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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 472

Family Group:
Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (1173 Q.M. Cpl-Mjr: M. Smith. R. Hor: Gds:), extremely fine, together with a silver plaque inscribed 'Presented to Corp. Maj. Millward Smith by the Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers Royal Horse Guards as a mark of esteem on his leaving the Regiment 1903', this removed from a more substantial presentation piece

Three: Lance Corporal A.B. Smith, Scots Guards, Killed in Action at Ypres, 11.11.1914
1914 Star, with Bar (6163 L.Cpl. A.B. Smith. S.Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (6163 Pte. A.B. Smith. S.Gds.), nearly extremely fine, with the recipient's Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Alfred Benjamin Smith), and Parchment Memorial Scroll

Three: Staff Sergeant A.M. Smith, Royal Horse Artillery
1914 Star, with Bar (41823 Ftr: A. Smith. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (41823 A.S.Sjt. A.M. Smith. R.A.), nearly extremely fine, with the recipient's riband bar; Silver War Badge; Corps of Commissioners Badge, cap badge and shoulder titles; Wound Certificate; and various portrait photographs of the recipient

Five: Lance Corporal A.G. Smith, Royal Army Medical Corps, Killed in Action at Anzio, 19.3.1944
1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, nearly extremely fine, together with a portrait photograph of the recipient (12)

1173 Quarter Master Corporal-Major Millward Smith, born Birmingham, December 1861; enlisted in the Royal Horse Guards, January 1882; promoted Corporal, October 1885; Corporal of Horse, June 1889; Squadron Corporal Major, April 1896; awarded Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, 1900; appointed Regimental Sergeant Major, Scottish Horse, Imperial Yeomanry, 1.4.1903; discharged, 29.2.1908, after 26 years and 54 days with the Colours.

6163 Lance Corporal Alfred Benjamin Smith, the son of Quarter Master Corporal-Major Millward Smith; served with the Scots Guards during the Great War on the Western Front from 13.8.1914; killed in action at the Battle of Ypres, 11.11.1914, after which 'the Battalion paraded just 69 rank and file commanded by the only surviving officer, a Captain', and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

41823 Staff Sergeant Alfred Millward Smith, the son of Quarter Master Corporal-Major Millward Smith, and the brother of Lance Corporal Alfred Benjamin Smith, enlisted in the Royal Horse Artillery, 8.2.1906; served with 14th Brigade, R.H.A. during the Great War on the Western Front from 5.10.1914; Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 1.1.1916); discharged as a result of wounds, 18.9.1918; died, 16.3.1932.

7349467 Lance Corporal Arthur George Smith, born 1919, the son of Staff Sergeant Alfred Millward Smith, and the grandson of Quarter Master Corporal-Major Millward Smith; served during the Second World War with 141 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps; killed in action at Anzio, 19.3.1944, and is buried in Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy.

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Estimate
£600 to £800

Sale 15002 Notices
Revised estimate on this lot of £800-1,200.