Baldwin & Sons
Auction 75 26 September 2012
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MILITARY MEDALS. Campaign Groups. Palestine and WWII 'Desert Rats' Group of 4 awarded to Corporal James W Rivers, 1st Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, killed in action at Tobruk 25 July 1941, General Service Medal, 1918-1962, G VI R, single clasp, Palestine (4271100 Fsr. J. W. Rivers. R. North'd Fus.), 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, War Medal, 1939-1945; the first officially impressed, remaining medals unnamed as issued, group loose mounted on card for display. Toned, good extremely fine. (4)
Corporal James William Rivers, the son of Isaac and Mary Jane Rivers, of North Shields, Northumberland, was killed in action 25 July 1941, and is buried at Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya. As part of the 1st Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, he would have been part of one of the Heavy Machine Gun sections that were involved in the Defence of Tobruk, fighting alongside the Australian forces who successfully held the city for over 8 months against Rommel's German desert forces. Sold with copy CWGC casualty sheet
Estimate: £200-250.
Corporal James William Rivers, the son of Isaac and Mary Jane Rivers, of North Shields, Northumberland, was killed in action 25 July 1941, and is buried at Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya. As part of the 1st Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, he would have been part of one of the Heavy Machine Gun sections that were involved in the Defence of Tobruk, fighting alongside the Australian forces who successfully held the city for over 8 months against Rommel's German desert forces. Sold with copy CWGC casualty sheet
Estimate: £200-250.