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Auction: 13002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 302

Family Group:
Pair: Gunner N.D. Metcalf, Royal Artillery
British War and Victory Medals (L-12531 Gnr. N.D. Metcalf. R.A.), VM officially renamed, very fine, with the recipient's Sailors and Soldiers Free Buffet at Victoria Station Christmas 1916 Souvenir pouch, and British Legion lapel badge

Pair: Attributed to Fusilier J. Metcalf, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
1939-1945 Star; War Medal, extremely fine, in named card box of issue, addressed to 'Mrs. A. Metcalf, 11 River View, Prudhoe on Tyne, Northumberland'

Family Group:
Four: Attributed to Flight Lieutenant J.S. Barr, Royal Air Force
1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal, extremely fine, with Air Council enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to 'F/L J.S. Barr, Old Enton, Witley, Surrey'

Pair: Mrs. L.L. Barr
Defence and War Medals, extremely fine, in named card box of issue, addressed to 'Mrs. L.L. Barr, Old Enton, Witley, Surrey', together with her British Red Cross Society Proficiency in Red Cross First-Aid Badge, gilt and enamel, the reverse named '16716 L. Grimley', in card box of issue; and British Red Cross Society 3 Years' Service Badge, gilt and enamel, the reverse numbered '7273', with Second Award Bar and integral top riband bar, in numbered card box of issue

Pair: Attributed to Corporal H.G. Sylvester, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
1939-1945 Star; War Medal, extremely fine, in named card box of issue, addressed to 'Mrs. E.M. Sylvester, 44 The Drove, Andover, Hants'

Second World War Medals (9), 1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star (2); Defence Medal (3); War Medal (3), generally very fine or better, together with an R.A.F. cap badge (21)

4273522 Fusilier John Metcalf, the son of Gunner Nicholas Dobson Metcalf, Royal Artillery, and Annie Jane Metcalf, of Prudhoe on Tyne, Northumberland; served with the 8th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers during the Second World War; taken Prisoner of War at Dunkirk; died in captivity in Poland, 4.10.1942, and is buried in Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery, Poland.

Flight Lieutenant John Stoddart Barr, Commissioned Flying Officer, Medical Branch, Royal Air Force, 14.11.1941; promoted Flight Lieutenant, 14.11.1942; married Miss Lorna Lavinia Grimley.

1157864 Corporal Harry Garnet Sylvester, died 21.5.1943, and is buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey.

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