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Auction archive: Lot number 840

A Collection of Awards to Chaplains

Estimate
£80 - £120
ca. US$107 - US$160
Price realised:
£80
ca. US$107
Auction archive: Lot number 840

A Collection of Awards to Chaplains

Estimate
£80 - £120
ca. US$107 - US$160
Price realised:
£80
ca. US$107
Beschreibung:

A Collection of Awards to Chaplains formed by Philip Mussell Pair: The Reverend L. Galley, Cambridgeshire Home Guard, late Honourable Artillery Company and West Riding Regiment British War and Victory Medals (11141 Pte. L. Galley. H.A.C. (Inf.)); Defence Medal, mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £80-120 Footnote Leonard Galley was born in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, on 10 June 1896, and was educated at Enfield Grammar School, the University of London, and Queens’ College, Cambridge. He attested for the Honourable Artillery Company on 9 July 1917, and served with ‘D’ Company, 1st Battalion, H.A.C. during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 December of that year, before being commissioned a temporary Second Lieutenant in the West Riding Regiment on 5 February 1919. Taking Holy Orders, he was ordained Deacon in 1922, and Priest in 1923, and served as curate of St. Margaret’s and St. Nicholas’, King’s Lynn from 1924-30; and as vicar of Oakington, from 1930-36; of Meldreth, from 1936-43; and of St. Neots, from 1943. He served with the 4th Cambridgeshire Battalion, Cambridgeshire Home Guard, during the Second World War, with the rank of Lieutenant from 1 February 1941. Sold together with a portrait photograph of the recipient.

Auction archive: Lot number 840
Auction:
Datum:
6 Dec 2017 - 7 Dec 2017
Auction house:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
United Kingdom
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
Beschreibung:

A Collection of Awards to Chaplains formed by Philip Mussell Pair: The Reverend L. Galley, Cambridgeshire Home Guard, late Honourable Artillery Company and West Riding Regiment British War and Victory Medals (11141 Pte. L. Galley. H.A.C. (Inf.)); Defence Medal, mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £80-120 Footnote Leonard Galley was born in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, on 10 June 1896, and was educated at Enfield Grammar School, the University of London, and Queens’ College, Cambridge. He attested for the Honourable Artillery Company on 9 July 1917, and served with ‘D’ Company, 1st Battalion, H.A.C. during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 December of that year, before being commissioned a temporary Second Lieutenant in the West Riding Regiment on 5 February 1919. Taking Holy Orders, he was ordained Deacon in 1922, and Priest in 1923, and served as curate of St. Margaret’s and St. Nicholas’, King’s Lynn from 1924-30; and as vicar of Oakington, from 1930-36; of Meldreth, from 1936-43; and of St. Neots, from 1943. He served with the 4th Cambridgeshire Battalion, Cambridgeshire Home Guard, during the Second World War, with the rank of Lieutenant from 1 February 1941. Sold together with a portrait photograph of the recipient.

Auction archive: Lot number 840
Auction:
Datum:
6 Dec 2017 - 7 Dec 2017
Auction house:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
United Kingdom
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
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