Groups and singles for Gallant and Distinguished Conduct

DFC GVI gp 7 - Armstrong - RAF
56281 PO Walter Armstrong DFC b Gosforth, Newcastle1917 Joined RAF 7.12.1936 No.4 Group 578 Sqdn Awd DFC as a Wireless Operator 02.1945

£3,500.00

DFC GVI gp 4 - Ainsley - RAF
175307 FL Lawrence Cuthbert Ainsley RAF b Carlise 1916 Awd immediate DFC 1944 for reaching bomb target despite taking four hits he crash landed with no casualties and little damage to his Halifax

£2,950.00

DFC Gp - Fuchs - RAF
FO Cecil Carl Albert Fuchs RAF b Faversham Kent 1920 No. 2 Group Bomber Command 226 Sqdn Comm 1942 Died in Training Flight 12.3.1943

£2,750.00

AFC gp 6 - Walton - RAF
Ft Lt Robert Walton RAF b Alston Cumberland 1922 Flew Churchill to Moscow for meeting with Stalin 1942 MID 1943 Awarded AFC 1945 for valuable services in the air

£3,875.00

DCM EVII gp 8 - Kennedy - Manch R
2479 Clr Sgt Samuel Edwards Kennedy 2/Manchesters b Ashton-under-Lyne 1872 later Capt Awarded DCM Anglo Boer War 10.1900 MID 09.1901 Comm 1910 Served Egypt WWI

£3,800.00

DCM Group - Lindfield - RFA
59727 CSM George Jasper Lindfield RA b Chelsea 1873 Served 69th Bty RFA WIA at Talana 20.10.1899 X2 MID Boer War Served Egypt WWI

£3,600.00

DCM GVI - Sargant - RA
827399 Sgt William Sargent 129 (Lowland) Fd R RA Enlisted 1933 Awarded DCM 8.2.45 for Kennedy Peak 11.3.1944 MID 1952

£3,500.00

DCM MM GV - Ayres - East Kent R
6884 Sgt Arthur James Ayres E Kent R b Talaton Devon 1891 Enlisted RGA 24.8.14 To East Kent R 26.5.15 3 X WIA Somme 1917 MID Awd MM & DCM KIA 18.9.1918

£2,925.00

DCM EVII gp 5 - Simmons - Nth'd Fus
3538 Pte Sydney Simmons 1st Bn North'd Fusiliers b 1868 Chelsea London Attd 1892 Served Sudan Campaign & Boer War MID LG 29.7.1902 Awd DCM for gallantry in LG 31.10.1902

£2,800.00

DCM EVII gp 7 - Wilkins - RFA
67554 BSM Herbert Wilkins RFA later Captain b Galway 1873 Enlisted 1888 Served South Africa 11.1899-12.5.1906 MID & Awd DCM 10.9.1901 Served with Diamond Field Arty Later Capt WWI France 22.11.1915

£2,400.00

DCM Group - Evans - RFA
57381/1042514 Sgt Thomas Edward Evans RA b Shrewsbury 1890 attested 1909 Served 117 Battery RFA Awarded DCM Oct 1918

£1,350.00

DSM GVI gp 4 - Nightingale - RN
P/JX 223023 Ldg Smn Roy Nightingale RN b Preston Lancs 1920 Awarded DSM for action where in the Scharnhorst was sunk during Battle of North Cape 26.12.1943

£3,250.00

DSM Gp - Smithurst - RN
33903 Chief PO Allan Van Eck Smithurst b Grantham Lincs 1900 enlisted RN 1918 Served HMS London WWII Awd DSM for Artic Convoy PQ17 which incurred heavy losses

£2,150.00

WW2 DSM Group - Williams - RN
CPO Gerald Prance Williams RN b 1911 Plymouth, Devon Joined 1929 WWII Served aboard Osprey Nimrod DSM awarded 1942 for Surrender of Diego Suarez on HMS Active

£1,795.00

Gp - Cobb DSM - RN
JX 261096 LS Charles Henry Cobb RN b Portsmouth 28.8.1915 Joined 3.2.1941 Served Landing Craft Algeria Italy Awd DSM for Operation Brassard Italy 1944

£1,750.00

DSM GVI gp 7 - Harvey - RN
DMX45276 CERA Harry Sidney Harvey b St Germans Cornwall 1910 Joined RN 1926 Awd DSM for Operations landing forces in North Africa Egypt aboard HMS Clare March 1943

£1,550.00

MM Gp - Atherton - RA Glas Yeo
830118 LSgt Francis Samuel Atherton Glasgow Yeo/54th Anti Tank Rgt RA b Manchester 1904 Awd MM Fall of France 15.6.1940 2 X WIA Died 1989

£1,900.00

MM Group - Parkin - Green Howards
4391884 L/Sgt Jonathan Wilson Parkin D Coy 1/Green Howards b Auckland Durham 1918 WWII Italy WIA 10.2.1943 Awarded MM 27.1.1944 Gallant Service in Italy

£1,725.00

MM Gp - Lock - RMLI
PO15165 Pte William Lewis Lock 2/RMLI b Southampton 1889 MM awarded for action on Welch Ridge 30.12.1917

£1,650.00

MM Gp - Urwin - RTR
3390716 Sgt Ernest Urwin Royal Tank Regt b Sunderland 1914 Served 4th Royal Tanks Awd immediate MM 12.7.1945 later issue MM. Original group known to exist elsewhere.

£1,600.00

MM GVI Gp 6 - Armstrong - RASC
T218663 LCpl Richard Wragge Armstrong RASC b Newcastle 1914 Attchd RAMC WWII Awd MM for Italy 1945 Evacuating Casualties under fire

£1,450.00

MM GVI gp 7 - Roberts - RA
2582617 Sgt Frederick Thomas Roberts R Sigs b Torbay Devon 1911 Awd Immediate MM for Italy LG 26.10.1944 Awd EM 1949 Died Devon 1979

£1,445.00

MM GV gp 5 - Howard - RA
818/775071 Sgt Albert Howard RA b Leeds 1894 Served 1st WR Bde RFA (T) & 310th Bde in France Awd MM 1919 Demob 16.5.1919 Awd TFM 1922

£1,250.00

MM GVI gp 5 - Warren - RA
788365 Bdr Stanley Edward Warren 2nd Regt RHA b Kettering 1909 Awd MM for Bravery at Gazala North Africa 6 June 1942 Duplicate issue MM

£750.00

MM Trio - Swain - London R
260318 Pte Walter Swaine 4th R Fus, Monmouthshire R, 6th SWB, 29th Lond R b Highgate London 1896 To France 27.10.1915 WIA 4.6.1918 MM 6th SWB LG 11.6.1918

£650.00