Auction: 9004 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 1004
Family Group: Three: Captain W.G. Heys, Manchester Regiment Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt: W.G. Heys, Vol: Co: Manch: Rgt:); Jubilee 1897 (Capt. W.G. Heys, 5th. V.B. Manchester Regt.); Territorial Decoration, E.VII.R., unnamed, silver and silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1909), good very fine, together with a 5th Volunteer Battalion Manchester Regiment Prize Medal, silver and silver gilt (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1892), the reverse engraved ´Prize F won by Lieut: G. Heys, No. 8 Compy. 1892.´ Pair: Lieutenant G.D.A. Heys, Royal Flying Corps British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. G.D.A. Heys. R.F.C.), the last officially renamed, extremely fine (5) Estimate £ 280-320 Captain William G. Heys, Commissioned Lieutenant, 5th (Ardwick) Volunteer Battalion, Manchester Regiment, July 1891; Captain, June 1896; served in South Africa in the Transvaal, April 1901-May 1902. Lieutenant George Duncan Arthur Heys; born September 1893, the son of Captain W.G. Heys; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, 27.10.1915; attached Royal Flying Corps, 15.3.1917; Lieutenant, 1.7.1917; transferred Observer Officer, Royal Air Force, 1.4.1918.
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