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A 'Royal Funeral' R.V.M. pair awarded to Driver A. W. J. Greenway, Royal Horse...
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A ‘Royal Funeral’ R.V.M. pair awarded to Driver A. W. J. Greenway, Royal Horse Artillery Royal Victorian Medal, E.VII.R., bronze, unnamed as issued; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (7311 Dvr. A. W. J. Greenway “F” By. R.H.A.) contact marks, polished and worn, good fine (2) £140-£180 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Arthur William James Greenway was born in Bayswater, London, in 1873 and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery in London on 5 December 1894. He served with the ‘F’ Battery in India from 17 September 1895 to 9 April 1906, and saw active service on the Punjab Frontier. Returning home, he took part in the funeral procession of H.M. King Edward VII, as a Driver with ‘BB’ Battery, for which he was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in bronze on 7 June 1910, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity in October 1913. He saw further service during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 November 1914 (entitled to a 1914 Star and clasp trio), and served until the end of the War. Sold with copied service papers, medal roll extracts, and other research.
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A ‘Royal Funeral’ R.V.M. pair awarded to Driver A. W. J. Greenway, Royal Horse Artillery Royal Victorian Medal, E.VII.R., bronze, unnamed as issued; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (7311 Dvr. A. W. J. Greenway “F” By. R.H.A.) contact marks, polished and worn, good fine (2) £140-£180 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Arthur William James Greenway was born in Bayswater, London, in 1873 and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery in London on 5 December 1894. He served with the ‘F’ Battery in India from 17 September 1895 to 9 April 1906, and saw active service on the Punjab Frontier. Returning home, he took part in the funeral procession of H.M. King Edward VII, as a Driver with ‘BB’ Battery, for which he was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in bronze on 7 June 1910, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity in October 1913. He saw further service during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 November 1914 (entitled to a 1914 Star and clasp trio), and served until the end of the War. Sold with copied service papers, medal roll extracts, and other research.
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