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Auction: 7012 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 795

Family Group: Three: Private J. Margetson, Middlesex Regiment 1914-15 Star (L-12599 Pte. J. Margetson. Middx.R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-12598 Pte. J. Margetson. Midd´x R.), good very fine or better, with Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque ´John Margetson´, in original card envelope of issue and with enclosure slip; Regimental Prize Medal, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1913), obverse engraved ´3rd Batt. Middlesex Regt. Regimental Boxing Championship October 1914´, reverse engraved ´Winner of Feather Weight Pte. Margetson´, with Regimental Crest from Vest worn whilst competing, photograph of recipient wearing both medal and vest, Parchment Memorial Scroll in transmission tube addressed to ´Mrs. H.L. Margetson´, and two medal enclosure slips Pair: Sapper C.R. Barker, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (57213 Spr. C.R. Barker. .R.E.), good very fine British War Medal (18796 Pte. J. Nicholls R Ir Fus), nearly extremely fine, with condolence slip A Group of Three to Private J.J. Margetson, King´s Royal Rifle Corps, Taken Prisoner of War at Crete June 1941, and Imprisoned at Lamsdorf, Germany, Where he is Reputed to Have Made 13 Unsuccessful Escape Attempts Before Being Transferred to Terezin Concentration Camp, Czechoslovakia 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; War Medal, extremely fine, with King´s Badge, with transmission letter from the Ministry of Pensions; Regimental Cap Badge; P.O.W. Identity Tag ´91099/Stalag VII/A´; Identity Disc ´6849659 J.J. Margetson K.R.R.C.´; Soldier´s Service and Pay Book; Pension Book, with registered envelope; a letter to the recipient from a fellow P.O.W., dated 18.4.1996, and a photograph of recipient with his immediate family (lot) Estimate £ 480-520 L/12599 Private John Margetson, born North Kensington, Middlesex; joined the Army, 1910; served during the Great War with the 3rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment in the French Theatre of War from, 18.8.1915; and died of wounds on the Western Front, 29.9.1915; he is buried in Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetery. 57213 Sapper Charles R. Barker according to family history served in the Egyptian theatre of War initially with the Australian Light Horse and from there served in Mesopotamia before receiving a gun shot wound to his ankle, as a result of which he could no longer ride horses and as such transferred to the Royal Engineers (entitled to a 1914-15 Star); after the War he married Mrs. H.L. Margetson, the widow of John Margetson (see above). 18796 Private James Nicholls (formerly No. 24162, Hussars of the Line), born Chiswick, Middlesex, served during the Great War in the French Theatre of War from, 19.7.1915; and was killed in action on the Western Front 25.4.1916; he is buried in the Berles-Au-Bois Churchyard Extension, and was the brother-in-law of John Margetson. 6849659 Private John James Margetson, born 11.1.1916 (4 months after his father, John Margetson, was killed in action), enlisted King´s Royal Rifle Corps, 18.4.1940; served with the Middle East Expeditionary Force to Greece, 13.11.1940-31.5.1941; he was taken P.O.W. on Crete by the Germans, 1.6.1941 and sent to P.O.W. Camp Lamsdorf, where according to family history he is reputed to have made 13 unsuccessful escape attempts before being transferred to Terezin Concentration Camp (Czechoslovakia), from which he was eventually liberated by American troops, 27.4.1945, after nearly 4 years in captivity; he suffered from mental stress and was discharged from the Army, 31.7.1945 with a Disability Pension; he returned to Terezin in 1996 two years before he died, the pamphlets from the trip which he obtained are included in the lot. John James Margetson was the son of John Margetson, the step-son of Charles Barker, and the nephew of James Nicholls.

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