1,400

Lot 129, 19 Jul 17

A Great War ‘Salonika’ D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Major C. E. Browning, 8th, late 11th Battalion South Wales Borderers, who was decorated for his gallant command of a night raiding party on ‘Flat Iron Hill’ on 12/13 July 1918 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with top brooch bar, slight enamel damage; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. C. E. Browning, S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. o...

Lot 129, 19 Jul 17

Sold for £1,600

Lot 130, 19 Jul 17

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of six awarded to Regimental Sergeant Major H. J. Vatcher, 12th (Bantam) Battalion, South Wales Borderers, formerly Royal Dragoons, a veteran of the Boer War who was twice wounded in France and Flanders Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, Cape Colony (3947 Pte. H. Vatche...

Lot 130, 19 Jul 17

Sold for £1,200

Lot 131, 19 Jul 17

A good Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant W. R. Morgan, South Wales Borderers, for the action at Hart’s Crater, where he went out alone to rescue a wounded man whilst under machine gun and bomb fire - He was subsequently killed in action on 2 April 1916 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. W. R. Morgan. S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. W. R. Morg...

Lot 131, 19 Jul 17

Sold for £1,300

Lot 132, 19 Jul 17

A Great War ‘Le Tronsloy’ M.C. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant A. D. W. Lowe, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers, who was wounded at Mametz Wood in July 1916 and later killed at Passchendaele on 4 October 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse engraved ‘A. D. W. Lowe 2nd S.W.B. 27th Jan 1917’; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. A. D. W. Lowe. S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. D. W. Lowe.) together with Bron...

Lot 132, 19 Jul 17

Sold for £1,900

Lot 133, 19 Jul 17

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of six awarded to Captain H. H. Davenport, 10th (1st Gwent) Battalion, South Wales Borderers, who was twice wounded during the Great War Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. H. H. Davenport S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. H. Davenport.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (6) £1000-1200

Lot 133, 19 Jul 17

Sold for £1,200

Lot 134, 19 Jul 17

A Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant H. E. Tunnicliffe, South Wales Borderers, for gallantry whilst brigade intelligence officer during the defence of Loisne Chateau in April 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. E. Tunnicliffe.) good very fine (3) £800-1000

Lot 134, 19 Jul 17

Sold for £650

Lot 135, 19 Jul 17

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. awarded to Acting Corporal J. Edwards, 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers, for gallantry near Festubert in December 1914 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8269 A. Cpl. J. Edwards. 1/S.W. Bord:) nearly very fine £700-900

Lot 135, 19 Jul 17

Sold for £700

Lot 136, 19 Jul 17

A Great War ‘Festubert 1914’ D.C.M. awarded to Private W. Adams, 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers, killed in action, Gallipoli, 5 August 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (13208 Pte. W. Adams, 2/S.W. Bord.); Bronze Memorial Plaque (William Adams) plaque with slight bruising, medal nearly extremely fine (2) £1800-2200

Lot 136, 19 Jul 17

Unsold

Lot 137, 19 Jul 17

A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Company Sergeant Major T. Lister, 4th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, formerly West Riding Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (34647 C.S. Mjr. T. Lister. 4/S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (28954 Sjt. T. Lister. S. Wales Bord.); Delhi Durbar 1911, contemporary engraved naming ‘6815 Sergt. T. Lister, West Riding Regt.’; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st iss...

Lot 137, 19 Jul 17

Sold for £800

Lot 138, 19 Jul 17

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private William Holliday, 6th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, who died of wounds in April 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9-16760 Pte. W. Holliday, 6/S. Wales Bord:); 1914-15 Star (16760 Pte. W. Holliday, S. Wales Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (16760 Pte. W. Holliday, S. Wales Bord:) nearly extremely fine (4) £1000-1200

Lot 138, 19 Jul 17

Sold for £1,700

Lot 139, 19 Jul 17

A Great War M.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant G. Russell, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers, late Royal Sussex Regiment for gallantry during a night raid on a German trench in April 1916 Military Medal, G.V.R. (9-13416 Sjt: G. Russell. 2/S.W. Bord:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (5674 Pte. G. Russell, 1st Rl. Sussex Regt.); King‘s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, Sou...

Lot 139, 19 Jul 17

Sold for £1,700

Lot 140, 19 Jul 17

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of five awarded Private J. Pearce, 6th Battalion South Wales Borderers and Stoker, Royal Fleet Reserve Military Medal, G.V.R. (6-16971 Pte. J. Pearce. 6/S.W. Bord.); 1914-15 Star (16971 Pte. J. Pearce. S. Wales Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (16971 Pte. J. Pearce. S. Wales Bord.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (SS.121392 (Dev.B.12973) J. Pearce. Sto. 1, R.F.R.) contact mar...

Lot 140, 19 Jul 17

Sold for £500

Lot 141, 19 Jul 17

A Great War M.M. pair awarded to Private J. Maloney, 4th Battalion South Wales Borderers Military Medal, G.V.R. (4-13171 Pte., 4/S.W. Bord.); Russia, Empire, St. George Medal for Bravery, Nicholas II, Fourth Class, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘No.1272470’; together with an erased Victory Medal 1914-19 with M.I.D. oak leaf, some contact marks, very fine and better (3) £300-360

Lot 141, 19 Jul 17

Sold for £400

Lot 142, 19 Jul 17

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. pair awarded to Sergeant J. H. Lewis, 6th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, for gallantry at Messines in June 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (6-17284 Sjt: J. H. Lewis. 6/S.W. Bord:); British War Medal 1914-20 (7284 Sjt. J. H. Lewis. S. Wales Bord.) nearly extremely fine (2) £300-360

Lot 142, 19 Jul 17

Sold for £340

Lot 143, 19 Jul 17

A Great War ‘Cambrai’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private E. Dawes, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers Military Medal, G.V.R. 44220 Pte. E. Dawes. 2/S. W. Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (44220 Pte. E. Dawes. S. Wales Bord.); together with original named 29th Division gallantry Certificate ‘... for gallant conduct and devotion to duty in the field on 20th November 1917’, with original signature of Major General Beauvoir de...

Lot 143, 19 Jul 17

Sold for £650

Lot 144, 19 Jul 17

A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Private J. Nolan, 5th Battalion, South Wales Borderers Military Medal, G.V.R. 5-14239 Pte. J. Nolan, 5/S. Wales Bord.); 1914-15 Star (14239 Pte. J. Nolan. S. Wales Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (14239 Pte. J. Nolan. S. Wales Bord.) generally very fine and better (4) £340-380

Lot 144, 19 Jul 17

Sold for £600

Lot 145, 19 Jul 17

A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant J. T. Wilson, 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers, formerly Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Military Medal, G.V.R. (39175 Sjt. J. T. Wilson, 1/S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (3573 Sjt. J. T. Wilson, Montgom. Yeo.) very fine (3) £360-400

Lot 145, 19 Jul 17

Sold for £420

Lot 146, 19 Jul 17

A Great War M.M. awarded to Sergeant T. Lovatt, 5th Battalion, South Wales Borderers Military Medal, G.V.R. (5-19443 Sjt. T. Lovatt, 5/S. Wales Bord.) some edge bruising, nearly very fine £260-300

Lot 146, 19 Jul 17

Sold for £300

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