Medals and Coins, Arms and Armour - 22nd June 2021
Lot 34
The East African theatre group of four medals to Captain Gordon Martin Ellis
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £120
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Description
The East African theatre group of four medals to Captain Gordon Martin Ellis, 25th (Frontiersmen) Battalion Royal Fusiliers and Dorset Regiment: 1914-15 Star (12828 PTE. G.M. ELLIS. R. FUS.); British War and Victory Medals (LIEUT G. M. ELLIS.), unofficial alteration to rank*; General Service Medal 1918-62, clasp: Iraq (CAPT. G.M. ELLIS.), good very fine or better; together with a British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (153518 PTE. J. R. WOODWARD. R.A.M.C.), very fine and fine; a British Red Cross Society War Medal, and a small quantity of badges.
G.M. Ellis: 25th Bn. Royal Fusiliers, entered Africa 05/05/1915, commissioned into the Dorset Regiment 09/09/1918. * BWM and VM issued with rank of 2nd Lt as confirmed on MIC. '2' later erased from rim.
The 25th Bn Royal Fusiliers, in which Gordon Ellis served as a Private (and original member), was a war raised unit made up mainly of older men from disparate backgrounds, and including big game hunters and adventurers, the most famous of whom was the hunter and conservationist Frederick Courtney Sealous. Known as the Frontiersmen or as the 'Old and Bold' this battalion served in the East African theatre of the Great War.