Pair: Sub-Inspector D. D. Roper-Marshall, Bristol Constabulary Defence Medal; Special...

Pair: Sub-Inspector D. D. Roper-Marshall, Bristol Constabulary Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Sub-Inspr. Douglas D. Roper-Marshall) with a photographic image of recipient, good very fine One: attributed to Nancy Roper-Marshall, ARP Defence Medal, unnamed as issued, very fine Pair: S. Burt, Penrith Constabulary Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Sydney Burt) generally very fine or better Pair: F. Bomford, East Retford Constabulary Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Frank Bomford) generally good very fine Pair: C. A. Compton, Evesham Constabulary Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Claude A. Compton) generally very fine or better Pair: F. Miller, Special Constabulary Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Fred Miller) generally good very fine Pair: Lieutenant P. G. Mountford, 5/7th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment (T.A.) and Bournemouth Constabulary Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, Long Service, 1944 (Philip G. Mountford) generally very fine or better One: attributed to William Smith Batesman, Kilmarnock Burgh Police Defence Medal, unnamed as issued, with several photographic images of recipient and family, generally good very fine (14) £140-£180 --- Douglas Duff Roper-Marshal was born in Hanwell, Middlesex in October 1899, and was employed as a Manager of a Goldsmiths in Hatton Garden, 1916-1917. He enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps in November 1917, and served at home. Roper-Marshal was declared bankrupt in 1937, with his business in London folding, and he married Nancy at Bristol in September 1939. In later life he was a Publican at The Old Inn, St. Breward, Cornwall, and he died at his pub in January 1871. Sydney Burt was born in St. Michael’s Mount, Cornwall. He was a Boatman in Penrith, and also served in the Special Constabulary there. Burt served with the Royal Naval Reserve (entitled to 1914-15 Star trio), and was discharged ‘medically unfit’, 14 April 1915. He died in Marazion, Cornwall in February 1963. Frank Bomford was born in Retford, Nottinghamshire. He enlisted in the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, 14 September 1914 (entitled to BWM and VM), and was discharged having suffered a gunshot wound to the leg (20 April 1917) from the 2/8th Battalion, 27 August 1917 (entitled to Silver War Badge). He served with the East Retford Special Constabulary, and died in East Retford in 1979. Claude Ashley George Compton was born in Rushmore, Wiltshire. He was a Baker, served during the Great War with the 8th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles (wounded in October 1917, entitled to BWM, VM and Silver War Badge), and subsequently served with the Evesham Special Constabulary. Compton died in Birdham, Chichester in September 1963. Philip G. Mountford was born in Bournemouth, Hampshire, and was educated at Bournemouth School - where he was a Sergeant in the O.T.C. Mountford was commissioned in to the 5/7th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment (T.A.) in May 1924, and served with the Bournemouth Special Constabulary. He died in Poole in 1975. All sold with respective memory sticks of research.