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Auction: 15001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 177

Pair: Private F. Handley, Royal West Kent Regiment
1914-15 Star (G-5125 Pte. F. Handley, R.W. Kent. R.); Victory Medal (GS-5125 Pte. F. Handley, R.W. Kent. R), good very fine

Pair: Private W.H. Chengy, Royal West Kent Regiment
1914-15 Star (G-3643 Pte. W.H. Chengy. R.W. Kent. R); Victory Medal (GS-3643 Pte. W.H. Chengy. R.W. Kent R.), good very fine

Pair: Private F.W. Shaw, Royal West Kent Regiment
1914-15 Star (L-9624 Pte. F.W. Shaw. R.W. Kent R.); Victory Medal (L-9624 Pte. F.W. Shaw. R.W. Kent R.), good very fine

Pair: Sergeant H. Mansell, Royal West Kent Regiment
1914-15 Star (1032 Sjt. H. Mansell. R.W. Kent R.); Victory Medal (1032 Sjt. H. Mansell. R.W. Kent R.), good very fine

Pair: Private W.C. Gambrill, Royal West Kent Regiment
1914-15 Star (G-5947 Pte. W.C. Gambrill. R.W. Kent R.); Victory Medal (GS-5947 Pte. W.C. Gambrill. R.W. Kent. R.), good very fine (10)

L-9624 Private Frederick William Shaw, served with the Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War; died 31.12.1916, and is commemorated upon the Basra Memorial, Iraq.

1032 Sergeant Harry Mansell, born 1868; enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment, 29.9.1914; promoted Corporal, 30.9.1914; Sergeant, 22.10.1914; served during the Great War on the Western Front from 26.7.1915; discharged, 21.12.1918, after 4 years and 84 days with the Colours.

G-5947 Private William Clarence Gabrill, born Northgate, Kent, August 1882; from a documented family of whom the father and all five sons served during the Great War, with one of his brothers, Private Stanley John Gambrill, being awarded the D.C.M.; enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment, 15.3.1915, having previously served in the Royal Navy, and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29.4.1915; discharged following gassing at Ypres 7.8.1915, died as a direct result, 7.12.1916, and is buried in the Fort Pitt Military Cemetery, Kent.

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