Khedive's Star - Arthur Edward Poole

Not a family heirloom, but something I picked up in an antique shop in Brighton in the late 1960s or early 1970s. As far as I could make out, the inscription round the rim read:

LIEUT A.E. POOLE 10TH RL HUSSARS

A Google search led me to the website of Dix Noonan Webb, numismatic auctioneers http://www.dnw.co.uk/medals/auctionarchive/viewspecialcollections/itemdetail.lasso?itemid=38351 from where I gleaned the following:

Lot 692, 16 Dec 03

Category: CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS
Estimate: £300-£350
Hammer Price: £520

Description

Three: Major A. E. Poole, 10th Royal Hussars, later Military Knight of Windsor

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (Lieut., 10th Rl. Hussars) rank corrected; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (Capt. & Qr. Mr., 10/Hussars); Coronation 1911 (Major, 22 June 1911) pitting and contact marks, therefore good fine and better (3) £300-350

Footnote

Arthur Edward Poole was born on 26 May 1850. He served in the ranks for 9 years and 96 days, and was appointed Hon. Lieutenant in the 10th Hussars on 2 December 1882. He served in the Soudan Expedition of 1884 (Medal), and in South Africa 1899-1900, including the relief of Kimberley; operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including operations at Paardeberg; actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Houtnek (Thoba Mountain), Vet River and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal 1900, including actions near Johannesburg; and operations in Cape Colony (Queen’s medal with four clasps). Appointed Camp Quartermaster at Aldershot in May 1901, he was promoted Honorary Major on 29 November 1901, and retired on 26 May 1905. He was appointed a Military Knight of Windsor on 26 February 1910 and remained as such until his death on 28 June 1930.

Bill Bailey cricket cup - 2

VALE OF BELVOIR
CRICKET LEAGUE
No other details

Bill Bailey cricket cup - 1

In 1930, Bill's team was awarded runner-up medals. Three years later, they had more success.

M.M. HOSP. C.C. COMPT
WINNERS
1933

Bill Bailey cricket medal

MELTON HOSPITAL
CRICKET CUP COMPETITION
RUNNERS UP
1930
W.K. BAILEY.

Military Medal cup

The inscription reads:

W.K. BAILEY M.M.
1914 - 1918

As I have mentioned previously, the absence of a 1914 or 1914-1915 Star from his medals implies that Bill's WWI military service did not begin until 1916. I haven't found anything else about cups such as these. Were they awarded to all Military Medal holders?

Cap Badge

This is the WWI cap badge of the Leicestershire Regiment. I presume it belonged to Bill Bailey as I can remember it being around since I was very young. Inscriptions on his medals place him in the Worcestershire and South Staffordshire Regiments. Now here is evidence of him serving with yet another regiment.

Edward VIII coronation medal

The coronation did not, of course, take place. This looks like a cheaply produced souvenir. It is quite soft and malleable - note the dents around the rim. It came from the Crown Lane archive.

Various insignia from the Crown Lane archive

These all came from Crown Lane, but it is impossible to be certain who they belonged to. I am fairly certain they did not belong to Albert Mackie. And no military medals have come to light for Bill Warden. Only the first is definitely his.

This definitely belonged to Bill Warden. "W. Warden" is scratched on the back. Maker's inscription W.O. LEWIS, HOWARD STREET, BIRM is stamped on the back. W.O. Lewis (Badges) Limited was established in 1832 and is still in production today
http://www.lewisbadges.co.uk/

According to http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_Royal_fusiliers_cap_badge this must be the badge of the Royal Fusiliers (City of London) pre WWII or 1952. "The badge of the Royal Fusiliers (City Of London) is the brass with the basic shape of a flaming grenade with a King's Crown on the base of the flame. In the round body of the grenade is a Tudor Rose with a band around it with the following inscription: HONI SOIT QUI MALY PENSE"

The inscription is OLD CONTEMPTIBLES ASSOCIATION, AUG 5 TO NOV 22 1914. The origin of the term Old Contemptibles is given here http://www.firstworldwar.com/atoz/oldcontemptibles.htm . According to http://www.eastreading.com/neighbour/cemetery/index.shtml "They were deployed from Aug 5 (when the ring fortress of Liège was first attacked) to Nov 22 when the crises of the battle of Ypres finally developed into the stagnation and horror of trench warfare."

Stamped on the rear are "672", "REG. NO." followed by six numbers, indistinct, but the last thre are "347" and "JVC&CO LTD, LONDON". I presume the latter indicates the maker, but it is difficult to track down any further details about them. Google search results for JVC are dominated by the electronics company.

Inscriptions are "CONCORDIA VICTRIX" (translates as "Harmony is Conqueror"), "FIRST SURREY RIFLES", "21ST COUNTY OF LONDON". There appears to be a four digit number, presumably a year, on the lower arm of the cross, but it is indistinct. Here is an interesting blog entry about this regiment http://armyservicenumbers.blogspot.com/2009/01/21st-county-of-london-battalion-london.html

WWI cap badge of the Army Service Corps