(a) Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class G.H. Ayles-Waters, Army Chaplains Department, British War and Victory Medals (Rev.); General Service 1918-62, one clasp, Iraq (Rev., R.A. Ch. D.), slightly later issues from the mid-1920s, very fine and better

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(a) Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class G.H. Ayles-Waters, Army Chaplains Department, British War and Victory Medals (Rev.); General Service 1918-62, one clasp, Iraq (Rev., R.A. Ch. D.), slightly later issues from the mid-1920s, very fine and better

(b) Staff Nurse E. Wadsworth, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Staff Reserve, British War and Victory Medals (S. Nurse), very fine (5)

Lot Essay

The Reverend George Henry Ayles-Waters was ordained in 1915 and appointed a Chaplain 4th Class in the A.C.D. in February 1918. Relinquishing his appointment in February 1922, following service in Iraq, he became Curate at St. Matthew's, Portsea and was latterly the Chaplain of Netherne Hospital, Southwark, which post he occupied during the Blitz 1940-41. His wife, Edith Wadsworth, first entered the French Theatre of War as a Nurse in October 1914 but did not qualify for the Star.