Dr Horatio Sparling - MBE Medal Group comprising WW1 trio in...

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Dr Horatio Sparling - MBE Medal Group comprising WW1 trio including Mons Star 1914 to H F Sparling Australia Volunteer Hospital and War Medal & Victory Medal to 53847 Cpl H F Starling RAMC, a cased French Epidemic medal in Bronze named to M H F Sparling, A WW2 MBE awarded to Medical Officer Dr H Sparling, Civil Defense/ARP, a WW2 Defence Medal in original box, a British Red Cross 'Medical Officer' medal with ribbon and a pair of Serving Brother of St John Medals. Also included are a quantity of newspaper clippings, photographs and other ephemera relating to Dr Sparling's life. The MBE coverage relates to his time in Croydon and mentions being dangled by his ankles into a collapsed house after a V1 strike.

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25th Feb 24 at 11am GMT

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