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Family Group: Three: Able Seaman T. S. Calvert, Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division,...
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Family Group: Three: Able Seaman T. S. Calvert, Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who died of wounds on 9 September 1915 1914-15 Star (TZ-3401, T. S. Calvert, A.B., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (TZ-3401, T. S. Calvert, A.B., R.N.V.R.) good very fine Three: Private H. Calvert, D.C.M., Royal Army Medical Corps, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 3 November 1916 1914-15 Star (27773, Pte. H. Calvert. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (27773. Pte. H. Calvert. R.A.M.C.) good very fine Pair: Private J. S. Calvert, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 24 May 1915 1914-15 Star (5-2659 Pte. J. S. Calvert. North’d Fus:); British War Medal 1914-20 (5-2659 Pte. J. S. Calvert. North’d Fus:) good very fine (8) £300-£400 --- Thomas Summers Calvert, a native of Seaton Burn, Dudley, Northumberland, enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and served with the Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division, during the Great War. Suffering a gun shot wound to the head, he died of his wounds aboard the Hospital Ship Dunluce Castle on 9 September 1915. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. Henry Calvert was born in Bedlington, Northumberland, and attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps at Aldershot. He served with the 19th Field Ambulance during the Great War on the Western Front 3 October 1915, and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal ‘For conspicuous gallantry whilst acting as one of the advanced stretcher bearers. He repeatedly made journeys across the open under intense shell fire to bring in wounded men, and exhibited the greatest coolness and courage in the performance of his hazardous duties’ (London Gazette 22 September 1916). He was killed in action on 3 November 1916, and is buried in Guillemont Road Cemetery, France. James Summers Calvert, a native of Seaton Burn, Dudley, Northumberland, and attested for the Northumberland Fusiliers. He served with the 1/5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 April 1915, ands 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.
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Family Group: Three: Able Seaman T. S. Calvert, Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who died of wounds on 9 September 1915 1914-15 Star (TZ-3401, T. S. Calvert, A.B., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (TZ-3401, T. S. Calvert, A.B., R.N.V.R.) good very fine Three: Private H. Calvert, D.C.M., Royal Army Medical Corps, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 3 November 1916 1914-15 Star (27773, Pte. H. Calvert. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (27773. Pte. H. Calvert. R.A.M.C.) good very fine Pair: Private J. S. Calvert, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 24 May 1915 1914-15 Star (5-2659 Pte. J. S. Calvert. North’d Fus:); British War Medal 1914-20 (5-2659 Pte. J. S. Calvert. North’d Fus:) good very fine (8) £300-£400 --- Thomas Summers Calvert, a native of Seaton Burn, Dudley, Northumberland, enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and served with the Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division, during the Great War. Suffering a gun shot wound to the head, he died of his wounds aboard the Hospital Ship Dunluce Castle on 9 September 1915. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. Henry Calvert was born in Bedlington, Northumberland, and attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps at Aldershot. He served with the 19th Field Ambulance during the Great War on the Western Front 3 October 1915, and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal ‘For conspicuous gallantry whilst acting as one of the advanced stretcher bearers. He repeatedly made journeys across the open under intense shell fire to bring in wounded men, and exhibited the greatest coolness and courage in the performance of his hazardous duties’ (London Gazette 22 September 1916). He was killed in action on 3 November 1916, and is buried in Guillemont Road Cemetery, France. James Summers Calvert, a native of Seaton Burn, Dudley, Northumberland, and attested for the Northumberland Fusiliers. He served with the 1/5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 April 1915, ands 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.
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