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Auction: 25001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 107

Special Constabulary Long Service, G.V.R., bar, The Great War 1914-18 (Sergt. Kensington Gammell), sometime lacquered, about extremely fine

Kensington Gammell was born on 14 June 1874 in Bath, and according to family history travelled widely in the United States of America, Egypt, and Japan as a young man before settling down to become articled to an architectural practice in Bristol; after qualifying as an architect he set up his own practice in Bedford in 1906. A member (and indeed Council Member) of the Royal Institute of British Architects, he served in the Bedford Special Constabulary but sadly committed suicide in mid-May 1924.

Sold together with two gilded base metal Bedford Special Constabulary pin badges, these engraved 'K. Gammell' and dated 1914 and 1915 respectively.

For the medals of his father, Captain Harcourt Gammell R.N. see Lot 105; for the medals of his son, Guardsman Kenrick Orm Gammell, Grenadier Guards, see Lot 108.

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Estimate
£30 to £50

Starting price
£20