Lot 37
Mule Corps WW1 Uganda Training Corps Presbyterian Chaplain N.Z.E.F. Royal Irish at Gallipoli
"Behind The Wire" - Medal and Militaria Sale | M25001
Auction: 17 September 2025 at 14:00 BST
Description
Victory Medal awarded to Lance Naik. K. Mawaz, 15th Mule Corps who served in Mesopotamia, comprising 1914-1919 Victory Medal (1423 L-Naik K Mawaz. 15 Mule Cps.), Victory Medal awarded to Lieutenant William Baker Easterby, Uganda Training Corps, African Labour Corps and Maltese Labour Corps, comprising 1914-1919 Victory Medal (Lieut. W.B. Easterby), The Silver War Badge awarded to Corporal Joseph Larkin, 366 Company Labour Corps comprising Silver War Badge number SWB (B53877),) Victory Medal awarded to Private George James Brown Army Veterinary Corps who was Discharged on the 15th of March 1917 but who was turned down for the Silver War Badge, comprising 1914-1919 Victory Medal, (SE-8364 Pte. S. J. Brown. A.V.C.), The Victory Medal awarded to Private Patrick Murphy, 5th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment who served at Gallipoli from the 8th of July 1915 and who was Discharged on the 21st of November 1916 with a Disordered Action of the Heart comprising 1914-1919 Victory Medal (1571 Pte. P. Murphy. R. Ir. Regt.) The Victory Medal awarded to Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class Captain Walter William Brown, New Zealand Hospital Ship Maheno comprising 1914-1919 Victory Medal (5002 C. To F. 4/C W. W. Brown. N.Z.E.F.), Victory Medal awarded to Private Arthur Atkinson, 1/5th (Weald of Kent) Battalion East Kent Regiment who served in Palestine comprising 1914-1919 Victory Medal, (G-22328 Pte. A. Atkinson. E. Kent R.) The Victory Medal awarded to Driver, Acting Serjeant Conrad Murdoch Silas, Army Service Corps born in Born Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana, who served in Salonika and was Disabled by Malaria comprising 1914-1919 Victory Medal (T2/12294 A./Sjt. C.M. Silas. A.S.C.),all toned about fine (8)
Lance Naik K. Mawaz sold with Copy War Diary
William Baker Easterby, Born in Pickering, Died 21st March at a Nursing Home in Scarborough, of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, formerly lived Arusha, Tanganyika. Sold with Copy Medal Index Card and medal Roll Pension Card and death notice
Private Murphy 5th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers) Formed at the Royal Barracks in Dublin in August 1914 as part of K1 and came under orders of 29th Brigade, 10th (Irish) Division.
Moved to Fermoy and by early 1915 was at Longford.
May 1915: moved to Basingstoke with the rest of the division.
About June 1915, converted to Pioneer Battalion of the same division.
7 July 1915: embarked at Liverpool and sailed to Gallipoli via Mudros. Landed Suvla Bay 7 August 1915.
30 September 1915 : moved via Mudros to Salonika.
The 10th (Irish) Division was not part of the regular, pre-War army, but was made up of new recruits after a call for men made by Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War. It recruited men from across Ireland (and beyond) and was trained at the Curragh during the autumn and winter of 1914. It was then moved to England prior to departure for Gallipoli to take part in the August offensive. The 10th (Irish) Division that went to Gallipoli comprised the 6th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, the 5th Battalion of the Connaught Rangers, the 6th Battalion of the Leinster Regiment, the 6th and 7th Battalions of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, the 6th and 7th Battalions of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, the 5th and 6th Battalions of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, the 5th and 6th Battalions of the Royal Irish Fusiliers and the 5th Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment. The 10th (Irish) Division would stay at Gallipoli for less than two months but would see some intense fighting at the Suvla Bay section. The division spent 1916 and 1917 in Salonika.
William Walter Brown was born in Invercargill New Zealand on the 20th of May 1872 he gave his calling as a Presbyterian Minister he joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in 1917. He was accidentally Killed on the 22nd of August 1920.
Sold with One page of N.Z.E.F. Service Papers, two copy photographs and a copy photograph of his Headstone. The information “Hospital Ship Maheno” came from the original packet the medal was kept in.
Pte Atkinson 1/5th (Weald of Kent) Battalion East Kent Regiment
August 1914 : in Ashford. Part of Kent Brigade, Home Counties Division. 29 October 1914 : to India. The Division was broken up on arrival in Bombay. Joined Jubbulpore Brigade in 5th (Mhow) Division. November 1915 to 35th Brigade in 7th (Meerut) Division in Mesopotamia. Brigade moved to 14th (Indian) Division in May 1916.
Sold with Copy Medal Index Card and Medal Roll
Conrad Murdoch Silas was born in Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana, contracted Malaria whilst serving in Salonika.
Sold with Copy Medal Index Card, entitled to a 1914-15 Trio, Copy Medal Rolls and Copy Service Papers
