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Pair: Private S. Stagg, East Surrey Regiment British War and Victory Medals (48462 Pte. S....
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Pair: Private S. Stagg, East Surrey Regiment British War and Victory Medals (48462 Pte. S. Stagg. E. Surr. R.) very fine 1914-15 Star (2) (2422 Pte. B. F. Durbidge, E. Surr. R.; 10202 Pte. H. Shingler, E. Surr. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. G. G. Johns.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (2. Lieut. J. H. Lavender.; L-9975 Pte. A. W. Wickins. E. Surr. R.) nearly very fine and better (7) £100-£140 --- Sydney Stagg served with both the East Surrey Regiment and the Labour Corps during the Great War. Benjamin Frederick Durbidge attested for the East Surrey Regiment on 7 August 1914 and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 15 May 1915. He subsequently transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, and was disembodied on 18 April 1919. Horace Shingler attested for the East Surrey Regiment on 26 August 1914 and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 December 1915. He was killed in action on 8 May 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. Gilbert Godwin Johns was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the East Surrey Regiment on 18 December 1917 and served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 April 1918. John Hadden Lavender was born in Wandsworth on 25 September 1895 and attested initially for the 2nd Battalion, London Regiment, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the East Surrey Regiment on 24 October 1916. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 17 January 1917, and was wounded by gun shot to the chest on 9 May 1917. He relinquished his commission on account of ill-health caused by his wounds on 27 August 1918, was awarded a Silver War Badge no. B45578, and was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant. Alfred W. Wickins attested for the East Surrey Regiment on 25 February 1910 and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 January 1915. He was killed in action on 24 May 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Sold with copied research for all six recipients.
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Pair: Private S. Stagg, East Surrey Regiment British War and Victory Medals (48462 Pte. S. Stagg. E. Surr. R.) very fine 1914-15 Star (2) (2422 Pte. B. F. Durbidge, E. Surr. R.; 10202 Pte. H. Shingler, E. Surr. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. G. G. Johns.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (2. Lieut. J. H. Lavender.; L-9975 Pte. A. W. Wickins. E. Surr. R.) nearly very fine and better (7) £100-£140 --- Sydney Stagg served with both the East Surrey Regiment and the Labour Corps during the Great War. Benjamin Frederick Durbidge attested for the East Surrey Regiment on 7 August 1914 and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 15 May 1915. He subsequently transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, and was disembodied on 18 April 1919. Horace Shingler attested for the East Surrey Regiment on 26 August 1914 and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 December 1915. He was killed in action on 8 May 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. Gilbert Godwin Johns was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the East Surrey Regiment on 18 December 1917 and served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 April 1918. John Hadden Lavender was born in Wandsworth on 25 September 1895 and attested initially for the 2nd Battalion, London Regiment, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the East Surrey Regiment on 24 October 1916. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 17 January 1917, and was wounded by gun shot to the chest on 9 May 1917. He relinquished his commission on account of ill-health caused by his wounds on 27 August 1918, was awarded a Silver War Badge no. B45578, and was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant. Alfred W. Wickins attested for the East Surrey Regiment on 25 February 1910 and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 January 1915. He was killed in action on 24 May 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Sold with copied research for all six recipients.
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