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OrDErS, DECOrATIONS, MEDALS AND MILITArIA

Weekdays, Monday 19th March to Friday 23rd March16 Bolton Street, Piccadilly, London W1strictly by appointment only

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The Washington Hotel5 Curzon Street

the Washington hotel is located at 5 Curzon

street, in the heart of London’s Mayfair, two

minutes walk from DNW’s offices.

The auction takes place in the hotel’s

richmond suite on the lower ground floor,

access to which is via a short flight of stairs

leading from the hotel restaurant.

The hotel is a 3-minute walk from the nearest

Underground station, green Park ( Piccadilly

Jubilee and Victoria Lines, with links directly

to Euston, King’s Cross, Victoria [for Gatwick

Airport] and Waterloo stations). It is a 40-

minute direct journey from Heathrow Airport.

Numerous buses stop at Green Park station.

There is unrestricted meter parking in Curzon

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t h e A u C t i o n V e n u e

C o n t e n t s

Please note: Lots will be sold at a rate of approximately 150 per hour

Day One

Single Campaign Medals .................................................................................................................1-528

Single Orders and Decorations....................................................................................................529-551

Long Service Medals ...................................................................................................................552-656

Coronation and Jubilee Medals ...................................................................................................657-679

Life Saving Awards. .....................................................................................................................680-691

Militaria ......................................................................................................................................692-754

Miscellaneous .............................................................................................................................755-796

Miniature Medals ........................................................................................................................797-810

A fine Collection of Medals to Members of the Royal Household ................................................811-829

The Collection of Medals to the Wiltshire Regiment formed by the late Michael Hayward ..........830-891

A fine Collection of Awards to the RNAS, RFC and RAF 1914-18 (part I) .....................................892-905

Day Two

World Orders and Decorations .................................................................................................906-1123

The Glenbow Collection of British Specimen Medals

formerly in the Collection of the Royal United Services Institute..............................................1124-1237

Campaign Groups and Pairs ....................................................................................................1238-1630

An outstanding Collection of Awards relating to the Order of St. John .....................................1631-1678

Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry ..........................................................................1679-1800

F o r t h C o m i n g A u C t i o n s

Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria 27/28th June 2012

Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria 13/14th September 2012

Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria 12/13th December 2012

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D I X N O O N A N W E B B

The late John Chidzey AIMTA1925-2011

Born in Eastleigh on 22nd October 1925 John Chidzey spent almost all his life in Winchester where, on leaving School, he won a scholarship to the highly regarded local School of Art. In November 1941 he joined 1105 (Winchester) Squadron of the newly formed Air Training Corps (ATC), became the bass drummer in the band and rapidly rose to the rank of FSgt. In May 1942 at the age of 16 he volunteered for service as a Police Messenger and served as such till July 1945 when on being stood down he received a letter of commendation from the Chief Constable.

During his time in the ATC he studied for and passed the aircrew selection tests for Pilot, Navigator, Bomb Aimer (PNB), subsequently enlisting in the RAFVR in October 1943 regimental number 3033807 from the block allocated to former ATC Cadets. Despite a dwindling requirement for aircrew, and encouragement to transfer to the Army, John remained determined to serve with the RAF and to his great credit was one of relatively few men retained on deferred service as potential aircrew until the end of the War. On 27 September 1945, with no further prospect of serving as aircrew, John enlisted in the RAF Equipment Branch in which capacity he served in with 111 Maintenance Unit at Tura, Egypt, and later conveniently close to home at Longparish with 202 Maintenance Unit.

Post war he qualified as a Chartered Public Service Accountant, serving most of his subsequent working life in that capacity with Winchester Rural District Council. But John was a man of many parts with a lively, enquiring mind and a passion for nature, the countryside (especially West Dorset) and photography. For a short time in the 1950’s he held an RAFVR(T) commission and returned to work with the ATC; later he qualified as a private pilot and regularly flew from Popham and Middle Wallop; he was a keen angler; loved his prize winning garden and was an avid genealogist.

Despite his many interests it was the collection and study of British medals and the men behind them which was to remain with him and give him so much pleasure over the years. His interest in history extended to all three services but Royal Navy Engineers, Army Padres and the Queen’s South Africa medal held a special fascination and are richly represented in his collection which I know he would now want future generations of collectors to enjoy.

John applied the same meticulous approach and keen eye for detail to his medal collecting and research that he did to his professional life as an accountant. His early purchases were made in the junk shops around Portsmouth and Southampton and he unearthed many rarities. In 1965 he wrote to Captain Taprell Dorling DSO RN pointing out that he had an example of the Metropolitan Police Ambulance Service 1911 Coronation Medal (engraved Dr JW Caton - Lot 675) which was omitted from the 1960 edition of his seminal work, Ribbons and Medals. In his note of acknowledgment Taprell Dorling suggested John join the OMRS which he did soon afterwards becoming member number 575.

John’s passion for the unusual, the interesting and for a good story gained momentum over the years. Buying the un-named unattributed MBE (hallmarked 1946) DSC (dated 1941) group resulted in intense detective work which led to him identifying the recipient by process of elimination as Cdr NK Cambell FAA (Lot 1692) and to purchase of the medals to his elder brother Admiral DRF Cambell CB DSC (Lot 1679).

A Southampton junk shop in 1969 produced the Boer War DCM trio to Sgt J Mundy of 2Bn Wiltshire Regiment (Lot 1714) and it gave John immense satisfaction when within a month or so he was able to add the medals to Lt Col Walter Brown of the Wiltshires (Lot 1331) who had been rescued by Mundy in the act for which he received the DCM. Brown was subsequently killed at Thiepval on 5th July 1916 and is buried in Blighty Valley.

On another occasion the gardener at the Council Offices where John worked gave him the Kabul to Kandahar Star to Tpr F Gilmour 9th Lancers (Lot 1264) which had been dug up in a garden in Winchester. The gardener had owned the medal for many years having been given it himself simply because he shared the name of the recipient. Some years later Gilmour’s two bar Afghan medal surfaced with a London dealer and John was thrilled to be able to reunite the pair.

John‘s capacity for learning never dimmed; he did not parade his knowledge nor did he seek praise but I am eternally grateful that he was always willing to share his expertise with me as he did with many others through a lively correspondence and articles in the OMRS Journal, Medal News, Soldier magazine and his involvement with the local Somborne & District Local History Society and the Winchester and District Militaria Society.

Only a few months ago I enjoyed listening to his deep insights into the transatlantic convoys which struggled to bring supplies to Britain during the Second World War. But he was equally entertaining and informative when outlining the controversial career of Field Marshal Sir John French whose biography he had just read. He was hugely dedicated and tenacious in his research and his knowledge of land, sea and air campaigns, and in the men who took part in them, was encyclopaedic.

The John Chidzey collection, including not one but two outstanding Conspicuous Gallantry Medal groups and many other fabulous medals, will stand testament to a dear friend who was not only a passionate medal collector but also a determined, meticulous researcher who fully appreciated and valued the stories he was able to unlock of the “man behind the medal.”

Clive Elderton

Due to the wide scope of John Chidzey’s collecting interests, his medals have been incorporated into the main body of this catalogue and can be found at the following lot numbers:13, 14, 18, 20, 29, 36, 41, 43, 46, 51, 54, 58, 59, 60, 70, 76, 80, 81, 82, 83, 96, 106, 114, 117, 118, 119, 125, 129, 136, 138, 142, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149, 178, 179, 186, 189, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 204, 207, 209, 210, 213, 214, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 223, 226, 230, 232, 234, 235, 236, 237, 241, 242, 243, 246, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 272, 274, 277, 279, 282, 285, 287, 291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 297, 299, 302, 304, 308, 309, 310, 311, 319, 320, 324, 325, 329, 331, 333, 336, 342, 353, 354, 356, 361, 365, 368, 372, 378, 385, 386, 392, 405, 406, 407, 408, 425, 435, 442, 443, 449, 456, 457, 461, 462, 478, 481, 491, 495, 498, 503, 517, 522, 543, 548, 552, 554, 573, 619, 623, 627, 634, 635, 636, 642, 649, 651, 654, 658, 661, 664, 666, 669, 672, 673, 674, 675, 774, 777, 778, 779, 804, 1242, 1244, 1245, 1246, 1256, 1257, 1258, 1261, 1262, 1263, 1264, 1269, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1274, 1276, 1279, 1280, 1280, 1283, 1285, 1286, 1288, 1291, 1294, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1319, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1331, 1335, 1338, 1339, 1341, 1342, 1343, 1344, 1346, 1347, 1352, 1354, 1355, 1356, 1356, 1362, 1363, 1364, 1365, 1366, 1372, 1373, 1374, 1375, 1376, 1383, 1387, 1388, 1389, 1390, 1391, 1392, 1393, 1394, 1395, 1396, 1397, 1398, 1399, 1400, 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1406, 1407, 1408, 1409, 1410, 1411, 1412, 1413, 1414, 1415, 1416, 1417, 1418, 1419, 1420, 1421, 1422, 1423, 1424, 1425, 1426, 1427, 1486, 1487, 1489, 1493, 1494, 1495, 1496, 1499, 1502, 1508, 1509, 1513, 1514, 1517, 1518, 1519, 1520, 1521, 1522, 1523, 1524, 1525, 1526, 1527, 1528, 1529, 1530, 1554, 1555, 1556, 1566, 1568, 1569, 1571, 1572, 1574, 1575, 1576, 1577, 1578, 1610, 1614, 1615, 1622, 1623, 1627, 1679, 1679, 1680, 1687, 1690, 1692, 1695, 1696, 1698, 1701, 1702, 1704, 1705, 1707, 1710, 1714, 1716, 1718, 1722, 1723, 1725, 1727, 1729, 1731, 1733, 1734, 1737, 1738, 1744, 1745, 1749, 1751, 1752, 1753, 1754, 1755, 1756, 1757, 1759, 1760, 1761, 1762, 1763, 1764, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1774, 1777, 1785, 1790, 1796 and 1798.

SINGLE CAMPAIGN MEDALS

ALEXANDER DAVISON’S MEDAL FOR THE NILE 1798, bronze, edge bruising and generally worn, therefore good fine £140-1601

ALEXANDER DAVISON’S MEDAL FOR THE NILE 1798, bronze but sometime silver-plated, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine

£180-220

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HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY MEDAL FOR SERINGAPATAM 1799, bronze, 48mm., Soho Mint, unmounted, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18588’, nearly extremely fine £200-250

Ex Glenbow Collection; see lots 1124-1237 for the main body of the specimen collection.

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HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY MEDAL FOR SERINGAPATAM 1799, bronze-gilt, 48mm., Soho Mint, pierced with ring and straight bar suspension bearing a toughra, pitted, very fine £250-300

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HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY MEDAL FOR EGYPT 1801, silver, with post mount suspension, a later striking showing a die crack to obverse, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18973’, good very fine £400-500

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Fewer than 100 First Class medals awarded.

SULTAN’S MEDAL FOR EGYPT 1801, 1st Class, gold, 54mm., with original gold hook and chain suspended from a good lengthof contemporary silk ribbon, a finely executed piece, good very fine and very rare £5000-6000

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HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY MEDAL FOR THE CAPTURE OF RODRIGUES, ISLE OF BOURBON & ISLE OF FRANCE 1809-10, silver, with loop suspension, a later striking from a rusty die, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18974’, good very fine £400-500


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SPANISH CAPTURE OF BAGUR AND PALAMOS 1810, 46mm., silver, with integral loop and ring suspension, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18543’, some scratches to reverse, very fine, scarce £600-800

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HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY MEDAL FOR JAVA 1811, silver, unmounted, alater striking with die crack to obverse, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18975’, extremely fine £300-400

Ex Glenbow Collection; see lots 1124-1237 for the main body of the specimen

collection.

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NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Martinique (Peter Robinson) better than very fine £1600-1800

Peter Robinson is confirmed on the roll (unique name) as a Landsman serving

aboard the Belleisle at Martinique.

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NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (John West) additionally stipple engraved on edge ‘H.M.S. Hebrus’, good very fine

£600-700

Ex Glendining’s, June 1907.

John West served as a Boy 3rd Class aboard H.M.S. Hebrus at Algiers. A further

five men of this name appear on the Admiralty roll for a variety of clasps.

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NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria, naming erased, some contact marks, about very fine £200-30012

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (James Burch) nearly extremely fine £400-500

Two men of this name are shown on the rolls, both for Syria, a Captain’s Cook

aboard the Daphne and an Ordinary Seaman aboard the Implacable.

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NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (James Grant) good veryfine £400-500

Six men of this name are shown on the rolls, including four for Syria.

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NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Martinique, Guadaloupe (Kilgour Davison, Actg. Lieut. R.N.) small edge bruise, otherwise goodvery fine £2500-3000

Kilgour Davison was born at Fraserburgh and educated at Aberdeen University.He entered the Navy on 15 April 1803, as a Schoolmaster on board the Ethalion 38, Captains Charles Stuart, Joseph Spear, William Charles Fahey, and Thomas John Cochrane, under which officers he successively served, latterly as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, until December 1808. He assisted during that period at the capture of the Danish West India islands of Saint Thomas and SantaCroix in December 1807, and, pending the last five months of his attachment to the Ethalion, was absent in a prize.

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On next joining the Neptune 98, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alexander Cochrane, he served at the taking, in February and April 1809, of the islands of Martinique and the Saintes, and of the French 74-gun ship D’Haupoult. Whilst in the Neptune he also aided in the cutting out of a schooner under a heavy fire from the batteries of St Eustatius. Being appointed, 29 June 1809, to an Acting Lieutenancy in the Vimiera brig, Captain Edward Scobell, he further contributed to the reduction of St Martin, St Eustatius and Suba, and in conjunction with the boats of the Surinam, cut out a French schooner from under the batteries of Saint Bartholomew. He removed on 5 July following to the Scorpion 18, Captains Hon. John Gore and Robert Giles, and, being confirmed Lieutenant in that vessel 17 July 1811,continued to serve in her on the Spanish Main and off the coast of Africa until March 1813. He subsequently held an appointment in the Coast Guard from 14 May 1831 until 1836, when he was placed on half-pay. He was placed on the retired list of Commanders on1 July 1852, and died in 1863.

The published Naval General Service Medal rolls confirm William Lodwick as a Carpenter aboard the Imperieuse for the action in Basque Roads on 11-12 April 1809, and in the same rate aboard the Victorious for her action against the Rivoli on 22 February 1812, the latter being one of just 67 clasps on the Admiralty roll.

While Message's roll further confirms Lodwick's presence in the action of 23 June 1795 ('Present and Entitled'), his name is omitted from the appropriate section in the Douglas-Morris roll, but as noted below, he was most certainly present at that action aboard the Standard, and must have received the clasp after suitable, but protracted investigation by the relevant Committee.

William Lodwick, a native of Carmarthenshire, entered the Royal Navy as a Landsman aboard the Standard in April 1795, giving his age as 21 years. Subsequently present at Admiral Bridport's action off the Isle de Groix on 23 June 1795, he was advanced to OrdinarySeaman in the following year and next joined the Inflexible. Shortly afterwards he was promoted to Carpenter's Mate, although in a later appointment aboard the Guillaume Tell he was re-rated as a Caulker's Mate. Lodwick regained his former status and more, with anacting appointment as Carpenter aboard the Stromboli in September 1800, in which rate he was confirmed by 'Warrant from Lord Keith, dated 22 January 1802'.

In the Imperieuse Lodwick served under the great naval hero Lord Thomas Cochrane and distinguished himself at the defence of Fort Trinidad, Spain, in November 1808. The Imperieuse arrived in the bay of Rosas on the 24th or 25th, and joined the Lucifer and Meteorbomb-vessels. Lord Cochrane went himself to examine the state of Fort Trinidad; and, finding that the garrison, composed of 80 Spaniards, was on the point of surrendering, threw himself into the fort, with 50 seamen and 30 marines belonging to the Imperieuse. The resources of Lord Cochrane's active mind must, indeed, have astonished the Spaniards. Among other substitutes which he made use of about 1000 bags, together with barrels and palisadoes, supplied the place of walls and ditches. So that the French, when on the30th they assaulted the castle with 1000 picked men, were repulsed with the loss of their commanding officer, their storming equipage,and all who had attempted to mount the breach.

In his autobiography Cochrane used an interesting analogy to describe the scene:

“A pretty correct idea of our relative positions may be formed if the unnautical reader will imagine our small force to be placed in the nave of Westminster Abbey, with the enemy attacking the great western tower from the summit of a cliff 100 feet higher than the tower,so that the breach in course of formation nearly corresponded to the great west window of the abbey. It will hence be clear that, in the face of a determined opposition, it would be no easy matter to scale the external wall of the tower up to the great west window, and more difficult still to overcome the impediments presently to be mentioned, so as to get down into the body of the church.”

‘The impediments which Cochrane devised were ingenious. The logbook of the Imperieuse records that on 24 November the boats were sent to Fort Trinidad and “two thirds of the ships company employed at the Fort filling up the breach made and on sundry other duties necessary for the defence of the same”. The ship’s carpenter, Mr Lodowick (sic), supervised the construction of a wooden rampor slide which was positioned on the inside of the breach in the walls and was covered with grease from the ship’s galley. The enemywould have to use scaling ladders to climb up to the breach and when they got there they would be faced by a man trap: the pressure of men climbing up behind would cause those at the front to slide down the ramp and fall fifty feet to the floor below. Marryat described some of the other hazards: “We happened to have on board the frigate a large quantity of fish hooks: these we planted not only on the greasy boards, but in every part where the intruders were likely to place their hands or feet. The breach itself was mined, and loaded with shells and hand grenades, charged up to the muzzle with musket balls enfiladed the spot in every direction.”

‘The whole of this daring and important service was effected without any loss to the British. On the 5th of December the citadel of Rosas capitulated; and, considering further resistance in Fort Trinidad impracticable against the whole French army Lord Cochrane firedthe trains for exploding the magazines, and re-embarked his men. As usual, he spoke in the highest terms of his officers; among whomhe named Lieutenant Urry Johnson, Lieutenant of marines James Hore, William Burney gunner, William Lodwick carpenter, and midshipmen Houston Stewart, George Charles Stovin, and Frederick Marryat.’

Thereafter, he enjoyed an active and lengthy career, all the more notable for his presence at Basque Roads in April 1809 in the Imperieuse, and his subsequent participation in one of the finest actions commemorated by the Naval General Service Medal, namely the capture of the French 74-gun Frigate Rivoli, and the destruction of the Corvette Mercure, in the Gulf of Trieste, off Venice on 22 February 1812:

A fine 3-clasp N.G.S. awarded to William Lodwick, a Carpenter in theRoyal Navy who was specially mentioned by Lord Cochrane for his services at the defence of Fort Trinidad, Spain, who went on to serve with that great naval hero at Basque Roads, and was later present at the sanguinary action which resulted in the capture of the French frigate Rivoli

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1840, 3 clasps, 23 June 1795, Basque Roads1809, Victorious with Rivoli (William Lodwick, Carpenter) extremely fine £8000-10000

Ex Glendining's, May 1942 and July 1985.

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'Having by my last report of the state of the enemy's ships, apprised their Lordships that the Rivoli of 74 guns, recently launched at Venice, was in readiness to put to sea; I have now great satisfaction in announcing her capture by His Majesty's Ship Victorious, after asevere contest of five hours, on the 21st ultimo ... The great disparity of force sufficiently bespeaks the merits of the captors, the Rivoli having 862 men at the commencement of the action, while the crew of the Victorious was reduced to 506, of whom 60 were in the sick list. The loss has been very severe on both sides, upwards of 400 having been killed and wounded on the part of the enemy, and 42 men killed, and 99 wounded, on the part of the Victorious ...' (Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew's Despatch of 29 March 1812 refers).

Victorious was the last ship aboard which Lodwick served at sea, for he returned to shore duties in September 1814, his skills as a Carpenter being used in the construction of new ships, and in repairing those damaged in action. He was first employed on the repair of his old ship, Victorious, which was later to become a Receiving ship. He later worked on the new Belleisle, which was launched from Pembroke Dock on 26 May 1819, and her subsequent fitting out at Portsmouth. It was during his time that Lodwick found himselfin a debtor’s prison, which caused him to publish the following petition in the London Gazette:

‘By order of the Court for the Relief of Solvent Debtors - the petition of William Lodwick, late of Pembroke Dock-Yard, Carpenter of HisMajesty’s Ship Belleisle, but now a prisoner for debt confined in His Majesty’s Gaol of Haverfordwest, in the County of Pembroke, willbe heard before His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace of the said County, at an adjournment of the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace,which will be holden at the Guildhall, Haverfordwest, in and for the said County, on Wednesday the 14th day of April next, at the hourof Ten of the Clock in the Morning; and that a schedule annexed to the said petition, containing a list of the Creditors of the said prisoner, is filed in the Office of the said Court, No. 9, Essex-Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, to which the creditors of the said prisoner may refer; and he doth hereby declare, that he is ready and willing to submit to be fully examined touching the justice ofhis conduct towards his creditors. William Lodwick.’

It seems that Lodwick successfully extricated himself from his financial quagmire for he was subsequently employed on the completionof the Vengeance 84, which left the stocks at Pembroke in July 1824, and lastly, the San Josef, an old Spanish First Rate 114-gun ship captured at Cape St Vincent in 1797, now to be re-fitted as a Gunnery Training ship. It was at the end of this re-fit in 1837 that WilliamLodwick was finally retired from the service after a career that had lasted more than 42 years.

Sold with comprehensive research including copied service record and ship’s muster and pay lists.

MILITARY GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Vittoria, Pyrenees (MatthiasAsch, 5th Bn. 60th Foot) some light marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare £2500-3000

Jaëger Matthias Asch/Esch was a Prussian subject, born in Coblentz in 1791, anda miller by trade. He enlisted at the Foreign Depot, Lymington, Hampshire, andwas sent to the 5th Battalion 60th Foot. He was taken prisoner by the French on25 July 1813 at the Rock of Aretesque in the Pyrenees. Sold with research.

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One of thirteen 11-clasp medals to the 40th Foot and one of only eight St Sebastian clasps to this regiment.

Hugh Tucker was born at Torrington, Devon, and enlisted into the 40th Foot at Exeter on 25 September 1804, aged 24, for unlimited service. He served in ‘South America, Peninsula, North America and at Waterloo, and was wounded above the right eye at Badajoz onthe 10th of May 1812 and in the right arm at Waterloo.’ He was discharged at Rochdale on 6 December 1820. Sold with copied discharge papers.

A fine Peninsula War medal awarded to Private Hugh Tucker, 40th Foot, who was wounded above the eye at Badajozand in the arm at Vittoria, and also served in South and North America and at Waterloo

MILITARY GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1814, 11 clasps, Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria,Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Orthes, Toulouse (H. Tucker, 40th Foot) edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £4000-5000

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The Waterloo medal awarded to Private Jonathan Taylor, Scots Greys

WATERLOO 1815 (Jonathan Taylor, 2nd or R.N. Brit. Reg. Drag.) fitted with replacement German-silver hinged bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine £5000-6000

Jonathan Taylor was born at Rotherham, Yorkshire, and enlisted for the 2nd Dragoons at Sheffield on 27 June 1804, aged 21 years, for unlimited service. AtWaterloo he served in No. 6 Troop commanded by Captain Thomas Fenton. Hewas discharged to Out-Pension at Chelsea Hospital on 17 October 1826, beingworn out, and is noted as having died on 14 January 1841. Sold with copy discharge papers.

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WATERLOO 1815 (Jos. Langstone, 15th or King’s Reg. Hussars) fitted withreplacement silver bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine £1200-1400

Joseph Langstone enlisted into the 15th Hussars on 21 December 1813. He served in No. 6 Troop at Waterloo and was still serving in December 1817.

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WATERLOO 1815 (John Billings, 4th Regt. Kings Own) renamed, lacking suspension, slight edge bruising, some contact marks, very fine £300-400

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‘Major-General John Cox, with the exception of a few months, served throughout the whole of the Peninsular War with the 95th (RifleBrigade) commencing with the first affair at Obidos, 15th Aug. 1808. He was also engaged with the enemy in the following battles, sieges, actions and affairs: battles of Roleia and Vimiera, and surrender of Lisbon; subsequent campaign in Spain with Sir John Moore’sarmy, including its retreat, outpost affairs at Talavera, night defence of the post of Barba del Puerco against very superior numbers, affairs of Gallegos and Bequilla; action at Almeida, and defence of the bridge against every effort to force it; affairs at Mora Morta and Jula; battle of Busaco; affairs at Alenquer, Aruder and Santarem; defence of the lines of Torres Vedras; actions with Marshal Massena’s rearguard at Pombal, Redinha, Condeixa, Caza Nova, Foz d’Aronce, Ponte de Marcella, Freixadas and Sabugal; at Almeida five successive days; at Marialva Bridge; battles of the 3rd and 5th of May 1811 at Fuentes d’Onor; affairs at Naves d’Aver and Forcaylos; siege and storming of Ciudad Rodrigo; action at San Milan; battle of Vittoria; actions with the French rearguard at Echarrianos, Pampeluna and forcing the heights of Echelar; at Vera and carrying the entrenchments in its pass; battles of the Pyrenees; several affairsat outposts; battles of Nivelle and Nive; action at Tarbes; victory of the 18th of June at Waterloo and capture of Paris.

He was wounded at Vimiera by a musket ball; received a contusion in the head at Redinha, a compound fracture of the left arm at the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo while clearing the left breach, and left leg badly fractured (ball lodged) in driving the enemy from the heights of Tarbes. Joined the army in Belgium under the Prince of Orange in the autumn of 1814. Served the Waterloo campaigns in that country, and with the Army of Occupation in France, until its embarkation for England in 1818. He has received the War Medal and ten clasps.’

Awarded a K.H. for his services, Cox was later appointed Colonel of the 88th Foot (Connaught Rangers). Major-General John Cox diedat Cheltenham on 7 February 1863. Sold with copied Statement of Services and other research including copies of two unpublished letters from Cox to Lieutenant Siborn describing his observations at Waterloo.

WATERLOO 1815 ([Lieut. Jo-- Cox] , 1st Batt. 95th Regt. Foot) original name erased but the rim retains a ghosted image as indicated in brackets, fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, fine £1500-1800

John Cox was born in the Parish of St Anne’s, Dublin, on 22 May 1790, was appointed Ensign on 16 March 1808, and promoted to Lieutenant in June 1809;Captain, December 1819; Major, August 1828; Lieutenant-Colonel, February 1837; Major-General, December 1855; Knight of Hanover, K.H.

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WATERLOO 1815 (Ph. Musgrove, Gunner, Royal Horse Artillery) fitted with original steel clip and replacement ring suspension, edge bruise, otherwise very fine £1400-1600

Philip Musgrove served in Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Gardiner’s “E” Troop RoyalHorse Artillery at Waterloo. The roll states ‘pensioned’ against his name.

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WATERLOO 1815, a rare unnamed and unmounted contemporary specimen, contained in an old circular leather case, nearly extremely fine £400-500

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BRUNSWICK WATERLOO 1815, unnamed, with steel claw and replacement ring suspension, very fine £100-12025

ARMY OF INDIA 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Allighur (Sepoy Gunness Singh, S.N.I.) short hyphen reverse, Calcutta impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £2000-2500

Ex Colonel Murray Collection 1891; Sotheby, May 1925; J. B. Hayward, June 1975.

One of only four known medals with single clasp for Allighur known to Indian recipients (it was not issued as a single clasp to Europeans).

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His meticulous entries give a fascinating and readable description of the country of both Burma and India, notable places that he visited, as well as of the customs and habits of the local populations. Appended to this is a ‘Sketch of the History of India in Ancient and Modern Times’; and detailed lists of his various journeys giving dates, towns, miles and remarks, and also a summary of journeys made 2 February 1833 - 14 February 1834. De Wend evidently returned to India to join his regiment in the First Afghan War and was on his way up country with drafts for the regiment, to find on arrival that it had practically ceased to exist.

Sold with two microfilm rolls of the De Wend Journals together with a printed version bound in two volumes.

ARMY OF INDIA 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Ensign J. D. De Wend, 44th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, good very fine

£3000-4000

James Douglas De Wend was born at Stoke, near Gosport, on 3 June 1806. He passed out of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was gazetted Ensign in the 44th Foot on 29 April 1824; Lieutenant, 17 December 1825; Captain, 22 May 1841; exchanged to 88th Foot, 27 October 1843; exchanged to half pay 52nd Foot, 6 December 1844; appointed Staff Officer of Pensions, 1 October 1844; Brevet Major, 20 June 1854. Major De Wend died at Northampton on 15 June 1856.

Major De Wend’s manuscript journals are held by the Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge University Library. Comprising two large volumes covering the period February 1820 to May 1835, when he returned to England on leave, the journals describe his time at Sandhurst and departure for Bengal in January 1825, where he eventually joined his regiment in the fort at Arakan in October.

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GHUZNEE 1839, unnamed as issued, straight bar suspension, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18722’, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine £200-250

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ST. JEAN D’ACRE 1840, silvered bronze, fitted with contemporary bar suspension, nearly very fine £120-140.29

ST. JEAN D’ACRE 1840, bronze, pierced with ring suspension, slight edge bruising, nearly very fine £70-90.30

CANDAHAR 1842, unnamed, lacking suspension, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C.18961’, with signs of havingat one time been mounted, contact marks, about very fine £100-140.

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CHINA 1842 (S. Waddingham, 2nd Master. H.M.S. Rattlesnake) contact marks, nearly very fine £400-500.32

CHINA 1842 (C. C. Hewett, 1st Lieut. R.M. H.M.S. Blonde) very fine anda rare casualty £2000-2500

Charles Coleman Hewett/Hewitt was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal

Marines on 4 April 1832 and served aboard H.M.S. Thunderer from October

1833 to January 1837. He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant in November 1837

and appointed to the Herald in June 1838, being seconded to the Blonde for

service during the First China War. Lieutenant Hewett was killed in the action

leading to the capture of the City of Chapoo on 16 June 1842.

The Illustrated London News of 12th December 1842 carried the following account of the casualties incurred in this action:

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Not found on the roll for the Planet but there is a Lacsar Ahmed listed amongst the 20 crew of the Government Flat No. 1 “Mootnee” all of whom received medals for Meeanee.

‘Our casualties were numerous, two men being killed and twenty-five being wounded, but confined entirely to the naval arm of the expedition. The enemy are said to have lost about eighty killed and a proportionate number wounded. They served their guns extremely well, and some of the vessels (particularly her Majesty’s ship Blonde and the steamers Nemesis and Sesostris) suffered a greatdeal from the heavy destructive fire. The Nemesis’ rigging was cut to pieces; an artilleryman belonging to her was obliged to have his right arm amputated at the shoulder joint, another man belonging to the Pluto lost both his legs at the ankle, and Lt. Hewett R.M. of herMajesty’s ship Blonde lost his head by a round shot...’

Medals to Royal Marine recipients do not normally carry the ship’s name on the edge. However, this is one of at least two medals known to Royal Marine casualties issued with the ship’s name on the edge, both probably prepared and issued from the Royal Navy rolls rather than the Marine rolls. It is of further interest to note that Hewett’s ‘Marine’ issued medal is held by the Royal Marines Museum, having been part of a collection presented to the Royal Marines by Captain Portloch-Dadson, to commemorate his appointment as a Gentleman-Cadet on 6th August 1849.

MEEANEE 1843 (Lascar Ahmed Bux H.C.V. Planet) naming engraved in running script, fitted with steel clip and bar suspension, nearly very fine and very rare £1200-1500

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MEEANEE HYDERABAD 1843 (Ensign Josh. Heny. Firth. Attached to 9th LightCavy.) fitted with replacement silver bar suspension, light marks, otherwise good very fine £1000-1200

Joseph Henry Firth was the son of Joseph Firth Esq. Adjutant of the Dorset Yeomanry Cavalry, residing at Stapleton, Dorchester. Baptized on 21 December1823, he was admitted to the service on 29 May 1840. Appointed to do duty with the 69th N.I. at Berhampore in June 1840, he was posted to the 59th N.I. atKurnaul the following August. He was appointed to act at Interpreter and QuarterMaster to the 9th Cavalry in April 1842; and transferred from the 59th as 1st Ensign in the 5th N.I. in December 1842.

‘Served in the Scinde Campaign of 1843. Wounded at the battle of Meeanee on the 17 Feb. 1843. Bombay G.O. 1st March, Bengal G.O. 24 March & London Gaz. 11th April 1843. Engaged also at the battle of Hyderabad, & received Medalfor both actions (Medal Roll). Shared Meeanee and Hyderabad Prize as Ensign. Prize Rolls.’ (record of service refers)

Ensign Firth transferred, at his own request, to the Invalid Establishment from 31March 1853, and died on 15 June 1853. Sold with copied record of service.

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MAHARAJPOOR STAR 1843, unnamed, reverse with a replacement (and slack) hook fitting, good very fine £100-14036

PUNNIAR STAR 1843 (Private James Moony, 50th Queen’s Own Regt.), fitted with old integral bronze loop and steel ring and bar suspension, very fine £350-400

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PUNNIAR STAR 1843 (Armour St. Joseph Howic, 50th Queen’s Own Regt.), fitted with old riveted brass loop and silver barsuspension, contact marks, otherwise very fine £350-400

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NEW ZEALAND 1845-66, reverse dated 1863 to 1866 (4614 David Bennett, 50th Qn’s Own Regt.), edge bruising, contactmarks and polished, good fine £300-350

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NEW ZEALAND 1845-66, reverse dated 1864 to 1866 (W. C. B. Grahame, Special A.D.C. Capt. 2 Dgns.) renamed, edge bruising, very fine £100-140

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Assistant Engineer 2nd Class J. Mangall, R.N. served aboard H.M.S. Styx. Appointed Engineer 22 August 1860. Later the Chief Engineerof the steam corvette H.M.S. Challenger at Sheerness. With copied research.

SOUTH AFRICA 1834-53 (J. Mangnall, Asst. Engr. 2nd Class) good very fine £360-40041

Gunner & Driver Dennis Mihan, R.A. served in the 2nd Kaffir War, 1845-47.

SOUTH AFRICA 1834-53 (Gunr. & Dr. D. Mihan, Rl. Arty.) edge bruising, very fine £280-32042

BALTIC 1854-55, unnamed as issued, some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £80-10043


BALTIC 1854-55, unnamed as issued, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18760’, extremely fine £100-14044

BALTIC 1854-55 (2), unnamed as issued, one with contact marks; the other with edge bruising, about very fine (2)£160-200

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BALTIC 1854-55, unnamed as issued, good very fine £100-12046

BALTIC 1854-55, unnamed as issued, edge bruise, otherwise very fine £80-10047

BALTIC 1854-55, unnamed as issued; CHINA 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860, unnamed as issued; TURKISH CRIMEA, Sardinian issue, unnamed, fitted with replacement silver bar suspension, second with repaired suspension claw, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (3) £200-250

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CRIMEA 1854-56, no clasp, unnamed, minor edge bruising, good very fine £90-12049

Roll confirms clasp for Alma and notes ‘Scutari wounded’.

CRIMEA 1854-56, 1 clasp, Alma (Jesse Dawe 95th Regt.) officially re-impressed naming, edge bruising, otherwise very fine £180-220

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Edward Hall enlisted in 1854. With copied roll extract.

CRIMEA 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (E. Hall, 17th Lancers) officially impressed naming, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine £160-200

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CRIMEA 1854-56 (2), 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed, edge bruising, contact marks; another, no clasp, renamed, faintly andcrudely inscribed (..... 42nd Royal Highlanders) claw refixed, contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £120-160

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CRIMEA 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (loose), unnamed, very fine £100-12053

With copied roll extract - name spelt ‘McGhie’ on roll.

CRIMEA 1854-56, 2 clasps, Alma, Inkermann (Corpl. Andw. McGhee, 38th Regt.) officially impressed naming, good veryfine £300-350

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CRIMEA 1854-56, 2 clasps, Azoff, Sebastopol, unnamed, jeweller’s mark to obverse, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £120-160

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With copied roll extract confirming first two clasps.

CRIMEA 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Pte. Edwd. Charman, 20th Regt.) engraved naming, edge bruising, polished, worn £150-200

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Herbert Guy was born c.1834. A Servant by occupation, he enlisted into the Army on 3 January 1850. In 1853 he was tried and foundguilty of being absent without leave. Despite this he was promoted to Corporal in February 1854. With the 4th Regiment at their mustercamp at Boulahar, on the Moroccan coast and at Gallipoli - the regiment losing 61 men to disease in the process. Was present with theregiment at Alma and Inkerman and at the siege of Sebastopol. Shortly after being promoted to Serjeant, Herbert Guy died ‘in camp’ on7 January 1855. His next of kin was given as J. C. Guy, Royal Sappers & Miners - who was also to lose his life in the Crimean War. With service summary and copied roll extracts.

CRIMEA 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Serjt. H. Guy, 4th Regt.) officially impressed naming, good very fine £500-600

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William Morris was appointed a Gentleman Cadet on 12 May 1845 and commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 18 December 1847. Promoted to Lieutenant in April 1855 and Captain in July 1860. Served in the Crimea, June-November 1854 and Nova Scotia, 1862-64. He died in Cheltenham on 1 December 1864. With copied service notes and roll extract for the ‘Balaklava’ clasp.

CRIMEA 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Captn. Wm. Morris, R.A.) engraved naming, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine £300-400

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CRIMEA 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (N. Arthur, 1st Batn. Rifle B...) officially impressed naming, last clasp attached by one rivet, heavy edge bruising, contact marks, fine £400-500

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With copied roll extract confirming first three clasps.

CRIMEA 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (A. Tomalin, 1st Batn. Rifles) officially impressed naming, claw tightened/refixed, good very fine £800-900

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CRIMEA 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (5676 J. Baldwin, 3rd Battn. Grenr. Guard) depot impressed naming, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine £250-300

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At least two men with this name on the medals rolls.

CRIMEA 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pte. J. Haynes, 1st Bn. Rfle Bde.) contemporary engraved naming, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £200-250

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TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, British issue, unnamed, pierced with ring suspension, very fine £70-9063

TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, British issue, unnamed, pierced for ring suspension, very fine £70-9064

TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, British issue, unnamed, pierced with ring suspension and original narrow ribbon, very fine £70-9065

TURKISH CRIMEA 1855 (2), Sardinian issue (1930 James Poole, 28th Regt.) with swivel ring suspension; another (No. 11224Richard Walsh, 88th Regt.) with scroll suspension, minor edge bruising, very fine (2) £80-100

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TURKISH CRIMEA 1855 (2), Sardinian issue (W. Lind, 72nd Highrs.) renamed, pierced with ring suspension; another, unnamed, pierced with ring and straight bar suspension, first very fine; second worn (2) £60-80

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Possibly worn by George Sapte Burnand, who purchased the commission of Cornet in the 5th Dragoon Guards on 12 April 1850 and who purchased the rank of Lieutenant in February 1853 and was advanced to Captain in December 1854. Captain G. S. Burnand was awarded the Queen’s medal with clasp for Sebastopol. Interestingly, a similar Turkish Crimea to Captain Arthur Burnand, 17th Lancerswas sold in D.N.W. 31 March 2010. With some copied research.

TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, Sardinian issue (Capt. Burnand, 5th Dragoon Gds.) contemporary engraved naming, contemporarytailor’s copy by ‘J.B.’, swivel ring suspension, minor edge bruising and contact marks, good very fine £140-180

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Geoe. Laurie, 51st K.O. Lt. Infy.) ‘G’ of ‘Geoe.’ inverted, some contact marks, very fine £200-240

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Geoe. Roberts. Asst. Engr. “Rattler”) fitted with ‘IGS clasp’ top suspensionbrooch, very fine £250-300

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (J. Neill, 2nd Bombay Eur. L.I.) claw tightened/refixed, contact marks, nearly very fine £250-300

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (239 J. Priest, H.Ms. 1st Bn. 7th Regt.) edge bruising, nearly very fine £140-180

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Frederick Allen was born in London in 1830, the son of William Houghton Allen, a well-known bookseller and publisher. Nominated for a cadetship in the Bengal Infantry in June 1852, he was duly appointed an Ensign and embarked for India that September, initially totake up an appointment in the 14th Native Infantry at Dinapore.

Having then exchanged to the 26th N.I. and the 42nd N.I., and been advanced to Lieutenant in August 1854, he was appointed Adjutant of the Scinde Rifle Corps and witnessed active service in the Sonthal Rebellion in 1856-57. Next appointed Adjutant of the Calcutta Native Militia, he appears to have remained similarly employed throughout the Indian Mutiny, thereby failing to qualify for theMedal, but, in the fullness of time, and by which stage his re-titled Militia unit was known as the 18th Native Infantry, he did indeed qualify for his only campaign medal, namely the India General Service Medal for the Bhootan operations of 1864-66.

On that occasion, the 18th N.I. were assigned to Daling Column, i.e the one furthest west, and its role was to seize Daling and protect the flank of the expedition from any attack from Sikkim or Tibet. The campaign began on 28 November 1864 when the Daling Columncrossed the Tista River near Jalpaiguri. The column seized several small stockades without resistance until, on 5 December, it reachedAmbiokh, a village immediately below the fort of Daling. Early the next morning the British force advanced, while guns and mortars shelled the fort from Ambiokh. A barricade was taken without difficulty, and from there the attacking party advanced to the foot of the ascent. There they were exposed to volleys of stones and arrows and lost two men killed and several wounded, including two officers.Two 5 ½ inch mortars were then brought up, but the explosion of a powder cask killed three officers (two of them from the 18th) and four men. An Armstrong gun was then brought up from Ambiokh; after a few rounds it breached the defences and the 18th N.I. occupied the place, whilst the Bhutanese evacuated it from the opposite side.

General Dunsford left a garrison at Daling and moved the rest of his column down to the plains, with the intention of moving eastwards. On 29 December a reconnaissance party of 150 men was sent to examine Chumarchi Pass; it was attacked by the Bhutanese and twelve men were wounded. The main body having arrived on the last day of December, on New Year’s Day 1865 Dunsford opened the attack by shelling the fort; after a dozen rounds, the enemy were seen “flying away over the hills.” One officer rushed to the rear of the village and killed 13 of the enemy, though himself suffering losses of two killed and three wounded.

The other three columns were equally successful and the Field Force was about to be disbanded when, at the end of January, the Bhutanese counter-attacked. The heaviest blow fell at Dewangiri in the east where, on the night of the 4-5 February 1865, the British retreated from their position. Apparently the guide got lost, shots were fired and, in the darkness of the jungle, panic spread, resulting inthe abandoning of guns and wounded. There was also a strong attack on Chumarchi, which also had to be evacuated.

General Mulcaster was sacked and replaced by General H. Tombs, V.C., C.B., while Brigadier General J. M. B. Fraser Tytler, C.B., superceded Dunsford in command of the left Column. Tytler immediately made a personal visit to all the outposts in his area and, afterseeing everything for himself, decided to attack the main enemy stronghold on the Bala Pass. One force was ordered to the enemy rightin a night flank move, and then move right up behind the enemy position. The remainder made a frontal attack. After a brisk bombardment, the sepoys of the 18th and 19th N.I charged. General Tytler described the assault as ‘The finest rush he had ever seen ...on arriving at the fort, which was palisaded to a height of 28 feet, the troops swarmed up, sword in hand and killed the men who formed garrison.’ The British lost three killed and twenty wounded, the enemy loss was forty-six. Tytler’s column then captured Buxa recaptured Chumarchi without resistance.

Allen was promoted to Captain in September 1866, Major in September 1872 and Lieutenant-Colonel in September 1878, and attainedthe rank of Colonel and Commandant of the 18th Native Infantry in October 1881. He was finally placed on the Retired List as a Major-General in February 1885.

Sold with detailed research.

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Bhootan (Captn. F. Allen, 18th N.I.), good very fine £600-70073

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Perak (2103 Pte. R. Denham, 1/3rd Foot), good very fine £250-30074

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Jowaki 1877-8 (Sepoy Fatteh Khan Corps of Guides) suspension slack, polished, good fine £120-140

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (168 Pte. J. Andrews, 2d Bn. Hamps. R.) suspension crudely repaired and refixed, otherwise very fine £70-90

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (1216 Pte. M. Davis, 2d Bn. R. Sco. Fus.) claw tightened but still slack, some edge bruising, very fine £90-120

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (1966 Pte. J. Smith, 2d Bn. R. Sco. Fus.) good very fine £100-14078

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (222 Pte. W. Milne 2d Bn. R. Muns. Fus.) good very fine £100-140

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Francis Cochran was born in June 1843 and was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Wimbledon School. He entered Sandhurst in 1860 and was commissioned in the 37th Regiment on 8 July 1862. Remaining with the regiment throughout his military career, he obtained his company by purchase in May 1886. He entered India in 1866 and there enjoyed big game shooting and fishing. An accomplished shot, he won many prizes at the meetings of the Northern India Rifle Association. He returned to England in the early 1870’s, again winning several shooting trophies. After two years at Staff College, 1876-77, he was employed at the Intelligence Branchof the War Office, and afterwards employed as Garrison Instructor, first at York, then at Edinburgh, for five years. Whilst at Edinburgh he wrote, Handy Text Book on Military Law. In 1888 after succeeding to the command of the regiment, he served in Burma. He later published a pamphlet, The Hampshire Men in Burma in 1889 which described the operations.

In 1895, in the course of a speech, Lord Wolseley said of him: ‘If Burma is now comparatively quiet, it is thanks to men like Colonel Cochran, who took a distinguished part in settling the Northern part of Burma, and in putting down dacoiting - a very difficult operation, because that species of occupation seems to be the instinct of the people.’

Cochrane again served in India, 1891-94, before being appointed to the command of the district of Galway and thence, by Wolsely’s command, to Wimbledon where he remained until 1899. In late 1899 he was appointed Deputy Judge Advocate, a post he held until 1902 when he retired due to old age. Colonel Cochran died on 6 February 1914.

With copied obituary from The Hampshire Regimental Journal and other research.

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (Lt. Colonel F. Cochran, 1st Bn Hamps. R.) good very fine£400-500

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (1344 Pte. H. Stone, 1st Bn Hamps. R.) extremely fine £140-18081

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (911 Pte. C. Moss, 2d Bn S. Wales Bord.) good very fine£140-180

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (Surgeon A. O. Evans, I.M.S.) renamed, good very fine £60-8083

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (593 Pte. J. Griel, 2d Bn. Norf. R.) good very fine £120-16084

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1889-92 (No. R.A. 60288 Staff Sergt. R. A. Gregory, Comst. Dept.) officially renamed, very fine £60-80

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (799 Pte. J. Flynn, 2d Bn. North’d. Fus.) official correction to unit, good very fine £180-220

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (1591 Pte. W. Mead, 2d Bn. R. Suss. R.) good very fine £140-18087

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Chin-Lushai 1889-90 (11 Drumr. A. Held, 2nd Madras Infy.), traces of minor repair to suspension rivet, otherwise very fine £160-180

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95 (3), 1 clasp, Samana 1891 (3156 Sepoy Lainah Singh, 15th Bl. Infy.); another, 1 clasp, Hazara 1891 (1268 Pte. G. Hall, 1st Batt. Royal Welsh Fus.) officially renamed; another, without clasp (17922 Gunr. G.Mathews, No. 7 By. 1st Bde. N. Dn. R.A.) ‘7’ re-engraved, contact marks, fine and better (3) £200-250

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Chin Hills 1892-93 (1124 Pte. Rasul Khan, 31st Burma Lt. Infy.) good very fine£200-250

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-5 (3401 Sepoy Nepal Singh, 19th Bl. Infy.) about very fine£90-120

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 2 clasps, Looshai, Jowaki 1877-8 (Sepoy Juggut Sing 27th Regt. N.I.) suspension claw crudely soldered, polished, fine £120-140

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (1747 Pte. G. Harrison 2d Bn. S. Wales Bord.) scratching over surname, otherwise very fine £180-220

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INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, no clasp (George Murphy, 1st Bn. 13th Lt. Infy.) some contact marks, very fine £160-20094

INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, no clasp (2508 Edwd. O’Brien, H.Ms. 27th Regt.) slightly later issue, edge and some contact marks, about very fine £140-180

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INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, no clasp (Hy. Williams, 1st Bombay Eurn. Fusrs.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £120-140

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INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Cr. Serjt. Lauce. Mouat, 79th Highlanders) very fine £260-30097

4172 Private Thomas Gaunt, 97th Regiment died in May 1858.

INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Thos. Gaunt, 97th Regt.) edge bruising, good very fine £260-30098

INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (J. Forsyth, 42nd Rl. Highlanders) nearly very fine £220-24099

INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (W. C. B. Grahame. Special A.D.C. Atd. 78 Regt. Foot) renamed, nearly very fine £80-100

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INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Thos. Browne, 97th Regt.), contact marks, edge bruising and polished, fine orbetter £300-350

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INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Wm. Brown, 8th Hussars) claw refixed, edge bruising and contact marks,nearly very fine £200-250

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INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Saml. Hunt, 8th Hussars) slight edge bruising, very fine £260-300103

After service with the 90th Light Infantry, for which he was awarded a medal with two clasps for the suppression of the Indian Mutiny,Samuel Juniper joined the Metropolitan Police Force on 27 November 1865; serving until 29 November 1888. In 1890 he was living at‘1 Chester Place, Plumstead, Kent’, and as an ex-Constable in the Woolwich Dockyards Division, Metropolitan Police, he wrote to theSecretary of State to complain about a perceived injustice in the police pension he was being awarded. With copied letter and associated paper; together with a copied account of the 90th in India at the time of the Mutiny.

INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 2 clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (S. Juniper, 90th Lt. Infy.) good very fine £550-650104

CHINA 1857-60, no clasp (Hy. Turner, 31st Regt.) officially impressed naming, edge bruising, some contact marks, very fine £80-100

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10th Royal Regiment of Toronto Volunteers.

CANADA GENERAL SERVICE 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Pte. J. J. Meakin, 10th R.R.) officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £200-250

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CANADA GENERAL SERVICE 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (No. 3967. Gnr. H. Knowles, Royal Artillery) officially impressed naming, good very fine £200-250

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28 medals issued to the Thorold Infantry Company.

CANADA GENERAL SERVICE 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Pte. A. McPhee, Thorold I. Co.) officially impressed naming, very fine £200-250

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CANADA GENERAL SERVICE 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Pte. D. Ross, 22nd Oxford R.) impressed naming, very fine£250-300

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CANADA GENERAL SERVICE 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1870 (Sgt. J, Z. Corbeil, St. Eustache I. Co.) impressed naming, surname and part of unit officially renamed, good very fine £160-200

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With copied roll extracts.

CANADA GENERAL SERVICE 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1870 (Lt. O. G. La Moine, 4th Chasseurs.) impressed naming, withsilver brooch bar (pin detached), nearly extremely fine £300-350

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ABYSSINIA 1867 (W. Hughes, O.S., H.M.S. Argus) suspension repaired, non-swivelling, good very fine £200-250112

ABYSSINIA 1867 (979 J. Byrne H.M. 45th Regt.) very fine £200-250113

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Samuel John Robins was born on 5 April 1851 and was appointed Assistant Engineer in the Royal Navy, 24 July 1872; Engineer, June 1877; Chief Engineer, August 1885; Staff Engineer, August 1889; Fleet Engineer, August 1893; Inspector of Machinery, April 1900; Chief Inspector of Machinery, later Engineer Rear-Admiral (Bermuda Yard), April 1902. Passed Special Course at the Royal School of Naval Architecture, and the R.N. College, Greenwich. Engineer of Himalaya during the war against the Zulus in South Africa, 1877 to 1879 (Medal).

SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, no clasp (S. J. Robins. Engr. R.N. H.M.S. “Himalaya”) good very fine £250-300114

SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, no clasp (G. Pollard, Lead. Stoker, H.M.S. “Shah”) claw tightened, very fine £180-220115

28 ‘1878’ clasps awarded to the Wodehouse True Blues.

SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1878 (Tpr. L. J. Murray, Wodehouse T. Blues) official correction to unit, nearly extremelyfine £280-320

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Private Resbridge, 2nd Battalion 24th Foot was entitled to the South Africa Medal without clasp. The clasp on the medal is a crudely produced copy. With some copied service details.

SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, 1 copy clasp, 1879 (2887 Pte. F. Resbridge, 2-24th Foot) medal good very fine £250-300117

SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (1112 Pte. E. Cox, 58th Foot) officially impressed later issue, extremely fine£200-300

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George Baverstock enlisted on 23 January 1878, aged 21 years, 9 months. Originally with the 38th Foot, he transferred to the 80th in May 1879. With some copied service details.

SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (1259 Pte. G. Baverstock, 80th Foot) good very fine £340-380119

SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (3267 Pte. W. Priest. 3/60th Foot) nearly very fine £340-380120

SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (491 Tpr. H. J. L. Slabbert, Scouts Coy.) renamed, edge bruising, some contact marks, very fine £100-140

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The Zulu War medal to Colour-Sergeant M. C. Keane, Staff Clerk to Colonel John Crealock, who was the only member of the General Staffto be killed at Isandhlwana and whose remains were recently discovered and identified

SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Staff Clerk M. C. Keane. Genl. Staff) pawnbroker’s marks in obverse fields, polished, otherwise nearly very fine and extremely rare £6000-8000

Colour-Sergeant M. C. Keane was killed in action at Isandhlwana on 22 January1879. He was serving as Staff Clerk to Colonel John Crealock, Military Secretary to Lord Chelmsford, commanding the forces in Zululand, and was the only member of the General Staff to be killed at Isandhlwana.

In 2009 his remains were supposedly discovered and identified by means of a General Staff Corps button found close to the skeleton. Archaeologists found it during excavations being carried out by Amafa, the heritage organisation responsible for the protection of the historic battlefield. Amafa spokesman Mr Konigkramer said the finding had helped historians build up a clear picture of what had happened to the young Colour-Sergeant during the bloody battle, in which 1,350 British troops were slaughtered by 22,000 Zulu warriors. Mr Konigkramer said: ‘Keane was not a front-line soldier and was likely one of the last to abandon camp at Isandlwana when it was obvious the Zulu were overwhelming it. He was staff clerk to Colonel John Crealock, military secretary to Lord Chelmsford, commander of the British invasion of Zululand. He was probably on horseback which would explain his body being found some way down the Fugitives Trail along which survivors fled towards the uMzinyathi riverand the safety of Natal. He was probably speared by a warrior in the part of the Zulu army which had snaked behind Isandlwana mountain to trap the fugitives.His body was found alone which is unusual.’ He added: ‘If the button had come from the uniform of a soldier of the 24th Regiment, he could never have been identified as hundreds of them died at Isandlwana and are among the 1,300 menburied there.’

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The Zulu War medal to Trooper Francis Secretan, Natal Mounted Police, who was killed at Isandhlwana

SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Tr. F. Secretan. Natal Md. Police) good very fine and rare £6000-8000

Trooper Francis Secretan was killed in action at Isandhlwana on 22 January 1879. He was one of 26 men of the Natal Mounted Police killed in the battle, allof whom are recorded by name on the memorial in Pietermaritzburg. Sold with full confirmation.

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The Zulu War medal to Sergeant John Lines, 2/24th Foot, who was killed at Isandhlwana

SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (2221 Sergt. J. Lines, 2/24th Foot) toned, extremely fine £5000-6000

Sergeant John Lines was killed in action at Isandhlwana on 22 January 1879.

John Lines was born at Sibford Ferris, Oxfordshire. He transferred from the 1/24th(1-24/897) to the 2/24th Foot on 15 March 1870. He was promoted to Corporal on 31 January 1872, to Sergeant circa 1874, and served in “A” Company. He wasin the action at Baillie’s Grave on 7 April 1878, and was beside 102 Private Collins at the time of his death in that action. In a letter dated 5 October 1878 atPietermaritzburg, he states - ‘I had a very narrow escape of being shot by the Kaffirs - at Bailey’s Grave there was one man shot dead only 3 yards from me. I expect I should have shared the same fate only I was lying down and he was standing up, but as soon as I got to my legs the bullets came around me likehail’ (Regimental Archive). Ref: The Noble 24th, Norman Holme.

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With copied roll extract.

AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, no clasp (69B/1507 Pte. J. O’Brien, 1/18th Regt.) contact marks, good fine £70-90125

AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, no clasp (455 Pte. Mcl. Farley, 63rd Regt.) slight contact marks, very fine £90-120126

AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, no clasp (757 Pte. Wm. Taylor, 63rd Regt.) very fine £90-120127

AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, no clasp (Maj. A. C. W. Crookshank, 32nd Ben. N.I.) with matching silver slip and buckle bars, nearly extremely fine

£300-350

Arthur Chichester William Crookshank joined the Army on 11 January 1859 as a2nd Lieutenant in the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment and purchased a lieutenant’scommission in October 1862. He received the brevet of Captain on 11 January 1871 and was advanced to that rank later in that month - serving at the time withthe 32nd Bengal Native infantry. Prior to the Afghan War he was advanced to Major. In May 1879 he commanded the regiment after the death of the officer commanding. For his services in the campaign he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel. Crookshank then spent a numberof years as Assistant and Deputy Secretary in the Military Department of the Government of India for which he received the thanks of the Viceroy and the Commander-in-Chief and was awarded the C.B. Finally as a Colonel he was appointed to the command of the 4th or River Column of a punitive expedition against the tribes of the Black Mountain in the Hazara District of N.W. India. In this capacity he was mortally wounded during a reconnaissance near Kotkai anddied at Haripur on 29 October 1888. With some copied research.

Colonel Arthur Crookshank had five sons and one daughter; all the sons becameofficers in the Army. See lots 1633 and 797 for the medals and miniatures of his second son: Major-General Sir Sydney d’A. Crookshank.

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AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (3375 Pte. J. Bartlett, 51st Regt.) contact marks, good fine £120-160129

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Charles Chalons enlisted into the 81st Foot on 10 December 1864. He was promoted to Corporal in August 1876 and was posted to the2nd Battalion 47th Foot in April 1879. He attained the rank of Sergeant in January 1882 and was discharged on 15 December 1885. With some copied service notes and roll extracts.

AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (1194 Corpl. C. Chalons, 81st Foot) edge bruising, contact marks, good fine£140-180

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AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (1322 Gunr. W. Hillier, 11/9th Bde. R.A.) nearly extremely fine £160-200131

AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (Drumr. Ghussita Ram, 27th P.N.I.), minor contact wear, nearly very fine£180-220

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AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, 1 clasp, Charasia (6560 Driv. J. Knolton, E/3 Bde. R.A.) minor edge bruising, very fine £180-220133

AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ahmed Khel (1035 Pte. J. Anderson, 59th Foot) minor edge bruise, good very fine £180-220

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AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, 2 clasps, Ahmed Khel, Kandahar (1946 Pte. C. Cronin, 2/60th Foot) pitting, nearly very fine £240-280

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AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, 2 clasps, Kandahar, Ahmed Khel, naming erased, second clasp loose on ribbon, contact marks, nearly very fine £60-80

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AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, 3 clasps, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (B/672 Pte. W. Crichton, 92nd Highrs.) good very fine £340-380

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KABUL TO KANDAHAR STAR 1880, unnamed, very fine £80-100138

KABUL TO KANDAHAR STAR 1880 (2156 Private J. Sievewright, 92nd Highlanders) good very fine £200-240139

Confirmed on roll. Only 23 medals issued with three clasps, including five men of Nesbitt’s Light Horse.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE GENERAL SERVICE 1880-97, 3 clasps, Transkei, Basutoland, Bechuanaland (Tpr. J. Lust, Nesbitt’s Horse) some surface marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine and very rare £3500-4000

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EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (H. Pring, Pte., R.M., H.M.S. “Agincourt”) very fine £80-100141

Joseph Langmaid was appointed an Assistant Engineer, Royal Navy, 20 September 1873. As such he served on the Himalaya during thePerak Expedition. He was promoted to Engineer in March 1879 and served in the Egypt War of 1882 aboard the Euryalus. Further promotions followed, becoming Chief Engineer, November 1888; Staff Engineer, November 1892; Engineer Commander, November 1896, and Engineer Captain, November 1904. Engineer Captain Langmaid retired in 1904 and died in 1928. He was the joint author with Engineer H. Gaisford, R.N. of Elementary Lessons in Steam Machinery and The Marine Steam Engine. With copied service papers and other research.

EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (J. Langmaid, Engr: R.N: H.M.S. “Euryalus”) slight contact marks, veryfine £160-200

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EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (A. Laver. A.B. H.M.S. “Invincible”) pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine £120-140

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EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (G. Pragnell, Gunr., R.M.A.) good very fine £120-160144

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EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (802 Pte. C. Merrick, 3/K.R. Rif. C.) some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £100-140

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EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (319 Pte. J. Maher, 2/R. Ir. R.) good very fine £120-160146

EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Bty. No. 235 Sgt. J. Rowland, Bty. ‘Q’ RHA.) renamed; KHEDIVE’S STAR 1882, unnamed, mounted as worn, very fine (2) £80-100

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EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89 (2), dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (2937 Pte. N. Boyce, 1/R.I. Fus.; 1341 Pte. S.Francom, ....) second with damaged/refitted suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, fine; first very fine (2)

£120-160

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EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (J. Bailey, W.R. Stewd. 2Cl., H.M.S. Serapis.) some pitting, about very fine £80-100

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EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89 (2), undated reverse, no clasp (1030 Pte. T. Shell, 1/Rl. W. Kent R.) contact marks; another, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (5024 Pte. C. White, 9th Co. C. & T.C.) edge bruising, contact marks, goodfine (2) £150-200

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EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (1991 Pte. C. Hurley, 1/Rl. Ir. Regt.) good very fine £180-220

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EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (776 Pte. H. Smith, Rl. W. Kent R.) brooch pin fitted to reverse of clasp, extremely fine £180-220

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EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (8959 Sapr. H. Luff, 8th Co. R.E.) light edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £100-140

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EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Gemaizah 1888 (2101 L/Corpl. A. Josling, 2/K.O.S. Bord.) light scratches to reverse, some edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £140-180

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2 Section, Telegraph Battalion, Royal Engineers.

EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, 2 clasps, Suakin 1885, Tofrek (18238 Driv: H. Horn. 2/Sec: [T. Bn.] R.E.) second clasp a contemporary copy, partial loss of naming through contact with star, good fine but scarce unit £140-160

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KHEDIVE’S STAR, 1884-6, unnamed as issued, reverse bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C18877’, good very fine £40-60156

KHEDIVE’S STAR (3), 1882 (2); another, 1884-6, all unnamed, very fine (3) £120-160157

KHEDIVE’S STAR (3), 1882 (2), reverse impressed, ‘RIR RI 331’; another, 1882, unnamed; another, 1884-6, unnamed, very fine (3) £120-160

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KHEDIVE’S STAR (3), 1882, reverse inscribed, ‘3 KRR 4585’; another, 1884, unnamed; another, 1884-6, unnamed, very fine(3) £120-160

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KHEDIVE’S STAR (2), dated 1884 (2568 Angus McDaws Royal Highrs.) crudely named on reverse points of star; another, undated, unnamed, the first polished, fine, the second very fine (2) £120-140

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NORTH WEST CANADA 1885, no clasp (Geo. Lasante, 9e Bat. V.Q.) minor edge bruising, nearly extremely fine £250-300161

EAST AND WEST AFRICA 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1887-8 (2209 Drumr. R. Brown, 1/W.I. Rgt.), good very fine £250-300162

EAST AND WEST AFRICA 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1891-2 (3316 Drumr. T. Lewis, 2/W.I. Rgt.), contact marks and edge bruising,nearly very fine £180-220

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58 ‘Benin 1897’ clasps awarded to H.M.S. Alecto.

EAST AND WEST AFRICA 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (W. H. Bright, Sign., H.M.S. Alecto) very fine £140-180164

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EAST AND WEST AFRICA 1887-1900, 2 clasps, Brass River 1895, Benin 1897 (J. Cooper, Sto. H.M.S. Barrosa) contact marks,nearly very fine £180-220

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Henry Weaver was born in Sheffield. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the York and Lancaster Regiment at Sheffield on 3 September 1886, aged 18 years, 2 months. With the regiment he served in Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 1887-September 1888; theWest Indies, May 1889-March 1891; South Africa, March 1891-February 1897 and again, December 1899-August 1900.

Weaver’s service with the regiment was marred by a number of misdemenours, being absent without leave on two occasions during 1887/88. Absent again during May 1889, he was tried and found guilty for desertion. Released from confinement by the military authorities in August 1889; in January 1890 he was being held by the civil powers for assaulting a police constable - being found guiltyhe was fined £1. In November 1891 he was tried and found guilty by court martial for receiving stolen goods and was sentenced to 9 months imprisonment. In August 1896 he was given 14 days confinement for striking a police sergeant in Bulawayo.

Weaver was transferred to the Army Reserve in February 1897 but was recalled to the Colours and service in South Africa in November1899. For serving with the 1st Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment during the Second Boer War, Weaver was awarded the Q.S.A. with clasps for Cape Colony, Tugela Heights and Relief of Ladysmith. He was discharged on 20 May 1902. He then served with the 3rd(Militia) Battalion, April 1904-April 1907. With copied service papers and roll extract

BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY MEDAL 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896 (1546 Pte. H. Weaver, 2/Y & Lanc. Regt.) edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £200-250

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Trooper Donald McDougall, Victoria Column - listed on roll as ‘Dead’. With copied extract.

BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY MEDAL 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893 (Trpr. D. MacDougall, Victoria C.) good very fine £200-250

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BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY MEDAL 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, no clasp (Troopr. J. F. R. Burrows, Bechuanaland Border Police) nearly extremely fine £220-260

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BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY MEDAL 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Troopr. S. Caulfield, M.R.F.) minor edgebruise, nearly extremely fine £200-240

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Colour Sergeant Stanley worked throughout the period in the plague affected area. In addition to being awarded a silver medal, his name was inscribed on a silver shield presented by the Hong Kong community to the warrant officers and sergeants of the 1st BattalionKing’s Shropshire Light Infantry for their services during the plague.

HONG KONG PLAGUE 1894, silver issue (Colour Sergeant W. Stanley, S.L.I.) edge bruise to reverse, otherwise good very fine £1000-1200

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Crossing the polo-ground the enemy kept up a fire on us from the houses and the orchards. On reaching the serai I found 50 men of the14th Sikhs under Lieutenant Hurley, who had come out to cover our retreat. I directed him to cover our retirement into the fort, and, restoring order among the 4th Kashmir Rifles, retired into the fort; the Sikhs covered the retreat very steadily. I took command now at the fort, as Campbell was severely wounded. Every man was sent to his station. I heard that Captain Baird had been desperately wounded away on our right flank, and that he and Surgeon-Captain Whitchurch had not come into the fort. He had been wounded in the early part of the action. About 8 p.m. Surgeon-Captain Whitchurch came in, bringing Captain Baird, who was mortally wounded. Thirteen of the 4th Kashmir Rifles had stuck by them, - Gurkhas and one or two Dogras, under Subadar Badri Nar Singh. They had a marvellous escape. They had to charge one or two walls or sangars where the enemy tried to stop them; several of the party were killed, Baird receiving another wound as he was being carried; they had to rush one sangar with the bayonets.'

The casualties in this sortie from the fort amounted to 25 killed and 30 wounded, mostly amongst the 4th Kashmir Rifles. In addition tothe V.C. to Surgeon Whitchurch, the Order of Merit was awarded to 15 officers and men of the Kashmir Rifles for gallantry on that day.

The Defence of Chitral medal to Sepoy Jagbir, 4th Kashmir Rifles, whowas killed in the reconnaissance of 3rd March, on which occasion Surgeon Whitchurch won the Victoria Cross

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Chitral 1895 (697 Sepoy Jagbir 4th Kashmir Rilfes) edge nick, otherwise about very fine

£3000-3500

Sepoy Jagbir was killed in action by a gunshot at Chitral, in the reconnaissance on 3 March 1895, during which Surgeon Captain H. F. Whitchurch won the Victoria Cross. The following extract is taken from Captain C. V. F. Townshend'sDespatch of 26 April 1895:

'Reconnaissance, 3rd March 1895. We were now fired into on all sides, front, flank and rear, from every hamlet and wall, and it was now quite dark and impossible at a short distance to distinguish friend from foe. Captain Campbell, who had been put on a pony, notwithstanding that he was severely wounded, helped me in keeping the men together.

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A rare bronze medal for the Defence of Chitral awarded to Dooly Bearer Yamaladi Istharee, Madras Commissariat Department

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Chitral 1895, bronze issue (644 Dooly bearer Yamaladi Istharee Comt. Transpt. Dept.Madras) extremely fine and rare £3000-3500

According to Younghusband in The Relief of Chitral there were 7 commissariat and transport followers present during the defence of Chitral, all of whom wouldhave received bronze medals. Another example, to 631 Dhooly Bearer Narig Narsimloo, was sold in the Brian Ritchie Collection, September 2005.

Ref: The Relief of Chitral (Younghusband and Younghusband).

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (5221 Sergt. Drumr. R. Thomson, 2d Bn. Seaforth Highrs.) unit officially re-engraved, very fine £120-160

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (2743 Pte. W. McMorran 2d Bn. K.O. Sco. Bord.) contact marks, otherwise very fine £120-140

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (3615 Pte. A. Lunn, 3d Bn. Rif. Bde.) minor contact marks, very fine £100-140

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1901-2 (4083 Sepoy Kala Singh, 23d Pioneers) contact marks, nearly very fine £60-80

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897 (5015 Pte. J. Bernard, 2d Bn. Ryl. Ir. Regt.) good very fine £120-160

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (5182 Drumr. (?) Arnell, 2d Bn Ryl. Suss. Regt.) recipient’s initial defaced, good very fine £120-160

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3807 Pte. G. Roberts, 2d Bn. DerbyRegt.) rank and initial corrected, edge bruise, very fine £80-100

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4683 Pte. T. Dray, 1/D.C.L.I.) engraved in the distinctive style of the unit, very fine £120-160

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Capt. W. G. Judge, 2d Bn. K.O. York. Lt. Infy.) scratch to obverse left field, minor contact marks, very fine £250-300

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4451 Pte. R. H. Day, 2d Bn. Derby.Regt.) nearly very fine £100-140

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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4575 Lce. Corpl. H. Whitman 1st Bn. Devon Regt.) nearly very fine £100-140

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The 35th Sikhs were accompanied in the Malakand operations by Winston Churchill, then a cavalry lieutenant and war correspondent.He left a colourful and detailed account in The Story of the Malakand Field Force. My Early Life. Sold with additional research including a coloured print of the 35th Sikhs in action near Shahi Tangi on 16 September 1897.

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Waziristan 1901-2, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Malakand 1897 (1577 Sepoy Sham Singh 35th Sikhs) clasps mounted in order listed, very fine £150-200

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ASHANTI STAR 1896, unnamed as issued, good very fine £140-180185

QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98 (1596 Srgt. J. Hiles, 1/R. War. R.) contact marks, nearly very fine £160-200186

QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98, bronze issue (Syce Sarja (i), 1st Bo. Lancers) very fine £120-160187

QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98 (2855 Pte. T. Smale, 2/R. Bde.) good very fine £200-240188

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KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, unnamed as issued, clasp loose on ribbon, good very fine £80-100189

KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, unnamed, minor contact marks, good very fine £100-140190

KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (Pte. W. Bates, Gren. Gds.) small impressed naming, good very fine £100-140

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EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA 1897-99, 1 clasp, Uganda 1897-98 (1212 Bglr. Saroop Singh, 27/Bo. L.I.), refixed suspension claw, heavily polished, thus fair £140-180

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BRITISH NORTH BORNEO COMPANY MEDAL 1897-1916, 1 clasp, Punitive Expeditions, bronze issue, original unnamed medal, extremely fine

£250-300

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp, bronze issue (umballa 476 Syce Aranda Singh, S. & T. Corps) edge bruising, fine £100-140

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp, bronze issue (39 ....... S. & T. Corps) naming not clear, slight edge bruise, good very fine £100-140

195

Loxton was awarded a duplicate Q.S.A. Medal.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (F. Loxton, 2nd Sh. Ck., H.M.S. Blanche) large impressed naming, contact marks, nearly very fine £80-100

196

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (J. B. Stevenson, P.O. 1st Cl., H.M.S. Doris) small impressed naming, slight edge bruising, some contact marks, very fine £90-120

197

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (H. Carpenter, Ldg. Sto., H.M.S. Fearless) small impressed naming, very fine£100-140

198

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (Engr. J. A. Vaughan, R.N., H.M.S. Monarch) engraved naming, edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £160-200

199

Sister Elizabeth A. Powner served in the Princess Christian Army Nursing Service Reserve.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister E. A. Powner) good very fine £200-250200

Cape Government Railways.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (J. Raley, C.G.R.) nearly extremely fine £60-80201

200 medals awarded to the unit.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (57 Cpl. J. J. Jubelins, Jansenville D.M.T.) some edge bruising, very fine £60-80

202

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 (3), no clasp (9435 Sapr. C. J. Curry, R.E.; J. Draper, C.G.R.; 3618 Sjt. W. Herrick, 9/Lcrs.) last with suspension refitted and part renamed, very fine and better (3) £160-200

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Alan Williams graduated from Christ’s College, Cambridge with a B.A. in 1886. In 1892 he gained a M.A. He trained for the clergy atWells Theological College in 1883 and was ordained a Deacon in 1886 and Priest in 1887 at Worcester. He was appointed Curate of St. Nicholas, Warwick, 1886-92, after which he was Chaplain to the Mersey Mission to Seamen and the training ship Indefatigable at Rock Ferry, 1892-96. Williams then moved to South Africa, becoming the Port Chaplain to the Mission to Seamen at Capetown, 1897-1906. He was Acting Chaplain to the Forces in South Africa, 1899-1900. Returning to England, he was Curate of Vernham Dean, 1906-07 and then Vicar of St. Mary, Warwick, 1907-14. Williams was then permitted to Officiate in the Diocese of Sarum (Salisbury), 1917-31 and was Rector of Oborne in Dorset, 1931-36. The Rev. Alan Williams died in Bournemouth on 12 November 1947. With copied research.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Rev. Alan Williams, Chap. to Forces) nearly extremely fine£150-200

204

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (4329 Pte. J. Forrest, Durham Lt. Infy.) faint jeweller’s mark by claw on reverse, good very fine £60-80

205

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (1168 Pte. W. Mitchell, A. & S. Highrs.) nearly extremely fine£60-80

206

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Rhodesia (11209 Tpr. J. Stone,61st Coy. 17th Impl. Yeo.) good very fine, scarce £300-350

Trooper J. Stone, 61st Company, 17th Imperial Yeomanry (Dublin) South Irish Horse, died of disease at Mutare on 5 June 1900. With copied roll extract confirming the single clasp.

207

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Rhodesia (12093 Tpr. G. Cooper, 65th Coy. 17th Impl. Yeo.) good very fine, scarce to unit

£240-280

65th (Leicestershire) Company, 17th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry. With copied roll extract.

208

Later served with the 31st Company R.G.A. for which he was awarded the clasp, South Africa 1901’.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Kimberley (26328 Gnr. W. Hunter, 23rd W.D., R.G.A.) very fine£120-160

209

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (142 Sgt. F. W. Bruns, A.P.O. Corps) good very fine £120-160

Sergeant F. W. Bruns, Army Post Office Corps died of enteric fever at Pietermaritzburg on 1 January 1900.

210

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (4627 Cpl. A. Chamberlain, 2nd Rl. Fus.) nearly extremely fine£100-140

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (3560 Pte. G. Turner, 18/Hrs.) minor edge bruising, some contact marks, about very fine £70-90

212

Mr J. Sorrell was a Civilian Clerk employed with Army Telegraphs. With copied roll extract.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Orange Free State (Mr J. Sorrell) good very fine £80-100213

With copied roll extract which states, ‘Invalided’.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Ladysmith (3835 Pte. T. Corcoran, 1st Connaught Rang.) fine£100-140

214

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Mafeking (H. P. Dennison, Mafeking Town Gd.) nearly extremely fine £800-1000

215

1986 Private J. Kelly, 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles was a prisoner-of-war at Reddersburg, 3-4 April 1900. As a Private in the 1st Battalion Liverpool Regiment, he died of wounds at Pretoria, 3 September 1900.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Belfast (1986 Pte. J. Kelly, Liverpool Regt.) good very fine£100-140

216

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (3315 Pte. S. Hook, 16th Lancers) lacquered, minor edge bruise, some contact marks, good very fine £60-80

217

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (2934 Pte. E. Boghurst, 2nd Hampshire Regt.) fine scratch to obverse left field, very fine £60-80

218

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Ord. J. R. S. Anderson, Scottish Hos.) edgebruising, very fine £100-140

219

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (717 Pte. J. McGiveney, Rl. Irish Fus.) nearlyextremely fine £70-90

220

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 (2), 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (5922 Pte. D. McCarthy, S. Wales Bord.;14596 Dr. A. Cox, A.S.C.) edge bruising, very fine £120-150

221

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg (2341 Pte. T. J. Reid, 2nd D. of C. Lt. Infy.) minor edge bruising, very fine £60-80

222

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen (112 Pte. W. C. Flemming, Scots Gds.) contact marks, nearly very fine £60-80

223

3055 Private B. Simpson, 2nd Wiltshire Regiment, attached 5th Volunteer Battalion Liverpool Regiment, was severely wounded at Slabberts Nek, 23 July 1900 and slightly wounded at the same place on the next day.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen (3055 Pte. B. Simpson, 2nd Wilts. Regt.) second clasp slightly bent, good very fine £80-100

224

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Mafeking, Transvaal (1209 Tpr. R. Knight, Imp. Lt. Horse) good veryfine £200-250

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith (95751 Gnr. J. Regan, 21: B, R.F.A.) good very fine

£260-300

Gunner J. Regan, 21st battery, R.F.A. died of enteric fever at Ladysmith, 3

December 1899.

226

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith (3681 Pte. J. Horan, 5th Dragoon Guards) extremely fine

£300-350

Ex Kuriheka Collection, 29 June 2006.

With copied roll extract which states ‘Invalided to England’.

227

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Modder River, Wittebergen (4298 Pte. D. Cameron, 1st Highland Lt. Infy.) good very fine £70-90

228

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Modder River, Wittebergen (2950 J. Stewart, 1st Highland Lt. Infy.) slight contact marks, good very fine £70-90

229

On the roll as entitled to a ‘no clasp’ medal.

James Charles Francis Whicher was born on 10 December 1861. His name was entered onto the Medical Register at Edinburgh on 31December 1883. He became a Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries, London in 1883 and Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh in 1884. He entered the Royal Navy as a Surgeon on 21 August 1884 and was promoted to Staff Surgeon in August 1896. As such he served on Monarch, November 1899-December 1902. He attained the rank of Fleet Surgeon in October 1903. Placed on Retired Pay in January 1905, he was subsequently employed as an Examining Officer at Southampton and later at theWar Office. Latterly living at Bournemouth, he died on 14 May 1932.

With copied service paper and other research.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Natal, Cape Colony (St. Surgn. J. C. F. Whicher, R.N., H.M.S. Monarch) engraved naming, both clasps are tailor’s copies and are loose on ribbon, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine

£160-200

230

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State (524 Ordly. J. Jolly, St. John Amb. Bde.) good very fine £80-100

231

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4852 Pte. J. McClintock, 13/Hrs.) edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine £60-80

232

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4325 Pte. B. Dunstan, 13th Hussars) good veryfine £80-100

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Mafeking, Transvaal (2560 Tpr. L. W. H. Reeks, B.S.A. Police) good very fine

£750-850

234

George Hedley Tomlinson graduated as a M.B., B.S., Durham, 1896 and qualified as a M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., London, 1894 and L.S.A., 1894; training at the University of Durham and Queen’s College, Birmingham. Was Medical Officer at Perry Barr Rural District West Bromwich Union and was a member of the B.M.A. Served as a Civil Surgeon with the South African Field Force. Author of Three Casesof Poisoning by Laburnum - Recovery, 1895. Latterly living at The Cottage, Church Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham, Tomlinson died on6 March 1930.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (G. H. Tomlinson, Surgeon) nearly extremely fine £140-180

235

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (4155 Pte. W. Newman, Hampshire Regt.) official correction to surname, scratch to obverse left field, very fine £50-70

236

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (3324 Pte. J. Newcombe, Lincoln Regt.) edge bruise, some contact marks, very fine £60-80

237

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (4837 Pte. C. Rogers, Rl. Scots Fus.) some contact marks, very fine £60-80

238

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (3414 Pte. J. Burns, Lincoln Regt.) very fine £60-80

239

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 (2), 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (4146 Pte. W. Maddon, K.O. Scot. Bord.; 3633 Pte. W. Virtue, Scottish Bdrs.) first with some edge bruising and contact marks, second with edge bruising and scratch marks to obverse, very fine (2) £120-150

240

Sydney Edward Smith graduated with a B.A. from Trinity College, Cambridge. He was ordained a Deacon in 1887 and a Priest at London in 1888. Appointed Curate of Yiewsley, Middlesex, 1887-89 and St. Agnes, Kennington Park, S.E. London, 1890-95. AppointedChaplain to the Forces from 1896, serving in London, 1897-99 and South Africa, from 1899.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (Revd. Sydney E. Smith, C. toF.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine £150-200

241

Trooper W. Batchelder, Prince of Wales’ Light Horse died of disease at Winburg on 4 April 1901.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (26749 Tpr. W. Batchelder, P. of W. Lt. Horse) extremely fine £100-140

242

Trooper F. C. Preston, “A” Division, South African Constabulary died of disease at Jacobsdal, 3 June 1901.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (734 Tpr. F. C. Preston, S.A. Constabulary) last clasp loose on ribbon, nearly extremely fine £100-140

243

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (5527 Cpl. G. H. Stone, 1st Highland Lt. Infy.) very fine £60-80

244

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (7810 S. Sth. W. McDonald, R.F.A.) edge bruising, very fine £60-80

245

Charles William Cuffe Knox, commissioned into the Rifle Brigade on 3 May 1890. Promoted to Lieutenant in February 1892 and Captain in July 1897. Served in operations in Cape Colony, January 1902 and in the Orange River Colony, Jan-31 May 1902. Clasps confirmed. With copied roll extract.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (Capt. C. W. C. Knox, Rifle Bde.) clasps all tailor’s copies, nearly extremely fine £140-180

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (8000 Pte. T. Maddock, Rifle Brigade) good very fine £60-80

247

3665 Corporal A. E. Halford, 17th Lancers, was slightly wounded near Jamestown on 11 January 1902.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 (2), 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (4530 Serjt. G. H. Firth, Cheshire Regt.) edge bruising, fine; another, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (3665 Pte. A. Halford, 17/Lcrs.) clasp backstraps removed, edge bruising and contact marks, fine (2) £100-150

248

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (987 Pte. J. Horan, North’d. Fus.) edge bruising, very fine £60-80

249

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5839 Pte. J. Morris, Cheshire Regt.) good very fine £60-80

250

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5942 Pte. W. Durn, W. Riding Regt.) edge bruising, good very fine £60-80

251

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6221 Pte. A. Hill, Devon Regt.) slight edge bruise, some contact marks, very fine £60-80

252

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3251 Pte. J. Gaffney, Rl. DublinFus.) nearly extremely fine £80-100

253

City of London Imperial Volunteers. With copied roll extract.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (D151 Dvr. J. G. Houghton, C.I.V.) very fine £100-140

254

1270 J. A. Beech, 5th Imperial Yeomanry was wounded at Rietfontein, 9 August 1900 (note different initials and spelling of surname).

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1270 Pte. A. E. Beach, 13th Coy.5th Imp. Yeo.) edge bruise, very fine £100-140

255

Served at the 9th General Hospital.


QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (482 Ordly. W. H. Walstow, St. John Amb. Bde.) good very fine £100-140

256

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 (2), 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (833 Tpr. R. McKenzie, Scottish Horse; 658 3rd Cl. Tpr. J. Mavin, S.A.C.) first with fine scratching to obverse, very fine and better (2) £100-140

257

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (8089 Pte. H. Tilling, Gren. Gds.)renamed; CHINA 1857-60 (disk only) (Thos. Williaham, 2nd 60th Rifles) officially impressed naming, obverse with marksdue to brooch mounting, nearly very fine (2) £60-80

258

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5563 Pte. C. Thomas, East Kent Regt.) worn £40-60

259

42nd (Hertfordshire) Company, 12th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5873 Pte. S. Timpson, 42nd Coy.12th Impl. Yeo.) good very fine £100-140

260

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (405 Pte. G. Myers, Marshall’s Horse) nearly extremely fine £70-90

261

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3622 Pte. F. T. A. Johnston, N. Zealand M.R.) some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £160-200

262

66666 Gunner J. Bowman, 44th Battery, R.F.A., died of disease at Kimberley on 20 November 1900.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (66666 Gnr. F. Bowman, 44th Bty. R.F.A.) good very fine £80-100

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 (2), 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5554 Pte. T. Needham, 2nd Northampton Regt.) edge bruising, nearly very fine; QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Orange Free State (535 Serjt. E. L. R........Bde.) naming partially erased, very fine (2) £80-100

264

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5684 Pte. S. Mellor, North’d. Fus.) nearly extremely fine £70-90

265

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Pte. W. Dear, Border Horse) slight edge bruising, good very fine £60-80

266

With copied roll extract - service number given as ‘3156’.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein (3157 Pte. F. Page, 10th Hussars) veryfine £120-150

267


QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein (1675 Pte. G. Evans, 2nd Shropshire Lt. Infy.) good very fine £80-100

268

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State (12636 Tpr. J. B. Deas, 70th Coy. 18th Imp. Yeo.) edge bruise, minor scratches, good very fine £220-260

Trooper J. B. Deas, 70th Company, 18th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) was also entitled to the clasp ‘South Africa 1901’. With copied roll extracts.

269

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5257 Pte. G. Preston, 17th Lancers) good very fine £70-90

270

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4042 Pte. W. H. M. Roberson, A.O.C.) very fine £60-80

271

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (2801 Pte. G. Hadley, Worcester. Regt.) good very fine £60-80

272

4th (Glamorgan) Company, 1st Battalion Imperial Yeomanry.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (9930 W. J. Baile, 4th Coy. 1st Impl. Yeo.) slight edge bruising, very fine £100-140

273

With copied roll extract - shown as ‘Discharged’.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (1370 S. Major W. Crowe,1st Yk. & Lanc. Regt.) good very fine £100-140

274

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (6934 Pte. T. Owen, K.R.R.C.) very fine £100-140

275

Shoeing-Smith W. Seath served in the 33rd (Royal East Kent) Company, 11th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry. With copied roll extracts.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (4381 S. Sth. W. Seath, 33rd Coy. 11th Impl. Yeo.) slight contact marks and edge bruising, very fine £100-140

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Talana, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4073 Pte. J. Dunlop, Rl. Irish Fus.) good very fine £200-250

277

5044 Private T. Wright, 1st Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was slightly wounded at Hartebeestfontein on 18 February 1901.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5044 Pte. T. Wright, 1 L.N. Lanc. Regt.) very fine £200-250

278

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (3860 Pte. P. Ambrose, LiverpoolRegt.) edge bruising, very fine £100-150

279

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (5172 Pte. S. M. Richardson, 1 Leic. Regt.) some contact marks, very fine £120-160

280

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Belfast, South Africa 1902 (3412 Pte. A. J. Woodhouse, 5th Lancers) some edge bruising, good very fine £70-90

281

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3206 Pte. R. Madden, 1st Border Regt.)extremely fine £120-160

282

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5811 Corpl. P. McGuire, S. Lanc. Regt.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £60-80

283

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State, Defence ofMafeking, Transvaal (15 Tpr. A. E. Murdoch, Protect. Regt. F.F.) extremely fine £1000-1400


284

Owen Randle Slacke was born on 23 August 1871 at Carrigaline, C. Cork. Graduating with a B.A. in 1896, he was ordained a Deacon in 1897 and a Priest at London in 1899. His first appointment was as Curate of St. John the Evangelist, Drury Lane, 1897-98, after which he was Curate at Holy Trinity Union, Chelsea, 1898-99 and Fulham, 1899-1901. After service in South Africa as an Acting Chaplain to the Forces, 1901-02, he was appointed Curate of St. Peter, Croydon, 1902-05; St. Mary, Amersham, 1905-08, and St. Savior, Westgate-on-Sea, 1908-09.

He received his first Living in 1909 when appointed Vicar of Bredwardine with Brobury in the diocese of Hereford. In 1917 he gained an M.A.. He was appointed Rector of Kilcoo or Bryansford, 1912-19; Curate of St. Barts, Dublin, 1919-21; Rector of Padworth, 1922-23; Curate of Folkestone, 1923-27 and Vicar of All Saints, Cheriton Street, 1929-33.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Rev. O. R. Slacke) good very fine £150-200

285

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6092 Pte. F. Dobson, S. Lanc. Regt.) edge bruising, very fine £60-80

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With copied roll extracts for the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade which confirm the first two clasps only.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902, Relief of Ladysmith (5058 Pte. A. Bester, RifleBde.) clasps mounted in that order, very fine £50-70

287

William Ayris was born in Bicester, Oxfordshire. A Groom by occupation and a member of the 4th Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry,he attested for the 20th Hussars at Aldershot on 18 December 1890. With them he served in India, September 1895-December 1898. Transferred to the Army Reserve in December 1898, he was recalled to the Colours in January 1900. Posted to the 10th Hussars, he served in South Africa, March 1900-July 1902. Having completed his period of service he was discharged in December 1902.

With copied service papers.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (4429 Pte. W. Ayris,10th Hussars) surname re-impressed, good very fine £60-80

288

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (3569 Pte. A. Sturt,1st Rl. Sussex Regt.) rank and name officially re-impressed, contact marks, very fine £60-80

289

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1003Gnr. J. Cooper, Cape G.A.) nearly extremely fine £70-90

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (7151 Pte. W. Humphreys, Vol. Coy. Middx. Regt.) contact marks, nearly very fine £60-80

291

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (440 Tpr. J. H.Lockem, Kitchener’s F.S.) good very fine £80-100

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (735 Pte. A. C.Opie, Rly. Pnr. Regt.) good very fine £80-100

293

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (14211 Tpr. T. H. Spry, 47th Coy. 13th Impl. Yeo.) last clasp loose, nearly extremely fine £200-250

Trooper T. H. Spry, 47th (Lord Donoughmore’s) Company (Duke of Cambridge’sOwn) 13th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry was captured at Lindley 31 May 1900. Later released. The 47th Company, 13th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, nicknamed “The Millionaires’ Own”, was composed of gentlemen, including many Old Etonians. With copied research on the unit and action and with copiedroll extracts.

Note: the published casualty roll lists his service number as ‘14210’.

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (5456 Pte. M.Pigott, 2nd Dragoon Gds.) some edge bruising to reverse, very fine £90-120

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Private T. Turner, 2nd Battalion Derby Regiment (Sherwood Foresters), serving with the 28th Mounted Infantry, was killed in action at Klip River on 12 February 1902.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (6247 Pte. T. Turner, Derby. Regt.) nearly extremely fine £120-150

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Benjamin Allen Berry was born in Staveley, Derby on 26 May 1869. He was educated at Huddersfield High School and Peterhouse College, Cambridge, where he gained a B.A. in 1892 and M.A. in 1896. He was ordained a Deacon in 1894 and Priest in Manchester in 1901. Appointed Curate of St. Augustine, Tong Moor, Lancashire, 1894-97 and Holy Trinity, Preston, 1897-1904.

Served in the Boer War as an Acting Chaplain to the Forces - served with the 1st Volunteer Battalion North Lancashire Regiment. Served as Royal Naval Chaplain on H.M.S. Roxburghe, 1905-06. During 1906-20 he was Secretary of the Waifs and Strays Society for the Diocese of Worcester, Lichfield, Birmingham and Hereford (plus Coventry 1918-20), he was also Curate of St. George, Worcester, 1907-20. During the Great War he once more served as an Acting Chaplain to the Forces. During 1920-34 he was Rector of Kildale in the Diocese of York, 1920-34 and was also Curate of Guisborough and of Commondale, 1921-27. The Rev. Berry died on 27 January1934.

With copied research.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (Rev. B. A. Berry) mounted as worn, edge bruise, good very fine £150-200

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Belfast (1359 Pte. J. McAllister, Gordon Highrs.) good very fine £80-100

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (3656 Pte. C. Holmes, 2nd Hampshire Regt.) minor edge bruise, very fine £80-100

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (Capt. W. E. Lawrence,S. Wales Bdrs.), good very fine £400-500

Walter Edward Lawrence was born in Monmouthshire in May 1871 and was educated at Harrow and the R.M.C. prior to being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the South Wales Borderers in August 1892.

Advanced to Lieutenant in May 1894, Lawrence was appointed A.D.C. to Major-General Sir Frederick Carrington, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., in Gibraltar in March 1899, and accompanied the General to South Africa, where he was detached for special service in the Rhodesian Field Force in early 1900, and remained activelyemployed until April 1901, in which period he served in operations in Rhodesiaand in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, including the action at Elands River, and latterly in the rank of Captain. He also appears to have served as Adjutant of the6th Imperial Bushmen prior to returning at Aldershot.

In March 1904, he transferred to the Royal Scots Greys and, having also served asAdjutant of the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, was placed on the Reserve of Officers in January 1914. Quickly recalled on the outbreak of hostilities, he wentout to France in September of the same year, and was mentioned in despatches by Field Marshal Sir John French in November 1915 (London Gazette 1 January 1916), and given the Brevet of Major (London Gazette 14 January 1916 refers).

Subsequently transferring to the Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry), Lawrence commanded No. 5 Machine Gun Squadron on the Somme in the period July-August 1916, prior to taking command of a Machine-Gun Training Centre (Cavalry). He was given the Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel (London Gazette 1 January 1918 refers), in addition to being appointed an Officer of the French Legion of Honour and awarded the Croix de Guerre and, according to the Harrow School Register 1885-1949, he was also awarded the Italian Order of St.Maurice & St. Lazarus; sold with a file of research.

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Entitled to the K.S.A. with 2 clasps. With copied roll extracts.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (3910 Pte. W. Wallace, CapeM.R.) good very fine £300-350

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Mafeking, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1389 Pte. W. Cook, Cape P.D. 1.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine £240-280

Discharged, time expired, 28 October 1900. With copied roll extract and some other copied research.

302

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Belfast (8757 Pte. S. Hooson, Cldstm. Gds.) good very fine £80-100

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Modder River, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (6817 Pte. J. Morrison, A.& S. Highrs.) edge bruise, very fine £90-120

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (3309 Pte. C. Baker, Scot. Rifles) good very fine £120-160

305

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (472 Pte. W. Thompson, Impl. Lt. Infy.) good very fine £120-160

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Belfast (3561 Pte. E. J. Capewell, 2nd D. of C. Lt. Infy.) good very fine £100-140

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, South Africa 1901 (418 L. Cpl.H. Haggertay, R.E.) good very fine £80-100

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Private J. H. Griffiths, 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment was taken prisoner at Sannah’s Post, 31 March 1900; later released.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (3417 Pte. J. H. Griffiths, Worc. Regt. M.I.) good very fine £100-140

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3950 Tptr. H. Stainton, 20th Hussars) claw tightened/refixed, edge bruising, nearly very fine £70-90

310

Private T. Dennehy, 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers, died of disease at Kroonstad, 24 April 1902. Note: published casualty rolls give his service number as ‘5990’; nominal roll gives ‘5590’. With copied roll extracts.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5590 Pte. T. Dennehy, Rl. Muns. Fus.) minor contact marks, very fine £100-140

311

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (453 Pte.W. Metcalfe, 13th Hussars) slight edge bruise, good very fine £80-100

312

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (200 Tpr.W. Clarke, Driscoll’s Scts.) very fine £80-100

313

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6010 Pte. J. Arthur, Rl. Highrs.) good very fine £80-100

314

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7456 Pte. C. Marshall, Rl. Highrs.) edge bruising, very fine £70-90

315

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (3813Pte. C. Jackson, 8/Hussars) contact marks, about very fine £80-100

316

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 (2), 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (14637 Pte. W. Clarke, A.S.C.) edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine; another, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (994 3rd Cl. Tpr. J. C. Reid, S.A.C.) this worn, fine (2) £100-140

317

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (2189Pte. T. Driscoll, Cldstm: Gds:) good very fine £120-140

318

Algernon Henry George Creed was born in Monewden, Suffolk c.1865. He graduated with a B.A. from Christ College, Cambridge in 1887 and gained an M.A. in 1891. He was ordained a Deacon in 1889 and Priest at Chichester in 1890. He was appointed the Curateof Ashington, Sussex, 1889-91 and was a Licensed Preacher for the Diocese of London, 1891-93. He was then Curate of Old Shoreham, 1893-94; Chaplain of Hazlewood School, Surrey, 1894-96; and Chaplain of Trinity College Glenalmond, 1896-1901. During 1901-02 he served in South Africa as Acting Chaplain to the Forces. After the war he was appointed Licensed Preacher for theDiocese of St. Andrews, 1902-03, of Winchester, 1903-10, and Oxford, 1906-10. Creed was appointed to his first Parish in 1910 whenhe became Vicar of Ewshot in the Diocese of Winchester. In 1917 he became a Chaplain to the Navy. Serving aboard the armed merchant cruiser H.M.S. Orvieto, he died on 21 May 1917, aged 52 years. He was buried in Ewshott (St. Mary) Churchyard.

With modern photographs of his headstone, Ewshott War Memorial, church plaque and vicarage; with copied research.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Rev. A. H. Creed, C. to F.) nearly extremely fine £180-220

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (15163 Pte. W. J. Baker, R.A.M.C.) good very fine £70-90

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7353 Pte. W. Williams, Vol. Coy. E. Lanc. R.) edge bruising, nearly very fine £70-90

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (8366 Pte. B. Astell, Vol. Coy. R. War. Regt.) edge bruising, good very fine £80-100

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (2536 Pte. G. A. Cox, 2nd D. of C. Lt. Infy.) very fine £90-120

323

Lance-Corporal H. White, 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers was reported missing near Platrand on 27 December 1901. Later rejoined the 13th Mounted Infantry.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (3456 Pte. H. White, 2nd Royal Fus.) last clasp connected to a plain silver brooch bar, good very fine

£120-150

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (2981 Pte. J. Bolger, 1st Connaught Rang.) service number, rank and initial officially re-impressed, nearly extremely fine £120-150

325

With copied roll extracts confirming all clasps and entitlement to the K.S.A. with two clasps.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State (2784 Pte. G. Townsend, R. Welsh Fus.) unofficial connection to last clasp, very fine £100-140

326

In addition to its part at Elandslaagte, the 42nd Battery, R.F.A. was in action at Rietfontein and lent good service during the Boer attackon Wagon Hill on 6 January 1900.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast, South Africa 1901, South Africa1902 (90471 Dvr. W. Rowbottom, 42nd Bty. R.F.A.) good very fine £300-350

327

With copied roll extract - recipient listed as ‘Discharged’.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (2455 Pte. R. Price, S. Lanc. Regt.) nearly extremely fine £120-160

328

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (5317 Pte. J. W. Cleall, Dorset. Rgt.) edge bruising, contact marks, very fine £120-150

329

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Wittebergen (3175 Corl. A. Barton, 12 R. Lancers) with silvered base metal brooch bar (lacking pin), about very fine £80-100

330

With copied roll extract confirming first three clasps.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, Wittebergen,Wepener (25493 Tpr. W. Kitchen, C. in C. Bdy. Gd) surname re-impressed, last two clasps tailor’s copies, good very fine £60-80

331

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Talana, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith,Transvaal (3749 Pte. J. Wood, R. Lanc. Regt.) slight official correction to surname, faint jeweller’s mark to obverse field,light scratches elsewhere, very fine £220-260

332

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (3498 Pte. J. Bamford, York & Lanc. Regt.) very fine £120-160

333

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (404 Tpr. A. N. Hatherell. Bethune’s M.I.) edge bruise, otherwise very fine £140-160

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Talana, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (4394 Pte. W. Moran, Rl. Dubin Fus.) some edge bruising, good very fine £260-300

335

Private H. Beer, 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards was wounded at Magersfontein, 11 December 1899.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (8862 Pte. H. Beer, Cldstm. Gds.) edge bruise, some contact marks, very fine £160-200

336

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (1616 Pte. H. Leather, Scots. Gds.) faint jeweller’s mark on reverse, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine

£100-140

337

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (5421 Pte. J. Davies, Gren. Gds.) slight edge bruise and contact marks, nearly very fine £100-140

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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (2632 Pte. A. Mills, 1 Essex Regt.) edge bruising, very fine £140-180

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Alexander Lindus, who was born in Woolwich, Kent, enlisted in the Welch Regiment as a Musician, aged 14 years, in January 1886. Having then served on garrison duty in Egypt and Malta, he was appointed a Drummer in the 1st Battalion in February 1895, and wenton to witness active service in South Africa from November 1899 until the end of hostilities, gaining the above described Medal & clasps, in addition to the King’s Medal & clasps (his Military History Sheet refers). Returning home in August 1904, he was discharged as a Lance-Sergeant on completion of his second period of engagement in February 1907, when his papers noted that he sported a tattooed drummer on his right forearm. Lindus died at Banstead, Surrey in June 1939.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (1440 Dmr. A. Lindus, Welsh Regt.), edge bruising and contact marks, thus fine £180-220

340

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (3592 Corpl. C. Hyland, 6/Dn. Gds.) extremely fine £400-450

Sergeant C. Hyland was killed in action at Heidelburg on 21 October 1900.

341

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (543 Serjt. J. E. Meakin, R.F.A.) nearly extremely fine £100-140

342

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (82754 Dr. G. Godwin, P.B., R.H.A.) very fine £140-180

343

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901 (5527 Pte. A. Hawley, 1 Yk. & Lanc. Regt.) edge bruising, very fine

£150-200

344

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, South Africa 1901 (1321 Pte. W. Leeks, 1 Essex Regt.) edge bruising, very fine £220-250

345

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 8 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (754 Pte. J. Whealing, R. Lanc. Regt.) minor edge bruising, good very fine £300-350

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R. F. Forbes was born in Dublin. A Clerk by occupation, he attested for the Imperial Yeomanry on 9 January 1900, aged 20 years, 11 months. With the 45th (Irish Hunt) Company, 13th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry he served as Private in South Africa from 13 March 1900. As such he was present at the action at Lindley, 31 May 1900 and taken prisoner. Subsequently released; he was discharged at home on 3 April 1901. Returning to South Africa, he was appointed a Lieutenant in the Imperial Yeomanry on 25 May 1901 and serveduntil the end of hostilities. With copied service notes.

KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (Lieut. R. F. Forbes, I.Y.) extremely fine £140-180347

3163 Private C. Wood, 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders was wounded at Thaba N’chu on 30 April 1900.

KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (3163 Pte. C. Wood, Gordon Highrs.) good very fine £70-90348

KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (3509 Pte. J. Dempsey, A. & S. Highrs.) good very fine £60-80349

KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (4865 Pte. C. McGrath, S. Wales Bord.) good very fine £60-80350

KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (6705 Pte. D. Tormey, Conn. Rang.) contact marks, nearly very fine £60-80351

KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (3611 Pte. H. Matcham, Rl. Scots) edge bruise, very fine £50-70352

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Driver A. Moss served with “A” Battery R.H.A. and was awarded the Queen’s medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek and Belfast. The battery returned to England in November 1900. Moss remained in/returnedto South Africa and served as a Bombardier in “G” Battery R.H.A. for which he was awarded the King’s medal with two clasps. With copied roll extracts and other research.

KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (92978 Bomb. A. Moss, G Bty. R.H.A.) some contact marks, about very fine£50-70

353

QUEEN’S MEDITERRANEAN 1899-1902 (Lieut. L. G. Fisher-Rowe, North’d. Fus.) good very fine £300-350

Captain (retired) Lloyd George Fisher-Rowe died of phthisis on 3 December 1937, aged 54 years. With copy of Death Certificate and a photocopied photograph.

354

QUEEN’S MEDITERRANEAN 1899-1902 (2535 Pte. A. Rose, Rl. W. Kent Regt.) extremely fine £240-280355

Richard James Beale served in the Bechuanaland Rifles prior to joining the Cape Police with whom he served at the defence of Kimberley. He was discharged from the Police for misconduct on 28 February 1900 and later served with the Kimberley Volunteer Regiment. In addition to the above he was awarded the Queen’s medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State and Transvaal. With some copied research.

MAYOR OF KIMBERLEY’S STAR 1899-1900, reverse inscribed, ‘R. J. W. Beale’, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘b’, complete with brooch bar as issued, short length of ribbon, about very fine £100-140

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MAYOR OF KIMBERLEY’S STAR 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘c’, lacking top suspension brooch, very fine £100-120

357

ST. JOHN MEDAL FOR SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 (754 Pte. F. Taylor, Hebden Bridge Corps) nearly very fine £200-240358


F. M. P. Burne was 2nd Officer aboard the P. & O. ship Soudan.

TRANSPORT 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902 (F. M. P. Burne) nearly extremely fine £550-650359

CHINA 1900, no clasp (67 Drumr. Arthur Bowman, 28th Mad. Infy.), good very fine £160-180360

James Joseph Stuart was born on 31 August 1855. He was appointed an Assistant Engineer 2nd Class on Asia on 23 September 1876. Promoted to Engineer in September 1881 when on Iron Duke; Chief Engineer in November 1889 when on Indus; Staff Engineer in November 1893 when on Tauranga; Fleet Engineer in November 1897 when on Endymion; and Engineer Commander in June 1905 when on Endymion. He was placed on Half Pay with the rank of Engineer Captain in March 1907 and was promoted to Engineer Rear-Admiral in May 1911. Latterly living at 4 Solent Road, Bournemouth, Rear-Admiral Stuart died on 16 January 1936.

CHINA 1900, no clasp (Ft. Engr. J. J. Stuart, R.N., H.M.S. Endymion) mounted as worn, good very fine £180-220361

CHINA 1900, no clasp (Pte. C. Hill. Shanghai Vols.) good very fine £180-220362

Burger Evert Phillips Jacobus Nieuwenhuis served in the Hoopstad Commando.

ANGLO-BOER WAR MEDAL 1899-1902 (Burger E. P. J. Nieuwenhuis) nearly extremely fine £100-140363

Burger Wynand Frederick Davis served in the General Cloete Commando.

ANGLO-BOER WAR MEDAL 1899-1902 (Burger W. F. Davis.) edge bruising, very fine £80-100364

Private Arthur Smith served with the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade in the Boer War and was awarded the Q.S.A. with clasps for Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek and Belfast, and the K.S.A. with two clasps. During the Somaliland campaign of 1902-04he served as part of a detachment of 34 men of the 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade who were attached to No. 2 (Bengal) Company, BritishMounted Infantry, 1st Somali Camel Corps. Soon after the campaign he transferred to the 4th Battalion. With copied research.

AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (5132 Pte. A. Smith, 4th Rifle Bde.) mounted as worn, good very fine £140-180

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AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (C. J. Farnsworth, Lg. Sto. 2Cl., H.M.S. Cossack) about very fine £80-100

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AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE 1902-56, 1 clasp, N. Nigeria 1903 (580 Dmr. Musa, 2nd N.N. Regt.), bent suspension bar and traces of fire damage overall, cleaned and lacquered, good fine £80-100

367

AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (T/2295003 Dvr. G. F. Pope, R.A.S.C.) official correction to ‘R’ of unit, good very fine £60-80

368

AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE 1902-56 (2), 1 clasp, Kenya (9838 Const. Raphal Ogala; 274 Sgt. Adala s/o Obata) very fine and better (2) £60-80

369

AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (22957452 Pte. D. Dennis. Devon) edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £100-120

370

TIBET 1903-04, no clasp, bronze issue (Cooly Dalbahadur Chatre S. & T. Corps) nearly extremely fine £120-140371

TIBET 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (2096 Sepoy Zar Gul, 58th Vaughans Rifles) service number re-engraved, good very fine £260-300

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TIBET 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse, bronze issue (Cooly Junydunaya, S. & T. Corps) nearly extremely fine £200-240373

NATAL 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (Pte. W. Moore, Durban Light Infantry) good very fine £100-140374

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (8510 Pte. S. James 1st W. Y. Regt.) nearly very fine £80-100

375

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (4716 Bugler Shah Singh, 23rd Sikh Pioneers), possible official correction between rank and surname, nearly very fine £60-80

376

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Abor 1911-12 (4279 Sepoy Natha Singh, 32nd Sikh Pioneers) some contact marks, very fine £140-180

377

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Pte. W. Turner, Rlys.) nearly extremely fine £50-70378

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35 (3), 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (72093 Dvr. Karam Elahi, 59 Mule Cps.); another, 1clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (2433 Nk. Sarfraz Khan, 2-25 Pjbis.); another, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (Clk. M. N. Dutt, M.A.D.) last with official correction to name and unit, good very fine (3) £70-90

379

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (G-27075 Pte. C. Felstead, R.W. Kent R) some edge bruising, very fine £50-70

380

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (200421 Pte. A. Hawkins, Devon. R.) nearly very fine£50-70

381

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (200565 Pte. R. Howlett, 4 Queen’s Rl. R.) nearly extremely fine £60-80

382

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35 (4), 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (2153 L-Nk. Govind Ghadge, 1-103 Infy.; 471 Dvr.Mari Dutt, 57 M.C.) first with slight scratch marks to obverse, heavier scratches to edge; another, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (3837 Saida Khand, 58 Rif.); another, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (336 L-Nk. Sher Mohd., 1-2 Pjb. R.) good fine and better (4) £80-100

383

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35 (2), 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (85570 Sgt. A. Watson, R.F.A.); another, 2 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24 (4179403 Pte. W. R. Godfrey, R.W. Fus.) last with correction to naming, second clasp connected by wire, second with edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (2) £100-140

384

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (1583 Dfdr. Mastan Singh, 16 Cavy.); GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (3171 Sepoy Hashmat, 3-16-Punjab R.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (961 Hav. Dhian Singh, 2-12 F.F.R.) first with fine scratches to obverse left field, very fine and better (3) £90-120

385

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (278248 A.C.1 A. P. R. Morris, R.A.F.) good very fine £120-160

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M.I.D. London Gazette 11 June 1918. ‘T/Lt. (A./ Capt.) (2nd Lt., L’pool. R.)’ (Salonika).

Ralph Fitzgerald Pattison was commissioned into the 8th Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. He later served with the LiverpoolRegiment and then the Indian Army. He was awarded the 1914-15 Star trio in addition to his I.G.S. Medal. He retired from the Army in1923. With copied gazette extracts and m.i.c.

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (Capt. F. R. Pattison, S. & T.C.) good very fine £160-200387

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35 (2), 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (1895 Rfmn. Kunwar Sing Rawat, 1-18 R. Garh. Rfls.) edgebruising and contact marks, good fine; another, unnamed, this very fine (2) £160-200

388

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35 (4), 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (4852 Sep. Atma Singh, 2-2 Pjb. R.); another, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (4277 Sep. Mohd. Sarfraz Khan, B.M.P.); another, 1 clasp, Mohmand 1933 (T.A. 29692 Dvr. Misrie, 32A.T. Coy.) official correction to service number, worn, poor; another, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (Sepoy Fazal Hadi, I Swat Levies) very fine except where stated (4) £90-120

389

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35 (4), 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (4457 L-Nk. Bagh Ali, 5-2 Punjab R.; 10169 Sep.Kanshi Ram, 2-10 Baluch R.; Barber Harnam Singh, 4-11 Sikh R.; 6866 Sep. Mela Sing, 4-11 Sikh R.) last with official correction to unit, very fine and better (4) £100-140

390

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35 (2), 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (33486 Gnr. Sawarn Khan, 8 Mtn. Bty.); another,1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (MT-108241 T & C. Smith Ibrahim, I.M.T.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1936-39 (2) 1 clasp,North West Frontier 1936-37 (3151 Hav. Khan Mir, 3-15 Punjab R.); another, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (13643 Sep. Sohan Singh, 1-12 F.F.R.) very fine and better (4) £100-140

391

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (54947 Pte. L. G. Bone, Hamps. R.) mounted as worn, good very fine £60-80

392

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (791568 Gnr. T. E. Laban, R.A.) nearly extremely fine£50-70

393

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35 (3), 2 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24 (3800 Sep. Mohd. Khan, 130 Baluchis); another, 2 clasps, Burma 1930-32, North West Frontier 1935 (4199 Sep. Mohd. Khan, 2-15 Punjab R.); another, 2 clasps, Mohmand 1933, North West Frontier 1935 (12511 Sep. Nur. Hassan, 5-10 Baluch R.) fine and better(3) £90-120

394

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35 (2), 3 clasps, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21, North West Frontier 1930-31 (810 Sepoy Sultan Mohd. 57 Rfls.); 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (4437 Sep. Kartar Singh, 5-2 Punjab R.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (1046 Sowar Shait Khan, Tochi Scouts); GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 2 clasps, Iraq, N.W. Persia (6367 Spr. Narain Singh. Bengal S. & M.) veryfine or better (4) £120-140

395

James Gray was born in Barony, Lancashire, lived in Glasgow and enlisted at Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Serving with the 2nd Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, he died in Germany on 28 December 1917, aged 29 years. He was buried in the Niederzweren Cemetery, Kassel, Germany. He was the son of Michael Gray and husband of Marcella Gray of 15 Riddrie Terrace, Millerston, Glasgow.

Christopher Mc Donnell was born and lived in Leith and enlisted at Edinburgh. Serving with the 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers he was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 1 April 1916, aged 26 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

1914 STAR, with copy clasp (17256 Pte. J. Hogan, 1/G. Gds.); 1914 STAR (2) (9592 Pte. J. Gray, 2/A. & S. Highrs.; 9727Pte. C. McDonnell, 2/R. Sc. Fus.) second with edge bruise, very fine and better (3) £140-180

396

Joseph McCormick was born in Bilton and enlisted at Halifax. Serving with the 80th Battery, 15th Brigade R.F.A. he died of wounds inGermany on 17 December 1918. He was buried in the Berlin Southwestern Cemetery.

1914 STAR, with copy clasp (51224 Dvr. J. McCormick, R.F.A.); 1914 STAR (3) (53100 Gnr. T. O. Loughlin, R.F.A.; 5582Cpl. A. G. Fielder, R.A.M.C.; MS-3681 Pte. R. R. Cox, A.S.C.) very fine and better (4) £120-160

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1914 STAR, with clasp (9271 Sjt., 2/Notts. & Derby. R.); 1914 STAR (4) (970 Pte. P. Forsky, 1/Gord. Highrs.; 9388 Pte. J.Clark, R. Highrs.); 1414 Pte. J. Emslie, 1/Gord. Highrs.; 9106 Pte. W. Casey, L.N. Lanc. R.) good very fine and better (5) £200-250

398

Private William C. Wooton, 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on13 August 1914. Entitled to the clasp to the Star. Later served in the Army Cyclist Corps.

1914 STAR, with copy clasp (8724 Pte. W. C. Wooton, 2/Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDAL 1914-18 (Herbert V. Tutchener); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (36949 1 A.M. R. C. Sturmey, R.A.F.) good very fine (3) £60-80

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1914 STAR (6107 Pte. A. C. Higgins, 2/Wilts. R.); 1914-15 STAR (3) (22642 Pte. W. J. Buckey, R.W. Fus.; 10343 Pte. J. Marden, Welsh R.; 16718 Pte. P. H. Bibley, S. Wales Bord.) very fine and better (4) £70-90

400

With ‘Hood’ cap badge.

1914 STAR (C2/171 A. Marshall, A.B. R.N.V.R. Hood Bttn. R.N.D.) good very fine (2) £90-120401

1914 STAR (2) (7322 Cpl. G. Kennaway, 2/R. Scots.; 7397 L. Cpl. R. T. Cowan, 8/R. Scots.) good very fine (2) £80-100402

1914-15 STAR (6) (15560 Sjt. E. Burke, Worc. R.; 4386 Sjt. J. Wood, Sea. Highrs.; S-1622 L. Cpl., J. W. Varty, Sea. Highrs.; No.3467 Sepoy Maghar Singh, 45 R. Sikhs; No. 3240 Resvt. Thakar Singh, 45 R. Sikhs.) medal to ‘Wood’ with rank re-impressed; another, erased naming, very fine (6) £60-80

403

91214 Private Edward Ryan, R.E. entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 November 1915. Later discharged to Class ‘Z’ Reserve.

10185 Private John Ryan, 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 26 January 1915. His period of engagement terminated on 19 January 1916.

208173 Able Seaman James John Ryan, R.N. was killed in action when serving on H.M.S. Monmouth at the battle of Coronel, 1 November 1914.

2726 Private Patrick Ryan 1st Dragoons entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 8 October 1914. Entitled to a 1914 Star with clasp and Victory Medal. All army medals with copied m.i.c.

1914-15 STAR (2) (91214 Dvr. E. Ryan, R.E.; 10185 Pte. J. Ryan, R. Fus.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (4) (27431 Sjt. J. Ryan, R.A.; 75987 Pte. J. Ryan, Welsh R.; .08173 J. J. Ryan, A.B. R.N.; D-2726 Sjt. P. Ryan, 1-Dns.) 2nd B.W.M. with edge bruising; 3rd B.W.M. with attempted erasure, nearly very fine and better (6) £100-140

404

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20, bronze issue (20454 Pte. L. Mosewe, S.A.N.L.C.) nearly very fine £40-60405

Ivor Granville Farrar was born on 14 September 1874, the son of the Very Revd. Frederic Farrar, Dean of Canterbury. He was educatedat Westminster School, 1887-91, and graduated with a B.A. from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1895 and gained an M.A. in 1899. He trained for the Clergy at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, 1896 and was ordained a Deacon at London for Canterbury in 1897 and ordained a Priest at Dover in 1899. He was appointed Curate of Walmer, Kent, 1897-1900 and St, Michael, Chester Square, 1900-03. Farrar was appointed to his first parish as Vicar of St. George, Millom with St. Luke, Haverigg, 1903-08; after which he was Perpetual Curate of Grange-over-Sands, 1908-16, then Curate of St. John, Fitzroy Square, London, 1923-27. During the war he served as Chaplain to the Y.M.C.A., entering the Italy theatre of war on 8 December 1916. He retired to Plas Hen, Dolgelley, Wales, and died on 28 June 1944. With copied research.

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Rev. I. G. Farrar) nearly extremely fine £60-80406

Wilfred Howard Cormack was born in Blackburn in 1887. He graduated from the University of Manchester with a B.A. in 1909 and gained an M.A. in 1910. He studied for the clergy at Whycliffe Hall, Oxford during 1910 and was ordained a Deacon in 1912 and a Priest, at Ripon, in 1913. His first appointment was as Curate of Holy Trinity, Ripon, 1912-15, then Curate of Thornthwaite with Braithwaite, Cumbria, 1916-19. During the war he served with the Church Army in Egypt and Palestine, 1917-18. He served as Curateof Christ Church Cockermouth, 1919-21, after which he was appointed Perpetual Curate of Mallerstang, 1921-24 and Mungrisdale, 1924-31. He was appointed Vicar of Bampton, 1931-49 (with Mardale from 1935). As such he led the last service to be held at the small church of the Holy Trinity at Mardale Green on 18 August 1935 - before it and the small village was ‘drowned’ when Haweswater lake was raised to form the expanded reservoir later in the year. He was Vicar of Leck, Diocese of Blackburn, from 1949.

With copied research, including m.i.c. which shows entry into Egypt with the Church Army in July 1917.

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (W. H. Cormack) good very fine £60-80407

Alfred Hart was born in Hull on 27 August 1862. Appointed an Assistant Engineer on 1 July 1883. Promoted to Engineer when at Pembroke in September 1888; Chief Engineer in January 1896 when on Hibernia; Staff Engineer in August 1898 when at Pembroke; Engineer Lieutenant in July 1900 when on Vindictive and Engineer Commander in June 1903 when at Pembroke. He retired as an Engineer Captain in March 1913. Served as Engineer Overseer, President, September 1914-September 1919. Captain Hart, R.N. died on 21 November 1933. With copied service papers and other research.

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Eng. Capt. A. Hart, R.N.) nearly extremely fine £40-60408

Walter Ashwell was born in Purfleet, Essex on 22 February 1892. An Engine and Crane Driver by occupation, he enlisted into the RoyalNaval Air Service on 26 October 1915. He served at President II, October 1915-January 1917, rated as an Air Mechanic 1st Class and ‘Driver’ and was then based at Howden, from January 1917 and serving as a Crewman of the airship C20, August 1916-September 1917; his trade classification was given as ‘Hydrogen Worker’ from December 1918. Ashwell served at Purfleet from March 1919 andwas deemed to have transferred to the R.A.F. Reserve on 30 April 1920.

The C20 was a coastal class airship, built at Kingsnorth. After trials during September 1916 it was posted to East Fortune, Scotland andmade the first experimental airship flight with the Battlecruiser Squadron on 30 September 1916. Exercised with the Grand Fleet, 16 September 1917. Made a forced landing at sea and was rammed by H.M.S. Criana and then sunk by gunfire, 22 December 1917.

With copied service papers and copied copied pictures and research re. the C20.

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (F.8846 N. Ashwell, A.M.1, R.N.A.S.) extremely fine £30-50409

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BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (2), bronze issue (95 Bearer Banarsi Das, A.B.C.; 20402 Pte. D. Sopi, S.A.N.L.C) good fine and better (2) £100-140

410

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (6) (72798 Pte. J. Preece, R.W. Fus.; 24127 Pte. W. Scott, R.W. Fus.; 1-16748 Pte. W. Bow,S. Wales Bord.; 6-17067 Cpl. F. W. Mainstone, S. Wales Bord.; 36117 Pte. W. E. Hobbs, Welsh R.; 17604 C. Sjt. P. G. Jenkins, Welsh R.) good very fine (6) £120-150

411

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Payr. Lt. W. H. Jeffares, R.N.R.) extremely fine; CRIMEA 1854-56, no clasp, disc only, brooch-mounted on reverse, this very fine (2) £70-90

412

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (41 Sjt. J. Holmes, Rif. Brig.); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (S-Sgt. J. J. Holmes, S. & T.C.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (203328 A. Sjt. J. J. Holmes, S. & T. Corps) contact marks,some edge bruising; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (22523410 Sgt. J. J. Holmes, R.E.M.E.) surname and part of unit renamed on last, nearly very fine and better (4) £60-80

413

Private William Donald, 42nd Battalion Canadian Infantry, died of wounds on 14 April 1917, aged 21 years. He was buried in the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (6) (193286 Pte. W. Donald, 42-Can. Inf.; 120866 Pte. C. Wright, 14-Can. Inf.; 183559 Pnr.J. E. H. Gregson, R.E.; 3684 Gnr. R. Kidd, R.A.; J.71785 W. T. Packman, A.B., R.N.; SS.100852 H. V. Royall, Sto.1, R.N.) very fine and better (6) £140-180

414

Reginald George Talbot was born in Barnsbury, N.W. London and enlisted at St. Pancras. Serving as a Driver with 16th Divisional Ammunition Column, he was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 11 September 1916, aged 18 years. He was buried in Carnoy Military Cemetery. He was the son of William George Talbot of 33 Lancaster Mews, Lancaster Gate, London.

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (6) (L-32888 Dvr. R. G. Talbot, R.A.; S-18531 Pte. A. Webster, R. Highrs.; 5966 Pte. W. McKay, Camerons; 10174 Sjt. W. Blake, R.D. Fus.; 355790 Pte. J. H. King, H.L.I.); another, erased naming, very fine and better (6) £140-180

415

3780 Private Joseph Ryan, Royal Irish Regiment, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 31 August 1914. Entitled to a 1914 Starand Victory Medal. Listed as a Prisoner-of-war on his copied m.i.c.

Thomas Ryan was born and lived in Athy, Co. Kildare and enlisted at Birmingham. As 9355 Rifleman in the 7th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, he was killed in action, France/Flanders on 16 August 1917.

Private Joseph Ryan, Royal Munster Fusiliers, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 17 December 1915. All with copied m.i.c.

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (3) (16567 Pte. D. Ryan, R. Ir. Fus.; 3780 Pte. J. Ryan, R. Ir. Regt.; 9355 Pte. T. Ryan, R. Ir.Rif.); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (2) (1460 Pte. J. Ryan, R. Mun. Fus.; 30532 Sjt. M. H. Ryan, R.D. Fus.) second with edge bruising, very fine and better (5) £80-100

416

Donald Devlin Ryan was born in Stormont, Wales on 11 February 1896. He enlisted at Morrisbury on 9 March 1916.

26181 Rifleman Thomas Francis Ryan, 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, died on 1 September 1918. He was buried in the Bancourt British Cemetery.

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (3) (633720 A. Sjt. D. D. Ryan, C.R.T.; 26181 Rflm. T. F. Ryan, N.Z.E.F.; 54779 Rflm. H. M.Ryan, N.Z.E.F.); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (R. J. Ryan 53262) good very fine (4) £70-90

417

Medals to Mons. Gaston Lafontaine and Joseph G. Parmentier each with copied m.i.c. - listing both as ‘Belgian Agents’.

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (G. Lafontaine; J. G. Parmentier) nearly extremely fine (2) £80-100418

Reginald Cecil Wingate was appointed a Temporary Lieutenant on 22 August 1916. He was granted leave to Canada, September - November 1916 and was retained in Canada for service on 11 December 1916. His m.i.c. suggests that he did serve in France. He washospitalised at St. Lukes Hospital, Ottawa, November-December 1917. His address on his papers was given as ‘507 King Edward Ave.,Ottawa’. With copied research.

Murray Harding was born in Toronto on 20 May 1893. A Tile Setter by occupation, he attested for the 116th Battalion at Uxbridge on 17 December 1915. He sailed for England on the S.S. Olympic on 31 July 1916 and was taken on to the strength of the 2nd Battalion inFrance on 11 September 1916. Within three months of enlisting he was found to have deformed feet and defective hearing - yet was deemed fit enough to serve overseas! He was eventually transferred to England and then embarked for Canada from Liverpool on 18 October 1917. He was discharged as unfit for service on 26 January 1918. He died in St. Thomas, Ontario on 10 September 1964. With copied service papers.

Howard Johnston was born in Rhode Island, U.S.A. on 28 June 1893. At the time of his enlistment he was living in Alton, Ontario. He attested for the 126th Battalion in Toronto on 3 December 1915. With copied attestation paper.

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (3) (Capt. R. C. Wingate; 745087 Pte. M. W. Harding, 2-Can. Inf.; 77532 Pte. H. Johnston, 20-Can. Inf.) very fine and better (3) £70-90

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17439 Gunner Edward Ryan, 1/S.B. R.G.A. entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 17 September 1914. Was later discharged. Entitled to the 1914 Star; British War Medal and Silver War Badge.

22715 Private Richard Ryan, Yorkshire Light Infantry entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 5 May 1915. He died of wounds on21 March 1916 and was buried in the Stranton Cemetery, Hartlepool.

Thomas Ryan was born and enlisted at Warrington, Lancashire. Serving as Z/2532 Private in the 11th Battalion Rifle Brigade, he was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 3 September 1916. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

7195 Private William Ryan, 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 22 August 1914. Entitled to 1914 Star with clasp and British War Medal. All with copied m.i.c.

VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (7) (17439 Gnr. E. Ryan, R.A.; 184914 Pte. F. W. Ryan, A.S.C.; 695401 Dvr. J. Ryan, R.A.; 38915 Pte. R. Ryan, Sco. Rif.; 22715 Pte. R. Ryan, Yorks. L.I.; Z-2532 Pte. T. Ryan, Rif. Brig.; 7195 Pte. W. Ryan, E. Lan. R.) 5th medal with edge bruising, fine and better (7) £80-100

420

Private Thomas Alexander McGuirk, 3rd Battalion Australian Infantry, was wounded when serving in Gallipoli; he died of his wounds at sea on 28 April 1915, aged 20 years. His name is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial.

VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (5) (242992 Pte. S. Atherton, R. Wa. R.; 2209 Sowar Tikka Khan, 13 Lcrs.; 126 Spr. Fateh Mohd., 3 S. & M.; 911 Pte. T. A. McGuirk, 3 Bn. A.I.F.; 10/570 Pte. A. Millard, N.Z.E.F.); BILINGUAL VICTORY 1914-19 (Pte. C. T. Trehair, S.A.M.C.) ‘McGuirk’ and ‘Trehair’ officially corrected, some with edge bruising, very fine (6) £60-80

421

Frederick Garnham was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire on 10 July 1875. A Machinist by occupation, living in Prescott, Ontario, he attested for the 156th Battalion on 12 February 1916. He served with the 2nd Battalion in France, February 1917-December 1918. Hewas discharged in Ottawa on 21 February 1919 and died on 1 June 1925. With some copied research.

Edwin Gilbert was born in Cornwall, England on 22 April 1897. A Machinist by occupation, living in Detroit, Michigan, he attested forthe Canadian Machine Gun Brigade in London, Ontario on 6 February 1918. With copy attestation paper.

Robert Alton Leach was born in Meath, Ontario on 17 December 1893. A Farmer by occupation, he attested for the Canadian MachineGun Brigade at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 11 June 1917. With copied attestation paper.

VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (3) (639582 A. Cpl. F. Garnham, 2-Can. Inf.; 2356242 Pte. E. Gilbert, C.M.G. Bde.; 2418314 Pte. R. A. Leach, C.M.G. Bde.) very fine and better (3) £40-60

422

TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-19 (326 Gnr. H. Barnard, R.A.) good very fine £80-100423

TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-19 (657 Pte. A. H. Rowse, A. Cyc. Corps) good very fine £80-100424

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (K.5282 S. Bradbury, Act. Ldg. Sto., H.M.S. Proserpine) pitted, some edge bruising, nearly very fine £70-90

425

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (173479 W. Pearce, Ch. Arm., H.M.S. Fox) minor contact marks, good very fine £100-140

426

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (P/JX.633793 A. R. Sims, A.B., R.N.) good very fine £160-200427

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (C/SSX.841059 I. S. Bruce, A.B., R.N.) slight contact marks, very fine £80-100

428

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (C/SS.849303 R. G. Pope, A.B., R.N.) corrections to service number and initials, in card box, good very fine £70-90

429

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (C/SMX 796156 P. C. Nash, Ldg. St. Asst. R.N.) light marks to obverse, good very fine £600-700

430

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (D/J.930631 T. Cuthbert, Ord. Tel., R.N.) slight edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £120-160

431

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (D/K.964098 F. McShane, M.(E).2, R.N.) slight contact marks, very fine £70-90

432

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NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Bomb & Mine Clearance 1945-53 (RM.9625 D. Blythe, Mne., R.M.) edge bruising, nearly very fine, scarce £600-800

433

Clasps not confirmed.

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 3 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Arabian Peninsula, Brunei (CH/X.4272 J. D. Martin, Mne., R.M.) second and third clasps loose on ribbon, good very fine £200-300

434

With copied m.i.c. showing entitlement to the above and British War and Victory Medals.

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (A-2910 Sjt. F. N. Lane, R.A.O.C.) good very fine, scarce £120-160435

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62 (2), 1 clasp, S. Persia (230 Sowar Relu, Burma M. Rif.); another, 1 clasp, N.W. Persia (1064 Dvr. Fateh Mohd., R.A.) first with contact marks; second less so, very fine and better (2) £60-80

436

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62 (4), 1 clasp, S. Persia (373 Dvr. Wali Dad, R.A.; 1248 Sepoy Barkat, 71 Punjabis) second with attempted erasure of unit; another, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (586 Sepoy Santa Singh, 1-11.Sikh R.); another, 1 clasp, Iraq (2252 Rfmn. Gheeba Khan, 3-153-Rifles) some with contact marks, fine and better (4) £120-160

437

Norman Frank Brittan was born at Stamford Hill, London in December 1887 and was educated at King’s Middle School, Warwick. Having then onetime served as a Gunner in the 1st City of London R.G.A. (Volunteer Force), and for just a day or two in the 2/28th London Regiment (The Artists Rifles) in December 1915 - when he was quickly placed on the Army Reserve - he was mobilized in early1917. Accepted for admission to No. 21 Officer Cadet Battalion in the Artists Rifles in June of the same year, he was commissioned intothe 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment that September, but did not go overseas until November 1918, when he was embarked for Indiawith the 1/9th Middlesex - he was consequently not entitled to the British War & Victory Medals (his m.i.c. entry refers).

In May 1919, with advent of hostilities against the Kurdish chief Sheik Mahmoud, Brittan was attached to the 1/5th East Surreys, and was duly employed on active service in the Kirkuk theatre of operations, where he was wounded by a gunshot in the left foot on 16 June 1919. Initially admitted to a military hospital in Baghdad, he finally rejoined the East Surreys as a newly promoted Lieutenant in September of the same year, but shortly afterwards was struck off the strength of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force and embarkedfor England. With copied m.i.c. and service papers.

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (Lieut. N. F. Brittan) officially re-impressed naming, very fine £150-200438

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62 (2), 1 clasp, Kurdistan (3235728 Pte. E. Drain, Cameronians) good very fine £80-100439

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (333813 A.C.2 A. A. Isaacson, R.A.F.) very fine £140-180440

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (36556 Gnr. C. Tiernen, R.A.) very fine £60-80441

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62 (2), 1 clasp, Palestine (519633 A.C.1 A. Attridge, R.A.F.); another, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (4010060 L.A.C. A. D. E. King, R.A.F.) extremely fine (2) £90-120

442

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (4745216 Pte. T. Brady, Y. & L. R.) very fine £50-70443

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62 (2), 1 clasp, Palestine (2819195 Pte. J. MacFarlane, Seaforth; 2928662 Pte. J. Mitchell, Cameronians) minor edge bruising, very fine (2) £100-140

444

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62 (3), 1 clasp, Palestine (113 B. Const. W. Atkinson, Pal. Police); another, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14975412 Pte. C. Bentley, Foresters); another, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (1274370 Act. Cpl. A. S. Chapman, R.A.F.) very fine and better (3) £120-160

445

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (752182 Sgt. W. E. Smith, R.A.F.) extremely fine £60-80446

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62 (2), 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (103181 Spr. Sohan Singh, Bengal Engr. Gp., R.I.E.); another, 2 clasps, Iraq, N.W. Persia (6932 Spr. Munisami, Madras S. & M.) very fine and better (2) £80-100

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GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62 (3), 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46, all unnamed, minor edge bruising, some contact marks, very fine(3) £80-100

448

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14809265 Rfn. E. F. Upshall, R.U.R.) good very fine £50-70449

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (2740498 L/Sjt. D. C. Evans, W.G.) minor edge bruising and contactmarks, very fine £60-80

450

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (CY/23740 Pte. M. Sabri, Cyprus R.) surname crudely re-impressedover the original lettering, good very fine £80-100

451

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62 (2), 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (6343862 Tpr. A. J. Hiseman, 12/L.); another, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (22819759 Tpr. P. Cooper, 12.L.) good very fine (2) £100-120

452

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62 (2), 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14126833 Pte. E. Wood, D.W.R.); another, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (22522042 Sigmn. D. Meakins, R. Sigs.) good very fine (2) £80-100

453

Wheat enlisted in November 1944 and served in the Army Air Corps from December of that year until March 1948.

Sold with the recipient’s Record of Service card, issued at the Infantry and A.A.C. Record Office on 10 January 1948, and his later Parachute Regimental Association Membership card, with portrait photograph, in red plastic wallet with two original photographs of Palestine campaign period.

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14874244 Pte. F. L. Wheat, A.A.C.), in its named card box of issue, an official later issue, extremely fine £80-100

454

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (21009025 Gdsm. P. Irwin. I.G.) contact marks, otherwise very fine £60-80

455

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (425105 Sgt. I. I. E. Adkin, W.R.A.F.) nearly extremely fine £60-80456

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62 (2), 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (22798224 Pte. M. A. Davison, R. Hamps.; PK745758 Sgt. Chai Swee, Malaya HG.) virtually extremely fine (2) £70-90

457

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (23410531 Pte. P. Case, Loyals) nearly extremely fine £40-60458

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62 (2), 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (23564644 Pte. J. E. Ryan, RAOC); another, 2 clasps, Near East, Cyprus (23279998 Spr. P. Leonard, R.E.) good very fine and better (2) £120-160

459

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62 (3), 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (4070521 L.A.C. M. F. Collins, R.A.F.); another, 1 clasp, Cyprus (4235568 L.A.C. R. Frater, R.A.F.) official correction to surname; another, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (1930408 S.A.C. Kyaw-Zayya, R.A.F.) good very fine (3) £90-120

460

Adrian Charles Proctor Fisher was born in 1924. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin and gained a B.A. in 1948 and M.A. in 1962. Attended T.C.D. Divinity School in 1947.

He was ordained a Deacon in 1949 and Priest in 1950. Appointed Curate firstly of Carlow with Urglin and Stapleton and then of Cashel and Ossory. Fisher was appointed Priest-in-Charge of North Stoke with Mangewell and Ipsden, Oxfordshire, 1970-83 and served as Vicar of the Parishes during 1983-92. During the period 1973-80 he was Chaplain of the Oratory Preparatory School. Rev. Fisher retired in 1992.

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (The Rev. A. C. P. Fisher, C.F.4, R.A.Ch.D.) contact marks, nearly very fine£140-180

461

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62 (2), 1 clasp, Cyprus (22262259 Sgt. R. McBride, R.A.); another, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (1051 Pte. Nasira Ali, T.O.S.) very fine and better (2) £70-90

462

War Department Auxiliary Police.

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (14959 Const. Hasan Elmaz, W.D.A.P.) good very fine £40-60463

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (E. M. Ross.) attempted erasure of name, otherwise nearly extremely fine£60-80

464

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (23444262 Pte. D. Udall, Devon Dorset.) very fine £50-70465

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With a copied photograph of the recipient.

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (23548494 Pte. R. Trainner, A. & S.H.) edge bruise, otherwise good very fine£50-70

466

Ian Primrose Liston-Foulis was born on 9 August 1937, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel James Alistair Liston-Foulis, Royal Artillery - whowas killed on active service in 1942. He was educated at Stonyhurst College; Cannington Farm Institute and in Madrid. As a National Serviceman, 1957-59, he served with the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in Cyprus, 1958. In 1961 he succeeded his cousin, Sir Archibald Charles Liston-Foulis as the 13th Baronet Liston-Foulis of Colinton, Edinburgh. Employed as a Language Teacher at Madrid, since 1966.

With a signed letter from Sir Ian Liston-Foulis together with copied research.

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (23367276 Pte. I. Liston-Foulis, A. & S.H.) nearly extremely fine £100-140467

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (23486650 Fus. G. J. Brighouse, L.F.) edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £50-70

468

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (22887566 Cpl. G. H. Smith, D.W.R.) surname officially corrected, good very fine £40-60

469

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (23341289 Pte. E. J. Jones, Wilts.) good very fine £50-70470

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Near East (23272071 Pte. M. D. Orton, R.P.C.) good very fine £50-70471

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (2760113 S.A.C. J. F. Groves, R.A.F.) extremely fine £40-60472

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Brunei (23742083 Gnr. M. O. Humphries, RA.) nearly extremely fine £100-140473

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 2 clasps, Cyprus, Near East (23324126 Pte. T. Sharpe. R.W.K.) good very fine £80-100474

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, G.VI.R., 2 clasps, Malaya, Cyprus (T/22234514 Dvr. J. W. Hyde, R.A.S.C.) good very fine£70-90

475

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, G.VI.R., 2 clasps, Malaya, Cyprus (14473457 Pte. G. Simpson, Seaforth) nearly extremely fine £80-100

476

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 3 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, Cyprus (2261703 A.C.2 E. C. Hawkins, R.A.F.) extremely fine £120-160

477

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (511239 L.A.C. L. I. Hoare, R.A.F.) contact marks, nearly very fine £60-80

478

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1936-39, (3) 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (40696 Spr. Jogindar Singh, R. Bombay S. & M.);another, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (7467 Sep. Musraf Khan, Tochi Scouts; 4956 L-Nk. Partap Sing Negi, 1-18 R. Garh. Rif.) last with re-impressed service number, very fine and better (3) £70-90

479

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (562 Spr. Gulab Khan, S. & M.) some details erased; INDIA SERVICE MEDAL 1939-45, unnamed; AFRICA SERVICE MEDAL 1939-45 (2) (53476 A. D. Smith; 158669 H. C. Lombard) second with edge bruise; SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL FOR WAR SERVICE 1939-45, unnamed; JUBILEE 1935 (C.S.M. H. M. Biaikie); CORONATION 1937, unnamed, very fine and better (7) £80-100

480

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With a W.W.2 medal card forwarding box addressed to ‘Mr W. W. Fisher, 58 Fromond Road, Winchester, Hants.’

1939-45 STAR (2); ATLANTIC STAR (2); PACIFIC STAR; BURMA STAR; ITALY STAR (2); FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45 (2)unnamed, all with ribbon, very fine and better (11) £40-60

481

1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR (5) - four with clasps; BURMA STAR (2) - one with Pacific clasp; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR (3) - onewith Atlantic clasp; DEFENCE MEDAL (2) - one in silver; WAR MEDAL 1939-45; CANADIAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL (3) - one withoverseas clasp; NEW ZEALAND WAR SERVICE MEDAL (2) generally good very fine (19) £120-160

482

1939-45 STAR (2); ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR (2); PACIFIC STAR; BURMA STAR; ITALY STAR (2); FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE MEDAL (3) one with edge bruising; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, all unnamed

A mounted group of six: 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; ITALY STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, all unnamed, very fine and better (20) £80-100

483

1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR; PACIFIC STAR; BURMA STAR; ITALY STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf; INDIA SERVICE MEDAL, all unnamed, together with seven copy clasps, good very fine (10) £60-80

484

1939-45 STAR (5); BURMA STAR (7); FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR (2); DEFENCE MEDAL (1); WAR MEDAL 1939-45 (6) all unnamed, with ribbon, generally good very fine (21) £60-80

485

1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR, copy clasp, France and Germany; AFRICA STAR, 2 clasps, 8th Army, 1st Army; PACIFIC STAR; BURMA STAR; ITALY STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE MEDAL; WAR MEDAL 1939-45; together with a copy Air Crew Europe Star, all unnamed, very fine and better (10) £60-80

486

ATLANTIC STAR (3); PACIFIC STAR,;with clasps ‘Burma’, ‘Air Crew Europe ‘ and ‘France and Germany’, very fine and better (4) £70-90

487

AIR CREW EUROPE STAR, together with a loose ‘Atlantic’ clasp, good very fine £140-180488

AIR CREW EUROPE STAR, with copy clasp, France and Germany, good very fine £120-160489

DEFENCE MEDAL, Canadian issue in silver; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; CANADIAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL (3) - one with clasp; AUSTRALIA SERVICE MEDAL (428280 I. R. Rankin); NEW ZEALAND WAR SERVICE MEDAL (2); AFRICA SERVICE MEDAL (2) (548569 J. G. Whitehead; 115913 J. R. Smith) second renamed; SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL FOR WAR SERVICE; INDIA SERVICE MEDAL; together with two copy stars, originals very fine and better (14) £120-160

490

KOREA 1950-53, 1st issue (14468586 Sgt. P. A. J. Jenkin, R.M.P.) nearly extremely fine £100-140491

KOREA 1950-53, 2nd issue (7263061 Cpl. J. Broadbent, R.A.M.C.) extremely fine £80-100492

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Borneo (21151795 Rfn. Lal Bahadur Thapa, 1/2 GR.) slight contact marks, about very fine £40-60

493

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Borneo (24032365 Gnr. R. J. H. Howland, RA.) good very fine £40-60494

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Radfan (068193 J. H. Roberts, Ord. Sea. R.N.) nearly extremely fine £100-140495

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Radfan (A5049551 S.A.C. C. B. Normington, R.A.F.) good very fine £80-100496

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Radfan (F.963554 R. Jones, N.A.M.1., R.N.) nearly extremely fine £80-100497

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, South Arabia (080354 D. F. Hider, M.(E).1., R.N.) mounted as worn, good very fine£70-90

498

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, South Arabia (V4283538 SAC. G. O’Neill, R.A.F.) some contact marks, very fine £40-60499

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, South Arabia (J.905407 F. A. Davis, Ldg. Sea., R.N.) official correction to service number, good very fine £40-60

500

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, South Arabia (24281268 Pte. E. W. Thomas, Para), good very fine £140-180501

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GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (069176 D. Whalley, M.(E).1, R.N.) extremely fine £40-60502

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (D121985K M. J. Norfolk, Std RN) extremely fine £50-70503

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24482799 Pte. S. W. Burcombe, UDR) with faint ‘jeweller’s’ mark on edge, good very fine £50-70

504

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24164550 Gdsm. C. R. Flohr, Coldm. Gds.) good very fine £50-70505

Medal in named card box of issue - which is additionally inscribed, ‘HMS Rame Head Londonderry 1975’. H.M.S. Rame Head was anaccommodation ship that was based at Londonderry, 1973-76.

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (D126947V W. A. Edginton, MEM1, RN) extremely fine £50-70506

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24171664 Rfn. B. J. Walker, RGJ.) slight edge bruising, very fine £50-70507

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24140725 L/Cpl. T. Small, KOSB) good very fine £50-70508

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24104631 Pte. A. J. Doyle, RAMC) good very fine £40-60509

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24177103 Pte. A. Anger, DERR.) nearly extremely fine £50-70510

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24076102 Gdsm. P. Jones, WG.) slight edge bruise, good very fine£50-70

511

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (P030992G W. S. Hepburn, Mne RM) nearly extremely fine £50-70512

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Dhofar (SAC J A Noble, (L8086610) RAF) extremely fine £140-180513

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Dhofar (068688 A. J. Gardner, M(E).2., R.N.) nearly extremely fine £120-160514

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Gulf (MEM(M)1 L French, D198238Y RN)in damaged named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine £180-220

515

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Gulf (S(EW) M E J Snell D212368J RN) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine £180-220516

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 2 clasps, Borneo, South Arabia (O53569 H. B. D. Warner, A.B., R.N.) 2nd clasp loose, mounted asworn, nearly extremely fine £60-80

517

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GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 2 clasps, Radfan, South Arabia (4275850 LAC A. M. G. Solly, R.A.F.) slight edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £100-140

518

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 2 clasps, Radfan, South Arabia (R.0586948 Ch. Tech. D. J. Upstone, R.A.F.) unofficial connectionbetween clasps good very fine £90-120

519

Anthony Paul Davies was born on 20 May 1959. He enlisted into the Army at Pembroke Dock on 1 April 1981. Serving with the Queen’s Dragoon Guards/Royal Armoured Corps, he served in Northern Ireland, September 1981-November 1982; Cyprus, August 1983; Lebanon, August-December 1983; B.A.O.R., September-October 1984 and September-October 1986. After serving in the regularforces for over six years, he was transferred to the Army Reserve, having given notice, on 1 April 1987. The above medal was his only award. A total of 18 officers and 111 other ranks of the Queen’s Dragoon Guards were present at Lebanon. With copied Certificate of Service; Certificate of Transfer to Regular Reserve and Certificate of Qualifications; together with three photographs of the recipient in uniform.

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 2 clasps, Northern Ireland, Lebanon (24603518 Tpr A P Davies QDG) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine £650-750

520

GENERAL SERVICE 1962 (2), 3 clasps, Radfan, South Arabia, Northern Ireland (23984791 Pte. D. H. Ling. 1 E. Anglian); 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24104631 Pte. A. Doyle R. Anglian) good very fine (2) £120-140

521

Acting out her unenvious role as “carrier goalkeeper” throughout the War, the type 22 frigate H.M.S. Broadsword, commanded by Captain W. R. Canning, D.S.O., R.N., witnessed a considerable amount of action. She was operating alongside the Coventry at the timeof her demise and assisted in the rescue operation although herself under heavy fire - an enemy bomb passed through her side and thence out of the Flight Deck, demolishing a helicopter on the way but luckily failing to detonate. She had earlier sustained 14 casualties when hit by cannon fire from a Dagger fighter-bomber on the first day of the amphibious landings.

SOUTH ATLANTIC 1982, with rosette (ALRO(T) T C Newell, D1662778 HMS Broadsword) extremely fine £550-650522

In company with H.M.S. Invincible, the 28,000-ton aircraft carrier Hermes, commanded by Captain L. E. Middleton, D.S.O., shared in the provision of almost all the air power of the campaign, her operational capacity amounting to 15 Sea Harriers and six Harrier GR3’s,in addition to assorted helicopter types. She was the flagship of Rear-Admiral “Sandy” Woodward.

SOUTH ATLANTIC 1982, with rosette (RO2(G) R. Marshall D182704L HMS Hermes) in damaged named card box of issue, extremely fine £550-650

523

825 Squadron Fleet Air Arm embarked for the Falklands on the S.S. Atlantic Causeway with eight Sea King helicopters on 12 May and on the S.S. Queen Elizabeth with another two Sea Kings on 13 May 1982. It operated mainly from Port San Carlos and nearby forwardbases until it re-embarked for the U.K., returning towards the end of July, where it disbanded at RNAS Culdrose on 17 September 1982.

SOUTH ATLANTIC 1982, with rosette (AEM(M)1 J G R A Miscandlon D180685J 825 SQDN) in its named card box of issue, good very fine £400-500

524

GULF 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (Mr T. B. Jones, BAE) extremely fine £140-180525

GULF 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (ALS(MW) G. J. Smith D189168G RN) in named card box of issue, extremely fine £160-200

526

Ronald Michael James Forster was born on 16 April 1952. He enlisted into the R.A.F. on 9 November 1970 and was discharged, havingcompleted his period of service, on 9 November 1992. With copied R.A.F. Certificate of Discharge/Transfer to Reserve.

GULF 1990-91, no clasp (Cpl R M J Forster (F8089721) RAF) in named card box of issue, extremely fine £120-160527

IRAQ 2003, 1 clasp, 19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003 (Sgt. N. Dixon (08412282) R.A.F.), nearly extremely fine and scarce£250-300

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SINGLE ORDERS AND DECORATIONS

From the sale of ‘Orders bestowed upon the last three Khedives of Egypt’, Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd, 30 April 1991 (Lot 139), when it was stated that this chain is ‘among those listed in the Central Chancery as not returnable on the death of the recipient’.

Royal Victorian Chain London Gazette 16 June 1905: ‘The King has been pleased to confer on His Highness The Khedive of Egypt the “Royal Victorian Chain.”

His Highness Khedive Abbas Hilmi II of Egypt, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O. (1874-1944), was appointed to the Royal Victorian Chain by King Edward VII at Windsor Castle on 15 June 1905. Upon his being deposed by the British in 1914 for plotting against British rule,he was deemed to have ceased to hold the honour, one of eleven such ‘removals’ from the order on grounds of enemy nationality.

The Royal Victorian Chain, quite separate form the Royal Victorian Order which has its own very different collar chain, was introducedby King Edward VII in 1902 as a special mark of the Sovereign’s favour on Royalty and other especially distinguished personages, bothBritish and foreign. In its entire history there have been fewer than 120 recipients of this rare honour, most recently bestowed in 2007 upon Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. From 1921, in order to more easily distinguish the pendantbadge from that of a C.V.O., the cypher and Crown in the centre of the badge have been picked out in rose diamonds. Being in most cases strictly returnable to the Central Chancery upon death, the insignia of the Royal Victorian Chain is excessively rare on the market,this being one of only two examples believed to be available to collectors.

The extremely rare insignia of the Royal Victorian Chain bestowed upon Abbas Hilmi II, the last Khedive of Egypt andSudan

THE ROYAL VICTORIAN CHAIN, 1st type (1902-21) Gentleman’s Collar with pendant Badge, the silver-gilt Collar, overall length approximately 59cm, consisting of three Tudor roses, two thistles, two shamrocks and two lotus flowers, representing the heraldic flowers of England, Scotland, Ireland and India respectively, linked together with a double trace of oval link chain to the central royal cypher of Edward VII, enamelled in red, within a wreath, surmounted by theImperial Crown, enamelled in its proper colours, the reverse officially numbered ‘24’, with integral pendant Badge, 56mm, silver-gilt and enamels, contained in a purpose-made fitted case, extremely fine and one of the very rarest piecesof British insignia £12000-15000

529

THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge conversion from a breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, good very fine £400-500

530

THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s neck badge conversion from a breast badge, silver-gilt,hallmarks for London 1914, good very fine £150-200

531

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THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE, K.C.M.G. Knight Commander’s set of insignia, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel with gold centres; breast star, silver, gold appliqué and enamel, with gold pin, in Garrard, Londoncase of issue, badge with some damage to several white enamel rays, very fine and better (2) £800-1000

532

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard, London case of issue, extremely fine £200-250

533

Together with an empty C.B.E. 1st type civil case.

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (2), O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1917; another, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1932, this in a ‘Civil’ case, good very fine (2) £120-160

534

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London1917, reverse inscribed, ‘J.H.K.W. 6.3.18’, in damaged Garrard, London case of issue, good very fine £50-70

535

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with brooch bar, nearly extremely fine £800-900536

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THE IMPERIAL SERVICE ORDER, E.VII.R., silver, gold and enamel, unnamed, in Elkington, London case of issue, about extremely fine £180-220

537

THE IMPERIAL SERVICE ORDER, G.V.R., silver, gold and enamels, unnamed, in Elkington, London case of issue, some blue enamel lost, very fine £160-200

538

THE IMPERIAL SERVICE ORDER, G.VI.R., silver, gold and enamel, unnamed, hallmarks for Birmingham 1941, in Elkington, London case of issue; with an associated dress miniature medal, extremely fine (2) £180-220

539

THE IMPERIAL SERVICE ORDER, E.II.R., silver, gold and enamel, unnamed, hallmarks for London 1950, in Elkington, London case of issue, with associated miniature dress medal, extremely fine (2) £180-220

540

THE IMPERIAL SERVICE ORDER, E.II.R., silver, gold and enamels, unnamed, hallmarks for Birmingham 1967, nearly extremely fine £140-180

541

THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM (2), Officer’s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver and enamel, in case; together with a miniature dress medal and a lapel badge, extremely fine (3) £40-60

542

ROYAL RED CROSS, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, unnamed, on bow ribbon, in Garrard, London case of issue, extremely fine £90-120

543

ROYAL RED CROSS, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel; ORDER OF ST. JOHN, Serving Brother breast badge, enamelled, modern; IMPERIAL SERVICE BADGE, pin-backed, good very fine (3) £80-100

544

MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., unnamed, nearly extremely fine £380-420545

Award to Wyllie not confirmed.

ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL, G.V.R., silver (88570 A. J. Wyllie, E.R.A.1) mounted as worn, very fine £80-100546

IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL, E.VII.R. (2) (Arthur W. Harrison); another, unnamed, this with enamel damage; G.V.R., 1st issue, star shaped (2) (Richard Atkinson; John A. Thompson) these two in Elkington, London cases of issue, very fine and better (4) £120-180

547

IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL (5), E.VII.R., bronze, silver and enamel, unnamed, some enamel damage; another, G.V.R., 1st issue,star shaped, bronze, silver and enamel (George H. Joliffe) in Elkington, London case of issue; another, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Peter Finlay); another, G.V.R., 3rd issue (Henry Chambers); another, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Harold Sunman)

Pair: P. C. RutledgeBRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-19 (P. C. Rutledge, Service with the Royal Navy); IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL, E.II.R., 1st issue (Percy George Rutledge) this in Royal Mint case of issue, very fine and better (7) £160-200

548

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Medal to ‘Hall’ London Gazette 3 January 1913. ‘Hall, George, Telegraphist, Central Telegraph Office.

Medal to ‘Gray’ with forwarding slip to the recipient as an officer in H.M. Dockyard, Devonport.

Medal to ‘Bull’ with forwarding slip; London Gazette 20 October 1933. ‘Bull, Henry, Office Keeper, Customs and Excise, London.’

Medal to ‘Riley’ London Gazette 25 October 1955. ‘Riley, Cyril Newton, Postman, Leeds.’

Medals to ‘Smith’,‘Hotson’ and ‘Holmes’ with forwarding slips.

IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL (8), E.VII.R., silver, bronze and enamel, unnamed, in Elkington, London case of issue; another, G.V.R., 1st issue, star shaped, silver, bronze and enamel (George Hall) in Elkington, London case of issue; G.V.R., 2nd issue,silver (James John Stephens Gray) in damaged card box of issue; another, G.V.R., 3rd issue (Henry Bull) in case of issue; another, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Alfred Harry Smith) in Royal Mint case of issue; another, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (WilliamGerald Hotston) in Royal Mint case of issue; another, E.II.R., 1st issue (Cyril Newton Riley) in Royal Mint case of issue;another, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Arthur Haxton Holmes) in Royal Mint case of issue, generally extremely fine (8) £120-160

549

IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL (6), G.V.R., 2nd issue (David John Rockingham Smith); G.V.R., 3rd issue (William John Bates); G.VI.R., 1st issue (2) (Helena Mary Chesterman; Gwendoline Alice Smith); E.II.R., 1st issue (Richard Oliver Markham); E.II.R., 2nd issue (Kenneth George Johnson)

Pair: Ordinary Seaman G. Reeves, Royal NavyBRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (J.87726 Ord., R.N.); IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 2nd issue (George Reeves) good very fineand better (8) £80-100

550

KING’S MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM, unnamed, on bow ribbon, in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine£200-240

551

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The Globe and Laurel, 7 December 1913, reports Admiralty approval for the ‘award of the Medal for Meritorious Service, together withthe Annuity of £10 per annum, rendered vacant by the death of Samuel Nosworthy, late Sergeant R.M.L.I., being awarded to Daniel Bowles, late Sergeant-Major (non-commissioned officer) R.M.L.I. Annuity to commence on the 23rd October 1913’. Sergeant-Major Bowles, of Millbrook Place, Tavistock, Devon, died on 26 December 1921. Sold with research.

Pair: Company Sergeant Major Daniel Bowles, Royal Marine Light Infantry

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Danl. Bowles Staff Sergt. 39th Co. R.M.L.I.) engraved naming, fitted with scroll engraved silver suspension brooch; ROYAL MARINE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., Field Marshal’s bust (PLY.3rd Co. Sergt. Major Daniel Bowles, R.M.L.I. 23rd Oct. 1913) first very fine, second extremely fine and scarce (2)

£500-600

552

Five: Colour-Sergeant and Yeoman Warder F. Binskin, late 2nd Dragoon Guards

JUBILEE 1897, bronze; CORONATION 1902, bronze; CORONATION 1911; ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R. (C. Sjt. F. Binskin, St. of the Army); ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse, this last with erased naming, very fine and better (5) £300-350

553

Frederick Binskin enlisted in the 2nd Dragoon Guards in London in July 1865, aged 19 years, and served in the regiment for 21 years, though without witnessing active service. Awarded his L.S. & G.C. while employed on the Staff ofthe Army (Recruiting Service), he was was finally discharged as a Colour-Sergeantin July 1889. In the following year he was appointed a Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London, in which capacity he served throughout the Great War, up until his death in August 1920, aged 74 years. Binskin left several freehold properties in his Will, together with 15 acres of land in Dymchurch, Kent, in addition to paintings of himself as a Dragoon Guardsman and Yeoman Warder; sold with a large file of research, which confirms that his Army Meritorious Service. Medal originally appeared on the market as a single.

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Awarded the M.S.M. by Army Order 145 of 1918.

ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (Q.M. Sjt. G. Kingdon, 2/K.R. Rif. C.) good fine £70-90554

M.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1919.

ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (20359 Sjt: P. Graley, 22/Manch: R.) very fine £80-120555

ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.VI.R., 1st issue, unnamed specimen; GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Borneo, edge inscribed, ‘collectors item’; ARMY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Australia, edge inscribed, ‘collectors item’, extremely fine (3) £60-80

556

NEW ZEALAND MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., crowned and robed bust, unnamed specimen, with ribbon, nearly extremely fine £140-180

557

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Geoe. Emmett, Chf. Boatmn., H.M. Coast Guard, 20 Yrs.) engraved naming, scarce variety with years of service on edge, slight edge bruising, very fine £300-350

558

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Rd Lemon Capt Qr Dk Men HMS Newcastle) engraved naming, very fine £100-120

559

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Henry Symes, P.O.1Cl., H.M.Y. Osborne) impressed naming, very fine £200-250

560

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (John H. Trott, Plumber, H.M.S. Ganges) impressed naming, good very fine £80-100

561

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Robt. Jones, Corpl No. 663 Po. R.M.L.I.) impressed naming, edge bruise, otherwise very fine £70-90

562

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C. (3), V.R., narrow suspension (Thos. Mayo, Chf. Btm., H.M. Coast Guard) impressed naming, official correction to rank; E.VII.R. (L. G. Courtney, Boatman, H.M. Coast Guard); G.V.R., 1st issue (147368 S. S. Boyle,Ldg. Boatn., H.M. Coast Guard) very fine and better (3) £120-150

563

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., (2) E.VII.R. (152788 John Hunter, P.O. 1Cl., H.M.S. Mercury; 159772 Giovanni Psailo, Dom. 2Cl., H.M.S. Vulcan) edge bruising, contact marks, very fine (2) £80-100

564

Launched as a protected cruiser; later converted to a minelayer.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (213665 Albert V. Welsby, A.B., H.M.S. Apollo) good very fine £40-60565

H.M.S. Cæsar was a pre-dreadnought battleship. H.M.S. Resolution was the name of a pre-dreadnought battleship of 1892 and a battleship of 1915.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C. (2), G.V.R., 1st issue (203721 Nicholas Williams, Lg. Sea. H.M.S. Cæsar; 218742 W. H. Robinson, A.B., H.M.S. Resolution) first with contact marks, nearly very fine; second polished and worn (2) £60-80

566

H.M.S. Centurion was a battleship launched in 1911; H.M.S. Dragon was a light cruiser launched in 1917 - she ended her life sunk asa breakwater at Arromanches, July 1944.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C. (2), G.V.R., 1st issue (300614 H. E. E. Brooks, Mechn., H.M.S. Centurion; 194636 Edward Jarmain, P.O. H.M.S. Dragon) contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £70-90

567

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The launching of H.M.S. Dreadnought in 1906 made all other battleships of the world obsolete.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (187542 Percy Whiddett, P.O. 1Cl., H.M.S. Dreadnought) good very fine£40-60

568

H.M.S. Egmont - base ship at Malta.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C. (2), G.V.R., 1st issue (165277 Joseph Briffa, Offrs. Stewd. 2Cl., H.M.S. Egmont; 269661 David Brown, E.R.A. 1Cl., H.M.S. Egmont) second with contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (2)

£70-90

569

H.M.S. Vernon - a training establishment at Portsmouth; H.M.S. Victory - Portsmouth flagship; H.M.S. Vivid - R.N. Barracks, Devonport.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C. (3), G.V.R., 1st issue (200390 George Gosden, P.O., H.M.S. Vernon; 151716 Seth Hayward, Ch.Sto., H.M.S. Victory; 268342 W. R. Soulsby, C.E.R.A. 1Cl., H.M.S. Vivid) good very fine (3) £120-160

570

H.M.S. Victorious was a pre-dreadnought battleship, launched in 1895 and converted to a repair ship in 1915.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (214472 J. E. Dockwray, A.B., H.M.S. Victorious) faint jeweller’s mark on edge, good very fine £40-60

571

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C. (3), G.V.R., 1st issue (223043 Frank Passingham. P.O. Tel. H.M.S. Victory) G.V.R., 2nd issue (309118 J. E. Wright, Ch. Sto. H.M.S. Hercules); G.VI.R., 1st issue (J.98750 D. C. Foreman. A.B. H.M.S. Dolphin); ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (L.1631 J. Donoghue, Sean. 2Cl, R.N.R.) nearly very fine or better (4) £160-180

572

H.M.S. Shrapnel was a shore base at Southampton, 1942-46.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C. (2), G.V.R., 1st issue (209681 Frederick Buckee, P.O., H.M.S. Victory); another, G.VI.R., 1st issue (JX.128213 M. H. McIndoe, P.O., H.M.S. Shrapnel) last with official correction to ship’s name; ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (E.262 G. Flipping, Sean. 1Cl., R.N.R.) official correction to rank, good very fine and better (2)

£80-100

573

H.M.S. Barham, a battleship launched in 1914; attached to the Battlecruiser Squadron at the battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916, and sunk by the U.331 on 25 November 1941.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., (2) G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (218945 A. E. Humphreys, P.O., H.M.S. Barham; 234923 H. W. Titheridge, C.P.O., H.M.S. Barham) contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £70-90

574

H.M.S. Cleopatra, a light cruiser.

Petty Officer Steward Frederick William Fisher, R.N., of H.M.S. Star of India - accommodation ship at Ardrishaig, died on 5 April 1940,aged 53 years. He was buried in the Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (362049 F. W. Fisher, O.S. 1Cl., H.M.S. Cleopatra) some contact marks, very fine £40-60

575

H.M.S. Fisgard - a training ship at Portsmouth.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., (3) G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M.6888 E. C. S. Screech, Ch. Shpt. 2, H.M.S. Fisgard; M.8209 C. Brown, E.A.1, H.M.S. Vernon; K.19119 L. C. King, L. Sto., H.M.S. Victory) edge bruising, contact marks, fine and better (3) £100-140

576

Battleships of the ‘Queen Elizabeth’ Class.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C. (2), G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M.10715 G. H. Knight, Shpt. 1, H.M.S. Malaya; J.11928W. J. Boyd, A.B., H.M.S. Warspite) contact marks, fine (2) £60-80

577

H.M.S. Marlborough - a battleship launched in 1912; broken up in 1932. H.M.S. Rodney - a battleship launched in 1925; involved in the sinking of the Bismarck.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C. (2), G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (24749 W. J. Skilbeck, A.B., H.M.S. Marlborough; K.24188 J. F. Clements, Sto. 1, H.M.S. Rodney) ) contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £70-90

578

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.13178 H. Holding, S.P.O., H.M.S. Rosemary) very fine£40-60

579

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C. (2), G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (L.3404 W. E. Andrews, O.S.1, H.M.S. Vernon); another,G.VI.R., 1st issue (Po.22182 M. F. Read, Mne. R.M.) very fine and better (2) £60-80

580

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C. (2), G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (203659 J. Eamer, P.O., H.M.S. Victory; 280400 J. H. Toms, S.P.O., H.M.S. Vivid) very fine (2) £70-90

581

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Marine Alfred James Chilcott, R.M., H.M.S. President III, died on 4 February 1941, aged 43 years. His name is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C.(2), G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (Ply.18055 A. J. Chilcott, Mne., R.M.; Ply.17427 J. P. McDowell, Mne., R.M.) edge bruising, contact marks, very fine (2) £70-90

582

H.M.S. Furious - originally launched as a light battlecruiser; she later underwent extensive alterations to become an aircraft carrier.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (L.13345 G. L. Meddings, P.O. Std., H.M.S. Furious) official correction to surname, good very fine £50-70

583

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., (2) G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (KX.77062 H. Daft, Sto. 1, H.M.S. Philomel; J.89825 B. F. Cowley, Sig. H.M.S. Rodney) edge bruising, contact marks, fine and better (2) £70-90

584

H.M.S. Ramillies - a battleship launched in 1916.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (L.14257 G. W. Warhurst, O.C.1, H.M.S. Ramillies) very fine £40-60

585

H.M.S. Renown - a battlecruiser.

Chief Mechanician Henry Joseph George Elliot, R.N., H.M.S. Afrikander III died on 20 April 1942, aged 43 years. He was buried in Somon’s Town (Dido Valley) Cemetery.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (K.59013 H. J. G. Elliot, Mech., H.M.S. Renown) very fine £50-70

586

H.M.S. Sussex - a heavy cruiser.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (L.13841 G. Pullicino, O.C.1, H.M.S. Sussex) good very fine £50-70

587

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., (3) G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (Ch.21033 G. J. Cannon, Mne., R.M.); another, G.VI.R., 1stissue (Po.22288 J. Monkman, Sgt., R.M.) first with contact marks, nearly very fine; second nearly extremely fine (2)

£70-90

588

H.M.S. Dauntless - a light cruiser; H.M.S. Drake - Devonport shore base.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., (2) G.VI.R., 1st issue (KX.78371 G. Williams, A/S.P.O. H.M.S. Dauntless; KX.81055 H. T. Whitton, S.P.O., H.M.S. Drake) nearly extremely fine (2) £80-100

589

H.M.S. Excellent - Portsmouth Training Establishment; H.M.S. Nelson - Portland Training Ship; H.M.S. Pembroke - Chatham shore base.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C. (3), G.VI.R., 1st issue (J.114492 F. J. Hurford, P.O., H.M.S. Excellent; J.110413 W. J. Hicks, L.S.,H.M.S. Nelson; MX.55575 J. N. Smith, Sy.P.O., H.M.S. Pembroke) first with slack suspension, about very fine and better (3) £100-140

590

H.M.S. Hermes - an aircraft carrier; completed in 1923 she was the first carrier designed from keel up as such. Sunk by Japanese aircraft off Ceylon on 9 April 1942.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J.107309 J. C. S. Bell, P.O., H.M.S. Hermes) good very fine £50-70591

H.M.S. Adamant - a submarine tender.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (MX.802691 R. R. McDowall, Jnr. 1, H.M.S. Adamant) some contact marks, very fine £40-60

592

H.M.S. Tiger - a light cruiser; later converted to a helicopter and command cruiser.

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (MX.533790 M. R. Sankey, P.O. Cook, H.M.S. Tiger) very fine £40-60593

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ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (76165 F. Betts, Sean. 1 Cl., R.N.R.); ROYAL FLEET RESERVE L.S. & G.C. (4), G.V.R.,1st issue (K.15172 (Ch.B.16561) J. Fenn, Sto. 1, R.F.R.; K.25707 (Dev.B.10543) J. Mayne, Sto. 1, R.F.R.); another, G.V.R., 2nd issue (SS.112601 (Po.B.7903) I. Irvine, Sto. 1, R.F.R.); another, E.II.R., 1st issue (SSX.21254 H. F. Clifford, Dev.B.17118 A.B. R.F.R.) last part re-impressed, second with edge bruising, very fine and better (5) £100-140

594

Medal to Gladding attributed to 2432 Private Walter Gladding, Leicestershire Regiment who was killed in action, France/Flanders, 13October 1915.

ROYAL FLEET RESERVE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (133848 Dev.A.2..4 J. J. Ryan, P.O., R.F.R.) an edge bruise obscures part of number; EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.VI.R., 1st issue, India (Cpl. E. A. Ryan, E.B. Ry. Bn., A.F.I.); ROYAL AIR FORCE L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (1074132 Sgt. J. Ryan, R.A.F.); SPECIAL CONSTABULARY LONG SERVICE, G.V.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, The Great War 1914-18 (Sergt. Joseph A. Ryan); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, disk only (2616 Sergt. J. Wardwick, H.Ms. 81st Regt.); MASONIC COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18 (Bro. W. J. Gladding, No. 2632) very fine and better (6) £80-100

595

ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue, large letter reverse (Private James Dunston, 1st Bn. Gr. Gds. 1854) fitted with a replacement ‘Crimea’ style suspension, edge bruising, very fine fine £180-220

596

ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue, large letter reverse (John Brady, 81st Regiment Foot, 1844) steel clip and straight bar suspension, good very fine £200-250

597

ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., 2nd issue, large letter reverse (1082 Color Sergt. Thomas Donnellan, 97th Regt.) scroll suspension, claw tightened, minor edge bruising, very fine £100-140

598

ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (37 Pte. J. Kenworthy, 8th Hussars) with silver laurel top bar, signsof brooch mounting to reverse, suspension crudely refitted, edge bruising, good fine £70-90

599

ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (489 Corpl. C. Hardy, 2nd Bn. 15th Foot) minor edge bruising, good very fine £70-90

600

ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (....arks. 2068, 62nd ...) crudley renamed, edge bruising, with some contact marks, about very fine £40-60

601

ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2998 Serjt. Peter Crear, 78th Foot) good very fine £80-100602

ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (46 Pte. J. Smith, 82nd Foot) good very fine £80-100603

ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (3888 Serjt. G. Russell, 98th Foot) good very fine £80-100604

ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2100 Q.M. Sgt. A. Quinn, R. Welsh Fus.) slight edge bruising, good very fine £80-100

605

ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2nd Cl. I. of Gym A. G. Hoad, Staff of Army.) edge bruise, good very fine £100-140

606

ARMY L.S. & G.C. (2), V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (25299 C’y. S. Maj. C. T. Richards, R.A.; 20014 Q.M. Sgt. G. Williams, R.A.) good very fine (2) £140-180

607

ARMY L.S. & G.C. (2), V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (7149 Sergt. A. Dale, C.B. R.A.; 5369 Mr. Gunner T. Baugh, C.B. R.A.) good very fine (2) £140-180

608

ARMY L.S. & G.C. (2), V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (10534 Qr. Mr. Sgt. J. Woodward, Depot, 3rd Bde. R.A.; 1825Gunr. Wm. H. Dickenson, 3rd Bde. R.A.) first with official correction to rank, good very fine (2) £140-180

609

ARMY L.S. & G.C. (2), V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (8302 Pensd. Corpl. John Johnstone, Depot R.A.; 60 Gunr. Wm. Laws, Riding Estt. R.A.) second with slack suspension, very fine (2) £140-180

610

ARMY L.S. & G.C. (2), V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (17886 Qr. Mr. Serjt. F. W. Stenlake, R.E.; 12982 Corpl. W. H.Stephens, R.E.) good very fine (2) £140-180

611

ARMY L.S. & G.C. (2), V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2351 S. Sergt. J. Chatten, Med. S.C.; 1302 Pte. John Clarke, Army Service Corps) second with unit officially re-impressed, some contact marks, very fine (2) £120-160

612

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ARMY L.S. & G.C., (2) E.VII.R. (6995 L. Cpl. T. Scaife, Scots Gds.; Sub Condtr. R. A. Gregory, S. & T. Corps) good very fine (2) £80-100

613

ARMY L.S. & G.C. (2), E.VII.R. (3665 Bndsmn. S. Ireson, Scots Gds.) suspension a little slack; another, G.VI.R., 1st issue,Regular Army (7040973 Cpl. T. P. O’Keefe, R. Ir. Fus.) nearly very fine and better (2) £60-80

614

ARMY L.S. & G.C., (3) E.VII.R. (Sub. Condr. J. W. Tyler, S. & T. Corps Bl.); another, G.V.R., 1st issue (2265 C. Sjt. E. Corbett, Nth’ld. Fus.; Staff Sjt. H. Whitman, Barrck Dept.); INDIAN ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (9348 Nk. (D-Maj) Pehlwan Khan, 10 Baluch R.); ROYAL FLEET RESERVE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (K.25274 (Ch.B.20045) A. S. Skinner, L. Sto. R.F.R.); SPECIAL CONSTABULARY LONG SERVICE, G.V.R., 1st issue (Sergt. Henry S. Lambert); ST. ANDREW’S AMBULANCE CORPS MEDAL, Corps Jubilee, Review by H.R.H. Duke of Edinburgh, Glasgow 13th Oct. 1954, silvered base metal, unnamed, good very fine (7) £120-160

615

ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (2197 Tpr. (L. Cpl.) C. Mitchell, 2/L. Gds.) light contact marks, good very fine £80-100

616

ARMY L.S. & G.C. (3), G.V.R., 1st issue (5244016 Sjt. R. Stenson, R.W. Kent R.; 3513598 W.O. Cl. II D. Flynn, Manch. R.; 3839 S. Sjt. B. Bray, A.O.C.) some contact marks, very fine and better (3) £90-120

617

ARMY L.S. & G.C. (3), G.V.R., 1st issue (6823 Pte. J. Lees, High. L.I.; 41789 Sjt. A. H. Quinn, R.W. Fus.; 16784 Sjt. R. Davis, R.F.A.) some contact marks, very fine and better (3) £90-120

618

ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5719185 Sjt. A. H. Banbury, Dorset R.) edge bruising, contact marks; VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (2) (G. Austin, Blk., M.F.A.; 305563 Pte. H. Wearn, Hamps. R.) nearly very fine and better (3) £30-40

619

ARMY L.S. & G.C. (5), G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (7177262 C. Sjt. A. Rawson, E. Lan. R.; 1405520 Gnr. J. B.Clements, R.A.); another, G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1043609 Bmbr. C. R. B. Fifield, R.A.); another, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (1423553 Sjt. S. A. Cleaver, R.A.); another, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (5243530 Pte. A. Currie, Worc. R.) first with edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (5) £140-180

620

ARMY L.S. & G.C. (2), G.V.R., 3rd issue, India (Condr. R. J. Shearcroft, I.M.L.); another, G.VI.R., 1st issue, India (S-Serjt.V. F. Woolston, I.A.C.C.) good very fine (2) £80-100

621

Bertram James Prior was awarded his Jubilee Medal while serving at the Duchess of Kent’s Military Hospital, Catterick (the official roll refers), and was advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel (Q.M.) in March 1980.

Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel (Quarter-Master) B. J. Prior, Royal Army Medical Corps

JUBILEE 1977; ARMY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., Regular Army (Major (Q.M.) B. J. Prior, R.A.M.C.), mounted as worn, good very fine (2) £180-220

622

VOLUNTEER OFFICERS’ DECORATION, E.VII.R., unnamed, with hallmarks for London 1903, complete with brooch bar, in Garrard, London case of issue, extremely fine £70-90

623

VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE, V.R. (17 Col. Sergt. T. E. Rayner, 2nd London R.V. 14.2.95) engraved naming, nearly extremely fine £50-70

624

VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE, V.R. (Lieutenant H. M. Warne, 12th Mx. (Civil Service) V.R.) engraved naming, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine £120-160

625

VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE, V.R. (Q.M.S. R. Hutchinson); Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Pte. M. Griffiths, N.W. Ry. Bn. A.F.I,) naming officially re-impressed; EFFICIENCY MEDAL, Territorial, G.VI.R., 1st issue (3050564 Gnr. J. W. Paterson. R.A.) very fine or better (3) £60-70

626

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LONG SERVICE MEDALS

VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE (3), V.R. (No. 151 Sergt. W. Johnson, 2nd V.B. Hants Regt.); another, E.VII.R. (2286 Clr. Sjt.J. Southgate, 2nd V.B. Wilts. Regt.; 727 C.S. Mjr. H. Heasell, 1/Dorset R.G.A.V.) very fine and better (3) £150-200

627

VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE (2), V.R. (365 C/Sergt. J. Cowan, 3/V.B. K.O. Sco. Bdrs.) engraved naming; another, E.VII.R. (3447 Pte. W. G. Dutnell, 5/Middx. V.R.C.) impressed naming, very fine and better (2) £80-100

628

VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE, E.VII.R. (4949 Pte. J. Packard, 1st V.B. York. & Lanc. Regt.) impressed naming, good very fine £50-70

629

VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE, E.VII.R. (2614 Cpl. P. Lynch, 2nd Lancs. R.E.V.) impressed naming, suspension tightened/refixed, edge bruise, very fine £40-60

630

VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE, E.VII.R. (1197 C. Sjt. A. J. York, 1/C.P. V.R.C.) impressed naming, with silver brooch bar, good very fine £50-70

631

VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE, E.VII.R. (1358 Pte. J. Murray, Galloway V.R.C.) impressed naming, very fine £60-80632

VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE (India & the Colonies), V.R. (Volr. T. Jolly, Naini Tal Volr. Rifles) engraved naming nearly extremely fine £80-100

633

VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE (India & the Colonies), E.VII.R. (Volr. A. Turner, N.W. Rly. Volr. Rifles) engraved naming, some contact marks, very fine £60-80

634

TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, E.VII.R. (283 Pte. E. Barlow, 5/R. Welsh Fus.) good very fine £90-120635

TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, E.VII.R. (40 Pte. J. Collins, 4/Hants. Regt.) extremely fine £90-120636

TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, E.VII.R. (242 Pte. T. Baker, 6/(C. of L.) B. Lon. Regt.) nearly very fine £70-90637

Serjeant E. W. Hayden served in the 13th (County of London) Battalion (Princess Louise’s Kensington Battalion) London Regiment.

TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, E.VII.R. (94 Sjt. E. W. Hayden, 13/(C. of L.) B. Lon. Regt.) nearly extremely fine£120-160

638

Ex Monmouthshire Collection, D.N.W. 29 June 2006.

TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, E.VII.R. (244 L. Cpl. G. Jones, 3/Monmouth. Regt.) minor edge bruise, good very fine£140-180

639

Ex Monmouthshire Collection, D.N.W. 29 June 2006.

TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, E.VII.R. (558 Pte. F. Wood, 3/Monmouth. Regt.) minor edge bruising, very fine £140-180

640

TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL (2), G.V.R. (511 Sjt. T. L. Found, 8/Lond. Regt.; 362026 B.S. Mjr. E. H. Mills, R.G.A.); TERRITORIAL EFFICIENCY MEDAL (2), G.V.R. (782 Gnr. V. J. Pridell, R.A.; 121693 Bmbr. C. S. F. Tucker, R.A.); INDIAN ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5837 L-Nk. Sher Zaman, 21 Mtn. Bde.) last with correction to unit, very fine and better (5) £100-150

641

TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.V.R. (352022 C.S. Mjr. A. F. Lovick, Hants. R.G.A.); EFFICIENCY MEDAL (2), G.V.R., Territorial (2871054 Pte. J. Buchan, 4-Gordons.); another, G.VI.R., 1st issue, India (Pte. W. Turner, N.W. Ry. Bn. A.F.I.) nearly extremely fine (3) £100-150

642

TERRITORIAL EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.V.R. (499007 Sjt. L. F. Colby, R.A.M.C.) unit officially re-impressed; EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.V.R., Territorial (3299002 Pte. J. McDonald, 5-H.L.I.) good very fine and better (2) £70-90

643

EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5384814 Tpr. N. J. Wheeler, Recce. R.) good very fine £80-100644

EFFICIENCY MEDAL (3), G.VI.R., 1st issue, Militia (1985823 Spr. J. G. Wales, R.E.); another, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with Second and Third Award Bars (7341468 Sjt. M. Fox, R.A.M.C.); another, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (2577226 Dvr. H. H. Dale, R. Sigs.) last with some edge bruising, very fine and better (3) £100-140

645

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LONG SERVICE MEDALS

Medal to ‘Gallon’ with three R.A.S.C. Prize medallions: silver-gilt, 39mm., inscribed, ‘925 Coy. R.A.S.C. (A.A.) T.A. Bren Shoot 1954’; another, silver, 39mm., inscribed, ‘1956’; another, bronze, 33mm., inscribed, ‘125 Tpt. Colm. RASC(TA) 1958’, all unnamed.

Pair: Staff Sergeant W. L. Chipps, General Service Corps1939-45 STAR (1329 W. L. CHIPPS); EFFICIENCY MEDAL (2), G.VI.R., 1st (bilingual) issue, Union of South Africa (S/Sgt. W. L. Chipps, G.S.C.)

EFFICIENCY MEDAL, E.II.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (T/22555901 Cpl. A. K. Gallon, RASC.) very fine (6) £90-120

646

EFFICIENCY MEDAL (2), E.II.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (22301301 L/Cpl. S. Green, RE.; 22251171 Pte. J. Riley, RAOC.) very fine (2) £60-80

647

ARMY EMERGENCY RESERVE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, E.II.R. (22372972 Pte. G. I. Charlton, RPC.) nearly extremely fine £90-120648

Medal awarded by Army Order, February 1906. Eight medals awarded to the unit.

MILITIA L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (8473 Pte. W. Gibson, 3rd Hamps. Regt.) good very fine £300-350649

ROYAL AIR FORCE L.S. & G.C. (2), G.VI.R., 1st issue (W/O A. Bingham, R.A.F.); another, E.II.R., 2nd issue (1274370 Sgt. A.S. Chapman, R.A.F.); IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL (2) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Ewart Stanley Pearce Attwooll); another, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Edgar Arthur Crosby); SPECIAL CONSTABULARY LONG SERVICE, G.V.R., 1st issue (Edward W. Cheeseman) this last officially renamed, very fine and better (5) £80-100

650

ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS MEDAL, E.II.R., 1st issue (Chief Observer G. E. Perham.) extremely fine £60-80651

ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS MEDAL, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Observer H. Lindsay) nearly extremely fine £60-80652

ST JOHN SERVICE MEDAL (4), silver, ring suspension (Sergt. A. Hebblethwaite, Walton le Dale Div. 1912); another (3) silver,straight bar suspension (8408 Pte. J. Bishop, Teignmouth Div. No.9 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1926; 5611 Pte. E. Jones, Pt. SunlightDiv. No. 4 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1926; 18573 Pte. A. E. Oldham, Birmingham Snow Hill Dvn. 1938) last part renamed; SOUTHERN RAILWAY ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION MEDAL (2) bronze (Robert Hopper 1928; George Pollard 1929) each with ‘7 Years’brooch bar; ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION RE-EXAMINATION CROSS (2) bronze (235639 Jean L. Roy; 148133 Esther Peel) good very fine and better (8) £120-160

653

Medals to Smith with some copied research.

SPECIAL CONSTABULARY LONG SERVICE MEDAL (5), G.V.R., 1st issue (William Appelbee; Frank Stallwood); another, G.V.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, The Great War 1914-18 (Walter Williams) medal and clasp gilded; another, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Arthur J.Wright); another, G.VI.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, Long Service 1949 (Frederick Brownen)

Pair: Lieutenant G. Smith, Hampshire RegimentVICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (Lieut. G. Smith); SPECIAL CONSTABULARY LONG SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Geoffrey Smith) veryfine and better (7) £40-60

654

Medal to Vickers in named card box, marked ‘Hertfordshire’.

SPECIAL CONSTABULARY LONG SERVICE MEDAL (4), G.VI.R., 1st issue (Wilfred Vickers; John A. Maxwell; John C. Addley; LouisHartley); WOMEN’S VOLUNTARY SERVICE MEDAL, unnamed, in Royal Mint case of issue; VOLUNTARY MEDICAL SERVICE MEDAL (2) (Miss Edith B. Blake; Miss Audrey Marian Collier); last with DEFENCE MEDAL, unnamed; CANADIAN DECORATION, E.II.R., withBar (Cpl. R. M. Condran); IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL, E.VII.R., silver, bronze and enamel (Thomas R. Shepherd); BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY CROSS (8571 M. Appleford) enamelled, no top bar; other medals (11); badges (2) very fine and mostly better (24) £140-180

655

COLONIAL POLICE L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue (P.S.374 Costas Panayiotou, Cyprus Police) official correction to surname, very fine £70-90

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CORONATION AND JUBILEE MEDALS

JUBILEE 1887, clasp, 1897, silver, unnamed, clasp loose, very fine £120-160657

JUBILEE 1887, bronze, unnamed as issued, very fine £80-100658

JUBILEE 1887, silver, edge bruise; DELHI DURBAR 1911, silver; IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL, E.II.R., 1st issue (Ralph Herbert ThomasCurram, M.B.E., V.D.); FRANCE, ACADEMIC PALMS, Officer’s breast badge, silver and enamel, rosette on ribbon, in case of issue, enamel damage, about very fine and better (4) £120-160

659

JUBILEE 1887, Metropolitan Police (P.C. C. Martin, G. Divn.); JUBILEE 1887, clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police (3) (P.S. J. Regan, Commrs. Office; P.C. E. Roman, G. Divn.; P.C. H. Allum, 2nd Div.); JUBILEE 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C. J. Wood, J. Divn.); CORONATION 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (5) (P.C. W. Betteridge, J. Div.; P.C. F. Daws, Y Div.; P.C. A. Merry, S. Div.; P.C. J. Stewart, P Div.; P.S. R. Warren, W. Div.); CORONATION 1911, Metropolitan Police (2) (P.S. L.Balls; P.C. J. Cobb) very fine and better (12) £150-200

660

JUBILEE 1887, clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C. H. Chapman, A. Divn.); CORONATION 1902, Metropolitan Police (2) (P.C. C. Eldred, P. Div.; P.C. J. Sho...on, W. Div.) second with surname partially erased; CORONATION 1911, MetropolitanPolice (2) (P.C. W. Crawford; P.C. C. Grist) good very fine (5) £50-70

661

JUBILEE 1887, clasp, 1897, City of London Police (P.C.359 C. Bryan); JUBILEE 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C. W. Abbott, VDivn.); CORONATION 1902, silver; CORONATION 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. J. Stewart); DELHI DURBAR 1911, silver, unnamed, some edge bruising, very fine and better (5) £100-140

662

JUBILEE 1897, silver, nearly extremely fine £80-100663

JUBILEE 1897, silver, unnamed, edge bruise to reverse, very fine £70-90664

Three: Police Constable W. Brown, Metropolitan PoliceJUBILEE 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C., N. Divn.); CORONATION 1902, Metropolitan Police (P.C., N. Div.); CORONATION 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C.)

Pair: Police Constable W. Abbott, Metropolitan Police CORONATION 1902, Metropolitan Police (P.C., V. Div.); CORONATION 1911 (P.C.)

Pair: Police Constable F. A. Nead, City of London Police JUBILEE 1897, City of London Police (P.C.); CORONATION 1911, City of London Police (P.C.) very fine and better (7)

£160-200

665

Three: Edwin Browning, Metropolitan Fire Brigade

JUBILEE 1897, L.C.C.M.F.B. (Edwin Browning); CORONATION 1902, L.C.C.M.F.B. (Edwin Browning); METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL (Edwin Browning) minor edge bruise, very fine (3) £90-120

666

JUBILEE 1897, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Pte. J. Lesney); CORONATION 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Pte. A. Harris); CORONATION 1911, County & Borough Police (Police Constable Charles Turner, East Sussex.); CORONATION 1911,Scottish Police (P.C. A. Chisholm) last with slight edge bruising, good very fine (4) £160-200

667

VISIT TO IRELAND 1900 (P.C. J. Barry, D.M.P.) lacks brooch bar, fine; VISIT TO IRELAND 1903 (2) (S. P. McCarthy, R.I.C.; P.S. T. McGrath, D.M.P.) these two with brooch bars; VISIT TO IRELAND 1911, unnamed, very fine and better except where stated (4) £200-250

668

CORONATION 1902, silver, in Elkington, London case of issue, good very fine £60-80669

CORONATION 1902, bronze, in Elkington case; CORONATION 1902, Hong Kong issue (2), bronze, one fine; others good very fine (3) £80-100

670

CORONATION 1902, silver; CORONATION 1911, silver; JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1937; CORONATION 1953, all unnamed, good very fine and better (5) £100-140

671

CORONATION 1902, silver; JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1937 (2), one in card box of issue; CORONATION 1953, in card box of issue, good very fine and better (5) £70-90

672

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CORONATION AND JUBILEE MEDALS

CORONATION 1911, County and Borough Police (P.C. D. Burn, Portsmouth. 10 Years) nearly extremely fine £60-80

673

CORONATION 1911, London Fire Brigade (Fireman C. J. Carey) good very fine £40-60674

CORONATION 1911, Police Ambulance Service (Dr. J. W. Caton) good very fine, scarce £200-300

675

CORONATION 1911; DELHI DURBAR 1911 (3) - one crudely named (A. J. Smith, 1st H.L.I. no. 10529) this with edge bruising; JUBILEE 1935 (4) - two named (2603 L/N Pahlwan Khan; Jem. Bostan Khan, 2/1 P.R.); CORONATION 1937 (2); CORONATION 1953, very fine and better (11) £150-200

676

Attributed to ‘Sir Henry Lowther’.

CORONATION 1911; JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1937, all unnamed, mounted court style for wear, good very fine (3) £40-60677

JUBILEE 1935, on bow ribbon; CORONATION 1937; CORONATION 1953; JUBILEE 2002, this last in card box of issue, all unnamed, extremely fine (4) £60-80

678

JUBILEE 2002, unnamed as issued, extremely fine £40-50679

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LIFE SAVING AWARDS

The Tuscan barque Zemira, of Leghorn was carrying coal from Newcastle to Lowestoft. At 11 a.m., on 11 October 1858, the ship with12 Italians and an English pilot on board, ran aground on the Newcombe Sands near Lowestoft, the wind blowing a hard gale from theS.W. at the time. As soon as they could the Pakefield boatmen made for the spot but by the time they had got there the vessel had broken up and disappeared. Despite the heavy seas breaking across the shoals, the lifeboat’s crew made a determined search and succeeded in picking up eight of the crew who had been holding on to pieces of floating wreckage. It was noted that the last man picked up was some 2 miles from where the ship broke up. The Captain of the Zemira, three of the crew and the English pilot all perished.

For their gallant service, the coxswain of the Pakefield Lifeboat was awarded the Board of Trade Silver Medal for Gallantry; the 22 members of the lifeboat’s crew, including John Lewis, were each awarded the medal in bronze. In addition the National Lifeboat Institution awarded each of the rescuers their highest monetary award - £2 each, and some £60 was raised by visitors to Lowestoft as a testimony to their admiration of the rescue and this too was shared between the men.

BOARD OF TRADE MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY IN SAVING LIFE AT SEA, V.R., large, bronze (John Lewis, Wreck of the “Zemira” on Newcome (sic) Sand, on the 7th October, 1858) edge bruising, very fine £200-250

680

During a gale, the brigantine Charity, of Goole, struck upon the Longsand. Heavy seas broke over the vessel and the Master’s wife waswashed overboard. The Master, his daughter and the crew of five took to the rigging. The following morning the Tryall of Harwich boredown upon the wreck and the Master and three men proceeded in a small boat to what remained of the Charity. Despite the fresh galeand heavy seas, they managed to get to the wreck and rescued four of the crew - the Master, his daughter and a crewman having beenwashed off during the night and drowned.

The Captain and the three seamen from the Tryall were each awarded the Board of Trade Bronze Medal for Gallantry.

BOARD OF TRADE MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY IN SAVING LIFE AT SEA, V.R., large, bronze (Joseph Wenny, Wreck of the “Charity” of Goole on the Longsand, 18th November, 1860) edge bruising, very fine £200-250

681

The Irwell, of London was wrecked in the North Atlantic on 13 February 1880. The City of Brussels, of Liverpool came to the rescue - picking up the crew from their own boat; the Captain’s wife and a stewardess were rescued by a boat from the City of Brussels at great risk. The rescue was effected in a heavy and dangerous sea.

The Captain of the City of Brussels was awarded the Board of Trade Silver Medal for Humanity; eight men of the crew, including Able Seaman Whelan were awarded the Bronze Medal for Gallantry.

BOARD OF TRADE MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY IN SAVING LIFE AT SEA, V.R., large, bronze (James Whelan, Wreck of the Ship “Irwell” of London on the 13th February, 1880) edge bruising, about very fine £200-250

682

‘The schooner Nordkap, of Fowey, in distress in Atlantic Ocean on 1[3] March 1891. Mosser put out a boat which was stove in. Then put out the starboard boat, which rescued the crew at great risk, and was stove in also by the side of the Mosser.’ (ref. The Sea Gallantry Medal, by R. J. Scarlett)

Able Seaman John Butler and four others were each awarded the Board of Trade Bronze Medal for Gallantry and £2; the Chief Mate, incharge of the boat was awarded the Board of Trade Silver Medal for Gallantry and the Captain of the Mosser was awarded the Board ofTrade Silver Medal for Humanity.

BOARD OF TRADE MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY IN SAVING LIFE AT SEA, V.R., large, bronze (John Butler, Wreck of the “Nordkap” on the13th March 1891) heavy edge bruising and contact marks, fine £100-140

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‘The steamship Newminster, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was on her beam ends in the Bay of Biscay when the Nellie and Lisbon hove in sight. A high sea was running at the time making the rescue difficult and dangerous. The boats from the Nellie and Lisbon could not getalongside and lines were passed by means of which the shipwrecked crew were drawn into the boats.’ (Ref. The Sea Gallantry Medal, by R. J. Scarlett).

Seaman Robert Seaman of the steamship Lisbon, of London, was awarded the Board of Trade Gallantry Medal in Silver, with a gratuityof £2. The same medal was awarded to four other crew members of the Lisbon and to seven crew members of the steamship Nellie of London.

With copied Board of Trade medal extracts.

BOARD OF TRADE MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY IN SAVING LIFE AT SEA, V.R., large, silver (Robert Seaman, Wreck of the “Newminster”on the 29th November 1897) in case of issue, nearly extremely fine £360-400

684

‘The S.S. William Connal, of Glasgow, was in distress in very stormy weather with a heavy sea running in the English Channel on the 13th February, 1899, and the S.S. Tregurno, of St. Ives stood by her throughout the night. Next morning eight members of the crew of the William Connal, including Mr W. J. Jones the First Mate, succeeded, by means of their own boat, in reaching the Tregurno. The lifeboat was, however, smashed alongside the Tregurno.

There were still six men remaining on board the distressed vessel and the lifeboat of the Tregurno was then launched, being manned bythe First Mate and Boatswain of that vessel, and First Mate, (Mr Jones) and the Second Mate of the William Connal.

Considerable risk was incurred before this boat reached the distressed vessel and it was only after two attempts that the remaining members of the crew of the William Connal were rescued’ (ref. Board of Trade records).

First Mate William John Jones and Second Mate James McKinnon, of the William Connal, each received the Board of Trade Silver Medal for Gallantry; First Mate Joseph B. Stodden and Boatswain Benjamin Sisley, of the Tregurno, each received the Board of Trade Silver Medal for Gallantry, the former with a binocular glass, the latter with £2.

William John Jones was awarded his first Board of Trade Silver Medal for Gallantry, when as Chief Officer on the Vigilant of Liverpool,he was rewarded for his actions in the rescue of the crew of the schooner Mariner, of Carnarvon, on 9 December 1894.

With papers from the Board of Trade relating to the ‘1899’ rescue.

BOARD OF TRADE MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY IN SAVING LIFE AT SEA, V.R., large, silver (William J. Jones, Wreck of the “William Connal” on the 14th February 1899) some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £320-360

685

Edward Archibald Crane was born on 25 September 1897. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 28 July 1915 and was promoted to Lieutenant in July 1917, Captain in August 1924, Major in September 1933 and Lieutenant-Colonel in June1940. Crane served in France/Flanders, April-September 1916 and February-November 1917 and was twice wounded in action. For hisbrave services he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 14 December 1917) and awarded the Military Cross. Post-war he served on the N.W. Frontier during 1919 and in the Iraq operations of 1919-20 for which he was awarded the I.G.S. with clasp for Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 and the G.S.M. with clasp for N.W. Persia. It was while he was in Mesopotamia that Captain Crane performed his rescue attempt in the River Tigris on 19 May 1921. Appointed a Staff Officer, R.E. 2nd Grade in India, May-August 1927.For his later service in India Crane was awarded the I.G.S. with clasp for North West Frontier 1936-37.

With some copied research - his M.C. is recorded in his entry in the Army List but not found in the London Gazette, 1915-20.

ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY, small bronze medal (unsuccessful) (Capt. E. A. Crane, R.E. 19 May 1921) with bronze buckle bar,in Elkington case of issue, good very fine £120-150

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George William Squirrell was born in Ringshall, Suffolk on 1 September 1893. A Chauffeur by occupation, he attested for the Army Service Corps (Motor Transport) at Grove Park on 9 April 1916, aged 22 years, 8 months. Serving in France/Flanders he received a scalp wound on 21 May 1918. For his service during the war he was awarded the British War and Victory Medals.

After the war he served with distinction in the Ipswich Fire Brigade, being awarded the bronze lifesaving medal of the Society for the Protection of Life from Fire in 1929 and the N.F.B.A. Conspicuous Gallantry Medal in 1939. As Sub-Officer in the Suffolk and Ipswich Fire Brigade, he was awarded the Coronation Medal in 1953. Squirrell died on 14 May 1982 and was buried in the churchyard of St. Ethelbert at Hessett, Suffolk.

With copied W.W.1 service papers, m.i.c., Coronation Medal roll extract and genealogical details. Notes derived from the N.F.B.A. suggest that as few as seven Conspicuous Gallantry Medals were issued.

A rare National Fire Brigade Association Conspicuous Gallantry Medal group of seven awarded to William George Squirrell, Ipswich Fire Brigade

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (M2-167379 Pte., A.S.C.); DEFENCE MEDAL, unnamed; CORONATION MEDAL 1953, unnamed; NATIONAL FIRE BRIGADE ASSOCIATION, CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY MEDAL, bronze, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to William George Squirrell, Ipswich Fire Brigade, 1939’; IPSWICH FIRE BRIGADE L.S. MEDAL, bronze (3rd Officer W. G. Squirrell) reverseinscribed, ‘For Ten Years Service, Ipswich Fire Brigade’; NATIONAL FIRE BRIGADE ASSOCIATION L.S. MEDAL, 1 clasp, Ten Years, bronze (14360 William G. Squirrell.) this in damaged card box of issue; SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE FROM FIRE, 5th type, bronze (William George Squirrell, Ipswich. 15-3-29) good very fine and better (7) £1500-2000

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Only 47 of these medals were awarded.

METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE BRAVERY MEDAL, 1st type (Robert Kington) silver, with ribbon, good very fine £600-700

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With a copied obituary of the recipient, dated 3 March 1924:

‘An interesting personality has passed away at Ramsgate in Captain Francis Davidson, of Rosedale, Dumpton-road.

Born in Northumberland, of an old sea-faring family, he was apprenticed to the sea at an early age. His ability and good seamanship attracted the personal attention of Mr Turnbull, a well-known Newcastle shipowner, and young Davidson was given command of the S.S. Herschel at the early age of 24.

He commanded vessels for the same firm for many years, until the line was sold to foreigners. He then took out to Mexico the oiltanker Charles E. Harwood on her maiden voyage, and was trading there for several years.

During the war Capt. Davidson was at the Dardanelles for three years as a sub-lieutenant in command of the Hero, an auxiliary vessel stationed at Mudros.

In his career Capt. Davidson had many exciting adventures. He was one of the holders of the Tynemouth medal for saving life at sea; he was presented with a silver rosebowl by the British Government for saving the crew of the Italian S.S. Citta de Messina when the vessel foundered in a great storm, and was given an inscribed barometer for rescuing the crew of the S.S. Porvia, a Brazilian vessel, which sank in the Bay of Biscay.

He was in Odessa at the time of the mutiny of the Black Sea fleet, when his vessel was in danger of being burnt by rioters. In Mexico, during a revolution, he had the entire funds of the Bank of Tampico secreted in his berth, to protect from the rebels. ....’

Francis Davidson was born in Dinnington, Northumberland in early 1874, the son of John Davidson, a coal miner, and Eleanor Davidson, his wife. As Captain of the Herschel he was awarded the Tynemouth Trust Medal for saving the lives of two firemen at Niceon 23 July 1895. The medal was presented to him on 22 May 1896. He died on 3 March 1924 aged 50 years, leaving a widow, Elizabeth Jane Davidson, and two sons and a daughter.

TYNEMOUTH TRUST MEDAL, silver, reverse inscribed (part engraved) ‘Awarded to Captain F. Davidson of the S.S. “Herschel”, 23rd June 1895 for Bravery in Saving Life at Sea’, with scroll suspension, edge bruise to reverse, otherwisenearly extremely fine £350-450

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CORPORATION OF GLASGOW BRAVERY MEDAL, 2nd type, silver (Hugh McMenemy 1946) hallmarks for Glasgow 1940, no brooch bar, edge bruising, nearly very fine £70-90

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CORPORATION OF GLASGOW BRAVERY MEDAL, 3rd type, 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Edinburgh 1971, unnamed, no brooch bar, nearly extremely fine £120-150

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1ST SOMERSET MILITIA OFFICER'S 1829-1844 PATTERN SHAKO PLATE, a very rare and superb example, the gilt crowned eight pointed star overlaid with a faceted silver star, this in turn overlaid with a gilt Garter Proper and a floreate scroll below '1st Somerset', two loop fasteners, a minute chip to the red enamel centre otherwise near mint state £800-1200

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1ST SOMERSET MILITIA OFFICER'S 1844 - 1855 PATTERN SHAKO PLATE, an extremely fine and rare example, the gilt crowned eightpointed star overlaid with a large silver faceted multi rayed star, this in turn overlaid with a strap '1st Somerset Regt.' enclosing the 'VR' cypher upon a domed gilt backing, a floreate scroll below the strap 'Defendemus', two loop fastenersand all four wire fasteners present, near mint state £400-600

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1ST SOMERSET MILITIA OFFICER'S SHAKO PLATE 1855 - C. 1875, a good quality all silver plate example, the crowned beaded staroverlaid with a strap '1st Somerset Regt.' this enclosing a 'VR' cypher, below the strap a floreate scroll 'Defendemus', two loop fasteners, very good condition £250-350

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1ST SOMERSET MILITIA OFFICER'S WAIST BELT CLASP C. 1875 - 1881, a good quality silver plated example of 1855 pattern, on thecircle 'First Somerset Regt.', in the centre on a stippled ground a gilt strung bugle horn, matching benchmarks, very good condition £150-250

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1ST SOMERSET MILITIA OFFICER'S FORAGE CAP BADGE C. 1875 - 1881, a very scarce and fine quality example, in silver bullion ona blue cloth ground a floreate scroll '1st Somerset' with a strung bugle horn above, very good condition £200-300

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1ST SOMERSET MILITIA OFFICER'S LIGHT COMPANY SHOULDER BELT PLATE C. 1800 - 1820, a very rare example being a rectangular copper gilt back plate with silver mounts, comprising a strung bugle horn over a crowned strap 'Defendemus', within the strap an elongated eight pointed star, one hook and two stud fasteners, no gilt remains and the silver mounts severelyworn £200-300

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1ST SOMERSET MILITIA OFFICER'S HELMET PLATE 1878 - 1881, a fine and very rare example in silver plate, being a crowned eightpointed star with laurel spray overlays enclosing a strap '1st Somerset Regt.' in the centre on a ground of black leather astrung bugle horn, below the strap a floreate scroll 'Defendemus', three loop fasteners, very good condition £300-400

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1ST SOMERSET MILITIA OFFICER'S GLENGARRY BADGE C. 1874 - 1881, a very scarce example in unmarked die stamped silver, being the crown over astrap '1st Somerset' and enclosing a Cap of Maintenance surmounted bya dragon, below the strap an ornate scroll 'Defendemus', the original loop fasteners removed, a brooch pin subsequently fitted now broken, otherwise very good condition £150-250

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THE PRINCE ALBERT'S (SOMERSETSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY) MILITIA BATTALION OFFICER'S HELMET PLATE 1902 - 1908, in silver plate a crowned eight pointed star overlaid with laurels and Garter, in the centre on a ground of black velvet a strung bugle horn bearing a mural crown and enclosing the Sphinx, above the mural crown a scroll 'Jellalabad', below the Garter a gilt scroll 'Somersetshire Light Infantry', three loop fasteners, the centre would appear to be an other ranks white metalelement otherwise very good condition £200-300

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13TH (THE 1ST SOMERSETSHIRE) (OR PRINCE ALBERT'S) REGIMENT OF LIGHT INFANTRY OFFICER'S SHAKO PLATE 1844 - 1855, a very fine andrare example being a gilt crowned eight pointed star overlaid with further gilt mounts, these comprise a scroll 'Jellalabad' over a mural crown, sprays of laurel and palm enclosing a coiled bugle horn this with XIII within the coil, onthe junction of the leaf sprays a floreate scroll 'Cabool 1842' and below this the Sphinx/Egypt, four of the stars' rays bearbattle honours 'Ava, Martinique, Ghuznee and Afghanistan', two loop fasteners and all four wire fasteners present, the 'Martinique' scroll has been neatly reinforced and the 3 o'clock scroll is buckled otherwise very fine condition

£600-800

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13TH (THE 1ST SOMERSETSHIRE) (OR PRINCE ALBERT'S) REGIMENT OF LIGHT INFANTRY OFFICER'S EMBROIDERED COATEE TAIL ORNAMENT C. 1842 - 1855, a very scarce example on red cloth ground, being a strung bugle horn enclosing a tablet 'XIII' this on a raised ground of green velvet, the knotof the bugle horn overlaid with a mural crown and scroll above 'Jellalabad', some stitching loss to the mural crown otherwise very goodcondition £200-300

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2ND SOMERSET MILITIA OFFICER'S SHAKO PLATE C. 1876 - 1881, a very scarce example in silver plate being a silver crowned eight pointed hobnail star backplate overlaid with large oak sprays, a strap 'Second Somerset' this enclosing a strung bugle horn, below the strap a scroll 'Defendemus', two loop fasteners, the bottom star point fractionally reduced to fit the last pattern shako, very good condition £250-350

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2ND SOMERSET MILITIA OFFICER'S SHAKO PLATE 1844 - 1855 PATTERN, a very fine and rare example being a gilt crowned eight pointed star overlaid with a large hobnail cut silver star, this in turn overlaid with gilt oak sprays a strap '2nd Somerset Regt.' this enclosing the 'VR' cypher on a raised gilt ground, below the strap a scroll 'Defendemus' , two loop fasteners and all four wire fasteners present, mint state £500-700

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2ND SOMERSET MILITIA TWO OFFICERS' EMBROIDERED FORAGE CAP BADGES, the first c. 1853 - 1876 being the crown over oak spraysand enclosing a metal strap 'Defendemus 47' and enclosing stylised initials 'SM' these overlaid with '2nd', the whole ona blue cloth ground, some mothing below the crown otherwise very good condition. The second c. 1876 - 1881 showsa crowned strung bugle horn with scrolls below the crown 'Second Somerset', these on a ground of blue silk the wholeon a ground of blue cloth very good condition £300-400

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2ND SOMERSET MILITIA OFFICER'S WAIST BELT CLASP 1855 - 1876, a very fine example of 1855 pattern in silver plate, on the circle 'Second SomersetMilitia' enclosing a crowned 'VR' cypher, no benchmarks but a perfectmatch, very good condition £150-250

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2ND SOMERSET MILITIA OFFICER'S WAIST BELT CLASP 1876 - 1881, a very fine example of 1855 pattern in silver plate and gilt, on the circle 'Second Somerset Militia' enclosing a gilt strung bugle horn on a dimpled ground, matching benchmarks, very good condition £150-250

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1ST AND 2ND SOMERSET MILITIA 'SCROLL' HAT BADGES C. 1853 - 1874, two veryscarce examples in die stamped white metal, the scrolls showing 'First Somerset' and 'Second Somerset', original two loop fasteners on both items, very good condition £120-160

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2ND SOMERSET MILITIA OTHER RANKS FORAGE CAP BADGE C. 1870 - 1874, a veryrare example in die stamped white metal being a Saxon crown over anoval 'Second Somerset 47', the oval enclosing a Celtic cross, two loop fasteners (crushed), very good condition £150-250

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1ST AND 2ND SOMERSET MILITIA GLENGARRY BADGES C. 1874 - 1881, two very scarce die stamped white metal examples: the first being a crowned strap 'First Somerset' enclosing a Cap of Maintenance surmounted by adragon, a scroll below the strap 'Defendemus'. The second being a crowned strung bugle horn with scrolls below the crown 'Second Somerset', both items with two loop fasteners, very good condition

£120-160

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SOMERSET MILITIA BUTTONS, comprising an officer's large and small coatee examples c. 1840 - 1856 to the 1st Regiment, a similar pair to the 2nd Regiment c. 1840 - 1856, an officer's large and small tunic examples '2Somerset Regt' and 'Second Somerset', an NCOs large tunic example 'First Somerset Regiment', an other ranks large tunic 'First Somerset', another ranks large and small tunic examples '2 Somerset Regt'. Two post1881 silver plated tunic examples. Other items include an officer's large gilt coatee button to the 13th Light Infantry c. 1842 - 1855, a twopart white metal shoulder title being a strung bugle horn over 'Somerset'. An other ranks white metal general pattern shako plate forMilitia c. 1861 - 1868 and an officer's Militia or Volunteer levee patternwaist belt clasp c. 1856 - 1901, good overall condition (parcel)

£150-250

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KHAKI UNIFORM, a Major’s khaki tunic with the left breast bearing a QEC bullion and embroidery brevet to the Army Air Corps, the right arm with an embroidered Parachute Wings badge, the anodised buttons show the QEC within an eight pointed star, the left cuff bears an embroidered QEC Air Despatch badge, complete with trousers; together with a Parachute Officer’s four pocket blue frock this complete with QEC anodised buttons and similar collars, the upper rightarm with bullion embroidered Parachute wings badge; a pair of navy blue trousers embellished with a one inch plum coloured cloth stripe, photostats from the London Gazette indicate that these were the property of Major A. J. Snodgrass, good overall condition (4) £40-60

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ROYAL NAVAL BUTTONS, two carded displays including some early Victorian Flag Rank examples, a scarce RNAV button insilver plate and gilt, other examples to RNR, RNVR, RN Hospital, RN Chaplain, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, RNAS, TS Worcester, and a Victorian bullion cap badge, good overall condition (approx 145) £100-120

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19TH MIDDLESEX RIFLE VOLUNTEERS (BLOOMSBURY) INSIGNIA, comprising an officer’s fine quality helmet plate being crowned starpattern backplate with laurel overlays, central strap ‘19th’ Middlesex R.V. enclosing on a black velvet ground a strung bugle horn, a very rare NCOs blackened brass pouch belt plate crowned double strap and central ‘19’ on a rococo shield complete with blackened whistle, guard and chain, a w/m coiled QVC bugle horn with ‘10’ within the coil, two loop fasteners, an officer’s silver plated waist belt clasp in the centre in gilt the Royal Chypher, together with three embroidered relevant efficiency badges, good overall condition (10) £400-600

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ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION SHOULDER TITLES AND OSD CAP BADGES, a small collection of good quality items the single titles comprising Benbow, Nelson, Hood, Howe, Anson and Hawke, RND (two, one brooched), small size bronze cap badges for Hawke and Anson, together with an aNaval cap tally HMS Collingwood, and an o/r cap badge to the Machine Gun Corps, good overall condition (12) £400-600

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ASSORTED MILITARIA, comprising a framed Princess Mary’s 1914 gift tin together with a briar pipe, Princess Mary’s photograph and gift card (not opened for examination), two further 1914 gift tins - one with the greetings card and photograph, a black cloth Rifles pillbox hat, a metal periscope M6, a semi-circular mess tin, two elements of harness bearing brass badges of foreign nobility, a farrier’s horseshoe case with horseshoe, a modern Gurkha’s round hat, a Kangol blue beret dated 1945, a Staff Officer’s hat band complete with KC Royal Cypher bullion cap badge, sundry Naval and RMLI buttons, etc., all contained in a leather suitcase, good overall condition (parcel) £80-120

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MILITARIA

MILITARY HEADDRESS FITTINGS, a large assortment including seven o/r brass chin chains, one officer’s gilt brass chin chain, one officer’s silver plated chin chain, four gilt metal spikes for officers’ blue cloth helmets, six ball pattern helmet finials(some a/f), eighteen metal floreate bases for tropical helmet spikes, six cloth covered knops for tropical helmets, a gilt metal boss for an o/r 9th Lancers full dress cap, three o/r lance cap plume holders, two sets of yellow cord cap and bodylines for lance caps or busbies and sundry other items, sold as viewed not subject to return (parcel) £100-150

717

BRITISH MILITARY BADGES, an interesting selection of good quality items comprising a fine quality gilt overlay for the officers’1844 pattern shako plate to the 52nd Oxfordshire Light Infantry (lacking central numerals and has had two lugs solderedonto the reverse), a rare osd cap/collar badge to the 3rd Militia Battalion The Border Regiment 1903 - 1908 (loop fasteners), cap badges to Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Cheshires (first pattern), the Queen’s (first), Middlesex with South Africascroll, HAC (grenade), West Riding osd (lacking one blade), Volunteer Artillery (grenade), Liverpool Scottish (first pattern), Military Police GVR, 5th London 1908 - 20 (2), 8th Hussars KC (some service wear), RMLI (one lug missing), Reconnaissance Corps (2), Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, RMA Sandhurst EVIIR (bronze), Edinburgh University Training Corps large KC, North Irish Horse KCG/M, Ayrshire Earl of Carrick’s Own Yeomanry, Army Dental Corps, RMA Woolwich (KC bronze lacking blades); an HPC to the DCLI (all lugs present), a pair of WWII bakelite collars to the Royal Marines, single collars HLI (QVC), Royal Fusiliers (QVC), 19th Hussars (Dannebrog), Gloucesters (osd) together with a w/m bugle horn pouch badge with screw post fasteners, good overall condition (32) £250-350

718

ROYAL NAVAL INTEREST AND MILITARY LAPEL AND SWEETHEART BROOCHES, comprising Service Certificate of Alan John Bibby RN 1933 - 1948 together with associated KC cloth badges and two photographs of RN ships. Sundry sweetheart brooches and pin back buttons in base metal and enamels, another small selection with mother of pearl backs, sundry WWI andWWII lapel badges. Three brass valise badges to the Worcestershire Regiment and two Warrant Officers’ khaki drill rankwrist badges, good overall condition (parcel) £80-120

719

BRITISH MILITARY CAP BADGES POST 1902 ISSUES, including The Royal Scots (2), The Buffs, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (3),Royal Fusiliers (10 all KC), King’s Liverpool (2nd), Devons, Suffolk, SLI (beret, slider reduced), Bedfordshire, Beds & Herts (3), Royal Scots Fusiliers (2), Cheshires (2nd), Royal Welch Fusiliers (2), SWB (3), Worcestershire (2nd x 2), East Lancs, Border (2), Hampshire (2, slider reduced on one), Dorsetshire (2), Dorset, Essex (3), East Surrey, KSLI, KRRC (3), Coldstream Guards (2), West Kent, DLI, Middlesex, Wiltshire (AA), Royal Ulster Rifles (2), The Rifle Brigade (2 variable KC, slider missing on the earlier), Middlesex osd (one blade missing), Hertfordshire (2), Worcestershire (1st), HLI (2), Tank Regiment (2), A & SH, Royal Artillery (3), ATS (2), ASC (2), Intelligence Corps (2), REs GVR, RAMC (5), Canada maple leaf (2), Royal Pioneer Corps, RAOC, Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, Lord Strathcona’s Horse Royal Canadians, London Scottish (pin missing), 18th Battalion The London Regiment, Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry (QEC),Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (QEC bakelite); WWII bakelites all blades present Military Police, RAOC, REME, General Service, RASC (2). An interesting bi-metal star pattern helmet badge for an Egyptian or Sudanese Regiment (two out of four lugs present); Prince of Wales’s Crest and Motto die-cast w/m arm badge together with a selection of mainly singlecollar badges, sundry other items including a few damaged and/or reproduction badges, good overall condition (parcel)

£200-300

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2nd Lieutenant Alexander Ramsay Morris, Black Watch entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 3 August 1916. As a 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st/7th Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), Morris died (most probably killed in action) between 23 and 25 April 1917, aged 23 years. He was buried in Brown’s Copse Cemetery, Roeux, memorial II C 58. He was the son of George WilsonSpence Morris and the late Cecilia F. Morris, of ‘Broadleys’, Crail, Fife. With copied m.i.c. and casualty details.

WWI INTEREST HALLMARKED SILVER PILL/POWDER BOX, a silver hinged circular example (Birmingham 1909) the lid is engraved ‘Bella Sullivan’ the base engraved ‘2nd Lieut. Sandy Morris/Black Watch/Fampoux France/Near Arras/23rd April 1917’, the inside retains its original gilt wash, sold with further research details, the box with some small dents

£40-60

721

GEORGE IV PERIOD COCONUT POWDER FLASK, 42ND HIGHLANDERS, an extremely fine and unusual item carved in relief with a grotesque head this set with double coloured glass eyes, other figures represent a Scottish Highlander, Mercury, Jack Tar, Britannia and a North American armed Indian, the Scottish motto and thistle ‘Nemo Me Impune Lacessit’, a floriate ribbon with incised initials W.S.J.S 1825, the base plug now ofmother of pearl and complete with a braided cord sling and tassels in Government Tartan colours, very fine condition for age £300-400

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MILITARIA

4TH QUEEN’S OWN LIGHT DRAGOONS OFFICER’S 1857 PATTERN SHAKO PLATE, a good quality example in gilt and silver hob nail panels, showing the crown over a Maltese Cross the arms of which are emblazoned with battle honours ‘IV’ in the centre with unit title ‘The Queen’s Own Lt Dragoons’ on a surrounding strap, complete with loop and wire fasteners, silver domed backing to the central numerals now covered with red felt otherwise good condition £300-500

723

88TH CONNAUGHT RANGERS OFFICER’S 1869 PATTERN SHAKO PLATE, a good quality period example, crowned laurels enclosing a circle ‘ConnaughtRangers’ with shamrocks in the lower section, in the centre a silver harpover floreate numerals ‘88’ these on a black cloth backing, below the circle a silver scroll ‘Quis Separabit’, the original loops replaced with crude brass strips, the crown with two splits and crudely strengthened with a metal plate the gilt therefore lacking on the crown £250-350

724

THE NOTTS AND DERBY REGIMENT (SHERWOOD FORESTERS) OFFICER’S POST-1904 HELMET PLATE, a fine quality example, the gilt backed plate overlaid with similar laurel sprays, central mount in silver gilt and blue enamel silver title scroll ‘Sherwood Foresters on the base of the laurels, three loop fasteners, very good condition £300-400

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MILITARIA

36TH (OR HEREFORDSHIRE) REGIMENT OFFICER’S SHOULDER BELT PLATE C. 1840 - 55, a good period example, rectangular gilt backplate overlaid with a silver star, this in turn overlaid with crowned laurels these bearing various battle honours, in the centre on a domed plated ground ‘36’ over a scroll ‘Firm’ with title strap ‘Or Herefordshire’ in surround, at the base two further battle honour scrolls ‘Hindustan’ and ‘Orthes’, two hook and two stud fasteners, little gilt remains on the backplate and the high points on the central mount are rubbed £500-700

726

17TH (LEICESTERSHIRE) REGIMENT & 70TH (THE SURREY) REGIMENT OFFICERS’ SHOULDER BELT PLATES, the former shows engine turned rectangular backplate with a burnished edge overlaid with a faceted crowned silver star the star bearing four battle honour scrolls (severely worn), in the centre a gilt strap ‘Leicestershire Regiment’ enclosing a domed centre this mounted with the Tiger over ‘17’ (Parkyn Fig. 175), two hook and two stud fasteners, little gilt remains to the backplate and the fasteners defaced. The second item shows a rectangular engine turned backplate with a burnished rim overlaidwith a multi rayed silver star, this in turn overlaid with the crowned Garter Proper, to the centre the floreate numerals ‘70’ on a dimpled silver ground, below the Garter a floreate scroll ‘Surrey’, two stud fasteners one hook fastener missingthe other damaged, four of the mount fixings lacking and little gilt remains overall (2) £300-400

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108TH MADRAS INFANTRY OFFICER’S HELMET PLATE 1878 - 1881, a crowned giltstar overlaid with double wreaths of laurel and enclosing a circular strap‘Madras Infantry’ in the centre on a red cloth ground plain gilt numerals‘108’, at the base of the outer laurel sprays a double scroll ‘Central India’, three loop fasteners, little gilt remains and one star point buckled

£100-150

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THE BUFFS (EAST KENT REGIMENT) OFFICER’S HELMET PLATE 1881 - 1901, a good quality example showing crowned star overlaid with laurels and the Garter Proper, in the centre on a ground of black leather a silver dragon,a silver scroll below the crown ‘The Buffs’ and another silver scroll at the base of the laurels ‘The East Kent Regiment’, three loop fasteners, one star point part fractured, the gilt good but requires cleaning

£200-300

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THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT OFFICER’S HELMET PLATE 1902 - 14, crowned gilt backplate with similar laurel and garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet a silver eight pointed star this mounted with Prince of Wales crest and motto, title scroll below ‘The Cheshire Regiment’, three loop fasteners, the gilt part rubbed otherwise good condition £150-250

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THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT AND THE DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT OFFICERS’ 1881 HELMET PLATES, the first item is composite crowned gilt backplate with laurel and garter overlays, in the centre on a ground of black velvet silver laurels Prince of Wales’s crestand motto ducal cypher and the honour ‘Albuhera’ title scroll at the bottom ‘The Middlesex Regiment’, two loop fasteners present. The second item original but severely worn overall, central silver castle with scroll below ‘Semper Fidelis’ and the silver scroll below ‘The Devonshire Regiment’, three loop fasteners, no gilt remains and the central mount lacking one wire fixing £100-150

731

THE HONORABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY OFFICER’S SHOULDER BELT PLATE C. 1837 - 55, the rectangular plated backplate overlaid with a large fused grenadein gilt metal, the recessed centre of the ball of the grenade mounted with an ornate ‘VR’ cypher, on the neck of the grenade a silver St. Edward’s crown, two hook and two stud fasteners, little gilt remains to the grenade £200-300

732

THE WILTSHIRE REGIMENT 1ST VOLUNTEER BATTALION OFFICER’S HELMET PLATE C. 1883 - 1901, plated white metal, a crowned star pattern backplate overlaid with similar laurel sprays and Garter Proper, in the centre on aground of black velvet a silver cross pattee, this mounted with a royal ducal coronet and interlaced cypher ‘AE’, double silver scroll below thegarter ‘The Wiltshire Regiment the 1st Volunteer Battalion’, two loop fasteners present out of three, good overall condition £150-200

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THE CAMERONIANS (SCOTTISH RIFLES) OFFICER’S POUCH BELT PLATE 1881 - 1901, agood quality die cast silver plated example showing a Guelphic crown over large thistle sprays and enclosing a mullet over a strung bugle horn,a scroll at the base ‘The Scottish Rifles’, complete with shaped backingplate, four screw post fasteners, very good condition £80-120

734

THE RIFLE BRIGADE (PRINCE CONSORT’S OWN) OFFICER’S HALL MARKED SILVER POUCH BELT PLATE, of standard pattern showing a Guelphic crown over a plinth ‘Waterloo’ laurel sprays overlaid with battle honours and title scroll at the base ‘The Prince Consort’s Own’, in the centre a Bath star the armsof the cross decorated with battle honours, in the centre a crowned bugle horn and title circle ‘Rifle Brigade’, hall marked silver 1894 Birmingham by J & Co., complete with shaped backing plate and four screw post fasteners, very good condition £150-250

735

INDIAN ARMY RIFLE REGIMENT OFFICER’S HALL MARKED SILVER WHISTLE CHAIN AND GUARD, a very fine set, the octagonal whistle case overlaid with oak leaves and sprays, a two strand chain leading to a decorated coiled bugle horn this with a KC on top of the coil, all five screw post fastenerspresent, hall marked Birmingham 1906 by JRG & S, very fine condition

£150-250

736

THE RIFLE BRIGADE (PRINCE CONSORT’S OWN) BLACK LEATHER POUCH BELT WITH HALL MARKED SILVER PLATE WHISTLE CHAINS AND GUARD, the lion’s mask pattern guard whistle and case hall marked Birmingham 1902, the KC pouch belt plate hall marked Birmingham 1912 this with a KC over a plinth ‘Waterloo’ laurel sprays adorned with battle honours, title scroll ‘The Prince Consort’s Own’ at the base, in the centre a Bath style cross the arms embellished with battle honours and in the centre a KC over astrung bugle horn and unit title ‘Rifle Brigade’, honours to South Africa 1899 - 1902, the mounts not original to the belt otherwise very good overall condition £150-250

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THE LIFE GUARDS A VICTORIAN OFFICER’S POUCH ORNAMENT AND A HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY OTHER RANKS POST 1902 HELMET PLATE, the firstitem of standard format, a crowned oval mounted with a silver plated and enamelled Garter star initials ‘LG’ to either side and double scroll at the base ‘Peninsula & Waterloo’, four screw post fasteners, the brass backing plate a replacement. The second item of standard pattern in die stamped brass overlaid with white metal and brass Garter star, the first item lacking all gilt the second item severely polished and with sundry fractures (2) £80-120

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HERTFORDSHIRE YEOMANRY CAVALRY OTHER RANKS HELMET PLATE AND AN OFFICER’S 1822 PATTERN MILITIA SHAKO PLATE, the former in die stamped brass with awhite metal overlay being a crowned ornamental shield bearing a hart trippant, sundry screw post fasteners some being replacements. The latter being a small multi rayed gilt star overlaid with the crowned Garter Proper, the blue enamel backing is original the central red enamel replaced by paint, two original loop fasteners, the former itemwith splits to the crown, the second item in good condition apart from the defect mentioned (2) £80-120

Note: This pattern of shako plate was worn by various militia regiments with a

separate title scroll below.

739

THE LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE AN OFFICER’S POUCH BELT PLATE C. 1920 - 1953 TOGETHER WITH PLATED WHISTLE CHAINS AND GUARD, the former of good quality silver plate featuring the crown over oak sprays, these adorned with WWI battle honours, crossed sword and mace the motto ‘Primus InUrbe’ and a shield bearing the arms of the City of London. In the centrea shield bearing the Royal Arms and title circle ‘London Rifle Brigade’ and the honour ‘South Africa 1900-02’, three screw post fasteners and complete with shaped backing plate. The whistle guard and chain of standard pattern, all screw post fasteners present, very good condition (2) £100-150

740

THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS (NOTTS & DERBY REGIMENT) INSIGNIA, comprising an officer’s KC cap badge in silver plate gilt and enamel with two pairs of relevant collar badges, an osd KC cap badge with one pair of relevant collar badges, a QVC glengarry type badge in silver plate gilt and enamel, but in fact the mount from the officer’s waistbelt clasp; the Robin Hood Rifles a scarce white metal special pattern whistle guard triple chains and whistle with case; an osd cap badge to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment by J & Co, three blade fasteners, good overall condition (11) £80-120

741

ROYAL HORSE GUARDS (THE BLUES) OFFICER’S PLASTIC FLAP POUCH, the black plastic pouch mounted with a QEC good quality giltRoyal Arms badge; together with two Rifle Volunteer sets of guard chains and whistle, one the standard lion’s mask type,the guard on the other shows a strung bugle horn within thistle sprays; two plated pricker plates of variable pattern complete with arrows and chains one terminating in a lion’s mask guard the other in a Guelphic crown, good overall condition (5) £80-120

742

ASSORTED MILITARY INSIGNIA, including a post 1902 KC other ranks helmet plate to the Royal Artillery, a Victorian period Rifle Volunteers pouch belt plate of crowned laurel format the centre mounted with ‘10’, two strung bugle horn badgeseach with ‘2’ lodged within the strings, a QVC hall marked silver Rifle Volunteer pouch badge being the crown over a strung bugle horn, two plated strung bugle horn badges, an o/r w/m fur cap grenade to the Volunteer Battalions of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, two Coldstream Guards valise badges (one dented), a similar valise star to the Worcestershire Regiment, two EVIIR cypher badges, a lady’s gala belt to the Border Regiment and two hall marked silver sash badges tothe Royal and Ancient Order of Foresters, good overall condition (16) £80-120

743

MILITARY UNIFORMS, comprising a soldier’s full dress scarlet tunic to the Norfolk Regiment (stamped 2Nk 4937 12 (19) 04) this with white facings embroidered shoulder straps ‘Norfolk’ brass collar badges bearing on the breast a QSA and KSA named to 4095 Private W Smith Norfolk Regt (suspender heavily repaired on the KSA and with much edge bruising). 5th Royal Irish Lancers a trooper’s blue and red full dress tunic bearing KC brass buttons and yellow cord shoulder straps. A Field Officer’s blue patrol jacket the front with braided frogging and all olivet fasteners, good overall condition(3) £200-300

744

NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS SENIOR NCO’S WAIST BELT CLASP 1881 - 1901, a scarce example of standard officer’s 1855 patternbut the whole in gilt brass except for the central mount of St. George slaying the dragon which is in silver, no benchmarks; together with a fine quality unmarked silver Scottish family plaid brooch featuring a crowned rampant lionwithin a strap ‘Fidei Coticula Crux’, original pin fastener, together with one only gilt metal livery button to the same family. 2nd King Edward’s Horse gilding metal cap badge and one tunic button, a WWI Australian Commonwealth Military Forces sunrise cap badge, now with brooch fastener, an or’s small size tunic button to the 5th of Foot 1856 - 1871, a small gilt mufti button to the same regiment, seven brass Crimean period buttons to the 33rd Infantry Regiment (4 heavily worn) and five other miscellaneous items, good overall condition (20) £100-150

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RHODESIAN MILITARY INSIGNIA, ten carded displays covering the KC, QEC periods, the interesting items include four parachutists’ brevets (3 padded), light blue wings, white parachute on pale green background; good quality metal cap badges to the Rhodesia Defence Force (full arms), Rhodesia Regiment, British South Africa Police (some duplication), a large selection of cloth badges including divisional signs, QEC anodised buttons and late issue rank stars, three WWII medals 1939 - 45 Star and medal plus Defence medal and many other interesting items, good overall condition (parcel)

£300-500

746

1796 PATTERN TROOPER’S SABRE, the 84 cm blade with single fuller retains all original polish, regulation steel stirrup handguard, wire and leather bound wooden hand grip, one langet stamped DJ as is the accompanying steel scabbard, very good condition £400-600

747

RHODESIAN ARMY REGIMENTS AND CORPS COMMEMORATIVE SILVER MEDALLIONS, twenty one double faced items are shown completewith descriptive notes and printed regimental colour panels, they are encapsulated and contained in a maroon colouredleather and leatherette album with gold blocked title and outer slip case, mint state £300-500

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9TH (EAST NORFOLK) REGIMENT PRESENTATION SILVER PLATED CORNET, a good quality cased example by Rudall Rose Carte & Co., 20 Charing Cross, London. Numbered 1077 and with fine quality presentation engraving ‘To Sergeant John Earnshaw from the Officers 1st Battn 9th Regt November 1866’ contained in its original leather covered wooden case and complete with various mouthpieces and extensions, together with Sergeant Earnshaw’s original account book, this shows that Earnshaw enlisted at Meerut India 21st September 1841 at the age of 14. It further shows that he was a soldier of exemplary character and was discharged after 21 years and 112 days service, he was in possession of four good conduct badges when promoted to sergeant, he was awarded the DCM, the Crimean Medal and clasp, Turkish Crimean, medal and clasp for Lahore. He was slightly wounded at the first storming of the Redan, was later tried by Court Martial for being drunk and reduced to Private, later promoted back to Corporal and later Sergeant. Also with further research details, the cornet’s leather carrying case with some damage £300-500

749

Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Ernest Russell, D.S.O., T.D., commanding 50th Royal Tank Regiment R.A.C., was killed in action 29 November 1943. He is buried in Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy.

ROYAL TANK REGIMENT INTEREST PRESENTATION TRUMPET, a brass example by Potter of London, the body finely engraved, ‘Presented to 40th (The Kings) Royal Tank Regiment by Mrs. J. Russell in memory of Lieut. Colonel G. E. Russell, DSO. TD. Killed in Action Italy November 1943’. Complete with white metal mouthpiece, very good condition £100-150

750

RAILWAY INTEREST, a small selection of standard pattern railway buttons including GWR, LMS, Midland Railway, one only to the Caledonian Railway Company, similar to The London & North Western Railway Company, and one large and twosmall to the London Brighton and South Coast Railway; various enamelled lapel badges; two Railway Ambulance Corpsbadges and sundry other medallions and commemorative items, good overall condition (parcel) £50-80

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William Parker, by trade a schoolmaster, was born at Bolton, Lancashire, and attested for the Grenadier Guards on 12 January 1827, aged 23. He does not appear to have seen any overseas service and was discharged at London on 23 February 1848. Sold with copieddischarge papers.

GRENADIER GUARDS INTEREST, an old brass tobacco box, approx. 90mm diameter, the hinged lid engraved with V.R. cypher,crown and sceptre, regimental colours and other devices, named ‘Wm. Parker Serjeant 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards’; engraved around the waist ‘Wm. Parker. Born April 20th 1803. Enlisted Jany 11.1827. Appointed Corporal 1stMay 1828. Do. Serjt. June 13. 18[3]4’; the bottom engraved with sentimental poem, ‘Farewell but not forever / The chain of Holy love / Tho’ doomed on earth to sever / Shall yet be linked above’, several dents but good condition for age £150-200

752

63RD (WEST SUFFOLK) REGIMENT OFFICER’S 1855-1861 PATTERN SHAKO PLATE, a good quality example being a crowned star back-plate overlaid with the Garter Proper and central numeral ‘63’ mounted on a ground of black leather; together with an associated painted photograph in an ornate gilt frame, 225 x 200mm., the photograph shows a Lieutenant wearing the 1856 pattern scarlet tunic with Lincoln green facings, his shako on a table alongside; together with two portrait miniatures of officers in glazed frames, in wooden plaques, 162 x 142mm. and 122 x 101mm., one inscribed on reverse‘C. J. Hill, Chatham, March 6, 1841’, very good condition (4) £300-350

753

A BOER WAR TOBACCO TIN, the lid decorated with a thistle on a yellow ground, and ‘Frae Scots tae Scots’, ‘For Auld Lang Syne’, and ‘South Africa 1900’, with an old card bearing the ink inscription, ‘Tobacco box with tobacco received by meat Bloemfontein, S. Africa, while serving with the 1st A. & S. Hrs. during the South African War. J. Buchan, Sergt., C Coy.’, lid decoration and gilt worn, otherwise in good condition and scarce £80-120

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Ref. Balmer R370. This medal was awarded whilst the regiment was serving in Australia, 1817-24, and most, if not all, of the 21 knownrecipients listed by Balmer served in New South Wales. There is strong evidence that the medals were engraved by Samuel Clayton, transported to Australia for seven years in 1816 and working as a painter, engraver and silversmith in Sydney as early as January of the following year.

48TH FOOT REGIMENTAL MEDAL 1819, silver, 41mm diameter, inscribed on obverse scroll ‘Josha. Hoyle’, the reverse inscribed with three actions ‘Nivelle Orthes Toulouse’, fitted with contemporary replacement silver bar suspension, veryfine and scarce £1200-1500

755

Ex Murray collection 1926. Also entitled to 6-clasp M.G.S. for these same actions.

Ref. Balmer R370. This medal was awarded whilst the regiment was serving in Australia, 1817-24, and most, if not all, of the 21 knownrecipients listed by Balmer served in New South Wales. There is strong evidence that the medals were engraved by Samuel Clayton, transported to Australia for seven years in 1816 and working as a painter, engraver and silversmith in Sydney as early as January of the following year.

48TH FOOT REGIMENTAL MEDAL 1819, silver, 41mm diameter, inscribed on obverse scroll ‘P. Smith’, the reverse inscribed with six actions ‘Talavera Busaco Vittoria Pyrenees Orthes Toulouse’, fitted with contemporary replacement silver bar suspension, very fine and scarce £1200-1500

756

Arthur Ricketts was born on 7 August 1874, the son of W. T. Ricketts of Burchetts, Chailey, Sussex. He was educated at Dulwich College and University College, London. He qualified as a M.D. (London) and M.R.C.S. Ricketts was employed as a House Surgeon at the University College Hospital. During the Boer War he served as a Civil Surgeon (1900-01) then as a Surgeon Captain with the Irish Horse (1902). Awarded the C.M.G. in 1901. During the Great War he served as a Major in the R.A.M.C. Appointed a Fellow of the British Medical Association in 1961. Latterly living at 122 Holden Road, North Finchley, Ricketts died on 14 May 1968.

IRISH HORSE - 29TH BATTALION IMPERIAL YEOMANRY TRIBUTE MEDAL 1902, silver, 36 x 32mm., obverse inscribed, ‘Irish Horse 29thImp. Yeo.’; reverse inscribed, ‘Services rendered in South Africa, Surgeon Capt. Arthur Ricketts 1902’, good very fine, rare £200-300

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ROYAL MILITARY TOURNAMENT PRIZE MEDAL, silver, obverse, Royal Arms and motto with title around, reverse engraved, ‘Gib. 1895, Sword v. Sword,Mounted’ and ‘Lieut. W. E. B. Smith, 1st S.W. Bords.’, 38mm. diam., good very fine £60-80

758

Wilfrid Edward Bownas Smith was born in March 1867, the son of a clergyman,and commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the South Wales Borderers in May 1888, direct from the Militia.

Advanced to Lieutenant in October 1891 and to Captain in November 1896, he served in Tibet Expedition in 1903-04 (Medal) and in India as a Brigade Major 1905-09.

Transferring as a Lieutenant-Colonel to the Lincolnshire Regiment in March 1914,he took the 1st Battalion out to France that August, where he and his men foughtwith great distinction in the retreat from Mons, suffering very heavy casualties. He was mentioned in despatches by Field Marshal Sir John French and awarded the C.M.G. (London Gazette 18 February 1915 refers).

Next appointed a Brigade Commander in the temporary rank of Brigadier-General, Smith served in that capacity from March 1915 to July 1918, latterly in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, and added the C.B. (London Gazette 1 January1917 refers), and three further “mentions” to his accolades in the same period. He was placed on the Retired List as a Major-General in 1919.

The General, ‘a great sportsman and deservedly one of the most popular officerswe have ever had in the Regiment’ (his obituary in the Journal of the South WalesBorderers refers), died in Devon in May 1942, having recently returned to the fray as an Air Raid Precautions’ Organiser; sold with a large quantity of research,including numerous copied images of the recipient from regimental journals.

Ernest Kirkland Laman, who was born in December 1875, served in the ranks of the South Wales Scottish Borderers for 21 years, latterly as a Warrant Officer, prior to being commissioned as a Lieutenant & Quarter-Master in the 2nd Battalion in January 1914.

Subsequently witnessing active service in the operations against the German treaty port of Tsing-Tao in October of the same year, and afterwards in Gallipoli, and in France and Flanders, he was awarded the M.C. (London Gazette 1 January 1918 refers), and the M.B.E. (London Gazette 12 December 1919 refers). A glimpse of his wartime activities is to be found in a number of items he presented to hisold regiment in 1949, among them a German Verey Light pistol and lanyard from Tsing-Tao, a ‘Turkish cricket ball grenade’ from Gallipoli, and a German carbine captured by the 2nd Battalion at Arras in 1917.

Laman was finally placed on the Retired List as a Major & Quarter-Master in October 1930 and died in April 1961; sold with extensiveresearch, including a copied portrait photograph.

BENGAL PRESIDENCY RIFLE ASSOCIATION PRIZE MEDAL, silver, by Pinches, London,obverse, a lioness above a cartouche with embossed title, ‘N.I.R.A. 1863-86’, reverse, ‘Bengal Presidency Rifle Association’ and central cartouche engraved, ‘Q.O.R.A., 1909’ with laurel wreath around, the edge further inscribed, ‘Championship won by Sgt. Major E. K. Laman,1st 24th Regt.’, 55mm. diam., good very fine £60-80

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MEMORIAL PLAQUE 1914-18 (Specimen MCMXX) with associated slip in card envelope, extremely fine £250-300

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Ordinary Seaman Victor Ernest Alfred Barnard, R.N., was killed in action at the battle of Jutland when serving on the battlecruiser H.M.S. Indefatigable, 31 May 1916, aged 18 years. He was the son of Alfred and M. Barnard of 3 Bertha Villas, Linden Road, Leatherhead, Surrey.

MEMORIAL PLAQUE 1914-18 (Victor Ernest Alfred Barnard) nearly extremely fine £60-80761

Lieutenant Keith Roland Wollaston, 20th Battalion Manchester Regiment, was killed in action, France/Flanders, 10 October 1918. Hewas buried in the Naves Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. He was the son of Thomas Roland and Annie Wollaston of Dirleton House, Priory Road, Sale, Manchester.

MEMORIAL PLAQUE 1914-18 (Keith Roland Wollaston) nearly very fine £40-60762

Sergeant Julian Edward Poyer, 31st Battalion Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment) was killed in action on 24 September 1916, aged 36years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial. He was the son of Teresa Caroline Poyer of ‘The Limes’. 36 Wellington Road, Hampton Hill, Middlesex and the late John Poyer, M.A.

MEMORIAL PLAQUE 1914-18 (Julian Edward Poyer); with a Canadian cap badge, mounted in a wooden frame, good very fine £40-60

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49408 Private Magnus Jamieson, 2nd Battalion Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F. died on 22 December 1917, aged 22 years. He was buried inthe Hooge Crater Cemetery. He was the son of Magnus Jamieson of Skeld, Shetland, Scotland and the late Margaret Jamieson.

With an accompanying letter from the New Zealand Government Offices, Strand, dated 1 August 1922 to Mr M. Jamieson, c/o MessrsA. & M. Strickland Ltd, Hull.

MEMORIAL PLAQUE 1914-18 (Magnus Jamieson) in card envelope, good very fine £40-60764

Sidney Charles James Spratt was born in Ramsgate, Kent, lived in Reculvers and enlisted at Canterbury. Serving with Mechanical Transport A.S.C., attached to the 279th Siege Brigade Ammunition Column, R.G.A. , he died of wounds on 28 June 1917. He was buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. He was the husband of M. A. Spratt of Beacon Road, Herne Bay, Kent.

MEMORIAL PLAQUE 1914-18 (Sidney Charles James Spratt) in card envelope, good very fine £40-60765

Seaman Basil Willie Barnes, R.N.R. was killed in action whilst serving on the S.S. Erindring. The ship, with a cargo of iron ore, en-routefrom Santander to Glasgow was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by the U-91 on 5 October 1918. Aged 25 years at the time of his death, Barnes was the son of Herbert and Louisa Barnes of 42 Silcott Street, Brightlingsea, Essex. His name is commemorated on the ChathamNaval Memorial.

MEMORIAL PLAQUE 1914-18 (Basil Willie Barnes) good very fine £40-60766

Several men of this name on the C.W.G.C. list.

Thomas Kavanagh was born and lived in Killmore, Co. Galway and enlisted at Ballinasloe. He died in Salonika on 30 November 1915.The C.W.G.C. list his grave at Chichester Cemetery, Sussex.

MEMORIAL PLAQUE 1914-18 (Thomas Kavanagh) additionally engraved on the reverse, ‘6220 Pte. T. Kavanagh, 5 Bn. Connaught Rangers, Salonica 30 Nov. 1915’, very fine £30-50

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Adam Smail was born in Hawick, Roxburgh and lived and enlisted at Galashiels, Selkirk. Serving with the 1/4th Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers he was killed in action in the Dardanelles, 12 July 1915. His name is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.

MEMORIAL PLAQUE 1914-18 (Adam Smail) good very fine £40-60768


MEMORIAL PLAQUE 1914-18 (John Riordan) very fine £30-50769


MEMORIAL PLAQUE 1914-18 (William McIlven) good very fine £30-50770


MEMORIAL PLAQUE 1914-18 (William Crossley) good very fine £30-50771

Three men with this surname and forename/initial on C.W.G.C. site.

MEMORIAL PLAQUE 1914-18 (Albert Walkden) good very fine £30-50772

Several of this name on the C.W.G.C. list.

MEMORIAL PLAQUE 1914-18 (Joseph Ashton) pierced at 12 o’clock, worn through polishing, fine £20-30773

CANADIAN MEMORIAL CROSS, G.V.R. (781028 Spr. H. Buller) good very fine £50-70774

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LAPEL BADGES (12) ‘N.Z. Soldiers Club, London 1916-1919’, enamelled; ‘Army Service 1916, Army Canteens Women’; ‘War Munition Volunteers’; ‘Old Contemptibles Association’; ‘Anglo-German Youth Movement, Capel Morris, England1936’, enamelled; ‘National Reserve, West Lancashire’, enamelled; ‘Home Guard’ (3) - different; Home Guard 1940-1-2-3’; ‘Grenadier Guards Association’, enamelled; ‘Gloucestershire Regt. Association’, enamelled, good very fine (12)

£50-70

775

On the night of 3 September a force of 16 Army and Navy Zeppelins made for England. An army wooden framed Schutte Lanz dirigiblewas attacked and destroyed by Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson of 39 Squadron, R.F.C., the wreck falling to earth at Cuffley, Hertfordshire. Robinson was awarded the Victoria Cross (London Gazette 5 September 1916) for this action - the first zeppelin to be shot down in air combat. Sold with a ‘First Day Cover’ commemorating the event.

ZEPPELIN RELIC, a 15mm. length of wire contained in a Red Cross packet, 81 x 48mm., which reads, ‘Guarantee. This is a piece of the wire of the first Zeppelin brought down at Cuffley, Herts, September 3rd, 1916. The wire having been givento the British Red Cross Society by H.M. War Office, it is being sold to help the wounded at the front. Price 1/-’, good condition £60-80

776

ARMY TEMPERANCE ASSOCIATION MEDALS: INDIA (9) A.T.A.I.1, silver-bronze; A.T.A.I.2, with silver scroll brooch bar; A.T.A.I.3, with ‘Excelsior’ bar; A.T.A.I.5/S.T.A.3, silver and enamel; A.T.A.I.7 (2); A.T.A.I.8, with silver scroll top bar; A.T.A.I.14, with ‘For Merit’ brooch bar; A.T.A.I.15/R.A.T.A.3 Victoria Commemorative Medal, most with ribbon, very fine and better (9) £80-100

777

ROYAL ARMY TEMPERANCE ASSOCIATION MEDALS (5) R.A.T.A.1; R.A.T.A.3/A.T.A.I.15; R.A.T.A.6; R.A.T.A.9 (2); ARMY TEMPERANCE ASSOCIATION MEDALS: HOME (2) A.T.A.H.5, silver and enamel; A.T.A.H.9, some with ribbon, good very fine and better (7) £60-80

778

Together with a quantity of British ribbon.

NATIONAL FIRE BRIGADE UNION L.S. MEDAL, bronze, reverse inscribed, ‘A. E. Brown, Winchester, 1914’, with ‘Ten Years’ brooch bar, in case of issue, with named paper slip dated ‘13/2/14’; NATIONAL FIRE BRIGADES ASSOCIATION L.S. MEDAL, 2 clasp,Ten Years, Five Years, bronze (8752 Nelson Moren); NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION MEDAL, (W.R.A. Won by Corpl. Wells, 1stWilts at Devizes, July 1875) 48mm., bronze; VIENNA UNIVERSITY MEDALLION, 51mm., bronze, unnamed, in fitted case; VICTORIA CROSS, copy, very fine and better (lot) £40-50

779

ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE SPECIAL CONSTABULARY L.S. MEDAL, bronze open-work badge, unnamed, complete with integral brooch bar, good very fine £60-80

780

QUEEN VICTORIA’S JUBILEE INSTITUTE FOR NURSES, QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S COMMITTEE MEDAL, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1915, with ribbon, good very fine £100-140

781

CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL CROSS, reverse inscribed, ‘K. Ward, 1915’, bronze; CHARTERED SOCIETY OF PHYSIOTHERAPY BADGE, reversenumbered, ‘6575’, bronze and enamel, pin-backed; SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, lapel badge, 18mm., gilt and enamel, pin-backed - this supporting the name-tag, ‘Brighton & Hove, Miss K. M. Ward, O.B.E., Deputy President Sussex B.R.C.S.’, good very fine (3) £50-70

782

THE LONDON HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING BADGE, by John Pinches, London,silver and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘Ellen R. Cross, May 1921-Sept. 1924; Oct. 1925’, pin-backed, in case of issue, extremely fine £80-100

Ellen R. Cross trained at The London Hospital, 1921-24. She was later AssistantMatron at the West Sussex County Mental Hospital and Assistant Matron at The Retreat, York. Appointed Matron of the Knowle Mental Hospital, Fareham, Hampshire in 1940.

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Harold Edward Aiers, the son of Chief Inspector Richard Aiers, Director of the C.I.D., Shanghai Municipal Police, originally served in his father’s corps, and is believed to have been interned at the time of the Japanese occupation of Shanghai in 1941. After the War, he transferred to the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police and he was awarded the Colonial Police Medal for his services as C.O. of Kowloon District (London Gazette 1 January 1964 refers); his official Honours & Awards were sold at auction in London in April 2010 (Spink Sale No. 1005, Lot 220 refers).

William Henry Augustus Pratt was Harold Aiers’ father-in-law. He died in Newton Abbot, Devon in early 1938, aged 74 years.

See Lots 809 and 973 for related family properties.

A GROUP OF MASONIC AWARDS APPERTAINING TO SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT H. E. AIERS, C.P.M., HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE, LATE SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL POLICE, COMPRISING: Northern Lodge of China, 1849, gilt and enamel, with enamelled clasp ‘No. 570’, the reverse inscribed, ‘Bro. H. E. Aiers’; Royal Sussex Lodge, 1844, gilt and enamel, with enamelled clasp, ‘No. 501’, the reverse inscribed, ‘Bro. H. E. Aiers’; Royal Arch Jewel, silver-gilt, by ‘K. S.’, London, with riband buckle and reverse pin for wearing, the lower reverse inscribed, ‘H. E. Aiers, 18.3.1951’; Mark Master Mason Jewel, with silver suspension and mallet and chisel riband device; another similar, with gold suspension, but lacking riband, together withtwo sets of his uniform riband bars for the Shanghai Municipal Council Emergency Medal 1937 and Shanghai VolunteerCorps Long Service Medal; an unnamed silver prize medal, a gilt and enamel Steward’s badge for the Glamorganshire R.M.I.G., and a Special Constabulary Long Service, G.V.R., robed bust (William H. A. Pratt), this last worn, the remaindergenerally very fine or better

A RARE AND INTERESTING PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF CHINESE INTEREST, with decorated lacquer binding, 195mm. by 150mm., folding pages, 52 photographs, mainly of Shanghai landmarks but also of Prince Chun, father of the China’s last emperor Puyi,with local dignitaries; British naval and military subject matter, including H.M.S. Terrible at Hong Kong and portraits of soldiers from the 14th Sikhs, 30th Baluchis and 4th Gurkhas; and other interesting subject matter, ranging from ‘OpiumSmokers’ to ‘Prisoners at Central Station’, the inside cover inscribed ‘Harold’, circa 1930 but with earlier images, overallin good condition (Lot) £300-400

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A Worshipful Company of Musicians pair of medals awarded to Band Corporal George James Steele

WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF MUSICIANS MEDALLION, obverse: a female figure in classical garments, holding a harp; reverse: armsof the company, 55mm., silver (Band Corporal George James Steele); another smaller medal, 24mm., silver, unnamed,with ribbon and silver brooch bar, the two in slightly worn fitted case of issue, the lid, inscribed, ‘Presented to Band Corporal George James Steele by the Worshipful Company of Musicians 29th October 1929’, extremely fine and attractive (2) £70-90

785

With card leaflets on each of the regiments; together with a Birmingham Mint ‘Collector’s Book’.

Note: this is a heavy lot.

‘GREAT BRITISH REGIMENTS’, Birmingham Mint limited edition cased set no. 1652, consisting of 52 frosted silver medallions,45mm., dia., each approx. 44g., each bearing the name of a regiment with a depiction of an action on the obverse and further details on the reverse, each bearing hallmarks for Birmingham 1977 on the edge; together with 52 base metal copy cap badges for each regiment; the medals and badges mounted on two trays and contained within a wooden presentation case, 540 x 358 x 132mm., with gilt plaque and fittings, with lock and key, extremely fine (lot)

£1000-1200

786

COPY MEDALS: Victoria Cross (9); George Cross (2); Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R.; Distinguished Flying Cross (2); AirForce Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue; Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (2); Air Crew Europe Star; GulfMedal 1990-91 (2), 1 clasp, 16 January to 28 February 1991, of varying quality, some marked ‘copy’, very fine and better (21) £50-80

787

BOOKLET: King George V Long and Faithful Service Medal, institution and regulation booklet; CASES (35) including: Orderof the British Empire (3), C.B.E. (military) 1st type; C.B.E. (civil) 2nd type; O.B.E. (civil) 2nd type; Order of St. John (5), various, one damaged; Royal Victorian Medal; Royal Household Medal; foreign medal cases (11); medallion cases (5) one damaged, generally good condition (36) £10-20

788

D.S.O. London Gazette 3 June 1919. ‘T/Major, 1st Battn. R. Dub. Fus.’

M.C. London Gazette 4 June 1917. ‘T./Capt., R. Dub. Fus.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917.

Papers include: letter of admission to the Royal Military Academy, 10 January 1911; Commission Documents (2) appointing him a 2ndLieutenant in the Special Reserve of Officers, 5 March 1913 and a 2nd Lieutenant in the Land Forces, 17 September 1914; bestowal document for the Distinguished Service Order, 3 June 1919, with accompanying letter; War Office letter, 14 August 1920 concerning his Army rank; Russian letters (3), dated 1919, two with translations; bestowal document for the Coronation Medal 1953, to ‘Colonel J.Hefferman’; letter to ‘James Heffernan Esq (sic), 1625 Delorimier Avenue, Montreal’ from the Belgian Ambassador, dated Ottawa, 20 September 1949; damaged newspaper clipping announcing ‘Lt. Col. James Heffernan, chairman of Canadian Legion provincial command’s employment and rehabilitation committee was awarded the Legion Medal of Merit ....’; some notes on the Hefferman/Heffernan family and a photograph of Heffernan.

Translation of Russian letters:

‘18 October 1919, No. 2131 Novocherkassk’ ‘Chairman of the Council of the Heads of the Departments of the Government of the Grand Don Army Region’ ‘Certification: The Government of the Grand Don Army certifies that the bearer is indeed a member of the English Mission. Major Heffenen is on assignment for the British Government for liaison with the Government of the Grand Don Army.All government premises, institutions and persons are obliged to provide Major Heffernan with every assistance in fulfilment of his assigned duties.’ The above certified by signature and seal of Major General Alferov.

‘1 December 1919, No. 75714 Kaledinsk’ ‘Memorandum - From: Senior Officer for special duties of the Quartermaster General. To: Officer of the British Mission. Re: Location of the reserve brigade of the 3 Corps.’ ‘The reserve brigade of the 3rd Don Corps is presentlyenroute in march formation to the Kaledinsk Rayon for billeting in the nearest village. The exact time of arrival of the brigade in Kaledinsk is unknown. Tomorrow, that being December 2, the brigade will advance on Velitskoye, which is 6 versts southwest of Chertkovo, where the brigade will camp the night.’ ‘Officer of the Operational Department’.

AN INTERESTING ARCHIVE OF ORIGINAL PAPERS, relating to Lieutenant-Colonel James G. P. Hefferman, D.S.O., M.C., Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers, some damaged but generally good condition (lot)

£60-80

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LETTER, dated 4 June 1916, from a worker at the Royal Aircraft Factory to his sweetheart - hand-written on three sides of two sheets of ‘R.A.F. Farnborough, Hants’ headed paper - the writer makes a passing reference to the losses suffered at the battle of Jutland, good condition (2) £10-20

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Frederick Baldwin Childs was born in 1907, a son of Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Childe, of Roundhay, Oxford. He was educated at Charterhouse and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards Supplementary Reserve in 1930 and attained the rank of Major in 1944.

With a passport photograph of the recipient and a letter to him from Kelly’s Handbook, dated 23 September 1953 with an amended copy of his entry for that book.

COMMISSION DOCUMENT, appointing Frederick Baldwin Childe, a Second Lieutenant, Coldstream Guards Supplementary Reserve of Officers, 30 May 1930, good condition £30-40

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MISCELLANEOUS

AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION CHARTS (27), each approx. 55 x 38.5cm. displaying silhouettes of W.W.2 allied and enemy aircraft (some duplicates), ragged, damaged; together with a number of R.A.F. related papers

R.A.F. SERVICE AND RELEASE BOOKS (7) to ‘Corporal A. M. Stevens’; ‘LAC. G. W. Green’; Corporal R. A. Carter’; ‘Corporal P.H. Shepherd’; ‘Acting Corporal D. Bould’; ‘Sergeant G. Broughall’; and LAC. N.C. Smith; this last with The Airman’s Guide to the New Trade Structure of the Royal Air Force booklet, and a page of poetry bearing the signature of Smith; together with a notebook giving R.A.F. procedural notes, sold as found (lot) £40-60

792

LEASK, G. A., V.C. Heroes of the War, George Harrap & Co., 1915; GLIDDON, G., V.C.s of the Somme - a Biographical Portrait, 1991; JAMES, D., The Life of Lord Roberts, Hollis & Carter, London; JERROLD, W., Lord Roberts of Kandahar, V.C. -The Life Story of a Great Soldier, S. W. Partridge & Co., London, 1900; GROSER, H. G., Field Marshal Lord Roberts, V.C.,K.P., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E. - a Biographical Sketch, Melrose, London; WHEELER, H. F. B., The Story of Lord Roberts, George Harrap, London; COLVILLE, J. R., Man of Valour - The Life of Field Marshal The Viscount Gort, V.C., G.C.B., D.S.O., M.V.O., M.C., Collins, London, 1972, generally good condition (7) £15-20

793

PERRET, BRYAN, The Hawkes, a short history of the 14th/20th King’s Hussars; FAMOUS REGIMENTS SERIES (19): The 10th Royal Hussars; The 11th Hussars; The 17th/21st Lancers; The Scots Guards; The Welsh Guards; The Royal Scots; The Queen’s Royal Regiment; The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers; The Royal Fusiliers; The Royal Norfolk Regiment; The Somerset Light Infantry; The Green Howards; The Worcestershire Regiment; The Royal Hampshire Regiment; The RoyalBerkshire Regiment; The York & Lancaster Regiment; Britain’s Brigade of Gurkhas; The Royal Army Medical Corps; TheWomen’s Royal Army Corps, these all ex library copies, with paper dust jackets and plastic covers, good condition (20)

£20-30

794

SCOTT, LIEUT.-GENERAL, Battle of Waterloo, or ‘Correct narrative of the late sanguinary conflict on the Plains of Waterloo ......’, Printed for, and sold by E. Cox and Son, High Street, Southwark, London, 1815, 224pp., with hand coloured folding picture of ‘La Belle Alliance, as seen four days after the action’, ribbed spine, maroon half calf, some damage to spine, interior spotted and marked, fair condition, a scarce early account of the battle £60-80

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O.M.S.A., The Medal Collector, official publication of the Orders and Medals Society of America, Jan/Feb. 1960-Dec. 1964, bound in one volume; Jan. 1965-Nov. 1967, bound in one volume; May 1982-Dec. 1984, bound in one volume;Jan/Feb. 1985-Dec. 1987, bound in one volume; Dec. 1992-Aug/Sept. 1995, bound in one volume; others unbound: March 1968-June 1972; Dec. 1975-Oct. 1981; Mar. 1988-Nov. 1992; Oct. 1995-Dec. 1997 (these with date gaps, not complete); The Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America, Jan/Feb. 1998-Nov/Dec. 2002, unbound, not complete, an excellent resource, sold as found, (lot) £20-30

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MINIATURE MEDALS

For the recipient’s full-size group, see lot 1633.

The outstanding set of nineteen miniature dress medals awarded to Major-General Sir Sydney D’A. Crookshank, RoyalEngineers, Director-General of Transportation, France, December 1917-May 1919 and Colonel Commandant, R.E., 1936-41

ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE, gold and enamel, ring suspension; ORDER OF THE BATH, Military, gold and enamel, ringsuspension; ORDER OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE, gold and enamel, with gold top bar; DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER, G.V.R., gold and enamel, with gold top bar; ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER, silver-gilt, gold and enamel; ORDER OF ST. JOHN, silver and enamel; INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895; 1914-15 STAR; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf; DELHI DURBAR 1911; JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1937; FRANCE, LEGION OF HONOUR, gold and enamel, rosette on ribbon; U.S.A., ARMY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, bronze and enamel; BELGIUM, ORDER OF LEOPOLD I, with swords, gold and enamel, rosette on ribbon; PORTUGAL, MILITARY ORDER OF AVIZ, silver-gilt and enamel, rosette on ribbon; FRANCE, CROIX DE GUERRE 1914-1916; BELGIUM, CROIX DE GUERRE, ‘A’ cypher, mounted court style for wear, nearly extremely fine (19) £900-1000

797

See Lot 829 for his full-size Honours and Awards and a biographical footnote.

The mounted group of ten miniature dress medals worn by the Rt. Hon. Sir Alan “Tommy” Lascelles, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., C.M.G., M.C., who, following gallant service in the Bedfordshire Yeomanry in the Great War, served as a Private Secretary to Edward VIII, King George VI and the Queen

THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, Civil, silver-gilt; THE ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER, silver-gilt and enamel; THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE, silver-gilt and enamel; MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R.; 1914-15 STAR; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf; JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1937; CORONATION 1953, mounted court-style as worn, lacquered, generally very fine (10) £200-250

798

See lot 1636 for the recipient’s full-size medals.

The mounted group of four miniature dress medals attributed to Colonel H. Charlesworth, Royal Army Medical Corps

THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE, gold and enamel, straight bar suspension; THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, silver; CORONATION 1902, silver; AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, no clasp, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £100-140

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A mounted group of eleven miniature dress medalsORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, M.B.E., 2nd type, military; 1914 STAR; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS; 1939-45 STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS; CORONATION 1937; ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE DECORATION, G.V.R.; ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., ‘Admiral’s bust’; NORWAY, KING HAAKON VII FREEDOM MEDAL, bronze; together with three associated riband bars

A mounted group of four miniature dress medalsORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, O.B.E., 2nd type, civil; DEFENCE; CORONATION 1953, on bow riband; VOLUNTARY MEDAL SERVICE MEDAL

A mounted group of four miniature dress medalsORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, M.B.E., 2nd type, civil; BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20; MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDAL 1914-18; VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19, good very fine and better (19) £60-80

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A mounted group of nine miniature dress medalsMILITARY CROSS, G.VI.R., 1st issue, with plain sliver bar on ribbon; 1914-15 STAR; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oakleaf; 1939-45 STAR; PACIFIC STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, M.I.D. oakleaf; EFFICIENCY DECORATION, G.VI.R., 1st issue, lacking top bar

A mounted group of five miniature dress medalsQUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal; 1914-15 STAR; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS

Other mainly British miniatures (24) including: VICTORIA CROSS; DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS; AIR FORCE CROSS; DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R.; BALTIC MEDAL 1854-55; QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, SouthAfrica 1901, very fine and better (38) £50-70

801

A mounted group of five miniature dress medalsCONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY MEDAL, E.II.R.; GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 2 clasps, Northern Ireland, Kuwait; GULF 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16Jan to 28 Feb 1991; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R.; SAUDI ARABIA, LIBERATION OF KUWAIT MEDAL, mounted for wear

A mounted group of four miniature dress medalsCANADA SPECIAL SERVICE MEDAL, 1 clasp, NATO OTAN; GULF AND KUWAIT MEDAL 1991, with clasp; CANADIAN DECORATION, E.II.R.; SAUDI ARABIA, LIBERATION OF KUWAIT MEDAL, mounted for display

A mounted group of ten miniature dress medals U.S.A., SILVER STAR; BRONZE STAR; PURPLE HEART; ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL; ARMY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL; NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDAL; EXPEDITIONARY SERVICE MEDAL; SOUTHWEST ASIA SERVICE MEDAL; SAUDI ARABIA, LIBERATION OF KUWAIT MEDAL; KUWAIT, LIBERATION MEDAL,4th Grade, mounted for wear on two bars, very fine and better (19) £60-80

802

See Lot 1719 for his full sized group

The group of ten miniature medals attributed to Lieutenant C. J. Tunn, D.C.M., Royal Army Medical Corps

DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, G.V.R.; QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98; QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek; KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps; 1914-15 STAR; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, with M.I.D. oak leaf; ARMY L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R.; MEDAILLE MILITAIRE; KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896-1908, 2 clasps, Hafir, The Atbara, all stitched to velvet backing for display, extremely fine (10) £200-250

803

A mounted group of six miniature dress medalsEGYPT & SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-el-Kebir; INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-8, Tirah 1897-8; 1914-15 STAR; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS; KHEDIVE’S STAR 1882, mounted as worn (’Victory’ nearly detached)

A mounted group of five miniature dress medalsMILITARY CROSS, G.V.R.; 1914-15 STAR; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D.; TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.V.R., mounted court style as worn, in leather case

Other W.W.1 & W.W.2 miniature medals (13), very fine and better (24) £70-90

804

A mounted group of three miniature dress medalsBRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY MEDAL 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, no clasp; QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek; KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps

A mounted group of five miniature dress medalsINDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908; 1914-15 STAR; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq

A mounted group of three miniature dress medalsBRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20; INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 3 clasps, Afghanistan N.W. Frontier 1919; Waziristan 1919-21, North West Frontier 1930-31; Coronation 1937, generally very fine (11) £60-80

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MINIATURE MEDALS

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, O.B.E., 2nd Type; M.B.E. (2), 2nd type; DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS (2), G.V.R.; another, E.II.R.; MILITARY CROSS (2) E.II.R.; AIR FORCE CROSS, G.VI.R.; DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, E.II.R.; DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL (2) G.VI.R.; another, E.II.R.; DISTINGUISHED FLYING MEDAL, E.II.R.; ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL, G.V.R., bronze; KABUL TO KANDAHAR STAR 1880, modern; BELGIUM, QUEEN ELIZABETH MEDAL, bronze and enamel; DENMARK, ORDER OF THE DANNEBROG, Christian IX, gilt and enamel; other miniatures (49): General Service Medals; long service medals, etc., some in groups, some with ribbon, mostly modern productions, some damaged, sold as found (65) £80-100

806

ST. JEAN D’ACRE 1840, silver, with swivel ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £80-100

807

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 2 ‘slip-on’ clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24; CORONATION 1902, Metropolitan Police; CORONATION 1911, silver base metal; CORONATION 1911, Metropolitan Police, silver; CORONATION 1953, silver; ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., ‘Admiral’s bust’; TERRITORIAL EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.V.R.; EFFICIENCY MEDAL (3), G.V.R., Territorial, 3 clasps; another, G.VI.R., Territorial; another, E.II.R., Territorial; SOUTH AFRICA POLICE GOOD SERVICE,1st type, silver; FIRE BRIGADE L.S., E.II.R.; LONDON PRIVATE FIRE BRIGADES ASSOCIATION L.S. & G.C., silver; BRITISH FIRE SERVICES ASSOCIATION L.S. & G.C., (2) silver; another, bronze; NATIONAL FIRE BRIGADES UNION L.S., bronze; BRITISH FIRE SERVICES ASSOCIATION CROSS, gilt; QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S IMPERIAL MILITARY NURSING SERVICE, silver, all with ribbon, good very fine (18)

£80-100

808

See Lot 973 for his full-size awards and Lot 784 for items relating to his son.

The mounted group of five miniature dress medals worn by Chief Inspector R. C. Aiers, Director of the Criminal Intelligence Department, Shanghai Municipal Police

CHINA, ORDER OF THE GOLDEN GRAIN, 7th Class badge, silver and enamel; MEDAL OF THE NAVY, ARMY AND AIR FORCE, silver-gilt and enamel, stamp marks on reverse; NATIONAL FAMINE RELIEF COMMISSION MEDAL OF MERIT, silver-gilt and enamel, stamp markon reverse; SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL EMERGENCY MEDAL 1937, bronze; SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL POLICE L.S. MEDAL, 3 clasps, 1921-1925, 1926-1930, 1931-1935, mounted as worn, together with his MASONIC WAR MEMORIAL MEDAL 1914-18 (W. Bro.R. C. Aiers, No. 4575) and a MASONIC ST. GEORGE’S LODGE SHANGHAI FOUNDERS MEDAL, by Fenwick, Birmingham, silver-gilt and enamel, unnamed, complete with top bar, good very fine and rare (5) £500-600

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809

With framed citation for the Bronze Star, in glazed gilt frame, 272 x 215mm:

‘Major William B. van Northwick, 01011052, Infantry, United States Army. Major van Northwick, a member of the United Nations Civil Assistance Command Korea, is cited for meritorious service in connection with military operations against an armed enemy in Korea during the period 15 October 1951 to 8 March 1952. Serving as Personnel Consultant to the Commanding General and assistantChief of the Personnel and Administration Division and responsible for the numerous intricate details attendant to these key positions,Major van Northwick consistently carried out his many duties in an exemplary manner. His sound judgement, outstanding professionalability and constant attention to duty earned him the deep respect and admiration of all those with whom he worked and contributed immeasurably to the success achieved by his organization in accomplishing its vital mission. The meritorious service rendered by Major van Northwick throughout this period materially furthered the cause of the United Nations in Korea and reflects great credit on himself and the military service.’

With a photograph of the recipient.

A mounted group of nine miniature dress medals attributed to Major William B. van Northwick, United States Infantry

U.S.A., BRONZE STAR; AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL; EUROPEAN AFRICAN MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, two bronze stars on ribbon; VICTORY MEDAL 1945; ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL, 1 clasp, Germany; NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDAL; KOREA MEDAL; U.N. KOREA MEDAL; G.B., ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Officer’s badge, silver base metal and enamel, mounted court style for wear, contained in Spink, London leatherette case generally extremely fine (9) £60-80

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Michael ‘Mike’ Hayward1946-2010

The circumstances in which Mike Hayward and I met for the first time were those which many medal collectors will recognise with a sinking heart and were not necessarily conducive to friendship. For years I had been looking for a campaign medal to a Wiltshire Regiment man whose Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal I possessed when a chance conversation with a dealer revealed that he had recently sold it to another collector. Quite reasonably, the dealer declined to give me the name of this rival but agreed to pass on a letter which I duly wrote. A couple of weeks later my telephone rang and Mike introduced himself in a soft Wiltshire burr.

We eventually discovered that there was also another group of medals and associated memorabilia of which I had one half and he had the other. Common sense and a strong mutual feeling that both should be reunited prevailed and each of us ended up with one complete lot of medals. Not only had we done the right thing as far as preserving these men’s memory was concerned but it was the start ofother valuable collaboration. We exchanged research and books and copied photographs for one another. The awkwardness of that first phone call became a distant memory.

It was not surprising that Mike chose to collect to the Wiltshire Regiment, for he was a Wiltshireman to his fingertips. Born in Swindon, he was an apprentice in the railway works for which the town was famous. He then joined the P&O Line and spent seven years as an engineer on its cruise liners, including the Canberra. It was probably his time at sea that led him to collect medals to the Royal Navy before he began to specialise in the regiment of his home county. He then left the Merchant Navy and came back to Swindon, where he worked for a pharmaceutical company until his retirement in 2003. It gave him more time to research his medal collection and he was one of the most meticulous researchers that I have ever encountered. Married with one son, he was quite simply one of the nice guys of the medal world.

Will Bennett

A fine collection of medals to Members of The Royal Household

Frederick Lowes was born in 1841. He entered the service of Queen Victoria, as a Footman, on 1 November 1869. Listed as a Porter inthe Department of the Master of the Horse in 1887; and as an Assistant Groom Porter in 1894. Awarded the Queen’s Faithful Service Medal in 1898 as a Groom Porter. Ranked as a Gentleman Porter in 1902, he was awarded the R.V.M. in Silver as 1st Gentleman Porter on 2 August 1910. Appointed Principal Gentleman Porter in 1911. He served as such during the reign of King George V and died, still in service, on 9 April 1918. Latterly living at 2 Consort Villas, Arthur Road, Clewer, Windsor; he was buried at Clewer Churchyard.

Additionally entitled to the Thai, Chulalongkorn Rajaruchi Medal in silver.

An impressive R.V.M. group of twelve awarded to Frederick Lowes, Groom Porter to Queen Victoria and Principal Gentleman Porter to King George V

ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL, E.VII.R., silver, unnamed; ROYAL HOUSEHOLD FAITHFUL SERVICE MEDAL, V.R. (To Frederick Lowes, Groom Porter, for Faithful Services to the Queen during 29 Years 1898); JUBILEE 1887, clasp, 1897, silver (Frederick Lowes); CORONATION 1902, bronze; CORONATION 1911, silver; DENMARK, KING’S MEDAL OF RECOMPENSE, Christian X, gold; PRUSSIA, ORDER OF THE RED EAGLE, Medal of the Order, 2nd type, gilt; SWEDEN, ROYAL HOUSEHOLD MEDAL, with crown, GustafV, silver-gilt; FRANCE, MEDAL OF HONOUR, silver; SERBIA, ROYAL HOUSEHOLD MEDAL, gilt; SPAIN, ORDER OF NAVAL MERIT, Silver Cross, silver; PORTUGAL, CORONATION MEDAL 1889, Carlos I, silvered, mounted court style for wear, some with contact marks, very fine and better (12) £1400-1800

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William Jonathan Blane was born in 1836. He entered the service of Queen Victoria as a Footman on 3 February 1861. He was appointed 3rd Clerk of the Kitchen in 1883 and 2nd Clerk in 1890. He was awarded the Faithful Service Medal of Queen Victoria in 1890 and awarded the bar ten years later. In 1902 he was appointed Principal Gentleman Porter. Blane was awarded the R.V.M. in Silver on 2 August 1910; he retired from Royal Service the same year. He died on 13 November 1915 at 1 Balmoral Villas, New Road,Windsor.

With sealed document of appointment as Footman, 3 February 1861 and bestowal documents for the Italian Royal Service Medal in gold (1904); the Württemberg medal (1904), and Spanish Order of Naval Merit (1906).

An impressive R.V.M. group of eleven awarded to William Jonathan Blane, Second Clerk of the Kitchen to Queen Victoria, latterly a Gentleman Porter

ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL, E.VII.R., silver, unnamed; ROYAL HOUSEHOLD FAITHFUL SERVICE MEDAL, V.R. with additional ‘10 year bar(To Wm. Jonathan Blane, Second Clerk of the Kitchen for Faithful Services to the Queen during 29 Years 1890); JUBILEE 1887, clasp, 1897, silver; CORONATION 1902, bronze; PRUSSIA, ORDER OF THE RED EAGLE, Medal of the Order, 2nd type, silver; NORWAY, KING’S COMMEMORATION MEDAL, WITH CROWN, Haakon, VII, gold; SPAIN, ORDER OF NAVAL MERIT, Silver Cross, silver; ITALY, ROYAL SERVICE MEDAL, Vittorio Emanuel III, gold; PORTUGAL, CORONATION MEDAL 1889, silvered; SWEDEN, ROYAL HOUSEHOLD MEDAL, with crown, Gustaf V, silver-gilt; WÜRTTEMBERG, MEDAL OF MERIT, Wilhelm II, silver, mounted court style for wear, some with contact marks, very fine and better (11) £1800-2200

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A Royal Household group of seven awarded to Goss Overton, Head Keeper, Windsor Great Park

JUBILEE 1887, clasp, 1897, silver; ROYAL HOUSEHOLD FAITHFUL SERVICE MEDAL, V.R. (To Mr Goss Overton, Keeper, Windsor Great Park, for Faithful Services to the Queen during 24 Years, 1893) contact marks obscure parts of inscription; CORONATION 1902, silver; PRUSSIA, ORDER OF THE RED EAGLE, 2nd type, silver; ITALY, ORDER OF THE CROWN, 5th Class, gold and enamel; PORTUGAL, ORDER OF VILLA VICOSA, 4th Class, silver-gilt and enamel; SAXON DUCHIES, ERNESTINE HOUSE ORDER, MeritCross, silver, with blank reverse centre, mounted court style for wear; NATIONAL THANKSGIVING MEDAL FOR THE RECOVERY OF THE PRINCE OF WALES 1872, silver, set within a glazed gold frame, for wear as a watch fob, second with contact marks, nearlyvery fine and better (8) £1200-1500

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Goss Overton was born on 16 December 1835. He first entered the service of thePrince of Wales (the future Edward VII) as a Game Keeper at Sandringham in 1864. He was later transferred to Windsor Great Park as Keeper and then as Head Keeper. Awarded the Faithful Service Medal by Queen Victoria in 1893. He is known to have accompanied several Royal shooting parties during the reign of Edward VII. Overton retired from Royal Service on 23 March 1906 and died on 15 December 1914 at Gosford House, 68 Longley Road, Tooting, Surrey.Fittingly, he was buried in Cranbourne Churchyard situated within Windsor Great Park. In addition to the above orders and medals, Overton was also awarded a National Thanksgiving Medallion for the Recovery of the Prince of Wales 1872. A photograph of Overton wearing his medals appears in Royal Service, Vol. III, by David Stanley.

With copied notes and extracts for the Windsor & Eton Express re his retirement and obituary; together with a copied photograph.

William Austin Power was born in Foots Cray, Kent in 1837. He entered the service of Queen Victoria as a Footman on 1 January 1858, becoming a Sergeant Footman in 1878. In 1879 he was presented with the Royal Household Faithful Service Medal. In 1884 hewas appointed as one of the Queen’s Own Messengers. The Hessen medal was awarded in 1884 on the occasion of the Queen’s visit to Darmstadt for the marriage of Prince Louis of Battenberg to Princess Victoria of Hesse. Power died in service on 28 October 1894. Latterly living at Amerley House, Windsor, he was buried in Windsor Cemetery. With copied research including obituaries.

A Royal Household group of four awarded to William Austin Power, a Queen’s Messenger

ROYAL HOUSEHOLD FAITHFUL SERVICE MEDAL, V.R., with additional ‘10’ Year bar (To Mr William Power, Sergeant Footman, forFaithful Services to the Queen during 21 Years, 1879); JUBILEE 1887, silver; PRUSSIA, ORDER OF THE RED EAGLE, Medal of the Order, 2nd type, silver; HESSEN-DARMSTADT, MEDAL OF MERIT, Ludwig III, silver, mounted court style for wear, contact marks,nearly very fine (4) £1000-1400

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A Royal Household pair awarded to William Tuppen, who was in service to the Duchess of Kent and later Page of the Presence to Queen VictoriaROYAL HOUSEHOLD FAITHFUL SERVICE MEDAL, V.R., with additional ‘10’ Year bar (To William Tuppen Esq., Page of the Presence for Faithful Servicesduring 44 Years to the Queen and her Mother the Duchess of Kent, 1873); JUBILEE 1887, silver, mounted court style for wear, good very fine(2) £800-1000

William Tuppen was born in 1813. He entered the service of the Duchess of Kentin 1829. On her death in 1861 he transferred to the service of her daughter - Queen Victoria, as a supernumery Page of the Presence 2nd Class. He was ranked as a Page of the Presence 2nd Class in 1863; Page of the Presence 1st Class in 1867 and State Page in 1877. Tuppen retired in 1888 and died on 24 December 1890 at 31 Griffin Road, Plumstead, Kent. A photograph of Tuppen appears in Royal Service, Vol. III, by David Stanley.

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A Royal Household Faithful Service Medal awarded to William Miles, Tapissier at OsborneROYAL HOUSEHOLD FAITHFUL SERVICE MEDAL, V.R. (To William Miles, Tapissierat Osborne for Faithful Services to the Queen during 31 Years, 1879) slight edge bruising, nearly extremely fine £700-800

William Miles was born on 1 March 1815. He was employed on the Inspector’s Staff at Windsor from 1848. He was appointed Tapissier (upholsterer) at WindsorCastle in 1862 and at Osborne in 1876. He was presented with the Royal Household Faithful Service Medal in 1879. Miles retired due to ill-health in December 1881. He drowned in the Thames at Clewer near Windsor on 8 March1882. A photograph of Miles appears in Royal Service, Vol. III, by David Stanley.

For his son’s medals, see lot 817.

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George Edward Miles was born in 1852, the eldest son of William Miles. He was educated at St. Mark’s and Brunswick House Schools,Windsor. He entered the Lord Chamberlain’s Office as an Account Clerk in 1875; was Tapissier in 1893 and Inspector of the Palace, Windsor Castle, 1901-24. He was also the Chief Officer of the Windsor Castle Salvage Corps, 1906-24. For his services he was awarded the M.V.O. 5th Class on 30 October 1904 and M.V.O. 4th Class on 3 June 1924. In addition to official positions, he was President of the Windsor and Eton Scientific and Archæological Society in 1901; and Honorary Librarian, Royal Albert Institute, Windsor, 1906-13. Latterly living at Essendon, 66 Frances Road, Windsor; he died on 25 March 1942.

For his father’s medal, see lot 816.

An M.V.O. 4th Class group of nine awarded to George Edward Miles, Inspector of Windsor Castle, 1901-24

THE ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge , silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered, ‘1058’; JUBILEE 1887, clasp, 1897, silver (G. E. Miles, Windsor Castle); CORONATION 1902, silver; CORONATION 1911, silver; PORTUGAL, ORDER OF VILLA VICOSA, 4th Class, silver-gilt and enamel, minor enamel damage; SPAIN, ORDER OF NAVAL MERIT, Silver Cross, silver; SWEDEN, ORDER OF THE VASA, Silver Merit Cross, silver, gold and enamel; JAPAN, ORDER OF THE RISING SUN, 5th Class, silver, silver-gilt and enamel with red cabochon centre; PRUSSIA, ORDER OF THE CROWN, Medal of the Order, gilt, mounted court style for wear, good very fine (9) £800-1000

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A Royal Household group of four awarded to Charles Burbidge

JUBILEE 1887, clasp, 1897 (Charles Burbidge) bronze; CORONATION 1902, bronze; PORTUGAL, CORONATION MEDAL 1889, CarlosI, bronze; SPAIN, ORDER OF MILITARY MERIT, Silver Cross, silver, mounted court style as worn, first with some contact marks,very fine and better (4) £200-250

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Awarded the R.V.M. in Silver as Steward of the Palaces on 9 November 1903. Still in service in 1920.

An impressive R.V.M. group of fourteen awarded to James Thomas Warren, Steward of the Palaces

ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL, E.VII.R., silver (J. T. Warren); JUBILEE 1897, silver (J. T. Warren); CORONATION 1902, bronze, reverse inscribed, ‘J. T. Warren’; CORONATION 1911, silver (J. T. Warren); BELGIUM, ORDER OF THE CROWN, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; JAPAN, ORDER OF THE SACRED TREASURE, 6th Class, silver and enamel, enamel damage; SPAIN, ORDER OF ISABELLA THE CATHOLIC, Silver Cross, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel damage; PORTUGAL, ORDER OF VILLA VICOSA, 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamel; DENMARK, KING’S MEDAL OF RECOMPENSE, with crown, ChristianX, gold; FRANCE, MEDAL OF HONOUR, gold; GREECE, ROYAL HOUSEHOLD MEDAL, George I, gold; ITALY, ROYAL SERVICE MEDAL, VittorioEmanuele III, gold; NORWAY, KING’S COMMEMORATION MEDAL, with crown, Haakon, VII, gold; SWEDEN, ROYAL HOUSEHOLD MEDAL,Gustaf V, gold, mounted court style for wear, some edge bruising and test marks, generally good very fine (14)

£2000-2400

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Alan Kennedy, Footman to to the Duchess of Albany, was awarded the R.V.M. in Bronze on 10 February 1904, on the occasion of H.R.H’s. visit to Windsor Castle for the marriage of her daughter, H.R.H. Princess Alice of Albany to Prince Alexander of Teck. Princess Alice’s father, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-84) was the 4th son and 8th child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert; he married Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont in 1882.

With a photograph of Kennedy.

An R.V.M. group of eight attributed to Alan Kennedy, Footman to the Duchess of Albany

ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL, E.VII.R., bronze; CORONATION 1902, bronze; CORONATION 1911, silver; SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA, ERNESTINE HOUSE ORDER, Gold Medal of Merit, Carl Eduard, silver-gilt; SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA WEDDING COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1905, silver; WALDECK, SILVER MEDAL OF MERIT, silver; WÜRTTEMBERG, MEDAL OF MERIT, Wilhelm II, silver; SAXON DUCHIES, ERNESTINE HOUSE ORDER, Merit Cross, silver, all unnamed, mounted court style for wear, minor contact marks, good very fine (8)

£500-600

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George Alexander Scott was born on 19 March 1863 and entered service as a Footman on 7 March 1892. He was promoted to Assistant Gentleman Porter in 1915. As a Yeoman Gentleman Porter, awarded the Royal Household Faithful Service Medal in May 1930 and the R.V.M. in Silver on 3 June 1931. In 1932 he was appointed Principal Gentleman Porter. The French Medal of Honour with the dated reverse, was awarded on the occasion of the state visit to England by the President of France, M. Armand Fallières. Scottretired on 20 July 1936 and died on 17 April 1939.

With R.V.M. bestowal document; French Medal of Honour in gold, bestowal document (1927) and Buckingham Palace ‘Permission toWear’ documents for the French Medal of Honour (1927) and the Italian Royal Service Medal (1924).

An R.V.M. group of fourteen awarded to Principal Gentleman Porter George Scott

ROYAL HOUSEHOLD FAITHFUL SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., suspension dated ‘1910-1930’ (G. Scott); JUBILEE 1897, bronze; CORONATION 1902, bronze; CORONATION 1911, silver; JUBILEE 1935, silver; ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL, G.V.R., silver; GREECE, ROYAL HOUSEHOLD MEDAL, George I, silver; RUSSIA, MEDAL FOR ZEAL, Nicholas II, small, silver, on ‘St. Stanislas’ ribbon; FRANCE, MEDAL OF HONOUR, silver-gilt; FRANCE, MEDAL OF HONOUR, reverse embossed, 1908’; SPAIN, ORDER OF ISABELLA THE CATHOLIC, Medal of the Order, bronze; PORTUGAL, CORONATION 1889, Carlos I, bronze; SWEDEN AND NORWAY, ROYAL HOUSEHOLD MEDAL, Oscar II, silver; ITALY, ROYAL SERVICE MEDAL, Vittorio Emanuele III, silver, mounted court style for wear, second with heavycontact marks, but generally good very fine (14) £800-1000

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Percy Edgar Simmonds, a Postillion of the Royal Mews, was awarded the Royal Household Faithful Service Medal in 1930. As a Coachman of the Royal Mews, was awarded the R.V.M. on 3 June 1935.

With bestowal documents for the R.V.M.; Jubilee 1935; Belgian Royal Household Medal, 3rd Class (1921); and Romanian Loyal Service Medal (1925); a Buckingham Palace ‘Permission to Wear’ document for a Afghan medal (1928) (medal not with lot)Simmonds’National Registration Identity Card and Buckingham Palace Identity Card; a King George V Long & Faithful Service Medal booklet; andtwo papers re the State Coach.

An R.V.M. group of thirteen awarded to Percy Edgar Simmonds, a Coachman of the Royal Mews

ROYAL HOUSEHOLD FAITHFUL SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., suspension dated ‘1910-1930 (P. Simmonds); CORONATION 1902, bronze, contact marks, edge bruise; CORONATION 1911, silver; JUBILEE 1935, silver; ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL, G.V.R., silver; CORONATION

1937, silver; NORWAY, KING’S COMMEMORATION MEDAL, with crown, Haakon, VII, silver, heavy edge bruising and contact marks; DENMARK, KING’S MEDAL OF RECOMPENSE, Christian X, silver; PORTUGAL, CORONATION MEDAL 1889, Carlos I, bronze, heavy edge bruising and contact marks; FRANCE, MEDAL OF HONOUR, reverse embossed ‘1908’; JAPAN, ORDER OF THE SACRED TREASURE, 7th Class, silver-gilt; BELGIUM, ROYAL HOUSEHOLD MEDAL, Albert I, bronze; ROMANIA, LOYAL SERVICE MEDAL, 2nd Class, silvered bronze, mounted court style as worn, fine and better (13) £700-900

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As a Footman to Queen Alexandra, Wellard was awarded the R.V.M. in Silver on 25 December 1925, following the Queen’s death.

With bestowal documents for the R.V.M.; Jubilee Medal 1935; Austrian Cross of Merit (1907); Spanish Medal of Isabella the Catholic (1907); Russian Medal for Zeal (1908); Swedish Medal of the Order of the Vasa (1908); and Portugal medal (1909), with envelope.

An R.V.M. group of eleven attributed to Harry Wellard, Footman to Queen Alexandra

ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL, G.V.R., silver; CORONATION 1911, silver; JUBILEE 1935; AUSTRIA, EMPIRE, CROSS OF MERIT, with crown, silver and enamel; PRUSSIA, ORDER OF THE CROWN, Medal of the Order, gilt; SWEDEN, ORDER OF THE VASA, Medal of the Order, silver; RUSSIA, MEDAL FOR ZEAL, Nicholas II. small, silver, on ‘St. Stanislas’ ribbon; DENMARK, MEDAL OF RECOMPENSE, FrederickVIII, silver; NORWAY, KING’S COMMEMORATION MEDAL, without crown, Haakon, VII, silver, with contact marks; SPAIN, ORDER OF ISABELLA THE CATHOLIC, Medal of the Order, bronze; PORTUGAL, CORONATION MEDAL 1889, bronze, all unnamed, mounted court style for wear, nearly very fine and better (11) £500-600

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Pearl W. Hyem, an Office Keeper and Messenger, Lord Chancellor’s Office, was awarded the R.V.M. in Silver on retirement on 20 July1936.

An R.V.M. group of seven awarded to Pearl Walter Hyem, a Royal Office Keeper and Messenger

ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL, G.V.R., silver; CORONATION 1902, bronze, heavily worn; CORONATION 1911, silver; JUBILEE 1935, silver; CORONATION 1937, silver; ROYAL HOUSEHOLD FAITHFUL SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., suspension dated, ‘1910-1930’, 2 clasps,Thirty Years, Forty Years (P. W. Hyem) clasps lacking backstraps; SPECIAL CONSTABULARY LONG SERVICE, G.V.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, The Great War 1914-18 (Pearl W. Hyem) mounted court style as worn, very fine except where stated (7)

£600-700

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An M.V.O. 5th Class group of four

THE ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered, ‘25’; CORONATION 1902, silver; CORONATION 1911, silver; ORDER OF THE LEAGUE OF MERCY, badge, silver-gilt and enamel, all unnamed, mounted court style for wear, good very fine (4) £350-400

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Rupert Land, a Postillion, was awarded the Royal Household Faithful Service Medal in May 1930; he went on to be awarded clasps on6 May 1940 and 6 May 1950. As a Groom in the Crown Equerry’s Department he was awarded the R.V.M. in Silver on 9 June 1938. Latterly served as Head Coachman.

With bestowal documents for the R.V.M. in silver; Jubilee Medal 1935; Coronation Medal 1937; Portuguese medal (1909); Italian RoyalService Medal in bronze (1924); French Medal of Honour in bronze (1927), with ‘Permission to Wear’; Dutch Orange House Order Medal in silver (1950) with associated papers and ‘Permission to Wear’; Danish Medal of Recompense (1951) with French translation and ‘Permission to Wear’; together with a number of copied photographs of the recipient at various stages of his career and other copied photographs of, and presented by, members of the Royal Family - some with copied letters that accompanied them. Also with ahand-written account of Land’s career in the Royal Household written by his daughter.

An R.V.M. group of thirteen awarded to Head Coachman Rupert Rednall Land

ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL, G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver; DEFENCE MEDAL; CORONATION 1902, bronze; CORONATION 1911, silver; JUBILEE

1937, silver; CORONATION 1937, silver; ROYAL HOUSEHOLD FAITHFUL SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., suspension dated, ‘1910-1930, 2 clasps, Thirty Years, Forty Years (R. Land); PORTUGAL, CORONATION MEDAL 1889, bronze; NETHERLANDS, ORANGE HOUSE ORDER,Medal of Merit, silver; ITALY, ROYAL SERVICE MEDAL, Vittorio Emanuele III, bronze; FRANCE, MEDAL OF HONOUR, with swords, bronze; DENMARK, MEDAL OF RECOMPENSE, with crown, Frederick IX, silver, minor edge bruise; FRANCE, MEDAL OF HONOUR, silver, mounted court style for wear, very fine and better (13) £800-1000

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Ernest Edward Woore was awarded the Royal Household Faithful Service Medal in May 1930 as Chief Carpet Planner to Windsor Castle. After a few years working elsewhere he returned to Royal Service and was awarded the ‘Thirty Year’ clasp in October 1944. Awarded the R.V.M. in Silver on 13 June 1959 as Nightwatchman at Windsor Castle. In total he served 42 years as a Carpet Planner and 18 years as a Nightwatchman.

An Order of St. John, R.V.M. group of eight awarded to Ernest Edward Woore, Nightwatchman, late Chief Carpet Planner at Windsor Castle

THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Officer’s breast badge, silver and enamel; ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL, E.II.R., 1st issue, silver; CORONATION 1911, silver; JUBILEE 1935, silver; CORONATION 1953, silver; ROYAL HOUSEHOLD FAITHFUL SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., suspension dated, ‘1910-1930, 1 clasp, 1910-1930 (E. Woore); ST. JOHN SERVICE MEDAL, 5 silver clasps (8109 H/Sgt. E. E. Woore, Windsor & Eton Div. No. 2 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1930); PRUSSIA, ORDER OF THE CROWN, Medal of the Order, gilt, mountedcourt style for wear, good very fine (8) £700-800

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An R.V.M. group of ten awarded to Harold William Halcoop, Sergeant-Farrier at the Royal Mews

ROYAL VICTORIAN MEDAL, E.II.R., 2nd issue, silver; DEFENCE MEDAL; JUBILEE 1935, silver; CORONATION 1937, silver; CORONATION 1953, silver; ROYAL HOUSEHOLD FAITHFUL SERVICE MEDAL, G.VI.R., suspension dated, ‘1930-1950’ (Halcoop, Harold W.); GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC, ORDER OF MERIT, Medal of the Order, gilt and enamel; IRAQ, KINGDOM, ORDER OF EL-RAFIDAIN, Medal of the Order, silver base metal; SWEDEN, ROYAL HOUSEHOLD MEDAL, Gustaf VI, silver; ITALY, REPUBLIC, MEDAL FOR THE VISIT TO LONDON 1958, bronze, mounted court style for wear, generally extremely fine (10) £600-700

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Harold William Halcoop was born in 1901 and entered the service of King George V on 17 March 1930. During the war he served with the Windsor CastleHome Guard. Halcoop was awarded the Royal Household Faithful Service Medalas a Shoeing Smith in March 1950. Awarded the R.V.M. in Silver on 12 June 1958 as a Sergeant-Farrier at the Royal Mews.

With bestowal documents for the Royal Victorian Medal in silver; Jubilee Medal1935; Coronation Medal 1937; Coronation Medal 1953; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.VI.R.; together with Buckingham Palace ‘Permission toWear’ documents for the Swedish Royal Household Medal (1954); Iraqi Order ofEl Rafidain Medal (1956); Italian Visit to London Medal (1958); also with two copied photographs of Halcoop at work.

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The highly important G.C.B., G.C.V.O., C.M.G., Great War M.C. group of fourteen awarded to the Rt. Hon. Sir Alan “Tommy” Lascelles, late Bedfordshire Yeomanry, whose long and distinguished career as a Private Secretary in the Royal Household encompassed the trials and tribulations of the Abdication in 1936 through to the momentous days ofthe 1939-45 War, when he was witness to many defining Churchillian episodes and joined H.M. the King on his first visit to Normandy: having then retired after the Queen’s Coronation in 1953, he remained a loyal servant, listening intently to the proceedings of the marriage of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer shortly before his death in August 1981, aged 94 years - his private diaries, published to much acclaim under the title King’s Counsellor in 2006,serve as a fascinating behind the scenes’ record of many other notable chapters in the recent history of the Royal Household, including such events as portrayed in the award-winning film The King’s Speech

THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, G.C.B. (Civil) Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London ‘1938’, and breast star, silver, with gold and enamel centre, the reverse privately inscribed, ‘The Rt. Hon. Sir Alan Lascelles, P.C., appointed G.C.B. 1953’, with dress sash; THE ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER, G.C.V.O., Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, silver, with silver-gilt and enamel centre, both officially numbered ‘339’ and the reverse of the Star further inscribed, ‘The Rt. Hon. Sir Alan Lascelles, P.C., appointed G.C.V.O. 1947’, with dress sash; THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE, C.M.G. Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; MILITARY CROSS, George V, unnamed as issued; 1914-15 STAR (Lieut. A. Lascelles, Bedf. Yeo.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. A. F. Lasecelles); JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1937; CORONATION 1953; FRANCE (THIRD REPUBLIC), LEGION OF HONOUR, Grand Officer’s set of insignia, comprising breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, silver, mounted court-style as worn where applicable, lacquered, generally very fine and better (14) £6000-8000

G.C.B. London Gazette 1 June 1953.

G.C.V.O. London Gazette 12 June 1947.

C.M.G. London Gazette 2 June 1933.

M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1919.

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For the purposes of such a catalogue entry, it would be impossible to incorporate sufficient detail to lend justice to such a fascinating career, encompassing as it does so many salient chapters in recent Royal Household history, not least the momentous events of the 1939-45 War. Instead, interested parties are strongly recommended to consult King’s Counsellor - Abdication and War: The Diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles, edited by Duff Hart-Davis (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2006), and indeed other pertinent published sources such as Philip Ziegler’s official biography, King Edward VIII (Collins, London, 1990). There follows, however, a brief account of Sir Alan’s career.

Alan Frederick Lascelles, known to his intimates as “Tommy”, was born in April 1887, the son of the Hon. Frederick Lascelles, a brother of the 5th Earl of Harewood, and was educated at Marlborough and Trinity College, Oxford.

Commissioned in the 1/1st Bedfordshire Yeomanry after the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he first went out to France in June 1915, where, among other adventures, he ‘defied a Major-General on the field of battle and got away with it’ and was wounded by shrapnel in his right forearm on 24 November 1917. He was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 4 January 1917 refers), and awarded the M.C., the latter distinction while on attachment to the 15th Hussars. He was demobilised in November 1920, after latterlyserving as A.D.C. to the Governor of Bombay.

Returning to the U.K. Lascelles entered royal service as Assistant Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales, afterwards Edward VIII, in which capacity he remained employed until 1929, when he grew distinctly uneasy with the Prince’s conduct and resigned. In the course of his time with the Prince in the 1920s, Lascelles gained a unique insight into his charge’s foibles, whether on foreign visits to Canada, the U.S.A. or Africa, or on the home establishment - the Prince’s insatiable appetite for grand affaires, interwoven with numerous petites affaires, often with married women, was but the tip of the iceberg. To quote Lascelles, it was more like ‘working for the son of an American millionaire’ - he was ‘an abnormal being, half child, half genius’ and the cause of grave concern in terms of hissuitability to reign. Indeed on resigning his post on returning from a safari with the Prince in East Africa, Lascelles took the opportunityof delivering him a severe dressing-down: the Prince responded by buying him a new car.

An appointment as Secretary to the Governor-General of Canada ensued, for which he was awarded the C.M.G., but in 1935 Lascelleswas persuaded to return to royal service as Assistant Private Secretary to King George V, an invitation which he accepted on the basis the King would probably survive for several years. Instead, six weeks later, on George V’s sudden death, he found himself back in Edward’s employment, this time in face of the gathering storm over his seemingly innocent relationship with Wallis Simpson - Lascelleslater confided that any element of innocence was as likely ‘as a herd of unicorns grazing in Hyde Park and a shoal of mermaids swimming in the Serpentine.’ And if he ever had moment to doubt his belief in the seriousness of the affair, it would have been quicklyeroded during the course of the King’s yachting trip with Simpson in the Nahlin in the Mediterranean - a hugely expensive, often outright vulgar display, enacted under the glare of the world’s media. But as related by Lascelles, Simpson wasn’t the only problem, forhe had seen Edward’s reaction on learning that his late father had all but written him out of his Will in terms of cash funds - by abdicating he would be in a position to negotiate better funding. And so it proved when Edward did indeed abdicate. Remarkably, however, his Private Secretary bore him no real bitterness, and, on the rare occasions he could be persuaded to touch upon the Abdication, spoke frankly, with the added weight of his unique and protracted dealings with Edward.

As it transpired, the antics of the Duke of Windsor would continue to haunt the Royal Household with alarming regularity in the lead-up to the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, Lascelles often finding himself in the unenviable position of having to act as middleman between the Duke and his increasingly exasperated brother, George VI. But it was during his subsequent years in office in the War, after a successful royal tour to Canada and the U.S.A. in 1939, that he became an invaluable asset to the Royal Family, so, too, witness to an international cast of visitors and crucial wartime meetings that would place him high in the ranks of those afforded such privilege. Once again, interested parties are strongly recommended to consult King’s Counsellor - Abdication and War: The Diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles, edited by Duff Hart-Davis (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2006), where a wealth of vivid descriptions of such encounters may be enjoyed, including full story of the King’s visits to Normandy in mid-June 1944 - it had taken all of Lascelles’ diplomacy to dissuade the King and Churchill from sailing with the invasion armada on D-Day itself - and to Belgium and the Netherlands in October 1944. Indeed, King’s Counsellor is hugely important reference work, containing as it does so many first hand accounts of secret meetings and personal opinions on the great and the good of the 1939-45 War, not least Churchill hard at work withhis ministers and top brass. And of more behind the scenes work such as the employment of Lionel Logue to assist the King with his momentous wartime addresses to the nation.

En route to the Normandy with H.M. the King, June 1944

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So, then, to the King’s meeting with Truman in early August 1945 and the War’s end with the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshimaand Nagasaki a few days later, but while everybody else was celebrating V.J. Day, Lascelles was occupied by the discovery of secret papers in Germany that implied the Duke of Windsor had been in contact with enemy agents in Portugal back in 1940. And before hisretirement after guiding the Royal Household through the tragic loss of the King, and the Queen’s Coronation in 1953, he would be challenged yet further by constitutional matters, though in telling Peter Townsend ”Either you’re mad or bad” when he confessed his love for Princess Margaret, Lascelles was probably- for once - wide of the mark: to his credit the much-decorated Group Captain was anaturally modest, diffident and genuine man, who dealt with the crisis in a gentlemanly and sensitive manner throughout.

Lascelles retired on the last day of 1953, having turned down a peerage, and received the following letter of appreciation from WinstonChurchill, once more back in power at Downing Street:

‘My dear Tommy,

In the difficult and delicate and also highly important work you have done during so many years you have made your country your debtor. Your knowledge has enabled you to steer the best course through tangles which would have baffled others. It will always be a joy to you to have played the distinguished part which fell to your lot in the Coronation of our brilliant young Queen and to have advised and helped her during what must have been to her the anxious ordeal of the opening years of her reign.

For all your kindnesses to me and the help you have given me I am deeply grateful. I do hope you will enjoy the years that are to comeand find them full of interest and activity. Please keep in touch with me whether I am bearing the burden or following the burden of example. Give my cousinly love to Joan.

Yours ever,

W.’

And over those ‘years that were to come’, Lascelles kept himself busy with correspondence and a constant flurry of visitors to his residence at The Stables at Kensington Palace, among the latter Siegfried Sasson, with whom he shared an interest in poetry - so, too, assorted journalists and authors keen to tap his brains. One such, charged by the B.B.C. to produce a television programme on the future of British Monarchy, asked whether Lascelles would be happy to grant an interview - and was startled to be told that the former Private Secretary would sooner walk stark naked down Piccadilly.

Sir Alan, who also claimed to be the only citizen of London to ‘have been accosted by a whore while walking its streets with the Archbishop of Canterbury’, died in August 1981; his papers are held in the Churchill Archive Centre.

See lot 798 for the recipient’s miniature medals.

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The collection of medals to the Wiltshire Regiment formed by the late Michael Hayward

M.C. London Gazette 26 July 1918. ‘Lt Hugh Tinley, Wilt. R., Spec. Res.’ ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. The central guns of his battery were deployed to the left flank along a ridge. When the enemy made a determined flank attack, in spite of the battery presenting a most conspicuous target and the terrific machine-gun fire, he assisted in getting the guns into position, rapidly opened fire and forced the enemy to retire. Later, he covered the withdrawal of the infantry until all his ammunition was expended. Hewas finally wounded.’

Hugh Tinley was born in Malmesbury, Wiltshire on 31 March 1893. A Business Manager by occupation, he volunteered for the Royal Fusiliers on 24 November 1914 and as a Private in the 19th Battalion Royal Fusiliers he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 November 1915. He remained in France until March 1916 and was discharged to a commission in August 1916, being posted as a2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment in September 1916. Returning to the Western Front in October 1916, he was posted to a Trench Mortar Battery in February 1917. Promoted to Lieutenant in February 1918. On 25 March 1918, attached to the 7thTrench Mortar Battery, he was wounded in action - receiving bullet wounds to both thighs; for his bravery and leadership in action on that day he was awarded the Military Cross. He relinquished his commission in April 1920. As a retired Nurseryman, living at Greenacres, Hurston Lane, Storrington, Sussex, Tinley died on 17 June 1978.

With a folder of research including service papers, m.i.c., war diary and gazette extracts.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant H. Tinley, Wiltshire Regiment

MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914-15 STAR (5869 Pte., R. Fus.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut.) nearly extremely fine (4) £1000-1200

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M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1919. ‘... for distinguished service in connection with Military Operations in Italy.’ ‘T./2nd Lt. Ernest Edward Miller, Wilts. R., attd. 1/4th Bn., R. Berks. R., T.F.’

2nd Lieutenant Ernest Edward Miller, Wiltshire Regiment, attached Royal Berkshire Regiment entered the France/Flanders theatre of waron 24 September 1917. Awarded the M.C. in Italy when attached to the 1/4th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Also served with the1/6th Gloucestershire Regiment. Attaining the rank of Captain in April 1925, he served as a Captain in Cambridgeshire Regiment duringthe Second World War.

With copied gazette and Army List extracts and m.i.c.

A Great War ‘Italian Front’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Captain E. E. Miller, Cambridgeshire Regiment, late Wiltshire Regiment attached Royal Berkshire Regiment

MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., unnamed; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2 Lieut.); TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-18 (2 Lieut.,Wilts. R.); 1939-45 STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed, fine and better (7) £800-1000

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D.C.M. London Gazette 2 December 1919. ‘17087 L./Cpl. (A./C./Q./S.) S. K. Terrill, 7th Bn. Wilts. R. (Grantham)’ ‘For gallantry and conspicuous service during operations east of Bony from 4th October to 6th October, 1918, and south of Le Cateau, 18th/19th October. He carried out his duties with untiring energy and devotion to duty. He never failed to bring rations and water to his company, although at times under very heavy shell fire. His coolness, energy and total disregard of danger were admirable.’

Sidney Kendrick Terrill was born in Waltham, Lincolnshire on 21 September 1888, the son of Samuel Henry Terrill, a Wesleyan Minister and Sarah Terrill, his wife. As a Private (A.Q.M. Sjt.) in the Wiltshire Regiment he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 21 September 1915. In the last months of the war, serving with the 7th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, his consistent bravery in actionearned him the D.C.M. He was transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 25 July 1919.

With a folder of copied research including m.i.c., gazette and war diary extracts.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Colour Serjeant S. K. Terrill, 7th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment

DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, G.V.R. (17087 L. Cpl.-A.C.Q.M. Sjt., 7/Wilts. R.); 1914-15 STAR (17087 Pte. (A.Q.M.S.), Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (17087 C. Sjt., Wilts. R.) mounted court style for wear, nearly extremely fine (4) £1000-1200

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M.M. London Gazette 28 July 1917.

Edward (Ted) Clack was born in Highworth, Wiltshire on 4 June 1896. A Mat Weaver by occupation, he enlisted into the Army at Devizes on 18 August 1914 and was posted to the 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment. With the 5th Battalion he served in Gallipoli, 14 July-25 September 1915, suffering a gun shot wound to the left leg on 10 August 1915. After recovering from his wound in England hewas posted to the 3rd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment in France during December 1915 and then in January 1916 to active service with the 6th Battalion. On 23 August 1916 he was wounded in the thigh and shoulder and was invalided. Making a recovery, Clack returned once more to France in March 1917, serving with the 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment. On 21 August 1917 he was wounded for a third time, suffering a gunshot wound to his left arm. For his bravery in action with the 1st Battalion Clack was awarded the Military Medal. He was transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve in March 1919.

Prior to the war, Clack played football for Highworth Town Football Club and was a member of the team winning the Swindon and District Junior Cup, 1912-13. Despite his many wounds, Clack resumed playing the sport after the war. During 1921-22 Clack played professional football as an Outside-Right for Sunderland Football Club. He was then at Bristol City, 1923-24; after which he was involved with teams at Nuneaton Town and Hinkley Town. His group indicates active service in the Second World War. Latterly employed as a Storekeeper, Clack died in Cirencester on 11 April 1984.

With a quantity of copied research, including service papers - largely relating to his wounds, m.i.c., gazette and war diary extracts. Alsowith two copied photographs of Clack as a football player.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of eight awarded to Private E. Clack, 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, wounded in action on three occasions - a professional player at Sunderland Association Football Club, 1921-22

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (9459 Pte., 1/Wilts. R.); 1914-15 STAR (99459 Pte., Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (9459Pte., Wilts. R.); 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed, mounted as worn; together with a Dunkirk Veterans Medal 1940, unnamed, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (9) £400-500

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M.M. London Gazette 20 August 1919. The recipient came from Ashton Keynes.

With copied m.i.c. which shows that Private Sidney J. Skuse, Wiltshire Regiment, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 8 December 1915. The same document bears the comment, ‘Convicted of Desertion 18.10.16. Sentenced to Death. Commuted to 10 Yrs. P.S. Sentence suspended for gallantry 12.5.17.’ It further states he was later transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve.

A entry in Death Sentences passed by military courts of the British Army 1914-1924, by Gerard Oram, lists ‘S. J. Skuse’ but lists him asa member of the 19th Battalion Manchester Regiment, who was sentenced to death for cowardice on 13 November 1916; the sentencebeing commuted to 10 years penal servitude.

In response to a letter from the group’s owner, Oram explains that Skuse’s entry in the court martial register follows on from a number of men from the Manchester Regiment and that it was likely that the clerk entered the details of Skuse’s regiment incorrectly.

With copied m.i.c., letter and a paper cutting announcing the peaceful death of Sidney Skuse on 3 September 1996.

A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Private S. J. Skuse, 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, who was sentencedto death for desertion

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (21332 Pte., 2/Wilts. R.);1914-15 STAR (21332 Pte., Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (21332 Pte., Wilts. R.) contact marks, some edge bruising, nearly very fine (4) £1200-1500

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M.M. London Gazette 14 May 1919.

Private Arthur Wellsteed, Wiltshire Regiment came from Gloucester and entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 21 September 1915. With the 7th Battalion he won the Military Medal. Later served with the Worcestershire Regiment and the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. With copied m.i.c.

A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Private A. Wellsteed, 7th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (13801 Pte. A. G. Wellsteed, 7/Wilts. R.); 1914-15 STAR (13801 Pte. A. Wellsteed, Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (13801 Pte. A. Wellstead, Wilts. R.) note variation in name, good very fine (4)

£350-400

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Henry Penfold Nash served for 10 years in the 62nd Regiment, seeing service with them in the Crimea. In September 1864 he was transferred to the 37th Regiment and was promoted to Corporal in July 1868 and to Sergeant in August 1872. He claimed his dischargeafter completing his second period of engagement on 17 September 1875. With copied discharge papers and roll extracts.

Pair: Sergeant H. P. Nash, 37th, late 62nd Regiment

CRIMEA 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Pte., 62nd Regt.) engraved naming; TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed,fitted with scroll suspension, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £160-200

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Five: Private G. Burton, Wiltshire Regiment, seriously wounded in action on 22 October 1914

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5462 Corpl., Wilts. Regt.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (5462 Corpl., Wilts. Regt.); 1914 STAR, with clasp (5462 Pte., 2/Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (5462 Pte., Wilts. R.) mounted as worn; together with SILVER WAR BADGE (64191) and BRADFORD-ON-AVON GREAT WAR TRIBUTE MEDAL, 37mm., bronze (H. Gilbert Burton) with paper slip, in case of issue some with contact marks,very fine and better (lot) £400-500

837

Gilbert Burton was born in Church Lane, Bradford-on-Avon on 6 April 1877. AWaiter by occupation and a member of the 1st Wiltshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, he enlisted into the Wiltshire Regiment at Devizes on 24 November 1899, aged 19 years, 8 months. As a Private in the 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment Burton served in the Boer War and was awarded the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the King’s with two. He then served in India, being transferred to the Army Reserve in November 1911. In civilian life he returned to live and work in Bradford-on-Avon. With the outbreak of war he returned to the Colours, rejoininghis old regiment and with them he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on7 October 1914. The regiment was heavily involved in the 1st Battle of Ypres andon 22 October 1914 Burton was seriously wounded which resulted in the amputation of his left leg and severe chest wounds. He was discharged from theArmy in February as being no longer fit for military duties. For his services he wasawarded the 1914 Star with clasp trio, the Silver War Badge and a tribute medal from his home town. Having overcome his physical difficulties, in November 1918 Burton was appointed a member of the Corps of Commissionaires and wasattached to a large printing house in Bedford Street, Strand, London. He was employed as such until November 1921 when he was taken ill. Returning to Burton-on-Avon he died of bronchial pneumonia on 22 April 1922.

With recipient’s identity disk; riband bar; cap bearing the Wiltshire Regiment capbadge; Infantry Training Book 1905; Princess Mary’s Christmas tin with associated card; cigarette and tobacco wrappings from the tin; wartime iodine ampoule in its card sleeve; A.S.C. silver base metal ferule tip; together with a large quantity of copied research contained in a folder; also with three original photographs and some paper clippings.

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Pair: Private C. Stevens, 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (1781 Pte., 2nd Wilts. Regt.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (1781 Pte., Wiltshire Regt.) minor edge bruising and contact marks, good very fine (2)

£120-160

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Pair: Private H. Taylor, 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 CLASPS, CAPE COLONY, TRANSVAAL, WITTEBERGEN (5037 PTE., 2ND WILTS. REGT.); King’s SouthAfrica 1901-02, 2 clasps (5037 Pte., Wiltshire Regt.) K.S.A. claw refixed, edge bruising, contact marks, good fine (2)

£80-100

839

Louis Joseph Bailey was born in Devizes on 29 September 1881. A Gardener by occupation, he enlisted at Devizes on 29 September 1899. He served in the Boer War and then the Great War, entering the France/Flanders theatre of war on 7 October 1914 and sufferinga gunshot wound to the left foot in the latter. He was discharged on 14 December 1918 being surplus to military requirements and wasawarded the Silver War Badge.

With copied m.i.c., discharge papers and roll extract.

Four: Lance-Corporal L. J. Bailey, Wiltshire Regiment

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5417 Pte., Wilts. Regt.); 1914 STAR, with clasp (5417 L. Cpl., 2/Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (5417 Pte., Wilts. R.) good very fine (4) £220-260

840

Private William G. Few, 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 28 August 1914.

With copied m.i.c. and roll extracts.

Four: Private W. G. Few, 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment

1914 STAR, with copy clasp (7126 Pte., 1/Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (7126 Pte., Wilts. R.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5562972 Pte., Wilts. R.) mounted as worn, very fine (4) £120-160

841

Charles Francis Hall was born in Reading, lived at Cricklade, Wiltshire and enlisted at Chippenham. Serving with the 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 August 1914. He was killed in action on 16 September 1914.Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial.

With copied m.i.c. - which confirms clasp.

Three: Private C. F. Hall, 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, killed in action, France/Flanders, 16 September 1914

1914 STAR, with copy clasp (7225 Pte., 1/Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (7225 Pte., Wilts. R.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE

(Charles Francis Hall) this in card envelope, nearly extremely fine (4) £350-400

842

Howard Stephen Eyers enlisted on 21 November 1906. As a Private in the 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 August 1914. He was discharged due to wounds on 28 September 1916 and was awarded the Silver War Badge.

With copied m.i.c. and roll extract.

Three: Private H. S. Eyers, 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment

1914 STAR, with copy slip-on clasp (7671 Pte., 1/Wilts. R.) with silver rosette on ribbon; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (7671 Pte., Wilts. R.) contact marks and slight edge bruising, nearly very fine (3) £120-160

843

Private Frederick Drewett, 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 August 1914.

With copied m.i.c. - which confirms clasp.

Three: Private F. Drewett, 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment

1914 STAR, with copy clasp (8985 Pte., 1/Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (8985 Pte., Wilts. R.) good very fine (3) £100-140

844

Three: Private J. Parsons, 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment

1914 STAR, with copy clasp (7248 Pte., 1/Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (7248 Pte., Wilts. R.) good very fine (3) £100-140

845

Private Alfred B. G. Powell, 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 August 1914.

With copied m.i.c.

Three: Private A. B. G. Powell, 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment

1914 STAR, with clasp (7838 Pte., 1/Wilts. R.) silver rosette on ribbon; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (7838 Pte., Wilts. R.) some contact marks, very fine (3) £140-180

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William Rowe enlisted on 3 September 1902. As a Private in the 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 August 1914. Entitled to the clasp to the 1914 Star. He was discharged due to wounds on 11 June 1915 and was awarded the Silver War Badge.


Three: Private W. Rowe, 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment

1914 STAR (6024 Pte., 1/Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (6024 Pte., Wilts. R.) edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £120-160

847

Family group:

Three: Private F. Smith, 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment1914 STAR, with copy clasp (3-8435 Pte., 2/Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (3-9435 Pte., Wilts. R.)

Pair: Gunner J. Smith, Royal ArtilleryBRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (27968 Gnr., R.A.) good very fine (5) £120-160

848

2nd Lieutenant John Landemann Parnell, Wiltshire Regiment, attached 93rd, 99th & 37 T.M.B. entered the France/Flanders theatre of war in October 1915. Appointed Temporary Lieutenant in the Wiltshire Regiment on 14 November 1917. In the 1918 Army List listed an Assistant Instructor (Class GG) whilst employed with a British Military Mission. In August 1939 he he was drafted to the Pioneer Corps from the Reserve of Officers with the rank of Captain and in March 1942 was granted the temporary rank of Major.

With card forwarding box for his W.W.2 medals, addressed to ‘Major J. L. Parnell, Ower, Near Romsey, Hants.’

Six: Major J. L. Parnell, Pioneer Corps, late Wiltshire Regiment

1914-15 STAR (2 Lieut., Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALs (2 Lieut.); 1939-45 STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, theseunnamed, nearly extremely fine (6) £120-160

849

Frederick James Choules was born in Collingbourne Ducis, Wiltshire, lived in Marlborough and enlisted at Devizes. Serving with the 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment he entered the Balkan theatre of war on 30 June 1915. He was killed in action in Gallipoli on 10 August 1915, aged 31 years. His name is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.

Medal contained in leatherette case. With a folder containing a quantity of copied research together with original slips to accompany the British War and Victory Medals and Memorial Plaque and original registered envelopes for the medals addressed to ‘Miss S. M. Choules, 287 West Grafton, Marlborough’

Three: Private F. J. Choules, 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, killed in action, Gallipoli, 10 August 1915

1914-15 STAR (9361 Pte., Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (9361 Pte., Wilts. R.) in damaged card boxes of issue; MEMORIAL PLAQUE (Frederick James Choules) this in card envelope, extremely fine (4) £180-220

850

Herbert William Berry was born in Coate, Wiltshire and lived and enlisted at Devizes, Wiltshire. Serving with the Wiltshire Regiment he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 17 February 1915. Serving with the 1st Battalion he was killed in action in France on21 March 1918.

The medals and plaque together with a Wiltshire Regiment cap badge fitted in a modern wooden glass-fronted case, 41 x 36cm.; together with another, older case, 47 x 24cm. holding ribbons and commemorative scroll.

Three: Private H. W. Berry, 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, killed in action, France/Flanders, 21 March 1918

1914-15 STAR (18098 Pte., Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (18098 Pte., Wilts. R.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (Herbert William Berry) extremely fine (4) £180-220

851

George Lucas was born in Yatesbury, Wiltshire, lived in Calne and enlisted at Devizes. Serving with the 7th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment he was killed in action, France/Flanders on 7 October 1918, aged 37 years. Lucas was buried in the Prospect Hill Cemetery,Gouy. He was the son of Thomas and Jane Lucas of 20 Yatesbury, Calne, Wiltshire.

The medals and plaque together with two Wiltshire Regiment badges in a modern wooden glass-fronted case, 33 x 28cm. Also with some copied research.

Three: Private G. Lucas, 7th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, killed in action. France/Flanders, 7 October 1918

1914-15 STAR (12385 Pte., Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (12385 Pte., Wilts. R.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (George Lucas) extremely fine (4) £180-220

852

Private William Besant, 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 20 July 1915. He died of wounds on 13 October 1915 and was buried in the Ecclesmachan Cemetery, West Lothian, Scotland. He was the son of Mrs M. E. Besant of Bishops Cannings, Devizes, Wiltshire. With copied m.i.c. and modern photographs of the war memorial at Bishop CanningsChurch.

Three: Private W. Besant, 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, who died of wounds, 13 October 1915

1914-15 STAR (18894 Pte., Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (18894 Pte., Wilts. R.) extremely fine (3) £70-90

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Ernest Curtis was born in Leigh, Wiltshire, lived at Cricklade and enlisted at Devizes. With the 5th Battalion Wiltshire he entered the Balkan theatre of war on 17 September 1915. He died in Gallipoli on 29 November 1915, aged 37 years. He was buried in the GreenHill Cemetery, Turkey. Ernest Curtis was the son of Eli and Rachel Curtis and husband of Jane Curtis of 2 Leigh Manor Cottages, Cricklade, Swindon. With copied m.i.c. and modern photographs of the grave site and memorial.

Three: Private E. Curtis, 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, who died in Gallipoli, 29 November 1915

1914-15 STAR (18235 Pte., Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (18235 Pte., Wilts. R.) nearly extremely fine (3)£70-90

854

Private James Greenman, Wiltshire Regiment entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 11 December 1914. He was discharged due to wounds on 5 July 1915.

With Princess Mary’s Christmas tin, with card inset; copied m.i.c. and roll extract.

Three: Private J. Greenman, Wiltshire Regiment

1914-15 Star (11030 Pte., Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (11030 Pte., Wilts. R.); SILVER WAR BADGE (169708) contact marks, nearly very fine and better (lot) £50-70

855

Private Robert Henry Hamlett, Welsh Regiment entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 4 December 1915. He was commissioned into the Wiltshire Regiment on 26 March 1918. Was later a Lieutenant in the I.A.R.O. With copied m.i.c.

Three: Lieutenant R. H. Hamlett, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, late Welsh Regiment and Wiltshire Regiment

1914-15 STAR (24469 Pte., Welsh R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2 Lieut.) good very fine (3) £70-90

856

Herbert Edward Wood was born on 8 March 1890. Appointed a Temporary 2nd Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment on 27 November 1914. Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant in February 1915 and Temporary Captain in March 1915. With the 6th Battalion he landed in Gallipoli on or about 7 July 1915. The unit was withdrawn to Mudros in December 1915, after which it served in Egypt and Mesopotamia. On 4 February 1917 Wood received a regular army commission as Captain of the 6th Battalion. Whilst out in Mesopotamia Wood was appointed Acting Lieutenant-Colonel of the 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, February-October1919. As an Acting Lieutenant-Colonel he was placed on half pay on 15 November 1922 and was confirmed in that rank on 3 February1923. With a folder of copied research.

Three: Lieutenant-Colonel H. E. Wood, Wiltshire Regiment, late East Lancashire Regiment

1914-15 STAR (Capt., E. Lan. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Capt.) mounted as worn slight edge bruising, nearly extremely fine (3) £100-140

857

Three: Private W. G. H. Strange, Wiltshire Regiment1914-15 STAR (18442 Pte., Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (18442 Pte., Wilts. R.)

Three: Sergeant F. D. Uzzell, Royal Air Force, late Wiltshire Regiment1914-15 STAR (14078 Pte., Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (6009 Sgt., R.A.F.) mounted for wear, good very fine(6) £80-100

858

Alfred Nicholson Tucker was born in Devonshire on 29 October 1885. Serving in the Wiltshire Regiment he entered the Salonika theatre of war in November 1915. In February 1916 he was accidentally wounded in the thigh during bomb throwing practice. Served in the Army Gas School, January-February 1917 and was granted the rank of Temporary Lieutenant in January 1917 whilst holding theappointment as Gas Officer. Promoted to Temporary Captain in March 1917. In September 1917 he was invalided from Salonika suffering from Malaria. He returned to Salonika in April 1918 but so did his Malaria and he returned to the U.K. in August 1918. With copied service papers and m.i.c.

Pair: Captain A. N. Tucker, Wiltshire Regiment

1914-15 STAR (2 Lieut., Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Capt.) extremely fine (2) £60-80

859

Edward Slade Lewis was born and lived in Devizes and enlisted at Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Serving in Egypt with the 1/4th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, he died on 16 December 1918, aged 25 years. He was the son of John and Lydia Lewis. He was buried in the Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt and his name is recorded on the Devizes War Memorial. With some copied research.

Three: Private E. S. Lewis, 1/4th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, who died in Egypt, 16 December 1918

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (201973 Pte., Wilts. R.); TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-19 (1358 Pte., Wilts. R.) virtually extremely fine (3) £160-200

860

Private Archibald David Richman, 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, died of wounds received while serving with the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force on 19 February 1917. He was buried in the Amara Cemetery, Iraq.

Medals to R. J. Richman in ‘Air Ministry’ card forwarding box addressed to, ‘R. J. Richman Esq., 15 Ripley Road, Swindon, Wilts.’

Family group:

Pair: Private A. G. Richman, 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, who died of wounds, Mesopotamia, 19 February 1917

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (26086 Pte., Wilts. R.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (Archibald David Richman) this last in card envelope

Pair: attributed to R. J. RichmanDEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed, extremely fine (5) £100-140

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Charles Trevor Bishop was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire. A Chemist by occupation and a former member of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, he attested for the Territorial Force at Chelsea on 9 August 1914. He was appointed to the 1st City of London Field Ambulance (R.A.M.C.-T.F.). With them he served in Malta, September 1914-August 1915, being advanced to Acting Sergeant in June 1915. On 18 August 1915 he was granted a commission in the 8th (Reserve) Battalion Wiltshire Regiment. Then as a 2nd Lieutenant inthe 5th Battalion he was posted overseas, arriving in Bombay on 4 August 1916 and at Basra on 23 September 1916. 2nd Lieutenant Bishop was killed in action on 29 March 1917 in an attack in the vicinity of the Nahkwan Canal, near the Palm Tree Post. His name iscommemorated on the Basra Memorial..

Medal and plaque in wooden glass-fronted and backed case, with commemorative scroll. With copied service papers, m.i.c. and war diary extract.

Pair: Second Lieutenant C. T. Bishop, 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, killed in action, Mesopotamia, 29 March 1917

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2 Lieut.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (Charles Trevor Bishop) extremely fine (3) £250-300

862

Reginald Geoffrey Broad was born in Stamford Hill on 3 August 1897, the son of John Broad, a Solicitor and Alice Broad his wife. He was educated at Marlborough College, 1911-15. Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Wiltshire Regiment, July 1915. Served in the 3rd Battalion from August 1915 until July 1917 when he was appointed a Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion. Appointed a Staff Officer Class II from March 1918. Listed as holding a ‘Special Appointment’ in September 1918. After the war he attended Caius College Cambridge where he gained an M.A., becoming a Solicitor in 1924. Latterly living at 169 Ram Alley, Burbage, Marlborough, Wiltshire,he died on 3 October 1989..

With copied research including Birth and Death Certificates and Will.

Pair: Lieutenant R. G. Broad, Wiltshire Regiment

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut.) mounted as worn, in Mappin & Webb, London case, lid bearing the recipient’s name, extremely fine (2) £60-80

863

Arthur Charles Barnett was born in Haywards Heath, Sussex, lived in Burgess Hill, Sussex and enlisted at Brighton. Serving with the 1stBattalion Wiltshire Regiment he was killed in action on 27 May 1918, aged 19 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France. He was the son of Alfred Barnett of 17 Wolseley Road, Portslade, Brighton..


Pair: Private A. C. Barnett, 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, killed in action, France/Flanders, 27 May 1918

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (21629 Pte., Wilts. R.) extremely fine (2) £60-80

864

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDAL PAIRS (2) (Lieut. W. H. Randall; 21124 Pte. T. Hayward, Wilts. R.) good very fine and better (4) £60-80.

865

Pair: Private H. J. Pile, Wiltshire Regiment

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (1821 Pte., Wilts. R.); TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-19 (1821 Pte., Wilts. R.) good very fine (2) £120-160.

866

F. Hemus was born in Sellyoak, Birmingham. A Confectioner by occupation, he attested for the Army at Birmingham on 25 March 1924, aged 18 years, 1 month.

Seven: Warrant Officer Class 2 F. Hemus, Wiltshire Regiment

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (5565972 T/Sjt., Wilts. R.); 1939-45 STAR; ITALY STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (5565972 W.O. Cl.2, Wilts.R.) good very fine (7) £120-160

867

Six: Private W. Ridley, Wiltshire Regiment

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (5568283 Pte., Wilts. R.); 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed, first with edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (6) £80-100.

868

Five: Temporary Serjeant F. Miles, Wiltshire Regiment

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (5566516 T/Sjt., Wilts. R.); 1939-45 STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed, good very fine (5) £90-120.

869

With a few copied service details.

Six: Colour Serjeant A. Hollingsworth, Wiltshire Regiment

1939-45 STAR; BURMA STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.VI.R., 3rd issue, ‘Fid. Def.’ (5567592 C/Sjt., Wilts.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (5567592 Sjt., Wilts.) mounted court style, some contact marks, very fine (6) £160-200

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With many original items, including: identity disks (2) named; ‘Wilts’ shoulder badge; brass bed plate, ‘E. G. Munday 5566647 Wiltshire Regt.’; Wiltshire Regiment badges (2) enamelled; Dunkirk Veterans Association Badge, enamelled; Wiltshire Regt. blazer badge; Wiltshire Regiment Journal, November 1928; First Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment photo booklet; Dunkirk Veteran Associationcards and papers; Soldier’s Guide to Italy’ booklet; Germany handbook 1944; named award slip for the France and Germany Star; School of Hygiene exercise book; Christmas Card airgraph 1944 to Pte. E. G. Munday, 13th Infantry Brigade, M.E.F.; 8th Army ‘Message from Monty’, Sicily 1943, leaflet; 21st Army Group ‘Message from Monty’ 1945, card; Certificate of Pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre; Crusader newspaper, 2 July 1944.

Six: Private E. G. Munday, Wiltshire Regiment

1939-45 STAR; ITALY STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, all unnamed, mounted for wear; DUNKIRK VETERAN’S MEDAL, unnamed, extremely fine (lot) £80-100

871

D. Webb was born on 13 July 1914. He served in the ranks for 10 years and as a Warrant Officer for over 14 years. He was commissioned a Lieutenant (Quartermaster) with the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 20 June 1957 and promoted to Captain (Quartermaster) in March 1959. Later in the year the Royal Berkshire Regiment was amalgamated with the Wiltshire Regiment to form the Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment. He was ranked as Temporary Major (Quartermaster) in January 1960 and promoted to Major (Quartermaster) in March 1965. Major Webb retired on 8 January 1966 and died in July 1979. With copied service details and copied group photograph.

Five: Major D. Webb, Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment, late Royal Berkshire Regiment

DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (2613316 W.O. Cl. 2, R. Berks.); CORONATION

1953, unnamed, some contact marks; ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (2613316 W.O. Cl. 2, R. Berks.) mounted court style as worn, very fine and better (5) £100-150

872

SUTLEJ 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845, 1 clasp, Sobraon (William Wilmer, 62nd Regt.) edge bruising, otherwise very fine £400-450

William Wilmer was born in Olney, Buckinghamshire. He attested for the 62nd Regiment at Bow Street, Middlesex on 6 February 1834, aged 19 years, 9 months.He was promoted to Corporal in December 1837 and to Serjeant in July 1839. However in January 1845 he was reduced to Private after being tried and found guilty at a Regimental Court Martial for drunkenness. With the 62nd Regiment heserved in the First Sikh War, taking part in the battles of Ferozeshuhur and Sobraon. In December 1846 he volunteered to be transferred to the 98th Regiment, being promoted to Corporal in March 1848 and to Serjeant in January1849. Serjeant Wilmer was discharged at his own request on 12 August 1851, having served 16 years in India.

With copied discharge papers.

873

With some copied service details.

NEW ZEALAND 1845-66, reverse undated (1222 J. Bridges, 99th Regt.) good very fine £250-300874

John Mullins was born in Edinburgh. He attested for the 40th Regiment at Glasgow on 22 January 1856, aged 18 years. He transferred to the 99th Regiment in December 1856. With the regiment he served in the expedition to Pekin, 1860. Promoted to Corporal in September 1866, he was reduced to Private due to drunkenness in July 1867. Promoted once more to Corporal in September 1871. Having served over one year in India, five years in China and eight months in the Cape Province, he was discharged being unfiit for further service on 12 March 1874. With copied service papers and roll extracts.

CHINA 1857-60, 1 clasp, Pekin 1860 (John Mullins, 99th Regt.) officially impressed naming, claw refixed, some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £160-200

875

SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, no clasp (Pte. J. Price, 99th Regiment of Foot (Duke of Edinburgh’s Own) renamed, some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £100-140

876

Richard William Marsh was born in Swindon on 5 July 1858. A Boltmaker by occupation, he enlisted with the 62nd Regiment at Swindon on 17 July 1877, aged 19 years. In September the same year he was transferred to the 99th Regiment. He was promoted to Corporal in November 1877, Lance-Sergeant in November 1878 and sergeant in December 1878. Posted to South Africa in 1879. Sergeant Marsh died at Durban, Natal, on 21 August 1879, aged 21 years, due to an ‘abscess on the liver’. With copied research.

SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (862 Sergt. R. Marsh, 99th Foot) very fine £350-400877

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (1756 Pte. W. Stroud, 1st Bn. Wilt. Regt.) very fine £100-140

878

Served in the 3rd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (6130 Pte. D. W. Y. Carvey, Wilts. Regt.) good very fine £60-80879

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (6588 Pte. W. A. Fitchett, Wilts. Regt.) good very fine £60-80880

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Thomas George Briggs was born in Kent. A Searcher by occupation and a former member of the King’s Royal Rifles, he attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Trowbridge on 3 January 1900. Posted to South Africa with the 1st Company Wiltshire Yeomanry, he died of Enteric Fever at Winburg on 27 January 1901. With copied service papers and roll extract.

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen (145 Pte. T. G. Briggs, 1st Coy. Wilts. Imp. Yeo.) nearly extremely fine £120-160

881

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3883 Pte. F. Coombs, 2nd Wilts.Regt.) nearly very fine £60-80

882

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5252 Corpl. G. Baker, Wilts. Regt.) edge bruise, very fine £80-100

883

James W. Garvey was born in Liverpool, lived in Dublin and enlisted at Liverpool. As a Private in the 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 22 August 1914. He died of wounds on 22 October 1914, aged 28 years. He was theson of John and Frances Garvey of 105 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin. He was buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.With copied m.i.c. and casualty details.

1914 STAR, with copy clasp (6261 Pte. J. Garvey, 1/Wilts. R.) nearly extremely fine £60-80884

William Wells was born in Hurstbourne, Hampshire, lived in Nether Wallop, Hampshire and enlisted at Salisbury. As a Private in the 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment he entered the Balkan theatre of war on 30 June 1915. He was killed in action in Gallipoli on 10 August 1915. His name is commemorated on the Helles Memorial. With copied m.i.c. and casualty details.

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (3) (3093 Sjt. E. H. Beasant, Wilts. R.; 203000 Pte. P. T. Docking, Wilts. R.; 4964 Pte. H. J. Rumming, Wilts. R.); VICTORY 1914-19 (9556 Pte. W. Wells, Wilts. R.) very fine and better (4) £80-100

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William James Nelson Loder was born in Trowbridge. He enlisted into the Army on 4 February 1909. He served as a Pioneer Sergeantwith the 1/4th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment in India. He was discharged on 21 May 1917 due to sickness. For his services he was awarded the British War and Territorial Force War Medals and the Silver War Badge. With a folder of copied research.

TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-19 (788 A. Sjt. W. J. N. Loder, Wilts. R.) good very fine £100-140886

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (20519 Pte. A. Mackay, Wilts. R.) claw tightened/refixed; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (23454805 Pte. R. Englefield, Wilts.) good very fine (2)

£80-100

887

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24402095 Pte T R Salisbury, DERR) nearly extremely fine £50-70888

ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (0437 W.O. Cl. II G. Tomkins, Wilts. R.); VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE, V.R. (Corp. W. H. Hiscock, 2nd V.B. Wilts. Regt. 1899) engraved naming; EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5569481 Cpl. S. C. Bridle, Wilts. R.) good very fine and better (3) £100-140

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Awarded by Army Order, January 1914. One of four awards of the medal to the unit. With copied m.i.c. stating Ferris was discharged due to sickness on 16 November 1915.

SPECIAL RESERVE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (4805 Cpl. G. Ferris, 3/Wilts. Regt.) good very fine £260-300890

Together with a letter and envelope to 5575670 Private George Kettlety, Wiltshire Regiment, dated 20 April 1942, from his mother; andthree letters from him to his mother; with two War Office letters, dated 14 November 1942 and 31 January 1944 re the death and graveof 5575670 Private George Kettlety, Wiltshire Regiment, with envelopes addressed to Mr and Mrs L. F. Kettlety of ‘33 Maybrick Road,Oldfield Park, Bath’. Private Kettlety died on 10 June 1942, aged 27 years. He was buried in the Bhowanipore Cemetery, Calcutta, India.

SWINDON CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION, illuminated certificate, ‘Presented by The Citizens of Swindon to Pte. F. E. Telling, Wilts. Rgt. In warm appreciation of the Services rendered by him in the Great War 1914-1918. They desire by this Token to express their Heartfelt Thanks and Gratitude for the Devotion and Self-Sacrifice which made possible This Great Victory. The Town has cause to be proud of the Triumphant Part played by her Gallant Sons in the Great Strugglefor Freedom, Honour, and Justice, and in Safeguarding the Shores and Homes of our Native Land. (Signed) Mayor, June28th 1919’, glass-fronted frame, 36 x 27cm.; PHOTOGRAPH, mounted on card, 38 x 30.5cm., depicting the members of ‘“C” Coy. 1st Wilts Regt. Winners of 2nd Prize Physical Drill Team, Rawal Pindi 1905’, very good condition (lot)

£60-80

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AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1920 (340150 Cpl. E. T. Linington, R.A.F.), very fine and rare £500-600

892

‘Reconnoitred North Road at a height of 2,000 feet. No movements were observed on the road. When in the vicinity of Lake Bardawilobserved enemy aeroplane astern about six miles at altitude of about 5,000 feet, diving and giving chase. Altered course to seaward and kept machine down, attaining a speed of 80 knots and dropping rapidly. Enemy machine continued chase to about 15 miles out atsea, firing machine-gun (apparently mounted abaft the pilot’s seat) at intervals. When at 200 feet released bombs to lighten machine and altered course sharply in direction of ship. Enemy machine ceased fire and sheered off, steering south and climbing. His machine appeared to be a two-seater, with pilot in front; only one gun was carried which could not fire ahead. Damage to machine - one shot inchassis strut and two holes in fuselage fabric.’

The same report notes that Clifford’s sole defensive armament was ‘one Webley semi-automatic pistol.’

Invalided home from Malta with malaria in December 1916, Clifford returned to duty at East Fortune in July 1917, but ‘made a bad landing in a seaplane, bouncing on to the beach and totally wrecking the aircraft - pilot sustained severe cuts to face, legs and head’ (his service record refers), as a consequence of which he requested a transfer from seaplanes to aeroplanes. Advanced to Acting Flight Commander in February 1918, his request appears to have been accepted, since he ended the War as ‘a Camel Flight Commander’ in No. 205 (Training) Squadron back in France. Clifford was placed on the Unemployed List in July 1919 but was re-appointed as a Flying Officer in the General Duties Branch in May 1923, and attained the rank of Flight Lieutenant prior to resigning his commission in September 1924; sold with extensive research.

Three: Flight Lieutenant R. M. Clifford, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, who piloted Schneider seaplanesin operations against targets in Aden in 1916

1914-15 STAR (Flt. Sub. Lt. R. M. Clifford, R.N.A.S.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Capt. R. M. Clifford, R.A.F.), good very fine (3) £300-350

Reginald Morgan Clifford was born in April 1889 and entered the Royal Naval Air Service as a Probationary Flight Sub. Lieutenant in May 1915, direct from hisappointment as a Second Officer in the Mercantile Marine. Taking his Aviator’s Certificate (No. 1741) at the Grahame-White School, Hendon, that September, hejoined the seaplane carrier H.M.S. Empress a few weeks later, in which capacityhe remained actively employed in the Eastern Mediterranean until the end of 1916, on occasion on attachment to another seaplane carrier, the Raven II, and to No.2 Wing R.N.A.S. at Thasos.

And as evidenced by official records, he undertook a number of bombing sortiesagainst targets in Aden in the same period - thus two Schneider seaplane operations mounted from Raven II in the Red Sea on 31 March 1916, when Clifford dropped four bombs on an enemy camp near Waht - ‘there was considerable rifle and machine-gun fire at the camp and the three seaplanes thatreached it were all several times hit’ - and later that day four more on the westernvillage at Subar. In fact Clifford flew another double-sortie from Raven II the verynext day, his seaplane being engaged by a gun situated between Abdurrub Bubakr and Amr Maudtha, while in the course of a reconnaissance flight from ElArish to Bir on 25 April, he ran into an enemy aircraft. His flight report takes up the story:

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Three: Lieutenant A. B. Blanksby, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval AirService and Armoured Car Section, who flew operationally in seaplanes in 1918

1914-15 STAR (Flt. S. Lt. A. B. Blanksby, R.N.A.S.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut. A. B. Blanksby, R.A.F.), contact marks, otherwise generally very fine (3) £200-250

Arthur Benjamin Blanksby, who was born in June 1892, the son of William Blanksby of The Park, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, enlisted in the Royal Naval Air Service as a Leading Mechanic in September 1914 and, prior to being commissioned as a Probationary Flight Officer, served in the Armoured Car Section out in France in the period April 1915 to July 1917.

Gaining his “Wings” at Cranwell in February 1918, he was posted to Newlyn as aFlight Sub. Lieutenant and, on 6 May, while piloting a Short Admiralty (184 Type)Seaplane, attacked a U-Boat with two 100lbs. bombs, but with inconclusive results. He ended the war carrying out further anti-submarine patrols as a member of No. 235 squadron and was placed on the Unemployed List in February 1919; sold with copied research.

894

Daniel Ponting, a native of New Eltham in Kent, enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps in July 1915, aged 29 years. Posted to No. 30 Squadron in Mesopotamia in November 1915, he was among 44 R.F.C. personnel taken prisoner by the Turks after General Townshend’s surrender, and ‘died on the march from Kut-el-Amala between 29 April 1916 and 12 March 1917’ (his service record anddeath certificate refer). Such were the appalling conditions endured on this forced 700-mile march to Anatolia, and indeed thereafter incaptivity, that over 4,000 men from the original Kut garrison died, including all but four of the R.F.C. men; sold with copied research, including an account of No. 30 Squadron’s work in Mesopotamia.

Three: Air Mechanic 2nd Class D. Ponting, Royal Flying Corps, who died on the forced march from Kut-el-Amara to Anatolia between April 1916 and March 1917

1914-15 STAR (7350 2-A.M. D. Ponting, R.F.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (7350 Pte. D. Ponting, R.F.C.), good veryfine (3) £300-350

895

Joseph Richmond enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps as an Air Mechanic 2nd Class (Rigger) in March 1915 and joined No. 3 Squadronout to France in the following month. And he remained similarly employed on ground duties until being appointed a Probationary Observer in the rank of Corporal in January 1917, by which time No. 3 was operating in Moranes out of Lavieville. Richmond is believed to have served as an Observer until March 1918, a period encompassing the delivery of Bristol Fighters and the advent of No.3’s success as a fighter unit, and was advanced to Flight Sergeant and awarded the French Medaille Militaire (London Gazette 14 July 1917 refers). Latterly a Chief Mechanic in the newly established Royal Air Force in April 1918, he was recalled in the 1939-45 War, when he was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the R.A.F.V.R. in July 1942 and advanced to Flying Officer in the following year; soldwith the recipient’s original Medaille Militaire award document and photocopied entries from his Flying Log Books which are held at The National Archives, Kew.

Eight: Flying Officer J. Richmond, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, late Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

1914-15 STAR (4240 2 A.M. I. Richmond, R.F.C.), note initial; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (4240 F. Sgt. J. Richmond, R.F.C.); 1939-45 STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; FRANCE, MEDAILLE MILITAIRE, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel work crudely repaired on the last, otherwise very fine and better (8)

£250-300

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Peter Clarke’s MIC entry confirms his entitlement to a single British War Medal 1914-20 and the Territorial Force War Medal (RFC/TFM/7-53 refers). He had earlier been awarded the T.F.E.M. for his services in the Lambeth & Southwark Volunteers (AO 274 ofOctober 1909 refers), in which year he also served as a member of the Colour Party at Windsor Castle.

Three: Sergeant P. Clarke, Royal Air Force, late London Regiment and Royal Flying Corps

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (410227 Sgt. P. P. Clarke, R.A.F.); TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-19 (302151 Sjt. P. Clarke, R.A.F.); TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, E.VII.R. (103 Sjt. P. Clark, 24/London Regt.), generally very fine and better and rare (3) £400-500

897

But his most memorable sortie occurred on 5 August 1917. Norman Franks and Hal Giblin take up the story in Under the Guns of theGerman Aces:

‘Many of Goring’s successes occurred in the evening hours and this proved no exception. Ten of Jasta 27’s Albatross Scouts took off at19.45, formed up and headed for Ypres looking for trouble. They found what they were looking for almost half an hour later when theyran into a patrol of Sopwith Camels from No. 70 Squadron. Goring picked out an opponent and attacked. The Camel’s pilot seemed anxious to keep the fight above the trench lines and to avoid straying too far over the German side. Goring followed him closely, firingat a range of no more than 50 metres. According to Goring, flames began to come from the Sopwith and, trailing smoke, it went into a spin and was lost in a cloud. The Staffelfuhrer was certain he had shot the Camel down and it seemed his judgement was vindicated when, on 29 August, he was officially credited with the victory.

In fact, Goring’s opponent was Lieutenant Gilbert Budden and although he was wounded in the combat and his machine badly damaged, he still managed to land the Camel near Bailleul.’

Declared ‘unfit for any service’ for many months as a result of the serious nature of the wound to his left arm, Budden returned to instructional duties on the Home Establishment shortly before the Armistice and was transferred to the Unemployed List in September 1919.

After the War, he took up posts as a metallurgical engineer with the Marzipil Copper Company in Mexico and the U.S.A., but he returned to the U.K. on the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, and served as the Assistant County Secretary for the Red Cross inCambridgeshire. He died in June 1953, aged 62 years; sold with a file of research.

Pair: Lieutenant G. Budden, Royal Air Force, late Royal Engineers and Royal Flying Corps, who was wounded in a combat with Hermann Goring in August 1917

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut. G. Budden, R.F.C.), good very fine (2) £350-400

Gilbert Budden was born in October 1890, the son of a school master from Macclesfield, Cheshire, and was educated at Clifton College and Manchester University, where he gained a BSc in engineering in 1912.

By the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914 he was employed as a mining engineer out in Mexico, but he made his way home and was commissioned as a2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in April 1915. And going out to France in12th Field Company, R.E. in July 1915, he would have been present in the Hooge operations in the following month, thereby qualifying for the 1914-15 Star- the whereabouts of which remains unknown.

Transferring to the Royal Flying Corps in the summer of 1916, Budden attendedNo. 2 School of Aviation prior to being posted as a pilot to No. 70 Squadron inMarch 1917, but was hospitalised with shock on 23 April after a heavy crash-landing. Returning to duty in the following month, he fought in combats over Menin on the 4th and Roulers on the 5th, while his Sopwith Camel was damagedby A.A. fire during a photographic reconnaissance on the 12th. Budden also participated in ground strafing operations, an attack on enemy transport near Menin being a case in point, when 250 rounds resulted in two lorries colliding.

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Edwin Ravenhill Prideaux was born in Johannesburg in January 1893, the son of an estate broker, and was educated at Bromsgrove College, Worcestershire. Enlisting in the Royal Flying Corps at South Farnborough in May 1917, he was appointed to a commission as a2nd Lieutenant that August, after taking his Aviator’s Certificate at Reading, and, in mid-April 1918, was posted to No. 203 Squadron (ex- 3 Naval Squadron) out in France.

As verified by official records, he subsequently participated in at least 20 operational sorties until his death in action on the morning of17 May. Having taken off in Sopwith Camel B-6408 from Izel-le-Hameau on an offensive patrol with three other aircraft, the whole under Flight Commander “Titch” L. H. Rochford, D.S.C., D.F.C., the British aircraft intercepted 15 Triplanes and Pfalz Scouts north-eastof Estaires, an incident recalled by Rochford in his memoir I Chose the Sky, who shared in the destruction of one of the Pfalz DIIIs withPrideaux before the latter was shot down and killed by the German ace Oberleutnant Harold Auffarth, C.O. of Jasta 29.

Prideaux has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial; sold with copied research.

Pair: Lieutenant E. R. Prideaux, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, who was shot down and killed by German aceOberleutnant Harold Auffarth, C.O. of Jasta 29, in May 1918

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut. E. R. Prideaux, R.A.F.), extremely fine (2) £300-350

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Victor William Hatton was born in Wood Green, London in February 1899 and was educated at Owen’s School, Islington, from whichlatter establishment he enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps at South Farnborough in March 1916 - owing to his age, however, he was transferred to the Reserve until recalled in March 1917, following which he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant. Having then attended a training unit at Yatesbury, he qualified as an artillery pilot and was posted to No. 5 Squadron out in France in February 1918. However, on 23 March 1918, he was sent back to the Home Establishment suffering from ‘a nervous disability in the sky’. He was placed on the Unemployed List in February 1919; sold with an original photograph of the recipient in R.F.C. uniform on his motorcycle, together with a quantity of research.

Pair: Lieutenant V. W. Hatton, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Lieut. V. W. Hatton, R.A.F.); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (2/Lieut. V. W. Hatton, R.F.C.), very fineor better (2) £80-100

900

Angus Holden Muff enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps in February 1917 and went out to France on the strength of No. 101 Squadron inlate July 1917, where he gained appointment as an N.C.O. Observer. And he first went operational in the unit’s F.E. 2Bs, with 2nd Lieutenant L. D. Brown as his pilot, in the following month, accompanying copied records revealing a number of night bombing missions over the coming weeks, including his aircraft being caught by gunfire and damaged on a trip to Roulers on 22 September, andbeing coned by three searchlights over St. Eloi on 29 September, when one of the lights was put out by his machine-gun fire.

Advanced to Sergeant in February 1918, Muff transferred to No. 25 Squadron at Beauvois and was quickly back in action in the unit’sD.H. 4s, as revealed by the following combat report dated 8 March: ‘Left aerodrome at 8.35 a.m. Attacked by E.A. over Le Cateau and landed at Fismes about 11 a.m. Pilot [2nd Lieutenant R. M. Tate] wounded and admitted to French hospital at Courville. Observer [Sergeant A. H. Muff] O.K. Damage to machine: right hand top and bottom longerons shot through; right hand bottom main plane shotthrough; struts, cross members and engine bearers shot through; radiator and propeller shot through; exhaust pipes shot through.’

Later in the same month, on the 27th, he and another pilot, Lieutenant F. E. Pugh, claimed a Nieuport Scout destroyed over Foucaucourt: ‘Five E.A. came up under the tail of D.H. 4. Sergeant Muff fired a drum into the nearest machine. Tracers were seen to gostraight into the centre section and fuselage of the machine and it went down through the mist in a vertical nose-dive, completely out ofcontrol.’

But events took a turn for the worse on 28 March, when Muff was severely wounded by a gunshot to his left buttock in yet another combat, and was admitted to No. 24 General Hospital, Etaples. He was invalided home.

Recognising his gallantry over nine months of active service, his C.O., Major C. S. Duffus, M.C., recommended him for his Italian Al Valore Medal, in bronze: ‘He has done more than 100 hours flying in France, of which upwards of 50 were night-flying. A most capableand plucky Observer. Very keen at his work.’

This distinction was approved in May 1918 and Muff transferred to the Reserve in April 1919; sold with copied research.

Three: Sergeant A. H. Muff, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, an N.C.O. Observer who was decorated for his gallantry in No. 25 Squadron

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (59404 Sgt. A. H. Muff, R.A.F.), in their card boxes of issue, with related registered envelope; ITALY, AL VALORE MILITARE, in bronze, unnamed, the first with minor official correction to surname, extremely fine(3) £600-800

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No. 24 Squadron

Going out to France with No. 24 Squadron in the Spring of 1916, he became one of the first pilots to fly fighting scouts in action, largely on the Somme front, and for a time at least, before higher authority intervened, had a second Lewis gun fitted to his D.H. 2 No.5966 (a.k.a. “Wilkie’s Bus”). He also became one of the R.F.C’s first aces and for a period reigned as the highest scoring scout pilot, achievements that surely pleased his gallant C.O., Major Lanoe Hawker, V.C., D.S.O., who would be killed in action on a squadron sortie later in the year.

The first of Wilkinson’s numerous victims fell to his guns over Peronne early on the morning of 16 May, when he claimed a brace of enemy aircraft out of control within half an hour of each other. Then in the following month, on the 17th, he claimed a Fokker E and anAlbatross C in combats over Miraumont and Grevillers, together with an Albatross C over Achiet le Grand on the 18th and a Fokker E over the Bapaume-Peronne Road on the 19th. As a result of one of these combats, his aircraft returned to base ‘riddled with bullets’ - hewas recommended by Brigadier-General E. B. Ashmor, 4th Brigade, R.F.C., for the Military Cross and was advanced to Flight Commander, though in the event the former distinction was not forthcoming.

Slightly wounded in a combat over Coloncamps on 22 June, he nonetheless continued to raise his score, a Fokker E falling to his guns over Le Sars on the 19 July, and four more assorted enemy aircraft types over the Somme front in August, including a brace on the 31st,as recounted by Major Hawker in his subsequent combat report:

‘About 11 enemy aircraft were observed attacking three F.Es and some B.E. 12s near Grevillers, but the de Havillands were underneath.Climbing, Captain Wilkinson attacked the nearest, a Roland, which was engaged with an F.E. He fired 50 rounds at about 80 yards andthe enemy aircraft, leaving the F.E., dived east under the de Havilland. Captain Wilkinson followed, but was attacked from behind by another Roalnd. This he succeeded in outmanoeuvring by spiralling upwards, finally getting on the enemy aircraft’s tail, firing 40 rounds at about 80 yards. The enemy aircraft dived almost vertically, and was afterwards seen on the ground near Villers.

The extremely rare and important Great War D.S.O. and Bar group of five awarded to Major A. M. Wilkinson, Royal Air Force, late Hampshire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, who gained a total of 19 victories in D.H. 2s of No. 24 Squadron and Bristol Fighters of No. 48 Squadron, nine of them in “Bloody April” 1917 and at least four of these in asingle day - statistics that made him only second to Albert Ball, V.C., in attaining a double figure score and being awarded a “Double D.S.O.”

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER, G.V.R., in silver-gilt and enamel, with Second Award Bar; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major A. M. Wilkinson, R.F.C.); DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf, enamel slightly chippedon obverse wreath of the first, generally good very fine (5) £18000-20000

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Approximately 25 “Double D.S.Os” were awarded to pilots in the Great War, five of whom were also holders of the Victoria Cross.

D.S.O. London Gazette 20 October 1916:

‘For conspicuous gallantry and skill. He has shown great dash in attacking enemymachines, and, up to the end of August, he had accounted for five. On one occasion, while fighting a hostile machine, he was attacked from behind, but outmanoeuvred the enemy and shot him down. Finally he got back, his machine much damaged by machine-gun fire.’

Bar to D.S.O. London Gazette 26 May 1917:

‘For great skill and gallantry. He came down to a low altitude and destroyed a hostile scout which was attacking one of our machines, the pilot of which had been wounded, thereby saving it. In one day he shot down and destroyed six hostile machines. He has destroyed eight hostile machines during the past ten days and has displayed exceptional skill and gallantry in leading offensive patrols.’

Alan Machin Wilkinson was born in Eastbourne, Sussex in November 1891 andwas educated at Repton and Oriel College, Oxford, where he took a soccer Blue,and toured Argentina with the university side. Having then briefly been employed as a schoolmaster in Winchester, he was commissioned in the 9th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment (Territorial Force), on the outbreak of hostilities inAugust 1914, but quickly transferred to the fledgling Royal Flying Corps and tookhis Aviator’s Certificate (No. 1398) in July 1915.

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Lieutenant Capon, diving at a Roland, was shot through the leg below the knee. He finished his drum at close range, and returning landed successfully at Chipelly. Three more Rolands approached to attack, but Captain Wilkinson climbed and they made off east as soon as he reached their height. Later, Captain Wilkinson saw an L.V.G. approaching High Wood. He dived, keeping to a flank, and when within 70 yards, turned on the enemy aircraft’s tail. At this moment, Captain Wilkinson was fired on from behind, but he continued his attack on the L.V.G. under heavy fire from four Rolands, firing 50 rounds at about 20 yards range. The L.V.G. dived almost vertically under the de Havilland, and probably crashed, but Captain Wilkinson had to turn to meet the attack from behind. Thefour Roalnds were just above, and manoeuvred to take advantage of the de Havilland’s fixed gun, but Captain Wilkinson raised the mounting and engaged three of them with short bursts. Apparently taken by surprise, the enemy aircraft immediately retired east, one going down steeply, but apparently in control. Captain Wilkinson then retired owing to shortage of petrol, his emergency tank having been shot through. Also two struts were damaged, two main-spars pierced and six wires cut through.’

Wilkinson fought at least three more combats in September, including, it is believed, a tussle with Oswald Boelcke, and was awarded the D.S.O. in October. He was also mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 4 January 1917 refers). He returned to the Home Establishment.

No. 48 Squadron

Next posted to No. 48 Squadron, which was forming with the new Bristol F2A Fighters, he accompanied the unit out to France as a Flight Commander in the Spring of 1917 and was quickly in action on Thursday 5 April 1917, when, as recounted in Bloody April ... Black September, by Norman Franks, Russell Guest and Frank Bailey, the Squadron came up against “Richthofen’s Flying Circus”, andhis fellow Flight Commander, Captain Leefe Robsinson, V.C., was shot down and taken prisoner. It was a costly start to the F2As introduction to front line service, and though much credit has been given to the Canadian ace, Andrew McKeever, for advancing the combat success of this type, it would be fair to say that Wilkinson and a fellow squadron pilot, Captain David Tidmarsh, were equally responsible for employing the right tactics for success from an early hour. And categoric proof for that contention is to be found in Wilkinson’s remarkable tally of ensuing victories - nine of them claimed in the Arras offensive in April 1917 and at least four of these ina single day.

Of the latter encounter, fought over the Lens-Arras sector on 9 April, his D.S.O. citation actually credits Wilkinson with six “kills”. Andthe following extract, taken from the recommendation for his immediate Bar to his D.S.O. - submitted by Major A. V. “Zulu” Bettington- appears to support this higher claim: if so, he was first Commonwealth pilot to claim six-in-a-day:

‘On 9 April 1917, while patrolling over enemy lines, at about 12,000 feet, an Albatross 2-seater was seen about 8,000 feet below, which without hesitation, and in spite of it being so low over its own lines, was promptly dived on and a burst from the pilots gun fired,when the enemy aircraft turned and after more shots fired into it, was sent down obviously out of control, finally being seen to hit the ground. Later confirmation of the destruction of this enemy aircraft was reported by A.A. and another aeroplane. This was a big dive down from 12,000 feet and showed great dash. The fight finished at only 3,500 feet.

After the above mentioned fight, when Captain Wilkinson’s partner had been compelled to return to the aerodrome owing to engine trouble, this gallant officer, fully appreciating the importance of events taking place on the ground beneath and knowing that he was relied on by me to maintain a patrol, carried on alone. Very shortly afterwards, finding three large 2-seater enemy aircraft, flying low near our lines and obviously trying to range hostile artillery, and being escorted by three fast Scouts much higher up, Captain Wilkinsonhung round skilfully keeping hos own machine out of sight as much as possible by getting between the Artillery machines, the sun andthe clouds; waiting a favourable opportunity to attack this far superior number, an opportunity soon presented itself when a big cloud came over between the escorting Scouts and the Artillery-ranging machines. He dived among them from behind and both pilot and Observer opened fire. The attack being so sudden and swift, none of the enemy aircraft attempted to fight but dived hard. However, Captain Wilkinson dived equally fast getting a series of bursts of about 100 rounds altogether into one at between 50 and 75 yards, which promptly went down hopelessly out of control. Meanwhile, the Observer, Lieutenant L. W. Allen, brought his gun to bear on another enemy machine at about 150 yards range, sending the second down obviously hard hit. The third enemy aircraft was not seenagain, neither were the Scouts overhead, when Captain Wilkinson reappeared from under the cloud.

“Wilkie’s Bus” - Wilkinson prepares to depart on a morning patrol

(from a photograph taken by his C.O., Hawker, V.C.)

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For the third time on the same date, and when only one other machine of his patrol still remained with him, he was patrolling over theenemy lines at about 11,000 feet, when two enemy aircraft were seen, upon which he promptly dived, opening fire on the lower one, and then turned up under the second within 30 feet, so as to give his Observer a favourable shot, which he was unable to take advantage of owing to gun trouble, but he called Captain Wilkinson’s attention to three other enemy aircraft diving on him from aboveand behind. One of these enemy aircraft fastened on to the other machine of the patrol, closing with extraordinary rapidity. Captain Wilkinson swung his machine to give his Observer a shot and endeavoured to drive the enemy machine off his partner’s tail. At this target a good bursts was got in as the enemy aircraft passed his bows, at about 30 yards, but then Captain Wilkinson was again attackedby another hostile Scout, which came right up to the tail of his machine. This enemy aircraft very soon fell away out of control after receiving the best part of a drum of ammunition from 30 yards range from the Observer’s gun. The other Bristol Fighter then swept pastwith an enemy aircraft right on his tail. Captain Wilkinson’s gun having jammed, he smartly manoeuvred round to bring his Observer’sfire to bear at close range, and after a good burst the enemy aircraft was seen to drop away out of control. The Observer’s gun now jammed as well, so Captain Wilkinson put his own machine into a vertical spiral, while a third enemy Scout, evidently realising his difficulty, endeavoured to get on to his tail, firing bursts at him all the time. The spiral was continued until the Observer had rectified his gun and signalled the pilot to that effect. Captain Wilkinson immediately assumed the offensive again, and when the enemy aircraftbanked, fire was brought to bear at 15 yards range, and the third then fell away to earth out of control. After this the remaining enemy aircraft were seen to be beating a hasty retreat East, down a strong wind, and Captain Wilkinson then rejoined the other machine of hispatrol, which had practically been put out of action in the engagement as the passenger has been shot dead in his cockpit, and the machine itself had lost all power of manoeuvre owing to some of the control and flying wires having been shot away, the rudder beingjammed by the body of the dead Observer, four internal bracing wires cut and nine bullets having hit the glass wind screen.

Captain Wilkinson’s machine bore the brunt of this grand fight and only his indomitable pluck, tenacity, manoeuvring and devotion toduty as leader, coupled with splendid shooting both by himself and his Observer, saved the other machine from falling easy prey to theenemy ... ’

Before the month was out, Wilkinson had shared in the destruction of three further enemy aircraft, including a brace of Albatross DIIIsover Vitry en Artois on the 13th, and another solo claim of that type on the 22nd.

In May 1917, the same month the immediate Bar to his D.S.O. was gazetted, he was appointed C.O. of No. 23 Squadron, a Spad S VIIunit hitherto of little distinction, but by the time he had departed this command on account of appendicitis in August, it was already anefficient fighting unit with numerous claims to its credit. Wilkinson received another “mention” (London Gazette 11 December 1917 refers). However, protracted active service was taking its toll, and he was shortly thereafter diagnosed with neurasthenia - to all intentsand purposes a nervous breakdown. He finished the War as an Acting Lieutenant-Colonel in command of an Aerial Fighting School and and was transferred to the Unemployed List in November 1919.

Wilkinson pursued a successful career in advertising between the Wars, and was appointed a Director of the London Press Exchange in1938, but the renewal of hostilities witnessed his return to uniform as a Station C.O. at Martlesham and West Malling, in which capacity he was awarded two further “mentions” (London Gazettes 17 March 1941 and 1 January 1942 refer). He died in Kent in June1972, having been present at the unveiling of a memorial window to his old C.O., Major Lanoe Hawker, V.C., D.S.O., at Longparish Church in May 1968.

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John Ramsay was born in Bermondsey, London in December 1872 and, having briefly served in the Royal Artillery, and been employed as a civilian sign-writer and painter, enlisted in the Royal Engineers in July 1897. Advanced to Corporal, he served out in South Africa from March 1900 until December 1901, originally in 9th Field Company, R.E. but latterly in No. 1 Balloon Section, R.E.

Transferring to No. 2 Company Balloon School on his return to England, he was advanced from Corporal to Sergeant for his part in saving the Nulli Secondus airship during a storm at Crystal Palace on 10 October 1907, immediately following that airship’s famous flight over St. Paul’s Cathedral under Colonel J. E. Capper, the Superintendent of the Royal Balloon Factory, with Colonel Samuel Codyas his passenger: ‘It was on Wednesday night that, unsuspected by all, events were approaching a climax. After the disaster, Colonel Capper said that he could at this stage have dismantled the airship and brought her home by road none the worse for her adventures. He did not do this but, in the belief that the weather next day would be much the same, he went home, leaving his airship in charge ofCorporal Ramsay and six sappers.

The disastrous Thursday, 10 October 1907, began with every sign of being a good day. The sun rose at about quarter past six and the weather was fine and clear. The wind was not unduly strong at first and came roughly from the east. What happened next is to some extent uncertain, but towards eight o’clock the wind appears to have increased in strength and veered to the south-east. It does not seem to have even approached gale force generally at this time of the day, but there were almost certainly local effects with some channelling of the wind through a gap in the surrounding trees. In any event, a fairly severe gust struck Nulli Secundus on the nose. Thepicketing stakes do not appear to have been at all secure, and the front ones were pulled out almost immediately. Thereafter there washell let loose, with the airship tossing this way and that in her efforts to get completely free.

According to the American press, five out of the six sappers were away at breakfast at the time. They came running out, apparently, andwere joined by several civilians working in the grounds of the Crystal Palace and round about. It soon became clear, however, that Nulli Secundus was winning and would soon be free, so Corporal Ramsay thereupon opened the escape valves to release the hydrogen. This was too slow, unfortunately, and he decided to slit the nose of the envelope, using, it is said, a knife tied to the end of along pole. In the event, Nulli Secundus did not escape, but she took some time to become quiescent. There was indeed time for many spectators to arrive, and many photographs were taken of the struggling airship ... It is not difficult to imagine the dilemma with whichCorporal Ramsay had been faced. For a man of his rank it must have been a terrible decision to have to make: first to release the precious hydrogen by the valves, and then, in desperation, to slit open the envelope with a knife. So far as is known, moreover, there had been no pratice drill, and he had not even been told what to do in such an emergency. According to Lieutenant Waterlow, he wasat once promoted to Sergeant in recognition of his presence of mind ... ’ (Early Aviation at Farnborough - Balloons, Kites and Airships, by Percy B. Walker, refers).

In the following month, moreover, Ramsay qualified as a skilled balloonist and, in April 1912, became the third entrant recorded on thebooks of the newly established Royal Flying Corps, in the rank of Sergeant-Major - in addition to his ballooning activities, Ramsay wasa keen motor cyclist and a contemporary of the future V.C., James McCudden, who refers to him in his memoir Flying Fury.

Ramsay went out to France on 12 August 1914 as a member of No. 3 Squadron, winning an early mention in despatches (London Gazette 19 October 1914 refers) and one of the first M.Cs ever gazetted.

Commissioned as an Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter-Master in March 1915, he remained employed in France as an Equipment Officer in 6 Wing, R.F.C. and was again mentioned in despatches for being ‘a most energetic and capable officer’ (London Gazette 1 January 1916). Returning home after an appointment in 11 Wing in April 1916, he joined the staff of Northern Aircraft Depot, but was taken ill in September 1916, and remained off duty until May 1917. His final wartime appointment was as a Flight Lieutenant (Technical) in the newly established Royal Air Force in April 1918, and he was discharged on medical grounds in August 1920, havinglatterly served on the strength of No. 207 Squadron at Martlesham Heath.

Sold with three original photographic slides by Underwood & Underwood, U.S.A., each depicting R.E. balloons in the Boer War (slidenumbers 100, 112 and 113), together with a large quantity of research.

A rare and interesting Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Captain J. R. Ramsay, Royal Air Force, late R.E. Balloon Section and Royal Flying Corps, a qualified ‘skilled balloonist’ who was decorated as a Sergeant-Major in the very first list of M.Cs to be gazetted - having come to favourable notice for saving Great Britain’s first military airship -the Nulli Secundus - during a storm in October 1907, he became just the third entrant recorded on the books of the newly established R.F.C. in April 1912

MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (1015 Corpl. J. Ramsay, R.E.); 1914 STAR, WITH CLASP (3 S. Mjr. J. Ramsey, R.F.C.), note spelling of surname; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. J. R. Ramsay, R.F.C.), contact marks, nearly very fine or better (5) £3000-3500

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A.F.C. London Gazette 1 January 1919.

Ivor Cecil Little was born in October 1895 and was appointed a Midshipman in the Royal Navy in May 1915. Transferring to the RoyalNaval Air Service, he was appointed a Flight Sub. Lieutenant, and gained favourable reports for his work in airships at Kingsworth and Longside, Aberdeen, over the course of 1916. And by the time he was awarded his certificate as an Airship Pilot in early October of that year, he had amassed 360 hours flying time.

An important Great War airship pioneer’s A.F.C. group of three awarded to Flight Lieutenant I. C. Little, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service, whose ‘Little-Crook anchoring gear’ design enabled the first use of defensive aircraft being attached to airships: having then carried out a parachute descent from the R. 34 during her trail-blazingvisit to the U.S.A. in July 1919, he was among those drowned in the R. 38 airship disaster over the Humber in August1921

AIR FORCE CROSS, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Major I. C. Little, R.A.F.), good very fine andbetter (3) £4000-5000

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Little (left)

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Recommended for being ‘a very good Rigid Airship Officer’ at Howden in June of the following year, he was advanced to Flight Lieutenant and moved to the airship station at Barrow in Furness, where he commenced work on a pioneering programme to attach Sopwith Camels as defensive aircraft to airships. And it was no doubt as a result of his resultant design, the ‘Little-Crook anchoring gear’, conceived with a fellow officer, that he was invited to join the staff at the Airship Experimental Station at Pulham, Norfolk, in October 1917. Here, as C.O. of the R. 23, he carried out many trials, latterly as a Temporary Major in the newly established Royal Air Force, and, by late 1918, Camel aircraft were indeed being ‘slipped’ from the R. 23 - such was the success of the experiments that Littleapplied to patent his design in July 1919, a patent which was duly approved and also covered the use of aircraft as auxiliary power plants for airships. He was awarded the A.F.C.; for further information, see Philip Jarrett’s article in The Cross & Cockade, ‘At the Dropof a Camel’ (Vol. VIII, No. 3, 1977, G.B. edition), a definitive account of these early trials.

Post-war, Little remained employed on airship duties, carrying out numerous test flights in the R. 32 and the R. 80, Barnes Wallis beinga passenger of his on at least one occasion. Then in July 1919, in the R. 34, he was among those to complete the first ever airship trans-Atlantic crossing - as no-one in the States had much experience of handling big airships, Little carried out a parachute descent on the R. 34’s arrival at Lakehurst, New Jersey, in order to give instructions to the U.S.N. handling party. Accordingly, he was an ideal candidate for the next big cross-Atlantic project - the R. 38. Constructed at the Royal Airship Works at Cardington, the R. 38 made hermaiden flight in June 1921, when defects were found in her framework. As a result further test flights were undertaken in the lead-up toher proposed journey to New Jersey, where she was to be handed over to the Americans and renamed ZR. 2. And it was in the course of one of these tests that she blew up over the River Humber at 5.40 p.m. on 21 August 1921 - a trawler 16 miles away staggered underthe concussion of the explosion and trains on railway lines in Lincolnshire shook on their tracks, while ceilings in houses in Hull and Grimsby collapsed. Only four of her 48 passengers survived, the roll of honour including 16 members of the U.S.N’s Rigid Airship Detachment and many highly experienced British airship personnel, not least Air Commodore E. M. Maitland, C.M.G., D.S.O., A.F.C.,and Flight Lieutenants Little, Montagu, Pritchard and Thomas, in addition to Constructor Commander Campbell of Royal Airship Works.

Little’s body was recovered on 29 August and interred in a common grave with Maitland, Campbell and a Leading Aircraftman, in HullWestern Cemetery, on 3 September; sold with extensive research and copied photographs, in addition to two or three original postcards of airships.

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Recalled to the U.K. for pilot training, Johnson took his Aviator’s Certificate (No. 4531) on a Maurice Farman Biplane at the Military School, Ruislip in April 1917, and was posted back to France as a member of No. 20 Squadron at the end of the same year, thereafter often flying with ‘ace gunner’ Captain J. H. Hedley. And he quickly added to his earlier victories, sending an Albatross DIII out of control over Moorslede on 11 October. But it was in December that he rapidly increased his score to double-figures, adding five furthervictims to his tally, all of them Albatross DIIIs or DVs, and two of them in the same patrol back over Moorslede on the 22nd - Johnson having downed one with with his front guns at 50 yards, Captain Hedley hit another at point-blank range and watched it fall in flames.

1918 got off to an equally impressive start, when Johnson locked-on to an Albatross DIII over Staden on 25 January, and buckled the enemy aircraft’s wings with 100 rounds at 10 yards range. A few weeks later, on 17 February, once more over Moorslede, pilot and Observer each claimed a Pfalz DIII, one of them from a range of 15 yards.

Finally, on removing No. 62 Squadron, he claimed three more victories in the period March-April, including a brace of Albatross DVs on the 12th of the latter month - these enemy aircraft being seen to crash near Allennes and Chemy. Johnson returned to the home establishment in May and was awarded a long-overdue Bar to his D.C.M. in September.

Little of his subsequent career is known, though he appears to have found employment as a Motor Mechanic and re-enlisted in the rankof Sergeant on the Class ‘E’ Reserve at R.A.F. Cardington in April 1939; sold with an original autographed portrait postcard and extensive research, including copied combat reports.

The unique and important Great War D.C.M. and Bar group of three awarded to Sergeant F. Johnson, Royal Air Force,late Royal Flying Corps, who, having claimed four victories as an Air Gunner and Observer in No. 22 Squadron, raisedhis score to 16 piloting Bristol Fighters of No. 20 and No. 62 Squadrons - more often than not engaging his victims at ranges under 50 yards

DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (6391 Cpl. F. Johnson, 22/Sqn. R.F.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (6391 Sgt. F. Johnson, R.A.F.), one or two edge bruises, otherwise good very fine (3) £15000-18000

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D.C.M. London Gazette 26 April 1917:

‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as an Observer. He was attackedby three hostile machines and shot one of them down. He had previously shot down three other machines.’

Bar to D.C.M. London Gazette 3 September 1918:

‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in encounters with enemy aeroplanes, with the following results: attacked and crashed a Pfalz Scout, drovedown an Albatross out of control, and on previous occasions he had destroyed four enemy aeroplanes and driven three down out of control.’

Frank Johnson was born in Oldham, Lancashire in December 1896, and enlistedin the Royal Flying Corps in June 1915. Having then gone out to France in February 1916, he trained as an Observer and Air Gunner in No. 22 Squadron, aBristol Fighter unit, and commenced his operational career that August, when hefought his very first combat on the last day of the month - a protracted affair on account of several different enemy attacks, and one that resulted in Johnson expending all of his ammunition. Then on 24 September, he had his first taste ofsuccess, sharing in the destruction of an enemy aircraft over Epehy, but a few days later, on the 30th, his pilot was compelled to make a forced-landing at Brayafter their aircraft’s propeller was damaged during an encounter with several enemy aircraft over Ligny.

An Albatross DI having then fallen to his guns in combat over Guedecourt on 16October - when he engaged his quarry from a range of 15 to 20 yards - he followed up with another attack at 30 yards range on the 20th over Le Sars, this time observing his opposing gunner collapse into the enemy machine. And he claimed another Albatross DI over Bancourt on 22 November, after emptying a double drum at 70 yards range. Finally, in terms of his claims with No. 22, he emptied a double drum into an Albatross DII at 50 yards range over Haplincourton 4 February 1917, the enemy aircraft being seen to crash at Bancourt. He wasawarded the D.C.M.

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WORLD ORDERS AND DECORATIONS

Annam, ORDER OF KIM BOI, double cliche gold badge, 60 x 43mm., 11g.,of local manufacture, no cord or tassels, some edge bruising, test marks, about very fine £140-180

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Arabian States, Ras al Khaimah, ORDER OF THE TOWER OF QASIMI, Medal of the Order, gilt, extremely fine, scarce £100-140

The Arabian State of Ras al Khaimah joined the United Arab Emirates in 1972.

907

Austria, Empire, CANNON CROSS 1813-14, bronze-gilt with green wash, no ribbon; Bavaria, CAMPAIGN CROSS 1813-14, bronze, second worn; first very fine (2) £70-90

908

Belgium, ORDER OF LEOPOLD I, Grand Cross breast star, unilingual, 91 x 85mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, good very fine

£200-250

909

Belgium, ORDER OF LEOPOLD I, Grand Cross sash badge with swords, unilingual, 101 x 59mm., silver-gilt and enamel, no sash ribbon, enamel damage to arms, very fine £150-200

910

Belgium, ORDER OF LEOPOLD I, Grand Officer’s breast star by Wolfers, Brussels, unilingual, 84 x 84mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, extremely fine £200-250

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Belgium, ORDER OF LEOPOLD I, Commander’s neck badge, unilingual, 91 x58mm., silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat bearing gilt centre stripe, in Wolfers, Brussels case of issue, slight enamel damage to arms points, very fine £180-220

By the Royal Decree of 5 April 1919, the ribbons of the national orders of Belgium, when awarded to civilians for heroism or distinguished service during the war, were to be embellished with a central gilt stripe.

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Belgium, ORDER OF LEOPOLD I, Commander’s neck badge with anchors, unilingual, 116 x 60mm., base gilt metal and enamel, a modern production, with neck cravat, nearly extremely fine £100-150

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Belgium, ORDER OF LEOPOLD I (3), Officer’s breast badge with swords, unilingual, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette and ‘A’ palm on ribbon, enamel damage to points; another, Chevalier’s breast badge with swords, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, in De Vigne-Hart, Brussels case of issue; another, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, arms re-enamelled; in Herrmans, Brussels case of issue, nearly very fine and better (3) £80-100

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Belgium, ORDER OF LEOPOLD I (3), Officer’s breast badge with anchors, unilingual, matt gilt base metal and enamel, rosetteon ribbon; another (2), Chevalier’s breast badge with anchors, unilingual, silver base metal and enamel, modern productions, nearly extremely fine (3) £90-120

915

Belgium, ORDER OF THE CROWN, Grand Officer’s breast star by Fisch, Brussels, 87 x 82mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine £200-250

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Attributed to Victor Auguste de Laveleye (1894-1945) a Belgian liberal politician and minister. Was a B.B.C. Presenter during the War.On 14 January 1941, he asked all Belgians to use the letter for “V” for ‘Victory’ as a rallying sign against the German occupiers. Unusually he was awarded the Order of the Crown Grand Cross a few days after his death - it is possible that the star of the Order wasburied with him! With copied research.

Belgium, ORDER OF THE CROWN, Grand Cross sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with full sash, in very badly damaged case, insignia extremely fine £100-150

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Belgium, ORDER OF THE CROWN, Commander’s neck badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, several point finials bent, good very fine £60-80

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Belgium, ORDER OF THE CROWN (10) Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, rosette on ribbon bearing gilt centre stripe; another, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, rosette and ‘A’ palm on ribbon; another, Chevalier’s breastbadge, silver, gilt and enamel; another, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gilt and enamel, crossed swords on ribbon, some points bent; another, Chevalier’s breast badge, with gilt star on ribbon bearing two gilt stripes; Medals of the Order(2), gilt and silver; Academic Palms (2), gilt and silver; together with a miniature dress medal of the Order, 22 x 14mm.,silver, gold and enamel, in leather case, very fine and better (10) £140-180

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Belgium, ORDER OF LEOPOLD II, Grand Cross sash badge, unilingual, silver-gilt and enamel, with (faded) full sash in Fisch,Brussels case of issue, nearly extremely fine £150-200

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Belgium, ORDER OF LEOPOLD II, Grand Officer’s breast star by DeGreef, Brussels, unilingual, 86 x 78mm, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, lower point bent, otherwise nearly extremely fine £180-220

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Belgium, ORDER OF LEOPOLD II (3), Officer’s breast badge, unilingual, silver-gilt and enamel, two with crossed swords and rosette on ribbon; one with ‘L’ palm and rosette on ribbon - this in Fonson, Brussels case of issue, nearly extremely fine (3) £60-80

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Belgium, ORDER OF LEOPOLD II (4), Chevalier’s breast badge, enamelled; another, Chevalier’s breast badge, enamelled, with crossed swords on ribbon; another, Chevalier’s breast badge, enamelled, with base silver ‘L’ palm on ribbon; another, an unauthorised Chevalier’s breast badge with swords, enamelled, with silvered ‘A’ palm on ribbon, all unilingual, good very fine (4) £90-120

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Belgium, ORDER OF LEOPOLD II (4), Chevalier’s breast badge (2), enamelled - one with ribbon bearing a central gilt stripe; another, Chevalier’s breast badge, enamelled, with crossed swords on ribbon; another, Chevalier’s breast badge, enamelled, with silver ‘A’ palm on ribbon, all unilingual, good very fine (4) £80-100

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Belgium, ORDER OF LEOPOLD II (9), Chevalier’s breast badge, enamelled; another, an unauthorised Chevalier’s breast badgewith swords, enamelled; Medals, gilt (4) - one in card box of issue; one with gilt stripe on ribbon; one with ‘Dutch’ inscription; another Medal, silver/silver-gilt; another, bronze, these all unilingual in French except where stated; togetherwith a miniature dress medal of the Order, silver and enamel, in Wolfers, Brussels leather case, good very fine (9)

£120-160

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Belgium, ORDER OF THE AFRICAN STAR, Grand Cross set of insignia by P. DeGreef, Brussels, sash badge, 86 x 58mm., silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, 93 x 85mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with full sash, in case of issue, minor enamel damage to badge wreath, otherwise nearlyextremely fine (2) £800-1000

The Order was rarely awarded. Between 1921 and 1960, for which period there is data, the following number of awards were made: Officer class (15), Commander class (6), Grand Officer class (5), and Grand Cross class (2); ref. O.M.S.A. Journal, April, 1992, Vol. 43, No. 2.

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Belgium, ORDER OF THE AFRICAN STAR, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in Fonson, Brussels case of issue, nearly extremely fine £350-450

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Belgium, ORDER OF THE AFRICAN STAR, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on ribbon, in Fonson, Brussels case of issue, nearly extremely fine £160-200

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Belgium, ORDER OF THE AFRICAN STAR, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with silver ‘A’ palm on ribbon, in DeGreef, Brussels case of issue, nearly extremely fine £140-180

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Belgium, ORDER OF THE AFRICAN STAR, Medal of the Order (6) gilt, in DeGreef, Brussels case of issue; another, silver (3) one in unmarked case of issue; another with silver ’A’ palm on ribbon; another, bronze (2) one in DeGreef, Brussels case of issue, good very fine and better (6) £70-90

930

Belgium, ROYAL ORDER OF THE LION, Grand Officer’s breast star, bilingual,80 x 80mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, in Walravens, Brussels case of issue, slight enamel damage to centre, good very fine £300-400

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Belgium, ROYAL ORDER OF THE LION, Commander’s neck badge, bilingual, gilt base metal and enamel, with neck cravat, in DeGreef, Brussels case of issue, nearly extremely fine £200-250

932

Belgium, ROYAL ORDER OF THE LION, Officer’s breast badge, unilingual, gilt base metal and enamel, with rosette on ribbon, in Fonson, Brussels case of issue, nearly extremely fine £100-140

933

Belgium, ROYAL ORDER OF THE LION, Chevalier’s breast badge, unilingual, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, in Fonson, Brusselscase of issue, nearly extremely fine £100-140

934

Belgium, ROYAL ORDER OF THE LION (10) Medal of the Order, gilt, bilingual (3) in card boxes of issue; another, silver, unilingual (2) - one in card box of issue; another, silver, bilingual (2) in card boxes of issue; another, bronze, unilingual (2); another, bronze, bilingual, good very fine and better (10) £120-160

935

Belgium, IRON CROSS 1830, 28mm. dia., gold and enamel, adhesive marks, lower arm lacking ball finials and the gold frame to the indentation, frame to upper arm split, therefore fine, rare £100-150

936

Belgium, VOLUNTEERS CROSS 1830, silver and enamel, enamel damage, nearly very fine £60-80

Issued in 1878.

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Belgium, CROIX DE GUERRE (5) ‘A’ cypher, one with black memorial bar; one with two bronze ‘A’ palms; one with one giltand one silver ‘A’ palms; one with lion emblem and two small ‘A’ palms; CROIX DU FEU (5) various designs, one in case with dress miniature medal and lapel riband; CROIX DU FEU, large plaque, 172 x 153mm., with fittings for attachment to aheadstone; CARTE DU FEU MEDALLION, 65mm., bronze, named to ‘Guillaume Billen’; WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18 (5)- one with front line bar; three in Fisch paper packets of issue; VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (6) official type 1- two in Fisch paperpackets of issue; together with miniature Fourageres (2) in the colours of the Order of Leopold I for wear with the Croixde Guerre or Yser Medal, good very fine and better (26) £140-180

938

Belgium, YSER MEDAL 1914 (3); YSER CROSS 1914 (2); VOLUNTEERS MEDAL 1914-18 (3); LIÈGE MEDAL 1914 (3); KING ALBERT MEDAL 1914-18 (4) French and Flemish issues, with ‘humanitarian and charitable’ and ‘food supply’ ribbons; POLITICAL PRISONERS MEDAL (2) French and Flemish issues; DEPORTEES CROSS 1914-18 (2) all with ribbon; CIVIC DECORATION 1914-18 (2), 1st and 2nd Classes, each with 1 clasp, 1914-1918, enamelled, 2nd Class with enamel damage; CIVIC MEDAL 1914-18 (3), 1st, 2nd and 3rd Classes, each with 1 clasp, 1914-1918; all with ribbon, nearly very fine and better (24) £180-220

939

Belgium, MARITIME DECORATION 1914-18 (2) 1st and 2nd Classes, enamelled, with crossed anchors on ribbons; MARITIME MEDAL 1914-18 (3) 1st, 2nd and 3rd Classes, each with crossed anchors on ribbon; QUEEN ELIZABETH MEDAL (3) - one withenamelled cross in case of issue; two others without enamelled cross - one in damaged case of issue; MEDAL OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ASSISTANCE AND FOOD SUPPLY (4), 1st Class, gilt, with rosette on ribbon, in Fonson, Brussels case ofissue; another, 2nd Class, gilt; another, 3rd Class, silver; another, 4th Class, bronze; NATIONAL RESTORATION MEDAL 1914-18 (2); CHAPLAIN’S CROSS, gilt, ARMBANDS (2) for War Invalids and War Mutilated, each with central star emblem by Rooster, Brussels, and official stamp mark of the Ministry of National Defence, good very fine and better (17) £180-220

940

Belgium, VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (3), official type; Czechoslovakia, VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (2), official type 1; another, re-issue type 1; France, VICTORY 1918, official type; Greece, VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (3), official type; Italy, VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (4), official type 1 (2); another, official type 2 (2); Portugal, VICTORY MEDAL 1918, official type 2; Romania, VICTORY MEDAL 1918, unofficial type 3; U.S.A., VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (3) official type (2) - one with 4 clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne, Oise-Aisne, Aisne-Marne; another, unofficial issue, generally very fine (18) £140-160

941

Created at the end of the Great War for award to those persons whose countries did not readily allow their citizens to receive wearableawards from foreign countries. Notably, it was awarded to Herbert Hoover, President of the United States of America. Ref. DistinctionsHonorifiques de la Belgique 1830-1985, by Andre Charles Borne, p. 369-370.

Belgium, MEDAL OF GRATITUDE, table medal by G. Devreese, 79mm., bronze, unnamed, in Fonson case of issue, good veryfine £100-150

942

Belgium, MILITARY CROSs (6) Leopold II issue (2), 1st and 2nd Classes, enamelled; another, Albert issue, 1st Class, enamelled; another, Leopold III issue, 1st Class, enamelled; Post-1951 issue (2) 1st and 2nd Classes, enamelled, all 1st Class badges with rosettes on ribbon, good very fine (6) £120-160

943

Belgium, MILITARY DECORATION (6) on ‘Bravery’ ribbon, ‘L.II’ cypher, silver-gilt; another, ‘A’ cypher, silver, with small basesilver ‘A’ palm on ribbon; another, ‘double A’ cypher, gilt (2); post-1952 bilingual issues (2) gilt - one with gilt chevron on ribbon; MILITARY DECORATION (15) on ‘long service’ ribbon, ‘L.II’ cypher (5) gilt - four with gilt chevrons on ribbon; another, ‘A’ cypher (3) gilt - one with chevron on ribbon; another, ‘double A’ cypher (4) gilt - one in in Fonson case; another with gilt chevron on ribbon; post-1952 issues (3) gilt - one with gilt chevron on ribbon, generally good very fine(21) £180-220

944

The ‘L.III’ palms were used for a short time in 1940. The tower emblem was for civilians for acts of bravery in the face of the enemy.

Belgium, CROIX DE GUERRE (8) ‘L.III’ cypher, with no emblems on ribbon (2); another, with two bronze ‘L.III’ palms on ribbon; another, with bronze lion in roundel on ribbon (2); another, with base silver ‘L’ palm on ribbon; another, with bronze lion and bronze ‘L’ palm on ribbon; another, with bronze ‘L’ palm and castle tower on ribbon, generally good very fine (8) £160-200

945

Each star on the clasps of the Political Prisoner’s Cross represented 6 months imprisonment.

Belgium, RESISTANCE MEDAL 1940-45 (2); CIVIL RESISTANCE MEDAL 1940-45 (2) - different strikings; POLITICAL PRISONER’S CROSS 1940-45, with 2 clasps bearing seven stars; CIVIC DECORATION 1940-45 (2) 1st and 2nd Classes, each with clasp, 1940-1945, enamelled, in card boxes of issue; CIVIC MEDAL 1940-45 (3), 1st, 2nd and 3rd Classes, each with clasp, 1940-1945; EVADER’S CROSS; MEDAL OF GRATITUDE 1940-45 (6) 1st, 2nd and 3rd Classes, each with enamelled cross; another, 1st,2nd and 3rd Classes, without enamelled cross, good very fine and better (17) £200-250

946

Each bar on the Prisoner of War Medal represented 6 months imprisonment.

Belgium, VOLUNTEERS MEDAL (3) 1940-45 issue (2); another, post-1960 issue with clasp, 1940-1945; MILITARY FIGHTERS MEDAL 1940-45; PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL 1940-45 (2) each with ‘five bar’ emblem; MARITIME MEDAL 1940-45, bronze, with crossedanchors on ribbon; DEFAULTER’S MEDAL (5) with ribbon for refusing to perform military duties for the enemy (2); for refusingto perform work for the enemy (2) and for refusing to return to work in Germany (1); MEDAL FOR RESISTING NAZISM IN ANNEXED TERRITORIES 1974 (3) - different ribbons; RECRUITMENT MEDAL 1940 (3)- for the three different languages: French, Flemish andGerman, generally extremely fine (18) £180-220

947

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Together with a Belgian/British naval riband bar covering the First and Second World Wars.

Belgium, WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1940-45 (4), with no clasp or emblem (3); another, with ribbon bearing crossed sabres, crossed anchors, lion on roundel and enamelled cross; together with a ribbon bearing 37 named service clasps, good very fine and better (41) £160-200

948

Belgium, CROIX DE GUERRE (2) 1954 type; MEDAL FOR OVERSEAS THEATRES OF OPERATIONS (2) 1 clasp, Coree-Korea, on an early type ribbon with embroidered white centre stripes; another, 4 clasps, Coree-Korea, Chatkol, Imjin, Coree-Korea, on standard type ribbon; VOLUNTEER MEDAL 1952, 1 clasp, Pugnator; U.N. KOREA 1950-54, Belgian issue; South Korea, SERVICE MEDAL, Belgian manufacture; together with a Belgian Korea riband bar, generally extremely fine (8) £180-220

949

Belgium, MILITARY MERIT MEDAL (2); MEDAL FOR SERVICES RENDERED (2); ARMED HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS MEDAL (2) enamelled; MILITARY SERVICE HONOUR CROSS (3) 1st, 2nd and 3rd Classes, enamelled; MEDAL FOR OVERSEAS MISSIONS; together with a ribbon bearing 10 clasps to that medal, extremely fine (20) £80-100

950

Belgium, ROYAL HOUSEHOLD MEDAL (9) Leopold II, silver, on ‘Foreign’ household ribbon; another, Albert I, (3) gilt, silver and bronze issues, on ‘Foreign’ household ribbon, silver medal in Wolfers case of issue; another, Albert I (3), gilt, silvered and bronze issues, on ‘Belgian’ household ribbon, each with ‘A’ cypher on ribbon; another, Albert I (2) ‘SpecialAwards’, gilt and enamel and base silver and enamel, very fine and better (9) £180-220

951

Belgium, ROYAL HOUSEHOLD MEDAL (8) Leopold III (3), gilt, silver and bronze issues on ‘foreign’ household ribbon; another,Leopold III (3), gilt, silver and bronze issues, on ‘Belgian’ household ribbon, each with ‘L.III’ cypher on ribbon; another,Leopold III (2), ‘Special Awards’, gilt and enamel and base silver and enamel, generally extremely fine (8) £160-200

952

Belgium, ROYAL HOUSEHOLD MEDAL (11), Baudoin (4) gilt, silver (2) and bronze issues, on ‘foreign’ household ribbon; another, Baudoin (3) gilt, silver and bronze issues, on ‘Belgian’ household ribbon, each with ‘B’ cypher on ribbon; another, Baudoin (2) 1st type ‘Special Award’ medals, gilt and enamel and base silver and enamel; another, Baudoin (2)2nd type ‘Special Award’ medals, gilt and silver, generally extremely fine (11) £200-240

953

Belgium, ROYAL HOUSEHOLD MEDAL (8), Albert II (3) gilt, base silver and bronze issues, on ‘foreign’ household ribbon; another, Albert II, gilt, base silver and bronze, on ‘Belgian’ household ribbon, each with ‘A.II’ cypher on ribbon; another, Albert II, gilt and base silver, on ‘Special Award’ ribbon, extremely fine (8) £120-160

954

Belgium, CONGO SERVICE STAR (6), 1st type (2) silver and gilt, with 2 clasps; another, with 3 clasps in Fonson, Brussels caseof issue; another, 2nd type, silver and gilt; another, 3rd type, gilt and enamel (2) - one in card box of issue; another, basesilver, gilt and enamel in card box of issue; SERVICE MEDAL FOR NATIVES, on ribbon for members of the Congo Army (Force Publique) (4), Albert issue (2), bronze; Leopold III issue, bronze; Baudoin issue, gilt, 1 clasp, bearing three stars; SERVICE MEDAL FOR NATIVES, on ribbon for Artisans and Employees (5) Albert issue; Leopold III issue (2) - one with clasp bearing three stars; Baudoin issue (2) - different, all bronze; Family Merit Medal, very fine and better (16) £200-250

955

Belgium, COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1879-1908 (2) - one in card box of issue; COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL FOR AFRICAN CAMPAIGNS 1914-17 (3), gilt, base silver and bronze, each with clasp, Mahenge; COLONIAL MEDAL 1914-18, 1 clasp, 1914-1918; AFRICAN WAR MEDAL 1940-45 (2) - one in card box of issue; another, 3 clasps, Nigerie, Moyen-Orient, Madagascar; ABYSSINIAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL 1940-41, 1 clasp, Abyssinie; MEDAL FOR EFFORT IN THE COLONIAL WAR 1940-45 (2) generally extremely fine (11) £120-160

956

Belgium, ROYAL VISIT TO BRAZIL MEDAL 1920, obverse: busts of King Albert and Queen Elizabeth facing left; reverse: the cruiser ‘Sao Paulo’, bronze, with crown suspension, with ribbon, extremely fine £70-90

957

The 1920 Games of the VII Olympiad were held in Antwerp, Belgium. 450 medals awarded.

Belgium, OLYMPICS COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1920, silver, extremely fine, scarce £200-300

958

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Belgium, CIVIC DECORATION (3) silver-gilt and enamel, enamel damage; another, silver and enamel, on ‘long service’ ribbon; another, silver and enamel, on ‘bravery’ ribbon; CIVIC MEDAL (7) silver-gilt, no ribbon; another (2) silver, on ‘longservice’ ribbon; another (2) bronze, on ‘long service’ ribbon; another, gilt, on ‘fire fighters’ ribbon; another, pre-1917 type, 27mm. dia, silver, on ‘bravery’ ribbon; WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1870-71 (3); REIGN OF LEOPOLD II COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1865-1905 (2) - one in damaged card box; REIGN OF LEOPOLD II COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1865-1909; CENTENARY MEDAL 1830-1930; REIGN OF ALBERT MEDAL 1909-34 (2) - one a miniature; KING ALBERT’S ROYAL HOUSEHOLD COMMEMORATIVE CROSS 1934, enamelled; ROYAL DONATION MEDAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY MEDAL 1953, very fine and better (21) £100-150

959

Belgium, CROSS FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FERRY BOAT SERVICE 1896, gilt and enamel; CROSS FOR THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FERRY BOAT SERVICE 1946, gilt and enamel; CROSS FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BELGIAN RAILWAYS 1884, 1st Class, silver-gilt and enamel, in case of issue; MEDAL FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BELGIAN RAILWAYS 1884, bronze; CROSS FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TELEGRAPHIC SYSTEM 1896, gilt and enamel; MEDAL FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TELEGRAPH SYSTEM 1896, base silver and gilt; CROSS FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TELEGRAPH SYSTEM 1921, silver-gilt and enamel, in card boxof issue; MEDAL FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TELEGRAPHIC SYSTEM 1921, gilt; POSTAL SERVICE COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1924 (2) bronze; POSTAL SERVICE COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1949 (3) bronze, all with ribbon, very fine and better (13) £100-140

960

Belgium, MEDAL FOR SPORTS (6) Leopold III issue (3) gilt, base silver and bronze issues; another, Baudoin issue (3) gilt, basesilver and bronze; BELGIAN RED CROSS DECORATION (4) 1st Class, gilt and enamel; another, 2nd Class, base silver and enamel- both with corresponding dress miniatures; BELGIAN RED CROSS HONOUR CROSS 1940-45, gilt and enamel; BELGIAN RED CROSS PALMS OF HONOUR 1940-45, bronze, pin-backed badge; BLOOD DONOR’S MEDAL, enamelled; CARNEGIE HERO FUND MEDAL (3) 1961 type wearable medals, gilt, base silver and bronze issues, good very fine and better (16) £120-160

961

Belgium, VETERANS OF LEOPOLD I CROSS 1831-65 (2), silver-gilt; another, gilt, different; VETERANS OF LEOPOLD II 1865-1909, CROSS OF HONOUR, 2nd Class, silver; NATIONAL UNION OF MILITARY VETERANS CROSS 1865-1909, enamelled; CROSS FOR VETERANS OF THE 1870-71 WAR, silver; MEDAL FOR THE ROYAL FEDERATION OF N.C.O’S. OF THE BELGIAN ARMY, gilt; COMMEMORATIVE PLATE, issued by The Royal Federation of King Albert’s Veterans, pewter, 226 mm. dia, KING ALBERT VETERANS CROSS 1909-34, gilt,2 palms on ribbon; RHINE ARMY CROSS, enamelled; WAR WIDOWS ASSOCIATION MEDAL 1967, bronze; CITY OF NIEUWPOORT, YSER CAMPAIGN 50TH ANNIVERSARY MEDAL, bronze; ORPHANS OF THE GREAT WAR MEDAL, bronze; ST. GILLES (BRUSSELS) ASSOCIATION MEDAL FOR VETERANS OF THE GREAT WAR, bronze; FLEMISH CITIES VETERAN MEDAL 1914-18, 3 clasps, Ieper, Nieupoort, Diksmuide, enamelled; CITY OF LIEGE COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1940-45, bronze; VETERANS OF LEOPOLD III CROSS, enamelled; MEDAL FOR THE INDEPENDENCE FRONT TO ITS MILITIAS 1940-45, bronze; LONG DISTANCE MARCH MEDAL of the 3 Chasseurs Ardennes, base silver, with brooch bar; BELGIAN ARMY SHOOTING MEDAL, silver; BELGIAN INVENTORS MEDAL, enamelled; NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MILITARY INVALIDS MEDAL (2), 1st Class, gilt and enamel; another, 2nd Class, base silver and enamel; NATIONAL FEDERATION OF COMBATANTS CROSS (2) Belgian and Flemish versions, enamelled, most with ribbon, very fine and better (24)

£140-180

962

Jean Laoureux was probably born in 1880 and joined the Belgian Army in the Carabiniers-Cyclists Regiment soon after his sixteenth birthday. His service took him to the Belgian Congo in the last days of the 19th century and his good conduct qualified him for the Military Decoration 2nd Class in 1912. Soon into the Great War, Sergeant-Major Laoureux was one of those selected for promotion on8 January 1915 to auxiliary infantry officer. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry in July 1915 and Lieutenant in September 1916. For his bravery he was awarded the Croix de Guerre with gilt lion emblem for divisional citation on 14 February 1917. The citation mentions that it was an award ‘For bravery and fearlessly taking command of an outpost during an enemy attack on the night of 30/31 January 1917’. He was also awarded 8 front-line chevrons. With the end of the war he was promoted to Junior Captain in March 1919 and was awarded the Order of the Crown, Chevalier and Order of Leopold Chevalier in November 1924. In 1929 he wasawarded the Congo Commemorative Medal and gained promotion in the Order of the Crown to ‘Officer’ and was awarded the MilitaryCross 2nd Class. He gained his final award in 1930 with the 100th anniversary of Belgium’s independence.

With a number of original documents: adult high school certificate, Verviers, 1900; nomination list of N.C.O’s. promoted to officers, Dec. 1914-Jan. 1915; 6th Division award certificate for the Military Decoration, 2nd Class for long service to Sergeant-Major of the 1stCarabiniers; letter from GOC 2nd Cavalry Division nominating Laoureux as an auxiliary officer, 8 January 1915; letter for the Ministry of Defence doing the same; warrant of appointment to 2nd Lieutenant, 8 July 1915; warrant of appointment to Lieutenant of Infantry, 1September 1916; warrant of appointment to Junior Captain, 4 April 1919; letter placing Laoureux on medically inactive list for service related illness, 30 December 1924; letter of re-appointment to active service to the 12th Infantry Regiment, 1926; award document for the Military Cross, 2nd Class, for 25 years service, 27 November 1929; award document for the Victory Medal, as Commander of the Cavalry Division Depot; warrant of appointment to Senior Captain-Commandant in the Reserve; award document for the Croix de Guerre with gilt lion, for an act of bravery; award document for the Order of the Crown, Chevalier, 8 April 1923; award document for the Order of Leopold, 27 November 1924; award document for the Order of the Crown, Officer, 27 November 1929; award documentfor the Congo Commemorative Medal, 28 June 1929; award document for the Centenary Medal 1930; together with a copied photograph of the recipient.

A well documented Belgian Great War group of ten attributed to Senior Captain Jean Laoureux, Belgian Army

ORDER OF LEOPOLD, I Chevalier’s breast badge with swords, silver and gilt base metals and enamel; ORDER OF THE CROWN (2),Officer’s breast badge, gilt base metal and enamel, rosette on ribbon, in Wolfers, Brussels case of issue; another, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gilt and enamel, enamel damage to obverse centre; MILITARY CROSS, 2nd Class, enamelled; MILITARY DECORATION, for long service, gilt; CROIX DE GUERRE, ‘A’ cypher reverse, lion emblem on ribbon; WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18; VICTORY MEDAL 1918, official type 1; CENTENARY MEDAL 1830-1930; CONGO COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1879-1908, gilt, very fine and better (10) £250-300

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Juliette Caroline Marie Parmentier was born in Hasselt on 16 July 1892. As a Nurse at the Civilian Hospital at St. Idesbald, she was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Medal in April 1918. Awarded the Order of Leopold on 20 November 1923 - served at Saint-Luc Infirmary Hospital and was Secretary General of the Fédération Infirm Belges. At a later date she married Mr Douhaise. With a copied photograph of Mlle. Parmentier wearing the last four of the above medals. With some copied research.

An Order of Leopold group of five attributed to Nurse Juliette Parmentier

BELGIUM, ORDER OF LEOPOLD I, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gilt and enamel; CIVIC DECORATION, 1st Class badge with swords, 1 clasp, 1914-1918, gilt and enamel; QUEEN ELIZABETH MEDAL, bronze and enamel; WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18; VICTORY MEDAL 1918, official type 1, good very fine and better (5) £60-80

964

Order to Katterfeldt with papers (4) 1911-14 and envelope.Decoration to Emile Heeren with stained and damaged award document. Medals to Masset with Warrants (2) for the rank of Premier Sergeant-Major, dated 1935 and 1937; and award documents for the two medals. Medals to Cloes with award documents (2) dated 1947 and 1949. Medal to Hamptiaux with award document, dated 1963, in damaged envelope from the Ministry of National Defence to ‘Monsieur Hamptiaux Roger, Rue Hauzeur 5, Angleur’. Laureate to Auguste Gichumm of Anderlecht, master tailor, with award document dated 19 December 1956.

Belgium, ORDER OF THE CROWN, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gilt and enamel, in Walravens, Brussels case of issue, attributed to C. Katterfeldt, Belgian Consul at Hamburg

DEPORTEES CROSS 1914-18, attributed to Emile Heeren

KING ALBERT COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1909-34; with associated dress miniature medal; U.F.A.C. VETERAN’S MEDAL 1940-45, attributed to Premier Sergeant-Major Louis A. Masset, Belgian Army

INDUSTRIAL DECORATION, 1st and 2nd Classes, bilingual, enamelled, in card boxes of issue, attributed to Urbain Cloes

KING ALBERT COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1909-34 attributed to Roger L. Hamptiaux

LAUREATE FOR WORK, gilt and enamel, on ribbon, attributed to Auguste Gichumm, good very fine and better (9) £160-200

965

With award documents (fragile and stained) for the Order of Leopold II and the Yser Medal. Both awards were issued posthumously.

An Order of Leopold II group of five attributed to Adolphe Manandise, 1st Regiment Chasseurs a Cheval

BELGIUM, ORDER OF LEOPOLD II, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver and enamel, with silver ‘A’ palm on ribbon; CROIX DE GUERRE,‘A’ cypher, with bronze ‘A’ palm on ribbon; YSER MEDAL 1914; WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18; VICTORY MEDAL 1918, official type 1, very fine and better (5) £50-70

966

A Great War group of four to a member of the Belgian Expeditionary Corps who served in Russia

ORDER OF LEOPOLD II, Chevalier’s breast badge, unilingual, enamelled, with ‘A’ palm on ribbon, enamel damage; CROIX DE GUERRE, ‘A’ cypher, with ‘A’ palm on ribbon; WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18, with the rare enamelled ‘1916 R1917’ (Russian) bar, four service bars, enamelled war wound cross and crown emblem; VICTORY MEDAL 1918, official type1, mounted as worn, nearly very fine and better (5) £90-120

967

A Belgian Great War group of six

CROIX DE GUERRE, ‘A’ cypher reverse, bronze ‘A’ palm on ribbon; ORDER OF LEOPOLD II, gilt medal; YSER MEDAL 1914; WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18, with 2 front-line service bars; VICTORY MEDAL 1918, official type 1; ACADEMIC PALMS, gilt, very fine (6) £50-70

968

BELGIAN CERTIFICATE to M. Albert Dascher Boisseré, Administrator in Charge of Agriculture in Persia, granting permission toreceive and wear the Persian Order of the Lion and Sun, 2nd Class, dated 13 December 1903; together with another letter to Dascher, from the Treasury-General of Persia, dated 5 October 1913, confirming the award of the Order of theLion and Sun 1st Class with red sash; together with another letter from the Treasury-General Office in Arabic script, good condition (3) £20-30

969

Brazil, Empire, ORDER OF PEDRO I, Knight’s breast badge, 59 x 30mm., silver-gilt and enamel, lacking obverse and reverse inscriptions, n.r., enamel damage and repair, very fine, scarce £800-1000

970

Canada, CANADIAN CONFEDERATION MEDAL 1867-1992 (James MacDonald) mounted as worn; ‘BCV’ CROSS, unnamed, with ribbon, extremely fine (2) £50-70

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Richard Charles Aiers, who was born in Aston, Warwickshire in 1882, originally worked for the Post Office in Birmingham, but around1904 he departed for Shanghai, where he enlisted in the Municipal Police Force.

Of his subsequent Chinese Honours & Awards, Foreign Office files in the National Archives reveal that his Order of the Golden Grainwas issued in respect of ‘services rendered in connection with the repatriation of German and Austrian subjects’ in the aftermath of theGreat War (FO 372/1788 refers; also see the London Gazette of 1 August 1922); and his First Class “A” Medal of the Army, Navy and Air Force on account of ‘efficient detection and pursuit of criminals’ and the ‘discovery and arrest of the highest organ of the communist brigands in the East’ (FO 372/2793 of 1932 refers).

A revealing account of crime in Shanghai during the 1930s and 1940s appears in Sin City, by Ralph Shaw, a British journalist, from which the following extract has been taken:

‘The risk of sudden death was omnipresent in Shanghai - as it was, indeed, everywhere else in China then. Violence was commonplace. There were more gangsters in Shanghai than Chicago ever saw in the heyday of Capone. It was common to see a rich Chinese in his private rickshaw being protected by an armed bodyguard, often Russian, loping at the side of the two-wheeled vehicle pulled by its ‘human horse’ .... Chinese gangsters, too, inflicted their own reign of terror on a population constantly assailed by violence. They were well-armed, ruthless desperadoes, whose contempt for life often involved them in suicidal gun-fights with the police in street battles in which they fought to the end and, more often than not, in which they wreaked a heavy toll of the forces of lawand order and of innocent victims caught in the cross-fire.’

Aiers, who no doubt witnessed many such street battles, retired in 1938, and settled in Exeter, Devon, where he died in 1940; sold witha file of research, including extensive copied Foreign Office records.

A rare group of Chinese and Shanghai Orders & Medals awarded to Chief Inspector R. C. Aiers, Director of the Criminal Intelligence Department, Shanghai Municipal Police

CHINA, ORDER OF THE GOLDEN GRAIN, 7th Class breast badge, silver and enamel; MEDAL OF THE NAVY, ARMY AND AIR FORCE, 1st Class, silver-gilt and enamel, stamped, ‘13’ on reverse, with additional Chinese stamp mark and other Chinese markings; NATIONAL FAMINE RELIEF COMMISSION MEDAL OF MERIT, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse stamped, ‘18’ and with an additional Chinese stamp mark; SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL EMERGENCY MEDAL 1937, bronze, unnamed; SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL POLICE LONG SERVICE MEDAL, 3 clasps, 1921-1925, 1926-1930, 1931-1935 (Chief Inspector R. C. Aiers), mounted as worn, together with two uniform riband bars, the whole contained in a Luang Seng, Jewellers, Shanghai, velvet case, enamel work chipped in places but generally very fine or better (5) £2500-3000

972

An image taken from a family photograph album

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See Lot No. 809 for his miniature dress medals, and Lot 784 for items relating to his son.

China, Empire, IMPERIAL ORDER OF THE DOUBLE DRAGON, 2nd type, 2nd Class,3rd Grade breast star, 79mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with engraved coral centre stone and smooth coral upper stone, some enamel damage, good very fine £800-1000

973

Denmark, MEDAL OF MERIT, Frederick IX, 37mm., silver (Johanne Elvira Norgaard) on bow ribbon, in fitted case; WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1848-50, bronze, nearly extremely fine (2) £160-200

974

Danish medal with copied research indicating 29 medals with the above reverse were issued.

Denmark, DEFENCE MEDAL FOR INTERNATIONAL SERVICE, reverse inscribed, ‘Saudi Arabien 1991’; Norway, MEDAL FOR OVERSEAS DEFENCE SERVICE, on ‘Saudi Arabia’ ribbon bearing metal emblem; Belgium, FOREIGN SERVICE MEDAL, 1 clasp, Perzische Golf; Italy, PERSIAN GULF SERVICE MEDAL; Greece, GULF WAR MEDAL 1991, in card box, extremely fine (5) £100-150

975

Egypt, Republic, ORDER OF EL KAMAL, sash badge, 48mm., dia., silver-gilt and enamel with paste stones, stamp marks on reverse, with full sash, extremely fine £200-300

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Egypt, Republic, MILITARY STAR OF EGYPT, gilt and enamel; MILITARY MEDAL OF THE REPUBLIC, 2nd Class, silver base metal; MILITARY MEDAL OF COURAGE, 2nd Class, silver base metal, all with ribbon, good very fine and better (3) £200-250

977

France, Third Republic, MEDAL OF GRATITUDE, 1917 issue, 2nd Class, silver, blue enamel star on ribbon; MILITARY WOUND BADGE (2), different, enamelled; CIVILIAN WOUND BADGE, enamelled; SOCIETY FOR THE SUCCOUR OF MILITARY WOUNDED 1864-66(2), silver, one inscribed, ‘1701 G. Henriet’; another, unnamed; ASSOCIATION OF FRENCH LADIES RED CROSS MEDAL 1914-1918,bronze, inscribed, ‘Me. E. Simon’, all with ribbon, very fine and better (7) £70-90

978

Egypt, SASHES (5) Order of Mohammed Ali; Order of the Nile (2) - one a darker and coarser material; Order of the Republic - very coarse material; Order of El Kamal, all are full sashes, good condition (5) £100-150

979

France, Third Republic, LEBANON COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1926; LEVANT MEDAL 1922 (3), 30mm., dark bronze, no clasp; another, 29mm., bronze, 1 clasp, Levant; another, large size, 36mm., bronze, 3 clasps, Levant, Levant 1925-1926, Levant 1926-1927; France, Vichy, LEVANT MEDAL, 1 clasp, Levant 1941, good very fine (5) £60-80

980

W.O. Santini was killed in action in Lebanon on 2 May 1978 whilst attached to UNIFIL. With a copied photograph of the recipient.

France, Fifth Republic, CROSS OF MILITARY VALOUR; OVERSEAS SERVICE MEDAL, 1 clasp, Liban; NATIONAL DEFENCE MEDAL, 1 clasp, Troupes de Marine; U.N. MEDAL, UNIFIL ribbon, unofficial medal - these four represent the medals awarded to W.O. Santini; together with a POCKET BADGE, for the 68th Graduating Class of the Infantry Training School, bronze and enamel -named in honour of ‘Santini, nearly extremely fine (5) £40-60

981

France Colonial, LEBANON, MEDAL OF MERIT (2) 2nd Class, base silver metal; 3rd Class, bronze, both with embroidered ribbons; Lebanon, MEDAL OF MERIT (4), 1st Class, gilt; 2nd Class (2), silver base metal; 3rd Class, bronze, all with ribbons, good very fine (6) £60-80

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Johannes Paul Georg Reymann was born on 18 September 1879, the son of Johannes Paul Maximilian Friedrich Reymann and AugusteAntoinette Reymann, nee Vitzthum. Entering the Imperial German Navy, he was appointed a Seekadetten on 27 April 1898. Reymannwas promoted to Leutnant zur See in November 1900; Oberleutnant zur See on the battleship S.M.S. Kaisar Wilhelm II in March 1902;Kapitänleutnant in March 1907, and Korvettenkapitän in March 1914. He served at the Marine Academy, October 1910-June 1912.

Reymann held the post of the Admiral’s Staff Officer for torpedo and U-boats during Admiral Hugo von Pohl’s tenure as Commander-in-Chief of the High Seas Fleet. He was in his position in January 1916 when Admiral Reinhard Scheer was appointed C-in-C. in his place. Reymann is mentioned as such in the book, Germany’s High Sea Fleet in the World War by Reinhard Scheer.

For his services during peacetime he was awarded the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle 4th Class in January 1908; the Bavarian Order ofMilitary Merit 4th Class in September 1908; the Romanian Order of the Star, Officer’s badge with swords in 1909; and the crown to theOrder of the Red Eagle in October 1910.

For his services during the Great War he was awarded the Saxon Order of Albert Knight 1st Class with swords in June 1916; the Hamburg Hanseatic Cross in September 1916; the Bavarian Order of Military Merit 4th Class with crown and swords in February 1917;and the Prussian Hohenzollern House Order Knight’s badge with swords in May 1917. As a Fregattenkapitän he was awarded the Officer’s Long Service Cross in March 1920. Latterly employed as a Dockyard Director, Reymann died on 13 June 1933.

With a folder containing 22 original documents, including: his parents marriage certificate; and his birth and death certificates;commission documents of appointment to Seekadetten; Leutnant zur See; Oberleutnant zur See; Kapitänleutnant; and Korvettenkapitän; award documents for the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle 4th Class, and another for the 4th Class with crown; Prussian Hohenzollern Order; Prussian Officer’s Long Service Cross; Bavarian Order of Military Merit, 4th Class, and another for the 4th Class with crown and swords; Hamburg Hanseatic Cross; Oldenburg, Friedrich August Cross, 2nd Class (2); Saxon Order of Albert;and Romanian Order of the Star; together with other papers relating to his naval service. Also with (unconnected?) photocopied research relating to Kapitän Max Reymann - commander of the armed merchant cruiser Kaisar Wilhelm der Grosse at the battle of the Rio de Oro, August 1914.

The Great War Iron Cross group of twelve awarded to Fregattenkapitän Johannes Paul Georg Reymann, Imperial German Navy

PRUSSIA, IRON CROSS 1914, 1st Class, pin-backed; IRON CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; HOHENZOLLERN HOUSE ORDER, Knight’s breast badge with swords, silver-gilt and enamel, edge of lower limb stamped, ‘938’ and inscribed, ‘W’; ORDER OF THE RED EAGLE,4th type, 4th Class breast badge with crown, silver and enamel; OFFICER’S LONG SERVICE CROSS, for 25 Years, bronze-gilt; SAXONY, ORDER OF ALBERT, Knight 1st Class with swords, silver-gilt and enamel, edge of lower limb stamped, ‘R’; BAVARIA, ORDER OF MILITARY MERIT, 4th Class with crown and swords, silver, gold and enamel; OLDENBURG, FRIEDRICH AUGUST CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; BRUNSWICK, WAR CROSS 1914, 2nd Class, combatants; HAMBURG, HANSEATIC CROSS, enamelled; BAVARIA, ORDER OF MILITARY MERIT, 4th Class, silver, gold and enamel, severe enamel damage; ROMANIA, ORDER OF THE STAR, 1st type,Officer’s breast badge with swords on ring, silver-gilt and enamel; all but first mounted German style as worn (Iron Cross2nd Class loose); together with the recipient’s riband bar for eleven awards complete with emblems, very fine and better except where stated; an impressive naval officer’s group (13) £3000-3500

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A Great War Iron Cross group of nine

GERMANY, PRUSSIA, IRON CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; GERMANY, CROSS OF HONOUR, combatant’s; BRUNSWICK, WAR MERIT CROSS 1914,2nd Class; WÜRTTENBERG, CHARLOTTE CROSS 1916; PRUSSIA, SOLDIER’S L.S. CROSS for 15 years, copper; ORDER OF THE RED EAGLE, 4th type, 4th Class breast badge, silver and enamel, stippled arms; AUSTRIA, WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18; HUNGARY, WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18, combatant’s; BULGARIA, WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1915-18, combatant’s, mounted German style as worn, good very fine (9) £160-200

984

A Bavarian group of nineBAVARIA, MILITARY MERIT CROSS, 3rd Class with swords; THIRD REICH, COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1 OCTOBER 1938; WINTER CAMPAIGN MEDAL 1941-42; CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, combatant’s; BAVARIA, L.S. MEDAL, 3rd Class, for 9 years; AUSTRIA, BRAVERY MEDAL, Karl, small bronze; KARL TROOP CROSS; JUBILEE MEDAL 1898; JUBILEE MEDAL 1908, mounted German style

A Bavarian group of sixBAVARIA, KING LUDWIG CROSS 1916; GERMANY, CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, combatant’s; CENTENARY MEDAL 1897; ‘KRYFFHÄUSER’ WAR VETERAN’S MEDAL; UNKNOWN L.S. CROSS; HUNGARY, WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18, combatant’s, mounted German style

An Austrian Great War group of sevenAUSTRIA, MILITARY MERIT MEDAL, Franz Joseph, crossed swords on ribbon; WOUND MEDAL; KARL TROOP CROSS; UNKNOWN AUSTRIAN MEDAL; TIROL WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18, enamelled badge on ribbon; AUSTRIA, WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18, crossed swords on ribbon; STEIERMARK, L.S. MEDAL, mounted German style, nearly very fine and better (22) £120-160

985

An Great War Iron Cross group of eight

GERMANY, PRUSSIA, IRON CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; BAVARIA, MILITARY MERIT CROSS, 3rd type, 3rd Class with swords, bronze, incorrect ribbon (loose); GERMANY, CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, combatant’s; PRUSSIA, SOLDIER’S L.S. MEDAL, for 9 years; GERMANY, SOUTH WEST AFRICA MEDAL 1904-06, no clasp, combatant’s; LANDWEHR L.S. MEDAL, 2nd Class; AUSTRIA, WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18, with crossed swords on ribbon; HUNGARY, WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18, combatant’s, mounted German style, nearly very fine and better (8) £100-140

986

A Great War Iron Cross group of seven

GERMANY, PRUSSIA, IRON CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; SAX-ALTENBURG, BRAVERY MEDAL 1914, bronzed metal; GERMANY, CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, combatant’s; BAVARIA, PRINCE-REGENT LUITPOLD MEDAL 1905, bronze; PRUSSIA, SOLDIERS L..S. MEDAL, for 12years; SOLDIERS L.S. CROSS, for 15 years; THIRD REICH, FAITHFUL SERVICE DECORATION, 2nd Class, enamelled, mounted German style, very fine and better (7) £120-160

987

A Great War Iron Cross group of seven

PRUSSIA, IRON CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; BAVARIA, WAR MERIT CROSS, 3rd type, 3rd Class with swords, bronze; GERMANY, CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, combatant’s; BAVARIA, MILITARY L.S. MEDAL, 3rd Class, for 9 years; THIRD REICH, FAITHFUL SERVICE DECORATION,2nd Class, enamelled; HUNGARY, WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18, combatant’s; BAVARIA, PRINCE REGENT LUITPOLD MEDAL 1905, bronze, mounted German style, very fine and better (7) £80-100

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A Great War Iron Cross group of sevenGERMANY, IRON CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; Third Reich, WAR MERIT CROSS 1939, 2nd Class with swords; FLANDERS NAVAL CORPS VETERAN’S CROSS; PRUSSIA, RED CROSS MEDAL, 3rd Class; GERMANY, CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, combatant’s; PRUSSIA, OFFICER’S L.S. CROSS, for 25 years; THIRD REICH, ARMED FORCES L.S. MEDAL for 4 years, mounted German style

A Great War Iron Cross group of sevenGERMANY, IRON CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; HONORARY ORGANISATION OF GERMAN WAR PARTICIPANTS, HONOUR CROSS with swords; ‘KRYFFHÄUSER’ WAR VETERAN’S MEDAL; CENTENARY MEDAL 1897; WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1870-71, combatant’s; CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, combatant’s; THIRD REICH, CUSTOMS DECORATION, some edge bruising, very fine (14) £120-160

989

A Great War Iron Cross group of sevenGERMANY, PRUSSIA, IRON CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; CROSS OF MERIT FOR WAR AID; OLDENBURG, FRIEDRICH AUGUST CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; PRUSSIA, OFFICER’S L.S. CROSS, for 25 years; TIROL WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18; BULGARIA, WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1915-18, combatant’s; AUSTRIA, WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18, mounted German style

An Iron Cross group of threeGERMANY, PRUSSIA, IRON CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; SILESIAN EAGLE, 2nd Class, a little rusty; PRUSSIA, SOLDIER’S L.S. MEDAL, for 9 years, mounted German style, nearly very fine and better (10) £100-140

990

A German 1st & 2nd World War group of seven

GERMANY, PRUSSIA, IRON CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; THIRD REICH, WAR MERIT CROSS 1939, 2nd Class with swords, replacement suspension; GERMANY, PRUSSIAN WAR VETERAN’S CROSS, silvered base metal; ‘KRYFFHÄUSER’ WAR VETERAN’S MEDAL, crossed swordson ribbon; CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, combatant’s; THIRD REICH, ARMY L.S. MEDAL, for 12 years, gilt eagle emblem on ribbon; COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1 OCTOBER 1938, mounted German style, minor edge bruising, very fine (7) £80-100

991

An Order of the Red Eagle group of six

GERMANY, PRUSSIA, ORDER OF THE RED EAGLE, 4th type, 4th Class, silver and enamel, stippled arms; WAR COMMEMORATIVE 1870-71, non-combatants’; COMMEMORATIVE CROSS 1866, Koniggratz; CAMPAIGN MEDAL 1864, combatant’s; GERMANY, CENTENARY MEDAL 1897; PRUSSIA, LANDWEHR L.S. BAR, 2nd Class, gilt and enamel, mounted German style, generally good very fine (6) £160-200

992

An Order of the Red Eagle group of six to an Austrian recipient

GERMANY, PRUSSIA, ORDER OF THE RED EAGLE, 4th type, 4th Class, silver and enamel, stippled arms; GERMANY, CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, combatant’s; AUSTRIA, BRAVERY MEDAL, Karl, small bronze; KARL TROOP CROSS; JUBILEE MEDAL 1908; TIROL WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18, mounted German style, generally good very fine (6) £120-160

993

A Great War Iron Cross group of six

GERMANY, PRUSSIA, IRON CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; ORDER OF THE RED EAGLE, 4th type, 4th Class, breast badge, silver and enamel,stippled arms; ORDER OF THE CROWN, 3rd Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel copy; OFFICER’S L.S. CROSS, for 25 years; CENTENARY MEDAL 1897; AUSTRIA, MILITARY MERIT CROSS, 3rd Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, mounted German style as worn, very fine and better (6) £180-220

994

A Great War Iron Cross group of six

GERMANY, PRUSSIA, IRON CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; MECKLENBURG-SCHWERIN, MILITARY MERIT CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; MECKENBURG-STRELITZ, CROSS FOR DISTINCTION IN WAR 1914, 2nd Class; HAMBURG, HANSEATIC CROSS 1914, enamelled, enamel damage; OLDENBURG, FRIEDRICH AUGUST CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; GERMANY, CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, combatant’s, mounted German style, nearly very fine and better (6) £90-120

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A Great War Iron Cross group of sixPRUSSIA, IRON CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; THIRD REICH, WAR MERIT CROSS 1939, 2nd Class with swords; PRUSSIA, CROSS OF MERIT FOR WAR AID; GERMANY, CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, combatant’s; SOLDIER’S L.S. CROSS, for 15 years; HUNGARY, WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18, combatants, mounted German style

A German Great War Iron Cross group of fivePRUSSIA, IRON CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; BAVARIA, MILITARY MERIT CROSS, 3rd type, 3rd Class, bronze with swords; GERMANY, CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, combatant’s; THIRD REICH, COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1 OCTOBER 1938; WAR MERIT MEDAL 1939, mounted German style, very fine (11) £120-160

996

A Baden group of five

BADEN, MEDAL OF MERIT, Friedrich II, silver base metal; PRUSSIA, WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1870-71, combatant’s; BADEN, FIELD SERVICE MEDAL, 1 clasp, 1870-1871; GERMANY, CENTENARY MEDAL 1897; BADEN, LANDWEHR L.S. BAR, mounted on the riband bar, mounted German style, very fine (5) £70-90

997

A Great War Iron Cross group of five to a Bavarian recipientGERMANY, PRUSSIA, IRON CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; BAVARIA, MILITARY MERIT CROSS, 3rd type, 2nd Class with swords, silver base metal and enamel; GERMANY, CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, combatant’s; BAVARIA, MILITARY L.S. MEDAL, 3rd Class for 9 years (2), mounted German style

A German Great War group of sixPRUSSIA, CROSS OF MERIT FOR WAR AID; GERMANY, CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, non-combatant’s; PRUSSIA, GENERAL MEDAL OF MERIT,silver; OFFICER’S L.S. CROSS, for 25 years, gilt; SOLDIER’S L.S. CROSS, for 15 years, gilt; CENTENARY MEDAL 1897, mounted German style, very fine and better (11) £120-160

998

A German Franco-Prussian War group of five

GERMANY, PRUSSIA, WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1870-71, 3 clasps, Beaugency-Gravant, Orleans, Metz; CENTENARY MEDAL 1897; 1870-71 VETERAN’S MEDAL 1895, for Brunswick Infantry Regiment No. 92; BRUNSWICK, PENINSULA WAR COMMEMORATIVE 1809-1909; PRUSSIA, LANDWEHR L.S. BAR, mounted on the riband bar, mounted German style, good very fine (5) £60-80

999

An Order of the Crown group of four

GERMANY, PRUSSIA, ORDER OF THE CROWN, 2nd type, 4th Class breast badge, gilt base metal and enamel; WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1870-71, combatant’s; COMMEMORATIVE CROSS 1866, ‘Treuen Kriegern’; CENTENARY MEDAL 1897, mounted German style, good very fine (4) £150-200

1000

A Great War Iron Cross group of four

GERMANY, PRUSSIA, IRON CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; SAXONY, ORDER OF ALBERT, 2nd type, Knight’s 2nd Class breast badge with swords, silver-gilt and enamel, edge of lower arm stamped, ‘S’; FRIEDRICH AUGUST MEDAL, silver; GERMANY, CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, combatant’s, mounted German style, good very fine (4) £140-180

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A Great War German Iron Cross group of four

GERMANY, PRUSSIA, IRON CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; BRUNSWICK, WAR MERIT CROSS 1914; GERMANY, CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, combatant’s; THIRD REICH, ARMED FORCES L.S. MEDAL, for 4 years, mounted German style, good very fine (4) £60-80

1002


GERMANY, PRUSSIA, IRON CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; GERMANY, CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, combatant’s; OFFICER’S L.S. CROSS, for 25years; CENTENARY MEDAL 1897, mounted German style

A German group of five

GERMANY, CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, non-combatant’s; PRUSSIA, CROSS OF MERIT FOR WAR AID; SOLDIER’S L.S. CROSS, for 15 years; THIRD REICH, POLICE L.S. CROSS, for 25 years, gilt, embroidered ribbon; CIVIL DEFENCE DECORATION, 2nd Class medal, grey metal, mounted German style, good very fine (9) £120-160

1003


GERMANY, PRUSSIA, IRON CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; GERMANY, CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, combatant’s; AUSTRIA, WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18, crossed swords on ribbon; HUNGARY, WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18, combatant’s, mounted German style

German pairs (3): GERMANY, PRUSSIA, IRON CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, combatant’s, mounted German style; another, GERMANY, PRUSSIA, WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1870-71, combatant’s; COMMEMORATIVE CROSS 1866, ‘Main Armee’, mounted German style; another, GERMANY, BAVARIA, MILITARY MERIT CROSS, 3rd type, 3rd Class with crown and swords, bronze; PRUSSIA, IRON CROSS 1914, 2nd Class, mounted German style, very fine (10) £120-160

1004

A German War Merit Cross group of seven

GERMANY, THIRD REICH, WAR MERIT CROSS 1939, 2nd Class with swords; CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, combatant’s; GERMAN VETERAN’S MEDAL; AUSTRIA, MEDAL OF MERIT, FRANZ JOSEPH; BRAVERY MEDAL, Karl, small, bronze; KARL TROOP CROSS; JUBILEE MEDAL 1898, mounted German style

A German War Merit Cross group of four

GERMANY, THIRD REICH, WAR MERIT CROSS 1939, 2nd Class, with swords; PRUSSIA, CROSS OF MERIT FOR WAR AID; OLDENBURG, FRIEDRICH AUGUST CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; THIRD REICH, FAITHFUL SERVICE DECORATION, 2nd Class, enamelled, mounted German style, very fine and better (11) £120-160

1005

Germany, Baden, FIELD SERVICE MEDAL, 1 clasp, 1870-1871; Bavaria, KING LUDWIG CROSS 1916; Brunswick, PENINSULA WAR CENTENARY MEDAL 1909; Prussia, HOHENZOLLERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL 1848-49; DUPPEL CROSS 1864; CAMPAIGN CROSS 1866, ‘Main Armee’; WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1870-71, combatants; MERIT CROSS, gilt; Saxony, FRIEDRICH AUGUST MEDAL, bronze; Germany, WOUND BADGES (7) - various types; GERMAN FIELD HONOUR BADGE (2) enamelled, enamel repaired; another, badlydamaged/parts missing; PRUSSIAN WAR VETERANS BADGE, enamelled; SAXON WAR VETERANS BADGE, enamelled - these two mounted together German style; UNKNOWN MEDAL 1873; Germany, Federal Republic, IRON CROSS 1939 (2) 1st Class; another, 2nd Class - both without swastika, good fine and better except where stated (23) £120-160

1006

Germany, Baden, MEDAL OF MERIT (2) Friedrich I, silver; another, Friedrich II, white metal; BRAVERY MEDAL, WAR MERIT CROSS 1916, silver and gilt base metal; Bremen, HANSEATIC CROSS 1915, enamelled, some enamel damage; Hamburg, HANSEATIC CROSS 1915, enamelled; Hessen-Darmstadt, SOLDIER’S DECORATION OF HONOUR 1917, pin-backed, hasp damaged; Lippe, WAR MERIT CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; Lübeck, HANSEATIC CROSS 1915, enamelled, enamel damage; Oldenburg, FRIEDRICH AUGUST CROSS 1914, 2nd Class; Württemberg, MILITARY MERIT MEDAL, Wilhelm II, silver; WILHELMS CROSS for Merit, no swords, plain reverse, in card box of issue; CAMPAIGN MEDAL 1866, for one campaign; L.S. Medal, for 9 years; other items (3), nearly very fine and better (17) £180-220

1007

Germany, Bavaria, ORDER OF MILITARY MERIT, 4th Class breast badge with swords, silver, gold and enamel, some enamel damage to arms, about very fine £100-140

1008

Germany, Bavaria, ORDER OF MILITARY MERIT (3), Military Merit Cross, 3rd type, 2nd Class breast badge with crown and swords (2) silver base metal and enamel; another, 2nd Class breast badge with swords, silver base metal and enamel, very fine (3) £120-150

1009

Germany, Bavaria, ORDER OF MILITARY MERIT (6), Military Merit Cross, 3rd type, 3rd Class breast badge with crown and swords, bronze; another, 3rd Class with crown, bronze; another, 3rd Class with swords (4) one in case of issue; one in white metal; ARMY CROSS 1866 (3); JUBILEE CROSS 1916 (2); FIRE BRIGADE L.S. BAR, gilt, by Weiss & Co, Munich, nearly very fine and better (12) £140-180

1010

Germany, Hanover, KING’S GERMAN LEGION VOLUNTEERS MEDAL 1841, bronze, good very fine £60-801011

Germany, Prussia, IRON CROSS 1870, 2nd Class, with replacement suspension, very fine £180-2201012

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Germany, Prussia, IRON CROSS 1914 (2), 1st Class, pin-backed; another, 2nd Class; CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, combatant’s; WOUND BADGE, ‘Black’ grade; ‘Central Powers’ enamelled lapel badge - these all held in a case; Pour le Merite, with oakleaves, enamelled neck badge, copy; other German badges/insignia (6); French copy medal; Hungary, WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18, combatant’s, with miniature medal, about very fine (15) £100-140

1013

Germany, Prussia, IRON CROSS 1914 (2), 1st Class, convex type, pin-backed; another, 1st Class, straight type, pin backed, very fine (2) £120-160

1014

Germany, Prussia, IRON CROSS 1914 (3), 1st Class, convex, pin-backed badge, stamp mark on reverse, replacement pin; another, 1st Class, convex, pin-backed, unmarked, lacking pin catch; another, 1st Class, no pin-fitting, fitted to a metal plate, about very fine (3) £120-160

1015

Germany, Prussia, IRON CROSS 1914 (11), 2nd Class, nearly very fine and better (11) £100-1501016

Germany, Prussia, IRON CROSS 1914 (11), 2nd Class, nearly very fine and better (11) £100-1501017

Germany, Prussia, IRON CROSS 1914 (11), 2nd Class, one with broken suspension, nearly very fine and better (11)£100-150

1018

Germany, Prussia, IRON CROSS 1914, 2nd Class (7); together with two large miniatures and an ‘Iron Cross’ riband bar, generally very fine (10) £90-120

1019

Germany, Prussia, IRON CROSS 1914 (5), 2nd Class; Germany, CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, combatant’s (13); non-combatant’s (4); next-of-kin (1); WOUND BADGES (4); SILESIAN EAGLE, pin-backed, no enamel; Veterans and other medals (16)- some enamelled, nearly very fine and better (44) £140-180

1020

Germany, Prussia, HOHENZOLLERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL 1848-49 (4) combatant’s’; CAMPAIGN MEDAL 1864 (2) combatant’s; ALSEN CROSS 1864, combatant’s; CAMPAIGN CROSS 1866 (4) for Königgrätz (3); another, for ‘Treuen Krieggern’; WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1870-71, combatant’s (6); for non-combatant’s (5); RED CROSS MEDAL, white metal; CENTENARY MEDAL 1897 (3); CROSS OF MERIT FOR WAR AID (3); OFFICER’S L.S. CROSS, for 25 years; SOLDIER’S L.S. CROSS, for 15 years; Germany, Empire, CHINA CAMPAIGN MEDAL 1900-01, non-combatant’s, nearly very fine and better (32) £140-180

1021

Germany, Empire, MILITARY PILOT’S BADGE, ‘hollow’ version, base silver metal, pin-backed, very fine £100-1401022

Germany, Third Reich, IRON CROSS 1939 (2) 1st Class, pin-backed, in Paul Maybauer, Berlin case; another, 1st Class, reverse stamped, ‘L/11’, very fine and better (2) £180-220

1023

Germany, Third Reich, IRON CROSS 1939 (3), 1st Class, pin stamped, ‘L15’; another, 2nd Class (2); WAR MERIT CROSS 1939,2nd Class with swords (3); 2nd Class without swords (2); WINTER CAMPAIGN MEDAL 1941-42 (4); SPANISH VOLUNTEERS IN RUSSIA MEDAL (2); COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 13 MARCH 1938 (2); COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1 OCTOBER 1938; various Iron Cross and other copies (8), nearly very fine and better (25) £120-160

1024

Germany, Third Reich, IRON CROSS 1939, 2nd Class, in packet of issue; WAR MERIT CROSS 1939 (7) 1st Class with swords, (2) pin stamped, ‘43’; another, a copy; another, 1st Class without swords, pin stamped, ‘1’; another, 2nd Class with swords (2) in packets of issue; another, 2nd Class without swords - one in packet of issue; WAR MERIT MEDAL 1939, in packet of issue; FAITHFUL SERVICE DECORATION (2) 1st Class; another, 2nd Class; GERMAN DEFENCES MEDAL, in packet of issue; WOUND BADGES (3); SPANISH VOLUNTEERS IN RUSSIA MEDAL; other badges/insignia (2); riband bars (3) some packets damaged,nearly very fine and better (21) £180-220

1025

Greece, ROYAL ORDER OF GEORGE I, Knight’s Silver Cross, silver and enamel; GRECO-TURKISH WAR MEDAL 1912-13 (2) on combatant and non-combatant ribbons; GRECO-BULGARIAN WAR MEDAL 1913 (2) on combatant and non-combatant ribbons; WAR CROSS 1916-17; MEDAL OF MILITARY MERIT (2), 4th Class, one a later striking; MEDAL FOR THE STRUGGLE FOR MACEDONIA 1903-09, Republican issue; DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL 1950; WAR CROSS 1940, 3rd Class; AIR FORCE CROSS OF MERIT 1945; WAR MEDAL 1940-41; WAR STAR 1941-45; LONG SERVICE MEDAL, 2nd Class, silver, on ‘Air Force’ ribbon; MEDAL FOR NATIONAL RESISTANCE 1948; ROYAL GENDARMERY MEDAL OF SELF SACRIFICE; ROYAL GENDARMERY MEDAL OF MERIT; ROYAL GENDARMERY WAR CROSS 1946; RED CROSS MEDAL 1912-13, bronze and enamel, all with ribbon, very fine and better (20) £200-260

1026

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Iraq, Kingdom, ORDER OF EL RAFIDAIN, 1st Class breast star, silver-gilt and enamel, good very fine £150-200

1027

Iraq, Kingdom, ACTIVE SERVICE MEDAL 1924-38, no clasp; together with a dress miniature; Iraq, Republic, PALESTINE WAR MEDAL 1948, enamelled; BRAVERY MEDAL (2), enamelled - one with incorrect ribbon; MOTHER OF BATTLES MEDAL, enamelled;with Republican Guard badge, very fine and better (7) £60-80

1028

A fine Iraqi group of nine

ACTIVE SERVICE MEDAL, no clasp; PALESTINE WAR MEDAL 1948, enamelled; FLOOD RELIEF MEDAL 1954, gilt; REVOLUTION MEDAL 14 JULY 1958, enamelled; CRUSHING THE NORTHERN REBELLION MEDAL 1960, enamelled; REVOLUTION MEDAL 8 FEBRUARY 1963, enamelled; REVOLUTION MEDAL 17 JULY 1968, enamelled; PEACE MEDAL 1970; 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE IRAQI ARMY MEDAL 1971,mounted as worn, good very fine and better (9) £120-160

1029

Italy, Republic, LEBANON PEACEKEEPING MEDAL; UNIFIL PEACEKEEPING MEDAL (2); SINAI PEACEKEEPING MEDAL; collar pins (2) for Italian Contingent (Italcon) and Italian flight crews (Italair) stationed with UNIFIL; U.A.E., LEBANON SERVICE MEDAL, enamelled; Netherlands, dress miniature SERVICE MEDALS (2) 1 clasp, Sinai; another, Libanon 1979; International, MULTINATIONAL FORCE AND OBSERVERS MEDAL

Nepal: group of five: NORTHERN HIMALAYA BORDER SERVICE MEDAL; OVERSEAS SERVICE MEDAL; LONG SERVICE MEDAL, for 10 years, bronze; ROYAL PALACE SERVICE MEDAL; U.N. MEDAL, UNIFIL ribbon, mounted for wear, very fine and better (15) £100-140

1030

Japan, ORDER OF THE RISING SUN, 1st Class set of insignia, sash badge, 115x 76mm., silver-gilt and enamel, with red cabochon centre; breast star,91mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse inscribed with four Japanese characters, no ribbon, minor edge bruising, good very fine (2)

£1400-1800

1031

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Japan, ORDER OF THE RISING SUN, 3rd Class neck badge, 86 x 57mm., silver-gilt and enamel, with red cabochon centre, with ribbon, minor enamel damage, good very fine £140-180

1032

Japan, ORDER OF THE SACRED TREASURE, 1st Class breast star, 76mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse inscribed with four Japanese characters, hairline cracks to white rays, very fine £500-700

1033

Japan, ORDER OF THE SACRED TREASURE, 3rd Class neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse inscribed with four Japanese characters, with French ‘swan’ stamp mark on eyelet, with neck cravat, nearly extremely fine £140-180

1034

Japan, VICTORY MEDAL 1918, official type; INCIDENT MEDAL 1931-34, very fine and better (2) £120-1601035

Jordan, BRAVERY MEDAL, King Abdullah issue, bronze; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, bronze; PALESTINE WAR MEDAL 1948, gilt; FAITHFUL SERVICE MEDAL (2), King Abdullah issue, bronze; together with a miniature dress medal; JUBILEE MEDAL 1977, King Hussain, silver base metal, edge bruising; NATIONAL GUARD MEDAL, bronze, 2nd-4th with ribbon, very fine and better (7) £120-160

1036

The scarce Campaign Medal 1941 was awarded by the Emirate of Transjordan, as an ally of Great Britain, to some 300 men of the ArabLegion.

An Anglo-Jordanian group of six awarded to Jundi Awad Ayed, Arab LegionJORDAN, CAMPAIGN MEDAL 1941; WAR MEDAL 1939-45; PALESTINE WAR MEDAL 1947-48; G.B., 1939-45 STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, these unnamed; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (13465 Jundi, Arab Legion) mounted as worn, minor contact marks, very fine and better, rare group (6) £250-300

1037

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Lebanon, ORDER OF MERIT, Exceptional Class set of insignia, sash badge, 67mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star,91mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with full sash ribbon bearing an embroidered ‘Cedar of Lebanon’, some enamel damage and repair to sash badge, good very fine and attractive (2) £600-800

1038

Lebanon, ORDER OF MERIT, Grand Cordon set of insignia by Huguenin, Le Locle, sash badge, 59mm., silver, silver-gilt andenamel; breast star, 80mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with a length of sash ribbon, extremely fine (2) £300-400

1039

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Lebanon, ORDER OF THE CEDAR OF LEBANON, Grand Cross set of insignia, sash badge, 60mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, 68mm., silver-gilt and silver, with full sash ribbon, slight enamel damage to ‘cedars’, generally good very fine(2) £300-400

1040

Lebanon, ORDER OF THE CEDAR OF LEBANON (4) 2nd Class breast star, silver and silver-gilt, lacking reverse centre; another, 3rd Class neck badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, enamel damage to centres and ‘cedars’; another, 4th Class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel damage to ‘cedars’; another, 5th Class, base silver metal and enamel, last two with ribbon, generally very fine (4) £200-250

1041

Lebanon, MILITARY MEDAL, enamelled; PALESTINE COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1948, with clasp, enamelled; 31 DECEMBER 1961 COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL, with clasp, enamelled; WAR MEDAL; WOUND MEDAL, enamelled; EAGLE OF AVIATION MEDAL (4) 1stClass, base gilt metal and enamel; another, 2nd Class, base silver and enamel; another, 3rd Class (2) bronzed metal andenamel - one with eagle emblem on ribbon; MILITARY COMPETENCE MEDAL, enamelled; ORDER OF LABOUR MERIT (2) 1st Class, enamelled, rosette on ribbon; another, 2nd Class, enamelled, all with ribbons, generally extremely fine (12) £120-160

1042

Netherlands, ANTWERP CITADEL MEDAL 1832; RESISTANCE STAR EAST-ASIA 1942-45; Germany, Prussia, IRON CROSS 1914 (2) 2nd Class; Austria, MILITARY MERIT MEDAL, Franz Joseph, gilt; AVIATION BADGE, gilt and enamel copy; Bulgaria, MILITARY ORDER OF BRAVERY 1915 (2), Merit Cross, silvered metal; another, bronze; Hungary, WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18, combatants; Romania, INSPIRATION OF THE LAND MEDAL 1913, bronze; G.B., INDIA SERVICE MEDAL 1939-45; Pakistan, medals (7); India, medals (7), most with correct ribbons, very fine and better (25) £100-140

1043

Netherlands, CROSS OF JUSTICE AND FREEDOM, 1 clasp, Korea 1950, mounted Dutch style, nearly extremely fine £70-901044

Norway, KOREA MEDAL 1951-54, bronze, extremely fine £120-160

Awarded to approx. 650 men of the Norwegian Mobile Surgical Hospital.

1045

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Oman, ORDER OF THE RENAISSANCE, 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, extremely fine £100-140

1046

Oman, ORDER OF THE SPECIAL ROYAL EMBLEM, for Omani officers, silver-gilt, approx. 45g., with silver hallmark for London, nearly extremely fine, scarce £200-300

Normally awarded in gold; the above is possibly a trial piece, sample or display specimen.

1047

Oman, ORDER OF THE SPECIAL ROYAL EMBLEM, set of insignia for expatriate officers, silver, hallmarks for London 1986, with silver crown on ribbon;complete with miniature dress medal and riband bar, with award scrollnamed to ‘J. Diviney’, in Asprey, London case of issue, extremely fine (2) £100-150

1048

Oman, GALLANTRY MEDAL, Sultan Qaboos, 1st issue, silver; BRAVERY MEDAL, gilt, with crossed khunjars on ribbon; DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, gilt; COMMENDATION MEDAL, gilt, with gilt palm on ribbon; ROYAL GUARD OF OMAN SPECIAL SERVICE MEDAL, gilt, all with ribbon, good very fine and better (5) £120-160

1049

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Sold with a copy of the book, Orders & Medals of the Sultanate of Oman, by Lt. Col. A. R. Tinson, London, 1995.

Oman, GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL (3) Sultan Said issue, 1 clasp, Dhofar (in Arabic); another, Sultan Qaboos issue (2), 1 clasp,Dhofar (in Arabic); JEBEL AKHDAR CAMPAIGN MEDAL; AS SAMOOD MEDAL; PEACE MEDAL, with gilt crown on ribbon; LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL; ACCESSION MEDAL; 10TH ANNIVERSARY MEDAL; 15TH NATIONAL DAY MEDAL (2) - one in card box; 20TH NATIONAL DAY MEDAL, with gilt crown on ribbon; 25TH NATIONAL DAY MEDAL, 1 clasp, 1970-1995 (in Arabic); 30TH NATIONAL DAY MEDAL; together with dress miniature medals (4) of the Commendation Medal; General Service Medal; Peace Medaland 10th Anniversary Medal, very fine and better (18) £140-180

1050

Oman, POLICE BRAVERY MEDAL, silver; QABOOS POLICE MEDAL, silver; POLICE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, silver; POLICE L.S. & G.C.,silver base metal, all with ribbon, extremely fine, first rare (4) £200-250

1051

Oman, SULTAN’S MEDAL FOR SHOOTING, gilt and enamel, with silver rifle emblem on ribbon, extremely fine, rare £100-140

1052

Ottoman Empire, ORDER OF OSMANIA, breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, suspension bent, enamel damage; ORDER OF MEDJIDIE, 3rd Class neck badge, silver, gold and enamel, with Turkish backplate, enamel damage to crescent; WAR STAR 1915 (6) - four by ‘B.B. & Co.’; another, unmarked, these enamelled; another, of crude manufacture; LIYAKAT MEDAL, with2 clasps (in Turkish script), one with crossed swords, silver, with silver brooch bar, nearly very fine and better (9)

£140-180

1053

Romania, Principality, MEDAL OF MILITARY VIRTUE 1848-66, bronze-gilt, byCaque ‘Graveur de l’Empereur a Paris’, with ribbon, good very fine, scarce £150-200

Instituted by Prince Alexander John Cuza of Romania in 1860. Initially awarded to Romanian participants fighting against Ottoman troops at the battle of Dealul Spirei, near Bucharest on 13 September 1848, it continued to be awarded for military merit until the abdication of Prince Alexander Cuza in 1866.

1054

Romania, Principality, MEDAL OF MILITARY VIRTUE (4) Carol I, silver-gilt; another, bronze-gilt; another, silvered bronze; another, silver, this last lacking wreath suspension, all except last with ribbon, very fine and better (4) £90-120

1055

Instituted by Prince Carol I in 1876. Awarded for merit in the arts and sciences. In 1881 the obverse inscription was changed when Romania was proclaimed a kingdom.

Romania, Principality, ‘BENE MERENTI’ MEDAL (2) 1st Class, 30mm., bronze-gilt, unsigned, incorrect ribbon; another, 3rd Class, 30mm., bronze, by ‘W. Kullrich’, with ribbon, good very fine (2) £70-90

1056

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Romania, Principality, TRANS-DANUBE CROSS 1877-78, blackened iron, on‘civilian’ ribbon; MEDAL FOR DEFENCE AND FREEDOM, 1877-78, 30mm., bronze, no ribbon, very fine and better (2) £120-160

1057

Romania, Principality, ELIZABETH CROSS 1877-78, silver-gilt, on bow ribbon, very fine £120-160

1058

Romania, Kingdom, ORDER OF MICHAEL THE BRAVE (2), 1916 type, 3rd Classbreast badge with swords, 57 x 40mm., silver-gilt and enamel, with incorrect ribbon; another, 1916 type, 3rd Class breast badge, 59 x 40mm., gilt base metal and enamel, this a later production, with ribbon, good very fine (2) £250-300

1059

Romania, Kingdom, ORDER “FOR MERIT’, Knight’s breast badge, 41 x 38mm., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse marked, ‘L.I.’, stamp-marks on suspension ring, with ribbon, good very fine, scarce £250-300

1060

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Romania, Kingdom, ORDER OF THE STAR (2), 1st type, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, edge of lower limb embossed, ‘Resch’, obverse blue central surround re-enamelled; another, 1st type, Officer’sbreast badge with swords, gilt base metal and enamel, some enamel damage to reverse centre, both with rosettes on ribbon, very fine (2)

£80-100

1061

Romania, Kingdom, ORDER OF THE STAR (2), 1st type, Knight’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with ribbon; another, 1st type, Knight’s breast badge with swords on ring, silver, silver-gilt and enamel,on incorrect ribbon, good very fine (2) £100-140

1062

Romania, Kingdom, ORDER OF THE STAR (2), 2nd type, Officer’s breast badge with swords, gilt base metal and enamel; another, 2nd type, Officer’s breast badge with swords on ring, gilt base metal and enamel,both on incorrect ribbon, good very fine (2) £100-140

1063

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Romania, Kingdom, ORDER OF THE STAR (3) 2nd type, Knight’s breast badge; another, 2nd type, Knight’s breast badge withswords, obverse lacking ‘C’ cypher; another, 2nd type, Knight’s breast badge with swords on ring, all base silver metal and enamel, with incorrect ribbon, good very fine except where stated (3) £140-180

1064

Romania, Kingdom, ORDER OF THE CROWN, 2nd type, Commander’s neck badge with swords, gilt base metal and enamel, with a short length of ‘war ribbon’, one sword hilt bent, good very fine £100-140

1065

Romania, Kingdom, ORDER OF THE CROWN (2), 2nd type, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, stamp-marks on suspension ring, rosette on ribbon; another, 2nd type, Officer’s breast badge with crown and swords, gilt base metal and enamel, on ‘war ribbon’, good very fine andbetter (2) £100-140

1066

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Romania, Kingdom, ORDER OF THE CROWN, 1st type, Knight’s breast badge, silver and enamel; another 2nd type, Knight’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; another, 2nd type, Knight’s breast badge with crown, silver base metal and enamel; another, 2nd type, Knight’s breast badge with crown and swords, silver base metal and enamel, all but last withribbon, good very fine and better (4) £200-250

1067

Romania, Kingdom, ROYAL HOUSEHOLD MEDAL (3) 1st Class with swords, gilt, on war ribbon; another, 2nd Class with swords, silver base metal, with fragment of ribbon; another, 3rd Class, silver, with ribbon, extremely fine (3) £120-160

1068

Romania, Kingdom, “BENI MERENTI” ORDER OF THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD, 4th Class breast badge with swords, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, fragmentof ribbon, good very fine £100-140

1069

Romania, Kingdom, ORDER OF CULTURAL MERIT (3) Carol II issue, Knight 2nd Class breast badge, silver and enamel, on ribbon ‘for merit in the Civil Guard’; another, Michael I issue, Knight 2nd Class breast badge, silver and enamel, on ribbon ‘for merit in the field of Literature’; another, Carol II issue, Medal 2nd Class, silver, on ribbon ‘for General Cultural Achievements’, good very fine (3) £80-100

1070

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Romania, Kingdom, ORDER OF MERIT IN AVIATION, Carol II issue, Officer’s breast badge with wreath, silver-gilt and enamel, with ribbon, good veryfine £120-160

1071

Romania, Kingdom, ORDER OF MERIT IN AVIATION, Carol II issue, Knight’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with ribbon, good very fine

£100-140

1072

Romania, Kingdom, ORDER OF MERIT IN AVIATION, Michael I issue, Knight’sbreast badge with swords, silver-gilt and enamel, with ribbon, nearly extremely fine £120-160

1073

Romania, Kingdom, ORDER OF MERIT IN AVIATION (3) Golden Cross, gilt metal, Carol I issue; another, with swords; another,Michael I issue, with swords, all with ribbon, good very fine and better (3) £120-160

1074

Romania, Kingdom, MILITARY BRAVERY MEDAL (3) 2nd type, bronze-gilt, with an ‘accession number’ inscribed in ink on reverse; another, silver; another, bronze, all with ribbon, very fine and better (3) £120-160

1075

Romania, Kingdom, AIR FORCE MEDAL (5) 1st Class, white metal with traces of gilding remaining; another, 2nd Class, withswords, silver; another, with swords, white metal; another, 3rd Class, bronze; another, with swords, bronze, all with ribbon - two with that of the ‘Aviation Order’, very fine and better (5) £300-400

1076

Romania, Kingdom, MEDAL FOR MARITIME BRAVERY (4), Carol II issue, 1st Class with crown and swords, gilt; another, 2nd Class with crown and swords, white metal; another, 3rd Class with crown and swords, bronze; another, 3rd Class, bronze, all with ribbon - one incorrect, very fine and better (4) £220-260

1077

Romania, Kingdom, MEDAL FOR MARITIME BRAVERY (3), Michael I issue, 1st Class, gilt; another, 2nd Class with crown, silver;another, 3rd Class with crown, bronze, all with ribbon, very fine and better (3) £180-220

1078

Romania, Kingdom, ‘BENE MERENTI’ MEDAL (4) 1st Class, 30mm., bronze-gilt; another, 2nd Class, 30mm., silver; another, 2nd Class, 30mm., silver, by ‘P. Telge’; another, 3rd Class, 30mm., bronze, unsigned except where stated, three with correct ribbon, nearly extremely fine (4) £80-100

1079

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Romania, Kingdom, QUEEN MARIA CROSS 1917, 1st Class neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, complete with neck cravat, good very fine

£160-200

1080

Romania, Kingdom, QUEEN MARIA CROSS 1917 (3) unofficial 1st Class badge, silver-gilt and enamel, French manufacture; another, official 2nd Class badge, gilt; another, 3rd Class (?), in white metal, last lacking correct ribbon, very fine and better (3) £140-180

1081

Romania, Kingdom, ORDER OF THE CIVIL GUARD (2) 1st Class badge, gilt base metal and enamel, pin-backed; another, 2nd Class, silver base metal and enamel, pin-backed, these modern productions; CIVIL GUARD MEDAL (2) 2nd Class, silvered bronze; another, 3rd Class, bronze, last without ribbon, nearly extremely fine (4) £60-80

1082

Romania, Kingdom, LOYAL SERVICE CROSS (7) 1st type, 1st Class, gilt; another, 2nd Class, silver; another, 2nd Class, silver base metal but lacking crown suspension; another, 2nd type, 1st Class with swords, gilt; another, 2nd Class, silver basemetal; another, 2nd Class with swords, silver base metal; another, 3rd Class with swords, bronze, this with crown separated from cross, most with correct ribbons; LOYAL SERVICE MEDAL (7) 1st Class (3) gilt, one with crown detached; another lacking crown; another, 1st Class with swords, gilt; another, 2nd Class (2) one with swords, silver base metal; another, 3rd Class with swords, bronze, most with correct ribbons, very fine and better except where stated (14)

£160-200

1083

Romania, Kingdom, MEDAL FOR HARDIHOOD AND LOYALTY (9) 1st Class, gilt; another with swords (2) - different strikings; another, 2nd Class, silver, by Resch; another, 2nd Class with swords (2) silver base metal - different strikings; another, 3rd Class (2) bronze - different strikings; another, with swords, bronze, all with ribbon, very fine and better (9) £80-100

1084

Romania, Kingdom, MEDICAL MERIT CROSS 1913 (3) 1st Class, bronze-gilt and enamel; another, 2nd Class, silvered bronze and enamel; another, 3rd Class, bronze and enamel, first and last with ‘war ribbon’, second with a fragment of the ribbon, good very fine (3) £120-160

1085

Romania, Kingdom, MEDAL OF AGRICULTURAL MERIT, 1st Class, bronze-gilt; MEDAL OF MERIT IN COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, Carol I (3)1st Class, bronze-gilt; another, 2nd Class, silvered bronze; another, 3rd Class, bronze; MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE MEDAL OF HONOUR FOR GOOD ADMINISTRATION, Carol II, silvered bronze, all with ribbon, nearly very fine and better (5) £50-70

1086

Romania, Kingdom, BALKAN WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1913 (2) silver base metal, edge stamped ‘R’ (Resch); another, a gilt copy lacking laurel suspension; COMMEMORATIVE WAR CROSS 1916-18 (2), 3 clasps, Ardeal, Dunarea, Carpeti; another -a different striking, 2 clasps, Bucuresti, Marasesti (second clasp loose); COMMEMORATIVE WAR CROSS 1916-19, no clasp, allwith ribbon, very fine and better (5) £100-140

1087

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Romania, Kingdom, VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (2), official type; another, unofficial type 3a, good very fine and better (2) £120-160

1088

Romania, Kingdom, PROCLAMATION OF INDEPENDENCE MEDAL 1877-1927, gilt, incorrect ribbon; PELESCH MEDAL 1933 (2) bronze-gilt, with ribbon; another, silvered, incorrect ribbon; KING CAROL I CENTENNIAL MEDAL 1839-1939, bronze, with ribbon; COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL FOR THE WAR AGAINST COMMUNISM 1942 (2), no clasp; another, 3 clasps, Odessa, Crimea, Dobrogea, very fine and better (6) £100-140

1089

Romania, Kingdom, FERDINAND MEDAL, bronze, with crossed swords on ribbon; JUBILEE MEDAL 1906, for King Carol I (3), military issue, bronze-gilt, edge bruising, scratches; another, military issue, bronze, the word, ‘Mele’ and the year dates in impressed characters; another, civil issue, bronze, minor edge bruising; COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL OF KING CAROL II 1934 (2),1st Class, gilt metal; another, 2nd Class, base silver metal, all with ribbon, nearly very fine and better (6) £70-90

1090

Romania, Kingdom, RED CROSS DECORATION 1941, 37 x 37mm., bronze-gilt and enamel, reverse numbered, ‘0551’, pin-backed, minor enamel damage, very fine £60-80

1091

Romania, Kingdom, OFFICERS DECORATION FOR 40 YEARS SERVICE, silver and gilt; OFFICERS DECORATION FOR 25 YEARS SERVICE, 1st type, silver and gilt; OFFICERS DECORATION FOR 18 YEARS SERVICE, 1st type, silver; OFFICERS DECORATION FOR 25 YEARS SERVICE, 2nd type, silver and gilt; MILITARY SERVICE MEDAL FOR N.C.O’S. (2), for 20 Years Service, silver; another, for 15 Years Service, bronze, all with ribbon, good very fine (6) £120-160

1092

Romania, Kingdom, MEDAL OF MERIT IN PUBLIC EDUCATION (3) Carol I, 1st Class for Primary Schools, bronze-gilt, by Pawlik, with crowned monogram on ribbon; another, 1st Class for Secondary Schools, bronze-gilt, different striking, without monogram; another, 2nd Class for Secondary Schools, silver, by Pawlik, with crowned monogram; MEDAL FOR SERVICES RENDERED TO SCHOOLS AND TEACHING (3) 1st type, Carol I, 1st Class, bronze-gilt; another, 2nd Class, silver; another, 2nd type, Carol I, 1st Class, bronze-gilt; MEDAL OF MERIT FOR SCHOOL BUILDING (2), Ferdinand I, gilt metal; another, base silver metal; MEDAL OF HONOUR, Ministry of National Education, Carol II, 1st prize, bronze; MEDAL OF HONOUR, Ministry of Instruction (2), Carol II, 3rd prize, bronze-gilt; another, Carol II, 1st prize, bronze; MEDAL OF HONOUR, Ministry of Instruction, Michael I, 2nd prize, silver; School Medal of Distinction 1897-98 (2) gilt base metal; another, silver base metal, all with ribbon - some incorrect, very fine and better (14) £100-140

1093

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Romania, Kingdom, MEDAL OF MERIT FOR WORK ON BEHALF OF THE CHURCH (2) 1st Class, gilt base metal; another, silver base metal; MEDAL OF SERVICE AND DEVOTION, Carol I, bronze; 10TH ANNIVERSARY MEDAL OF KING CAROL I 1891 (2) different; 25TH ANNIVERSARY MEDAL OF THE MARRIAGE OF CAROL I AND ELIZABETH 1894, silver; CORONATION MEDAL 1922, bronze, with gilt crown on ribbon; MEDAL COMMEMORATING THE ACQUISITION OF NEW PROVINCES 1913, bronze; 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF GREATER ROMANIA MEDAL 1928, bronze, uniface; MEDAL FOR SERVICES RENDERED TO THE NATIONAL AIR FLEET 1927-33 (2), bronze-gilt; another, bronze; VETERANS MEDAL 1848, silver; MEDAL COMMEMORATING PRINCE ALEXANDER CUZA AND KING CAROL I, bronze-gilt, most with ribbon, very fine and better (13) £70-90

1094

Romania, People’s Republic, MEDAL OF TUDOR VLADIMIRESCU (2) 1st Class, gilt metal; another, 2nd Class, base silver metal; MOTHER HEROINE TITLE BADGE, enamelled; ORDER OF THE GLORIOUS MOTHER, 2nd type, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Classes, enamelled; MOTHERHOOD MEDAL (3), 1st type, silver; 2nd type, 1st and 2nd Classes, enamelled; MEDAL OF MILITARY MERIT (4) 1st type, 1st and 2nd Classes; 2nd type, 1st and 2nd Classes; MEDAL OF MERIT FOR WORK, 1st type, silver; MEDAL OF MEDICAL MERIT, bronze; MEDAL OF MILITARY VIRTUE, 1st and 2nd Classes; MEDAL OF AGRICULTURAL MERIT, gilt and enamel; MEDAL COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROMANIAN COMMUNIST PARTY, enamelled; MEDAL OF THE LIBERATION FROM THE FASCIST YOKE, 1st type, bronze; MEDAL COMMEMORATING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF THE FATHERLAND, bronze; MEDAL COMMEMORATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF THE FATHERLAND, silver base metal; MEDAL COMMEMORATING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF THE FATHERLAND, with clasp, 23 August 1944-1974, silver base metal; MEDAL OF HONOUR FOR THE COLLECTIVISATION OF AGRICULTURE, bronze; MEDAL COMMEMORATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE REPUBLIC, with ‘1947-1972’emblem on ribbon; MEDAL COMMEMORATING THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE R.P.R. ARMY 1953, silver base metal and enamel; MEDAL COMMEMORATING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMY 1974, gilt and enamel, all with ribbon as appropriate, good veryfine and better (27) £120-160

1095

Attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Plumridge Levita, late Imperial Yeomanry, Commanding Depot Eastern Command (London Gazette 14 January 1918). With copied gazette extract.

For the Orders and Medals of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Cecil Bingham Levita, see lot 1641.

Russia, ORDER OF ST. STANISLAUS, 2nd Class set of insignia by Eduard, St. Petersburg, neck badge, gold and enamel, bearingmanufacturer’s name on reverse and ‘56’ gold mark on eyelet; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, bearing manufacturer’s name, ‘84’ silver mark and kokoshnik mark for St. Petersburg, 1908-17 on the reverse, with a length of neck ribbon, in slightly worn case of issue, extremely fine (2) £4000-5000

1096

Russia, ST. GEORGE CROSS FOR BRAVERY, 4th Class, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘556034’, very fine £80-1001097

Spain, Kingdom, ROYAL MILITARY ORDER OF ST. FERDINAND, breast star, 56 x 56mm., silver with gold and enamel centre, unmarked, good very fine

£150-200

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Spain, ORDER OF ST. HERMENEGILDO, breast star, 62 x 62mm., silver and gilt base metals and enamel; ORDER OF AERONAUTICAL MERIT, breast star, 63 x 62mm., silvered and gilt base metal and enamel; Italy, COLONIAL ORDER OF THE STAR OF ITALY, breast badge, gilt and enamel; AFRICA CAMPAIGN MEDAL 1894; ITALO-TURKEY CAMPAIGN MEDAL 1911; LIBYA CAMPAIGN MEDAL 1911; VOLUNTEERS MEDAL 1915-18; 8TH & 10TH ARMY OF VITTORIO VENETO CROSS; ETHIOPIA CAMPAIGN MEDAL 1935-36 (2); ITALO-GERMAN AFRICA CAMPAIGN MEDAL; WAR MERIT CROSS (2), ‘VEIII’ cypher; another, ‘RI’ cypher; AL VALORE MILITARE, Kingdom, bronze, unmarked later restrike; REPUBLIC, WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1940-43; another, 1943-45; France, WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18, very fine and better (17) £140-180

1099

Syria, ORDER OF MILITARY HONOUR, breast star, 75mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, good very fine £100-150

1100

Syria, ORDER OF BRAVERY (3), 1st, 2nd and 3rd Classes, gilt and enamel, ‘1st’ with palm on ribbon, ‘2nd’ with star on ribbon; ORDER OF DEVOTION (4), 2nd Class pin-backed badge, silver base metal and enamel; another, 4th Class breast badge, silver base metal and enamel, bronze palm on ribbon; another (2) 5th Class, bronze with emblems on ribbon, very fine and better (7) £100-140

1101

Syria, ORDER OF CIVIL MERIT (3) 1st type, 4th Class breast badge, silver base metal and enamel; another, 1st type, 5th Classbreast badge, bronze and enamel; another, 2nd type, 4th Class breast badge, silver base metal and enamel; Pair: ORDER OF CIVIL MERIT, 1st type, 5th Class breast badge, bronze and enamel; DECORATION OF DEVOTION, gilt star, mounted French style, good very fine (5) £90-120

1102

Syria, ORDER OF MILITARY HONOUR, breast badge; PALESTINE MEDAL 1948; MILITARY MERIT MEDAL; TRAINING MEDAL; WAR WOUND MEDAL; MILITARY COUP MEDAL 1963; SYRIAN ARAB ARMY MEDAL 1962; 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF SYRIAN ARMY MEDAL; 31ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE SYRIAN ARMY MEDAL; 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SYRIAN ARMY MEDAL; LONG AND EXEMPLARY SERVICE MEDAL; WAR MEDAL 1973; COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC 1958, in packet of issue; 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1963 COUP MEDAL 1993; many enamelled, most with ribbons, very fine and better (14) £140-180

1103

John Henry Nankivell was born on 11 May 1884. In 1941 shown as serving with the General Staff Corps.

Medals to Colonel John Henry Nankivell with a portrait photograph of the recipient in uniform; War Office Identification Card (2) withphotographs; Officer Pay Data Card (2); some riband bars and three metal uniform badges.

A fascinating group of medals to Colonel J. H. Nankivell, U.S. Infantry

PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN MEDAL 1905, Army (No.22409) on full-wrap brooch bar; MEXICAN SERVICE MEDAL 1917, Army ((No.3472) on full-wrap brooch bar; MEXICAN BORDER SERVICE MEDAL 1918 (8467), engraved on reverse, ‘Capt. J. H. Nankivell’, on full-wrap brooch bar; VICTORY MEDAL 1918, official type 2, 2 clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne, on full-wrapbrooch bar; AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL; AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL; ASIATIC PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL; VICTORY MEDAL 1945, these on slot brooch bars; STATE OF COLORADO NATIONAL GUARD, ACTIVE SERVICE MEDAL, 1 clasp, 1913-14(Capt. J. H. Nankivell); STATE OF COLORADO NATIONAL GUARD MEDAL 1917, 1clasp, Mexican Border 1916-17 (Capt. J. H. Nankivell, 1st Colo. Inf.); STATE OF COLORADO NATIONAL GUARD LONG AND FAITHFUL SERVICE MEDAL (Major J. H. Nankivell, Inf (DOL)); STATE OF COLORADO NATIONAL GUARD ACTIVE SERVICE MEDAL (2), unnamed; ARIZONA STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION MEDAL,with brooch bar inscribed, ‘1926 Team Championship’ (Capt. J. H. Nankivell, 25th U.S. Inf.); VETERAN OF FOREIGN WARS MEDAL, bronze, unnamed; G.B., QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, Rhodesia (No. 234 Cpl. H. Nankivell, 6th N.Z.M.R.) renamed; NATAL 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (L/Cpl. J. H. Nankivell, 2d L.N. Lancs.) renamed; together with a mounted group of four miniature dress medals: Philippine Campaign Medal 1905, Army; Mexican Service Medal 1917,Army; Victory Medal 1918, no clasp; Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Rhodesia, Transvaal, good very fine and better (17)

£500-600

1104

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James Jackson Deese was born on 1 August 1927. Research indicates that he enlisted into the U.S. Navy in 1945/46 and was a veteranof the Second World War, Korea and Vietnam. He served aboard U.S.S. Gyatt, April 1958-April 1961 and U.S.S. Allen M. Sumner, 1963-64. Petty Officer 1st Class Deese died on 21 September 2007 and was buried in the Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida. With some copied research and copied photographs of the above destroyers.

Six: attributed to Petty Officer 1st Class J. J. Deese, United States Navy

NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, with two bronze stars on ribbon; VICTORY MEDAL 1945; KOREAN SERVICE MEDAL, bronze star on ribbon; U.N. KOREA MEDAL; NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDAL, all unnamed, mounted as worn, back of mounting bar inscribed in ink, ‘J. J. Deese’; VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL, unnamed, ribbons of the mounted group faded and a little ragged, very fine andbetter (6) £40-60

1105

With award document for the Meritorious Service Medal, awarded to Lieutenant Colonel Todd Coker, U.S.M.C., ‘for outstanding meritorious service from August 1996 to March 1999’., dated 13 May 1999. Together with a copy of the citation for this medal:

‘For outstanding meritorious service while assigned as Battalion Executive Officer, 2d Radio Battalion, from August 1996 to June 1998,and as the Intelligence Collections Manager, G2, II Marine Expeditionary Force, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Atlantic, from June 1998 toMarch 1999.

A pair of medals attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel Todd Coker, United States Marine Corps

NAVY AND MARINE CORPS MEDAL; MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, both unnamed, nearly extremely fine (2) £40-60

1106

Abdul Rahman S. Al Banjan was a Major-General in the Royal Saudi Arabian Armed Forces.

U.S.A., LEGION OF MERIT, Officer’s breast badge (Abdul Rahman S. Al Banjan), complete with riband and lapel bars in caseof issue; SOUTHWEST ASIA SERVICE MEDAL; with dress miniature and riband bar; MERCHANT MARINE MEDAL; with dress miniature; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MEDAL FOR DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM; with lapel badge; PERSIAN GULF CAMPAIGN MEDAL; Saudi Arabia, COMBAT MEDAL (2) - one complete with dress miniature and riband bar in case of issue; LIBERATION OF KUWAIT MEDAL

(2); Kuwait, LIBERATION MEDAL (7), 2nd Grade, base gilt metal; with dress miniature; another, 3rd Grade, silver base metal,in plastic case; with dress miniature; another, 4th Grade (3) different manufacturers - one in Bertoni, Milan case and boxof issue; with dress miniature; Egypt, KUWAIT LIBERATION MEDAL, enamelled; Bahrain, KUWAIT LIBERATION MEDAL; U.A.E., KUWAIT LIBERATION MEDAL, generally extremely fine (23) £160-200

1107

U.S.A., INDIAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, unnumbered; SPANISH WAR SERVICE MEDAL 1918, numbered, ‘4526’; MEXICAN BORDER SERVICE MEDAL 1918, numbered, ‘18655’; ARMY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS, French copy; WISCONSIN NATIONAL GUARD, MEXICAN BORDER SERVICE MEDAL 1916-17; ORGANISATION OF AMERICAN STATES, MEDAL OF MERIT, for Service in the Dominican Republic 1965; Italy, medals (8) including: MILITARY VALOUR CROSS, V.E.III.; WAR MERIT CROSS, V.E.III.; WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1915-18; THIRD ARMY CROSS, enamelled; ITALIAN VOLUNTEERS IN SPAIN MEDAL; REPUBLIC, LONG SERVICE CROSS, for 16 years; Netherlands, METAL CROSS 1830-31, ‘Volunteers’ issue; Poland, MONTE CASSINO CROSS 1944, numbered, ‘29348’, very fineand better (17) £150-200.

1108

U.S.A., STATE OF WISCONSIN NATIONAL GUARD, LONG SERVICE MEDAL, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to Lt. Col. E. G. Meyer, Sig. Sec. 22d Cav. Div. May 25th 1929 by Command of the Governor’, complete with brooch bar, in card box of issue; STATE OF MISSOURI, WAR SERVICE MEDAL 1917-19 (3) - one in card box; PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL GUARD, WAR SERVICE MEDAL, with ribandbars, in card box; SWISS-AMERICAN COMMISSION FOR ALLIED INTERNED 1917-18; ANCIENT & HONORABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY OF MASSACHUSSETS, London 1896, 69mm., bronze, obverse, Albert Edward Prince of Wales; AUSTRALIA PEACE MEDAL 1919,silver base metal; ORGANISATION OF AMERICAN STATES, MEDAL OF MERIT, for Service in the Dominican Republic 1965, all bronzeexcept where stated, very fine and better (9) £90-120.

1109

U.S.A., VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (5) no clasp; another, 3 clasps, Defensive Sector, Ypres-Lys, Meuse-Argonne; another, 3 clasps, Defensive Sector, Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne; another, 3 clasps, Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel, Oise-Aisne; another, 5clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne, Oise-Aisne, Aisne-Marne, Champagne-Marne, all official type 2 medals on full-wrap brooch bars, very fine and better (5) £140-180.

1110

U.S.A., VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (5) no clasp; another, 3 clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne, Ypres-Lys; another, 3 clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne, St Mihiel; another, 5 clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne, Oise-Aisne, Aisne-Marne, Champagne-Marne; another, 5 clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel, Aisne-Marne, Montdidier-Noyon, all official type 2 medals, first four on full-wrap brooch bars, very fine and better (5) £160-200.

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U.S.A., VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (7) 1 clasp, Defensive Sector (2); another, 1 clasp, Meuse-Argonne (2); another, 1 clasp, Ypres-Lys; another, 1 clasp, Cambrai; another, 1 clasp, Lys, all official 2nd type medals on full-wrap brooch bars, very fine and better (7) £200-250.

1112

U.S.A., VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (6) 1 clasp, France; another, 1 clasp, Italy; another, 1 clasp, England; another, 1 clasp, France; another, 1 clasp, Lys; another, 1 clasp, Vittorio-Veneto, all official type 2 medals, all but last on full-wrap brooch bars, last four clasps are copies/unofficial, very fine and better (6) £100-140

1113

U.S.A., VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (2), 1 clasp, France, on full-wrap brooch bar, in card box, ‘Victory Medal Complete assembled with France Clasp manufactured by S. G. Adams Stamp and Stationary Co., St. Louis ...’; another, 4 clasps, Defensive Sector, Ypres-Lys, Somme, Offensive, Cambrai, on full-wrap brooch bar, with associated (damaged) card forwarding box, addressed to ‘Frank J. Nekvasil, 3136 West 41st St., Cleveland, Ohio’, both official type 2 medals, extremely fine (2) £100-140

1114

U.S.A., VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (2) 1 clasp, Russia; another, 1 clasp, Siberia, both official type 2 medals on full-wrap broochbars, good very fine (2) £150-200

1115

U.S.A., VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (6) 1 clasp, Armed Guard, in card box; another, 1 clasp, Escort; another, 1 clasp, Overseas; another, 1 clasp, Submarine Chaser; another, 1 clasp, Armed Guard; another, 1 clasp, Grand Fleet, all official type 2 medals, 1st and 3rd on full-wrap brooch bars, last three with copy ‘pebbled’ clasps, all clasps 38mm. long, very fine and better (6) £120-160

1116

U.S.A., VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (5) 2 clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne; another, 3 clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne, Somme, Offensive; another, 4 clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne, Oise-Aisne, Aisne-Marne; another, 5clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel, Montdidier-Noyon, Aisne; another, 6 clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel, Aisne-Marne, Champagne-Marne, Aisne, all official type 2 medals, on full-wrap brooch bars, very fine and better (5) £200-250

1117

U.S.A., VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (5) 2 clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne; another, 3 clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne, St, Mihiel; another, 4 clasps, Defensive Sector, St. Mihiel, Ypres-Lys, Champagne-Marne; another, 5 clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne, Oise-Aisne, Aisne-Marne, Champagne-Marne; another, 6 clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel, Aisne-Marne, Champagne-Marne, Aisne, all official type 2 medals on full-wrap brooch bars, very fine and better (5) £200-250

1118

U.S.A., VICTORY MEDAL 1918 (5) 2 clasps, Defensive Sector, St. Mihiel; another, 3 clasps, Defensive Sector, Ypres-Lys, Somme, Defensive; another, 4 clasps, Defensive Secor, Meuse-Argonne, Aisne-Marne, Champagne-Marne; another, 5 clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel, Aisne-Marne, Champagne-Marne; another, 6 clasps, Meuse-Argonne, Chateau Thierry, Defensive Sector, Montdidier-Noyon, Soissons, Somme, Offensive - 1st, 2nd and 5th clasps unofficial, all official type 2 medals on full-wrap brooch bars, very fine and better (5) £200-250

1119

U.S.A., VICTORY MEDAL 1918 clasps only (22) Atlantic Fleet, Armed Guard, Aviation, Destroyer, Escort, Grand Fleet, MineLaying, Mine Sweeping, Mobile Base, Naval Battery, Overseas, Patrol, Salvage; Subchaser, Submarine, Transport, West Indies - these all 39mm. long; Armed Guard, Atlantic Fleet, Mine Laying, Transport, White Sea - these all 38mm. long ‘pebbled’ copies, very fine (22) £200-250

1120

U.S.S.R., ORDER OF THE PATRIOTIC WAR, 2nd Class, 1st type, variation 3, breast badge, silver, silver-gilt , gold and enamel, reverse numbered, ‘31826’, with screw-backed rectangular suspension, badge and suspension reconstituted, scratch marks on suspension, very fine £300-350

1121

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As awarded to Medical Assistant 1st Class Alan Jackson, Royal Navy, for his gallantry in the rescue of a Russian sailor at sea while serving as a Medic in helicopters of the R.N’s Search & Rescue unit at H.M.S. Gannet, Prestwick, Scotland, in 2001. He and his crew were called to the outer limits of their operational area, some 200 miles off north-west Ireland, in order to evacuate a Russian sailor, who had developed a serious infection after an operation, from the Vasily Tatishev. As Jackson would later recall:

‘The conditions were absolutely awful, and big seas made the rescue doubly hazardous. The vessel was pitching and rolling around ina heavy swell and the sailor was in critical condition. After a tricky winch transfer, the aircrewman and I gave immediate treatment, which I then maintained during the bumpy flight to the hospital. We also took an interpreter on board at the same time.’

As outlined by accompanying documentation, it would be several years before the Soviet authorities tracked Jackson down in order topresent him with his decoration at a special ceremony held at the Russian Embassy in London in December 2009, in the presence of Major-General Nikolay Koval. But he had earlier been the recipient of a formal letter of thanks from Admiral Zakharenko, then DeputyC.-in-C. Russian Federation Navy, in November 2001, in which the latter acknowledged his involvement in the rescue operation and the fact Jackson’s medical expertise saved the sailor’s life.

Sold with the recipient’s original Soviet award booklet, letter from Admiral M. Zakharenko, dated 27 November 2001, with translation,Buckingham Place letter granting unrestricted permission to wear the award, and several related photographs and copied newspaper features.

U.S.S.R., STRENGTHENING THE COMBAT COMMUNITY MEDAL, mounted as worn, in its case of issue, extremely fine and rare£800-1000

1122

Issued by the Royal Fund of St. Andrew for the Royal Yugoslav Government in exile in the United Kingdom during the Second WorldWar.

Yugoslavia, ST. ANDREW’S CROSS FOR WAR WOUNDED IN EXILE (2), silver-gilt and enamel, good very fine (2) £120-1601123

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The Glenbow Collection of British Specimen Medals formerly in the collection of the Royal United Services Institute

The Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta, Canada has recently undergone a comprehensive strategic planning process within the context of the National Museums ofCanada. The Glenbow now concentrates on the history and culture of Western Canada.As part of that exercise to re-invigorate the institution and fund future projects the Glenbow has deaccessioned their historic collection of medals, originally acquired from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) here in Britain. The Institute was founded in 1831 by the Duke of Wellington to study naval and military science, and it began buildingits Naval & Military Museum as a resource. When the venerable RUSI museum was closed in 1962, the energetic benefactor and creator of the Glenbow, Colonel (retired) Eric Lafferty Harvie, successfully lobbied to purchase the medals among other artefacts forhis new museum in Calgary, Alberta.

At the Glenbow Museum, this extensive reference collection of die proof and specimen medals were secured in storage for research purposes. The numbers on the edge of the medals reference this particular collection and its provenance. Although specimen medals occasionally are offered for sale, it is unusual to have so many in one sale. It allows collectors to acquire a duplicate in order to display both sides of a medal or indeedto acquire an example of otherwise scarce medals. A number have been included in the general campaign medal section and are referenced. These medals were either issued unnamed or specimens indistinguishable from those issued. The commemorative medalsfrom Charles I onwards from the same collection are being sold by Simmons Gallery.

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DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, E.VII.R., unnamed, unmounted, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C.18996’, nearlyextremely fine £100-140

1124

DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, G.V.R., unnamed, unmounted, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18739’, good very fine £80-100

1125

KING’S AFRICAN RIFLES DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, E.VII.R., unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18918’,with ribbon, extremely fine £200-250

1126

KING’S AFRICAN RIFLES DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, E.VII.R., unnamed, unmounted, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18919’, extremely fine £100-140

1127

KING’S AFRICAN RIFLES DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, G.V.R., unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18821’,with ribbon, nearly extremely fine £150-200

1128

KING’S AFRICAN RIFLES DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, G.V.R., unnamed, unmounted, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18822’, extremely fine £80-100

1129

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The Royal Mint Catalogue lists only two dated bars for this medal, with only one issued during the reign of King Edward VII. That medal, with the above clasp, was awarded to Sergeant Jatto Yola of the Northern Nigeria Regiment.

WEST AFRICAN FRONTIER FORCE DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, E.VII.R., with dated Second Award bar, N. Nigeria 1908, unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18819’, with ribbon, extremely fine and rare £400-500

1130

WEST AFRICAN FRONTIER FORCE DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, E.VII.R., unnamed, unmounted, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18820’, nearly extremely fine £100-140

1131

WEST AFRICAN FRONTIER FORCE DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, G.V.R., unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18954’, minor scratches to obverse, nearly extremely fine £150-200

1132

WEST AFRICAN FRONTIER FORCE DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, G.V.R., unnamed, unmounted, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18955’, nearly extremely fine £80-100

1133

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, V.R., unnamed, unmounted, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18741’, nearly extremely fine £100-140

1134

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, E.VII.R., unnamed, extremely fine £200-250

1135

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, E.VII.R., unnamed, unmounted, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18735’, nearly extremely fine £80-100

1136

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CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY MEDAL, V.R., 2nd issue, unnamed, unmounted, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18917’, extremely fine £120-160

1137

INDIAN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue, unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18920’, extremely fine £120-160

1138

INDIAN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue; DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R.; MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue; DISTINGUISHED FLYING MEDAL, G.V.R.; BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL, G.V.R., all unnamed and unmounted, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18921’, ‘C-18740’, ‘C-18824’, ‘C-18736’ and ‘C-18940’, nearly extremely fineand better (5) £120-160

1139

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL, (Military) G.V.R., unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18939’, extremely fine£80-100

1140

BATTLE OF EDGEHILL 1642, 38 x 30mm., oval uniface base metal electrotype cliches, obverse: crowned bust of Charles I right with legend around; together with the uniface cliche of the medal reverse: Prince Charles on horseback, ‘C P’ stamped in the field, with integral suspension ring, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18551-A’ and ‘C-18551-B’, ref. Mayo No. 19, Eimer 141 (sim), MI i 299/119, very fine and better (2) £40-60

1141

COMMONWEALTH NAVAL MEDAL 1653, 1st type, 56 x 51mm., oval, uniface base metal electrotype cliches, obverse: anchor with three shields, encompassed by anchor cable, enclosed by a broad border of naval trophies; reverse: a naval action,enclosed by a broad border of naval trophies, with integral suspension ring, each with edge bearing a catalogue numberin ink, respectively: ‘C-18504-B’ and ‘C-18504-A’, ref. Mayo No. 37A, B.B.&M No. 13(1), M.H. No. 34, good very fine(2) £60-80

1142

COMMONWEALTH NAVAL MEDAL 1653, 2nd type, 50 x 45mm., oval, uniface base metal electrotype cliches, obverse: anchorwith three shields, encompassed by anchor cable, enclosed by a border of laurel leaves; reverse: a naval action, enclosed by a border of laurel leaves, with integral suspension ring, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18505-B’ and ‘C-18505-A’, ref. Mayo No. 37B, B.B.&M No. 13(2), M.H. No. 35, good very fine (2)

£50-70

1143

COMMONWEALTH NAVAL MEDAL 1653, 3rd type, 41 x 36mm., oval, uniface base metal electrotype cliches, obverse: anchorwith three shields, encompassed by anchor cable, without a border; reverse: a naval action, without a border, with integral suspension ring, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18506-B’ and ‘C-18506-A’,ref. Mayo No. 37C, B.B.&M No. 13(3), M.H. No. 36, good very fine (2) £50-70

1144

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TRIUMPH MEDAL 1653, 41 x 36mm., oval, uniface base metal electrotype cliches, obverse: anchor with three shields, encompassed by anchor cable, without a border; reverse: a naval action, with inscription, ‘For eminent service in savingy Trivmph fiered in fight wh y Dvtch in Ivly 1653’, without a border, with integral suspension ring, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18507-B’ and ‘C-18507-A’, ref. Mayo No. 38, B.B.&M No. 14, M.H.No. 37, nearly extremely fine (2) £50-70

1145

BATTLE OF LA HOGUE 1692, 50mm. dia. circular uniface silver base metal electrotype cliches, obverse: conjoined and draped busts of William III and Mary II; reverse: a naval action, unmounted, each with edge bearing a catalogue numberin ink, respectively: ‘C-18511-B’ and ‘C-18511-A’, ref. Eimer 346, M.H. No. 102, very fine (2) £50-70

1146

DILKES/LAMPRIERE NAVAL REWARD MEDAL 1703, 69mm. dia., circular uniface base metal electrotype cliches, obverse: Queen Anne left, wearing crown and collar and star of the Garter; reverse: inscription, ‘Her Majties. reward to Capt. James Lampriere for his Zeal to her Service and his Succesful Conducting ye Squadron commanded by Rear Admiral Dilkes who destroyed a considerable number of ye Enemy’s Merchant Ships under Convoy of Men of War on their own coast’,with integral suspension ring, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18512-B’ and ‘C-18512-A’, ref. Mayo No. 102, B.B. & M. No. 16, edge bruise to ‘obverse’ cliche, very fine (2) £60-80

1147

WOOLDRIDGE GOLD MEDAL, 40mm., bronze-gilt facsimile, obverse, a British fireship in flames in the act of breaking a boom; reverse, inscribed in raised letters, ‘Captain James Wooldridge led the British Fire Ships when four French sail of the line were burnt under their own batteries in Aix Roads’, unmounted, with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18675’, ref. B.B.& M. (1988 edition), p.31, nearly extremely fine £50-70

1148

LARGE NAVAL GOLD MEDAL, 51mm., bronze-gilt facsimile, unmounted, unnamed, with edge bearing a catalogue number inink, ‘C-18705’, nearly extremely fine £50-70

1149

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1840, 9 clasps, 1 June 1794, St. Vincent, Nile, Egypt, Copenhagen 1801, Trafalgar, Algiers, Navarino, Syria ([Fr]om the Master of the Mint to the United Service Institu[tn.]) officially impressed naming, a few letters obscured by suspension claw, clasp carriage bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18964’, extremely fine

£2000-2500

1150

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1840, unnamed, unmounted, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18965’, extremelyfine £100-140

1151

MILITARY GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1814, unnamed, unmounted, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18934’, nearly extremely fine £100-140

1152

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ARMY OF INDIA 1799-1826, 4 clasps, Allighur, Battle of Delhi, Asseerghur,Laswarree, long hyphen reverse, unnamed, extremely fine £500-600

1153

ARMY OF INDIA 1799-1826, long-hyphen reverse, unnamed, unmounted, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18963’, extremely fine £100-140

1154

HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY MEDAL FOR THE COORG REBELLION 1837, bronze specimen, unmounted, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink,‘C-18986’, extremely fine £100-140

1155

CABUL 1842; GHUZNEE CABUL 1842; CANDAHAR GHUZNEE CABUL 1842, all unnamed and unmounted, each with edge bearing acatalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18726’, ‘C-18725’ and ‘C.18727’, extremely fine (3) £150-200

1156

DEFENCE OF JELLALABAD 1842, Flying Victory, unnamed, a later striking, withscroll suspension, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C.18723’, extremely fine £200-250

1157

DEFENCE OF JELLALABAD 1842, Mural Crown, with die cracks to obverse; DEFENCE OF JELLALABAD 1842, Flying Victory; CHINA 1842, all unnamed and unmounted, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18729’, ‘C-18724’ and ‘C-18728, good very fine and better (3) £120-160

1158

CHINA 1842 ([F]rom the Master of the Mint to the United Service Institutn.) officially impressed naming, with German silver straight bar suspension, this bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18968’, nearly extremely fine £200-250

1159

HYDERABAD 1843, unnamed, with scroll suspension, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C.18768’, nearly extremelyfine £150-200

1160

MEEANEE 1843; HYDERABAD 1843; MEEANEE HYDERABAD 1843, all unnamed and unmounted, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18842’, ‘C-18769’ and ‘C-18843’, extremely fine (3) £120-160

1161

SUTLEJ 1845-46 (4), for Moodkee 1845; for Ferozeshuhur 1845; for Aliwal 1845 and for Sobraon 1845; PUNJAB 1848-49, all unnamed and unmounted, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C18837’, ‘C-18838’, ‘C-18839’, ‘C-18840’ and ‘C-18836’, extremely fine (5) £150-200

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PUNJAB 1848-49, 3 clasps, Chilianwala, Mooltan, Goojerat, unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18835’, extremely fine

£150-200

1163

BALTIC 1854-55; CRIMEA 1854-56; INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95; INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59; CHINA 1857-60, all unnamed andunmounted, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18761’, ‘C-18841’, ‘C-18845’, ‘C-18759’ and ‘C.18997’, extremely fine (5) £150-200

1164

NEW ZEALAND 1845-66, reverse undated, unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18766’, extremely fine£140-180

1165

NEW ZEALAND 1845-66, reverse undated; ABYSSINIA 1867; ASHANTEE 1873-74 (3), all unnamed and unmounted, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18767’, ‘C-18927’, ‘C-18758’, ‘C-18877 and ‘C-18886’, extremely fine (5) £140-180

1166

SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879, unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18756’, extremely fine £150-200

1167

SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79; AFGHANISTAN 1878-80; CAPE OF GOOD HOPE GENERAL SERVICE 1880-97; EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, datedreverse, all unnamed and unmounted, all except third with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18757’, ‘C-18765’ and ‘C-18850’, extremely fine (4) £120-160

1168

EAST AND WEST AFRICA 1887-1900, 4 clasps, 1887-8, 1891-2, 1892, 1893-94, unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18776’, extremely fine £250-300

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BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY MEDAL 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, 1 clasp, Mashonaland 1897, unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18878’, virtually extremely fine £150-200

1170

BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY MEDAL 1890-97, reverse Mashonaland 1897, unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number inink, ‘C.18879’, extremely fine £100-140

1171

CENTRAL AFRICA 1891-98, 1 clasp, Central Africa 1894-98, unnamed, edgebearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C.18885’, extremely fine £200-250

1172

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 6 clasps, Defence of Chitral 1895, Relief of Chitral 1895, Malakand 1897, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18987’, nearly extremely fine £200-300

1173

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902 (2), ‘V.R.’ obverse, ‘India 1895’ reverse; another, ‘E.VII.R.’ obverse, ‘India’ reverse; QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98; KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896-1908; EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA 1897-99, all unnamed and unmounted, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C.18988’, ‘C.18882’, ‘C-18972’, ‘C-18990’ and ‘C-18884’, extremely fine (5) £160-200

1174

QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98, unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C.18971’, extremely fine £140-1801175

KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896-1908, 15 clasps, Hafir, Firket, Abu Hamed, Sudan 1897, The Atbara, Khartoum, Gedaref, Gedid, Sudan 1899, Bahr-el-Ghazal 1900-02, Jerok, Nyima, Katfia, Talodi, Nyam-Nyam, unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C.18989’, extremely fine £500-600

1176

EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA 1897-99, 4 clasps, Lubwa’s, Uganda 1897-98, 1898, Uganda 1899, unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C.18883’, extremely fine £250-300

1177

CHINA 1900; KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02; TRANSPORT 1899-1902; ASHANTI 1900; TIBET 1903-04, all unnamed and unmounted, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18888’, ‘C-18858’, ‘C-18856’, ‘C-18970’ and ‘C-18852’, generally extremely fine (5) £160-200

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ASHANTI 1900, 1 clasp, Kumassi, low relief bust, silver, unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18969’, extremely fine

£140-180

1179

AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE 1902-56, 34 clasps, Gambia, B.C.A. 1899-1900, Uganda 1900, Somaliland 1901, Jubaland, S. Nigeria, N. Nigeria, Lango 1901, Aro 1901-1902, N. Nigeria 1902, S. Nigeria 1902-03, N. Nigeria 1903, Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi, N. Nigeria 1903-04, N. Nigeria 1904, S. Nigeria 1903, S. Nigeria 1903-04, S. Nigeria 1904, S. Nigeria1902, S. Nigeria 1904-05, Kissi 1905, S. Nigeria 1905, S. Nigeria 1905-06, Nandi 1905-06, N. Nigeria 1906, East Africa1902, East Africa 1904, East Africa 1905, East Africa 1906, West Africa 1906, West Africa 1908, Somaliland 1908-10,West Africa 1909-10, unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C.18991’, extremely fine and impressive

£650-750

1180

AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya; INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, G.V.R. 1st issue, no clasp; INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1930-31, Burma 1930-32, all unnamed, each with edge stamped, ‘Specimen’ and bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18932’, ‘C-18905’ and ‘C-18907’, extremely fine (3) £90-120

1181

AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE 1902-56 (2) E.VII.R. and G.V.R. issues; INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35 (3), E.VII.R. issue, another, G.V.R. 1st issue; another, G.V.R. 2nd issue, these last two stamped, ‘Specimen’ on edge; TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-19; MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDAL 1914-18; NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, G.V.R. issue; INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1936-39, this stamped ‘Specimen’ on edge, all unnamed and unmounted, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18992’, ‘C-18959’, ‘C-18904’, ‘C-18906’, ‘C-18908’, ‘C-18916’, ‘C-18957’, ‘C-18914’ and ‘C-18910’, extremely fine (9) £160-200

1182

KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1910-21 (2), 1st and 2nd issues, both unnamed and unmounted, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18855’ and ‘C-18853’, extremely fine (2) £100-150

1183

TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-19; MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDAL 1914-18; NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62 (2) G.V.R. ‘coinage head’ issue, no clasp; 1939-45 STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR, all unnamed, each with edge or reverse bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18915’, ‘C-18956’, ‘C-18913’, ‘C-18911’, ‘C-18912’; ‘R2354.1’, ‘R2354.2’, nearly extremely fine and better (7) £160-200

1184

ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, V.R., 3rd issue, unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18747’, extremelyfine £120-160

1185

ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, E.VII.R., unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18749’, virtually extremely fine £80-100

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ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, (4) V.R., 3rd issue; another, E.VII.R. issue; another, G.V.R. ‘military bust’ issue; another,G.V.R. ‘Coinage head’ issue; ROYAL NAVY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R. ‘Admirals bust’ issue, all unnamed and unmounted, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18748’, ‘C-18750’, ‘C-18802’, ‘C-18895’ and ‘C-18897’, extremely fine (5) £160-200

1187

ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue, with Second Award Bar, unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18801’, virtually extremely fine £100-140

1188

INDIAN ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, V.R., H.E.I.C. issue, unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18787’, extremely fine

£150-200

1189

INDIAN ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL (3), V.R., H.E.I.C. issue; another, V.R., ‘lotus wreath’ reverse; another, E.VII.R. issue;another, G.V.R., 1st issue, all unnamed and unmounted, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18788’, ‘C-18794’, ‘C-18796’ and ‘C-18798’, extremely fine (4) £140-180

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INDIAN ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL (3) V.R., lotus wreath reverse; another, E.VII.R. issue; another, G.V.R., 1st issue, allunnamed, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18793’, ‘C-18795’ and ‘C-18797’, virtually extremely fine (3) £160-200

1191

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., unnamed and unmounted, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18899’; NEW ZEALAND MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., unnamed and unmounted, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18901’, extremely fine (2) £100-140

1192

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, V.R., unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18789’, extremely fine £180-220

1193

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, E.VII.R., unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18791’, extremely fine £180-220

1194

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL (2), V.R., issue; another, E.VII.R. issue, both unnamed and unmounted, eachwith edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18790’ and ‘C-18792’, extremely fine (2) £100-140

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NEW ZEALAND MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., uniformed bust, unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18900’, with ribbon, extremely fine £140-180

1196

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., Anchor obverse, fitted with swivelling straight bar suspension, unnamed, die flaw to obverse, edge bearing a cataloguenumber in ink, ‘C-18825’, nearly extremely fine £200-250

1197

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., Anchor obverse, unnamed and unmounted, die flaw to obverse, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18826’, nearly extremely fine £100-140

1198

ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C. (3), V.R., narrow suspension; another, E.VII.R. issue; another, G.V.R. ‘Admirals bust’ issue, all unnamed, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18831’, ‘C-18833’ and ‘C-18753’, extremely fine (3) £120-160

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ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C. (3) V.R. issue; another, E.VII.R. issue; another, G.V.R. ‘Admirals bust’ issue; ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE L.S. & G.C. (2) E.VII.R. issue; another, G.V.R. ‘Admirals bust’ issue, all unnamed and unmounted, each with edge bearinga catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18832’, ‘C-18834’, ‘C-18754’, ‘C-18740’ and ‘C-18744’, extremely fine (5)

£120-160

1200

ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE L.S. & G.C., (2) E.VII.R. issue; another, G.V.R. ‘Admirals bust’ issue, both unnamed, each with edgebearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18745’ and ‘C-18743’, extremely fine (2) £60-80

1201

ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse, unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18874’, extremely fine £60-80

1202

ARMY L.S. & G.C. (3), E.VII.R. issue; another, G.V.R., 1st issue; another, G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army’, this last stamped ‘Specimen’ on edge, all unnamed, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18948’,‘C-18862’ and ‘C-18937’, extremely fine (3) £90-120

1203

ARMY L.S. & G.C. (4), V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse; another, E.VII.R. issue; another, G.V.R., 1st/2nd issue; another,G.V.R., 3rd issue, this last stamped ‘Specimen’ on edge, all unnamed and unmounted, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18875’, ‘C-18949’, ‘C-18863’ and ‘C-18938’, extremely fine (4) £120-160

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INDIAN ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue, H.E.I.C. arms obverse, unnamed,edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18860’, extremely fine

£150-200

1205

INDIAN ARMY L.S. & G.C. (4), V.R., 1st issue, H.E.I.C. arms obverse; another, V.R., 3rd issue; another, E.VII.R. issue; another, G.V.R.. 1st issue, all unnamed and unmounted, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18861’, ‘C-18869’, ‘C-18871’ and ‘C-18873’, extremely fine (4) £180-220

1206

INDIAN ARMY L.S. & G.C. (3), V.R., 3rd issue; another, E.VII.R. issue; another, G.V.R., 1st issue, all unnamed, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18868’, ‘C-18870’ and ‘C-18872’, extremely fine (3)

£140-180

1207

KING’S AFRICAN RIFLES L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R., unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18777’, with ribbon, extremely fine £100-140

1208

KING’S AFRICAN RIFLES L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18775’, extremely fine£80-100

1209

KING’S AFRICAN RIFLES L.S. & G.C. (2), E.VII.R., issue; another, G.V.R. issue, both unnamed and unmounted, each with edgebearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18778’ and ‘18776’, extremely fine (2) £80-100

1210

WEST AFRICAN FRONTIER FORCE L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R., unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18703’, with ribbon, extremely fine £100-140

1211

WEST AFRICAN FRONTIER FORCE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18781’, with ribbon, extremely fine £80-100

1212

WEST AFRICAN FRONTIER FORCE L.S. & G.C. (2), E.VII.R. issue; another, G.V.R. issue, both unnamed and unmounted, both unnamed and unmounted, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18784’ and ‘C-18782’, extremely fine (2) £80-100

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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE L.S. & G.C., V.R., unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18864’, with ribbon, extremely fine £150-200

1214

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R., unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18866’, with ribbon, virtually extremely fine £150-200

1215

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE L.S. & G.C. (2), V.R., issue; another, E.VII.R. issue, both unnamed and unmounted, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18867’ and ‘C-18865’, extremely fine (2) £120-160

1216

PERMANENT FORCES OF THE EMPIRE L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R., unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18771’, extremely fine £100-140

1217

PERMANENT FORCES OF THE EMPIRE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18773’, virtually extremely fine £50-70

1218

PERMANENT FORCES OF THE EMPIRE L.S. & G.C. (2), E.VII.R. issue; another, G.V.R. issue, both unnamed and unmounted, eachwith edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18774’ and ‘C-18772’, extremely fine (2) £60-80

1219

VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE (India & the Colonies) (3), V.R., ‘Regina et Imperatrix’ issue; another, E.VII.R. ‘Kaisar-i-Hind’issue; another, G.V.R. issue, all unnamed, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18785’, ‘C-18815’ and ‘C-18817’, extremely fine (3) £140-180

1220

VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE, V.R. ‘Regina’ issue; VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE (India & the Colonies) (2), E.VII.R., ‘Kaisar-i-Hind’ issue; another, G.V.R. issue, all unnamed and unmounted, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18786’, ‘C-18816’ and ‘C-18818’, extremely fine (3) £80-100

1221

EFFICIENCY DECORATION, G.V.R., Territorial, undated, reverse bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18967’; EFFICIENCY MEDAL (2), G.V.R., Territorial; another, G.V.R. issue, this last unmounted, all unnamed, both with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18946’ and ‘C-18947’, extremely fine (3) £100-140

1222

IMPERIAL YEOMANRY L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R., unnamed and unmounted, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18[804]’, slight edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £60-80

1223

MILITIA L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R., unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18805’, extremely fine £140-1801224

MILITIA L.S. & G.C. (2), E.VII.R. issue; another, G.V.R. issue, both unnamed and unmounted, both with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18806’ and ‘C-18810’, virtually extremely fine (2) £100-140

1225

SPECIAL RESERVE L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R., unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18805’, extremely fine£140-180

1226

SPECIAL RESERVE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18829’, extremely fine£140-180

1227

SPECIAL RESERVE L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. issue; another, G.V.R, issue, both unnamed and unmounted, both with edge bearing acatalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18828’ and ‘C-18830’, virtually extremely fine (2) £100-140

1228

COLONIAL AUXILIARY FORCES LONG SERVICE (3), V.R., issue; another, E.VII.R. issue; another, G.V.R. issue, all unnamed, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18807’, ‘C-18811’ and ‘C-18813’, nearly extremely fine (3) £120-160

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COLONIAL AUXILIARY FORCES LONG SERVICE, V.R. issue; another, E.VII.R. issue; another, G.V.R. issue, all unnamed and unmounted, each with edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, respectively: ‘C-18808’, ‘C-18812’ and ‘C-18814’, extremely fine (3) £80-100

1230

ROYAL AIR FORCE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., unnamed, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18751’, virtually extremely fine £60-80

1231

ROYAL AIR FORCE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., unnamed and unmounted, edge bearing a catalogue number, ‘C-18752’; JUBILEE 1935, unmounted, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C13889’ CORONATION 1937, edge bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-13877’, extremely fine (3) £40-60

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NAVAL GOOD SHOOTING MEDAL, G.V.R., 36 clasps, H.M.S. “Africa” 1910 12” B.L., H.M.S. “Britannia” 1910 6” B.L., H.M.S.“Exmouth” 1910 6” B.L., H.M.S. “Jupiter” 1910 6” Q.F., H.M.S. “Bellerophon” 1910 4” B.L., H.M. Torpedo Boat “11” 1910 12 Pr. Q.F., H.M. Torpedo Boat “30” 1910 12 Pr. Q.F., H.M.S. “Swiftsure” 1911 10” B.L., H.M.S. “Minotaur” 1911 7.5” B.L., H.M.S. “Natal” 1911 7.5” B.L., H.M.S. “Powerful” 1911 6” Q.F., H.M.S. “Jupiter” 1911 6” Q.F., H.M.S.“Indomitable” 1912 12” B.L., H.M.S. “Hercules” 1912 12” B.L., H.M.S. “Natal” 1912 3 Pr. Q.F., H.M.S. “Monmouth” 1912 12 Pr. Q.F., H.M.S. “Redpole” 1912 12 Pr. Q.F., H.M.S. “Thunderer” 1913 13.5” B.L., H.M.S. “Conqueror” 191313.5” B.L., H.M.S. “Superb” 1913 12” B.L., H.M.S. “Dreadnought” 1913 12” B.L., H.M.S. “Inflexible” 1913 12” B.L., H.M.S. “Defence” 1913 7.5” B.L., H.M.S. “King George V” 1913 4” B.L., H.M.S. “Monmouth” 1913 12 Pr. Q.F., H.M.S. “Cossack” 1913 12 Pr. Q.F., H.M.S. “Swift” 1913 4” B.L., H.M.S. “Dreadnought” 1914 12” B.L., H.M.S. “Defence” 19147.5” B.L., H.M.S. “Prince of Wales 1914 12 Pr. Q.F., H.M.S. “Hindustan” 1914 12” B.L., H.M.S. “Wolf” 1914 6 Pr.Q.F., H.M.S. “Inflexible” 1914 4” Q.F., H.M.S. “Audacious 1914 13.5” B.L., H.M.S. “Jason” 1914 4.7” Q.F., H.M.S. “Monarch” 1914 13.5” B.L. , silver, unnamed, edge of medal bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-3994’, extremely fine and very impressive £1200-1600

1233

NAVAL GOOD SHOOTING MEDAL, E.VII.R., silver, unnamed and unmounted, edge of medal bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18857’, extremely fine £100-140

1234

NAVAL GOOD SHOOTING MEDAL, G.V.R., silver, unnamed and unmounted, edge of medal bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18892’, slight edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £100-140

1235

ARMY BEST SHOT MEDAL, V.R., silver, unnamed and unmounted, edge of medal bearing a catalogue number in ink, ‘C-18890’, slight edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £100-150

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CLASPS (28) (I.G.S. 1854-95) Chin-Lushai 1889-90, Samana 1891, Hazara 1891, N.E. Frontier 1891, (Indian Mutiny 1857-58) Defence of Lucknow, (Egypt & Sudan 1882-89) Tamaai, El-Teb-Tamaai, Suakin 1884, (I.G.S. 1908-35) Abor 1911-12, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21, Malabar 1921-22, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1930-31, Mohmand 1933, North West Frontier 1935, (G.S.M. 1918-62) S. Persia, Kurdistan, Iraq, N.W. Persia, Palestine, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (2), Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, Cyprus, Near East, all with carriages, some riveted together, excellent condition (28) £300-400

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CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS

Ex Payne Collection 1911.

Leopold Sigismund Schultze served as an N.C.O. before receiving his commission on 17 September 1810, becoming Lieutenant on 19November 1811. He served in the expedition to the Baltic 1807; in the Peninsula from 1809 to 1813; campaign in the South of France1813-14; in the Netherlands 1814; and in the campaign of 1815 and the battle of Waterloo. Schultze was placed on half pay on 24 February 1816, and died in 1858.

The Peninsula and Waterloo pair awarded to Lieutenant Leopold Schultze, 1st Hussars, King’s German Legion

MILITARY GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (L. S. Schultze, Cornet 1st Hussrs. K.G.L.); WATERLOO 1815 (Lieut. Leopold Schulze, 1st Reg. Hussars K.G.L.) fitted with originalsteel clip and ring suspension, good very fine and better (2) £5000-6000

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Ex Payne Collection 1911 and Glendining’s, February 1953.

James Duncan enlisted into the 42nd Foot as a Private on 3 May 1803. He served at Gibraltar from November 1805 for three years, doing marines duty aboard the San Juan for three months at the beginning of 1808. Promoted to Corporal in September 1808, he returned to England where he was quartered at Shorncliffe, Canterbury, Musselburgh and Lewes until March 1812, when he returned toSpain. He was wounded at the battle of Salamanca in July 1812 and did not return to duty until December 1813, which indicates that his wounds were probably quite severe. He had been reduced to Private in August 1813 and fought in that rank throughout the actionsin the Pyrenees and at Nivelle, Nive, Orthes and Toulouse. Duncan was again wounded in the action at Toulouse in April 1814 when the 42nd suffered very severe casualties. He was at Kilkenny from June 1814 until January 1815, when he returned to the Low Countries and took part in the battle of Waterloo, serving in Captain Donald Chisholm’s Company.

From September 1815 he was on detachment in the North of England and Scotland, where he was engaged in recruiting. He returned to Ireland in November 1818, being stationed at Dublin and Kilkenny until his discharge to Kilmainham Hospital Pension which took place on 20 June 1821. Sold with comprehensive copied muster rolls.

Three: Private James Duncan, 42nd Royal Highlanders, wounded at Salamanca and Toulouse

MILITARY GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Corunna, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (James Duncan, 42nd Foot); WATERLOO 1815 (James Duncan 42nd or R.H. Reg. Infantry) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension; 42ND FOOT MEDAL 1819, silver, Balmer R335a (Js. Duncan) light contact marks and edge bruising, otherwisevery fine (3) £4000-5000

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Guelphic Medal for Bravery announced in the 1819 List, for bravery at Gallegos, 4 July 1810, and Toulouse, 10 April 1814.

The citation published in Beamish’s History of the German Legion reads: ‘At the bridge of Gallegos, 4th of June 1810, when the rear-guard under captain Krauchenberg, opposed the superior numbers of enemy with such persevering bravery, corporal Almstedt particularly distinguished himself. He was always one of the foremost in repelling the attacks, and saved the life of serjeant Bergmann,who, surrounded and wounded, was rescued by his cutting down several of those who were taking the serjeant away a prisoner, and putting the rest to flight. In general, upon all occasions when volunteers were required, Almstedt was the first to offer himself.’

The citation published in German by von Wissel also adds, ‘This exceptionally brave soldier was always first to step out when volunteers were needed and he also distinguished himself at the battle of Toulouse 1814’.

Ferdinand/Frederick Almstedt/Armstadt joined the 1st Dragoons (Hussars from 1814) K.G.L., a recruit from England, on 28 February 1807. He fought with his regiment in Portugal, Spain and France from June 1809 until the end of the war in 1814, and the campaign of1815 in France and Flanders, including the battle of Waterloo. He returned to Hannover shortly afterwards and was discharged there on 24 February 1816, when the regiment was disbanded.

Sold with full research including extracts from medal roll and muster and pay lists.

A rare Napoleonic Wars Guelphic Medal group of four awarded to Corporal Frederick Armstadt, 1st Hussars, King’s German Legion, for gallantry at the bridge of Gallegos in July 1810 and also at the battle of Toulouse in April 1814

GUELPHIC MEDAL FOR BRAVERY 1815 (Ferdinand Almstedt, Corporal im 1t. Hus. Rt. K.D.L. zu N’olle), a few letters of namingobscured through contact wear; MILITARY GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (Fredk. Armstadt, 1st Hussars, K.G.L.); WATERLOO 1815 (Frederick A-mstadt, 1st Reg. Hussars, K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, one letter of surname obscured through contact wear; HANNOVERIAN MEDAL FOR VOLUNTEERS OF THE K.G.L. 1814, unnamed as issued, edge bruisingand contact marks to the earlier awards, fine or better, the M.G.S. nearly extremely fine (4) £18000-22000

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Ex Brian Ritchie collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2005 (Lot No. 6).

A total of 46 M.G.S. Medals were issued to officers and men of the E.I.C. Service, 16 of whom also received the Army of India Medal.Only 13 medals were issued with the combination of Ava and Bhurtpoor, the two most common clasps and yet one of the rarest combinations.

Robert Seymour, the son of Anthony Seymour, merchant, and Ann, née Piding, was born in St Petersburg on 5 December 1789. He arrived in India as an Ensign in 1805 and was posted to the 13th Bengal N.I. Between 1811 and 1816 he did duty with the Bengal Volunteers, comprised of sepoys who had volunteered to serve overseas. In August 1811 he took part in Sir Samuel Auchmuty’s successful expedition to Java which secured the last settlement in the East Indies in the possession of the Batavian Republic for the Government of Calcutta.

The following year Lieutenant Seymour served as Commissary of Provisions on the expedition to Palimbang in Sumatra, and in 1813 hewas Acting Fort Adjutant and Paymaster at Banca. He returned to his parent regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Third Mahratta War, taking part in the sieges and captures of Mandala and Asseerghur. Promoted Captain while on furlough in 1823, he was transferred in 1824 to the 26th N.I. (late 1/13th N.I.).

During the First Burma War he was ‘slightly wounded in action against the enemy’ on 27 March 1825 (London Gazette 6 October 1825). At the Siege of Bhurtpoor in 1826, he was Major of Brigade, 4th Brigade, 1st Division. The next year he was appointed BrigadeMajor to the Establishment at Cuttack, and was afterwards appointed D.A.A.G. to the Presidency Division. Posted Lieutenant-Colonel tothe 34th N.I. on 10 September 1834, he was transferred successively to the rolls of the 74th N.I., 22nd N.I. and 21st N.I. Seymour retired in 1841 and was made Honorary Colonel in 1854. He died at 8 Crompton Crescent, London, on 3 December 1868.

Refs: Hodson Index (NAM); Officers of the Bengal Army 1758-1834; IOL L/MIL/10/21.

A scarce pair for the Capture of Java, the First Burma War and the Siege of Bhurtpoor to Colonel Robert Seymour, Bengal Native Infantry

MILITARY GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (R. Seymour, Lieut. 6th Bengal Vol. Bn.); ARMY OF INDIA 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Ava, Bhurtpoor (Captn. R. Seymour, 26th N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, good very fineand scarce (2) £4500-5000

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William Matthew Shanks served as Paymaster aboard H.M.S. Niger in the Crimean War, one of the four ships to receive officially impressed medals. He joined the Navy as a Clerk and qualified as Assistant Paymaster on 6 May 1846, becoming Paymaster in February 1854 and retired in October 1877. He was advanced to Fleet Paymaster on the Retired List in February 1886 and is shown in the Navy List as having won the ‘Gold Telegraph Medal’. He died on 4 January 1891 and was buried at Highlands Road Cemetery, Southsea.

Three: Fleet Paymaster W. M. Shanks, Royal Navy

CHINA 1842 (W. M. Shanks Clerk, H.M.S. Endymion) fitted with contemporary silver swivel-ring bar suspension and silver top suspension brooch; CRIMEA 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (W. M. Shanks, Paymr.) officially impressed naming, fitted with silver top suspension brooch; TURKISH CRIMEA, Sardinian issue, unnamed, fitted with contemporary silver swivel-ring bar suspension and silver top suspension brooch, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (3)

£600-700

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Pair: Sergeant-Major J. Sperryn, 68th Bengal Native Infantry

SUTLEJ 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846 (Qr Mr. Serjt. J: Sperryn 68th regt. N:I:); INDIAN ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, V.R., H.E.I.C. issue (Serjeant Major J. Sperryn, 68th N.I. 9th Feby. 1855) some edge bruising, otherwise better than very fine anda scarce pair (2) £1000-1200

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Thomas Knox was born in Glasgow, date unknown, and joined the Indian Navy on 22 January 1845 as a 3rd Class Engineer. He arrived in India, 24 June 1845; 2nd Class Engineer, 1 June 1848, and served aboard the Napier with the Indus Flotilla during the Punjabcampaign; promoted to 1st Class Engineer, 1 December 1851. Was on Furlough to the U.K. on sick leave for 2 years from 13 September 1862, and died at Bombay on 28 February 1856.

Sold with some research.

Pair: Thomas Knox, First Class Engineer, Royal Indian Marine

PUNJAB 1848-49, no clasp (2nd Class Engr. T. Knox, Ind. Flot.) officially impressed naming, initial corrected; INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Thos. Knox. 1st Cl. Engineer. “Moozuffer”) good very fine and scarce (2) £500-600

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Henry Lemmen was born c.1830 in Shoulham, Norfolk. In the 1881 Census his occupation his listed as ‘Sergt. Gren. Gds. (Tailor)’, living with his wife and two daughters at Vauxhall Bridge Road, Westminster.

Three: Sergeant H. Lemmen, Grenadier Guards

CRIMEA 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (6164 Henry Lemmen, 3rd Battn. Grenr. Guards) depot impressed naming; ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (Sergt. H. Lemmen, Grendr. Guards); TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, Sardinian issue (6164 H. Lemmen, 3rd. Batt. Gren. Guards) impressed naming, pierced with ring suspension, with some edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3) £280-320

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Richard Smith was born at Landport, Hampshire, on 14 August 1833, and joined the Navy as a Landsman aboard H.M.S. Victory on 5April 1853. He served in the Crimea with the Royal Naval Brigade landed from H.M.S. Leander, and in China as an Able Seaman aboard H.M.S. Amethyst. For some reason he changed branches to become a stoker in June 1859, being advanced to Leading Stoker whilst serving aboard H.M.S. Asia in January 1862. He completed his service as a Leading Stoker and was finally discharged to Shore on 3 April 1873, having once again joined Asia in January 1871.

Sold with copied record of service.

Three: Leading Stoker Richard Smith, Royal Navy

CRIMEA 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (R. Smith, A.B. R.N.B. H.M.S. Leander) contemporary engraved naming; CHINA 1857-60, no clasp, unnamed as issued; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Rd. Smith Leadg. Stokr. H.M.S. Asia 20 Yrs.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (3) £400-500

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Edwin Gange, who was born in Bristol, enlisted in the 56th Regiment in January 1839 and was appointed a Drummer in July 1842, inwhich capacity he served for the remainder of his career, including the Sebastopol operations in the Crimea. Awarded his L.S. & G.C. in April 1857, and having also seen service in South America, he was discharged at Colchester in August 1860, aged 40 years, his intended place of residence being Camberwell, London.

Sold with copied discharge papers.

Pair: Drummer E. Gange, 56th Regiment

CRIMEA 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (1630 Dr. Edwin Gange, 56th Regt.), contemporary engraved naming; ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., 2nd issue, large letter reverse (No. 1360 Drummer E. Gange, 56th Regt.), note slightly different number, the first with wear to naming details as a result of edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine, the second with re-riveted suspension claw but otherwise generally very fine (2) £300-350

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Pair: Armourer Sergeant J. Honnor, 50th Regiment

CRIMEA 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Armr. Serjt. Jh. Honnor, 50th), regimentally impressed namingwith erasure after ‘50th’, last clasp loose on riband; TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, Sardinian issue (Joseph Honnor), engraved naming, the first with contact marks, edge bruising and rubbed naming, fine or better, the second very fine (2)

£500-600

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Thomas Clitherow was born in May 1828 in the Parish of Bitton, near Bristol. He enlisted into the 69th Regiment on 6 April 1846, aged18 years. Clitherow was tried and imprisoned by the civil powers for assault, 23 December 1852-21 January 1853; he then deserted hisregiment, 2-29 August 1853, for which he was tried and imprisoned, 2 September-27 October 1853.

On 28 February 1854 he was transferred to the 4th Regiment. With them he served in the Crimean War, the suppression of the IndianMutiny and in the Abyssinian expedition.

He was discharged on 31 March 1868, having served over 16 years overseas. Army records indicate he was still receiving a pension inJanuary 1906.

With a quantity of copied research including service papers. Medals contained in modern wooden box with 4th Regiment button and copy badge.

Three: Private T. Clitherow, 4th Regiment

CRIMEA 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol T. Clitherow, 4th Regt.) officially impressed naming; INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, no clasp (T. Clitherow, 1st Batn. 4th Regt.) scratch to Queen’s neck; ABYSSINIA 1867 (3361 T. Clithero,1st Battn. 4th The K.O.R. Regt.) note variation in surname, slight edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine (3)

£750-850

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Joseph Moss was born in the Parish of St. Mary’s, Huntingdon c. 1828. A Pile maker by occupation, he enlisted into the 20th Regimenton 15 November 1842. With the regiment he served in Nova Scotia and Canada, June 1847-June 1853 and then in the Crimea, September 1854-April 1856, being advanced to Corporal in October 1851, Serjeant in January 1855 and Colour Serjeant in April 1856.For his services throughout the Crimean War he was awarded the Queen’s medal with four clasps; the Turkish medal and the French Medaille Militaire. His citation, taken from Medals of the British Army, by Carter reads:

‘Landed in the Crimea on the 14th of September, 1854. Was present at the three actions. Brought prominently to notice at the battle of Inkermann, and was through the whole of the siege operations, without missing a single tour of duty.’

Returning to England, Moss purchased his discharge by the payment of £5 on 6 September 1856. Research indicates that this unexpected move by a distinguished soldier, who had a promising military career ahead of him, was brought about by his being passedover for promotion to Serjeant-Major by a more junior N.C.O. After leaving the Army, Moss was then employed as a Warden at the Military Prison at Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire and went on to marry Eliza Johnson at Long Buckby, Northamptonshire on 12 July 1859. Prospering in his new career, the 1881 Census gives his occupation as ‘Military Prison Superintendent and Gate Porter’. Latterlyemployed as a Timekeeper at Messrs. Gurteen & Sons and living in Quakers Lane, Haverhill, Surrey, he died at Guys Hospital on 17 August 1890, aged 63 years, having suffered from cancer of the tongue. Moss was buried in the churchyard of St. Mary & St. Benedict,Huntingdon on 20 August 1890.

An article on Joseph Moss appeared in the December 2010/January 2011 edition of Medal News - ‘A Decorated Soldier of the 20th Foot’, by Kenneth Marsh.

With a folder containing the magazine and comprehensive copied research.

A Crimean War ‘Medaille Militaire’ group of three awarded to Colour Serjeant J. Moss, 20th Regiment

CRIMEA 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Colr. Serjeant J. Moss, XXth Regiment) engraved naming; FRANCE, MEDAILLE MILITAIRE, 2nd Empire, 2nd type, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, with a scroll suspension fitted with a star and crescent, slight contact marks, very fine (3) £800-1000

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During the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, Ordinary Seaman Green served in No. 4 Brigade of the Indian Naval Brigade on the books of H.M. Pendant Vessel Calcutta. Volunteer Force L.S. Medal awarded to Volunteer W. Green, Northern Bengal Mounted Riflesby I.A.O. of 5 September 1904.


Three: Ordinary Seaman W. Green, Indian Marine

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (W. Green, O.S., Punjaub, S.F.); INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, no clasp (W. Green, O.S., In. Nl. Bde. H.M.P.V. Calcutta); VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE (India) E.VII.R. (Voltr. W. Green, N.B.M. Rifles)engraved naming, first two with edge bruising and heavy contact marks, good fine and better, scarce (3) £1200-1500

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Rup Singh was a Garhwali who enlisted into the 5th Goorkha Regiment on 9 March 1851. He was promoted to Naik for gallantry at Delhi, 1 July 1857; Havildar, 1 December 1857; Jemadar, 2 May 1867; Subadar, 1 May 1870.

Of the qualities of the Garhwali as a fighting man, Major Sym, officiating 2nd in command, 5th Goorkha Regiment, wrote in 1880: ‘TheGurhwali is a far better man than the Kumaoni in every way, and I don’t think that the later class as a rule is worth enlisting. We have now four Gurhwali native officers, and three of these are about the best we have. Some years ago, Subadar Roop Sing was transferred from our regiment to the Guides. He was also a Gurhwali, and if he had lived, he would have been made a Subadar-Major. Jenkins considered him to be the best native officer they had ever had; but he was killed last December in the attack on the Koh Asmai.’

Subadar 1st Class Rup Singh, senior Indian officer of the Gurkha Company of the Guides Infantry was killed leading his company at theAsmai Heights, north of Kabul, on 14 December 1879.

‘On the morning of the 14th December the Guides Infantry were again attached to Brigadier-General Baker’s Brigade and engaged in storming the Asmai heights. The advance column, consisting of 72nd Highlanders, detachment 92nd Highlanders, and Guides Infantry,was under the orders of Colonel Jenkins, C.B. [Guides]

After crossing some deep ditches and marshy ground, under fire of the enemy, a conical hill west of the Asmai heights was taken possession of. Colonel Jenkins was ordered to leave a sufficient force to hold this and then proceed with the remainder to storm the enemy’s main position on the Asmai heights. Accordingly A Company, under Subadar Gulabu, was left at this point, with a company of72nd Highlanders.

The first position held by the enemy was a very strong one, and the enemy fought very determinedly. The Guides, working round on the right, the position was eventually taken by a simultaneous rush of the Highlanders and the Guides, the enemy being driven out withsevere loss.

Captain F. G. Battye was here dangerously wounded while gallantly leading a party of the Guides. Shortly after Subadar Rup Singh (Gurkha) was killed and Subadar Jowalla Singh (Sikh) dangerously wounded. The enemy were pursued and driven along the Asmai heights, towards the Kabul city, and suffered severely, at the same time they inflicted heavy loss on the pursuers.’ (Ref: Historical Records of the Queen’s Own Corps of Guides)

Sold with research including copied record of service which confirms medal and clasps and additional entitlement to the clasp for Jowaki 1877-78.

A rare group of three awarded to Subadar Rup Singh, Queen’s Own Corps of Guides, late 5th Goorkhas, who was promoted for gallantry in the field at Delhi and killed in action on the Asmai Heights, Kabul, in December 1879

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Havildar Roop Singh Poonan 5th Goorkha Regt.); INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Naick Roop Sing Corps of “Guides”); AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, 2 clasps, Ali Musjid, Kabul (Subr. Rup Singh Corps of Guides Infy.) light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise generally very fine or better (3) £6000-8000

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Pair: Quartermaster Sergeant W. Tynan, Suffolk Regiment

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (2119 Pte., 1st Bn. Suff. R.); QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (2119 Q.M. Sgt., 1st Suffolk Regt.) good very fine and better (2) £180-220

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Three: Private J. McGhee, Border Regiment

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-5 (3044 2d Bn. Border Regt.); QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (3044 Pte., 1st Border Regt.) surname corrected; KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (3044 Pte., Border Regt.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3)

£280-320

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Pair: Bugler Nihala, 2nd Punjab Infantry

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 2 clasps, Samana 1891, Waziristan 1894-5 (4656 Bugler Nihala, 2d Punjab Infy.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 4 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98, Waziristan 1901-2, Relief of Chitral 1895 (4656 Bugler Nihala, 2d Punjab Infy.), suspension claw loose on the second, contact marks and edge bruising, good fine and better (2) £400-500

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Pair: Armourer Sergeant Edward Rhodes, Royal Artillery

INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Sg. Smith Edwd. Rhodes, Rl. H. Art.); ABYSSINIA 1867 (Armr. Sergt. E. Rhodes, Rl. Arty.) contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £400-450

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George Hammond was born in West Itchester, Sussex on 13 February 1842. He entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 1st Class on 2 May 1859. He was promoted to Ordinary Seaman 2nd Class in November 1860; Ordinary Seaman in July 1861; Able Seaman in May 1862;Leading Seaman in January 1867; 2nd Captain of the Fore Top in April 1867; Captain of the Forecastle in September 1872; Petty Officer 1st Class in March 1875 and Boatswain in October 1875. Hammond was discharged to a pension on 2 December 1887 and died on 4 November 1928. With some copied research.

Four: Boatswain G. Hammond, Royal Navy

ABYSSINIA 1867 (G. Hammond, 2nd Capn. F. Top, H.M.S. Argus) suspension refixed; EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (G. Hammond, Bo’sn., R.N., H.M.S. “Wye”); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Ge. Hammond, Bosn. Mte. H.M.S. Excellent); KHEDIVE’S STAR 1882, unnamed, good very fine (4) £450-500

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James William Grant was born in the Parish of St Martin’s, St Helier, Jersey, on 9 January 1847, and joined the Royal Navy on 10 January 1861. He served aboard Active from October 1873 to April 1877, being promoted to Ship’s Corporal 1st Class in June 1875. He received his L.S. & G.C. medal in July 1881, and was Shore Pensioned on 8 February 1885. Sold with copied record of service.

Pair: Ship’s Corporal J. W. Grant, Royal Navy

ASHANTEE 1873-74, no clasp (J. W. Grant. Ship’s Corpl. H.M.S. Active. 73-74); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Jas. Wm. Grant. Sh. Corpl. 1st Cl. H.M.S. Duke of Wellington) impressed naming, extremely fine (2)

£250-300

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Pair: Ship’s Corporal John R. Hall, Royal Navy

SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, no clasp (J. R. Hall. S. Corpl. 2.C. H.M.S. “Himalaya”); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (John R. Hall. Sh. Corpl. 1st Class H.M.S. Himalaya) impressed naming, good very fine (2) £250-300

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Four: Private W. Ladyson, Kimberley Town Guard, late Kimberley Horse

SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Troopr., Kimbly. Horse); CAPE OF GOOD HOPE GENERAL SERVICE 1880-97, 1 clasp, Basutoland (Pte., Kimberley Hse.); QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Kimberley (Pte., Kimberley Town Gd.); MAYOR OF KIMBERLEY’S STAR 1899-1900, reverse with date hallmark letter ‘a’, lacking brooch bar, good very fine(4) £750-850

1260

William Watson was born in Warminster, Wiltshire. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the Royal Artillery on 20 July 1875, aged19 years. He served overseas at the Cape of Good Hope, February-October 1879 and India, October 1879-November 1887. Awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. with gratuity in 1894. Discharged with a pension at Chatham on 19 July 1896, having completed his second period of service. With copied service papers.

Pair: Gunner W. Watson, Royal Artillery

SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (1107 Gunr., N/6th R.A.) suspension slightly bent; ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., small reverse letters (16184 Gunr., R.A.) contact marks, about very fine (2) £420-460

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Three: Gunner Charles Ward, Royal Artillery

AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (2387 Gunr. C. Ward. 6/8th Bde. R.A.); KABUL TO KANDAHAR STAR 1880 (2387 Gunner Chas. Ward 6th Battery 8th Bde. R.A.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (18177 Gunr. C. Ward, 9/1stBde. Northn. Div. R.A.) good very fine (3) £400-500

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Pair: Private A. Turner, 9th Lancers

AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, 2 clasps, Kabul, Kandahar (1823 Pte. A. Turner, 9th Lancers); KABUL TO KANDAHAR STAR 1880 (1823 Private A. Turner 9th Lancers) very fine (2) £450-500

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Frederick Gilmour was born in Winchester and enlisted into the 9th Lancers at Aldershot on 31 May 1871, aged 18 years. He was discharged medically unfit in the rank of Sergeant at Canterbury on 1 September 1885, and died at Winchester on 20 December 1892,aged 37 years. Sold with copied discharge papers and other research.

Pair: Corporal Frederick Gilmour, 9th Lancers

AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, 2 clasps, Kabul, Kandahar (1361 Corpl. F. Gilmour. 9th Lancers) fitted with engraved silver suspension brooch; KABUL TO KANDAHAR STAR 1880 (1361 Corpl. F. Gilmour. 9th Lancers) pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £450-500

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Pair: Private W. Butler, 2/60th Foot

AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, 2 clasps, Ahmed Khel, Kandahar (1025 Pte. W. Butler. 2/60th Foot); KABUL TO KANDAHAR STAR 1880 (1023 Private W. Butler 2/60 Foot) good very fine (2) £400-500

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Pair: Private J. Lansley, 9th Lancers

AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, 3 clasps, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (1661 Pte. J. Lansley, 9th Lancers); KABUL TO KANDAHAR STAR 1880 (1661 Private J. Lansley 9th Lancers) contact marks and pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £500-600

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The award of the recipient’s L.S. & G.C. Medal was announced in the Cape of Good Hope Gazette of 26 January 1900 and he was discharged in May 1902.

A scarce Cape of Good Hope L.S. & G.C. group of four awarded to Sergeant W. Webster, Cape Mounted Rifles

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE GENERAL SERVICE 1880-97, 1 clasp, Basutoland (Pte. W. Webster, C.M. Rifn.); QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (105 Serjt. W. Webster, Cape M.R.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (105 Serjt. W. Webster, Cape M.R.); CAPE OF GOOD HOPE L.S. & G.C., V.R. (3/Cl. Sgt. W. Webster, C.M. Rifles), generally good very fine and rare (4) £850-950

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Ex Upfill-Brown Collection, B.D.W. December 1991.

Approximately 40 Edward VII Cape of Good Hope L.S. & G.C. awarded.

A rare Edward VII Cape of Good Hope L.S. & G.C. pair awarded to Private F. Baum, Cape Mounted Rifles

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE GENERAL SERVICE 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (1782 Pte., C.M. Rif.); CAPE OF GOOD HOPE L.S.& G.C.,E.VII.R. (1782 Pte., Cape M.R.), mounted for display, contact marks, very fine (2) £700-800

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Andrew Lloyd was born on 22 December 1833. He entered the Royal Navy as an Assistant Engineer 3rd Class on 14 April 1855. Advanced to Engineer in April 1862; Chief Engineer in August 1874 and Fleet Engineer in November 1882. He retired in April 1886.With copied service papers.

Pair: Chief Engineer A. Lloyd, Royal Navy

EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (A. Lloyd, Ch. Engr. R.N., H.M.S. “Malabar”); KHEDIVE’S STAR, 1882, unnamed, nearly extremely fine (2) £220-260

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Daniel William Cross Griffin was born in Clerkenwell in 1855. Appointed an Assistant Engineer in the Royal Navy on 23 September 1876 and promoted to Engineer in September 1891; Senior Engineer in January 1894; Fleet Engineer in January 1898; Engineer Commander in January 1904 and Engineer Captain in August 1908. Captain Griffin retired from the Royal Navy on 29 June 1911 and lived at 10 Portland Terrace, Southsea, Hampshire. He died on 24 December 1926. With copied service notes and other research.

Pair: Engineer Captain D. Griffin, Royal Navy

EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (D. Griffin, Engr., R.N., H.M.S. “Minotaur”); KHEDIVE’S STAR, 1882, unnamed, very fine (2) £240-280

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Thomas Burnett was born on 22 August 1833. Appointed an Assistant Engineer 3rd Class in the Royal Navy on 10 October 1855, he was promoted to 2nd Class in November 1859 and 1st Class in April 1861. His rank was re-titled ‘Engineer’ in January 1863 and he was advanced to Chief Engineer in July 1876. Burnett served on Achilles, August 1881-August 1883. He retired on 3 September 1883. Latterly living at 52 Lethbridge Road, Southport, Lancashire; he died on 16 February 1921. With copied service paper and other research.

Pair: Chief Engineer T. Burnett, Royal Navy

EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (T. Burnett, Ch. Engr., R.N., H.M.S. “Achilles”); KHEDIVE’S STAR, 1882, unnamed, nearly extremely fine (2) £220-260

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Pair: Bugler J. Millett, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (142 Bugr., 2/D. of C.L.I.); KHEDIVE’S STAR, 1882, unnamed, some edgebruising and contact marks, about very fine (2) £140-180

1272

Pair: Commissioned Boatman R. Owens, H.M. Coast Guard, late Royal Navy

EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (A.B., H.M.S. “Northumberland”); ROYAL NAVY, L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Richd. Owens, Commd. Btm. H.M. Coast Guard) edge bruising, pitting, good fine (2) £140-180

1273

Henry Mark Mogg was born in Weymouth, Dorset on 1 March 1859. He entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 5 August 1874and was advanced to Boy 1st Class in December 1875. He was promoted to Ordinary Seaman 2nd Class in March 1877 when on Hercules; to Ordinary Seaman 1st Class in July 1877 when on Excellent and to Able Seaman in September 1879 when on the Duke ofWellington. As Yeoman of Stores he served on the Minotaur, April 1882-June 1886. Transferred to the Coast Guard, he served as a Boatman, July 1886-June 1891 and became a Commissioned Boatman in that service on 8 June 1891 - serving at Lydd, Galloway, Newhaven and Stubbington. Pensioned ashore in September 1901, he joined the R.F.R. on 23 August 1902 and was dicharged due to his age on 28 February 1909. With copied service paper.

Three: Commissioned Boatman H. Mogg, H.M. Coast Guard, late Yeoman of Stores, Royal Navy

EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Yeo. Stores, H.M.S. “Minotaur”); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrowsuspension (Commd. Boatn., H.M. Coast Guard); KHEDIVE’S STAR, 1882, unnamed, some contact marks, very fine and better (3) £220-260

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Four: Chief Yeoman of Signals H. Field, Royal Navy

EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Sign. 2 Cl., H.M.S. “Seahorse”); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (104441 C.Y.S., R.N.) late issue; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (104441 Henry Field, Ch. Yeo. Sigs., H.M.S. Research); KHEDIVE’S STAR 1882, unnamed, mounted as worn, first with some pitting, very fine and better (4) £180-220

1275

85 ‘Alexandria’ clasps awarded to the despatch boat Helicon.

James John Newstead was born in Blowfield, Norfolk on 30 November 1861. He entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 21 May 1878, being advanced to Boy 1st Class in May 1879. He was promoted to Ordinary Seaman 2nd Class in December 1879 when on Helicon and Ordinary Seaman in May 1880 when on Cruiser. He served on Helicon again, March 1882-September 1884, seeing action at Alexandria and being advanced to Able Seaman in April 1882 and Leading Seaman in January 1884. In December 1889 he was posted to the Coast Guard and served on the North Irish coast. Awarded the Long Service medal in August 1890 and gratuity in May 1904. Served throughout the war and paid a war gratuity. Demobilised on 28 June 1919. With copied service paper.

Three: Leading Seaman J. J. Newstead, Royal Navy

EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (A.B., H.M.S. “Helicon”); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C.,V.R., narrow suspension (Boatman, H.M. Coast Guard); KHEDIVE’S STAR, 1882, unnamed, pitted, good fine (3) £240-280

1276

William Larman originally enlisted in the Highland Light Infantry as a boy soldier aged 14 years in December 1871 and was appointeda Bandsman in July 1881, shortly before his participation in the Egypt operations of 1882, including the battle of Tel-el-Kebir. Transferring as a Drummer to the 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, in December 1883, he was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medalin April 1890 and was finally discharged in May 1894; sold with copied attestation and discharge papers.

Three: Drummer W. Larman, Royal West Kent Regiment, late Highland Light Infantry

EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (1805 Bandn. W. Larman, 2/High. L.I.); ARMY L.S. & G.C.,V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (811 Drumr. W. Larman, R.W. Kent R.); KHEDIVE’S STAR, 1882, naming partially worn as a result of edge bruising on the first, contact marks, good fine or better (3) £250-300

1277

Joseph Loder, who was born in Shoreditch, London, and originally enlisted in the 4th Regiment as a boy soldier aged 14 years in April1871, transferred to the York & Lancaster Regiment in October 1874 and was appointed a Drummer in September 1879. Remaining employed in that capacity for the remainder of his career, he witnessed active service in the 1st Battalion in the Sudan in 1884, including the actions at El-Teb and Tamaai, and was discharged on the termination of his second period of engagement in April 1892; sold with copied attestation and discharge papers, and medal roll verification.

Three: Drummer J. Loder, York & Lancaster Regiment

EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, El-Teb-Tamaai (595 Drumr. J. Loder, 1/York & Lanc. R.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (595 Drumr. J. Loder, York & Lanc. R.); KHEDIVE’S STAR, 1884, the reverse officially impressed, ‘595 Drummer J. Loder, 1st Y. & L. R.’, contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine or better (3) £300-350

1278

Henry Alfred Evans was born on 22 August 1856. Served as Assistant Engineer of the Orontes during the Egyptian War of 1882; also ofthe Jumna. Served in the operations near Suakin, 1884. He died on 17 May 1891. With copied service paper.

Pair: Assistant Engineer H. A. Evans, Royal Navy

EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1884 (H. A. Evans, Asst. Engr., R.N., H.M.S. “Orontes”) clasp loose on ribbon; KHEDIVE’S STAR, 1882, unnamed, nearly extremely fine (2) £220-260

1279

Three: Bandmaster H. Pipe, East Yorkshire Regiment, late Royal Sussex Regiment

EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (28?6 Pte., 1/R. S.... R); ARMY L.S. & G.C., V.R., smallreverse letters (2015 Sergt., R. Suss. R.); KHEDIVE’S STAR, 1882, unnamed, mounted as worn from a silver brooch bar, first pitted, some edge bruising, good fine and better (3) £340-380

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Henry John Pipe was born in London. He enlisted into the 35th Regiment at Westminster on 8 January 1873, aged 14 years. Appointeda Bandsman with the regiment in January 1876. He attained the rank of Sergeant in June 1890. Transferred to the East Yorkshire Regiment as Bandmaster on 20 November 1894. He was discharged having given notice on 31 March 1907 in order to take up an appointment at the Royal Naval School of Music - where he served for 13 years. Served extensively abroad in the West Indies, October1875-February 1879; Malta, March 1879-October 1880; Cyprus, October 1880-September 1882; Egypt, September 1882-September 1885 and again, February-November 1895; India, November 1895-February 1896. Pipe died in East Southsea on 18 February 1924. Hewas the father of Captain Edward Francis, M.C., East Yorkshire Regiment.

With copied service papers, modern photographs of his headstone and other research.

German Osbiston was born in Hazlewood, Derbyshire in October 1859 and enlisted in the 20th Hussars in June 1878. Embarked for Egypt & the Sudan in February 1885, he was present in the Suakin operations, including the battle of Ginnis. He returned to the U.K. inJuly 1886 and was finally discharged in August 1894, after several years on the Army Reserve, and settled in Litchurch, near Derby; sold with a large file of research, including extensive account of the many engagements fought by the 10th Hussars in Suakin operations of 1885.

Pair: Private G. Osbiston, 20th Hussars

EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (1554 Pte. G. Osbiston, 20th Husrs.); KHEDIVE’S STAR, 1884-6, good very fine (2) £240-280

1281

Sold with brief service details and copied medal roll verification.

Pair: Sergeant C. Denning, Welch Regiment

EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Gemaizah 1888 (395 Sergt. C. Denning, 1/Welch R.); KHEDIVE’S STAR,undated, the reverse officially impressed ‘395’ and ‘Wel.’, the first with contact marks, otherwise generally very fine (2)

£250-300

1282

Colonel Edmund John Hollway entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 31 May 1915. Served as Commandant of the Lines of Communication. With copied m.i.c. and some other research.

Six: Colonel E. J. Hollway, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut., 2/D. of C.L.I.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Major, 1/D. C.L.I.) engraved in the distinctive style of the regiment, official correction to first initial of name; 1914-15 STAR (Col.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Col.); KHEDIVE’S STAR 1882, unnamed, mounted as worn, first two with contact marks, nearly very fine and better (6) £600-700

1283

107151 Private John Pring Champion, 2nd Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles, died on 30 June 1916, aged 22 years. He was buried inthe Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester. He was the son of Mrs Elizabeth Champion of Ivy Cottage, Harcombe, Uplyme, Devon.

His younger brother, Gordon Edward Champion was born in 1896.

Family group:

Five: Company Sergeant-Major J. Champion, Royal EngineersEGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (18725 Sapr., ..... R.E.) edge bruising, pitting; QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, Cape Colony (18725 Co. Sjt. Maj., R.E.) last clasp connected by cotton; KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (18725 C. Sjt-Maj., R.E.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (18725 C. Sergt.-Maj., R.E.); KHEDIVE’S STAR 1884-6, unnamed, solder mark on reverse, edgebruising, nearly very fine and better

Three: Private J. Champion, 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles, who died on 30 June 1916BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (107151 Pte., 2-C.M.R.); CANADIAN MEMORIAL CROSS, G.V.R. (107151 Pte. J. Champion)

Pair: Sapper G. E. Champion, Royal EngineersBRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (22282 Spr., R.E.); together with a Royal Engineers cap badge, nearly extremely fine (11)

£450-550

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John Jones was born at Monkton, Pembrokehire on 14 July 1857. He joined the Royal Navy as an Engineering Student in July 1872 andwas appointed an Assistant Engineer in the Royal Navy on 1 July 1878. He served on the gunboat Condor, August 1880-February 1884,being present at the bombardment of Alexandria, 11 July 1882. In the action, the Condor, commanded by Lord Charles Beresford, wentto the assistance of the Temeraire which had grounded during the attack; she then sailed close in to attack the forts at Maza-el-Kanat and Fort Marabout. When the guns of the latter fort were silenced, the flagship signalled ‘Well done Condor’. Whilst still on the ship Jones was promoted to Engineer in September 1883. Jones was promoted to Chief Engineer in January 1891 when on Blanche; Fleet Engineer in June 1897 when on Jupiter and Engineer Commander in February 1901 when on the Duke of Wellington. From August 1907 he was borne on the books of President as Chief Inspector of Coals, South Wales.

He retired with the rank of Engineer Captain in May 1912 but was retained for a further seven years as Chief Inspector of Coals.

With copied service paper, engineering qualification certificates and other research.

Three: Engineer Captain J. Jones, Royal Navy, Assistant Engineer of Lord Beresford’s Condor at the bombardment of Alexandria

EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (Asst. Engr., R.N., H.M.S. “Condor”); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20, (Eng. Capt., R.N.); KHEDIVES STAR, 1882, unnamed, first with contact marks, very fine and better (3)

£350-400

1285

Joseph Frederick Marshall was born in Aldershot on 19 July 1863. He served in the Royal Navy during the periods: March 1882; February 1884-January 1886; January-March 1902, and June 1905-July 1927. Served during the Great War as a ‘General Messman.’ Awarded the Long Service Medal in July 1919.

With copied service papers and other research.

Five: Officer’s Chief Steward J. F. Marshall, Royal Navy

EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Alexandria 11th July, Suakin 1885 (Capt. Servt., H.M.S. Iris); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (117997 Gl. Msmn. R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (117997 Off. Ch. Std., H.M.S.Victory); VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE, E.VII.R. (5324 Q.M. Sjt., 16/Middx. V.R.C.) impressed naming; KHEDIVE’S STAR, 1882, unnamed, mounted as worn, first pitted, some edge bruising and contact marks, good fine and better, an unusualcombination (6) £360-400

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William Richardson was born in Sunderland in February 1869 and enlisted in the Royal Navy as an Engine Room Artificer 4th Class inMarch 1894, shortly after which he joined the cruiser H.M.S. Philomel and was present in the Benin operations of 1897. Advanced to E.R.A. 2nd Class in March 1901 and to E.R.A. 1st Class in January 1906, but having forfeited his right to the L.S. & G.C. Medal throughsome misdemeanour committed in 1900, he was invalided ashore in April 1913 as a result of a diseased eye. With the advent of hostilities in August 1914, however, he volunteered for further service, and was ordered to join the armoured cruiser Hogue, and it wasin this capacity that he was killed in action on 22 September 1914, when the U-9 famously sunk ‘three before breakfast’.

At that time, the Hogue, together with her sister ships the Aboukir and Cressy, part of the 7th Cruiser Squadron, were engaged in blockade and patrol duties in the southern part of the North Sea. At 6.30 a.m. on 22 September, the Aboukir was torpedoed by the U-9and, believing that the ship had struck a mine, the Hogue and Cressy stopped to rescue the survivors, oblivious of the danger lurking beneath the waves. Shortly afterwards, torpedoes from the U-9 also sent the Hogue and then the Cressy to the bottom, the total loss of life amounting to some 1,400 officers and ratings; sold with extensive research.

Four: Engine Room Artificer 1st Class W. Richardson, Royal Navy, a Benin 1897 veteran who was killed in action in H.M.S. Hogue in September 1914

EAST AND WEST AFRICA 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (W. Richardson, E.R.A. 4 Cl., H.M.S. Philomel); 1914-15 STAR (268055 W. Richardson, E.R.A. 1, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (268055 W. Richardson, E.R.A. 1, R.N.), together with related MEMORIAL PLAQUE 1914-18 (William Richardson), edge bruise to the first and the second with re-impressed naming, polished and naming details therefore rubbed overall, thus nearly very fine (5) £600-800

1287

83 ‘Witu 1890’ clasps to H.M.S. Brisk.

Three: Sergeant A. E. Bowles, Royal Marine Artillery

EAST AND WEST AFRICA 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu 1890 (Bugler, R.M.A., H.M.S. Brisk); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (R.M.A.2716 Sgt.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Lce. Sergt., No. 2716 R.M.A.) first and last with contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3) £200-240

1288

Pair: Private W. G. Sheeran, Lincolnshire Regiment

QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98 (2468 Pte. W. G. Sheeran, 1/Linc: R.); KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896-1908, 1 clasp, The Atbara (2468 Pte.W. G. Sheeran, 1st Bn. Lincoln: Regt.) lacquered, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise, nearly very fine (2)

£350-400

1289

Pair: Private T. Lodge, Cameron Highlanders

QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98 (3233 Pte: T. Lodge 1/Cam: Hrs:); KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (3233 Pte. Lodge 1 Cam. Highrs) good very fine (2) £350-400

1290

Alexander McKay was born in Glasgow. A Miner by occupation, he attested for the Seaforth Highlanders at Glasgow on 29 October 1892, aged 22 years. He served in Malta, January-March 1897; then in the occupation of Crete, March-November 1897. After further service in Malta, November 1897-January 1898, he was posted to Egypt and Sudan, January 1898-January 1903. Attaining the rank of Colour Sergeant, he was discharged at his own request on 2 May 1912. He rejoined the Seaforth Highlanders in September 1914 and served throughout the war at ‘Home’. As Acting Company Sergeant-Major he was discharged on 13 April 1918 as ‘no longer physicallyfit for war service.’

With associated card and four photographs; together with a quantity of copied service papers.

Four: Colour Serjeant A. McKay, Seaforth Highlanders

QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98 (4368 Cpl., 1/Sea. Hrs.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (4368 Sergt., 1st Bn. Sea. Highrs.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (4368 C. Sjt., Seaforth Hdrs.); KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896-1908, 2 clasps,The Atbara, Khartoum (4368 Corpl., 1st Seath. Highrs.) contact marks, some edge bruising, nearly very fine (4)

£360-400

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Serjeant Harry Knight, R.F.A. entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 30 July 1915. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star and Victory Medal. With copied m.i.c.

Five: Battery Quartermaster Serjeant H. Knight, Royal Field Artillery

QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98 (18381 Gr., R.A.); QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein (18381 Gnr., 65th Bty. R.F.A.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (54222 A-W.O. Cl.II, R.A.); ARMY L.S.& G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6452947 B.Q.M. Sjt., R.F.A.); KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (18381 Gr., 37th Bty. R.A.) contact marks, nearly very fine and better (5) £320-360

1292

Arthur Ernest Conlan was born in the Parish of St. Nicholas, Newport, Isle of Wight on 2 January 1875. He enlisted into the LancashireFusiliers at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight on 27 March 1889, as a boy aged 14 years, 1 month and served as a Bandsman. He was promoted to Lance-Corporal in January 1894, Corporal in July 1897 and Sergeant in April 1898. As a Bandsman he was particularly adept with the clarinet, flute and piccolo. With the 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers he served overseas in India, December 1889-January 1898; Egypt and Sudan, January-October 1898; Crete, October-December 1898; Malta, December 1898-September 1899; and South Africa,December 1899-October 1902. As a Sergeant Drummer, Conlan took his discharge, after giving three months notice, on 19 July 1911.Prior to the Great War he was Bandmaster of the Isle of Wight Rifles (8th Battalion Hampshire Regiment). With the start of the Great War and being employed as a Musician in civil life, he attested for the Army Reserve (Special Reserve) at Newport on 31 October 1914, aged 39 years. Posted to the Lancashire Fusiliers, in December 1914 he was appointed Colour Sergeant and shortly afterwards, Company Quartermaster Sergeant in the 13th Battalion. In July 1916 he was posted as Colour Sergeant to the 1st Battalion and servedwith the B.E.F., 21 July-2 August 1916. After his short sojourn at the front he returned to England having been appointed to the rank ofCompany Quartermaster Sergeant with the Training Reserve. C.Q.M.S. Conlan was transferred to the Army Reserve in March 1917 andwas discharged on demobilisation on 13 January 1919. Living at 17 Cæsars Road, Newport and employed as a Musician, he once moreattested for the Isle of Wight Rifles (8th Battalion Hampshire Regiment (T.A.)) on 2 August 1923 and served with them until August 1927, again as conductor of the band. Latterly employed as a Police Officer at Messrs. Sanders-Roe Aircraft Works in East Cowes, Conlan died of heart disease on 7 November 1943, aged 68 years. With a quantity of copied research, including service papers, roll and newspaper extracts.

Seven: Company Quartermaster Sergeant A. E. Conlan, Lancashire Fusiliers, Bandmaster of the Isle of Wight Rifles

QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98 (2971 Pte. A. Conlan, 2/Lan. Fus.); QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (2971 Sgt. A. Conlan, Lanc. Fus.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (2971 Serjt. A. Colan, Lanc. Fus.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (6876 C. Sjt. A. E. Colan, Lan. Fus.); TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-18 (6876 C. Sjt. A. E. Conlan, Lan. Fus.); KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum(2971 Corpl. A. Conlan, 2nd L.F.) engraved naming, mounted as worn, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (7) £600-700

1293

Seven: Able Seaman A. J. Barrick, Royal Navy

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (A.B., H.M.S. Magicienne) small impressed naming; AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE 1902-56, 1 clasp, Jubaland (A.B., H.M.S. Magicienne); 1914-15 STAR (159674 A.B., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS

(159674 A.B., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (159674 Boatn., H.M. Coast Guard); MARINE SOCIETY REWARD OF MERIT (Arthur J. Barrick, 17th February 1898) silver, contact marks, some edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (7)

£400-500

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Arthur James Barrick was born on 22 September 1874 at Bethnal Green, London. After serving on the training ship Warspite, he enteredthe Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in March 1891, being advanced to Boy 1st Class in February 1892. He was promoted to Ordinary Seaman in September 1892 when on Lion and to Able Seaman in August 1893 when on Redpole. He served on the Macicienne, November 1897-June 1901. Barrick transferred to the Coast Guard Service in November 1902 and served at Weymouth, Teignmouth and Sandgate, being appointed a Leading Boatman in January 1911. With the onset of the Great War he returned to seagoing service, serving on Magnificent, July 1914-February 1915; Royal Arthur, February 1915-March 1918; Pembroke, March-May 1918; and Satellite, May 1918-May 1919. Awarded the Long Service Medal in 1907. With copied service paper.

Albert Henry Leopold Ingram was born on 10 October 1872 in Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. He entered the Royal Navy in March 1888 as a Boy 2nd Class and was advanced to Boy 1st Class in May 1889. Serving on Temeraire, he was promoted to Ordinary Seamanin October 1890 and to Able Seaman in April 1891. Promoted to Leading Seaman in March 1896 when on Howe and to Petty Officer2nd Class in February 1897 when on Boscawen. He served on Monarch, November 1899-December 1902, being advanced to Petty Officer 1st Class in March 1902. Awarded the Long Service Medal in October 1905. Attaining the rank of Acting Chief Petty Officer inOctober 1912 when on Pegasus, he was pensioned ashore on 31 December 1912 and on 1 January 1913 joined the Royal Fleet Reserve. Recalled for service in the war, he served as Acting C.P.O. from July 1917 and C.P.O. from April 1918. Ingram was demobilised on 3 February 1919. With copied service papers.

Five: Chief Petty Officer A. H. L. Ingram, Royal Navy

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (P.O., H.M.S. Monarch) small impressed naming; 1914-15 STAR (144594 P.O.,R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (144594 C.P.O., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (P.O. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Victory) first and last with some contact marks, nearly very fine and better (5) £180-220

1295

William Frederick Hayden was born in Sandown, Isle of Wight on 25 June 1880. He entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 29 July 1896 and was advanced to Boy 1st Class in May 1897. He was promoted to Ordinary Seaman in June 1898 when on Volage and to Able Seaman in December 1899 when on Rodney. He served on Beagle, May 1901-July 1904. Awarded the Long Service Medal on24 June 1913. Serving throughout the war, he joined the R.F.R. in June 1920. With copied service papers.

Five: Able Seaman W. F. Hayden, Royal Navy

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (A.B., H.M.S. Beagle) large impressed naming; 1914-15 STAR (189552 A.B., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (189552 A.B., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (189552 A.B., H.M.S.Neptune) very fine and better (5) £180-220

1296

Pair: Chief Cook W. H. S. Land, Royal Navy

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (Sh. Cook, H.M.S. Rambler) small impressed naming; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C.,E.VII.R. (Ch. Cook, H.M.S. Terror) contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £120-160

1297


Pair: Conductor W. M. Geoghehan, Army Service Corps

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (Condr. W. M. Geoghegan, A.S.C.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, no clasp (286 Condtr. W. M. Geoghehan, A.S.C.) note variation of spelling of surname, nearly extremely fine (2) £140-180

1298

Pair: Nursing Sister S. B. Lanyon, Army Nursing Service Reserve

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister) mounted as worn, some contact marks, very fine (2) £400-500

With copied roll extracts. That for the Q.S.A. records service with No. 4 GeneralHospital. With notes in the ‘Remarks’ section, ‘Joined on 22.4.00 from England and transferred on 1.1.01 to Hospital Ship Nubia for duty and rejoined on 23.3.01.’

1299

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Family group:

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (31974 Pte. V. C. Emanuel, Rand Rif.) some edge bruising; together with a R.A.O.B. LODGE BADGE, silver and gold, reverse inscribed, ‘Presented to Primo V. C. Emanuel in recognition of Past Services28.6.96 S.A.R.’, hallmarks for Birmingham 1901, with pin-backed silver-gilt top; LODGE BADGE, gold, inscribed, ‘Lodge ofInstruction’, unnamed, with pin-backed silver-gilt top bar, these two in leather case

Three: Private M. L. Emanuel, South African Motor Cyclist Corps, late 10th Infantry1914-15 STAR (Pte., 10th Infantry); BRITISH WAR AND BILINGUAL VICTORY MEDALS (Pte., S.A.C.C.) nearly extremely fine (6)

£160-200

1300

M.S.M. London Gazette 22 February 1919. ‘... in recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the war.’ ‘12741 S.M. James, A., 4th Sge. Art. Res. Bde. (Southend-on-Sea)’.

Battery Serjeant-Major Albert James, R.G.A. entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 2 June 1915. As a Regimental Serjeant-Majorhe was awarded the M.S.M. for service rendered at home. With copied gazette extract and m.i.c.

Seven: Warrant Officer Class 2 A. James, Royal Garrison Artillery

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (12741 Sgt., 2nd S.D., R.G.A.); CHINA 1900, no clasp (12741 Serjt., 62nd Coy. R.G.A.); 1914-15 STAR (12741-RA B.S. Mjr., R.G.A.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (12741 W.O. Cl. 2,R.A.); ARMY L.S.& G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (12741 C.S. Mjr., R.G.A.); ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE, G.V.R., 1st issue (12741 S.Mjr., R.G.A.) first two with contact marks, nearly very fine and better (7) £400-450

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29 ‘Gambia’ clasps awarded to H.M.S. Forte.

Albert Edward Smith was born in Bridport, Dorset on 18 October 1877. He entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 12 December 1892 and was advanced to Boy 1st Class in November 1893. Serving on Undaunted he was promoted to Ordinary Seaman in October 1895 and to Able Seaman in June 1896. Serving on Galatea he held the rank of Leading Seaman, May-October 1898 beforereverting once more to Able Seaman. Smith served on Forte, April 1899-May 1902, being promoted to Leading Seaman in October 1900, Petty Officer 2nd Class in December 1900 and Petty Officer 1st Class in August 1901. He attained the rank of Acting Chief PettyOfficer in June 1912 and was confirmed in that rank in June 1913 when serving at the R.N. School H.M.S. Ganges. During the war he served on the armed merchant cruiser Mantua, August 1914-January 1916.

C.P.O. Smith was invalided from Pembroke I on 16 February 1916, suffering from locomotor ataxia. He died on 15 April 1917, aged 38 years and was buried at Bridport Cemetery, Dorset. He was the son of Thomas and Mary Smith and husband of Sarah Rosina Pope (formerly Smith) of Hill View, West Wellow, Romsey, Hampshire.

With copied service papers and other research, plus a modern photograph of his headstone.

Six: Chief Petty Officer A. E. Smith, Royal Navy, who died on 15 April 1917

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (170673 A.B., H.M.S. Forte) engraved naming; AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE 1902-56, 1 clasp, Gambia (P.O. 2 Cl., H.M.S. Forte); 1914-15 STAR (170673 C.P.O., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (170673 C.P.O., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (170673 C.P.O., H.M.S. Mantua) first two with edge bruising and contact marks, good fine and better, rare combination (6) £700-800

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Walter White was born in Horley, Surrey on 3 April 1881. He entered the Roayl Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on Impregnable on 1 August1896 and was advanced to Boy 1st Class in April 1897. Serving on Terrible, March 1898-October 1902, he was promoted to OrdinarySeaman in April 1899 and to Able Seaman in July 1900. White was promoted to Leading Seaman in June 1905 when at Vernon and toPetty Officer 2nd Class in August 1906 when at Sapphire II. White reverted to Able Seaman for service on H.M. Yachts Osborne, April1907-May 1908 and Alexandra, May 1908-August 1914, being latterly ranked as an Able Seaman (Rigger). He was awarded the Long Service Medal in April 1914. He served throughout the war as an Able Seaman (Rigger) aboard the dreadnought battleship Agincourt, August 1914-January 1919 - the ship firing its fourteen 12 inch guns to good effect at the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. White returned to H.M.Y. Alexandra after the war, May 1919-June 1922. He was pensioned ashore and joined the R.F.R. in June 1922.

Entitled the Q.S.A. with no clasp. With copied service paper and other research.

Four: Able Seaman W. White, Royal Navy

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (Ord., H.M.S. Terrible) small impressed naming; clasp a tailor’s copy; CHINA 1900, no clasp (A.B., H.M.S. Terrible); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (190070 (sic) A.B., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (190071 Walter White, A.B. (Rigger) H.M.Y. Alexandra) edge bruising and contact marks, nearlyvery fine and better (4) £350-400

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Pair: Private G. H. Barnes, Royal Marines Light Infantry

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Pte., R.M.L.I., H.M.S. Doris); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (5072 Pte., R.M.L.I.) this last with official correction to surname, good very fine, rare (2)

£800-1000

George Herbert Barnes was born in Deal, Kent on 20 December 1870. A Sawyerby occupation, he enlisted into the R.M.L.I. at Deal on 20 May 1889 and re-engaged on 27 January 1901. During the Boer War he served on Doris, 1899-1901 and Monarch, 1901-02, being employed on the Transport Staff. He was discharged on completion of his service on 21 May 1910 when he enrolled into the Royal Fleet Reserve. Barnes was recalled in August 1914 and served throughout the war at the Depot until his discharge on 20 October 1919.

One of just 33 men of the R.N./R.M. to be awarded the King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps. With copied research.

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Pair: Private T. Bysouth, Royal West Surrey Regiment

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (4205 Pte., Rl. Wt. Surrey Regt.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (4205 Pte., The Queen’s) nearly extremely fine (2) £120-150

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Five: Sapper H. H. Cross, Royal Engineers

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 9694 Sapr., R.E.); 1914 STAR (9694 Sapr., R.E.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (9694 Spr., R.E.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (9694 Spr., R.E.) nearly extremelyfine (5) £160-200

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Private Charles Timms, 9th Lancers entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 15 September 1914.

With copied roll extracts and m.i.c.

Three: Private C. Timms, 9th Lancers

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (4399 Pte., 9/Lcrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (4399 Pte., 9th Lancers); 1914 Star, with clasp (4399 Pte., 9/Lrs.) with silver rosette on ribbon; together with erased British War and Victory Medals, first two with contact marks, nearly very fine and better (2) £200-240

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William Graham Judge was born on 10 February 1860. Appointed Quartermaster of the Yorkshire Light Infantry in August 1886 after 8years service in the ranks, he was promoted to Honorary Captain & Quartermaster in August 1896. He served as Quartermaster with the 2nd Battalion K.O.Y.L.I. in the Zhob Field Force in 1890 under Sir George White during the Zhob and Kiderzai Expeditions and in the march to Vihowa. Judge then served in the campaign on the N.W. Frontier of India under Sir William Lockhart during 1897-98, with the 4th Brigade Tirah Expeditionary Force (Medal with 2 clasps).

In the Boer War he served at actions at Modder River and Magersfontein, the operations around Lindley, the capture of Bethlehem andSlabbert’s Nek and at the surrender of Commandant Prinsloo. For his services he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901) and awarded the above medals. Granted the honorary rank of Major on 29 November 1900.

Pair: Major & Quartermaster W. G. Judge, Yorkshire Light Infantry

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Modder River, Transvaal (Maj. & Q. Mr., York. L.I.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (Maj. & Qr. Mr., York. L.I.) last with official correction to ‘L.I.’, very fine (2) £250-300

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Pair: Private J. Harris, Scots Guards

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen (2418 Pte., Scots Gds.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (2418 Pte., Scots Guards) edge bruising and heavy contact marks, fine (2) £80-100

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Pair: Private W. Page, East Kent Regiment

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (5402 Pte., E. Kent Regt.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (5402 Pte., E. Kent Regt.) slight contact marks, good very fine (2) £120-150

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Pair: Private H. Lamont, Scottish Rifles

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (1660 Pte., Scottish Rifles); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (1660 Pte., Scot. Rifles) nearly extremely fine (2) £120-150

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Gunner T. Roche, 79th Battery, R.F.A. was severely wounded at Tweefontein, 25 December 1901. Note: the published casualty rolls give his service number as ‘84845’.

Pair: Gunner T. Roche, Royal Field Artillery

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen (84846 Gnr., 79th Bty. R.F.A.) official correction to service number; KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (84846 Gnr., R.F.A.) nearly extremely fine (2) £140-180

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McLean died of enteric at Bloemfontein on 8 May 1900; sold with copied roll verification for his Medal & clasps.

Family group:

The Boer War Medal awarded to Private A. J. McLean, Coldstream Guards, who died on active service in May 1900QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein (8116 Pte. A. J. McLean, Coldstm. Gds.), good veryfine

The Great War campaign group of three awarded to Private A. J. McLean, Coldstream Guards1914 STAR (6950 Pte. A. J. McLean, C. Gds.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (6950 Pte. A. J. Mclean, C. Gds.), together with ARMY RIFLE ASSOCIATION MEDAL, bronze, for the Henry Whitehead Cup 1913, as awarded to participating members of the 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, very fine and better (5) £300-350

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William Walter Gray enrolled in England on 29 December 1900, aged 20 years. Served with the Cape Mounted Rifles during the BoerWar. Posted to the Artillery Troop in March 1903. Ranked as a Shoeing-Smith in March 1906; a Farrier in April 1911 and a Farrier Corporal in July 1913. Served with the South African Mounted Rifles during the Great War. Posted first to Egypt and later to German East Africa - where he was taken prisoner. After being captive for 9 months he was released and served in German S.W. Africa. Post-war he lived in Butlocks Heath, Hampshire.

With some copied research and communications concerning the group. M.I.D. not confirmed.

Seven: Sergeant W. W. Gray, South African Field Artillery, late South African Mounted Rifles and Cape Mounted Rifles

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3565 Pte., Cape M.R.) last two clasps loose on ribbon; NATAL 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (Pte., Cape Mtd. Riflemen); 1914-15 STAR (Far. Cpl., S.A.M.R.-F.A.B.); BRITISH WAR AND BILINGUAL VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Sjt., S.A.M.R.-F.A.B.); PERMANENT FORCES OF THE EMPIRE BEYOND THE SEAS L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (No. 193 Far. Corpl., 2nd Rgt. (S.A.M.R.)); UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R. (No. 1102 F/Sgt., S.A.F.A.) first six mounted as worn, last with slight edge bruise, very fine, rare (7)

£1000-1200

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Francis Kent was born in Amesbury, Wiltshire. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the Infantry in December 1899, aged 21 years. Posted to the Wiltshire Regiment he served in the Boer and Great Wars. With the 1st Battalion he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 August 1914 (Warded the 1914 Star and clasp). He served in France, August 1914-May 1915 and December 1915-January 1919 and is listed as being slightly wounded.

With copied service papers and m.i.c.

Five: Private F. Kent, Wiltshire Regiment

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5485 Pte., Wilts. Regt.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (5485 Pte., Wilts. Regt.); 1914 STAR, with copy ‘slip-on’ clasp (5485 Pte., 1/Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (5485 Pte., Wilts. R.) mounted as worn, some contact marks, very fine (5) £220-260

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Leonard James Harvey was born and lived in Southsea and enlisted at London. Serving with the 1st Battalion Welsh Regiment, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 18 January 1915. With them he was killed in action on 2 October 1915. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.

With copied m.i.c. and casualty details.

Four: Private L. J. Harvey, Welsh Regiment, killed in action, France/Flanders, 2 October 1915

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal 1914-15 STAR (5884 Pte., Welsh Regt.); 1914-15 STAR (5884 Pte., Welsh Regt.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (5884 Pte, Welsh R.) first good very fine; others extremely fine (4) £160-200

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Four: Lieutenant C. N. I. Dunman, Middlesex Regiment, attached Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), late Imperial Yeomanry and South African Constabulary, killed in action, Third Battle of Ypres, 31 July 1917

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (15340 Pte., 29th Coy. 9th Imp. Yeo.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (1330 Tpr., S.A.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut.); together with a replica 1914 Star, polished and worn (5) £200-250

Charles Norman Innes Dumnan was born in Shanghai, China on 10 January 1878. During 1899 he served with the 1st Volunteer Battalion Cheshire Regiment. During the Boer War he served in the 29th (Denbighshire) Company, 9th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, being discharged on 3 March 1901 and then the South African Constabulary, being discharged on 25 January 1903. Employedas a Motor Lorry Driver, aged 36 years, he attested for the Army Service Corps atLondon on 8 August 1914. As an Acting Sergeant in the 2nd I.C.S.C., he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 21 September 1914. He served in France, September-November 1914 and May-November 1915. As a C.Q.M.S. with 32 Company A.S.C. he was discharged to a commission in the 15th Battalion Middlesex Regiment on 6 December 1915. As a Lieutenant attached to the Machine Gun Corps, he was killed in action on the first day of the Third Battle ofYpres, 31 July 1917, aged 40 years. He was buried in the Hooge Crater Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium. Lieutenant Dunman was the son of Major RobertDunman of “Amhurst”, 196 Upper Capstone Road, Bournemouth; and husband of Elsie Machen Dunman of “Westbourne”, 26 St. Paul’s Road, Preston, Paignton,Devon. Family sources state that he was killed emerging from his tank whilst serving with the Tank Corps. With a number of copied service papers, m.i.c. andother research. Entitled to a 1914 Star - family sources state that the original was lost in a fire.

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Ex Spink, Anglo-Boer War Anniversary sale, 20/21 October 1999.

Charles John French was born in Adare, Co. Limerick. Attesting for the Imperial Yeomanry at Newbridge on 15 January 1900, he servedas a Private in the 45th (Irish Hunt) Company 13th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, entering South Africa on 13 March 1900. As such hewas taken prisoner at Lindley, 31 May 1900. He was later released. Commissioned a Lieutenant in the 60th (North Irish) Company 17thBattalion Imperial Yeomanry on 1 March 1901. For his services in that capacity he was mentioned in Lord Kitchener’s final despatch of23 June 1902. On 9 July 1902 he resigned his commission and was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant. On 30 August 1914 he was appointed a Lieutenant in the Reserve of Officers and appointed Aide-de-Camp on 15 September 1914. He was advanced to a Captain in the 5th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry on 17 February 1915. As such he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 20 May 1915. Promoted to Temporary Major on 4 January 1916. As a Major attached to the 26th Tunnelling Company, R.E., hedied of wounds at the 141 Field Ambulance on 2 July 1916. He was buried in the Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery. With a number of copied service papers and other research. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star and Victory Medal.

Three: Major C. J. French, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, attached 26th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers, late Imperial Yeomanry - taken prisoner at Lindley and died of wounds, 2 July 1916

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (9664 Pte., 45th Coy. Impl. Yeo.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (Lt., I.Y.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Major) good very fine and better (3)

£360-400

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Thomas Frederick Matthews enlisted into the Essex Regiment on 23 March 1911, having previously served with the regiment during theBoer War. As a Lance-Corporal in the 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 1 June 1915. Hewas discharged on 23 March 1916, aged 35 years. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star, Victory Medal and Silver War Badge. With copied service papers, m.i.c. and S.W.B. roll extract.

Three: Private T. F. Matthews, Essex Regiment

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal 5360 Pte. T. Matthews, 1st EssexRegt.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (5360 Pte. T. Matthews, Essex Regt.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (5360 Pte.T. F. Matthews, Essex R.) very fine and better (3) £140-160

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Osmond Mowatt was the son of James and Fanny Mowatt of Kingswood Firs, Bramshott, Hampshire. Served in the Boer War with the Imperial Yeomanry. Served as a Lieutenant firstly with the 50th (Hampshire) Company, 17th Battalion and then the 11th Battalion. An undergraduate at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, he gained a B.A. in 1903 and a M.A. in 1904. He became an underwriting member of Lloyds. In the Great War he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 10th Hussars in November 1914. As Lieutenant with the same unit he died of wounds on 22 April 1917, aged 36 years. He was buried in the Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais.


Pair: Lieutenant O. Mowatt, 10th Hussars, late Imperial Yeomanry, who died of wounds in France on 22 April 1917

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal Lieut., 50/Co. Imp. Yeo.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (Lieut., I.Y.) mounted as worn, in Spink, London red leather case bearing the initials, ‘O.M’, first with slight edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £400-500

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Served as a Shoeing-Smith in the 14th (Northumberland) Company of the 5th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry.

Pair: Air Mechanic 2nd Class G. Pile, Royal Air Force, late Shoeing-Smith, Imperial Yeomanry

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3183 Shg. Sth., 14th Coy. 5th Impl. Yeo.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (308060 2 A.M., R.A.F.) good very fine (2) £120-160

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Pair: Private W. Carson, Royal Scots Fusiliers

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6082 Pte., Rl. Scots Fus.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (6082 Pte., Rl. Scots Fus.) some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine (2)

£120-150

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Pair: Private W. Harris, Hampshire Regiment

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (2960 Pte., 2nd Hampshire Regt.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (2960 Pte., Hampshire Regt.) slight contact marks, very fine (2) £120-150

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Pair: Private J. Cates, East Lancashire Regiment

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (2942 Pte., E. Lanc. Regt.) service number corrected; KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (2942 Pte., E. Lanc. Regt.) minor contact marks, good very fine (2) £120-150

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G. H. Richard was born on 11 February 1876. Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant on 21 March 1896; promoted to Lieutenant in March 1899; Captain in July 1901.


Pair: Major G. H. Rickard, Royal Garrison Artillery

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Capt., 5/E.D., R.G.A.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (Cpt., R.G.A.) minor contact marks, good very fine (2) £250-300

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Pair: Sergeant H. Whitman, Devon Regiment

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (4575 Cpl. H. Whitman, Devon:Regt.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4575 Serjt: H. Whitman, Devon: Regt.) nearly very fine (2) £350-400

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Three: Acting Sergeant A. Matthews, Rifle Brigade, late 8th Hussars

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2718 Pte., 8th Hussars); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (21 A. Sjt., Rif. Brig.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £90-120

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Three: Orderly T. Schofield, St. John Ambulance Brigade

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1285 Ordly., St. John Amb. Bde.); ST. JOHN SERVICE MEDAL, silver (2375 Sgt., (Haslingden Cps.) No. 4 Dist 1921); ST. JOHN MEDAL FOR SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 (1285 Pte., Haslingden Corps) mounted for wear in incorrect order, very fine and better (3) £380-420

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Pair: Private A. Hare, King’s Own Scottish Borderers

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Transvaal (3198 Pte., K.O. Scot. Bord.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (3198 Pte., K.O. Scot. Bord.) contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £100-140

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Pair: Private T. Lodge, Cameron Highlanders

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3233 Pte., 1st Cam’n. Highrs.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (3233 Pte., Cameron Highrs.) nearly extremely fine (2) £140-180

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On 30 March 1915 he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war. Lieuteant-Colonel Brown was killed in action during an enemy bombardment during the battle of the Somme, 6 July 1916. The bombardment was directed at a portion of the former German front lineoccupied by the Wiltshire Regiment HQ and Support Companies. A shell made a direct hit on the trench, killing Lieutenant-Colonel Brown outright and wounding two others. Brown was buried in the Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuile Wood, Somme. Aged 46 years atthe time of his death, he was the son of David Brown, of Harrow-on-the-Hill and husband of Marion I. G. Trotman (formerly Brown).

Sold with a quantity of copied research.

See Lot 1714 for the Boer War D.C.M. awarded to Sergeant J. Munday for helping this officer to safety at Hobkirk Farm.

Five: Lieutenant-Colonel W. S. Brown, Wiltshire Regiment, killed in action, battle of the Somme, 6 July 1916

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Transvaal, Wittebergen (Capt., 2/Wilts. Rgt.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (Maj., Wilts. Rgt.); 1914-15 STAR (Lt. Col., Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lt.Col.) good very fine and better (5) £700-800

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Walter Sidney Brown was born on 28 March 1871. He received his first commission in the 2nd Middlesex Militia on 4 September 1889. On 12 March 1892 he was posted from the Militia as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Wiltshire Regiment. Promoted to Lieutenant in January 1894 and Captain in February 1900. Taking part in the Boer War, he took part in the advance on Kimberley, including actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein. Then in operations in the Orange River Colony 1900, including actions at Bethlehem, 6-7July and Witterbergen, 1-29 July. Served in operations in Cape Colony south of the Orange River 1900, including actions at Colesburg, 25 January-12 February.Was present during operations in Transvaal, November 1900-January 1901 and April 1901-May 1902. Also in Cape Colony, January-April 1901. Was wounded at Hobkirk Farm, 12 February 1900, on which occasion he was helped to safetyby Sergeant J. Munday, who was subsequently awarded the D.C.M. for his bravery. For his services he was twice mentioned in despatches (London Gazette10 September 1901 and 29 July 1902) and received the brevet of Major in August1902. In 1908 he was D.A.A. & Q.M.G. of the Wessex Division, T.F. He was promoted to Major in the Wiltshire Regiment in January 1909 and Lieutenant-Colonel of the 2nd Battalion on 25 February 1915.

A rare Edward VII Cape of Good Hope L.S. & G.C. group of five awarded to Serjeant W. C. Reynolds, 11th South African Infantry, late Cape Mounted Rifles

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (1223 Serjt., Cape M.R.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (1223 Serjt., Cape M.R.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Sjt., C.C.S.); BILINGUAL VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (Pte., 11th S.A.I.); CAPE OF GOOD HOPE L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Sergt., Cape M.R.) good very fine (5) £900-1200

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Private Robert Mawdsley, Liverpool Regiment entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 26 September 1915. Later served with theLabour Corps. Transferred to Class “Z” Reserve on 27 April 1919.

With copied m.i.c.

Four: Private R. Mawdsley, Liverpool Regiment

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (7920 Pte., Vol. Coy. Liverpool Regt.); 1914-15 STAR (3-12005 Pte., L’pool. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (12005 Pte., L’pool. R.) good fine (4) £90-120

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During the Boer War John Armour served in the 2nd Brabant’s Horse. During the Great War he was appointed a Dresser in the South African Veterinary Corps, being advanced to Corporal in March 1915. With the unit he served in S.W. Africa. Latterly a Conductor withthe South African Service Corps (Animal Transport). Discharged as permanently unfit on 29 July 1917.

With copied roll extract and W.W.1 service papers.

Four: Conductor J. Armour, South African Service Corps, late Brabant’s Horse and South African Veterinary Corps

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Wittebergen, Belfast (5089 Tpr., Brabant’s Horse); 1914-15 STAR (Cpl., S.A. Vetry. C.); BRITISH WAR AND BILINGUAL VICTORY MEDALS (Condr., S.A.S.C.) good very fine (4) £350-400

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Private C. Gannaway, 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) was reported ‘missing’ at Vereeniging, 26 May 1900. He rejoined his unit on 6June 1900.

With confirmation of entitlement to the clasps ‘Cape Colony’, ‘Orange Free State’ and ‘Diamond Hill’, together with the K.S.A. with two clasps.

Pair: Private C. Gannaway, 6th Dragoon Guards

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Diamond Hill, Johannesburg (3714 Pte., C.Gannoway, 6/Drgn. Gds.) unofficial connections to last clasp; KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (3714 Pte. W. Gannoway, 6th Drgn. Gds.) note different initial on last, edge bruising and slight contact marks, very fine (2) £130-160

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With copied roll extract confirming the ‘Cape Colony’, ‘Orange Free State’ and ‘Belfast’ clasps only.

Pair: Private F. Lockwood, 8th Hussars

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Belfast (4548 Pte., 8/Hrs.) ‘Johannesburg’ clasp a copy; KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (4548 Pte., 8th Hussars) initial re-impressed on last, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £90-120

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3079 Private H. Wale, 8th Hussars was injured by a fall from his horse at Rietvlei on 16 July 1900.


Pair: Private H. Wale, 8th Hussars

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (3079 Pte., 8/Hrs.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (3079 Pte., 8th Hussars) good very fine (2) £140-180

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Pair: Squadron Sergeant-Major W. Rowland, 16th Lancers

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Wittebergen (2747 S.S.M., 16th Lancers) last clasp a tailor’s copy, service number and rank renamed; KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (2747 S.S. Major, 16th Lancers) good very fine (2) £120-150

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Born on 23 September 1879. Commissioned a Lieutenant in the Gloucestershire Regiment, 6 March 1915.

Pair: Corporal C. H. Steele, Gloucestershire Regiment

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (5131 Pte., C. H. Steele, Glouc. Rgt.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (5131 Corpl. C. Steele, Glouc. Regt.) last with suspension re-pinned but still a little slack, contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £120-150

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Pair: Private W. H. Seddon, Rifle Brigade

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (3409 Pte. W. H. Seddon, Rifle Brigade); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (3409 Pte. A. Seddon, Rifle Brigade) note: different initials, some edge bruising, and contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £140-180

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Q.S.A. clasps not confirmed.

Pair: Driver W. A. Smith, Royal Field Artillery

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (34860 Dr., R.F.A.) clasps mounted in that order; KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (34860 Dvr., R.F.A.) suspension repaired - non-swivelling, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £80-120

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With copied roll extracts confirming all clasps.

Pair: Driver A. Gilbert, Royal Field Artillery

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State (76399 Dr.,19th Bty. R.F.A.) last clasp loose on ribbon; KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (76399 Dvr., R.F.A.) edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £120-150

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Pair: Driver A. Mathers, Royal Field Artillery

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (8048 Dvr., 83rd Bty., R.F.A.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (8048 Dvr., R.F.A.) mounted as worn, good very fine (2) £130-160

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Pair: Corporal H. W. Raynor, Cape Mounted Rifles

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (2739 Pte., Cape M.R.) suspension rod loose; KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (2739 Corpl., Cape M.R.) slight contact marks, good very fine (2) £320-360

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A most unusual group to the three Hamilton brothers, all of whom were killed or died in the Boer War:

Lieutenant Alastair Hamilton, Royal Irish Fusiliers, wounded in the action at Pieter’s Hill and later killed by lighteningat MachadodorpQUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (Lieut: A. Hamilton, Rl. Irish Fus:); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902(Lt. A. Hamilton. Rl. Irish Fus.)

Trooper Kenneth Hamilton, Ceylon Mounted Infantry, who died of Enteric at BloemfonteinQUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein (299 Trpr: K. Hamilton, Ceylon M.I.)

Trooper Ernest Hamilton, Bethune’s Mounted Infantry, killed in action at Sheeper’s NekQUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, all contained in an attractive contemporary fitted leather break-front display case with ivorine name labels, extremely fine (4) £3000-3500

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Lieutenant Alastair Hamilton was wounded in the fierce fighting at Pieter’s Hill on 27 February 1900, the capture of which cleared theway for the relief of Ladysmith by the cavalry the following day. His medals are accompanied by a contemporary hand-written transcript of a letter to his mother, written during the action whilst he lay wounded, describing the attack:

‘My dear Mother

We advanced today about 9 a.m. to take a hill to our front, which we did without much trouble, only losing a few men.About 5.15 p.m. we advanced to take a small hill to our right which was strongly held. The Dublin Fusiliers being unable to manage it,we had to advance about half a mile over an open space under a heavy fire. A shell burst about ten yards from me and knocked over one of the men, but he was not hurt. We lay down to get our wind and a shell hit the handle of my knob carry and smashed the knob in three places and made a great gravel rush in my wrist, but there was not much blood.Then we advanced about 700 yards to a small kopie where the D.F’s were. We again rested, then we advanced over another open bitand about half way I was hit in the ankle, at about 6 p.m., and am now lagging behind and am with bullets dropping round me pretty thick. The Company is about 100 yards in front under a stone wall. We were first in, and no one else has gone in passed me, but now they come. I was afraid they were going to give it up, but they are going up splendidly under a heavy fire. I am not 500 yards from thehill it is hard not to be able to go in as I had hoped, but no such luck. I am not in much pain, but hope I shall not have to crawl in, as Ido not think the bullet came out as there is only one hole in my boot, so the least movement hurts a bit. We seem to be making a turning movement there are a lot of our men returning on my right under a heavy fire which makes a cross fire for me, I shall not be hitagain I feel sure, but the bullets throw dust and stones over me every now and then. I expect you will get a wire tonight, I hope they will only put slight, as I am sure it is not bad. The evening star has just come out, so it will soon be dark, we must be doing well as the firing is not nearly so heavy, but may break out again at any moment. I am very sick at being hit, but must make the best of it. I think we are getting in but I wish I could hear them cheer. Well it is getting dark and the firing less and our men out of sight. I shall soon make tracks and hope soon to fall in with the stretcher bearers so good bye. 7 p.m.’

Alastair Hamilton was killed by lightning at Machadodorp on 5 December 1902.

Trooper Kenneth Hamilton, Ceylon Contingent, died of enteric at Bloemfontein on 13 May 1900.

Trooper Ernest Hamilton, H Squadron, Bethune’s Mounted Infantry, was killed in action at Sheeper’s Nek on 20 May 1900.

There is a marble cross in the cemetery at Machadodorp dedicated to these three brothers:

"In loving memory Alistair Hamilton, late Royal Irish Fusiliers. Killed by lightning Dec. 5th 1902. Aged 28 years.

Also of Ernest. Killed in Action at Vryheid May 20th 1900. Aged 22 years.

Also of Kenneth. Died at Bloemfontein May 16th 1900. Aged 24 years.”

This group is also accompanied by a contemporary cutting from the Black and White Budget, or similar, with portrait photographs of “Four Fighting Brother”. The fourth brother was Sub-Inspector J. Hamilton, Natal Mounted Police. There was a fifth brother, Patrick, a Captain in the Worcestershire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, who was killed on flying manoeuvres during Military Trials, when hismachine fell from some 500 feet in Graveley, near Stevenage, Herts, on 6 September 1912. He was aged 30 years.

M.I.D. London Gazette 30 May 1918 (Plumer) ‘Higgins, Lt. and Hon. Capt. J. W. (late R.F.A.).

John Warton Higgins was born on 23 August 1868. A Farrier by occupation, having previously served in the Army Service Corps, he enlisted into A.S.C. - Army Reserve (Special Reserve) at Aldershot on 21 September 1914. As a Farrier Sergeant-Major he was discharged to a commission on 1 December 1914. He entered the French theatre of war as a Quartermaster & Lieutenant on 1 March 1915 - serving at St. Omer. Promoted to Captain in June 1918.

With a number of copied service papers, m.i.c. and gazette extract.

Six: Captain J. W. Higgins, Army Service Corps

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (7714 S.Sejt. Far., A.S.C.); 1914-15 STAR (Q.M. & Lieut., A.S.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, small M.I.D. oak leaf (Q.M. & Lieut.); CORONATION 1911, silver (7714 F.S.M., A.S.C.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (7714 Far. S. Maj., A.S.C.) mounted as worn in incorrect order, good very fine (6) £200-250

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Charles Alfred Walker Anderson joined the North Staffordshire Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant from the Militia in October 1901. With the regiment he served in South Africa, taking part in operations in the Transvaal from December 1901 until 31 May 1902. With his Militia battalion he had previously taken part in operations in Cape Colony and Orange Free State. Anderson was promoted to Lieutenant in April 1905, Captain in March 1914 and Major in May 1916. As Lieutenant-Colonel, Anderson took over command of the1/5th Battalion King’s Own in June 1916. On 18 September 1916 the battalion moved forward to take up position in the front line for the battle of Flers-Courcelette. Just before entering Flers itself, a shell exploded on the Battalion H.Q. killing Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson. He was buried in the Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs.

With copied research and modern photographs of cemetery and headstone.

Four: Lieutenant-Colonel C. A. W. Anderson, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, late North Staffordshire Regiment, killed in action, battle of Flers-Courcelette, 18 September 1916

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut., S. Staff. Rgt.(sic)); 1914-15 STAR (Capt., N. Staff. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lt. Col.) first good very fine; others extremely fine (4) £550-650

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With copied roll extracts for the Q.S.A. & K.S.A.

Three: Private H. McCombe, Scots Guards

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (9670 Pte.,Scots Gds); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (9670 Pte., Scots Guards); LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK AND HUMANE SOCIETY MARINE MEDAL, 3rd type, silver (To Henry McCombe, for Gallant Service, 9/5/29) with silver brooch bar, slight edge bruising, good very fine (3) £320-360

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Four: Driver A. Barnett, Royal Field Artillery

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, South Africa 1901 (33983 Dvr., R.F.A.); 1914 STAR (33983 Dvr., R.F.A.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (33983 Dvr., R.A.) good very fine (4) £200-250

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Four: Warrant Officer Class 2 G. E. G. Matley, Army Ordnance Corps

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (827 Ar-Sjt., A.O.C.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (827 Armr.-Serjt., A.O.C.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (A-827W.O. Cl. 2, A.O.C.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (827 Ar. Q.M. Sjt., A.O.C.) first two with heavy edge bruising and contact marks, fine; others good very fine (4) £180-220

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Robert Henry Nankervis, who was born in Penzance, Cornwall, appears to have served for six years in the Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) prior to moving to South Africa. He subsequently served in the Boer War as a Bugler in the Imperial Light Infantry and, from February 1901, the Prince of Wales Light Horse, gaining the above described Queen’s Medal & 7 clasps - roll signed by Major C.M. Maynard at Newcastle, Natal in July 1901 refers, with additional mention of the clasps for Cape Colony and Orange Free State being despatched at a later date.

Re-enlisting in the South African Expeditionary Force in February 1916, direct from his duties as Band Master of the Krugersdorp TownBand, he was assigned to ‘A’ Company of the 12th South African Infantry in German East Africa, where he was disembarked at Kilindiniin the following month. In September, however, he was admitted to hospital at Congella, having contracted malaria at Kalossa, as a result of which he was invalided back to South Africa, where he was discharged in early 1917. Nankervis, who was latterly Band Master of the Brakpan Town Band, died in the mid-1920s.

Sold with an original scrapbook containing music sheets, newspaper cuttings, and his original certificate of discharge from the Prince ofWales Light Horse, issued at Cape Town, together with an official copy of his Great War Record of Service, issued in May 1930.

Three: Private R. H. Nankervis, 12th South African Infantry, late Bugler, Imperial Light Infantry, Prince of Wales Light Horse and onetime Band Master of the Krugersdorp and Brakpan Town Bands

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (265 Bugr. R. H. Nankervis, Imp. Lt. Infy.); BRITISH WAR AND BILINGUAL VICTORY MEDALS (Pte. R. H. Nankervis, 12th S.A.I.), together with his Band Master’s baton, with upper, central and lower engraved silver bands, hallmarks for London 1909, the central one inscribed, ‘Presented to R. H. Nankervis by the Mayor, Richardson, 8-7-15’, in its fitted case of issue, the first with official correction to surname and some edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine or better (4) £400-500

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James Louis Smith was born in Farnham, Surrey on 11 May 1862. Entering the Mercantile Marine, he was passed as an Engineer 2nd Class in May 1894 and as an Engineer 1st Class in May 1898. During the Boer War he served as 2nd Officer aboard the Union Castle Steamship Company vessel, the S.S. Harlech Castle. During the Great War he served as a Senior Engineer in the R.N.R. and served aboard the armed merchant cruiser Macedonia - in February 1916 he was ranked as an Engineer Commander. Latterly living at 3 Arnold Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire, Smith died on 12 March 1936 and was buried in Southampton Cemetery.

With original document of authority to wear the British War and Mercantile Marine Medals; together with copied research.

Five: Senior Engineer J. L. Smith, Royal Naval Reserve and Mercantile MarineTRANSPORT 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902 (J. L. Smith); 1914-15 STAR (Sen. Eng. J. L. Smith, R.N.R.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Sen. Eng. J. L. Smith, R.N.R.); MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDAL 1914-18 (James L. Smith); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (Sen. Eng. J. L. Smith, R.N.R.) extremely fine (5) £600-700

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Five: Chief Ship’s Cook E. Boys, Royal NavyCHINA 1900, no clasp (Cks. Mte., H.M.S. Orlando); 1914-15 STAR (176578 Ch. Sh. Ck., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (176578 Ch. Sh. Ck., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (176578 Ernest Boys, Ch. Sh. Cook, H.M.S. Achilles) mounted (incorrectly) as worn, minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine and better (5) £220-260

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William Henry Harris was born in Holsworthy, Devon on 19 November 1878. He entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on Northampton on 1 April 1996 and was advanced to Boy 1st Class in July the same year. He was promoted to Ordinary Seaman in November 1896 when at Vivid I; to Able Seaman in March 1898 when on Renown; to Leading Seaman in March 1902 and Petty Officer 2nd Class in April 1903 when on Hyacinth. He served on Fox, March 1904-February 1906, being rated as Acting Ship’s Corporal in March 1904; Ship’s Corporal 2nd Class in July 1904 and Ship’s Corporal 1st Class in April 1905. Serving on Prometheus, December 1910-February 1913, he was awarded the Long Service Medal in January 1912 and promoted to Master-at-Arms in January1913. M.A.A. Harris served throughout the war on the dreadnought battleship Ajax, October 1913-December 1918 - seeing service at the battle of Jutland. With copied service paper.

Five: Master-at-Arms W. H. Harris, Royal NavyAFRICA GENERAL SERVICE 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (Act. Sh. Cpl. 2 Cl., H.M.S. Fox); 1914-15 STAR (188239 M.A.A., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (188239 M.A.A., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (188230 Sh.Corpl. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Prometheus) mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £200-260

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Five: Petty Officer A. A. Bartlett, Royal NavyAFRICA GENERAL SERVICE 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (A.B., H.M.S. Fox); 1914-15 STAR (167538 P.O., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (167538 P.O., R.N.); ROYAL FLEET RESERVE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (167538 Po.A.4441 P.O., R.F.R.) nearly extremely fine (5) £180-220

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Six: Sub-Lieutenant A. T. Woods, Royal Navy - wounded in action in the Dubai Incident, 24 December 1910AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (236229 Sig., H.M.S. Hyacinth); NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (236229 Lg. Sig., H.M.S. Hyacinth); 1914-15 STAR (236229 Y.S., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Mte., R.N.); MARINE SOCIETY REWARD OF MERIT (Alfred T. Woods, March 17th 1914) silver, some with contact marks, very fine and better (6) £450-550

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Alfred Thomas Woods was born in Regents Park, London on 4 July 1890. Formerly a Boy on the training ship Warspite, Woods enteredthe Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on Impregnable on 20 April 1906 and was advanced to Boy 1st Class in November 1906. He was ranked as Signal Boy in October 1907 when on Victorious. Serving on Dreadnought, he was promoted to Ordinary Signalman in July 1908 and Signalman in December 1908. Serving on Hyacinth, March 1909-June 1911 he saw service along the Somali coast and in thePersian Gulf and on 2 December 1910 was promoted to Leading Signalman.

In early December 1910 information was received that arms were being illegally stored in certain houses on the seafront at Dubai. On24 December a landing party from the Hyacinth was despatched to search for the weapons. The party, numbering 48 men, commanded by Captain J. D. Dick proceeded ashore. A search revealed a cache of arms but as the search widened the locals became increasingly hostile and at length, shots were fired at the shore party. The men conducting the search retreated to the shore where theydug in. The Hyacinth, anchored a mile offshore, then used her 6 inch guns in active support. In the short action that followed, one marine and five seamen were killed and one officer, four marines and five seamen were wounded - amongst the latter was Signalman A. T. Woods. On the Arab side, some 37 were killed and many more wounded. Four days later Rear-Admiral Slade and Colonel Cox, the Political Resident in the Gulf, arrived at Dubai to deliver an ultimatum to the local sheikh who fully complied with their demands.As a result of the action a note was recorded on Wood’s papers: ‘To be specially advanced to Yeo. of Sigs. as soon as qualified by service & examination, for gallantry in the skirmish at Dibai (sic) in Persian Gulf’. Following on from this Woods was promoted to Yeoman of Signals in May 1912 when serving on the battleship King Edward VII. His wartime service was mostly ashore, with the exception of service on the battleships Swiftsure, May 1916-April 1917 and Lord Nelson, September 1917-June 1918. In that month hewas advanced to Acting Mate and subsequently was appointed a Sub-Lieutenant.

With copied service paper and a copy of the article: The Dubai Incident -24 December 1910, by Kevin Patience, which appeared in the Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society.

Six: Able Seaman E. C. Frampton, Royal Navy, who was wounded on the occasion of the loss of H.M.S. Britannia in November 1918 - the last British warship to be lost to enemy action in the Great War

AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (217116 E. C. Frampton, A.B., H.M.S. Philomel); NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (217116 E. C. Frampton, A.B., H.M.S. Philomel); 1914-15 STAR (217116 E. C. Frampton, A.B., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (217116 E. C. Frampton, R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C. Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (217116 E. C. Frampton, A.B., H.M.S. Vernon), contact marks, nearly very fine or better (6) £600-700

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Ethelbert Charles Frampton was born in Bridport, Dorset in March 1886 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in September 1904. Advanced to Able Seaman in April 1905, he served in H.M.S. Philomel from July 1909 to September 1911, in which period he was present in operations off Somaliland and in the Persian Gulf and, in October 1912, he removed to the battleship Britannia, in which capacity he served throughout the Great War, up until her demise on 9 November 1918, when she was torpedoed by the UB-50 off Cape Trafalgar - she remained afloat for over four hours but eventually went down with40 of her ship’s company, while Frampton, among the survivors, suffered slight burns (his service record refers).

Awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in April 1919, he served briefly in the royal yacht Victoria & Albert, but was invalided ashore with a double hernia in January 1924;sold with a file of research.

“Britannia” settles after being hit by a torpedo

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Alfred Reason was born in Hackney, Middlesex. A Milkman by occupation and a member of the 5th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (Militia),he attested for the Royal Fusiliers at Dalston on 25 June 1898, aged 18 years, 8 months. With them he served in Malta, November 1898-September 1899; India, September 1899-December 1900; Burma, December 1900-November 1903 and India and Tibet, November 1903 January 1905. Returning home he was transferred to the Army Reserve in June 1906 and discharged on 24 June 1910.He re-enlisted into the Royal Fusiliers for the Great War. Serving with the 1st Battalion, he died of wounds on 22 June 1917. He was buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, Belgium. He was the husband of S. A. Reason of Morton Road, West Ham, London. With copied research.

Three: Private A. Reason, Royal Fusiliers, who died of wounds, France/Flanders, 22 June 1917

TIBET 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse 6451 Pte., 1st Bn. Ryl. Fuslrs.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (SR-566 Pte., R. Fus.) good very fine and better (3) £800-900

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M.S.M. awarded for service in Egypt during the Great War.

Pair: Daffadar Muhammad Din, 19th Lancers

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (3091 Sowar, 19th Lancers); INDIAN ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (3091 Dfdr., 19/Lcrs.) very fine (2) £140-180

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Private Harry Foard, 4th Battalion Hampshire Regiment was also entitled to the British War, Victory and Territorial Force War Medals.With copied m.i.c.

Pair: Private H. Foard, Hampshire Regiment

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (203011 Pte., Hamps. R.); TERRITORIAL EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.V.R. (203011 Pte., 4-Hamps. R.) very fine (2) £100-140

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Pair: Captain A. B. Thompson, East Lancashire Regiment

1914 STAR, with copy clasp (Lieut., E. Lan. R.); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (Capt.) nearly extremely fine (2) £70-90

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Five: Serjeant M. McGrath, Essex Regiment, late Royal Irish Fusiliers

1914 STAR, with copy slip-on clasp (9951 Pte., R. Ir. Fus.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (9951 Sjt., R. Ir. Fus.); ARMY L.S.& G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (7040213 Sjt., Essex); ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.VI.R., 3rd issue ‘Fid.Def.’ (7040213 Sjt., Essex) very fine and better (5) £260-300

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M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919. ‘... in recognition of valuable services rendered with the Armies in France & Flanders.’

The recipient came from Ramsbury. With copied gazette extract.

Four: Lance-Corporal F. Smith, Royal Berkshire Regiment

1914 STAR, with clasp (7770 Pte., 2/R. Berks. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (7770 Pte., R. Berks. R.); ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (7770 Pte.-L. Cpl., 2/R. Berks. R.) mounted as worn, contact marks, about very fine (4) £240-280

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Four: Stoker 1st Class G. W. Debnam, Benbow Battalion, Royal Naval Division

1914 STAR, with clasp and rosette (SS.102076 Sto. 1 Cl., Benbow Bttn. R.N.D.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (S.S.102076 Sto. 1, R.N.); ROYAL FLEET RESERVE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (SS102076 Po.B.3978 Sto. 1, R.F.R.) mounted asworn, good very fine (4) £180-220

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Howard Chandler was born in and enlisted at Bristol. Serving in the 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 27 August 1914. Serving with the 8th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment he died on 18 April 1918.Having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. With copied m.i.c. and casualty details.

Three: Private H. Chandler, Gloucestershire Regiment, who died on 18 April 1918.

1914 STAR, with clasp (7491 Pte., 1/Glouc. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (7481 Pte., Glouc. R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £200-250

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Charles Dunning enlisted on 12 January 1906. Serving with the 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 21 August 1914. He was discharged due to wounds on 28 May 1916. Awarded the Silver War Badge. With copied m.i.c. and S.W.B. extract.

Three: Private C. Dunning, Somerset Light Infantry, discharged due to wounds, 28 May 1916

1914 STAR, with clasp and rosette (7876 Pte., 1/Som. L.I.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (7876 Pte., Som. L.I.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £160-200

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Corporal Thomas Frederick Milton, 2nd Dragoon Guards entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 9 September 1914. Later with the 3rd County of London Yeomanry. He was commissioned in the Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) on 16 February 1917. Post-war he lived at 15 Kellett Road, Brixton, S.W.2. With copied m.i.c.

Six: Lieutenant T. F. Milton, Machine Gun Corps, late 2nd Dragoon Guards and County of London Yeomanry

1914 STAR, with clasp (6856 Cpl., 2/D. Gds.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut.); 1939-45 STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed, medals cleaned, re-gilded, lacquered and mounted court style for wear, minor contact marks,very fine (6) £160-200

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Private Richard V. F. Triggs, 17th Lancers entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 8 November 1914. With copied m.i.c.

Richard Triggs (2nd group) attested for the 17th Lancers on 6 August 1891 and was appointed Shoeing-Smith in January 1892. Promoted to Corporal Shoeing-Smith in January 1894; Sergeant Farrier in February 1894; Staff Sergeant Farrier in February 1897; and Farrier Quartermaster Sergeant in October 1910. Awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. in 1910. He served in India, September 1909-December 1914 and was discharged on 5 March 1920. With copied service papers and m.i.c. Also with a card box addressed to ‘Mr R.Triggs, 356 Marlborough Road, Swindon, Wilts.’

Family group:

Four: Serjeant R. V. F. Triggs, 16th/5th Lancers, late 17th Lancers1914 STAR, with copy slip-on clasp (4749 L. Cpl., 17/Lrs.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (L-4749 Cpl., 17-Lrs.); ARMY L.S.& G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (312074 Sjt., 16-5 L.) fine and better

Pair: Warrant Officer Class 2 R. Triggs, 17th LancersBRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (L-13222 W.O. Cl. 2, 17-Lrs.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3596 F.S. Sjt., 17/Lrs.) mounted forwear, the pair nearly extremely fine (6) £180-220

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M.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1917.

Five: Engineer Ledger Keeper & Quartermaster Serjeant A. M. Durrant, Royal Engineers

1914 STAR, with copy clasp (1918 S. Sjt., R.E.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (1918 T.W.O. Cl. 1, R.E.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1918 Stkpr. Q.M. Sjt., R.E.); ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (1918 E.L.K. & S.Q.M.Sjt., R.E.) good very fine (5) £200-240

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Driver William McNeill, 12 Brigade, R.F.A. entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 11 September 1914. He later served with theRoyal Defence Corps and Royal Engineers. Between the wars he lived in Edinburgh and applied for replacement medals in 1936. Withcopied m.i.c. which confirms clasp.

Six: Driver W. McNeill, Royal Field Artillery

1914 STAR, with clasp (17729 Dvr., R.A.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (17729 Dvr., R.A.) these three are later replacements; 1939-45 STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed, good very fine and better (6) £60-80

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Serjeant Percy W. Green, 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 26 August 1914. With copied m.i.c.

Four: Serjeant P. W. Green, Bedfordshire Regiment

1914 STAR, with clasp (7246 Cpl., 1/Bedf. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (7246 Sjt., Bedf. R.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5942025 Sjt., Bedf. & Herts. R.) mounted as worn, good very fine and better (4) £160-200

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Entitled to the clasp.

Four: Private W. Sonley, Royal Marine Light Infantry

1914 STAR (Po.10808 Pte., R.M. Brigade); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Po.10808 Pte., R.M.L.I.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Po/10808 Pte., R.M.L.I.) extremely fine (4) £160-200

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Served at Dunkirk/the Dunkirk Air Station; not awarded the clasp. 1914 Star sent to him at R.A.F. Brooklands, 10 September 1919. Died 15 October 1951. With some copied research including modern photographs of his headstone.

Four: Sergeant F. F. Ford, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service

1914 STAR (Ch.15880 A.M. 1 Gr., R.N.A.S.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (314201 Sgt., R.A.F.); ROYAL AIR FORCE L.S. &G.C., G.V.R. (314201 F/Sgt., R.A.F.) mounted as worn, very fine (4) £200-240

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Private William J. Gardner, 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 12 August 1914. He was later taken a prisoner-of-war. With copied m.i.c.

Three: Private W. J. Gardner, Royal Sussex Regiment, a Prisoner-of-War

1914 STAR (8301 Pte., 2/R. Suss. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (L-8301 Pte., R. Suss. R.) nearly extremely fine (3)£120-160

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Private William James Newman, 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 21 August 1914. He later transferred to the Army Cyclist Corps as Private 1120. He died on 1 April 1919, aged 31 years. He was buried in the Winchester (Old Hill) Cemetery and was the son of Mrs Chappell of Clerkenwell and husband of Ellen Newman of 65 Hyde Street, Winchester. With original slips to accompany the British War and Victory Medals and Memorial Plaque (this not with lot); together with copied m.i.c. and some research and a modern photograph of his headstone.

Three: Corporal W. J. Newman, Army Cyclist Corps, late Somerset Light Infantry, who died on 1 April 1919

1914 STAR (8050 Pte., 1/Som. L.I.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (8050 Cpl., Som. L.I.) extremely fine (3) £100-140

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Private Albert T. Chettleburgh, 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 30 August 1914. Served at the battles of Ypres, Arras and Cambrai. After the war he lived at 2 Brook Cottages, Millbrook, Southampton. Entitled to a clasp. With copied m.i.c.

Three: Corporal A. T. Chettleburgh, East Lancashire Regiment

1914 STAR (8736 Pte., 1/E. Lan. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (8736 Cpl., E. Lan. R.) nearly very fine (3) £90-120

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In 1914 the clouds of war appeared on the horizon, and Bailey, then a fourth-year student, volunteered for service with the British RedCross Society. He disembarked in Belgium on 16 August 1914, where he was posted for service as a Dresser with the 1st Belgian Unit at a hospital in Brussels. Belgium being rapidly overrun by the Germans, Bailey was taken prisoner and sent to work on the railways inGermany. While thus engaged a troop train was wrecked and three prisoners, of whom Bailey was one, were held responsible for the sabotage. The other two were Frenchmen, but although all three were court-martialled and sentenced to death, only one Frenchman was actually executed.

An interesting Great War group awarded to Surgeon Lieutenant H. Hamilton Bailey, Royal Navy, late R.N.V.R. and British Red Cross Society, who was captured in Brussels in 1914 and sent to Germany towork on the railways where he was sentenced to death for sabotage, but later repatriated to England he subsequently served as a Naval Surgeon and became probably the best-known surgical author in Britain; he was unusually the recipient of both the 1914 Star and the 1914-15 Star

1914 STAR (H. H. Bailey, B.R.C.S. & O.St.J.J.); 1914-15 STAR (Surg. H. H.Bailey, R.N.V.R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Surg. Lt. H. H. Bailey.R.N.) together with silver and enamel medal of the Surgical Society of Piedmont (A Hamilton Bailey, Torino 27.V.1948) good very fine (5)

£400-500

Henry Hamilton Bailey was born on 1 October 1894, at Bishopstoke, Hampshire,where his father was set up in a general practice. When 5 years old Hamilton was sent as a border to a preparatory school near Southport, and a few years laterhe entered St Lawrence College, Ramsgate. At the age of 16 he entered the London Hospital where he had no difficulty in passing the examinations.

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Bailey was imprisoned on suspicion of being a spy but in due course was repatriated to England with a group of medical personnel andthen served as a surgeon-probationer on a destroyer in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Returning to the London Hospital, he qualified L.M.S.S.A. in 1916, held a resident post as a house-surgeon, and then served for the rest of the war as a temporary surgeon (commission dated 26 August 1916) in the Royal Navy, in H.M.S. Inflexible and Monitor 19.

When he was released from the Navy in 1919 he returned to London to start his hospital appointment and study for his F.R.C.S. By theend of 1920 he had passed both parts of this examination and became surgical registrar and tutor at the Liverpool Royal Infirmary, anddemonstrator of anatomy at Liverpool University. He then returned to the London Hospital as surgical registrar and, later, as first surgical assistant. He received a B.M.A. grant in 1925 and for the two following years he held the Gillson scholarship of the Society ofApothecaries. He was then appointed assistant surgeon to the Liverpool Royal Infirmary, but, resigning from this post, he became resident surgeon at the Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham. After a short time on the staff of the Bruce Wills Memorial Hospital in Bristol, he came back to London and was elected to the staff of the Royal Northern Hospital, in charge of the genito-urinary department. In the course of time he joined the staff of several other hospitals, including the Italian Hospital, the Clacton Hospital, and the Metropolitan Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital. He was also surgeon and urologist to the Essex County Council, and he was an external examiner in surgery to the University of Bristol. A Hunterian professor at the Royal College of Surgeons, he was a Fellow of theAmerican College of Surgeons, a member of the Société d’Urologie, and a vice-president of the International College of Surgeons.

Hamilton Bailey was probably the best-known surgical author in Britain; his books have been translated into many languages and enjoya wide circulation in North America. An entire edition of Surgery of Modern Warfare was purchased during the second world war for distribution to medical officers in the armed forces of the U.S.A. Other notable books include A Short Practice of Surgery (written withMr R. J. McNeill Love), and Pye’s Surgical Handicraft, of which he was editor. His Notable Names in Medicine and Surgery, written with Mr W. J. Bishop, was published in 1959. Hamilton Bailey died on 26 March 1961, at Malaga, Spain, where he retired during thewinter months, after a succession of operations. He was 66 years of age. See also Hamilton Bailey: A Surgeon’s Life, an excellent biography by Adrian Marston, originally published 1999, recently republished (ISBN 9780521178242).

Three: Corporal J. Tutty, Royal Engineers1914 STAR (385848 Cpl., R.E.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (385848 Spr., R.E.)

Three: Corporal A. Riley, Royal Army Medical Corps1914 STAR (33337 Pte., R.A.M.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (33337 Cpl., R.A.M.C.) nearly very fine and better (6)

£160-200

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Four: Acting Corporal A. L. Brown, Army Ordnance Corps

1914 STAR (S-6613 Pte., A.O.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (S-6613 A. Cpl., A.O.C.); IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Albert Lewis Daintree Brown) good very fine (4) £90-120

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Gunner Robert Rice, 3rd Brigade, R.H.A. entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 15 August 1914. With copied m.i.c.

Three: Gunner R. Rice, Royal Horse Artillery

1914 STAR (21243 Gnr., R.H.A.) gilded; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (21243 Gnr., R.A.) good very fine (3) £80-100

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Frank “Sam” Thornton, who was born in June 1898 and commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 16th Lancers shortly before the outbreak of hostilities, witnessed active service out in France and Flanders in the period November 1914 to March 1915, when he waswounded and invalided home. Advanced to Lieutenant in August of the latter year, he rejoined his regiment on the Western Front in January 1916 and remained similarly employed until the War’s end, following which, as a recently promoted Captain, he served out inRussia 1919-20. He was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 5 July 1919 refers).

An unusual World War and inter-war campaign service group of six awarded to Brigadier F. Thornton, Deputy Director of Military Intelligence at the War Office, late 16th Lancers and 8th Hussars, who was twice mentioned in despatches in the Palestine operations of 1936-39 and awarded the American Legion of Merit in the 1939-45 War

1914 STAR (2 Lieut. F. Thornton, 16/Lrs.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut. F. Thornton); GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (Lt. Col. F. Thornton, 8-H.); CORONATION 1937; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LEGION OF MERIT, Officer’s breast badge, gilt and enamel, unnamed, with its case of issue, mounted as worn, together with an entirely official double-issue GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (Col. F. Thornton), and a set of related dress miniature medals, these latter excluding the G.S.M. but including the Defence and War Medals 1939-45, the Great War awards somewhat polished, otherwise generally very fine or better (14) £600-800

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A period of attachment to the Tanks Corps followed in the period March 1920 to April 1923, but he returned to regimental employ withthe recently amalgamated 16th/5th Lancers thereafter, gaining advancement to Major in April 1929 and, following appointments in Egypt and at the War Office, the Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel in January 1935. Then in October 1938, having transferred to the 8th Hussars as a substantive Lieutenant-Colonel, he was ordered to Palestine and the Trans-Jordan as a G.S.O. 1, in which theatre of operations he remained employed until April 1939, and won a brace of “mentions” (London Gazettes 23 July 1937 and 15 September1939 refer).

Here, then, the likely commencement of his career in Military Intelligence for, as verified by the recommendation for his subsequent award of the American Legion of Merit (London Gazette 18 July 1947 refers), Thornton became Deputy Director of Military Intelligenceat the War Office during the 1939-45 War:

Brigadier Frank Thornton, British Army, performed meritorious service from March 1942 to May 1945. As Chief of M.I. 3 Branch, and later Deputy Director of Military Intelligence, British War Office, he wholeheartedly co-operated with the office of the United States Military Attache. His efforts greatly assisted the work of American Intelligence Officers and contributed materially to supplying the WarDepartment with Intelligence from British sources’ (T.N.A. WO 373/148 refers).

M.I. 3 was originally established to handle geographical information in the Great War but, by the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, was specialising in intelligence gathering and covert operations in the Balkans and the Middle East. Thus Thornton would have been closely associated with S.O.E. policies and actions in such complex theatres of war as Yugoslavia and Greece, working in liaisonwith the O.S.S. and other American clandestine agencies.

Four: W. J. Jones, British Red Cross Society & Order of St. John

1914 STAR (W. J. Jones, B.R.C.S. & O. St. J.J.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (W. J. Jones, B.R.C.S. & O. St. J.J.); ST. JOHN SERVICE MEDAL (1st Cl. Sgt. W. Jones (B. Div. City of Bristol Cps. No. 2 Dist ...J.A.B.) 1916) last renamed, nearly very fine (4) £120-160

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Alison J. G. Graveley (male) was born in Southampton in 1888.

Jack P. Nobbs was a member of the Mercantile Marine before the war. Served on H.M. Yachts Mingary and Dorade. Later on H.M.H.S. Carisbrooke Castle conveying wounded from France. Demobilised in October 1919. Lived at 58 Oxford Avenue, Southampton.

Four: Chief Steward A. Graveley, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary1914-15 STAR (Std., M.F.A.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Ch. Std., M.F.A.); MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDAL 1914-18 (Alison J. G. Graveley); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (Ch. Std., M.F.A.) mounted as worn

Four: Steward J. P. Nobbs, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary1914-15 STAR (Std., M.F.A.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Jack P. Nobbs); MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDAL 1914-18 (Jack P. Nobbs); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (Std., M.F.A.) mounted as worn, very fine and better (8) £120-160

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A note with ‘Pitney’ states he transferred from the R.N.A.S. in 1917 and served in France until 1920.

Pair: Gunner W. D. Phillips, Royal Garrison Artillery1914-15 STAR (51832 Gnr., R.G.A.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (51832 Gnr., R.A.)

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDAL PAIRS (2) (24490 Gnr. W. D. Jones, R.A.; 238146 Pte. 1 W. Pitney, R.A.F.) good very fine (6) £50-70

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Captain William Walbeoffe-Wilson, 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment, was killed in action on 2 August 1918, aged 33 years. Having only just joined the battalion on 26 July 1918, he was shot through the head as he peered over the parapet. He was buried in the Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery, Belgium. He was the son of Major William Henry Herbert Walbeoffe-Wilson, R.M.E.M., J.P.of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, and Emily Walbeoff-Wilson, of Les Oliviers, Cap D’Antibes, France.


Pair: Captain W. Walbeoffe-Wilson, Monmouthshire Regiment, killed in action, 2 August 1918

1914-15 STAR (Capt., Mon. R.); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (Capt.) good very fine (2) £100-140

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Four: Able Seaman J. Williams, Royal Navy1914-15 STAR (S.S.4594 A.B., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (SS.4594 A.B., R.N.); ROYAL FLEET RESERVE L.S. & G.C.,G.V.R., 1st issue (SS.4594 (Po.B.8928) A.B., R.F.R.) mounted as worn

Pair: Private W. Williams, Worcestershire RegimentBRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (52498 Pte., Worc. R.)

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (2) (315103 Pte. S. E. Welch, Devon. R.; 256731 Spr. H. Preece, R.E.) very fine and better (7) £120-150

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Ten: Corporal H. G. Wyatt, Royal Marine Artillery

1914-15 STAR (R.M.A. 11938 Gr.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (R.M.A. 11938 Cpl.); 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (R.M.A.11938 Cpl., R.M.A.); NAVAL GOOD SHOOTING, G.V.R. (11938 Gunr., R.M.A., H.M.S. Warrior 1914, 3 Pdr. Q.F.) mounted(incorrectly) as worn, contact marks, fine and better (10) £300-350

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William Owens was born in Chelsea on 15 March 1889. Formerly employed as a Fishmonger’s Assistant, he served in the R.N.A.S.B.R.as a Senior Reserve Attendant, 2 August 1914-21 June 1919. He was mobilised for the Second World War on 26 August 1939.

With copied service paper and other research. Not listed as a recipient of a bar to the R.N.A.S.B.R. Medal in The Naval Long Service Medals, by K. Douglas-Morris.

Eight: Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer W. Owens, Royal Navy

1914-15 STAR (M.8838 S.R.A, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (M.8838 S.R.A., R.N.); 1939-45 STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these three privately engraved (M1853 W. Owens, S.B.C.P.O. R.N.); ROYAL NAVAL AUXILIARY SICK BERTH RESERVE L.S.& G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension, with 2nd Award Bar (1853 S.B.A., R.N.A.S.B.R.); ST. JOHN SERVICE MEDAL, 5 silver clasps (7578 Pte. Kensington Div. No. 1 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1929) mounted as worn; together with a St. John AmbulanceAssociation Re-examination Badge, bronze (173168 William Owens) with 45 ‘labels’ dating from 1915 to 1960, some contact marks, very fine and better (9) £200-240

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Lawrence Wilson Hempsall was appointed a Temporary Gunner, R.N. on 15 September 1941.

Six: Temporary Gunner L. W. Hempsall, Royal Navy

1914-15 STAR (J.38844 Boy 1, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (J.38844 A.B., R.N.); DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue (38844 A/P.O., H.M.S. Victory) contact marks, fine and better (6)

£80-100

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Private Henry Boutemy, 1/22nd Battalion London Regiment entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 March 1915. Later in thewar he was transferred to the Queen’s Regiment.

With copied m.i.c.

Six: Company Quartermaster Serjeant H. Boutemy, Indian Service Corps, late 22nd London Regiment and The Queen’sRegiment

1914-15 STAR (680903 Pte., 22nd Lond. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (680903 Pte., 22-Lond. R.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (6077189 Sjt., The Queen’s R.); DEFENCE MEDAL, unnamed; ARMY

L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, India (C.Q.M.S., I.S.C.) very fine and better (6) £140-180

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M.S.M. London Gazette 8 March 1920.

Samuel Jewell was born in Stratton, Cornwall on 30 October 1886. A Farm Labourer by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Navy asa Stoker 2nd Class on 15 September 1905. Serving on Suffolk, he was promoted to Stoker in May 1906 and Stoker 1st Class two monthslater. Based on Blake, he served on the destroyer Nemesis as an Acting Leading Stoker, October 1915-April 1916, then on Magic, April1916-March 1918, where he was successively advanced to Leading Stoker in May 1916 and Stoker Petty Officer in February 1918. Serving on Magic he was present at the battle of Jutland - the ship forming part of the 11th Destroyer Flotilla of the Grand Fleet. He continued to serve on Magic, based on Hecla and Leander until May 1918. In June 1918 he was posted to the newly launched ‘Admiralty W Class destroyer Voyager, on which he served until 31 December 1921. The Voyager, along with a number of other destroyers served in the Baltic during 1919, combating the Bolshevik threat to shipping in the area. For his services in that theatre of war, Jewell was awarded the Royal Navy M.S.M. He was awarded the Long Service Medal in October 1920 - the medal named to the depot ship Columbine. Jewell was pensioned ashore on the reduction of the service on 13 June 1922.

With copied service paper and gazette extract.

A rare Baltic 1919 M.S.M. group of five awarded to Stoker Petty Officer S. Jewell, Royal Navy

1914-15 STAR (308902 Act. L.S., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (308902 S.P.O., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (308902 Samuel Jewell, S.P.O., H.M.S. Columbine); ROYAL NAVY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R. (308902 Sto. P.O., “Voyager” Baltic 1919) some contact marks, nearly very fine (5) £400-450

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Arthur George House was born in Lymington. A Shipwright by occupation, he enlisted for the Royal Navy as a Shipwright on 8 June 1899. He was promoted to Leading Shipwright in December 1900 when on Andromeda and was rated as Carpenter’s Mate in October1907 when on Assistance. Serving on Excellent, February 1912-March 1914, he was promoted to Shipwright 1st Class in December 1912 and Chief Shipwright on October 1913. House served throughout the war on the dreadnought battleship Iron Duke. The ship wasthe fleet flagship of the Grand Fleet, 1914-17 and it was probably for his service on board the ship at Jutland that House was awarded the Russian Bravery Medal. Post-war, House served as Shipwright aboard the battlecruiser New Zealand, February 1919- March 1920,being promoted to Chief Shipwright 1st Class in October 1919. The ship, carrying Admiral Jellicoe, went on a tour of the British Dominions, visiting India, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. After further service on the light battlecruiser Courageous, August 1920-May 1921, House was Pensioned Ashore on 13 August 1921.

With copied service paper and roll extract.

Five: Chief Shipwright A. C. House, Royal Navy

1914-15 STAR (342755 Ch. Shpt., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (342755 Ch. Shpt. 2, R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (342755 Chief Shipwright, H.M.S. Iron Duke) mounted (incorrectly) as worn; RUSSIA, ST. GEORGE MEDAL FOR BRAVERY, 4th Class, silver, reverse numbered, ‘No 1272918’, very fine and better (5) £600-800

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Four: Acting Corporal E. Browning, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps

1914-15 STAR (2884 2.A.M., R.F.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2184 A. Cpl., R.A.F.); DEFENCE MEDAL, unnamed, mounted as worn, generally very fine (4) £80-100

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James Edward Albert Harding was born in Shrewdbury, Shropshire on 10 July 1876. A Fitter by occupation, he enlisted into the RoyalNavy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class on 9 August 1898. He was confirmed in the rank in July 1900 when on the Duke ofWellington and advanced to E.R.A. 3rd Class in January 1902 on the same ship, and to E.R.A. 2nd Class in January 1906 when at Victory II. Serving on Hecla, June 1910-April 1911, he was promoted to E.R.A. 1st Class in January 1911 and Acting Chief Engine RoomArtificer 2nd Class in April 1911. He was confirmed as C.E.R.A. 2nd Class in April 1912 on Pathfinder. Harding served on the destroyer Sandfly throughout the war, December 1913-December 1918, the ship being latterly employed as a minelayer with the 20th DestroyerFlotilla in the North Sea. For his services as C.E.R.A. 1st Class aboard the ship in the last months of the war he was awarded the RoyalNavy M.S.M. He was demobilised on 6 September 1920.

With copied service paper and other research.

A Great War ‘Minelaying’ M.S.M. group of four awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer J. E. A. Harding, Royal Navy

1914-15 STAR (269402 C.E.R.A.2, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (269402 C.E.R.A.1, R.N.): ROYAL NAVY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R. (269402 C.E.R.A. 1Cl., “Sandfly” Minelaying 1 July-11 Nov. 1918) mounted for wear, good very fine and better (4) £350-400

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A Great War ‘Minesweeping’ M.S.M. group of four awarded to Deck Hand J. W. Shipp, Royal Naval Reserve

1914-15 STAR (D.A.282 D.H., R.N.R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (282D.A. D.H., R.N.R.); ROYAL NAVY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R. (D.A.282 Dk. Hd. R.N.R. “W. S. Burton” Minesweeping 1918) nearly extremely fine (4)

£350-400

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M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918. ‘... in recognition of valuable services rendered with the Forces in France during the present war.’

John Walter Young was born in Andover, Hampshire and enlisted at Gosport. As a Farrier Serjeant in the Royal Field Artillery he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 22 July 1915. He died at home on 20 June 1918 and was buried in the Portsmouth (Milton) Cemetery. He was the son of Walter and Sarah Young of Abbot’s Arm, Andover, Hampshire and husband of Mary Fortune Young of 8 Priorsdean Avenue, Copnor, Portsmouth.

With some copied research and a modern photograph of his headstone. Plaque in card envelope and (damaged) registered envelope addressed to his wife.

Four: Farrier Serjeant J. W. Young, Royal Field Artillery, who died at home on 20 June 1918

1914-15 STAR (52102 Far. Sjt., R.F.A.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (52102 Sjt., R.A.); ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (52102 Far. Sjt., A.93/A. Bde. R.F.A.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (John Walter Young) good very fine and better (5) £160-200

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Lewis George Coutney was appointed a Chief Officer in the Coast Guard on 1 May 1920.

Four: Petty Officer L. G. Courtney, Royal Navy

1914-15 STAR (145022 P.O.1, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (145022 P.O.1, R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (145022 Btn., H.M. Coast Guard) nearly extremely fine (4) £80-100

1397

Four: Yeoman of Signals M. J. McLaughlin, Royal Navy

1914-15 STAR (149648 Y.S., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (149648 Y.S., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (149648 Yeo. Sigs., H.M.S. Crescent) last with minor edge bruising, nearly extremely fine (4) £80-100

1398

Henry Kenden was appointed a Senior Commissioned Mechanician on 1 April 1928.

Four: Warrant Mechanician H. Kenden, Royal Navy

1914-15 STAR (292856 Mech., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Wt. Mech., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (292856 Henry Kenden, Mech., H.M.S. King George V) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £80-100

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H.M.S. Lucia was submarine depot ship.

Four: Sergeant P. C. Couzens, Royal Marine Light Infantry1914-15 STAR (P.O.16153 Pte., R.M.L.I.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (PO.16153 Cpl., R.M.L.I.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (PO.16153 Sgt., R.M.)

Four: Petty Officer Telegraphist H. F. Pearson, Royal Navy1914-15 STAR (J.38136 B. Tel., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (J.38136 Tel., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R.,3rd issue (J.38136 P.O. Tel., H.M.S. Lucia) mounted as worn, edge bruising, contact marks, worn and better (8)

£100-150

1400

Ex Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, B.D.W. 16 October 1996.

John Hartley Lord was born in Colne, Lancashire on 16 June 1891. A Cotton Weaver by occupation, he served throughout the war as aS.R.A. in the R.N.A.S.B.R., being demobilised in April 1919. He served mainly ashore at Pembroke and Victory but served on the hospital ship Somali during February-September 1915. L.S. & G.C. medal awarded 30 November 1920; Bar awarded 6 November 1934. With copied service paper.

Four: Senior Reserve Attendant J. H. Lord, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve

1914-15 STAR (M.9554 S.R.A., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (M.9554 S.R.A., R.N.); ROYAL NAVAL AUXILIARY SICK BERTH RESERVE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, with Second Award Bar (1197 Sen. R.A., R.N.A.S.B.R.) mounted for wear, some edge bruising and contact marks, about very fine (4) £160-200

1401

George Howlett Tipper was born in Kendal in 1881 and was educated at Kendal School and Clare College, Cambridge. Employed as an Assistant Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India. He was commissioned into the Indian Army Reserve of Officers on 30 April 1915 having trained with the North Staffordshire Regiment. He attained the rank of Captain on 30 April 1916.

Four: Captain G. H. Tipper, Indian Army Reserve of Officers

1914-15 STAR (2/Lt., I.A.R.O.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut.); DELHI DURBAR 1911 (G. H. Tipper) silver, mountedas worn, in case; together with a mounted set of four miniature dress medals, nearly extremely fine (8) £100-140

1402

Four: Staff Nurse E. S. Mungle, Territorial Force Nursing Service

1914-15 STAR (S. Nurse, T.F.N.S.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (S. Nurse); TERRITORIAL FORCE NURSING SERVICE CAPE BADGE, unnamed, good very fine (4) £100-140

1403

Arthur William J. Turner was born on 29 August 1859. His service paper shows that he was appointed an Acting Assistant Engineer on1 July 1880 and confirmed in that rank in January 1881. Promoted to Engineer on Nankin in March 1886; Chief Engineer on Vivid in November 1892; Staff Engineer on Sharpshooter in September 1894; Fleet Engineer on Argonaut in April 1900; Engineer Commander on Duke of Wellington in October 1902; Engineer Captain on King Edward VII in November 1909 and Engineer Rear-Admiral on Hercules in November 1912. In the Navy List he is shown with the rank of Engineer Lieutenant-Commander with seniority dating 11 January 1914. Rear-Admiral Turner latterly of 20 Danvers Street, Chelsea, died on 12 June 1964. He was the father of Vice-Admiral Arther Francis Turner, C.B., D.S.C. With copied research.

Three: Engineer Rear-Admiral A. W. Turner, Royal Navy

1914-15 STAR (Eng. Lt. Cr., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Eng. Lt. Cr., R.N.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £140-180

1404

John Snell Orr was born on 16 July 1887. He was commissioned an Engineer Sub-Lieutenant on 29 July 1907. Attended the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, September 1907-June 1908. Promoted to Engineer Lieutenant in May 1909; served on Dreadnought, July 1910-May 1912, after which he attended Dartmouth College until June 1914. Was requested for service to accompany The British Antarctic Expedition of 1914 (Shackleton) but was refused permission by the Navy. Served on Marlborough, June 1914-April 1915 and Noble, April 1915-February 1917, after which he served in the C. in C’s. Department at the Admiralty. Promoted to Engineer LieutenantCommander in April 1917, Engineer Commander in January 1923 and Engineer Captain in December 1932. Served in the Naval Intelligence Department, 1927-January 1932 and August 1934-May 1936. Served as Assistant Naval Attache, Washington, January 1932-August 1934. Placed on the Retired List as medically unfit, 23 May 1936. With copied service papers and other research.

Three: Engineer Captain J. S. Orr, Royal Navy

1914-15 STAR (Eng. Lt., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Eng. Lt. Cr., R.N.) good very fine (3) £140-180

1405

Joseph Edward Lancashire was born at Micheldever, Hampshire on 25 December 1866. Appointed an Acting Assistant Engineer in theRoyal Navy on 1 July 1888. Qualified as an Assistant Engineer on 2 March 1892. Ranked as an Engineer Commander in April 1907 andEngineer Captain in July 1916. He retired in 1919 and died on 28 September 1926. With copied research.

Three: Engineer Captain J. E. Lancashire, Royal Navy

1914-15 STAR (Eng. Commr. J. E. Lancashire, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Eng. Capt., E. J. Lancashire R.N.) notevariation of initials, mounted as worn, extremely fine (3) £120-160

1406


Three: Engineer Lieutenant J. H. Wilson, Royal Navy

1914-15 STAR (Ch. Art. Eng., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Eng. Lt., R.N.) extremely fine (3) £120-150

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Three: Lieutenant H. J. Andrews, Royal Navy

1914-15 STAR (Art. Eng., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Art. Eng.,R.N.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £120-150

Herbert James Andrews was born on 12 January 1879. Appointed an Acting Artificer Engineer on 1 January 1915. Posted to the pre-dreadnought battleship Goliath in February 1915, he was unable to join the ship before she sailed for theEastern Mediterranean - a fortunate occurrence as the ship was torpedoed and sunk off Cape Helles on 15 May 1915. Posted instead to Hyacinth, April 1915-January 1916 and then Vengeance, January-September 1916, he was confirmed in his rank in October 1916. He served on Hyacinth, September 1916-August 1917 and Severn, August 1917-November 1918. Andrews was appointed a Warrant Engineer in January 1920 when on Bellerophon. Serving on the survey ship Fitzroy, December 1923-November 1925, he was appointed a Commissioned Engineer in February 1925. Placed on the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant (Engineer) on 12 January 1929. Latterly living at 49 Seaton Street, Chelsea, Andrews died on 23 January 1953.

With four original photographs, one a group photograph on H.M.S. Fitzroy. copied service papers.

1408

Samuel Henry Vickery graduated with a M.B. and B.Ch. 1903 at the University of Dublin. Registered as a Physician on 19 December 1903. Appointed a Staff Surgeon on 16 February 1914. Later ranked as a Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander. With some copied research.

Three: Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander S. H. Vickery, Royal Navy

1914-15 STAR (St. Surg., M.B., B.A., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Surg. Lt. Cr., R.N.) nearly extremely fine (3)£120-150

1409

Stoker Petty Officer Charles Young, Royal Navy was killed in action at the battle of Jutland on 31 May/1 June 1916.

A member of the ill-fated 1st Cruiser Squadron. During the late afternoon and night of 31 May the Black Prince had lost touch with themain fleet. At about 00.15 on 1 June she found herself 1,600 yards from ships of the German 1st Battle Squadron. Illuminated by searchlights, several German battleships then swept her with fire at point blank range. Unable to respond, she burst into flames and four minutes later after a terrific explosion she sank with all hands - 37 officers, 815 ratings and 5 civilians being killed.

Three: Stoker Petty Officer C. Young, Royal Navy, killed in action on H.M.S. Black Prince at the battle of Jutland, 31 May/1 June 1916

1914-15 STAR (304234 L. Sto., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (304234 S.P.O., R.N.) extremely fine (3) £240-280

1410

Petty Officer H. J. McLoughlin, R.N., of the battlecruiser H.M.S. Queen Mary, died on 4 November 1914. He was buried in the Rosskeen Parish Churchyard Extension, near the Cromarty Firth.

Three: Petty Officer H. J. McLoughlin, Royal Navy, who died on 4 November 1914

1914-15 STAR (192051 P.O., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (192051 P.O., R.N.) extremely fine (3) £100-140

1411

Three: Stoker Petty Officer F. A. Cunningham, Royal Navy1914-15 STAR (282108 S.P.O., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (282 S.P.O., R.N.) mounted as worn

Three: Engineman S. A. Hammond, Royal Naval Reserve1914-15 STAR (E.S.1497 Engn., R.N.R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (1497E.S. Engn., R.N.R.)

Three: Steward R. J. Down, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary1914-15 STAR (Std., M.F.A.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Std., M.F.A.) mounted as worn, very fine and better (9)

£120-160

1412

2nd Hand Ernest Alexander Fisher, R.N.R. was killed in action on 8 March 1915 when the hired trawler Okino was mined near Yeni Cale in the Dardanelles. She was lost with all but five of her crew in one of the night-time attempts to clear the Kephez minefield. Withcopied (indistinct) service papers and some other research.

Three: 2nd Hand E. A. Fisher, Royal Naval Reserve, killed in action in the Dardanelles on H.M. Trawler Okino, 8 March 1915

1914-15 STAR (SA.849 2 Hd., R.N.R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (849SA 2 Hd., R.N.R.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (Ernest Alexander Fisher) extremely fine (4) £180-220

1413

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Three: Warrant Officer 2nd Class S. A. Smith, Royal Naval Air Service

1914-15 STAR (F.541 P.O.M., R.N.A.S.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (W.O.2, R.N.A.S.) nearly extremely fine (3)£100-140

1414

George Llewellyn Parry was the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel R. C. Parry, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Educated at Wellington, he obtained his commission in the Royal Marines in January 1899, being promoted to Captain in 1911 and to Major in May 1917. He waspresent at the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, serving on the battleship Thunderer. In July 1917 he was appointed to the command of the 2nd R.M. Battalion, R.N. Division in France. On 20 January 1918 he was hit by a sniper’s bullet whilst visiting his advanced posts by night. He succumbed to his wounds in the Red Cross Hospital at Rouen on 2 February 1918, aged 37 years. He was buried in the St.Sever Cemetery, Rouen. Known as ‘Old Bill’ to his men.

With copied research and a modern photograph of his headstone.

Three: Acting Lieutenant-Colonel G. L. Parry, Royal Marine Light Infantry, who was shot by a sniper on 20 January 1918 and died of his wounds on 2 February 1918

1914-15 STAR (Capt., R.M.L.I.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Maj., R.M.) mounted as worn, extremely fine (3)£300-350

1415

Three: Private E. J. Coffin, Royal Marine Light Infantry, killed when serving on H.M.S. Viknor, 13 January 1915

1914-15 STAR (Po.10122 Pte., R.M.L.I.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Po.10122 Pte., R.M.L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Edward John Coffin) extremely fine (4) £160-200

Private Edward John Coffin, R.M. served in the Boer War on board the Beagle - for which he was awarded the Queen’s medal with clasps for Cape Colony and South Africa 1901. Private Coffin was killed on 13 January 1915, aged 34 years,when the armed merchant cruiser Viknor was lost with all hands, believed mined, to the north of Ireland on 13 January 1915. His name is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. He was the son of George and Emma Coffinand husband of Elizabeth Coffin of 1 Rose Cottage, Gosport Road, Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire.

With original portrait photograph of the recipient in uniform and named commemorative scroll, plus copied research.

1416

Harold Foster enlisted on 25 January 1915. With the Coldstream Guards he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 3 October 1915. He was discharged on 2 May 1917 suffering from Neurasthenia. Awarded the Silver War Badge.


Three: Private H. Foster, Coldstream Guards

1914-15 STAR (15071 Pte., C. Gds.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (15071 Pte., C. Gds.) extremely fine (3) £50-70

1417

William Francis Anderson was born in August 1884. Formerly with the Militia, he was gazetted to the Royal Fusiliers in May 1906 andpromoted to Lieutenant in August 1909. As a Captain in the 3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers he died of wounds on 15 February 1915. Hewas buried in the Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate, Ieper, Belgium.

With copied research and modern photograph of his headstone.

Three: Captain W. F. Anderson, 3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers, who died of wounds at Ypres on 15 February 1915

1914-15 STAR (Capt., R. Fus.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Capt.) extremely fine (3) £300-350

1418

2nd Lieutenant Charles Henry Steele, Gloucestershire Regiment entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 April 1915. Post-war lived at 54 Winter Road, Southsea, Hampshire.

With copied m.i.c.

Three: Lieutenant C. H. Steele, Gloucestershire Regiment

1914-15 STAR (2 Lieut., Glouc. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut) in named card boxes of issue, extremely fine (3) £100-140

1419

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Private G. H. Allen, Rifle Brigade entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 20 May 1915. Later transferred to Class “Z” Reserve.

With copied m.i.c.

Three: Serjeant G. H. Allen, Rifle Brigade

1914-15 STAR (B-2934 Pte. G. H. Allen, Rif. Brig.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (B-2934 Sjt. G. Allen, Rif. Brig.) extremely fine (3) £40-60

1420

James Frederick Culham was born and lived in Claygate, Surrey and enlisted at Clapham Junction. As a Lance-Corporal in the 23rd (County of London) Battalion London Regiment he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 18 August 1915. He was killed in action on 16 September 1916. Having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

With copied m.i.c. and casualty details.

Three: Private J. F. Culham, 23rd Battalion London Regiment, killed in action, France/Flanders, 16 September 1916

1914-15 STAR (3285 L-Cpl., 23-Lond. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (3285 Pte., 23-Lond. R.) extremely fine (3)£120-160

1421

Private George E. Horsley, East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry entered the Egyptian theatre of war on 10 November 1915. He later served in the Machine Gun Corps.

With copied m.i.c.

Three: Private G. E. Horsley, East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

1914-15 STAR (1427 Pte., E.R. of York. Y.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (1427 Pte., E.R. of York. Y.) extremely fine (3)£100-140

1422

Three: Private A. J. B. Wright, Suffolk Yeomanry

1914-15 STAR (3136 Pte., Suff. Yeo.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (3136 Pte., Suff. Yeo.) nearly extremely fine (3)£100-140

1423

Three: Lieutenant W. G. Clark, Royal Field Artillery

1914-15 STAR (95496 Cpl., R.F.A.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut.) in card boxes of issue, extremely fine (3)£70-90

1424

Shoeing Smith Harvey J. Holding, R.F.A. entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 22 September 1915.

Sapper Arthur W. Nash, R.E. entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 12 May 1915. Later transferred to Class “Z” Reserve.

Private Ernest E. Clarke, A.S.C. entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 5 December 1914. Later served in the Labour Corps. Transferred to Class “Z” Reserve on 16 July 1919.

All with copied m.i.c.

Three: Corporal H. J. Holding, Royal Field Artillery1914-15 STAR (100362 S. Sth., R.F.A.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (100362 Cpl., R.A.) mounted as worn

Three: Sapper A. W. Nash, Royal Engineers1914-15 STAR (48202 Spr., R.E.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (48202 Spr., R.E.)

Three: Acting Serjeant E. E. Clarke, Army Service Corps1914-15 STAR (SS-4779 Pte., A.S.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (4770 A. Sjt., A.S.C.) mounted as worn, very fine andbetter (9) £100-150

1425

William Alfred Boylett entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 September 1915. He was employed as a Chauffeur.

With copied m.i.c.

Three: W. A. Boylett, British Red Cross Society & St. John of Jerusalem

1914-15 STAR (W. A. Boylett, B.R.C.S. & St. J.J.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (W. A. Boylett, B.R.C.S. & St. J.J.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £60-80

1426

Three: Canteen Manager S. H. Allen

1914-15 STAR (S. H. Allen, Ctn. Mgr.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (S. H. Allen, Ctn. Mgr.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £80-100

1427

John T. Gould enlisted into the Army on 22 January 1914. As a Private in the 1/8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers he entered the Balkantheatre of war on 5 May 1915. As a Corporal he was discharged on 4 April 1919 and was awarded the Silver War Badge (not with lot).

With copied m.i.c. and roll extracts.

Three: Corporal J. T. Gould, Lancashire Fusiliers

1914-15 STAR (1850 Pte., Lan. Fus.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (305244 Cpl., Lan. Fus.) mounted as worn, very fine(3) £40-60

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With an original photograph of the recipient; copy of his Death Certificate and copied research.

Six: Motor Boatman A. E. Windebank, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who as an Assistant Cook was a survivor from the crew in the Titanic Disaster

1914-15 STAR (M.B.442 M.B., R.N.V.R.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (M.B.442 M.B., R.N.V.R.); MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDAL 1914-18 (Alfred E. Windebank); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (M.B.442 M.B., R.N.V.R.) mounted as worn; U.S.A. WEST INDIES CAMPAIGN MEDAL 1898 (Sampson Medal) (A. Windebank, 3d. Ck.) lacking brooch bar; SPANISH CAMPAIGN MEDAL 1898, U.S.N. issue, unnumbered, triple ring suspension, 2nd type ribbon, mounted as worn, good very fine and better (6) £2000-3000

1429

Alfred Edgar Windebank was born in Southampton on 18 July 1873, the son of Charles and Georgina Windebank. Served as 3rd Cook aboard an American warship (believed to be the auxiliary cruiser U.S.S. St. Louis) during the Spanish-American War 1898, serving in the Caribbean theatre of war. Later, serving in theBritish Mercantile Marine, he was taken on board the Titanic, transferring from the Oceanc, as a late substitute when one of the Assistant Cooks failed to join theship for its maiden voyage (sometimes listed as the Sauce Cook). When he signedon board the Titanic on 10 April 1912, his address was given as 8 Wyndham Place, Southampton. His monthly wages for service on the Oceanic were stated to be £4.10.0. When disaster overtook the Titanic on the night of 14/15 April 1912, Windebank was one of the 189 crew members who survived, finding refuge aboard lifeboat no. 13. The lifeboat with 65 people on board (including 22 crew) was launched at about 1.40 am. and was rescued by the Carpathia at about 4.45 am. In no way daunted by this experience, it is recorded that Windebank soon returned to the sea. During the Great War he served as a MotorBoatman in the R.N.V.R. Windebank retired from the Mercantile Marine in 1937and, latterly living at 6 Westrow Road, he died on 2 February 1961 and was buried at Hollybrook Cemetery, Southampton.

Air Mechanic 2nd Class B. R. Hood, R.F.C. entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 24 October 1915. With copied m.i.c.

Three: Corporal B. R. Hood, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps

1914-15 STAR (9703 2 A.M., R.F.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (9703 Cpl., R.A.F.) B.W.M. with edge bruise, good very fine (3) £70-90

1430

M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918. ‘in recognition of valuable services rendered with the Forces in France during the present war.’Awarded for service with the A.S.C. attached to the 38th Divisional Train.

Four: Serjeant J. A. Stokes, Army Service Corps

1914-15 STAR (W-S4-069761 Pte., A.S.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (WS4-069761 Sjt., A.S.C.); ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (S4-069761 Sjt., A.S.C.) good very fine (4) £120-160

1431

Robert Edwin Thomson was born in Co. Donegal on 17 July 1886. He entered the Royal Navy as a Ship’s Steward Boy on 8 May 1901.He was promoted to Ships Stewards Assistant in July 1906 when on Challenger and Ships Steward 2nd Class in March 1912 when on Hecla. Early in the war he served on the armoured cruiser Minotaur, May 1912-March 1915 and was promoted to Ship’s Steward in January 1915. He then served on the light cruiser Royalist, August 1915-December 1919. As such he served at the battle of Jutland, theship forming part of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron. In February 1918 he was promoted to Victualler Chief Petty Officer and in July thesame year was awarded the long service medal. Posted to Stokes Bay, Canada, August 1920-January 1923, he was rated as Supply C.P.O. in November 1922. Pensioned ashore on 16 July 1926. Briefly mobilised, September-October 1938. With copied service papers.

Four: Victualler Chief Petty Officer R. E. Thomson, Royal Navy

1914-15 STAR (344215 S.S., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (344215 V.C.P.O., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (344215 Vict. C.P.O., H.M.S. Royalist) slight contact marks, very fine and better (4) £90-120

1432

Three: Private W. J. Jones, Cheshire Regiment

1914-15 STAR (3032 Pte., Ches. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (3032 Pte., Ches. R.) good very fine (3) £40-60

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M.S.M. London Gazette 3 July 1919.

Serjeant Bert R. Badger, R.E. entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 4 October 1915. He was awarded the M.S.M. for Gallantrywhen serving with 1 Broad Gauge Operating Company, R.E. in France.

His citation reads: ‘On the night of the 27th of December, 1918, one of 21 wagons of German ammunition, standing, in at the station,was set alight by some means unknown. These wagons contained heavy ammunition and the cordite immediately blazed up. Sergt. Badger, although fully aware of the contents of the truck,immediately proceeded to uncouple the truck on both sides. He then obtainedthe assistance of an engine and pulled the front portion of the rake away from the blazing truck, and man-handled five wagons on the other side to a place further down the line. In order to prevent the blazing wagon from running down he had to scotch the wheel. The ammunition in this wagon subsequently exploded. Sergt. Badger, by his prompt action saved the rest of the train, which if it had got alight, would have resulted in disastrous consequences. Through the campaign he has shewn great devotion to duty, and more particular last April, after the enemy advanced on the Lys, when, as Station Master at Abeele, he remained at his post although the Station was constantly being shelled, and supervised operations there until the situation necessitated the line being closed.’

With copied citation and m.i.c.

A Great War M.S.M. for Gallantry group of four awarded to Serjeant B. R. Badger, Royal Engineers

1914-15 STAR (105813 Sjt., R.E.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (105813 Sjt., R.E.); ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R. 1st issue (WR-252503 Sjt., R.E.) last with official correction to service number, good very fine and better (4)

£300-400

1434

2 A.M. S. Irving, R.F.C. entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 11 October 1915.

With copied m.i.c.

Four: Air Mechanic 1st Class S. Irving, Royal Flying Corps

1914-15 STAR (4228 2 A.M., R.F.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (4228 1 A.M. R.F.C.); DEFENCE MEDAL, unnamed, goodvery fine and better (4) £100-140

1435

Air Mechanic 2nd Class Ernest George Barnard, R.F.C. entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 7 November 1915. Later commissioned into the R.A.F. and served at the Wireless School, Winchester. Post Great War he lived at 64 Gloucester Road, South Kensington.

With copied m.i.c.

Seven: Second Lieutenant E. G. Barnard, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps

1914-15 STAR (7362 2 A.M., R.F.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (7362 1 A.M., R.F.C.); 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed, good very fine (7) £140-180

1436

Herbert Parfitt was awarded his Army L.S. & G.C. Medal in July 1907, while serving in the Fife and Kincardine R.G.A., and first enteredthe French theatre of war as a Lance-Sergeant in the Monmouthshires in mid-February 1915.

Four: Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 H. Parfitt, Monmouthshire Regiment, late Royal Garrison Artillery

1914-15 STAR (2647 C. Sjt., Monmouth. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2647 A.W.O. Cl. 1, Monmouth. R.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (71100 Sjt., R.G.A.),nearly extremely fine (4) £200-250

1437

William V. Hawes first entered the French theatre of war in the rank of Sergeant in the 3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment in mid-February 1915. His m.i.c. entry further reveals that his 1914-15 trio was re-issued in late 1922, having been returned, it appears, as a result of the rank of ‘Private’ having been used on the originals.

Four: Serjeant W. V. Hawes, Monmouthshire Regiment

1914-15 STAR (245 Sjt., Monmouth R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (245 Sjt., Monmouth. R.); TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.V.R. (245 Sjt., 3-Monmouth. R.) minor edge bruising and contact marks, about very fine (4)

£140-180

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Louis Blumfeld was born in Hampstead, London in May 1893, the son of Colonel James Blumfeld of the Middlesex Regiment, and entered the Royal Navy as a Cadet at Osborne in May 1906.

A Sub. Lieutenant serving aboard the cruiser H.M.S. Achilles on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he remained similarly employed until removing to the light cruiser Comus in early May 1916, in which ship he was subsequently present at Jutland. On that occasion, the Comus, with her consorts in 4th Light Cruiser Squadron, formed part of the anti-submarine screen for the battleships of the Grand Fleet - taking part in the main engagement at 7.15 p.m., Comus was one of the last ships to exchange fire with the enemy, aslate as 8.30 p.m. In April 1917, Blumfeld removed to the sloop Lupin, and remained employed in that capacity until joining the battle cruiser Inflexible as a recently promoted Lieutenant that October. And he was still serving in her at the time of his demise from pneumonia in July 1918. Aged 25 years, he was buried in South Queensferry Cemetery, West Lothian. His brother, Hubert, a Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment, also died on active service, and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.

Three: Lieutenant L. Blumfeld, Royal Navy, a Jutland veteran who died on active service in July 1918

1914-15 STAR (S. Lt. L. Blumfeld, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut. L. Blumfeld, R.N.), mounted as worn, presumably by his mother, nearly extremely fine (3) £300-350

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The following details are taken from Admiralty recommendations for honours: “Meritorious service in connection with repairs to FleetAuxiliaries, construction of seaplane base and aerodrome at Biviko during the period July to December 1919.”

William James Clarence Coleman was born in Falmouth on 6 December 1883. A Blacksmith by occupation in civilian life, he continued his career when joining the Royal Navy on 14 April 1903, being ranked as a Blacksmith’s Mate. He served on the armouredcruiser H.M.S. Cornwall, January 1914-March 1917 and was promoted to Blacksmith in August 1914. After a period ashore based at Vivid II, his next seagoing appointment was on the light cruiser H.M.S. Curlew, January 1918-May 1919, during which time he was awarded the long service medal. Coleman then served on the light cruiser H.M.S. Delhi, May 1919-June 1921, taking part in the Britishcampaign in the Baltic against Bolshevik forces. For his services in the campaign Coleman was awarded the Royal Navy M.S.M. He was promoted to Chief Blacksmith in April 1924 and was pensioned ashore on 15 April 1925.

With copied service paper.

A scarce Baltic 1919 M.S.M. group of five awarded to Blacksmith W. C. J. Coleman, Royal Navy

1914-15 STAR (346033 Blk., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (346033 Blk.1, R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R.,1st issue (346033 Blksth., H.M.S. Curlew); ROYAL NAVY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R. (346033 Blksmth., “Delhi” Baltic1919) mounted for wear, contact marks, nearly very fine (5) £450-550

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William John Prowse was born in Plymouth on 18 June 1886. A Building Painter by occupation, he entered the Royal Navy on 1 February 1906. He was ranked as a Painter 2nd Class in January 1911 when at Vivid II. He served on the dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Collingwood, March 1912-May 1917, being promoted to Painter 1st Class in January 1916. As such he served on board the ship at the battle of Jutland, 31 May/1 June 1916, the vessel being part of the 1st Battle Squadron. Amongst the officers serving aboard Collingwood was the Duke of York - the future King George VI. After Collingwood, Prowse next seagoing appointment was on the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Roxburgh, October 1918-April 1919. He served on H.M.S. Carysfort, January-September 1925 and was awarded the long service medal in August. Prowse attained the rank of Chief Painter in August 1926 when on H.M.S. Comus and was still serving in the Royal Navy in 1929.

With copied service paper.

Five: Chief Painter 1st Class W. J. Prowse, Royal Navy

1914-15 STAR (364558 Ptr. 2, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (364558 Ptr. 1, R.N.); DEFENCE MEDAL, unnamed; ROYAL NAVY L.S.& G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (364558 Ptr. 1, H.M.S. Carysfort) mounted for wear; together witha Battle of Jutland Commemorative Medal, 45mm., white metal, contact marks, fine and better (6) £80-100

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Wilson was promoted to Acting Lieutenant (later confirmed) in January 1918 and was placed on the staff at Portsmouth, February 1918-April 1919. Further courses followed at Dolphin, April-June 1919; at the R.N. College, Greenwich, July-December 1919; Dryad Pilotage Course, January-March 1920; and Pembroke Gunnery and Torpedo Course, March-August 1920. He then served with the Naval Intelligence Allied Control Commission in Germany, August 1920-February 1921.

Three: Lieutenant W. F. Wilson, Royal Navy, whose promising naval career was brought to an end with his tragic death in August 1921

1914-15 STAR (Mate, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut., R.N.); together with a 1914-15 STAR (63111 Pnr. A. H.Wilson, R.E.) nearly extremely fine (4) £200-300

Walter Francis Wilson was born in Marylebone, London on 11 November 1884.He was educated aboard the training ship Arethusa before entering the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on Impregnable in August 1900. He was advanced to Boy 1st Class in May 1901 and promoted to Ordinary Seaman in November 1902 when on Canopus. Further promotions followed, becoming an Able Seaman in April 1904 when on London; Leading Seaman in October 1908 whenon Jupiter, and Petty Officer in November 1912 when at Vernon. Wilson passed for Gunner in June 1910 and was promoted to that rank in November 1913. Appointed Mate on 1 August 1915, he served on the dreadnought battleship Neptune, October 1915-May 1917. As such, he served aboard the ship at the battle of Jutland, 31 May/1 June 1916, the vessel forming part of the 1st Battle Squadron. Leaving the ship in May 1917 due to sickness, the captain’s assessment of Wilson whilst aboard the Neptune was very complimentary, statinghim to be ‘an extremely promising officer’. Recovering from his illness he then attended Torpedo and Pilotage courses, for which he gained 1st Class Certificates.

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Wilson was promoted to Acting Lieutenant (later confirmed) in January 1918 and was placed on the staff at Portsmouth, February 1918-April 1919. Further courses followed at Dolphin, April-June 1919; at the R.N. College, Greenwich, July-December 1919; Dryad Pilotage Course, January-March 1920; and Pembroke Gunnery and Torpedo Course, March-August 1920. He then served with the Naval Intelligence Allied Control Commission in Germany, August 1920-February 1921.

In the midst of what seemed a most promising Naval career, Wilson’s private life was suddenly shattered, when in January 1921, his wife died giving birth to their child. Suffering from acute depression, Lieutenant Wilson shot himself in Hadley Wood, North London, on 23 August 1921. The inquest found that he had committed ‘Suicide whilst of unsound mind’.

Sold with the Passports of Lieutenant W. F. Wilson and that of his wife (a Union of South Africa passport) - Miss Eva Jane Irene White; together with a quantity of copied research held in a folder, including Birth and Death Certificates; service papers; inquest papers etc.

Arthur Wain joined the Metropolitan Police in April 1884, and served in ‘T’ Division, and latterly ‘H’ Division, prior to his death in service in March 1907.

His son, also Arthur, was awarded the M.S.M. in respect of his services in Murmansk Command, Russia (London Gazette 3 January 1920 refers); sold with copied research, including a railway modelling article with a picture of the recipient in his Corps of Commissionaires’ uniform and an article about the R.A.M.C’s work in Murmansk 1919-20. As verified by his MIC entry, Wain was notentitled to the 1914-15 Star.

Family group:

Pair: Sergeant A. Wain, Metropolitan PoliceJUBILEE 1887, clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police issue, bronze (P.C. A. Wain, T Divn.), in its original named card box of issue; CORONATION 1902, Metropolitan Police issue, bronze (P.S. A. Wain, H. Div.), together with an old brass name plaque engraved, ‘Sergeant Wain’, good very fine or better

Five: Staff Sergeant A. Wain, Royal Army Medical Corps1914-15 STAR (19086 S. Sjt. A. Wain, R.A.M.C.), renamed; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (19086 S. Sjt.A. Wain, R.A.M.C.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (7245443 S. Sjt. A. Wain, R.A.M.C.); ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R. (19086 S. Sjt. A. Wain, R.A.M.C.), mounted as worn, together with his named CORPS OF COMMISSIONAIRES ORDER OF MERIT,1st class, silver and enamel, very fine or better (9) £350-400

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Lance-Corporal Clifford Abraham Moon, K.O.S.B. entered the Gallipoli theatre of war on 24 May 1915. He later served with the Scottish Rifles. Later still, commissioned into the 9th Battalion K.O.Y.L.I., he was killed in action in France on 22 March 1918. Havingno known grave, his name is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial. His father, Charles Moon of Moor View, Yeadon, Leeds, madea claim for his late son’s medals in November 1920.

With copied m.i.c.

Three: Second Lieutenant C. A. Moon, 9th Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, late King’s Own Scottish Borderers, killed in action, France, 22 March 1918

1914-15 STAR (18834 L. Cpl. C. Moon, K.O.S.B.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2 Lieut. C. A. Moon); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (Clifford Abraham Moon) this last in card envelope, nearly extremely fine (4) £350-400

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Private Fred Giles, The Queen’s Regiment, entered the Mesopotamia theatre of war on 10 December 1915.

With copied m.i.c.

Four: Private F. Giles, The Queen’s Regiment

1914-15 STAR (T-2497 Pte., The Queen’s R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2497 Pte., The Queen’s R.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (240700 Pte., 5-Queen’s R.) some contact marks, very fine (4) £120-160

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M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919. ‘... in recognition of valuable services rendered with the Armies in France & Flanders.’

Private William J. Grisdale, Liverpool Regiment entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 21 March 1915.

With copied m.i.c.

Four: Serjeant W. J. Grisdale, Liverpool Regiment

1914-15 STAR (2483 Pte., L’pool. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2403 Sjt., L’pool. R.); ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (200571 Sjt., 5/L’pool. R.) good very fine (4) £140-180

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M.S.M. London Gazette 9 November 1916. ‘... in recognition of valuable services rendered with the Armies in the Field during the present war.’

M.I.D. not confirmed.

Driver Albert A. Howard, Army Service Corps entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 18 July 1915. Later transferred to Class “Z”Reserve.

With copied m.i.c.

Four: Driver A. A. Howard, Army Service Corps

1914-15 STAR (T3-028770 Dvr., A.S.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (T3-028770 Dvr., A.S.C.); ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (T3-028770 Dvr., 19/D.T. A.S.C.) some contact marks, very fine (4)

£120-160

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Geoffrey Nepean Biggs, who was born in Cardiff, Glamorgan in June 1885, was educated at Bath College and the R.N.C. Osborne and,in common with his brothers, was a skilful rugby player, regularly turning out for Bath and the United Services team. Advanced to Midshipman in May 1901 and to Sub. Lieutenant in July 1904, he was appointed to the submarine depot ship Mercury at Portsmouth ‘for training in submarines’ in March 1906. Having then been promoted to Lieutenant in the following month, he qualified for command of submarines in December 1907, and was duly appointed to the B. 6 at Devonport in early 1909 and, in the period leadingup to the Great War, the C. 32 and A. 1.

The outbreak of hostilities in August 1914 found him serving as a Lieutenant-Commander in C. 16 in the 6th Submarine Flotilla, while in September 1915 he removed to the E. 30, a submarine of the 8th Submarine Flotilla at Harwich. And it was in this latter capacity thathe died on active service on 22 November 1916, when the E. 30 fell victim to a scattered minefield off Orford Ness. As reported at the time, ‘the circumstances attending his death were particularly pathetic, for he was expected at his parents’ home on brief leave, and hiswife, who was staying there, had arranged to meet him at the G.W.R. station when came the sad news that, like so many other brave men, he had given his life for the Empire ... He had done special expert work under the Coast Defence Committee for which he received a letter of commendation from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and, a few months ago, he was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour by the President of the French Republic. He was 31 years of age and since the outbreak of war had had some thrilling adventures.’

One such adventure may be well have been the sinking of the German steamer Trave, an incident related in an accompanying newspaper cutting: ‘On the evening of May 18, the German steamer Trave was torpedoed by a British submarine at the entrance of theSound outside Cape Kullen. The crew of 17 were saved. The steamer was on a voyage from Lubeck to Norway with coal. It is stated that when the vessel was sighted by the submarine she tried to escape, and made at full speed for Swedish territorial waters, but was stopped by a shot from the submarine. The crew included two women. A terrorising effect is being created amongst the enemy by theseexploits. A shipping firm in Stockholm received a telegram from a German shipping firm to keep all its steamers in port.’

Biggs’ Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour was gazetted on 15 September 1916 and his 4th Class of Japanese Order of the RisingSun following his death on 29 August 1917.

Sold with the recipient’s original warrants for his French and Japanese awards, with related permission to wear warrant for the former, and Buckingham Palace condolence telegram addressed to his widow, dated 30 November 1916; together with a large coloured portrait photograph, framed and glazed, and an “In Memoriam” leather-bound album compiled by his widow, this last with numerousnewspaper obituaries and around 15 photographs of submarine interest, including scenes from the E. 30; and the recipient’s R.N. officer’s sword-belt.

A rare Great War submariner’s group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Commander G. N. Biggs, Royal Navy, who died on active service on the occasion of the loss of his command the E. 30 in November 1916

1914-15 STAR (Lt. Commr. G. N. Biggs, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lt. Commr. G. N. Biggs, R.N.); FRANCE, LEGION OF HONOUR, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; JAPAN, ORDER OF THE RISING SUN, 4th Class breast badge, silver and enamel with cabachon centre, one or two arm points on the Legion of Honour with chipped enamel and the obverse of the cabachon cracked, otherwise good very fine and better (5) £1200-1500

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A selection of pages from the accompanying “In Memoriam” album

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M.I.D. London Gazette 15 June 1916; 4 January 1917.

Major Frank Pickersgill, 2nd Durham Battery 3rd Northern Brigade, R.F.A. (T.A.) entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 19 April1915. He was later employed under the Admiralty. With copied m.i.c.

Seven: Lieutenant-Colonel F. L. Pickersgill, Royal Field Artillery

1914-15 STAR (Major, R.F.A.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf ((Lt. Col.); CORONATION 1902, silver; CORONATION 1911, silver (Lieut. Col. Frank L. Pickersgill.); TERRITORIAL DECORATION, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Lieut-Col. Frank L. Pickersgill, R.F.A.’, hallmarks for London 1919, complete with top bar; SPECIAL CONSTABULARY LONG SERVICE, G.V.R., 1st issue (Frank L. Pickersgill) ; together with an erased Volunteer Force Long Service, E.VII.R., mounted as worn, good very fine (8) £300-350

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Six: Petty Officer J. Martin, Royal Navy1914-15 STAR (J.18143 A.B., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (J.18143 L.S., R.N.); DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J.18143 P.O., H.M.S. Excellent) mounted as worn, edge bruising, contact marks, first three and last badly worn, poor

Four: Private R. H. D. Biles, Royal Marine Light Infantry1914-15 STAR (Po.14235 Pte., R.M.L.I.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Po.14235 Pte., R.M.L.I.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C.,G.V.R., 2nd issue (Po.14235 Pte., R.M.) contact marks, nearly very fine (10) £140-180

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Four: Petty Officer 1st Class G. R. McCarthy, Royal Navy

1914-15 STAR (109183 P.O.1, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (109138 P.O.1, R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., V.R.,narrow suspension (Ldg. Sea., H.M.S. Defiance) note differing variation in service numbers, good very fine (4)

£120-160

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Four: Private S. A. Wills, Royal Marine Light Infantry

1914-15 STAR (Ply.4388 Pte., R.M.L.I.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Ply. 4388 Pte., R.M.L.I.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C.,E.VII.R. (Lce. Corpl., No.4388 Plymo. R.M.L.I.) contact marks, good very fine (4) £100-140

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Stoker 2nd Class William Owen, R.N. died on 24 August 1915, aged 34 years when serving on the minelayer H.M.S. Latona.

Four: Stoker 2nd Class W. Owen, Royal Navy, who died on 24 August 1915

1914-15 STAR (K.26151 Sto. II, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (K.26151 Sto. 2, R.N.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (William Owen) nearly extremely fine (4) £160-200

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Four: Stoker Petty Officer A. Childs, Royal Navy1914-15 STAR (308316 S.P.O., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (308316 S.P.O., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., 1st issue (308316 Alfred Childs, Sto. P.O., H.M.S. Veronica) mounted as worn

Four: Stoker Petty Officer J. W. Wheatley, Royal Navy1914-15 STAR (297616 L. Sto., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (297616 S.P.O., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., 1st issue (297616 Sto. P.O., H.M.S. Pembroke) edge bruising, contact marks, good fine (8) £140-180

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Four: Stoker Petty Officer C. H. Starmore, Royal Navy

1914-15 STAR (290515 S.P.O., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (290515 S.P.O., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. 1st issue (290515 S.P.O., H.M.S. Columbine) minor edge bruising, contact marks, good very fine (4) £80-100

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Four: Petty Officer G. C. Stuart, Royal Navy

1914-15 STAR (204523 P.O., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (204523 P.O., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R.,1st issue (204523 P.O., H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth) nearly very fine and better (4) £80-100

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Four: Leading Seaman H. J. Anderson, Royal Navy1914-15 STAR (J.15533 A.B., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (J.11553 L.S., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J.11553 L.S., H.M.S. Defiance)

Four: Able Seaman E. P. Snell, Royal Navy1914-15 STAR (237545 A.B., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (237545 A.B., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (23754 A.B., H.M.S. Assistance) edge bruising, contact marks, worn and better (8)

£140-180

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Four: Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class G. N. Thomas, Royal Navy1914-15 STAR (M1381 E.R.A.3, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (M.1381 C.E.R.A. 2, R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C.,G.V.R., 2nd issue fixed suspension (M1381 C.E.R.A., H.M.S. Columbine)

Four: Petty Officer W. L. Attfield, Royal Navy1914-15 STAR (J.15811 A.B., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (J.15811 A.B., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue fixed suspension (J.15811 P.O., H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth) edge bruising, contact marks, worn and better (8)

£140-180

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Four: Marine W. C. W. Pook, Royal Marine Light Infantry1914-15 STAR (Po.18035 Pte., R.M.L.I.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Po.18035 Pte., R.M.L.I.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C.,G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (Po.18035 Mne., R.M.)

Four: Stoker 1st Class J. L. Proudfoot, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve1914-15 STAR (K.17653 Sto. 1, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (K.17653 Sto.1, R.N.); ROYAL FLEET RESERVE L.S. & G.C.,G.V.R., 1st issue (K.17653 (Po.B.15647) Sto.1, R.F.R.) edge bruising, contact marks, worn and better (8) £140-180

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Four: Seaman P. Hart, Royal Naval Reserve

1914-15 STAR (C.2420 SMN., R.N.R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2420 SMN., R.N.R.); ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE L.S. & G.C.,E.VII.R. (C.2420 Sean., R.N.R.) good very fine (4) £80-100

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After the landing of troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula, fire support from naval vessels became ever important. Old pre-dreadnought battleships were assigned this task. On 13 May 1915, whilst at anchor in company with Cornwallis in Morto Bay, the old battleship Goliath was attacked by the Turkish destroyer Mouavenet-Millieh, which in fog, evaded the allied destroyer screen and fired three torpedoes in quick succession. The first hit Goliath abreast the fore turret, the second abreast the foremost funnel and a third abreast theafter turret. So swiftly did the battleship sink that many of those below were drowned before they could reach the upper deck. Of the 750 on board Goliath about 570, including Captain Shelford and Ordinary Seaman Owens were drowned.

Three: Ordinary Seaman 1st Class R. F. Owens, Royal Navy, killed in action, when H.M.S. Goliath was sunk off CapeHelles, 13 May 1915

1914-15 STAR (354772 O.S.1, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (364772 O.S.1, R.N.) nearly extremely fine (3)£300-350

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Four: Sub-Conductor C. J. J. Hankins, Supply & Transport Corps

1914-15 STAR (R.A.17661 S. Sergt., S. & T. Corps); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (S-Condr., S & T. C.) B.W.M. with correction to rank; ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Staff Serjt., S. & T. Corps) very fine and better (4) £70-90

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Five: Warrant Officer Class 2 A. E. Copley, Royal Army Service Corps

1914-15 STAR (S-179 S.Q.M. Sjt., A.S.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (S-179 W.O. Cl. 2, A.S.C.); DEFENCE MEDAL, unnamed; TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.V.R. (S4-249853 S.Q.M. Sjt., R.A.S.C.) very fine (5) £80-100

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Four: Company Quartermaster Serjeant A. Wallis, Royal Engineers1914-15 STAR (42406 L-Cpl., R.E.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (42406 A-Cpl., R.E.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1850031 C.Q.M. Sjt., R.E.) trio with edge bruising, contact marks, fine; last good very fine

Three: Staff Serjeant E. A. Spink, Royal Army Ordnance CorpsDEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed; ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1413282 S. Sjt., R.A.O.C.) mounted as worn, these good very fine (7) £90-120

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Three: Private W. Carlyle, Highland Light Infantry1914-15 STAR (7830 Pte., High. L.I.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (7830 Pte., H.L.I.) mounted court style for wear

Three: Corporal F. Stilgoe, Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry1914-15 STAR (9125 Pte., D. of Corn. L.I.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (9125 Cpl., D. of Corn. L.I.) mounted court style for wear, this trio fine and better; first trio good very fine (6) £100-140

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Three: Private P. Ward, Royal Scots1914-15 STAR (8534 Pte., R. Scots.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (8534 Pte., R. Scots.)

Three: Private J. Rafferty, Royal Highlanders1914-15 STAR (2130 Pte., R. Highrs.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2130 Pte., R. Highrs.) very fine and better (6)

£100-140

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Three: Private A. Stephen, Gordon Highlanders1914-15 STAR (2738 Pte., Gord. Highrs.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2738 Pte., Gord. Highrs.)

Three: Private J. Wilson, Highland Light Infantry1914-15 STAR (14547 Pte., High. L.I..); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (14547 Pte., High. L.I.) good very fine (6)

£100-140

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Three: Private C. Dunn, King’s Own Scottish Borderers1914-15 STAR (4420 Pte., K.O. Sco. Bord.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (4420 Pte., K.O. Sco. Bord.)

Three: Colour Serjeant W. W. Imeson, Royal Irish Regiment1914-15 STAR (8482 Pte., R. Ir. Regt.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (8482 C. Sjt., R. Ir. Regt.) very fine and better (6)

£100-140

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Private Herbert Francis Crawley, 23rd Battalion London Regiment entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 March 1915. He was commissioned in the Royal West Surrey Regiment on 31 July 1917. Post-war lived at 144a Swaby Road, Wandsworth Common, London. M.I.D. not confirmed.

With copied m.i.c.

Three: Second Lieutenant H. F. Crawley, Royal West Surrey Regiment, late 23rd Battalion London Regiment

1914-15 STAR (2914 Pte., 23-Lond. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oakleaf (2 Lieut.) good very fine (3)£80-100

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Medals to Hunter with damaged card box of issue.

Three: Able Seaman S. W. Hunter, Royal Navy1914-15 STAR (J.18516 A.B., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (J.18516 A.B., R.N.)

Pair: Alexander Mitchell, Mercantile MarineBRITISH WAR AND MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDALS (Alexander Mitchell) mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £60-80

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Three: Able Seaman J. Ryan, Royal Navy1914-15 STAR (J.26984 Ord., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (J.26984 A.B., R.N.)

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (3) (Ch. Gnr. A. E. Walken, R.N.; 3873TS M. Ryan, Tr., R.N.R.; S. Lt. G. J. S. Ryan, R.N.V.R.) 2nd B.W.M. with edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (6) £100-140

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Robert Collier lived in and enlisted at Liverpool. As a Driver in the R.F.A. he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 26 December 1915. When serving with “Z” 2nd Trench Mortar Battery, R.F.A., he was killed in action on 7 October 1916, aged 25 years.He was buried in the Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France. Robert Collier was the son of Mr & Mrs Collier of 12 Portland Street, Vauxhall Road, Liverpool.

Three: Driver R. Collier, Royal Field Artillery, killed in action, France, 7 October 1916

1914-15 STAR (43533 Dvr., R.F.A.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (43533 Dvr., R.A.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (Robert Collier) extremely fine (4) £100-150

1472

Private Thomas Grundy was killed in action when the old armoured cruiser H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-9 in the North Sea on 22 September 1914.

The Cressy, together with her sister ships the Aboukir and Hogue, part of the 7th Cruiser Squadron, were engaged in blockade and patrol duties in the southern part of the North Sea. At 6.30 on 22 September 1914 the Aboukir was torpedoed by the U-9. Believing that the ship had struck a mine, the Hogue and Cressy stopped to rescue the survivors, oblivious of the danger lurking beneath the waves. Shortly afterwards torpedoes from the U-9 sent the Hogue and then the Cressy to the bottom. The loss of life in this disaster washeavy, with some 1,400 men being lost from the three ships.

Three: Private Thomas Grundy, Royal Marine Light Infantry, killed when H.M.S. Cressy was sunk by a German U-boatin September 1914

1914-15 STAR (CH. 9094. Pte. T. Grundy, R.M.L.I.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (CH. 9094. Pte. T. Grundy, R.M.L.I.) extremely fine (3) £100-150

1473

Four: Stoker Petty Officer E. J. J. Stokes, Royal Navy

1914-15 STAR (304405 S.P.O., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (304405 S.P.O., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (304405 S.P.O., H.M.S. Egmont) good very fine (4) £80-100

1474

Private Francis G. McGinity, King Edward’s Horse entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 22 April 1915.

With copied m.i.c.

Three: Private F. G. McGinity, King Edward’s Horse

1914-15 STAR (830 Pte., K. Edw. H.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (830 Pte., K. Edw. H.) mounted as worn, very fine (3) £100-140

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Nine: Squadron Leader G. B. Danton, Royal Air Force, late Rifle Brigade1914-15 STAR (B. 128 Pte. G. B. Danton, Rif. Bde.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (B. 128 SJT. G. B. DANTON, RIF, BRIG.); 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; CORONATION 1937; ROYAL AIR FORCE L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (354847 F./Sgt. G. B. Danton, R.A.F.), mounted as worn, the GreatWar awards polished, thus nearly very fine, the remainder rather better (9) £250-300

1476

George Benjamin Danton, who was born in Deptford, London in November 1896, first went out to France as a Private in the 8th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade,in mid-May 1915, but later served as a Sergeant in the 33rd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment, which latter unit was first employed on the WesternFront in July 1918. Sometime thereafter transferring to the Royal Air Force, he wasawarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in January 1938 and was commissioned as a Flying Officer, direct from the rank of Warrant Officer, in the Administrative andSpecial Duties Branch, in May 1940. Actively employed in the Middle East, he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 1 January 1942 refers), and was advanced to Flight Lieutenant in September 1945. Danton was finally placed on the Retired List at his own request in July 1949, when he was given the rank of Squadron Leader; sold with his original M.I.D. certificate and a portrait photograph in uniform, circa 1942.

Four: Private P. W. Sinclair, Royal Scots1914-15 STAR (250147 Pte., R. Scots.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (1469 Pte., R. Scots); TERRITORIAL EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.V.R. (3046989 Pte., R.S.) last part officially renamed

Three: Private G. S. Inglis, King’s Own Scottish Borderers1914-15 STAR (18131 Pte., K.O. Sco. Bord.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (18131 Pte., K.O. Sco. Bord.) very fine and better (7) £90-120

1477

Private John F. H. Murphy, 1st Battalion Royal Scots entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 19 December 1914. Medals to ‘Murphy’ with registered envelope addressed to ‘Mr J. F. H. Murphy, c/o Mrs Wilson, 57 Engine Street, Bathgate’.

Andrew Hamilton was born in and enlisted at Glasgow. Serving with “A” Company, 10th Battalion Highland Light Infantry, he was killed in action on 25 September 1915, aged 32 years. He was buried in Cabrin Churchyard Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Three: Private J. F. H. Murphy, Royal Scots1914-15 STAR (9605 Pte., R. Scots); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (9605 Pte., R. Scots.)

1914-15 STAR (2) (S-10205 Pte., Sea. Highrs.; 1477 Pte., A. Hamiliton, High. L.I.) good very fine and better (5) £90-120

1478

Thomas Whalley died on 7 April 1920, while serving as a Lance-Corporal in the 2nd Battalion, West Riding Regiment. The husband ofHanorah Whalley of Berwick Street, Bradford, he was 44 years of age and was buried in Bradford (Bowling) Cemetery.

Three: Lance-Corporal T. Whalley, West Riding Regiment1914-15 STAR (3-11957 Pte. T. Whalley, W. Rid. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (3-11957 Pte. T. Whalley, W. Rid. R.), very fine and better (3) £80-100

1479

John Albert Tinlin, a native of Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland, died of wounds on 18 July 1915, while serving in the 2nd Battalion,Yorkshire Light Infantry. The son of Mrs. Thew of Brunton Park, Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne, he was 19 years of age and is buried in the Dickebusch Military Cemetery.

Three: Private J. A. Tinlin, Yorkshire Light Infantry, who died of wounds in July 19151914-15 STAR (20473 Pte. J. A. Tinlin, Yorks L.I.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (20473 Pte. J. A. Tinlin, Yorks L.I.), goodvery fine or better (3) £120-150

1480

With named certificate to ‘No. 25,595 Gunner Samuel Thompson, Royal Field Artillery’ who ‘Served with honour and was disabled in the Great War. Honourably discharged on 22nd April 1917’. Medals and certificate mounted in a gilt glazed case, 63.5 x 51.5cm.

Three: Gunner S. Thompson, Royal Field Artillery1914-15 STAR (25595 Gnr., R.F.A.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (25595 Gnr. R.A.) extremely fine (3) £80-100

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George Jarvis was born in Stonehouse, Devon, in June 1894 and entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in November 1912.

Drafted to the recently commissioned light cruiser Amphion in April 1913, he was similarly employed in the rate of Stoker 1st Class onthe outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, and he was consequently present at the first naval engagement of the War when Amphion sank the German mine-layer Konigin Luise on the 5th: the very next day, however, Amphion became the first ship of the Royal Navy tobe sunk in the War, when she struck one of her victim’s mines. The following account of Amphion’s all too brief wartime career is included:

Great Britain declared war on Germany at 2300 hours on 4 August 1914. In the early hours of the following morning Amphion sailed from the port of Harwich together with four destroyers of the 3rd Flotilla. By daylight on the 5th they were well out in the North Sea sweeping towards the Heligoland Bight.

A few hours after leaving port one of the destroyers received a report from a fishing vessel who had seen an unknown vessel “throwingthings over the side” about 20 miles north of Outer Gabbard. At 1025 hours Amphion sighted an unknown steamer and sent destroyers Lance and Landrail to investigate. The steamer was, in fact, the German Konigin Luise, a former Hamburg-Holland passenger ferry which had been converted into an auxiliary mine-layer. On the night of 4th August she had left her home port of Emden with cargo of180 mines and steamed south through the North Sea to lay mines off the Thames Estuary. She resembled the steamers of the Great Eastern Railway that plied between Harwich and the Hook of Holland, and had hurriedly been painted in their colours of black, buff and yellow to disguise herself.

As the two British destroyers approached her, Konigin Luise made off at 20 knots altering her course, before disappearing into a rain squall where she lay further mines. The destroyers pursued and at 10.30 Lance opened fire, the first shots of the First World War (the forward gun, which fired the shot, is preserved in the Imperial War Museum). They were soon joined by Amphion, which had won theFleet Gunnery Prize for 1914, and the German came under a very accurate fire. Konigin Luise was only lightly armed and offered little resistance. When her efforts to escape into neutral waters, and to draw the British Ships onto her minefield were unavailing, Commander Biermann gave the order to scuttle her. At 1222, on fire amidships and with smoke and steam pouring from her, Konigin Luise rolled over to port and sank. 56 of a crew of 130 were rescued by Amphion. Half of these prisoners were incarcerated in a compartment in the cruiser’s bow for the grim reason that “if we go up on a mine, they might as well go first.”

During the action, gun crews from the disengaged side of Amphion crossed over to watch the firing and showed their appreciation of good salvoes by cheering and applauding. After the action Captain Fox mustered all hands and reprimanded the men for leaving their posts. He reminded them that they were at war and each man had to stick to his own duty. The ship’s company saw sense of this and rather enjoyed the lecture.

Returning to Harwich, Amphion then sighted another ship of the same appearance and colours as Konigin Luise but this one was flyingan enormous German flag. The destroyers opened fire. Captain Fox recognised her as a genuine Great Eastern Railway steamer and signalled to cease fire; at the same time, the vessel hauled down the German colours and raised the red ensign. She was the St. Petersburg, flying the German flag because she was carrying the German ambassador Prince Lichnowsky and his staff to neutral Holland. Her identity and mission established, she was allowed to proceed.

At 0645 hours on 6 August Amphion struck one of the mines laid by the Konigin Luise. It exploded just beside the forebridge and brokethe ships back. The explosion practically destroyed the bridge; all the occupants, including Captain Fox, were badly burnt, and smokeand flame poured from the slits in the conning tower. All the focsle gun crews were killed, as were many men on the forward mess decks, where the hands were having breakfast. Of the 21 German prisoners in the forward compartment, all but one were killed.

Despite his injuries Captain Fox took charge. The ship was well down by the bows and attempts to extinguish the raging fires failed. Abandon ship was ordered. As most of Amphion’s boats had been destroyed, the destroyers sent their boats to rescue the crew. There was no confusion or panic; the survivors fell in on deck and, within twenty minutes of the first explosion, all survivors were aboard thedestroyers. Unfortunately, although Amphion’s engines had been stopped, she still had way on, and at 0730 hours, just as the last boat-load of survivors had been taken off, she struck a second mine. Her magazine detonated in a huge cloud of pale yellow smoke and thefore-part of the ship was completely disintegrated, showering the attending destroyers with debris. One 4 inch shell fell on board the Lark, killing two of Amphion’s men and a German prisoner. Amphion then suddenly slid astern and sank at 07.05. One officer and 150men were lost.’

Jarvis, who was 20 years of age and the son of James and Rhoda Jarvis of Stonehouse, Plymouth, has no known grave and is commemorated on the Plymouth War Memorial; sold with a file of research, including several wartime postcards, one of them a German issue depicting the loss of the Amphion.

A poignant Great War campaign group of three awarded to Stoker 1st Class G. Jarvis, Royal Navy, who, having been present in the first naval engagement of the War, was killed in action in H.M.S. Amphion on 6 August 1914 - 32 hoursafter the declaration of hostilities

1914-15 STAR (K. 16726 G. Jarvis, Sto. 1, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (K. 16726 G. Jarvis, Sto. 1, R.N.), togetherwith related MEMORIAL PLAQUE 1914-18 (George Jarvis), good very fine and better (4) £400-500

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Frederick Clarence Donno was born in Islington, London, in January 1887 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in May 1902.

A Leading Signalman aboard the destroyer H.M.S. Lively by the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he quickly saw action when his ship, in company with the Halcyon and Leopard, came under 11-inch gunfire from the German Battle Cruiser Squadron off Yarmouth on 3 November, the first of several enemy raids on England’s east coast towns - such was the screen of splashes caused by the enemy’sgunfire that he was unable to take advantage of the situation and only Halcyon took a hit.

Removing to the destroyer Contest in June 1916, Donno remained similarly employed up until her loss on 18 September 1917, when she was torpedoed while going to the rescue of the crippled City of Lincoln - the torpedo struck right aft and detonated the depth charges, blowing off the ship’s stern. She went down stern first after an hour or so, but Donno was among the survivors, and he was commended by Their Lordships at the subsequent court of enquiry - having exchanged semaphore signals with the City of Lincoln at the height of the action, he was on the forecastle when the torpedo struck Contest, and was forced to take cover from flying debris.

Donno went on to serve in four more destroyers before the War’s end, namely the Wakeful, Pylades, Orford and Talisman, and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in October 1920. Advanced to Chief Yeoman of the Signals in February 1926, he was finally pensionedashore in the following year; sold with a file of research, including old picture postcards of the Lively and Contest, and copied typescript of the Admiralty court of enquiry proceedings into the loss of the latter ship.

Four: Chief Yeoman of the Signals F. C. Donno, Royal Navy, a veteran of an earlier encounter with Hipper’s cruiser squadron off Yarmouth in November 1914, who won the approbation of Their Lordships for his subsequent deeds on the occasion of the loss of the destroyer Contest

1914-15 STAR (220551 F. C. Donno, L. Sig., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (220551 F. C. Donno, Y.S., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (220551 F. C. Donno, Yeo. Sigs., H.M.S. Highflyer), mounted as worn, contact marks and polished, thus good fine or better (4) £140-180

1483

Robert Charles Royal was born in Battersea, London, in August 1883 and enlisted in the Royal Marine Light Infantry in September 1900.

Drafted to the battle cruiser H.M.S. Princess Royal in September 1914, Royal was subsequently present at Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank, when his ship obtained hits on the Blucher, and at Jutland, where, as verified by his service record, he was seriously wounded, suffering ‘burns of face and hands’. On the latter occasion, as part of the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron, the Princess Royal took numeroushits and sustained over one hundred casualties. Her charismatic captain, Walter Cowan - that famous “fire-eater” who preferred to spend his leave in the trenches and wept when peace was declared, and who added a second D.S.O. to his accolades in the 1939-45War with No. 2 Commando - summarised the damage inflicted on Princess Royal in the following terms:

‘In Princess Royal one turret was punched through the armour and out of action, two out of the three struts of the tripod mast carrying the control tower were shot through and the mast was consequently somewhat of an anxiety should the sea get up. Twenty-five percentof the auxiliary armament was also out of action from heavy shell bursts inside and below - one in the canteen, where 10,000 eggs were blown to pieces with the bodies of the two poor servers lying in the middle of the mess. Fore and aft, the upper deck casings and funnels were riddled with shell splinters, and there was a shell through the Admiral’s cabin. These damages are all I can recollect, and the engines were intact. We had over a hundred casualties.’

On recovering from his wounds, Royal was drafted for service in Defensively Armed Merchant Ships (D.A.M.S.), and he was serving inone such vessel, the Alice Marie, when she was torpedoed by the UB-31 off Start Point, Devon on 19 December 1917 - the ship sank but all hands were rescued. Post-war, he was awarded six shillings and a penny from the prize fund for the sinking of the Blucher, andhe was finally discharged in August 1922.

Sold with a file of research.

Four: Lance-Corporal R. C. Royal, Royal Marine Light Infantry, a veteran of Heligoland Bight 1914, Dogger Bank 1915and Jutland - at which latter battle he suffered serious burns while serving in H.M.S. Princess Royal - and subsequentlya survivor from a torpedoed Defensively Armed Merchant Ship

1914-15 STAR (Ch. 11798 Pte. R. C. Royal, R.M.L.I.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Ch. 11798 L. Cpl. R. C. Royal, R.M.L.I.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Ch. 11798 R. C. Royal, Private, R.M.L.I.), mounted as worn, the third with officially re-impressed naming, generally very fine (4) £200-250

1484

Three: Gunner W. Fry, Royal Field Artillery

1914-15 STAR (21584 Gnr., R.F.A.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (21584 Gnr., R.A.); together with a MASONIC COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1717-1917, silver; ROYAL ARTILLERY PRIZE MEDAL, obverse, R.A. Badge, inscribed, ‘Gr. W. Fry’; reverse inscribed, ‘Salonika 1916-17 won by D/I Brigade R.F.A.’, 38mm. bronze medallion, reverse with pin fitting (lacking pin); OLD CONTEMPTIBLE LAPEL BADGE, bronze, generally good very fine (6) £50-70

1485

With copied m.i.c. showing entitlement to British War Medal and India General Service Medal.

Three: Warrant Officer Class 2 A. E. Gibson, Yorkshire Regiment

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (8312 W.O. Cl.2, York. R.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (8312 C.S. Mjr., York. R.) correction to service number; ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4379072 W.O. Cl.II, GreenHowards) correction to unit, very fine and better (3) £90-120

1486

Pair: Private F. J. Bullen, Hampshire Regiment

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (2614 PTE., HAMPS. R.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (241035 Pte., Hamps. R.) extremely fine (2) £80-100

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Three: Naik Chiragh Shah, 1st Garrison Company, late 1-124th Infantry

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (1191 Sepoy Chiragh Shah, 124 Bal. Infy.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, AfghanistanN.W.F. 1919 (1191 L-Nk. Charagh Shah, 1-124 Infy.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (G.C. Nk. Chiragh Shah, 1 Garr. Coy.) note variation in spelling of name, good very fine (3) £80-100

1488

Three: Private W. Thomas, Dorsetshire Regiment

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (236 Pte., Dorset. R.); TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-19 (236 Pte., Dorset. R.); VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE, E.VII.R. (3014 Pte., 1st V.B. Dorset. Regt.) impressed naming, mounted as worn, very fine (3)

£180-220

1489

Three: Private G. F. Lee, 19th Battalion London Regiment

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (1773 Pte., 19-Lond. R.); TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-19 (1773 Pte., 19-Lond. R.); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (1773 Pte., 19-Lond. R.) nearly very fine (3) £120-150

1490

Three: Greaser J. Ryan, Mercantile Fleet AuxiliaryBRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (J. Ryan, Gsr., M.F.A.); MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDAL 1914-18 (John Ryan); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (J. Ryan, Gsr., M.F.A.)

Pair: John Ryan, Mercantile MarineBRITISH WAR AND MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDALS (John Ryan) very fine (5) £70-90

1491

Four: Able Seaman J. Briody, Royal Navy

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (J.40604 A.B., R.N.); NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (J.40604 A.B., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue (J.40604 A.B., H.M.S. Hood); together with a ROYAL NAVY AND ARMY BOXING ASSOCIATION MEDAL, silver, obverse inscribed, ‘Grand Fleet’, reverse inscribed, ‘IV Group Novices Boxing Compt.Sept. 1918, Middle Wts. won by A.B. J. Briody, H.M.S. Barham’, edge bruising, contact marks, fine (4) £120-160

1492

Pair: Staff Serjeant W. C. Hart, Royal Engineers

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (13350 S. Sjt., R.E.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1851724 S. Sjt., R.E.) good very fine(2) £40-60

1493

Edward Evans attested as a Gunner in 1901 and served on H.M. Ships Exmouth and Prince of Wales. At the outbreak of the Great War he was in the garrison at Cromarty but spent the majority of the war with the artillery in the field, and was awarded the M.S.M. He specialised as a Clerk, and at the end of the war until 1930 when he retired he was based at the R.M. Office at London. Recalled for service in the Second World War, he served as a Superintending Clerk at the R.M. Depot and then moved to the R.M. Recruiting Depotat Exton where he served as a Lieutenant and Captain. He retired from the service once more in 1946. Lieutenant Edward Evans, M.S.M., R.M. died at Southsea on 6 August 1964. With copied obituary from The Globe and Laurel and some other research.

A Great War Royal Marines M.S.M. pair awarded to Lieutenant E. Evans, Royal Marine Artillery

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (W.O.2 E. Evans, R.M.); ROYAL MARINES MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R. (9642 E. Evans, StaffClerk R.M.A. R.M.O. London, Service During War) extremely fine (2) £350-400

1494

Pair: Staff Quartermaster Serjeant E. Newman, Army Pay Corps

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (902 S. Sjt., A.P.C.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (902 S.Q.M. Sjt., A.P.C.) good very fine (2) £40-60

1495

Pair: Corporal J. E. Reilly, Royal Marine Light Infantry

VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (Ply.15222 Cpl., R.M.L.I.); NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (Ply.15222 R.M.L.I., H.M.S. Pelorus) some edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £80-100

1496

Ex Michael Haines Collection, D.N.W. 4 December 2002. With copied m.i.c.

Three: Corporal A. Pearce, 25th (County of London) Battalion London Regiment (Cyclists)

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (740350 Pte., 25-Lond. R.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (740350 Cpl., 1-25 Lond. R.) good very fine (3) £240-280

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Three: Sapper E. Jackson, Divisional Signals; late Royal Sussex Regiment

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (3390 Pte., R. Suss. R.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Mahsud 1919-20 (619558Spr., Dvl. Signals) very fine (3) £100-140

1498

Three: Private A. E. Moody, Dorset Regiment

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (20497 Pte., Dorset R.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (5719198 Pte., Dorset R.) mounted as worn, contact marks, fine and better (3) £100-140

1499

Three: Sepoy Haj Ahamad, 2-127th Baluchis Infantry

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (1422 Sepoy Hajiahamad, 2-127 Baluchis); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21 (1422 Sepoy Haj Ahamad, 2-127 Baluchis) good very fine (3) £60-80

1500

Carl Sunderland was born in Skipton, Yorkshire in November 1893 and was educated at Buxton College. A cotton manufacturer by profession, in the family firm at Nelson, Lancashire, he enlisted in the 11th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, in August 1914, but was discharged on medical grounds before the year’s end.

However, he made a successful application to join the Royal Flying Corps in July 1917, when he was appointed a cadet for training asan Observer. Duly qualified and commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in October 1917, he was posted to No. 4 Squadron out in France in March 1918, and quickly saw action in the unit’s R.E. 8s, a case in point being an encounter with four enemy aircraft while engagedon a photographic mission with his pilot, 2nd Lieutenant G. H. Langley, on 12 April:

‘When flying west of Steenwercke, four single-seaters were sighted, flying towards us about 700 yards distant and 300 feet higher. Three of the enemy aircraft dived and opened fire, first one, and then two simultaneously. After the first burst, which went through the top-plane, the Observer opened fire on the first attacking machine, which flew off. The Observer then opened fire on one of the other two. Both then turned south-east, and flew out of range. Observer fired 80 rounds during the combat.’

A few days later, on the 18th, while flying on another photographic mission with 2nd Lieutenant W. E. M. Whittaker as his pilot, Sunderland’s gunnery was better rewarded:

‘While flying east over Meteren at 3,500 feet, three Albatross aircraft were sighted diving towards us out of a cloud. By spirals and side-slips the pilot prevented the enemy machines opening fire, at the same time enabling the Observer to fire 100 rounds. One machine was seen to be hit, and was seen to be out of control, and was last seen in a vertical dive close to the ground over Merris. Machine wasnot seen to crash owing to presence of other enemy aircraft. Infantry are being asked for confirmation.’

Sutherland transferred to the Unemployed List in February 1919.

Pair: 2nd Lieutenant C. Sunderland, Royal Air Force, late West Yorkshire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, who flew operationally as an Observer in No. 4 Squadron in March-August 1918, claiming at least one enemy aircraft out of control

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2 Lieut. C. Sunderland, R.A.F.), the first with official correction to surname, nearly extremely fine (2) £250-300

1501

M.S.M. London Gazette 22 September 1919. ‘... in recognition of valuable services rendered with the British Forces in Mesopotamia. The recipient came from N.W. London.

Five: Serjeant T. A. Rhead, Middlesex Regiment

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (265065 Sjt., Midd’x. R.); TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-19 (788 Pte., Midd’x. R.); ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (265065 Sjt., 9/Midd’x. R.); TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.V.R. (265065 Sjt., 9/Midd’x. R.) mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £280-320

1502

Ex Monmouthshire Regiment Collection, D.N.W. 29 June 2006.

Albert Browning appears to have ended the War as a member of the South Wales Borderers. With copied m.i.c.

Three: Private A. Browning, Monmouthshire Regiment

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (1286 Pte., Monmouth. R.); TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-19 (1286 Pte., Monmouth.R.) good very fine (3) £200-250

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Five: Private A. C. Rule, Royal West Kent Regiment, late Kent Cyclist Battalion

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (952 Pte., Kent Cyc. Bn.); TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-19 (952 Pte., Kent Cyc. Bn.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan 1919 (265292 Pte., R.W. Kent R.); SPECIAL CONSTABULARY LONG SERVICE,G.VI.R. 1st type (Arthur C. Rule) nearly extremely fine (5) £280-320

1504

Research with the group indicates that only 6 ‘Kurdistan’ clasps were issued to the 1/5th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment; the 2006edition of British Battles and Medals states that 20 clasps were awarded to the regiment. With copied m.i.c. and other research.

Four: Temporary Sergeant-Major H. Frost, Royal West Kent Regiment

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (TF-240447 Sjt., R.W. Kent); TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-18 (1948 Pte., R.W. Kent R.); GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (240447 T.W.O.Cl.I., R.W. Kent) nearly very fine and scarce (4)

£300-350

1505

Three: Second Lieutenant A. H. Brown, Royal Artillery

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2 Lieut.); TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-19 (392 Dvr., R.A.) good very fine (3)£120-160

1506

Frank Hool was born and lived in Grimsby, Lincolnshire and enlisted at Chisledon, Wiltshire. Serving with the 10th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, he was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 28 April 1917. Having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

With original (slightly damaged) commemorative scroll; together with copied casualty details and war diary extracts giving details of the battalion’s attack on Greenland Hill, 28 April 1917.

Pair: Private F. Hool, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, killed in action, France/Flanders, 28 April 1917

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (33939 Pte., L.N. Lan. R.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (Frank Hool) nearly extremely fine (3)£100-140

1507

Charles Percy Nott Rowband was born in 1881. He graduated from Keble College, Oxford, gaining a B.A. in 1903 and a M.A. in 1920.Attended Cudd College in 1903. Ordained a Deacon in 1904 at Worcester and a Priest in 1906 in Birmingham. Curate of King’s Norton, 1904-10; Sutton Coldfield, 1910-13, and Acock’s Green. 1913-17. Then served in the R.A. Chaplain’s Department as a Chaplain 4th Class. Entered the France/Flanders theatre of war in January 1918 and served as Chaplain attached to the 57th Division and later as Chaplain attached to the 1st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment. Served as a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces, 1917-29; Honorary Chaplain to the Forces, 1929; Chaplain to R.A.F. Gosport, 1929-31; Aboukir, 1931-34; Mildenhall, 1935; and Uxbridge, 1935-37. Appointed Licensed Officiate to the Diocese of Chichester, 1938; Chaplain at Kurseong, 1938-43; at Nagpur, 1944-45; at Kolar Gold Field, Mysore, 1945-51, and Coonoor, 1951-56. Was appointed Chaplain of South India, 1946-60, and was permitted to Officiate in the Diocese of Exeter from 1969. The Rev. Rowband died in Yelverton, Devon on 15 September 1979. With copied research.

Three: Reverend C. P. N. Rowband, Royal Army Chaplains Department

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Rev.); GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (Rev.) fine (3) £220-260

1508

Three: Reverend C. W. Hall, Royal Air Force

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Rev.); GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (Rev., R.A.F.) mounted as worn, some contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (3) £300-350

1509

Edward Fowles Haylock was born on 21 December 1897. Commissioned a Lieutenant Aeroplane Officer, R.A.F. on 1 April 1918 and promoted to Acting Captain in August 1918. Promoted to Flying Officer Observer with No. 56 Squadron in the Middle East in September 1921. With No. 1 Squadron, Hunaidi, Iraq, April 1923; 208 Army Co-op Squadron, Ismailia, October, 1924. Promoted to Flight Lieutenant in March 1928. Attended Staff College in January 1932. Appointed to the Air Staff, Iraq, December 1933; Air Staff, Western Area, April 1935, and to Coastal Command Air Staff, January 1936, being promoted to Squadron Leader in October 1936. As such he was with No. 16 Recce Group Coastal Command Air Staff from October 1938 and after attaining the rank of Wing Commanderin July 1939, retired from the General Duties Branch, R.A.F. on 25 April 1943. With copied service notes.

Seven: Wing Commander E. F. Haylock, Royal Air Force

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2 Lieut., R.F.C.); GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (F/O., R.A.F.); 1939-45 STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS; IRAQ, ACTIVE SERVICE MEDAL 1924-38, no clasp, these unnamed, first three with edge bruising and contact marks, good fine and better (7) £280-320

1510

Seven: Stoker 1st Class H. J. Rowell, Royal Fleet Reserve, late Royal Marines

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Ch.21178 Pte., R.M.L.I.); 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR, clasp, France and Germany; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; ROYAL FLEET RESERVE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (SS.120409 (Ch.B.18573) Sto. 1, R.F.R.) mounted as worn, very fine and better (7) £80-100

1511

Five: Petty Officer A. W. Kearney, Royal Navy

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (J.67594 B. Tel., R.N.); 1939-45 STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, unnamed; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue (M.39149 Sy. P.O., H.M.S. Victory) mounted as worn, fine and better (5) £50-70

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Four: Sergeant G. H. Peters, Royal Air Force

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (302747 Sgt., R.A.F.); DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed, mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £30-50

1513

Rev. W. Brown, a Presbyterian Minister, was appointed Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class on 6 October 1917. He entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 15 January 1918. As a Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class he was awarded the Efficiency Decoration (London Gazette 2 November 1948).

With copied m.i.c. and gazette extract.

Five: Rev. W. Brown, Royal Army Chaplain’s Department

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Rev.); DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed; EFFICIENCY DECORATION, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, reverse dated, ‘1948’, unnamed; together with an Army Chaplains Department cap badge, very fine and better (6) £180-220

1514

Five: Able Seaman F. W. Boothby, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (J.83768 ORD., R.N.); DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed; ROYAL FLEET RESERVE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (J.83768 (Ch.B.15042) A.B., R.F.R.) some contact marks, good very fine (5) £60-80

1515

M.S.M. London Gazette 22 January 1920. ‘.... for valuable services rendered with the British Forces in Siberia.’

Recommendation, dated Vladivostok, 3 October 1919, reads: ‘For meritorious service, resource and ability and devotion to duty. ThisW.O. has been with the Mission nearly 12 months, when he was alone to do Ordnance and other work on arrival and until R.A.O.C. arrived from England in January. He has done excellent work and has always been cheerful and willing, setting a good example to others in trying times, when tact was most necessary to avoid trouble and pushing the work on.’

Eff. Dec. London Gazette 21 April 1950. ‘Capt. J. F. Field, Royal Army Ordnance Corps’

James Francis Field was born in Woolwich, Kent on 18 June 1891. A Clerk by occupation, he attested for the A.O.C. at Woolwich on 18 January 1910. With the unit he served in South Africa, January 1913-September 1914; Hong Kong, January 1917-September 1918, and Vladivostock, September 1918-November 1919. For his services in North Russia he was awarded the M.S.M. Field continued to serve after the Great War and into the Second and was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1950 as a Captain in the R.A.O.C.

With repaired recommendation form; Soldiers’ Service and Pay Book; military history sheets; damaged forwarding slip for the EfficiencyDecoration, and copied gazette extracts.

Seven: Captain J. F. Field, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, awarded a M.S.M. for ‘Siberia’

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (S-6588 A.W.O. Cl. 1, A.O.C.); DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed; ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (S-6588 T. Sub-Condr., R.A.O.C.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (7574402 W.O. Cl. II, R.A.O.C.); EFFICIENCY DECORATION, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated,‘1950’, in Royal Mint case of issue, good very fine and better (7) £400-500

1516

M.I.D. London Gazette 7 August 1918. ‘Eng.-Lieut., R.N. (Eng.-Lieut., R.I.M.)’

Carl Rousey Leopold Bergner was appointed an Engineer-Lieutenant in the Royal Indian Marine in February 1914. Appointed a Temporary Engineer in the Royal Navy, 4 August 1914. Rejoined the R.I.M. in 1919. Promoted to Engineer Commander in November 1931. Served on R.I.M. Ship Lawrence, October 1914-1918.

With copied Confidential Reports of the period, 1930-36 and other research.

Four: Engineer Commander C. R. L. Bergner, Royal Indian Marine and Royal Navy

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. small oakleaf emblem (Eng. Lt. C., R.N.); JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1937, these unnamed; together with a renamed 1914-15 Star (Engr. Lieut., R.N.) good very fine (5) £120-160

1517

M.S.M. London Gazette 18 January 1919. ‘... in recognition of valuable services rendered with the Armies in France & Flanders.’

Three: Saddler Staff Serjeant R. Mallett, Royal Army Service Corps

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (TS-7431 S. Sjt., A.S.C.); ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (TS-7431 Sd. S.Sjt., R.A.S.C.) mounted (incorrectly) as worn, good very fine (3) £120-150

1518

John Harvey Juniper was born in 1898, the son of Engineer Rear-Admiral W. V. Juniper, R.N. As a Student, he attested for the East KentRegiment on 23 May 1916, aged 18 years. Selected as an officer candidate, he attended an officer’s training course. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers and proceeded overseas with that unit. He was killed in action in the battle of Arras on 30 April 1917. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. With copied servicepapers, m.i.c. and other research.

See lot 1680 for his father’s medals.

Pair: Second Lieutenant J. H. Juniper, 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, killed in action at the battle of Arras, 30 April 1917

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2 Lieut.) nearly extremely fine (2) £120-160

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Lieutenant Leonard William Oliver was born on 26 July 1867. Graduated with a B.A. in 1889. At St. Mary’s Hospital appointed a M.R.C.S.; L.R.C.P. 1894. Practised successively at Andover and Alresford. Served in the Great War as an officer in the R.A.M.C., entering a theatre of war as a Lieutenant on 1 May 1916. Later served as a Captain. Awarded the Silver War Badge. With copied m.i.c.

Pair: Captain L. W. Oliver, Royal Army Medical Corps

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Capt.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (2) £50-70

1520

Lieutenant F. Hazzard, 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, attached 1/5th Battalion East Kent Regiment. Entered the Mesopotamia theatre of war in March 1916. With copied m.i.c.

Pair: Lieutenant F. Hazzard, Cambridgeshire Regiment

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (2) £60-80

1521

Arthur Cecil Champion graduated from Queen’s College, Cambridge with a B.A. in 1911 and later gained a M.A. in 1923. After training for the clergy at Egerton Hall, Manchester, he was appointed a Deacon in 1912 and Priest in Manchester in 1913. He served asCurate of St. James, Moss Side, 1912-14 and Longridge, 1914-15. Appointed Temporary Chaplain to the Forces, 1915-19. Appointed Vicar of Christ Church, Portsdown, 1916-23; Compton Gifford, Plymouth, Portsmouth, 1923-29; Christ Church, Clifton, Diocese of Bristol, 1929-38, and Hambleton, 1938-51. Appointed Rector of South Perrott near Mosterton and Cheddington, 1951-56. Rev. ArthurChampion died on 31 January 1977.

With copied m.i.c., ‘Crockfords’ extract, Will and a photocopied photograph.

Pair: Reverend A. G. Champion, Royal Army Chaplains Department

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Rev.) mounted as worn, in leather case, the lid bearing the letters, ‘A.C.C.’, extremely fine (2) £100-140

1522

Cecil Raymond Harding was born in Middlesex c.1871. He graduated from Selwyn College, Cambridge with a B.A. in 1892 and gaineda M.A. in 1898. He was ordained a Deacon in Coventry in 1896 and a Priest in Worcester in 1897. He was appointed Curate of St. John the Baptist in Bedwardine, Worcestershire, 1896-1900; St. Philip, Stepney and Chaplain to the London Hospital, 1900-01; and Holy Trinity, Coventry, 1901-08. Appointed Vicar of Lower Mitton, 1908-15, he then served as Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class, 1916-20, entering the France/Flanders theatre of war on 24 June 1916. After the war he served as Curate of St. Nicholas, Brighton, 1920-21; after which he was appointed Vicar of St. Mary Virgin, Brighton, 1921-27. He served as Rector of Hurstpierpoint inthe Diocese of Chichester from 1927. With copied m.i.c. and ‘Crockfords’ extract.

Pair: Reverend C. R. Harding, Royal Army Chaplains Department

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Rev.) good very fine (2) £100-140

1523

Geoffrey Gunnell Newman graduated from Keble College, Oxford with a B.A. in 1913 and later gained a M.A. in 1920. He trained for the clergy at Bishop’s Hostel, Farnham and was ordained Deacon at Winchester in 1913 and Priest at Southampton in 1914. He was appointed Curate of Farnham, 1913-17 and was the Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich, 1917-20. He was also a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class, 1917-20, entering the France/Flanders theatre of war on 12 March 1918. Newman was Honorary Chaplain to the Forces, 1920-38. He was Chaplain and Assistant Master at St. Edmunds School, Hindhead, 1920-21 and at Trinity College, Glenalmond, 1921-34. At the latter school he was House Master of Patchells’, 1923-34. He was appointed Vicar of Thorpe Hamlet, 1934-36; and St. George Tombland with St. Simon & St. Jude, Norwich, 1936-40. Appointed Rectorof St. Thomas, Stockport, 1940-45. From 1945 he was Chaplain to St. Winifred’s School, Llanfairfechan and was Licensed to Officiate in the Diocese of Bangor. Rev. Geoffrey Newman died on 26 November 1970.

With copied research including extracts from The Glenalmond Chronicle and photocopied photographs.

Pair: Reverend G. G. Newman, Royal Army Chaplains Department

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Rev.) mounted as worn, good very fine (2) £100-140

1524

Private E. J. Moody, 1st Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division died on 8 June 1918. He was buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen.

Pair: Private E. J. Moody, Royal Maine Light Infantry, who died 8 June 1918

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Po.1688-S- Pte., R.M.L.I.) extremely fine (2) £40-60

1525

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDAL PAIRS (3) (R-38353 Pte. W. Cook, K.R. Rif. C.; 4.3272 Pte. W. A. Goodwin, Notts. & DerbyR.; 3431 Pte. T. Marchment, E. Surr. R.) medals to Cook mounted as worn with a renamed King’s South Africa 1901-02,2 clasps (1389 Pte. W. Cook, Cape P.O.I.), very fine and better (7) £100-140

1526

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDAL PAIRS (4) (DM2-230608 Pte. G. Gallie, A.S.C.; 9070 Pte. H. E. Gould, H.A.C.-Inf.; 241613Pte. A. Roskell, R. Lanc. R.; 18589 Pte. F. J. Wooderson, The Queen’s R.) medals to ‘Gould’ with edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (8) £120-150

1527

Pair: Lieutenant H. W. Sangway, Royal Air ForceBRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut., R.A.F.)

Pair: Second Lieutenant A. C. Whittle, Royal Air ForceBRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2/Lieut., R.A.F.) nearly extremely fine (4) £120-150

1528

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Pair: P. Homersham, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry CorpsBRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (F.A.N.Y.C.) mounted as worn

Pair: Staff Nurse D. F. JacobBRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (S/Nurse.) B.W.M. rank officially corrected, good very fine and better (4) £100-140

1529

Geraldine Clare Munford served in the V.A.D. in France.

Pair: Worker A. A. Bolton, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary CorpsBRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (33619 Wkr., Q.M.A.A.C.)

Pair: G. C. Munford, Voluntary Aid DetachmentBRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (V.A.D.) good very fine and better (4) £80-100

1530

Pair: 2nd Corporal F. J. Wild, Royal EngineersBRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (189116 2. Cpl., R.E.) in named card box of issue

IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL, E.II.R. (Albert Bown) in Royal Mint case of issue, in card box of issue; DEFENCE MEDAL; WAR MEDAL 1939-45 (7), these unnamed; MEMORIAL PLAQUE, reduced size replica, 82mm., unnamed; R.E. cap badge; ‘On War Service1915’ lapel badge, bronze, good very fine and better (14) £50-70

1531

Sidney Laughlin of Elm Villa, The Tilt, Cobham, Surrey, employed as a Carpenter, enlisted into the Royal Flying Corps at South Farnborough on 5 July 1916, aged 25 years. Promoted to Air Mechanic 1st Class in February 1917 and to Corporal in the R.A.F. in August 1918. Transferred to Air Force Reserve in February 1919. With copied service papers.

Pair: Corporal S. Laughlin, Royal Air Force

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (34359 Cpl., R.A.F.) extremely fine (2) £30-40

1532

Cecil Dobie Murray White was born in Wigan, Lancashire and living at Hale, Cheshire, enlisted at Epsom. Serving with the 24th Battalion Royal Fusiliers he was killed in action in the battle of the Somme on 27 July 1916. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. With repaired card box of issue.

Pair: Private C. D. M. White, 24th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, killed in action on the Somme, 27 July 1916

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (PS-3340 Pte., R. Fus.) nearly extremely fine (2) £50-70

1533

Three: Chief Observer G. C. Money, Royal Observer Corps, late Royal Air Force

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (242822 Pte., R.A.F.); ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS MEDAL, E.II.R., 1st issue (Chief Observer G. C.Money) extremely fine (3) £120-160

1534

William Thomas Coulson was born in Harwich in 1849. When employed as a Shipwright, living at 2 George Street, Harwich, he effected the rescue of Robert Middleton who, on 12 August 1870, fell into the water at Harwich Harbour. Coulson jumped in after him,dived, and supported him until a boat arrived.

Coulson family medals:

Five: William Thomas Coulson, Mercantile Marine - a Carpenter aboard the S.S. Brussels when she was captured by the Germans in June 1916 - her captain Charles Fryatt was subsequently executed as a franc-tireurBRITISH WAR AND MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDALS (William T. Coulson); ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY, small bronze medal (successful) (William T. Coulson, 12 August, 1870); BELGIUM, CIVIC MEDAL, bronze, on ‘distinguished service’ ribbon; ‘FREEDOM OF ANTWERP’ CROSS, bronze-gilt and enamel, lacking reverse centre

Pair: William Henry Coulson, Mercantile MarineBRITISH WAR AND MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDALS (William H. Coulson)

Five: attributed to Petty Officer Eric William “Chicko” Coulson, Royal Navy1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed, mountedas worn, good very fine and better except where stated (12) £600-800

1535

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During the Great War Coulson served as Carpenter aboard the S.S. Brussels under Captain Charles Fryatt. The Brussels was a Great Eastern Railway steamer running between Rotterdam and the East Coast of England. The vessel was of much annoyance to the Germansand they made several determined efforts to sink her.

On 3 March 1915 Captain Fryatt of the Wrexham, successfully evaded an attack on his ship by a German U-Boat. The Wrexham ignored the signal to stop and used her superior speed to escape. For his actions, the ship’s grateful owners presented Fryatt with a goldwatch.

On 28 March 1915, Captain Fryatt, then in command of the Brussels, encountered the U-33. Again ignoring signals to stop, Fryatt ordered full-speed and fatefully attempted to ram the submarine which hastily submerged. For this exploit Fryatt was awarded another gold watch, this time from the Admiralty. On 11 and 15 June she was again menaced by German submarines and on each occasion used her speed to escape.

The Brussel’s luck finally ran out on 23 June 1916 when she was captured by German destroyers off the Dutch coast and taken to Zeebrugge in occupied Belgium. Captain Fryatt and the crew of the Brussels, including Coulson, were sent to a prison camp in Germany. There, Fryatt might have spent the rest of the war in captivity, however notification of his capture and his past exploits appearing in the British press alerted the Germans, and Admiral Ludwig von Schroder, wishing to make an example of Captain Fryatt and to deter other Merchant Navy captains from attempting to sink German submarines, placed Fryatt on trial as a franc-tireur - a civilian ‘illegally’ fighting against German military forces. On 27 July 1916 Fryatt was tried by a naval court martial, found guilty and executed by firing squad later the same day. A German official statement concluded, ‘One of the many nefarious “franc-tireurs” proceedings of the British Merchant Marine against our war vessels has thus found a belated but merited expiation.’ The action causedoutrage in Britain and the civilised world. In 1919 his body was exhumed from its simple grave in Belgium and after a funeral in St. Paul’s Cathedral, attended by the King and Queen of Belgium, members of the British Cabinet, Admiralty, Board of Trade and hundredsof merchant seamen and widows of merchant seamen, his body was laid to rest in Dovercourt near Harwich. A memorial to Captain Fryatt may be found at Liverpool Street Station, London.

With postcards (4) relating to Fryatt and the Brussels, and related copied research including m.i.c. and a photocopied photograph of Coulson as a senior member of Fryatt’s crew.

William Henry Coulson was born in Harwich in 1880. With copied m.i.c.

Eric William Coulson was born in Harwich on 1 July 1917. He was aboard the S.S. Pozarica when she was sunk off Buggi, North Africa. Post-war he lived in Baughurst, Tadley, Hampshire and died c.1980. With two original wartime photographs of the recipient, and copied discharge certificate.

Youth Cox was born in Grafton, Wiltshire on 17 February 1886. A Motor Car Mechanic by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Navyfor the duration of the war on 6 July 1916. Serving initially as a Stoker 2nd Class, he was advanced to Stoker 1st Class in September 1916. Initially based at Victory II, July 1916-February 1917, he later served on the destroyers Llewellyn, February-March 1917; Undine,May 1917-July 1918, and Tobago, October 1918-February 1919. He was demobilised on 8 March 1919. With copied service paper and some family details.

Pair: Stoker 1st Class Y. Cox, Royal Navy

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (K.34936 Sto. 1, R.N.) very fine (2) £30-50

1536

Believed to be a relative of Clarence Adelbert Petty (1905-2009) an ardent advocate, conservationist and forest ranger of the AdironackPark, New York State.

Pair: Private G. C. Petty, 10th Battalion Canadian Infantry

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (904668 Pte., 10-Can. Inf.) nearly extremely fine (2) £40-60

1537

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDAL PAIRS (5) (216284 Pte. 1 F. Thatcher, R.A.F.; 46080 2 A.M. F. Gay, R.A.F.; 25411 2 A.M. H.L. Clogg, R.A.F.; 64618 Pte. 1 E. H. Moulder, R.A.F.; 409193 Pte. 2 W. Prentice, R.A.F.) very fine and better (10)

£120-160

1538

43727 Corporal William Nicol, 1st Aeroplane Supply Depot Repair Park, R.A.F., died on 23 September 1918, aged 24 years. He was buried in the Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais. He was the son of Janet and Charles Nicol of Auchterarder, Perth, Scotland.

Medals to ‘Happer’ in named card box of issue.

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDAL PAIRS (5) (29571 Cpl. A. Happer, R.A.F.; 43727 1 A.M. W. Nicol, R.A.F.; 39236 1 A.M. A.C. Shaw, R.A.F.; 206637 Ch. Mech. W. J. Goodchild, R.A.F.; 26534 Cpl. W. Kerr, R.A.F.) last with some corrosion to Victory, good fine and better (10) £140-180

1539

Frank Lewis Williams was born in St. Pancras, Middlesex, lived in Ratcliffe and enlisted at Poplar, Middlesex. Serving with No. 2 Company, 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, he was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 16 September 1916, aged 32 years. Having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. He was the son of Mrs Minnie Williams of 39 Mayfield Road,Dalston and husband of Ethel May Williams of 144 Farringdon Road, London.

Pair: Private F. L. Williams, 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, killed in action, France/Flanders, 16 September 1916

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (16329 Pte., C. Gds.) nearly extremely fine (2) £60-80

1540

David L. Hilton was born in Airlie, Forfarshire and enlisted at Perth. Serving with the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders he was killed inaction, France/Flanders on 23 August 1918. He was buried in the Warry Copse Cemetery, Courcelles-le-Comte, Pas de Calais.

Pair: Private D. L. Hilton, 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders, killed in action, France/Flanders, 23 August 1918

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (S-42554 Pte., Gordons) extremely fine (2) £60-80

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James Copland was born, lived and enlisted at Falkirk. Serving with the 7th Battalion Cameron Highlanders, he was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 25 September 1915. Having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.

Pair: Private J. Copland, 7th Battalion Cameron Highlanders, killed in action, France/Flanders, 25 September 1915

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (S-15539 Pte., Camerons) nearly extremely fine (2) £60-80

1542

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDAL PAIRS (3) (10205 Pte. C. W. Penfold, Seaforth; 332905 Pte. E. Fraser, H.L.I.; 24660 Pte. G.Reid, K.O. Sco. Bord.) nearly extremely fine (6) £90-120

1543

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDAL PAIRS (3) (S-8098 Pte. F. Donnelly, Seaforth; S-21633 Pte. T. N. MacDonald, R. Highrs.; 5794 Pte. R. Sutherland, Camerons) good very fine and better (6) £90-120

1544

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDAL PAIRS (3) (9779 Pte. C. Towers, H.A.C.-Inf.; 41288 Pte. W. A. Lane, D. of Corn. L.I.; 22894Cpl. G. Carpenter, North’n. R.) good very fine and better (6) £90-120

1545

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDAL PAIRS (3) (160464 Pte. W. J. Stoddart, 49-Can. Inf.; 487505 Pte. W. Evans, C.A.M.C.; 10/4187 Pte. C. M. Reed, N.Z.E.F.) good very fine (6) £90-120

1546

Three: Corporal F. C. Stagg, Royal EngineersBRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (20519 Spr., R.E.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (1852642 Cpl., R.E.) service number re-impressed

Pair: Private W. H. Brislee, Royal Fusiliers1914-15 STAR (PS-6688 Pte., R. Fus.); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (PS-6688 Pte., R. Fus.)

Pair: Gunner S. B. Jolly, South African Field Artillery1914-15 STAR (Pte., 1st M.R.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Gnr., S.A.F.A.) edge bruising

Pair: Warrant Officer Class 2 W. Park, Royal EngineersVICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (4263 W.O. Cl. 2, R.E.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4263 Sjt., R.E.) fine and better (9)

£80-100

1547

Dumbell commissioned 26 September 1917.

Three: Private W. G. Garlick, 13th Battalion London RegimentBRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (6342 Pte., 13-Lond. R.); SPECIAL CONSTABULARY LONG SERVICE, G.VI.R., 1st issue (William G.Garlick)

Pair: Second Lieutenant P. H. Dumbell, Royal Garrison ArtilleryBRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2 Lieut.); mounted as worn; together with a pair of miniature dress medals, very fine andbetter (7) £70-90

1548

George Francis Widdowson was born in Nottingham. He served initially with the Lincolnshire Regiment. As a Private with the 20th Company M.G.C. (Infantry), he died of wounds on 8 October 1917. He was buried in the Godewaersvelde British Cemetery. He was the husband of F. M. Widdowson of 12 Hull Street, Sherwood, Nottingham.

Pair: Private G. E. Widdowson, Machine Gun Corps, who died of wounds, France, 8 October 1917BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (13856 Pte., M.G.C.) with M.G.C. badge and title, nearly extremely fine (4) £40-60

1549

Three: Corporal E. Arnold, Royal MarinesBRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Po.19040 Pte., R.M.L.I.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue (Ch.22590 Cpl., R.M.) first two fine; last very fine (3) £40-60

1550

Family group:

The Great War pair awarded to Corporal E. Pinkney, Royal Engineers, a professional football player with over 100 appearances to his credit as an outside forward, including eight matches for Everton and 63 for GillinghamBRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (201725 Cpl. E. Pinkney, R.E.), and a Sunday School Attendance Medal, white metal, nearly extremely fine

The Second World War campaign group of four awarded to Assistant Steward A. E. Pinkney, Naval Auxiliary Personnel, Merchant Navy, who was killed in action aboard the escort aircraft carrier H.M.S Avenger November 19421939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, in their original addressed card forwarding box to the recipient’s father in Liverpool, together with original Admiralty condolence slip in the name of ‘Albert Ernest Pinkney’, extremely fine

A group of prize medals and assorted documentation appertaining to Private H. M. Pinkney, R.A.O.C.ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS PRIZE MEDALS (3), one silver, two bronze, for Football, High Jump and Running, one named to ‘10541724 Pte. Pinkney’, together with Liverpool Business Houses Sports Association prize Medal, silver and enamel, the reverse named to ‘H. M. Pinkney, 1948-49’, and two driving safety awards; together with the recipient’s Soldier’s Release Book, Class ‘A’, and his Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, in khaki cover, generally in good condition (Lot)

£200-250

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Ernest “Ernie” Pinkney, who was born in Glasgow, played for West Hartlepool prior to appearing for Everton on eight occasions in theperiod 1909-11. Transferring to Gillingham in 1913, he went on to play as an outside forward on 63 occasions, scoring 13 goals. Active service as a Corporal in the Royal Engineers having then intervened, he joined Tranmere Rovers after the War,followed by further transfers to Halifax Town in 1921 and Accrington Stanley in 1922, the latter appointments seeing him make another 40 or so professional appearances and score five further goals; sold with three copied football photographs, including Everton team line-up for 1910-11 season.

Albert Ernest Pinkney, the son of professional footballer “Ernie” Pinkney, was killed in action on 15 November 1942, while serving as an Assistant Steward in the escort carrier H.M.S. Avenger. Commissioned in March 1942, the Avenger was largely responsible for the success of Arctic convoy PQ-18 in September 1942, when, in the aftermath of the disastrous PQ-17 convoy, her Sea Hurricanes flew regular sorties against inbound hostile aircraft - no Naval escorts were sunk and and 30 of her 41 merchantmen safely reached Archangel. Having then escorted QP-14 home, she was ordered to the Mediterranean for the North Africa landings, and it was while employed in these latter operations on 15 November 1942, west of Gibraltar, that she was torpedoed by the U-155 under Kapitanleutnant Adolf Piening - she quickly sank, only 17 of her complement of 550 officers and ratings being rescued. Pinkney, whowas 26 years of age, has no known grave and is commemorated on the Liverpool Naval Memorial.

Herbert Matthew Pinkney, who was born in July 1920, the younger son of professional footballer “Ernie” Pinkney, enlisted in the RoyalArmy Ordnance Corps at Warrington in March 1941 and was discharged at the end of 1946, after latterly serving in Iraq.

Hugh John Pate was born in Cambridge, England on 15 December 1880. A Salesman by occupation, he enlisted with the 1st Ambulance Depot at Calgary on 12 July 1916. He embarked on the S.S. Olympic for England, arriving there on 26 December 1916.With the C.A.M.C. he was based variously at Ramsgate, Buxton and Shorncliffe. He transferred overseas on 10 September 1918, beingattached to the 1 Canadian General Hospital. He was struck off the strength of the 16 Canadian General Hospital on 2 July 1919 and was discharged in Canada on 21 August 1919. He died in a vehicle accident on 30 January 1966. At the time of his death he was a retired Clergyman, having been a former Pastor of St. George’s Liberal Catholic Church. With a number of copied service papers.

William Percy Pierce was born in Danville, Quebec on 5 February 1894. A Machinist by occupation, he attested with the 1st Field Ambulance on 25 September 1915. He embarked on the S.S. Metagama for England. In July 1916 he was taken on to the strength of the 9th Field Ambulance in France and remained there until the end of the war. He was demobilised in Canada in March 1919.


Pair: Lance-Corporal H. J. Pate, Canadian Army Medical Corps, latterly a ClergymanBRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (523310 L. Cpl., C.A.M.C.)

Pair: Private W. P. Pierce, Canadian Army Medical CorpsBRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (524574 Pte., C.A.M.C.); MALTESE CROSS, gilt and enamel, good very fine (5) £60-80

1552

W. H. M. Groom was appointed a Temporary 2nd Lieutenant in the R.F.C. from an Assistant Instructor (Equipment Officer Grade 3) in February 1918 (London Gazette 14 February 1918. Promoted to Lieutenant (London Gazette 3 January 1919) and Acting Captain (London Gazette 4 March 1919). With gazette extracts.

Harold Hudson was born on 16 June 1895. At the time of the war he lived in Altringham, Cheshire. He initially served with the Army Service Corps. He served in Egypt from 15 December 1917 and was an Instructor with 22 Training Squadron. Ranked as a 2nd Lieutenant in the R.A.F. in April 1918. For his services during the war he was awarded the Greek Order of George I, 5th Class (LondonGazette 5 April 1919).

With copied service papers, m.i.c. and gazette extract.

Pair: Second Lieutenant W. H. M. Groom, Royal Flying CorpsBRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2 Lieut., R.F.C.)

VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (2/Lieut. H. Hudson, R.A.F.) extremely fine (3) £160-200

1553

Medals to Caldwell attributed to William Henderson Caldwell, 2nd Engineer of the S.S. Adela who was killed in action on 27December1917 when his ship was torpedoed and sunk, 12 miles N.W. of the Skerries.

BRITISH WAR AND MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDAL PAIRS (3) (William H. Caldwell; Henry Gibson; Francis E. Owen) good very fine and better (6) £90-120

1554

Pair to ‘Hampton’ attributed to ‘John Hampton’, an Assistant Steward on S.S. Abosso, who died on 24 April 1917, aged 43 years.

BRITISH WAR AND MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDAL PAIRS (3) (John W. Hampton; Alfred J. Lay; Stanley G. E. Oatley) nearly extremely fine (6) £90-120

1555

Medals to ‘Ball’ and ‘Howell’ with some copied service details.

BRITISH WAR AND MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDAL PAIRS (3) (Frank Ball; Sydney F. Howell; William T. Moody) some with edgebruising, good very fine and better (6) £90-120

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William Henry Williams was a 1st Class Bedroom Steward on the Lusitania. Sailing from New York to Liverpool with 1,257 passengersand 702 crew, she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-20 off the southern coast of Ireland on 7 May 1915. 1,198 persons were killed in the outrage, including 124 American citizens. The American casualties created opposition in the U.S.A. to Woodrow Wilson’s previous policy of neutrality and helped precipitate American entry into the war.

Details given by William Henry Williams’ son, Joseph, relate that he was ‘the last to leave the stricken vessel, once in the water he tookhold of a large piece of wood and clung to it for about 48 hours, then picked up by a fishing vessel and taken into Cork Harbour wherehe was transferred to a hospital’.

Sold with medal envelopes of issue; copied engagement papers relating to William’s service on the Lusitania and hand-written details, these derived from his son - describing his father’s experience during the sinking and later biographical information.

Pair: 1st Class Bedroom Steward William H. Williams, Merchant Navy, a survivor from the Lusitania, sunk by the German submarine U-20, 7 May 1915

BRITISH WAR AND MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDALS (William H. Williams) extremely fine (2) £400-500

1557

Silver War Badge to ‘Chisholm’ not confirmed.

Pair: William Chisholm, Mercantile MarineBRITISH WAR AND MERCANTILE MARINE MEDAL (William Chisholm) with a Silver War Badge (427005)

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDAL PAIRS (2) (3609 Pte. H. Wilson, Camerons; 121377 3 A.M. H. R. Davies, R.A.F.)

1914-15 STAR, VICTORY MEDAL PAIRS (2) (18898 Pte. A. Hodgson, Manch. R.; 383 A. Bmbr./Sjt., R.G.A./R.A.) good very fine and better (11) £140-180

1558

Storekeeper Robert Henry Turney, Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy) was killed in action when the escort aircraft carrier H.M.S. Avenger was torpedoed and sunk by the U-155 off Gibraltar on 15 November 1942. Some 67 officers and 438 ratings were lost in the sinking, the single largest loss sustained by the Royal Navy during the course of the North African landings. Robert Henry Turney was the son of Henry and Mary Ann Turney of Southampton.

W.W.2 medals in card forwarding box addressed to ‘Mrs M. A. Turney, 18 West End Road, Bitterne, Southampton’.

Family group:

Pair: Henry Turney, Mercantile MarineBRITISH WAR AND MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDALS (Henry Turney)

Three: Storekeeper Robert Henry Turney, Naval Auxiliary Personnel, killed in action, 15 November 19421939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, these unnamed, good very fine (5) £60-80

1559

Ten: Captain W. A. Whitaker, Royal Navy

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (237637Ldg. Sean., H.M.S. Pelorus); 1914-15 STAR (Mate, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut., R.N.); 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR, clasp, France and Germany; WAR MEDAL 1939-45; CORONATION 1937; NORWAY, KING HAAKON VII FREEDOM MEDAL, bronze, these all unnamed, mounted as worn; BELGIUM, ORDER OF THE CROWN, Commander’s neck badge, silver-giltand enamel, no ribbon, note: surname spelt ‘Whittaker’ on first medal, good very fine (10) £450-550

Norway King Haakon VII Freedom Medal London Gazette 26 August 1947. ‘Captain Wildred Alfred Whitaker, Royal Navy (Retired)’

Belgium Order of the Crown, Cmdr. London Gazette 1 February 1949. ‘CaptainWildred Alfred Whitaker, Royal Navy (Retired)’

Wilfred Alfred Whitaker was commissioned from the ranks as Mate in 1915. Promoted to Lieutenant in 1918, Lieutenant-Commander in 1926 and Commander in 1932; he retired in 1940. Served on Chatham and Courageous during 1915-18. Returning to the service for the Second World War he was promoted Captain and was engaged in training duties. In 1945 he commanded H.M.S. Squid - the Tank Landing Craft repair base at Southampton. For his wartime services he received awards from Belgium and Norway.

With the original bestowal document for the Norwegian medal and copied gazette extracts and notes.

1560

Four: Able Seaman S. R. Lock, Royal Navy

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (J.15121 A.B., H.M.S. Fox); 1914-15 STAR (J.15121 A.B.,R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (J.15121 A.B., R.N.) last three mounted for wear, edge bruising, contact marks, fine(4) £100-140

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Nine: Mechanician 1st Class R. D. Vivian, Royal Navy

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (D/KX.86367 Sto. 1, R.N.); 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR, clasp, France and Germany; AFRICA STAR, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; ITALY STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, these unnamed; KOREA 1950-53, 1st issue (D/KX.86367 Mech. 1, R.N.); U.N. KOREA 1950-54, unnamed; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (KX.86367 Mech. 3, H.M.S. Amethyst) mounted as worn, some edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (9) £260-300

1562

Three: Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic J. J. Walker, Royal Navy

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (P/KX. 759481 J. J. Walker, L.S.M., R.N.); KOREA 1950-53 (P/KX. 759481 J. J. Walker, P.O.S.M., R.N.); U.N. KOREA 1950-54, good very fine and better (3) £250-300

1563

Pair: Corporal H. R. B. Booker-Varley, Royal Marines

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 2 clasps, Cyprus, Brunei (RM.15533 Mne., R.M.); GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Borneo (RM.15533 Cpl., R.M.) good very fine (2) £300-400

1564

Pair: Leading Mechanic W. Penkethman, Royal Navy

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (P/SKX770590, Sto. Mech. R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R.,2nd issue (KX.770590 L.M.(E), H.M.S. Victory) minor scratch to obverse, good very fine (2) £120-160

1565

Pair: Private S. T. Marriner, Royal Berkshire Regiment

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (5329624 Pte., R. Berks. R.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (5329624 Pte., R. Berks. R.) mounted as worn, good very fine (2) £120-150

1566

Basil Spencer Wolf-Milner was born in Withington, Lancashire on 29 September 1900. He joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. on 28 October 1918 and was discharged on 26 March 1919. He then enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers and served with the 4th Battalion in Iraq,1919-20. On 7 May 1930 he became a Civil Accountant in the Accountant-General’s Department in Nigeria. In July 1933 he was commissioned into the local forces. Awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1945 (Nigeria Gazette 1 November 1945). Captain Wolf-Milner died on 10 September 1947, aged 46 years. He was the husband of M. Wolf-Milner of Old Colwyn, Wales. His name is commemorated in St. Trillo’s Churchyard, Llandrillo-yn-Rhos. With copied research.

Four: Captain B. S. Wolf-Milner, Nigeria Regiment Supplementary Reserve, late Royal Fusiliers

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (G-128734 Pte., R. Fus.); DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed; EFFICIENCY DECORATION,G.VI.R., 1st issue, Nigeria, reverse inscribed, ‘Capt. Basil Wolf-Milner, Nigeria Regiment Supp. Reserve’, very fine and better (4) £180-220

1567


Pair: Lance-Corporal Bijbahadur Gurung, 1/6 Gurkha Rifles

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (2114055 Rfn., 1/6 G.R.) correction to ‘Gurung’; GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1clasp, Borneo (2114055 L/Cpl., 1/6 GR.) some edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £80-100

1568

Pair: Chief Technician M. V. Hoare, Royal Air Force

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (587929 Cpl., R.A.F.); GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (Chf. Tech., RAF) mounted as worn, good very fine and better (2) £90-120

1569

Five: Private H. V. McKinley, Rhodesia Police Reserve, late Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and Ulster Defence Regiment

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (22522389 Sgt., R. Innisks.); GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (22522389 Pte., UDR); RHODESIA, GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL (25555B F/R H. V. McKinley); RHODESIA, POLICE RESERVE FAITHFUL SERVICE MEDAL (25555); ZIMBABWE INDEPENDENCE MEDAL 1980 (25555) some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine (5)

£200-250

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Pair: Lance-Corporal J. Duhig, Green Jackets

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Brunei ((23883761 Rfn., 1 Green Jackets); GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Borneo (23883761 L/Cpl., 1 Green Jackets) good very fine (2) £180-220

1571

With named card box of issue for the ‘Malay Peninsula’ clasp.

Pair: Rifleman H. G. Smith, Green Jackets

GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Brunei (23708554 Rfn., 1 Green Jackets); GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 2 clasps, Borneo, MalayPeninsula (23708554 Rfn., 1 Green Jackets) good very fine (2) £200-250

1572

Seven: Lance-Naik Fazal Khan, 3-16 Punjab Regiment

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (7820 L-Naik, 3-16 Punjab R.);1939-45 STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS; INDIA SERVICE MEDAL; PAKISTAN, REPUBLIC MEDAL 1956; WAR MEDAL 1965, these all unnamed, very fine (7)

£30-50

1573

Six: Mechanician (Electrical) 1st Class S. L. Petty, Royal Navy, onetime Serjeant, Royal Artillery

1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, these unnamed; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14405837 Sjt., R.A.); NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (P/KX.849174 M.(E.).1, R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (KX.849174 M.(E.) 1, H.M.S. Newfoundland) mounted as worn, with contact marks, very fine (6) £180-220

1574

Six: Bandmaster 2nd Class H. J. Hudson, Royal Marine Band

1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR; PACIFIC STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, these unnamed; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (RMB X.117 Bdmr. 2, R.M.B.) mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £120-160

1575

H.M.S. Victorious was an Illustrious Class aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1941 and scrapped in 1969.

Six: Chief Petty Officer Airman A. G. Barrick, Royal Navy

1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (FAA/F.55099 C.P.O.A., H.M.S. Victorious) some contact marks, very fine (6) £90-120

1576

H.M.S. Falcon was the Royal Naval Air Station at Hal Far, Malta.

Five: Chief Air Artificer H. C. P. Williams, Royal Navy

1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR, clasp, France and Germany; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (FX76075 C.A.A., H.M.S. Falcon) mounted as worn, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine (5) £100-140

1577

With ‘Naval’ riband bar - Atlantic and Africa Star ribbons with silver rosettes.

Six: Petty Officer P. A. Woods, Royal Navy

1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp,Minesweeping 1945-51 (C/JX.146504 P.O., R.N.) last with contact marks, very fine and better (6) £160-200

1578

Six: to a British Naval recipient

1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; PACIFIC STAR; ITALY STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45; SIERRA LEONE INDEPENDENCE MEDAL 1961, all unnamed, mounted as worn; together with a mounted set of six miniature dress medals, good very fine and better (12)

£80-100

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With a lot stating recipient transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy in April 1956.

Seven: Acting Chief Petty Officer A. C. Tapp, Royal Navy

1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR, clasp, France and Germany; AFRICA STAR; clasp, North Africa 1942-43; BURMA STAR, clasp, Pacific; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, these unnamed; NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (D/JX.1151261 A/C.P.O.,R.N.) number in part double struck; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (D/JX.151261 P.O., H.M.S. Raleigh) minorcontact marks, very fine and better (7) £200-240

1580

Arthur Llewelyn Hopkin, who was born in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, in January 1905, entered the Merchant Navy a year or two before the renewal of hostilities in September 1939. Having then served in the Anglo-American Oil Company’s tanker Schuykill, he removed to the Port Line steamer Port Wellington, and was similarly employed at the time of her capture by the famous German raiderand auxiliary cruiser Pinguin on 1 December 1940, when bound from Adelaide to Durban.

The Pinguin’s oil-supply ship the Storstad was the first to spot the Port Wellington on the horizon, Kapitain Kruder of the former quicklyclosing to within a mile before opening fire without warning with his 5.9-inch guns - the very first salvo destroyed the radio room killing the operator and mortally wounding the ship’s master, while other shells put the steering gear out of action and caused widespread fires. In the event, however, 81 crewmen and seven passengers, all of them Salvation Army women, were got safely away in the boats and were picked up by Pinguin. The Port Wellington was then scuttled.

Having by then sunk over 20 Allied merchantmen, the decks and holds of the German raider were crammed with prisoners, so much so that Kapitain Kruder decided to have them transferred to his larger consort, the Storstad, in which ship they were conveyed to Franceand captivity, arriving off the Gironde in February 1941.

Sold with the recipient’s original wartime P.O.W’s photograph album, comprising numerous scenes from Milag Nord, the internment camp near Bremen (approximately 110 images), well captioned, and including the recipient and named personnel in addition to a fineseries of images from around the camp, among them the P.O.W’s secret radio set and a fence warning sign ‘You will be shot without challenge’ (said in the recipient’s caption to have made excellent firewood), and others taken at the time of the camp’s liberation by theGuards Armoured Division in April 1945, including enemy dead, worn cloth binding, the front cover with central swastika and inscription ‘Kriegsgefangenenlager, Deutschland, 1941-45’, and the title page inscribed ‘Milag Nord, Merchant Navy Internment Camp,Westertimke, Nr. Bremen, Germany 1941-45’, in all a fascinating and most unusual photographic archive; together with a copy of Milag: Captives of the Kriegsmarine, by Gabe Thomas, signed by the author and three ex-prisoners, and in which Hopkin is mentionedfor his work in the manufacture of certificates and posters.

Three: Sailor A. L. Hopkin, Merchant Navy, who was taken prisoner after the capture of the Port Wellington by the famous German raider Pinguin in December 1940 - his accompanying wartime photograph album from Milag Nord internment camp is an evocative record of his time behind wire

1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, together with a gilt and enamel Merchant Navy lapel badge, extremelyfine (4) £300-350

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Medals in card forwarding box addressed to ‘Mr D. E. Vint, 39 Southwold Crescent, St. ....?, S. Benfleet, Essex’. Card box additionally inscribed, ‘FAA682236’.

Six: attributed to D. E. Vint, Fleet Air Arm

1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; PACIFIC STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, all unnamed, extremely fine (6) £50-70

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Donald Albert Fox was born in Erlestoke, Wiltshire on 23 November 1908. Served throughout the Second World War in the Royal Navy. As a Petty Officer based at H.M.S. Hamilcar, he was wounded on 11 May 1943. The particulars of his wounding are given in hisWound Certificate: ‘Going rounds of Sentry Posts and checking as to whether sentries had survived bombs of a few minutes before. Threw himself to the ground as another bomb exploded. Blast caused dullness of hearing, a discharge from the Right Ear, and Haemoptysis. Piece of shrapnel lodged in Right Scapular Region.’ Post-war he was a member of the Civil Defence, 1950-68 - serving asa County Rescue Instructor/officer.

H.M.S. Hamilcar was a shore base at Djedjelli, Algeria, commissioned in February 1943; transferred to Messina, Sicily in June 1944. Itacted as a base for Combined Operations personnel in the Central and Western Mediterranean and a base for landing craft. It was aptlynamed after the Carthaginian commander Hamilcar Barca, the father of Hannibal.

With Mediterranean Fleet Rifle Meeting Medal, bronze, unnamed, with brooch bar, in case; and a Prize Medal, obverse, a harp, reverseinscribed, ‘T.S. Mercury Donald Fox, Xmas 1924’, silver, in case; Certificate for Wounds and Hurts, 11 May 1943; Report of Wound orHurt Certificate; Daily Mail Small-Bore Rifle Competition Prize Certificate, 25 January 1946; Birth Certificate; photographs of the recipient in uniform; postcard photographs of warships; and copied research.

Eight: Chief Petty Officer D A Fox, Royal Navy

1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these all impressed, ‘J.114745 D. A. Fox, C.P.O., H.M.S. Royal Arthur’; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J.114745 P.O.,H.M.S. Drake); CIVIL DEFENCE LONG SERVICE, impressed, ‘Mr D. A. Fox C.R.O. Wiltshire C.D. C.1950-1968’, mounted courtstyle as worn, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (10) £120-150

1583

Rodney James Murray Eden, appointed a Sub-Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. on 29 October 1939. Promoted to Lieutenant in October 1940and Acting Lieutenant-Commander in March 1943. Served throughout the war in coastal forces. Placed in command of H.M.S. Wiay - an Isles Class trawler in September 1946. Released from Naval Service on 4 July 1947.

With copied service notes.

Seven: Lieutenant-Commander R. J. M. Eden, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR; BURMA STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping (Lt./Cmdr., R.N.V.R.) officially engraved naming - possibly a slightly later issue, mounted asworn, good very fine and better (7) £280-320

1584

With named modern card boxes of issue for W.W.2 and long service medals.

Six: Stoker Chief Petty Officer W. W. Prowse, Royal Navy

1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS; CORONATION 1953, these unnamed; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R.,1st issue (MX.49036 S.C.P.O., H.M.S. Drake) late issue, nearly extremely fine (6) £80-100

1585

Six: Petty Officer 2nd Class D. Cameron, Royal Canadian Navy

1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; DEFENCE MEDAL, Canadian issue in silver; CANADIAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL, with overseas clasp; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, these unnamed; CANADIAN DECORATION, E.II.R., with Second Award Bar (PO 2/c D. Cameron), silvered and gilded, mounted court style for wear, good very fine (6) £70-90

1586

William Alfred Wallington Lankshear attained the degree of B.Sc. and the associateships: A.C.G.I., A.M.I.C.E. and A.I.Mech.E. He was granted a commission in the R.A.F.V.R. Administrative and Special Duties Branch as a Pilot Officer for the duration of hostilities on 6 September 1940. He transferred to the Technical Branch in February 1941 and was promoted to Flying Officer in September 1941. In July 1943 he was advanced to Temporary Flight Lieutenant and in August the same year he was confirmed in that rank. Admitted to theFreedom of the Worshipful Company of Turners, 27 May 1965 and granted the Livery on 6 October 1965.

W.W.2 medals with card forwarding box addressed to ‘W/Cdr. W. A. W. Lankshear, “Felbrigge”, Downs Side, Belmont, Surrey’; with forwarding slip. Together with copied gazette extracts and other research.

Five: Wing Commander W. A. W. Lankshear, Royal Air Force

1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; ITALY STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, these unnamed; together with WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF TURNERS MEDAL, reverse inscribed, ‘W. A. W. Lankshear, Freedom 1965, Livery 1965’, 32mm.,silver, hallmarks for London 1959, complete with brooch bar; CITY & GUILDS M.C.C. MEDAL, 42mm., bronze and enamel,reverse inscribed, ‘Littlehampton Trial 1930 W. A. Lankshear’, in Fattorini, Birmingham case of issue, extremely fine (7)

£60-80

1587

Edgar Hudson Smart was born in 1922. He served in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, June 1940-August 1941; R.A.O.C., August-December 1941; Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, December 1941-June 1944, and R.A.C., June 1944-October 1946. Then in the Territorial Army he served with the Green Howards, May 1947-May 1952 and Royal Artillery, May 1952-July 1954. Smart enlisted intothe Royal Artillery (Regular Army) at York on 14 July 1954, serving in the B.A.O.R., November 1958-April 1964 and Hong Kong, August 1964-September 1966. Latterly employed as a Battery Storesman, Smart was discharged at his own request on 16 June 1971.

With recipient’s Regular Army Certificate of Service which confirms the above medals and service.

Five: attributed to Gunner E. H. Smart, Royal Artillery, late Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, all unnamed, good very fine (5) £30-40

1588

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Medals to Barrett in forwarding box addressed to ‘Lt. F. W. Barrett, 48 Bruce Ave., Hornchurch, Romford, Essex.’ With forwarding slip.Three officers with these initials in the 1945 Army List.

Cecil Wade Gell was born in the Parish of New Ferry, Cheshire on 10 January 1920. An Engineer by occupation, he enlisted at Catterick on 30 May 1940. After training at the Technical College & School of Artillery he was employed as a Fitter (Motor Vehicles). Latterly employed as a Clerk; discharged in May 1946.

With Soldier’s Service and Pay Book and medal forwarding box addressed to ‘Mr C. W. Gell, 62 Moorland Ave., Bromborough, Wirral.’

Five: attributed to Lieutenant F. W. Barrett, British Army1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed as issued, extremely fine

Pair: Corporal C. W. Gell, British ArmyDEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed as issued; together with an URBAN DISTRICT OF BEBINGTON JUBILEE MEDAL 1935, bronze, unnamed; ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY MEDAL, bronze (C. W. Gell, Oct. 1934), this in case of issue, first two of this group with contact marks, very fine; others better (9) £40-60

1589

Pamela Molesworth was born in London on 14 March 1919, the only daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel H. C. Molesworth of Ainstey Lodge, Wetherby, West Yorkshire. She was a member of the North Riding of Yorkshire British Red Cross Society. She served as a CivilNursing Member of the V.A.D. at the 15th Scottish Hospital, Cairo, July 1940-February 1941; then at Catterick Military Hospital, June 1941-February 1942 where she passed out as a Nurse Grade 1. She was then posted to the Camp Reception Station Hospital, Marske-on-Sea, February 1942-February 1944, and then Harewood Convalescent Hospital, Leeds, February-June 1944. Molesworth was then released for service in India, arriving there in August 1944 and later served with the S.E.A.C., returning to England in April 1946. In 1952 she became an Enrolled Assistant Nurse. She later married Robert A. Langham - a former fighter pilot with the R.A.F.

With a letter to Miss Molesworth from the British Red Cross, 1943; the recipient’s General Nursing Council Certificate of Enrolment asan Assistant Nurse, 1952; her diary for 1946; five original wartime photographs featuring the recipient and others; two newspaper cuttings re. her marriage; two other cuttings; and a number of copied service papers.

Five: attributed to Nursing Member Pamela Molesworth, Voluntary Aid Detachment

1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; BURMA STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, all unnamed, mounted as worn, very fine (5) £40-60

1590

Eight: J. F. Crossman, Canadian Forces

1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE MEDAL, Canadian issue in silver; CANADIAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL, with overseas clasp; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, these unnamed; KOREA 1950-53, Canadian issue, silver (SG-9866 J. F. Crossman); U.N. KOREA 1950-54 (SG-9866 J. F. Crossman) minor edge bruising, good very fine (8) £120-160

1591

Five: Acting Flight Sergeant J. C. Saville, Royal Air Force

1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; ROYAL AIR FORCE L.S. &G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, with Second Award Bar (565417 Act. F. Sgt., R.A.F.) minor contact marks, good very fine (5)

£80-100

1592

M.I.D. unverified.

Six: Company Sergeant D. MacGregor, Royal West Kent Regiment

1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (6346173 C. Sjt. D. MacGregor, R.W.K.), good very fine (6) £100-120

1593

Eight: Warrant Officer Class 2 A. Curson, Royal Engineers and Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR, clasp, 1st Army; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1clasp, Near East (22818351 S. Sgt., R.E.); EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (7599971 Cpl., R.E.M.E.); ARMY EMERGENCY RESERVE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, E.II.R. (22818351 W.O. Cl. 2, RE.) contact marks, G.S.M. with edge bruise, generally very fine (8) £220-280

1594

Nine: Staff Sergeant P. McManus, Royal Engineers

1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; KOREA 1950-54, 1st issue (6979974 Cpl., R.E.); U.N. KOREA 1950-54, unnamed; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (6979974 Sgt., R.E.); GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1clasp, Borneo (6979974 S. Sgt., RE) mounted as worn, some contact marks, about very fine (9) £250-300

1595

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Robin Hood was born on 30 October 1906. Served in the R.A.A.F. during the Second World War, attaining the rank of Flight Lieutenant. Discharged from 1 Training Group H.Q. on 13 April 1945.

Medals to Salie with a photograph of the recipient.

Pair: Flight Lieutenant R. Hood, Royal Australian Air ForceWAR AND AUSTRALIAN WAR SERVICE MEDALS (253550 R. Hood)

Six: M. Salie, South African Forces1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS; AFRICAN SERVICE MEDAL, all officially impressed (C.567982 M.Salie) mounted as worn

Five: C. R. A. Van Der Merwe, South African Forces1939-45 STAR; ITALY STAR; DEENCE AND WAR MEDALS; AFRICAN SERVICE MEDAL, all officially impressed (236681 C. R. A. Van DerMerwe)

Five: L. S. Holmes, South African Forces AFRICA STAR; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS; AFRICAN SERVICE MEDAL, all officially impressed (11086 L. S. Holmes) very fine and better (18) £50-70

1596

Harry Joliffe was born on 13 October 1918. A Motor Driver by occupation, he enlisted at Formby on 16 October 1939. Served in NorthAfrica and Italy. Discharged as a Gunner in the 253/64 Field Regiment R.F.A. on 19 December 1945. With Soldier’s Service and Paybook and Soldier’s Release Book.

954 Driver Surmi, 21st Mule Corps, died/was killed on 4 March 1918. His name is commemorated in the Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery.

Four: Gunner H. Joliffe, Royal Field Artillery1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; ITALY STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, all unnamed

1914-15 STAR (No.954 Dvr. Surmi, 21/Mule Corps) this with edge bruise, nearly very fine; others good very fine (5)£30-50

1597

While on 14 February 1942, in what the “Sharks” afterwards referred to as the ‘St. Valentine’s Day Massacre’, he delivered a devastating astern quarter attack against an MC 200 which turned into ‘a sheet of flame at 1.000 feet’. Here, then, two recorded combats in a relentless period of operational flying, much of which is described in Neville Duke’s published wartime diaries - includingmention of Dickinson; while other published sources also contain frequent mention of Dickinson in action, not least after his elevationto Flight Commander - thus plenty of ground-strafing work in addition to air-to-air combat, including a daring strike against Tmimi airfield with “Billy” Drake in May 1942. At the end of the latter month, however, Dickinson was shot down and killed by a 109, just 24hours after qualifying for membership of the Flying Boot Club on returning to his base after being downed by flak on the 27th. The sonof Alec and Mary Dickinson of Liverpool, he was 22 years of age and is buried in Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya.

A Second World War fighter pilot’s campaign group of three awarded to Flight Lieutenant E. Dickinson, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew operationally in the Middle East from August 1941 until his death in action in May1942, latterly alongside the likes of Billy Drake and Neville Duke in No. 112 “Shark” Squadron, claiming two enemy aircraft destroyed and another damaged

1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, with original Air Ministry condolence slip in the name of ‘Flight Lieutenant E. Dickinson’, and related badges (4), including a rare cast-metal “Flying Boot Club” membership badge, thewhole contained in a glazed display frame, extremely fine (Lot) £700-900

1598

Eric Dickinson enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve at Uxbridge in early 1940 and was commissioned as a Pilot Officer on gaining his “Wings” in April 1941. Posted to No. 126 Squadron, a Hurricane unit operating out of Malta,in June 1941, he claimed an MC 200 near Pozzallo on 26 August before being posted to No. 112 “Shark” Squadron, flying Tomahawks, and later Kittyhawks, inthe Western Desert, in early December 1941. Shortly afterwards, on the 12th, inwhat his relevant combat report describes as a ‘violent dogfight’, he claimed anMC 202 damaged south of Tmimi - ‘I turned inside one and saw a flash inside hisfuselage and he dived away’.

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Sold with a comprehensive file of research, including a quantity of original wartime photographs (approximately 30 images from 112 Squadron days), and a “blood chit” in Arabic; together with original correspondence with Neville Duke, in which the famous fighter ace states, ’Dicky and I were close friends during our time together in 112 and, of course, I have the happiest memories of him both in flying operations and our forays to Cairo on leave ... by all accounts he should have been awarded the D.F.C.’, a letter dated 18 August2000 refers; signed photographs of Duke and “Billy” Drake, Tangmere Museum first day cover commemorating Duke’s record flight ina Hunter in 1951, and a print of his Kittyhawk.

Frank William Verecker Shaw was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 7th Rajput Regiment on 29 November 1941. Serving with theI.A.O.C. he was promoted to a War Substantive Lieutenant on 1 October 1942.

A ‘double-issue’ G.S.M. group of six awarded to Captain F. W. V. Shaw, Indian Army Ordnance Corps and Cyprus Central Prison Staff

1939-45 STAR; BURMA STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (E.C.5435 Capt. F. W. V. Shaw, I.A.O.C.) mounted as worn; together with another GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (1188 Sgt. F. W. V. Shaw) mounted as worn, some contact marks, very fine (6) £220-260

1599

Five: Able Seaman D. W. Barker, Royal Navy

1939-45 STAR; BURMA STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45; KOREA 1950-53 (C/JX. 292666 D. W. Barker, A.B., R.N.); U.N. KOREA 1950-54, mounted court-style as worn, together with bullion uniform rank insignia and two original photographs, very fine and better (5) £180-220

1600

William Ralph Dafoe enlisted into the Royal Canadian Artillery at Kingston, Ontario on 20 January 1941. He was discharged on 13 November 1945. He subsequently re-enrolled in the Canadian Forces, attaining the rank of Warrant Officer 2nd Class.

With Discharge Certificate; three photographs and two metal and one cloth badge.

Seven: Staff Sergeant W. R. Dafoe, Royal Canadian Artillery

1939-45 STAR; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE MEDAL, Canadian issue in silver; CANADIAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL, with overseas clasp; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, these unnamed; CANADIAN DECORATION, E.II.R., with Second Award Bar (S/Sgt. W. R. Dafoe) silvered and gilded, mounted court style for wear; CANADIAN CORPS OF COMMISSIONAIRES L.S. MEDAL (W. R. Dafoe) silvered base metal, nearly very fine and better (10) £70-90

1601

Six: Acting Flight Sergeant A. T. Pope, Royal Air Force

1939-45 STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (912447 Act. F. Sgt., R.A.F.); ROYAL AIR FORCE L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (912447 Act. F. Sgt., R.A.F.) mountedas worn, some contact marks, very fine (6) £100-150

1602

Eight: Staff Sergeant S. R. Cooper, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

1939-45 STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; KOREA 1950-53, 1st issue (1427513 S/Sgt., R.E.M.E.); U.N. KOREA 1950-54, unnamed; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, E.II.R., 2 clasps, Malaya, Near East (1427513 S/Sgt., R.E.M.E.) second clasp loose on ribbon; ARMY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (1427513 S/Sgt., R.E.M.E.) good very fine (8) £240-280

1603

J.93541 Pilot Officer (Air Gunner) William James Murrell, from Belton, Ontario, served in No. 426 Thunderbird Squadron. He was killed on 5 December 1944 while taking off for a raid on Soest. He was buried in the Brooklands Military Cemetery, Woking.

The book Thunderbirds at War has the following entry:

‘On 5 December, Bomber Command planned a night raid on the marshalling yards at Soest, a small city 35 km east northeast of Dortmund. .... The Thunderbirds started leaving at 1748 hours and the last aircraft in the detail was on its way 32 minutes later. At about 1900 hours, an hour after takeoff in Halifax bomber LW200/OW “N” , Flying Officer A. V. Carter and his crew collided with Lancaster KB768 which belonged to No. 428 (Ghost) Squadron. .... The massive explosion that followed lit up the evening sky and scattered debris about the countryside east of Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire. All fourteen crew members were killed. ....’ Murrell is listedas being killed in that collision.

With copied book extract.

Six: Pilot Officer W. J. Murrell, Royal Canadian Air Force, who died on active service, 5 December 1944

1939-45 STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE MEDAL, Canadian issue in silver; CANADIAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL, with overseas clasp; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, these unnamed; CANADIAN MEMORIAL CROSS, G.VI.R. (P.O. W.J. Murrell J93541’, reverse with pin-fitting, extremely fine (6) £150-200

1604

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Sergeant Douglas Edward Henry Stroud, R.A.F.V.R. died on 24 July 1943, aged 23 years. He was the son of H. G. and Dorathea Stroudof Swindon, Wiltshire. His name is commemorated on the Runnymeade Memorial.

With card forwarding box addressed to ‘H. G. Stroud, 15 Prospect Place, Swindon, Wilts’ (address label scribbled over but still legible);additionally inscribed, ‘Douglas’s medals’ and ‘Bomb Aimer R.A.F.’; together with named condolence slip and medal slip listing the above three medals.

Three: attributed to Sergeant D. E. H. Stroud, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who died on 24 July 1943

1939-45 STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, all unnamed, extremely fine (3) £20-30

1605

Five: Staff Sergeant W. Jones, Military Provost Staff Corps

1939-45 STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45; CORONATION 1937; ARMY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (7717037 S. Sjt. W. Jones,M.P.S.C.), lacquered, very fine and better (5) £140-180

1606

S. Bernstein, Lieutenant, A.C.C., 26 October 1946; appointed Temporary Captain on 16 June 1947 and Temporary Major on 16 December 1948. Promoted to Captain on 26 April 1952.

Five: Major S. Bernstein, Army Catering Corps

1939-45 STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (Major, A.C.C.); CORONATION 1953, unnamed, mounted for wear, some contact marks, very fine (5) £150-200

1607

Five: R. J. Bone, Royal Navy

1939-45 STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; KOREA 1950-53, 1st issue (C/KX.863263 S.M., R.N.); U.N. KOREA

1950-54, unnamed, good very fine (5) £100-140

1608

Five: Able Seaman A. E. H. Lawrence, Royal Australian Naval Reserve

ATLANTIC STAR; PACIFIC STAR, these unnamed; AUSTRALIA SERVICE MEDAL (S.3255 A. E. H. Lawrence); ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE L.S. &G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (S3255 A.B. A. E. H. Lawrence, RANR) contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £70-90

1609

Pair: Captain R. B. Hill, Royal Engineers

WAR MEDAL 1939-45, unnamed; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Capt., R.E.) mounted as worn, good very fine (2) £120-160

1610

Peter Arthur Proyer joined the Royal Navy - Fleet Air Arm in January 1943 as an Apprentice Air Artificer. He served one year at H.M.S. Caledonia (Rosyth) - the R.N. Artificer Training Establishment and two years at H.M.S. Daedelus II (Clayton Hall, Newcastle-under-Lyne). As a Petty Officer he was discharged c.1948. His commissioned service started with his being appointed an Acting Sub-Lieuteanton 1 September 1950. Proyer qualified as a Pilot and was promoted to Lieutenant in July 1952 and Lieutenant-Commander in July 1960. In 1962 he was based at H.M.S. Seahawk - R.N.A.S. Culdrose with 849 Squadron. On 9 April 1962 when on an exercise, Lieutenant-Commander Proyer was the pilot of one of two Fairey Gannets that collided in mid-air over the sea off the Lizard. All six officers on the two aircraft were killed in the accident.

With a folder of copied research.

Three: Lieutenant-Commander P. A. Proyer, Royal Navy, who as a Pilot of a Fairey Gannet, was killed in a mid-air collision off the Lizard, Cornwall on 9 April 1962

WAR MEDAL 1939-45; U.N. MEDAL, these unnamed; NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Lieut. (P), R.N.) some contact marks to last, very fine and better (3) £300-400

1611

Four: Warrant Officer Class 2 H. W. J. Petrie, Royal Army Pay Corps

DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (2695498 W.O. Cl. 2, R.A.P.C.); ARMY L.S. &G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (2695498 W.O. Cl. 2, R.A.P.C.) light contact marks, very fine and better (4)

£100-120

1612

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Four: Driver V. G. Hooker, Royal Army Service Corps and Royal Artillery

DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, G.VI.R., 2 clasps, Malaya, Cyprus (T/2045055 Dvr., R.A.S.C.); EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (2045055 Gnr., R.A.) very fine (4) £100-140

1613

Five: Corporal C. B. Fahy, Royal Engineers

DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed; KOREA 1950-53, 1st issue (14409290 Spr., R.E.); U.N. KOREA, unnamed; ARMY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (14409290 Cpl., RE.) mounted as worn, contact marks, nearly very fine (5)

£140-180

1614

Three: Acting Sergeant E. M. Hamiliton, Royal Air Force

DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed; ROYAL AIR FORCE L.S. & G.C.,G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (330688 Act/Sgt., R.A.F.)mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £100-140

1615

H.M.S. Condor - R.N. Air Station at Arbroath.

Three: Chief Electrician (Air) W. E. Frankum, Royal Navy

DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Fx.922827 Ch. El. (Air), H.M.S. Condor) mounted as worn, very fine and better (3) £50-70

1616

Three: Flight Lieutenant J. M. Burke, Royal Canadian Air Force

CANADIAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL, no clasp; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, these unnamed; CANADIAN DECORATION, E.II.R. (F/L. J. M. Burke) good very fine and better (3) £50-70

1617

Charles Landrey, who served in the Rhodesian Army during the 1939-45 War, and was awarded the Southern Rhodesia Medal for WarService (as verified on the official roll), added the Police Reserve Long Service Medal to his accolades in December 1973 (RGN 80/74 refers). He died in August 1993; sold with brief research.

Three: Field Reservist C. W. Landrey, British South Africa Police Reserve

SOUTHERN RHODESIA MEDAL FOR WAR SERVICE, unnamed; RHODESIA, GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL (8098B F/R. C. W. Landrey); RHODESIA, POLICE RESERVE LONG SERVICE MEDAL (8098B F/R. C. W. Landrey) extremely fine (3) £250-300

1618

Sold with Ministry of Defence letter to his widow enclosing Order of Service for the Dedication of the Commonwealth Memorial at Pusan, Korea, and a photograph of the ceremony, together with a photograph of the headstone plaque of his grave, and a Christmas Card sent during his WWII service with the Royal Artillery.

Raymond Hilton Cham was born at Lymington, Hampshire, on 25 January 1921, and whilst living at Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, enlisted as a Regular in the Royal Artillery on 28 June 1940, at Cowes. He apparently gave up his job as an Electrician, which was a ‘reserved occupation’, to become a Gardener in order that he could join up, which he duly did after only fourteen days. He was postedto Yeovil for training in Anti Aircraft gunnery.

He served during the war in Light AAA units in the Middle East and in the UK. In September 1941 he was hospitalised for 10 weeks having been injured in the back during an Italian bombing raid in Egypt. From mid-1944 he was transferred to the Central Mediterranean Force with the Queen’s Regiment - then a Light AA unit of the Territorial Army - as a Driver. He was posted back to theUK in June 1945 and discharged from the Army on 19 October 1947.

On 17 December 1948 he signed on as a Class A Reservist with the Queen’s Royal Regiment for 3 years. Recalled for service in Koreaon 11 August 1950, he was posted to the 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. He was reported as missing in action at Imjin River on 26 April 1951, and was later reported as having died in captivity of Pericarditis on 22 September 1951. The above information wasextracted from a Ministry of Defence letter which accompanies the group.

Pair: Private R. H. Cham, Gloucestershire Regiment, who was captured at Imjin River and died whilst in captivity

KOREA 1950-53 (1470486 Pte. R. H. Cham. Glosters); U.N. KOREA 1950-54, in its card box of issue, extremely fine (2)£1800-2200

1619

Pair: Senior Commissioned Boatswain G. A. P. Ryan, Royal Navy

KOREA 1950-53, 1st issue (Sen. Cd. Bosn., R.N.); U.N. KOREA 1950-54, unnamed, extremely fine (2) £100-140

1620

Pair: Stoker D. A. Unwin, Royal Navy

KOREA 1950-53, 1st issue (P/KX.907909 Sto., R.N.); U.N. KOREA 1950-54, unnamed, good very fine (2) £100-120

1621

Pair: Trooper A. Phillips, Royal Armoured Corps

KOREA 1950-53, 1st issue (22308467 Tpr., R.A.C.); U.N. MEDAL, unnamed, first extremely fine; second very fine (2)£160-200

1622

Pair: Rifleman J. M. Stead, Royal Green Jackets

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24154136 Rfn., RGJ.); U.N. MEDAL, UNFICYP ribbon, unnamed, nearly extremely fine (2) £60-80

1623

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Pair: Flight Sergeant C. H. Pring, Royal Air Force

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Radfan (4089997 F. Sgt., R.A.F.); ROYAL AIR FORCE L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (F4089997Sgt., R.A.F.) nearly extremely fine (2) £120-160

1624

Pair: Private M. J. Stevenson, Cheshire Regiment

GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (25055346 Pte., Cheshire) mounted court style as worn; JUBILEE 2002, unnamed, in named card box of issue, good very fine and better (2) £70-90

1625

801 Squadron Fleet Air Arm was equipped with Sea Harriers aboard H.M.S. Invincible. During the conflict the squadron claimed eightArgentine aircraft shot down, and itself lost one aircraft in combat and three others in accidents with the loss of two pilots.

Pair: Steward K. S. Evemy (later Woolfe), 801 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm

SOUTH ATLANTIC 1982, with rosette (Std K S Evemy D169070J 801 SQDN); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Std KS Woolfe D169070J RN) mounted as worn, good very fine (2) £400-500

1626

With named award document in Arabic for the Kuwaiti medal and an award document in English for the Saudi medal.

Three: Lance-Corporal J. Steele, King’s Own Scottish Borderers

GULF 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24742731 LCpl, KOSB); SAUDI ARABIA, LIBERATION OF KUWAIT 1991, unnamed, with riband bar, in case of issue; KUWAIT, LIBERATION OF KUWAIT MEDAL, 4th Grade, in plastic case (lid missing) with named card sleeve, extremely fine (3) £140-180

1627

With named award document for the Kuwaiti medal (with translation) in envelope addressed to ‘Mr A. J. Higgins, 16 Eastville Road, Sharlston Common, Nr. Wakefield’; together with an award document in English for the Saudi medal.

Three: Private A. J. Higgins, Royal Army Ordnance Corps

GULF 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24757295 Pte, RAOC) in named card box of issue; SAUDI ARABIA, LIBERATION OF KUWAIT 1991, with riband bar, in case of issue; KUWAIT, LIBERATION OF KUWAIT 1991, 4th Grade medal, in plastic box; , extremely fine (3) £140-180

1628

Neil James Raeburn served in the Royal Scots from January 2001 until December 2004 and qualified for the above described Medals &clasps - accompanying original Certificate of Service refers; also sold with an Army Jobs Description form, letter of discharge, and several photographs from his time in Iraq.

Three: Private N. J. Raeburn, Royal Scots

N.A.T.O. MEDAL 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia; IRAQ 2003, no clasp (25129857 Pte. N. J. Raeburn, R.S.); GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (25129857 Pte. N. J. Raeburn, R.S.), this last in its named box of issue and theothers mounted court-style as worn, extremely fine (3) £250-300

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Five: Sergeant M. A. Wiltshire, Royal Army Medical Corps

N.A.T.O. MEDAL, clasp, Former Yugoslavia; IRAQ 2003, no clasp (24766898 Cpl. M. A. Wiltshire, R.A.M.C.); OPERATIONAL SERVICE MEDAL 2000, 1 clasp, Afghanistan (24766898 Cpl. M. A. Wiltshire, R.A.M.C.); JUBILEE 2002; ARMY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., Regular Army (Cpl. M. A. Wiltshire, R.A.M.C., 24766898), mounted court-style as worn, good very fine and better(5) £550-650

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An outstanding collection of Awards relating to the Order of St. John

From 1884 he was Master Gunner, St. James’s Park - the ceremonial head of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. St. George was awarded the K.C.B. in 1869 and G.C.B. in 1889. Appointed a Knight of Justice of the Order of St. John in 1861; for many years he held the postof Chancellor of the Order. He was Chancellor in 1888 when the Order was given a Royal Charter by the Queen. Soon after that eventhe was granted the rank of Honorary Bailiff in recognition of his services. He was also a member of the ‘Ancient and Most BenevolentOrder of the Friendly Brothers of St. Patrick’ - a friendly society he joined in 1877. Sir John St. George died on 17 March 1891 and wasburied in Brompton Cemetery, London.

With two copied photographs of the recipient wearing his insignia; together with another photograph of his memorial as Chancellor of the Order of St. John. With copied memoir of his life and career.

The G.C.B., O. St. J. group of six awarded to General Sir John St. George, Royal Artillery - who commanded the siege train at Sebastopol and was latterly Master Gunner, St. James’s Park

THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, G.C.B. (Military) Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, gold appliqué and enamel, with gold pin, with full sash; THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Bailiff set of insignia, neck badge, 51 x 53mm., 18ct. gold and enamel; breast star, 58 x 58mm., gold and enamel, bothembellished, star with enamel damage; CRIMEA 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Col. John St. George) engraved naming; FRANCE, SECOND EMPIRE, LEGION OF HONOUR, Officer’s breast badge, gold and enamel, rosette on ribbon, some enamel damage; OTTOMAN EMPIRE, ORDER OF MEDJIDIE, 4th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel; TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, contemporary tailor’s copy by ‘J.B.’, these four mounted as worn, in Collingwood, London leather case; together with an ORDER OF THE FRIENDLY BROTHERS OF ST. PATRICK, 31mm., silver medal, unnamed, obverse, coat-of-arms, reverse, cross of the order, ‘Fidelis et Constans’, with silver-gilt cross suspension, the centre set with a red paste‘Sacred Heart’, on green ribbon, generally good very fine except where stated (9) £3400-3800

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John St. George was born on 18 January 1812 and was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He entered the Royal Artillery as a 2nd Lieutenanton 19 May 1828 and was promoted to Lieutenant in July 1829; Captain in April 1841 and Lieutenant-Colonel in February 1854.

He served in the Crimean campaign from March 1855 and commanded the siegetrain at Sebastopol. For his services he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 2 November 1855) awarded the brevet of Colonel, created a Companionof the Bath, and was awarded the Queen’s medal with clasp, Legion of Honour 4th Class, Order of Medjidie 4th Class and Turkish medal.

St. George was promoted to Colonel in August 1857; Colonel Commandant in January 1872; Major-General in September 1865; Lieutenant-General in March 1873 and attained the rank of General in October 1877.

During 1859-69 he was successively President of the Ordnance Committee and then Director of Ordnance at the War Office.

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Francis Henry Rutherford Drummond was born on 9 September 1857, the eldest surviving son of Major-General Henry Drummond. After finishing his education at Wellington College he entered the Army in 1875 and was appointed a Lieutenant in the 109th Regiment. He transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps in August 1877. As a Lieutenant in the Bengal Lancers he served in the Second Afghan War, 1878-80 and was present in the engagement at Jugdulluck and in the advance and relief of Sherpore under Brigadier-General Charles Gough. For his services he was twice mentioned in despatches and was awarded the Queen’s medal with clasp. He then served in the Afghan Boundary Commission, August 1884-November 1886, for which he was awarded an Afghan medal, being promoted to Captain in February 1886 and awarded the brevet of Major in February 1887.

Drummond was promoted to Major in February 1895 and to Lieutenant-Colonel in February 1901. He received the brevet of Colonel in February 1904 and was confirmed in that rank in May 1907. In 1908 he was created a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He attained the rank of Major-General in July 1909 and was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1912. He was further honoured by being appointed an Esquire of the Order of St. John. Latterly employed as Inspector-General of the Imperial Service Troops.

Retiring to Aveland House, Crieff, Perthshire, Major-General Drummond died on 27 March 1919.

The rare C.B., Order of St. John group of seven awarded to Major-General Sir Francis Henry Rutherford Drummond, Indian Army, a member of the ‘Afghan Boundary Commission’ of 1884-86

THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with swivel ring and bar suspension and silver-gilt buckle on ribbon; THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Officer‘s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver and enamel; AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kabul (Lt. F. H. R. Drummond, 10th Bl. Lancs.); JUBILEE 1897, silver; DELHI DURBAR 1903, silver; DELHI DURBAR 1911, silver; AFGHANISTAN, IZZAT-I-AFGHANIA 1885, 32mm., uniface gold medal, awarded to members of the Russo-Afghan Boundary Commission of 1885, mounted court style for wear, 3rd-5thmedals with contact marks, nearly very fine and better (7) £2500-3000

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The outstanding K.C.M.G., C.B., C.I.E., D.S.O., M.V.O., O. St. J. group of twenty awarded to Major-General Sir Sydney D’A. Crookshank, Royal Engineers, Director-General of Transportation, France, December 1917-May 1919 and Colonel Commandant, R.E., 1936-41

THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE, K.C.M.G. Knight Commander’s set of insignia, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, gold appliqué and enamel, with gold pin; THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; THE MOST EMINENT ORDER OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE, C.I.E.Companion’s 2nd type breast badge, gold and enamel, lacking brooch bar; THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Knight ofGrace set of insignia, neck badge, 54 x 54mm., silver and enamel; breast star, 67 x 67mm., silver and enamel, with goldpin; DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with top bar, lacking reverse cypher; THE ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER, M.V.O. Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamel, reverse officially numbered, ‘888’; INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Lieutt. S. D. A.Crookshank, R.E.) initials of name re-engraved; 1914-15 STAR (Major S. D. A. Crookshank, C.I.E., M.V.O., R.E.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Maj. Gen. S. D’A. Crookshank) Victory with official correction to initials; DELHI DURBAR 1911, silver; JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1937, these unnamed; FRANCE, THIRD REPUBLIC, LEGION OF HONOUR, Officer’s breast badge, gold and enamel; U.S.A., ARMY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, bronze and enamel; FRANCE, CROIX DE GUERRE 1914-1918, bronze palm on ribbon; BELGIUM, CROIX DE GUERRE, ‘A’ cypher, the medals mounted for wear; BELGIUM, ORDER OF LEOPOLD I, Commander’s neck badgewith swords, gold and enamel; FRANCE, THIRD REPUBLIC, LEGION OF HONOUR, Commander’s neck badge, gold and enamel; PORTUGAL, REPUBLIC, MILITARY ORDER OF AVIZ, 2nd Class set of insignia by F. G. da Costa, Lisbon, neck badge and breast star, silver-gilt and enamel, generally good very fine (23) £5500-6500

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In 1914 he was placed in command of the Field Squadron R.E. of the 2nd Indian Cavalry Division in France. In July 1915 he was appointed C.R.E. (Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) of the 47th (2nd London) Division and was present at the battle of Loos in September1915. When the Germans attacked Vimy Ridge in May 1916, and captured the summit, he organised a defensive line with his Sappers.In June 1916 he was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. During the battles of the Somme he was with the Division at High Wood in September and at Transloy in October. In November 1916 he was appointed Deputy Director of Light Railways in France and in January 1917, Chief Engineer XV Corps. Soon after in March 1917 he was appointed Deputy Director-General of Transportation with the rank of Temporary Brigadier-General. He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in June 1917. In December 1917 he became Acting Director-General, Transportation, the position confirmed in March the following year with the temporary rank Major-General. In January 1918 he received the brevet of Colonel. Crookshank continued as Director-General of Transportation until May 1919 and was promoted to Colonel in June.

For his war services he was seven times mentioned in despatches; created a C.B. in 1918 and K.C.M.G. in 1919. From the Allies he received awards from Belgium, France, Portugal and the U.S.A. In 1920 in recognition of his responsibilities with regard to ambulance trains, he was appointed a Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John. His citation for the U.S.A. Distinguished Service Medal, reads:

‘The services General Crookshank rendered as Director General of Transportation of the British Forces were of great merit. He heartilycooperated with the American authorities and gave much assistance to our Transportation Corps. He lent every effort to further those friendly relations which characterized the transportation services of the British and American Armies.’

In September 1919 he returned to India to take up the position of Secretary in the Public Works Department and Consulting Engineer tothe Government of India. As such he became a member of the Viceroy’s Legislative Council and a member of the Legislative Assembly.During this period he commanded the Simla Rifles. On the abolition of his post with the reorganisation of 1923, he deputed for specialduty with the Colonial Office, working with the Public Works Services of the Gold Coast, after which he was appointed Chief Engineerof the Southern Command in England. He retired from the Army in 1927 with the honorary rank of Major-General. For four years up to1929 he was Hon. Colonel of the 47th (2nd London) Divisional R.E. (T.A.). He was a member of the Council of the Institution of RoyalEngineers; an Associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a member of the Council of the Institution of Engineers (India). He waspromoted to Colonel Commandant R.E. in 1936. Latterly living at Windmill House, Fleet, Hampshire, Major-General Crookshank diedon 17 August 1941.


For the recipient’s miniature dress medals, see lot 797; for his father’s medal, see lot 128.

D.S.O. London Gazette 3 June 1916.

M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916; 15 June 1916; 4 January 1917; 11 December 1917; 20 May 1918, 21 October 1918; 5 July 1919.

Sydney d’Aguillar Crookshank was born on 3 June 1870, the son of Colonel Arthur Chichester William Crookshank, Indian Army. He was educated on the Continent and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Entering the Royal Engineers in 1889, he elected to serve in India, going out there in 1891 - firstly employed on railway survey work, 1891-93 and then with the Roads and Building Branch of the Public Works Department in the United Provinces, 1893-1911. During 1895, on the formation of the Chitral Relief Force, he was employed as Assistant Field Engineer at Malakand (Lines of Communication). Promoted to Captain in 1900, in 1901 he became the District Engineer for the Lucknow District and in 1908 became Executive Engineer of the King George’s Medical College and Hospital Division at Lucknow, involved in extensive designand construction works in the area, including the construction of the New Canning College, Lucknow. During this time he was also Troop Leader of the Lucknow Squadron of the United Provinces Light Horse. He was promoted to Major in 1909. For the Delhi Durbar of 1911 Crookshank was selected to take charge of the engineering works concerned. For his services in that regard he wasawarded the M.V.O. in 1911 and the C.I.E. in 1912. In about 1912 he became Squadron Commander of the Punjab Light Horse based at New Delhi.

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The C.M.G., O. St. J., K.P.M. group of twelve awarded to A. I. Sheringham, Commandant of Police and Governor of Prisons, Zanzibar; latterly Commissioner of Police, Uganda

THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamel; THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Commander’s (Brother’s) neck badge, silver and enamel; KING’S POLICE MEDAL,G.V.R., 2nd issue, for Distinguished Service (Comdt. of Police and Gov. of Prisons, Zanzibar); COLONIAL POLICE MEDAL, G.VI.R., 1st issue, for Meritorious Service (Comm. of Police, Uganda); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2nd Lieut.); WAR MEDAL 1939-45, unnamed; JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1937, unnamed; ST. JOHN SERVICE MEDAL, 4 silver clasps (853 A. I. Sheringham, Ceylon Police Cps., S.J.A.B.O. 1930); ZANZIBAR, JUBILEE MEDAL 1936, Sultan Khalifa II, silver, unnamed, incorrect ribbon, the medals mounted court style for wear; ZANZIBAR, ORDER OF THE BRILLIANT STAR, Commander’s neck badge, 9th type (1918-64) silver-gilt and enamel, last with slight enamel damage, fine but mostly better (12)

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C.M.G. not confirmed.

Order of St. John, Commander London Gazette 24 June 1943.

K.P.M. London Gazette 1 January 1934. ‘Commandant of Police and Governor ofPrisons, Zanzibar.’

Zanzibar, Order of the Brilliant Star London Gazette 13 May 1941. ‘Commandantof Police and Governor of Prisons, Zanzibar.’

Anthony Ilex Sheringham was born in April 1890 and educated at Brighton College. He enlisted as a Private in the 28th Battalion London Regiment on 4 June 1917. Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Reserve Regiment of Cavalry on 15 December 1917, later with the 5th Lancers and 18th Hussars. He served in France, relinquishing his commission on 16 May 1919. Appointed Probationary Officer in the Ceylon Police Department, 1909 and Assistant Superintendent of Police, 1913. After the war he returned to the Colonial Service,becoming Superintendent of Ceylon Police in 1920. In 1931 he left Ceylon for Zanzibar to take up the position of Commandant of Police and Governor of Prisons in Zanzibar. For his services he was awarded the Zanzibar Order of the Brilliant Star in 1941. He then went on to become the Commissioner of Police inUganda. With copied service papers and gazette extracts; also with two copied photographs..

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Royal James Philip McLaughlan was born on 25 July 1898 and educated at The English School, Cyprus and Stonyhurst College, Lancashire.

During 1917-23 he was with the General Staff Intelligence in Macedonia, Greece and Turkey. Appointed Inspector and Surveyor of Roads, Cyprus in 1925. Then in Nigeria he was Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1927; Superintendent in 1944, Assistant Commissioner in 1949, Commissioner in 1951 and Inspector-General in 1952. For his services he was awarded the C.P.M. in 1942, K.P.M. in 1950 C.M.G. and O. St. J. in 1955 and C.V.O. in 1956.

Latterly living at 7 Rosemary Park, Belfast, N. Ireland, he died on 15 April 1982.

A C.M.G., C.V.O., K.P.M. group of seven awarded to R. J. P. McLaughlin, Inspector-General, Nigeria Police

THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in Garrard, London case of issue, slight enamel damage and repair; THE ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER, C.V.O.,Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered, ‘1254’, with neck cravat, in Collingwood,London case of issue, slight enamel damage; THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Officer’s breast badge, silver and enamel; KING’S POLICE MEDAL, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, for Distinguished Service (Roy J. P. McLaughan, C.P.M., Asst. Commr. Nigeria Police); WAR MEDAL 1939-45; COLONIAL POLICE MEDAL, G.VI.R., 1st issue, for Meritorious Service (Sen. asst. Supt. Roy J. P.McLaughlan, Nigerian Police); CORONATION 1953, unnamed; together with an erased pair of British War and Victory Medals, the medals mounted court style for wear; together with a corresponding mounted set of nine miniature dress medals, full-size medals with contact marks, fine and better (18) £1200-1500

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Henry Charlesworth was born in Staffordshire on 6 July 1851. He was educated at Ockbrook College, Derby. He entered the Army Medical Department in 1875 as a Surgeon and as such served in the Afghan War of 1878-80. He was advanced to Surgeon Major in March 1887 and accompanied the British Missions to Morocco as Medical Officer in 1885 and again in 1890-91.

Charlesworth was promoted to Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel in March 1895 and Brigade Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel in June 1898.

Lieutenant-Colonel Charlesworth was placed on Retired Pay on 4 October 1902 and served as a recruiting medical officer in London, 1902 and Nottingham, 1909. Serving once again during the Great War, he was mentioned and thanked and received the brevet of Colonel. He died on 15 July 1926.

For the recipient’s miniature dress medals, see lot 799.

A C.M.G., O. St. J. group of four awarded to Colonel H. Charlesworth, Royal Army Medical Corps

THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with swivel ring and bar suspension, silver-gilt buckle on ribbon; THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Officer’s silver breastbadge; CORONATION 1902, silver; AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, no clasp (Surg., A,M.D.) good very fine (4) £650-750

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A C.M.G. group of four awarded to D. A. Everett, Hampshire St. John Ambulance Brigade

THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in Central Chancery, London case of issue; KAISAR-I-HIND, G.VI.R., 2nd class, silver; ORDER OF ST. JOHN, Serving Brother’s ‘skeletal’ breast badge, silver base metal; ST. JOHN SERVICE MEDAL, 1 silver base metal clasp (N/Mem. D. A. Everett, Hants. S.J.A.B. 1953) silvered bronze, medals mounted court style for wear; together with a St. John Re-Examination Cross, 4th issue, silver base metal (A8618 Dorothy Everett) good very fine and better (5) £500-550

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Edward Charles Bayley was born on 13 December 1867. He was educated privately and at Sandhurst.

He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion Scottish Rifles in September 1887, transferring to the Indian Army in 1890.Promoted to Captain in September 1898, Major in September 1905 and Lieutenant-Colonel in September 1913. Was Private Secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor of North West Provinces and Oudh, 1899-1901 and was Private Secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab, 1907-20. With the 15th Lancers he served with the Somaliland Field Force, 1903-04.

He retired in October 1920. Awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind in 1910, C.I.E. in 1911 and O.B.E. in 1919. Lieutenant-Colonel Bayley died on26 April 1924.


A fine C.I.E., O.B.E., Kaisar-i-Hind and O. St. J. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. Bayley, 15th Lancers,Private Secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor, North West Provinces and Oudh, 1899-1901 and to the Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab, 1907-20

THE MOST EMINENT ORDER OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel, in Garrard, London case of issue; THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1917; KAISAR-I-HIND, E.VII.R. issue, silver; ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Serving Brother’s breastbadge, silver and enamel, unnamed; AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (Capt., 15th Lancers); DELHI DURBAR 1911, silver, unnamed, medals mounted court style for wear, good very fine and better (6) £1000-1400

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Hyde Clarendon Gowan was born in Sydney, N.S.W. on 4 July 1878, the eldest son of Bowie Campbell Gowan, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Hewas educated at Rugby School and New College, Oxford where he gained a B.A. In 1905 he married Edna Brown of MereOaks, Wigan.

He entered the Imperial Colonial Service in 1902 and was Under-Secretary to the Government of the Central Provinces, India, 1904-08; Financial Secretary, 1918-21, 1925 and 1926; Chief Secretary, 1927-32 and Governor of the Central Provinces, 1933-38. For his administrative services he was awarded the C.I.E. in 1928, the C.S.I. in 1932 and K.C.S.I. in 1933. Gowan was the Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the Nagpur Rifles, 1920-25.

Sir Hyde Clarendon Gowan died on 1 April 1938.

For his wife’s medals, see lot 1656.

A C.I.E., O. St. J. group of six awarded to Sir Hyde Clarendon Gowan, Governor of the Central Provinces, India, 1933-38

THE MOST EMINENT ORDER OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel, minor enamel damage; THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Officer ‘s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver and enamel, minor enamel damage; JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1937, unnamed; VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE (India), G.V.R. (Captain H. C. Gowan, Nagpur Voltr. Rfls.); INDIAN VOLUNTEER FORCES OFFICERS’ DECORATION, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Maj. H. C. Gowan, 2nd Nagpur Rifles I.D.F.’, lacks top bar, mounted court style for wear; together with a set of six miniature dress medals: Order of theStar of India, silver, silver-gilt and enamel with cameo centre, with top bar; Order of the Indian Empire, silver-gilt and enamel, with top bar; Order of St. John, silver and enamel; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Efficiency Decoration, G.V.R., lacking top bar, mounted as worn, very fine and better (12) £1000-1200

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For his wartime services he was awarded the brevet rank of Lieutenant-Colonel; in 1916 he was created a K.C.V.O. For the services rendered in connection with the Duke of Connaught’s visit to India in 1921, he was awarded the C.I.E. (London Gazette 30 March 1921). He accompanied H.R.H. The Prince of Wales when the latter presented new Colours to the 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlandersat Dover in 1935. In 1936, for his services as Comptroller and Equerry to H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught he was advanced to G.C.V.O.(London Gazette 23 June 1936). Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Malcolm Murray tragically died in a boating accident on 2 August 1938, aged 71 years. He was sailing on Virginia Water, Windsor Great Park, when he got into difficulties, overbalanced, hit his head as he fell andsubsequently drowned.

The G.C.V.O., C.B., C.I.E., O. St. J. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Malcolm Murray, Seaforth Highlanders, Comptroller of the Household of the Duke of Connaught

THE ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER, G.C.V.O., Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with gold pin, both pieces officially numbered, ‘589’, with evening sash, in Collingwood, London case of issue, numbered, ‘G 589’; THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s neck badgeconversion from a breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1902; THE MOST EMINENT ORDER OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE, C.I.E.Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel; THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Officer’s breast badge, silver base metal and enamel, some enamel damage; QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Witterbergen (Capt., M. D. Murray Sea. Highrs.); 1914 STAR (Major, C.V.O., C.B.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Bt. Lt. Col. Sir M. D.Murray); CORONATION 1911, silver; JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1937, these unnamed, medals mounted for display, very fineand better (12) £2500-3000

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Malcolm “Mackie” Donald Murray was born on 9 July 1867, the son of Brigadier-General A. Murray and the great grandson of the 4th Earl of Dunmore.He entered the Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Seaforth Highlanders on 29 February 1888 and was promoted to Lieutenant in September 1889, Captain in February 1895, Major in October 1903 and retired from the Army on 7 September 1907. In India he served in the Hazara Expedition of 1888 and was mentioned in despatches. He served with the 2nd Battalion of his regiment in South Africa, 1899-1900, serving in operations in the Orange Free State, March-May 1900; operations in the Orange River Colony, May-November 1900, including actions at Witterbergen and at Witpoort; also operations in Cape Colony, 1900, including the action at Ruidan. He was invalided home from South Africa. Appointed A.D.C. to Major-General R. B. Lane, C.B., G.O.C. Malta,1901-02; A.D.C. & Extra Equerry to H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught, 1902-07. Having retired from the Army he became the Comptroller of the Household of H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught, an office he held from 1907 until his death. In 1905 he was awarded the M.V.O. 4th Class and was advanced to C.V.O, in 1909. In 1911 he was awarded the C.B. (London Gazette 19 June 1911). Murraywas recalled to military service in 1914. As a Major with the King’s Messenger Service, G.H.O., he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war in September 1914 and later served as a G.S.O.3.

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With a folder containing copied research; also with an original photograph of the recipient in uniform.

Cecil Bingham Levita was born on 18 January 1867 and was educated at R.M.A. Woolwich. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1886 and was promoted to Captain in 1897 and Major in 1902. Served in the Matabele War (medal). Served as A.D.C. to Lieutenant-General Sir Baker Russell, 1899-1900 and was special service officer, South African War and D.A.A.G., 5th Division, NatalField Force - for which he was mentioned in despatches. Levita commanded the R.H.A. Battery at the funeral of H.M. Queen Victoria for which he was awarded the M.V.O. 4th Class on 19 March 1901. In the Reserve of Officers, 1909-14. Recalled to service as a General Staff Officer 1st Grade in 1914. Awarded the C.B.E. (military) in 1919. After the war he served as a member of the London County Council for North Kensington, 1911-37 and was Chairman of the L.C.C., 1928-29. At the end of his term of office he was Knighted for his public and political services. He was Deputy Lieutenant for the County of London and was Justice of the Peace, 1920-50. Appointed a Commander of the Legion of Honour in 1929 and Commander of the Order of St. John in 1930. As originator of the King George Hospital, Ilford, he was awarded the K.C.V.O. on 1 January 1932. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Cecil Bingham Levita died on 10October 1953.

Sold with a Bestowal Document for the Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. to Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Bingham Levita, M.V.O., framedand glazed; commission document appointing Levita a Lieutenant, 29 July 1886; bestowal document for the French Legion of Honour,Commander, 3 May 1929; together with a portrait photograph of the recipient, 293 x 236mm., mounted on card. With some copied research.

For an Order attributed to Harry Plumridge Levita, see lot 1096.

A fine K.C.V.O., C.B.E., O. St. J. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Cecil Bingham Levita, Royal Field Artillery

THE ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER, K.C.V.O., Knight Commander’s set of insignia, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star,silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with gold pin, both pieces officially numbered, ‘543’; KNIGHT BACHELOR’S BADGE, 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1973, enamel damage; THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat in Garrard, London case of issue (lacking internal pad); THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Commander’s (Brother’s) neck badge, silver and enamel, in fitted case of issue; BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY MEDAL 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Lieut. C. B.Levita, R.A.); QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (Major C. B. Levita, M.V.O., R.F.A.); JUBILEE 1897, silver (Lieut. C. B. Levita, R.H.A.) these three mounted court style for wear; FRANCE, THIRD REPUBLIC, LEGION OF HONOUR, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in case, enamel damage, generally very fine (11) £2000-2500

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A remarkable K.B.E., O. St. J. group of thirteen awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Walter Gibbons, Scots Guards andRoyal Army Service Corps - a Founder and Vice-Chairman of the Automobile Association

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, K.B.E. (Civil) Knight Commander’s 1st type set of insignia, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Knight of Grace set of insignia (post-1926 type), neck badge, 58mm. dia. and breast star, 74mm. dia., silver and enamel, in case of issue; BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Lt. Col. W. Gibbons); ORDER OF THE LEAGUE OF MERCY, badge, silver-gilt and enamel; BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18, unnamed; ROMANIA, ORDER OF THE STAR, 1st type, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, rosette on ribbon; ROMANIA, ORDER OF THE CROWN, 1st type, Officer’s breast badge, silver-giltand enamel, rosette on ribbon, minor damage to reverse; BELGIUM, RED CROSS DECORATION, silver and enamel, enamel damage; ROMANIA, MEDICAL MERIT CROSS, 1st Class breast badge, gilt base metal and enamel; BELGIUM, KING ALBERT MEDAL, bronze; FRANCE, MEDAL OF HONOUR, 1st Class, gilt; RUSSIA, PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT, RED CROSS BADGE, gilt and enamel, with ornate ‘ribbon’ suspension, medals mounted court style for wear, in Spink. London leather case; together with a ROMANIA, ORDER OF THE CROWN, 1st type, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, generally very fine andbetter (15) £1400-1600

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Walter Gibbons was born on 14 May 1871. He was educated at St. Peter’s, Wolverhampton and in later life became a Consulting Engineer. Was attached tothe 3rd Battalion Scots Guards and was afterwards gazetted to command the Royal Army Service Corps (Middlesex). For his many services during the war hewas awarded orders and decorations from Belgium, France, Romania and Russia.A Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John, he was created a K.B.E. in 1920. He was further honoured by being appointed one of H.M. Deputy Lieutenants for theCounty of London and was admitted to the Freedom of the City of London. During the railway strike of 1919 he was instrumental in the organisation of foodsupplies for London and the Great Strike of 1921 he organised transport for London and the Home Counties. In 1905 he was one of the founders, and latterlythe Vice-Chairman of the Automobile Association. He was the onetime Chairmanof the Royal Botanic Society. Latterly living at 27 Chiltern Court, London, N.W.1,Sir Walter Gibbons died on 22 October 1933.

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The impressive C.B.E., O.B.E., O. St. J. group of eighteen awarded to Miss Sydney Jeannetta Warner, Director, Dominion and Foreign Relations Department, British Red Cross Society

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type lady’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt and enamel, mounted ‘bow and tails’, in Garrard, London case of issue; THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type lady’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1918, on bow ribbon, in Garrard, London case of issue; THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Officer’s (Sister) badge, silver and enamel, on bow ribbon; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (S. J. Warner, V.A.D.); ORDER OF THE LEAGUE OF MERCY, badge, silver-gilt and enamel, on bow ribbon; BELGIUM, RED CROSS DECORATION, 1st Class, gilt base metal and enamel, obverse centre loose; DENMARK, KING’S MEDAL OF RECOMPENSE, Christian X, silver-gilt medal with crown, in case of issue; DENMARK, RED CROSS COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL FOR RELIEF WORK DURING WORLD WAR II, silver and enamel; FRANCE, THIRD REPUBLIC, LEGION OF HONOUR, Chevalier’s badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, on bow ribbon; FRANCE, RED CROSS MEDAL, gilt, reverse inscribed, ‘Miss S. I. Warner (sic)’; GREECE, ROYAL ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, Commander’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt and enamel, mounted ‘bow and tails’, with Spink, London ‘Commander’s’ case, with neck cravat; GREECE, HELLENIC RED CROSS DECORATION, 5th Class, Medal, enamelled, reverse inscribed, ‘Th. S. J. Warner, 1946’; NETHERLANDS, ORDER OF ORANGE NASSAU, Commander’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt and enamel, mounted ‘bow and tails’, in case of issue; NORWAY, ORDER OF ST. OLAV, 3rd type, Knight 1stClass breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Spink, London case of issue; NORWAY, RED CROSS DECORATION, silver-gilt and enamel, in Tostrup, Oslo case of issue; SWEDEN, RED CROSS MEDAL, Gustaf V, silver-gilt, reverse inscribed, ‘S. J. Warner, 1949’; U.S.A., AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS MEDAL, silver base metal and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘To Miss S. J. Warner,For Distinguished Service, The American National Red Cross’; together with an unknown decoration, enamelled; and two Belgian ‘Red Cross’ medallions, circular, 69mm., bronze, obverse: a high relief bust of Queen Elizabeth, reverse: aGeneva Cross, ‘Sa Majeste La Reine Elisabeth Presidente d’Honeur de la Croix-Rouge de Belgique’, additionally inscribed, ‘Miss J. Warner - 1955’, in Fonson, Brussels case of issue; another, square, 65 x 65mm., bronze, obverse: a man, woman and infant superimposed on a Geneva Cross, with helping hands to either side, reverse: ‘Croix Rouge de Belgique’ (bilingual), additionally inscribed, ‘Miss S. J. Warner’; also with a metal brooch inscribed, ‘Miss S. J. Warner,Great Britain’, extremely fine except where stated (22) £1500-1800

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C.B.E. (civil) 1 January 1946. ‘Director Foreign Relations Department Joint War Organisation of the British Red Cross Society and Orderof St. John.’

O.B.E. (mil.) London Gazette 9 May 1919. ‘... in recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the War.’ ‘Miss Sydney Jeannetta Warner, Deputy Assistant Director, WRNS’

O. St. J. (Commander) London Gazette 8 July 1947.

Norway, Order of St. Olav, Knight 1st Class London Gazette 11 June 1946.

Netherlands, Order of Orange Nassau, Commander London Gazette 30 January 1948.

Sydney Jeannetta Warner was born on 13 June 1890, the sister of Sir Christopher Ashton Warner, G.B.E., K.C.M.G., and was educatedat home and in Germany. She served as British Red Cross Commandant, 1910-17; Area V.A.D. Commandant in France, 1915-17, based at St. Omer and then Le Havre, and then Deputy Assistant Director of Personnel in the W.R.N.S., 1917-19, for which she was awarded the military O.B.E. in 1919. After the war she worked for the League of Nations Union, 1919-28, serving on several committees of the League of Nations. She was later a Member of Staff of the International Office of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. 1928-36. With the coming of the Second World War she rejoined the British Red Cross Society and became the Director of the Dominion and Foreign Relations Department of the Society. In that capacity she was awarded the civil C.B.E. in 1946 and a number of foreign orders and medals by grateful allied governments and organisations. Latterly living at 33 Moore Street, Chelsea; Miss Warner died on 25 March 1979.


O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1919.


M.I.D. London Gazette 22 June 1915; 1 January 1916; 20 December 1918.

Lieutenant Robert Lindsay Loyd, 16th Lancers, attached Royal Engineers, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war in August 1914. Employed with the Signalling Service, August 1914-June 1915 and August 1916-January 1917. Commandant of the 3 Army Signalling School, October 1917-March 1918 and June-September 1918. Four times mentioned in despatches and awarded the O.B.E. and M.C. Latterly served in the Life Guards.

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An O.B.E., M.C. group of ten awarded to Major R. L. Loyd, 16th Lancers - a Knight of Justice of the Order of St. John

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1918; MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914 STAR, with clasp (Lieut., 16/Lrs.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak lead (Major); DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS; CORONATION 1937; CORONATION 1953, these unnamed, mounted as worn; together with THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Knight of Justice set of insignia (post-1926 type), neck badge, 58mm. dia.and breast star, 79mm. dia., silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, good very fine and better (11) £1400-1800

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O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1944. ‘Philip Norton-Jones Esq., Indian Police, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Calcutta, Bengal.’

K.P.M. London Gazette 27 October 1933. ‘.... to Philip Norton Jones, Additional Superintendent of Police, Midnapur and Charles Oliver Smith, Inspector of Police, Midnapur, in recognition of their conspicuous gallantry in attacking the assailants of the late Mr B. E.J. Burge, I.C.S., District Magistrate of Midnapur.’

Recommendation reads: ‘.... On 2nd September two Bengali youths shot Mr Burge, District Magistrate of Midnapur, when he was aboutto play football. Mr Jones and Mr Smith were about ten yards from Mr Burge and as soon as he was shot dashed at his two assailants taking one man each and held on until assistance arrived. Both officers were in football kit and unarmed and showed completely disregard of personal danger. One assassin actually pointed his pistol at Mr Jones but the latter was able to knock it downwards and [the] bullet passed between his legs. ...’

Bar to K.P.M. London Gazette 12 November 1946. ‘Philip Norton-Jones, O.B.E., Indian Police, Deputy Commissioner, Headquarters, Calcutta Police, Bengal.’

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A rare O.B.E., K.P.M. for Gallantry and Bar group of five awarded to P. Norton-Jones, Deputy Commissioner of Police,Calcutta

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel, unnamed, on ‘Associate’s’ ribbon; KING’S POLICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 2nd issue, with Second Award Bar (Philip N. Jones, Supt. of Police, Midnapur) on ‘Gallantry’ ribbon; JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1937, these unnamed, mounted court style for wear, good very fine (5) £1400-1600

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O.B.E. London Gazette 4 June 1943. ‘General Manager Stores Department, Joint War Organisation of the British Red Cross Society & Order of St. John’.

O. St. J., Kt. of Grace London Gazette 2 January 1953.

M.S.M. London Gazette 22 February 1919.

Greece, Order of the Phoenix, 3rd Class London Gazette 28 November 1947. ‘In recognition of services to Greek interests during the war’.

Arthur Reginald Gorman Hudson came from Grays, Essex. During the Great War he served in the Army Service Corps as ‘S4/061247 Sergeant. Serving at Home with the 793rd Company, A.S.C., he was awarded the British War Medal and Meritorious Service Medal (neither with lot).

During the Second World War was employed by the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John. In this capacity he was awarded several foreign awards as above together with the Order of the Phoenix (not with lot). Mentioned as being involved in organising relief supplies to Russia.


A fine O.B.E., O. St. J. group of seven awarded to A. R. Hudson, British Red Cross Society & Order of St. John

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Knight of Grace set of insignia (post-1926 type), neck badge, 58mm. dia. and breast star, 79mm. dia.,silver and enamel; GREECE, ROYAL ORDER OF GEORGE I, Knight’s Silver Cross, silver and enamel; NORWAY, ORDER OF ST. OLAV, 3rd type, Knight 2nd Class breast badge, silver and enamel; NETHERLANDS, GOVERNMENT RED CROSS MEDAL, silver and enamel;U.S.A., AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS MEDAL, silver and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘To Mr A. R. G. Hudson, For Distinguished Service, The American National Red Cross’; GREECE, HELLENIC RED CROSS DECORATION, 4th Class, Medal, silverand enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘To A. R. Hudson, 1946’, medals mounted court style for wear, nearly extremely fine (8)

£800-1000

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An M.B.E., O. St. J. group of nine awarded to Senior Mechanic J. Holt, Royal Air Force, late Lancashire Fusiliers

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver and enamel; THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Officer ‘s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver and enamel; 1914-15 STAR (1222 Cpl., Lan. Fus.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (1222 Cpl., Lan. Fus.); DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, unnamed; DELHI DURBAR 1911, silver,unnamed; ROYAL AIR FORCE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (104814 S.M.1, R.A.F.) mounted court style for wear, good very fine (9)

£280-320

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Harry Charles Luke was born in London in December 1884, the son of an Austro-Hungarian father and Polish mother, and was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Oxford.

Appointed a Private Secretary and A.D.C. to the Governor of Barbados in 1908, he transferred to Cyprus in 1911, where he served as Private Secretary to the High Commissioner until the outbreak of hostilities.

Commissioned in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, he served on the Syrian coast 1914-15, and on the Staff of Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss in the Dardanelles, in addition to occupying the office of Government Secretary, Mudros from February to June 1916. Havingthen returned to Cyprus as Commissioner of Famagusta in 1918, he was re-employed as a Political Officer to Admiral of the Fleet Sir J.de Robeck in Constantinople and in the Black Sea 1919-20, in which latter year he was British Chief Commissioner in Transcaucasia (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan).

Luke became Assistant Governor of Jerusalem in 1921, was appointed a member of the Haycraft Commission to establish the cause of the Jaffa riots of May that year, and to investigate the affairs of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Next appointed Colonial Secretary in Sierra Leone, in which capacity he was awarded the C.M.G., he returned to the Middle East - and more riots - as High Commissioner to the Government in Palestine in 1928 and, in the following year, as Deputy to Sir Robert Chancellor, attempted to mediate an agreement between the Jewish and Arab leaders - without success.

A lengthy stint as Lieutenant-Governor of Malta having followed in 1930-38, in which period he was knighted (1933), appointed K.C.M.G. and awarded the 1st Class Cross of Merit of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Luke’s final Colonial Office appointment was as Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner of the British Western Pacific Territories from September 1938 until July 1942, although he remained employed as Chief Representative of the British Council in the Caribbean until the War’s end.

A prolific author during his career and in retirement, he also served as a Registrar of the Order of St. John, and was raised to Bailiff Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Sir Harry, whose cooking compendium Tenth Muse remains a popular title, died in Cyprus in May 1969; many of his career papers are held by the Middle East Centre, St. Anthony’s College, Oxford.

An unusual Knight Bachelor’s group of ten awarded to Commander Sir Harry Luke, K.C.M.G., Colonial Office, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, ‘Doctor of Literature, renowned author, keen philatelist, former Lieutenant-Governorof Malta, Bailiff Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem, High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, Commander-in-Chief of Military Forces and Governor of Fiji 1938-42’

KNIGHT BACHELOR’S BADGE, 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1926; 1914-15 STAR (Lt. Commr. H. C. Luke, R.N.V.R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lt. Commr. H. C. Luke, R.N.V.R.); CORONATION 1911, privately engraved, ‘Comdr. H. C. Luke, R.N.V.R.’; JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1953, these three privately engraved, ‘Sir Harry Luke’ ; ST. JOHN SERVICE MEDAL, silvered base metal (Sir Harry Luke, K.C.M.G., D.Litt., LL.D., 1959), renamed; ITALY, AL VALORE MILITARE, bronze, unnamed, mounted court-style as worn, together with a silver-gilt and enamel Masonic award, named to the recipient for his services to a Cypriot chapter in 1917-18, suspension loop on the Italian award with traces of repair, cleaned and lacquered and the earlier awards somewhat polished, otherwise generally very fine (11) £800-1000

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D.S.O. London Gazette 3 February 1944.

M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1918.

Robert Godfrey Wolseley Bewicke-Copley was born in May 1893, the son of Brigadier-General Sir Robert Bewicke-Copley, K.B.E., C.B., and Selina Frances, and the scion of the Barons Cromwell, one of whom served as Lord High Treasurer to King Henry VI - he became the 5th Lord Cromwell in July 1923, after his mother had won the approval of the Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords to terminate the abeyancy of the title.

Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, Robert was commissioned in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and first saw action out in France and Flanders with the 3rd Battalion in the period May-November 1915. He then departed for the Mediterranean theatre of war, transferred to the Machine Gun Corps in May 1916 and was awarded the M.C. and mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 28 November 1917 refers), in addition to the Italian Al Valore Militare in bronze. He was also wounded. Having then witnessed further active service in Russia 1918-19, he transferred to the Reserve of Officers.

Recalled on the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, Lord Cromwell assumed command of ‘D’ Company, 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, in which capacity he found himself charged with the defence of Calais in May 1940. He was taken P.O.W. on the 28th, having shown great gallantry in the face of overwhelming odds - Airey Neave’s The Flames of Calais sets the scene:

‘The situation of the 60th was desperate. A death-struggle at the bridges. Barricades of burned-out lorries and trucks off the Rue Edisonand Place Richelieu were manned by the surviving officers and riflemen. Houses in the area had long been devastated by the flames and blown by shellfire into heaps of rubble behind which the defenders fired on the Germans. The mortar bombs came in an endless stream exploding dead on the road-blocks.

A fine K. St. J., Second World War D.S.O., Great War M.C. group of eleven awarded to Major R. G. W. Bewicke-Copley, the 5th Lord Cromwell, who, as a Company Commander in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, was severely wounded and taken P.O.W. at the gallant defence of Calais in May 1940 - ‘He was hit by bullets in both arms and in the head, the sight of one eye being badly affected, and yet he remained in command when all the men at his barricade, save himself and two riflemen, were dead’

THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM (K. St. J.), Knight of Grace’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge and breast star, in silvered base metal and enamel, in its fitted case of issue; DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER, G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse of the suspension bar officially dated ‘1944’; MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., the reverse privately inscribed, ‘Major R. G. W. Bewicke-Copley, K.R.R.C.’; 1914-15 STAR (2 Lieut. R. G. W. Bewicke-Copley, K.R. Rif. C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major R. G. W. Bewicke-Copley); 1939-45 STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45; CORONATION 1953; ITALY, AL VALORE MILITARE, bronze, unnamed, mounted as worn and contained in an old leather case with gilt coronet and ‘C’ to lid, very fine and better (12) £5000-6000

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The 60th, lying without cover in the streets, had little protection from the Stukas. No one who experienced the attack on the morning ofthe 26th is ever likely to forget it. A hundred aircraft attacked the Citadel and the old town in waves. They dived in threes, with a prolonged scream, dropping one high explosive and three or four incendiaries. They machine-gunned the streets and dropped a few heavy bombs between the 60th H.Q. in the Rue des Marechaux and the docks. The first effects on the defence were paralysing but, asothers had experienced with Stukas, the damage was moral rather than physical. Within a few minutes, the riflemen eagerly fired Brenguns and engaged the Stukas, one of which was brought down on the seashore ... ’

Neave continues:

‘At the Place Richelieu, Lord Cromwell, firing a Bren gun, was three times wounded that morning. He had already shown all those qualities that add up to real leadership in war. He was hit by bullets in both arms and in the head, the sight of one eye being badly affected. And yet he remained in command when all the men at his barricade, save himself and two riflemen were dead. At 11.30 a.m.he was compelled to fall back to the line of the Rue des Marechaux.’

Taken prisoner the following day, he was repatriated to the U.K. in 1943 on account of his wounds, and was awarded the D.S.O.

Post-war, Cromwell busied himself with a string of appointments in Leicestershire, where he had been a D.L. and J.P. since the mid-1930s, including terms of office as President of the county’s Red Cross and St. John Ambulance Brigade, in which capacity he was appointed a K. St. J., and, from 1949, as Lord Lieutenant. Lord Cromwell died in October 1966.

D.S.O. London Gazette 14 January 1916. ‘Major, Royal Engineers’.

M.I.D. London Gazette 4 December 1914; 1 January 1916; 18 May 1917; 20 May 1918; 5 July 1919.

Basil Wilfred Bowdier Bowdler was born on 30 March 1873, the son of Colonel C. W. B. Bowdler, C.B. He was educated at Bedford Grammar School. He was commissioned into the Royal Engineers on 22 July 1892 and was promoted to Lieutenant in July 1895, Captain in May 1903 and Major in July 1912. Was a Student at the Staff College, 1907-08 and a Staff Officer at the War Office, 1910-14. During the Great War he served in France/Flanders, 5 August 1914-11 November 1918. For his services he was five times mentioned in despatches, received the brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel and was awarded the D.S.O. in 1916, the C.M.G. in 1919; in addition he received honours and awards from Belgium, France, Russia and the United States of America. In addition he was an Esquireof the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Bowdler was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1920 and was placed on Retired Pay in 1922. Hedied on 4 January 1960.

A Great War D.S.O., O. St. J. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel B. W. B. Bowdler, Royal Engineers

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with top bar; ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Officer’s breast badge, base silver metal and enamel; 1914 STAR, with copy clasp (Major, R.E.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.); RUSSIA, ORDER OF STANISLAS, 3rd Class breast badge with swords, gold and enamel; BELGIUM, ORDER OF THE CROWN, 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, rosette on ribbon; FRANCE, THIRD REPUBLIC, LEGION OF HONOUR, Officer’s breast badge, gold and enamel, rosette on ribbon; BELGIUM, CROIX DE GUERRE, ‘A’ cypher; U.S.A. ARMY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, enamelled, stamped, ‘956’ on edge, mounted count style for wear, good very fine (12)

£3000-3500

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C.M.G. London Gazette 3 June 1918. ‘.... for services rendered in connection with military operations in France and Flanders.’ ‘Lt. Col.,D.S.O., A.S.C.’

D.S.O. London Gazette 3 June 1916. ‘Major and brevet Lieut.-Colonel, Army Service Corps.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 17 February 1915; 1 January 1916; 15 June 1916; 11 December 1917; 20 May 1918.

Greek, Military Merit Medal, 3rd Class London Gazette 24 October 1919.

Robert Berkeley Airey was born in Southminster, Essex on 21 September 1874, the son of Major R. H. B. Airey, late 24th Regiment. Hewas educated at Tonbridge and the R.M.C. Sandhurst. In January 1897 he was commissioned into the South Wales Borderers, transferring to the A.S.C. in January 1898. Promoted to Captain in January 1901 and Major in April 1912. Served in the Boer War, 1900-02, including operations in the Orange River Colony and at Witterbergen. Served with the Egyptian Army, 1902-07, after which he was an Assistant Training Instructor at the A.S.C. Training Establishment.

During the 1911 cricket season, he played a few innings for Hampshire County Cricket Club.

During the Great War he was on the Staff in France/Flanders, October 1914-September 1918; initially as D.A.Q.M.G., IV Corps and latterly A.A. & Q.M.G., 59th Division. He was then in Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, European Turkey and the Ægean Islands, September-November 1918, initially as Deputy Director of Supplies and Transport in Salonika and then with the British Army of the Black Sea. For his services he was five times mentioned in despatches, awarded the C.M.G., D.S.O. and the Greek Military Merit Medaland given the brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel. After the war he was Colonel-in Charge of R.A.S.C. records until his retirement in 1924. Hewas appointed an Officer of the Order of St. John on 27 February 1931.

Lieutenant-Colonel Airey, latterly living at 51 Corringham Road, Wembley Park, died on 23 June 1933.

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A Great War D.S.O. group of nine awarded to Colonel R. B. Airey, Army Service Corps

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Officer’s breast badge, silver; QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Witterbergen (Capt., A.S.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Capt., A.S.C.); 1914 STAR, with copy clasp (Major, A.S.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oakleaf (Col.); U.S.A., AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS MEDAL, bronze and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘To Colonel R. Airey. For Service, American National Red Cross’; GREECE, MILITARY MERIT MEDAL, 2nd Class, with silver laurel wreath on ribbon, mounted court style for wear, good very fine and better (9) £2000-2400

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An I.S.O., O. St. J. group of four attributed to Charles Buxton Anderson, C.M.G., I.S.O.

THE IMPERIAL SERVICE ORDER, G.VI.R., silver, gold and enamels; THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Officer’s (Brother’s) breastbadge, silver and enamel; JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1937, all unnamed, mounted for display, good very fine and better (4) £180-220

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D.F.C. London Gazette 18 January 1944. The original recommendation states:

‘Flying Officer Watson has been the Navigator of the Lancaster aircraft in which he has flown on operations against the enemy on some22 occasions. He contributed to the devastation of Hamburg on three successive sorties and he has also participated in attacks on Cologne, Mannheim, Hanover and Berlin each on two occasions. Flying Officer Watson’s cheerful courage, unselfishness and sacrifice,combined with his unerring navigational airmanship, have won him the confidence of his captain and crew which is in large measure attributable to their achievement of such a praiseworthy record. This officer’s outstanding example would be fittingly recognised by theaward of the Distinguished Flying Cross.’

Q.P.M. London Gazette 1 January 1967.

Norman Watson, who qualified as a Navigator in October 1942, commenced his operational career in No. 12 Squadron, a Lancaster unit operating out of Wickenby, Lincolnshire, in May 1943, when he participated in a strike against Dortmund with Wing CommanderWood at the helm.

Thereafter, in the period leading up to November, and with Flying Officer B. E. McLaughlin as his pilot, he went on to complete a further 21 sorties with the Squadron, his targets including Berlin on four occasions, Cologne (twice), Dortmund, Dusseldorf (twice), Essen, Hamburg (thrice - during the famous firestorm raids of July 1943), Hannover (twice), Mannheim (twice), Modane, Nuremburg (twice), Oberhausen and Stuttgart, in addition to trips to Milan and Turin, the latter being abandoned owing to flak damage.

In mid-November 1943, he transferred to No. 626 Squadron, another Wickenby-based Lancaster unit, and completed his tour of operational duty a few weeks later, after six further strikes against the “Big City”, and another raid on Modane. He was awarded the D.F.C.

Watson, who returned to No. 626 Squadron in early 1945, in time to complete several “Manna” and “Exodus” sorties to Belgium and Holland, afterwards pursued a successful career in the Liverpool & Bootle Constabulary, attaining senior rank and being awarded the Q.P.M., in addition to his appointment as Serving Brother of the Order of St. John in 1967.

Sold with the recipient’s original R.A.F. Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book, covering the period September 1942 until May 1945, together with letters of notification for his Serving Brother O. St. J., dated 18 December 1967, and Q.P.M., dated at the Home Office, 30 December 1967, and 1939-45 War campaign medal Air Ministry authority to wear slip.

A fine Second World War D.F.C., post-war Q.P.M., O. St. J. group of eight awarded to Assistant Chief Constable N. Watson, Liverpool & Bootle Constabulary, late Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who survived tentrips to the “Big City” as a Navigator in Lancasters in 1943

DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’, with its Royal Mint case of issue; QUEEN’S POLICE MEDAL,E.II.R., for Distinguished Service (Norman Watson, D.F.C., Asst. Ch. Const., Liverpool & Bootle Constabulary), with its Royal Mint case of issue; THE MOST VENERABLE ORDER OF ST. JOHN, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silvered base metal and enamel; 1939-45 STAR; AIR CREW EUROPE STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45; POLICE LONG SERVICE, E.II.R. (Supt. NormanWatson), mounted court-style as worn, with a set of related miniature dress medals, generally good very fine (16)

£2000-2500

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Sherene Rustomjee was Captain of the 13th Bombay Rangers and was awarded the Medal of Merit in 1927. She was later District Commissioner for Byculla, Bombay, 1927-29.

A Kaisar-i-Hind and Bar, O. St. J. group of ten attributed to S. B. Rustomjee, Girl Guide Association

KAISAR-I-HIND, G.VI.R., 2nd class, silver, with Second Award Bar dated, ‘1947’, with top bar; THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Serving Sister’s badge, silver and enamel; 1939-45 STAR; BURMA STAR; WAR AND INDIA SERVICE MEDALS; JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1937; INDIA INDEPENDENCE MEDAL 1947, all unnamed, mounted court style for wear; together with a GIRL GUIDE ASSOCIATION, MEDAL OF MERIT, silver and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘S. B. Rustomjee’, hallmarks for Birmingham 1926, with ‘For Merit’ brooch bar; together with a silver cross and 30+ small badges, many Girl Guide related, very fineand better (lot) £550-650

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Awarded to Lady Hillingdon, the former Hon. Edith Mary Winifred Cadogan, D.B.E., daughter of Viscount Chelsea, who married ArthurRobert Mills in 1916. Mills succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Hillingdon in 1919.

An Order of St. John group of six awarded to Lady Hillingdon

THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Officer‘s (Brother’s), silver and enamel; DEFENCE MEDAL, edge bruise; CORONATION 1953; WOMEN’S VOLUNTARY SERVICE MEDAL; FRANCE, MEDAL OF GRATITUDE 1946, silver, with rosette on ribbon, these all unnamed; U.S.A., AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS MEDAL, silver and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘Lady Hillingdon. For Distinguished Service,The American National Red Cross’, mounted court style for wear, good very fine and better (6) £150-200

1655

Edna Brown married Hyde Clarendon Gowan in 1905; becoming Lady Gowan in 1933.

For her husband’s medals, see lot 1639.

A Kaisar-i-Hind, Order of St. John group of four attributed to Lady Gowan

KAISAR-I-HIND, G.V.R., 1st class, 2nd type, gold, complete with gold top bar; THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Officer’s (Sister’s) badge, silver and enamel; JUBILEE 1935; CORONATION 1937, all unnamed, all on ‘bow ribbons’ and mounted on abar for wear; together with a set of three miniature dress medals - lacking the Kaisar-i-Hind but still with gold top bar, good very fine and better (7) £1000-1200

1656

A Kaisar-i-Hind, O. St. J. group of three awarded to Margaret Bayes

KAISAR-I-HIND, G.VI.R., 3rd class, bronze, complete with top bar; THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Serving Sister’s badge,silver and enamel, unnamed; VOLUNTARY MEDICAL SERVICE MEDAL, 1 clasp (Geneva Cross) silver (Margaret Bayes) mounted court style for wear, good very fine and better (3) £120-150

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Francis W. Pixley was born in Kensington on 5 July 1852, the only son of T. W. Pixley, of Freshwater, Isle of Wight. He was educated at St. Peter’s School, York, Keir House, Wimbledon and privately. He was a J.P. for Buckinghamshire and the County of London; a Deputy Lieutenant for Buckinghamshire and one of H.M. Lieutenants for the City of London. Also an Honorary Colonel, late Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the 1st Cadet Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Sometime Treasurer and member of the Headquarters Committee and District Commissioner for the South Buckinghamshire Boys Scouts. Also a Knight of Justice and Receiver-General of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Employed as Barrister-at-Law; was Auditor to the Duchy of Lancaster; President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, 1903; Treasurer of the Chartered Accountants Benevolent Association; Registrar of the Standing Council of the Baronetage; Member of the London Diocesan Fund; Member of the Queen’s Institute of District Nursing and Treasurer ofQueen Mary’s Committee for District Nursing; Treasurer of the Buckinghamshire War Pensions Committee; Treasurer of several other Buckinghamshire organisations and Past Master of seven masonic lodges.

The author of A History of the Baronetage and other works. His home address was Wooburn House, Wooburn, Buckinghamshire. Colonel Pixley died on 27 April 1933.

An O. St. J. Knight of Justice group of four awarded to Colonel F. W. Pixley, 1st Cadet Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps

THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Knight of Justice set of insignia (1912-26 type) neck badge, 57mm. dia. and breast star,57mm., dia., silver-gilt and enamel, in a later case, neck badge with minor enamel damage; CORONATION 1911, silver, unnamed; VOLUNTEER DECORATION, V.R., unnamed, hallmarks for London 1919, complete with top bar; ST. JOHN SERVICE MEDAL (Colonel Francis W. Pixley, V.D., For long and conspicuous service 1929) medals mounted court style for wear;together with a mounted set of four miniature dress medals, good very fine (9) £550-600

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William Johnston Will was born in East Taieri, Dunedin on 30 November 1858, the son of Rev. W. Will. He was educated at East Taieri, the University of Otago and the University of Edinburgh, and qualified in medicine as a M.B., C.M. in 1884. He began his practice at Green Island. He was Chairman of the Dunedin Centre St. John Ambulance Association.

Wiil served with the East Taieri Rifles, 1878-79; Edinburgh University Volunteers, 1879-83 and was Surgeon with the Southern DistrictRifles, 1885; Surgeon-Captain with the Dunedin Engineers, 1892; Surgeon-Major on the Staff of the 1st Battalion Otago Rifles, 1901 and appointed Brigade Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel in 1905. Principal Medical Officer at Otago in 1914. Serving overseas, he was invalided in 1918. Awarded the Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John in 1915 and the Colonial Auxiliary Force Officers’ Decorationin 1904.


An O. St. J. Knight of Grace group of four awarded to Colonel W. J. Will, New Zealand Expeditionary Force

THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Knight of Grace set of insignia (pre-1926 type), neck badge, 57mm. dia. and breast star, 56mm. dia., silver and enamel, with neck cravat, in case of issue, star with some enamel repair; 1914-15 STAR (15/10 Colonel, N.Z.E.F.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (15/10 Col., N.Z.E.F.); COLONIAL AUXILIARY FORCE OFFICERS’ DECORATION,E.VII.R., ‘convex’ type, reverse inscribed, ‘Surgeon-Major W. J. Will, 1st Batt. Otago R.V.’, lacking top bar; together witha renamed Victory Medal 1914-19 (15/10 Colonel W. J. Will, N.Z.E.F.) medals mounted court style for wear, good veryfine except where stated (6) £400-450

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Douglas James Hamilton was born in London on 28 September 1856, the only son of the Rt. Hon. LordClaud Hamilton and Lady Elizabeth Emma Proby - sister of the 5th Earl of Carysfort. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church Oxford and gained a B.A. in 1879 and M.A. in 1912. He was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards on 14 January 1880 and was promoted to Lieutenant in July 1881. Served in the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards in the Egyptian War of 1882 and was present at the engagement at Tel-el-Mahuta and at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir. Served in the expedition to the Sudan in 1885 with the 1st Battalion and was present at the engagement at Hasheen and that near Tofrek on 24 March 1885 and at the destruction of Temai. Promoted Captain in 1891, he exchanged for the 5th Battalion Royal Fusiliers later that year. Served as a Recruiting Staff Officer for Glasgow District, 1897-1900. Promoted to Major in 1900 when he transferred to the Irish Guards; promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1904 and received the brevet ofColonel in 1907, retiring in 1908. In 1904 he assumed the maternal name of ‘Proby’ by Royal Licence. Proby served as M.P. (U) for theSaffron Walden Division, Essex, January-December 1910. During 1914-17 he commanded the Irish Guards Regiment and RegimentalDistrict. Served as Deputy Lieutenant for Co. Wicklow and was J.P. for Huntingdon and Northamptonshire and was a member of the Huntingdon County Council from 1913 and High Sheriff for Cambridge and Huntingdon, 1923-24. He was appointed an Esquire of theOrdr of St. John of Jerusalem in 1926. Colonel Proby died on 18 November 1931.

With some copied research and notes.

An O. St. J. group of three awarded to Colonel D. J. Proby, late Hamilton, Irish Guards, late Coldstream Guards

THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Officer’s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver; EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1885 (Lieut., 2/Cdm. Gds.); KHEDIVE’S STAR 1882, unnamed, second with edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3) £350-400

1660

An O. St. J. group of six awarded to Supply Officer R. C. Done, St. John Ambulance Brigade

THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel; QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (810 Sply. Ofcr., St. John Amb. Bde.); ST. JOHN MEDAL FOR SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 (810 Sergt., Manchester P.O. Div.); CORONATION 1911, silver; VOLUNTEER FORCE LONG SERVICE, E.VII.R. (5665 Sgt., 7th Lanc. R.G.A.V.); ST. JOHN SERVICE MEDAL, with 2 silver bars (Corps I. of S. R. C. Done, (Manchester & Stafford Corps S.J.A.B.) 1915) mounted court style for wear, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (6) £420-460

1661

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An O. St. J. group of five awarded to Superintendent J. J. Olley, St. John Ambulance Brigade

THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘Mr John J. Olley,24th November 1903’; JUBILEE 1897, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Supt. John J. Olley); CORONATION 1902, St. John Ambulance Brigade (J. J. Olley, Supt.); CORONATION 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Supt. J. J. Olley); ST. JOHN SERVICE MEDAL, with ring suspension, 1 clasp, 5 Years Service (Superintendent J. J. Olley, 10 July 1908) mounted court style forwear, minor edge bruising, very fine and better (5) £300-350

1662

An O. St. J. group of four awarded to Sick Berth Steward T. Dix, Royal Navy and St. John Ambulance Brigade, Olney

THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel, unnamed; BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (M.8760 S.B.S., R.N.); ROYAL NAVAL AUXILIARY SICK BERTH RESERVE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1364 2nd R.S.B.S., R.N.A.S.B.R.); ST. JOHN SERVICE MEDAL, 4 silver clasps (2918 Cpl. T. Dix (Olney) Div.No. 3 Dist. S.J.A.B. 1923) silver, mountedcourt style for wear, second with edge bruise, good very fine (4) £120-160

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G.M. London Gazette 5 September 1941. ‘Ronald Noble, Junior Station Inspector, “X” Division, Metropolitan Police.’

‘A high explosive bomb caused extensive damage to property and people were trapped in the wreckage. Inspector Noble, who was offduty, was blown over by the blast but quickly recovered and went to the scene. On the first floor of a partially demolished block of flatshe found a woman in a hysterical condition. He climbed a wall, hooked his legs around a beam and, by hanging upside down, managed to lower her to the ground.

The Inspector then heard shouts for help coming from another house. Without hesitation he began to make a hole in the rubble with hishands and after fifteen minutes unearthed an unconscious woman whom he pulled to safety. Whilst working he had to prop up the wreckage with his shoulders and bricks were continually falling round him. Shortly after he came out the whole of the wreckage collapsed.

Inspector Noble acted with great bravery, entirely disregarding his own safety.’

Ronald Noble was appointed Chief Constable of Derby in 1960.

With award document for the Coronation Medal 1953 and document re. his election to the Royal Society of St. George, 1941, with copied gazette extract.

A ‘London Blitz’ G.M. group of five awarded to Station Inspector Ronald Noble, Metropolitan Police, latterly the ChiefConstable of Derby

GEORGE MEDAL, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Ronald Noble); THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Serving Brother’s badge, silver and enamel, enamel damage; DEFENCE MEDAL; CORONATION 1953, these unnamed; POLICE LONG SERVICE MEDAL, E.II.R., 1st issue (Ronald A. Noble, Ch. Const.) mounted court style for wear; together with a Royal Society of St. George for England, breast badge, gilt and enamel, unnamed, complete with ribbon emblem and top bar, very fine and better (6)

£2000-2400

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M.M. London Gazette 28 September 1917.

Bar to M.M. London Gazette 14 January 1918.

Private Albert Binks, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment entered into the France/Flanders theatre of war on 12 February 1915. The recipient came from Bolton.

Not listed as being awarded a clasp to the R.N.A.S.B.R. L.S. & G.C. Medal in The Naval Long Service Medals, by Kenneth Douglas-Morris.

A Great War M.M. and Bar group of seven awarded to Private A. Binks, 1/5th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (240850 Pte., 1/5 L.N. Lanc. R.-T.F.); 1914-15 STAR (240850 Pte., L.N. Lanc. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (240850 Pte., L.N. Lanc. R.); JUBILEE 1935, unnamed; ROYAL NAVAL AUXILIARY SICK BERTH RESERVE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, ‘coinage head’, with Second Award Bar (5295 L.S.B.A., R.N.A.S.B.R.); ST. JOHN SERVICE MEDAL (13833 A/Off. A. Binks, Bolton Hqs. Div. No. 4 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1935) mounted court style for wear, slight contact marks, very fine and better (7) £1000-1200

1665

M.M. London Gazette 20 August 1919. The recipient came from Inverness.

A Great War M.M. group of six awarded to Serjeant A. Fraser, 10th Battalion Cameron Highlanders and 1st Lovat’s Scouts

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (223203Sjt., 10/Cam’n. Highrs.); 1914-15 STAR (1986 Pte., 1 Lovat’s Scts.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (1986 Sjt., 1-Lovat’s Scts.); COLONIAL POLICE L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (Inspr. A. Fraser, M.M.); ST. JOHN SERVICE MEDAL (989 A. Fraser, Ceylon Police Cps. S.J.A.B.O. 1931) mounted court style for wear, contact marks, fine and better (6) £400-450

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M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1918.

M.I.D. London Gazette 28 November 1917.

Eight: Warrant Officer Class 1 T. Liddell, Royal Army Medical Corps

QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Natal, South Africa 1902 (500 Ordly., St. John Amb. Bde.); ST. JOHN MEDAL FOR SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 (500 Pte., Sheffield Corps); 1914-15 STAR (26639 S-Sjt., R.A.M.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (26639 W.O. Cl. 1, R.A.M.C.); CORONATION 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Sgt. T.Liddell); ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (26639 Q.M. Sjt.-T.S. Mjr., No. 28 C.C. Stn, R.A.M.C.); ST. JOHN SERVICE MEDAL, 2 silver clasps (4231 Supt. T. Liddell, Shirebrook Divn. No. 5 Dst. S.J.A.B. 1924) suspension broken away from the medal, mounted court style for wear in incorrect order, polished and worn, poor (8) £320-360

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Henry George Norman White was born on 17 February 1876. Appointed a Captain in September 1914.

Nine: Lieutenant-Colonel H. G. N. White, Indian Army

1914-15 STAR (Captain H. G. N. White, 1/69/Punjabis); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Capt. H. G. Norman White); DELHI DURBAR 1903, silver, unnamed; CORONATION 1911, silver, unnamed; DELHI DURBAR 1911, silver, unnamed; INDIAN VOLUNTEER FORCE OFFICERS’ DECORATION, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Major H. G. N. White, D. & R. Ry. Vol. Rfls.’, complete with top bar; ST. JOHN SERVICE MEDAL, 2 silver bars (Asst. Commr. Lt. Col. H. G. N. White (No. 1 Dist. S.J.A.B.O. India) 1920); PROVINCE BEST SHOT MEDAL, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘Major H. G. N. White, Oudh & Rohilkand Volr. Rifles’,mounted court style for wear, some edge bruising, very fine and better (9) £500-600

1668

Five: Senior Reserve Attendant P. J. Byrne, Royal Navy and St. John Ambulance Brigade

1914-15 STAR (M.9485 S.R.A., R.N.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (M.9485 S.R.A., R.N.); ROYAL NAVAL AUXILIARY SICK BERTH RESERVE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1179 S.R.A., R.N.A.S.B.R.) incorrect ribbon; CORONATION 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Private P. J. Byrne); VISIT TO IRELAND 1911 (Pte. P. J. Byrne, S.J.A.B.); together with an erased VictoryMedal 1914-19, these mounted court style for wear; together with a Masonic Peace Medal 1919; Royal Masonic Institution Steward’s Jewel 1911, enamelled; Primrose League badges (3) - two enamelled; National Women’s UnionistAssociation Badge, enamelled, and an Air League Badge, enamelled, medals with contact marks, nearly very fine and better (13) £220-260

1669

Five: Nursing Sister G. Stacey, Volunteer Aid Detachment and St. JohnAmbulance Brigade

BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (G. Stacey, V.A.D.); CORONATION 1911, St.John Ambulance Brigade (Nurs Sister G. Stacey); ST. JOHN SERVICE MEDAL, silver (1691 Nsg. Sis. G. Stacey, No. 5 (Norwood Nsg.) Div. No. 1 Dist.1920); FRANCE, MEDAL OF GRATITUDE 1917, 3rd Class, bronze, unnamed, mounted for display, some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine (5) £100-140

Gladys Alma Stacey served with the V.A.D./Order of St. John in France. French medal not confirmed.

With photograph of recipient

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A Watchmaker by occupation, he joined the St. John Ambulance Brigade in January 1901, the East Kent Regiment in 1914 and R.A.F. in 1918.

Four: Private A. Afrigan, East Kent Regiment

DEFENCE MEDAL, unnamed; TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, E.VII.R. (43 Pte., 4/E. Kent Regt.); CORONATION 1902, Police Ambulance Service (Pte.); ST. JOHN SERVICE MEDAL, silver (3765 Sgt. A. Afrigan, Ramsgate Town, Div. No. 8 Dist. S.J.A.B. 1919), third heavily worn, others nearly very fine and better (4) £300-350

1671

THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Dame of Grace set of insignia, shoulder badge, 41 x 41mm., silver and enamel, on bow ribbon; star, 53mm., silver and enamel, with gold pin, very fine (2) £200-250

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William Conyngham Greene was born in Ireland on 29 October 1854, the eldest son of R. J. Greene and the Hon. Louisa, daughter of the 3rd Baron Plunket. He married in 1884 to Lady Lily Frances Stopford, daughter of the 5th Earl of Courtown, by whom he had one son and one daughter. Greene was educated at Harrow and Pembroke College, Oxford. He was an Open Classical Scholar, 1873; gained 1st Class Moderations, 1874; a B.A., 1877 and a M.A., 1880 - and became an Honorary Fellow in 1917.

Greene entered the Foreign Office in 1877, becoming Acting Third Secretary at Athens in 1880 and acted as Chargé d’Affaires at Stuttgart, Darmstadt during 1883-87. In 1887 he entered the Diplomatic Service. He was appointed Second Secretary at the Hague, 1889-91, then at Brussels, 1891-93. His next appointment was as Secretary of Legation and Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran, 1893-96, afterwhich he was H.M. Agent at Pretoria with the rank of Chargé d’Affaires, 1896-99. During 1901-05 he was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation, after which he held the same appointment to Romania, 1905-10 and Denmark, 1910-12. For his services he was appointed K.C.B. in 1900 and a Privy Councillor in 1912.

Sir Conyngham Greene’s final appointment was as H.M. Ambassador to Japan, 1912-19 - a critical wartime appointment in keeping Japan as an active member of the allied nations. For his services he was created a G.C.M.G. in 1914. In 1915 he was awarded with theJapanese Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun with Pawlonia Flowers.

Latterly living at Belmore House, Lymington, Hampshire, Sir Conyngham Greene died on 30 June 1934.

THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, K.C.B. (Civil) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1898, with replacement gold suspension ring; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat and separate silver-gilt ribbon fitting, in Garrard, London case of issue, nearly extremely fine (2)

£600-700

THE ORDERS DECORATIONS AND MEDALS ATTRIBUTED TO THE RT. HON. SIR CONYNGHAM GREENE, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., P.C., AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN, 1912-19

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THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE, G.C.M.G., Knight Grand Cross, collar chain, silver-gilt and enamel, in Garrard, London case of issue, nearly extremely fine £1400-1800

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THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE, G.C.M.G., Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with full sash, in Garrard, London case of issue, badgewith minor enamel damage to the ‘St. George’ centre, otherwise good very fine (2) £1400-1800

1675

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THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE, G.C.M.G., Knight Grand Cross sash badge, 104 x 72mm., silver-gilt and enamel, with evening sash, nearly extremely fine £700-800

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A mounted group of four medals attributed to Sir Conyngham Greene

JUBILEE 1897, silver; CORONATION 1902, silver; CORONATION 1911, silver; JAPAN, TAISHO ENTHRONEMENT MEDAL 1915, silver and silver-gilt, mounted court style as worn; together with a set of three miniature dress medals as above (less the Japanese medal), mounted as worn, good very fine (7) £180-220

1677

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Japan, ORDER OF THE RISING SUN WITH PAWLONIA FLOWERS, Grand Cordon set of insignia, sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with red cabochon centre; breast star, silver-gilt and enamel, with red cabochon centre, reverse inscribed with four Japanese characters, with full and evening sashes, in slightly damaged slip-top lacquer case of issue, complete with cords but lacking internal pad, star with some hairline cracks to white enamel, good very fine and scarce (2)

£8000-10000

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The Order was generally awarded to Japanese and foreign royalty, nobility and high dignitaries.

With printed card, ‘Sir Conyngham Greene, Ambassador Extraordinaire et Plenipotentiaire de S.M. Britannique’; additionally inscribed, ‘Presented to me byJapanese Govt. Nov. 1915.’

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GROUPS AND SINGLE DECORATIONS FOR GALLANTRY

Provenance: believed to have been sold privately by the recipient to John Chidzey - see accompanying original letters to Chidzey fromRear-Admiral Cambell, dated 26 January 1977, and his brother, Commander Neville Cambell, M.B.E., D.S.C., dated 25 February 1977,in which the latter refers to the fact Chidzey is in possession of the Admiral’s Honours & awards.

C.B. London Gazette 1 January 1960.

D.S.C. London Gazette 11 July 1940:

‘For good services in the Royal Navy since the outbreak of War.’

Dennis Royle Farquharson Cambell was born in Southsea, Hampshire in November 1907, the son of Dr. Archibald Cambell, and one of three brothers who would serve with distinction in the Fleet Air Arm - Neville became a P.O.W. after his Swordfish was downed offNorth Africa, while Brian, a Fulmar pilot, was lost during the Bismarck action in May 1941.

Educated at Westminster School, Dennis entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in the training ship Thunderer and was appointed a Midshipman in H.M.S. Repulse in September 1926. A year or two later, after borrowing £35 from his father, he passed for his pilot’s licence at Hampshire Aero Club and, in late 1930, was posted to R.A.F. Leuchars for formal training.

Appointments in the carriers Glorious and Courageous having followed, the outbreak of hostilities found him serving as a Lieutenant-Commander and C.O. of No. 803 (F.A.A.) Squadron, a Blackburn Skua unit operating from the decks of Ark Royal. And it was in this capacity that he was awarded his D.S.C. in the following year, after a series of gallant exploits, not least a low-level attack on the U-30which was shelling the merchantman Fanad Head in the North Sea on 14 September 1939 - the bombs dropped by his wingmen werewrongly fused and blew off the tails of their Skuas: both pilots were picked up by the U-Boat, while Cambell, having experienced one of several career close-calls with the Grim Reaper, safely returned to the Ark Royal.

An important post-war C.B., Second World War D.S.C. group of nine attributed to Rear-Admiral D. R. F. Cambell, Royal Navy, a gallant and distinguished Fleet Air Arm pilot who, in a career encompassing ‘many self-inflicted near-misses and other close contacts with the Grim Reaper’, revolutionised aircraft carriers with his invention of the angledflight deck

THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, in its Garrard& Co. case of issue; DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1940’, hallmarks for London 1942; 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS; CORONATION 1953; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LEGION OF MERIT, Officer’s breast badge, gilt and enamels, unnamed, the wrap-round wearing pin numbered ‘181’, in its case of issue, the first and the last extremely fine, the remainder with contact marks and polished, and lacquered, otherwise generally very fine (9) £4000-5000

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He departed Ark Royal in the following year after suffering from a disabling form of arthritis but, having been cured by an emergency appendectomy, was posted as a Test Pilot to Boscombe Down, where he served until March 1942. Next appointed Commander (Air) inthe old carrier Argus on the Malta run in the Mediterranean, he was disappointed to be recalled home to work on the Blackburn Company’s Firebrand aircraft later in the year but, notwithstanding the recent demise of two similarly employed pilots, lent valuable service in attempting to deal with the ill-fated aircraft’s many shortcomings and carried out its first ever deck landings. His final wartimeappointment was as Senior Naval Representative for the British Air Commission in Washington D.C.

Post-war, after a year or two at the Admiralty, Cambell returned to sea as Commander (Air) in the carrier Glory in the Far East, and, afteradvancement to Captain, received his first seagoing command, the corvette Tintagel Castle, in 1948-49. He then returned to an appointment as Deputy Chief Naval Representative (Air) at the Ministry of Supply, in which capacity he transformed aircraft carrier operations with his angled flight deck invention. His obituary in the Daily Telegraph takes up the story:

‘The high landing speeds and greatly increased weights of post-war aircraft made obsolescent - and dangerous - the traditional SecondWorld War method of working a flight deck, with arrester wires and crash barriers and the forward half in use as a deck park.

The solution, devised by Cambell and refined by Lewis Boddington of the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, was so staggeringly simple that everybody else kicked themselves for not thinking of it. It was to slew the direction of approach and landing a little out to port, so that if an aircraft missed the wires it could simply take off and go round again. The idea came to Cambell in August1951, when he was Deputy Chief Naval Representative (Air) at the Ministry of Supply. He broached the subject at a meeting he was chairing on future aircraft design. But the suggestion was received by the Admiralty, as Cambell said, ‘with an indifference amounting almost to derision.’

However, at the Farnborough Air Show that year Cambell met some U.S. Navy officers who showed immediate interest. Thus, althoughthe first experiments, in the carrier Triumph in 1952, were made by painting new lines on the flight deck, the first true angled deck wasfitted for trials on an American carrier, the U.S.S. Antietam.

Between December 1952 and July 1953, Antietam carried out over 4,000 launches and landings, with no accidents attributable to the angled deck. In May 1953 Antietam came for trials in the Channel, and British pilots were able to try out a British invention - on boardan American ship. As eventually fitted in British carriers, first with the intermediate five degrees and then the full ten, the angled deck was a success in every way, needing fewer arrester wires and crash barriers, making deck handling much easier and faster, and greatly reducing deaths and injuries to aircrew and deck handlers.’

But for the inventor of the most radical change in post-war carrier design, Their Lordships appear to have had no reward - unlike the Americans who appointed Cambell an Officer of the Legion of Merit. He was, however, given command of the newly commissioned Ark Royal - the fourth ship of that name - in 1955-56, in his view the high point of his long and distinguished career.

Advanced to Rear-Admiral in January 1958, he served latterly as Director of Naval Air Warfare and as Flag Officer Flying Training and,on his retirement in 1960, was appointed C.B. The Admiral, who closed his farewell address to Yeovilton with the words “This is Yeovil, turning finals, three greens, out”, died in Petersfield, Hampshire, in April 2000, aged 92 years, having established a travel agency specialising in Turkish holidays.

Also see Lot 1692 for the Honours & Awards of his brother, Commander Neville Cambell, M.B.E., D.S.C.

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A Great War Dardanelles and Home Fleet C.B. group of four awarded to Engineer Rear-Admiral W. V. Juniper, RoyalNavy

THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; 1914-15 STAR (Eng. Capt. W. V. Juniper, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Eng. R. Adml. W. V. Juniper, R.N.), contact marks, generally very fine or better (4) £600-800

C.B. London Gazette 27 June 1919:

‘In recognition of services during the War.’

The original recommendation states:

‘For invaluable services in the 6th and 8th Battle Squadrons in the Dardanelles, and on the Staff of the C.-in-C., Nore.’

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William Vey Juniper was born in November 1861 and entered the Royal Navy asan Acting Assistant Engineer in July 1881.

An Engineer Captain serving in the cruiser H.M.S. St. George by the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he served on the Staff of the Rear-Admiral Commanding the 5th Battle Squadron until February 1915, and thence on the Staff of the Rear-Admiral Commanding the British Adriatic Squadron until April 1916, in the battleships Prince of Wales and London, prior to taking up appointment on the Staff of the C.-in-C., Nore. He was awarded the C.B.

The Admiral died at Totnes, Devon in December 1924.

Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including an old copy marriage certificate, dated 27 May 1897; several letters from the early 1900s; a portrait photograph as a young Engineer Lieutenant; a passport issued by the British Consul at Taranto, dated 29 February 1916, with portrait photograph; and a fine run of ship’s “flimsies” for the period 1882-1915 (approximately 50).

See lot 1519 for his son’s medals.

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M.I.D. London Gazette 25 January 1917 and 11 May 1918.

Frederick Joseph Byrne was born in Londonderry on 20 September 1873, the son of J. A. Byrne, F.R.C.S.I. He was commissioned into the 2nd Battalion Connaught Rangers on 17 December 1892 and was advanced to Lieutenant in April 1894, Captain in July 1900; served as Adjutant, April 1902-March 1905, and was promoted to Major in November 1911. He retired on 4 March 1914. The Connaught Rangers were not employed in India but Byrne was one of five officers from the regiment that were attached to the Royal Irish Regiment for service on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1897-98 and in operations on the Samana. With the start of the Great War, Byrne rejoined from the Reserve and served, 2 August 1914-10 February 1919. He was employed in the Department of the Master-General of Ordnance as Deputy Assistant Director. His m.i.c. shows that he was ineligible for the Victory Medal and that the first theatre of war he served in was ‘Russia’. For his wartime services Byrne was twice mentioned in despatches, received the brevets of Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel and was awarded the C.M.G. in 1917. As a Major and Brevet Colonel he was promoted to Colonel inFebruary 1919.


A Great War C.M.G. group of four awarded to Colonel F. J. Byrne, Connaught Rangers

THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, minor enamel damage to ‘St. George’ centre; INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897 (Lieut., 2d Bd. Con. Rangers); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20, M.I.D. oak leaf (Col.); RUSSIA, ORDER OF ST. STANISLAUS, 3rd Class breast badge by Albert Keibel, gold and enamel, ‘AK’ and double-headed eagle on reverse, ‘56’ gold mark on eyelet, upper arm re-enamelled, slight enamel damage, generally good very fine; I.G.S. rare to unit (4) £1200-1500

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The roll confirms ten European members only of the Nigeria Land Contingent as recipients of the clasp for Nigeria 1918.

Charles William Leese’s colonial service began as an Assistant District Commissioner, S. Nigeria, in 1906. He held various governmentfinancial posts in Nigeria and the Gold Coast and was Finance Officer to the Cameroons Expeditionary Force in 1916. He was appointed Treasurer of Nigeria in October 1928, and was awarded the C.M.G. in 1932 (London Gazette 3 June 1932).

With Colonial Office letter, dated 17 May 1932 re the proposed award of the C.M.G.

A C.M.G. group of three awarded to Mr C. W. Leese, Colonial Service

THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE 1902-56, 1 clasp, Nigeria 1918 (L.Cpl. C. W. Leese, Nig. L. Ctgt.); JUBILEE 1935, the first chippedon reverse centre, otherwise good very fine (3) £600-650

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C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1919.

Hugh Seymour Hall was born in Birtley, Northumberland in August 1869, the son of a clergyman, and was educated at Shaftesbury Grammar School and Eastman’s Royal Naval Academy, Southsea.

Entering the Royal Navy as an Assistant Clerk in January 1886, he was advanced to Assistant Paymaster in August 1890, and was present in the Gambia operations of 1894, when he was landed from H.M.S. Raleigh at Bathurst for service in the Naval Brigade, and as as a Clerk to Rear-Admiral F. G. D. Bedford’s Secretary.

Advanced to Fleet Paymaster in October 1908, Hall was employed as a Secretary to four Rear-Admirals in the Home Fleet in the periodleading up to the Great War, and served as War Paymaster of Contingencies at the Admiralty 1916-18, in which latter year he attained flag rank as Paymaster-in-Chief.

Placed on the Retired List in 1923, he died at Bournemouth in June 1940.

A Great War C.B.E. group of four awarded to Paymaster Rear-Admiral H. S. Hall, Royal Navy, a veteran of the Gambia 1894 operations

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; EAST AND WEST AFRICA 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Gambia 1894 (Asst. Payr. H. S. Hall, R.N., H.M.S. Raleigh); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Payr. Capt. H. S. Hall, R.N.), with card box of issue for the last two, together with his Gieves rank shoulder boards, minor contact wear, generally good very fine (5) £600-800

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C.B.E. London Gazette 11 June 1942.

Bernard Carter, who was born in June 1885, was educated at Christ’s Hospital and entered the Royal Navy as an Assistant Clerk in 1902. Advanced to Assistant Paymaster in June 1906, he was subsequently present in H.M.S. Swiftsure in operations in the Persian Gulf1913-14, and he remained similarly employed for most of the Great War, seeing active service in the Dardanelles 1915-16, and gaining advancement to Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander in June 1916. His final wartime appointment, from September 1918, was atthe Royal Naval barracks, Devonport.

Between the Wars, he served in the Hong Kong base Tamar 1923-26, where he was advanced to Paymaster Commander, prior to beingplaced on the Retired List in June 1935 in the rank of Paymaster Captain. Recalled on the renewal of hostilities, he served as Base Accountant Officer in Alexandria, and, having been placed back on the Retired List, the Captain died in Dorsetshire in March 1954.

A Second World War C.B.E. group of ten awarded to Paymaster Captain B. Carter, Royal Navy, a veteran of the Persian Gulf and Dardanelles operations who went on to witness active service in North Africa in the 1939-45 War

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (Asst. Payr. B. Carter, R.N., H.M.S. Swiftsure); 1914-15 STAR (Asst. Payr. B. Carter, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Payr. Lt. Cr. B. Carter, R.N.); 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45; JUBILEE 1935, mounted as worn where applicable, enamel on the lower arm of the firstchipped in places, and initial officially corrected on the second, otherwise generally good very fine (10) £500-600

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O.B.E. London Gazette 7 June 1918. Awarded ‘for services in improvements in operational minesweeping.’ Invested by the King at Buckingham Palace on 12 December 1918.

Henry John Montague Rundle was born at Stoke, Devonport, on 29 October 1874. He was educated at Stubbington House, Fareham and H.M.S. Britannia. He joined the Royal Navy as a Midshipman in February 1890, becoming Sub-Lieutenant in November 1893, andLieutenant in November 1895 when serving aboard H.M.S. Magpie. As Lieutenant of Magpie he served in the punitive expedition commanded by Rear Admiral Rawson, C.B., and landed from the Squadron to punish the King of Benin for the massacre of the politicalexpedition 1897, ending in the capture of Benin City on 18 February 1897 (Medal with clasp).

The following is a letter signed by Captain H. V. Elliott:- ‘H.M.S. Hannibal at Devonport, 15th January 1909. Lieutenant Rundle, whenwith me in the Magpie performed a very praiseworthy act. During the Benin Expedition, in February 1897, I was steaming up the BeninRiver when the engines were brought up all standing through the propellor fouling a wire hawser. Mr Rundle stripped and went downwithout diving dress, and after considerable time and exertion succeeded in clearing the screw, and the ship was able to proceed. I consider Mr Rundle to have acted with much courage and great skill, for in order to clear the wire he had to work many feet below thesurface of the water, and as the river was muddy he worked in total darkness.’ Rundle also received thanks from the Portuguese Governor-General of Mozambique for personal services rendered at a fire at the customs house at Lourenco Marques, East Africa.

During the Great War, Rundle was an Intelligence Officer on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief on the coast of Scotland, Naval Centre Rosyth, August 1914 to March 1917. The Centre was commended by the Admiralty for ‘efficiency and alertness’ on the occasion of the sinking of the German Submarine U-12. In March 1917, he was appointed as Assistant Director of Minesweeping, on the Naval Staff at the Admiralty.

Sold with copy service record and confirmation of all medals.

A Great War O.B.E. group of four awarded to Commander H. J. M. Rundle, Royal Navy

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, O.B.E. (Military) 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; EAST AND WEST AFRICA 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (Lieut., H.M.S. Magpie) edge bruise; BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Commr., R.N.); FRANCE, THIRD REPUBLIC, LEGION OF HONOUR, 5th Class, silver, gilt and enamels, mounted as worn, the last with several enamel chips, otherwise nearly very fine or better (4) £750-850

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O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919.

Oliver Lyle, a scion of the Tate & Lyle family, was born in December 1890, the second son of John Lyle of Finnart House, Weybridge, and was educated at Uppingham and the University of London.

Embarked for France in mid-May 1915, as a Temporary Captain in the 11th (Service) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, he was severelywounded in the fighting at Loos on 25 September, the Highland Light Infantry Chronicle noting that he was one of very few officers to survive, crawling back to our lines with a foot wound and ‘several bullet holes through his clothing’. He was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 1 January 1916 refers).

Released from military service on account of his wounds, Lyle served in the Inventions Department at the Ministry of Munitions 1916-18, before returning to the family business as a Managing Director of Tate & Lyle after the War. Knighted for his services in promoting fuel efficiency (London Gazette 1 January 1954 refers), he became Vice-Chairman of Tate & Lyle and Silvertown Services in 1958, andpublished a government guide on the efficient use of steam power.

Sir Oliver, who retired to Kemsing in Kent, died in February 1961.

A Great War O.B.E. group of four awarded to Captain Sir Oliver Lyle, Kt., late Highland Light Infantry, who was severely wounded in the fighting at Loos in September 1915

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 STAR (Capt. O. Lyle, High. L.I.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. O. Lyle), the last three official late claims, circa 1930, gilt on the first virtually removed through cleaning, otherwise generally very fine (4) £350-400

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O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1963.

Robert Alexander Harpur was born in December 1915, the son of a clergyman, and was educated at St. Edward’s School and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he rowed in the College Eight and was a member of the Rugby XV. Graduating in October 1938, heattended Oxford House Mission in Bethnal Green before going on to Westcott House in Cambridge to train for ministry. Duly ordained,he served as Curate of Lancaster up until September 1943, when he was appointed a Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class.

Subsequently attached to Divisional H.Q., R.E., 52nd Lowland Division, 21 Army Group, Harpur witnessed active service in North-West Europe from October 1944 until March 1945, prior to being embarked for South-East Asia in September of the same year, wherehe served on attachment to the 2nd Battalion, The Buffs, until early 1947 (Medal & clasp).

Service in Egypt and the Sudan having followed in the period 1950-53, he was advanced to Chaplain 3rd Class in May of the latter yearand acted as Senior Chaplain, 1st Commonwealth Division, in Korea from September 1954 until December 1954, and as a Chaplain 2nd Class at S.H.A.P.E. in Paris in 1960-62. And it was in this latter capacity that he was awarded the O.B.E., the original recommendation praising him for bringing together the Church of England community within a wide radius from S.H.A.P.E., for his diplomatic dealings with various religious denominations and other nationalities, and his outstanding social and welfare work (copy included).

Latterly employed as Deputy Assistant Chaplain General in Cyprus 1965-67 - for which surely he was awarded the U.N. Medal - Harpur was placed on the Retired List in December of the latter year. Afterwards the Vicar of Whalley in Blackburn until 1980, he diedin Morecombe, Lancaster, in September 1985.

A post-war O.B.E. group of six awarded to Chaplain to the Forces 2nd Class R. A. Harpur, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department, who witnessed active service in the 52nd Lowland Division in North-West Europe and afterwards in theSouth-East Asia operations of 1945-46

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (The Rev. R. A. Harpur, C.F. 4, R.A. Ch. D.), mounted as worn, contact marks, thus nearly very fine or better (6) £400-500

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O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1958. ‘Director of Education, Western Region, Nigeria’.

M.I.D. London Gazette 23 June 1942.

Frederick Karl Butler was born on 28 February 1904, the only son of Sir Federick George Augustus Butler, K.C.M.G., C.B. He was educated at Elstree School, Haileybury and Trinity College, Oxford. Entering the Colonial Service, he served in Nigeria, being appointed a Superintendent of Education in the Southern Provinces in November 1927. He was appointed Senior Education Officer inMay 1938. After the war, in October 1951, he became a Deputy Director of Education; in 1954, until he retired in 1958 he was Director of Education in the Western Region. As a senior official in Nigeria he was awarded the Coronation Medal 1953, this listed in the Nigeria Gazette of 12 June 1953. For his services as Director of Education he was awarded O.B.E. in the New Years Honours of 1958.

In September 1930 he was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the Nigeria Regiment European Reserve Force. With the onset of war, in September 1939, he was granted a Regular Army Emergency Commission in the British Army as a 2nd Lieutenant on the General List.He was promoted War Substantive Lieutenant in February 1941. During the war he served with the Nigeria Regiment as a Temporary Captain, serving in the campaigns in Italian Somaliland and in Abyssinia. For his services he was mentioned in despatches. Butler was awarded the Efficiency Decoration (Nigeria). Although a gazette entry has not been found, his name with post-nominal letters ‘E.D.’ is recorded in several official listings.

After his retirement in 1958 he returned to England and lived at St. Albans. He died on 9 September 1973. Sold with copied research, an original photograph and a Royal Tour of Nigeria 1956 booklet, signed by the recipient.

An O.B.E. group of seven attributed to Captain Frederick Karl Butler, Nigeria Regiment

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf, these unnamed; CORONATION 1953 (F. K. Butler, E.D. Nigeria) privately engraved; EFFICIENCY DECORATION, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Nigeria, unnamed, mounted court style for wear, good very fine (7) £240-280

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O.B.E. London Gazette 26 June 1979. ‘Charles Norman Ribbeck, Member, Cheshire County Council.’

Charles Norman Ribbeck was born in Glasgow on 17 March 1912 and received his early education at Brodick School on the Isle of Arran. He later attended the University of Glasgow where, in 1936, he gained a B.Sc. in Chemistry. Having previously been an Ordinary Seaman in the R.N.V.R., he was appointed a Temporary Sub-Lieutenant on 17 March 1942; he is believed to have attained the rank of Lieutenant-Commander. Post-war he was a Director of Associated Lead Manufacturers Ltd., Chester. President of the Chester Caledonian Association, 1958-59. Sheriff of Chester, 1971-72; Mayor of Chester, 1972-73; and Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire,1979 (London Gazette 16 February 1979). In the June 1979 Birthday Honours List he was awarded the O.B.E. as a Member of CheshireCounty Council. Charles Ribbeck died in the Chester/Ellesmere Port area in February 1997, aged 84 years.

Together with a coin-sized Fettes College Medal 1870-1970; white metal kilt pin; a quantity of British and foreign coins and cuff braidof a Lieutenant-Commander, R.N.V.R. With copied gazette extracts and other research.

An O.B.E. group of five awarded to Alderman C. N. Ribbeck, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Mayor of the City ofChester, 1972-73

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR, clasp, France and Germany; BURMA STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, all unnamed, mounted as worn; togetherwith another O.B.E. in case of issue; a mounted set of five miniature dress medals; CITY OF CHESTER PAST-MAYOR’S BADGE 1972-73, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse impressed, ‘Alderman C. N. Ribbeck’, with neck cravat, in case of issue; NORTHWICH, MID-CHESHIRE PITT CLUB MEDAL, 51mm., silvered bronze, reverse impressed, ‘212 Ald. C. N. Ribbeck1970’ (ref. Edge S.27); CHESTER CALEDONIAN ASSOCIATION PAST PRESIDENT’S BADGE, silver and enamel, unnamed, pin-backed; JUBILEE MEDAL 1887, 50mm., bronze, edge impressed, ‘Duke of Hamilton’s School Brodick won by Charles Ribbeck’, indamaged Hamilton & Inches, Edinburgh case of issue; ‘Stadt Fallingbostel’, gilt plaque, 130 x 88mm., in box of issue; wrist watches (4) - one with reverse inscribed, ‘C. N. Ribbeck, D/JX 218042’, medals generally extremely fine (lot)

£260-300

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M.B.E. London Gazette 31 July 1919:

‘In recognition of services during the War.’

David Bower, who was born in December 1880, was appointed an Acting Artificer Engineer from the rate of Engine Room Artificer 2ndClass in September 1914, when he joined the newly commissioning battleship H.M.S. Barham. And he served in that capacity for the remainder of the War, being present at the Battle of Jutland, when the Barham acted as flagship of the 5th Battle Squadron and was heavily engaged with Hipper’s battle cruisers, scoring hits on the Lutzow, Derfflinger and Seydlitz, but also getting badly mauled in theprocess, several hits causing her serious casualties, among them four officers and 22 ratings killed.

Recommended for his M.B.E. on account of ‘valuable services rendered in the Barham since her commissioning’ (T.N.A. ADM 171/88refers), Bower was advanced to Warrant Engineer in January 1920 and to Commissioned Engineer in September 1924, and was placedon the Retired List as a Lieutenant (E.) in December 1930.

Recalled in his old rank on the outbreak of hostilities in September 1939, he was posted to the Portland anti-submarine establishment Osprey, removed to the similarly located Coastal Forces base Attack in early 1941 and thence, in September following, to an R.A.F. Station. Having then also served on the books of Bacchante on maintenance duties, he was advanced to Lieutenant-Commander (E.) inOctober 1942, before removing to his final wartime appointment at Royal Arthur, the training establishment at Skegness.

The Commander, who reverted to the Retired List in September 1945, died in Bournemouth in January 1972.

A Great War M.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Commander (E.) D. Bower, Royal Navy, who was decoratedfor his services in H.M.S. Barham, in which battleship he was present at Jutland

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 STAR (Art. Eng. D. Bower, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Art. Eng. D. Bower, R.N.), mounted as worn, generally very fine or better (4) £300-350

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John Patrick Canty was born in Portsmouth in December 1882, the son of an Able Seaman then serving as a rigger aboard the royal yacht Victoria & Albert, and entered the Royal Navy as a Ship’s Steward (Boy) in March 1898. In the previous year, while a pupil at Greenwich School, he won the Royal Humane Society’s Medal in bronze for saving a Royal Marine from drowning in the sea at Sandgate (R.H.S. Case No. 29,272 refers).

A Ship’s Steward aboard the gunboat H.M.S. Skipjack on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he remained similarly employed until removing to the sloop Hollyhock in June 1915. His C.O. in the Skipjack was Commander L. G. P. Preston, R.N., who was affectionately known as “L.G.P.” to his subordinates and rose to become Admiral Sir Lionel Preston, K.C.B. Here, then, the commencement of an uninterrupted wartime career in minesweeping, the details of which may be traced though his seagoing commissions in Taffrail’s Swept Channels. Thus the author’s detailed description of the occasion when Skipjack and some trawlers ran into a large minefield laid by the Kolberg off Scarborough in mid-December 1914:

‘The Skipjack was quite close to the trawlers when the stillness of the morning was rudely shattered by the thudding boom of a heavy explosion. A column of white water mingled with greyish smoke leapt out of the calm sea. It was as high as a church spire, and seemedto hang for a moment in mid-air before curling over to fall sizzling and hissing back to the surface in the midst of a blackened area dotted with silver bodies of dead fish.

The detonations continued, one after the other. Within five minutes eighteen mines were swept up, or had exploded in the trawlers’ sweeps. The Kolberg’s cargo had been very thickly sown. Never afterwards throughout the whole period of the war were mines discovered in such profusion, or so close together.

But the situation was alarming. The ‘safety period’ had passed. The tide was falling fast, and every minute brought the mines nearer theships’ bottoms.

The scene was extraordinary. Trawlers, most of them with their sweeps parted, were intermingled with mines torn from their mooringsand floating ominously on the surface. The mines were being fired upon.

An extremely rare inter-war M.B.E., Great War D.S.M. and Russia 1919 operations Bar group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Commander J. P. Canty, Royal Navy

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1930; DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse officially inscribed, ‘Baltic, July 15, 1919’ (342015 J. P. Canty, Sh. Std., “Godetia”, Minesweeping, 1917); 1914-15 STAR (342015 J. P. Canty, Sh. Std., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (342015 J. P. Canty, V.C.P.O., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (J. 342015 J. P. Canty, Sh. Stewd., H.M.S. Hollyhock), together with a set of related miniature dress medals, minor contactmarks, generally very fine (6) £4000-5000

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M.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1932.

D.S.M. London Gazette 17 April 1918:

‘In recognition of their services in minesweeping operations between 1 April and31 December 1917.’

Bar to D.S.M. London Gazette 14 May 1920:

‘For services in Russia, 1919.’


‘I cannot only endorse the remarks of the Medical Officer of H.M.S. Lupin concerning this Chief Petty Officer, but can from personal observation that he volunteered for the dinghy’s crew earlier in the day and performed the unaccustomed task of pulling an oar two and a half miles in a rough sea. He wasalso always to be found on the spot when boats were coming alongside and wasamong the first to man a painter or a fall.’

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Two trawlers had been blown up. One, the Orianda, unable to stop her engines, steamed on, sinking as she went, until nothing remained but the tip of her masthead travelling along the surface like the periscope of a submarine. Then this last trace of her disappeared.

A second trawler, Lieutenant Parsons’ Passing, was down by the bows, badly on fire, and blowing off dense clouds of steam from the severed steam-pipe. Her sweeping consort promptly went alongside to render what help was possible.

A third little ship, commanded by Lieutenant Crossley, R.N.R., was in immediate danger of sinking owing to leaks caused by the heavyexplosions close alongside her. Crossley himself was below in the cramped space near the screw shaft trying to stop the inflow of waterby divesting himself of his clothing and stuffing it into the stern gland. He plugged it sufficiently to allow the pumps to keen down the inrush of water, and so saved the ship.

It was a hideous melee of trawlers and unexploded mines drifting with the tide. The rattle of rifles and heavier guns rent air. Now and then a mine hit by gunfire detonated with a mighty roar, or was punctured and sank bubbling to the bottom. Low water was rapidly approaching. The extent of the minefield was unknown.

Commander Preston was the senior officer on the spot at the moment. In the midst of this hideous danger he did not hesitate, but gave the order to anchor as the only possible method of avoiding further heavy loss.

Many men, confronted with the same problem, would have trusted to luck and beat a hasty retreat. But Preston argued to himself that the ships would be comparatively safe at anchor until the tide turned. And when it did turn, the risk of striking mines as the ships swungwas infinitesimal compared with the danger of trying to extricate the whole flotilla then and there. At high water all vessels could be withdrawn in safety. So the anchors rattled down to the bottom, and for a time there was peace ... ’

In June 1915, Canty accompanied “L.G.P.” to his next command, the sloop Hollyhock, so, too, in June 1916, to his final seagoing command, the Lupin, evidence indeed of how much he was valued by the future Director of Minesweeping Operations at the Admiralty.

But it was during his next seagoing appointment, in the sloop Godetia, that he won his D.S.M. for minesweeping duties in 1917. A glimpse of the deeds behind that distinction being found in a recommendation for promotion for Canty, written by the C.-in-C. Fleet Minesweepers in January 1918:

‘He has been present at the clearing of all the minefields dealt with by the Fleet Minesweepers since the commencement of hostilities and has carried out his duties under the arduous conditions of minesweeping in Northern Waters in a cheerful and able manner.’

In May 1919, Canty removed to his old ship the Lupin, off Russia, a posting that would result in the award of his second D.S.M. for theabove cited deeds on 15 July, when the Myrtle and Gentian were mined with heavy loss of life and casualties. The Surgeon who was lent to Lupin to treat the wounded also wrote in glowing terms of Canty’s deeds:

‘Finally, I cannot close this report without referring to the assistance rendered me by the Ship’s Company of H.M.S. Lupin, who were indefatigable in attending to the various wants of the wounded. In this respect the work done by John Patrick Canty, Victualling Chief Petty Officer, deserves special mention. By taking charge of the wounded, he relieved me of great anxiety, leaving me free to deal withurgent matter of dressing their injuries.’

Canty, who had been awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in June 1916, was commissioned as a Warrant Supply Officer in December 1922and was advanced to Paymaster Lieutenant in October 1930. Awarded the M.B.E. on his retirement in 1932, he commenced his long association with Vernon in the following year, where he served as ‘Mess Pilot’ and Secretary of the Wardroom until 1962 - a remarkable span of service which was marked by the naming of the ‘John Canty Lounge’.

Sold with a large quantity of original career documentation, including his M.B.E. warrant, signed by the Prince of Wales (afterwards Edward VIII); his parchment Certificate of Service, and a run of Ship’s Steward’s certificates for the period 1899-1906; assorted career photographs, including pictures of King George V visiting a battleship; a copy of The Log of H.M.S. Encounter, by H. M. Fowler (The Westminster Press, 1910), being the story of that ship’s time on the Australian Station 1908-10 and in which Canty is mentioned severaltimes; and a presentation water colour cartoon with assorted signatures from the Mess Committee at Vernon, December 1965.

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Provenance: an original accompanying letter from the recipient to John Chidzey, dated 29 February 1980, states, ‘We had some correspondence three or four years ago after you had purchased my medals from Rothery’s’; see below, too, further accompanying correspondence and the recipient’s hand written memoir.

M.B.E. London Gazette 19 February 1946:

‘For outstanding services whilst a Prisoner of War.’

D.S.C. London Gazette 12 August 1941.

Neville Kenneth Cambell entered the Royal Navy as a cadet at Dartmouth in 1925, among his fellow students being Guy Burgess, afterwards the infamous spy - ‘He was a most amusing person. I had been at Prep School in Southsea with him’ (Cambell’s hand writtenmemoirs refers).

Appointed a Midshipman in May 1929, after serving in the mighty Hood, and in common with his brothers, Dennis and Brian, he afterwards opted for pilot training, and was posted to R.A.F. Leuchars in September 1933. Duly qualified, and advanced to Lieutenant,he joined the carrier Courageous in May of the following year, flying Fairey Seals, and, in 1936, joined the Cumberland off China, flying Walrus aircraft - here, then, the occasion that he ‘walked through an armed Chinese camp at 2 o’clock in the morning, in a dinner jacket, with my hands above my head’ (his memoirs refer).

By the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, however, Cambell was serving aboard the carrier Argus and, with the entry of Italy intothe War, he was ordered to join No. 830 Squadron, a Swordfish unit based at Hal Far, Malta, in the summer of 1940 - ‘Soon after getting to Malta, we did a raid on Augusta and then one on the airfield at Catonia but as these produced even more raids on Malta (with only the three Gladiators Faith, Hope and Glory to oppose them), it was decided to stop and instead we carried out sea searcheshoping to come across some Italian warships.’

Cambell continues:

‘At the start of 1941, we were allowed to become more aggressive and went to attack shipping in Palermo, Sicily; a memorable flight.We went round the coast to get there but came back across the island in brilliant moonlight and still air; it was really most exhilarating.

Sunderlands were operating from Kalafeona in Malta and did recces and one day spotted a convoy of three ships travelling south off thecoast of Tunisia - between Sfax and the island of Lampedusa. We took four Swordfish - I was leading with two bombs the others had torpedoes - and we found the convoy and sank one ship. It was then decided we should do sweeps along this convoy route which wasalso being watched by submarines. Having no fighter cover we flew at night and because the majority of the aircraft - in fact I think allexcept mine - had no artificial horizon instruments (and were equipped with little more than aircraft were in the 1920s), we only flew during periods of moon rise. We also did a raid on Tripoli (Libya), where most of the convoys went.

So our programme then became searching for convoys or dropping mines in the entrance of Tripoli harbour. For the latter I used to flybehind the harbour at three or four thousand feet and drop flares, and the others came in from the sea to drop their mines. The excitable Italians opened up a sizeable barrage, mainly firing at the flares and our losses were not heavy - one complete loss and one damaged who made his way to French Tunisia.’

Having then been afforded a spectacular view of the naval engagement fought on 12 April 1941, when a flotilla of destroyers under Captain P. J. Mack, D.S.O., R.N., wiped out an entire enemy convoy - ‘there cannot be many other pilots who watched such a decisivenight action from the air directly above the battle’ - Cambell and his fellow pilots returned apace to mining operations in Tripoli. And itwas on one such mission, on 6 May 1941, that he was compelled to ditch his Swordfish (P 4232 A) in the sea off Bone, an incident described in his own words:

‘We took off at 2015 hours. I was leading three or four mine-layers and on this occasion, because I was getting a little tired of all the flak at 5,000 feet, I thought I would see if the flares would operate from 8,000 feet - well clear of visible flak, which, of course, contained plenty of tracer.

A rare Second World War M.B.E., D.S.C. group of five awarded to Commander N. K. Cambell, Royal Navy, a Fleet AirArm pilot who was decorated for his gallant deeds in Swordfish operating out of Malta up until his capture after ditching off North Africa in May 1941: his subsequent work in sending back valuable coded messages to the U.K. fromassorted P.O.W. camps in Italy and Germany resulted in the award of his M.B.E.

THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1941’, hallmarks for London 1940; 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £4000-5000

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The flares worked perfectly but suddenly, on the starboard wing, I saw oil pouring out. Whether the pipe connection had broken againor whether the external oil cooler had been hit by a stray piece of flak I shall never know, but it was obvious we couldn’t attempt the long sea flight to Malta, so we set off for Tunis. After a few miles the engine faltered and we landed in the sea just off the coast, 40 yards or so away. We took a coffee thermos and swam for the shore in no panic, even waiting a moment while my Observer pulled hisflying boot up. But instead of the sandy beach we expected there were several small cliffs, 12 to 15 feet high; we could get on a ledge at their foot but as we started to scale them a wave would come along and sweep us down. My Observer was lucky and on one occasion, being a little higher than I on the cliff, got swept up further and made the top. My unfortunate Air Gunner was found drowned the next day with his chest severely damaged, presumably on the rocks. I was swept up and down the cliff several times and almost gave up and then noticed the tail of the aircraft from about the cockpit - the Observer’s cockpit - was sticking up at an angle of 60 degrees or so, presumably the engine was on a rock. At all events, I swam back to it and with my keys cut holes in the fabric so thatI could climb up and sit on the tail plane which I did for some five hours or so, until it got light and I swam ashore and Italians pulled me up the cliff. Throughout the night a large wave would almost tip the aircraft over but we stayed upright and I even went to sleep!’

Having been held in captivity in Libya, he was embarked for Naples, and spent the next two years in camps near Piacenza and at Padula. Following the Italian capitulation, Cambell was transported by cattle truck to Southern Germany, and spent time in Madamar Castle before being moved to Oflag 12 B at Hadamar near Bremen. And throughout much of this period, he was engaged in sending coded messages home, via his mother and an attractive sounding female pen friend (actually, much to his disappointment on returninghome, the latter transpired to be a Major from the War Office with a big bushy moustache!).

Advanced to Commander in June 1948, Cambell was appointed Commander (Air) in the newly commissioned carrier Eagle in 1951, but, tiring of ‘flying though rain, cloud and hail’, was at his own request placed on the Retired List in 1959. Post-Navy, he became a Preparatory School teacher in Hampshire, where he died at Liss in July 1996.

Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including the recipient’s hand written memoir, 19pp., being a fascinating and often amusing account of his Naval career, and a 3pp. summary including reference to the sale of his Honours & Awards (‘Why did I sell mymedals? I have a thing about those who parade on November 11th or whenever it is, displaying the medals they won for killing Germans or Japs’), together with related forwarding letter, dated 11 February 1977; and a similar document with additional recollections, 10pp., and covering letter dated 10 March 1980.

Also see Lot 1679 for the Honours & Awards awarded to his brother, Rear-Admiral D. R. F. Cambell, C.B., D.S.C.

Mark Kippax Hargreaves, M.D. Glasgow 1884; M.B. and C.M. Glasgow, 1879. Member of the British Medical Association; Physician toSt. John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin; Lecturer and Examiner to the St. John Ambulance Association; Honorary Divisional Surgeonto the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Author of A Practical Manual of Venereal and Generative Diseases. Dr Hargreaves died at his homeat ‘Melrose, Kingston Road, Merton Park in November 1918. A plaque commemorating Hargreaves may be found in the Church of St.Mary the Virgin, Merton Park.


An O. St. J. group of three awarded to Honorary Surgeon M. K. Hargreaves

THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Officer’s (Brother’s) breast badge, plain silver; JUBILEE 1897, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Hony. Surg., M.D.); CORONATION 1902, St. John Ambulance Brigade, bronze (Hon. Sur.) mounted court style forwear, very fine and better (3) £160-200

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With a certificate of award appointing Edmund Holland, Esquire, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. to the rank of Commander in the Order of St. Johnof Jerusalem, dated 11 November 1964. With copied London Gazette extract - 12 January 1965.

An O. St. J. group of three awarded to Edmund Holland, Mercantile Marine

THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel, unnamed; BRITISH WAR AND MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDALS (Edmund Holland) good very fine (3) £80-100

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Mentioned in despatches on two occasions (London Gazettes 16 April 1901 and 29 July 1902 refer), he was recommended for his D.S.O. by Lord Kitchener and was advanced to Chaplain 2nd Class in October 1902.

Returning to an appointment at Woolwich, Armitage was advanced to Chaplain 1st Class (ranking as a Colonel) in October 1907, and latterly served in Cairo before being placed on the Retired List. Thereafter his appointments included many years as Vicar of Stanton Lacy, Rural Dean of Ludlow 1931-35 and Prebendary of Hereford 1932-39, and latterly Prebendary Emeritus of Hereford, where he died in May 1954, aged 97 years.

A rare Boer War D.S.O. group of three awarded to the Rev. R. Armitage, Army Chaplains’ Department

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, OrangeFree State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (Revd. R. Armitage, C. to F.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Rev. R. Armitage, M.A., D.S.O., Chapln. to Forc.), mounted as worn, in Lambertof Coventry Street, London, red leather case, the first with loose centre-pieces and chipped enamel wreaths, otherwise generally very fine (3) £2500-3000

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D.S.O. London Gazette 31 October 1902:

‘In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa.’

Robert Armitage was born in Ross, Herefordshire, in March 1857, the son of a barrister, and was educated at Marlborough and Magdalen College, Oxford. Ordained in 1880, he served variously as Curate of Llandingat, Chaplain of Oxford Military College and Curate of St. John’s Baptist, Leamington, until beingappointed a Chaplain to the Forces in October 1886, and by the outbreak of hostilities in South Africa, he was serving as a Chaplain 3rd Class.

Armitage was subsequently employed in operations in the Orange Free State in February to May 1900, including the actions at Vet River and Zand River; in theTransvaal in May to June, including the actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria andDiamond Hill, and again in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, in July to November, including the actions at Belfast; thence in Cape Colony, south of the Orange River, and finally back in the Transvaal until May 1902.

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D.S.O. London Gazette 17 March 1919:

‘For services in destroyers of the Grand Fleet Flotillas between 1 July and 11 November 1918.’


‘For continuous good service in Grand Fleet Flotillas since the outbreak of the War, and being present at the Battle of Jutland in H.M.S. Nessus, the ship coming under heavy fire and sustaining 21 casualties.’

O.B.E. London Gazette 1 July 1941.

Edward Clarke Green was born in North Shields, Northumberland in November 1878 and entered the Royal Navy as an Assistant Engineer in July 1902.

A Lieutenant-Commander (E.) in the destroyer H.M.S. Saracen on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he was actively employed in the Dover Patrol before removing to another destroyer, the Nessus, in August 1915, in which ship he was subsequently present in her at the battle of Jutland, when she formed part of the 12th Destroyer Flotilla - subjected to heavy and accurate fire from the GrosserKurfust, two of her officers and five of her ratings were killed, in addition to others wounded.

In May 1917, Green joined the Whitley, in which capacity he was advanced to Commander (E.) in November 1918 and recommendedby the C.-in-C. Grand Fleet for his D.S.O., a distinction that he received at a Buckingham Palace investiture held in May 1919.

Post-war he was advanced to Captain (E.) prior to being placed on the Retired List in November 1928, but he was re-employed in the following year with an appointment at the Royal Marine Barracks, Eastney, and was still serving there on the renewal of hostilities in September 1939. His subsequent award of the O.B.E., however, was for his services as Chief Mechanical Officer at the Technical Training Depot, Portsmouth Division, R.M., which insignia he received at a Buckingham Palace investiture held in November 1941.

The Captain died in Penzance, Cornwall in July 1969.

A Great War D.S.O., Second World War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain (E.) E. C. Green, Royal Navy, whocame under heavy fire in the destroyer Nessus at the battle of Jutland

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, O.B.E. (Military)Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 STAR (Eng. Lt. Cr. E. C. Green, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS,M.I.D. oak leaf (Eng. Commr. E. C. Green, R.N.); DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45, generally good very fine (7)

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Having then held staff appointments in Ireland 1909-13, he was embarked with the 2nd Battalion for France in August 1914, where hewas present in the actions at La Cateau, Marne, passage of the Aisne and Meterin, taking part in the operations around Ploegsteert andArmentieres, up until being severely wounded in the chest at La Gheer on 21 October 1914, while holding the enemy back with a halfcompany. He was awarded the D.S.O.

An Assistant Adjutant-General in Southern Command from January 1915, he also served as a G.S.O. 1, Australian Training Command,Salisbury Plain, from July 1916 to December 1917 and was given the Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel and mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 1 January 1917).

Advanced to substantive Lieutenant-Colonel in September 1919, he took command of the 1st Battalion in Ireland, and remained employed in that capacity until 1921, a period in which his men frequently came under fire. The following submission was made at a Court of Inquiry assembled by Moffitt at Bandon on 21 March 1921, to ascertain the circumstances behind the death of an ‘unknown civilian’ in Co. Cork:

‘At Ballinphellic, north of Crossbarry, on 19 March 1921, at about 1600 hours, I proceeded in command of a party to search the farm of Mr. Ford. About 0630 hours I warned Sergeant Poole that I was going to the house, and ordered him to the back door ... I forced thefront door open with my foot and as I did so, I was immediately fired at by a man standing about two yards away at the foot of the stairs. I fired back and was again fired at, and was hit on the right chest and knocked sideways round the door. I then fired two more shots, and had another shot fired at me, which missed. The man then bolted to the back door. I followed and shouted to Sergeant Pooleto look out. The man rushed out of the back door firing at Sergeant Poole as he went. Sergeant Poole fired back and shot him dead through the head.’

A rare Great War B.E.F. 1914 operations D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. W. Moffitt, Essex Regiment: having gained a brace of “mentions” in the Boer War, he was decorated for his gallantry at Le Gheer in October 1914, when he was severely wounded holding off the Germans with a half company: afterwards he commanded the 1st Battalion during the Irish Troubles 1919-21

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Lieutt. F. W. Moffit, 2d Essex Regt.); QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (Caphe earlier award with contact marks and occasional edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine or bettert. F. W. Moffitt, 1/Essex Rgt.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, SouthAfrica 1902 (Maj. F. W. Moffitt, Essex Rgt.); 1914 STAR, WITH CLASP (Capt. F. W. Moffitt, Essex R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Bt. Lt. Col. F. W. Moffitt), mounted as worn, the earlier award with contact marks and occasional edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine (7) £3000-3500

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D.S.O. London Gazette 18 February 1915.

Frederick William Moffitt was born at Woolston, Southampton in June 1872, theson of a Surgeon Major, and was educated at Haileybury.

Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Essex Regiment in October 1890, he witnessed active service as a Transport Officer with 4th Brigade on the Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Medal & clasp), and again in the Boer War, when he served asa Company Commander in the 1st Battalion from May 1900 (Queen’s Medal & 5clasps; King’s Medal & 2 clasps).

Present in the actions at Zand and Vet Rivers, at Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast and Frederickstadt, in addition to further operations in the Eastern Transvaal and the Orange River Colony, he was given the Brevet of Major and twice mentioned in despatches (London Gazettes 10 September 1901 and 29 July1902 refers). One of the latter distinctions stemmed from an action near Standerton, where Moffitt was commended for his ‘gallant and dashing conduct’ in an engagement with a laager of 17 Boers - two were killed, one wounded andthe remainder taken prisoner.

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D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1918.

John Morgan Connor was born in Biggar, Lanarkshire, in January 1872, the son of a clergyman, and was educated at Biggar TownheadSchool, Glasgow Hutcheson’s Grammar School and Glasgow University. Having then attended the United Presbyterian College in Edinburgh, he was appointed a Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class in December 1904, and served out in Egypt and the Sudan, on attachment to the Camerons, the Argylls and the K.O.S.B., in the period leading up to the Great War.

Embarked for France soon after the outbreak of hostilities, as a member of the Highland Brigade, Lowland Division, he distinguished himself in the retreat from Mons and beyond, a chapter in his military career touched upon by the Rev. O. S. Watkins in his account ofthat bitter campaign:

‘In my own Division Bickerstaffe-Drew (R.C.), Goudge, Burrough, Winnifrith (C. of E.), and that gallant Scot, Connor (Pres.) were all earning the admiration and respect of all ranks. Never during the War was a more gallant team to be found in any Division ... To themno service was too menial, no task ever came amiss. They washed the swollen, filthy feet of the infantry; they helped the Doctors with the wounded, lent a hand to carry a stretcher, rode ahead to choose bivouac or billets, and then guided the unit to its place of rest. These were the things which brought us close to our men and opened their hearts to us so that we could minister to their spiritual needs. But most precious and most sacred was the service rendered to the dying, and when the end came, the last sad office to the dead ... I declare that never before have men been so tested as these were during the fortnight of the retreat from Mons, and the following week, when, turning, we pursued the enemy and shared with the French the battles of the Marne and Aisne. It was a triumphof mind and spirit over physical weakness, and it impressed our comrades of the fighting services far more than our preaching has everdone or is likely to do.’

Connor was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 19 October 1914 refers), and remained actively employed in France and Flanders with the Glasgow Highlanders, H.L.I., gaining the D.S.O. and two further “mentions” (London Gazettes 27 May and 14 December 1917 refer).

Retiring to the Isle of Wight, he acted for a time as Officiating Chaplain with the Royal Navy at Gosport, prior to his death in Ryde in March 1952.

A scarce Great War D.S.O. group of four awarded to the Rev. J. M. Connor, Army Chaplains’ Department, a gallant Presbyterian Minister who first came to notice for his services under fire during the retreat from Mons

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; 1914 STAR, with (copy) clasp (Rev. J. M. Connor, A.C.D.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Rev. J. M. Connor), the first with loose reverse centre-piece, good veryfine, the remainder with contact marks and heavily polished, thus fine (4) £1200-1500

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D.S.O. London Gazette 21 January 1920:

‘He, with 37 partisans, gallantly penetrated into the rear of the Bolshevik lines and captured the complete brigade staff, including Brigade Commander, Regimental Commander and 50 prisoners, and took away the breech-block of a 3-inch gun. On 23 June 1919, hepenetrated further into the Bolshevik lines, and burnt the Suna Bridge. At Suna Station they surprised the guards, capturing two machine-guns.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 11 June 1920 (North Russia and Murmansk).

Edward Alfred Small, who was born in 1885, served as a Constable in the North-West Mounted Police in Canada from October 1903 to February 1906, following which he became a rancher in Alberta.

Making his way to the U.K. on the outbreak of hostilities, he was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant on the General List in January 1915 and joined with the 7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment in Gallipoli in June 1915.

Subsequently wounded by a gunshot to his right knee at Hill 70 on 9 August of the same year - when his Battalion came under murderous shrapnel and rifle fire, every single officer being killed or wounded in the first ten minutes of the action - he was invalided home in the hospital ship Aquitania.

Having then undergone another operation for appendicitis in early 1916, he finally appears to have been cleared for active service in March 1917, and went out to France in the following month, with a new appointment in the Intelligence Corps - his service record reveals that he was subsequently employed as a 3rd Class Agent in the Field and that in November 1918 ‘he proceeded to England to report to Mr. R. Page, M.B.E., M21a, War Office for instructions’.

Duly selected for further intelligence duties, he proceeded to North Russia in January 1919, no doubt as a recruit of Mr. Page at the War Office, for his appointment in the Intelligence Corps was terminated in the same month. Certainly his remarkable achievements incommand of partisan groups suggest employment of the clandestine kind and the subsequent award of his D.S.O. was a rare distinctionindeed for a Temporary Lieutenant. Rarer still was his appointment to the Order of St. George, to which he also added the 4th Class of the Order of St. Vladimir (both confirmed in Brough’s White Russian Awards).

Returning to the U.K. in October 1919, he was demobilised in the following month, the relevant papers noting that in the event of rejoining in an emergency, he was in possession of ‘special instructions’. Intriguingly, too, a report dealing with Small’s demobilisationstates that his name was not to be published in the London Gazette, and that any correspondence regarding him be directed to ‘Room 419’ at the War Office. A further hint at his next form of employment may also be found in his new address - Bray, in Co. Wicklow. For, in early 1920, he was recruited for service in the Combined Intelligence Service (C.I.S.), under Ormonde Winter and Colonel HillDillon, at Dublin Castle, one of 60 agents employed to hunt out Republican sympathisers and, where necessary, raid their premises. Ina secret letter dated at Dublin Castle on 5 January 1922, Small’s name appears in a list of ex-Army Officers who had lent valuable service:

‘They are all good men with plenty of courage, and were the pioneers of the Secret Intelligence in Ireland, which certainly was the means of obtaining an enormous amount of valuable information for the Government.’

Following his gallant services in Ireland, Small disappears from view until January 1933, when H.M. Consul-General in San Francisco sent the following telegram to the Foreign Office:

‘Edward Alfred Small, formerly Lieutenant, Staffordshires, demobilised in 1922, is destitute and dangerously ill here. Could the War Office ascertain relatives and inform me by cable if they can furnish assistance.’

Small’s fate remains unknown, but related War Office correspondence ends in February 1933, when a ‘Miss Small’, presumably the recipient’s daughter, is referred to the Foreign Office.

An extremely rare Russia 1919 operations D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant E. A. Small, Military IntelligenceServices, late South Staffordshire Regiment, one of just five British Army Officers to be awarded the Russian Order ofSt. George for gallantry during the Intervention: severely wounded in Gallipoli, he was subsequently employed as an agent in France by Military Intelligence and it is probable that his later work with partisans in Russia fell under the same clandestine umbrella - certainly he was employed as an agent during the Irish Troubles 1920-21

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 STAR (2 Lieut. E. A. Small, S. Staff. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut. E. A. Small); RUSSIA, ORDER OF ST. GEORGE, 4th Class breast badge, 34 by 34mm., silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked; RUSSIA, ORDER OF ST. VLADIMIR, 4th Class breast badge, with swords, 40 by 40mm., silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, mounted court-style as worn, minor enamel damage, very fine and better (6) £8000-10000

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I.O.M. G.G.O. 133 of 1898.

‘For conspicuous gallantry at Fort Cavagnari, on the Samana Hills, on the 3rd September 1897, on which occasion on the enemy setting fire to a thorn obstacle surrounding the horn-work of the fort, they went out unarmed under a heavy fire and extinguished the flames.’

On 3 September 1897, several thousand tribesmen attacked Fort Cavagnari, held by 175 men of the 36th Sikhs. The enemy held positions within 150 yards of the fort and twice managed to set fire to the thorn hedge, a vital defence against a sudden rush. On eachoccasion volunteers from the garrison rushed out under heavy fire and extinguished the blaze. The garrison inflicted such heavy losseson the enemy that they abandoned the attack. They returned for a second attempt on the night of 4 September but without success, andthen withdrew for several days.

Sepoy Gurmukh Singh was slightly wounded by a gun-shot to the head during the subsequent fighting on 13/14 September. Sold with some research and further details of the subsequent defence of Fort Cavagnari.

A ‘Samana 1897’ I.O.M. awarded to Sepoy Gurmukh Singh, 36th Sikhs

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D.S.C. London Gazette 16 August 1915:

‘In recognition of their services, as mentioned in the foregoing despatch.’

Namely the Naval despatch of 1 July 1915, covering the Gallipoli landings 25-26 April 1915.

The original joint recommendation states:

‘These men were Midshipmen of boats on the landing on ‘W’ Beach. The Midshipmen in charge of steamboats behaved with exemplary skill, courage and coolness under a heavy fire.’

George Francis Dudley Freer was born in January 1898 and entered the Royal Navy as a Midshipman on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, when he joined H.M.S. Ocean, in which battleship he was embarked for the Dardanelles in the following year.

Having then participated in the bombardment of the Turkish forts protecting the Narrows on 1 March 1915, when the Ocean was hit bymobile enemy batteries, he was also present on the occasion of her loss when she was mined while going to the assistance of the Irresistible in Erenkui Bay on the 18th - Ocean was abandoned that evening, after taking further punishment from shore batteries.

Removing as a Midshipman to another battleship, the Lord Nelson, Freer was subsequently present in the Gallipoli operations of 25-26April 1915, on which occasion he was given command of one of the boats bound for ‘W’ Beach, scene of the famous landing of the Lancashire Fusiliers, who won “Six V.Cs before Breakfast”. One of those V.Cs, Captain R. R. Willis, later described how the little flotillaof boats came under murderous fire:

‘Not a sign of life was to be seen on the Peninsula in front of us. It might have been a deserted land we were nearing in our little boats.Then crack! The stroke oar of my boat fell forward, to the angry astonishment of his mates. The signal for the massacre had been given:rapid fire, machine-guns and deadly accurate sniping opened from the cliffs above, and soon casualties included the rest of the crew and many men ... The timing of the ambush was perfect; we were completely exposed and helpless in our slow-moving boats, just target practice for the concealed Turks, and within a few minutes only half of the thirty men in my boat were left alive. We were now 100 yards from the shore, and I gave the order “Overboard’. We scrambled out into some four feet of water, and some of the boats withtheir cargo of dead and wounded floated away on the currents still under fire from the snipers. With this unpromising start the advancebegan. Many were hit in the sea, and no response was possible, for the enemy was in trenches well above our heads ... ’

Freer was awarded the D.S.C.

Subsequently engaged with the Goeben off Gaba Tepe, and at the bombardment of Turkish batteries on 6 May, prior to the second battle of Krithia, the Lord Nelson afterwards became the flagship of Vice-Admiral Rosslyn Erskine-Wemyss. And Freer was present in her at several more bombardments before removing to the battleship Neptune in October 1915. Accordingly, he was present at Jutlandin the following year, when Neptune was credited with scoring several hits on the battle cruiser Lutzow.

Freer was advanced to Sub. Lieutenant in July 1917 and joined the destroyer Moresby in the following month, in which capacity he remained actively employed until the War’s end.

Placed on the Retired List as a Lieutenant-Commander in June 1927, he was recalled in the rank of Commander on the renewal of hostilities in September 1939 and served in the Naval Ordnance Inspection Department until being invalided in October 1941. The Commander died in Bournemouth in September 1967.

A fine Great War Gallipoli landings D.S.C. group of six awarded to Commander G. F. D. Freer, Royal Navy: as a 17-year-old Midshipman in the battleship Lord Nelson, he was given command of one of the boats at the landings on ‘W’Beach, scene of the famous “Six V.Cs Before Breakfast” won by the Lancashire Fusiliers

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1914, the reverse privately engraved, ‘G. F. D. Freer, R.N., 5-10-15’; 1914-15 STAR (Mid. G. F. D. Freer, D.S.C., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Sub. Lt. G. F. D. Freer, R.N.); DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45, very fine and better (6) £1800-2200

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The Cromer had no other weapon than her stem, and at that moment she was hopping along doing thirteen and a half knots. Porting her helm, she made for the vague shape, and a violent impact followed. It was a sliding blow, so that the submarine came against the steamer’s starboard bow, then down the latter’s side till it banged heavily at the Cromer’s stern. A great commotion rose from the submarine’s conning tower, and shouts were heard in a foreign tongue, but the steamer wisely did not wait to investigate further and hurried homewards. Her weight and speed and bilge keel had combined to effect useful service. When, presently, in England, a diver went down to examine the damage, he reported that the fore end of her starboard bilge keel (which was nine feet below water) had been scored, and another long mark was observed on that side some eighteen inches below the waterline. Before the end of the monthshe went into dry dock and the scratches were clearly revealed. One more unfortunate submarine had been accounted for ... ’

In addition to being decorated, Beeching was given a reward of £750 from the Admiralty, together with other public gifts, including £500 from Lord Glanly, who had set up a fund to recognise the gallantry of Masters of unarmed merchantmen following the murder ofCaptain Charles Fryatt on 27 July 1916 (Syren and Shipping refers).

Also a result of this gallant exploit, and in order to avoid a similar fate as Captain Fryatt, Beeching was relieved of his command and appointed an Assistant to the Shipping Intelligence Officer at Newcastle in the rank of Temporary Lieutenant, R.N.R., and in which capacity his name was brought to notice in the London Gazette of 16 September 1919.

Beeching, who returned to his duties with the Great Eastern Railway Company, died in November 1948; sold with original Board of Trade forwarding letter for his Mercantile Marine War Medal, dated 12 July 1921, and one or two old newspaper cuttings.

A good Great War ‘U-boat kill’ D.S.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant F. E. Beeching, Royal Naval Reserve andMercantile Marine, in which latter capacity he was a Captain in the service of the Great Eastern Railway Company’s fleet

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919; BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Lieut. F. E. Beeching, R.N.R.); MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDAL 1914-18 (Frederick E. Beeching), good very fine (3) £1200-1500

D.S.C. London Gazette 22 December 1916:

‘In recognition of zeal and devotion to duty shown in carrying on the trade of the country during the War.’

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Frederick Edward Beeching, who was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in 1873, the scion of a local shipbuilding family.

Master of the Great Eastern Railway Company’s S.S. Cromer on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he was employed on the Harwich-Rotterdam run, carrying refugees and Foreign Office despatches, in addition to fulfilling her usualcommercial interests, which former work won him a recommendation for a commission in the Royal Naval Reserve in March 1915 (T.N.A. ADM 116/1464 refers). But it was for his gallant actions in April 1916 that he was awarded his D.S.C. Keble Chatterton’s Amazing Adventure takes up the story:

‘The Great Eastern Railway S.S. Cromer was on her way back from the Hook of Holland, doing her commercial passage under the command of Captain F. Beeching. It was a fine, clear, but dark, night and the time 11 p.m. The steamer had reached a position some half a dozen miles west of the Maas Lighthouse, when UB-13 (another lucky number!) could be seen about a couple of points on the starboard bow and trying to head the Cromer off. Captain Beeching, a fine sailorman and ship-handler, then tried one of those feats which to the layman seem so simple, but naval history has proved not so easy. To ram your enemy when steaming at high speed, and to strike him fairly instead of with a glancing blow, takes real seamanship and quick judgment even in daylight: but at night the task is considerably more tricky. Captain Beeching, however, determined to try saving his ship and passengers by attacking the enemy without further waste of time.

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‘He was handsome, fair-haired, with piercing blue eyes and Nelsonian nose. He walked as if he were permanently on the deck of a ship. He was a daredevil, and his main aim appeared to be to force his way into the German area of the camp and then hack his way out with a metaphorical cutlass.’

Major P. R. “Pat” Reid, M.B.E., M.C., on his fellow escaper “Billie” Stephens in The Colditz Story.

‘By midday we had spread the search net to the 20-mile limit with the word Hasenjagd. That means “Hare Hunt”, but itwas often taken to indicate “Wild Goose Chase” ... How could anyone get past the sentry who was parading back and forth in the middle of the German yard? How could any prisoner get out of the windows on the prisoners’ side of that yard in the full glare of the searchlights without the sentry seeing him?’

Reinhold Eggers, German Security Officer, Colditz.

“One hundred percent luck isn’t good enough. You have to have the devil’s luck as well.”

Lieutenant-Commander W. L. “Billie” Stephens, D.S.C., R.N.V.R.

The unique and important Second World War St. Nazaire raid and Colditz “home-run” D.S.C. and Bar group of sevenawarded to Commander W. L. “Billie” Stephens, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: having commanded the M.Ls employed in Operation “Chariot”, and been taken prisoner after his own launch was set on fire and abandoned underpoint-blank fire - but not before raising his hip-flask atop the burning wreckage for a final “quick one” prior to entering the icy water - he made a successful bid for freedom with “Pat” Reid and two others from from Colditz Castlein October 1942, a breakout enacted under the cover of the P.O.W’s orchestra conducted by Douglas Bader and culminating with the four men squeezing naked through a narrow vent ‘like toothpaste out of a tube!’

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse of the Cross officially dated ‘1942’, and the Bar ‘1943’, hallmarks for London ‘1942’, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45; ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER OFFICER’S DECORATION, G.VI.R., undated, in its Royal Mint case of issue; FRANCE, THIRD REPUBLIC, Medal of Gratitude, 2nd Class, silver, together with a set of related dress miniature medals, a “France Libre” lapel badge, gilt and enamel, the reverse numbered ‘6259’, the recipient’s gold (9 ct.) cigarette case, by W.N. Ltd., Birmingham hallmarks for 1929, with the raised initials ‘B.S.’ in upper left corner, and original documents including unique Identity Passes forged at Colditz, extremely fine (Lot) £40000-50000

SOLD BY ORDER OF A DIRECT DESCENDANT

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D.S.C. London Gazette 21 May 1942: ‘For great gallantry, daring and skill in the attack on the German naval base at St. Nazaire.’

The original recommendation - submitted by Commander R. E. D. Ryder, V.C., R.N. - states: ‘Lieutenant-Commander Stephens was Senior Officer of the M.Ls taking part in the raid on St. Nazaire and took a leading part in the training, organisation and administrationof the 16 M.Ls under him. Although his own craft was sunk before actually reaching his landing place, I consider that by his example and good leadership he set a very high standard for those craft that passed him as a blazing wreck, most gallantly pressing forward the attack.’

Bar to D.S.C. London Gazette 16 March 1943 - as per the recipient’s M.I. 9 debrief.

William Lawson Stephens was born in Holywood, Northern Ireland in August 1911, the scion of a prominent Ulster family, and was educated at Shrewsbury before joining the family firm of shippers and timber merchants. Also a pre-war member of the “Wavy Navy”, in which he was appointed a Midshipman in April 1930, at H.M.S. Caroline, the Belfast base, he had risen to the rank of Lieutenant by the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, when he was posted to Hornet, the Coastal Forces base at Gosport.

St. Nazaire

By the time Combined Operations started to plan its daring raid against the Normandie dry-dock at St. Nazaire, Stephens had transferred to St. Christopher, the Coastal Forces base at Fort William, and it was from here, in early 1942, in the acting rank of Lieutenant-Commander, that he was ordered south to take up appointment as C.O. of M.Ls for the forthcoming enterprise, code namedOperation “Chariot”.

On the night in question - 27-28 March 1942 - he was embarked with his crew of 17 men in Motor Launch 192, together with CaptainM. C. “Micky” Burn, K.R.R.C., and 14 men of No. 6 Troop, No. 2 Commando. Stephens takes up the story in his unpublished memoir:

‘Then I remember the first shot the enemy fired at us. I think it was a 40mm. In any case it was a tracer, a beautiful bright red colour and as it sailed towards us I couldn’t imagine that if it hit us it was going to harm us. It looked just like the rockets we used to fire on Guy Fawkes’ night in the days before the War. Very shortly afterwards I was disillusioned. Then I remember too, when we were much further up the river and the enemy had already started to fire intermittently at us, still being uncertain whether we were friend or foe, how suddenly we saw a Morse lamp flickering from the M.G.B. ahead of us with Commander Ryder on board. He was sending a message to the shore in German trying to bluff the enemy into thinking that one of their own convoys was approaching. We waited in breathless suspense for the result, the enemy had in the meantime stopped firing at us and most of the searchlights had been extinguished. Every second now was vital to us, we were only about one and a half miles from our objective, or four and a half minutes, if we maintained speed. Then, suddenly, we got our answer: all at once the searchlights came on again and the guns commenced to fire in real earnest. We opened fire too and the ensuing display was quite unbelievable - no fireworks have I ever seen equalled it.

Gestapo “wanted poster”, featuring Stephens and his fellow escapers

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My boat, which was Number 1 of the M.Ls was meanwhile keeping its station on the starboard quarter of the destroyer Campbeltown,and things were getting pretty hot. Campbeltown was hit again and again and anything which missed her astern was passing mighty close to us! No praise can be too high for our gunners; I don’t mean particularly those in my boat, but all our gunners. They were magnificent and continued to fire quickly and with accuracy, and when one was killed or wounded, another stepped in, took his placeand continued.

All went well until we were almost abeam of the Old Mole and within 200 yards of our objective. We had been bit a number of times,but were still quite seaworthy, and whilst we had some wounded, they were none of them serious. Then our luck ran out and they gotus twice at point-blank range with something very large, probably about 4-inch. The results were sudden and disastrous: both engines and the steering went and the boat was swung hard-a-port by the impact of the shells hitting her. By chance, however, we managed tocome more or less alongside the Old Mole allowing a few of the Commandos to climb up the wall and get ashore. My signalman alsomanaged to get ashore, the idea being that we should put a line across to him and make fast. Unfortunately he was killed before he could do this and the boat, having hit the wall of the Mole very hard, immediately rebounded some 15 feet and we were left with neither engines nor steering and all the while being subjected to point-blank fire from a 20mm. gun ashore. The damage was frightful, there was virtually no engine room left and some incendiaries must have hit our tanks, because we were blazing fiercely in the petrol compartment.

It was then decided that as there was no possibility of saving the boat, the best course to adopt was to abandon ship and get ashore in order to join up with our forces who should by this time have landed a little further up river. We got everyone into the water all right, including our wounded, but owing to the number of soldiers we still had on board, there wasn’t room for everyone on the Carley Floatsand consequently some of us had to swim ashore. I shall always remember those last moments on board. There was practically no firing at us by this time, it being too obvious to the enemy that we had already “had it”, and they were concentrating on other targets. Istood right up in the bows and whilst getting out my flask to have a last “quick one” I looked around me. The scene was indescribable.We were burning furiously as were two other boats astern of us a little further out in the river. It was a very sad sight. Tracer was still flying in all directions and the whole scene was brilliantly illuminated by searchlights. After a very long pull at my flask (little did I realise when I should next taste whisky), I slid over the bows on a line and into the water and my God! It was cold! I started to swim atfirst quite slowly and casually because it was only 60 or 70 yards ashore, then harder as I suddenly realised the current was carrying mefast down stream and away from any possible landing place. I kicked off my flying boots - something I was to regret bitterly later - and swam as I’ve never swam before. I had to fight to stop myself panicking. Slowly I began to make headway, time seemed interminable, but I suppose I had only been in the water seven or eight minutes when I reached a small slipway and, having arrived at it, I just lay there half in and half out of the water and quite exhausted. At that moment I didn’t really care much what happened to me; however, someone, I think my First Lieutenant, pulled me clear and after a minute or two I became more or less normal. We found that only oneof our party had not made the shore. Really remarkable considering how strong the current was just there.

The next thing to do was to get along the docks and so join up with our own forces. If we had known a bit more about evasion in thosedays we might have managed it, but as we tried it - almost marching in three’s and with not even a revolver amongst us - it was quite hopeless and sure enough we were spotted by a platoon after we had gone about 20 yards. We all ran and tried to hide behind some huge rolls of wire netting on the quay. After that it was just a question of minutes until we were rounded up and made to understand that we must hold our hands up; and so at 2.30 a.m. on 28 March 1942, I became a prisoner of war.’

Stephens was awarded one of 17 D.S.Cs for the raid, while his Telegraphist, G. C. Davidson, received the D.S.M., and his Chief MotorMechanic, G. S. Snowball, and Ordinary Seaman G. H. Hallett, posthumous M.I.Ds. At least two other ratings from 192 were killed, namely Ordinary Seamen A. E. Hale and H. W. Little, these in addition to several of Captain “Micky” Burn’s No. 6 Troop. He was awarded the M.C.; see also Storming St. Nazaire, by James G. Dorrian, for several first hand accounts of 192’s fate.

Prisoner of War - Early Escapades

In the immediate aftermath of the raid, Stephens and his party of survivors experienced the sharp end of German hospitality, includingbeen lined-up against a church wall, with ‘three of the enemy facing us in a very menacing way with their machine-guns at the ready’ -but luckily an officer appeared on the scene before anything untoward occurred. And, after being marched off to temporary incarceration at the port’s submarine pens, during the course of which the German bringing up the rear of the party was ‘pretty free with his rifle butt’, not even water was provided for the wounded on arrival. Here, then, all the encouragement the likes of Stephens needed to contemplate a bid for freedom.

His first such bid, after being held at Rennes in ‘the most revolting and disgusting habitations I have ever seen’, was from the P.O.W. camp at Marlag in early June 1942, but he was recaptured after numerous adventures which are vividly described in his unpublished memoirs. Awarded seven days’ in the cells, he was moved to Stalag VIIIB at Lamsdorf, where conditions were very poor, and thence, inearly September, to Oflag IVC (Colditz), but not before launching a daring escape while en route by rail to his new destination.

Unseen by his guards, he escaped via a lavatory window, climbed onto the carriage’s roof and clung on for dear life - ‘a most unpleasant and frightening experience’ - until, at length, the train slowed down on approaching a station. At this point Stephens jumped down to the carriage’s rear-footplate before running off over the tracks to the nearest cover, and, just over an hour later, climbed back on to the roof of another train, bound for Chemnitz. A ‘perfectly horrible’ journey ensued, in which he got colder and colder, such that by the time the train reached its destination he could barely move. Nonetheless, he tried his best to make a run for itwhen the train arrived, but was quickly pursued and grounded by ‘a large Hun on top of me’.

Colditz - The Plan

Arriving at Colditz a day or two later, and after having spent a week in the solitary for his latest escapade, Stephens quickly befriendedanother recent arrival, Major R. B. “Ronnie” Litterdale, K.R.R.C., who had been captured at Calais. Stephens’ unpublished wartime memoirs continue:

‘It was during one of our walks down to the park that Ronnie and I got our big idea; the kitchen, where the German cooks prepared ourfood, faced the court-yard on the one side and the Kommandantur Building on the other; we knew that we could get into it and we thought that if we could saw through the window bars and get out on the other side, we might, if we were lucky, avoid being seen by the sentries ... The window we proposed to get out of was some twelve feet from the ground and backing up against it was a “lean-to” affair with a corrugated iron roof, which was used for storing coal. There were three sentries standing or, as was supposed to be the case, patrolling the roadway which ran past this “lean-to” hut. After we got out of the window we should be in full view of two of thesemen as we crawled across the roof; we should then have to drop from the roof to the ground, a matter of about eight feet, cross the road on which the sentries were standing, passing within six yards of one of them, before we could gain the comparative safety of the Kommandantur garden. This was all made more difficult by the fact that the whole area was brilliantly floodlit and should the sentries chance to look in the direction of the coal house roof they could not fail to see us.

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I confess that I thought the scheme a little wild and the more people I talked to about it the more convinced I became that I was right. Ronnie, however, was absolutely determined to try it, basing all his hopes on the fact that the guards, who had probably been pacing up and down that self same beat for months if not years, would never think of anyone trying to get away with such a crazy idea and would consequently be slack; that they were slack there was no doubt. We used to take it in turns to watch them at nights and we found they spent most of their time stamping their feet to keep warm and furtively lighting cigarettes. Ronnie was absolutely determinedto have a go at it and I soon found myself fired by his enthusiasm ... ’

A meeting of the Escape Committee having been convened, it was decided to give the scheme an airing, though the team was increased to four members, namely the addition of Captain P. R. “Pat” Reid, R.A.S.C., in lieu of his skills as a locksmith, and Flight Lieutenant H. D. “Hank” Wardle, R.C.A.F., to represent the Air Force. Clothing and false papers were quickly set in motion, Stephens and Litterdale adopting the identities of French workmen returning home on leave by train - ‘and we decided to go flat out to make Switzerland in three or four days’.

Colditz - The Escape

Of subsequent events, “Pat” Reid wrote in Colditz - The Full Story:

‘After evening Appell on 14 October we all made the highly dangerous run to the kitchen: Malcolm McColm was with us to cover our traces. Balaklava helmets and gloves covered out white skins. Hank and I got out through the window, made our way across the low roofs and dropped to the ground. A British orchestra - which the Germans had had several nights to get used to - was playing in the Saalhaus, conducted by Douglas Bader. Bader had a clear view of the sentry for the whole of his beat. The idea was to use the music for signalling: when they stopped playing it meant the escapers could cross his path.

The orchestra was playing as arranged, but each time I started across on the cessation of the music, it started again. Then I heard German voices. It was an off duty officer on his rounds. Suspicious, he was questioning the sentry. Five minutes later the music stoppedagain, but this time I was caught napping, and dared not risk a late dash. I waited a long time and the music did not begin again. Obviously things had gone wrong for the orchestra. I decided to wait an hour, to let suspicions die down. In the hope that we could hide in that time from any passing Goon, I tried the handle of the door in the angle of the wall where we were hiding. It opened, and we entered warily. It was pitch-black inside. We went through a second door and took refuge in a room which seemed to contain no more than rubbish.

When the hour was up, we crept out again, and moved to the end of the wall as the sentry’s footsteps indicated that he was turning onhis beat. I peered round the corner, saw the soldier ten yards off marching away, and with Hank close behind tiptoed across the pathway (we wore socks over our shoes). Soon we were hiding in a small shrubbery near the entrance to the Kommandantur. Ronnie and Billie clambered across the roofs from the kitchen when they saw us cross the path, and in no time we were all in the pit.

My next job was to see if I could open the door into the building from which Dominic Bruce had escaped. It was fifteen yards away. I reached it, and apart from a hair-raising interruption when I heard Priem returning from an evening in town, I worked for an hour without success. We would have to find another way out. A tunnel led from our pit under a verandah. We felt our way along until we came to a cellar. At the far end was an air-vent or chimney flue. At first it seemed impossible for a man to negotiate this shaft, but aftera few moments of despair I found that by removing some of my clothing I could slide up easily enough. I could see that it led to a baredopening at the level of the ground outside - that is, on the far side of the building, where lay the moat for which we were heading. Oneof the bars was loose in its mortar socket; I freed one end and bent it nearly double. We could just squeeze through!’

It was an enormous struggle, and we each had to strip naked, but by 3.30 a.m. we were all lying in bushes on the moat side of the Kommandantur. Indeed we were on the very edge of the moat. We peered over. Luckily the moat wall was stepped into three successive descents; the drops were about twelve feet and the steps were about two yards wide. We made a couple of sheet-ropes andclimbed down, fully clothed once more. It was 4.30 a.m. By 5.15 a.m. we were over the outer boundary wall - none too soon, becausewe had a long way to go before dawn ... ’

By this stage, Stephens was longing for a smoke. Reid asked him how many cigarettes he had. “Fifty Gold Flake,” came back the reply.“Then you’d better start chain-smoking,” said Reid, “because, with luck, you’ve got about three hours before you mix with civilian people. That’s 17 cigarettes an hour. Can you do it?” - “I’ll try!”

The daring breakout of “The Four” had quickly prompted the appearance of a Gestapo “wanted poster” on 16 October, complete with their photographs and descriptions - thus ‘STEPHENS, William Lawson, Korvettenkapitan. Born 19.10.10. P.O.W. No. 18660. Height 1.83 metres. Fair hair. Blue eyes ... All means are to be taken to capture the escapers and to prevent them crossing the border!’

But, as confirmed by M.I. 9 records, team Stephens-Litterdale was already ahead of the game:

‘After separating from Reid and Wardle, we walked into Rochlitz, which was reached at 0730 hours. We were wearing civilian clothesbrought in our attache cases. At 1805 hours we left the train for Chemnitz, arriving at 0920 hours. We took tickets for Stuttgart. We were questioned by the railway police, but our papers were satisfactory. We left Chemnitz at 0940 hours. We had to change at Hof at 1500 hours and until 1930 hours, when the Danzig express left for Nurenberg, we walked round in the town and drank beer in the station restaurant. We reached Nurenberg at 2300 hours.

We slept in the station restaurant until 0530 hours on 16 October, when we left by Schnellzug (fast train) for Stuttgart arriving at 10.15hours. We had been told by a Polish officer in the camp that Stuttgart main station was strictly controlled, and to avoid booking from there to the frontier, so we went by train to the suburb of Esslingden, where we travelled by electric train to Plockingen, Reutlingen andTubingen. From Tubingen we went to Tuttlingen. We took the wrong road out of Tuttlingen and had to spend the night of 16-17 October in a wood 6 k.m. S.E. of the town.

At daylight we made out our position by aid of a small map and home-made compass, and we went on foot across country to the railway just south of Immendigen. Here we rested until dark, when we moved on down the valley, in which the railway ran to a woodabove Engen.

We lay up in the wood until dark on 18 October. The day was uneventful except that a man was shooting rooks with a rifle, and later aterrier came to look for us, but made no sign. We walked in the fields parallel to the railway and came into sight of Singen shunting yard about midnight. We retraced our steps and in crossing over the main line by a bridge were stopped by a sentry. We showed him our papers and satisfied him that we had lost our way to Singen station. After crossing the railway further north, we found the point where the Helsingen-Singen road meets the wood, shown to us as leading to the frontier.

We followed the wood, but it eventually became clear that we were wrong. We therefore lay up until dawn on 19 October and then reconnoitred to fix our position. Having done that we lay up until dark, and then, following a more easterly branch of the wood, arrivedon the frontier road at 2100 hours. We were challenged by a frontier sentry, but owing to his credulity we were able to move away. Weremained hidden until the moon went down, and crossed to the wood north of Ramsen, where we arrived about 0300 hours on 20 October. We remained hidden until dawn and then reported to the Swiss police in Ramsen.’

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Switzerland and beyond

Reid and Wardle had also made Switzerland the previous evening, thus contributing to a record “home run” tally for Colditz. But further adventures remained, the escapers having to continue their journey from the safety of the British Consulate in Berne to Spain, via France.

Yet in Stephens’ case, who was awarded a Bar to his D.S.C., that journey did not actually commence until the end of 1943, after a period of special service in Switzerland, where he no doubt assisted Air Commodore F. M. F. “Freddie” West, V.C., the British Air Attache and Head of British Air Intelligence in Berne, process the ever increasing numbers of British and Commonwealth escapers crossing the Swiss frontier.

In common with many fellow escapers, he was again imprisoned on crossing the Pyrenees into Spain, but using his by now well-honedguile, he offered his wrist watch to a guard for a telephone call to the British Embassy in Madrid and was smuggled out in the boot of alarge American car to Gibraltar and from there by air to the U.K., where he landed on 11 July 1944.

His final wartime appointment was as the Naval Representative in the British Delegation to the Black Sea port of Odessa, to witness thehighly controversial return of unwilling Cossack P.O.Ws to the Soviets - an experience that left him deeply shocked.

Stephens received his D.S.C. and Bar from H.M. the King at a special investiture held in the Great Hall, Stormont in July 1945, on which same occasion his mother, Mrs. Lilian Stephens, was invested with the M.B.E. Then, at the end of hostilities, he returned to Switzerland to marry Chouchou de Meyer, whom he had met there during the War.

Colditz - The Return

Settling back in Northern Ireland, Stephens became a Deputy Lieutenant and High Sheriff of Co. Down, a Commissioner of Belfast Harbour and a Chairman of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, whilst also retaining his links with “Chariot” by way of his appointmentas Naval President of the St. Nazaire Association. Moreover, he made a return trip to Colditz in 1978:

“I particularly wanted to show it to my wife but she didn’t like it any more than I did. There was a feeling of decay everywhere, it was very sad. But I will never go back again. Once was enough for me.”

“Billie” Stephens, a private and modest man, but full of charisma, died at his residence at Chateauneuf de Grasse, France, in August 1997, aged 85 years.

TO BE SOLD WITH THE FOLLOWING ORIGINAL DOCUMENTATION:

(i) The official telegram to his father reporting Stephens as a confirmed P.O.W., stamped at Holyrood, Belfast, and dated 2 May 1942.(ii) A strengthened-tissue escaper’s map, covering Germany and her borders, and quite likely used by Stephens in his escape from Colditz, or possibly his subsequent journey from Switzerland to Spain.(iii) His forged wartime Urlaubsfchein (leave pass) in the name of Jean Bardet, a French electrician being employed by the Germans, with swastika stamps and Leipzig issue dates for 12-13 October 1942, and related Dienstausweis (service pass), with portrait photograph, swastika stamps and Leipzig issue date for 28 March 1942, as forged at Colditz and used by him during his escape to Switzerland.(iv) A post card sent by Stephens to Lieutenant H. J. Higginson, R.N.V.R., at the British Legation, Lisbon, with Berne postmark for October 1942 (‘Having a grand holiday here with friends ... ’).(v) A forged Carte D’Identite in the name of Charles Meslin, from Grenoble, France, with portrait photograph, and French police stampdated 14 October 1943, folding blue cover; and related Identite du Titulaire and Certificat de Travail, these as used during the final legof his journey to Spain.(vi) A studio portrait photograph, in uniform, wearing the riband of his D.S.C. and Bar.(vii) Assorted newspaper cuttings, wartime and later, including the recipient’s obituary notices in The Daily Telegraph and The Times.(viii) A copy of the typed manuscript of his wartime memoir, 78pp., a hitherto unpublished and important wartime memoir, not least inrespect of the recipient’s accounts of the St. Nazaire raid and his Colditz escape.(ix) His mother’s M.B.E., Civil Division, type 2, breast badge, on Lady’s bow, in its Royal Mint case of issue.

Enjoying their new found freedom in Switzerland, left to right: Lt. Commander W. L. “Billie” Stephens, D.S.C., R.N.V.R.,Captain P. R. “Pat” Reid, M.C., R.A.S.C., Flight Lieutenant H. D. “Hank” Wardle, M.C., R.C.A.F. and Major R. B.

“Ronnie” Littledale, D.S.O., K.R.R.C.

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M.C. London Gazette 7 November 1918:

‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. Notwithstanding a thick mist this officer lead his company on to the line of consolidation and heldhis position in spite of intense machine-gun fire from the front and flanks. Later on he led his company with great courage, overcomingthe determined resistance of the enemy and successfully reaching his objective. He set a splendid example to his men throughout the operations.’

M.M. London Gazette 21 September 1916.

James Ralph Wilson, who was born in August 1896, enlisted in the East Surrey Regiment at Kingston-on-Thames in June 1913 and wasstudying for his 1st Class Army Certificate of Education on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Embarked for France with the 1stBattalion in the same month, he was wounded by a bullet in the back in early October and evacuated home.

Returning to active service in France as a Lance-Sergeant in the 7th Battalion in March 1916, he was probably awarded the M.M. for gallantry on the Somme, where his unit carried out a successful attack south-west of Ovillers on 8 July. And he was later recommendedfor a commission by the Brigadier-General commanding 37th Infantry Brigade.

Duly appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion in June 1917, he returned to active service and was awarded his M.C. in respect ofhis gallantry west of Bapaume on 21-23 August 1918. Having then gained advancement to Lieutenant in December 1918, Wilson wasplaced on the Reserve of Officers in July 1919.

He died at Matlock Sanatorium, Derbyshire, in April 1925, and his widow, Cissie, was awarded a War Office pension of £120 per annum, and their first born child, Cynthia, an annual allowance of £36. Tragically, however, Cissie died in December 1926, at which point the children’s appointed guardian, Stephen Hewitt, late Corporal, Gordons and Surrey’s, applied for a further annual allowance for the second child, though the outcome of his application remains unknown.

A good Great War M.C., M.M. group of five awarded to Lieutenant J. R. Wilson, East Surrey Regiment

MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (10668 L. Sjt. J. Wilson, 7/E. Surr. R.); 1914 STAR (L-10668 Pte. J. Wilson, 1/E. Surr. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2 Lieut. J. Wilson), the first in its case of issue and the remainder mounted as worn, contact marks, thus nearly very fine (5) £1200-1500

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M.C. London Gazette 7 January 1918:

‘For valuable services in connection with military operations in the Field.’

Vincent Francis Stapleton-Bretherton was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd (The St. Helens) West Lancashire Field Company, R.E. in September 1914 and first entered the French theatre of war in early January 1915. Advanced to Acting Major in December 1917, he was awarded the M.C. and a brace of “mentions” (London Gazettes 4 January and 18 May 1917 refer). After the War, he settled at Rainhill, Lancashire.

A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Major V. F. Stapleton-Bretherton, Royal Engineers

MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 STAR (Lieut. V. F. Stapleton-Bretherton, R.E.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major V. F. Stapleton-Bretherton), mounted as worn, contact marks, otherwise generally very fine (4) £700-900

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M.C. London Gazette 20 October 1916:

‘For conspicuous gallantry during a heavy bombardment. He repeatedly visited his guns and observed fire from exposed positions under heavy fire. On one occasion he located and silenced a machine-gun, which was firing at our attacking troops.’

Matthew Roy Anderson, who first entered the French theatre of war as a subaltern in the Dorsets in December 1915, was attached to aTrench Mortar Battery in the Royal Field Artillery at the time of the above cited deeds on 1 July 1916 (official records refer).

A Great War ‘First Day of the Somme’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain M. R. Anderson, Royal Field Artillery, late Dorset Regiment

MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 STAR (2 Lieut. M. R. Anderson, Dorset R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Capt. M. R. Anderson), good very fine (4) £900-1200

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M.C. London Gazette 4 June 1917.

Robert Saunders Newton, who was born in Leeds in October 1879, the son of a clergyman and school teacher, was educated at the Rossall School. A member of the 2nd and 6th (Volunteer) Battalions, Manchester Regiment, from June 1899 until March 1912, he retired at his own request in the rank of Colour-Sergeant in the latter year.

Appointed to a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, in August 1914, he entered the Egypt theatreof war in November 1914 and was accordingly present with his Battalion in the Gallipoli operations of May to December 1915. Heavily engaged in the Second and Third Battles of Krithia, the unit suffered casualties of seven officers and 240 other ranks killed or wounded, prior to being evacuated from ‘W’ Beach.

Next actively employed in Egypt, the 6th Battalion participated in the Battle of Romani in the Sinai Desert in August 1916, and in the subsequent advance on Katia, and in common with other units from the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division would have suffered heavily as a result of the heat and lack of water - some 50 years later one veteran confessed that the sight of a leaking tap ‘made him squirm’.

In March 1917, as part of the Division’s 125th Brigade, the Battalion was embarked for France, and it is probably at this stage that Newton became attached to the Divisional Signals, R.E. Be that as it may, he would undoubtedly have been present in the ensuing operations near Epehy, and was awarded the M.C. and mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 6 July 1917 refers). Later still, he would have been present in the Division’s many actions in the Ypres Salient and on the Somme, and indeed up until the final offensiveagainst the Hindenburg Line.

Placed on the Territorial Force Reserve in February 1919, Newton was appointed a Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the 42nd Divisional Signals in 1926, and served in that capacity until 1932, latterly in the rank of Brevet Colonel.

A keen yachtsman, he retired to the Isle of Wight, where he died at Ventnor in January 1963.

A Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Brevet Colonel R. S. Newton, Royal Signals, late Manchester Regiment and Lancashire Fusiliers, and onetime attached Royal Engineers

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In March 1919 he was posted to the 17th Reserve Battalion Royal Fusiliers as part of the British Army of the Rhine. Appointed Adjutantto the 17th Reserve Battalion in August 1919.

In his Record of Services Book is a testimonial written by Bernard Law Montgomery (later Viscount Montgomery of Alamein) as Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding the 17th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, dated 15 October 1919:

‘Capt. E. L. Jones served as my Adjutant in the 17th Bn Royal Fusiliers. He was in all respects an excellent Adjutant; he possesses a great knowledge of the interior organisation of a battalion, and always used good judgement in the application of such knowledge. He is a good organiser and the Bn. Orderly was exceptionally well run under his orders. Before becoming Adjutant he was a most successful Coy. Comdr. He has never failed to carry out his duties to my entire satisfaction and I cannot speak too highly of his services.’ ‘B. L. Montgomery, Lieut.-Col. Comdg. 17th Roy. Fus.’

Sold with Officer’s Record of Services Book; registered envelope addressed to ‘Captn. E. L. Jones, M.C., 7 Edgar Street, Worcester’; a group photograph of officers of the 17th Battalion - including Jones and Montgomery; a number of newspaper cuttings and extracts relating to the recipient and the award of the M.C.; together with a copied gazette extract.

A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Major E. L. Jones, Royal Fusiliers; who as Adjutant to the 17th Battalion, received a glowing testimonial from Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Law Montgomery - who was to become Field MarshalViscount Montgomery of Alamein

MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘2nd Lieut. E. L. Jones, 11th Batt. Royal Fusiliers, Achiet-Loupart Line, March 1917’, in case of issue; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Capt.) these two mounted as worn; DEFENCE MEDAL, unnamed, thisin card forwarding box, addressed to ‘Major E. L. Jones, M.C., Sunnycroft, 35 Bowthorpe Road, Wisbech, Cambs.’, extremely fine (4) £1000-1400

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M.C. London Gazette 26 May 1917. ‘Temp. 2nd Lt. Ernest Lionel Jones, R. Fus.’ ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He carried out a difficult reconnaissance under very heavy fire and obtained most valuable information. He set a fine example to his men.’

Ernest Lionel Jones was born on 22 February 1883. Prior to the war he was employed as a General Manager to a timber importer and joinery manufacturer and lived at 47 Wembdon Road, Bridgewater, Somerset. After undergoing training at the Inns of Court O.T.C., he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers on 22 March 1916 and was advanced to Temporary Lieutenant in August 1917 and Temporary Captain in October 1917. Served withthe 5th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, December 1916-January 1917; 11th Battalion, January 1917-August 1918; 5th battalion, September 1918-March 1919. Awarded the M.C. for reconnaissance services in the 11th Battalion Royal Fusiliers during March 1917.

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M.C. London Gazette 19 November 1917; citation 22 March 1918:

‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. His company being enfiladed by the enemy, he led a party and captured the positionunder heavy machine-gun fire. He then reorganised his company and continued the original advance.’

2nd Lieutenant (A/Captain) Harry Stanyer Powell, “C” Company, 1/6th Royal Warwickshire Regiment, was wounded during the battle of Broodseinde on 4 October 1917. He died of his wounds on the following day and is buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen. He was aged 24, the son of Harry and Edith Powell, of Carlton House, Albrighton, Wolverhampton.

A Great War ‘Passchendaele’ M.C. group of three awarded to Captain H. S. Powell, 1/6th Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who died of wounds received at Broodseinde during the 3rd Battle of Ypres in October 1917

MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., the reverse engraved ‘Harry Stanyer Powell, 1/6 Royal War. Reg. Poelcapelle, Oct. 4/1917’, in itscase of issue; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Capt. H. S. Powell) extremely fine (3) £1200-1500

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A scarce Great War M.C. group of three awarded to the Rev. K. C. Jackson, Army Chaplains’ Department, who was attached to the 1/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Regiment, at the time of winning his decoration on the Somme in July 1916

MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved, ‘K. C. Jackson, 19.7.16’; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Rev. K. C.Jackson), very fine and better (3) £800-1000

M.C. London Gazette 20 October 1916:

‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during operations. He assisted the Medical Officer in getting wounded from the front trench, and as Stretcher Bearers were short, he himself carried a wounded man half a mile into safety through a heavy barrage.’

Kenneth Curteis Jackson was was born at Walton on Hill in 1884 and was educated at Haileybury and Keble College, Oxford. Ordained in 1908, he servedas Curate of St. Andrew’s Church, Mells, Somerset from 1912, in which latter year he was appointed a Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class and served in that capacity in the 4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry (Territorial Force).

Volunteering for active service in early 1916, he went out to France in April of the same year and won his M.C. while attached to the 1/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Regiment, during an action north of Orvillers on19-20 July 1916. Returning home in the following year, Jackson was appointed Curate of Norton St. Philip, near Bath, and remained similarly employed until 1949, though latterly with the additional duties of Prebendary of Wivelisombe inthe Cathedral Church at Wells and Rural Dean of Frome.

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M.C. London Gazette 8 March 1919:

‘On 19 September 1918, near Sabieh, he led his company with the greatest dash and gallantry, capturing about 200 prisoners and a battery of artillery, and many machine-guns. Through his personal gallantry he set a fine example to his men.’

Percy John Warren McClenaghan, who was born in May 1898, was originally commissioned in the Indian Army in April 1916, and wasappointed a Company Commander in the 8th Punjab Regiment in March 1917. Witnessing active service in Mesopotamia in the periodleading up to May 1918, and afterwards with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, he was serving on attachment to the 129th Baluchis at the time of the above related deeds at the battle of Arara in September 1918. Advanced to Captain in April 1920, he witnessed further active service in the Waziristan operations of 1921-24 and was still serving in the early 1930s.

A Great War Egypt operations M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant P. J. W. McClenaghan, Indian Army

MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, with its case of issue; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut. P. J. W. McClenaghan); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (Capt. P. J. W. McClenaghan, 4-8 Punjab R.),mounted as worn, together with official duplicate issue BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2 Lt. P. J. W. MacClenaghan), and a set of related miniature dress medals, the second and third with official corrections to surname, generally very fineor better (10) £1000-1200

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D.F.C. London Gazette 8 September 1944. The original recommendation states:

‘This Warrant Officer of No. 249 Squadron has always shown the greatest keenness to engage the enemy. In the Balkans he has carriedout 24 fighter-bomber sorties, and his bombing has been remarkably accurate. He has bombed three bridges which have been destroyed, and bombed and strafed enemy camps, harbour installations, mechanical transport parks, and Radar Stations, with excellentresults. He has probably destroyed two E-Boats, damaged two motor vessels and three barges in the Adriatic, and destroyed and damaged 31 enemy mechanical transport vehicles in Albania and Greece.

Warrant Officer Simmons, in addition to the bomber operations already mentioned, carried out 57 offensive fighter-sweeps over enemyoccupied territory, and has proved himself to be an extremely able Section Leader. He has displayed qualities of leadership, courage and devotion to duty of a high order, and I strongly recommend him for the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross.’

Jack Stephen Simmons was recommended for his D.F.C. by Air Vice-Marshal H. Pugh Lloyd of Malta fame in July 1944, after completing 81 operational sorties and a total of 135 operational flying hours. A fellow 249-pilot, Dennis McCaig, who was himself downed by flak, later published a wartime memoir, From Fiji to the Balkans, an entertaining and informative account of 249’s active part in the Balkans campaign.

A Second World War fighter pilot’s D.F.C. group of five awarded to Flying Officer J. S. Simmons, Royal Air Force Volunteer, who completed in excess of 80 operational sorties in Spitfires of No. 249 Squadron in support of the Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force, many of them over the Balkans

DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1944’, in its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 STAR; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45, the last four in their original Air Ministry card forwarding box addressed to ‘F./O.J. S. Simmons’ at Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, extremely fine (5) £1600-1800

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D.C.M.: recommendation dated 8 January 1855.

Alexander Ross was born in Roskeen, Ross-shire and enlisted in the 93rd Highlanders at Inverness in November 1835, aged 19 years.

Subsequently witnessing active service in the Crimea, he was present at Balaklava on 24 October 1854, when the 93rd routed the Russian cavalry and won themselves the title of “The Thin Red Line”. The Times correspondent, William Howard Russell, who standingon the hills above, could clearly see that nothing stood between the Russian cavalry and the defenceless British base but the ‘thin red streak tipped with a line of steel’ of the 93rd:

‘With breathless suspense everyone awaits the bursting of the wave [of Russian Cavalry] upon the line of Gaelic rock, but ere they came within 200 yards another deadly volley flashes from the levelled rifle, and carries terror into the Russians. They wheel about, open files right and left, and fly back faster than they came. Brave Highlanders! Well done! shout the spectators.’

Ross, who also served for 10 years in North America, was discharged at Chatham in September 1856 on account of ‘length of service and by fatigue and exposure undergone in the War in the Crimea.’

A Crimea War “Thin Red Line” D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private A. Ross, 93rd Highlanders

DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, V.R. (Alexr. Ross, 93rd Highlanders); CRIMEA 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Pte. Alexr. Ross, 93rd Ft.), contemporary engraved naming; TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, Sardinian issue, Hunt & Roskill die, unnamed, nearly very fine or better (3) £5000-6000

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D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901:

‘In recognition of services during operations in South Africa.’

Mundy was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901 refers), and awarded the D.C.M. (AO 15/02 refers), for his gallant deeds in the action at Hobkirk’s Farm on 12 February 1900, when he assisted a wounded officer to cover under a heavy fire. Onthat occasion, under Colonel Carter, the 2nd Battalion, Wiltshires fought a protracted action with advancing Boers and rescued two guns from No. 4 Battery, R.F.A., from the summit of Coleskop. Casualties amounted to 10 men killed or wounded and, but for the gallant intervention of the Victoria Mounted Rifles, would have been far greater.

The officer rescued by Sergeant Munday was Lieutenant Walter Brown whose medals are at Lot 1331.

A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant J. Mundy, Wiltshire Regiment, who was decorated for his gallantry in the action at Hobkirk’s Farm in February 1900

DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, V.R. (2734 Serjt. J. Mundy, Wilts. Regt.); QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2734 Sgt. J. Mundy, 2nd Wilts. R.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2734 Serjt. J. Munday, Wilts. R.), surname officially corrected on the last, contact marks, edge bruising and polished, thus good fine (3) £1200-1400

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D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901 - awarded for Magersfontein. Details London Gazette 16 March 1900, ‘Lance-Corporal Fraser specially brought to notice for his cheery conduct under fire and helping to rally men’. The H.L.I. Chronicle for July 1900 reported that ‘Lance-Corporal D. Fraser was conspicuous by his coolness during the advance and his cheery remarks of encouragementto all around him.

M.I.D. London Gazette 10 September 1901 (Lord Roberts).

Fraser joined the Highland Light Infantry in 1893. He served with the regiment in Crete and was slightly wounded in the chest at the hospital during rioting at Kandia on 6 September 1898.

A scarce Magersfontein D.C.M. pair awarded to Lance-Corporal D. Fraser, Highland Light Infantry

DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, V.R. (4896 L.Corpl: D. Fraser, 1st Highland L.I.) ‘1st’ corrected; QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Modder River, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (4896 Cpl. D. Fraser, 1st Highland Lt. Infy.) minor edgebruises, otherwise good very fine (2) £3000-3500

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D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901:

‘In recognition of services during operations in South Africa.’

John Percy Adams was born in April 1873 and enlisted in the Royal Artillery in May 1891.

A Sergeant by the outbreak of hostilities in South Africa, he served in 38th Battery, R.F.A. in the operations in the Orange River Colony,including the action at Wittebergen, and in Cape Colony and the Transvaal. And most notable of these operations was his part in the action at Bakenkop on 3 July 1900 - when matters in the centre became grave, Captain G. A. Fitzgerald, who commanded 38th Battery’s second section of guns, sent for his limbers, but only one managed to get through to him, ‘largely owing to the exertions of a Sergeant named Adams’ (History of the War in South Africa refers). He was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901), and awarded the D.C.M. (AO 15/02 refers), which latter distinction he received from the G.O.C. South Africa.

Severely wounded at Quaggafontein on 20 September 1901, Adams was advanced to Battery Sergeant-Major before the War’s end, andwas awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in in October 1909 (AO 270 refers).

A Regimental Sergeant-Major in 42nd Brigade on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenantin July 1915 and served on the Home Establishment as an Adjutant of 2/4th Home Counties (Howitzer) Brigade, R.F.A. (T.F.) and HomeCounties Ammunition Column, R.F.A., prior to being advanced to Temporary Captain. Relinquishing his commission in March 1919, Adams retired to Kent, where he died at Farnborough in April 1958, aged 85 years.

A Boer War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Captain J. P. Adams, Royal Artillery, who was decorated for his gallantrywith 38th Battery, R.F.A. at Bakenkop in July 1900 and severely wounded at Quaggafontein in September 1901

DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, E.VII.R. (90344 Serjt. J. P. Adams, 38th Bty. R.F.A.); QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (90344 B.S. Major J. P. Adams, 38th Bty. R.F.A.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (90344 B.S. Major J. P. Adams, R.F.A.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (2 Lieut. J. P. Adams); ARMY L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (90344 B.S. Mjr. J. P. Adams, R.F.A.), contact marks, nearly very fine (5)

£1200-1400

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D.C.M. London Gazette 23 March 1918. ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When the enemy was threatening the flank and was bombing down a communication trench he bombed them back, and organised a block. The latter he held against repeated heavy attacks, and continued bombing the enemy until relieved on the following morning. It was largely due to his courage and determination that the hostile attacks were held up.’

Bar to D.C.M. London Gazette 15 November 1918. (Awarded for action at Ervillers on 8 August 1918) ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an attack. When his officers became casualties he assumed command and led the company with great dash and determination under heavy fire. He showed a sound military knowledge throughout the attack and subsequent consolidation and patrolling, and proved a most capable leader.’

M.M. London Gazette 24 January 1919.

John E. Wood came from Garston, Merseyside. As a Private in the 1st Battalion Liverpool Regiment he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 12 August 1914.

A superb Great War ‘Old Contemptibles’ D.C.M. & Bar, M.M. group of six awarded to Serjeant J. Wood, 1st Battalion,Liverpool Regiment

DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, G.V.R. and Second Award Bar (8090 Sjt., J. Woods, 1/L’pool R.); MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (8090 Sjt. J. Woods, 1/L’pool. R.); QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (7146 Pte. J. E. Wood, S. Lanc. Regt.); 1914 STAR, with clasp (8090 Pte. J. Wood, 1/L’pool. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (8090 Sjt. J. Wood, L’pool. R.) mounted for display, note variation in spelling of surname, very fine (6) £6000-8000

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D.C.M. London Gazette 16 January 1919:

‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on 18 September 1918, at Gauche Wood. After the Battalion had advanced through the wood and captured a redoubt, touch was lost with the left, and this N.C.O. came under heavy fire from a trench on that flank. In hand-to-hand fighting he cleared the enemy from this trench, and later, although wounded, he collected some detached men and led them to the objective. His enterprise and endurance were a splendid example to all ranks.’

M.M. London Gazette 21 October 1918.

Walter William Chidgey, who was a native of Bristol, enlisted in the Dorsetshire Regiment in September 1914, and won both of his decorations for his gallant deeds with the 6th Battalion. The award of his M.M. is confirmed in the regimental history as being in respect of a bloody raid carried out against enemy trenches at Beaumont Hamel on the night of 6-7 June 1918, when Chidgey was credited with killing two Germans and taking four prisoners - ‘It was a fierce and murderous work of not an hour’s duration: one of the three definite occasions when the blood was hot for killing and the Dorsets showed their fangs in real anger and slew their enemies face to face.’

Chidgey was discharged as a result of his wounds in April 1919 and awarded the Silver War Badge.

A good Great War D.C.M., M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant W. W. Chidgey, Dorsetshire Regiment

DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, G.V.R. (3-8106 Sjt. W. W. Chidgey, M.M., 6/Dorset R.); MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (3-8106 Sjt.W. W. Chidgey, 6/Dorset R.); 1914-15 STAR (3-8106 Pte. W. W. Chidgey, Dorset R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (3-8106 Sjt. W. W. Chidgey, Dorset R.), lacquered, generally good very fine (5) £1600-1800

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D.C.M. London Gazette 11 March 1916.

“For conspicuous gallantry and devotion. By his bravery and example he was able to keep the men with him at work, under heavy fire,and arranged and personally conducted the wounded to places of safety.”

Hafir clasp confirmed and scarce to unit.

See Lot 803 for his miniature medals.

A Great War D.C.M. group of ten awarded to Lieutenant C. J. Tunn, Royal Army Medical Corps

DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, G.V.R. (9467 S. Sjt. C. J. Tunn. R.A.M.C.); QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98 (9467 L/Cpl. C. J. Tunn.R.A.M.C.); QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (9467 Sgt. C. J. Tunn. R.A.M.C.) naming officially re-impressed; KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (9467 Serjt. C. J. Tunn. R.A.M.C.); 1914-15 STAR (9467 S.Sjt. C.J. Tunn. R.A.M.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, with small M.I.D. oak leaf (Q.M. & Lieut. C. J. Tunn); ARMY L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (9467 S.Sjt. C. J. Tunn. R.A.M.C.); FRENCH MEDAILLE MILITAIRE, enamel chipped; KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896-1908, 2 clasps, Hafir, The Atbara (No. 9467 Pte. C. J. Tunn. M.S. Corps. 1896) light contact marks, otherwise generally good very fine (10) £1200-1500

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D.C.M. London Gazette 21 June 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry as a stretcher bearer. He was wounded while carrying a wounded man to the dressing station.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 13 July 1916.

A rare Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private A. Mc Lellan, Lovat’s Scouts

DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, G.V.R. (2217 Pte. A. McLellan, 1/Lovat’s Scts.-T.F.); 1914-15 STAR (2217 Pte. A. Mc Lellan,Lovat’s Scts.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2217 Pte. A. Mc Lellan, Lovat’s Scts.) very fine and rare to this unit (4)

£2000-2500

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D.C.M. London Gazette 14 January 1916; citation 11 March 1916. ‘For conspicuous gallantry. When his platoon commander and platoon sergeant had both been killed he displayed great bravery and skill in keeping the men together in the support trench under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire.’

Corporal George W. Sketchley, Monmouthshire Regiment entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 13 February 1915. With copied gazette extracts and m.i.c.

A Great War D.C.M. group of four to Acting Sergeant G. W. Sketchley, 1/3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment

DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, G.V.R. (2172 Sjt., 1/3 Mon. R.-T.F.); 1914-15 STAR (2172 Cpl., Monmouth. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2172 A. Sjt., Monmouth. R.) some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine (4) £1800-2200

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D.C.M. London Gazette 11 March 1916:

‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He constantly went out from a forward Observation Post under heavy fire to mend broken wires. He was wounded while carrying out his work.’

Edwin J. Hendy first entered the French theatre of war in early March 1915.

A Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Gunner E. J. Hendy, Royal Artillery

DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, G.V.R. (4487 Gnr. E. J. Hendy, No. 33 Coy., R.G.A.); 1914-15 STAR (4487 Gnr. E. J. Hendy,R.G.A.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (SR-4487 Gnr. E. J. Hendy, R.G.A.), mounted as worn, nearly very fine or better (4) £600-800

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D.C.M. London Gazette 16 January 1919:

‘For conspicuous gallantry and dash at Havrincourt on 12 September 1918. When the officers of his company became casualties he took command, and in spite of heavy fire reached the eastern side of the village. Here, though fully exposed to machine-gun fire, he went from post to post and carried out reorganisation. In the evening, he showed the greatest courage during the strong hostile counter-attack.’

Samways was from Botley, Hampshire, and in later life served as Council Chairman of Hedge End Town Council. He died in January 1982, aged 88 years.

A Great War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Warrant Officer Class 2 C. Samways, Hampshire Regiment

DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, G.V.R. (201253 Sjt. C. Samways, 24/Hamps. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (201253W.O. Cl. 2 C. Samways, Hamps. R.), mounted as worn, the first with officially corrected regimental number and battalion number, good very fine (3) £500-600

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A rare Great War West African Frontier Force D.C.M. pair awarded toCorporal Awdu Kano, Nigeria Artillery

WEST AFRICAN FRONTIER FORCE DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, G.V.R. (8 Cpl. Awdu Kano, Nigeria Art.); AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE 1902-56, 1 clasp, N. Nigeria 1906 (312 Bmbr. Awdu Kano, No. 2 B.A. N.N. Regt.), good very fine (2) £2000-2500

West Africa Field Force D.C.M. Nigeria Gazette 25 November 1915:

‘When Major (then Captain) Maclaverty was wounded, and the enemy’s fire so hot that the gun appeared in danger, this N.C.O., when told to take away the breech block, took command of the gun and fired seven rounds at the enemy, and remained in command till relieved by the Sergeant-Major.’

Awdu Kano was serving in No. 1 Battery, Nigeria Regiment Artillery, at the timeof the above cited deeds at Hartmann’s Farm on 4 March 1915, and was also mentioned in despatches by Major-General C. M. Dobell, K.C.B., C.O. of AlliedForces in the Cameroons (London Gazette 31 May 1916 refers). He was killed inaction at Mahiwa, East Africa on 16 October 1917 and is comemorated on the Zaria War Memorial, Nigeria.

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C.G.M. London Gazette 16 August 1915:

‘For services when H.M.S. Inflexible was damaged by a mine on 18 March 1915.’


‘He escaped up the trunk from the fore air compressor room with difficulty, helped up his Stoker and closed the W./T. door to the trunkbefore he fell insensible.’

French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 19 December 1917.

Joseph John Fielding Runalls was born in Devonport in November 1884 and entered the Royal Navy as an Engine Room Artificer 4th Class in November 1905.

An Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class in the battle cruiser Inflexible on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he quickly witnessed action in the battle of the Falklands in on 8 December, when the Inflexible and her consorts inflicted heavy loss on Vice-Admiral Graf von Spee’s squadron, sinking the armoured cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, and the light cruisers Nurnberg and Leipzig. Herself damaged in the engagement, Inflexible was ordered to Gibraltar for repairs and a refit, but she was quickly back in action in the Dardanelles.

Thus her part in the bombardment of the Turkish forts protecting the Narrows on 24 January and 19 February 1915, and once again on18 March, when she suffered serious damage as a result of several direct hits, including a 5.9-inch howitzer shell in ‘P’ turret, a 4.1-inch shell in the foretop, another heavy calibre shell which glanced off her port side below the waterline, and, above all, a 9.1 inch shell that hit her foremast on the same level as the flying bridge, the whole causing heavy casualties and a good deal of smoke. But worse was to follow - Alan Moorhead’s history, Gallipoli, takes up the story:

‘At 4.11 p.m. the Inflexible, which had held her place in A Line all this time, despite the fire in her foremast and other damage, was seen to suddenly take a heavy list to starboard. She reported that she had struck a mine not far from the spot where the Bouvet had gone down and now she left the battle line. She was observed to be down by the bows and still listing considerably as she steamed for the mouth of the Straits, with the cruiser Phaeton attending her. It seemed likely that she would go down at any moment. The explosionof the mine had flooded the fore torpedo flat and besides killing 27 men stationed there had done extensive damage. Flames and poisonous fumes began to spread; not only were the ship’s electric lights extinguished but the oil lamps, which had been lit for just such an emergency, failed as well. At the same time the ventilator fan stopped running and the heat below was intolerable. In these circumstances Phillimore, the captain, decided it was not necessary to keep both steaming watches on duty, and he ordered one of thewatches up to the comparative safety of the deck. All, however, volunteered to stay below. They worked in darkness amid the fumes and the rising water until all the valves and watertight doors were closed. The remainder of the ship’s company stood to attention on the upper deck as they passed back through the rest of the Fleet. It seemed to those who saw them that none of these men had been defeated by the day’s events, or were shaken by the imminent prospect of drowning; and they got their ship back to Tenedos.’

As verified by his Service Record, Runalls was severely wounded and, as per the above recommendation, was awarded the C.G.M.

Having undergone repairs at Malta, the Inflexible returned to the U.K. in June 1915, where she joined the 3rd Battle Cruiser Squadron in the Grand Fleet. And it was in the same capacity that she lent valuable service in the battle of Jutland in the following year, when shegained hits on the Pillau, Lutzow and Seydlitz, in addition to having a lucky escape when a torpedo passed underneath her.

Runalls, who had been advanced to Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class just before Jutland, remained actively employed in the Inflexible until the War’s end, and was present in her at the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow on 21 November 1918. He was finally pensioned ashore as a Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class in November 1927.

A rare Great War Dardanelles C.G.M. group of six awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class J. J. F. Runalls, Royal Navy, who was severely wounded during the famous action to force the Narrows on 18 March 1915

CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY MEDAL, G.V.R. (272059 J. J. F. Runalls, E.R.A. 2nd Cl., H.M.S. Inflexible); 1914-15 STAR (272059 J. J. F. Runalls, Act. C.E.R.A. 2, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (272059 J. J. F. Runalls, C.E.R.A. 2, R.N.; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (272059 J. J. F. Runalls, C.E.R.A. 2nd Cl., H.M.S. Columbine); FRANCE, CROIX DE GUERRE, with bronze palm, contact marks, very fine or better (6) £8000-10000

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One of 21 awards of the C.G.M. to the Royal Marines in the Great War.

C.G.M. London Gazette 31 May 1916:

‘On 20 November 1915, at Cape Helles, he threw a live Turkish grenade out of a trench and thereby avoided a dangerous incident.’

French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 19 December 1917, the original citation referring to the same incident.

Mention in despatches London Gazette 13 July 1916:

‘For distinguished and gallant services rendered during the period of General Sir Charles Munro’s command of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.’

Frank Pilgrim, who was born in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire in August 1887, enlisted in the Portsmouth Division, Royal Marines Light Infantry, in January 1915.

Embarked for Gallipoli that May, as a member of the Royal Naval Division, he quickly saw action, being wounded in the right thigh bya shell splinter at the end of June, most probably in the Portsmouth Battalion’s attack on Turkish trenches covered by enemy machine-guns on the slopes of Achibaba and the Kereves Dere - ‘the retribution came even more swiftly; the utmost gallantry and skill could notprevail against the facts, and the position was rightly given up within half an hour. In this operation the Marines suffered seriously ... ’ (Jerrold’s history of the R.N.D. refers).

Having then been awarded the C.G.M. for the above cited deeds on 20 November, and been evacuated from the Peninsula in early January 1916, he remained employed with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, as a member of the 2nd R.M. Battalion, until May ofthat year. He was mentioned in despatches.

Embarked for France in the latter month, Pilgrim would have been present at the bloody battles of Ancre, Cambrai, Gavrelle and Passchendaele, prior to returning to the U.K. in March 1918, at which stage he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Marines, and, having attended bombing and anti-gas courses, went back out to France with the 1st R.M. Battalion, 63rd Royal Naval Division, in October 1918.

Pilgrim was finally demobilised as a Lieutenant in June 1919, but returned to uniform in the 1939-45 War, when he was commissionedin the 4th North Riding (Quisborough) Battalion, Home Guard, and attained the rank of Major before the end of hostilities.

Sold with the recipient’s original commission warrant for the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, R.M., dated 9 March 1918, and his Croix de Guerre award document, with citation, dated 31 May 1917.

A very rare Great War Gallipoli operations C.G.M. group of six awarded to Lieutenant F. Pilgrim, Royal Marines, attached Royal Naval Division, afterwards a Major in the Home Guard

CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY MEDAL, G.V.R. (PO. 846 S. Act. Cpl. F. Pilgrim, R.M., R.N.D., Gallipoli, 20 Nov. 1915); 1914-15 STAR (PO-846-S F. Pilgrim, L. Cpl., R.M.L.I.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2 Lt. F. Pilgrim, R.M.L.I.); DEFENCE MEDAL 1939-45; FRANCE, CROIX DE GUERRE 1914-1917, with bronze palm, the fourth with officially re-impressed naming, generallygood very fine (6) £8000-10000

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Assorted U.K. shore appointments having followed, he returned to regular seagoing duties with an appointment in the Malaya in January 1916, which battleship, as part of 5th Battle Squadron under Vice-Admiral Beatty, was present at Jutland. Heavily engaged against Scheer’s battleships, alongside her consort Warspite, in what became known as the ‘run to north’, Malaya received seven directhits from large projectiles and suffered 67 killed and 33 wounded. A glimpse of the damage sustained by Malaya is to be found in the account of one of her Midshipmen, as published in The Fighting at Jutland:

‘After having a look at the damage done to ‘X’ turret, I went forward, and was surprised to see a large shell hole in the upper deck nearthe starboard No. 3 6-inch gun. The lower boom stanchion was buckled out of all recognition, and the bread store was a twisted heapof wreckage. I went down to the battery, where everything was dark chaos. Most of the wounded had been taken away, but several of the killed were still there. The most ghastly part of the whole affair was the smell of burnt human flesh, which remained in the ship forweeks, making everybody have a sickly nauseous feeling the whole time. When the battery was finally lighted by an emergency circuit,it was a scene which cannot easily be forgotten - everything was burnt black and bare from the fire; the galley, canteen and drying-room bulkheads blown and twisted into the most grotesque shapes, and the whole deck covered by about six inches of water and dreadful debris; and permeating everywhere the awful stench of cordite fumes and of war. It is hardly surprising that the nerves of manyof us were shaken, especially as the men below decks and in other stations away from the actual damage had never dreamt that we hadsuffered such damage and casualties ... That evening we buried some of the dead. There was not a soul without a lump in his throat, and quite a lot of the officers and men standing on the upper deck were very near tears. I noticed the same thing when the dockyard maties working on board H.M.S. Erin cheered us on entering Invergordon ... ’

Watson remained actively employed in the Malaya until August 1917, but forfeited any chance of a L.S. & G.C. Medal when dis-rated to Able Seaman in April of the same year. A brief appointment having followed in the minesweeper Haldon, he ended the War ashoreat Portsmouth and was demobilised in November 1918 ‘for duty as a Junior Officer in a Fleet Auxiliary Vessel’ (his service record refers). And, as verified by a copied obituary notice, he later qualified as a Master Mariner.

In September 1944, Watson entered the Scottish Naval, Military and Air Force Veterans’ home, Whiteford House, in Edinburgh, wherehe died after a bad fall on 23 February 1945, aged 66 years; sold with original photographic postcard family portrait.

A fine Great War Battle of Jutland C.G.M. group of five awarded to Leading Seaman J. S. Watson, Royal Navy, a veteran of the Royal Naval Division who was decorated for his gallant deeds in the severely damaged battleship Malaya

CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY MEDAL, G.V.R. (178876 J. S. Watson, Lg. Sea., H.M.S. Malaya, 31 May-1 June 1916); 1914 STAR, WITH CLASP (1788776 J. S. Watson, Lg. Sea., Drake Bttn., R.N.D.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (178876 J. S. Watson, L.S., R.N.); FRANCE, CROIX DE GUERRE 1914-1917, with bronze palm, the first with minor official corrections to number and ‘1916’, generally very fine or better (5) £9000-12000

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C.G.M. London Gazette 15 September 1916:

‘When a shell exploded in the Starboard battery of the ship in which Petty OfficerDay and Leading Seaman Watson were serving, a considerable blast of flame andsmoke caused a quantity of smouldering debris to fall among a hoist of cartridgesin bags. Petty Officer Day showed great coolness and presence of mind in immediately jumping amongst the cartridges and removing the debris. In doing this he was assisted by Leading Seaman Watson, these two dealing with this dangerous situation promptly.’

French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 19 December 1917.

John Simpson Watson was born in Largo, Fife in April 1878 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in March 1894. Coming ashore as a Leading Seaman on completion of his 12 year engagement in June 1905, he enrolled in the Royal Fleet Reserve, in addition to joining the Edinburgh Fire Brigade.

Recalled on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, Watson joined Drake Battalion of the Royal Naval Division in the following month, and quickly witnessed active service in the Antwerp operations.

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C.G.M. London Gazette 8 October 1982.

Just three Conspicuous Gallantry Medals have been awarded in the present reign of which this is unique both to the army and as a posthumous award. The other two awards were made for Vietnam (Australian Air Force) and The Gulf War (Royal Navy). The Conspicuous Gallantry Medal became obsolete when the honours system was overhauled in 1993.

The published citation states:

‘On 22nd May 1982 Staff Sergeant Prescott under the command of another NCO of 49 Engineer Explosives Disposal Squadron Royal Engineers were carrying out explosive ordnance disposal duties in the Falkland Islands. They were tasked to deal with an unexploded bomb in the boiler room of H.M.S. Argonaut. Another unexploded bomb lay in a flooded missile magazine nearby. Working in extraordinarily cramped conditions and in very unfamiliar surroundings Staff Sergeant Prescott and the other NCO successfully remotely rendered safe the bomb which was later removed from the ship. This action enabled the damage to the boiler room to be repaired, so that H.M.S. Argonaut regained propulsion and was able to manoeuvre defensively in further air attacks.

On 23rd May 1982, Staff Sergeant Prescott and the NCO were tasked to neutralise two unexploded bombs in H.M.S. Antelope. The firstbomb examined could not be approached until extensive clearance of debris had taken place. They therefore set about rendering safe the second bomb which was situated near the centre of the ship. The bomb had been slightly damaged and was assessed as being in adangerous condition. They tried three times to render the bomb safe using a remote method, having to approach the bomb after each attempt to adjust the equipment, but on each occasion, the fuse could not be withdrawn. After a fourth attempt, which involved using asmall charge, the bomb unexpectedly exploded. The blast was considerable. Despite a blast route of open doors and hatches up through the ship, the fully clipped steel door at the forward end of the passageway, where the bomb disposal team was standing, was completely blown off and nearly bent double. Staff Sergeant Prescott died instantly.

Staff Sergeant Prescott displayed courage of the highest order in persevering with attempts to defuse the bomb in H.M.S. Antelope, fullyaware that the condition was particularly dangerous.

The Unique Falklands War ‘Posthumous’ C.G.M. group of four awarded to Staff Sergeant Jim Prescott, 49 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron, Royal Engineers, who was decorated for his exceptional gallantry alongside Warrant Officer John Phillips in rendering safe an unexploded bomb aboard H.M.S. Argonaut on 22 May 1982 and in attempting to defuse the following day an unexploded bomb aboard H.M.S. Antelope, which was in a highly volatile condition and which in the event exploded killing him and seriously wounding Warrant Officer Phillips - Warrant Officer Phillips received a D.S.C. for his gallantry and Sergeant Prescott was awarded the posthumous C.G.M., both ofwhich are unique awards to the British Army in the modern era

CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY MEDAL, E.II.R. (23834301 S Sgt, RE); GENERAL SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (23834301 Sgt,RE); SOUTH ATLANTIC, with rosette (23834301 S Sgt, RE); REGULAR ARMY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (23834301 Sgt, RE) nearly extremely fine (4) £80000-100000

SOLD BY ORDER OF THE FAMILY

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Sold with two original photographs of recipient; a copy of the R.E. Journal, ‘The Sapper’ featuring recipient; a photograph album containing a number of pictures of Jim Prescott’s widow and two daughters taken after the award ceremony at Buckingham Palace andvarious shots of San Carlos Cemetery; together with copies of three letters of condolence, comprising:

i. Lieutenant Colonel A. Howgate, Commanding 33 Engineer Regiment (EOD), dated 26 May 1982:

‘There are really no words strong enough to describe the tragic loss of Jim on Sunday. I had only known him for a few months but wasalready aware that he was undoubtedly one of the best soldiers in the Regiment. Unfortunately he lost his life during his attempt to saveothers. As you know he and John Phillips had made one bomb safe in another ship thereby saving it and several lives...’

ii. Major-General G. B. Sinclair, CBE, Engineer-in-Chief (Army), dated 9 October 1982:

‘I was very proud to learn that your late husband has posthumously been awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal for his valiant action aboard H.M.S. Antelope. May I on behalf of the Corps of Royal Engineers offer you and your family our sincere congratulationson this public recognition for the supreme sacrifice that he made. His undaunted devotion to duty will forever be recorded in the annals of our Corps history.’

iii. Mayor Barry Flack, City of Rochester Upon Medway, dated 27 May 1982.

The D.S.C. and related campaign medals awarded to Warrant Officer John Phillips were sold at DNW on 15 December 2011.

For an extensive filmed interview with Warrant Officer Phillips see the following web links:

http://www.storyvault.com/video/view/bomb_explodes_on_hms_antelope_part_1_falklands_war

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HMS Antelope at sea, and the iconic photograph of the exploding magazine

K.P.M. London Gazette 1 January 1920.

A K.P.M. group of three awarded to District Superintendent H. D. Grantham, Burma Police

KING’S POLICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (Henry Donald Grantham, Dist. Supt., Burma Pol.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut. H. D. Grantham), mounted as worn, very fine and better (3) £300-350

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I.D.S.M. G.G.O. 1589 of 1920 (Waziristan 1919-20).

M.I.D. London Gazette 10 June 1921, General Sir C. C. Munro’s despatch dated 1 August 1920 ‘for distinguished service during the operations in Waziristan 1919-20’.

Sohawa Singh, a Mazhbi Sikh, was born around 1878 and enlisted into the 32nd Sikh Pioneers on 4 June 1894. He first saw active service in Waziristan in December 1901 (Medal and clasp), and in 1903 served with the expedition to Tibet, including the storming and capture of Gyantse Jong. (Medal and clasp). In 1911 he took part in the Abor operations (Medal and clasp). He was promoted to the rank of Jemadar on 30 November 1914 and transferred to the 128th Pioneers, originally a Bombay regiment, and served with them in Egypt and (from December 1915) in Mesopotamia. He was promoted to Subadar on 16 September 1917 and appointed to the 3/34thSikh Pioneers the following year (1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals). He next served in Waziristan 1919-20, including the operations against the Mahsuds, and almost certainly received the I.D.S.M. for gallantry during the Mahsud attack on Black Hill piquet,21 December 1919, a feature subsequently renamed as Pioneer Piquet (2 clasps to Indian medal).

Sold with further research and historical notes.

A Waziristan operations I.D.S.M. group of three awarded to Subadar Sohawa Singh, 34th, late 32nd Sikh Pioneers

INDIAN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (Subdr. Sohawa Singh, 3/34/Sikh Pnrs) small correction to battalion number; TIBET 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (3040 Lce. Nk. Sohawa Singh. 32d Sikh Pioneers); BRITISH WAR MEDAL (Jemdr. Sohawu Singh, 32 Sikh Pnrs.) nearly very fine (3) £700-900

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Ranja was awarded the I.D.S.M. in respect of operations in Mesopotamia in 1916, while attached to the 59th Rifles (F.F. 1386 of 1916 refers).

A Great War Mesopotamia operations I.D.S.M. pair awarded to Naik Ranja, 52nd Sikhs

INDIAN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (3026 Lce. Naik Ranja, 52nd Sikhs); GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 2 clasps,Kurdistan, Iraq (3026 Naik Ranjha, 52-Sikhs), the first with slack suspension and both with edge bruising, contact marksand polished, thus fine (2) £180-220

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I.D.S.M. G.G.O. No. 2407 of 1919. Awarded for the Salonika theatre which also encompassed service in Russia during the revolutionary war with the Army of the Black Sea.

A Great War I.D.S.M. awarded to Quarter-Master Havildar Munshi Ram, Royal Garrison Artillery

INDIAN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (245 Qr. Mr. Havdar. Munshi Ram R.G. Arty.) official corrections to naming, otherwise very fine and scarce to this unit £200-250

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D.S.M. London Gazette 16 August 1916:

‘In recognition of their services, as mentioned in the foregoing despatch.’

Namely the Naval despatch of 1 July 1915, covering the Gallipoli landings 25-26 April 1915.

Kenneth Sydney Muskett entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in May 1908 and was serving as a Leading Seaman in the battleship H.M.S. Implacable on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. And it was in the same capacity that he won his D.S.M. in the Gallipoli landings of 25-26 April 1915, when Implacable assisted in the disembarkation of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers on ‘X’Beach on the western side of the Peninsula, and afterwards supported them with heavy gunfire, on one occasion breaking up a Turkishunit that had been brought up for a counter-attack.

In the following month, Implacable was withdrawn from Gallipoli to assist the Italians against the Austro-Hungarian Fleet in the Adriatic, and later still served on the Suez Canal Patrol, in addition to assisting the French Navy in blockading the Aegean coasts of Greece and Bulgaria.

Returning home to an appointment at Pembroke I in April 1916, where he was advanced to Petty Officer, Muskett removed to the destroyer Porcupine in February 1917, and to the Dalhalla in July 1917, in which latter capacity he remained employed until September 1918. Post-war, he was advanced to Chief Petty Officer in July 1926, and he was still serving at the end of the decade.

A Great War Gallipoli landings D.S.M. group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer K. S. Muskett, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his services in the battleship H.M.S. Implacable

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R. (J. 1325 K. S. Muskett, Lg. Sean., H.M.S. Implacable); 1914-15 STAR (J. 1325 K. S. Muskett, D.S.M., L.S., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (J. 1325 K. S. Muskett, P.O., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (J. 1325 K. S. Muskett, P.O., H.M.S. Benbow), mounted as worn, contact marks and polished, thus fine or better (5) £600-800

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D.S.M. London Gazette 15 May 1916:

‘In recognition of services rendered by Petty Officers and men of the Eastern Mediterranean Squadron between the time of landing in the Gallipoli Peninsula in April 1915 and the evacuation in December 1915 - January 1916.’

Leonard John Hawkins was born in Fareham, Hampshire in September 1883 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in January1900. A Leading Seaman serving in the battleship H.M.S. Glory on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he was quickly advancedto Petty Officer and, following convoy escort work in the Atlantic, arrived in the Dardanelles in April 1915. Glory was subsequently engaged off Gallipoli until the end of the year, and thrice came under heavy enemy bombardment in Suvla Bay in October.

Returning home to an appointment at the training establishment Vernon in April 1916, Hawkins removed to the battleship Renown thatSeptember, and remained similarly employed until brief spells at the torpedo establishment Defiance, and aboard the destroyer Tenacious, in July-August 1917. And his final wartime seagoing appointment was back in the Glory between October 1917 and October 1918, when he served in the British North Russia Squadron at Archangel.

Hawkins, who was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in November 1916, finally came ashore as a Chief Petty Officer in September 1923.

A Great War Gallipoli operations D.S.M. group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer L. J. Hawkins, Royal Navy, whowas decorated for his services in the battleship H.M.S. Glory

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Without hesitation the two destroyers broke away from V. 188 and roared in at full-speed to dispose of her attacker. Using E. 16 like amatador fluttering his cape at an enraged bull, Talbot drew them into a suitable position and fired a second torpedo. This time it missedand the two destroyers returned to the crippled V. 188. Talbot repeated his bull-fighting tactics again and, once more, the German warships charged at him. But the third torpedo also missed, which was not surprising as the enemy ships were moving at over 30 knots,and, reluctantly, he moved away leaving the destroyers to continue chasing their own tails for several profitless hours. The sinking of the V. 188 won Talbot the D.S.O. and, as we shall see, he continued to harry the Germans for many months to come.’

But it was for one of the first “sub-on-sub” victories of the Great War, when the E. 16 sunk the U-6 off Stavanger, Norway, on 15 September 1915, that Silvester was recommended for his D.S.M. by Talbot - his letter to the C.-in-C., dated 26 October 1915, refers (copy included). Edwyn Gray’s history continues:

‘By 1916 a number of submarines, including Talbot and E.16, were attached to the Grand Fleet under the direct orders of the Commander-in-Chief and, with the depot ship Titania, they were constituted to the 11th (Overseas) Flotilla. Their main task was to patrol across the North Sea to Norway in search of enemy minelayers and, on 12 September, E.16 left Aberdeen bound for the fjords ofthe Norwegian coast. To the crew it looked like another barren, routine patrol but Talbot was full of optimism. Before leaving Titania hehad been informed that a German submarine, the U-6, was cruising in the same area and had sunk three British sailing vessels the preceding week. Talbot wanted U-6’s scalp to add to his other trophies.

A rare Great War submariner’s D.S.M. group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer S. H. Silvester, Royal Navy, who thrice shared in prize money for the destruction of enemy ships in E-class submarines, including one the earliest recorded cases of a “sub-on-sub” victory

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R. (180563 S. H. Silvester, P.O., H.M. Sub. E 16); 1914-15 STAR (180563 S. H. Silvester,P.O., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (180563 S. H. Silvester, Act. C.P.O., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (180563 S. H. Silvester, P.O., H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh), together with Royal Visit to India 1911-12, small oval medallion, silver, worn, and a Coronation 1911 commemorative medallion, suspension bar a little slackon the third, otherwise generally good very fine (7) £2000-2500

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D.S.M. London Gazette 21 January 1916.

Sidney Herbert Silvester was born in Waterlooville, Hampshire in May 1879, andentered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in August 1894. Advanced to Petty Officer in November 1910, he was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in August 1912 and transferred to the submarine branch in the same year.

Similarly employed by the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he quickly sawaction, his service record noting that he was paid Prize Bounty ‘for the destruction of enemy ships in the Heligoland Bight action on 28 August 1914’. Though not confirmed, it seems likely he was serving in the E. 6 under Lieutenant-Commander Cecil Talbot, R.N., at this time.

Absolutely certain is he was in Talbot’s next command, the E. 16, when he received a further Prize Bounty payment ‘for the destruction of enemy ship T.B.D. V. 188 on 26 July 1915’ (his service record refers). Of this encounter with enemydestroyers, Edwyn Gray’s A Damned Un-English Weapon states:

‘26 July dawned clear and sunny and E. 16 set off for the area of Terschelling Island in search of fresh targets. Once again a Zeppelin kept them submerged forseveral hours and, at about 3 p.m., three German destroyers appeared over the horizon having been called in, apparently, by the airship. Talbot should have dived and escaped his hunters but, brought up in the exciting days of the 8th Flotilla, he decided to attack, which, he reminded himself, is always the best means of defence.

The destroyers were busy quartering the area and, after an hour’s careful stalking, E. 16 was within 600 yards of the unsuspecting V. 188. Talbot’s first shot took offher bows and, as her companions rushed in to aid their crippled companion, he stood off and awaited another opportunity. Realising that they were too busy rescuing survivors to hunt him, Talbot brought E. 16 to the surface for a few moments impudently displaying his presence to the enemy.

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By all the rules the two submarines should never have met. The sea is a big place and, in the days before radar, contact sightings were limited by weather and visibility. But Talbot had that most essential requisite of the successful submarine commander, a nose for the enemy.

Pouring over the charts in the control room he tried to put himself in the mind of U-6’s captain. He plotted the three known sinkings and carefully traced the main trade routes. Where, he asked himself, would Herr Korvetten-Kapitan pounce next? E.16 changed coursefor Stavanger. Talbot’s eyes swept the empty sea for sign of the enemy submarine and, just as he was about to hand over the task to hisFirst Lieutenant, he stiffened slightly and peered more intently into the eye-piece. The men in the control room exchanged glances. They knew the signs. “Down periscope. thirty feet. Steer starboard 30.”

The needles of the depth-gauges dropped a fraction as E.16 sank a little lower in the water. The helmsman turned his wheel and repeated back the new course to the captain.

“Group up. Full ahead both.”

The soft hum of the motors changed to a higher pitch as the E.R.As obeyed the command and Talbot moved back to the periscope.“Up periscope - bring her up to twenty feet, Number One - steady - flood bow tubes.”

In the forward compartment the caps covering the tubes opened and sea water flooded into the narrow cylinders. The First Lieutenant reported:

“Bow tubes ready, sir.”

U-6 was on the surface, 1,000 yards ahead, steaming a straight course at a steady ten knots. Talbot could see five men in the conning-tower enjoying a smoke in the crisp air.

“Fire both!”

The propellers of the torpedoes bit into the water as they lurched from their tubes and, building up speed to forty knots, they raced towards the unsuspecting U-boat. They both struck together and the noise of the double explosion was audible even in the submerged E. 16.

Talbot clicked the handles of the periscope back into place.

“Stand by to surface. Shut main vents - blow all tanks.”

The submarine rose into the clear Norwegian air and the clutches to the diesels were engaged as she sped towards the grave of her victim. Debris and oil-scum sullied the water and E.16’s crew made their way down the slippery steel deck to haul the U-boat’s survivors aboard. Only five were saved, the same five Talbot had seen standing in the conning-tower, the rest, including the captain, had gone to the bottom. As the official historian, Sir Julian Corbett, noted: ‘No more was heard of U-boats in this quarter for a long timeto come ...’ ’

Silvester and Talbot had departed the E. 16 by the time of her demise in the Heligoland Bight in August 1916, the latter taking up an appointment at the Admiralty. For his own part, Silvester remained actively employed in submarines, passed his Coxswain’s course in August 1917 and was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 2 November 1917 refers). He was finally demobilised as a Chief PettyOfficer in May 1919, when he was enrolled in the Royal Fleet Reserve.

Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including the recipient’s M.I.D. certificate, and his Certificate of Service and GunneryHistory and Torpedo Sheet, together with two portrait photographs in uniform.

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D.S.M. London Gazette 15 September 1916:

‘For services rendered by Petty Officers and men of the Grand Fleet in the action in the North Sea on 31 May-1 June 1916.’

Harry George Walters was born in Balham, London in June 1890 and entered the Royal Navy as a Cook’s Mate 2nd Class in August 1908.

Drafted to the battleship H.M.S. Triumph as a Leading Cook’s Mate on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he quickly saw actionat the bombardment of the German garrison at Tsingtau in northern China, and thence, in the Dardanelles operations, when Triumph participated in the attacks on the Turkish forts in February-March 1915, and lent support in the landings at Anzac Cove. On 25 May 1915, however, Triumph was torpedoed off Gaba Tepe, and went down with 73 of her ship’s company in full view of the opposing forces ashore.

Walters was among the survivors and, in November, joined the light cruiser Castor, and it was in this capacity that he won his D.S.M. in the following year at Jutland, when, under Castor, under Commodore J. R. P. Hawksley, Commanding the Destroyer Flotillas of theGrand Fleet, Castor came into action during the confused fighting during the evening of 31 May 1916. An extract from the ‘Narrative from H.M.S. Castor (Night Action)’ states:

‘Soon after dark we saw three ships loom up to starboard, and as we challenged they switched on searchlights and opened fire. They fired only at us, being apparently unable to see our destroyers, which were painted black. We were hit direct four times; one shell hit the forecastle just under the bridge and, bursting inside, made a hole about 5 feet in diameter, and the splinters from it wounded a largenumber of men in the fore ammunition lobby; one shell went right through the fore mess deck and burst outside the disengaged side ofthe ship; one hit the motor barge, a brand new boat which had only done one trip with Captain (D.), bursting in her and setting her on fire; another shell hit the disengaged side of the fore-bridge and wiped out everybody in the way of signalmen, messengers, etc., who had gathered there, with the exception of one man. This man had a miraculous escape, the 4-inch shell bursting practically between his legs, but all the force of the explosion must have gone on in the direction in which the shell was travelling, for it blew a large hole in the deck of the bridge, through which this man fell. He landed on another man who had been killed by that same shell, but he himself was practically unhurt. Besides these direct hits, the ship was covered with splinter dents from shells which burst on hitting thewater short, and several men at the midship guns were laid out by them. We fired a torpedo at the leading Hun, and the two after 6-inch guns, which were not being directly fired at, were making good practice at the enemy. But the Germans soon altered course away,thereby avoiding the torpedo we had fired, and we did the same, missing collision with one of the second half-flotilla boats by inches only ... Two or three times during the night we saw heavy firing some 2 or 3 miles ahead, but we were not able to ascertain who it was.Suddenly a German destroyer appeared quite close, steaming slowly. We tried to ram and got within a few yards of her, but she was too quick and avoided us. However, we fired several shots into her at point-blank range, but it was impossible to tell if she sank. That was the last we saw of the enemy, and we then set about trying to regain touch with our own battle fleet, as it was still possible that theaction might be renewed at daybreak, but it was 9 o’clock in the morning before we found them.’

The same narrative states that Castor sustained casualties of 16 killed and about 40 wounded.

Walters remained actively engaged in the Castor until the War’s end, was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in September 1923 and attained the rank of Chief Petty Officer Cook in September 1925; sold with a file of research.

A Great War Jutland D.S.M. group of five awarded to Leading Cook H. G. Walters, Royal Navy, who survived the lossof H.M.S. Triumph in the Dardanelles prior to being decorated for his services in H.M.S. Castor

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R. (M. 586 H. G. Walters, Lg. Ck. Mte., H.M.S. Cstor, 31 May-1 June 1916); 1914-15 STAR (M. 586 H. G. Walters, L. Ck. Mte., R.N.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (M. 586 H. G. Walters, L. Ck. Mte., R.N.); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19, erased naming; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (M. 586 H. G. Walters, L. Ck.,H.M.S. Columbine), contact marks and polished, cleaned and lacquered, generally good fine (5) £800-1000

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D.S.M. London Gazette 16 March 1918:

‘For services with the Royal Naval Siege Guns in France.’

John Milton Goddard was born in Westbourne, Hampshire in July 1881 and entered the Royal Navy as Carpenter’s Crew in May 1899.Advanced to Shipwright 2nd Class in December 1912, he was serving aboard the cruiser H.M.S. King Alfred on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, but came ashore shortly thereafter to Victory II.

Having then briefly attended the training establishment Fisgard, where he was advanced to Shipwright 1st Class, Goddard was posted to the R.N. Siege Guns in France and Flanders in August 1916, where he remained similarly employed until the War’ end.

And of his gallant deeds at Arras in April 1917, for which he was awarded his D.S.M., The Official History of the War (Naval Operations, Vol. VII), states:

‘The R.N. and R.M.A. Siege Guns were situated on the northern flank of the Allied Army, with their left flank resting on the village of Vauxaillon.

Two batteries, one of 6-inch field guns and one of heavy mortars, were dug in on high ground about two thousand yards from the enemy trenches.

The Bluejackets, along with 56th Australian Heavy Artillery Regiment, formed the 62nd Siege Division.

The Division opened a preliminary bombardment on the evening of 14 April 1917, prior to the attack to reoccupy the Vimy Ridge as apreliminary to the battle of Arras, under the overall direction of General Nivelle.

About noon on 16 April, after the first attacks had got under way, the batteries came under a heavy and accurate counter-bombardmentfrom the German mobile batteries.

This accurate bombardment soon caused casualties amongst the Naval gunners. In a few hours their numbers were reduced to about a third. Wirelessman 1st Class Heath, Shipwright Goddard and Leading Seaman Tapling were soon the only members of their gun’s crewwho were unwounded ... They contrived to serve their own guns and assist others in serving theirs with some success. Goddard displayed exceptional courage and calmness throughout the whole counter-bombardment and continually worked his gun by hand after the firing mechanism had jammed.

Goddard and Heath were recommended for an immediate award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal, but this was subsequently changed to the Distinguished Service Medal, which was awarded also to Tapling and three other ratings.

Goddard was later awarded the French Medaille Militaire, which was presented to him by General Nivelle, for his part in rallying the survivors of his battery.’

His service record confirms the awards of his D.S.M. and L.S. & G.C. Medal, the latter in June 1914, but there is no reference to the French Medaille Militaire. Goddard came ashore for a final time in July 1921. He died at Emsworth, Hampshire, in February 1939.

A rare Great War R.N. Siege Guns D.S.M. group of five awarded to Shipwright 1st Class J. M. Goddard, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in the battle of Arras in April 1917

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R. (342706 J. M. Goddard, Shpt. 1 Cl., Siege Guns, Flanders, 1917); 1914-15 STAR (342706 J. M. Goddard, Shpt. 2, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (342706 J. M. Goddard, Shpt. 1, R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (342706 J. M. Goddard, Shpt. 2 Cl., H.M.S. Good Hope), mounted as worn, the first withminor official correction to surname and the third with officially re-impressed naming, contact marks, very fine or better(5) £900-1200

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D.S.M. London Gazette 14 September 1918:

‘For services in action with enemy submarines.’

William Edward Seagle entered the Royal Navy as a Cook’s Mate in May 1910 and was serving aboard the cruiser H.M.S. Juno on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Remaining similarly employed until coming ashore in May 1917, he was present in operations against the Tangistani at Bushire in the Persian Gulf in July-August 1915, and was advanced to Leading Cook in the same period.

Returning to sea with an appointment in the destroyer Onslow in October 1917, Speagle was awarded his D.S.M. for an action fought in the Channel on 25 February 1918, as referred to in Keble Chatterton’s history, Beating The U-Boats:

‘At 5 p.m. H.M. Destroyer Onslow was escorting a convoy at the western end of the English Channel when a torpedo was fired at her but it passed underneath. After steaming at 20 knots for just over 20 seconds up the torpedo’s track, five depth-charges were dropped.Up came a submarine’s bows very slowly and vertically. She then list over to port and sank. Other depth-charges were dropped by fourmore craft and it was finally reckoned that UB-17 had gone to join the majority.’

Post-war, Speagle enjoyed periods of the attachment to the R.A.N. and N.Z.N., was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in April 1925, andwas advanced to Petty Officer Cook in December 1926; sold with his 1939-45 War Admiralty campaign medal forwarding slip.

A Great War anti-U-boat operations D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Petty Officer Cook W. E. Seagle, Royal Navy

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R. (M. 1981 W. E. Seagle, Ldg. Cks. Mte., “Onslow”, English Channel, 25 Feb. 1918); 1914-15 STAR (M. 1981 W. E. Seagle, L. Ck. Mte., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (M. 1981 W. E. Seagle, L. Ck. Mte., R.N.); 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (M. 1981 W. E.Seagle, L. Ck., H.M.S. Lowestoft), the earlier awards with contact marks and polished, thus good fine, the remainder extremely fine (8) £600-800

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D.S.M. London Gazette 15 October 1918.

Joseph Patrick Maguire was born in Belfast in December 1895 and entered the Royal Naval Reserve as an Ordinary Seaman in January1914. He subsequently witnessed active service in the battleship H.M.S. Agamemnon from September 1914 until January 1916, not least in the Dardanelles campaign, and, from July 1916 until the war’s end, in the torpedo boat destroyer H.M.S. Fervent in home waters, which latter services were rewarded by the D.S.M. He was finally demobilised in April 1921, having latterly served in the RoyalFleet Reserve.

A Great War destroyer operations D.S.M. group of three awarded to Stoker J. P. Maguire, Royal Naval Reserve

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‘For services in the Auxiliary Patrol between 1 January and 31 December 1917.’

Benjamin Harvey Wallis was born in Mousehole, Cornwall in October 1877 and entered the Royal Naval Reserve in February 1911.Appointed to the battleship H.M.S. Goliath shortly after the outbreak of hostilities, he served on the East Indies and East Africa Stations,latterly in the Konisberg operations, but he was invalided ashore at Mombasa in late November 1914. Back home, he reported to Lowestoft in March 1915, when he joined the hired transport Querica, and he remained similarly employed until removing to the Falmouth base Dreel Castle in March 1917. And it was at this point that he most probably joined the trawler Ben Lawers, aboard whichvessel he was present when she rammed and sunk the UB-18 in the English Channel on 9 December 1917. Awarded the D.S.M., he was demobilised in March 1919.

A Great War anti-U-boat operations D.S.M. pair awarded to Seaman W. H. Wallis, Royal Naval Reserve

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Of subsequent events, an officer of the gunboat Cricket stated:

‘The enemy gunboats, however, soon began to take a hand in the business and we therefore advanced, in company with M. 33, to engage them, and a pretty hot action followed. We took up position close under the cliffs on the right bank, where continuous machine-gun fire still resounded through the woods, but at a good distance inland. The enemy seemed to have got our position well marked off, and was getting unpleasantly close. We therefore shifted our position and closed the range. Just as we passed under the stern of M. 33, a cloud of black smoke shot up from amidships and it was evident she was hit. She was not badly damaged, the shot having only destroyed the ward-room, sparing the wine store, as the Captain cheerfully informed us as we passed. Together we continued the action for another half-hour or so, shifting place to place, and the enemy, according to his usual tactics, ceased fire and retired behind his river bank.’

Relative peace having intervened, events took a turn for the worse at noon, when, to complicate matters, a White Russian battalion mutinied:

‘Without the slightest warning, a perfect storm of machine-gun and rifle fire broke out from the woods on the bank, at a range of about50 yards. The few on deck scuttled for cover, or froze like rabbits behind anything handy. For what seemed like a very long time, but was probably only a few minutes, the enemy had it all his own way, the bullets beating on the side and upper works with a deafening clatter, like the noise of an automatic riveter, sweeping across the deck and lashing the water into foam ... ’

Then in preparation for an Allied offensive on 9 August, M. 33 took two more hits from enemy batteries at Selmenga Road. Notwithstanding damage caused on that occasion, she was back in action for the main event the following day - the day on which Footit won his D.S.M., most probably as a result of good gunnery work:

‘When trouble was announced at Borok, the Navy soon set to work and banged shell after shell into the village. The result of that shootwas exceedingly beneficial to the infantry, who were not having too pleasant a time in front of Borok. All through the afternoon the guns of the Navy dropped shells on to points selected for special treatment. They enjoyed the hurricane bombardment of Seltso amazingly ... as one Naval officer described it, ‘A pleasing sight was to see Seltso on fire, the whole sky glowing a beautiful red. I suppose this was an everyday sight for the Army, but I must confess it impressed us vastly, as it seemed such a fitting climax.’ ’

The offensive was a complete success, the enemy suffering some 3,700 casualties in addition to the loss of considerable quantities of military supplies. But in the subsequent evacuation of the Naval flotilla, the river level became so low that M. 25 and M. 27 ran aground, could not be refloated, and had to be destroyed. For her own part, the M. 33 reached Archangel at the month’s end.

Footit was finally pensioned ashore in December 1924; sold with a file of research, including modern day photographs of the M. 33, which vessel is currently on display at Portsmouth dockyard.

A rare Russia 1919 operations D.S.M. awarded to Leading Seaman J. W. Footit, Royal Navy, for services on the DvinaRiver in the monitor M. 33

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D.S.M. London Gazette 11 November 1919:

‘For services in Russia, 1919.’

John William Footit was born in Newark, Nottinghamshire in December 1884 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in January 1901.

A Leading Seaman borne on the books of the H.M.S. Hecla, the depot ship of the4th Destroyer Flotilla at Chatham, on the outbreak of hostilities, he was drafted tothe sloop Espiegle in March 1916 and was present in her during the final attemptto relieve Kut in the following month. In fact, he remained actively employed in the Mesopotamia theatre of war until the end of hostilities, latterly, while borne on the books of the depot ship Fox, in operations on the Tigris and Euphrates in ‘schooner-dhows’.

And it was as a result of this latter appointment that Footit found himself bound for North Russia in April 1919, when the Fox was commissioned as a depot ship for the Archangel River Expeditionary Force, though on arrival he was quickly assigned to the monitor M. 33 - with a shallow draught and a pair of 6-inch guns, M. 33 was ideal for carrying out bombardments in support of the Expeditionary Force.

Footit first went into action on the Dvina River 19 June, when the M. 33 and herconsorts bombarded Bolshevik troops and shipping during an offensive to capture the high ground between Topsa and Troitsa. A passage having then beencleared through an enemy minefield, the M. 33 made her way - under a heavy fire - to Troitsa, where, on 9 July, the Bolsheviks launched a fierce attack.

A rare survivor - the M. 33 at Portsmouth today

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One of just 10 inter-war awards of the Distinguished Service Medal, two of which were in respect of the Asia Minor operations in the summer of 1920.

D.S.M. London Gazette 14 January 1921:

‘For service in Asia Minor, 1920.’

James Alderman was born in Tottenham, London in August 1884 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in January 1900. A Leading Signalman aboard the cruiser H.M.S. Leander on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he removed to the St. George thatNovember and to an appointment in torpedo boat destroyer No. 1 in early 1915, in which latter capacity he remained actively employed until July 1916. Having then served in another destroyer - the Bonetta - from November 1916 to October 1917, he removedto the sloop Auricula and thence, via time ashore, to the destroyer P. 54 in May 1918 - his time ashore resulted in a civil conviction forcausing grievous bodily harm and three months in gaol, and he was disrated to Signalman.

But he quickly made up for his misdemeanours during the course of his subsequent appointment in the Ramillies in April 1919 to July 1921, when he was decorated for his gallantry during operations against Turkish Nationalists in the summer of 1920, the 1st Battle Squadron having been ordered to Asia Minor to prop up Greek territorial claims in the wake of recent mandates made by the League ofNations. More particularly, his decoration almost certainly stemmed from services ashore as a Signalman during the heavy fighting at Ismid, in the Gulf of Mudania, in June 1920, when the British garrison there was attacked by a 6,000 strong force under Ali Fuad Bey.

As had been the case in similar operations at Chanak a few weeks earlier, it was necessary to establish Naval Observation Posts ashore,from which direct lamp-signalling could be established with the Ramillies to improve the accuracy of her fire. And most probably it wasin this capacity that Alderman found himself serving in one of three O.Ps on steep ground just to the north of the town, no place to be as the Turkish Nationalists launched an attack on 15 June - as it transpired one of several determined attacks to be enacted over the next fortnight. And throughout that period, the three Naval O.Ps were subjected to accurate enemy - and friendly - artillery fire. MinorWar Service in Peace - Turkey 1920 takes up the story:

‘A kind of triangular artillery operation developed which worked something like this. A nearby Turkish battery would fire into the British positions or the town; the Naval O.P. would then flash a Fire Demand to the Ramillies or Revenge, or, if better placed, a destroyer; and the ship would fire at the Turkish battery. The latter, we observed with some satisfaction, never attempted the lese-majeste of firing at the battleship, but did often try to interrupt the sequence by concentrating on the central Naval O.P. So steep was the ground on the inshore side of the British positions that when the Nationalists (who made profit of this fact) brought infantry or guns into the blind area, the Ramillies had to use her guns “mortar-like” with very reduced charges, firing 6-inch shells which virtually slid over the crest of the British position on to their target. The only direct hit on the O.P. (luckily, no casualties) was by one such naval shell. After this it was decided to rely on the overworked 18-pounders for all “marginal” shelling!’

Notwithstanding such artillery barrages, from friend or foe alike, the Naval O.Ps afforded Ramillies numerous targets, and before long her guns were hitting the Nationalists hard. The same source continues:

‘Choice targets for the naval guns were concentrations of troops and transport and, once cavalry; some could only be reached by the 15-inch guns. Altogether, some seven enemy batteries were knocked out or silenced, and many other targets effectively hit by naval guns during these first days of the attack, and the Kemalists soon found that they could neither bring up guns nor move men and transport in daylight without getting an immediate and unpleasant reaction from the Navy.’

The final attack launched by the Nationalists took place on 18 June, timed to coincide with the Feast of Bairam, but was quickly crushed by further accurate naval gunnery:

‘The Bairam was supposed to begin in the drapery factory at 3 p.m. so, at this exact hour on the 18th, an all-out bombardment by Ramillies, with all 15-inch turrets and her starboard 6-inch battery, began. In less than 20 minutes 35 15-inch and 140 6-inch high explosive shells were fired at the factory buildings. Direct observation from the ship was possible, and seaplanes helped with bombs and recorded the results. Only two shells fell outside the walls of the buildings, which continued to burn for 48 hours. There were several large explosions of ammunition and it was later heard that the Kemalist casualties were over 1,000 killed. The moral effect wasundoubtedly very great and, thereafter, all large Nationalist military forces were removed from the area. There remained, however, some underground military activity which occasionally showed itself, through the veneer of restored peace, in such ways as, when quiet-looking farm labourers would suddenly drop their tools to line a hedge and fire into the tail of a passing British patrol.’

Alderman was awarded the D.S.M. but was invalided ashore with tuberculosis in July 1921; sold with a file of research.

An extremely rare Asia Minor 1920 operations D.S.M. awarded to Signalman J. Alderman, Royal Navy, who is believed to have been landed from H.M.S. Ramillies to serve as an O.P. signaller at Ismid during heavy fighting againstTurkish Nationalists

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R. (208055 J. Alderman, Sig., H.M.S. Ramillies, Mudania, June-July 1920), good very fine £2000-2500

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Ex-Douglas-Morris collection (Part II), 12 February 1997 (Lot 642).

One of just 10 inter-war awards of the Distinguished Service Medal.

D.S.M. London Gazette 16 May 1927:

‘The King has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the following decorations and medals to officers and men of H.M. Navy and the Mercantile Marine, in recognition of their services at Wanhsien, Yangtze River, China, on 5 September 1926, and the connected events.

To receive the Distinguished Service Medal:

Able Seaman William Kell, O.N. J. 77349 (PO.), H.M.S. Kiawo ... [one of] the remaining surviving members of the boarding party, whoacted with courage and resource in extremely trying circumstances.’

William Kell was born in Durham in July 1899 and entered the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman in September 1917. Posted to Maltain early 1918, and thence to Port Said, he was borne on the book of the battleship Hannibal and served on the Mediterranean Station before the War’s end. Advanced to Able Seaman in early 1919, he joined the cruiser Despatch in the Far East in August 1925, and wasamong those subsequently transferred to the Kiawo for the rescue operations on the Yangtze in September 1926.

The Steamer Wanliu, owned by Messrs. Butterfield & Swire, ran into difficulties with General Yang's soldiers at Yunyang when the Chinese claimed that two sampans were capsized by the ship’s wash and several of their soldiers drowned, in addition to claiming the loss of many thousands of dollars which had been on board. Wanliu’s captain denied this account of the incident and stated that his ship was boarded by armed soldiers and had been fired on whilst endeavouring to escape. As a reprisal General Yang - one of Wu PeiFu’s supporters - seized the two Butterfield & Wire ships Wanhsien and Wantung at the port of Wanhsien, placing 300 soldiers aboard the vessels, and confining the officers in their quarters.

As a result, in early September 1926, the Royal Navy mounted a rescue mission with the gunboats Cockchafer and Widgeon, and the steamer Kiawo, the latter owned by Messrs. Jardine Matheson & Co., but taken over by the Royal Navy and manned by four officers and 60 men, most of them drawn from the crew of H.M.S. Despatch. Initially placed under the command of Lieutenant-Commander H.D. C. Stanistreet, D.S.O., R.N., by the time of the action Kiawo was actually under Commander F. C. Darley, R.N., the S.N.O. ArmedWith Stings, The Saga of a Gunboat Flotilla, by A. Cecil Hampshire, takes up the story:

‘In accordance with instructions, Stanistreet had prepared the vessel for her task to the best of his ability in the short time available ... sheets of steel plating and barricades of coal bags had been erected to provide cover for the boarding-parties, and some Lewis guns from the Mantis mounted on board. The ship had also been hurriedly painted to alter her appearance, her normally red funnel being painted black and her upperworks bright red. Darley had brought with him a number of Maxim guns, and for heavier armament the Scarab’s 2-pounder was transferred to the Kiawo and mounted aft on her saloon deck. The sailors carried rifles and unfixed bayonets and wooden truncheons. For communication purposes the expedition had been provided with a short-range wireless set, but in the event this proved completely useless ... ’

Cecil Hampshire continues:

‘In broad outline the plan was to run alongside the starboard, or mid-stream, side of the Wanhsien and disembark a special party of bluejackets to rush the steamer’s bridge and rescue the British officers barricaded there. Other parties of sailors would board simultaneously through the Kiawo’s baggage ports, secure the ship, disarm the Chinese troops, drive them forward and keep them under guard. The same procedure would then be repeated in the Wantung.’

In the event, the Kiawo and her consorts faced fierce competition long before they even reached their quarry. Cecil Hampshire continues:

‘Unknown to them no fewer than eleven field guns were now covering the warships. In his yamen Yang was gleefully anticipating the humiliating rebuff he was about to administer to the British.

Then suddenly round the bend of the river appeared the Kiawo, the black smoke gushing from her funnel and the creaming bow wavepiled up at her forefoot as she stemmed the 8-knot current giving the impression of high speed. The time was 6.15 p.m. As she foamedup river towards the waiting city and the warships and merchantmen anchored off its waterfront the Red Ensign was hauled down fromher jackstaff and two White Ensigns broke out and billowed her yardarms. There was no need for further deception: she was a unit of the British Fleet on His Majesty’s Service.

But even before she revealed her true identity sporadic rifle fire broke out from the river banks and bullets began zipping around her. Making no attempt at retaliation she steamed past the Cockchafer and, skilfully handled, nosed alongside the Wanhsien. On the latter’sfore deck a group of Chinese squatted around a cooking pot, to all intents and purposes peacefully eating their evening meal. As the bugler on board the Kiawo sounded the twos Gs to signal the grapnel party to secure alongside, one of the Chinese put down his bowland began to help with the grappling-irons. To Darley gazing down from the bridge it seemed that the operation would indeed be a walkover. The bugler sounded the “Charge”, and the British sailors began swarming aboard the Wanhsien.

An extremely rare Chinese Civil War incident D.S.M. group of three awarded to Able Seaman W. Kell, Royal Navy, among those who boarded the captured steamer Wanhsien amidst ‘a hurricane of bullets’ in September 1926

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R. (J. 77349 W. Kell, A.B., H.M.S. Kiawo, Wanhsien, 5.9.26); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (J. 77349 W. Kell, Ord., R.N.), edge bruising and contact marks, thus good fine or better (3) £3000-4000

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But the moment the first British bluejacket set foot on her deck all hell broke loose. From machine-guns set up within the cover of the companionways, from riflemen hidden in deckhouses, cabins and behind barricades of sandbags a hurricane of bullets blasted the sailors to death. Along both banks of the river and from prepared positions on the waterfront rifles, machine-guns and field batteries opened fire on the Kiawo and the two warships ... In the Wanhsien the Kiawo’s men had accomplished part of their task. But with her tiers of decks, numerous passages and doorways the Wanhsien was a difficult ship to board. Despite the murderous fire of the Chinesedefenders the bridge party had managed to attain their objective, and Thomson and his officers and five of the steamer’s crew were safely transferred to the Kiawo. But the naval casualties were severe ... ’

In fact three officers and four men were killed, and one officer and eight men wounded. Among the former was the S.N.O., Commander F. C. Darley, R.N.:

‘Lieutenant Fogg-Elliott had gone aft in the Kiawo to direct the fire of the pom-pom gun’s crew when Commander Darley decided to board the Wanhsien and see how the battle was going. Hardly had he steeped aboard than he was shot dead. Hand-to-hand fighting was raging round the decks, in the cabins and passages. Chinese soldiers crouching behind sandbags in the after saloon were keeping up a hot fire on the Kiawo, whose anti-boarding party were replying with interest. Lieutenant Peterson and the remnants of his section, fighting like tigers, had managed to clear part of the after deck of the Wanhsien, but it was obvious to Fogg-Elliott that they would neverbe able to recapture the ship. Bleeding from a bullet wound sustained in his hurried reconnaissance he made his way back to the bridge to report the hopelessness of the situation to Darley. When he learned the Commander was dead he decided to cast off and make an effort to rescue the officers of the Wantung. The bodies of all but three of the British dead - Darley and two seamen - were recovered from the bloodstained deck of the Wanhsien, and under fire from all sides the Kiawo slipped her grapnels and steamed up river.’

Amazingly, having then rescued Captain Bates from the Wantung, the Kiawo returned to the Wanhsien in another attempt to recover the bodies of Captain Darley and the two bluejackets, all the while under continuing heavy fire. But they were not to be found and at length she steamed off down river.

Two D.S.Cs, two C.G.Ms and four D.S.Ms were awarded for the action, all but one of the D.S.Cs and one of the D.S.Ms to the gallant crew of the Kiawo. In the words of one correspondent, ‘It was Zeebrugge on a small scale, a manifestation of the same splendid spirit that animated the greater deed.’

Kell remained in the Far East until October 1927, serving in assorted gunboats, and he was still actively employed at the end of the decade; sold with a file of research.

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D.S.M. London Gazette 6 October 1942:‘For bravery, endurance and sustained devotion to duty in H.M. Ships Aurora, Avon Vale, Lance, Legion, Kingston and Penelope, and atMalta, during and after the passage of an important convoy.’

Mention in despatches London Gazette 6 January 1942:‘For courage, resource, zeal and devotion to duty while serving in Norwegian waters and elsewhere in the Spring and Summer of 1940.’

Harold Kelly was born in Lower Broughton, Lancashire in October 1900 and entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in September 1923. Advanced to Leading Stoker in 1928 and awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in 1935, he was actively employed in the cruiser H.M.S. Penelope from early 1940 up until her loss in February 1944, a period encompassing that cruiser’s impressive record ofwinning no less then eight Battle Honours, namely “Norway 1940”, “Malta Convoys 1941-42”, “Mediterranean 1941-43”, “Sicily 1943”, “Sirte 1943”, “Aegean 1943”, “Salerno 1943” and “Anzio 1944”.

Norway 1940

As part of the 2nd Cruiser Fleet in the Home Fleet, Penelope arrived at Rosyth in early 1940, in readiness for operations off Norway, and it was while patrolling for enemy merchantmen off Fleinver on 11 April that she ran aground and was seriously damaged, causing flooding in the Boiler Room. Here, then, the action for which Kelly was awarded his mention in despatches, for he was undoubtedly among those to carry out urgent repairs as the cruiser was subjected to four near-misses from enemy bombers at Skel Fjord, where shewas towed by an escorting destroyer. Four weeks later, she made Greenock under her own steam.

A fine Second World War Malta convoy D.S.M. group of six awarded to Chief Stoker H. Kelly, Royal Navy, who shared in all eight of the Battle Honours won by the cruiser Penelope - a.k.a. “H.M.S. Pepperpot” on account of severe damage - including “Norway 1940”, for which he was awarded a “mention”, and “Malta Convoys 1941-42”, for which he was decorated for his part in Operation “M.G. 1” and the battle of Sirte: tragically he was also among those lost on the occasion of the cruiser’s demise in February 1944DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.VI.R. (K. 62319 H. Kelly, Ch. Sto.); 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; ITALY STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue (K. 62319 H. Kelly, P.O., H.M.S. Erebus), good very fineand better (6) £1200-1500

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Cape Spartivento

But it was for his subsequent services in the Mediterranean that Kelly was awarded his D.S.M., when the Penelope, commanded by Captain A. D. Nicholl, D.S.O., R.N., and her consort the cruiser H.M.S. Aurora, commanded by Captain W. “Big Bill” Agnew, C.B., R.N., and their destroyer escorts, formed part of Force ‘K’.

It was an intense period of operations, one of the Force’s early successes being the brilliant night action against an enemy convoy fought off Cape Spartivento on 8-9 November 1941. On that occasion, the enemy was sighted at 0050 hours, and Penelope’s guns went into action a few minutes later, quickly putting out of action the Italian destroyer Grecale and sinking another. With such important enemy escorts out of the frame, the Penelope and Aurora proceeded to lay waste the remainder of the enemy convoy over aperiod of 30 minutes or so, an action related in detail by Ed Gordon in his definitive history, H.M.S. Pepperpot:

‘There were two highlights for the Penelope men, recorded in the ship’s log. One was the tanker which ‘exploded with tremendous violence and filled the air with burning and exploding debris’. Crewmen on deck saw the sea around the tanker catch alight as thousands of gallons of petrol (for Rommel’s tanks and motor transport) spilled out. Mussolini’s Mare Nostrum was burning! The other highlight was a forty-thousand-ton ammunition ship blowing up ‘in a huge ball of sparks sending a curtain of bright colours against thenight sky to a height of 1,500 feet’ ... At 0123 a plaintive voice in Penelope’s director control tower was heard by the bridge team to say: “Is that enough?” No, it wasn’t. A small transport had been sighted behind the burning tanker. Once again Penelope’s four-inch guns crashed out and the ship blew up ... A minute later Penelope had to engage another of the distant destroyers. She was firing from arange of five miles to the west. Penelope’s four-inch salvos again blazed away. After only three minutes, ‘A Christmas tree of sparks rising to between 200 and 300 feet was seen from the destroyer’s position and she ceased firing,’ stated the report ... ’

Very shortly all that could be seen were numerous enemy ships burning fiercely, and Captain W. “Big Bill” Agnew gave the order for Force ‘K’ to set course for Malta. As it transpired, Penelope had fired 60 broadsides, using 259 6-inch shells and 111 rounds of 4-inch,while her crew had, in the words of Captain Nicholl, ‘shown great steadiness under fire and carried out their duties with the spirit and coolness of a seasoned crew.’

Penelope and Force ‘K’ intercepted another enemy convoy on 24 November, sinking two ships west of Crete and winning a congratulatory message from Churchill, while on 19 December Penelope was lucky to survive a run-in with a minefield - though herself slightly damaged, Neptune and Kandahar were lost on the same occasion.

Operation “M.G. 1”

Hasty repairs and two convoys later, she participated in Malta convoy Operation “M.G. 1” in late March 1942, when she was present in the ‘brilliant action’ fought against the Italian Fleet, which endeavoured to intercept the convoy off Sirte - Penelope fired 13 broadsides and damaged an enemy cruiser on the same occasion. Penelope’s also took in tow the damaged Breconshire, the type of gallant work that prompted Churchill to signal Admiral Sir Andrew “ABC” Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet:

‘I shall be glad if you will convey to Admiral Vian and all who sailed with him the admiration which I feel at this resolute and brilliant action by which the Malta convoy was saved. That one of the most powerful modern battleships afloat attended by two heavy and fourlight cruisers and a flotilla of destroyers should have been routed and put to flight with severe torpedo and gunfire injury, in broad daylight, by a force of five British light cruisers and destroyers, constitutes a naval episode of the highest distinction and entitles all ranks and ratings concerned and above all their commander to the compliments of the British nation.’

Kelly was awarded the D.S.M.

H.M.S. Pepperpot - ‘The most intensive air attack made on any ship in the War’

Remaining at Malta for repairs, the Penelope’s crew remained aboard to fight her guns against relentless attack from enemy aircraft - aperiod that witnessed her firing 6,500 rounds of 4-inch ammunition and winning the sobriquet “H.M.S. Pepperpot”. Gordon Holman’s The King’s Cruisers, takes up the story:

‘Before leaving Malta, H.M.S. Penelope went through a fourteen-day ordeal-by-bomb which was probably the most intensive air attackever mounted on any ship in the War. Caught in dock, she became the central target for the waves of enemy aircraft. While the work ofrepairing the cruiser went on by day and night, the crew, including stewards and cooks, kept the guns going. So constantly were they engaged that it became a question of whether the weapons would not wear out before she was fit to put to sea. The repair work was a case of two steps forward and one step back, as each raid added further damage to that already taken in hand.

Only the hours of darkness brought relief to the Penelope. Time and time again bombs were so close to the ship that splinters sprayed over her. It is on record that in the month of April 1942, the enemy, in his raids on Malta - and Grand Harbour was the bull’e eye of histarget - dropped 6,730 tons of bombs. The Penelope soon became known throughout the Fleet as “The Pepperpot”, because of the 2,000 splinter holes in her upper-works ... ’

Salerno and Anzio

Following extensive repairs in the United States, and a brief visit to Portsmouth at the end of 1942 - when Kelly was among a large party of Penelope officers and ratings to attend an investiture at Buckingham Palace on 3 November 1942 - the cruiser sailed for the Western Mediterranean.

Quickly back in action, she was hit by a 6-inch shell during a bombardment of Pantelleria in June 1943, but mercifully the round failedto detonate, thereby permitting her subsequent part in the Salerno landings, when as part of Force ‘Q’, she fired no less than 5,000 rounds of 6-inch ammunition in just 14 days.

In October 1943, Penelope assisted in the destruction of an ammunition ship, an armed trawler and six landing craft off Stampalia in the Aegean, but on retiring was attacked by 18 Ju. 87s and sustained at least one direct hit - nonetheless, she managed to get back to Alexandria at 23 knots. Following which, and now under the command of Captain G. D. Belben, D.S.O., D.S.C., A.M., R.N., she was ordered to Anzio in January 1944, where she lent valuable assistance to Force ‘X’ and carried out eight shoots off Formia.

Journey’s End

However, Penelope’s legendary reputation as a lucky ship was soon to be brutally curtailed, for, on 18 February 1944, on leaving Naples for Anzio, she was torpedoed by the U-410, under Oberleutnant Horst-Arno Max Heinrish Fenski. If Kelly was not killed by thefirst torpedo which hit the After Engine Room, then almost certainly he was by the second torpedo which caused a massive explosion on hitting the Boiler Room - Penelope broke her back and went down in a little more than a minute, taking no less than 400 of her crew with her, including her Captain. It was a remarkable achievement on Oberleutnant Fenski’s part, his first torpedo finding its markwhen the cruiser was travelling at 26 knots - as far as can be ascertained a unique case in the annals of U-Boat operations.

Kelly, who was 42 years of age and has no known grave, left a widow, Louisa, of West End, Fareham, Hampshire. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

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D.S.M. London Gazette 5 October 1943:

‘For unbroken vigilance while serving in H.M. Ships Laforey, Tartar, Lookout, Loyal, Bicester, Lamerton, Zetland, Eskimo and Wilton inoperations which prevented the escape of enemy forces after their defeat in North Africa.’

Edward James McLaughlin was decorated for his services in the destroyer H.M.S. Laforey during Operation “Retribution”, Admiral Cunningham’s initiative to prevent Axis forces being evacuated from Tunisia in May 1943. Then commanded by Captain R. M. J. “Tubby” Hutton, D.S.O., R.N., Laforey assisted in the capture of two enemy merchantmen but was severely damaged by shore batterieson 9th, not least by a direct hit in the engine room - here, then, the action in which McLaughlin’s won his D.S.M., while Hutton addeda Bar to his D.S.O.

Returning to Force ‘Q’ after repairs at Malta, Laforey went on to lend valuable service in the Sicily and Salerno landings, including the destruction of the Italian submarine Ascianghi on 23 July, but once again, in August, she was damaged by enemy shore batteries and suffered further casualties. Meanwhile, his skipper added the rare distinction of a Second Bar to his D.S.O.

In September, Captain H. T. “Beaky” Armstrong, D.S.O. & Bar, D.S.C. & Bar, R.N. assumed command, Laforey leading the assault forces off ‘P’ Beach at Anzio in January 1944 and picking up survivors from the destroyers Janus and Spartan at the end of the month.

Ordered to join the 14th Destroyer Flotilla in mid-February, Laforey was employed on anti-U-Boat operations, and it was in this latter capacity, on 29-30 March 1944, that she was actively engaged in the pursuit of the U-223 off Palermo - the enemy having been forcedto surface after protracted depth-charge attack, Laforey, with her consorts, opened fire at point-blank range, but, in a final act of defiance, the U-Boat’s commander managed to fire three torpedoes, all of which hit the Laforey: she went down quickly, only 65 survivors being picked up out of her original complement of 247 officers and men.

The son of Michael and Ellen McLaughlin of North End, Portsmouth, Edward McLaughlin was 29 years of age, has no known grave andis commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

A good Second World War destroyer operations group of seven awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer E. J. McClaughlin, Royal Navy, who was among those lost in H.M.S. Laforey when she was torpedoed in March 1944

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.VI.R. (MX. 47954 E. J. McClaughlin, T./A. C.E.R.A.), in its case of issue; 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45, in their original addressed card forwarding box with Admiralty condolence slip in the name of ‘Edward James McLaughlin’, extremely fine (7) £800-1000

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D.S.M. London Gazette 4 April 1944. The recommendation states:

‘For consistently cheerful and willing good service under trying and most straining conditions during which time all three boilers were in use and the ship continually liable to air attack and long periods closed up at action stations.’

Roy Colin Harvey was mentioned in despatches for his good work in H.M. Trawler Hornbeam (London Gazette 11 June 1942 refers), aminesweeper operating out of Birkenhead under Lieutenant A. G. J. Matthews, R.N.V.R., who won a “mention” on the same occasion,and a D.S.C. in the New Year’s Honours of 1943. But it was for his gallant deeds in H.M.S. Faulknor during a successful action againsta German convoy in the Aegean on the night of 6-7 October 1943 that he was awarded his D.S.M.

Arriving in the Mediterranean in July 1943, direct from protracted convoy escort duties in the Arctic and Atlantic - an earlier chapter ina wartime career that would witness her winning 11 Battle Honours and being credited as ‘the hardest worked destroyer in the Fleet’ - the Faulknor, under Captain Alan Scott-Moncrieff, R.N., was assigned to the 8th Destroyer Flotilla, and quickly lent support to the Allied invasion of Sicily. So, too, in early September, to the Salerno landings.

And of his subsequent D.S.M. action in the Aegean in October 1943, Ed Gordon’s H.M.S. Pepperpot takes up the story:

‘Following a signal that the Germans were preparing to capture Leros, Penelope slipped out of Alexandria at 1026 on the 6th with Sirius and the destroyers Faulknor, Fury and Eclipse. The squadron steamed at top speed with orders to forestall the invasion by destroying a convoy containing troops. On arrival at 0500 the next day there was no sign of the enemy, but radio operators in Sirius picked up a report by the captain of the submarine Unruly on patrol off Kos that he had sighted a convoy. The enemy shipping was intercepted by the squadron at 0715 off Stampalia after an attack by Ju. 88s escorting had been beaten off. According to Naval Intelligence the convoy had sailed from Piraeus, Athens, the previous day and was due at Kos. Despite continuous air attacks the lone escort, an armed anti-submarine trawler, was sent to the bottom by a few well-directed salvos, and the German freighter Olympus (fivethousand tons) containing ammunition was blown sky high in a shambles of flame and smoke. In the meantime the destroyers were rounding on the landing barges, and within an hour a thousand German troops were taking an unexpected bath. The rout had taken exactly fifty eight minutes.’

Churchill signalled his congratulations on the outstanding success of the operation, but not before Penelope sustained serious bomb damage on the return leg to Alexandria - resultant shrapnel and splinters killed or wounded 66 officers and ratings.

For her own part, Faulknor continued to lend valuable support in operations off the west coast of Italy, and escorted the landing ships Royal Ulsterman and Princess Beatrix with No. 9 Commando for Operation “Partridge”, the landings north of the Garigliano, in addition to providing gunfire and anti-aircraft defence during the Anzio landings in January 1944. The whole under Captain Mervyn Thomas, D.S.O., R.N.

Back with the Home Fleet by April 1944, and now under Commander Charles Churchill, D.S.C., R.N., Faulknor joined ‘J’ Force of the Eastern Task Force for the Normandy landings in June, providing support off Juno on D-Day itself. The following day, after returning toPortsmouth, she embarked Field Marshal Montgomery, en route to set up his Tactical H.Q., while towards the end of the month, she embarked the First and Second Sea Lords, and Lord Beaverbrook, on their first visit to the beachhead.

Faulknor remained on duty in home waters until the War’s end, though with a Burma Star to his credit, Harvey most likely departed herfor the another seagoing appointment after the Normandy operations.

Sold with a quantity of original documentation, comprising the recipient’s Admiralty letter of notification for the award of his D.S.M., dated 20 April 1944, and related Buckingham Palace forwarding letter in the name of ‘Chief Stoker R. C. Harvey, P/KX. 77668’; his Mention in Despatches certficate, dated 11 June 1942, in the name of ‘Chief Stoker Roy Colin Harvey’, and his Admiralty campaign medal forwarding slip.

A good Second World War Aegean operations D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Stoker R. C. Harvey, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry in H.M.S. Faulknor, ‘the hardest worked destroyer of the Fleet’, when an enemy convoy was wiped out in 58 minutes

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.VI.R. (Ch. Sto. R. C. Harvey, P/KX. 77668), in its case of issue; NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (MX. 77668 R. C. Harvey, S.P.O., R.N.); 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR, clasp, France and Germany; ITALY STAR; BURMA STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf, extremely fine (7) £800-1000

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Charged with dropping off and collecting S.B.S. and S.A.S. raiding parties from enemy held territory, in addition to observation parties from the Long Range Desert Group, and always in total secrecy and largely under cover of darkness, the Flotilla’s officers and ratings can have been in no doubt as to their fate if captured, news of the summary execution of a number of raiders being common knowledge. Certain, too, is the fact they soon befriended many of the raiders, among them Anders Lassen, V.C., M.C., although on theoccasion of the latter’s famous “bloodbath raid” on Santorini in April 1944, his men were conveyed to the island by L.Ss 1 and 2.

As illustrated by A. Cecil Hampshire’s history Undercover Sailors, the code-name for such raids was, appropriately enough, “Fire Eater”:

‘Hardened by months of fighting in which no quarter is given, every one of them is a killer. They lack only a cutlass apiece to appear the very image of the pirates they emulate. The little ships thread their way through the maze of islands in the Aegean to lans these menon German-held territory. Then in small patrols they proceed to stalk the enemy garrison. Nine times out of ten the latter are taken completely by surprise, and the raiders have struck and are away before the Germans know what is happening. In this way wireless stations are destroyed and ammunition dumps blown up, Greek hostages released and prisoners taken. Frequently a whole German garrison is killed or captured with not one left to tell the tale when the next enemy supply ship calls at the island ... when the Germansgot to know the prominent personalities in the organisation and their methods they threatened the direst penalties against them and anyof their associates who might be captured.’

Although Tallybone’s D.S.M. stemmed from the operations leading to the evacuation of Kos, Leros, Samos and other islands in late 1943, when L.S. 3 and her consorts, operating out of temporary anchorages on the Turkish coast, made repeated trips into dangerous waters to rescue British troops, evidence exists to suggest he remained actively employed in the Levant Schooner Flotilla until well into1944.

An extremely rare Second World War clandestine operations D.S.M. group of six awarded to Leading Seaman J. D. Hallybone, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his services in the Levant Schooner Flotilla in the Aegean in 1943: as Coxswain of L.S. No. 3, he was responsible for dropping off and collecting S.B.S. and S.A.S. raiding parties, during thecourse of which operations he risked execution if captured

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.VI.R. (A.B. J. D. Hallybone, D/JX. 182709); 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; PACIFIC STAR; ITALY STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, mounted as worn, minor contact marks, very fine and better (6) £3000-3500

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‘For undaunted courage, determination and endurance in light coastal craft in many sweeps against enemy shipping in the Aegean under fierce and constant attack from the air, and in maintaining supplies to the islands of Kos and Leros until they fell to superior enemy forces.’

John David Hallybone, who was born in London in July 1919, appears to have commenced his wartime career in the cruiser H.M.S. Mauritius during the courseof 1941, in which period she employed on convoy duties to Freetown and in theEast Indies, prior to undergoing a major refit in early 1942.

Sometime, thereafter, he must have volunteered for special services, as a result ofwhich he found himself undergoing training for clandestine operations in the Aegean, and, in early 1943, on five caiques being transferred to the Navy from the Army’s secret M.O. 4 Flotilla, operations were got underway with Lieutenant-Commander Adrian Seligman, R.N.R. - an exceptional seaman who had circumnavigated the globe in a windjammer pre-war - as newly appointed C.O. of “The Levant Schooner Flotilla”.

Over the coming months, the Flotilla grew in size to 13 caiques or schooners, and one steam yacht, the Calamara, the whole operating out of Mosquito II at Beirut. For his own part Hallybone was appointed Coxswain of Levant Schooner No. 3 and of subsequent operations and adventures, including the period of hisD.S.M. exploits in September-November 1943, much is recounted in Seligman’s War in the Islands and Captain W. E. Benyon-Tinker’s Dust Upon the Sea, in both of which the gallant Coxswain is mentioned; in addition, interested parties are also recommended to A. Cecil Hampshire’s Undercover Sailors, together withmore general histories of the S.B.S., S.A.S. and L.R.D.G., and related first hand accounts such as John Lodwick’s Raiders from the Sea.

“L.S. 3” sets-off on another patrol -

Hallybone at the tiller far right

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In Seligman’s War in the Islands, a chapter is devoted to an operation carried out by L.S. 3 in February 1944, when Captain Terry Bruce-Mitford and five men of the S.B.S. were dropped off in Melissa Creek on Arki Island, where they returned with a brace of recentlydowned R.A.F. aircrew; thence to Lipsos, where the cable station was destroyed, and, finally, after a week at sea, back to Beirut. Nor did they return empty handed, a captured caique turning out to be laden with comforts for the Germans on Leros - ‘radio sets, crates ofbeer, blankets, boots, four enormous packing cases filled with loo paper’, and, best of all, 48-bottle cases of champagne - Lanson 1938,but emblazoned in red on the labels, ‘Nur Fur Wehrmacht Offizieren’: Hallybone, who had been instrumental in steering L.S. 3 throughstormy and dangerous waters, and getting her inshore to be camouflaged each evening, no doubt enjoyed his fair share of the spoils.

While in an article written for The Cruising Association Bulletin in 1978, Robert Ballantine, D.S.C., onetime Hallybone’s skipper, wrote:

‘One of the few vestiges of naval routine aboard L.S. 3 was the appearance of the Coxswain daily at 11.00, with the rum jar tucked under his arm, emerging from the hold to dish out generous tots. We took some gallons of the stuff with us from Beirut and were probably the only ships in the Navy not expected to account for it in detail on our return to base. My recollection is that Coxswain Hallybone kept it under his bunk! At all events I never had any trouble with rum!’

Hallybone was demobilised in November 1945.

Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including the recipient’s Buckingham Palace forwarding letter for his D.S.M., a “Crossing of the Line” certificate issued aboard H.M.S. Mauritius on 16 May 1941, his Order for Release from Naval Service, dated at Devonport, 6 November 1945, and Ministry of War Transport Continuous Certificate of Service, with entries for the period 1947, and related National Union of Seamen Member’s Book, with entries for the period 1945-47; together with several wartime photographs andsilk cap tallies for H.M. Ships Implacable and Mauritius.

Hallybone emerging from the hold of “L.S. 3” -possibly ‘with the rum jar tucked under his arm to dish out generous tots.’

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‘For outstanding courage, skill and devotion to duty in successful patrols in one of H.M. Submarines.’


‘He served as Coxswain of the submarine during two war patrols in home waters and nine in the Mediterranean. He has shown outstanding zeal, courage, efficiency and devotion to duty, and has handled the ship’s company with great skill and tact.’

Leonard Bertram Hough was decorated for his gallantry in H.M. Submarine Upstart during the course of nine war patrols carried out inthe Mediterranean in the period October 1943 to August 1944, as part of the famous “Fighting Tenth Flotilla”, the whole under the command of Lieutenant Paul Chapman, D.S.C.*, R.N., who had previously served as “Jimmy the One” to Commander A. A. C. “Gramp” Miers, V.C., D.S.O., in the Torbay.

Notable among Upstart’s victims were the German auxiliary minelayer Niedersachsen in February 1944, the German Tolentino, ex-French Saumur, just off Port Vendres in May 1944, when engaged on Spanish ore traffic trade, and a 4,000-ton motor vessel ‘right on the enemy’s doorstep’ off Toulon in July 1944. But Upstart and her crew also endured several depth-charge attacks, a case in point being a pattern of 14 which just missed her stern at 65 feet while patrolling off Cape Cepet on 26 July 1944, causing a ‘blackout’ forward - accompanying copied Captain’s report for her ninth patrol refers.

Chapman was awarded the D.S.O., his “Jimmy the One” the D.S.C., and Hough and five others the D.S.M. Invested with his decorationat Buckingham Palace in February 1945, he remained a submariner after the War, and was serving in the Token at the time of receivinghis L.S. & G.C.

A good Second World War submariner’s D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Acting Chief Petty Officer L. B. Hough, Royal Navy, who completed nine eventful war patrols as Coxswain of H.M. Submarine Upstart in the Mediterranean

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.VI.R. (A./C.P.O. L. B. Hough, D/SSX. 17401); 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR; ITALY STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (JX. 910070 L. B. Hough, D.S.M., P.O., H.M.S. Token), mounted as worn, number and ship officially corrected on the last, generally good very fine (7) £1600-1800

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‘For courage, determination and great devotion to duty whilst engaged in clearing oyster mines by depth charges from the approaches of Le Havre, and the rescue of survivors from a ship mined in the approaches during bad weather and under particularly dangerous conditions.’

John Robert Gibbs, who was from Brighton, was serving in M.T.B. 737 at the time of the above related incidents.

An unusual Second World War Coastal Forces D.S.M. awarded to Chief Motor Mechanic J. R. Gibbs, Royal Navy, forminesweeping and rescue work off Le Havre in 1945

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.VI.R. (P/MX. 117094 J. R. Gibbs, C.M.M., R.N.), in its case of issue; 1939-45 STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, in their original addressed card forwarding box, together with the recipient’s Chief Motor Mechanic uniform rank insignia, extremely fine (5) £1000-1200

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D.S.M. London Gazette 23 May 1944. The original recommendation states:

‘He was Coxswain of the pinnace and his skill and devotion to duty have done much to prevent my ship from damage. And for laying smoke floats.’

Reginald William Marsh was decorated for his services in the cruiser H.M.S. Orion at the time of the Salerno landings in September 1943 (copied Admiralty letter of notification refers). On that occasion, as part of the 15th Cruiser Squadron under Rear-Admiral C. H. J.Harcourt, R.N., the Orion, commanded by Captain J. P. Gornall, R.N., leant close support to the assaulting troops. Next actively employed in the landings off Anzio and the South of France, in addition to further operations in the Aegean, the Orion ended the Warwith a remarkable tally of 13 Battle Honours, a record only exceeded by one other ship. And for his own part, Marsh received his D.S.M. at a Buckingham Palace investiture held in March 1945.

A Second World War Salerno landings D.S.M. awarded to Temporary Acting Leading Seaman R. W. Marsh, Royal Navy

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.VI.R. (Temp. A. Ldg. Smn. R. W. Marsh, C/SSX. 16317), fixed suspension, engraved naming, edge nicks, contact marks and somewhat polished, thus good fine £600-800

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D.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1945:

‘For gallantry or outstanding service in the face of the enemy, or for zeal, patience and cheerfulness in dangerous waters and for settingan example of wholehearted devotion to duty, upholding the high traditions of the Royal Navy.’

John McCrory, who was from Belfast, was decorated for his services in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships, and received his D.S.M.at a Buckingham Palace investiture held on 15 May 1945.

A Second World War D.S.M. awarded to Temporary Acting Petty Officer J. McCrory, Royal Navy

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.VI.R. (Temp. A./P.O. J. McCrory, D/JX. 197769), extremely fine £400-500

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Nother, who was from Winchester, Hampshire, first entered the French theatre of war in the 2nd Battalion, K.R.R.C., in mid-August 1914.

His unit witnessed plenty of action thereafter, not least at Chemin des Dames in November 1914, when the Battalion suffered losses ofover 300 killed, wounded or missing. A further 100 casualties were sustained in a night attack on Pilckem, and, after bitter hand-to-hand fighting near Gheluvelt at the end of October, the unit’s strength was down to nine officers and 300 other ranks. Notwithstandingsuch losses, the 2/K.R.R.C. remained actively engaged on the front line throughout November, Lieutenant J. H. S. Dimmer winning theV.C. for his gallant deeds at Klein Zillebeke on the 12th.

Subsequently transferring to the 17th (British Empire League) Battalion, Nother may well have been present in the heavy fighting witnessed by that unit on the Somme in August-October 1916, prior to his M.M.-winning exploits in the following year.

A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant S. C. Nother, King’s Royal Rifle Corps

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (6551 L. Sjt. S. C. Nother, 17/K.R.R.C.); 1914 STAR (6551 Pte. S. C. Nother, 2/K.R. Rif. C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (6551 Sjt. S. C. Nother, K.R. Rif. C.), generally very fine or better (4) £300-350

1752


Arthur Reginald Morris, a draper’s assistant from Laugharne, who was born in January 1892, enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in January 1915. Posted to the Nelson Battalion in the Dardanelles in August 1915, he was quickly hospitalised with dysenteryand returned home for further treatment at Plymouth Hospital at the end of October.

Remaining in the U.K. until September 1916, he was embarked for active service in France with Howe Battalion, R.N.D. at the end of that month, was once more hospitalised in February-March 1917, and won his M.M. for his ‘fine example of fearlessness as a CompanyRunner’ that October, during an action at Irish Farm, near Reigersburg (his service record refers). Morris saw further action as a memberof Anson Battalion, attached 1st Royal Marine Battalion, before the War’s end, and was demobilised in February 1919.

A scarce Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Able Seaman A. R. Morris, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, attached Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (WZ-155 A.B. A. R. Morris, Howe Bn., R.N.V.R.); 1914-15 STAR (WZ. 155 A. R. Morris, A.B., R.N.V.R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (W.Z. 155 A. R. Morris, A.B., R.N.V.R.), generally good very fine (4) £600-800

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M.M. London Gazette 18 June 1917.

Archibald Edward Harvey enlisted in the Wiltshire Regiment in September 1914 and went out to France with the 2nd Battalion in the following year. Having then been awarded the M.M. for his bravery during the Arras operations of April 1917, he was killed in action on 21 March 1918. Harvey, who was 31 years of age, left a widow, Emma, of Dalston, London, and is commemorated in Savy British Cemetery.

A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Private A. E. Harvey, Wiltshire Regiment, who was killed in action in theGerman Spring Offensive

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (11841 Pte. A. E. Harvey, 2/Wilts. R.); 1914-15 STAR (11841 Pte. A. E. Harvey, Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (11841 Pte. A. E. Harvey, Wilts. R.), generally good very fine (4) £300-350

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M.M. London Gazette 19 February 1917.

Joseph McCormick first entered the French theatre of war in July 1915, where as a member of the 1/4th Battalion he would have quickly seen action at the Battle of Loos. The announcement for his subsequent award of his M.M. appeared in the unit’s war diary on22 December 1916, shortly after the Battalion’s withdrawal from the Somme, where casualties had amounted to over 100 killed and another 600 wounded in the period September-November. More specifically, however, McCormick’s M.M. is likely to have stemmed from the action leading to the capture of St. Pierre Divion on the River Ancre on 13-14 November. He was discharged in March 1918 (his MIC entry refers.

A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant J. McCormick, Royal Highlanders

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (3764 A. Cpl. J. McCormick, 1/4 R. Hdrs. - T.F.); 1914-15 STAR (3764 Pte. J. McCormick, R. Highrs.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (3764 Pte. J. McCormick, R. Highrs.), official correction to number on the first, contact marks, generally very fine (4) £300-350

1755

M.M. London Gazette 29 August 1918.

Arthur Henry Pragnell, who originally enlisted in the Hampshire Regiment, died on active service on 31 May 1918, while serving in the8th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. The son of Arthur and Hester Pragnell of West Tytherley, Salisbury, he was 24 years of age and is buried in Vailly British Cemetery.

A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Private A. H. Pragnell, Machine Gun Corps, late Hampshire Regiment, who died on active service in May 1918

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (70834 Pte. A. Pragnell, 8/M.G.C.); 1914-15 STAR (15323 Pte. A. H. Pragnell, Hamps. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (15323 Pte. A. H. Pragnell, Hamps. R.), nearly extremely fine (4) £300-350

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‘On 4 June 1917, when one man had been killed and four men wounded by a heavy shell which fell near to their position, this N.C.O.,with great dash and disregard of danger, went to the place, bound up three of the men and carried one to safety on a stretcher, although several shells were falling in the vicinity. He has on previous occasions displayed great coolness and courage.’

Frank Arnell first entered the French theatre of war in November 1915. The following entry for him appears in the National Roll of theGreat War:

‘He volunteered in August 1914 and in the following year was sent to France with the 47th Siege Battery. He took part in the Battles ofYpres, Messines, Vimy Ridge, Arras and the Somme, and was awarded the Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry at Messines Ridge.He later fought with the 503rd Siege Battery at Cambrai, and was twice wounded. He was demobilised in December 1918 (22 Methuen Street, Bevois Town, Southampton).’

Sold with a signed hand written copy of the recommendation for his M.M., dated 9 June 1917, and related congratulatory field message.

A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant F. E. Arnell, Royal Artillery

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (17550 Sjt. F. E. Arnell, 47/Sge. By. R.G.A.); 1914-15 STAR (17550 Cpl. F. E. Arnell, R.G.A.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (17550 Sjt. F. E. Arnell, R.A.), mounted as worn, contact marks, thus nearly very fine or better (4) £250-300

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With 4th Army Certificate of Congratulations to Remington, signed by General Rawlinson, dated 8th June 1918; also with a damaged ‘Army Orders’ sheet listing awards from the 4th Army, dated 8 June 1918 - including that to Remmington. The recipient came from Poplar.

M.I.D. not confirmed.

A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Gunner R. Remmington, Royal Field Artillery

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (L-25099 Gnr., ‘D’ By. 153 Bde. R.F.A.); 1914-15 STAR (L-25099 Gnr., R.F.A.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (L-25099 Gnr., R.A.) surname spelt ‘Remington’ on M.M., contact marks, and edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (4) £280-320

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M.M. London Gazette 19 March 1918.

Stanley J. H. Rowe, who was from Portsmouth, entered the Egypt theatre of war in March 1915, and latterly served as a Sergeant in theTank Corps.

A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant S. J. H. Rowe, Army Service Corps

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (S4-056702 Cpl. - A. Sjt. S. J. H. Rowe, 29/D.T. A.S.C.); 1914-15 STAR (S4-056702 Cpl. S. J. H. Rowe, A.S.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (S4-056702 Sjt. S. J. H. Rowe, A.S.C.), erasure between number and ‘Sjt.’on the last two, contact marks, nearly very fine or better (4) £250-300

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James Hamilton, who was from Newcastle, first entered the French theatre of war in mid-April 1915, and was awarded his M.M. for services in the 50th (Northumbrian) Division Signalling Company, R.E. Having been heavily engaged at Ypres and on the Somme, theDivision suffered further heavy casualties in the Second Battle of the Aisne in May-June 1918, and it was probably for these latter operations that Hamilton was awarded his M.M.

A Great War M.M. group of five awarded to Corporal J. Hamilton, Royal Engineers

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (463027 L. Cpl. J. Hamilton, 50/N. Bn. D.S. Coy. R.E.); 1914-15 STAR (796 2-Cpl. J. Hamilotn, R.E.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (798 2 Cpl. J. Hamilton, R.E.); TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.V.R. (463027 2 Cpl.J. Hamilton, R.E.), mounted as worn, contact marks, nearly very fine or better (5) £300-350

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John William Parsons, a native of Northumberland, first entered the French theatre of war as a Sapper in June 1915, and was decoratedfor his services in 179th Tunnelling Company, R.E. Whether he was attached to the same unit in July 1916 remains unknown, but if sohe would have worked on the ‘Y’ Sap mine near La Boiselle, which was detonated on the first day of the battle of the Somme, and is today the site of the Lochnagar Mine Crater Memorial.

A Great War tunnelling operations M.M. group of five awarded to Corporal J. W. Parsons, Royal Engineers

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (102236 Cpl. J. W. Parsons, R.E.); 1914-15 STAR (102236 Spr. J. W. Parsons, R.E.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (102236 Cpl. J. W. Parsons, R.E.); DEFENCE MEDAL 1939-45, the third with re-impressed naming, very fine and better (5) £300-350

1761


A rare Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Acting Sergeant F. Howard, 16th Lancers, late East Surrey Regiment

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (L-13221 F. Howard, 16/Lrs.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (32437 A. Sjt. F. Howard, E. Surr. R.), generally good very fine (3) £300-350

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M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1919.

Eli Barnett, who was from Corsham, Wiltshire, originally enlisted in the 8th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment in May 1914, but did not go out to France until at least 1916, having transferred in the interim to the 1st Battalion.

A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Private E. Barnett, Wiltshire Regiment

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (21030 Pte. E. Barnett, 1/Wilts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (21030 Pte. E. Barnett, Wilts. R.), number and rank officially corrected on the second, good very fine (3) £300-350

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Marchment was from Salisbury.

A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Private E. J. Marchment, Worcestershire Regiment

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (242564 Pte. E. J. Marchment, 1/8 Worc. R. - T.F.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (20727 Pte. E. J.Marchment, Worc. R.), mounted as worn, possible official correction to surname on the first, generally good very fine (3) £250-300

1764

Ex Jourdain Collection. Just 72 Military Medals to the Connaught Rangers.

M.M. London Gazette 17 May 1919.

9037 Private James McMahon, Connaught Rangers, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 26 September 1914 and qualified forthe 1914 Star. With copied m.i.c.

A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Serjeant J. McMahon, 5th Battalion Connaught Rangers

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (9037 Cpl-L. Sjt., 5/Conn. Rang.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (9037 Sjt., Conn. Rang.) ‘Victory’with corrections to service number and name, some contact marks, very fine (3) £450-550

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M.M. London Gazette 17 December 1917.

Frank Woodward Spencer was born in St. Helens, Lancashire in 1890, the youngest son of a Methodist preacher, and after schooling inthe Isle of Wight, graduated from London University.

At the time of the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he was a teacher at Westminster College and a candidate for Ministry, but he enlisted as a Private in the Royal Army Medical Corps and went out to France as a stretcher bearer in the 21st Field Ambulance in September 1916, where he quickly saw action on the Somme, and was awarded the M.M. Returning home in the following year, he was appointed a Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class and remained similarly employed until the War’s end.

Designated for overseas work in 1919, he followed two of his brothers out to Mysore in India, where the three rendered continuous service over a period of 50 years. An outstanding preacher, Spencer acted as Chairman of the District in 1946-47 and was instrumentalin the inauguration of the Mysore Diocese of the new Church of South India. He died in the Nilgiri Hills in May 1948, aged 58 years.

Sold with detailed copy obituary notice and other research.

A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to the Rev. F. W. Spencer, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department, late RoyalArmy Medical Corps

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (81889 Pte. F. W. Spencer, 21/F.A. R.A.M.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Rev. F. W. Spencer), together with related Wesleyan Methodist 20th Century Fund medallion, white metal, good very fine or better(4) £250-300

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James P. Hamilton, who was from Duston, Northamptonshire, was decorated for his services in 103rd Field Ambulance.

A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal J. P. Harrison, Royal Army Medical Corps

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (65597 Cpl. J. P. Harrison, R.A.M.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (65597 Cpl. J. P. Harrison, R.A.M.C.); DEFENCE MEDAL 1939-45, mounted as worn, contact marks and polished, thus good fine or better (4) £200-250

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George Jameson, who was from Middlesborough, was decorated for his services in France with 295th Siege Battery, R.G.A., and was similarly employed at the time of being awarded his M.S.M. (London Gazette 17 June 1918).

A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant G. Jameson, Royal Artillery

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (166797 Sjt. G. Jameson, R.G.A.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (166797 Sjt. G. Jameson, R.A.); ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (166797 Sjt. G. Jameson, 295/Sge. By. R.G.A.), contact marks, generallyvery fine (4) £300-350

1768

Ex Monmouthshire Regiment Collection, D.N.W. 29 June 2006.


Albert E. Smith, a native of Cwmearn, was most probably decorated for his services in the 1/2nd Battalion in the Cambrai operations of1917, the regimental history recording that notification of his M.M. was received in January 1918. He had served in the same unit withthe B.E.F., having being embarked for active service in early November 1914 (m.i.c. entry refers), so he may well have participated in the famous “Christmas Truce” - an officer of the Battalion recalled that a page of the Pontypool Free Press was tied to a soldier’s rifle and waved as a flag of truce, the enemy, some 50 yards off, coming forward to exchange souvenirs.

More significantly, however, Smith was also the recipient of a “Gallantry M.S.M.” (not in lot), an award that was announced in the London Gazette on 17 April 1917:

‘On 5 January 1917 during bombing practice, an N.C.O. throwing a live bomb for the first time struck the back of the trench with his hand, thereby losing hold of the bomb which fell to the bottom of the trench. Sergeant Smith, in spite of being obstructed by the thrower, managed to get to the bomb, picked it up and threw it over the parapet where it immediately exploded. Sergeant Smith has served nearly 26 months in France and been wounded.’


A Great War M.M. pair awarded to Sergeant A. E. Smith, 1/2nd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment, who was also awarded an M.S.M. for Gallantry

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (265385 Sjt. A. E. Smith, 1/2 Mon. R. - T.F.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (1951 Sjt., Monmouth. R.), the second with re-pinned suspension claw, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise generally about very fine (2) £450-550

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Bar to M.M. London Gazette 11 December 1918.

A Great War M.M. and Bar awarded to Corporal S. Emmett, 8th West Yorkshire Regiment

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R., WITH SECOND AWARD BAR (18-383 L. Cpl. S. Emmett. 8/W. York: R.) polished, otherwise very fine £200-250

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M.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916.

Harold Slater enlisted on 27 November 1908. With the South Wales Borderers he entered the Asiatic theatre of war on 23 September 1914. With the 2nd Battalion he was awarded the M.M. Discharged on 9 October 1917, aged 30 years and awarded the Silver War Badge. With copied m.i.c. and roll extract.

A Great War M.M. awarded to Private H. Slater, 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (2-10210 Pte., 2/S.W. Bord.) very fine £200-240

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M.M. London Gazette 19 February 1917: ‘His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Military Medal for bravery in the Field to the under-mentioned Non-commissioned Officers and Men, since deceased, who have been lia or died of wounds or disease subsequent to the date of the award of the Military Medal to them by the Commander-in-Chief in the Field.’

Sergeant Ernest Coyne was killed in action on 20 July 1916, and is buried in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval.

A Great War M.M. awarded posthumously to Sergeant Ernest Coyne, 1st Scottish Rifles, who was killed in France in July 1916

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (10798 A.Sjt: E. Coyne. 1/Sco: Rif:) nearly extremely fine £200-250

1772

Ex A.N.S. Collection, M. & E. 24/25 May 2006.

D.C.M. London Gazette 25 November 1916. ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. He fought his machine gun with great courage and skill, inflicting great losses on the enemy. Later, he carried a message under very heavy fire.’



A Great War M.M. awarded to Private S. H. Murden, 15th Battalion Hampshire Regiment, who was later awarded theD.C.M.

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (17976 Pte., 15/Hants. R.) some contact marks, very fine £400-500

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M.M. London Gazette 7 October 1918.

Alexander Roskell, who was from Fleetwood, Lancashire, enlisted in the Royal Lancaster Regiment in November 1915, went out to France sometime after January 1916, and was discharged in February 1919.

A Great War M.M. awarded to Private A. Roskell, Royal Lancaster Regiment

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (241613 Pte. A. Roskell, 1/5 R. Lanc. R.), contact marks, better than very fine £200-250

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M.M. London Gazette 19 November 1917. The recipient came from Blantyre.

Private Peter Dorrington, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 10 July 1915. He was awardedthe M.M. whilst serving with the 11th Battalion. Later served with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps.

With copied m.i.c.

A Great War M.M. awarded to Private P. Dorrington, 11th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (S-7689 Pte., 11/A. & S. Hdrs.) good very fine £200-240

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Daniel Lyon was born in Hamilton, Scotland in 1181. He attested for service in July 1916 and served with the 379th Battery, 169th Brigade R.F.A. He was convicted for being absent on 14 October 1916 and sentenced to 7 days field punishment. He embarked from Southampton for Le Havre in May 1917. He was absent from a parade in May 1917 and was sentenced to 3 days field punishment. Awarded the M.M. for bravery in the field (London Gazette 13 March 1918).


A Great War M.M. awarded to Acting Bombardier D. Lyon, Royal Field Artillery

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (96621 Gnr-A. Bmbr., 379/By. 169/A. Bde. R.F.A.) good fine £140-180

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Albert J. Marskell, who was from Newcastle, was decorated for his services in B/315th Brigade, R.F.A., and later served in the Labour Corps.

A Great War M.M. awarded to Corporal A. J. Marskell, Royal Field Artillery

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (75053 7 Cpl. A. J. Marskell, R.F.A.), possible official corrections to rank, initials and surname, edge bruising and polished, nearly very fine £80-100

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The recipient came from Liverpool. With copied gazette extract.

A Great War M.M. awarded to Serjeant J. Swede, Royal Garrison Artillery

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (128057 Sjt., 256/Sge. By. R.G.A.) edge bruising, contact marks, fine £120-160

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Corporal Hubert S. Crews, 1/6th London Regiment (City of London Rifles), served in France from 18 March 1915. He was killed in action on 7 June 1917, and is commemorated by name on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

A Great War M.M. awarded to Lance Corporal H. S. Crews, 6th London Regiment

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (2311 L. Cpl., 6/Lond: R.) good very fine £350-400

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A fine Second War ‘Special Forces’ M.M. group of eight awarded to Warrant Officer Richard Higham, 1st Special Air Service Regiment, Special Raiding Squadron and King’s Own Royal Regiment, who won his M.M. for rescuing three ofhis wounded comrades whilst under heavy machine gun fire during ‘Operation Baytown’, the raid led by the legendary Lieutenant Colonel Blair Mayne to capture the Italian Town and Port of Bagnara on 4 September 1943 - a veteran of S.A.S. operations in Africa, Italy and North West Europe where he was reported wounded and briefly missing in May 1945, Higham went on to receive a mention in despatches for gallant and distinguished services with the S.A.S. (Malayan Scouts) in Malaya in 1952.

MILITARY MEDAL, G.VI.R. (3711552 Pte., King’s Own R.); GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, Malaya, with M.I.D.oak leaf (3711552 Pte., King’s Own R.); 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR, with 8th Army bar; ITALY STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS; together with corresponding miniatures and a King’s Own Regiment cap badge, the G.S.M. with official correction to part of service number and surname, contact wear overall, otherwise generally about nearly very fine (16) £20000-25000

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The original recommendation submitted by Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair Mayne states:

‘During operations at Bagnara on the 4th September 1943 while crossing a road which was enfiladed and swept by machine gun fire three men were wounded and fell in the middle of the road unable to move. Several attempts were made to reach these wounded but the heavy enemy machine gun fire drove them back. Private Higham, however, using a small gutter crawled up the road and althougheach time he appeared heavy fire was brought down on him he brought the wounded back one by one.’

The following in relation to the raid on Bagnara is extracted from the book, Paddy’s Men: The History of The Special Raiding Squadron, by Stewart McLean:

‘The raiders began making preparations for their next task which was to be yet another amphibious landing under the codename of Operation Baytown, in which the Squadron’s objectives were to capture, occupy and hold Bagnara Calabria, a small town on Italy’s west coast. If the landings were succesful the Squadron was then to advance and prevent the enemy from destroying any of the important bridges or installations that could delay the main forces, which were to follow up.’

The landing was made in the early hours of 4 September 1943 and met with no immediate opposition, however this was soon to change:

‘The men of ‘B’ and ‘C’ Sections of No. 1 Troop met with a deadly onslaught of heavy machine-gun and mortar fire. Two soldiers from the sections were caught by the fierce fire and killed outright while seven others received serious wounds. Some men, having seen what had just happened, tried to move up and rescue their comrades from what was turning into a very serious situation. The dead andwounded were lying in the middle of the road where they had fallen and the enemy machine gunners continued to pour fire into them.The Germans realised instantly what the others were trying to do when they spotted their movements and laid down an even heavier barrage onto the road. Brave and undoubtedly committed as they were, the ferocity and accuracy of the enemy fire forced them to retreat. One man, Private Richard Higham, however, felt that he had spotted a solution to the problem when he noticed a small gutter that ran alongside the road. He knew instinctively that there was no time to waste and so decided not to wait for any help. Acting alone, he took his chance and by using the gutter as cover was able to crawl up alongside the casualties. Private Higham showed totaldisregard for the continuous enemy fire thrown at him and managed to bring the wounded and dead back one by one...’

M.I.D. London Gazette 1 May 1953. An original typed copy of the recommendation for this award signed by Major Barker, ‘D’ Squadron, S.A.S. is included with the lot from which the following is extracted:

‘Throughout Operation League Squadron Sergeant Major Higham fulfilled the requirements of a Troop Commander, leading his Troopwith spirit and applying the principles of success which he has developed over a period of fifteen years. On occasion there were periods of difficulty calling for endurance and the exercise of firm discipline in the Field, and over a confusing jungle country he operated with his Troop independently. The success with which his Troop performed was largely due to his inspiration and the excellent spirit of his Troop was a firm reflection of his leadership.’

Richard Higham was born in Preston, Lancashire in 1918 and enlisted into the King’s Own Royal Regiment on 23 February 1937, aged19. He saw active service in Palestine with this regiment in 1938, prior to serving in Iraq, India and Egypt from 1939-1942. He qualified as a parachutist and transferred to 1st Special Air Service on 1 October 1942, which subsequently became the Special RaidingSquadron when Robert Blair Mayne took command following the capture of the Special Air Service’s founder, David Stirling. Having already taken part in many operations in Africa Higham went on to win his M.M. for Operation Baytown at Bagnara, Italy.

On 6 April 1945 he left for an operation in North West Europe with 1 S.A.S. and was reported wounded and missing on 1 May 1945, being repatriated shortly afterwards. Post war he served with the Army Air Corps and Parachute Regiment until August 1947 when he was transferred back to his parent unit, The King’s Own. However, by 1951 he was back with the Special Air Service (Malayan Scouts)serving in Malaya where he was mentioned in despatches for Operation League. In 1954 he returned to the King’s Own, with which regiment he remained until he took his discharge from the army on 10 May 1960 having served 23 years and 36 days, at which time his military conduct was given as ‘exemplary.’ Richard Higham died on 2 March 1993, aged 73 years.

Sold with numerous copied pages taken from recipient’s official service record file giving much detail and a quantity of original documentation and photographs, comprising:

i. Special Air Service Regimental Association membership card, membership number ‘998’ and named ‘R. Higham, MM’

ii. Regular Army Enlistment Certificate, dated 23 February 1937.

iii. Regular Army Certificate of Service ‘Red Book’, which gives details of overseas postings and confirms his full medal entitlement.

iv. Six original photographs of recipient, including one taken outside Buckingham Palace following award ceremony wearing SAS beret; two in regimental boxing team and a group photograph including Higham wearing his medals.

v. Transmission slip for M.I.D. oak leaf and original copy of The London Gazette, dated 28 April 1953.

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On the night of 24 October 1941, when operating from Malta against searchlights at Naples, by very accurate firing from the rear-turreta great many searchlights were shot up and many forced to dowse, thereby contributing to the efficiency of the nights successful operations.

On the nights of 8, 22 and 24 May 1942, very successful operations by ground straffing were carried out against motor transport in convoy on the road outside Benghazi, and the convoys successfully hampered and disorganised by his very accurate fire.’

James Henry Reginald Price, a native of Cartref, Glamorgan, who was born in July 1919, entered the Royal Air Force as an Air Gunnerunder training in October 1939. Duly qualified, he was posted to No. 29 Squadron, a Blenheim unit operating out of Digby, in mid-September 1940, and went on to complete 13 night interception sorties prior to being posted to No. 7 (BAT) Flight in February 1941 - several of them at the height of the Battle of Britain. Although early days for nightfighter operations, No. 29, commanded by Squadron Leader S. C. Widdows, gained some notable successes, a case in point being the first victory credited to John Braham, who ended theWar with three D.S.Os, and three D.F.Cs. - and a further 29 “kills” to his name.

As stated in the recommendation for his D.F.M., Price next flew seven sorties in Hampdens of No. 116 Squadron, prior to joining No. 38 Squadron, a Wellington unit, out in the Middle East, in August 1941, in which latter capacity he completed a further 40 sorties before being “rested” in August 1942, a period that witnessed him achieve notable success as a Rear-Gunner on low-level ground strafing duties. But No. 38’s operational brief extended beyond the more usual desert operations of the period, Price’s newly arrived C.O., Wing Commander John Chaplin, D.F.C., master-minding the Squadron’s conversion for torpedo operations and daring attacks on enemy supply ships - Chaplin would win an immediate D.S.O. for just such an operation in June 1942, when, in the face of heavy flak,he sunk an escorted 30,000-ton merchantman: the Wellingtons of No. 38 were promptly christened “Fishingtons”.

Price was released in the rank of Flight Lieutenant in 1946, but later rejoined the Royal Air Force in the same rank in May 1956, and was finally placed on the Retired List in July 1974. He died in March 1988.

A fine Second World War D.F.M. group of seven awarded to Flight Lieutenant J. H. R. Price, an Air Gunner and Battleof Britain veteran who achieved notable success in low-level attacks in the Middle East

DISTINGUISHED FLYING MEDAL, G.VI.R. (970175 F./Sgt. J. Price, R.A.F.); 1939-45 STAR, clasp, Battle of Britain; AIR CREW EUROPE STAR; AFRICA STAR, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, contact marks, generally very fine (7)

£4000-5000

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D.F.M. London Gazette 13 October 1942. The original recommendation states:

‘This N.C.O. joined No. 38 Squadron on 30 August 1941 and since that date hassuccessfully completed 40 operational sorties. Before joining this squadron he had already completed 20 operational sorties of which 13 were with No. 29 Squadron on night flying interception over France, in Blenheim aircraft, and seven in No. 116 Squadron on Hampden aircraft, making a total of 60 operational sorties altogether.

During his operational tour with No. 38 Squadron, Flight Sergeant Price has shown keenness and devotion to duty which has been an inspiration to the Squadron.

On the night of 12 October 1941, when operating from Malta against motor transport and petrol installations in Tripoli, his ground straffing was so good that large fires were started from petrol ignited by his incendiary bullets.

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William Dunphy was born in Kilkenny on 28 June 1889. By faith a Roman Catholic and a Farmer by occupation, he joined the Royal Irish Constabulary briefly in March 1909 and then again in July 1910. Based in Co. Westmeath from January 1911 and then Co. Kerry from July 1919. He ceased to be a member when the force was disbanded in April 1922.

Constable William Dunphy was awarded the Constabulary Medal (Ireland) for his part in the defence of the police barracks at Camp, County Kerry, when it was under attack by elements of the Irish Republican Army on 19 February 1920. The defence was conducted bya Sergeant and six Constables who all received the Constabulary Medal. A total of 280 Constabulary Medals were awarded for the ‘troubles’ between 1916 and 1922; of these, 180 medals were awarded for incidents during 1920.


A ‘1920 Irish Troubles’ Constabulary Medal (Ireland) to Constable William Dunphy, Royal Irish Constabulary

CONSTABULARY MEDAL (IRELAND), 2nd type, ‘Reward of Merit Royal Irish Constabulary’, reverse inscribed, ‘Constable WilliamDunphy, 64671, 1920’, with straight bar swivel suspension and silver brooch bar, good very fine £5000-6000

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B.E.M. London Gazette 14 June 1945. The original recommendations states:

‘He has carried out the duties of Senior Chief Writer in the East Indies Drafting Office for two and a half years. He has been responsiblefor the administration of the staff and has been the guiding influence during the formation, training and expansion of this office. The Drafting Office started with a handful of untrained ratings in July 1942 and Chief Writer Gleeson has had the job of teaching staff and administering the office. His sound knowledge of drafting together with his outstanding personality, have been largely responsible for building up this important organisation. He has always shown unfailing devotion to duty and has been of the utmost assistance to the Drafting Commander who placed the greatest reliance on him.’

Maurice Gleeson was serving at the Ceylon base H.M.S. Lanka at the time of the above related deeds. Post-war, he was appointed a Commissioned Writer Officer at the Portland base Osprey in April 1951, and served in the carrier Glory during the Korean War. Returning home in late 1953, he was advanced to Senior Commissioned Writer Officer in April 1955, in which rank he was placed on the Retired List in the late 1950s, following a final appointment at Tamar, Hong Kong.

A Second World War B.E.M group of six awarded to Senior Commissioned Writer Officer M. Gleeson, Royal Navy

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (C.P.O. Wr. Maurice Gleeson, P/MX. 46304); DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS; KOREA 1950-53 (Cd. W.O. M. Gleeson, B.E.M., R.N.); U.N. KOREA 1950-54; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (MX. 46304 M. Gleeson, C.P.O. Wr., H.M.S. Rooke), mounted as worn, together with a set of uniform ribands, very fineand better (6) £350-400

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B.E.M. London Gazette 26 June 1945. ‘... for bravery, determination and great devotion to duty, whilst serving in H.M.S. Affleck, whenan explosion caused the whole of the ship to be penetrated by chlorsulphonic acid fumes. In spite of the appalling conditions the shipwas brought back to safety.’

The frigate H.M.S. Affleck, an ex-American destroyer-escort, transferred, lend/lease to the Royal Navy in 1943, was damaged by a torpedo from the U-486 off Cherbourg on 27 December 1944. Humphrey was awarded the B.E.M. (military) for his efforts in saving thevessel. However, probably as a result of the poisonous fumes released into the vessel, he died on 6 December 1946, aged 25 years. Hewas buried in the Chipping Barnet Burial Ground. He was the son of Bertie John and Eleanor Humphrey and husband of Eliza Jane Hollywood Humphrey of Belfast, Northern Ireland.


A Second World War B.E.M. group of five awarded to Electrical Artificer 3rd Class B. J. Humphrey, Royal Navy, whodied on 6 December 1946

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Elec. Art. 3 Cl. Bertram J. Humphrey, P/MX.78684 R.N.); 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR, CLASP, FRANCE AND GERMANY; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed, last four mounted for wear, very fine and better (5) £200-250

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B.E.M. London Gazette 11 December 1945.

Frank Smith was decorated for his services in bomb disposal operations in Holland in 1945.

A rare Second World War bomb disposal operations B.E.M. group of eight awarded to Sergeant F. Smith, Royal Marines

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (T. Sgt. Frank Smith, R.M., CH.X 2718); 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45; NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 2 clasps, Cyprus, Near East (CH/X. 2718 F. Smith, B.E.M., Sgt., R.M.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (CH.X. 2718 F. Smith, B.E.M., Sgt., R.M.), very fine and better (8) £600-800

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B.E.M. London Gazette 9 January 1946.

A Second World War B.E.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant H. Riley, King’s Own Scottish Borderers

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (3193700 Sgt. Harry Riley, K.O.S.B.); 1939-45 STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45, together with a King’s Own Scottish Borderers cap badge, the first with contactmarks, particularly to obverse field, nearly very fine, the remainder good very fine (6) £350-400

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B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1947. The original recommendation states:

‘After outstanding war service at sea in H.M.S. Ramillies between 1941 and 1945, this Chief Petty Officer has given exceptional servicesin H.M.S. Excellent during the extremely difficult post-war period. Since May 1945, he has been the Senior Instructional Chief GunneryInstructor and has been chiefly responsible for the organisation and smooth running of all ratings’ training in the Gunnery School. He isstrongly recommended for the award of a decoration for his outstanding service over the last 15 months.’

William Patrick Joyce would have witnessed extensive active service during his time as a C.P.O. (Gunnery) in the battleship H.M.S. Ramillies 1941-45, most memorably perhaps in her encounter with the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau while escorting convoy HX-106 in February 1941 - luckily for all concerned, and no doubt aware of the potential of Ramillies’ 15-inch guns, Admiral Lutjens chose to follow Hitler’s directive not to engage enemy capital ships. Then in May 1941, she was ordered to intercept the Bismarck, but fate intervened when the latter was damaged by the Prince of Wales and turned instead for France.

One year later, Ramillies lent valuable assistance to Allied invasion of Madagasgar, but, on 20 May 1942, after being spotted by Japanese aircraft in Diego Suarez harbour, she was attacked by two enemy midget submarines and severely damaged by a torpedo. Having then undergone temporary repairs in Durban, and a refit in the U.K., she returned to an operational footing in June 1943 and was, by the summer of 1944, bombarding enemy positions in Normandy - on D-Day itself she knocked out several guns, while on the following day she repelled an attack made by two enemy destroyers, when five torpedoes missed her, followed by another attack launched by a pack of six E-boats. In fact, she remained actively employed off Normandy until the end of the month, in which period she fired over 1,000 15-inch shells, thought to be the most powerful bombardment delivered by a single ship to that time.

Sold with a fine array of Naval prize medals (16), many of then named, covering the period 1929-48, the majority for gunnery or shooting, with six in silver, one in silver and enamel, and the remainder in base metal, three mounted for wearing, but otherwise in their leather or card boxes of issue.

A post-war B.E.M. group of ten awarded to Chief Petty Officer W. P. Joyce, Royal Navy

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (C.P.O. William P. Joyce, P/JX. 112422), with its card box of issue; NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (J. 112422 W. P. Joyce, P.O., R.N.); 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; BURMA STAR; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45; CORONATION 1937; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J.112422 W. P. Joyce, C.P.O., H.M.S. Ramillies), good very fine and better (10) £350-400

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A post-war B.E.M. group of six awarded to Corporal C. E. Evans, Royal Air Force and Auxiliary Air Force, who was decorated for his services in the Air component of the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces, Japan

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (842505 L.A.C. Charles E. Evans, R.A.F.); 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR, clasp, France and Germany; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45; AIR EFFICIENCY AWARD, G.VI.R., 1st issue (842505 L.A.C. C.E. Evans, A.A.F.), minor contact marks and a little polished, otherwise very fine or better (6) £250-300

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B.E.M. London Gazette 10 June 1948. The original recommendation states:

‘He has been employed in the amenities section of H.Q., B.C.A.I.R. [the Air component of British Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan] for the past seven months. He has devoted the major portion of his time, out of normal duty hours, to the improvement of amenities for all members of the B.C.A.I.R forces. He has been the leading personality in the formation and running of a branch of the R.A.F. Association at Iwakuni, for which he has enrolled many new members. He has taken a leading part in providing theatrical entertainment and has acted in a number of these shows. He has been largely instrumental in forming and leading an Airman’s Committee to manage their own canteen, a committee which, under his leadership, has been most successful in improving the canteenfacilities and in keeping exceptionally good order and discipline. He has a strong and pleasant personality through which he exercisesan excellent influence over his comrades. He has always been exceptionally reliable and industrious and has always shown outstanding leadership, initiative and unselfishness in improving the welfare of all ranks of B.C.A.I.R., particularly at Iwakuni.’

Charles Edward Evans, who presumably served in one of the Auxiliary Air Force squadrons employed by Coastal Command in the 1939-45 War, was awarded his Air Efficiency Award in AMO No. 805 of September 1948, while serving in the rank of Corporal.

B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1953:


‘Chief Aircraft Artificer Howlett has been the Senior Maintenance Rating at the Royal Naval Repair Section, Iwakuni. This section, which consists of one Air Engineer Officer and some 35 ratings, is a lodger unit with the Royal Australian Air Force who are in turn lodgers with the U.S. Army Air Force. To enable an ill-equipped unit working under these conditions to operate happily and efficientlyrequires the highest degree of co-operation with the other United Nations forces. This, by his charm of manner, outstanding drive and initiative, Howlett has achieved with uninterrupted success over a period of seven months.

At the beginning of December 1951, it was necessary for the Air Engineering Officer to go to the advanced section in Korea to recoverdamaged aircraft. He was away ten days during which period Howlett was in sole charge at Iwakuni. This period happened to coincidewith the biggest replenishment of aircraft and air stores required by a British operational carrier since the outbreak of war. Howlett, during the short time available, succeeded in preparing eleven aircraft and transporting them by lighter to the operational carrier besides arranging the flight delivery of one by an organisation not previously tried but which has since become one of the standard methods. It is no exaggeration to state that due to Howlett’s efforts no aircraft within his charge which it was humanly possible to prepare or repair during the time available was lacked by the operational carrier.’

Walter Arthur Howlett was borne on the books of the light fleet carrier Unicorn at the time of the above related deeds. Equipped with extensive workshop facilities and and large storage areas, she was to the Fleet Air Arm the equivalent of a depot ship.

A scarce B.E.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Aircraft Artificer W. A. Howlett, Royal Navy, for his services in Japanin support of Fleet Air Arm operations in Korea

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL, (Military) E.II.R. (C.A.A. Walter A. Howlett, L/FX. 76697); 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; BURMA STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45; U.N. KOREA 1950-54; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (FX. 76697 W. A. Howlett, B.E.M., C.A.A., H.M.S. Daedalus), one or two minor official corrections to the first and last, contact marks and a little polished, otherwise generally very fine (8) £500-600

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Alan Anthony McLeod was serving at the Fleet Air Arm station H.M.S. Blackcap, at Warrington in Lancashire, at the time of receiving his B.E.M.

A post-war Fleet Air Arm B.E.M. group of four awarded to Chief Aircraft Artificer A. A. MacLeod, Royal Navy

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL, (Military) E.II.R. (C.A.A. Alan A. MacLeod, L/FX. 76928); DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (FX. 76928 A. A. MacLeod, B.E.M., C.A.A., H.M.S. Daedalus), mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £250-300

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B.E.M. London Gazette 10 November 1953:

‘For distinguished service in operations in Korean waters.’

William John Campbell was awarded his B.E.M. in respect of services in the cruiser H.M.S. Birmingham. During her time in the 5th Cruiser Squadron in Korean waters, Birmingham expended over 1,000 6-inch shells and, as the Panmunjom negotiations moved slowlytowards an armistice, she lent valuable support to American landing craft evacuating thousands of friendly Koreans from the islands offthe north-west coast. She returned to home waters in June 1954.

A scarce Korea War B.E.M. group of ten awarded to Master at Arms W. J. Campbell, Royal Navy

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL, (Military) E.II.R. (M.A.A. William J. Campbell, C/MX. 96304); 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR; BURMA STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45; KOREA 1950-53 (C/MX. 96304 W. J. Campbell, M.A.A., R.N.); U.N. KOREA 1950-54; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (MX. 96304 W. J. Campbell, M.A.A., H.M.S. Pembroke), mounted as worn, together with a set of uniform ribands and embroidered rank insignia, contact marks and a little polished, otherwise generally very fine (10) £500-600

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B.E.M. London Gazette 10 June 1961.

His recommendation reads: ‘From February 1957 to March 1960 Staff Sergeant Bartlett was in command of 99 Field Bakery at Episkopi.This Bakery was equipped and staffed to meet the needs of 5,500 troops but during this period of the Cyprus Emergency, the Bakery was supplying an inflated figure of some 10,000 to 12,000 personnel of the Army and Royal Air Force. Throughout this time, despite the problems of continual heavy overloading, the Bakery maintained an excellent and unfailing service and this was due entirely to thegreat energy, drive and technical ability of Staff Sergeant Bartlett.

In April 1960, he was promoted Acting Warrant Officer and posted to command the Static Bakery at Dhekelia, where he has continuedto apply his wholehearted enthusiasm and skill. The result has been that, by reorganisation and adjustment, the civilian overtime expenditure has been considerably reduced and, at the same time, efficiency has been increased in regard to quality of the product.

In addition to his duties as a Master Baker at Dhekelia, he has carried out several inspection and supervisory visits to other Army Bakeries within the Command; this task being quite outside his normal responsibilities.

Throughout this period of four years, Staff Sergeant Bartlett has shown himself to be an outstanding example of a high grade senior rankcraftsman who, by applying himself unsparingly to his responsibilities, has produced excellent results and has given very valuable service to a considerable part of the Army and Royal Air Force in Cyprus. His diligence, skill, loyalty and devotion to duty set an example to all ranks.’

With copied gazette and recommendation extracts.

A ‘Cyprus’ B.E.M. group of eight awarded to Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 S. E. G. Bartlett, Royal Army Service Corps

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL, (Military) E.II.R. (S/160489 A/W/O. I Spencer E. G. Bartlett, R.A.S.C.) naming officially corrected; 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR, clasp, 8th Army; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, these unnamed; GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (S/160489 S. Sgt., R.A.S.C.); ARMY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (S/160489 S. Sgt., R.A.S.C.) mounted as worn, some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine (8) £200-300

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William James Johnston was awarded his B.E.M. in respect of services as an A.P.T.C. Instructor in No. 1 Training Regiment, R.E. at Aldershot, in the period September 1959 until December 1961, in which capacity he ‘drove himself almost to the point of a breakdownin health’ (accompanying copy recommendation refers). A rare B.E.M. to the Army Physical Training Corps.

Of his earlier service in the North-West Europe operations 1944-45, nothing is known, though it is worth stating for the record that a large number of A.P.T.C. personnel were attached to Airborne units in the campaign, including those employed in the Arnhem operations.

A post-war B.E.M. group of six awarded to Staff Sergeant W. J. Johnston, Army Physical Training Corps

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL, (Military) E.II.R. (14415467 S. Sgt. William J. Johnston, A.P.T.C.); 1939-45 STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45; ARMY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., Regular Army (14415467 S. Sgt. W. J. Johnston, A.P.T.C.), mounted as worn, generally good very fine (6) £300-350

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After a strenuous struggle in the rough water Trooper Downs succeeded in holding the man up with his right hand and started to swimback by breast stroke with his left hand. This was extremely difficult owing to the weight of the man’s clothing, but after a great effort he managed to reach the sea wall. Here Trooper Downs dragged the man towards the steps where he was able to pull him almost clearof the water and support him until the arrival of an ambulance. Unfortunately the man died on the way to hospital. Trooper Downs displayed, in the face of forbidding conditions, great gallantry and determination in his efforts to rescue a fellow man.’

Local newspapers quickly covered the story of 17 year old Michael Downs’ gallantry, one of them revealing that the young soldier hadbeen absent without leave - ‘He went back after the incident and got a telling-off from his C.O., but they were delighted with what he had done in trying to save the man in the sea and no action was taken against him’. While another stated that whilst he had been awarded a school proficiency certificate for swimming, he had failed the lifesaving test.

Michael Downs was convicted of murder at Manchester Crown Court in July 1989.

An extremely rare British Empire Medal for Gallantry awarded to Trooper M. E. Downs, 14/20th King’s Hussars, ‘the youngest soldier inthe British Army’ to receive the award

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL, (Military) E.II.R., with gallantry emblem (23923263Tpr. Michael E. Downs, 14/20th King’s Hussars), in its Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £1200-1500

B.E.M. London Gazette 21 May 1963:

‘At 9.30 p.m. on 25 November 1962, Trooper Downs and a companion were walking along the Promenade at Blackpool when they saw an old man supporting himself by the sea wall. After passing the man they then heard the sound of groaning and splashing coming from the sea. Trooper Downs saw the old man in the water, being carried away from the wall. The tide was fairly high,the sea choppy and there was a heavy swell; it was also very foggy. Trooper Downs, after telling his companion to telephone for assistance and removing some of his clothing, dived into the sea and swam towards the man who was now 50 yards from the sea wall.

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A B.E.M. group of three awarded to Flight Sergeant G. Colledge, Royal Air Force

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL, (Military) E.II.R. (No.977113 F. Sgt. Gilbert Colledge, R.A.F.); GENERAL SERVICE 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (977113 Sgt., R.A.F.); ROYAL AIR FORCE L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (977113 F. Sgt., R.A.F.) good very fine (3)

£220-260

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As “Gateway to the South”, Southampton endured 57 raids during the Blitz, with resultant casualties of 633 killed and 922 seriously injured. In fact the city was hit by a total of 2,600 bombs and 32,000 incendiary devices, with 4,000 homes being destroyed and another 36,000 damaged - an accompanying copied newspaper feature from the Southampton Echo states that Clouder had been in theemploy of Southern Railway for 12 years at the time of the above related incident, and that he, too, had been bombed out of his homeand was living with his parents. He died in December 1968, aged 63 years.

A good Second World War “Southampton Blitz” B.E.M. awarded to F. C. Clouder, a Southern Railway crane driver who was decorated for his gallantry during a daylight raid on the docks in August 1940

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Frederick Charles Clouder), edge nicks, good very fine £350-400

B.E.M. London Gazette 24 January 1941:

‘Just after bombs had been dropped in Southampton, Clouder volunteered to assist in removing a wounded soldier from the roof of the Cold Store. This was burning fiercely and A.A. shells standing there were exploding from the heat on the roof. He ran to a crane and guided a rope sling looped on to the crane hoodwhich was placed on the Cold Store roof. The soldier was placed in the sling andClouder lowered him to the ground. As the raid was still in progress Clouder showed great presence of mind and courage in carrying out this operation in spite of flames and smoke as well as exploding A.A. shells.’

The above incident took place in a daylight raid on Tuesday 13 August 1940, onwhich occasion Mr. William Fisher, a dockworker who assisted Clouder, was awarded the George Medal. The wounded soldier was Private S. W. Jones of the71st Light A.A. Battery, R.A.

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(an eye-witness account of the raid on the World War Two “People’s War” website refers). Jones was no doubt back in action as a Warden on the night of 27-28 August 1940, when Gillingham suffered a far more extensive raid, 20 people being killed and another 22seriously injured, many of them as a result of hits in Nelson Road, the scene of his earlier gallant exploits.

Donald Louis Jones was a Troop Leader in the 37th (Medway) Troop, Boy Scouts, and was appointed a Warden in the Air Raids Precaution Service at Gillingham, Kent, aged 18 years (The Left Handshake, The Boy Scout Movement during the War 1939-45 refers).The same source also confirms that he was first Warden to be awarded the B.E.M., as does a report in The Times of 31 July 1940. Had the incident in question taken place a little later in the year, there seems little doubt the calibre of his deeds would have resulted in an award of the newly introduced George Medal.

A landmark Second World War B.E.M. awarded to Warden D. L. Jones, Air Raid Precautions Service, Kent and a Boy Scout Troop Leader - the first Warden thus decorated in the 1939-45 War

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Donald Louis Jones), in its card box of issue, good very fine £600-800

B.E.M. London Gazette 30 July 1940. The original recommendation - submitted for Churchill’s approval on 22 July - states:

‘During a recent raid, bombs fell near his post and he went to the assistance of anumber of people who were buried under debris at 50, Nelson Road. He crawledat considerable risk under some tons of wreckage and found two persons pinneddown under heavy joists which had fallen with the floor above. During a periodof some four hours he was able to give invaluable assistance to the rescue party.With his torch he was able to see how the victims were trapped and was able toadvise the rescue party. He used his body to protect the heads and faces of the trapped people from debris which was dislodged during the work; without this protection the breathing of the victims and possibly their sight would have been seriously impaired. It is owing mainly to his efforts that the members of the rescuesquad were able to release the victims.’

The raid in question occurred on the night of 17-18 July 1940, when at least six bombs hit assorted locations in Gillingham, Kent. This being an early example ofindiscriminate bombing, ‘people came from miles around to see the damage, even then the looters were in the damaged properties and numerous things wentmissing’

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George Hocking was serving in the S.S. San Ubaldo, a tanker of the Eagle Oil and Shipping Company’s fleet, at the time of being recommended for his B.E.M., which distinction was presented to him at a Buckingham Palace investiture held on 23 October 1945.

Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a Fleet oiler, the San Ubaldo was employed in the Channel and off Normandy.

A Second World War B.E.M. group of four awarded to Pumpman G. Hocking, Merchant Navy

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (George Hocking); 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR, clasp, France and Germany; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, good very fine or better (4) £200-250

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B.E.M. London Gazette 9 January 1946. ‘Ship’s Carpenter, S.S. Empress of Scotland (Canadian Pacific Steam Ships Ltd.)’

R.M.S. Empress of Scotland (name changed from Empress of Japan in October 1942) was heavily involved in transporting troops from America in preparation for the invasion of Europe. Despite intensive U-boat activity, she made twelve transatlantic round trips completely unscathed.

A civil B.E.M. group of eleven awarded to Carpenters Crew J. French, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (John French); 1914-15 STAR (Car. Cr., M.F.A.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Car. Cr., M.F.A.); MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDAL 1914-18 (John French); VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19 (Car. Cr., M.F.A.); 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; PACIFIC STAR, clasp, Burma; ITALY STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, these unnamed, mounted as worn, good very fine (11) £280-320

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B.E.M. London Gazette 31 December 1960. ‘George North Tuck, Sub Postmaster, Stowlangtoft Post Office, Bury St. Edmonds.’

A civil B.E.M. awarded to Mr G. N. Tuck, Sub Postmaster of Stowlangtoft Post Office, Suffolk

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL, (Civil) E.II.R. (George North Tuck) in Royal Mint case of issue; together with a miniature dress medal, extremely fine (2) £80-100

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Conditions mainly concerning Buyers

1 The buyer

The highest bidder shall be the buyer at the ‘hammer price’ and any dispute

shall be settled at the auctioneer’s absolute discretion. Every bidder shall be

deemed to act as principal unless there is in force a written

acknowledgement by Dix Noonan Webb that he acts as agent on behalf of a

named principal.

2 Minimum increment

The auctioneer shall have the right to refuse any bid which does not exceed

the previous bid by at least 5 percent or by such other proportion as the

auctioneer shall in his absolute discretion direct.

3 The premium

The buyer shall pay to Dix Noonan Webb a premium on the ‘hammer price’

in accordance with the percentages set out in paragraph 4 above and agrees

that Dix Noonan Webb, when acting as agent for the seller, may also receive

commission from the seller in accordance with Condition 15.

4 Value Added Tax (VAT)

The buyers’ premium is subject to the current rate of Value Added Tax if the

purchaser is resident in the European Union.

5 Payment

Immediately a lot is sold the buyer shall:

(a) give to Dix Noonan Webb his or her name and address and, if so

requested, proof of identity; and

(b) pay to Dix Noonan Webb the ‘total amount due’ in pounds sterling

(unless credit terms have been agreed with Dix Noonan Webb before the

auction). Please note that we will not accept cash payments in excess of

£5,000 (five thousand pounds) in settlement for purchases made at any one

auction.

6 Dix Noonan Webb may, at its absolute discretion, agree credit terms with

the buyer before an auction under which the buyer will be entitled to take

possession of lots purchased up to an agreed amount in value in advance of

payment by a determined future date of the ‘total amount due’.

7 Any payments by a buyer to Dix Noonan Webb may be applied by Dix

Noonan Webb towards any sums owing from that buyer to Dix Noonan

Webb on any account whatever, without regard to any directions of the

buyer, his or her agent, whether expressed or implied.

8 Collection of purchases

The ownership of the lot(s) purchased shall not pass to the buyer until he or

COND I T I O N S O F BU S I N E S S

I M P O R TA N T I N F O RM AT I O N F O R BU Y E R S

Absentee Bids

If instructed we will execute bids and advise intending purchasers. No charge

is made for this service. Lots will always be bought as cheaply as is allowed

by such other bids and reserves as are on our books. In the event of identical

bids, the earliest will take precedence. Always indicate a ‘top limit’ – the

amount to which you would bid if you were attending the auction yourself.

‘Buy’ or unlimited bids will not be accepted.

All bids must be confirmed in writing, by fax or e-mail and should be

received by 18:00 on the day before the auction. Although we will

endeavour to execute all late bids, Dix Noonan Webb cannot accept

responsibility for any bids received on the day of the auction itself.

Commission Form

Further advice to bidders and purchasers may be found on the commission

form included with this catalogue. Please use this form when sending bids to

us.

Buyers’ Premium

A buyers’ premium of 20% on the hammer price (plusVAT if resident in, or lots

are delivered within, the EuropeanUnion) is payable by the buyer on all lots.

Pre-sale Estimates

The pre-sale estimates are intended as a guide for prospective purchasers.

Any bid between the listed figures would, in our opinion, offer a fair chance

of success. However all lots, depending on the degree of competition, can

realise prices either above or below the listed estimates.

Methods of Payment

All payments must be made in pounds sterling. Payment may be made by

transfer direct to Dix Noonan Webb’s account at:

Lloyds TSB

Piccadilly London Branch

39 Piccadilly

London W1J 0AA

Sort Code: 30-96-64 Account No: 0622865

Swift Code: LOYDGB2L

IBAN: GB70LOYD30966400622865 BIC: LOYDGB21085

Please include your name, account number and invoice number with the

instructions to the bank.

Alternative methods of payment which will enable immediate clearance of

purchases include cash, bankers drafts, credit cards (Master Card, Visa and

American Express) and debit cards. Although personal and company cheques

are accepted, buyers are advised that property will not be released until such

cheques have cleared.

Please note that we will not accept cash payments in excess of £5,000 (five

thousand pounds) in settlement for purchases made at any one auction.

Purchases will be despatched as soon as possible upon receipt of your

written despatch instructions and full payment in pounds sterling for the lots

you have bought. Carriage will be at the buyer’s expense. Estimates and

advice on all methods of despatch can be provided upon request.

All credit card payments are subject to an additional charge of 3 per cent.

Insurance cover will be arranged unless otherwise specified and will be

added to the carriage charge.

Clearance of Purchases

Buyers who have not established a credit arrangement with Dix Noonan

Webb will be asked to pay for their purchases in pounds sterling when they

wish to take possession of them. It is regretted that Dix NoonanWebb cannot

take banker’s references over the telephone at the time of clearance and that

buyers cannot take possession of their purchases until cheques are cleared.

If buyers wish to pay for their purchases by cheque they are urged to arrange

clearance of their cheques well in advance of the sale by supplying

appropriate banker’s references.

Buyers will be requested to supply a reasonable means of identification at the

time of payment.

Lots will only be released to the purchaser, or his or her authorised

representative, if full payment in pounds sterling has been received by Dix

Noonan Webb, together with settlement of any charges due.

she has made payment in full to Dix NoonanWebb of the ‘total amount due’

in pounds sterling.

9 (a) The buyer shall at his or her own expense take away the lot(s) purchased

not later than 5 working days after the day of the auction but (unless credit

terms have been agreed in accordance with Condition 7) not before payment

to Dix Noonan Webb of the ‘total amount due’.

(b) The buyer shall be responsible for any removal, storage and insurance

charges on any lot not taken away within 5 working days after the day of the

auction.

(c) The packing and handling of purchased lots by Dix Noonan Webb staff is

undertaken solely as a courtesy to clients and, in the case of fragile articles,

will be undertaken only at Dix Noonan Webb’s discretion. In no event will

Dix Noonan Webb be liable for damage to glass or frames, regardless of the

cause.

10 Buyers’ responsibilities for lots purchased

The buyer will be responsible for loss or damage to lots purchased from the

time of collection or the expiry of 5 working days after the day of the auction,

whichever is the sooner. Neither Dix NoonanWebb nor its servants or agents

shall thereafter be responsible for any loss or damage of any kind, whether

caused by negligence or otherwise, while any lot is in its custody or under its

control.

11 Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchase

If any lot is not paid for in full and taken away in accordance with Conditions

6 and 10, or if there is any other breach of either of those Conditions, Dix

Noonan Webb as agent of the seller shall, at its absolute discretion and

without prejudice to any other rights it may have, be entitled to exercise one

or more of the following rights and remedies:

(a) to proceed against the buyer for damages for breach of contract.

(b) to rescind the sale of that or any other lots sold to the defaulting buyer at

the same or any other auction.

(c) to re-sell the lot or cause it to be re-sold by public auction or private sale

and the defaulting buyer shall pay to Dix Noonan Webb any resulting

deficiency in the ‘total amount due’ (after deduction of any part payment and

addition of re-sale costs) and any surplus shall belong to the seller.

(d) to remove, store and insure the lot at the expense of the defaulting buyer

and, in the case of storage, either at Dix Noonan Webb premises or

elsewhere.

(e) to charge interest at a rate not exceeding 2 percent per month on the ‘total

amount due’ to the extent it remains unpaid for more than 5 working days

after the day of the auction.

(f) to retain that or any other lot sold to the same buyer at the sale or any other

auction and release it only after payment of the ‘total amount due’.

(g) to reject or ignore any bids made by or on behalf of the defaulting buyer

at any future auctions or obtaining a deposit before accepting any bids in

future.

(h) to apply any proceeds of sale then due or at any time thereafter becoming

due to the defaulting buyer towards settlement of the ‘total amount due’ and

to exercise a lien on any property of the defaulting buyer which is in Dix

Noonan Webb’s possession for any purpose.

12 Liability of Dix Noonan Webb and sellers

(a) Goods auctioned are usually of some age. All goods are sold with all faults

and imperfections and errors of description. Illustrations in catalogues are for

identification only. Buyers should satisfy themselves prior to the sale as to the

condition of each lot and should exercise and rely on their own judgement

as to whether the lot accords with its description. Subject to the obligations

accepted by Dix Noonan Webb under this Condition, none of the seller, Dix

Noonan Webb, its servants or agents is responsible for errors of descriptions

or for the genuineness or authenticity of any lot. No warranty whatever is

given by Dix Noonan Webb, its servants or agents, or any seller to any buyer

in respect of any lot and any express or implied conditions or warranties are

hereby excluded.

(b) Any lot which proves to be a ‘deliberate forgery’ may be returned by the

buyer to Dix Noonan Webb within 15 days of the date of the auction in the

same condition in which it was at the time of the auction, accompanied by

a statement of defects, the number of the lot, and the date of the auction at

which it was purchased. If Dix Noonan Webb is satisfied that the item is a

‘deliberate forgery’ and that the buyer has and is able to transfer a good and

marketable title to the lot free from any third party claims, the sale will be set

aside and any amount paid in respect of the lot will be refunded, provided

that the buyer shall have no rights under this Condition if:

(i) the description in the catalogue at the date of the sale was in accordance

with the then generally accepted opinion of scholars and experts or fairly

indicated that there was a conflict of such opinion; or

(ii) the only method of establishing at the date of publication of the catalogue

that the lot was a ‘deliberate forgery’ was by means of scientific processes not

generally accepted for use until after publication of the catalogue or a

process which was unreasonably expensive or impractical.

(c) A buyer’s claim under this Condition shall be limited to any amount paid

in respect of the lot and shall not extend to any loss or damage suffered or

expense incurred by him or her.

(d) The benefit of the Condition shall not be assignable and shall rest solely

and exclusively in the buyer who, for the purpose of this condition, shall be

and only be the person to whom the original invoice is made out by Dix

Noonan Webb in respect of the lot sold.

Conditions mainly concerning Sellers and Consignors

13 Warranty of title and availability

The seller warrants to Dix Noonan Webb and to the buyer that he or she is

the true owner of the property or is properly authorised to sell the property

by the true owner and is able to transfer good and marketable title to the

property free from any third party claims. The seller will indemnify Dix

Noonan Webb, its servants and agents and the buyer against any loss or

damage suffered by either in consequence or any breach on the part of the

seller.

14 Reserves

The seller shall be entitled to place prior to the auction a reserve on any

single item lot which has a minimum value of £100, being the minimum

‘hammer price’ at which that lot may be treated as sold. A reserve once

placed by the seller shall not be changed without thc consent of Dix Noonan

Webb. Dix NoonanWebb may at their option sell at a ‘hammer price’ below

the reserve but in any such cases the sale proceeds to which the seller is

entitled shall be the same as they would have been had the sale been at the

reserve. Where a reserve has been placed, only the auctioneer may bid on

behalf of the seller.

15 Authority to deduct commission and expenses

The seller authorises Dix Noonan Webb to deduct commission at the ‘stated

rate’ and ‘expenses’ from the ‘hammer price’ and acknowledges Dix Noonan

Webb’s right to retain the premium payable by the buyer.

16 Rescission of sale

If before Dix Noonan Webb remit the ‘sale proceeds’ to the seller, the buyer

makes a claim to rescind the sale that is appropriate and Dix Noonan Webb

is of the opinion that the claim is justified, Dix Noonan Webb is authorised

to rescind the sale and refund to the buyer any amount paid to Dix Noonan

Webb in respect of the lot.

17 Payment of sale proceeds

Dix Noonan Webb shall remit the ‘sale proceeds’ to the seller not later than

35 days after the auction, but if by that date Dix Noonan Webb has not

received the ‘total amount due’ from the buyer then Dix Noonan Webb will

remit the sale proceeds within five working days after the date on which the

‘total amount due’ is received from the buyer. If credit terms have been

agreed between Dix Noonan Webb and the buyer, Dix Noonan Webb shall

remit to the seller the sale proceeds not later than 35 days after the auction

unless otherwise agreed by the seller.

18 If the buyer fails to pay to Dix Noonan Webb the ‘total amount due’

within 3 weeks after the auction, Dix NoonanWebb will endeavour to notify

the seller and take the seller’s instructions as to the appropriate course of

action and, so far as in Dix Noonan Webb’s opinion is practicable, will assist

the seller to recover the ‘total amount due’ from the buyer. If circumstances do

not permit Dix Noonan Webb to take instructions from the seller, the seller

authorises Dix Noonan Webb at the seller’s expense to agree special terms for

payment of the ‘total amount due’, to remove, store and insure the lot sold, to

settle claims made by or against the buyer on such terms as Dix NoonanWebb

shall in its absolute discretion think fit, to take such steps as are necessary to

collect monies due by the buyer to the seller and if necessary to rescind the

sale and refund money to the buyer.

19 If, notwithstanding that the buyer fails to pay to Dix Noonan Webb the

‘total amount due’ within three weeks after the auction, Dix Noonan Webb

remits the ‘sale proceeds’ to the seller, the ownership of the lot shall pass to

Dix Noonan Webb.

20 Charges for withdrawn lots

Where a seller cancels instructions for sale, Dix Noonan Webb reserve the

right to charge a fee of 15 per cent of Dix Noonan Webb’s then latest estimate

or middle estimate of the auction price of the property withdrawn, together

with Value Added Tax thereon if the seller is resident in the European Union,

and ‘expenses’ incurred in relation to the property.

21 Rights to photographs and illustrations

The seller gives Dix Noonan Webb full and absolute right to photograph and

illustrate any lot placed in its hands for sale and to use such photographs and

illustrations and any photographs and illustrations provided by the seller at any

time at its absolute discretion (whether or not in connection with the auction).

22 Unsold lots

Where any lot fails to sell, Dix Noonan Webb shall notify the seller

accordingly. The seller shall make arrangements either to re-offer the lot for

sale or to collect the lot.

23 Dix Noonan Webb reserve the right to charge commission up to one-half

of the ‘stated rates’ calculated on the ‘bought-in price’ and in addition

‘expenses’ in respect of any unsold lots.

General conditions and definitions

24 Dix Noonan Webb sells as agent for the seller (except where it is stated

wholly or partly to own any lot as principal) and as such is not responsible for

any default by seller or buyer.

25 Any representation or statement by Dix NoonanWebb, in any catalogue as

to authorship, attribution, genuineness, origin, date, age, provenance,

condition or estimated selling price is a statement of opinion only. Every

person interested should exercise and rely on his or her own judgement as to

such matters and neither Dix Noonan Webb nor its servants or agents are

responsible for the correctness of such opinions.

26 Whilst the interests of prospective buyers are best served by attendance at

the auction, Dix Noonan Webb will, if so instructed, execute bids on their

behalf. Neither Dix Noonan Webb nor its servants or agents are responsible

for any neglect or default in doing so or for failing to do so.

27 Dix NoonanWebb shall have the right, at its discretion, to refuse admission

to its premises or attendance at its auctions by any person.

28 Dix Noonan Webb has absolute discretion without giving any reason to

refuse any bid, to divide any lot, to combine any two or more lots, to withdraw

any lot from the auction and in case of dispute to put up any lot for auction

again.

29 (a) Any indemnity under these Conditions shall extend to all actions,

proceedings costs, expenses, claims and demands whatever incurred or

suffered by the person entitled to the benefit of the indemnity.

(b) Dix NoonanWebb declares itself to be a trustee for its relevant servants and

agents of the benefit of every indemnity under these Conditions to the extent

that such indemnity is expressed to be for the benefit of its servants and agents.

30 Any notice by Dix Noonan Webb to a seller, consignor, prospective bidder

or buyer may be given by first class mail or airmail and if so given shall be

deemed to have been duly received by the addressee 48 hours after posting.

31 These Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with

English law. All transactions to which these Conditions apply and all matters

connected therewith shall also be governed by English law. Dix NoonanWebb

hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts and all other

parties concerned hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the

English courts.

32 In these Conditions:

(a) ‘catalogue’ includes any advertisement, brochure, estimate, price list or

other publication;

(b) ‘hammer price’ means the price at which a lot is knocked down by the

auctioneer to the buyer;

(c) ‘total amount due’ means the ‘hammer price’ in respect of the lot sold

together with any premium, Value Added Tax chargeable and additional

charges and expenses due from a defaulting buyer in pounds sterling;

(d) ‘deliberate forgery’ means an imitation made with the intention of

deceiving as to authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source which

is not shown to be such in the description in the catalogue and which at the

date of the sale had a value materially less than it would have had if it had

been in accordance with that description;

(e) ‘sale proceeds’ means the net amount due to the seller being the ‘hammer

price’ of the lot sold less commission at the ‘stated rates’ and ‘expenses’ and

any other amounts due to Dix Noonan Webb by the seller in whatever

capacity and howsoever arising;

(f) ‘stated rate’ means Dix NoonanWebb published rates of commission for the

time and any Value Added Tax thereon;

(g) ‘expenses’ in relation to the sale of any lot means Dix Noonan Webb

charges and expenses for insurance, illustrations, special advertising, packing

and freight of that lot and any Value Added Tax thereon;

(h) ‘bought-in price’ means 5 per cent more than the highest bid received

below the reserve.

33 Vendors’ commission of sales

A commission of 15 per cent is payable by the vendor on the hammer price

on lots sold.

34 VAT

Commission, illustrations, insurance and advertising are subject to VAT if the

seller is resident in the European Union.

Bankers:

Lloyds TSB

Piccadilly London Branch

39 Piccadilly

London W1J 0AA

Sort Code: 30-96-64

Account No. 0622865

Swift Code: LOYDGB2L

IBAN: GB70LOYD30966400622865

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