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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 157

Four: Captain C. Coom, West Riding Home Guard, Late Royal Fusiliers
British War and Victory Medals (GS-73159 A.Cpl. C. Coom. R.Fus.); Defence and War Medals, good very fine, with a brass plaque taken from a presentation piece, engraved 'Presented to Capt. Colin Coom as a Token of Esteem & Gratitude by the Officers of "D" Company 56th West Riding Battalion, Home Guard, on the Occasion of his Relinquishing Command, 26:4:41.'

Four: Private E. Boynton, West Riding Home Guard, Late Telegraphist, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
British War and Victory Medals (T.Z. 10918 E. Boynton. Tel. R.N.V.R.), BWM officially renamed; Defence Medal; Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R. (Ernest Boynton), in Royal Mint case of issue, good very fine, with Army Council enclosure for the Defence Medal and two card boxes of issue, the one for the Defence Medal addressed to 'Mr. E. Boynton, 50 Third Avenue, York'

Three: Lieutenant J.S. Whiteley, West Riding Home Guard, Late Northumberland Fusiliers
British War and Victory Medals (45146 Pte. J.S. Whiteley. North'd Fus.); Defence Medal, good very fine

Four: Private M.E. Dearnley, West Riding Home Guard
1939-1945 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, nearly extremely fine, with Army Council enclosure and named card box of issue, addressed to 'M.E. Dearnley, Esq., 12 Ripon Avenue, Eartown, Huddersfield, Yorks.'

Four: Private J.H. Edge, North Riding Home Guard
1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, good very fine, with the recipient's call-up paper and cloth unit insignia

Pair: Private W. Pritchard, West Riding Home Guard
Defence Medal; Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R. (William Pritchard.), light contact marks, very fine, with the recipient's Home Guard armband

Pair: Lieutenant W.J. Aaronricks, North Riding Home Guard
Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Frederick J. Aaronricks), nearly extremely fine, with two named card boxes of issue, the one for the Defence Medal named to 'Lieut W.J. Aaronricks, 14 Oxford Road, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough'

One: Private H.E.W. Selby, West Riding Home Guard
Defence Medal, good very fine, with the recipient's named Home Guard Service Certificate and Identity Card

One: Private P. Heszelgrave, West Riding Home Guard
Defence Medal, good very fine, with the recipient's named Home Guard Service Certificate; certificates of registration; and portrait photograph

One: Private W. Acornley, West Riding Home Guard
Defence Medal, good very fine, with the recipient's named Home Guard Service Certificate

One: Sergeant P.G. Waddingham, West Riding Home Guard
Defence Medal, good very fine, with the recipient's named Home Guard Service Certificate and Home Guard Certificate of Proficiency

One: Corporal T.O. Baldock, West Riding Home Guard
Defence Medal, nearly extremely fine, with the recipient's named Home Guard Service Certificate; Home Guard Certificate of Proficiency; and photograph

One: Lance-Corporal M.D. Prestwich, West Riding Home Guard
Defence Medal, very fine, with the recipient's Home Guard Certificate of Proficiency and 22nd Battalion Farewell Service Order of Service

Home Guard Service Certificate (Donald Harold Hill), with the recipient's Home Guard Certificate of Proficiency and Stand Down letter; together with various other documents relating to the West Riding Home Guard (lot)

Captain Colin Coom, served as Captain for Administrative and Quarter-Master Duties, 56th (Barnsley) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard.

I.S.M. London Gazette 12.12.1958 Boynton, Ernest, Overseer, York

Private Ernest Boynton, born York, November 1898; enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 2.12.1916; promoted Telegraphist, 16.11.1917; subsequently served with the 14th (York) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard.

Lieutenant John Selwyn Whiteley, served during the Great War with the 17th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers; promoted Lieutenant, 1.2.1941, and subsequently served with the 21st (Calder Valley) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard.

Private M.E. Dearnley, served with the 25th (Huddersfield) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard, 7.6.1940 - 4.6.1942.

Private J.H. Edge, served with the 8th (Middlesbrough) Battalion, North Riding Home Guard.

I.S.M. London Gazette 21.1.1938 Pritchard, William, Inspector, Bradford Telephone Area (Keighley)

Private William Pritchard served with the 27th (Keighley) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard.

Lieutenant W.J. Aaronricks, served with the North Staffordshire Regiment and Staffordshire Special Constabulary; promoted Lieutenant, 1.6.1942, and subsequently served with the 8th (Middlesbrough) Battalion, North Riding Home Guard.

Private Henry Ernest Wilton Selby served with the 44th (Doncaster) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard, 26.5.1940 - 31.1.1942 and 13.8.1942 - 31.12.1944.

Private Percy Heszelgrave served with the 13th (Tadcaster) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard, 24.6.1940 - February 1942.

Private William Acornley served with the 56th (Barnsley) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard, 25.8.1941 - 31.12.1944.

Sergeant P.G. Waddingham served with the 17th (Leeds) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard, 7.10.1940 - 31.12.1944.

Corporal Thomas O. Baldock served with the 32nd (Skipton) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard, 1.7.1940 - 31.12.1944.

Lance-Corporal M.D. Prestwich served with the 22nd (Calder Valley) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard.

Lance-Corporal Donald Harold Hill, served with the 11th (Tadcaster) Battalion, West Riding Home Guard, January 1943 - December 1944.

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