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Dealer in British & Commonwealth Orders, Decorations, & Medals Member of the OMRS & OMSA Telephone: (U.K.)
01553 840350 Fax 01553 841118 |
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| 429. Conspicuous Gallantry Medal. (C.G.M.) F.J.H. Wherry. Act. Sto. P.O. HMS Tiger. 31 May-1 June 1916. L/G 15-9-1916. “Acting Stoker Petty Officer Wherry, at great risk, flooded the 6-inch magazine of the ship in which he was serving, and then, until gassed, assisted to extinguish a fire in close proximity to the magazine. Subsequently, while still suffering from the effect of the fumes, he left the dressing station to unlock the secondary position for 13.5-inch flooding valves, showing great devotion to duty”. Battle of Jutland award. Polished. (NVF) £10500 |
430. George Medal (G.M.) Geo. V1. 2nd type (“Fid Def”) Samual Turkington. (Postman, Shettleston, Glasgow) - For gallantry during a post office hold-up in Glasgow. For their actions in the same incident, A. McNiven Glasgow Police), B. Watson (Glasgow Police) and J. Plenderleith (Sub-Postmaster), were all awarded the B.E.M. L/G 31-3-1953. “Mr. Plenderleith was alone in his sub-Post Office in Tollcross Road, Glasgow, when two men entered. One confronted Plenderleith with an automatic pistol and demanded money and the other man also menaced him. The two men then went behind the counter and jostled the Sub-Postmaster towards the back shop. Plenderleith attempted to prevent the second man from grabbing some money from the safe, which was open, but the first man caught hold of his collar and thrust him into the back shop. There he switched on the Post Office alarm bell and immediately made his way back into the front shop where one of the men fired a shot at him at point blank range but fortunately missed. The other man at this point left the premises. Mr. Turkington, who had heard the shot, entered the Post Office and as the remaining intruder made for the door, Turkington, who was carrying two saws wrapped in brown paper, hit him on the head with these, knocking him to the floor. Plenderleith ran outside, held the door shut and shouted for help. The gunman got to his feet, pressed his revolver to Turkington’s body and threatened to shoot him. Turkington knocked him down again and tried to take his gun away, but the man regained his feet. Turkington grappled with him and a struggle ensued during which shots were fired. Eventually Turkington was thrown to the floor: while he was struggling to rise, the intruder fired more shots at the door lock and Plenderleith, who was outside, jumped back, slightly wounded below the knee. The criminal ran out waving his pistol followed by Turkington and Plenderleith who both gave chase for some distance but had to give up. While a number of people continued the pursuit, a Post Office van picked up Constables McNiven and Watson and took them to where the man was holding an old lady in front of him and pointing his gun at his pursuers who were standing a few yards from him. The Constables left the van and went forward. Constable McNiven told the man to hand over his gun, while Constable Watson got the old lady away from the man, who began to back away, pointing the gun at the Constables. Although they knew that they were dealing with a desperate armed criminal, McNiven and Watson pursued the man, despite his threats to shoot them and eventually succeeded in overpowering and arresting him”. (EF) £5450 |
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Meritorious
Service, Long Service Medals.
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| 692. Group of Four Military Medal (M.M.) Geo. V. - Crowned Head. L/Cpl. F. Britten. 2-D.W.R. (L/G 8-5-1936) I.G.S. 1 Bar NWF 1935. Pte. F. Britten D.W.R. Defence and War Medals. M.M. for the action at Dand Banda on 23-8-1935. - “The advance guard reached Dand at about 1800 hrs and “B” Company acting as the rear guard was called on to attack and occupy a ridge overlooking the selected camp sites. In gaining their objective the Company came under heavy and accurate rifle fire, thereby suffering four casualties - L/Cpl’s Stone, Britten, and Pte’s Clarke and Ward. The remainder of the Battalion eventually reached camp at 10.50 hrs, having withdrawn 15 road piquets en route, most of which had to be called down in the dark. The fact that the rear guard was not followed up was proof of the severe defeat the enemy had suffered. Enemy casualties were reported as being not less than 60 dead and 40 wounded. Our own casualties were 9 killed and 21 wounded. For their conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty for the attack on the ridge, L/Cpl’s Stone and Britten were both awarded the Military Medal.” L/Cpl Britten died on 22-4-1943 whilst serving with the 10th Bn Duke of Wellington’s Regt., aged 56 and is buried in Rotherham (Masbrough) Cemetery. (GVF) £6500 |
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Tribute,
Peace, Sports, and Temperance Medals and Medallions.
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EF = Extremely Fine, in an almost unworn condition. NEF = Nearly Extremely Fine. GVF = Good Very Fine. VF = Very Fine, slight wear on the high points of the design, surface marks from contact. NVF = Nearly Very Fine. GF = Good Fine. F = Fine, slight wear overall, surface marks and perhaps edge knocks. |
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"We are always interested in buying British
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Telephone: (U.K.) 01553 840350
Fax: 01553 841118
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