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A Fine Collection of Medals, the Proper ty of a Lady, Par t 2 1

The K.C.B. group of three awarded to General Sir Maurice Stack, 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry, who commanded a Brigade in the Scinde at the battle of Hyderabad and was awarded the C.B. for his services The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s, breast star, silver gold and enamels, the reverse inscribed ‘R. & S. Garrard & Co. Goldsmiths and Jewellers to the Crown, 25 Hatmarket, London’, fitted with gold pin for wearing; Hyderabad 1843, with contemporary silver clip and straight bar suspension (Major M. Stack, 3rd Lt. Cavy.) engraved in serif capitals; Empress of India 1877, silver, unnamed as issued, with short piece of neck riband, minor chips to enamel on the first, otherwise generally good very fine (3) £2,000-£2,400 Maurice Stack was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, on 29 November 1796. He was nominated a Cadet on the Bombay Establishment for the Season 1812-13, and entered the Army in 1815 in which year he served with the 1st European Fusiliers in Kattywar and Kutch, and was present at the taking of Anjar and Bhooj. He served with the 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry against marauders in Guzerat in 1818. He was promoted to a Lieutenancy in 1817, became Captain in 1826, Major in 1839, and Lieutenant-Colonel in 1843. He was superintendent of the Allegaum military stud from 1836 to 1845.

He commanded a brigade in the campaign in Scinde in 1843, under Sir Charles Napier, and was present at the battle of Hyderabad. Sir Charles Napier reports that ‘Major Stack joined me last night with the 3d cavalry, the 8th N.I., and Major Leslie’s troop of horse artillery. The enemy fired upon them as they passed Meeanee, but I had reinforced his party by the Poona horse at Muttaree, in case of accidents, and also sent out the Sinde horse to meet him at Meeanee, and in an hour after the enemy appeared I was there myself with a troop of the 9th light cavalry, the remainder of the last-named regiment following me with some cannon. No serious attack took place, and the whole arrived in camp late at night. I have given them this day to rest, and tomorrow morning I mean to attack the enemy wherever I find him: he is either at Kotree, Dubba, or Jaum Ali Ka Tandah; all these are within six miles of Hyderabad, and he has already began attacking our camels.

I beg to say that Major Stack’s conduct on this march has pleased me very much. All sorts of reports reached him of the great force of the enemy, but he marched on boldly like a good soldier.’

‘On the 24 March Sir Charles Napier reports that at the battle of Dubba near Hyderabad, the enemy was perceived to move from his centre in considerable bodies apparently retreating unable to sustain the cross fire of the British Artillery, on seeing which Major Stack, at the head of the 3d cavalry, under command of Captain Delamain, and the Sinde horse, under command of Captain Jacob, made a brilliant charge upon the enemy’s left flank, crossing the nullah and cutting down the retreating enemy for several miles.’

On 8 April 1843, he was appointed to the command of the troops in camp at Hyderabad. Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and made a Companion of the Bath, for services in Scinde (London Gazette 4 July 1843 refers). His subsequent promotions were to Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, 3rd Light Cavalry, 7 December 1850; Colonel and Major-General 1855; Lieutenant-General 1868, and General in 1873. He was promoted to a Knight Commandership of the Order of the Bath in 1867 (London Gazette 15 March 1867 refers). General Sir Maurice Stack died at The Hays, Prestbury, on 20 July 1880.

Sold with copied Cadet papers, record of service, Scinde medal roll entry, and London Gazette entries for C.B. and K.C.B. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s grandson, see Lot 4.

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The 1911 Delhi Durbar C.S.I., Great War C.B., C.M.G. group of nine awarded to Colonel A. R. Aldridge, Royal Army Medical Corps, Assistant Director of Medical Services in Gallipoli, Egypt and Salonika 1915-17 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I., Companion’s neck badge, gold and enamel, with central onyx cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria, the motto of the order set in rose diamonds, suspended from a five-pointed silver star and gold ring suspension; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (Major A. R. Aldridge. R.A.M.C.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. A. R. Aldridge. C.S.I. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Col. A. R. Aldridge.); France, Third Republic , Medaille des Epidemies (d’Or) gold medal, the reverse embossed ‘M. Aldridge 1917’ French gold marks to edge; Greece, Kingdom , Order of the Redeemer, 3rd Class neck badge, silvergilt and enamels, generally good very fine or better (9) £5,000-£7,000 C.B. (Military) London Gazette 1 January 1918.

C.S.I. London Gazette 12 December 1911: ‘Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Army Medical Corps, lately Sanitary Officer, Army Headquarters.’

C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1917.

M.I.D. London Gazette 13 December 1904 (Mission to Tibet); 6 December 1916 (Salonika), and 28 November 1917 (Salonika).

Order of the Redeemer London Gazette 10 October 1918.

Medaille des Epidemies (d’Or) London Gazette 21 August 1919.

Arthur Russell Aldridge was born at Southampton on 3 September 1864, and qualified M.B., Edin. 1885 and D.P.H., Lond. 1892. Surgeon, afterwards Surgeon Captain, 28 July 1886; R.A.M.C. Captain, 28 July 1886; Major, 28 July 1898; Lieutenant-Colonel, 28 July 1906. Served in Tibet 1903-04, despatches, Medal; War of 1914-20, on Staff as Assistant Director Medical Services, from 6 September 1915. Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, European Turkey and the Islands of the Aegean Sea, April 1916 to 11 November 1917. Gallipoli 31 July 1915 to 9 January 1916. Egypt 10 January 1916 to 18 March 1916. Egyptian Expeditionary Force, March to April 1916.

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A Fine Collection of Medals, the Property of a Lady, Part 2 3

The rare post-war C.B., Second World War C.B.E., Great War ‘Salonika’ D.F.C. and ‘Iraq 1921-22’ Second Award Bar group of twelve awarded to Air Vice Marshal C. B. S. Spackman, Royal Air Force and Royal Flying Corps, late 1/4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment (T.F.). A veteran of the Suvla Bay Landings, Gallipoli, August 1915, he was commissioned into the R.F.C. in 1916 and fle flew with 47 and 150 Squadrons over Salonika, 1917-18.

An S.E.5a pilot, Spackman was credited with at least 3 enemy aircraft shot down during the Great War. He further distinguished himself fly flying D.H.9a’s with 55 Squadron in Iraq 1921-22, carrying out one of the ‘most dramatic of the early Iraq ‘casevacs’, when attempting to rescue a British pilot who had been shot down whilst fly flying on a low-level reconnaissance in the Desht-I-Harir area, 12 September 1921.

Spackman subsequently served during the Second World War as Officer Commanding Nos. 252 and 258 Wings, and as Air Officer Commanding Sudan and Eritrea, 1941-42. He served as Air Officer in command of Administration, H.Q. Fighter Command, 1943-44; as Air Officer in Command, No. 19 Group, Coastal Command, 1945-47, and as S.A.S.O. British Air Forces of Occupation, Germany, 1947-50 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B., (Military) Companion’s, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E., (Military) Commander’s 2nd type, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. C. B. S. Spackman Norf. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.

C. B. S. Spackman. R.A.F.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (F/O. C. B. S. Spackman. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Greece, Kingdom , War Cross 1916-17, silver, mounted for display in glazed wooden display frame, generally very fine (12) £4,600-£5,500

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Provenance: Sotheby’s, July 1980 and Dix Noonan Webb, June 1997 C.B. London Gazette 2 January 1950.

C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘This officer has for over 12 months been Air Officer in Charge of Administration for A.D.G.B. Both before and during the Normandy operations, the allied air forces depended very largely on the A.D.G.B. administrative organisation. Large numbers of new units had to be formed, new landing grounds opened up and a great number of stations had to be handed over to the USAAF. The smooth and efficient working of the administrative machine, both before and during the battle, was mainly due to the zeal, ability, tact and steadiness shown by Air Vice-Marshal Spackman.’

D.F.C. London Gazette 3 June 1918.

One of the first batch of awards of the D.F.C. General citation but believed to be for good work with No’s 47 and 150 Squadrons in Salonika.

D.F.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 10 October 1922.

‘For gallant and distinguished service in Iraq 1921-22.’

The original recommendation states: ‘For conspicuous courage and devotion to duty in the air throughout the operations in South Kurdistan from May to September 1921. While taking part in operations with a column of Levies and Police on September 12th, 1921, he landed in a most difficult country and picked up an injured pilot (who had been forced to land his machine), displaying great gallantry and marked skill in effecting a good landing under difficult conditions, and taking off again with an excessive load.’

Further details about the circumstances behind the above award are given in But not in Anger: Royal Air Force in the Transport Role by C. Cole and R. Grant: ‘Most dramatic of the early Iraq ‘casevacs’ was that by two DH9As of No. 55 squadron, based at Mosul, on 12 September 1921. While cooperating with the Army in the Desht-I-Harir area on a low-level reconnaissance, Flying Officer C. H. Teagle in aircraft H153 was hit by a rebel bullet and forced to crash land. This caused him further injuries and his observer was also hurt. It was the familiar situation of requiring an air lift or a punishing surface trek to the nearest base hospital, and the troop signalled the next two Ninacks arriving for operations to land nearby. The pilots, Flying Officers Frederick Damant and Charles Spackman, thought it feasible to carry the two injured officers in the rear cockpits, but the displaced gunners would be little more than two extra mouths for the Army to feed. So these unknown heroes, doubtless airmen of humble rank, volunteered to fly out lying on the wings, with minimal moral and physical support provided by some rope lashings. It is sad to record that after this display of initiative and cool nerve, Teagle died of his injuries four days later.’

Only 4 D.F.C’s, and 2 Second Award Bars awarded for Iraq in 1922.

M.I.D. London Gazette 28 October 1921.

Greek War Cross London Gazette 12 July 1920.

Charles Basil Slater Spackman was born in Happisburgh, Norfolk in July 1895. He was the son of the Reverend George Spackman, curate of Happisburgh and Walcott, and later Vicar of St. Bartholomew’s Sloley, Norwich. Spackman was educated at Lancing College, and enlisted in the ranks in August 1914, only to be commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 1/4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment (T.F.) in April 1915. He took part in the Suvla Bay Landings in August 1915, and served with the Battalion in Gallipoli and Egypt. Spackman transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in October 1916, and was posted for pilot training at No. 3 School of Military Aeronautics, Aboukir, Egypt the following month.

Spackman gained his ‘Wings’, and was appointed Flying Officer and Instructor at No. 23 Reserve, 20th Wing in April 1917. He was then posted to HQ, 16th Wing (Salonika) in July 1917, before being posted for operational flying with ‘C’ Flight, 47 Squadron the same month. As normal on fronts remote from France, the Squadron used a variety of aircraft until the last months of the war. They were engaged against the Bulgarian and Austro-Hungarian armies, with two flights operating reconnaissance aircraft and one flight of fighters.

Spackman’s Combat Report (provided by his observer Lieutenant A. A. Cullen) for 23 August 1917 gives the following: ‘I was taken as gunner and Observer on an A.W. 12 cylinder machine on a Bomb raid on the dump at Platenenwald. On nearing the objective I noticed 8 machines behind us, and called my Pilot’s attention to the fact that at least 5 of these must be hostile. They appeared to be at a distance of from 1 to 2 miles away. My Pilot continued his course and dropped his bombs on the objective. While this was being done a machine came up from the direction of the sun, about 2,000 feet above us. It was not apparent whether he was friendly or hostile until on our turning to come home he dived on our tail from an angle and fired about 100 rounds. On seeing his action I immediately opened fire with tracer bullets at about 250 yards range and observed at least 6 hits on his machine. This machine then sheered off but another appeared. On engaging him with tracer bullets he also sheered off. About a drum was fired at the first and half a drum at the second machine. Two more hostile machines were fired on the return journey at ranges varying from 400 - 800 yards. One of these latter turned his nose to us but turned away shortly afterwards. The latter firing was done with ordinary bullets and no observation of fire was possible. Our machine was undamaged.’

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A Fine Collection of Medals, the Property of a Lady, Part 2 Spackman transferred to ‘B’ Flight in November 1917, and continued to fly with them until embarking for leave in the UK in February 1918.

Spakcman’s Combat Report for 24 November 1917, gives the following: ‘While taking photographs over Pobreg at 9000 feet an E.A. machine dived on our starboard side at a distance of 200 yards. I turned sharply to meet him and my observer [Lieutenant J. J. Boyd Harvey] opened fire as he passed our tail, firing one drum. This machine kept his distance following us and a second machine dived on the other side coming under my observers fire. We then retired to our own lines to get support. 10 minutes later as no friendly machine appeared we returned to Pobreg for the photographs. A.A.G. ceased firing and put us on our guard. A minute later we saw three machines above us, the first one dived and as I turned south again my observer fired at very close range (50 yards). The second machine attacked from above on my left front. Swinging his gun round my observer fired a long burst. The E.A. immediately got into a spin at so close a range that I had to swing to the right to avoid him crashing into us. I watched him spinning for about 4000 feet when my observer told me a hun was preparing to dive and I lost sight of him. This third machine apparently a Halberstadt with light blue underwings and dope coloured fuselage, dived past my aft wing tip. Two drums were put into him from the rear guns and he retired climbing. As we retired to our own lines these two E.A. hung off in the distance and my observer fired intermittently with his few remaining rounds.

Owing to lack of ammunition and petrol we returned to the aerodrome. The spinning machine appeared to be an Albatross D. 1 Scout, his wing tips seemed to be swept back and he was of a dark green colour. In all 10 drums were fired and the front gun used.’

Spackman returned to Salonika in May 1918, and transferred with the fighter flight of 47 Squadron to be amalgamated into 150 Squadron at Kirec, Macedonia. The Squadron operated as a fighter squadron operating over the front north of Salonika, with Spackman flying SE.5a’s. The following Combat Reports from Spackman give a flavour of his experiences: ‘28 June 1918 - Returning from photography with Lieut. Green, I encountered a two-seater E.A. flying W. over Paljorca at 9000 ft. I dived firing from both guns as E.A. dived. After diving a second time having put about 150 rounds into E.A., I held off to look for E.A. escort machines. Lieut.

Green followed E.A. down to 1,000 ft and from about 4,000 ft I saw E.A. crash into hills S.W. of Furka point 1155/1905 Valandovo....

18 July 1918 - While escorting 2 Beardmores on Guevgueli reconnaissance I saw 6 E.A. approaching Beardmores from the right. As I started to dive I saw the 2 Beardmores turn sharply round when I continued diving firing at close range at leading E.A. The E.A. turned sharply off followed by the remainder and I turned completely round to follow Beardmore who was then at my level or above. I saw them retire safely. Lieut. Green on S.E. and Lieut. Preston on Camel dived past after E.A.’s.

A general combat then ensued for 10-15 minutes, 4 E.A. flying below on which S.E.’s and Camel dived repeatedly. 2 E.A. flying on our level got to close quarters with Camel and was driven down by Lieut. Green in my sight apparently out of control. I then encountered hostile monoplane which broke away having greater height than myself. 2 D.5a which flew continuously immediately above us hampered us in our attack. The E.A. retired down to Hudova Aerodrome and I returned with scout formation, E.A. being entirely dispersed.

26 July 1918 - While patrolling with Lieut. Jarvis on S.E.’s over Orljak at 14,000 ft I noticed A.A. Fire bursting at 13,000 ft I got between bursts and enemy lines and followed. I then noticed Lieut. Jarvis flying very fast on my right and was flying to meet him when a D.F.W. two-seater dived at great speed close above my top plane from the rear, having apparently dived on me. Lieut. Jarvis first saw the D.F.W. which was then at 16,000 ft.

I swerved to the left and Lieut. Jarvis dived and fired good burst into E.A. and pulled off to the right. The E.A. pulled up steeply and fired its front gun at Lieut. Jarvis and then dived towards its own lines I dived immediately firing straight in E.A. from close range, the E.A. more than filling my sights. I pulled off sharply, being too close, and looking down saw E.A. heel to the left and get into a slow left hand spin in which she continued she crashed to the ground at Elisan.

Spin was apparently casued by wood work of the plane being broken by bullets and fabric stripping. Bullet holes around both cockpits. Both Pilot and Observer were made prisoners.

3 September 1918 - After returning from Bomb Raid I was making for the Aerodrome my engine having no oil pressure, when I observed the other 2 S.E.’s and 2 Camels making for Doiran Lake. Shortly afterwards I observed them diving down over the northern part of the Lake. I followed as quickly as possible and saw about 4 E.A. being engaged by our scouts very low down. When at 4000 ft over the the N.W. edge of the Lake I saw an S.E. put an E.A. into a spin at about 1500 ft. The E.A. crashed. Another E.A. I saw dive away out of control. Having reached about 2000 ft a mile up the Cerniste Valley I attacked the last E.A. The E.A. spiralled steeply away and shot down by another S.E. No other E.A.’s being in sight I returned over the Lake with 2 other S.E.’s and returned to the Aerodrome.’

Spackman was credited with shooting down at least 3 enemy aircraft during his service with 47 and 150 Squadrons. He transferred into the R.A.F. in April 1918, and between the wars served in Egypt, Iraq, Palestine, Sudan and Aden. Spackman distinguished himself serving as a pilot with 55 Squadron (D.H.9a’s) from Mosul, Iraq - taking part in operations in South Kurdistan, May - September 1921 (D.F.C. Second Award Bar and M.I.D.).

Spackman advanced to Flight Lieutenant in January 1922, and to Squadron Leader in June 1931. He commanded 1 Squadron, 1931-33, and was posted to the Air Staff H.Q. R.A.F. Middle East in March 1935. Spackman advanced to Wing Commander in January 1937, and served as Officer Commanding R.A.F. Helwan from January 1939. He advanced to Temporary Group Captain in March 1940, and served as Officer Commanding No. 252 Wing in the same year. Spackman was appointed Officer Commanding No, 258 Wing the following year, served in Libya in 1941. He was Air Officer Commanding Sudan and Eritrea 1941-42, and advanced to Temporary Air Commodore in November 1942. Spackman advanced to Acting Air Vice Marshal in September 1943, and subsequently served as Air Officer in command of Administration, H.Q. Fighter Command, 1943 -44 and also as A.O.A., H.Q. Air Defence of Great Britain in 1943. Spackman served as Air Officer in Command, No. 19 Group, Coastal Command, 1945-47, and as S.A.S.O. British Air Forces of Occupation, Germany, 1947-50. He advanced to Air Vice Marshal in October 1946, and retired in 1950.

Spackman had always been a talented artist, whose paintings were exhibited at the Royal Scottish and Hibernian Academies. He studied at the Hammersmith School of Art aged 55, and moved to Tracton, Minane Bridge, County Corks, Ireland. Air Vice Marshal Spackman died in December 1971.

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A Fine Collection of Medals, the Property of a Lady, Part 2 4

The Great War Mesopotamia campaign C.M.G. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. S. Stack, 33rd (late 3rd) Queen’s Own Light Cavalry The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Samana 1891 (Lieutt. C. S. Stack S.C.); China 1900, no clasp (Captn. C. S. Stack 3d Bo. Lt. Cavy.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. C. S. Stack, 33/Cavy.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. C. S. Stack.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, with small M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. C. S. Stack 33 Lt. Cavy.; Serbia, Kingdom , Order of the White Eagle, 4th Class breast badge with swords, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, the last seven mounted court-style for display, the pre-war campaign medals with light contact marks, central cross neatly repaired on the last, otherwise good very fine or better (8) £1,000-£1,400 C.M.G. London Gazette 18 August 1916: ‘For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 5 April, 13 July, and 19 October, 1916 (Mesopotamia); 3 August 1920 (Afghanistan).

Serbia, Order of the White Eagle, 4th Class (with swords) London Gazette 15 February 1917.

Charles Spottiswode Stack was born on 28 September 1868, son of Colonel C. E. Stack, 33rd Queen’s Own Light Cavalry, and grandson of General Sir Maurice Stack, K.C.B., 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry. He was educated at Marlborough College and Sandhurst, and was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in the 6th Dragoon Guards, 11 February 1888; Lieutenant, Indian Staff Corps, 13 September 1888; Captain, 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry; Major, 11 February 1906; Lieutenant-Colonel, 11 February 1914.

He served in the 2nd Miranzai expedition 1891 as Transport Officer (Medal with clasp); China 1900 (Medal); The War of 1914-21 - despatches thrice, Order of the White Eagle, 4th Class with swords, C.M.G., wounded twice; Afghanistan and N.W. Frontier 1919 - despatches, Medal with clasp.

Lieutenant-Colonel Stack spent almost his entire service with the 33rd (late 3rd) Queen’s Own Cavalry and commanded the regiment throughout the Great War. He retired in April 1920 to take up farming at Mali Summit, Kenya Colony, where he died on 13 January 1941.

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A most unusual Second War C.I.E. group of six awarded to Commissioner the Reverend C. King, Indian Civil Service, who served in Probyn’s Horse in the Great War and was awarded the Chinese Order of the Cloud and Banner for organising the training of Chinese airmen The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamels, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. King.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; China, Republic , Order of the Banner and Cloud, Seventh Class breast badge, silver and enamel, the reverse numbered ‘87’, with rosette to riband, the last five mounted court style as worn and housed in a Thomas, London, leather case, good very fine (6) £2,000-£2,400

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A Fine Collection of Medals, the Property of a Lady, Part 2 C.I.E. London Gazette 1 January 1946.

The Reverend Cuthbert King was born in Madingley, Cambridgeshire on 27 January 1889, the son of the Reverend Edward George King, D.D., Rector of Gayton, Northamptonshire, and was educated at Sherborne School and Christ Church, Oxford. Having then entered the Indian Civil Service in November 1913, he served as an Assistant Commissioner in the Punjab until called up for military duty in Probyn’s Horse in February 1917. His subsequent appointments also included service in the North Waziristan Militia and as Consul-General and Agent to the Indian Government at Khorasan (1919-20).

Gaining steady advancement between the wars, King was appointed a Deputy Commissioner in August 1928 and an Additional Commissioner ten years later, and during the Second World War, as a Commissioner in Rawalpindi District, he was connected to the training of Chinese Air Force personnel in India; the latter, using lend-lease American aircraft, served in China and Burma.

Awarded the C.I.E. and, in September 1946, the Chinese Order of the Cloud and Banner, Seventh Class, King took up Holy Orders on his retirement in 1947 and served as an Honorary Curate at St. Clement’s, Jersey (1947-51) and as an Assistant Curate at St. Luke’s, Jersey (1951-64).

He afterwards officiated in the Diocese of Sarum and died in July 1981.

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A post-war C.B.E., Second War D.S.O. group of nine awarded to Captain H. B. Ellison, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his command of the sloop H.M.S. Fowey at the destruction of the U-55 on 30 January 1940 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E., (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamels, reverse officially dated ‘1940’, with integral top riband bar; British War and Victory Medals (Mid. H. B. Ellison. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style as worn, very fine and better (9) £1,400-£1,800 C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1951: ‘Lately on loan to the Government of India as Commodore Second Class.’

D.S.O. London Gazette 11 July 1940: ‘For good service in the Royal Navy since the outbreak of war.’

Henry Bramhall Ellison was born on 9 November 1900, and entered the Royal Navy as a Cadet in May 1914. His first seagoing appointment was as a Midshipman in the battleship H.M.S. Barham in the period May 1917 to October 1919. Advanced to Lieutenant-Commander in June 1929 and to Commander in December 1935, he was appointed C.O. of the sloop Fowey in Malta in July 1938 and was ordered home on the renewal of hostilities in September 1939. Subsequently deployed to convoy escort duties, Fowey depth charged the U-55 during the passage of North Atlantic convoy OA-80G on 30 January 1940. Such was the damage she inflicted that the U-boat was forced to the surface, where she carried out a running gun battle until her deck gun jammed, likely in the wake of an attack carried out by a Sunderland aircraft from 228 Squadron. The arrival of the destroyers Whitshed and Valmy on the scene sealed the U-boat’s fate, its commander ordering his crew to abandon the stricken boat. He, however, chose to go down with his command, but the remainder of U-55’s crew were rescued.

Whilst still under Ellison’s command, Fowey rescued 16 survivors from a Norwegian tanker on 15 June 1940 and 49 men from the British tanker San Fernando just six days later. He was awarded the D.S.O., which distinction he received at a Buckingham Palace investiture on 28 July 1942.

Then in the summer of 1943, after a tour of duty at the Gunnery School at Chatham, he was appointed Captain of Landing Craft in the Mediterranean on Admiral Sir Harold Burrough’s staff, and he appears to have remained similarly employed until early 1945. He ended the war as a Naval Member of the Inter-Service Delegation ‘for the demolition of enemy installations in liberated countries.’

Having then been awarded the C.B.E. for his services as a Commodore Second Class on attachment to the Indian Navy - which insignia he received at a Buckingham Palace investiture on 28 February 1951 - Ellison was placed on the Retired List in November 1952.

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A rare Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. and Second and Third Award Bars group of four awarded to Major W. J. F. Halliday, Royal Field Artillery, a gallant gunner who was twice wounded in action and was twice Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with Second and Third Awards Bars, the reverse of the suspension bar privately engraved ‘16 Augt. 1917.’, the reverse of the Bars privately engraved ‘26th. July 1918’ and ‘16th. Sept. 1918.’, with integral top riband bar; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut: W. J. F. Halliday. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major W. J. F. Halliday.) mounted as worn, the star sometime lightly gilded, polished, light contact marks, otherwise generally very fine (4) £8,000-£12,000 Approximately 71 D.S.O.s with two Additional Award Bars awarded to the Army during the Great War. The fact that all three of Halliday’s awards have citations makes the the group considerably scarcer.

D.S.O. London Gazette 16 August 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He ran across to the battery next to his own when it was under heavy shell fire, and the men had been ordered away, and extinguished a serious fire which was involving ammunition, guns and camouflage along the whole position. His gallantry and initiative saved serious disaster.’

D.S.O. Second Award Bar London Gazette 26 July 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. While brining his battery back from taking part in a raid, the enemy commenced to shell heavily along the road which it was necessary for the battery to pass. He personally supervised the passing of every man and carriage through the danger zone. When the guns and teams had got away, he remained with a wounded driver, sheltering him with his body from splinters, until the arrival of the ambulance. He set a most inspiring example of coolness and resource.’

D.S.O. Third Award Bar London Gazette 16 September 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He kept his battery in action till the enemy were within 800 yards, getting his guns away under rifle and machine-gun fire, and bringing them into action again in another position under very heavy fire from hostile field guns. He went forward and brought back valuable information and subsequently covered the retirement of other troops. He commanded his battery with remarkable coolness and ability.’

M.I.D. London Gazettes 14 December 1917 and 23 December 1918.

William John Frederick Halliday was born in Hampstead, London on 6 August 1882, and was educated at Harrow. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery in December 1901, direct from the Northumberland Artillery (Militia), he was advanced to Lieutenant in December 1904 and served in the 66th (Howitzer) Battery, R.F.A. in India in 1911-14. Embarked for France in 14th Brigade Ammunition Column, R.F.A., on 23 August 1914, he was advanced to Captain at the year’s end and appointed to the command of ‘A’ Battery, 64th Brigade, R.F.A. in June 1915. And he commanded the battery for the remainder of the war, in the rank of Major from December 1915.

Halliday was awarded his first D.S.O. for the above cited deeds near Ypres on 1 June 1917, and was slightly wounded by a gas shell near Poperinghe on 15 July 1917. He was also Mentioned in Despatches. His second D.S.O. was awarded in respect of further gallant deeds at Bois Grenier on 16 March 1918, and his third D.S.O. for like deeds at Bal St. Maur on 7 July 1918, following which he was reported as having been wounded. He was again Mentioned in Despatches.

The gallant Halliday collected his D.S.O. at Buckingham Palace in February 1918, and likewise his First and Second Award Bars in another investiture held in November 1918, and was placed on the Retired List as a Major in October 1923. Come the renewal of hostilities, he was commissioned in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve but resigned as a Flying Officer in September 1941. He died in Oxfordshire in November 1972.

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A Great War D.S.O. group of four awarded to Commander G. Mc L. Cameron, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his command of H.M.S. Firedrake in anti-submarine operations Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with integral top riband bar, in Garrard, London, case of issue; 1914 -15 Star (Lt. Commr. G. Mc. L. Cameron. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. G. Mc. L. Cameron, R.N.) together with the related miniature awards (the miniature DSO in gold and enamels), these mounted as worn, minor green enamel damage to wreath on DSO, otherwise generally very fine (4) £1,200-£1,600 D.S.O. London Gazette 29 November 1918: ‘For services in action with enemy submarines.’

Gordon McLeod Cameron was born in Bengal, India on 30 October 1885 and, having attended Britannia as a Cadet, first went to sea as a Midshipman in H.M.S. Repulse in September 1901. Advanced to Lieutenant in June 1907, he received his first command - the torpedo boat T.B. 033 - in December 1901, followed by the destroyer Dee in September 1913, but by the outbreak of war he was serving in the cruiser Blake.

Then, between December 1914 and March 1915, he commanded the destroyer Fury, prior to removing to the cruiser Cornwall, in which he was promoted to Lieutenant-Commander in June 1915. Thereafter, he served back in destroyers, with command of the Ophelia from in August 1916 and the Firedrake from October 1917. And it was in the latter ship that he was credited with the destruction of an enemy submarine on 13 November 1917, thereby prompting the recommendation for his D.S.O. Placed on the Retired List as a Commander in January 1927, Cameron was recalled in August 1939, when he was employed in the Boom Defence Department. He reverted to the Retired List in April 1946 and died in Gosport, Hampshire in 1960.

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A scarce Second World War ‘Coastal Command’ Catalina Flying Boat pilot’s D.S.O., 1944 A.F.C. group of eight awarded to Wing Commander A. P. Smallman, 202 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who distinguished himself as a U-boat hunter operating from Gun Wharf, Gibraltar. Later an instructor in both Catalina and Sunderland aircraft, he had amassed some 2,541 fly flying hours by the middle of 1944 Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated ‘1943’, with integral top riband bar; Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with copy M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Act. Sqn. Ldr. A. P. Smallman. R.A.F.) mounted for display with R.A.F. Wings and photographic image in glazed wooden display frame, first with green enamel damage, very fine (8) £2,800-£3,200 Provenance: Buckland Dix & Wood, June 1994 D.S.O. London Gazette 26 February 1943. The original recommendation states: ‘Flight Lieutenant Smallman is an outstanding captain of aircraft and a most skilful pilot. He has always shown extreme devotion to duty and a fine fighting spirit. At one period of stress he completed 360 hours operational flying in just over 5 weeks. In the face of intense opposition he has made several attacks on U-boats. By his keen determination and cheerful demeanour he has set an exceptionally good example to other members of his squadron.’

A.F.C. London Gazette 1 September 1944. The original recommendation states: ‘During the 18 months this officer has been at the unit he has done excellent work in reorganising his flight for the change from Catalina to Sunderland aircraft. This necessitated long hours of work and constant attention to detail. In addition, he converted his instructors to Sunderland type and, in all, he has completed 600 hours day and night flying instruction at the Operational Training Unit. His constant attention to detail and devotion to duty have been of a very high standard.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1946.

Arthur Patrick Smallman was born in June 1919, and was a native of Guidlford, Surrey. He was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in November 1940, advancing to Wing Commander in January 1956. Smallman was posted for service as a Coastal Command pilot during the Second World War, and served with 202 Squadron (Catalina Flying Boats) operating from Gun Wharf, Gibraltar. The Squadron was employed as a maritime patrol squadron, and protected Gibraltar and it’s vital straits securing the securing the Western Mediterranean against German U-boats. They were particularly engaged in covering the Operation Torch landings in North Africa, November 1942.

After a tour with 202 Squadron, Smallman advanced to Squadron Leader and served at No. 131 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit, R.A.F. Killadeas, Northern Ireland. He served with the latter unit for at least 18 months, and by the date of the recommendation for his A.F.C. had carried out a total of 2,541 flying hours.

After the war Smallman passed through the course of training at R.A.F. Staff College, Bracknell, and served in post-war Palestine. He retired as Wing Commander in March 1957.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ O.B.E., M.C. and Second Award Bar group of seven awarded to Captain E. G. Bartlett, Yorkshire Light Infantry, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919, on 2nd type riband, gilding virtually all rubbed; Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. E. G. Bartlett. Yorks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. E. G. Bartlett); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted; and the recipient’s £1,200-£1,600 Great War riband bar, polished, otherwise nearly very fine or better (7) O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1919.

M.C. London Gazette 4 June 1917.

M.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 15 February 1919; citation published 30 July 1919: ‘During operations near Ypres on 28 September 1918, he worked untiringly and supervised arrangements for supplies and ammunition to the battalion headquarters of the two battalions that had attacked very shortly after the objectives of the brigade had been taken. By his excellent organisation, the companies in the line were able to be supplied by pack animal with ammunition shortly after the objectives had been taken. Later on, he again supervised the delivery of rations and water and saw their safe delivery to the battalions. His work throughout was of the utmost value to the brigade.’

M.I.D. London Gazettes 15 June 1916 and 20 December 1918.

Edward George Bartlett was embarked for France as a Lieutenant in the Yorkshire Light Infantry in May 1915 and is listed by official sources as having onetime been wounded. He latterly transferred to duties as a Staff Captain in 43rd Infantry Brigade and, his O.B.E. and M.C. and Bar aside, he was twice Mentioned in Despatches.

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A Second War ‘1940’ military division O.B.E., Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ F.E.2b night bomber pilot’s D.F.C. group of eight awarded to Group Captain G. H. Harrison, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, late Private, 1/5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle fle Brigade), London Regiment. Initially serving with the F.E.2b’s of 23 Squadron, Harrison was wounded with his observer (the British archaeologist and author Second Lieutenant O. G. S. Crawford) whilst fly flying an escort for a reconnaissance operation, 6 March 1917. Harrison then went on to distinguish himself serving with 148 (Night Bomber) Squadron, attacking German targets behind enemy lines in 1918 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Military) Officer’s 2nd type, breast badge, silver-gilt; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star, with clasp (9945 Pte G. H. Harrison. 5/Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. G. H. Harrison. R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (F/O. G. H. Harrison. R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wear, generally nearly very fine or better (8) £2,000-£2,400 O.B.E. London Gazette 11 July 1940.

D.F.C. London Gazette 21 September 1918: ‘A gallant officer of great initiative and resource, who has carried out seven successful night reconnaissances and sixteen night bombing raids during recent operations. One night when on reconnaissance he remained in the air two and a half hours, despite the fact that his engine was cut out thrice and his machine badly shot about.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 20 December 1917: ‘For valuable services rendered in connection with anti-aircraft services in the United Kingdom.’

George Henry Harrison was born in May 1897. He initially served during the Great War in the ranks (and aged 17) with the 1/5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade), London Regiment on the Western Front from 5 November 1914 - a Battalion contemporary of the author Henry Williamson. Harrison was commissioned into the 10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, 29 July 1915, and subsequently transferred to the Royal Flying Corps for training as a pilot. Harrison was serving as a pilot with 23 Squadron (F.E.2b’s) on the Western Front in early 1917. He was crewed with the British archaeologist and author Second Lieutenant O. G. S. Crawford as his Observer, on an escort for a reconnaissance operation, 6 March 1917. On the latter date their aircraft was shot up during a combat near Bavrincourt, West of the Lines, with both Harrison and Crawford being wounded.

Harrison returned to service with 148 Squadron (F.E.2b’s) in 1918. Employed as a night bomber unit, they were engaged in attacks on enemy bases, communications and airfields behind the front from April 1918. Harrison carried out multiple operations with the Squadron, and his gallantry was ultimately recognised with the award of the D.F.C. Harrison stayed in the Royal Air Force after the war, with his address given as 91 Alderbrook Road, Balham, London. He served with 27 Squadron on the North West Frontier from March 1922, and advanced to Flight Lieutenant in July 1924. Subsequent postings included R.A.F. Calshot from January 1929, and with 8 Squadron in Aden from November 1930. Harrison advanced to Wing Commander in October 1937, and was appointed Officer Commanding, School of General Reconnaissance in April 1938. He advanced to Temporary Group Captain in September 1940, retired in March 1946, and died in July 1974.

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A post-war O.B.E. group of fiv five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. N. Prideaux, Royal Artillery, late Skinner’s Horse, who was mentioned in despatches for his services in the Near East in October-December 1956 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (Lt. G. N. Prideaux, Skinner’s Horse); War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Near East, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major G.N. Prideaux. R.A.) unofficial £500-£700 retaining rod between clasps, mounted court-style for display, extremely fine (5) O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1957.

M.I.D. London Gazette 13 June 1957.

George Neville Prideaux was appointed a Second Lieutenant in the Indian Army in December 1936 and subsequently witnessed active service on the North-West Frontier with Skinner’s Horse. Having then remained employed in India during the Second War, he transferred to the Royal Artillery and was present in the post-war operations in Palestine and the Near East, the latter leading to him being mentioned in despatches for his services in the period October-December 1956. He was appointed O.B.E. for his services as a Lieutenant-Colonel and G.S.O. 1 (Training) in the period July 1954 to July 1956, the recommendation for his award concluding that ‘his contribution to the training of the Army in Eastern Command has been quite outstanding’.

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A Second War M.B.E. group of ten awarded to Major G. E. Crouch, Royal Army Educational Corps, late Corps of Army Schoolmasters The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (W.O. Cl. I G. E. Crouch, C. of A.S.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (7720595 W.O. Cl. 1 G. E. Crouch. A.E.C.) the five pre-Second War awards mounted as worn; together with the related group of five pre-Second War miniature awards, these similarly mounted, very fine and better (10) £400-£500 M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1944.

George Ernest Crouch was born in Bangalore, India on 1 November 1887, and served in the ranks for seven years prior to his advancement to Warrant Officer. Having then witnessed active service in Mesopotamia, he was appointed Warrant Officer Schoolmaster in December 1916.

Remaining a regular soldier in the Army Educational Corps between the wars, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 268 of 1926 and was commissioned in April 1932. Having then added the Jubilee 1935 and Coronation 1937 medals to his accolades, he was serving as a Captain on the renewal of hostilities. Advanced to Major in April 1944, about the time he was serving in Italy, Crouch was finally placed on the Retired List as a Lieutenant-Colonel in November 1947.

Sold with original Buckingham Palace forwarding slip for his M.B.E., dated 6 May 1946; an unnamed Military College of Science prize medal, bronze and enamel; and medal roll verification for his Jubilee and Coronation awards.

Sold with the following Family Medals:

Four: Craftsman S. G. Crouch, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, who died on active service in Egypt in January 1944 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, in their O.H.M.S. card forwarding box with Army Council condolence slip in the name of ‘The late No. 10560731 S. G. Crouch, REME’, these extremely fine Stanley George Crouch died on active service in Egypt on 14 January 1944. Aged 24, he was the son of Thomas and Lilian Crouch of Wishford, Wiltshire and is buried in the Tel-el-Kebir Memorial Cemetery.

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A post-war M.B.E. group of six awarded to Major W. M. Backhouse, Women’s Royal Army Corps, late Auxiliary Territorial Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (Major W. M. Backhouse. O.B.E. [sic] T.D. W.R.A.C.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., Territorial, reverse officially dated ‘1952’, with one E.II.R. Additional Award Bar, this also officially dated ‘1952’, with integral top brooch bar, mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, £400-£500 these similarly mounted, and the recipient’s riband bars and cap badge, good very fine (6) M.B.E. London Gazette 31 May 1956.

Winifred Mary Backhouse was appointed a Junior Commander in the Army Territorial Service in November 1938 and served in the U.K. throughout the Second World War. Advanced to Captain in the Women’s Royal Army Corps in May 1946, she was awarded the Efficiency Decoration and Bar (London Gazette 1 April 1952, refers) and was granted the honorary rank of Major upon her retirement in December 1959.

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An extremely rare Second War D.S.C. and Great War D.S.M. group of eleven awarded to Commander W. R. Bull, Royal Navy, who, in August 1940, displayed ‘high courage and total disregard of known personal danger, thereby obtaining the fir first complete D.C. German mine and sinker in the war’ Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., hallmarks for London 1940, reverse officially dated ‘1940’; Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J. 15960 W. R. Bull, A.B. H.M.S. Leda. Minesweeping 1916.); 1914-15 Star (J. 15960 W. R. Bull, A.B. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J. 15960 W. R. Bull. P.O. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, £4,000-£5,000 mounted court style as worn, good very fine (11) Provenance: Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, October 1996.

The combination of a Second War D.S.C. and a Great War D.S.M. is extremely rare, only two such examples having been identified - Captain E. S. Lewis, R.M.A. (Royal Marines Museum Collection), and Commander (Retired) W. R. Bull.

D.S.C. London Gazette 4 October 1940: ‘For initiative, resource and total disregard of danger in dealing with a live enemy mine.’

The original recommendation states: ‘For initiative, ready resource, high courage and total disregard of known personal danger, thereby obtaining the first D.C. German mine and sinker complete this war.’

In his covering remarks, dated 9 August 1940, the Captain Minesweeping, Harwich, stated: ‘A signal was received from H.M.S. Selkirk (Lt. Commander A. C. Duckworth) reporting a mine in her sweep at 1357 hours. Commander Bull was at this time having lunch ashore but in 19 minutes he had collected a Drifter and was out of his office under way for the scene - an example of initiative, resource and quick thinking. His report is that of a seaman but makes no mention of the high degree of courage displayed, nor of his total disregard of the danger which he, a Port Minesweeping Officer, envisaged. It therefore gives me great pleasure to recommend him for a high decoration.’

D.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1917: ‘In recognition of bravery and devotion to duty during minesweeping operations.’

William Robert Bull was born in Poona, India on 4 May 1896 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in February 1912. On the outbreak of war in August 1914, he was serving as an Able Seaman in the torpedo gunboat H.M.S. Leda, which had been converted for minesweeping duties, and he remained similarly employed until October 1916, in which period he was recommended for his D.S.M. Having then joined the shore establishment Pembroke in October 1916, Bull returned to sea in the cruiser Juno February 1917, in which he was promoted to Petty Officer in May 1918. And he was subsequently promoted to Warrant Rank in January 1920. Having then been placed on the Retired List as a Lieutenant-Commander in the mid-1930s, Bull was recalled on the renewal of hostilities and appointed Port Minesweeping Officer at Harwich, where, in September 1940, he took command of the hired yacht Peter Nell, which was used in echo experiments. Here, then, the scene of his D.S.C.-winning exploits, which distinction he received at a Buckingham Palace investiture held 22 January 1941.

Later in the same year, Bull took command of Ambitious, a depot ship for minesweeping operations, and in August 1942 he removed to Nile, the Alexandria shore establishment, where he was employed ‘for Special Services on the Staff of the Commander in Chief Mediterranean’. He remained likewise employed until August 1945, and died in May 1975.

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A Great War ‘Beersheba - Palestine operations’ M.C. group of fiv five awarded to Major H. N. Harding, 1/2nd County of London Yeomanry (The Westminster Dragoons), who was Mentioned in Despatches Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘Capt. H. N. Harding Westminster Dragoons Beersheba Oct. 31st 1917’; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. H. N. Harding. 2/Co. of Lond. Y.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major H. N. Harding); Defence Medal, the first four mounted as worn, the last loose, good very fine (5) £1,200-£1,600 M.C. London Gazette 4 February 1918.

M.I.D. London Gazette 13 July 1916.

Henry Norman Harding would have been mobilised in the 1/2nd County of London Yeomanry in September 1914, when the regiment was embarked for Egypt. It subsequently served in Gallipoli in the period August-December 1915, as part of the Yeomanry Mounted Brigade, and for his services Harding was Mentioned in Despatches by General Sir Charles Munro, C.-in-C. of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.

It appears Harding next took up an appointment as an A.D.C. at the British Embassy in Rome, and it seems he may have been a passenger in the S. S. Arabia on the occasion she was torpedoed and sunk off Greece on 6 November 1916. Be that as it may, he was back in harness with the Westminster Dragoons for the Palestine campaign, when he was present in the attack on Beersheba on 31 October 1917. As part of the Welsh Division, he and his comrades came under heavy shrapnel and machine-gun fire early in the action and ‘A’ and ‘B’ Squadrons retaliated with Hotchkiss machine-gun fire.

‘During the battle for Beersheba, B Squadron moved to the left of the line held by the Regiment, becoming engaged with a superior number of enemy cavalry. Trooper Newberry was killed, and 17 others wounded, including Captain Harding (Squadron Leader) and Corporal Moles. Both refused to be evacuated and remained with the Squadron until the end of the engagement. As a result, Captain Harding was awarded the Military Cross and Cpl Moles the Military Medal, both awards being the first gained in the Regiment. After the fall of Beersheba, C Squadron under the command of Captain Rowe rejoined 53rd Divisional Cavalry and took part in the assault on Khuweilfeh, the wells there being of crucial importance since the seven wells in Beersheba were some 12 miles south.’ (WD Museum website refers) Harding received his award from H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught at an investiture held in Jerusalem on 19 March 1918, and ended the war with an appointment in the 29th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps.

Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including a congratulatory letter from General Broadbent on the award of his M.C.; a War Office letter concerning the presentation of the award; a British Embassy, Rome, travel permit, in the name of ‘2nd Lt. H. M. Harding, A.D.C.’ in which the loss of the S.S. Arabia in the Mediterranean is mentioned, dated 12 November 1916’, and a letter from the General Manager of Great Eastern Railway, thanking Harding for his assistance in the recent strike, dated 21 October 1919.

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A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Major A. G. L. Sladen, Royal Engineers, who saw much action in Salonika and Palestine, latterly under the exacting command of the Major-General Sir John Shea Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major A. G. L. Sladen.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Major A. G. L. Sladen.) mounted as worn. together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, very fine and better (4) £700-£900 M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1918.

M.I.D. London Gazette 21 July 1917 Alexander George Lambert Sladen was born in Blackheath, London on 17 February 1880 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 1st Middlesex R.E. Volunteers in November 1905. He subsequently transferred to the 2nd London Divisional Engineers (T.F.) and resigned his commission as a Lieutenant in July 1913. Appointed a Captain in the 18th Battalion, London Regiment on the outbreak of war, he transferred to his old Territorial unit, 2nd London Divisional Engineers, in October 1914. Drafted to 60th Divisional Signal Company, R.E., he was embarked for France in June 1916, but the Division was subsequently dispatched to Salonika, where Sladen was Mentioned in Despatches by Lieutenant-General G. F. Milne.

Sladen was then given command of 60th Divisional Signal Company in Palestine, where he served under the rather fierce - and monocled - MajorGeneral Sir John Shea, who was especially keen on signals and communication. In consequence, Sladen must have been under major pressure in the battles of Beersheba and Third Gaza. On 13 November 1917, in the wake of those battles, Allenby struck out at the retreating Turks on Mughar Ridge, taking around 10,000 of them prisoner. And on that very date, Sladen’s boss Shea was moved to confess that he had overworked his company commander to such an extent that the strain would ‘assuredly break him down … I am quite convinced about this.’ He added in his report that Sladen was ‘technically brilliant’ and that he wished to place on record the very valuable services he had rendered 60th Division.

Notwithstanding Shea’s concerns, Sladen was appointed to the command of 21st Corps Signal Company and remained similarly employed until returning home in August 1918. He was demobilised in January 1919.

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A fin fine Second War North-West Europe ‘Immediate’ M.C. group of eight awarded to Major G. H. Routh-Jones, Cheshire Regiment, who was decorated for his gallant leadership at the capture of Wesel Citadel on 25 March 1945, when he took over 300 German prisoners Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Major. G. H. Routh-Jones. M.C. Cheshire.) the Second War awards mounted court-style as worn, the last loose, generally good very fine (8) £1,600-£2,000 M.C. London Gazette 12 July 1945.

The original recommendation, approved by Montgomery, states: ‘On 25 March 1945, Major Routh-Jones was commanding the Company given the task of clearing 300 Germans out of the Citadel at Wesel. It was largely due to this officer’s personal leadership and complete disregard of his own safety that the Citadel was cleared and 250 prisoners taken. When, finally, 60 Germans were still holding a very strong position in the last house of the Citadel, Major Routh-Jones repeatedly crossed the open space under fire to encourage his forward platoon. The German Garrison Commander then sent a message saying he would surrender if the Company Commander personally came out to talk to him. Although another officer in the Company had just been shot dead going out to take in another party of Germans surrendering, Major Routh-Jones had no hesitation in walking out to the house where the Germans were holding out. This extremely courageous action caused the surrender of the party and so saved a large number of casualties.’

Gerald Hugh Routh-Jones was commissioned in the Cheshire Regiment in August 1937 and was serving as a Temporary Major in the 1st Battalion at the time of his M.C. action at Wesel on 25 March 1945, a crucial action indelibly linked to the crossing of the Rhine.

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A scarce Second World War D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Wing Commander F. R. C. Fowle, Royal Air Force, a Blenheim and Halifax pilot, and veteran of the North West Frontier, who commanded both R.A.F. Station Sungei Pattani and 27 Squadron during the Japanese invasion of Malaya in December 1941. After an ultimately doomed rearguard action against overwhelming odds, Fowle was evacuated back to the UK via Batavia and Ceylon. He then went on to command 102 (Ceylon) Squadron, fly flying in at least 18 operational sorties, April - September 1943, before having to be stood down from active service due to eye problems Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’; India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (P/O. F. R. C. Fowle. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Pacific Star, 1 clasp, Burma; Defence and War Medals £1,800-£2,200 1939-45, mounted for display, generally very fine (7) D.F.C. London Gazette 11 February 1944. The original recommendation states: ‘W/Cdr. Fowle was first posted to 102 Squadron on 5th April, 1943 as a Flight Commander but he took over the command on 15th July when W/Cdr. Coventry failed to return from operations. He relinquished the command on 21st September as his eyes would not stand the strain of long night operations; he had already to wear lensed goggles.

In 5 and half months with the Squadron W/Cdr. Fowle proved himself a brave and successful captain and completed 18 operational sorties on three of which he obtained photographs of the aiming point.

As a Squadron Commander, W/Cdr Fowle was also most successful and he assumed command at a most difficult time, the Squadron having just lost a popular C.O. and two Flight Commanders, and being largely composed of inexperienced crews. In these circumstances the Squadron’s high morale might easily have been lost if W/Cdr. Fowle had not possessed great determination and powers of leadership. As it was the Squadron never flagged and maintained its fine fighting qualities and offensive spirit and I consider W/Cdr. Fowle to have been largely responsible. I have no hesitation, therefore, in recommending that this officer’s fine record of achievement with 102 Squadron, both as captain of aircraft and as Squadron Commander, should be recognised by the award of the D.F.C. Remarks by Air Officer Commanding: Wing Commander Fowle has a fine operational record. He commanded 27 Squadron in Malaya in 1942 and was evacuated to Batavia and on to Ceylon just before Singapore fell. On his return to England, after O.T.U. and Conversion courses, he was posted to 102 Squadron and eventually appointed to command. After 18 sorties with this Squadron his eyes were affected by night flying and he has been posted to a staff appointment to rest. He has proved himself on operations to be a skillful and very courageous Captain and I strongly recommend that he be awarded the DFC. Remarks by Base Commander: I concur with the remarks of the Station Commander. Both in the air and on the ground this Officer has set a fine example. His photographic record is excellent; he brought back aiming point pictures from three targets, including Duisberg and Cologne - a very fine achievement.

I consider this Officer’s record to be well worthy of the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross.’

Fulwar Rupert Craven Fowle was born in Sholapur, India in January 1912, and served as Acting Pilot Officer under instruction at No. 8 Flying Training School, Royal Air Force from February 1936. He was posted as Pilot Officer to 39 Squadron at Risalpur in October 1936, and as Flying Officer to 27 Squadron at Kohat in September 1938. Fowle advanced to Acting Flight Lieutenant in March 1939, and was confirmed in that rank in June 1940. He jointly commanded, as Temporary Squadron Leader, R.A.F. Station Sungei Pattani, Northern Malaya and 27 Squadron (Blenheim night fighters) 1941-42. Fowle’s squadron suffered heavy losses during the Japanese invasion of Malaya in December 1941. Fighting an impossible rearguard action, Fowle is mentioned several times in Bloody Shambles by C. Shores, B. Cull and Y. Izawa, and he was one of the lucky ones evacuated to Batavia and Ceylon prior to the fall of Singapore.

Fowle advanced to Temporary Wing Commander in July 1943, and was confirmed Squadron Leader in October 1943. He was posted as a Flight Commander to 102 (Ceylon) Squadron (Halifaxes) at Pocklington, Yorkshire in April 1943. Fowle served as the commanding officer of the Squadron, July - September 1943. He flew in at least 18 operational sorties with 102 Squadron, between 10 April - 6 September 1943, including: Frankfurt; Stuttgart; Pilsen; Stetten; Essen; Dortmund; Duisberg; Wuppertal; Dusseldorf; Le Creusot; Krefeld; Gelsenkirchen; Cologne; Aachen; Montbeliard; Milan and Mannheim.

Fowle had to relinquish command of the Squadron, and be stood down from active service, due to eye problems. After the war he was employed by the Civil Service, and was employed as District Officer of Jasin, Malaysia, 1948-50, and later as the Acting Resident Commissioner of Malacca.

He transferred as Wing Commander to the Royal Air Force Reserve of Officers in January 1957.

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A scarce ‘post-war Palestine’ A.F.C. group of four awarded to Flight Lieutenant R. Anderson, Royal Air Force Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, reverse officially dated ‘1948’; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Near East, 2nd clasp loose on riband as issue (Act. Flt. Lt. R. Anderson. R.A.F.) mounted as worn, polished, nearly very fine or better (4) £1,200-£1,600 A.F.C. London Gazette 29 June 1948 [Palestine].

Russell Anderson was born in April 1923. He was commissioned in to the Royal Air Force in October 1944, and advanced to Flight Lieutenant (General Duties Branch) in April 1948. Anderson retired in April 1966.

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A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Sister G. H. Harrison, Territorial Force Nursing Service, who was Mentioned in Despatches Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class, G.V.R., silver and enamel, unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (S. Nurse G. M. Harrison. T.F.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (S Nurse G. M. Harrison.) minor correction to first two letters of surname on these two, extremely fine (4) £300-£400 A.R.R.C. London Gazette 25 February 1918.

M.I.D. London Gazette 12 March 1918.

Gladys Mary Harrison was working as a Staff Nurse at St. Thomas’s Hospital in London on her application to join the Territorial Force Nursing Service in August 1915. According to the T.F.N.S. medal roll, she was embarked for the Gallipoli theatre of war that October, where presumably she served on the island of Lemnos, or possibly in a hospital ship. Then from April 1916, she served in Mesopotamia, working in hospitals at Amara and Basra. Having then moved to No. 31 British General Hospital at Baghdad in May 1917, she was taken ill in the following month but returned to duty that September. Finally granted leave in January 1918, she was awarded the A.R.R.C. and Mentioned in Despatches by Lieutenant-General Sir Stanly Maude.

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A rare Great War D.C.M. and Second Award Bar group of fiv five awarded to Acting Battery Sergeant-Major H. S. Harvey, Royal Garrison Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (27528 Sjt: H. S. Harvey. 6/Sge: By: R.G.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (27526 Gnr: H. S. Harvey. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (27526 W.O. Cl. 2. H. S. Harvey, R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V. R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (1403392 W.O. Cl. II. H. S. Harvey. D.C.M. R.A.) mounted court style for display, the first with edge bruise, otherwise generally good very fine (5) £3,000-£4,000

D.C.M. London Gazette 9 July 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has consistently performed good work throughout and has at all times set a splendid example.’

D.C.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 3 October 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Throughout five days’ hard fighting this non-commissioned officer was unsparing in his efforts, doing much by his fearlessness and personal example to keep up the spirits of the men. On one occasion, when a retirement had become necessary and it was impossible to get away two guns of the battery owing to the heavy machine-gun barrage which the enemy had put down on the road along which teams were being brought up, he remained behind under heavy fire, and damaged the breech blocks and brought away the sights.’

Herbert Sydney Harvey enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery in Ipswich in December 1907 and remained employed in the U.K. until the outbreak of war. Embarked for France at the end of September 1914, it is not known whether he was attached to No. 6 Siege Battery, R.G.A., at that time. If he was, he quickly saw action at Ypres in October 1914. Equipped with four horse-drawn 30-cwt. 6-inch howitzers, the battery went on to play its part in many major battles in France and Flanders, including the Somme. And Harvey remained on active service until coming home in October 1918, possibly as a result of wounds he received a month or two earlier in August. On taking his discharge as a Battery Sergeant-Major in February 1926, his conduct was described as ‘Exemplary’.

Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including the recipient’s Regular Army Certificate of Service; several photographs, one of them depicting an investiture in the field; signed, date-stamped hand-written citations for both of his awards and a certificate presented to him at the Drill Hall, Banger, Wales, outlining his Great War career.

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A Great War East Africa theatre D.C.M. awarded to Private W. R. Higgins, 2nd Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, whose exploits were illustrated in Deeds That Thrill The Empire Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9671 Pte. W. R. Higgins. 2/L.N. Lanc: R.) small edge bruise and contact pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine £700-£900

D.C.M. London Gazette 30 March 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry, under heavy machine-gun and rifle fire, in going to the assistance of an officer. In endeavouring to place the officer on his mule the animal broke away. Private Higgins then ran some 600 yards, again under heavy fire, to the armoured cars which were in action, and warned them of the officer’s predicament which led to his rescue.’

William R. Higgins served in the East African theatre of war from 16 October 1914. Stationed at Bangalore on the outbreak of war, the 2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment were the only British regular infantry battalion to serve in the East African campaign during the Great War. On 3 November 1914 they landed at Tanga in German East Africa, with the 27th Indian Brigade and took part in the disastrous attack on Tanga and the subsequent frustrating campaign against the guerilla leader General Von Lettow-Vorbeck. Towards the end of the war, the battalion served in Egypt, Palestine and on the Western Front.

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A Second War ‘North Africa campaign’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Battery Sergeant-Major M. S. Penn, Royal Artillery, who was decorated for serving a gun at Tobruk against heavy German tanks, until it was destroyed; mortally wounded by a direct hit from just 25 yards range, he died of his wounds a few days later on 5 December 1941 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (1065529 W.O. Cl. II M. S. Penn. R.A.), with its named card box of issue; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, these three with their O.H.M.S. card forwarding box, mounted court-style for display, extremely fine (4) £2,800-£3,400 D.C.M. London Gazette 24 February 1942: ‘For distinguished services in the Middle East.’

The original recommendation for an Immediate M.C. states: ‘For great gallantry and devotion to duty during the assault and defence of El Dada (Tobruk) on 27 November and 28 November 1941. His disregard of his personal safety during heavy shell and machine-gun fire was an inspiration to his Troop. He took the place of two wounded men during the attack by heavy German tanks and served that gun himself till it was destroyed by a direct hit and himself wounded, the nearest tank then being 25 yards away.’

Montague Scott Penn was serving in 149 (The Lancashire Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A., at the time of the above cited deeds. His resultant wounds proved fatal, for he died a few days later on 5 December 1941. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the El Alamein Memorial.

Sold with the named Army Council condolence slip and War Office forwarding letter for his D.C.M., this addressed to his sister and dated 6 November 1942.

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A Second War ‘Salerno landings’ Immediate D.C.M. group of six awarded to Fusilier A. Fox, Royal Fusiliers, who displayed exceptional bravery manning his Bren gun despite suffering severe burns from a German fla flame thrower Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (5507203 Fsr. A. Fox. R. Fus.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, the first with contact pitting from stars, nearly very fine, otherwise generally very fine or better (6) £2,600-£3,000 D.C.M. London Gazette 13 January 1944.

The original recommendation states: ‘On the morning of 9 September 1943, 16 Platoon were in position covering a road on the Battalion’s axis of advance. This position was repeatedly attacked by fire from German tanks, causing casualties in Fusilier Fox’s section. Fusilier Fox returned this fire with his Bren gun, thereby exposing himself. The German tanks closed in on the position attacking with flame throwers, cannon and machine-gun fire. Throughout this attack Fusilier Fox stood firm returning the fire. Although badly burned, Fusilier Fox refused to leave his post and only did so reluctantly when ordered to withdraw. Throughout this action his conduct was of the highest standard and a fine example to the rest of his platoon.’

Alfred Fox was born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, where he attended the Bluecoat School and was onetime a member of the Queen Street Scouts. Details of his subsequent gallantry in the 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers at Salerno in September 1943 later reached the home press, one local newspaper describing how he ‘blazed away’ at the crews of enemy coastal machine-gun posts, before advancing inland. The same source continues: ‘The platoons were suddenly attacked by enemy tanks using flame throwers. Fox continued firing, and as the tanks approached flames swept over him causing burns on both arms. For a few minutes he lay still, and when the tanks had gone on he got into action again but was wounded in the back by a shell splinter. He stuck to his post until ordered by his officer to withdraw. After five weeks in hospital, he returned to his unit and in a later incident after delivering a message to headquarters and while on his way back to the front line, he jumped down a banking and found to his surprise six Germans. They took his rifle away and after walking away one of the Germans threw a hand grenade at him. He suffered from minor wounds in the thigh but after a few days he was back in action again.’

Sold with a wartime signed copy of his D.C.M. recommendation and related War Officer investiture letter and admittance ticket, dated 17 December 1946; together with a congratulatory letter from General Sir R. May, Colonel of the Royal Fusiliers and a small quantity of wartime newspaper cuttings.

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The unique Second War ‘Dunkirk little ships’ C.G.M. group of six awarded to Able Seaman (Cook) J. H. H. Elton, Royal Naval Patrol Service, late Royal Naval Reserve and Royal Air Force, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in H.M. Yacht Bystander in effecting the extraordinary rescue of about 25 officers and men from the stricken Isle of Man steamer King Orry then sinking in the fairway off Dunkirk Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, G.VI.R. (JX. 180250 J. H. H. Elton. Smn. Ck. H.M.Y. Bystander) impressed naming; 1914-15 Star (SB. 224, J. Elton, Sig. Boy., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (SB 22463DA. J. Elton. D.H. R.N.R.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted court-style for display, very fine and better (6) £12,000-£16,000 C.G.M. London Gazette 16 August 1940: ‘For good services in the withdrawal of the Allied Armies from the beaches of Dunkirk.’

The original recommendation states: ‘A.B. Elton was employed as a cook in this yacht [H.M.Y. Bystander]. At 0200 on 30 May, when off Dunkirk, this ship proceeded to remove the crew of the King Orry, then sinking in the fairway. The 8-foot dinghy, with Elton and one other as crew, launched to effect a rescue. Most of the King Orry’s personnel attempted to swim to the yacht, but they were in such a weak state owing to arduous service they had done that it was obvious many would drown.

Elton thereupon dived into the water and assisted and supported as many of the swimmers as he could find for more than half an hour, while the dinghy, rowed by the other rating, with loads of men, returned to the Bystander.

Whilst in the water, Elton put many men on to life rafts and towed them by swimming.

The last men he brought back to the yacht on a life raft were towed by Elton in the water, acting as a tow rope with one hand on the raft and one hand on the dinghy, a remarkable feat of endurance. He was responsible for rescuing about 25 officers and men.

In addition to the above, Elton, in his capacity as cook, supplied hot tea and food to all the 97 men on board within half an hour of leaving the scene of the wreck, the cooking utensils, etc., normally sufficing for seven. He supplied dry clothes and blankets and generally tended the rescued, many of whom were suffering from shock. This rating was unsparing in his efforts and acted with great gallantry without regard for his own safety.’

Jesse Harry Herbert Elton was born in Poole, Dorset on 18 April 1901, and joined the Royal Naval Reserve as a boy rating in June 1915. Borne on the book of H.M.S. White Oak, the Auxiliary Patrol base at Poole, he is believed to have survived the loss of the destroyer H.M.S. Partridge, when she was sunk in an action with enemy destroyers on 12 December 1917.

In 1920, Elton joined the Royal Air Force as an engine fitter, in which capacity he served in India for four years, prior to returning to civilian employment. Then in January 1940, he joined the Royal Naval Patrol Service, in which capacity he was drafted to the Admiralty requisitioned yacht Bystander at the time of Operation Dynamo in May-June 1940.

Elton received his C.G.M. at Buckingham Palace on 18 March 1941. Tragically, however, he was killed in a car accident in Poole in August 1947.

The yacht Bystander was designed by Charles Nicholson and built by Camper & Nicholson in 1934. The client was W. Stephenson, then chairman of Woolworth and owner of the world famous J-class racing yacht Velsheda. She was to serve as the original tender for the Velsheda, support the racing program and provide accommodation for guests. Stephenson sold Bystander in 1937 to Wallace D. Roome, long time managing director of the Daily Mirror newspaper and Rear Commodore of the Royal Southampton Yacht Club. But the beginning of the Second World War made this a short-lived affair, as Bystander was requisitioned by the government for military service at the British Admiralty’s anti-mine base, H.M.S. Vernon.

Her remarkable service at Dunkirk is recorded above but it is gratifying to know that she is today still a cherished yacht believed to be in Mediterranean waters.

Sold with an R.A.F. Indian Championship Athletics Medal, bronze, named ‘AC1 Elton J.H.H.’ and dated 1924; an original wartime portrait photograph, in uniform; a copy of The Nine Days Wonder, by John Masefield, in which the recipient is mentioned; and copied research.

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A fin fine Second World War ‘1940’ G.M. group of seven awarded to Warrant Officer J. V. Saunders, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service - who distinguished himself serving as an Armourer dealing with the many unexploded bombs dropped on R.A.F. North Weald, Essex during the summer of 1940 - the height of the Battle of Britain. North Weald was a vital front-line fig fighter station in Sector E of No. 11 Group, tasked with protecting London and the South East during the Battle of Britain. It was subjected to heavy raids by the Luftwaffe none more so than, 24 August 1940, when some 200 bombs were dropped on the airfie field George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (201690 W.O. James Victor Saunders, R.A.F.); 1914-15 Star (F. 1690 J. V. Saunders. A.M. 1, R.N.A. S.); British War and Victory Medals (F. 1690 J. V. Saunders. L.M. R.N.A.S.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (201690 F/Sgt. J. V. Saunders. R.A.F.) mounted for display, number, rank and first initial officially corrected on last, generally very fine or better (7) £3,000-£4,000

G.M. London Gazette 21 January 1941. The original recommendation states: ‘July to September 1940; North Weald airfield, Essex.

This warrant officer has been in charge of parties dealing with the many unexploded bombs which have fallen on the aerodrome. He has carried out his duties often in very difficult circumstances, and has shown high courage and devotion to duty.’

James Victor Saunders was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire in February 1887. He resided at 1 Saxon Street, Burnley prior to enlisting in the Royal Naval Air Service in October 1914. Saunders subsequently served as a Leading Mechanic at RNAS Luce Bay (Airship Station) October 1915 March 1918. He transferred to the Royal Air Force, and remained in the service after the war. Saunders subsequently served in Aden during the late 1920’s and early 1930’s, and at R.A.F. Martlesham, Suffolk prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. He advanced to Warrant Officer, and was employed as an Armourer.

Saunders served as an Armourer at R.A.F. North Weald, Essex during the summer of 1940. The latter was a vital front-line fighter station in Sector E of No. 11 Group, tasked with protecting London and the South East during the Battle of Britain. Most pertinent to Saunders’ service was the airfield's strategic location, which made it a primary target for the Luftwaffe. The following extract from The North Weald Air Museum webiste (https://www.nwamuseum.co.uk/battle%20of%20britain.htm) gives an insight into the extreme circumstances under which Saunders had to carry out his duty:

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The Battle Of Britain 1940 The Battle for Britain began during the spring and summer of 1940 with the Luftwaffe targeting coastal towns and shipping. The North Weald squadrons quickly became heavily involved in fierce encounters with the Germans and many good men were killed. Everybody at the airfield felt the losses intensely, but under Beamish's command the station pulled together to do whatever was necessary to give the pilots the best possible chance in combat.

This, and similar situations like it at other fighter stations, was one of the reasons why the Luftwaffe turned its attention to the destruction of the RAF's airfields in the next phase of the battle.

The first major raids on RAF North Weald took place on the afternoon of 24 August, when more than 200 bombs fell on North Weald. At around 4.30pm German bombers and fighters, harassed by the defending RAF Hurricanes, headed for the airfield at around 15,000 feet and proceeded to drop bombs "in a straight line through the western part of the village across the Epping to Ongar road" before hitting the airfield itself. The Officers Mess, the Officers and Airman's Married Quarters, a powerhouse and other facilities were damaged. Nine young members of the Essex Regiment, who were attached to the airfield for ground defence, were among those killed that day. In North Weald High Road, the old Post Office, a cottage opposite the Kings Head and the Woolpack Pub were wrecked.

On 3 September, just as the fighters were taking off, the Luftwaffe again bombed North Weald. The damage was substantial with aircraft, hangars, living quarters, the operations room and other station buildings destroyed - leaving 5 people dead and 39 injured. The attacks exacerbated the exhaustion that all at the airfield felt, but Beamish was an inspiration throughout. Indeed, he flew regularly with No 46 Squadron and was awarded the DSO in recognition of his leadership skills.

Mid-September brought an opportunity for the station to catch its breath when the German attacks on airfields abated. But it was not long before the fighters were again in demand to combat German raids over London. Throughout this period, North Weald played a pivotal role in the struggle to keep the skies above the capital clear of enemy aircraft. Losses were heavy, but many in North Weald thought that at least the threat to the airfields had passed...

Sadly, they were wrong, for on 29 October, just a few days before the Battle of Britain ended, the station was bombed again,, killing six and wounding 42. This attack was an agonising end to a defensive battle that had seen North Weald and her resident squadrons emerge with a great deal of credit.

Thirty-nine aircrew from North Weald and its satellite airfield at Stapleford Tawney were killed during the "Battle of Britain period" (officially 10 July - 31 October). But thanks to them and their comrades, on the ground and in the air, the airfield was never put out of action.’

Saunders returned to Suffolk to live with his wife in Ipswich after the war. He died in hospital after complications occurred post some surgery, 1 December 1946. He was cremated in Ipswich Crematorium.

Sold with the following related items: G.M. card box of issue; a number of photographs of recipient from various stages of his service career some of which are annotated by the recipient, including ‘Gun Emplacement “Windy Corner” La Basse’, ‘Gun Mess Room, Eastchurch’ and ‘Officers & N.C.O.’s S & S. D. Aden, Aug. 1933’; and copied research.

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A fin fine Second War G.M. group of three awarded to Chief Officer M. Acornley, Milford Haven Fire Brigade, who was decorated for his gallant deeds at Llanreath Oil Depot in Pembroke Dock during August-September 1940 George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Matthew Acornley); Defence Medal; Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Stn. Offr. Matthew Acornley) mounted for display, extremely fine (3) £3,000-£4,000 G.M. London Gazette 22 October 1940: ‘The awards of the above-mentioned firemen and auxiliary firemen belonging to various fire brigades are in recognition of the gallant conduct shown by them when attending a very serious fire. The fire in question was started by hostile air attack and burnt for a considerable period. While it was being fought, there were further air raids, both by day and by night, the firemen being subjected to machine-gunning as well as bombing.’

Matthew Acornley was born in Stockton, County Durham in July 1907 and commenced his career as a fireman in Salford City Fire Brigade in September 1928. Having then transferred to Billingham in September 1931, he was advanced to Chief Officer in Bakewell Fire Brigade in March 1937. Then, shortly before the outbreak of war, he transferred to Milford Haven.

Of subsequent events at Pembroke Dock, much has been written, a succession of Luftwaffe raids resulting in momentous fires that raged from 19 August until 5 September 1940. And the flashpoint for those fires was Llanreath depot, where 36 oil storage tanks were located. The challenges that faced the likes of Acornley, one of the first to arrive on the scene, are best summarised in Pembrokeshire Under Fire, by W. L. Richards: ‘Altogether, twenty-two brigades took part in the colossal task. These men faced one of the grimmest fights of their lives. No battlefield ever presented a more ghastly picture. Flames sprang hundreds of feet into the air and, every few minutes, shot outwards treacherously from the tanks in great enveloping sheets; the heat was overpowering and the smoke blinding, choking, stupefying. Yet the firemen stuck to their task, and in that terrible holocaust sweated and strained until at last, at long last, they got control of the great conflagration. Even on the eighteenth day, when success was in sight, the pumps broke down and an alarming situation developed for several hours. A tank collapsed causing a terrific flare up which led to the explosion of an adjoining tank. Eventually, when the oil became exhausted the flames died down and at least the fire was under control. Every man who helped to fight that fire was a hero.’

Several of them were killed by burning oil from the ruptured tank.

Awarded the G.M., the only such award to the Milford Haven Fire Brigade on this occasion, Acornley further distinguished himself on 2 April 1941, when he was commended by H.M. Flag Officer Pembroke Dock for his actions in fighting a fire on the tanker S.S. Adellen. And he was appointed a Senior Company Officer in the National Fire Service in August 1941.

Post-war, Acornley was appointed a Station Officer in Lancashire Fire Brigade in April 1948, in which capacity he was awarded his Long Service Medal in 1957, prior to taking his retirement in November 1959. He died in June 1965.

Sold with the recipient’s Lancashire County Fire Brigade Certificate of Service and a copy of Pembrokeshire Under Fire, by W. L. Richards, together with copied research.

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An inter-war K.P.M. for Gallantry group of four awarded to Commissioner J. B. F. Field, Indian Police, later Frontier Constabulary, who faced off a dacoit who nearly killed him with a charge from his double-barrelled gun, a charge which ‘lifted his helmet into the air’ King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, for Gallantry (John B. Finch Field, Indian Police.); India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (J. B. F. Field, F.C.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Sierra Leone , Independence Medal 1961, unnamed as issued, mounted court style for wear, one or two edge bruises and minor contact wear, otherwise very fine and better (4) £400-£500 K.P.M. London Gazette 1 January 1934.

The following citation was published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary on the same date: ‘Mr. Field was placed in charge of special operations for the arrest of dangerous outlaws. His efforts met with considerable success and his work has been marked by exceptional keenness and powers of leadership in carrying out raids.

On 25 August 1933, Mr. Field received information that two armed men, Nikka and Kishna, wanted for several dacoities, were hiding in some dense crops about seven or eight feet high near Kharar in the Faridkot State. He promptly rode to the scene with a few mounted police and after posting men at strategic points, led the remainder in extended order through the crops.

Nikka was found hiding in the trunk of a tree and was secured without difficulty but Kishna, who was armed with a double-barrelled gun and could not be seen, fired at Mr. Field from a range of a few feet. The charge passed so close to the Assistant Superintendent that his helmet was lifted into the air. Mr. Field returned fire with his revolver, but Kishna shifted his position and then fired the second barrel without effect. Before Kishna had time to reload, Mr. Field charged his new position and catching sight of him fired at him with his revolver again but missed. Mr. Field’s horse then bolted, a bullet having narrowly missed its head, and carried Mr. Field some distance into the open. Mr. Field promptly returned and withdrawing his men from the crops, opened fire on the sector in which the dacoit was thought to be hiding. This had the effect of making the outlaw surrender.

In this successful encounter Mr. Field, an officer in his third year of service, displayed cool disregard of personal danger and admirable control of his men.’

John Bertram Finch Field was born in Glamorganshire, Wales on 15 July 1910, and was appointed an Assistant Superintendent in the Indian Police in the Punjab in November 1930. On retiring from the Indian Police, he appears to have been employed in Sierra Leone and in Aden, and he died in Devizes, Wiltshire in July 1966.

Sold with an envelope addressed to him at the Office of the High Commissioner at Steamer point, Aden, via the Principal Immigration Officer at Freetown, Sierra Leone, dated 19 May 1966, together with another addressed to him at Kingsbridge, Devon.

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A scarce Q.F.S.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Inspector F. F. C. Watkins, Federation of Malaya Fire Services, late Colonel, Worcestershire Regiment (T) Queen’s Fire Service Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue, for Distinguished Service (Ch. Insp. Frederick F. C. Watkins, Fed. Malaya Fire Service); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, these last five with Boots-style impressed naming ‘5243677 C/Sjt F. C. Watkins. Worc. R.’; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (5243677 C/Sjt F. C. Watkins.

Worc. R.) second digit of number inverted on the last, mounted as worn and housed in a blue buckram carrying case, good very fine (7) £600-£800 Provenance: Spink, December 2004.

Q.F.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1955: ‘Chief Inspector, Fire Services, Federation of Malaya.’

Frederick Francis Charles Watkins was a pre-war member of the Worcestershire Regiment (Territorials) and was awarded his Efficiency Medal whilst serving in the 7th Battalion per Army Order 148 of 1932. Granted an emergency commission in the Pioneer Corps in June 1941, he later transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps and attained the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, latterly with charge of the Army Fire Fighting School.

Regimental Notes from Firm, July 1955, state: ‘A new subscriber to “Firm” is Colonel F. F. C. Watkins, who is now H.M. Chief Inspector of Fire Services, Malaya. Colonel Watkins is an Oldbury man who served in the 8th Bn. of the REgiment, in Capt. F. C. Adams’ Company, after World War I. He has some 108 fire brigades in his charge.’

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A Second War D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Warrant Engineer R. L. Mauger, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in the destroyer H.M.S. Boreas , when she severely damaged by Stuka dive bombers off Dover on 25 July 1940, and sustained casualties of 15 killed and 29 wounded Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R.(M. 22013 R. L. Mauger. C.E.R.A. H.M.S. Boreas) impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M. 22013 R. L. Mauger. E,R.A, 2, H.M.S. Tenedos.) mounted as worn, very fine and better (7) £800-£1,000 D.S.M. London Gazette 4 October 1940: ‘For gallantry and determination in repelling enemy attacks.’

In his related action report, the captain of H.M.S. Boreas stated: ‘Due to the failure of the fans, no lights, back flashes from the sprayers, rushes of water down the fan intakes and the general chaotic conditions below, the boiler rooms were evacuated, the oil supply to each boiler being shut off from the upper deck position. After the attack, C.E.R.A. Mauger investigated the possibility of getting under way again and assisted by E.R.A. Swayne, E.R.A. Percival and Chief Stoker Stearns was able to raise steam in No. 1 Boiler, the fractured fan sumps being hand fed with lubricating oil … At 1820 the E.R.A. on watch in the Engine Room reported that the ship was proceeding at 150 revolutions. An endeavour was now made by the C.E.R.A. [Mauger] and E.R.A. Swayne to run up No. 2 Dynamo but before this could be accomplished the second bombing attack commenced which put the dynamo completely out of action. At the same time water from a fractured flange on the starboard circulator poured into the engine room bilge, also oil fuel from No. 4 and 5 oil fuel tanks which were damaged, but this was satisfactorily dealt with by opening the circulator bilge auction valves.’

Reginald Lewis Mauger was born in Minster, Kent on 26 August 1900 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Artificer in July 1916. His first seagoing appointment was in the battleship H.M.S. Ramillies in the period February 1921 to January 1922.

Awarded his L.S. and G.C. Medal in September 1933, he was advanced to E.R.A. 1 later in the same year and was serving in the destroyer Boreas at the outbreak of hostilities in September 1939. And he was likewise employed at the time of his D.S.M.-winning exploits on 25 July 1940, when Boreas departed Dover to engage E-Boats threatening Convoy CW8 in the English Channel.

Shortly after her departure she was attacked by eight Me. 110s, a succession of near misses reducing her speed. Then, about 30 minutes later, ‘fifteen Junkers 87s made a dive bombing and machine-gun attack down sun and dropped many bombs from 2,000 feet’. Boreas’s captain’s official report goes on to describe how two of those bombs hit the ship’s bridge, causing extensive damage and casualties. Boreas was taken in tow by a tug and made it back to Dover.

Mauger subsequently served in the minesweepers Lacona and Derby in the Mediterranean and was appointed a Warrant Engineer in July 1942.

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A Second War D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Petty Officer D. N. Garrett, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his services in the destroyer H.M.S. Jervis in the Mediterranean in 1941-42 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX. 134386 D. N. Garrett. P.O. R.N.) impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (C/JX. 134386 D. N. Garrett. D.S.M. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (JX. 134386 D. N. Garrett. D.S.M. C.P.O. R.N.) minor official correction to number on last, mounted as worn, the first with edge bruise, otherwise generally nearly very fine (7) £600-£800 D.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1943: ‘For gallantry and outstanding service in dangerous waters.’

Douglas Norman Garett was decorated for his services in the destroyer H.M.S. Jervis, the announcement of the award on New Year’s Day 1943 suggesting it reflected prior service in the period 1941-42. Jervis arrived in the Mediterranean in the summer of 1941 and for the next two years she saw action in a constant flurry of operations. In March 1941, she was present at the battle of Cape Matapan, when she dispatched a boarding party to the damaged enemy cruiser Pola, and she saw further action off Crete in May, in addition to running supplies to Tobruk in the summer and ended the year at the First Battle of Sirte. And in 1942, she joined the Malta Strike Force, in which capacity she regularly saw action and was present at the Second Battle of Sirte.

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A Second War ‘Coastal Forces’ D.S.M. awarded to Leading Signalman R. J. Harris, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in M.L. 359 during the clearance of the Aegean and the relief of Greece Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (A.B. R. J. Harris, P/JX. 326355) officially engraved naming, minor official correction to number, mounted in original investiture pin in case of issue, extremely fine £1,000-£1,400 D.S.M. London Gazette 14 August 1945: ‘For services in the clearance of the Aegean and the relief of Greece.’

Reginald James Harris was decorated for his services in M.L. 359 and quite possibly for an action described in Taffrail’s Western Mediterranean 1942-1945: ‘Though it occurred some time later, another action may conveniently be mentioned here. The little island of Khalkia, steep and mountainous, lies about eight miles west of Rhodes, which was still held by the enemy. As there was a report of enemy craft in the little harbour, two motor launches were sent to investigate. They were M.L. 838, commanded by Lieutenant R. D. Poole, R.N.V.R., and M.L. 359, commanded by Lieutenant E. G. Friend, R.N.V.R. They sailed from their base in bad weather, with a rough sea and a bustling north-westerly breeze, and at about 1.30 p.m. were off the little harbour of Khalkia. Leaving 359 to keep watch off the entrance, Poole took his boat inside.

At about 2 p.m. the enemy started shelling the harbour with a four-gun battery from Rhodes. They were high-velocity guns, and their shooting was unpleasantly accurate. Deciding the harbour was an unhealthy spot, Poole shot out to sea at his best speed. Immediately he cleared the entrance he saw M.L. 359 steering west at high speed with shell splashing and bursting all round her. To avoid closing the range and to draw some of the fire, Poole steered to the northward at full speed, but the weather having worsened he was soon forced to reduce to eight knots. M.L. 359 soon disappeared behind the intervening land; but at 2.35 the two boats were again in company to the north-ward of Khalkia.

Friend’s boat had been under fire for about fourteen minutes while proceeding at her best speed against the heavy sea. By great good fortune, she had suffered no direct hit. But there were at least thirty splinter holes in the ship’s side and upperworks, all the wheelhouse windows had been smashed, and the engine-room telegraph controls and telephone severed. The coxswain of 359, Petty Officer H. Maud, though wounded in five places by splinters, stuck to his wheel until the ship was out of range of the guns, while the motor mechanic, S. J. Russell, kept his engines going at maximum speed for a long period in most difficult and trying conditions.’

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A Second War ‘Dunkirk operations’ D.S.M. group of four awarded to Seaman F. H. Wyatt, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in H.M. Yacht Alouette II when he shot down an enemy aircraft with his Lewis gun Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R.(LD 9/1806 F. H. Wyatt. Smn. R.N.V.R.) impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 copy clasp, France & Germany; War Medal 1939-45, mounted court style as worn, extremely fine (4) £1,400-£1,800 D.S.M. London Gazette 16 August 1940: ‘For good services in the withdrawal of the Allied Armies from the beaches of Dunkirk.’

The original recommendation states: ‘Displayed great coolness under fire when fighting with his Lewis gun. On one occasion he deliberately withheld his fire until the aircraft was within 100 yards range, then scored a number of hits on the aircraft which crashed on the Gravelines Point.’

Frederick Herbert Wyatt was decorated for his gallant deeds in the Admiralty requisitioned yacht Alouette II. Under the command of Sub. Lieutenant R. E. Lee, R.N.V.R., she made at least two trips to Dunkirk, the most memorable being on 1 June 1940, when Wyatt claimed his enemy aircraft on the Lewis gun. Alouette II remained under continuous attack for four hours that day, but she nonetheless came away with 140 men.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of fiv five awarded to Sergeant G. Cownden, Army Service Corps, late Royal Fusiliers Military Medal, G.V.R. (T4-239964 Sjt: G. Cownden. M.T. A.S.C.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (9098 Dmr: G. Cownden. 2nd Rl: Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (2143 Sjt. G. Cownden. A.S.C.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (8 C.S. Mjr: G. Cownden. 2/Lond: D.T. & S.C. A.S.C.) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, the second with contact marks, small verdigris spot £280-£340 to VM, otherwise generally very fine or better (5) M.M. London Gazette 2 November 1917.

George Cownden was born at Sheffield, Yorkshire on 24 November 1880, and enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers in London in February 1901. But around March 1905 he transferred to the Army Service Corps Volunteers, in which he gained Certificate of Proficiency in Transport Duties in May 1908. He was subsequently employed on Motor Transport duties in the Great War. Sold with a small quantity of original documentation, including the recipient’s ‘Soldier’s Small Book’; a Certificate of Proficiency in Transport Duties, dated at Woolwich on 2 May 1908; his Certified Copy of Attestation in the Territorial Force, dated 28 April 1920, and a printed Downing Street letter of thanks for services rendered in the ‘recent national emergency’, dated 4 July 1921.

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An exceptional Second War ‘Desert Rat’s’ M.M. and Second Award Bar group of eight awarded to Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant H. P. Lyon, 11th Hussars (Royal Armoured Corps) and Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, who was wounded in Normandy in August 1944.

A leading light within the ranks of the regiment’s armoured car commanders, he had earlier witnessed extensive action in North Africa, where he achieved wider fame for being the fir first car to enter Tripoli and Tunis - on which latter occasion he engaged the enemy at close range with a Tommy Gun Military Medal, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar (7896239 L. Cpl. H. P. Lyon. 11-H.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (7896239 Sjt. H. P. Lyon. R.G.H.) nearly extremely fine (9) £4,000-£5,000

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A Fine Collection of Medals, the Property of a Lady, Part 2 M.M. London Gazette 24 February 1942: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East’.

The original recommendation states: ‘This young N.C.O. is a car commander of an armoured car. On 23 November 1941, he was ordered to tow a broken down armoured car out of the line, but on his way he met a large enemy column and was forced South. At dusk he met the K.D.G.s and was ordered by them to escort an officer acting as advance guard in an Eastward march.

At 0700 hours the next morning, when it was half light, he and his party, which consisted of his car, a K.D.G. armoured car and a truck, found themselves 75 yards away from an enemy 75mm. (or larger) gun; they immediately came under fire. The first shell knocked out the K.D.G. armoured car. Lance-Corporal Lyon retired about 50 yards and remained hidden in the smoke. The enemy continued to fire into the smoke.

Lance-Corporal Lyon then saw one of the K.D.G. crew wandering in a dazed condition. He dismounted from his car and under fire walked up to the man and led him back to his own car, the officer and the remainder of the crew being killed. He then took charge, put the wounded man in the truck and drove off.

The following day he arrived at X tracks 485393 where he found H.Q. 30 and 13 Corps. He was ordered out on patrol in his single car to watch the South where he located a large enemy column moving East. One vehicle of the column was by itself. He captured this and two prisoners. He brought the lorry which was full of petrol back to Corps H.Q. who urgently required petrol. He rejoined the Squadron two days later.

He performed another act of bravery in August 1941, when his Troop was on patrol at Khraigat and it suddenly came under heavy artillery fire.

The Troop moved off in a hurry. Lance-Corporal Lyon looked back and saw that one man was left. He at once returned under fire and picked him up.

This N.C.O. has taken part in the Libyan Campaign since September 1940 and has always shown initiative and courage.’

M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 19 August 1943: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East’.

The original recommendation, for an immediate D.C.M., states: ‘On 7 May [1943], Sergeant Lyon was in command of the leading armoured car to enter Tunis. While he drove through the streets he kept his head and shoulders outside his turret, firing his Tommy Gun, in spite of the fact he was being sniped at from houses and from around every corner. In this manner he saved his crew by shooting a German who was in the act of hurling a grenade at the car. This happened just after another grenade had pitched very close to his car. His coolness and complete disregard for his own safety was a magnificent example.

Sergeant Lyon also commanded the first armoured car to enter Tripoli, on this occasion by night. On many occasions he has commanded his Troop and by his boldness and initiative, inflicted much damage on the enemy as well as providing most valuable information.

I recommend that this exceptional N.C.O. be granted the immediate award of the D.C.M.’ Hugh Playfair Lyon was born on 24 November 1919, a ‘member of a well-known Bristol family of golfers’, and was educated at Clayesmore School, Dorset. Enlisting in the Territorials in June 1939, he was drafted to the recently formed Royal Armoured Corps (R.A.C.) and thence, in the summer of 1940, to the 11th Hussars in the Middle East.

North Africa A component of the famous 7th ‘Desert Rats’ Armoured Division, the regiment went on to witness extensive action, Lyon’s M.M. actions in August-November 1941 being a case in point. In fact, in their advance reconnaissance role, the 11th Hussars’ armoured cars were first into Tobruk, Benghazi and Tripoli, an impressive ‘Triple Crown’ accolade to which Lyon then added Tunis.

The welcome granted him by the populace of Tripoli was ecstatic, but as outlined in the recommendation for Lyon’s second M.M., the reception committee at Tunis was of an entirely different nature. His brother Alan, a soldier in the Hampshire Regiment, met him there and later sent home an account of Hugh’s early arrival: ‘Not being content with being first into Tripoli, he was first into Tunis as well … His Troop, which consists of three armoured cars, more or less accidentally found a gap through the anti-tank defences and sailed slap into the town. Once in the town no one took a great deal of notice of them, and as they followed the traffic the Jerries were unconcernedly walking along the pavements, some even having their girlfriends on their arms.

Eventually they came to a square with several crossroads with a gendarme on point duty. He put up his hand to stop them while he let some traffic through from other directions, but they decided this was the spot for a showdown. They drove straight on and stopped in the middle, blocking all the traffic. The gendarme came up and asked them who the blazes they thought they were, so they told him: then the party really started. And what a party it was, because unknown to them, the remainder [of the squadron] had got held up outside the town and for 50 minutes they had no support whatsoever.

Hugh grabbed a Tommy Gun and hopped out of the car to try and sort things out. The Jerries were just as bewildered as they were … and started throwing stick grenades and sniping. Hugh said the difficulty was to find a gap between the civilians to fire at them. Some French soldiers and civilians offered to help and armed with rifles and revolvers that they had taken off prisoners, helped to keep things under control until the rest got through … All the damage he got was a scratch on the head from the splinter of a shell which burst by the side of the road.’

Normandy Having then seen further action in Italy, where the regiment came ashore at Salerno on 16 September 1943, and took part in the capture of Naples and the crossing of the Volturno, Lyon and his comrades were embarked for the U.K. in readiness for the D-Day Invasion. As it transpired, they landed in Normandy in their Daimler ‘Dingo’ cars on 9 June 1944, and were quickly in action in the ferocious armoured engagements of the bocage. As recounted by one source, ‘Armoured car regiments had the highly dangerous - some thought suicidal - task of probing ahead of the main attacking force in any advance, making contact with the enemy and reporting dispositions.’ The same source continues: ‘Blind corners, woodland and countless other hazards made swift reactions a necessity. The Troop also carried bright yellow recognition panels, to ensure they were not attacked by friendly aircraft when deep in enemy territory. It often rained, and many of the men acquired umbrellas, often of the beach variety, for use when the Troop was halted, which gave them the look of holidaymakers.’

But there was nothing holiday-like about the battles of the bocage, and Lyon was wounded on 5 August 1944, just as the regiment prepared to make its breakout across the Orne. The nature and extent of his wounds remain unknown, but assuming he rejoined the regiment at a later date, he would have seen yet further action in Belgium and Holland, prior to the final push into Germany.

Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book and his Certificate of Transfer to the Army Reserve, dated 20 February 1946; four wartime photographs; assorted newspaper and magazine cuttings; a copy of the wartime publication A Short History of the Seventh Armoured Division October 1939 to May 1943 and an M.I.D. certificate relating to his brother Alan, dated 23 September 1943, with a related congratulatory letter from staff at the National Provincial Bank in Winchester.

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A Second War ‘North West Europe’ M.M. group of six awarded to Provost Sergeant G. F. E. Barrell, Wiltshire Regiment, late King’s Shropshire Light Infantry and Somerset Light Infantry, who was decorated for his gallantry as a runner at Chateau de Fontaine, Normandy in July 1944 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (14403253 Pte. G. F. E. Barrell. Som. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (22244937 Pte. G. Barrell (M.M.) Som. L.I.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (22244937 Cpl. G. Barrell. K.S.L.I.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (6) £1,000-£1,400

M.M. London Gazette 19 October 1944.

The original recommendation states: ‘On the night of 13-14 July 1944, at Chateau de Fontaine, Private Barrell was a runner in ‘C’ Company. When other communications failed, he carried several messages to and from Battalion H.Q. under heavy enemy mortar fire. When, under cover from heavy concentrations of mortar fire, the enemy appeared to be starting an attack, the battalion 3-inch mortar opened fire, dropping the bombs dangerously close to our own troops. Private Barrell was sent to the Mortar Platoon to give them the necessary correction to make their fire effective against the enemy. Private Barrell passed through heavy mortar fire and successfully delivered this important message. Throughout, Private Barrell showed a steadfast devotion to duty and coolness and courage of a high order.’

George Frederick Edward Barrell was born in Paddington, London on 15 May 1924, and originally enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment in August 1942. Remaining employed in the U.K., he transferred to the East Kent Regiment in March 1943 and to the Somerset Light Infantry in June 1943, and it was in the 7th Battalion of the latter regiment that he came ashore in Normandy, a little over a fortnight after D-Day. The battalion was quickly swept up in heavy fighting, not least at Hill 112 and the village of Maltot in early July, where Barrell and his comrades in 43rd Wessex Division faced counter attacks from the 9th and 10th S.S. Panzer Divisions and suffered heavy casualties; within days, the Somersets lost three commanding officers, either killed or wounded. And it was against this background that Barrell undertook his gallant deeds at Chateau de Fontaine.

Post-war, Barrell transferred to the Royal Berkshire Regiment, prior to taking his discharge in January 1949, but he rejoined the Somerset Light Infantry in September 1950 and witnessed active service in the 1st Battalion in Malaya in 1952-53 and, on transferring, in the 1st Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, in Kenya in 1955-56.

Having then enlisted in the 4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment in the Territorial Army in April 1959, Barrell qualified as a parachutist and gained advancement to Provost Sergeant and was discharged for a final time in April 1967.

Sold with a quantity of career photographs (approx. 30), in addition to a selection of later reunion photographs; his British passport, issued in March 1993, his post war green beret and a 43rd Wessex Division blazer patch; two unofficial medals; and copied research.

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A particularly fin fine ‘Battle of France’ D.F.M. awarded to Blenheim Air Observer Sergeant W. J. Stephen, Royal Air Force, 15 Squadron, Royal Air Force, for his gallantry when crewed with Flying Officer L. H. Trent (later awarded the Victoria Cross for his part in Operation Ramrod 16 - the attempt to bomb the Koninklijke Hoogovens (Royal Blast Furnaces) steelworks at IJmuiden in the Netherlands, 3 May 1943) as his pilot for the raid on the Albert Canal at Maastricht, 12 May 1940. Of the 12 aircraft from the Squadron that took part in the raid, only six returned - all of which were badly damaged. Due to casualties Trent became a Flight Commander during the third week of May 1940, and he and Stephen went on to lead several bom bing sorties during the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Dunkirk.

Stephen later served as a Lancaster Flight Engineer with 514 Squadron, and was shot down and taken prisoner of war on a raid to Berlin, 2 December 1943 Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (534391. Sgt. W. J. Stephen. R.A.F.) mounted on investiture pin, light scratches in obverse field, very fine £2,000-£2,400 D.F.M. London Gazette 30 July 1940. The original recommendation (jointly listed with Sergeant (Air Gunner) J. Sutcliffe, 15 Squadron) states: ‘Sergeant Stephen and Sergeant Sutcliffe were respectively Air Observer and Air Gunner of the leading aircraft of a section which, on 12th May, 1940, carried out a successful dive attack in the Maastricht area during which they encountered very intense anti-aircraft fire as well as opposition from enemy fighters. Their courage and calmness on this occasion were largely responsible for the success of the mission. Since that date, they have carried out, respectively, 13 and 16 operational flights and, on all occasions, have displayed great courage and resolution in the face of the enemy and have set an excellent example to the other members of the squadron.’

William James Stephen served during the Second World War with the Royal Air Force as an Air Observer with 15 Squadron (Blenheims). On 14 April, 1940, the squadron left Wyton for the satellite airfield at Alconbury and from there, in the afternoon of 10 May, the day that the Germans invaded Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg, it flew its first wartime bombing mission: eight Blenheims (including Blenheim P6912 crewed by Flight Lieutenant Chapman, Sergeants Stephen and Sutcliffe) bombed Waalhaven airport near Rotterdam, which had been captured by German paratroops. From this attack all the Blenheims returned safely, although some were seriously damaged.

When the squadron flew its next mission, a raid on the Albert Canal at Maastricht, on 12 May, it took a severe knock: only six aircraft and crews (half of the total force) returned - and those aircraft that did come back were badly damaged. Stephen and Sutcliffe were crewed with Flying Officer L. H. Trent as pilot in Blenheim 8855, and they all came through this raid unscathed. Stephen and Sutcliffe were to be awarded the D.F.M., and Trent was awarded the D.F.C. (he later went on to be awarded the Victoria Cross for his part in Operation Ramrod 16 - the attempt to bomb the Koninklijke Hoogovens (Royal Blast Furnaces) steelworks at IJmuiden in the Netherlands, 3 May 1943, and take part in the “Great Escape” from Stalag Luft III).

A similarly desperate, near-suicidal dive-bombing raid was conducted by 12 Squadron on 12 May 1940. The Fairey Battles of 12 Squadron were led

by Flying Officer D. E. Garland for the raid on the Veldwezelt Bridge. Garland, along with his Observer Sergeant Thomas Gray, were both killed during the raid, and both awarded the first aerial Victoria Crosses of the Second World War. Stephen and Sutcliffe carried on with Trent as their pilot for the rest of their operational tour. The Squadron’s Operations Record Book for May 1940 includes some of the more eventful raids that they took part in: 18/5/40 - To attack mechanical transport and A.F.V.’s approaching Le Cateau and also to destroy the bridge over the canal at Le Cateau. The attack was carried out amid heavy A.A. and fighter activity. The formation were unescorted and the lost three machines during the attack. F/O Trent was grounded at Poix owing to an unserviceable machine. The German advance forced F/O Trent to return to England by night and throughout the homeward journey he was subjected to A.A. fire and searchlights. He landed at Mildenhall at 20.30hrs...

21/5/40 - To find and impede the progress of A.F.V.’s believed to be approaching Boulogne from the direction of Montreuil via Etaples. Most of our aircraft bombed roads near Montreuil. F/Lt. Webster failed to return...

24/5/40 - To bomb the road from Cap Griz Nez to Calais. Bombing was carried out from 8000’ and all our A/C returned safely. P/O Henderson was just making his approach to land when his port engine cut and as he put his flaps down he spun in. All his crew and he himself were killed...

27/5/40 - Owing to the pressing advance of the German Army, on the B.E.F. around Dunkerque and Boulogne, the squadron was ordered to harass the oncoming hordes of Germans as much as possible in order that a ‘strategical’ retreat might be carried out successfully...

31/5/40 - To attack transport and troop columns on the roads Funes - Ypres and Oostuleteren - Ypres. Hits were observed on the troop and transport columns and on horse drawn vehicles at Elverdinghe....’

The Squadron suffered heavy casualties during the third week of May, and as a consequence Trent was promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant and took command of one of the Flights. He, and his crew, led several bombing sorties during the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Dunkirk. He later went on to serve as a Flight Engineer with 514 Squadron (Lancasters) from Waterbeach. Crewed with Flight Lieutenant G. H. D. Hinde (a Rhodesian) as his pilot, Stephen was shot down in Lancaster DS817 on a raid to Berlin, 2 December 1943. One of the crew was killed, with the remaining six taken prisoner of war. Stephen was held in the Dulag Luft Interrogation Centre.

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A Second World War A.F.M. group of fiv five awarded to Blenheim, Hudson and Dakota Wireless Operator, Warrant Officer P. C. Wright, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who served operationally with 84 Squadron over the Western Desert before serving with 267 Squadron, Transport Command Air Force Medal, G.VI.R. (754616. F/Sgt. P. C. Wright. R.A.F.) mounted on investiture pin, in named card box of issue; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, campaign awards in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mrs M. Wright, Portland House, 3 Kelsey Road, Salisbury, Wilts.’, with named and numbered ‘ticker-tape’, nearly extremely fine (5) £1,000-£1,400 A.F.M. London Gazette 1 January 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘754616 Flight Sergeant P. C. Wright, 267 Squadron (Total flying hours -1406; completed during last six months - 323). This airman joined the Squadron in January, 1942. From October, 1941 to January, 1942, he had been on operations with No. 84 Squadron flying Blenheims. He was in the Western Desert from Alamein to Tunis and subsequently took part in the invasion of Sicily and Italy. He has since been operating in Northern Italy, Greece and Yugoslavia. He has shown outstanding flying ability whilst employed as Wireless Operator (Air).’

Peter Charles Wright was the son of Francis and Mabel Wright of Salisbury, Wiltshire. He initially enlisted for pilot training in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve circa January 1937. It would appear that he was better suited to being a Wireless Operator, and served with 84 Squadron (Blenheims), October 1941 - January 1942. During which time the Squadron was engaged in bombing raids in the Western Desert. In January 1942 the Squadron was posted to the Far East, and it was at this point that Wright joined 267 Squadron (Hudsons and Dakotas), Transport Command. The Squadron was based at Heliopolis, Egypt and used a variety of types of aircraft for transporting passengers, mail and freight between Egypt and outlying bases. By August 1942 it had standardised on twin-engined transports, and its area of operations extended throughout the Mediterranean area and its role included the movement of personnel and equipment, casualty evacuation and occasional supply dropping missions to guerilla bands in Italy and the Balkans. The Squadron moved to Bari, Italy in November 1943, its last move before it was posted to Burma in February 1945.

Wright advanced to Warrant Officer, and died aged 27 years old, 12 August 1945. He was buried in the Salisbury (London Road) Cemetery.

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A Second War B.E.M. pair awarded to Acting Lance-Corporal J. C. Burnham, Royal Engineers, a recipient of the rare ‘Bomb & Mine Clearance 1945-49’ clasp British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (14616851 A/L/Cpl. James C. Burnham R.E.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Bomb & Mine Clearance 1945-49 (14616851 Cpl. J. C. Burnham. R.E.) extremely fine (2) £1,000-£1,400 B.E.M. London Gazette 9 January 1946.

James Charles Burnham would have been employed on bomb and mine disposal duties in the U.K. for a minimum of 180 days, sometime between 9 May 1945 to 31 December 1949.

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A Second War ‘Italy campaign’ B.E.M. group of nine awarded to Warrant Officer Class II J. M. H. Brady, Royal Signals, who was Mentioned in Despatches, and witnessed further active service in Korea and Malaya British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (2035173 L/Sgt. James M. H. Brady. R.C.S.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (2035173 Sgt. J. M. H. Brady. R. Sigs.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R.(2035173 Sgt. J. M. H. Brady. R. Sigs.) mounted for wear, together with a related set of dress miniature medals, these similarly mounted, good very fine (9) £300-£400

B.E.M. London Gazette 13 December 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.’

The original recommendation states: ‘This N.C.O. was, during the period September 1944 to May 1945, the senior N.C.O. in charge of Air Support Signals with 13 Corps. Besides being the driver of his own vehicle during the very numerous moves, he operated his own set, supervised the operation of the other sets and made himself responsible for all the administrative matters relative to the Signals personnel then attached to the Corps. Although very short of sleep and operating his set under the most adverse conditions, he showed outstanding devotion to duty, remained cheerful through the most exacting circumstances and maintained a standard of efficiency which was an inspiration to the remainder of his unit.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 11 January 1945.

James Michael Hubert Brady enlisted in the Royal Signals in London in November 1938 and first witnessed active service in the B.E.F. in FebruaryJune 1940. Having then also served in North Africa and Italy, he was awarded the B.E.M. for the above cited deeds, in addition to being Mentioned in Despatches.

Post-war, Brady served in Korea from March 1953 to May 1954 and in Malaya from May 1954 to March 1956. He was discharged as a Warrant Officer Class II in October 1962, when he found work with the M.O.D. Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including his B.E.M. Buckingham Palace forwarding slip, dated 26 September 1946; his M.I.D. Certificate in the name of ‘Lance-Sergeant J. M. H. Brady, Royal Corps of Signals’; his Regular Army Certificates of Service (2); a quantity papers relating to his admittance to the Royal Hospital Chelsea; several photographs, mainly relating to his time in Korea; and a pair of embroidered Warrant Officer’s sleeve badges.

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Three: Sergeant W. Hall, Rifle fle Brigade South Africa 1834-53 (Wm. Hall. 1st. Bn. Rifle Bde.); Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Serjt. W. Hall. 1st Batn. Rifle Bde.) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (No. 2612 Sergt. W. Hall, 1 R.B.), engraved naming, and fitted with an IGS-style suspension, contact wear and edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £600-£800 William Hall attested for the Rifle Brigade in December 1847, when he was recorded as being a labourer from Stoneleigh, Warwickshire.

Embarked for South Africa in the 1st Battalion, he served in the operations of 1850-53, prior to being embarked for the Crimea, where he was promoted to Corporal in November 1854 and to Sergeant in July 1855. He was discharged in December 1859.

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Three: Rifle fleman W. C. Moore, King’s Royal Rifle fle Corps, who was killed in action on 28 October 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (11254 Pte W. C. Moore. 1/K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals (11254 Pte. W. C. Moore. K.R. Rif. C.); Memorial Plaque (William Charles Moore) the plaque pierced at 12 o’clock, with traces of adhesive to reverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine (4) £240-£280 William Charles Moore enlisted in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in Southampton in October 1913 and was embarked for France in the 1st Battalion on 13 August 1914. Having in the interim seen heavy fighting at Mons and on the Aisne and Marne, he was killed in action on 28 October 1914, aged 19. The son of George Henry and Mary Elizabeth Moore of Houghton, Hampshire, he had no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Sold with a small quantity of original documentation, including Record Office forwarding letters for the 1914 Star clasp and British War and Victory Medals; Lord Kitchener’s condolence message; a named K.R.R.C. ‘In Memoriam’ card and a registered envelope addressed to the recipient’s mother at Haughton in Hampshire.

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Eight: Private H. A. Standaloft, Norfolk Regiment, who is believed to have served in the 1/5th ‘Vanished Battalion’ in Gallipoli in August 1915 and who was later employed as a carpenter on the Sandringham Estate 1914-15 Star (1141 Pte. H. A. Standaloft, Norf. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1141 Pte. H. A. Standaloft. Norf. R.); Defence Medal; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.VI.R., suspension dated ‘1926-1946’, with Bar for Thirty Years (Standaloft, Harold A.) the Great War awards a little polished, nearly very fine, the remainder very fine and better (8) £500-£700 Harold Aaron Standaloft was born in Dersingham, Norfolk in 1893 and enlisted in the Norfolk Regiment on 1 February 1909. By the time of the 1911 Census, however, he was living back with his parents in Norfolk and employed as a carpenter.

Here, then, an indication that he was working as a carpenter near the Sandringham Estate in the period leading up to the Great War and, rightly or wrongly, he is believed to have been a member of the Sandringham Company in the Norfolk Regiment’s 1/5th ‘Vanished Battalion’, which came ashore in Gallipoli in August 1915.

In that famous action a few days later, the battalion largely ‘vanished’, although research by Hal Giblin suggests a total of 12 officers and 104 other ranks suffered such a fate, not the entire unit; see his article and roll of honour published in the O.M.R.S. Journal, Spring 1981. Nonetheless, a significant percentage of the battalion, with Colonel Sir H. Proctor-Beauchamp, Bt., C.B., the C.O., at its head, literally disappeared without trace; he was last seen encouraging his men forward by waving his cane over his head and shouting “On the Norfolks on, come on my Holy Boys, forward the Hungry Ninth.”

The remains of the ‘Vanished Battalion’ were not discovered until 1919, when the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, working in Turkey to consolidate and record graves dating from the Dardanelles campaign, found 122 bodies. On 23 September 1919, the officer commanding the Graves Registration Unit in Gallipoli wrote in a report: ‘We have found the 5th Norfolks - there were 180 in all; 122 Norfolk and a few Hants. and Suffolks with 2/4th Cheshires. We could only identify two - Privates Barnaby and Cotter. They were scattered over an area of about one square mile, at a distance of at least 800 yards behind the Turkish front line. Many of them had evidently been killed in a farm, as a local Turk, who owns the place, told us that when he came back he found the farm covered with the decomposing bodies of British soldiers which he threw into a small ravine. The whole thing quite bears out the original theory that they did not go very far on, but got mopped up one by one, all except the ones who got into the farm.’

Modern accounts speculate that the missing were in all likelihood murdered by the Turks at this farm house, and the fact that the above 122 men were actually discovered in what amounted to a mass grave certainly lends weight to such a contention. That said, the Turks officially denied having even come into contact with the battalion when enquiries were pressed after the War. The remains of those Norfolks recovered were buried in the Imperial War Cemetery at Azmak, Suvla, each grave being marked, ‘A Soldier of the 1/5th Btn. The Norfolk Regiment.’

Discharged from the 11th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment to the Army Reserve in March 1917, Standaloft was awarded the Silver War Badge, no.

162933. He subsequently entered royal service as a carpenter on the Sandringham Estate, and died at King’s Lynn, Norfolk in February 1967.

Sold with a copy of All The King’s Men, by Nigel McCreery and the related BBC video.

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Seven: Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel F. W. S. Jourdain, Royal Signals, late Connaught Rangers, who held several appointments as a cypher and signals officer in Military Intelligence in North Russia and Ireland - and later still in M.I.6 at Bletchley British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. F. W. S. Jourdain.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style as worn, together with the related miniature awards, these mounted as worn; and a Connaught Rangers cap badge, good very fine (7) £400-£500 M.I.D. London Gazette 24 May 1918.

Francis William Seymour Jourdain was born in Clifton, Derbyshire on 28 January 1898, and was educated at Marlborough and the R.M.C. Sandhurst. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Connaught Rangers in January 1916, he was posted to the 3rd Battalion at Kinsale, Ireland, where he served in the period January-July 1916 and participated in an unsuccessful raid to apprehend members of the I.R.A. in the wake of the Easter Uprising. He subsequently served in the 6th Battalion in France from July 1916 until the Armistice and was Mentioned in Despatches.

Jourdain next witnessed active service in North Russia in 1919, when he was employed by Military Intelligence, followed by an appointment at Headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, 1920-21 and the Headquarters of the British Silesian Force in Upper Silesia, 1921-22. Having then transferred to the Royal Corps of Signals in early 1923, he served in India and the U.K., prior to being placed on the Retired List as a Major in 1937, when he found civilian employment in the Signals Directorate at the Air Ministry. But he was re-employed as a Signals Officer with M.I.6 on the renewal of hostilities and was appointed a Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in September 1940.

Fortunately for posterity’s sake, Jourdain was interviewed at length by the Imperial War Museum’s department of sound in later years, his extensive and fascinating reminiscences extending to 12 reels of recordings; a full listing of the contents of the reels may be found on the museum’s website. But by way of summary, they comprise his lengthy account of life on the Western Front, including operations on the Somme in September 1916 and at Messines in June 1917; he also claims to have been closely involved in the action at Guillemont which resulted in the V.C. awarded to Corporal Thomas Hughes.

Moreover, Jourdain’s interview covers such episodes as the mutiny of the 1st Battalion, Connaught Rangers and his time as an Intelligence Officer in North Russia in August-October 1919, when he served under Lieutenant-Colonel Blennerhassett, commanding the Intelligence Section of Murmansk Force at Medveja Gora, and witnessed the execution of a party of suspected Bolsheviks. So, too, his return to Ireland as a signal officer in Dublin in 1920-21, where on night duty he received overnight telegrams requesting clemency for victims of death penalty, and his recollections of his time as a cypher officer with Headquarters of British Silesian Force, based at Oppeln and Gross Strehlitz in Upper Silesia from May 1921 to July 1922. His career culminated in his employment by M.I.6 in the Second War, when his initial offices were based at 54 Broadway, London, but later moved to Warren Hall, Bletchley. He died in Crawley, Sussex in January 1990.

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A scarce Great War immediate ‘French theatre’ Army M.S.M. group of three awarded to Chief Mechanic G. H. Bicknell, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (5011. F. Sgt. G. H. Bicknell. R.F.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (5011. Sjt: G. H. Bicknell, R.F.C.) mounted for display, good very fine (3) £700-£900 Approximately 140 Army Meritorious Service Medals were awarded to Royal Flying Corps personnel.

M.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1917. The original recommendation states: ‘Has performed very good and consistent work throughout the Summer, which has been of the utmost value to his squadron. His hard work, knowledge and experience have decreased engine troubles considerably.’

The Meritorious Service Medal - The Immediate Awards 1916-1928 by I. McInnes records that 23 extant Army Meritorious Service Medals to the Royal Flying Corps were known to the author at the time of publication.

George Hedley Bicknell was born in Headingley, Yorkshire, the son of G. R. H. Bicknell of 38 Kensington Terrace, Leeds. He enlisted as a Fitter (General) in the Royal Flying Corps, 30 May 1915. Bicknell advanced to Sergeant in July 1916, and served in France, 19 May 1916 - 22 March 1917.

He advanced to Flight Sergeant in February 1917, and transferred to the R.A.F. as Chief Mechanic in April 1918. The following additional detail is provided by a contemporary newspaper cutting included with the lot: ‘Presentation To A Redditch Soldier.

An interesting presentation was made at the church institute on Saturday night to Flight Sergeant George Bicknell, who voluntarily enlisted in the army, and who, before the war, was employed by Messrs. Henry Milward and Sons, Limited, Washford Mills, Redditch, and was also a member of St. Stephens Church choir. The presentation was arranged by the members of the choir in recognition of Sergeant Bicknell’s successes whilst a member of the Royal Flying Corps. The chair was taken by the vicar (the Rev. L. Bradley), and there was a large attendance. The choir secretary (Mr. Albert E. Smith) stated that they had met to do honour to their fellow member - Flight Sergeant George Bicknell - to congratulate him on the distinctions he had gained, and to ask his acceptance of a smoker’s cabinet, which had been subscribed for by the clergy and the officials of St. Stephens Church, Redditch. He explained that about a year ago it was reported in the newspapers that Sergeant Bicknell had been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for recovering a machine which had been brought down between the British and German trenches in France. On receipt of that news the members thought they would like to recognise the deed, and subscribe for that purpose. The reason the presentation had not been made earlier was because Mr Bicknell could not be released from his duties before. Since then, however, another honour had been bestowed on him, his name having been Mentioned in Despatches for Gallantry and Devotion to Duty [this unconfirmed].... The cabinet, which was suitably inscribed, and of which he asked the sergeants acceptance had been subscribed for by all the members of the choir and the church officials in recognition of the sacrifices Mr Bincknell had made for his country.... In acknowledging the present and the remarks of the speakers, Sergeant Bicknell said that he had only tried to do his duty, and hoped to continue to do so as long as it was required of him. He very much appreciated the kindness, and should value the present as long as he lived.’

Bicknell transferred to the R.A.F. Reserve in February 1919.

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Five: Colonel St. G. F. G. Caulfeild, Royal Marines, who was Mentioned in Despatches British War Medal 1914-20, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. St G. F. G. Caulfeild. R.M.A); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Italy, Kingdom , Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver; Japan, Empire , Order of the Rising Sun, Fourth Class breast badge, 68mm including paulownia flowers suspension x 45mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with red cabochon in centre, and rosette on riband, £220-£260 mounted court-style for display purposes, generally good very fine (5) M.I.D. London Gazette 7 August 1918.

Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, Fourth Class London Gazette 5 March 1920 St. George Frederick Gordon Caulfeild was born on 20 March 1881 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Marine Artillery in September 1898. Enjoying a spate of seagoing appointments over the coming decade, he was serving as a Lieutenant in the battleship H.M.S. Exmouth at the time of the Messina Earthquake rescue operations in 1908.

By the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, Caulfeild was serving ashore as an Intelligence Officer in Colombo, but he later moved to Bombay as a Staff Officer and, in August 1918, took up an appointment in the office of the Director of Shipping Movements. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches and was awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, Fourth Class. Placed on the Retired List as a Colonel in May 1930, Caulfeild was recalled on the renewal of hostilities and held Admiralty appointments until October 1945 (presumably removing the Japanese Order from his chest). He died in November 1973.

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Six: Able Seaman W. Fitzpatrick, Royal Navy, a recipient of the rare ‘Bomb & Mine Clearance 1945-53’ clasp 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 copy clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Pacific Star, 1 clasp, Burma; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Bomb & Mine Clearance 1945-53, unofficial rivets between clasps (P/JX. 521452 W. Fitzpatrick. A.B. R.N.) mounted court-style for display, good very fine (6) £800-£1,000 A total of 145 ‘Bomb & Mine Clearance 1945-53’ clasps were issued to those who completed six months consecutive work in disposal operations.

Sold with Ministry of Defence letter verifying that Fitzpatrick was issued with the Palestine clasp on 24 March 1952 and the Bomb & Mine Clearance clasp on 13 April 1955.

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Four: Major A. M. Campbell, Royal Artillery, who was Mentioned in Despatches 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, in their O.H.M.S. card forwarding box, addressed to ‘Major A. M. Campbell, The Manor House, Padworth, Reading, Berks’, with Army Council slip, extremely fine (4) £60-£80 M.I.D. London Gazette 5 August 1943: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Persia-Iraq.’

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Five: Attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. H. F. Greville, C.V.O., late King’s Royal Rifle fles Corps, who served as Equerry in Waiting to H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence 1885-88 and afterwards as Extra Equerry in Waiting to King Edward VII and King George V Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, silver; Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911, all unnamed as issued; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919, with integral top riband bar; Denmark, Kingdom , Order of the Dannebrog, Christian IX issue (1864 -1906), Fourth Class breast badge, gold and enamels, mounted court style by Hunt & Roskell, together with a related mounted set of miniature dress medals, this additionally including the Royal Victorian Order, this chipped, the Jubilee Medal with contact marks and minor enamel damage to the reverse of the last, otherwise very fine or better (5) £700-£900 C.V.O. London Gazette 3 June 1918.

Alwyne Henry Fulke Greville was born on 9 February 1854, the second son of the 4th Earl of Warwick. Educated at Marlborough, he obtained a commission in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in August 1873 and was advanced to Captain in May 1883, shortly before being appointed an Extra A. D.C. to Earl Spencer, then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. It proved to be the first of several high-profile postings, for he next served as Extra Equerry to H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence in 1885-88, and was awarded the Order of the Dannebrog, Fourth Class in October 1887, on the occasion of the Duke’s visit to Fredensborg. Having then resigned his regular army commission in August 1888, Greville retained his military links by joining the Warwickshire Yeomanry in April 1890, in which he was employed until retiring as an Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel in January 1908.

Meanwhile, Greville remained in demand with the royal family, serving as an Extra Equerry to the Prince of Wales, and afterwards throughout his reign as Edward VII, in which period he was appointed M.V.O. (London Gazette 9 November 1902, refers). And, following Edward’s death, he likewise served as an Extra Equerry to King George V. Those duties aside, he also served as C.O. of the 2/1st Essex Yeomanry from September 1914 to October 1918 and was awarded the C.V.O. and the T.D. (London Gazette 2 January 1919).

Greville settled at the Manor House, Lower Woodford, Wiltshire, where, aside from country pursuits, he enjoyed passing time as a budding sculptor, some of his work being exhibited at the Royal Academy. He died in London in April 1929, leaving a small fortune of about £30,000 (approximately £20 million today) to his widow.

Sold with four related shooting awards, comprising Army Eight, Officers’ Match 1887, Regulars v. Auxiliaries, silver, with dated clasps for ‘1888’, ‘1889’ and ‘1894’, on brooch bar for wearing; National Rifles Association 1860, small oval badge, and two shield shaped awards, silver-gilt, with central red enamel cross, with upper brooch bars for wearing dated ‘1866’ and ‘1886’, the first with engraved reverse ‘English Eight 1866’, enamel damage to one of the central red crosses.

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The George Cross (exchange E.G.M.) group of fiv five awarded to Able Seaman G. P. Niven, Royal Navy, for heroism on the occasion of an explosion in ‘X’ turret aboard H.M.S. Devonshire whilst she was engaged in a ‘full calibre fir firing’ exercise off the Greek island of Skiathos in July 1929 George Cross, the reverse officially inscribed (A.B. George Paterson Niven, O.N. J.26679., 1st January, 1930) in Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, the medals all loose, good very fine (5) £18,000-£22,000 Provenance: Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, February 1997.

Medal of the Order of the British Empire, Military Division, For Gallantry (E.G.M.) London Gazette 1 January 1930: Midshipman Anthony John Cobham, R.N., and Able Seaman George Paterson Niven, R.N. ‘On 26 July 1929, H.M.S. Devonshire was carrying out full calibre firing, when at the first salvo there was a heavy explosion aft which blew off the roof of one of the turrets. When the explosion occurred, Midshipman Cobham immediately took stretcher parties aft and ordered one crew to follow him and the other crew to rig hoses. When he reached the turret some very badly burnt men with their clothes still on fire were falling out of the hatch in the rear. He and Able Seaman Niven did what they could for them and then went into the gunhouse, where there was still a lot of cordite burning fiercely, and pulled out more bodies, after which they turned on the hoses and helped to cool things down. Though they did not realise it at the time they had both inhaled a large quantity of cordite fumes which had a most unpleasant delayed action effect.’

H.M.S. Devonshire had been commissioned into the Royal Navy on 19 March 1929. Seventeen months after her launch, and on 11 May, after carrying out trials at Portland, she sailed for Gibraltar. After undergoing an eight-week work-up period at Gibraltar, on 8 July, she finally steamed east to Malta, arriving in Grand Harbour three days later.

Eight days after arriving on station, Devonshire and the rest of the Mediterranean Fleet sailed for manoeuvres in the Aegean Sea, off the island of Skiathos. Controlling the exercises was the C-in-C in his flagship H.M.S. Royal Oak, and also taking part were Queen Elizabeth, London and Sussex, together with units of the Third Destroyer Flotilla. Arriving off Skiathos on 21 July, the fleet lay at anchor and, while the senior officers planned the forthcoming manoeuvres, the sailors were granted recreational leave for ‘picnic and bathing parties’.

When they got under way Devonshire and the destroyers practised torpedo firing, after which there was gunnery practice. At 08.00 on Friday 26 July the fleet weighed anchor, and within minutes London, Sussex and Devonshire had formed a single line ahead in order to carry out a full calibre shoot with all eight guns (twin turrets) together. At 08.45 there was a flurry of manoeuvring as Sussex, which was rejoining the line, almost collided with Devonshire; the latter’s stem did in fact touch Sussex's port quarter, but no damage was done and the exercise continued.

At 10.00 exactly Devonshire fired her first broadside, but practically simultaneously a huge explosion shook the ship. A faulty breech mechanism in X turret had caused a shell and some cordite bags to ignite, and the force of the explosion blew the roof off the gun turret and started fires in the gun house and pump room. Fortunately these were soon extinguished, but the explosion took a heavy toll of the Royal Marines who were manning the turret.

One officer and six men were killed instantly, one of them being blown overboard. Devonshire, meanwhile, made for the Greek port of Volos where seventeen injured men were transferred to the hospital ship R.F.A. Maine. However, eleven of these subsequently died and sixteen of the victims were buried at Volos with full military honours.

Devonshire returned to Malta and from there proceeded to Devonport where, on 14 August 1929, her tragic first commission ended.

George Paterson Niven was born in Portobello, Edinburgh on 15 March 1897, the son of Angus McKenzie Niven and Mary (née Gordon). His father was a Railway Signalman and George followed his career into the Railways until on 17 August 1913, he joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class at H.M.S. Ganges.

During the First World War, he joined Crescent and Collingwood, and signed up for 12 years’ adult service in 1915. He was promoted to Able Seaman later that year and served through the war in Defiance, Diligence, Dolphin, H.M. Submarine C5, and Marlborough (also entitled to 1914 -15 Star trio). Following the Great War, he served aboard Revenge (1921-22), Glorious (1922-23), Valiant (1923-24), Hood (1925) and eventually joined Devonshire.

During the first two years of the war Cobham was overseas and did not arrive in England until March 1942 when he was invited to an Investiture at Buckingham Palace to have his E.G.M. exchanged for a George Cross. He was much touched when the Admiralty flew Niven to London from a shore base in the Western Isles so that they could get their George Crosses together. Niven was married in 1939 in Birmingham to Rosie Magdalen Post. Able Seaman George Niven died in Birmingham on 2 February 1947, and is buried in Yardley Cemetery, Birmingham, where his previously unmarked grave is now marked with a newly erected headstone.

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A post-War D.B.E., R.R.C. group of six awarded to Air Commandant Dame Alice Lowrey, Matron-in-Chief, Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service, and Honorary Nursing Sister to H.M. Queen Elizabeth II The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, D.B.E., (Military) Dame Commander’s 2nd type set of insignia, comprising shoulder badge, silver-gilt and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, with additional full and miniature width neck ribands; and Star, silver, gilt, and enamel, in Garrard, London, case of issue, the case lacking insert; Royal Red Cross, 1st Class, E.II.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse dated 1954, on straight riband; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Sister’s), shoulder badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, on straight riband; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (Grp. Off. A. Lowrey. P.M.R.A.F.N.S.) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, good very fine and better (7) £1,800-£2,200

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Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry D.B.E. London Gazette 11 June 1960.

R.R.C. London Gazette 1 January 1954.

A.R.R.C. London Gazette 1 January 1947.

Officer, Order of St. John London Gazette 15 January 1960.

Dame Alice Lowrey was born in Chapel Town, Yorkshire, on 8 April 1905, one of nine children of Samuel Lowrey, an engineer, and his wife Agnes; her elder sister Annie distinguished herself during the Great War on the occasion of the torpedoing of H.M. Hospital Ship Transylvania, whilst serving with the Territorial Force Nursing Service, and subsequently served as Chief Matron at the Ministry of Pensions. Persuaded by her sister to take up nursing, Alice trained at Sheffield Royal Hospital, and qualified as a State Registered Nurse in 1931. She joined Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service on 1 July 1934, and was posted to the Middle East. As her obituary in The Independent recalls, ‘the Middle Eastern sheikhs then were desert potentates, not oil magnates. Alice was invited to banquets in tents and wrote home about eating sheep’s eyes.’

During the Second World War Alice Lowrey, by now a Senior Sister, served at home at No. 6 and No. 7 R.A.F. Hospitals, where she specialised in nursing badly burnt pilots and aircrew. Appointed an Associate of the Royal Red Cross for her War service, she saw further service post-War, and was awarded the Royal Red Cross First Class in 1954. Promoted Matron-in-Chief of Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service, with the rank of Air Commandant, in 1959, in the days when the R.A.F. still had a world-wide presence, her subsequent inspection tours took her to Germany, Cyprus, the Middle and Far East, and Australia. She was also appointed an Honorary Nursing Sister to H.M. Queen Elizabeth II. Created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1960 Birthday Honours’ List, she retired on 1 September 1963, and died in Norwich on 19 May 2001.

Sold with the following archive: i) The recipient’s epaulettes, with the rank insignia of an Air Commandant, and the E.II.R. badge as an Honorary Nursing Sister to H.M. Queen Elizabeth II. ii) A fine portrait photograph of the recipient. iii) Various Christmas Cards from H.R.H. The Princess Mary, The Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood iv) An invitation to the recipient to dinner on H.M. Yacht Britannia, 5 March 1962. v) Central Chancery letters regarding the investiture for the recipient’s D.B.E., dated 5 July 1960. vi) Two letters for the Secretary of State for Air, Hugh Fraser, on the occasion of the recipient’s retirement vii) Named Buckingham Palace enclosure for the A.R.R.C. viii) The recipient’s riband bars, various badges and buttons, and other ephemera.

Sold also with the Coronation Medal 1953 awarded to the recipient’s sister, Miss Annie Lowrey, M.B.E. , on lady’s bow riband, together with the named Buckingham Palace Certificate inscribed ‘Miss Annie Lowrey, M.B.E.’; an invitation to the Coronation, named to Miss A. Lowrey, and Earl Marshal’s Office enclosure; seating ticket for the Coronation, named to ‘Miss A. Lowrey’; copies of both the Ceremonial and the Order of the Service for the Coronation; 10 Downing Street letter regarding her appointment as a M.B.E., dated 11 May 1948; and other ephemera.

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The cavalry charge at the battle of Villagarcia or Llerena, though now almost forgotten, created a great stir at the time, and rightly so, as it was a most gallant feat of arms, never excelled on any occasion, even by British cavalry. Le Marchant’s charge, led by Prescott and the 5th Dragoon Guards, made a complete wreck of the left wing of the French army, three regiments broken in succession by our heavy cavalry

An important Heavy Cavalry Commander’s C.B. and Army Gold Medal pair awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Serjeantson Prescott, 5th Dragoon Guards, who was slightly wounded when in command of his regiment in their famous charge at Llerena on 11 April 1812, when the French army was thrown into confusion and swiftly broken; he subsequently commanded the 5th Dragoon Guards at Vittoria and Toulouse, for which he received the Gold Medal with Clasp, and was appointed C.B. in June 1815 - his premature death in June 1816 ‘was a very great loss to the regiment’ The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, maker’s mark ‘IN’ for John Northam, complete with correct 2-inch wide gold swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle; Field Officer’s Small Gold Medal, for Vittoria, 1 clasp, Toulouse (Lieut. Colonel S. Prescott) complete with gold ribbon buckle, the medal and the clasp each in their own individual silk-lined red leather Rundell Bridge & Rundell cases of issue, together with his Order of the Bath Chapel Stall Plate inscribed ‘Serjeantson Prescott Esquire, Lieutenant-Colonel in the 5th (or Princefs Charlotte of Wales’s Regiment of Dragoon Guards Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath Nominated 4th June 1815’, a few very minor chips to the wreaths of the first, otherwise extremely fine (4) £26,000-£30,000

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Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry Serjeantson Prescott was appointed Lieutenant in the 5th Dragoon Guards on 8 March 1807, from Lieutenant, 91st Foot, becoming Captain on 14 March 1810. He was promoted Major on 26 December 1811, and Lieutenant-Colonel on 14 June 1815. He served with the regiment in the Peninsula from September 1811 and, in the absence of Ponsonby, commanded the regiment at Llerena (Villa Garcia) where he was slightly wounded and mentioned in despatches: “While the Major-General [Le Marchant] is perfectly satisfied with the zeal shown by every individual of the brigade in the execution of his duty on that occasion, he considers that the charge made by the 5th Dragoon Guards deserves his particular admiration and approval, and he requests that Major Prescott and the officers of that corps will accept his nest thanks as well for their services as for the credit which their gallant conduct reflects on the command, which he has the honour to hold.”

Prescott was again in command of the regiment at the battles of Vittoria and Toulouse, at which last battle the 5th Dragoon Guards were instrumental in saving the Portuguese guns from capture. At the end of the war he received a gold medal with one clasp, and the C.B. Although the regimental history makes no specific mention of his presence at Salamanca, his presence there is confirmed in Challis’s Peninsula Roll Call.

After the death of Le Marchant at Salamanca, Colonel Ponsonby took over the command of the brigade, Prescott getting the command of the 5th Dragoon Guards. Lieutenant-Colonel Prescott died on 23 June 1816, killed by a cricket ball at Rose Green, near Battle, East Sussex.

The charge at Llerena (Villa Garcia) On the evening of 10 April 1811, General Stapleton Cotton climbed the steeple of a church in Bienvenida. He knew that the French were occupying Llerena and saw that there were considerable numbers of French cavalry five miles closer to him near the village of Villagarcia. Cotton decided that he should attempt to trap the French cavalry with his superior forces. During the night he despatched Ponsonby with the 12th and 14th Light Dragoons to probe the Villagarcia area, whilst Le Marchant was sent on a circuitous march to get on the French left flank and, it was hoped, cut off their retreat. Slade was also instructed to concentrate his brigade on Bienvenida, though he seems to have been tardy in moving.

Cotton retained the 16th Light Dragoons as a reserve. At some time during the night Cotton realised that Ponsonby's force might alert the French before Le Marchant was within striking distance and despatched an aide-de-camp with orders to halt the light cavalry; unfortunately the order arrived too late.

Two squadrons of the British light cavalry had forced the French vedettes out of the village of Villagarcia but, around dawn, had run into the full force of the French cavalry and were then chased back. Ponsonby subsequently found his two regiments faced by the three strong regiments under Lallemand and had to make a controlled withdrawal whilst skirmishing against heavy odds.

Following his orders, Le Marchant had moved his brigade through the night over tortuous terrain for a considerable distance. Coming down from rugged hills bordering the plain where the action was fought, Le Marchant and the 5th Dragoon Guards had pulled considerably ahead of the other two regiments of the brigade. Le Marchant noticed, looking through the trees of the wood his men were moving through, that French cavalry, drawn up in two deep columns of squadrons, were pushing the six squadrons of light dragoons back towards a narrow ravine flanked by stone walls. Le Marchant realised that an immediate charge was needed before Ponsonby's squadrons were forced into the congested and broken ground to their rear.

Lallemand, it is recorded, caught a glimpse of red-coated figures in the woods to his left and rode to alert General Peyremmont, who was leading the 2nd Hussars. Peyremmont scorned Lallemand's concerns, saying that the British dragoons were probably a small detachment who had lost their way.

At this point the advantage that the French had enjoyed in the action was suddenly reversed and Le Marchant, with the 5th Dragoon Guards, who were his leading regiment, emerged out of the woods entirely unobserved. Instantly realising the situation, he did not wait for the whole of his brigade, but, forming the 5th Dragoon Guards into line of echelon of squadrons as they came out of the defile, bore down at their head straight on to the left flank of the five French regiments, completely rolling them up and pursuing them for four miles, almost into Llerena. The French rallied briefly at a ditch halfway to Llerena, but they were outflanked by the 16th Light Dragoons and were forced into flight once more. A few hours later the French abandoned Llerena and continued their retreat out of Extremadura.

Llerena, though now almost forgotten, created a great stir at the time, and rightly so, as it was a most gallant feat of arms, never excelled on any occasion, even by British cavalry.

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The C.B. and First China War and Pegu campaign group of three awarded to Vice-Admiral E. W. Vansittart, Royal Navy The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s, breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hall marked London 1858, maker’s mark ‘WN’ for William Neale, complete with correct wide gold bar suspension and gold four-pronged buckle; China 1842 (E. V. Vansittart, Mate, H.M.S. Cornwallis.) note second initial; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Edwd. W. Vansittart. Commr. “Bittern”) the first with some chipping to both wreaths, nearly extremely fine, otherwise light contact marks, very fine and better (3) £4,000-£5,000 Provenance: Spink N.C., July 1983.

C.B. London Gazette 13 March 1867.

Edward Westby Vansittart was born at Bisham Abbey, Berkshire, on 20 July 1818, was third son (in a family of five children) of Vice-Admiral Henry Vansittart of Eastwood, Canada, by his wife Mary Charity, daughter of the Rev. John Pennefather. He entered the navy as a first-class volunteer in June 1831, and passed through the course at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth. As a midshipman of the Jaseur he served on the east coast of Spain during the Carlist war of 1834-6, and having passed his examination on 2 August 1837, served as mate in the Wellesley, flagship on the East Indies station, being present at the reduction of Karachi in February 1839 and at other operations in the Persian Gulf. In December 1841 he was appointed to the Cornwallis, flagship of Sir William Parker on the East Indies and China station, and in her took part in the operations in the Yangtse-kiang, including the capture of the Woosung batteries on 16 June 1842. He received the medal, was mentioned in despatches, and was promoted to Lieutenant on 16 September 1842. In February 1843 he was appointed to the sloop Serpent, and remained in her in the East Indies for three years, and, after a short period of service on board the Gladiator in the Channel, joined in December 1846 the Hibernia, flagship of Sir William Parker in the Mediterranean. During the Portuguese rebellion of 1846-47 he acted as aide-de-camp to Sir William Parker, and was present at the surrender of the Portuguese rebel fleet off Oporto. On 1 January 1849, he was appointed first lieutenant of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, and on 23 October of that year was promoted to commander.

In June 1852 he was Commander of the Bittern sloop employed in the 2nd Burma War, and annexation of Pegu in August 1852 Vansittart commissioned the Bittern, sloop, for the China station, where he was and subsequently constantly employed in the suppression of piracy, for which he was mentioned in despatches. During the Russian war the Bittern was attached to the squadron blockading De Castries Bay in the Gulf of Tartary. In September and October 1855, Vansittart destroyed a large number of piratical junks and the pirate stronghold of Sheipoo, and rescued a party of English ladies from the hands of the pirates. For these services he was thanked by the Chinese authorities, and received a testimonial and presentation from the English and foreign merchants. On 9 January 1856, he was promoted to Captain. In November 1859 he was appointed to the Ariadne, frigate, which in 1860 went out to Canada and back as escort to the line of battleship Hero, in which the Prince of Wales (afterwards King Edward VII) visited the North American colonies. The Ariadne then returned to the American station for a full commission. In September 1864 Vansittart was appointed to the Achilles in the Channel squadron, and remained in command of her for four years. He was made a C.B. in March 1867, and awarded a good service pension in November 1869. In September 1871 he commissioned the Sultan for the Channel squadron, in which he was senior captain, and continued in her until retired for age on 20 July 1873. In the Sultan he saluted at Havre in 1872, M. Thiers, president of the new French republic. He was promoted to Rear-Admiral, retired, on 19 January 1874, and to Vice-Admiral on 1 February 1879. Admiral Vansittart died at Worthing on 19 October 1904.

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An inter-War C.B., Great War ‘Western Front’ C.M.G., D.S.O. group of six awarded to Major-General J. S. Gallie, Royal Army Medical Corps, later Deputy Director of Medical Services, Aldershot Command, who was six times Mentioned in Despatches and served as Honorary Surgeon to H.M. King George V The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B., (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914 Star, with clasp (Major J. S. Gallie. R. A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Col. J. S. Gallie.) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, nearly extremely fine (6) £2,600-£3,000

C.B. London Gazette 2 January 1928: Major-General James Stuart Gallie, C.M.G., D.S.O., K.H.S., late Royal Army Medical Corps, Deputy Director of Medical Service, Aldershot Command C.M.G. London Gazette 3 June 1918: ‘For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in France and Flanders.’

D.S.O. London Gazette 3 June 1916: ‘For distinguished service in the Field.’

M.I.D. London Gazettes 19 October 1914; 15 June 1916; 24 December 1917; 25 May 1918; 30 December 1918; and 10 July 1919.

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James Stuart Gallie was born on 20 March 1870 and was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 27 July 1898. He was promoted Captain on 27 July 1901, and Major on 27 April 1910, and served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Great War on the Western Front 24 August 1914; Promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 March 1915, he latterly served on the Staff at R.A.M.C. Headquarters, and was appointed Brevet Colonel on 3 June 1919. For his services during the Great War he was appointed a Companion of both the Order of St. Michael and St. George and the Distinguished Service Order, and was six times Mentioned in Despatches.

Promoted Major-General on 14 September 1926, Gallie subsequently served as Deputy Director of Medical Service, Aldershot Command, and was appointed an Honorary Surgeon to H.M. King George V on 15 September 1926. He was further honoured by being created a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1928 New Year’s Honours’ List. He transferred to the Reserve of Officers on his 60th birthday on 20 March 1930, and died in Dorset on 1 May 1943.

Sold with a photographic image of a portrait of the recipient; a copy of the book ‘A Train Errant’, being the experiences of No. 16 Ambulance Train in France 1915-19; and copied research.

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An interesting and well-documented 1944 ‘Civil Division’ C.B.E. group of nine awarded to M. W. Parr, a veteran of the Great War who lost an eye at the Battle of Neuve Chappelle in March 1915, and went on to become a Sudan specialist ultimately serving as Governor of the Upper Nile, 1934-36 and Governor of Equatoria, 1936-42 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E., (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Civil) Officer’s 1st type, breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1928; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (2/Lieut: M. W. Parr. High: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. M. W. Parr.); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, Civil Division, Fourth Class breast badge, gilt and enamels, French motto, with rosette on riband; Egypt, Kingdom , Order of the Nile, Third Class neck badge, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, all mounted in a glazed display frame with a photograph of the recipient in uniform, his riband bars, and National Rifle Association token, by Spink and Son, medals cleaned, generally good very fine (9) £800-£1,200

C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1944 [Governor of Equatoria Province].

O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1929 [Private Secretary to Governor-General of Sudan].

Belgium, Order of Leopold, Officer London Gazette 11 November 1949: ‘For services rendered in the Belgian Congo during the war of 1940-45.’

Egypt, Order of the Nile, Officer London Gazette 12 October 1926.

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Martin Willoughby Parr was born in November 1892, and was the son of the Reverend Willoughby Chase Parr (who served as Chaplain to the Forces, 2nd Class in the Army Chaplain’s Department). Parr’s maternal grandmother was Jane Francklyn, daughter of Sir Samuel Cunard, baronet, the British-Canadian shipping magnate who founded the Cunard Line. He was educated at Winchester College and Brasenose, Oxford. Parr played Rugby football for Oxford University 1913–14, and had a half-blue for rifle shooting, 1913–14. He was initially commissioned into the Highland Light Infantry, before being attached for service with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Parr served with the latter on the Western Front from, 13 November 1914.

Parr was wounded in action at the Battle of Neuve Chappelle in March 1915, losing his left eye and the bridge of his nose. Despite this, he returned for service as Captain and Adjutant with the 3rd Battalion, H.L.I. in Palestine. After the war, Parr was selected for the Sudan Political Service and employed in Kordofan, 1920-23 and the Blue Nile, 1923-24. He was subsequently employed as Assistant Civil Secretary (Personnel), 1925-27, and as Private Secretary to Sir John Maffey, Governor-General, 1928-29 (O.B.E.).

Parr served as the Deputy Governor, White Nile in 1930, before serving as the Private Secretary to the Governor General, 1931-33. He was appointed the Deputy Civil Secretary in 1934, before serving as the Provincial Governor of the Upper Nile, 1934-36. Parr served as Governor of Equatoria, 1936-42. He was forced to retire on health grounds in 1942, and returned to the UK. Parr became heavily involved in youth work in the East End of London (in particular the Crown & Manor Boys’ Club, Shoreditch, 1942-53), and also served as a Governor of Gordon Boys’ School for 27 years. He was elected to the Executive Committee, C.M.S., Africa in 1943, and the Executive Committee, National Association of Boys’ Clubs the following year. Parr was co-opted Member L.C.C. Education Committee in 1946, and elected Alderman, L.C.C. in 1954.

Parr’s particular area of interest was match rifle shooting, and he represented the Sudan at Bisley whilst on leave in the UK. Upon his retirement he coached at the Oxford University Rifle Club, whilst being a member of the National Rifle Association. Parr died aged 92, in 1985.

Sold with the following original documents: Bestowal Document for the C.B.E., dated 1 January 1944; Bestowal Document for the O.B.E., dated 3 June 1929; named Buckingham Palace Enclosures for the Jubilee 1935 and Coronation 1937 Medals; Licence to Wear the Insignia of the Fourth Class Order of the Nile, dated 28 August 1926; Letter to recipient from the Belgian Governor General of Congo, informing Parr of his award of the Order of Leopold, dated Leopoldville (now Kinshasa) 13 August 1949, with envelope; Enclosure Documents for the Order of Leopold; and a group photograph. including recipient in uniform, inscribed ‘To Capt. & Adjt. M. W. Parr with the compliments of the Orderly Room Staff, 3/H.L.I. July 1916.’

Given the upgrade within the Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire, it would be normal to return the lower class of insignia and wear only highest relevant grade. It would appear that in this instance, as well as many others, that the lower grade of insignia was not returned.

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An unusual Boer War D.S.O., Great War 1918 O.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant Colonel C. P. Crane, 12th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, and Royal Irish Constabulary. He served as an officer with the latter in Kerry, Dongegal and the South Eastern Province between 1880 and 1894, and as Private Secretary to the Inspector General, Sir Andrew Reed between 1895 and 1897. Crane served during the Great War with the 11th (Service) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, and in command of the 2/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment from June 1915 until July 1916 Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1917; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (Capt. & Adjt. C. P. Crane 12/Impl. Yeo); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. Col. C. P. Crane.) mounted for wear, with related miniature awards, the D.S.O. in gold, also mounted for wear, and both housed in a £1,800-£2,200 custom made Spink & Son Ltd, Piccadilly leather case, generally good very fine or better (4) D.S.O. London Gazette 27 September 1901.

O.B.E. London Gazette 7 January 1918.

Charles Paston Crane was born at Holden Clough, Yorkshire in August 1857, and was son of the Reverend Canon Crane of Killarney, Ireland. He was educated at home and later at Exeter College, Oxford (B.A.; Honours in Modern History, 1878; M.A., 1901). Crane joined the Royal Irish Constabulary as a Cadet in 1879, and served through the Land Agitation in Kerry from 1880-89. He served on special duty in Donegal and the South Eastern Province in 1889-94, and was Private Secretary to the Inspector-General (Sir Andrew Reed) between 1895 and 1897. Crane was employed as Resident Magistrate in Donegal from 1897 to 1900, and was seconded in 1900 to serve as Captain and Adjutant of the 12th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, in the South African Campaign up until May 1901.

Crane subsequently served as Adjutant of the 12th Battalion until June 1901, and then in the same capacity of the Mounted Troops, Potchefstroom Column from 26 August 1900 until 30 January 1901 (Imperial Yeomanry). He served in operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, between March and May 1900; in operations in Orange River Colony between May and August of the same year, including actions at Rhenoster River and Wittehergen (1 to 29 July); in operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, from August up to 29 November 1900; in operations in the Transvaal from 30 November 1900 until March 1901; and in operations in Orange River Colony between March and April 1901 (D.S.O., M.I.D. - and presented with his D.S.O. by H.M. the King on 29 October 1901).

Crane was seconded for service with the Army in September 1914, and was appointed Major in the 11th (Service) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers.

He served in this capacity until March 1915, when he was subsequently appointed to the command of the 2/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Crane commanded the latter from June 1915 until July 1916, and then the 43rd Provisional Battalion from July until October 1916 (O..B.E., M.I.D.). Crane advanced to Lieutenant Colonel, and in later life wrote the travel guide to Kerry in the Little Guide Series. In 1908 he married Mary Alice Caroline, the second daughter of Colonel and Lady Mary Skrine of Warleigh Manor, Somerset. Colonel Crane died at Sloane Gardens, London in January 1939.

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A rare Great War ‘German East Africa' D.S.O., post-War M.B.E., Great War United States Navy Cross group of six awarded to Commander P. H. Trimmer, Royal Navy, for services with the Rufij fiji River Transport Service when he carried out the task of transporting motor-boats overland from Dar-es-Salaam to the river near Kibambawe in spite of almost insurmountable difficulties and often under shell fir fire Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with replacement integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1914-15 Star (Commr. P. H. Trimmer. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Commr. P. H. Trimmer. R.N.); United States of America , Navy Cross, silver, mounted £2,400-£2,800 court-style, nearly extremely fine (6) D.S.O. London Gazette 22 February 1918: 'In recognition of the good work and arduous service performed by him in command of the Rufigi River Transport Service, between December, 1916, and July, 1917. He carried out the task of transporting motor-boats overland from Dar-es-Salaam to the river near Kibambawe in spite of almost insurmountable difficulties and often under shell fire. The presence of the motor-boats on the upper Rufigi River was of the very greatest assistance to the military operations.'

M.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 1 June 1953: Captain Philip Henry Trimmer, D.S.O., Royal Navy (Retired), Honorary Secretary, Guildford Unit Committee, Sea Cadet Corps.

U.S.A. Navy Cross London Gazette 29 April 1919: ‘For extraordinary heroism in action and distinguished service as Flag Commander (Royal Navy) on the Staff of the Admiral Commanding on the North America Station.'

Philip Henry Trimmer was born at Alton, Hampshire, on 25 August 1878. He joined the Royal Navy on 15 July 1892, and was promoted Midshipman on 15 December 1894; Sub-Lieutenant on 15 June 1898; Lieutenant on 31 December 1900; Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December 1908; and Commander on 30 June 1914. His rapid promotion was achieved whilst serving aboard a vast variety of ships in this time, notably T.B.108 and T.B.111, and his Officer's Service Record is littered with praise, notably 'zealous, capable, energetic', and 'intelligent'.

Nevertheless, he did make a couple of mistakes, firstly losing confidential documents, and secondly, blamed for a lack of supervision which culminated in a fatality aboard H.M.S. Hibernia whilst coaling.

Placed briefly in Command of the cruiser H.M.S. Talbot in the early months of the Great War, Trimmer was transferred to German East Africa in December 1915. Placed in Command of the river transport boats, he was Mentioned in Despatches on 28 January 1917 for 'marked ability on various occasions'. This was followed by the award of the D.S.O. and recommendation for promotion by his superiors. Placed in Command of the yacht Warrior from 20 September 1918 to January 1919, as Flag Commander to Admiral Sir William Grant, Trimmer was further recognised by the United States Government, his Officer's Service Record adding: 'Ability. Professional standing of great assistance when two navies were brought into contact.'

Retiring from the Royal Navy on 13 November 1924, and reverting to the rank of Captain, Trimmer later settled in Guildford and served his local branch of Sea Cadet Corps. He died in Surrey in 1959.

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The rare inter-War North-West Frontier ‘V.C. Action’ Immediate D.S.O. group of three awarded to Lieutenant (later MajorGeneral, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O.) G. J. Hamilton, 5th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides), for his gallant conduct on 29 September 1935 when he advanced under heavy fir fire across a narrow Col in an attempt to support two platoons of Guides Infantry under the command of Captain G. Meynell that occupied a summit point and were in grave danger of being overwhelmed; having secured his own objective he realised the small supporting force of HQ Wing and two platoons of Guides Infantry were pinned down on an adjacent peak and unable to offer support.

On his own initiative Hamilton then led a gallant charge across a narrow ridge linking the two peaks, but fell severely wounded at the head of his men, the ground being swept by fir fire from all sides. With the tribesmen above and around the fla flanks of Meynell and his few remaining men, the gallant Captain Meynell was overwhelmed and died fig fighting to the last in fie fierce hand-to-hand combat. For the ‘fin fine example Meynell set to his men, coupled with his determination to hold the position to the last, maintain the traditions of the Army, and refle flect the highest credit on his fallen comrades’, Meynell was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross.

Hamilton’s position was now critical. Attacked by overwhelming numbers, severely wounded and hardly able to move, he organised a defensive position to cover the withdrawal of the supporting troops, remaining in position for over three hours, during which ‘he emphatically refused to be evacuated until a fin final retirement was ordered’ Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, in Garrard, London, case of issue; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. G. J. Hamilton, 5-12 F F R); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (Lt. G. J. Hamilton, 5-12 F F R) minor edge bruise to the second, otherwise nearly extremely fine (3) £4,000-£5,000

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The same gazette announced the award of the posthumous Victoria Cross to Captain Godfrey Meynell, M.C., 5th Battalion (Queen Victoria’s Own Corpd of Guides) 12th Frontier Force Regiment, who was killed in action in the attack on Point 4080. This was the only V.C. awarded in the reign of King Edward VIII. Captain F. J. Dohery, Indian Medical Service, attached 5/12th F.F.R., also received the D.S.O. for the same action (see D. N.W. May 2021 for his awards).

The official Recommendation, published in The Times on 26 October 1935 states: ‘Lieutenant Hamilton led two Platoons in support of forward companies attacked by overwhelming numbers. Severely wounded and hardly able to move, he organised a defensive position to cover the withdrawal, holding it for three hours, during which he emphatically refused to be evacuated until a final retirement was ordered. It was entirely through the action of this gallant officer that the enemy were held in check and the wounded evacuated.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 8 May 1936: 'For distinguished services rendered in the field in connection with the Mohmand Operations, North West Frontier of India, during the period 15/16 August to 15/16 October 1935.’

Godfrey John Hamilton was born on 31 March 1912, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel F. A. Hamilton, O.B.E., and was educated at Radley and the Royal Military College Sandhurst. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Unattached List, Indian Army, on 1 September 1932, and was posted to Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides the following year, being promoted Lieutenant on 1 December 1934. He served with the 5th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment in the operations against the Mohmand tribesmen on the North West Frontier in 1935, and was severely wounded and awarded the D.S.O. for his gallantry in the action at Point 4080 on 29 September 1935, for which Captain Godfrey Meynell was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross.

The Attack on Point 4080, 29 September 1935 Documents at the India Office Library make reference to the following code names given to prominent rocky features used in official narratives; (i) high ground at Point 318367 - ‘Teeth’; (ii) rocky pinnacle East of Point 4080 - ‘Nipple’; (iii) small rocky feature about three hundred yards West of ‘Nipple’ - ‘Pimple’.

The purpose of the operation was ‘clean up sniping parties which came from the head of the Wucha Jawar Valley, the direction of Muzi Kor and Zanawar China, and inflict the maximum possible loss on these elements’. The plan was for the Guides to seize and hold Teeth and from there to capture Point 4080, the object being to catch the enemy flushed from Muzi Kor and the Wucha Jawar in enfilade fire.

The advance to Point 4080 was carried out in four phases; (i) the approach march from camp to the foot of the spur; (ii) Capture of ‘Teeth’ by Hamilton; (iii) Capture of ‘Nipple’ by Rendall; (iv) Capture of Point 4080.

The Guides left Wucha Jawar camp at 0200 hours and strength of the force was as follows; ‘A’ Company (Lieutenant A. P. S. Rendall), 3 Indian officers and 76 Indian other ranks; ‘B’ Company (Lieutenant G. J. Hamilton), 3 Indian officers and 86 Indian other ranks; ‘C’ Company (Honorary Lieutenant Shadi Khan), 2 Indian officers and 82 Indian other ranks; HQ Wing (Major S. Good) with Captain G. Meynall Adjutant, Doherty Medical Officer, 2 Indian officers and 86 Indian other ranks; the total force consisting of 4 British officers, 1 British MO, 10 Indian officers and 330 Indian other ranks.

The first phase was completed by 0400 hours, with Hamilton occupying ‘Teeth’ by 0520 hours. The third phase began with ‘C’ Company acting as advanced guard moving up a spur leading to ‘Nipple’ which was occupied at 0545 hours. The final phase then began with Shadi Khan leading two platoons from ‘C’ Company, with Rendall in close support bringing up two platoons of ‘A’ Company plus an advanced HQ party which included Meynell. The remainder of the small attacking force under Good remained on Nipple. The approach to 4080 was along a long and narrow Col which restricted the advance to single file. With daylight approaching and the tribesmen now fully alerted and in far greater numbers than anticipated, the two platoons under Shadi Khan became pinned down by heavy fire after covering a distance of two hundred yards. Having reached a position where the Col broadened out slightly, Shadi Khan formed a fire position from which the final assault could be made. At this point, Rendall and Meynell came forward, and ordering Shadi Khan to remain in his present position to give covering fire, led the final assault with two platoons from ‘A’ Company and two sections from ‘C’ Company.

Despite the growing hostile fire and the difficult nature of the ground, Rendall reached one of the points of 4080, which is best described as a coxcomb being made up of several small peaks, with the two platoons of ‘A’. Battalion HQ had now established themselves across the Col and on the east face of 4080. But it was now broad daylight and in the face of such heavy fire, the supporting sections of ‘C’ were unable to scale the cliff face, with the result that Rendall and Meynell were left isolated. Major Good now realised the seriousness of the situation but was unable to communicate with the 3rd Light Battery for covering fire as the Forward Observation Officer had been wounded and the telephone lost.

However a helio message was sent to Hamilton who was ordered up with two platoons, at which point the signaller was shot dead.

Hamilton then advanced in an attempt to reach Rendall and Meynell but fell severely wounded at the head of his men having reached the rocky outcrop codenamed Pimple, from which point no further advance was possible, the ground being swept by fire from all sides. It was now somewhere between 0700-0800 hours and the tribesmen were above and around the flanks of the two platoons of ‘A’ Company. Rendall had been killed but Meynell, although wounded, was still engaged in hand-to-hand fighting and the use of hand grenades and stones. The result, however, was inevitable and Meynell with the few remaining men of ‘A’ were over-run with the enemy now in possession of 4080 and threatening Battalion HQ and the two remaining platoons of ‘C’. Good was himself wounded and gave the order to withdraw.

Meanwhile, Hamilton having now realised all was lost, had organised the defence of Pimple and by giving covering fire to Good was able to hold the enemy in check, thereby enabling the safe withdrawal of HQ and the two platoons of ‘C’. Hamilton remained in position from 0800-1100 hours and did not withdraw until 6 inch howitzers and aeroplanes started action on 4080. Hamilton withdrew his men in good order under cover of this fire, and according to the official account, his actions ‘undoubtedly stopped the tribesmen’s advance from 4080’.

The following extract, taken from ‘Afghan Frontier - At the Crossroads of Conflict’, by Victoria Schofield, includes extracts from Hamilton’s own account of the assault on Point 4080 (A Guide Goes Home - Piffer Journal 1980): ‘Goff Hamilton also joined the Guides for family reasons. His father had been in the Guides; so too had his grandfather’s first cousin, Lieutenant Walter Hamilton VC, who was killed in the massacre at Kabul in 1879. Since life in camp was rather routine, there was great enthusiasm when the soldiers knew they were going out to confront the tribesman. Three wars against the Afghan’s and the fierce fighting of the previous century had not dulled the desire for battle. “If you were sitting in Mardan and heard there was trouble brewing,” enthused Hamilton, “there was this sense of great excitement. Your life was totally taken up with your profession and when you went to battle you knew that your men would follow you.”

Goff Hamilton had experience of bitter fighting against the Mohmands which, like so many times before, turned out to be another military disaster which never should have happened. He recalled a day’s events, “There were no bugles that morning on 29 September 1935. My Pathan bearer and friend, Kashmir Khan, leant down into my dugout and shook my shoulder -Ek baj gia, Sahib - one o’ clock - he muttered, as he thrust a tin mug of steaming tea in my hand, and departed as silently as he had come. No lights in the camp, of course, and no moon yet. No noise either except for the shuffle of sandals on loose stones, the muttered curses, and the snorts of shackled mules sniffing the cold night air: all the age-old sounds of infantry girding themselves for battle in the dark. Except for the roar of a dozen or more oil cookers heating the early morning meal of chupattees and sweet tea, it might have been early dawn at a Roman staging post on the way to Hadrian’s wall”.

For the past few weeks Mohmand tribesmen had been attacking cavalry posts and firing into the British camps; and so the object of the mission on which Hamilton and the Guides infantry were engaged was to capture a strategic ridge with the object of dominating the surrounding country: “It all boiled down to the Nowshera Brigade, of which we were part, having to capture a 1500 foot high ridge of rocky peaks ending at the cross of a

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Major Syd Good was the acting Commanding Officer of the Guides, Captain Godfrey Meynell, the Adjutant, Lieutenant Tony Rendle was in charge of one company of platoons, Lieutenant Goff Hamilton in command of another; as they were missing one British officer who had been wounded in an earlier battle, the Subadar-Major, a Khatak Pashtun, was in charge of the third. There was also just one doctor from the Indian Medical Service. On the Guides’ left were the other regiments of the Nowshera Brigade. The Peshawar Brigade, commanded by Brigadier Claude Auchinleck was to cover their right flank. The two nearer peaks on the ridge which they had to capture before the assault on Point 4080 were code named Teeth and Bare Nipple.

As they wolfed their porridge at 1.30 am Hamilton chatted with Tony Rendall: “Don’t forget! If anything happens I want you to go through my things”, Tony said quietly. “You can have my silver cigarette case”. Same here! I replied as was our custom. We always said it. It blunted the thought of disaster somehow. Good joss, too - like taking out an umbrella to ensure against rain. We plodded along in such silence as we could muster, but it was chilly at that time in the morning and our teeth were chattering. As I shuffled along in the dust and gravel, I pondered on death and women. Queer how the two tend to jostle in one’s mind for priority in times of crisis! I had thankfully discarded the former trend of thought and was getting well into the latter when Godfrey [Meynell] jerked me out of my reverie. He whispered that we had reached the spur that led up to the vast cathedral - like outcrops that were Teeth.”

In spite of the steep climb in the dark, taking the first two peaks went unopposed according to plan. Hamilton and his company were to hold Teeth, while the second company with two machine-guns made for Bare Nipple. But when the third company, under Tony Rendall, advanced on Point 4080, it was clear that the element of surprise had long since been lost. In the fighting which ensued on Point 4080, Rendall was killed at the head of his men; a few minutes later Godfrey Meynell, who went forward to take command of the company, also died in fierce hand-to-hand fighting. Syd Good and the gunner officers were all wounded. Hamilton then decided to go forward; he took the Khatak and Dogra platoons with him, leaving the other two platoons to hold Teeth. “We went like hunted chamois over the rocks, sliding down the dips on our backsides and scrambling up vertical cliffs with an ease that was the gift of youth and much practice”.

Once they had reached Bare Nipple, they went on to try and get to the lower slopes of Point 4080. “I had only gone about a hundred yards when I was hit by what felt like the kick of a horse, and which spun me round in my tracks. I paused, and I suppose stood gazing with fatuous amazement at Point 4080 from whence the bullet must have come, for I heard my Pathan orderly shout at me, saying you can’t stand there, we must go forward. He had received his wound in the stomach, but decided he could carry on and make for the relative safety of a small outcrop further forward named Pimple. I found I could still move on all fours and covered the next 200 yards or so to Pimple like a chimpanzee.” Several of Hamilton’s men had also been wounded; one of them, a Khatak, was hit near the edge of the ridge and fell rolling a thousand feet to the bottom, beyond help. “He was captured by the tribesmen later that day but was returned during the night on a donkey given to him by an exGuide who was now in retirement fighting with his friends.” One of his Dogras was not so fortunate. He was hit in the chest and rolled down the lower foothills of the ridge. “He did not survive and his body, being Hindu, was found later, badly mutilated.”

“For the next two or three hours we did our best to be aggressive and fired at anything that moved on the hill and spurs to our front, but the tribesmen were some hundred feet above us and well concealed. We saw little.” Hamilton was expecting a counter-attack to be launched, if only to recover the wounded. “We all knew what happened to them if captured. Was there not an age-old unwritten law of the Frontier never to leave wounded in enemy hands if humanly possible?” At about mid-day, the artillery far down in the valley began to shell Point 4080. The counterattack was never launched. Even so, the Mohmand tribes “had had enough for the time being and sued for peace the following day. The bodies of Tony and Godfrey and of twenty other Guides were collected and either buried or burnt.” In addition to Good, Hamilton and the two gunner officers, eighty-two others were either captured, wounded or badly injured falling down the mountainside. The tribesmen returned to their villages and the Guides went back to their home in Mardan in the Yusufzai plain. Meynell was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously, and Hamilton received the D.S.O.’ Captain Meynell’s V.C. citation gives further details (London Gazette 24 December 1935): ‘On 29 September 1935, while operating against Mohmand tribesmen in the attack on Point 4080, Captain Meynell was Adjutant of the Battalion. In the final phase of the attack the Battalion Commander was unable to get information from his most forward troops. Captain Meynell went forward to ascertain the situation and found the forward troops on the objective, but involved in a struggle against an enemy vastly superior in numbers. Seeing the situation he at once took over command of the men in this area. The enemy, by this time, was closing in on the position from three sides. Captain Meynell had at his disposal two Lewis guns and about 30 men. Although this party was maintaining heavy and accurate fire on the advancing enemy, the overwhelming numbers of the latter succeeded in reaching the position. Both the Lewis guns were damaged beyond repair and a fierce hand-to-hand struggle commenced. During the struggle Captain Meynell was mortally wounded and all his men were either killed or wounded. Throughout the action Captain Meynell endeavoured by all means to communicate the situation to Headquarters, but determined to hold on at all costs and encouraged his men to fight with him to the last. By so doing he inflicted on the enemy very heavy casualties which prevented them from exploiting their success. The fine example Captain Meynell set to his men, coupled with his determination to hold the position to the last, maintain the traditions of the Army and reflect the highest credit on the fallen officer and his comrades’.

The outcome of the operation proved contentious and details were presented to Parliament the following October. In reply to a question by Lord Hartington, Mr. R. A. ‘Rab’ Butler, the Under-Secretary of State for India, said that he wished to make it clear that the battalion did not fall into an ambush which should have been detected, or that it had failed to take proper precautions during its advance. The task given to the Guides, who numbered four British officers with 340 Indian officers and rank and file, was to occupy a point on the ridge commanding the Nahakki Pass.

That involved difficult climbing, which gave the opposition an advantage, but it was a task which the Guides were pre- eminently fitted to carry out. They proceeded with all due precautions, and on achieving their object they encountered 1,800 tribesmen and, after a protracted hand-tohand fight, were forced to give ground. Withdrawal under cover of artillery fire and Royal Air Force action was successfully carried out, and the hill was reoccupied within 24 hours without opposition. Within a few hours the tribesmen were suing for peace, said Mr. Butler. All ranks behaved with the greatest gallantry. The Guides had 24 killed, 49 wounded, and nine missing. The tribesmen's casualties were estimated at 150.

Hamilton was promoted Captain on 15 January 1940 and served as Adjutant of the 5th/12th Frontier Force Rifles from July 1940 to May 1941, being promoted Acting Major on 7 August 1940, and temporary Major on 7 November 1940. He attended the Staff College at Quetta from May to September 1941 and served as Second in Command, Training, at the Royal Military College, Dehra Dun, from August 1942 to January 1945.

Promoted temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, he was appointed Commanding Officer, 16th Punjab Regiment, and served with them in Burma in 1945, for which service he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 19 September 1946). He transferred to the Royal Irish Fusiliers as a Major on 4 January 1948, and subsequently served in Palestine, 1948-49, where he was again Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 7 January 1949).

Promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 10 April 1954, he served as Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, from 1954-56, serving with them in Kenya in 1955, for which services he was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (London Gazette 31 January 1956).

Promoted Colonel on 10 April 1958, Hamilton subsequently served as Commander of the Berlin Infantry Brigade, and was advanced Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1958 Birthday Honours’ List (London Gazette 12 June 1958). He was promoted Brigadier on 10 April 1962, and Major-General on 19 September 1963, and was latterly Chief, Joint Services Liaison Organisation, British Army of the Rhine, from September 1963 to October 1966. Created a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1966 (London Gazette 11 June 1966), he retired on 2 January 1967, and died on 15 July 1986, aged 74.

Hamilton married, firstly, Mary Penelope Colthurst, daughter of Sir Richard Colthurst, 8th Bt. Divorced in 1952, he married secondly, Mary Margaret Kaye, the distinguished author ‘M. M. Kaye’ whose epic novels inspired the T.V. productions The Far Pavillions and Jewel in the Crown.

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A rare Second War ‘Eritrean campaign’ D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel S. E. ‘Snap’ Tayler, 3/18th Garhwal Rifle fles, who was decorated for his gallant command at Fort Gallabat in November 1940 and killed in action in the advance on Keren on 17 March 1941 Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamels, reverse of suspension bar officially dated ‘1941’, with integral top riband bar; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. S. E. Tayler); India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Capt. S. E. Tayler. 2-18 Garhwals.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and £2,200-£2,600 War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style, good very fine (8) D.S.O. London Gazette 31 January 1941: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East.’

The original recommendation, written by Brigadier W. J. Slim, states: ‘Lieutenant-Colonel S. E. Tayler commanded the assault on Gallabat Fort and throughout the attack displayed courage and leadership of the highest order. The success of the attack was largely due to his personal example.

Later, he was placed in command of all troops on the Gallabat position. Subjected to prolonged and intensive air bombardment he invariably remained cool and imperturbable. He displayed at the time they were most needed outstanding qualities as a commander.’

Skipwith Edward Tayler was born on Viper Island in the Andaman Islands on the 9 July 1898, the son of the Deputy Commissioner of Port Blair, and was educated at Sherborne School and the Cadet College, Quetta. Commissioned in the Garhwal Rifles in June 1916, he witnessed extensive action in Waziristan and on the North-West Frontier in the 1920s and 30s and was advanced to Major in June 1934.

Appointed to the command of the 3/18th Garhwals as a Lieutenant-Colonel in August 1940, and under the immediate command of Brigadier – later Field Marshal – Bill Slim, he greatly distinguished himself at Fort Gallabat in November 1940.

A glimpse of him at this time is to be found in Slim - Unofficial History: ‘Coming to meet us was a younger edition of Mr. Pickwick - chubby figure, cherubic face, gleaming spectacles, genial smile and all, surmounted by a slouch hat. ‘Snap’ Taylor, the colonel of the Garhwalis, was easily recognizable not only because of his Dickensian appearance but because, whatever the circumstances, he always looked fresh, cheerful, alert and completely unruffled. Battalions are as good as their commanding officers; he was a very good one indeed.’

Sadly, Tayler did not live long to enjoy his award of the D.S.O., for he was killed in action on Mount Sanchil in the advance on Keren, Eritrea, on 17 March 1941, aged 43. He is buried in Keren Cemetery and commemorated on memorials at Sherborne School and Lindfield Civic War Memorial in Haywards Heath, Sussex.

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A Second War D.S.O. pair attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel I. G. Garrow, Highland Light Infantry, who organised and led the ‘Pat O'Leary’ escape line, which helped more than 600 Allied service personnel and civilians to freedom from occupied France across the Pyrenees into neutral Spain Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated 1943, with integral top riband bar, in Garrard, London, case of issue; France, Third Republic , Croix de Guerre, bronze, 1939, with one bronze star on riband; together with the recipient’s court mounted group of seven miniature medals; and a Glasgow Moray and Banffshire Friendly Society president’s medallion 1924, gold (15ct., 19.03g), the reverse inscribed ‘Alex. Garrow Esq. M.D. 1924.25, 1925.26’, good very fine and better (2) £2,000-£3,000

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D.S.O. London Gazette 4 May 1943.

Ian Grant Garrow , the son of Dr. Alex Garrow, was born in South Africa on 24 August 1908. His Scottish ancestry led his family to move to Glasgow in 1919 where he was educated at the Glasgow Academy. Joining their Officer Training Corps, he was advanced Sergeant and commissioned Second Lieutenant into the 9th (Territorial) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry on 21 May 1930. Advanced Lieutenant on 21 May 1933, he transferred to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers on 9 June 1937.

Recalled for service during the Second War, he served in France with the British Expeditionary Force, and following the surrender of the 51st (Highland) Division at Saint-Valéry-en-Caux on 12 June 1940, as a French speaker, managed to avoid capture. On 17 June Garrow commanded the transport section of B Company at Breteuil, where, surrounded by German forces, his company destroyed the engines of their vehicles and divided into smaller groups, with Garrow leading eight men south, reaching Saint-Julien-sur-Sarthe five days later. Learning from a local that France had signed an armistice with the Germans, he decided to try and reach the Normandy coast, and ultimately, the Channel Islands. He further divided into three groups and headed west. Reaching Mayenne he learned of the German occupation of the Channel Islands, so decided to head south for Spain. Reaching Châtillon-sur-Indre, Garrow reported to the French Commandant, where he was sent to Chateauroux and then interned at Bélâbre, a small French town manned by a Battalion of Senegalese troops. The town was crowded with refugees and the British officers were lodged with local families, with their meals taken in a hotel.

Shortly afterwards, the British internees decided to leave. Garrow, with two men travelled through Limoges and Sarlat to Limogne-en-Quercy, near Cahors where they were arrested by gendarmes and handed over to the military authorities in Toulouse. From Toulouse they were sent to the prisoner of war camp of Monferran-Savès, near L'Isle-Jourdain, where they were transferred to Fort Saint-Jean, Marseille, the old fortress in the Vieux Port, which was intended to be home for all the British military internees held in France.

Although officially interned, Garrow was able to move freely around the city. In October 1940, he joined up other British internees and expatriates living in Marseilles, including Donald Caskie alongside French resistance operators including Nancy Wake (née Fiocca), Louis Nouveau and George Rodocanachi, and began organising the escape to Britain of Allied service personnel and internees stranded in France. Taking advantage of his limited freedom of movement, he organised the escape system, recruited initially dozens, later hundreds, of volunteer workers for the escape line, and established funds to assist the housing, transporting, and documentation of escapers. In July 1941, together with other founders, they were joined by Albert Guérisse, whose nom de guerre of ‘Pat O'Leary’ became the name of the escape and evasion line. The line helped more than 600 Allied service personnel and civilians escape occupied France, with the majority crossing the Pyrenees on foot into neutral Spain, led by hired guides.

Arrested by the Vichy Police in October 1941, Garrow was brought to trial on 22 May 1942 and sentenced to three years and six months solitary confinement at Mauzac-et-Saint-Meyme-de-Rozens in the Dordogne. His role as head of the escape line was replaced by Guérisse, who together with Nancy Wake, led the attempt to free him from prison. With a tailor’s made prison guard uniform, Wake bribed a guard to turn a blind eye, and Garrow, clad in the uniform, walked out of Mauzac on 6 December 1942. Initially moved to Bergerac, he was then moved to Toulouse and sheltered until 25 January 1943, when he was moved to Perpignan and across the Pyrenees with other escapers reaching the British Consulate in Barcelona on 1 February 1943. Arriving in Gibraltar on 5 February, he was flown back to England two days later as a war-substantive Captain.

Awarded the D.S.O. in May, he married Margaret Allan Hay, the daughter of Sir David Allan Hay, and afterwards served at Home, partly with M. I.9. He was further advanced war-substantive Major and continued to serve post war in the Territorial Army. Advanced Major on 1 January 1949, he retired as an Honorary Lieutenant Colonel on 20 September 1958 and died in Lochearnhead, Perthshire, on 28 March 1976.

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Alexander Garrow , father of the above, a doctor at the Royal Infirmary in Glasgow, is believed to have served in South Africa during the Boer War, afterwards settling there. He married Jennie Guthrie, a nurse from the Royal Infirmary, at Port Elizabeth in 1904 and opened a medical practice in Steytlerville. He served during the Great War with the South African Medical Corps, afterwards returning to Glasgow, where he served as President of the Glasgow, Moray and Banffshire Friendly Society from 1924-26.

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A royal visit M.V.O. group of six awarded to Admiral G. M. Henderson, Royal Navy The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse numbered ‘145’; Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (Sub. Lt. G. M. Henderson, R.N. H.M.S. Victor Eml. 73-74); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (Lieut. G. M. Henderson, R.N.); China 1900, no clasp (Capt. G. M. Henderson, R.N., H.M.S. Isis); Jubilee 1897, silver, unnamed as issued; Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, generally good very fine (6) £1,200-£1,600 M.V.O. Fourth Class London Gazette 27 April 1903.

George Morris Henderson was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire on 12 August 1851 and was educated at Marlborough and the R.N.C. Britannia.

Having then joined the ironclad H.M.S. Ocean in July 1866, he was landed as a Midshipman in the Naval Brigade at Kobe in Japan in the troubles of 1868. Advanced to Sub Lieutenant in July 1871, Henderson served in the Victor Emmanuel at the time of the Ashantee operations of 1873-74, when she was converted for use as a hospital ship, and he was promoted to Lieutenant in December of the latter year.

Henderson was back ashore as a Bluejacket at the time of the First Boer War, when he was landed from the Boadicea and served in Natal and the Transvaal. His next appointment again saw him back onshore, for having served as First and Gunnery Lieutenant in the Iris off Suakin in 1884, he was landed with Naval Brigade for the Gordon Relief Expedition in 1884-85, in which he also undertook ‘special service on the Nile in picket boats’. He was duly recommended for early promotion to Commander.

One or two short periods on half-pay having then ensued, Henderson gained advancement to Captain in June 1894 and commanded the Dido at the Jubilee Review in 1897, in addition to the cruiser Isis off China in 1900. He then commissioned the new battleship Irresistible in February 1901, in which he was awarded the M.V.O. Fourth Class for the King’s visit to Naples in April 1904.

Placed on the Retired List as a Rear-Admiral in November 1908, Henderson was advanced Vice-Admiral in April 1910 and Admiral in June 1913.

He died at St. James’s Place, Westminster, London in January 1915.

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The Great War O.B.E., Ashanti 1896 and Second Boer War group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. A. A. Viscount Hood, Grenadier Guards The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type, breast badge, hallmarked London 1919; Ashanti Star 1896 (Lieut. Honble. G. Hood 2nd Bn. Grenr. Guards); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (Capt. Hon. G. A. A. Hood. Gren: Gds.); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt. G. A. A. Hood. Gren. Gds.) mounted cavalry-style as worn, toned, nearly extremely fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 Provenance: Christies, November 1984; Sotheby’s, February 1990.

Grosvenor Arthur Alexander Hood was born on 13 November 1868, in Mayfair, London, the second son and third child of Francis Wheler Hood, 4th Viscount Hood of Whitley, and his wife Edith Lydia Drummond née Ward. (His older brother, also named Grosvenor, had died shortly before this Grosvenor's birth), and was educated at Eton. He joined the Royal Artillery from the Royal Military Academy in 1887, and on 27 August 1889, was transferred as Second Lieutenant to the Grenadier Guards. He was one of the officers of the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards who sailed from Chatham on 22 July 1890, aboard the Tamar for a two year posting to Bermuda. He was Lieutenant in command of the detachment of his regiment (1 officer, 17men) in the Ashanti Expedition of 1896 (Ashanti Star), and afterwards during the War in South Africa, 1899-1902, as Commandant at Krankiul and Philipstown; was present at the relief of Kimberley, the actions at Paardeberg, Poplar Grove, Vet River and Zand River and those near Johannesburg, Pretoria, Diamond Hill, and Wittebergen; and was promoted Captain in 1899, and Major in 1905. He succeededhis father as the 5th Viscount Hood of Whitley, Warwickshire, and as the 5th Baron Hood of Catherington, Hampshire, on 27 April 1907; Lieutenant-Colonel commanding 7th City of London Battalion T.A., 1912; served at Home, 1914-18, as a Defence Commander and a Staff Captain at the War Office; retired as a Lieutenant-Colonel 1902 (despatches twice, O.B.E.). He died on 26 April 1933. He was brother of Rear-Admiral H. L. A. Hood, C.B., D.S.O., M.V.O., who served in the Sudan, Somaliland, and the Great War. Some of Viscount Hood’s correspondence is contained in Ashani 1895-96, by Ian McInnes and Mark Fraser, 1987, including the following extracts: ‘January 20th - Palaver between Kind and Governor, the King had been in a blue funk ever since he was told he must meet the Governor today.

The palace has been closely watched. The King did not turn up this morning and had to be fetched. Barter was sent with two companies and some Hausa to the palace, and soon appeared with Prempeh and some of his followers. The other chiefs and the Queen Mother were also brought in. All the paths from the town were picquetted last night, and I believe everyone of them was tried by somebody. Prempeh and his chiefs were arranged in line on one side of the square, while the Governor and Sir Francis Scott sat on the other. We formed the short sides of the square and the West Yorkshires the long sides. The Hausas, levies and guns were outside. Quako Fuku was next to the King, and beyond him the King of Mampon, who is rather a fine looking old chap and very popular with his people. The Governor spoke through an interpreter, but Quako Fuku went through the form of repeating everything to the King. He first had to make submission, which he did by going on his knees before the Governor and putting his head between his feet. The Queen Mother did the same. He was then ordered to pay an indemnity of 50,000 ounces of gold dust. This he said he could not do, as he only had 500, which was ridiculous. He was then told that the Ashantis had promised to pay 30,000 after the last war, not a penny of which had been received, and that this time they would not be trusted. So he and his mother, uncles and brothers, the two hereditary war chiefs, the King of Mampon, and a few others, would be seized as hostages. The people named were at once marched off. Directly after the King was taken prisoner, the carriers and levies began to loot the town. Picquets were sent out and they were stopped, and a good many of them flogged. Their loot was collected in the square and afterwards sold by auction to go towards the indemnity.

The engineers set to work to blow up and cut down all the fetish trees and groves.

January 21st - Paraded about 6 and took the men to Bantama, the great fetish place where the kings of Kumassi are buried. It is about a mile from here. Baden-Powell and his levies have been very busy destroying. The Fetish House had been burnt when we got there. It was apparently an irregular cluster of huts. Outside is the great Fetish Tree under which stood a brass bowl. The King used to visit Bantama in state once a quarter, and sacrifice twenty men, by cutting off their heads into this bowl. Besides this any unsuspecting traveller approaching Kumassi from the north who happened to sit down under the tree, had his head removed at once. Inside the temple there was a hut where the chief "Fetish' was supposed to live. Outside there was a row of calapashes full of food and drink for him. It was here apparently that the priests held their treasure, as it was full of empty chests when broken into. They had had the sense to remove themselves and all their valuables. In fact, we never saw a priest at all. They were the real rulers of the country. They have not allowed a King of Ashanti to cross the Adra river for the last 500 years, because they were afraid of losing their influence if he saw the civilisation on the coast.

January 22nd -Paraded 6.15, West Yorkshires started first with prisoners. The Special Service Corps formed rearguard and took the treasure, which is only worth about £1,000. The Guards and Fusilier companies in rearguard did not get clear of Kumassi till 9.45, got in 2.30 pm, having been eight hours and a quarter under arms, and only marched eight miles. We had hoped to halt a day here to let the West Yorkshires in front get clear, but hear we are to move on tomorrow. Disappointing, as we had all looked forward to a good wash in the Adra. There is a rumour that Prince Henry has died of fever, we hardly believed this at first, as he was supposed to be much better, but it was confirmed next day.’

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A rare Anglo-Boer War D.T.D., Great War ‘Western Front’ O.B.E. group of fiv five awarded to Hon. Colonel J. Jacobsz, South African Native Labour Corps, late Harrismith Commando, who was additionally Mentioned in Despatches Anglo-Boer War Dekoratie voor Trouwe Dienst 1899-1902 (Kapt. en Adj. J. Jacobsz); The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Anglo-Boer War Medal 1899-1902 (Kapt. en Adj. J. Jacobsz); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Lt. Col. J. Jacobsz) mounted court-style for display, good very fine and better (5) £1,800-£2,200

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, February 2016.

O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919.

Jan Jacobsz was born in February 1884 and served as Captain and Adjutant of the Harrismith Commando from August 1899 until July 1902; the award of his D.T.D. was announced in U.D.F. General Order No. 425 of October 1922.

Appointed a Lieutenant-Colonel in South African Native Labour Corps in November 1916, Jacobsz served in France in the period February to November 1917, being Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 5 July 1919) and appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

Among other events during his time in France, he was presented to H.M. King George V, H.M. Queen Mary, and H.R.H. The Prince of Wales during their visit to the South African Native Labour Corps at Abbeville on 10 July 1917.

Jacobsz became an Honorary Colonel of the Harrismith Commando in December 1936, and died in May 1943.

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A scarce Inter-War ‘Waziristan operations’ O.B.E. group of fiv five awarded to Lieutenant Colonel C. L. Kilcoin, Royal Engineers and Indian Army, who was three times Mentioned in Despatches, and was also awarded the Meritorious Service Medal The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1918; 1914-15 Star (Sub. Condr. C. L. Kilcoin. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. L. Kilcoin); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24 (Maj, C. L. Kilcoin. R.E.) the 1914-15 Star lightly gilded, generally very fine and better (5) £180-£220 O.B.E. London Gazette 19 December 1922: ‘For valuable services rendered in the Field with the Waziristan Force, 1920-21.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 10 June 1921; 1 June 1923; and 12 June 1923 (all Waziristan).

M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Forces in France during the present war’.

Charles Lewis Kilcoin was born in India in 1879 and served during the Great War on the Western Front as a Sub Conductor (Warrant Officer Class I) from 30 September 1915; his initial service on the Western Front was spent with the Works Directorate, attached 65th Field Company, Royal Engineers. For his services during the Great War he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal.

Discharged to a commission in the Royal Engineers (Indian Army) on 27 May 1918, Kilcoin served with distinction during the Waziristan campaign, being three times Mentioned in Despatches, and created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Advanced Brevet Lieutenant Colonel at Simla in 1927 and is recorded in the Civil & Military Gazette of 14 October 1927 as Commander, Kohat District. Kilcoin later served as Staff Officer, 1st Grade (Works), Northern Command (India) before retiring as Lieutenant Colonel on 31 July 1934.

Recalled to service in England in 1939, Kilcoin was named by the Aldershot News, Farnborough Chronicle & Fleet Times of 21 July 1939 as Deputy Commander Royal Engineers (D.C.R.E.), New Constructions [Establishment District of Aldershot]. Employed in the construction of pillboxes, gun pits, and anti-tank barriers, his unit had considerable responsibility for military buildings and civil engineering at a time when the invasion of the country seemed likely. Listed as dangerously ill in the latter stage of the war, Kilcoin died in Guildford on 18 October 1945 and was buried at Shalford Cemetery.

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A Second War ‘North West Europe’ O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel I. L. Roney-Dougal, Railway Operations, Royal Engineers, who was also Mentioned in Despatches The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Major. I. L. Roney Dougal. O.B.E. R.E.) rank officially corrected, mounted as worn, generally good very fine (7) £260-£300 O.B.E. London Gazette 21 June 1945.

The original recommendation states: ‘Lieutenant-Colonel Roney-Dougal has been Assistant Director (Training) attached Second Army throughout the campaign. During the period under review he has been responsible for railway construction throughout Secondary Area and for the coordination of all transportation matters. He has undertaken these duties with energy, resource and tireless devotion to duty. The efficient working of the railways in spite of many difficulties has been an important factor in the maintenance of the Army. Lieutenant-Colonel Roney-Dougal has carried out his duties with conspicuous success.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 22 March 1945.

Ian Logan Roney-Dougal was born in Totnes, Devon, in 1914, the son of Major Alistair Roney-Dougal, Royal Field Artillery, of Dappen House, Amesbury. Educated at Cambridge University, he was appointed to a commission in the Royal Engineers on 31 August 1934. Advanced Lieutenant 30 August 1937, he gained his private pilot’s licence at Cinque Ports Flying Club on 24 June 1938. Appointed to the British Second Army as Assistant-Director (Training), Roney-Dougal witnessed his comrades spearheading the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, and later facilitated their movement across France, Belgium and Holland before crossing the Rhine into Germany; for his ‘tireless devotion’ to the railways during this time, Roney-Dougal was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, and was also Mentioned in Despatches. He later served in Palestine with 193 Railway Operating Company, Royal Engineers, from 13 February 1947 to 16 May 1947 and retired as Honorary LieutenantColonel on 8 June 1952.

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A M.V.O. and R.V.M. group of fiv five awarded to Sergeant H. G. Barrett, Royal Horse Artillery The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, the reverse unnumbered [see footnote], minor blue enamel restoration to motto; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (49234 Sgt. H. G. Barrett. U Bty., R.H.A.); Coronation 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (49234 Sjt: H. G. Barrett. R.H.A.); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display, traces of lacquer, otherwise good very fine and better (5) £800-£1,000 Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009 (when the M.V.O. was erroneously described as being ‘officially numbered 589’; and the Q.S.A. additionally had the clasp Orange Free State).

M.V.O. Fifth Class London Gazette 2 January 1933 Henry Gulliver Barrett was born in Woolwich on 2 May 1871; his father was Richard Barrett, a Sergeant in the Riding Establishment, Royal Artillery. Following his father’s footsteps, Barrett joined the Royal Horse Artillery and as a Sergeant in ‘U’ Battery R.H.A. served in South Africa during the Boer War from 21 December 1899 to 5 March 1900. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with Gratuity per Army Order 172 of October 1903. After leaving the Army he joined Royal Service, and as Clerk of the Stables at Marlborough House he was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in Silver on 31 December 1925, on the occasion of the death of Queen Alexandra, on 20 November 1925. He was subsequently in the Household of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales and for many years organised the reunion dinners of ‘Q’ Battery, R.H.A. As ‘Storekeeper, Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace’, he was appointed a Member Fifth Class of the Royal Victorian Order on 29 July 1932, and was presented with the insignia in hospital by Sir Arthur Erskine shortly before he died in Croydon General Hospital on 13 November 1932.

Note: Research included with the lot, compiled by John Tamplin, indicates that the recipient was allocated the M.V.O. badge no. 589; however, owing to the fact that the insignia of the Order was presented to him in hospital in a presumably hurried ceremony, and before the notification of the award had even appeared in the London Gazette, it is possible that he was invested with an unnumbered badge.

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A ‘Civil Division’ M.B.E. group of four awarded to R.E.8 pilot Major E. C. Stonehouse, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, late R.A.S.C., who was wounded in action with 42 Squadron over Italy, 25 February 1918 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., (Civil) Member’s 2nd type, breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue; 1914-15 Star (Capt. E. C. Stonehouse. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Major E.C. Stonehouse. R.A.F.) medals mounted for wear, nearly extremely fine (4) £300-£400 M.B.E. London Gazette 13 June 1959 (Chairman of Committee, No. 127 (Wakefield) Squadron, Air Training Corps).

Eric Childe Stonehouse was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire in December 1886. He was educated at Sedbergh School. Commissioned Captain in the 1st West Riding Brigade Company, Army Service Corps (T.F.) in June 1910. He was advanced Major on 1 June 1916. Stonehouse was seconded for duty with the Royal Flying Corps, 4 August 1917, and after training was posted as a Pilot to 42 Squadron (R.E.8's), on the AustroItalian front. He was wounded in action, whilst flying B5099, on 25 February 1918. Having completed a period of recuperation in hospital he returned to operational flying with 16 Squadron (R.E.8's) from Complain L'Abbe, July 1918. Posted as Major (Flying) to 'Room 426, Air Ministry', October 1918, he was thence posted as a Flight Commander to 12 Squadron (R.E.8's) at Duren, Germany in March 1919. He relinquished his Temporary Commission on 18 January 1921 and was re-engaged for service during the Second War as Acting Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve from 1 February 1941. Stonehouse died on 11 March 1967 and is buried at Ugthorpe, Scarborough.

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A post-War M.B.E. group of four awarded to Major S. N. Meredith, Whitgift Middle School Contingent, Combined Cadet Force The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., (Military) Member’s 2nd type, breast badge, silver; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Cadet Forces Medal, G.VI.R., with one Additional Award Bar (A/Capt. S. N. Meredith) good very fine (4) £160-£200 M.B.E. London Gazette 10 June 1954.

Stanley Noel Meredith commanded the Whitgift Middle School (renamed Trinity School of John Whitgift in 1954) Contingent, Combined Cadet Force, being awarded his Cadet Forces Medal in December 1950, and a Second Award Bar in March 1960. He relinquished his commission in October 1960, and was granted the honorary rank of Major. He was described by the school magazine as ‘a sympathetic and understanding teacher, adjusting himself to the developments and changes in his subject and his profession with a philosophical calm. His standards were high, yet he cold sympathise with pupils who found difficulties.’

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An unattributed M.B.E. group of three The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., (Civil) Member’s 2nd type, breast badge, silver; Jubilee 1977, unnamed as issued; Rhodesia 1980, unnamed as issued, usual Rhodium plate finish, mounted for wear, extremely fine (3) £400-£500

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A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ DH4 and Nieuport 10 observer’s D.S.C. group of fiv five awarded to Captain H. A. Furniss, 2 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service, late British Red Cross Society and R.N.V.R. Armoured Cars. He shot down a German seaplane with his pilot north east of Zeebrugge, 24 April 1916, and went on to fly fly countless reconnaissance missions over Belgium Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1918; 1914-15 Star (H. A. Furniss, B.R.C. & St. J. J.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. A. Furniss. R.A.F.); France, Third Republic , Croix de Guerre, reverse dated 1914-1917, with Silver Star £1,800-£2,200 on riband, mounted for wear, generally good very fine (5) Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, July 2001 D.S.C. London Gazette 17 April 1918 (in joint citation with Flt. Cdr. C. F. Brewerton, R.N.A.S. - whose medals sold in these rooms, in June 2022): “For the skill and courage displayed by them in carrying out many long and valuable photographic reconnaissances over enemy territory, particularly over Ostende on the 21st February, 1918.”

France, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 20 July 1917.

Hector Albert Furniss was born in June 1884. He served as a Private Secretary prior to the Great War, and then served in France with the British Red Cross Society from 7 December 1914. Furniss was granted a commission as Temporary Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve for Armoured Cars, in August 1915. In October 1915, he was appointed Observer in the Royal Naval Air Service and eventually joined No. 1 Wing at Dunkirk. Furniss’s service report whilst stationed there states: ‘An excellent Observer, used for special reconnaissances. Experienced in Air Fighting. Acts as Asst. Intelligence Officer and show conspicuous ability.’

On 24 April 1916, Furniss was observer to Flight Sub-Lieutenant H. R. Sims, in a Nieuport 10 biplane, when they attacked an enemy seaplane at 9000 feet. Five miles out to sea north-east of Zeebrugge and after three trays of ammunition had been expended, the German pilot fell forward and the machine nose-dived towards the sea. The observer jumped out at 3000 feet and fell in a horizontal attitude to his end, while the machine on hitting the water, exploded with its own bombs, leaving a large black patch on the surface ( The War in the Air, refers).

Furniss’s R.N.V.R. appointment was terminated on 1 April 1917, when he was appointed Observer Lieutenant, R.N.A.S., still serving with No. 2 Squadron, No. 1 Wing, at Dunkirk. He was mainly engaged in Photographic Reconnaissance and made many such flights, especially in the months leading up to the Zeebrugge-Ostende operations - including a two and half hour flight to Ostende, 21 February 1918, for which he and Brewerton received their well-earned awards.

In April 1918, his CO reported “Has carried out his duties as Observer with great skill and determination and has fully earned the privilege of going home to qualify as a pilot. An officer of considerable ability and very hardworking. Would make an excellent Squadron Commander.”

Furniss was duly appointed to Cranwell for flying training but his subsequent services are not known.

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A Second War 1944 ‘Operation Neptune ’ D.S.C. and ‘Operation Infatuate ’ Second Award Bar pair awarded to Lieutenant Commander A. H. Ballard, Royal Naval Reserve, late Private, Tank Corps. Twice mentioned in despatches for service with anti-submarine trawlers off the coast of Norway in 1940, Ballard went on to serve as Joint Principal Beach Master during Operation Ironclad - the invasion of Madagascar, before being further decorated for service with Assault Group G2 during D-Day, and commanding a Landing Craft during the assault of the Island of Walcheren, November 1944 Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’, with Second Award Bar, reverse officially dated ‘1944’, hallmarks for London 1943, mounted on investiture pin, and in Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue; British War Medal 1914-20 (201228 Pte. A. H. Ballard. Tank Corps.) good very fine (2) £1,600-£2,000

Ballard with pet Lemur brought back from Madagascar after Operation Ironclad.

D.S.C. London Gazette 14 November 1944: ‘For gallantry, skill, determination and undaunted devotion to duty during the landing of Allied Forces on the coast of Normandy.’

D.S.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 19 December 1944: ‘For gallantry, determination and devotion to duty in the assault and capture of the Island of Walcheren.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 26 September 1940 (Norway).

M.I.D. London Gazette 11 October 1940 (Norway).

Alfred Hunter Ballard was born in Shanghai, China in July 1896. He was the son of James A. Ballard, who was employed as general agent representing the Commercial Union Assurance Co and Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S.A. in partnership with Alfred Carroll Hunter.

They traded as Ballard & Hunter and James had known Alfred since 1881 and named his son Alfred Hunter Ballard after him.

Ballard was educated at St. Paul’s School, London, and within their archives is held a copy of his account as a crewman of the tank ‘Flying Fox’ as it attempted to cross the canal bridge at Masnieres, during the Battle of Cambrai, 20 November 1917. He is recorded as being wounded, 10 January 1918, before transferring as a Cadet to the Royal Air Force. Ballard’s MIC merely records his entitlement to British War and Victory Medals whilst serving with the Tank Corps, there are no records of him serving in the Royal Air Force. One account also gives him as being mentioned in despatches for the ‘Flying Fox’ incident, but this is unsubstantiated.

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Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry Ballard was demobilised from the Tank Corps in March 1919, and completed his training as a Chartered Accountant. He is recorded as being made a Freeman of the City of London in 1925, and as gaining his Royal Aero Club Certificate in 1933. He re-engaged for service during the Second War, as a Temporary Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve in January 1940. Ballard commanded H.M.S. Le Tiger (anti-submarine trawler), January - April 1940, before being employed with the Gaul (anti-submarine trawler) during operations off the Norwegian coast, for which he was twice mentioned in despatches, and she was eventually sunk by German dive bombers in Kroken Bay near Namsos, Norway, 3 May 1940.

Ballard subsequently commanded H.M.S. Daneman (anti-submarine trawler), June 1940 - July 1941. Whilst in command of the latter, Ballard picked up the survivors from the Norwegian merchant Eastern Star that was torpedoed and sunk about 200 nautical miles south-west of Reykjavik, Iceland by German U-boat U-94, 8 May 1941. The following day, the Daneman picked up 66 survivors from the British merchant Gregalia which was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-201 east-north-east of Cape Farewell.

By early April 1942 Ballard had been transferred to HMS Monck, the Combined Training Headquarters, commissioned at Largs, Ayrshire. Ballard served as Joint Principal Beach Master for operation Ironclad, the invasion of Madagascar, 5 May 1942. His own account of the action gives the following: ‘That assault craft behaved like a fractious mule; in the rougher weather it did almost everything except sit up & beg. Twice it bucked me into the sea, and on the second occasion I was hauled out the worse for a couple of cracked ribs sustained by striking against the hull on falling overboard.

However, there was neither time nor opportunity to get treatment until two days later, when a naval surgeon applied a strapping.’

Ballard also served in the Mediterranean as part of Operation Torch, the allied invasion of North Africa. After which he served with Assault Group G2 (under the command of Captain F. Balance, R.N.), as part of Operation Neptune - the Normandy Landings, 6 June 1944 (D.S.C.), and in command LCG (L) 1 during Operation Infatuate - the assault on the Island of Walcheren, 1 - 8 November 1944 (D.S.C. Second Award Bar).

Ballard advanced to Temporary Acting Lieutenant Commander, and commanded the Tank Landing Ship LST 3506, from July 1945. He was invested with both the D.S.C. and Bar at Buckingham Palace, 16 March 1945. Lieutenant Commander Ballard died from pulmonary tuberculosis, exposure and injuries received during the Second War, 9 September 1950.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. awarded to Captain T. W. Morgan, Royal Field Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved ‘Capt. T. W. Morgan 26th. Brigade R.F.A. June 3rd. 1919’, on original mounting pin, in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £500-£700

M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1919.

Thomas William Morgan was born in Abecarn, Monmouthshire on 16 March 1891. A Chief Land Surveyor in the Llanarth Estate, and captain of the Abercarn Football Club, he attested for service in the 2nd City of London Yeomanry, serving with them in the U.K. from 21 September 1914, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery on 13 December 1914. With the artillery he landed in Gallipoli in August 1915 before being invalided to England, suffering from Paratyphoid Fever, arriving back home on 14 December 1915. Pronounced fit for light duties, he was posted for duty with 4A Reserve Brigade, R.F.A. at Woolwich in April 1916 and was again on active service from June 1917.

He was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 July 1917 and attained the rank of Captain and Adjutant on 25 March 1918 and was officer in charge of the Signal Sub-Section 26th Brigade R.F.A. from February-April 1918. For his wartime services he was awarded the Military Cross, being presented with the decoration at Buckingham Palace in February 1920.

Note: The recipient’s other medals, comprising a 1914-15 Star trio and a Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, together with an unnamed Military Cross, were sold in these rooms in July 2017.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant F. G. Coles, Royal Field Artillery, who was killed in action on 25 September 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. F. G. Coles.) good very fine (3)

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M.C. London Gazette 4 June 1917.

Frederick George Coles enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery prior to the Great War and was serving in 26th Battery and 9th Ammunition Column, R.F.A. at Trimulgherry, Deccan, at the time of the 1911 census. Having then been advanced to Sergeant in the interim, he was embarked for France in 40th Brigade, R.F.A. on 19 August 1914, and was therefore entitled to the 1914 Star. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 7 October 1915, Coles was attached to the 16th Trench Mortar Battery and killed in action at Passchendaele on 25 September 1917. Aged 33, he left a widow, Annie Beatrice Coles, of 77, Third Cross Road, Twickenham, Middlesex. He is buried at the St. Leger British Cemetery in the Pas de Calais.

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A Great War ‘Somme July 1916 operations’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain F. W. Walshe, 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers, who was killed in action on 25 August 1916 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. F. W. Walshe S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. F. W. Walshe.) mounted for wearing, extremely fine (4) £2,000-£2,400 M.C. London Gazette 22 September 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. He led his company with great dash in the attack under very heavy machine-gun fire. On a previous occasion he did fine work under shell and machine-gun fire.’

Francis Weldon Walshe was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant (Special Reserve) on 12 January 1915, becoming Lieutenant on 10 January 1916.

He was attached from the 3rd Battalion to the 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers and entered France on 26 November 1915. Whilst serving with the rank of Temporary Captain he was killed in action on 25 August 1916, when the 1st Battalion took part in an attack on the Immediate Line Trench north of Bazentin le Petite, Somme.

Captain Walshe is buried at Peake Wood Cemetery, Fricourt, Somme.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain T. P. Muspratt, Worcestershire Regiment, who died of wounds whilst serving in the 3rd Battalion on 29 May 1918; an Old Contemptible, he had earlier been wounded on two separate occasions Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse engraved ‘Capt. T. P. Muspratt, Worc. R. 1916’; 1914 Star, with clasp (2 Lieut: T. P. Muspratt.

Worc: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves ( Capt. T. P. Muspratt.) mounted for wear, good very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 M.C. London Gazette 24 June 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry. Though badly wounded, he refused to leave his post. He showed great determination and carried on his duty for four hours. The situation became quieter and he then went to the dressing station.’

Terence Petty Muspratt was born in Bournemouth on 16 July 1895, and was educated at Sherborne School. Obtaining a prize cadetship, he passed into Sandhurst in the summer of 1913 and was gazetted to the Worcestershire Regiment in August 1914. Embarked for France in the following month, he joined the 3rd Battalion but returned home for a few weeks after being wounded on the Aisne.

Having then spent the winter in the Ypres salient, he and his comrades saw action in the battle of Hooge in June 1915, when Muspratt was appointed a Captain and Company Commander.

Of the events leading to the award of his M.C., the regimental history states: ‘The following day [28 April 1916] was broken only by sniping and bombing around the new post. Nothing much occurred until darkness fell.

Then, at about 7.30 p.m. a terrific explosion shook the ground. A huge mine had been exploded by the enemy under the parapet near the left flank of the Battalion's line. A storm of firing followed as the enemy attacked. The new post at ‘Broad-marsh Crater’ was overwhelmed, but around the fresh crater formed by the explosion the bombers of the 3rd Worcestershire fought stubbornly. The defence was inspired by 2 Lieutenant J. D. W. McMichael and by Captain T. P. Muspratt who, although severely wounded, refused to leave his company, and continued in command during four hours of heavy fighting until the danger had passed. Captain Muspratt was awarded the M.C. and Private A. G. Boothman, who showed great bravery in this fight, was awarded the D.C.M. The enemy seized the crater but their further advance was checked. Casualties, 3rd Worcestershire - 6 killed, 14 missing believed killed, one officer (Captain T. P. Muspratt) and 47 men wounded.’

Muspratt was also mentioned in despatches in July 1916 and was still just 22 when mortally wounded on, or about 29 May 1918. His C.O. wrote: ‘He was a splendid officer, in whom I had the completest confidence, and I shall always retain the happiest memories of him. I never met anyone who was not fond of him … He never swerved from the highest ideal of his duty.'

Musgrave succumbed to his wounds at Auban Moet Hospital in Epernay, where he was originally buried. But after the war his remains were moved to Terlincthun British Cemetery at Boulogne. Sadly, his younger brother, Lieutenant Keith Muspratt, M.C., was killed in a flying accident in Suffolk in March 1918.

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A Great War Western Front M.C. group of four awarded to Captain E. R. Lobb, 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, late Royal Fusiliers, for conspicuous gallantry at Acheville on 27 September 1918, when, although wounded he immediately reorganised the resistance and personally directed very effective Lewis gun fir fire to assist the right company where the attack was most serious Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse engraved ‘Sep. 1918 Capt. E. R. Lobb. 7th D.C.L.I.); 1914-15 Star (E-1588 Pte. E. R. Lobb. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. E. R. Lobb.) mounted for wearing, together with case of issue for M.C., generally good very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 M.C. London Gazette 15 February 1919; citation published 30 July 1919: ‘At Acheville on September 27th in command of his company, when the enemy delivered a strong counter attack he displayed great coolness and presence of mind. Although wounded he immediately reorganised the resistance and personally directed very effective Lewis gun fire to assist the right company where the attack was most serious. He refused to leave his men until ordered to do so. His gallant conduct and devotion to duty maintained the moral of his men under most trying conditions.’

Edwin Ronald Lobb served in France from 17 November 1915, as a Lance-Corporal with the 17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, and was commissioned Lieutenant in the 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, on 17 December 1917.

An accompanying undated obituary notice states: ‘Death of Capt. E. R. Lobb The funeral tookm[place on Tuesday of Captain Edwin Ronald Lobb, M.C., aged 58, of 1 Victoria Mount, Horsforth, a well-known figure in West Riding British Legion circles.

A native of Truro, Cornwall, Captain Lobb went to Horsforth in 1928 as the representative of a London firm of textile wholesalers. For many years he was chairman and a vice-president of the local branch of the British Legion and West Riding Welfare officer. He was at one time a member of Horsforth U.D.C. Captain Lobb saw service in both wars. He was awarded the Military Cross, for gallantry as an officer of the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry at Acheville, France, on September 27, 1918.

During the late war, Captain Lobb served with the West Yorkshire REgiment from 1939 to 1941. He played a major part in tyhe formation of the Leeds and District National Defence Company in 1937, members of which were responsible for guarding Bramhope Tunnel and other points in the early days of the war.

He was a Freemason and a member of Headingley Lodge. He was a member of St Margaret’s Church, Horsforth.

Captain Lobb died on Saturday after an illness lasting ten weeks.’

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A Great War ‘Somme July 1916 operations’ M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant G. L. Davidson, Dorsetshire Regiment, who died of the wounds he received in winning his decoration for a daring attack over open ground in broad daylight Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. G. L. Davidson. Dorset R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.

G. L. Davidson.) generally good very fine (4) £2,000-£2,400 Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2007.

M.C. London Gazette 25 August 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. He led an attack across the open in daylight to take a strongly fortified “stop”. His attack was successful and enabled the whole trench to be seized and consolidated. He was twice wounded.’

Gerald Louis Davidson was born in February 1886 and briefly served in the London Scottish 1909-10 prior to travelling to the East. In December 1914, however, presumably after gaining swift passage back to the U.K. from his travels, he applied for a commission in the Dorsetshire Regiment, and was sent out to France as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion in December 1915.

He subsequently participated in his Battalion’s attack on the Quadrangle Support between Mametz Wood and Contalmaison on 9 July 1916, for which he won his M.C. for the above related deeds, but his two wounds were patently of a serious nature, and he died at No. 23 Casualty Clearing Station 48 hours later. Davidson is buried in the Heilly Station Cemetery at Mericourt-L’Abbe.

His M.C. was sent by the War Office to his sister, Miss Helen Davidson, at Bullingham Mansions, Kensington in December 1916.

His elder brother 2nd Lieutenant Robert Henry Walter Davidson, 8th Devonshire Regiment, was killed in action on 1 July 1916, and is buried in Devonshire Cemetery, Mametz.

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A Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Captain T. Dove, King’s Royal Rifle fle Corps, who was decorated for leading a trench raid on the Somme in December 1916, in which he was wounded; he was subsequently killed in action at Langemark on 16 August 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. T. Dove); Memorial Plaque (Tom Dove), in its card envelope with Buckingham Palace slip, extremely fine (4) £700-£900 M.C. London Gazette 13 February 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. He displayed great courage and determination when in charge of a small party under very heavy fire. Later, he made a gallant attempt to rescue a wounded man.’

Tom Dove was born in Tonbridge, Kent on 25 November 1887, and was educated at Letchford’s Commercial School, prior to becoming an accountant.

In October 1907, he enlisted in the West Kent Imperial Yeomanry and served in that capacity - as a Trooper and Squadron Scout - until he emigrated to Colombo in 1910, where he took up employment as a tea planter and enlisted in the Ceylon Planters’ Rifle Corps. And he was likewise employed on the outbreak of the Great War. Having then gained permission to proceed to England in November 1915, he applied for a commission in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps.

Duly appointed a Second Lieutenant in the 12th (Service) Battalion, he joined it at the front and quickly saw action on the Somme. In December 1916, and by then an Acting Captain, Dove was called upon to lead a trench raid near Le Mesge. As evidenced by the battalion’s war diary, the raid came up against stiff opposition: ‘We were again in the Line on the 20th December and on the following day a trench raid under Acting Captain Dove , on the enemy’ saps was not successful as the garrison was found to be too strong. One man was killed and Captain Dove and one man wounded … ’ He was awarded the M.C.

Eagle Trench action On 16 August 1917, the 60th and 61st Brigades of the 20th Division crossed the Steenbeeck river, using temporary bridges covered with canvas to muffle their footsteps. The artillery barrage commenced at 4.45 a.m., and the infantry attacked whilst the barrage ‘crept’ forwards, among them Sergeant Edward Cooper of Dove’s battalion, who was awarded the V.C. for tackling a German strongpoint known as Au Bon Gite.

For his own part, Dove commanded ‘B’ Company, which formed the left flank of his battalion’s attack on Eagle Trench, an objective taken after strong resistance. Of subsequent events, the war diary takes up the story: ‘At midday messages were received from Captain Dove, M.C., that he could see the enemy was massing for a counter-attack. Fire was brought to bear on them with good effect and the Brigadier was informed of the situation. We received our orders that our positions were to be held at all costs. At 4.10 p.m. the enemy launched their counter-attack. The S.O.S. was sent in and our guns responded immediately. They were however unable to stop the enemy, who advanced in large numbers. The weight of the attack seemed to be especially directed against the King’s Liverpools on our left and after a gallant resistance they were pushed back.’

The Germans did indeed re-enter the captured Eagle Trench to the left of Dove’s hard-pressed men and by bombing along it forced them out and back by approximately 200 yards. Dove was killed defending the trench and the remnants of ‘B’ Company withdrew as best they could. Only one Sergeant and four men succeeding in rejoining the adjoining K.R.R.C. Company and no less than nine 12th K.R.R.C. officers fell on that day.

Dove has no known grave and is commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium; discussions on the Great War Forum suggest he may in fact be the unnamed ‘Captain of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps’ buried near the scene of Dove’s final action.

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A Great War Warrant Officer’s ‘First Day of the Somme’ M.C., D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Company Sergeant-Major T. U. Selway, Rifle fle Brigade, who later served in the Royal Irish Constabulary Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse engraved ‘C.S.M. T. Selway, 1st Bn. The Rifle Bde. 1.7.1916’; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V. R. (9703 C.S. Mjr: T. U. Selway. M.C. 1/Rif: Brig:); 1914 Star, with clasp (9703 Sjt. T. Selway. 1/Rif: Brig.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (9703 W.O. Cl. 2 T. U. Selway. Rif. Brig.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6905104 W.O. Cl. II. T. U. Selway. Rif. Brig.), mounted court style for display, minor contact wear, very fine and better (7) £2,600-£3,000 M.C. London Gazette 20 October 1916.

D.C.M. London Gazette 1 January 1919; citation published 3 September 1919: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During the last six months he has set a very fine example of gallantry, devotion to duty and energy to all. On 22nd April 1918, when during the successful attack at La Pannerie all the officers of his company had become casualties, he took command and reorganised under heavy shell and machine gun fire. Again, on 30 August 1918, he was wounded in two places by a shell, but carried on, refusing to go back until ordered to do so by his C.O. some three hours later.’

Thomas Upton Selway was born in Edinburgh on 5 June 1884. and was a regular soldier in the Rifle Brigade, having enlisted in the Edwardian era.

A Sergeant by the outbreak of the Great War, he was embarked for France in the 1st Battalion on 23 August 1914 and quickly saw action at Le Cateau and on the Aisne and Marne.

Awarded the M.C. for his gallant deeds as a Company Sergeant-Major on the Somme on 1st July 1916, when the battalion attacked the Quadrilateral feature on Redan Ridge at a cost of 470 casualties, he is believed to have been attached to the 4th Battalion on gaining his award of the D.C.M. Post-war, he served in the Auxiliary Detachment of the Royal Irish Constabulary in Co. Fermanagh in 1920-22 and by the 1930s he was serving as an Inspector in the War Department Constabulary. He died in Enfield in June 1966.

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A Great War ‘Palestine operations’ M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant W. D. Canham, Machine Gun Corps, late Norfolk Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in its presentation case; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. W. D. Canham.) together with related group of three mounted miniatures, extremely fine (3) £800-£1,000 M.C. London Gazette 20 May 1918; citation published 24 September 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an attack. He brought his sub-section of machine guns into action under rifle and machinegun fire, and enabled the infantry to advance and capture a strong point. Later, he went out several times and brought in wounded under fire.

Throughout the operations he engaged numerous hostile targets with his guns, and materially assisted each advance of the infantry. He set a fine example to his men.’

Wilfrid David Canham was born in Norwich, Norfolk, on 27 April 1896, and was educated at City of Norwich School and Magdalene College, Cambridge (MA). He joied Cambridge University O.T.C., becoming Temporary 2nd Lieutenant in the 10th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment on 14 August 1915; transferred to the Machine Gun Corps (179 Company, 60th M.G. Battalion); proceeded to France on 27 June 1916; Salonika Expeditionary Force, November 1916 to May 1917; Egyptian Expeditionary Force, May 1917 to January 1919; slightly wounded gun shot wounds at Beersheba, 31 October 1917 (M.C.); demobilised at Thetford, 7 February 1919; Captain, 5/7th Hampshire Cadet Battalion (King Edward VI School, Southampton, October 1921; in command of King Edward VI School Cadet Corps, September 1924; resigned on leaving Southampton, December 1924; afterwards became senior English master at Warwick School. He died at Middlesex Hospital on 25 November 1935, following an operation, aged 38.

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An unusual Great War ‘Mesopotamian operations - Battle of Baghdad’ M.C. group of eight awarded to B.E.2c pilot Captain R. K. Morris, Durham Light Infantry, Royal Flying Corps, and Royal Air Force, late 14th (County of London) Battalion (London Scottish), London Regiment.

Morris distinguished himself fly flying with 30 Squadron, carrying out a daring mission to blow up a railway bridge at Beled, 80 miles north of Baghdad, 7 March 1917. Two aircraft were designated to fly fly 2 officers of the Royal Engineers, and the necessary explosives, behind enemy lines. The plan was to land, unload the cargo, let the R.E. carry out the demolition, and then fly fly home. What had not been anticipated was the appearance of a hostile Arab encampment near to the bridge. The aircraft landed, and the R.E. attempted to blow the bridge up - only to fin find that they had the wrong explosives for the task.

The Arabs decided to attack the aircraft, and ‘there followed an exciting race between the soldiers and Arabs from different directions.... For a few seconds, Morris was left to wonder dismally whether Farley [R.E.] would come second or third in the race. It was almost a photo-fin finish. The instant Farley had a foothold on the aeroplane, Morris opened the throttle. He did not bother to turn into the wind for the takeoff but charged straight forward.... one Arab was able to catch hold of a wingtip but the aircraft was moving too quickly for him to retain his grip. The down-wind take-off meant a protracted run before the machine was airborne but, once up, Morris was determined to take his revenge on the blood-thirsty Arabs and turned and raked them with the machine gun... He emptied one drum of ammunition into the Arabs with indeterminate results then, remembering that Windsor [the other pilot] had the only map, set out hastily in pursuit of his colleague.’

Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved ‘Capt. R. K. Morris. R.F.C.’; 1914-15 Star (2782. Pte. R. K. Morris, 14-Lond.

R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. R. K. Morris. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, generally good very fine (8) £2,600-£3,000 M.C. London Gazette 11 January 1919: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He fought a number of battles in the air with great skill and daring, and on one occasion brought down an enemy machine behind our lines’ (Mesopotamia).

M.I.D. London Gazette 12 March 1918: ‘For distinguished and gallant service and devotion to duty in Mesopotamia.’

Robert Kay Morris was a native of Brondesbury, London, and was born in January 1893. He attested for the 14th (London Scottish) Battalion, London Regiment, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 April 1915. Morris advanced to Lance Corporal, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 21st (Reserve) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry on 7 December 1915. He was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps in summer 1916, trained as a Pilot, and was posted for operational flying to 30 Squadron, Mesopotamia in December 1916.

Adventure in the Desert In early March 1917, with the Battle for Baghdad going in their favour, General Headquarters was anxious to take every opportunity of reaching a successful and speedy end to the campaign. Staff Officers noted a railway line, running north from Baghdad, which would enable the Turks to carry out a rapid evacuation. Reconnaissance reports had shown that this railway had one weak link, a bridge at Beled, some eighty miles north of the city. If this bridge could be destroyed, then the Turks would find evacuation extremely difficult. Rather than trust to the vagaries of bombing, it was decided to blow up the bridge by hand: ‘On the morning of March 7th, 1917, Lieutenants J. S. Windsor and R. K. Morris were busying themselves around their aircraft when Captain H. de Havilland, approached them. “If you trot over to G.H.Q.,” he said, “you'll find that they have a job for you."” More he would not explain. At G. H.Q. the two pilots found that they were to take two B.E. aircraft and fly over to Beled, where they would land by the bridge. They were introduced to Captains Farley and Cave-Brown, two officers from the Royal Engineers, who would fly with them and destroy the bridge.

The plans for this operation were simple in the extreme. The two pilots were to ferry the Engineer officers to the bridge, land, wait while the bridge was blown up with charges carried in the aircraft, take off with the sappers and return to base. The only preparation needed was to load two B.E.2cs with gun-cotton and detonators, and to fit extra petrol tanks. This took only a few hours and everything was ready before lunch.

The more the pilots thought about the trip, however, the more complicated it seemed. There was no detailed map of the route which they were to take, only a very rough sketch map. Windsor was given custody of this and Morris had to depend on visual contact with Windsor's aircraft if he were not to get lost. There were, of course, the usual hazards of flying over the desert and the minor complication that the two soldiers had never before flown – a cause of some concern to the pilots. Nevertheless, the take-off was made on time and the flight progressed without incident until the aircraft neared Baghdad. There, a Fokker Scout aircraft promised an early upset to the carefully laid plans, but Windsor and Morris, rightly reasoning that this was no time for heroic dog-fights, skirted the city and avoided the enemy aircraft. Windsor then glanced behind to make sure that he still had the mapless Morris with him and picked up the railway line north of Baghdad. From that point the navigation was simple.

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Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry The flight to the bridge was uneventful and, in just under two hours, the aircraft were circling the structure to make sure that the desert was suitable for a landing. This brief reconnaissance reassured them about the state of the desert, but also warned of an unexpected hazard: an Arab encampment a little way from the bridge. Whether these tribesmen were friendly or not the pilots had no way of telling, except by landing, and this they did. Both aircraft made a good touchdown about two hundred yards from the bridge. From that moment, events followed each other quickly. The two engineers grabbed their gun-cotton and ran for the railway. At the same time, there was a spine-tingling yell from the Arab encampment and a flurry of disturbed sand as the tribesmen bore down on the aircraft, firing occasional shots.

The pilots looked across to the soldiers and hoped to see them running back to the aircraft, but Farley and Cave-Brown were intent on carrying out their task. When they arrived at the bridge they saw that their information about its structure had been wrong. They had come prepared to blow up a flimsy bridge: instead they found one of reinforced concrete. Their supply of gun-cotton and detonators could do little more than spit out chips of concrete.

The rapidly-nearing yells of the Arabs now entered into their deliberations. Realising that little would be gained by standing there bemoaning their lack of powerful explosives, they ran back towards the aircraft, where the pilots were waiting with some anxiety, their engines still running. There followed an exciting race between the soldiers and Arabs from different directions. Cave-Brown was the winner and leaped into the cockpit of Windsor’s aircraft, which lost no time in taking off.

For a few seconds, Morris was left to wonder dismally whether Farley would come second or third in the race. It was almost a photo-finish. The instant Farley had a foothold on the aeroplane, Morris opened the throttle. He did not bother to turn into wind for the takeoff but charged straight forward. Even with these emergency measures, one Arab was able to catch hold of a wing-tip but the aircraft was moving too quickly for him to retain his grip. The down-wind take-off meant a protracted run before the machine was airborne but, once up, Morris was determined to take his revenge on the blood-thirsty Arabs and turned and raked them with the machine gun which he had thoughtfully fitted to his aircraft to fire obliquely forwards, thus missing the propeller arc. He emptied one drum of ammunition into the Arabs with indeterminate results then, remembering that Windsor had the only map, set out hastily in pursuit of his colleague.

Luckily, Windsor was not yet out of sight and Morris soon caught up with him. The return journey was made without incident. After Morris had landed and checked his fuel tank, he found there was enough petrol left for, perhaps, five minutes more flying time. It had been a close shave.

The operation had been by no means a tactical success but it was one of the first instances of a new use of airpower, and one which was to be used many more times, both in that theatre and in France, with very useful effects. One thing was certain, however: the sortie had been a nerveracking experience for the four men who took part. Morris recalls that there was a memorable party in 30 Squadron Mess that night.

The failure to destroy the bridge had no effect on the British advance and four days later Baghdad was in British hands.’ (The Royal Flying Corps: A History, by Geoffrey Norris refers).

For his services in Mesopotamia, Morris was both Mentioned in Despathces and awarded the Military Cross. He completed his tour, 11 April 1918, and was posted for duties as an Instructor to R.A.F. H.Q., Egypt. Morris the n served with the R.A.F. Palestine Brigade in February 1919, and with 113 Squadron from the following month. He advanced to Acting Captain in April 1919, and returned to the UK the following month.

Morris saw further service during the Second World War, serving as a Flight Lieutenant in the Administrative and Special Duties Branch. He died in December 1969.

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A Great War ‘East Africa’ M.C. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant D. J. Hamer, 1st South African Rifle fles, late Sapper, Royal Engineers and 24th Middlesex Rifle fle Volunteer Corps (Post Office Rifle fles), who was twice Mentioned in Despatches Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved ‘Lieut. D. J. Hamer. 1st. South African Rifles.’, middle initial corrected, with test marks to reverse horizontal arms; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Belfast (28495. Sapr. D. J. Hamer. R.E.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (28495 Sapr. D. J. Hamer. R.E.); Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (L. Cpl. D. J. Hamer, Transvaal Mtd. Rifles); 1914-15 Star (Sjt. D. J. Hamer S.A.F.T. & P.C.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals, with small M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. D. J. Hamer.); Coronation 1911 £1,200-£1,600 (Cpl. D. J. Hamer T.S. & F.T.C.) privately engraved naming, mounted as worn, nearly very fine (8) M.C. London Gazette 1 June 1917 (East Africa).

M.I.D. London Gazette 25 September 1917 M.I.D. London Gazette 22 August 1918: ‘For distinguished service in the Field and in connection with the campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914-15.’

David Joshua Hamer was born in Southwark, London, in 1875 and in the 1891 Census is shown as a 15 year old Telegraphist Clerk. He attested for the Royal Engineers on 30 November 1894, having previously served with the 24th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps (Post Office Rifles) and, having been posted to the Reserve, was recalled for service in South Africa during the Boer War to serve with the Telegraph Battalion: ‘They are under orders to leave Waterloo Station for Aldershot to-morrow, and will proceed to the seat of war, along with the provincial telegraph reservists. There is every probability of Mr. Hamer, who is an enthusiastic soldier, being sent to take part in field telegraph operations at the front.

The whole contingent from St Martin-le-Grand seem animated with a most patriotic desire to take their share in active service’. (Aberdeen Journal, 1 October 1899 refers) Hamer embarked for South Africa on 21 October 1899, and whilst in South Africa re-engaged for a further period of six years on 25 November 1901. He was discharged at Pretoria on 27 March 1903, after 8 years and 118 days’ service, and settled in South Africa, serving with the Transvaal Mounted Rifles during the Natal Rebellion, and then with the Transvaal Signalling and Field Telegraph Corps.

Following the outbreak of the Great War, Hamer was mobilised as a Sergeant in the South African Field Telegraph and Postal Corps (as the Transvaal Signalling and Field Telegraph Corps had become, following its amalgamation with the Natal Telegraph Corps) on 22 August 1914, and was promoted Sergeant Major on 13 September 1914. He saw active service at Luderitzbucht, German South West Africa, for which services he was ultimately Mentioned in Despatches by General Louis Botha.

Commissioned temporary Lieutenant in the 1st South African Rifles on 10 August 1915, with seniority from 1 January 1915, Hamer embarked for East Africa that same month, and was awarded the Military Cross for his services with the Nyasaland and North-Eastern Rhodesia Frontier Force, as well as again being Mentioned in Despatches by Brigadier-General E. Northey, C.B., the Commanding Officer of the Nyasaland-Rhodesia Force.

Admitted to No. 5 General Hospital, at Robert’s Heights with Malaria, Hamer relinquished his commission on being invalided on 1 January 1918, and retained the rank of Lieutenant. He died on 24 August 1927.

Note: Hamer’s named does not appear on the Union of South Africa Contingent List for the 1911 Coronation, and consequently his Coronation Medal is unconfirmed.

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A rare Great War ‘German East Africa’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Major T. A. G. Budgen, Nigeria Regiment, late Robert’s Horse and Western Province Mounted Rifle fles, who was severely wounded and taken prisoner when his patrol was attacked near Nelskop on 21 April 1901 and again wounded at Bhewo-Chini on 22 September 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (1181 Tpr: A. T. G. Budgeon. Roberts Horse) note initials and surname spelling; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. T. A. G. Budgen. W. Province M.R.); 1914-15 Star (Capt. T. A. G. Budgen. 1/Nigeria.

R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major T. A. G. Budgen.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, £1,000-£1,400 Nigeria 1918 (Lieut. T. A. G. Budgen. 1-Nig. R.) very fine and better (7) M.C. London Gazette 27 December 1918.

With the Nigerians in East Africa states: ‘For gallant conduct and coolness under very heavy fire at Bhewo-Chini on 22 September 1917. He continued to work his machine-gun with the greatest effect until he himself was wounded.’

Thomas Alexander George Budgen first saw action in South Africa as a Trooper in Robert’s Horse, prior to transferring to the newly formed Western Province Mounted Rifles in December 1900.

Commanded by Captain R. C. Master of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, the 500-strong Western Province M.R. fought in some notable actions, one such taking place near Neslkop, Calvinia on 21 April 1901, when a patrol under Lieutenant E. M. Tidmarsh was attacked by a superior force of Boer commandos. In the ensuing fight, he, Budgen and a Trooper Rank were severely wounded and the entire patrol taken prisoner; Rank subsequently died of his wounds.

On recovery from his own wounds and having been released, Budgen was commissioned in the Western Province M.R. and saw further action, including a protracted engagement at Van Rhynsdorp in August 1901 and at the defence of Tontelbosdorp in November-December 1901, actions in which several men were killed or wounded; the Boers again attempted to take Tontelbosdorp on 27 December 1901, but were repulsed.

Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, Budgen was commissioned in the 1st Nigeria Regiment and first saw action in the Cameroons in July 1915. And in addition to his M.C., he was mentioned in despatches by Lieutenant-General Sir J. L. Deventer, K.C.B. (London Gazette 11 October 1917, refers). He subsequently participated in operations against the Egba Tribe in Nigeria in June-July 1918, in the vicinity of Abeokuta in the north and Lagos in the south.

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A fin fine Second War ‘North-West Europe operations’ M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant C. Shone, ‘B’ Squadron, 141 Royal Armoured Corps (The Buffs), better known as the “Playboys”, who was decorated for his gallantry in command of a Crocodile fla flame-thrower tank at Breberen in January 1945, during which action he was wounded Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted £800-£1,000 court-style for wear, extremely fine (4)

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2014.

M.C. London Gazette 19 April 1945.

The original recommendation states: ‘On 19 January 1945, Lieutenant Shone was in command of a troop of crocodile tanks which were supporting the 6th Battalion, Cameronians, on to the village of Breberen. Having subdued enemy resistance in the southern part of the village, he encountered a road-block which blocked further progress. He at once proceeded to attack the enemy in the rear from the northern end of the village, thus enabling the infantry to get forward again.

During this action severe enemy mortaring was experienced which wounded several infantrymen who were lying in the path of his tanks. Showing complete disregard for his own safety, Lieutenant Shone dismounted from his tank, dressed their wounds, and removed them to safety, all under intense mortar fire, and despite being wounded himself.

By his magnificent all-round handling of the situation, Lieutenant Shone was not only responsible for saving many lives, but also was largely responsible for putting the infantry on to their objective and capturing the village of Breberen.’

Clifford Shone joined ‘B’ Squadron, 141 R.A.C. (The Buffs) in August 1944, and quickly saw action as C.O. of No. 6 Troop in support of the 29th U.S Infantry Division in the battle for Brest – indeed his subsequent part in the campaign in North-West Europe is the subject of frequent mention in the unit’s history, Playboys, a copy of which included: ‘Cliff never stopped laughing at life. Whether his tank brewed or whether he’d had the most God-awful blind the night before he’d still come out smiling. Bags of common sense too. He would go on drinking and arguing until he fell asleep. And without exception his first question would be “where’s my tuth?” God knows in what queer places we found the solitary tooth - anywhere from a ship’s lavatory to a forest clearing, but find it we always did - had to, or the show couldn’t go on. Peter and Cliff were as thick as thieves - and the combination approximated to a hurricane.’

The ‘Playboys’ were equipped with one of Major-General Sir Percy Hobart’s modified tanks – or “Funnies” as they came to be known – namely the Churchill Crocodile flame-thrower tank, which carried 400 gallons of fuel in a carrier, enough for 80 one-second bursts at a range of about 80 -100 yards. This specialist capability was duly employed in support of the 29th U.S. Infantry Division for the assault on Fort Montbarey in September 1944, where Shone commanded 6 Troop:

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Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry ‘The troop emptied its trailers in the moat and across the other side in one glorious conflagration of flame and smoke. Then from a shelter in the moat emerged “Hermann the German”. Dallas sent him back into the fort to demand its surrender at the pistol point. But that modernised mediaeval fort was just as tough as ever. Out came “Hermann the German” to tell Dallas that the commandant's orders were to remain there and fight to the bitter end - and unless they produced a damn sight more flame and destruction so he would. You know the idea, “C'est dommage mais - nous sommes soldats”. There could of course be only one reaction. “He wants it, well we've got it”. Terry came in with 10 Troop and used up the whole of his H.E. and flame in one mad outburst, quickly replaced by Cliff [Shone] with 6 Troop who piled in just as heavy. At the same time all available fire power, infantry mortars, phosphorus shells and heavy weapons crashed down. Two 105mm. close-support howitzers lined up into action against the gate itself, Roy pounding away with them. The outhouses were now a blazing inferno and a truly Walt Disney nightmare of flame, smoke, flying metal, sound and fury. Gradually the weight shifted its point of impact as a task force of infantry jumped into the moat and placed charges against the wall. The little force returned and blew the charges. Straightway into the hole charged the infantry covered by an absolute crescendo of flame, 75s, Besa and smoke. Cliff was even using up his hand smoke grenades. Straight through the outhouses, capturing en route 30 P.O.Ws too asphyxiated by the flame and smoke to surrender. A sharp spell of hand-to-hand fighting and the show was over, the remainder of the garrison left alive surrendering - 78 O.Rs, 3 officers, a W.O. and an officer cadet.’

The ‘Playboys’ were next in action in the Scheldt Pocket, Shone ‘blazing the trail for the infantry’ at Heyst in October, following which he assumed command of No. 9 Troop, and by December he and his men were on the German border. It was here that he was awarded the Military Cross for his exploits at Berberen, an action described in detail in the unit’s history: ‘This Recce Group had assembled in full view at the road junction at 758723 just N.E. of Saeffelen - which asked for it and got it. A colossal mortar stonk came down, wounding several, amongst whom were the infantry C.O. and Cliff's [Shone’s] Company Commander. With about two minutes to go to the 25 pounder concentration Cliff thus found himself amongst a bevy of subalterns with no plan yet made and debating as to which one should take over the company. Cliff became fatherly. “Look here, I'm going to flame the western edge and the southern approach, then you go in. I'll meet you in there and see if there's any more trouble.” And off they went.

The Sherman stood off and blazed away at both villages while 8 and 9 Troops lumbered off over the snow, firing as they went. On the right Cliff's show went with a bang. Terry Conway was a Croc commander that day and went in with Sergeant Decent, burning and smashing the houses on the west. Cliff shot in Sergeant Huxtable as he made a tidy mess at the southern end - then dismounted in all the confusion of flame and smoke to sort out the position. Prisoners were coming out now and Jerry was pouring mortars and shells into the place and all round it. Cliff ran the Platoon Commander to earth and agreed to lead the platoon up the street in his own Croc, flaming all the way. And so he did for about 300 yards until he reached a road block. Fortunately there was a turning left here and after another tete-a-tete with the Platoon Commander Cliff cut off here to go round the village and come in again from the north. In doing so Cliff met up with another platoon commanded by a Corporal going in the same way. He dismounted again and took the Corporal down to the village square, where a runner contacted him and asked for help on the houses to the east. By now the whole village was on fire and the troop had used up all its fuel but still had plenty of ammunition left. Cliff therefore ran back through the burning village to his tank just in time to see a mortar kill five and smash up four more of the infantry clustered round it. It took quite a time getting them from under the tracks. The crew bandaged them up with all their shell dressings and put them into a nearby house. Just then Nigel came up and Cliff ran over to give him the dope. He was stood just by the horn of Standard when some particularly vicious brand of high velocity H.E. cracked in and hit the pannier door, caving it right in and sending Cliff for a six in a cloud of smoke. Cliff picked himself up and got on with the job of giving fire support on the houses to the N.E. until the whole place was cleared.’

A few days later, on 23 January, in an attack on Aphoven, Shone received more serious wounds that necessitated his evacuation to hospital.

Playboys takes up the story: ‘So at the duly appointed 1300 hours Cliff Shone cracked out of Laffeld followed only by those two old faithfuls, Sergeant Decent and Sergeant Huxtable. But he found it impossible to get off the road. Slipping and sliding he led his troop and the infantry straight down it. The infantry were being murdered by mortars as Cliff flamed and blazed away, getting them into the first bit of the village. He couldn't see any place for the Shermans to pass as planned so just carried on up the long street, flaming and shooting and shepherding his little flock of infantry along. One of the spandaus he saw too late. Just as its chattering flash from a shop window caught his eye his Croc overshot the mark. But in seconds he had Sergeant Decent on to it - Trooper Hartland had it taped and just engulfed the shop and all the guys inside with roaring flame. After about 500 yards the road broadened and Cliff now pulled in to let the Shermans by. Turned round - no Shermans. The infantry went on whilst he waited but soon stopped, held up by machine-guns around the next bend. Cliff gave up hope of the Shermans and decided to settle the matter himself. All hell was dropping on the village and as he crooned down the mike “O.K. Snash, advance”, a large portion of it landed on the engine decks, blowing off the petrol caps and brewing-up the tank. Some of it went off in a diversionary raid to the back of Cliff's head and did it a power of no good.

Cliff baled out his crew and collected them in a cellar, then went and saw Sergeant Decent, telling him to pass his own Croc and do the necessary.

As Sergeant Decent moved off, however, he got in one hell of a tangle with a telegraph pole and its attendant cables - his hair got redder and his cursing got hotter but it was no good. There was nothing for it but to get down to a long job with a hefty pair of wire-cutters. Nor on this ice could Sergeant Huxtable get his great lumbering Croc past Sergeant Decent. Cliff was now in a dilemma. If he kept his crew in the cellar the next company would be clearing and probably send down a grenade for them to share amongst them, if he kept them on the stairs they'd be shot at sight and if he kept them in the street they'd probably take a packet from mortars. But Sergeant Decent's immobility and the infantry's plight decided the issue. Leaving Staples and Snashall in Sergeant Decent's tank he ran and ducked with Fisher and Hudson right through the blazing village to find the Shermans. He found them still at the entrance, told the Troop Commander the whole position. Then relaxed into a R.A.P. from where he was evacuated to hospital. This was the end of “Blackcock” for Cliff. And not before time. He well deserved the M.C. that he got.’

Shone rejoined his unit a few weeks later and remained actively employed until the cessation of hostilities.

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A fin fine Second War ‘Italian theatre’ Immediate M.C. group of seven awarded to Major J. G. H. Brotherton, 64 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Maj. J. G. H. Brotherton. M.C. R.A.) good very fine (7) £1,600-£2,000 M.C. London Gazette 18 October 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy’.

The original Recommendation, for an Immediate M.C., states: ‘Lieutenant John George Harry Brotherton, 64 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery.

This officer was in command of two M.10 Self Propelled Guns supporting a troop of ‘C’ Squadron, 56 Recce Regiment, on 13 April 1945 - area NW of San Patrizzo. The troop were held up by a number of enemy in fortified houses and called upon the M.10 to engage them until enemy fire ceased. At this the enemy were found attempting to surround the troop position. They were ordered to withdraw a short distance and form a strong point to be held at all costs. While so doing, the enemy supported by S.OP. guns put in a determined attack and one M.10 was knocked out. Lieutenant Brotherton immediately dismounted both of his detachments and engaged the enemy with small arms, LMGs and a 2” mortar. For several hours the enemy tried to dislodge them and at times came into very close contact. Owing to the courage and determination of this officer all attacks were beaten off until our infantry and tanks were able to put in a staged attack.’

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A Second War ‘North West Europe – Battle of Hechtel’ Immediate M.C. group of six awarded to Captain D. N. Brinson, C. M.G., Welsh Guards, later H.M. Diplomatic Service Military Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1945; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Capt. D. N. Brinson. W.G.) mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £1,200-£1,600 C.M.G. London Gazette 2 June 1973: Derek Nielson Brinson, M.C., Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

M.C. London Gazette 1 March 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe.’

The original Recommendation, for an Immediate M.C., states: ‘War Substantive Lieutenant Derek Nielson Brinson, 1st Bn Welsh Guards, 32 Guards Brigade, Guards Armoured Division, 30 Corps.

During the attack by No 4 Company on Hechtel on 12 September 1944, the advance was held up by a self-propelled gun on the main road North of the cross roads in the village, which knocked out two Sherman tanks of the 11th Armoured Division who were following up along the road running north and south. Lieutenant Brinson was in command of the reserve platoon while the two leading platoons were pinned by Spandau fire beyond and to the west of the cross-roads. Lieutenant Brinson asked permission to stalk the self-propelled gun with the P.I.A.T. group from his Platoon. His group passed through the right leading Platoon, under fire, and made its way through several houses, which had not yet been cleared of enemy, to within 20 yards of the self-propelled gun.

Lieutenant Brinson placed the P.I.A.T. in position, and standing up in the open, gave orders to his group and observed their fire. Two direct hits were obtained on the hull, one of which penetrated to the inside of the vehicle. The latter was not immobilised but the crew abandoned it immediately, and ten minutes later the Company was able to advance up to and beyond the gun so that it never had the chance to fire again.

Throughout the day he showed utter disregard of his own safety as well as cool judgement in the handling of his platoon.’

Derek Nielson Brinson was born on 23 June 1921, the second son of H. N. Brinson, D.S.O., O.B.E., and was educated at Bradfield College and Hertford College, Oxford. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Welsh Guards on 7 March 1942, he served with them during the Second World War, and distinguished himself at the Battle of Hechtel.

The battle for the liberation of Hechtel was fought by the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Welsh Guards, with heavy losses on both sides. The first attack was launched on 7 September 1944, and Hechtel was finally liberated on 12 September after five days of ferocious fighting. The Welsh Guards lost 62 men in the battle for Hechtel and 35 civilians were killed, including 11 who were executed by the Germans on suspicion of being collaborators. The Corps Commander, General Sir R. N. O’Connor, said afterwards when he came with the Divisional Commander and the Brigadier to congratulate the Welsh Guards Group: ‘It is one thing to gain ground, but it is quite another to destroy a complete enemy battalion.’

Relinquishing his commission in 1949, having been granted the honorary rank of Captain, Brinson joined the Foreign Office that same year, and entering the Diplomatic Service was appointed Second Secretary, Rome, in 1951; future postings included First Secretary and Head of Chancery, Saigon, 1957; First Secretary, later Head of Chancery, UK Delegations Nuclear Tests, Laos, and Disarmament Conferences Geneva, 1960-64; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Caracas, 1965; Head of Guidance Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1969-70; Head of Guidance and Information Policy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970-74. For his services he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in the 1973 Birthday Honours’ List, and died on 28 December 1974.

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A Second War ‘Italy campaign’ immediate M.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant W. Kennedy, Royal West Kent Regiment, late The Buffs, who was decorated for his gallantry on Vineyard Hill, near San Salvo on 4 November 1943 Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1944’; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6284608 Sjt. W. Kennedy. The Buffs); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf good very fine and better (7) £1,600-£2,000 M.C. London Gazette 9 March 1944.

The original recommendation states: ‘During the attack on Vineyard Hill, near San Salvo on 4 November 1943, Lieutenant Kennedy was acting as Company Commander of ‘B’ Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal West Kents.

On reaching their objective, the company came under heavy enemy mortar and machine-gun fire. Showing great coolness and courage, Lieutenant Kennedy directed his company into positions to enable effective fire to be brought to bear on the enemy.

At this time a Sherman tank supporting the company was knocked out by 88mm. anti-tank gun fire and set on fire. Lieutenant Kennedy showed disregard for his personal safety, crossed the open ground to the tank through heavy machine-gun and mortar fire, and seeing that several of the crew were trapped inside the tank, unhesitatingly plunged into the burning tank and brought out in succession two wounded men. A second after he had rescued the second man, the tank’s ammunition blew up.

This young Lieutenant, commanding a company for the first time, showed great initiative and resource and his prompt actions and disregard for his personal safety were a great inspiration and example to the men under his command.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 23 September 1943 (North Africa).

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A Second War ‘1940 Defence of Calais’ M.C. group of four awarded to Colonel T. R. Gordon-Duff, Rifle fle Brigade, later Gordon Highlanders, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War with the British Expeditionary Force in 1940, and remained in captivity for the next fiv five years; he later served as Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1945; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (Lieut. T. R. Gordon-Duff. Rif. £1,800-£2,200 Brig.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine (4) M.C. London Gazette 20 September 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the defence of Calais in May 1940.’

Thomas Robert Gordon-Duff was born in County Cork, Ireland, on 5 October 1911, the son of Captain Lachlan Gordon-Duff, and was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Succeeding his grandfather as 10th Laird of Drummuir and 12th Laird of Park upon his grandfather’s death on 27 March 1923 (his father having been killed in action on the Western Front in October 1914 whilst serving with the Gordon Highlanders), he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade on 28 January 1932, and served with them in Palestine and then with the British Expeditionary Force in France. Captured and taken Prisoner of War at the Fall of Calais, he was held in captivity for the rest of the War. Released in 1945 following the cessation of hostilities, for his services during the Defence of Calais he was awarded the Military Cross.

Promoted Major on 1 July 1946, Gordon-Duff transferred to the Reserve of Officers as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Gordon Highlanders on 1 July 1947, and was promoted Brevet Colonel on 1 May 1951; in civilian life he served as a Deputy Lieutenant and a Justice of the Peace for Banffshire, and was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Banffshire in 1964. He died on 4 May 1997.

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An unattributed Second War M.C. group of seven Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1944; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 copy clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted court-style for wear, lacquered, nearly extremely fine (7) £600-£800

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A good Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ D.F.C. group of four awarded to R.E.8 pilot Captain H. “Peach” Puckle, Royal Flying Corps and Leicestershire Regiment, who was a veteran of Gallipoli with the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), before serving with 42 Squadron in France and Italy. A ‘Press-On’ photographic reconnaissance pilot, who was wounded in action, 5 August 1918.

Puckle served with the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment in Ireland, 1920-22, during the Irish Rebellion - when he ‘earned... the command of the ‘Storm Troops’ Platoon, a difficult and dangerous job, for which no officer was better fit fitted than “Peach”. Many a rebel was captured by those three Crossley loads of picked men, and many a rebel shook in his shoes as the tenders rushed over the country at all hours of the day and night.’ Puckle died of Typhus on active service at Kasauli, Simla Hills, India in October 1933 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. H. Puckle. 3-Co. Of Lond. Y.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. Puckle. R.A.F.) mounted for display, generally nearly very fine or better (4) £2,000-£3,000 D.F.C London Gazette 2 November 1918: ‘This officer was detailed to lead a reconnaissance patrol of three machines to take photographs of a certain area, an escort of fighting machines being told off as escort. While waiting for the escort the weather became threatening. Knowing that the photographs were urgently required, Captain Puckle decided to proceed without the escort. Hostile aircraft was particularly active that day, and the three machines were repeatedly attacked, but in face of strong opposition this officer persevered in his duty and succeeded in taking the photographs required. This is but one example of the intrepid leadership and disregard of danger invariably displayed by this officer.’

The original recommendation states: ‘On the 30th July 1918 he was leading a formation of 3 R.E.8’s with orders to take photographs of certain rivers passing through Estaires. As these photographs were required of an area 4 to 5 miles beyond the limits of the Corps Photographic Area as escort of fighting machines was arranged to protect the 3 Corps Photographic machines. While waiting for the escort, Captain Puckle saw a bank of clouds coming up, and knowing that the photographs were urgent, decided not to wait for the escort and led his formation over. Hostile aircraft were particularly active on this day, and the 3 Corps machines were attacked several times by formations of hostile scouts. All 3 machines had several combats, but Capt. Puckle persevered in his duty in spite of strong opposition and succeeded in taking all the photographs ordered. This is but one example of the intrepid leadership of this Officer who has shown complete disregard for danger in many low flying reconnaissances far over the enemy lines. In one case when particular vigilance was ordered he carried out a counter attack patrol flying under the clouds at a height of only 400 ft., in the course of which flight his Observer was killed by machine gun fire from the ground.’

Harry “Peach” Puckle was born in April 1894, and was educated at St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate. He was a member of the school’s O.T.C. prior to being commissioned with the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) in July 1914. Puckle advanced to Temporary Lieutenant in August 1915, and served with the Regiment in Gallipoli from September of the same year. The following year he transferred to the Leicestershire Regiment, before being seconded to the Royal Flying Corps in June 1917.

Puckle trained as a pilot, and was posted to 58 Squadron in Egypt in July 1917. He carried out further training with 60 Squadron, before being posted for operational service with 42 Squadron (R.E.8’s) in France, 21 July 1917. The Squadron was employed in an army co-operation capacity, and Puckle was hospitalised, 26 October 1917. Having returned to the Squadron, he then served with them in Italy, November 1917 - March 1918. The Squadron Record Book gives Puckle as flying multiple reconnaissance, spotting and bombing operations during this period. Including, 1 January 1918, when flying with Lieutenant Jefferson as his Observer: ‘Bombing Successful. Four Coopers bombs dropped on Vittorio. Several explosions were observed. One E.A. seen to crash in flames E. of Vittorio.

Seven E.A. seen. Height 9500 feet. Visibility good.’

On 5 February 1918: ‘Landed Istrana 11am for camera. Left Istrana 11.30am - took photos to right of Sqn area. Returned Istrana 12.30pm. Left Istrana 2.30pm. Landed Treviso at 2.55pm. Total flying time 1 hr 55 mins. Height 11,000 - 12,500 ft. Vis. Good.’

Puckle served with No. 1 Aircraft Supply Depot, March - April 1918, before returning to serve with 42 Squadron in France. His operations continued in a similar vein, but Puckle’s combat reports for May 1918 illustrate a lot more combat whilst carrying out photographic reconnaissance and Artillery Observation:

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‘28 May 1918. While flying over Calonne 4 E.A. two seaters were sighted. Pilot fired 25 rounds into 1 E.A., gun then jambed. E.A. then turned on R.E.8 and one got on the tail. Observer [Lieutenant J. F. W. Nicholson] fired 250 rounds into this E.A. which turned East and flew with the others towards Merville.’

Puckle flew more Photographic Reconnaissance in July, often also attacking positions and trenches when in a position to do so. He was wounded carrying out a reconnaissance with Lieutenant Lambert as his Observer, 5 August 1918. Puckle was admitted to the General Hospital in Calais, prior to subsequent hospitalisation in London and Swanage for the remainder of the war. Having advanced to Captain, Puckle was subsequently posted to a number of training units. He relinquished his temporary commission in the R.A.F., and returned for service with the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment in January 1920.

Puckle served with the Regiment as part of the 13th Brigade, 5th Division in Ireland, and was posted to Athlone, 17 January 1920. He was subsequently posted to Phoenix Park, Dublin, 15 May 1922, and to the R.I.C. Barracks, Dublin, 22 September 1922. Puckle’s Obituary, which appeared in The Green Tiger, in August 1932, gives the following: ‘Harry Puckle joined the 1st Battalion at Athlone from the R.A.F. when we were in the throes of the Irish Rebellion, and we took him to our hearts straightaway. His cheery optimism and imperturbability rapidly made him the life and soul of the Mess during those rather difficult times, while his courage and resourcefulness earned for him the command of the ‘Storm Troops’ Platoon, a difficult and dangerous job, for which no officer was better fitted than ‘Peach’.

Many a rebel was captured by those three Crossley loads of picked men, and many a rebel shook in his shoes as the tenders rushed over the country at all hours of the day and night.’

Puckle returned with the Battalion to Aldershot in December 1922, and was subsequently posted to Egypt in 1925, and then India in 1927.

Captain Puckle died of Typhus at Kasauli, Simla Hills, India in October 1933, and is commemorated on a memorial plaque erected in the Garrison Church at Ambala. He was further remembered in The Green Tiger: ‘ “Peach” had a cut at all games and sports. At Aldershot and in Egypt he was one of the diehards who supported the Battalion rugby team. He played polo for the Regiment, and in India became a clever ‘shikari’, many a head of big and small game falling to his gun.

As an officer, he was loved by his men, who would have followed him anywhere in war. Of a kind and generous nature, always ready to help a lame dog over a stile. I never heard him speak ill of another soul.

The Regiment suffers a great loss in “Peach” Puckle. A brave man, a great sportsman, and a good companion.’

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A particularly fin fine Second War D.F.C and Second Award Bar, A.F.C. group of six awarded to Wing Commander W. J. “Marmaduke” Alington, Royal Air Force Reserve of Officers, late Mercantile Marine and Royal Naval Reserve, who, having shot down two Dornier 217s fly flying Beaufig fighters at night in 1942, converted to Mosquitos, destroying or damaging seven locomotives in May 1943. Rated an ‘exceptional’ pilot, the following month he led the four most experienced Mosquito crews of 264 Squadron in executing the highly successful ‘Instep 184’ low-level night raid on the German sea plane base at Biscarosse Lake, an action that is vividly described in a secret Official Intelligence Report, the recipient’s original copy of which is included in the lot Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse of the Cross officially dated ‘1943’ and the reverse of the Bar ‘1943’; Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1941’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, Atlantic; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, good very fine (lot) £5,000-£7,000 D.F.C. London Gazette 2 February 1943: ‘This officer has completed a large number of sorties and has destroyed 2 enemy aircraft at night. He is an extremely able flight commander, whose efforts to achieve success in night fighting have been most praiseworthy.’

D.F.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 23 July 1943: ‘This officer has displayed exceptional keenness and determination to inflict loss on the enemy. On 1 sortie, he damaged 7 locomotives. More recently, in June, 1943, he led a formation of light bombers on an operation which resulted in the destruction of 4 enemy aircraft on the ground, while much damage was caused to a hangar. In addition, a minesweeper was attacked and damaged. By his fearless and skilful leadership, Wing Commander Alington played a large part in the success of the sortie.’

A.F.C. London Gazette 30 September 1941.

The recommendation (abridged) states: ‘This Officer has completed 2700 hours of instruction flying of which 595 have been flown since December, 1939. His great enthusiasm for the work is reflected in the high standard of his pupils.’

William James Alington was born on 26 March 1906 at Hythe, Kent, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel A. C. M. Alington, East Lancashire Regiment and the grandson of Admiral A. H. Alington. His two brothers also served with distinction: Paymaster Lieut.-Cdr. R. H. Alington, Royal Navy, mentioned in despatches and killed in the Mediterranean on active service in September 1943 and Wing Commander P. H. Alington, D.F.C. for gallantry as captain of a Sunderland aircraft during the evacuation from Greece, 1941.

Allington initially embarked on a naval career, serving with the Mercantile Marine from 1921, and was also appointed Midshipman in the Royal Naval Reserve, 1 January 1923, advancing to Sub-Lieutenant on 12 June 1928. His attention then switched to flying, however, and having obtained his Royal Aero Club Aviator’s Certificate at Hampshire Aeroplane Club on 24 June 1932, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve, Class “F”, as a Sergeant on 15 October 1934 - this despite having rather inauspiciously crashed his Moth on Burbage Edge near Buxton just 4 days earlier. He joined the staff of Aberdeen Airways as a pilot in 1935 and, gaining his wings in the Reserve in April the same year, he was commissioned Pilot Officer on probation in the Royal Air Force Reserve of Officers on 4 April 1936, advancing to Flying Officer, October 1937 and Flight Lieutenant, November 1940.

No. 54 O.T.U. Flying Instructor - A.F.C. On 18 May 1941, whilst employed as a Flying Instructor at at No. 54 Operational Training Unit, R.A.F. Church Fenton, Alington survived another plane crash; on this occasion, whilst giving dual instruction at night on instruments in a Miles Master, his pupil inadvertently switched off the engine shortly after take-off and during the attempted forced landing a wing tip of the aircraft clipped a tree. The aircraft was written off and Both Alington and his pupil were removed to York Hospital, seriously but not fatally injured. Alington resumed flying on 10 July and later the same year he was awarded the A.F.C. in respect of his services as a Flying Instructor, both before and since the start of the war.

25 Squadron - Beaufig fighter nightfig fighter operations - D.F.C. On 27 July 1941, Alington went operational with a posting to 25 Squadron, a Beaufighter unit flying out of R.A.F. Wittering. He flew four night patrols in August and continued flying regular sweeps and patrols over the course of the the next 15 months, gaining promotion to Squadron Leader on 1 December 1941. On 24 July 1942, his logbook describes an unusual sortie in search of a pilot downed over the sea. After 2.5 hours of searching he was then directed to pursue nearby enemy aircraft but after being misidentified and chased by Spitfires he finally landed at Catford with just 30 gallons of fuel left. On 23 August, he was again shot at by friendly fighters but the same night he destroyed a Dornier 217, the enemy aircraft crashing at Sutton Bridge killing all its crew. He shot down his second Dornier 217 off Sheringham on 15 September but on 11 November 1942, after 85 night sorties, Alington was posted back to No. 54 O.T.U., with which unit he resumed Instructor duties for a few months, this time on Beaufighters. He was awarded the D.F.C. in February 1943 for his night fighter exploits with 25 Squadron.

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264 Squadron - Mosquito operations - locomotives destroyed Returning to operational duties, Alington joined 264 Squadron, a Mosquito unit, on 21 March 1943. After a short period familiarising himself with the ‘Wooden Wonder’, he began flying Ranger sorties over enemy territory, one of which, on 11 May, prompted him to observe in his logbook, ’passed two 190s at opps, they went on! Met two more and had a mild dog fight, fired quite a bit of ammo but missed all the time. Collected one bullet hole in port wing. Made cloud cover and returned to base.’

Another Ranger sortie on 22 May was more productive, ‘No aircraft seen. 7 locos attacked. 3 blew up. 4 severely damaged.’

‘Instep 184’ - Biscarosse Lake raid - Bar to D.F.C. The following month, Wing Commander Alington led a team of his four most experienced mosquito crews on the highly successful ’Instep 184’ raid on the German seaplane base at Biscarosse Lake on the Bay of Biscay, France. Departing from R.A.F. Predannack in Cornwall on 20 June 1943 at 2015 hours, Alington, in company with Flying Officer E. E. Pudsey, Squadron Leader L. T. Bryant-Fenn, Flying Officer J. L. Mason and their respective navigators approached the target at 2217 hours, having between them already destroyed an airborne Blohm und Voss 138 encountered en-route. Identifying the shapes of moored aircraft on the lake, the Mosquitos of 264 Squadron then began to systematically strafe the stricken seaplanes with cannon fire. The secret Final Intelligence Report of the raid (Alington’s original copy with lot) describes the action on the lake from the perspective of each pilot in some detail, with Alington in Red 1 orchestrating proceedings and also very much partaking: ‘Red 1 had headed towards the two aircraft farthest from the Hangars and, as he did so, saw Cannon tracer going down towards these aircraft which were in front of him. He called out to say he was coming in from the East and then saw two large E/a beam on to him. He opened up with cannon fire from approximately 600 yards on the nearer aircraft aiming a little high. Strikes were seen all over it and a fire started. He pulled up his nose to get his sights on the further one and again fired seeing strikes all along causing flames. He pulled up to the left and, looking back, saw both aircraft which he had attacked burning nicely. ...After Red 1 had pulled up to the left he had noticed that the flak was becoming unpleasantly accurate so he dodged and climbed to the level of the cloud which was 5/10 at 1000 feet. Just before reaching it he felt a hit. He went into cloud where he steadied and looked over his engine instruments all of which he found to be O.K. He then came out of cloud and saw tracer going both ways from the ground and becoming fairly heavy so he called everyone to break off their attacks. He called all the crews individually and all reported O.K. He then ordered them to return separately to base. He, too, had seen at least three fires burning on the lake. At 2232 hours Red 1 set course for base, followed very shortly afterwards by our other aircraft all of whom headed in the direction of Ushant. When they were about 2 miles from the target there was an explosion followed by a very large and bright glow over the lake.’

The raid had been an unmitigated success with no allied casualties, 4 Blohm und Voss 138s destroyed (1 in the air), 1 Blohm und Voss 222 damaged and 1 Hangar damaged. (Intelligence received in February 1944 revealed that actually 2 BV 222s were completely burnt out). Flying Officer Mason also managed to strafe and severely damage a German R.17 Minesweeper on the return leg. Alington’s confirmed claim for his personal tally was 1/2 BV 138 (airborne) destroyed and 2 BV 222s (on water) destroyed. He was awarded a bar to his D.F.C. for the Biscarosse Lake raid together with the earlier ground attack operation on 22 May. Five days later, Alington was invited to meet and escort H.M. the King. This appointment was never kept due to a scheduling error but on 28 June he did visit the B.B.C to ‘make a recording of the Biscarosse show’. On 2 August he ‘attacked two armed trawlers’ on an outing to the Gironde Estuary, noting that he ‘beat them up pretty well’ and ‘probably sank’ them.

He survived the third plane crash of his career on 24 November 1943 when the engine of his Mosquito cut out while on approach to landing at Coleby Grange and in May 1944 he was posted again to an instructor role at the Empire Central Flying School, R.A.F. Hullavington. Relocating to South Africa in September 1944 he served as an instructor at Commonwealth Flying Training Schools in Bloemfontein until April 1945 and he saw out the remainder of the war attached to R.N.A.S. Wingfield training naval pilots mostly on Harvards and Oxfords. His final logged flight was on 12 September 1945. Remaining with the R.A.F. Reserve of Officers post-war, he relinquished his Squadron Leader commission with effect from 10 February 1954, retaining the rank of Wing Commander.

Wing Commander Alington flew 57 types of aircraft, landed at 176 different airfields and flew a total of 4278 hours during a distinguished flying career, over the course of which he was consistently assessed to be a pilot of exceptional ability. He died in 1969 and is commemorated together with other members of his family on a tablet in St. Helen’s Church, Swinhope, Lincolnshire.

Sold together with two of the recipient’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Books: Volume 6, with damaged cover and spine but contents sound, covering the period 14 November 1938 to 16 July 1941 and Volume 7, covering the period 17 July 1941 to 12 September 1945. (A note at the start of Volume 6 states, ‘No. 5 Log Book destroyed by fire, total to 27 October 1938 approx 1970 hours.’); the recipient’s copy of the ‘Final Intelligence Report Instep 184’ marked ‘Secret’ which delivers a detailed account of the Biscarosse raid together with a hand drawn technical map of the target area on lake Biscarosse - 5 foolscap pages; the recipient’s Fighter Pilot’s Gunnery Record for the period 23 August 1942 to 5 February 1944 showing all rounds fired and and all enemy aircraft and ground targets engaged; a fine portrait photograph, 158mm x 205mm, of the the recipient’s father, Lieutenant-Colonel A. C. M. Alington, in East Lancashire Regiment uniform; a portrait photograph, 160mm x 205mm, of the recipient as a youth - damage to the edge; an informal portrait photograph, 104mm x 132mm, of the recipient circa 1955; a photograph, 164mm x 215mm, of the recipient’s wife and baby daughter.

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A rare Second War ‘Airborne operations’ D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel B. H. P. Jackson, Glider Pilot Regiment, late East Surrey Regiment, later Royal Army Ordnance Corps, who Commanded ‘E’ Squadron on D-Day; was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the United States of America Silver Star for for Operation Market at Arnhem (during which he was twice wounded); and was awarded the D.F.C. for Operation Varsity , the Airborne Assault on the Rhine, 24 March 1945 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1945; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; United States of America , Silver Star, the reverse engraved ‘B. H. P. Jackson’, mounted £2,400-£2,800 as worn, nearly extremely fine (7) Provenance: Kent Sales, June 1993; Dix Noonan Webb, July 2010.

D.F.C. London Gazette 16 August 1945.

The original recommendation states: ‘On 24 March 1945, this officer flew a Horsa glider during the airborne assault across the Rhine north of Wessel. Soon after release it was evident that the enemy smoke screen would make it extremely difficult to reach the desired landing area. Major Jackson, who was leading his squadron on to an important objective, pressed home to his allotted landing area. In spite of intense enemy fire and ground opposition, he landed his glider without casualties in the area briefed. This officer’s skill in the air and fine example to his men during the present operation and operations “Neptune” and “Market” has largely contributed to the high standard of flying throughout his squadron.’

United States of America Silver Star London Gazette 14 November 1947.

The original recommendation (for Arnhem) states: ‘Major Jackson during the whole of the very severe fighting in the sector held by the unit showed a splendid spirit of fighting leadership. In spite of twice being blown from his trench by point blank fire from S.P. guns, he continued to encourage and inspire his men with pugnacious spirit and with complete disregard for personal safety set a magnificent example to all ranks. On 23 September, he was wounded again in the leg by a splinter. Despite these wounds he continued to show great unselfishness and refused to be evacuated. Major Jackson displayed great personal gallantry and his efforts were instrumental in holding a vital sector at a vital time.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 22 March 1945.

Burton Henry Peter Jackson was born in November 1919 and was educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the East Surrey Regiment in July 1939, and saw active service with the British Expeditionary Force in France in 1940. In February 1942 he became one of the first pre-war regular officers to join the newly formed Glider Pilot Regiment, attending courses at Derby, Thame and Kidlington.

As is well-recorded in assorted airborne histories, Jackson subsequently took command of ‘E’ Squadron and participated in the Normandy operations in June 1944, the Arnhem operations in September 1944, and the Rhine operations in March 1945. On D-Day his squadron of 47 Horsa gliders conveyed the main body of the 1st Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles to a Landing Zone north-east of Ranville, while in the Arnhem operations in September 1944, his squadron had 40 pilots killed – although wounded in the fighting in the Oosterbeek perimeter, Jackson was able to make his escape by swimming the Rhine. For his services at Arnhem he was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the United States of America’s Silver Star.

Finally, in March 1945, Jackson led his squadron into action at the crossing of the Rhine, landing his glider, laden with men from the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Regiment, at Hamminkeln. For his gallantry here, as well as for his earlier services at Arnhem, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Jackson, ‘a determined officer with a great sense of humour’, transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps after the War and was placed on the Retired List in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in November 1969. He died in October 2006.

Sold with the recipient’s wartime service dress jacket and Sam Browne belt, the former complete with medal ribands and gold wire and embroidered Glider Pilot Wings, but later King’s Crown buttons Sold with copied research, including details of the recipient’s service at Arnhem.

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A Second War Spitfir fire Pilot’s Immediate D.F.C. group of fiv five awarded to Captain D. W. Lee, South African Air Force, for gallantry whilst fly flying Spitfir fire F.VIII’s in Italy with 92 (East India) Squadron, Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, these last four all impressed ‘329130 D. Lee’, good very fine (5) £2,000-£2,400 D.F.C. London Gazette 2 March 1945: ‘This officer has set a fine example of skill and courage throughout a notable tour of operational duty. He has participated in a large number of sorties, many of them against targets in close support of our attacking forces, to whom the results of his accurate bombing of such targets as strong points, observation posts and gun positions have been of the greatest assistance. This officer has set the highest standard of devotion to duty.’

The following Testimonial from his Commanding Officer states: ‘I wish to place on record the following facts about Capt. Lee and about his capabilities as an Officer and a Pilot during his period of Operational duties. Capt. Lee first joined 244 Wing, R.A.F. in Italy in May 1944. On the 7th October 1944 he was posted to my Squadron, No. 92 (E.I.) Squadron of the 244 Wing, in the Capacity of Flight Commander, which post he held until January 1945, when he came home on rest, Operational Tour Expired. He returned to Italy in April 1945 and resumed his duties with the Squadron until July 1945, when all the S.A.A.F. members of the Wing were posted Home. Capt. Lee carried out an exceptionally fine tour of operations and in December 1944 he was awarded the D.F.C. (Immediate) for his magnificent courage and devotion to duty, which were an example and inspiration to all. His immense popularity, his absolute reliability, and his instinctive ability to Command, made him an outstanding Flight Commander. On numerous occasions he deputised for me as O.C. of the Squadron, which Duties he executed with great success, and had hostilities not ceased, undoubtedly he would have risen far higher in the Service.

J. E. Gasson, D.S.O. D.F.C., Major Commanding, 92 (E.I.) Squadron R.A.F. (October 1944 - July 1945).’

Douglas Wilfred Lee was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 24 April 1921. His parents were devout Catholics and he was schooled at Marist Brothers and completed his schooling at Jeppe High School. His father was a veteran of the Boer War, but some doubt exists concerning the side on which he fought. He never returned to his native Ireland, and was an exceptionally keen sportsman up until his death in 1937. Under his father’s influence Douglas took up boxing from an early age, and was also a keen rugby player in his school days. He completed an apprenticeship in the designated trade of Fitting and Turning on 5 July 1941, but has already attempted to volunteer for military service prior to this time but had been exempted by a Tribunal and not permitted to enlist. Somehow Douglas managed to circumvent the regulations and commenced training at No. 5 Air School, Witbank, on 5 April 1943. Further training was undertaken at No. 25 Air School, Standerton, from 15 June to 25 October 1943, by which time he had logged a total of 240 hours. In December 1943 he was at No. 73 Operational Training Unit, Abu Sueir, flying Harvards, and on 12 January 1944, he sat in his first Spitfire V. With 305 hours and 10 minutes logged he arrived at No. 601 Squadron, Venafro, on 1 May 1944 On 10 July 1944, Lieutenant Beisiegal of No. 145 Squadron wrote to his family: ‘I hate writing to you in this way but it is to tell you that Doug baled out today over enemy territory. He is quite O.K. and was seen floating down.

It is more than likely that he will walk back into 601 fairly soon. It is frequently done, and if anyone can do it, Doug can.’

The Squadron log records baling out and landing among French Corps on the 10th and being back on the Squadron on the 11th, earning 48 hours leave in Rome. Unfortunately Don Beisiegal did not survive the war.

On 8 October 1944, Douglas was promoted to Captain and posted to No. 92 (E.I.) Squadron as “B” Flight Commander. With a tour of duty completed on 27 December 1944, having logged 200 hours and 10 minutes of operations flying on 174 sorties, he was posted back to the Republic of South Africa. He returned to 92 Squadron for the months of May to July 1945, but at this stage hostilities had ceased in that sector and no combat was seen.

After the war Douglas returned to South Africa, where for some years he successfully owned a transport business and a stable of race horses. He died in June 2000, aged 79, and was survived by his wife, two daughters and a son.

Sold with S.A.A.F. Wings and a Squadron bullion badge, invitation to attend investiture to receive D.F.C. at Government House (10 October 1947), together with copied research including record of service and photograph of investiture.

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A fin fine Second War D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Squadron Leader D. J. V. Henry, Royal New Zealand Air Force, who was decorated for his gallantry as a Spitfir fire pilot with 93 Squadron in North Africa, claiming one enemy aircraft destroyed, another as ‘probable’ and two more as damaged.

He subsequently undertook a second operational tour in Spitfir fires of No. 41 Squadron in North-West Europe, adding a ‘damaged’ FW. 190 to his score before being downed by fla flak and taken P.O.W. in February 1945 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1943’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; New Zealand War Service Medal, mounted for display, very fine (7) £2,600-£3,000 D.F.C. London Gazette 25 May 1943.

The original recommendation states: ‘This officer joined the squadron in October 1942, just before the squadron left the United Kingdom and since then, has been Flight Commander. He has shown the greatest keenness and willingness to go on any operation and has led the squadron on a number of occasions. His personal score is: one enemy aircraft destroyed, one probably destroyed and two and a half damaged in the air.

On the ground, Flight Lieutenant Henry has destroyed one enemy aircraft and shared in the destruction of four others. Also, he has destroyed and damaged many vehicles and lorries, including a few lorries full of troops. He has on more than one occasion brought back valuable information on German Army movements which has been used by Intelligence. Strongly recommended.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 2 June 1943.

David John Verdun Henry was born in Invercargill, New Zealand, on 5 February 1916. Having then joined the R.N.Z.A.F. on the outbreak of war and been commissioned on gaining his ‘Wings’, he was posted to 485 (N.Z.) Squadron at R.A.F. Kenley in May 1942, in which he commenced an operational tour in the unit’s Spitfires. Hence a flurry of ‘Rhubarbs’ and other sweeps throughout the summer, his flying log book noting the destruction of assorted enemy ground targets. He also flew three sorties in support of the Dieppe raid on 19 August, in the last of which he chased a Do. 217 – ‘Fired three second burst. No strikes observed.’

In November 1942, Henry transferred to 93 Squadron in the Middle East, where he witnessed considerable action in unit’s Spitfires during the Tunisian campaign. In fact, as evidenced by the extensive operational entries in his flying log book, he claimed a number of enemy aircraft as damaged or destroyed, in addition to inflicting considerable damage on enemy transport. His air-to-air claims comprised two Ju. 87s and a Ju. 88 as damaged in combats fought in December 1942 and likewise a FW. 190 in April 1943, whilst he shot down an Me. 109 over Medjez on 18 April 1943 – ‘Pilot baled out’. His flying log book further records several attacks on his aerodrome, in addition to flak damage inflicted on his Spitfire’s starboard wing in an escort sortie at the end of April 1943.

Recommended for his D.F.C. in March 1943, Henry was also mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 2 June 1943, refers) and he returned to the U.K. in May 1943. Having then attended the R.A.F. Central Gunnery School at Sutton Bridge and served as an instructor in Canada, he returned to an operational footing with 130 Squadron at Tangmere, in which he carried out anti-V.1 sorties off the south coast in August 1944.

Later in the same month, he transferred as a Flight Commander to another Spitfire unit, 41 Squadron, in which he commenced a flurry of operational sorties over occupied Belgium, France and Holland.

Re-equipped with Spitfire Mk. XIVs in September 1944, Henry and his fellow pilots next focused their attention on V-weapon launch sites, in addition to supporting the Arnhem and Nijmegen operations, and, later still, the Walcheren campaign. But he was posted ‘off games’ for a week after lacerating his forehead in a heavy landing on an airfield near Brussels. Thence, in support of the Allied advance into Germany, he undertook low-level attacks against enemy troops, transport and communications, his Spitfire being hit in the tail by flak in late December. He also had a close encounter with a FW. 190 over Munster on 23 January 1945, his related combat report stating: ‘I was flying Blue One and I engaged two FW. 190s with Blue Two. One of the E./A. fired at us as we turned into him. I fired a long burst of 3-4 seconds at 400 yards, seeing one strike only but the pattern of the strike was observed all around the E./A. and in front on the snow. Smoke issued out but this may have been boost smoke. I claim one FW. 190 damaged.’

On 10 February 1945, however, in carrying out a determined attack in the face of heavy flak from an enemy locomotive east of Rheine, Henry’s Spitfire XIV RM842 was severely damaged, and he was compelled to take to his parachute. Taken P.O.W., he managed to give his captors the slip in a forced march to Munich in April 1945.

Squadron Leader Henry died in August 1984, and is buried in the Eastern Cemetery, Southland, Invercargill.

Sold with the recipient’s original Royal New Zealand Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book (Form 414), covering the period 11 September 1939 to 9 October 1943, and his Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book (Form 414), covering the period 20 October 1943 to 26 August 1953, latterly with civilian flights in Austers.

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A Second War D.F.C. group of seven awarded to Flight Lieutenant J. G. ‘Tubby’ Neilson, Royal New Zealand Air Force, who was decorated for his gallant deeds as a pilot in No. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron, not least when his Stirling was severely damaged by fla flak on two separate occasions; sadly, he was later killed in a fly flying accident Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1943’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; New Zealand War Service Medal; New Zealand Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (NZ40423 F/L. J. G. Neilson D.F.C.) mounted for display, generally very fine or better (7) £1,200-£1,600

D.F.C. London Gazette 13 May 1943.

The original recommendation states: ‘Flight Lieutenant Neilson is a pilot of 218 Squadron who has been operating since October 1942.

In December 1942, while on an operation to Frankfurt, the Stirling of which he was captain was subjected to intense flak in the target area. One engine was rendered useless, but Flight Lieutenant Neilson pressed home his attack successfully.

Again, in December, at Fallersleben, his aircraft received a direct hit in the bomb aimer’s compartment on the first run over the target. One engine was put out of action and the aircraft suffered considerable damage. Despite this Flight Lieutenant Neilson made a second run and successfully bombed the target.

He has at all times displayed spirit of enthusiasm and devotion to duty of a high order and has been a splendid example to younger pilots in the squadron.

He is very strongly recommended for the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross.’

James Gillespie Neilson was born in Auckland on 24 August 1913 and attended Palmerston North Boy’s High School. Of his subsequent operational sorties in Stirlings of No. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron, which commenced at R.A.F. Upper Heyford in early October 1942, targets of a German nature included Aachen, Cologne, Essen, Frankfurt, Mannheim, Munich and Nuremburg. But he and his crew were also assigned to French and Italian targets, the former comprising no less than four trips to Bordeaux and three to Lorient.

Tragically, having survived direct flak hits on his aircraft on two occasions, Neilson was killed in a flying accident whilst serving in 1657 Heavy Conversion Unit on 20 January 1944.

Aged 30, he was the son of John and Rachel Lawson Neilson, of Feilding, Wellington, New Zealand, and is buried in Cambridge City Cemetery.

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A Great War A.F.C. group of three awarded to Squadron Leader W. H. Mackenzie, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, who whilst operating in Short Seaplanes from Felixstowe carried out a daring attack on an enemy submarine from 800 feet, 30 May 1916 Air Force Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (Flt. Lt. W. H. Mackenzie. R.N.A.S.) mounted for wear, cleaned, very fine (3) £1,000-£1,400 A.F.C. London Gazette 3 June 1919.

William Herbert Mackenzie was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada in April 1892. He was commissioned Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Air Service, 11 December 1915. Mackenzie carried out his pilot training, and was posted for operational flying in seaplanes from Felixstowe. His Service Record (ADM 273/8/58) gives the following for one of his sorties: ‘Carried out a patrol flight of over 5 and half hours, carrying Lewis Gun, 3 trays of ammunition, 2- 65lb bombs and wireless in Short Seaplane No. 8347, with Flt. Sub. Lt. Ball as Observer. Attacked enemy submarine from height of 800 ft and dropped 1-65lb which missed submarine by a few feet, causing it to submerge. Sent W/T message to all ships in vicinity warning them of submarine.’

Mackenzie was subsequently posted to No. 6 Wing in Malta, 26 February 1917. He advanced to Lieutenant in June of the same year, and moved with the unit to Taranto. Mackenzie served at the Calshot Torpedo School from February 1918, before taking an Instructional post at East Fortune Station the following month (A.F.C.).

Having transferred to the Royal Air Force, Mackenzie retired as a Squadron Leader in February 1926. He died at Cuckfield, West Sussex in 1963.

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A Great War A.F.C. group of four awarded to Major A. Duguid, Royal Field Artillery, Royal Flying Corps, and Royal Air Force; a F.E.2b Pilot and Observer, he claimed a total of four victories over the Western Front during the Great War Air Force Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. A. Duguid. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. Duguid. R.F.C.) housed in a Spink, London, leather case, very fine and better (4) £2,000-£3,000

A.F.C. London Gazette 3 June 1919.

Annotated Gazette states: ‘Midland Area’.

Allan Duguid was born on 8 August 1891 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery on 7 December 1914, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front from May 1915. Transferring to the Royal Flying Corps, he was posted to 6 Squadron as an Observer on 17 December 1915, and was soon in action – Flying as an Observer in a B.E.2c 2082 he claimed his first victory just two days later on 19 December 1915: ‘Second Lieutenant Cave (Pilot) and Second Lieutenant Duguid (Observer) engaged a Fokker over St Julien; a drum was fired on the enemy plane at about 50 yards range.

The hostile machine appeared to be hit as it dived steeply and was last seen still diving at about 1,500 feet over Langemarck. Three minutes later they were attacked by an Aviatik. Second Lieutenant Duguid had seen the enemy machine come down out of the sun, and he fired half a drum when his Lewis gun jammed; failing to put it right, he fired six shots with his automatic pistol,and the encounter was broken off. The hostile machine fired continuously, but did not cross to our lines.’ (6 Squadron Combat Report, 19 December 1915, refers).

Promoted Lieutenant on 1 April 1916, Duguid was posted to 23 Squadron on 12 September 1916, and was soon back in the thick of the action: ‘Lieutenant Duguid (Pilot) and Second Lieutenant Van der Byl (Observer) engaged 7 hostile machines over Le Transloy; one of the hostile machines was seen to crash by pilots and observers of the 4th brigade.’ (23 Squadron Combat Report, 2 October 1916, refers).

Two days later, 23 Squadron attacked and bombed an enemy aerodrome: ‘Lieutenant Duguid (pilot) and Second Lieutenant Tipstaft (Observer), flying a F.E.2.b, came in at a height of 9,000 and dropped six 20 lb bombs; they were seen to explode near the buildings, before they came under very heavy Anti Aircraft fire.’ (23 Squadron Combat Report, 4 October 1916, refers).

Appointed Flight Commandant (with the rank of temporary Captain) on 20 December 1916, Duguid soon after claimed another victory, his fourth and final of the War: ‘Lieutenant Duguid (Pilot) and Second Lieutenant Van der Byl attacked a hostile machine neat Transloy; the machine was hit and drove down out of control.’ (23 Squadron Combat Report, 22 December 1916, refers).

After taking part in various further bombing raids, Duguid returned to the Home Establishment on 5 July 1917, and was posted to 2 Training Squadron. He transferred to the Royal Air Force as a Founder Member on 1 April 1918, and was promoted Acting Major on 1 October 1918. For his services during the latter part of the Great War he was awarded a well-deserved Air Force Cross. He transferred to the Unemployed List on 11 October 1919, and was subsequently appointed to a commission as a Flying Officer in the Reserve of Air Force Officers. He relinquished his commission in the reserve on 24 June 1927, and died on 11 June 1950.

Sold with the recipient’s riband bar; a photographic image of the recipient; and copied research.

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A Great War ‘Home Service’ A.R.R.C. pair awarded to Staff Nurse Mrs. E. Monteith, Territorial Force Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class, G.V.R., silver and enamel, unnamed as issued, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; British Red Cross Society Medal for War Service 1914-18 (S/Nurse E. Monteith A.R.R.C.) contemporarily engraved naming, with integral top brooch bar, good very fine (2) £100-£140 A.R.R.C. London Gazette 23 February 1917: Mrs. E. Monteith, Staff Nurse, T.F.N.S., 5th Southern General Hospital, Fawcett Road, Southsea.

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An Order of St. John group of three awarded to Mrs. Josephine A. R. Bowker, District Superintendent, Cape of Good Hope Inland District, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Commander’s (Sister’s), shoulder badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, on short section of riband for display purposes (not on lady’s bow riband); South Africa Medal for War Service, unnamed as issued; Service Medal of the Order of St John, with six Additional Award Bars (S.A. 155 J. Bowker 1949); together with the recipient’s £140-£180 riband bar, nearly very fine (3) Mrs. Josephine Ailsa Russell Bowker (née Stevenson) served as District Superintendent, Cape of Good Hope Inland (afterward Helderberg) District, St. John Ambulance Brigade. She was awarded a Vote of Thanks by the Priory for South Africa of the Order of St. John in 1943, and was appointed a Serving Sister of the Order on 28 July 1949. She was promoted Officer of the Order in July 1962, and subsequently Commander in 1972 (London Gazette 8 August 1972).

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An Order of St. John group of three awarded to T. J. Long, Area Cadet Officer, Gloucestershire St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; Defence Medal; Service Medal of the Order of St John, with four Additional Award Bars (9526. Cpl. T. J. Long. Gloucester Wgn. Wks. Dn. No. 2 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1931) mounted as worn; together with a St John Ambulance War Service Badge, gilt and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘1171’, with top ‘Gloucester’ suspension bar, good very fine An Order of St. John group of three awarded to M. E. Böhmke, Assistant Commissioner, Orange Free State District, South African Railways Brigade Command, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s (Brother’s), breast badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; South Africa Medal for War Service, unnamed as issued; Service Medal of the Order of St John, with six Additional Award Bars (6485. M. E. Bohmke. S. Africa. S.J.A.B. 1948) minor official correction to last, the latter two mounted as worn, very fine (6) £120-£160 Thomas John Long enrolled as a member of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, and mustered on strength with the Gloucester Wagon Works Division in 1916. He commenced voluntary part-time service under the aegis of the Joint War Committee of the Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem on 20 March 1916, and was deployed as a transport and hospital orderly in the Gloucestershire Voluntary Aid Hospitals on the strength of 27th (Gloucester) Voluntary Aid Detachment. By the cessation of hostilities he had rendered 332 hours’ service, an average of about ten hours a month. Instrumental in forming the Gloucester Wagon Works Ambulance Cadet Division, S.J.A.B. in 1943, he was created a Serving Brother of the Order of St. John in 1946, and was advanced Officer Brother of the Order of St. John in 1957. He is extensively mentioned in ‘The Railway Carriage & Wagon Companies Ambulance Movement’ by Alan Sharkey (May 2021).

Matthias Enckhausen Böhmke joined the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas [S.J.A.B.O.], on the strength of the South African Railways and Harbours District in 1936 and qualified for the Service Medal of the Order of St. John, for twelve years’ efficient service, in 1948. Awarded a Vote of Thanks by the Priory in South Africa of the Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem in 1955, he was awarded the first and second additional award bars to the service medal retrospectively in 1959, the third bar retrospectively in 1965, the fourth bar in 1969, the fifth bar in 1974, and the sixth bar retrospectively in 1983. Admitted as a Serving Brother of the Order of St. John in 1959, he was advanced to Officer Brother in 1967.

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A scarce post-War Order of St. John group of six awarded to Warden R. S. A. Allen, Civil Defence Warden Services, late Mercantile Marine, who was awarded a King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct for his services during the Second World War The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background; British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Ralph Allen); Defence Medal, with K.C.B.C. silver laurel leaves; Civil Defence Long Service Medal, E.II.R. (R. S. Allen) crudely engraved naming; Service Medal of the Order of St John, with three Additional Award Bars, unnamed, mounted as worn, generally very fine (6) £500-£700 Serving Brother, Order of St. John London Gazette 23 June 1970.

K.C.B.C. London Gazette 31 October 1941.

‘For brave conduct in Civil Defence.’

The original Recommendation states: ‘On the night of 11 April 1941, an enemy parachute mine fell in Derby Road, Southampton, and wrecked approximately 120 houses. In one of these wrecked houses there were 5 casualties with face injuries due to the blast, plus small cuts and abrasions to arms ands legs. Before the house collapsed there were 2 persons in the upper part of the house and 3 persons on the ground floor, and when the house collapsed all 5 persons were buried with the debris on top of them. Mr. Allen, who is a member of St. John Ambulance Brigade, and a part-time Warden, tunnelled under the debris and administered First Aid to these trapped people. Two of these casualties were pinned down by sections of wooden beams. After administering First Aid, he obtained help of other Wardens and these beams were sawn through, and the injured persons sere then released. Throughout these operations which lasted approximately half an hour, he displayed outstanding courage, coolness, and was an inspiration to his fellow Wardens. Fire and escaping town gas added to his difficulties.’

Rudolph Sidney Albert Allen was born in Southampton on 11 May 1898 and served during the Great War in the Mercantile Marine, attesting under the slightly less Germanic-sounding Christian name of Ralph. Amonst the ships he served in was the Cunard Line’s S.S. Aquitania, that had been requisitioned as a troopship. During the Second World War he was employed as a Warden with the Civil Defence Warden Service, and was awarded a King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct for his services in Southampton in April 1941. He was created a Serving Brother of the Order of St. John in 1970, and died in Southampton in 1978.

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An Order of St. John pair awarded to Corporal W. Mackie, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, 4th type (1947-74), silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background; Service Medal of the Order of St John, with four Additional Award Bars (48020. Cpl. W. Mackie. Surrey. S.J.A.B. 1951.) mounted as worn, very fine An Order of St. John group of three awarded to Sister G. J. Harris, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister’s badge, 4th type (1947-74), silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background, on straight riband; Defence Medal; Service Medal of the Order of St John, with one Additional Award Bar (35654. A/Sis. G. J. Harris. London S.J.A.B. 1945.) mounted as worn; together with the related riband bar, very fine An unattributed Order of St. John group of three The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, 5th type (1974-84), silvered and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles flush with background; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, very fine (8) £100-£140

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A Crimea War D.C.M. awarded to Corporal W. Bishop, 46th Regiment of Foot, who died of scarlet fever at Scutari in January 1855 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Corpl. Wm. Bishop. 46th. Regt.) minor edge bruising, good very fine

£1,200-£1,600

One of 16 D.C.M.s awarded to the 46th Foot for the Crimea.

D.C.M. Recommended 15 January 1855.

William Bishop was born in Stourport, Worcestershire, and attested for the 46th Regiment of Foot on 6 December 1844. He was advanced to Corporal on 1 April 1854, and arrived at Old Fort in the Crimea on 14 September 1854 (entitled to a Crimea Medal with clasps for Alma and Sebastopol). He went absent sick from 23 September, and is variously recorded as having died of scarlet fever at Scutari on 7th, 12th and 22nd January, 1855.

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‘The regimental stretcher-bearers did most excellent work during the day, one of them, Private Levey, being deserving of particular commendation.’

The 13th Hussars in the South African War 1899-1902 refers

A scarce Boer War ‘Battle of Colenso’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Corporal A. Levey, 13th Hussars, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (4311 L.-Corpl: A. Levey. 13th Hussars.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (4311 Pte. A. Levey, 13/Hussars); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4311 Corpl: A. Levey. 13th Hussars.) mounted court-style for wear, edge bruising and contact marks, polished overall, therefore good fine or better (3) £2,000-£2,400 One of only 5 D.C.M.s awarded to the 13th Hussars for the Boer War. D.C.M. London Gazette 31 October 1902.

M.I.D. London Gazettes 8 February 1901 and 29 July 1902.

Alfred Levey was born in Melbourne, Australia, and attested for the 4th Hussars at London on 1 September 1892. He served with the regiment in India from September 1896 to March 1899, at the end of which month he transferred to the 13th Hussars. He was transferred to the 1st Class Army Reserve on 31 August 1899, but was recalled to Army service under Special Army Order of 7 October 1899, for service in South Africa.

For his gallantry as a stretcher-bearer during the Battle of Colenso on 15 December 1899 Levey was praised for his good work along with eight others, and it is doubtless for this action that he was ultimately awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. The 13th Hussars in the South African War 1899-1902 giving the following account: ‘On December 15th [1899] there was a remarkable eclipse of the moon. At 4 A.M. Dundonald’s brigade, with the 7th Battery Royal Field Artillery, moved out of camp and moved off to operate against the left flank of the enemy. The 13th was halted on the high ground facing Hlangwani, while Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry and the South African Light Horse with the Composite Regiment went on dismounted to attack the hill. The force that could be employed at this point was insufficient, they lost heavily, and had to retire. The squadron under Major Williams was sent to help in the retirement. Lieutenant Bayley, who had been sent on with the signallers with the battery, was under heavy fire, and Private Humphrey was wounded. Another signaller, Private Wright, who was attached to the South African Light Horse, was also wounded in the attack on Hlangwani. On the left, things were going worse, and it was clear that the brigade would not reach the Tugela river that night. At 3 P.M. the order to retire was given, Major Smithson’s squadron being sent to escort the naval guns out of action. One gun was found deserted by the native drivers, and the oxen had scattered. However, some other drivers were found, the oxen collected, and the gun safely withdrawn. During the retirement news came that Colonel Long’s guns had had to be left on the field, and when the regiment arrived near Chieveley station they were ordered to go out and cover these guns, as an attempt to bring them in after dark would be made. But this order was almost immediately cancelled, and about 5 P.M. the 13th reached its camp. During the day Lieutenant-Colonel Blagrove’s horse was hit. The weather was extremely hot, there was hardly a breath of wind, and the horses had been without water since the evening before. The regimental stretcher-bearers did most excellent work during the day, one of then, Private Levey, being deserving of particular commendation. The names of the others were: Gallagher, Thompson, Twyman, Carstairs, Ellis, Meadon, and Smallwood. A regimental order 16/12/99 was issued on the subject by Major Lambkin, senior medical officer of the cavalry brigade. Had it not been for the devotion of these eight men, a number of wounded belonging to the other mounted corps engaged would have had to lie on the field wounded and unattended to for many hours.’

Twice Mentioned in Despatches, Levey returned home on 26 June 1902, and was discharged on 31 August 1904, his discharge papers noting that he was subsequently paid a £20 gratuity issuable with the D.C.M. on 28 July 1908.

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A Boer War D.C.M. pair awarded to Private C. Child, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, who was taken prisoner of war at Colesburg, 6 January 1900 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (2767 Pte C. Child. Suffolk Regt) surname partially corrected; Queen’s South Africa 1899 -1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (2767 Pte C. Child 1st Suffolk Regt) number and surname corrected, toned, good very fine (2) £800-£1,200 D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901.

M.I.D. London Gazette 10 September 1901.

Charles William Child/Childs was born in Norwich, Norfolk. He attested for the Suffolk Regiment at Bury St. Edmunds in June 1890, and served with the 2nd Battalion in the East Indies from December 1892 until January 1898. Child served with the Battalion during the Second Boer War, and was taken prisoner of war at Colesburg on 6 January 1900. He was discharged in June 1902, having served 12 years with the Colours.

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A Boer War D.C.M. awarded to Private Alfred McDermott, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who was wounded at the defence of Kimberley in February 190 and mentioned in Lord Roberts’ despatch of 4 September 1901; he subsequently enlisted under an assumed name and was killed in action in Flanders on 31 January 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (4696 Pte A. McDermott. L.N. Lanc: Regt.) extremely fine

£800-£1,000

D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901.

M.I.D. London Gazette 10 September 1901 (Lord Roberts’ despatch of 4 September 1901.

Wounded at Kimberley on 13 February 1900, two days before the siege was lifted (Kimberley Siege Account & Medal Roll by David J. Biggins refers).

His D.C.M. is named with the incorrect regimental number. This number belonged to Robert McDermott of the same Regiment. However his service papers confirm the D.C.M. and the London Gazette states Private A McDermott with correct regimental number 3752.

Alfred McDermott was born in Barnsley to Henry and Catherine McDermott and in 1892 enlisted in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, serving in India from 10 December 1894 to 19 February 1896, when he moved to Ceylon, leaving there for South Africa on 10th February 1899.

He finally returned to the U.K. on 31 August 1902, and was discharged on 26 May 1904, having served a total of 12 years.

He subsequently enlisted as Alfred Mack and was killed in action on 31 January 1915, aged 40, as a Sergeant in the Cheshire Regiment. He is buried in Kandahar Farm Cemetary, Heuvelland, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium. His grave marker is inscribed ‘Alfred McDermott served as 7721 Serjeant A. Mack Cheshire Regiment. His Great War medals appear to have been returned by OIC Records, Shrewsbury, in 1919.

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A fin fine Boer War ‘Defence of Ladysmith’ D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Colour-Sergeant G. Hodder, 2nd Battalion, Rifle fle Brigade Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (8053 Clr: Serjt: G. Hodder. Rifle Brigade); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (8053 Col. Sgt, G. Hodder, 2/R. Bde.) parts of naming indistinct through contact wear; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (8053 C. Sgt. G. Hodder. Rifle Brigade.); 1914-15 Star (S-2178 S. Mjr. G. Hodder. Rif: Brig:); British War and Victory Medals (S-2178 W. O. Cl. 1. G. Hodder. Rif. Brig.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (8053 C. Serjt. G. Hodder. Rif: Brigade); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, unnamed, mounted court-style for wear, edge bruising and contact marks to the earlier medals, good fine and better, otherwise good very fine (8) £2,600-£3,000 D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901; Army Order 15 of 1902.

M.I.D. London Gazette 8 February 1901 (Ladysmith), and 10 September 1901 (Lord Roberts’ despatch).

G. Hodder was severely wounded at Ladysmith on 9 November 1899, and again wounded at Ladysmith on 6 January 1900.

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Family Group: A Great War ‘Western Front’ ‘Duplicate’ D.C.M. and M.S.M. group of fiv five awarded to Corporal R. F. Olver, 46th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (321455 Cpl. R. F. Olver. R.G.A.); 1914-15 Star (357 Gnr. R. F. Olver. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (321455 Cpl. R. F. Olver. R.G.A.) minor official correction to unit on both; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (321455 Cpl. R. F. Olver. R.G.A.) all additionally stamped ‘Duplicate’; together with a Royal Artillery cloth blazer badge, very fine An extremely well-documented group of four awarded to Company Sergeant Major A. C. Olver, Glider Pilot Regiment, Army Air Corps, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War over Normandy on the night of 5-6 June 1944, on the eve of D-Day, and held in captivity for the rest of the War, the experiences of which he records in run of 21 letters home 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the related miniature awards, these mounted as worn, and various cloth unit insignia, including the recipient’s Pegasus badge, nearly extremely fine (9) £800-£1,000

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M.S.M. London Gazette 18 January 1919 (France).

Richard Fernley Olver served in France with the 46th Siege Battery R.G.A. from 21 October 1916, and was awarded both the D.C.M. and an immediate M.S.M.

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Alfred Cook Olver , son of the above, was born in Plymouth on 20 October 1923 and attested originally for the Royal Armoured Corps on 12 January 1942, before transferring to the Glider Pilot Regiment. Advanced Sergeant on 29 February 1944, he served with the Glider Pilot Regiment, 6th Airborne Division, during the initial phase of Operation Overlord, the D-Day landings, on the night of 5-6 June 1944, and was one of those members of the Regiment who was captured and taken Prisoner of War. Held initially in Stalag XIIA, he was transferred to Stalag Luft VII, and was then held in various camps until being repatriated following the cessation of hostilities. Whilst a Prisoner of War he wrote a number of letters home (which are included with the lot), which give an insight to both life as a Prisoner of War, and also show that despite the privations he endured the enemy were completely unable to break his morale: ‘28 August 1944: I am as fit as a fiddle. All we do here is read, laze around in the sun (half-naked), or play games. We are getting a Red Cross parcel each week, so there is plenty to eat and drink. The only thing I am not getting is beer, so tell Dad to get some in for Christmas. By the time I get home I shall be almost a millionaire as all my pay is being saved for me!’

‘13 October 1944: This morning we moved into our winter quarters, and believe me they are smashing. There are eight of us in one large room, electric light, stoves in the room and good beds. They are really comfortable. I am quite content here now, knowing, as I do, that sometime, soon I hope, I shall be seeing you and dad again.’

‘4 November 1944: A couple of nights ago we had a dance here, some of the chaps dressed up as girls, gosh did they look realistic. We are going to have another show within the next few days, it’s going to be a good one I’m told ... [at which point the remainder of Olver’s postcard is censured, possibly on grounds of morality!]’

Olver was liberated by the Russians in May 1945, and then handed over to the Americans. He arrived back in the United Kingdom on 26 May 1945, and remaining in the Army was advanced Warrant Officer Class II on 21 April 1947. He was discharged in June 1948, ansd subsequently emigrated to South Africa, and was subsequently employed as a Salesman in Johannesburg. He died on 3 February 1992.

Sold with various postcard photographs of the recipient; the recipient’s Soldiers’ Service and Pay Book; a letter to the recipient’s mother from Captain C. B. Dodwell, Glider Pilot Regiment, informing her that her son had been reported missing, and two further follow up letters; a good run of 21 letters written home by the recipient whilst a Prisoner of War; various other documents and ephemera relating to his time as a Prisoner of War; and other documents, letters, and photographs relating to his post-War employment.

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Family Group: A Great War April 1915 ‘Chapelle d’Armentiéres’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant H. G. Cox, 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), late Sergeant, 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), who was killed in action at Ovillers during the Battle of the Somme on 3 July 1916 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (13999 Cpl. H. G. Cox. 21/R. Fus:); 1914 Star, with clasp (L-13999 Sjt. H. G. Cox. 1/R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. H. G. Cox.); Memorial Plaque (Henry George Cox) nearly extremely fine A Great War July 1916 ‘Angres Trench Raid’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant C. W. Cox, 1/22nd (County of London) Battalion (The Queen’s), London Regiment, who was killed in action during a night attack on Diagonal Trench in the l’Eaucourt l’Abbaye sector on 8 October 1916 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1316 Sjt: C. W. Cox. 1/22 Lond: R. - T.F.); 1914-15 Star (1316. Cpl. C. W. Cox, 22-Lond.

R.); British War and Victory Medals (1316 Sjt. C. W. Cox. 22-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (Charles William Cox) nearly extremely fine (10) £3,000-£4,000 Provenance: Barry Hobbs Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, August 2021.

D.C.M. London Gazette 14 January 1916; citation published 11 March 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry. Cpl. Cox went out, under Maxim fire, to search for a wounded man. Finding him dead, he returned, and the body was brought in later. He has always shown great bravery, and a readiness to undertake any work, however dangerous.’

Annotated Gazette states: ‘12 April 1915’.

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Henry George Cox was born on 29 September 1891 at Rotherhithe, London, the son of Charles William and Caroline Golding Cox and attested for the Royal Fusiliers in February 1910. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 September 1914 and was awarded the D.C.M. for gallantry at Chapelle d’Armentierés in April 1915. Although the Annotated Gazette gives a date of 12 April for this award, the battalion was out of the line on that date and it is clear from the war diary that the award was in connection with a reconnaissance at Chapelle d’Armentiéres on 2 April in which Pte. W. Thurston was wounded: ‘Friday 2 April 1915: ...Pte W. Thurston of ‘A’ Company volunteered to accompany Lt. James (attached Shropshire L.I.) on a dangerous reconnaissance. Their movements were observed by the Germans who put up 2 or 3 flares and then opened with machine guns. Pte Thurston, though mortally wounded, insisted on Lt. James continuing the reconnaissance. Lt. James spoke in the highest terms of Pte. Thurston’s conduct.

Unfortunately Pte Thurston died just before being brought back to the trenches.’

On 8 June 1915, Sergeant Cox was admitted to 2nd General Hospital at Le Havre having suffered a gun shot wound to his left hand whilst his battalion was in trenches near La Brique. Upon recovery, he returned to his battalion and was later transferred to the 21st (4th Public School) Battalion. On 16 April 1916 he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Sent up to trenches facing Ovillers on the 2nd July 1916, Cox was killed in action the following day as the 6th Buffs attacked and bombed the German lines, only withdrawing after supplies of bombs had run out. He was among the 274 casualties suffered by the battalion that day and is buried at Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension, France. _______________________________________________________ D.C.M. London Gazette 19 August 1916: ‘For conspicuous Gallantry during a raid on the enemy’s trenches. He displayed the greatest coolness throughout and did fine work. With his officer he was the last to leave the enemy’s parapet after all the wounded had been removed.’

Annotated Gazette states: ‘Angres 8/9 July 1916’.

Charles William Cox , younger brother of the above, was born in 1894 at Rotherhithe, London. He attested for the 22nd London Regiment (The Queen’s) at Bermondsey in 1913 and served with the 1/22nd during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 March 1915. Advanced Sergeant, he was awarded the D.C.M. for gallantry during a trench raid carried out by his battalion at Angres on 8/9 July 1916.

Having arrived in the firing line at Angres on 5 July 1916, precise instructions for a raid on the German trenches opposite were given to the battalion by Lieut-Col. V. A. Flower on 7 July and are contained in an appendix in the war diary. The objectives of the raid were as follows: ‘To obtain prisoners and identifications; to kill Germans; to obtain information; to obtain loot and enemy novelties; to ascertain whether mining works are in progress; to ascertain whether gas is installed; and to destroy M.G. emplacements.’

The raid itself, also described in some detail in the war diary, commenced at 11.55pm on 8 July: ‘In the first raid, Capt. Mayhew’s Party easily got through the enemy wire and into their trench, which they found unoccupied. There were however many dugouts with lights burning, and fully occupied by men believed to be from a working party which had taken shelter therein on the outbreak of the bombardment. When called on, none of the men would come out, and as the time was strictly limited, about 14 dug-outs were bombed, with believed heavy losses to the Germans. On the withdrawal signal our men returned, Captain Mayhew bringing up the rear. Our casualties were one other rank killed, one officer severely wounded and 15 other ranks wounded, all of whom were brought back to our trenches. For this attack, the party had been carefully trained for over a fortnight. Every man knew his task and many experiments had been made with clothing and equipment.’

The war diary entry for 24 July lists Cox as a recipient of one the two D.C.M.s announced in connection with this raid. Also awarded were two M. C.s (including one to Captain Mayhew) and five M.M.s.

Sergeant Cox, ‘A’ Company, was killed in action on 8 October 1916 during the night attack on Diagonal Trench in the l’Eaucourt l’Abbaye sector.

The battalion objective on this occasion being ‘a point at which the enemy were suspected to have a strong post with machine guns’. Losses to the battalion were: officers - 2 killed or died of wounds, 3 wounded; other ranks - 5 killed, 103 wounded and 21 missing. Cox was amongst those killed; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Note: The CWGC ascribes Cox the post nominals, D.C.M. M.M. No confirmation of the M.M. has been found.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Lance-Corporal A. C. P. Marett, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, for his gallantry at L’Epinette on 28 June 1918; subsequently rejoining the Colours in September 1939, he was captured and taken Prisoner of War on the island of Jersey Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (29523 L. Cpl. A. C. Marett. 1/D. of Corn: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (29523 Pte A. C. P. Marett, D. of Corn. L.I.); War Medal 1939-45, the first three polished, nearly very fine, the last extremely (4) £1,200-£1,600 D.C.M. London Gazette 30 October 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When in charge of a Lewis gun he brought up his gun successfully under heavy fire to the final objective when half his team were wounded. On two occasions he went forward under a very heavy fire to a position from which he could command a bridge and thus prevented the enemy from crossing. He took charge of a second gun which was brought up and worked the two guns with only three men. He showed marked courage and devotion to duty.’

Annotated Gazette states: ‘L’Epinette on 28 June 1918.’

Alfred Charles Philip Marett was born in St. Helier, Jersey on 14 October 1897, the son of Alfred and Marie Marrett. Some confusion prevails as to his Christian names, or certainly according to his marriage certificate at St. Simon’s Church, St. Helier, where, on 10 March 1920, in Alfred’s presence, the vicar amended them to ‘Alfred Francis Charles’.

Attesting for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, Marrett served with the 1st Battlaion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was awarded the D.C.M. for his gallantry at L’Epinette on 27 June 1918, in an action where he is understood to have been one of just two survivors.

As is clear from his completed P.O.W.’s debrief, dated 12 May 1945, Marett rejoined the Colours in November 1939, when he was appointed a gunner on home duties in the Royal Artillery. He gives his unit as 88 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A., but official sources state he was a member of 84-44 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery. Either way, he further states that he was captured in Jersey, and since all military personnel had been evacuated by the end of June 1940 it must be assumed he was on home leave when the Germans arrived. Originally interned in a camp at Cherbourg in the period August 1940 to January 1941, he was transferred to Stalag VIIIB in Upper Silesia in the latter month, from which he was assigned to assorted factories. His debrief also states that he sustained a back injury and suffered from snow blindness.

Repatriated to the U.K. on 11 May 1945, Marett was released from military service in September and placed on the Reserve in January 1946.

Then, in May 1949, he applied for his sole campaign medal entitlement, the War Medal 1939-45, his address at that time being 27 Peer Road, St. Helier. In a final twist to a most unusual story, it is clear he used his father’s Christian names - Alfred George – on his enlistment papers back in November 1939.

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A fin fine Great War 1917 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M., 1918 M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant J. Dugdale, 10th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, later 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, for his extraordinary courage in dashing out into “No Man’s Land” in daylight, under heavy machine gun fir fire, in order to rescue a Canadian pilot from his burning Nieuport fig fighter, near Wytschaete, 22 July 1917. Dugdale was no stranger to individual acts of gallantry, and was subsequently awarded the M.M prior to being killed in action leading a patrol at Cite St Tierra, 23 June 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (21629 Sjt: J. Dugdale. 10/L.N. Lanc: R.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (21629 Sjt: J. Dugdale. D.C.M. 10/L.N. Lanc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (21629 Sjt. J. Dugdale. L.N. Lan. R.) mounted for display on card, generally good very fine (4) £2,000-£2,400 D.C.M. London Gazette 17 September 1917: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in rushing forwards under heavy rifle fire to assist his officer in rescuing the pilot of an aeroplane which had fallen in “No Man’s Land” some distance in front of our advanced posts. He and a stretcher bearer succeeded in carrying the wounded pilot to safety, after the other bearer had been killed. His coolness and courage set a splendid example to all that witnessed the action.’

M.M. London Gazette 13 September 1918.

James Dugdale was born in Elswick, Lancashire in 1885. He was the son of Mr and Mrs W. Dugdale of Marton, Blackpool. Dugdale enlisted in the 1/8th (Irish) Battalion, Liverpool Regiment at Blackpool, 20 November 1914. He transferred to the 10th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in 1915, and took a machine gun course in Hythe, Kent before going to France in 1916.

On 8 July 1916, the 10th Battalion attacked on Tara Hill and Dugdale’s Platoon destroyed 2 machine guns, a mortar and captured the survivors.

He was wounded, but returned to the front whereupon he received a commendation and was promoted to Corporal. In November 1916 he was in action at Monchey Le Preux where 13 Officers and 286 other ranks became casualties. His actions resulted in promotion to Sergeant. Then in April 1917 at Arras the Battalion had to move to Chilli Trench in readiness for an attack on Brown Hill. They came under heavy artillery barrage of such severity that 20 Officers and 478 men became casualties. Dugdale was one of the few to come out unscathed. In June 1917 he was watching an aerial dogfight from the front line trenches, a British fighter was shot down and crashed in front of the German lines. Dugdale and two stretcher bearers immediately ran across “No Man’s Land” through a hail of rifle and machine gun fire and dragged the injured pilot from the wreck. On the way back, carrying the wounded pilot, one of the stretcher bearers was killed and an Officer came out to assist.

The Battalion War Diary confirms the date of the above to be 22 July 1917, and the entry for 5 August confirms the award of the D.C.M. to Sergeant Dugdale and Private Hayes. The pilot who was saved by the gallantry of these men was a Canadian called Lieutenant J. BucklandMawdsley of 1 Squadron. He had been wounded in a dog fight with the German ‘Ace’ Oberleutnant Von Doring of Jasta 4, and became the latter’s 5th out 11 aerial victories when he crashed his Nieuport in front of Dugdale’s position near Wytschaete.

In October 1917 the Germans swept in to attack the 10th Battalion’s trenches at La Clytte, with the Battalion suffering heavy casualties in the hand to hand fighting. The British positions were held, and Dugdale later dashed forward with 3 men to occupy a bomb crater from where they harried the retreating Germans with machine gun fire.

Dugdale is again mentioned in the Battalion War Diary for 14 November 1917, when he and Second Lieutenant Buchan: ‘Go out as reconnoitring patrol. Two of the enemy are surprised and eventually driven into the hands of Corporal Shenton of ‘C’ Company who takes them prisoner. They appear to be men of the 3rd Reserve Prussian Guard who were going to their post when met by 2Lt. Buchan and the Sgt.’ In early 1918, the 10th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was disbanded in France. The men, including Dugdale, transferred to the 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. During the first week of the German Spring Offensive in March 1918, the Battalion suffered very heavy casualties whilst attempting to hold the lines East of Fonches.

In the publication Visiting the Fallen: Arras North, it suggests that Dugdale had been posthumously awarded the Military Medal for the gallantry he show during the German attacks 21 March to 4 April 1918. However it seems the award could have been made in respect of numerous acts after the award of his D.C.M. - indeed a biography published online suggests that it may have been awarded for actions in October 1917. Regardless, on the night of 23 June 1918, whilst leading a patrol at Cite St Tierra, Sergeant Dugdale was killed in action. The official report states that they came under heavy machine gun fire and “the Sgt., a most gallant NCO who has frequently distinguished himself was unfortunately killed.’

Sergeant Dugdale is buried at Aix Noulette, Bethune, France.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Captain A. Hopkins, King’s Royal Rifle fle Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (4692 C.S. Mjr: A. Hopkins. 1/K.R.R.C.); 1914 Star, with copy slide-on clasp (4692 Sjt. A. Hopkins. 1/K.R. Rif: C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. A. Hopkins.) mounted court-style for display, extremely fine (4) £800-£1,000 D.C.M. London Gazette 11 March 1916: ‘For conspicuous good work. He has shown a fine example of coolness and gallantry under fire throughout the war.’

Alfred Hopkins was a pre-war regular soldier in the King’s Royal Rifles Corps and was embarked for France as a Sergeant in the 1st Battalion on 13 August 1914. Following his D.C.M. exploits, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the field in December 1915, and later advanced to Acting Captain.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Lance-Corporal E. McDermott, Connaught Rangers, for his gallantry at Ypres, April to May 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9273 L.Cpl. E. Mc.Dermott. Conn: Rang:); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (9273 L.Cpl. E. Mc. Dermott. 2/Conn: Rang.); British War and Victory Medals (9273 Pte. E. Mc Dermott. Conn. Rang.) light contact marks,otherwise very fine (4) £1,600-£2,000 D.C.M. London Gazette 5 August 1915: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and ability from the 24th April to 4 May 1915, near Ypres, when he was in charge of a party laying and working the line to Brigade Report centre. He showed the greatest courage and resource, frequently under heavy fire, and set a fine example to all under his command of devotion to duty.’

Edward McDermott attested for the Connaught Rangers and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. He was awarded his D.C.M. whilst attached to ‘C’ Section, Lahore Divisional Signal Company.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Corporal T. Johnson, 1st Battalion, Tank Corps, late Northumberland Fusiliers, who was awarded the D.C.M. for his gallantry at the Battle of Amiens on 8 August 1918, and the subsequent action at Fonquescourt on 10 August 1918; he had previously been wounded on the fir first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (75968 Cpl. T. Johnson. 1/Tank: C.); British War and Victory Medals (18-118Cpl. T. Johnson.

North’d Fus.) mounted court-style for display, light contact marks, very fine (3) £1,200-£1,600 D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919; citation published 11 March 1920: ‘He has taken part in nearly every action since the formation of the Battalion. He has always been the first to volunteer for any dangerous duty, and has shown fine courage under fire.’

The original Recommendation states: ‘For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in action on the 8th August 1918 at D.18 d.2.2. He was in charge of a 6-Pdr Gun, and although splinters were entering the Tank all round him, he never once faltered. By his coolness he showed an excellent example to the remainder of the crew. An Anti-tank Gun had been causing considerable trouble hitting his Tank in one of the rollers; this he succeeded in putting out of action. He also went into action again on the 10th August at Fonquescourt and during this fight the catch of the sponson door was shot away. He very bravely kept the door closed with his hand which was badly bruised with splinters, while firing his gun and putting out of action two enemy machine gun nests, killing both crews. He has showed the greatest coolness and judgement and has been in every action since the first Battalion was formed, proving himself a very reliable and resourceful gunner.’

Thomas Johnson was born in Gateshead 1888 and attested initially for the 18th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers at Newcastle, on 19 October 1914. Mobilised in late 1915, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 January 1916. He was wounded slightly in the field on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date the Battalion was in action during the attack at La Boisselle, and was further wounded by gas poisoning in September 1916.

Johnson joined ‘A’ Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Brigade) in the Field on Christmas Day 1916, and served with ‘A’ Company, 1st Battalion, Tank Corps during the Battle of Amiens on 8 August 1918; on this date the 1st Battalion was in reserve with the 4th Canadian Division, each tank was to carry 14 infantry Machine Gunners (2 Lewis Gun and one Vickers gun teams, 1 scout, 1 officer; a total of 34 officers, 34 Scouts and 408 other ranks). Tanks were to pass through the leading troops on the Red line and proceed directly to the Blue line and deposit the Machine gunners there; half the tanks were to remain to cover the consolidation and the other half were to return and support the advance of the Canadian reserves. The infantry were to follow 200 yards behind the tanks.

The Battalion made its way from Gentelles Wood to the Moreuil – Demuin line, sustaining no casualties despite having to traverse the bridge at Domart which was under intense shell fire. The tanks stopped at Dodo Wood to refuel and make last minute adjustments. At 12 noon the battalion advanced and at 12:10 the Infantry followed 200 yards behind. Two tanks broke down and failed to get into action.

The French having been held up on the right, the battalion was subjected to heavy enfilade fire from the villages of Le Quesnel and Beaucourt. A Field Battery in the open near Le Quesnol fired at ‘A’ Company over open sights and knocked out 9 of the company’s 11 tanks, it also hit a tenth tank from another company; many of the victims were set afire by shell hits and severe casualties inflicted; two tanks were apparently set afire by machine gun bullet splashes. Three section commanders were killed and the fourth wounded and captured, and Captains Brown, Keogh and Grove were all killed. Second Lieutenant Cassel and a number of his crew were killed when their tank was hit through the front after he turned to engage the battery. Frank Mitchell states this was Cassel’s first action; he was decapitated and his body was later identified by a letter in his pocket; his tank was far ahead of the others heading towards the copse in La Qusnoy. The Official History states the guns were 1000 yards south of Beaucort Wood and fired on the tanks from 70 yards’ range.

Only 11 tanks made it to the Blue line, 1 of ‘A’ company, 4 of ‘B’ and 6 of ‘C’. The ‘A’ company tank reached the blue dotted line at Le Quesnel.

The ‘C’ company tanks passed north of Beaucort Wood. As the area was still under heavy fire from the right the ‘A’ and ‘C’ companies’ tanks carried their infantry back 1500 yards before depositing them. The 4 ‘B’ Company tanks reached the Blue dotted line south of Caix at 3:30pm, unloaded their infantry, and remained with them for two hours. Only one ‘A’ Company tank rallied. Two Canadian Machine Gunners who were passengers in the tanks are quoted in Amiens 1918. One of them, Lieutenant MacDonald states his tank reached the Blue Line but was hit and destroyed there before the Machine Gunners had a chance to unload all their ammunition. The other Machine Gunner must have been in a ‘C’ or ‘A’ Company tank as he states they disembarked at the Blue Line only to re-embark and withdraw 1500 yards.

Johnson was in further action at Fonquescourt two days later, on 10 August 1918, when the Battalion Orders were to attack from Warvillers Wood at 10:10 am in support of the 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade; the objectives were the railway line between Hallu and Hatte Court. The attack started late at 11:00 am, the tanks ahead of the infantry. They advanced 1,000 yards before meeting any opposition, then they entered the old British support trenches and wire. The rolling barrage and the tanks helped overcome the enemy and the 46th Canadian Battalion reached its objective a hundred yards east of the Fouquescourt – Maucourt road at 1:25 pm, the 44th Canadian Battalion reached the western edge of Fouquescourt at 2.00 pm. The four tanks in the north reached objectives and established the infantry, 1 tank was burnt out by machine gun fire.

The three centre tanks all reached the objective and rallied. All three tanks on the right suffered direct hits, two were burnt out the third rallied.

The Battalion withdrew to camp the following day. For his services at the Battle of Amiens, Johnson was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Promoted Corporal on 29 September 1918, he was demobilised on 27 January 1919, and transferred to the Reserve on 45 March 1919.

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A fin fine Great War April 1918 ‘Aveluy Wood’ D.C.M., 1916 ‘Somme’ M.M. and 1919 ‘North Russia Archangel Command’ Second Award Bar group of four awarded to Sergeant J. Johns, 1/22nd (County of London) Battalion (The Queen’s), London Regiment, later 46th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (682490 Sjt: J. Johns. M.M. 1/22 Lond: R.); Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (5238 L.Cpl. J. Johns. 1/22 Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (5238 Sjt. J. Johns. 22-Lond. R.) light contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £2,400-£2,800

Provenance: Barry Hobbs Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, August 2021.

D.C.M. London Gazette 3 September 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during a counter-attack by his company. After all the officers and the warrant officer of his company had become casualties, he took command, and later extricated the company from a dangerous position without a casualty.’ (Annotated Gazette states ‘Near Aveluy Wood, 9 April 1918.’)

M.M. London Gazette 9 December 1916 M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 22 January 1920: ‘For bravery in the Field with the British Forces in North Russia - Archangel Command.’

Joseph Johns was a native of Bethnal Green and served with the 1/22nd (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Queen’s) during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 June 1916. He was awarded the Military Medal for services with his Battalion on the Somme, September - October 1916, during which period his Battalion captured High Wood and Eaucourt l’Abbaye and made attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt, as part of the 142nd Brigade, 47th (2nd London) Division.

Having been promoted to Sergeant, he was awarded the D.C.M., the annotated London Gazette stating that it was for gallantry near Aveluy Wood on 9 April 1918. A close inspection of the battalion War Diary reveals that it was on 5 April that the battalion was involved in heavy fighting near Aveluy Wood, matching the citation: ‘Martinsart - 5 April - The enemy attacked at 7.50am and drove back the outposts in the front line held by the 23rd Battn.

The right flank of the 24th Battn. (holding the left front line of the Brigade sector) was compelled to fall back owing to enemy pressure.

At 4.15pm A and D Companys counter-attacked to regain this lost ground. They were unsuccessful however owing to heavy machine-gun fire, especially from the right flank of the position.

Officer casualties: Lts. Wicker and Boyer killed; Captain Dudley, Lt. Anderson, 2nd Lts Grosin, Benwell, Owens and Boxall wounded.’

The battalion was then relieved from the line on 7 April. The diary later states that on 10 May 1918, at Warloy, following inspections and refittings, the Field Marshall Commander in Chief awarded the D.C.M. to both Johns and Colour Sergeant Edwin Sullivan.

After the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front, Johns’ appetite for more active service led him to re-enlist in the 46th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. This battalion, which in April 1919 was just forming for service with the North Russia Relief Force, consisted of volunteers, mostly battle hardened veterans from the Western Front. It included a large number of Australian troops who had been awaiting demobilisation and a number of Officers who had relinquished their commissions to serve in the ranks. One member of the 46th battalion would write on the ‘very mixed crowd in action with him - a testimony to the multinational character of the anti-Bolshevik forces’.

Another would write on their arrival in June that ‘they are all volunteers and any quantity of ex-officers in the ranks, Colonels galore; fellows wearing D.S.O.’s and M.C.’s on a private’s uniform.’

The 45th and 46th Battalions, Royal Fusiliers played a leading role in the operations in Northern Russia. Arriving in Archangel in early June 1919, they would take part in many operations on the Dvina front, including the 10 August 1919 offensive, which was the largest battle fought by British troops during the Russian Intervention. They were also among the last British troops to leave the North Russian port more than four months later.

Appointed Corporal and given the regimental number 129110, Johns distinguished himself in action once more in Russia, adding a Bar to his Military Medal. The award was approved by Brigadier-General L. W. de V. Sadleir-Jackson, Commanding Dvina Force, on 21 August 1919 and was gazetted the following January by which time Johns had been restored to his Great War rank of Sergeant.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of three awarded tp Private William Todd, 4th Canadian Mounted Rifle fles, for gallantry as a stretcher bearer on 9 August 1918, near Folies, when he rescued the wounded crew from a burning tank, dressed their wounds and got them to a place of safety Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (835512 Pte. W. Todd. 4/Can: M.R.); British War and Victory Medals (825512 Pte. W. Todd. £1,000-£1,400 4-C.M.R.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (3) D.C.M. London Gazette 16 January 1919: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the action on 9th August 1918 near Folies. When acting as a stretcher-bearer with his platoon during the advance, a tank which had been hit had caught fire, whereupon he, on his own initiative and without assistance, rescued the crew from the burning tank. They were all wounded, and he dressed their wounds and got them to a place of safety, calling to a carrying party to remove them. He then rejoined his platoon and carried on with them throughout the action.’

William Todd was born at Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, on 14 November 1887. He originally joined the 146th Battalion at Kingston, Ontario on 29 January 1916, having previously belonged to the 14th Regiment of Canadian Militia. Embarked on board the S.S. Southland from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 25 September 1916, he joined 4th C.M.R. in the field on 3 November 1916. Awarded the D.C.M. for gallantry on 9 August 1918, he was wounded by gun shot in the right thigh and leg near Cambrai on 19 September 1918, and finally struck off strength on 17 May 1919. He died at Kingston on 22 January 1972, aged 82.

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A Second War ‘North Africa campaign’ D.C.M. group of fiv five awarded to Sergeant G. C. Wightman, Rifle fle Brigade, who evacuated his wounded platoon C.O. in a carrier at Halfaya Pass on 8 May 1941, a rescue mission enacted under very heavy, close-ra nge fir fire; he was subsequently killed in action in Operation ‘ Crusader ’ on 20 November 1941 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (6913204 Sjt. G. C. Wightman. Rif. Brig. )small official erasure before regimental number; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6913204 Cpl. G, Wightman. Rif. Brig.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted court-style for display, extremely fine (5) £3,000-£4,000 D.C.M. London Gazette 19 August 1941.

The original recommendation states: ‘On 8 May 1941, when approaching enemy defences at Halfaya Pass, sudden and very heavy fire was opened on this N.C.O.’s carrier platoon from about 500 yards by 2 Field Guns, 4 or 5 Anti-Tank Guns and numerous heavy and light machine-guns. The leading carrier was immediately hit, and the platoon officer i/c was seriously wounded (he subsequently died) and the driver killed.

Sergeant Wightman went forward in his carrier under this very heavy fire to tow the damaged carrier and its occupants to safety. He made two attempts, each time leaving his vehicle under heavy close-range fire to adjust the tow ropes, but another direct hit made the carrier impossible to tow. He therefore removed the wounded officer and put him in his carrier. He then removed the weapons from the damaged carrier and rendered the wireless set unserviceable before abandoning the vehicle, and drove his carrier to safety.

This was all carried out under heavy close-range fire of all calibres of weapons. His action under heavy fire in full view of the enemy showed the greatest coolness, gallantry and devotion to duty to his Platoon Commander.’

George Cairns Wightman was serving in the 2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, at the time of the above cited deeds at Halfaya Pass on 8 May 1941.

Sadly, he was killed in action in Operation ‘Crusader’, when his battalion came under attack on the Sidi Rezegh escarpment on 20-21 November 1941. Aged 26, he was buried in the Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Libya.

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An outstanding and rare Great War ‘Gallipoli’ C.G.M. group of fiv five awarded to Acting Leading Seaman W. J. Pierce, Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, later Defensively Armed Merchant Ships and a veteran of the Battle of Antwerp in October 1914, for his great gallantry during the Third Battle of Krithia, in which his Battalion suffered over 80% casualties; one of only a handful of men who reached and held the Turkish front-line trench, when a withdrawal was ordered, Pierce, though badly wounded himself, stayed behind to cover the retreat of other wounded men and then carried back a wounded comrade over open ground, completely exposed to enemy fir fire Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, G.V.R. (SX.3.226 W. J. Pierce, A.B. R.N.V.R. Howe Bn. R.N. Div.); 1914 Star, with clasp (SX3/226 W. J. Pierce, A.B. R.N.V.R. Howe Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (S.3-226 W. J. Pierce. Act. L.S. R.N.V.R.); Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3/226 W. J. Pierce, A.B. R.N.V.R. Sussex Divn.) minor edge nick to CGM, light contact marks, nearly extremely fine (5) £15,000-£20,000

Provenance: Exhibited in the Royal Marines Barracks, Walmer, Deal when the School of Music was destroyed and heavy casualties inflicted by an IRA bomb on 22 September 1989.

Dix Noonan Webb, September 2009.

Only 13 C.G.M.s ever issued to Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve; the combination with both a 1914 Star and a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal is excessively rare.

C.G.M. London Gazette 13 September 1915: ‘Showed great gallantry on the 4th June in remaining in the enemy’s trench and continuing firing, although wounded, to cover the retirement of other wounded men, and finally in carrying in a wounded man under heavy fire.’

The original recommendation was submitted by Commodore Oliver Backhouse to General Sir Ian Hamilton on 8 June: ‘I desire to bring to your notice the following officers and men of the 2nd R.N. Brigade who performed special meritorious service during the operations on 4th June. In illustration of the fighting I would mention that out of the 36 officers and 911 men who formed the 1st line of advance in the assault of the enemy’s trenches only 6 officers and 279 men escaped injury. The 2nd and 3rd lines of advance consisted of 28 officers and 850 men of whom 3 officers and 493 men were unwounded.’

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Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry Hamilton forwarded the list to London, stating that ‘The powers granted to me by His Majesty the King to confer decorations in the field do not extend to this Division which is under the control of the Admiralty, and which is therefore at a disadvantage in this respect compared with the other troops alongside whom they are fighting.’

William James Pierce was born at 7 Fort Road, New Willingdon, Eastbourne on 13 September 1893, one of seven children of a journeyman house decorator (four of his siblings died from TB in childhood). A butcher’s assistant by trade, and a keen footballer, Pierce enrolled in the Eastbourne (No 3) Company, Sussex Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 14 January 1911. He claimed a date of birth one year earlier than was truly the case. Aged 17, he was 5’ 7” with fair hair, blue eyes and “fairly good” physique (32” chest).

The Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Goes to War The Admiralty War Plan called for the creation of an ‘Advanced Base Force’ to seize or protect naval bases and key harbours that might be necessary to support expeditionary warfare. This concept was inspired by the example of the successful seizure and fortification of Guantanamo Bay in Cuba by the US Marine Corps during the 1898 Spanish-American War. The A.B.F. was to be created by expanding the Royal Marines.

As the mobilisation of July 1914 got underway, a Royal Marine Brigade capable of fighting on land was formed by using reservists to expand existing R.M. units. By August the Fleet and shore establishments had been manned to maximum capacity and the Admiralty found it had a surplus of reservists still available, especially men (like William Pierce) who had enrolled in the pre-war Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves. It was expected that these reservists, who already had some naval training, would be needed at sea over time to replace casualties and ‘natural wastage’, but in the short term the most obvious way to keep them still available to the Admiralty was to expand the Advanced Base Force. Winston Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty, issued the necessary orders on 16 August, and by 22 August Pierce and his fellow R.N.V.R.s were mobilised and concentrated at Betteshanger, near Deal. They bought with them their ‘long pattern’ 50-inch barrel Lee-Enfields (rather than the ‘short’ 44.5-inch model used by the Army). R.N.V.R. units were not issued with any machine-guns.

In late August 1914 Ostend was threatened by German cavalry and on 26 August the Marine Brigade was sent to strengthen its defences. On 8 September it was agreed that the First Naval Brigade (comprising the Benbow, Collingwood, Hawke and Drake battalions) and the Second Naval Brigade (comprising the battalions of Howe, Hood, Anson and Nelson) plus the Marine Brigade would be equipped and trained as an Infantry Division (the Royal Naval Division) reporting to the Admiralty. Two important innovations were made. Generally, Divisions are ad hoc organisations to which units are assigned and reassigned as military needs change, so there is not necessarily in the minds of soldiers a lasting identification with a specific division. The naval battalions fought together throughout the War, and were supported by a single Divisional Depot instead of multiple regimental ones (the R.N. Division is the only Divisional formation ever to have been included in the inscriptions on medals).

Second, civilians were commissioned from the outset, with a preference for those aged 25-35, who would prove to be more experienced, resilient and talented as leaders than those who formed the majority of junior officers in army units. They were collectively described by Churchill as ‘salamanders born in the furnace’ (WSC’s Introduction to Jerrold’s The Royal Naval Division refers). The Division attracted many well-connected talents, including men such as Arthur Asquith (the Prime Minister’s son), Bernard Freyberg and Rupert Brooke.

The R.N.V.R., which provided the majority of officers and men for the original eight naval battalions, had a strong naval esprit de corps and was determined to adopt only the essentials of infantry techniques. Naval terms and traditions were rigourously followed and the naval units never sought to become ‘smart soldiers’. They bowed to superior ability more readily than to superior rank. They were always more difficult (and rewarding) men to command.

Antwerp By mid-September the German thrust into France had been defeated, but the Allied attack on the German defences along the River Aisne had ended and the “Race to the Sea” was getting underway. In Belgium, a separate German force had been tasked to defeat the Belgian army, capture the key port of Antwerp and then occupy the entire country. Antwerp was defended by two lines of forts, and on 2 October the Germans broke through the outer line. The Admiralty undertook to send its three brigades to reinforce the defences of the inner line of forts. By 4 October the Royal Marine Brigade had deployed in Antwerp.

That day the two Naval Brigades marched to Dover and embarked in transports so overcrowded that it was standing room only for Pierce and the Howe Battalion. At Dunkirk they were issued with 120 rounds of ammunition (mostly to be carried in pockets, as few sailors had bandoliers or pouches) and boarded trains for Antwerp. They arrived enthusiastic but exhausted on the morning of 6 October and were greeted by great public excitement.

By morning on 7 October the two Naval Brigades were in the front line, which consisted of pre-prepared, solidly constructed and well-wired trenches with 500 yards of clear ground in front connecting eight forts covering the gap to the south and east between flooded areas to the north and the River Scheldt to the south. However, the trenches lacked the overhead protection essential to counter the artillery bombardment that began the next day, mostly by 6” and 8” howitzers, and there were no support lines or communication trenches providing a protected passage to the rear.

The Naval Brigades withstood the bombardment well, despite suffering almost 200 casualties. Naval gunners manned and operated the cannons of several of the forts whose Belgian garrisons had fled, and the Battalions in the trench lines drove off with rifle fire several probes by German units.

The Belgian army was in full flight mode, and the Germans forced the River Scheldt defences near Ghent, which meant that they might soon cut off and encircle Antwerp, trapping the garrison. By the evening of 8 October all Belgian resistance had collapsed, and the only options for the Naval Division were to stay put and be destroyed or to retire towards the forces that had been tasked to hold the Belgian coastal areas.

The retreat was conducted under terrible conditions. In Churchill’s words “Antwerp under bombardment; Antwerp evacuated, with its streams of refugees pouring over the bridges and along the roads, huddled together, hurrying on, impelled by the crash of the cannonade and lighted on their way by the blaze of the great oil reserve flowing in rivers of fire along the ditches.” The men were tired from lack of sleep, formations broke down into small groups struggling to carry their weapons and ammunition, but the 2nd Naval Brigade and its Howe battalion arrived at the railway early on the 9th and entrained without serious losses.

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant John Norman, a platoon commander in ‘D’ Company of the Howe, described his experience in a letter to his mother: ‘We have had three wonderful but hideous days in Antwerp, where we just failed to save the situation we were intended to save, & so have returned home - worn out (+ several captured, very few actual casualties). I have been under heavy shell fire for 3 days & nights in the trenches, after which we retreated on foot for 16 hours with only one ten minute halt! Half our lot have shattered nerves, but although it was the most hideous nightmare I ever imagined I feel as fit as anything’.

Churchill summarised the situation in a message welcoming the Royal Naval Division home: ‘It is too early yet to judge what effect the delaying, even for five or six days, of at least 60,000 German troops before Antwerp may have had upon the fortunes of the general battle to the southward. It was certainly powerful and helpful... These facts should inspire all ranks to fit themselves in the shortest possible time for further service in the field, not merely as fortress, but as mobile units.’ By 11 October 1914 the surviving battalions were back in England. Replacements were recruited and serious military training began. The Royal Naval Division began to concentrate as a reasonably effective fighting force at Blandford on 27 November 1914, though it still lacked its own artillery and machine-guns.

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Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry Gallipoli – the Cape Helles Bridgehead Early in 1915 the War Cabinet decided to establish the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from the Royal Naval Division and the volunteer units sent by Australia and New Zealand. Churchill championed a plan for the Fleet to force a passage through the Dardanelles Straits and bombard Constantinople, capital of the Ottoman Empire, to be followed up by landing units of the M.E.F. On 25 February 1915, Pierce and his mates were inspected by Churchill and then, two hours later, by King George V. On 1 March they sailed for Lemnos, the main British base for the assault on the Dardanelles. The ships reached the coast off the Gallipoli Peninsula on 19 March 1915. The great naval bombardment and attempt to ‘force the Narrows’ made on the previous day had failed. The option of an immediate landing was considered but rejected as too risky, given that no logistic support had been planned. The R.N. Division was re-routed to Port Said, while a comprehensive invasion scheme was organised over the next month.

The military landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula finally began on 25 April 1915. The R.N. Division landed with the main British forces at Cape Helles, the southernmost tip of the peninsula. By the 26th the initial Turkish outpost line was in British hands, and preparations for a great push inland got underway. What became the First Krithia attack was launched on 28 April. It proved to be abortive - a brilliant Turkish rearguard action took a heavy toll of the Allied troops. On the night of 1- 2 May the Turks mounted a determined counter-attack, the first wave being sent in without any ammunition to force them to use only their bayonets. The Second Krithia attack took place from 6-8 May 1915. The 2nd Naval Brigade, including the Howe Battalion, was attached to the French Expeditionary Force on the right. The objective was to seize the summit of Achi Baba which dominated the southern battleground and the approach to the inner forts of the Narrows. Turkish resistance was ferocious and little ground was gained.

The Disastrous Third Attack on Krithia In preparation for the third attack on Krithia, the troops were ordered to gradually and systematically push forward by stealth and with as few casualties as possible. The Royal Naval Division successfully undertook four night-time advances before the end of May which moved the British front line nearly half a mile ahead at a cost of less than 50 casualties, and brought them within 200-400 yards of the main Turkish defensive position.

Turkish defences opposite the French front in particular had been much strengthened - especially two lines of trenches, supported by four redoubts, on the crest of Kereves Spur. These dominated the French lines. The redoubt on the extreme right was captured by a surprise attack on 31 May and another redoubt was twice captured but could not be permanently held. Events at sea also proved unfortunate. The 15” guns of Queen Elizabeth had already been withdrawn after the sinking of Goliath on 13 May. On 25 May the battleship Triumph was torpedoed and sank in 20 minutes and on the morning of 27 May the battleship Majestic was also sunk by torpedo. These losses meant that naval gunfire support for land operations was further reduced and was often entrusted to destroyers.

With both the British and French Corps Commanders pushing to renew the offensive, on 31 May Sir Ian Hamilton agreed to a general attack to be made on 4 June. His orders were specific. The initial objectives were limited to capturing the enemy’s forward system of trenches, which required a maximum advance of 800 yards. The first wave consisted of five men to every four yards. This was to capture the Turkish front line.

The second wave of one man per yard was to leapfrog over the first wave and capture the second objective, 400-500 yards ahead. Though the Naval Brigades were back under British command, six batteries of the excellent French 75mm guns were lent to support them, as the Division still had no artillery of its own.

4 June was a brilliant summer’s day. The attack started at noon, led by the 2nd Naval Brigade with the Howe, Hood and Anson Battalions as the first wave. They encountered ferocious small-arms fire and within minutes of leaving the British trenches more than half the officers and men of the Brigade were hit. Despite this, the first wave successfully captured its objective. ‘Without a moment’s delay [they] went on... and stormed the redoubt in the Turkish second line... seen through field-glasses, it was an orderly and dashing advance... described by Sir Ian Hamilton as fighting in the best style of the Regular Army. But in the captured trenches the impression was different. To hold the 800 yards of line which had been their objective, and which they had reached, there was left of the attacking force only some twenty officers and three hundred men. Every moment took its toll of the slender garrison. Would the Collingwood [the second wave] come up in time?’ (The Royal Naval Division by Jerrold refers).

The attack of the French Corps to the right of the R.N.D. was a total failure. Heavy casualties were suffered and soon the French troops were back in their own lines. The failure of the French attack meant that the R.N.D. troops were being enfiladed by a hurricane of machine- gun and rifle fire from the high ground and redoubts of Kereves Spur. The Collingwood Battalion was ordered forward - it was annihilated. ‘On the right, the enemy could be seen in full command of their second and third line trenches, while parties were coming back even into the front line, where the French had once been... on the Howe Battalion front, where there was no dead ground between our lines and those of the enemy, only a few of the Howe (among these were Lt Edwards (wounded) and C.P.O. Homer, P.O. Smith and A.B. Pierce. These NCOs displayed the greatest gallantry and resolution) and none of the Collingwood had reached the enemy’s line; and here also the Turks were now beginning to come back... a retirement became imperative. This was hardly less costly than the advance...’ (ibid).

Details of Pierce’s gallant action were published the Eastbourne Gazette of 15 December 1915, with an artist’s impression of his deed to accompany the report. The following report was published later: ‘An incident at the Dardanelles - It has fallen to few even in this great war, in which opportunities for distinguished conduct frequently occur, to have won the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, a decoration which is coveted by all seamen. When on that eventful Sunday in August 1914, Eastbourne demonstrated so enthusiastically as the lads of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve moved out of the town under orders there was one among the company who was destined in a very short while to cause the country to ring with praise of his heroism.

William James Pierce lived with his parents at 3, St Andrew’s Terrace, Norway, and he was known to a large circle as the civil, obliging and unassuming assistant employed by Mr Sydney Easton, butcher, at his Terminus Road shop, while to the local sporting community his name was familiar by reason of his football prowess. During those very anxious days when our thoughts were turned to the Dardanelles, alternating between hope and fear, Pierce, as an able seaman, was one of the many gallant men who strove to accomplish what at the outset seemed, even to the most optimistic, to be a hopeless task.

It was during these memorable activities that Able Seaman Pierce gave evidence of the noble qualities that underlay his quiet, unpretentious exterior. He was in the landing at Gallipoli, and, with others, was occupying an enemy trench from which immediate retirement was necessary.

Comrades had fallen around him, and he himself had been badly wounded. Their capture seemed inevitable. The enemy was overwhelming, and fusillades from rifles and machine-guns were sweeping over the intervening space with all the fury of a lashing storm. To cease firing would indicate that the trench had been abandoned, and all hope of successfully retiring would then be lost. The supreme moment for heroic action had arrived.

With a total disregard of his own wounds, Pierce continued firing while his wounded comrades slowly and painfully retired. Quickly and feverishly he loaded his rifle, clip after clip, sending the bullets in rapid rounds amid the pressing enemy while his comrades moved back to safety.

Then came the moment when Pierce himself must leave. So far as he was aware he was the last living man remaining in the trench, but as he bounded from his position his attention was drawn to a comrade lying in agony near by. He had been too severely wounded to move out with the rest. Still unmindful of the danger to himself, and, although still bleeding from his own wound, Pierce determined, whatever the risks, to carry him back. It was a terrible task, fated almost inevitably to end in failure, but Pierce reckoned nought of danger, or even of death. It was sufficient for him that a chum was in agony and helpless.

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Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry He raised the wounded man in his arms and stumbled blindly back to safety and shelter. The achievement was one of the most heroic of that memorable affair of the Dardanelles. It was recorded in the leading newspapers and was the subject for a war artist’s drawing in an illustrated journal, but Pierce would admit of nothing gallant in his actions. Such is the way of heroes. For his bravery he was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal.’

By 12.45 the R.N.D. survivors were back in their original trenches. The father of one of the Howe’s officers reported: ‘I hear on very good authority that... on June 4th 300 [out of the 450 who then remained of the original Howe Battalion] took part in the charge and of these only 55 mustered at the roll call in the evening.’ This translates to a shocking 82% casualty rate, which few units have ever withstood without disintegrating entirely. It was agreed that the French would renew their attack on Kereves Spur at 16.00, supported by the remnants of the R.N.D., but the French then said they would not be ready and the attack was postponed for an hour before the French gave up entirely. At about 16.00 the Turkish reserves came into action and the situation grew steadily worse. By nightfall the greater part of the ground captured during the attack had been given up.

Out of 16,000 officers and men engaged, the British had lost 4,500 (28%). French losses were around 2,000. Turkish accounts gave their losses as high as 10,000 (the official figure was 9,000). The Turks had seen their situation as critical. According to one Turkish staff officer: ‘Had the British continued the attack the next day with the same violence, all would have been lost’. A German General directing the defence wrote: ‘I felt that another energetic attack by the English would have the worst results.’

Trench Warfare at Cape Helles Pierce’s service record indicates that he was wounded at Krithia by a gunshot to the buttocks and evacuated to hospital at Alexandria, where he stayed for two months, retaining the extracted bullet as a souvenir. He rejoined his unit at Gallipoli on 27 August 1915. They were still in the trenches below Achi Baba, trapped in stalemate as the campaign ground to a standstill following the fiasco of the Suvla Bay landing in early August.

A member of the Naval Brigades recalled: ‘Life in the trenches was horrible. We would usually do seven to ten days in the firing line and about four days in the reserve trenches, which was only about a mile from the firing line... Turkish bullets that missed the firing line would often land in or near the reserve trenches... In the firing line you would do two hours on the lookout, we used small periscopes for this, and two hours trying to eat or rest, but before doing either of these we would have to take our clothes off, turn them inside out and run a lighted match or cigarette along the seams. As you did this you could hear the lice cracking as their bodies full of blood burst. It was also impossible to eat food without including several flies...’ (The Zeebrugge Raid, by Kendall refers).

In September and October the R.N.D. lost well over 4,000 men, mostly to sickness, and even in November, when the colder weather made conditions more bearable, the loss was over 1,000. The casualties included Pierce, who was invalided for ten days (25 November to 5 December) due to diarrhoea. When he returned to duty, the cold and heavy rain of winter had set in. To make matters worse, the Turks began a systematic and effective bombardment of the R.N.D. trenches with heavy guns.

Evacuation The final evacuation of the Gallipoli peninsula was set for 8 January 1916. The Howe was detailed to hold the British frontline up to the last hours of the withdrawal. The British lines were progressively thinned out and the men marched back in groups to the embarkation piers on the beaches where the original landings had been made back in the spring. The operation turned into an anxious race against a mounting wind and heavy surf, but by 3.30 am on 9 January the withdrawal was successfully completed.

Pierce was presented with his C.G.M. in the field at Mudros West by Major-General Sir Archibald Paris, the respected R.N. Divisional Commander, on 1 February 1916. Pierce was promoted to Acting Leading Seaman on 16 February. Four days later he returned to the U.K. on leave. In March 1916 he was posted to the 3rd Reserve Battalion at Blandford. Proposals that the Naval Brigades be disbanded or used for garrison duty were being considered and the Admiralty began posting out those men with worthwhile sea experience, usually to serve on armed merchant ships. Pierce transferred to the Royal Navy Barracks at Portsmouth as a Leading Seaman on 26 March 1916.

Defending the British Merchant Fleet In June 1916 Pierce attended a four week Gunnery course at HMS Excellent, but a consequence of assuming a new trade was the loss of his Leading Seaman rating. From 1 July and for the rest of the war he was carried on the books of President III, the accounting base for R.N.V.R. personnel, while employed as a gun-layer aboard Defensively Armed Merchant Ships. This was a dangerous job, as Pierce served through the height of the German U-boat campaign aimed at sinking a maximum number of British merchant ships, carrying the food and war supplies that enabled the Allies to continue to fight.

Since the number of torpedoes that a U-boat could carry was limited, whenever possible the submarines would surface, stop and board their target and sink it by gunfire or demolition charge. Britain armed its merchant ships to help defend them, and guns were proven to significantly increase the rate of escape from surface stops by U-boats. A single stern gun, equivalent to what a submarine might carry, was mounted This was thought sufficient, since a ship is a more stable gun platform than a submarine, giving it theoretically greater accuracy. The number of merchant ships armed with anti-submarine guns rose to 1,749 by September 1916 and 2,899 by February 1917 – hence the Admiralty’s need for increased sea-going manpower.

At the end of January 1917 Pierce’s second 3-year engagement in the R.N.V.R. expired and he was at once re-mobilised under the terms of the Military Service Act. Pierce was re- appointed an Acting Leading Seaman on 1 February 1917 and was awarded a Good Conduct Badge in April.

Throughout his service on DAMS his conduct was rated ‘Very Good’. Pierce was demobilised in July 1919, just before his 26th birthday.

Post-War Pierce’s three and a half years of pre-war service in the R.N.V.R., together with his war service (which counted double towards the 12 years total service requirement) and his V.G. character qualified him for award of the R.N.V.R. L.S.G.C., under his substantive rating of Able Seaman. He seems not to have returned to his pre-war trade of butcher, becoming instead a plaster’s labourer (possibly connected to his father’s experience as a house decorator) and later a bricklayer. He married a local Eastbourne girl in January 1922 and they had six children. During the Second World War he once again volunteered for service, this time as a Civil Defence Air Raid Precautions warden. He died in hospital of acute appendicitis/peritonitis on 24 May 1953, aged 59.

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A poignant Second War G.M. group of four awarded to Lieutenant R. H. Saull, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his gallant bomb and mine clearance work in Normandy in August 1944.

He had earlier been commended for ordnance salvage work in Liverpool Docks but sadly was killed clearing further devices in Rotterdam on 12 May 1945 – some contemporary sources staring that he was awarded a Bar to his G.M. George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Lieut. Ronald H. Saull. R.N.V.R.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf for King’s Commendation, mounted court-style for display extremely fine (4) £3,000-£4,000 G.M. London Gazette 15 May 1945: ‘For exceptional gallantry, skill and devotion to duty, often in close proximity to the enemy, during mine-searching and clearance operations in the ports of Normandy and of the Low Countries.’

King’s Commendation London Gazette 3 October 1944: ‘For bravery and devotion to duty in helping to salvage a cargo of bombs after an air raid.’

Ronald Henry Saull was born in Kilburn, London on 7 January 1913 and was educated at Ashford Council School, Kent, and at the Richmond Technical Institute. Subsequently employed by the Wessex Electricity Company, he was called up in October 1940, when he joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as an Ordinary Seaman.

It appears he may have served briefly in the destroyer H.M.S. Tynedale, prior to attending the training establishment King Alfred, at Hove, Sussex, from which he was commissioned as a Sub. Lieutenant in September 1941. And it was at that stage that he volunteered for bomb and mine disposal duties.

Duly dispatched to Cumbria, where he attended the appropriately named explosives establishment, Volcano, Saull was borne on the books of Odyssey on passing out. And his new role took him to assorted naval establishments - Rosyth, Oban and the Orkneys included – in addition to a posting to Naval Party 1502C at Kelvedon in Essex.

And it was in the latter unit that he was embarked for Normandy in June 1944, but not before gaining his King’s Commendation for clearing old ordnance from Huskisson Dock, Liverpool. It was in the same dock, in May 1941, that the ammunition carrying ship S.S. Malakand was hit in an enemy raid; such was the scale of the resultant explosion that her 2.5-ton anchor was found outside Bootle Hospital, a mile and a half away.

Naval Party 1502C landed in Normandy on D-Day + 1, the likes of Saull quickly starting work in clearing demolition charges, mines and boobytraps, even when enemy troops were in close proximity. In fact, on entering darkened bunkers and buildings, it was necessary for Saull to carry a torch in one hand and a revolver in the other. And it was for his gallant work at Ouistreham in August 1944 that he was awarded the George Medal. Official records state: ‘Lieutenant Saull went into Quistreham in advance of the Naval Party in which he was serving and discovered demolition charges on the lock gates and the bridge, which he rendered safe. With another officer he discovered and removed scuttling and demolition charges from craft and strong points in the port area and rendered safe a controlled minefield in the harbour entrance.’

Saull subsequently transferred to Naval Party 1747, in which he continued his gallant work in the Netherlands. On 12 May 1945, he and Sub. Lieutenant D Kirkland, M.B.E., R.N.V.R., supported by eight ratings, were working on a mine in the sea off Rotterdam. It was apparently of a new type and during the attempt to render it safe, it detonated with fatal consequences for the two officers. Both were buried in Rotterdam (Crooswijk) Cemetery.

It was at this juncture that speculation arose as to whether Saull was awarded a Bar to his G.M., as claimed in some wartime newspaper reports.

Accompanying research, which includes family input, also claims a letter was received from the Admiralty to that effect. But there is no official evidence to support such a contention. More likely, he may have been under consideration for such a distinction but was killed before it could be processed.

Saull left a widow, Gladys, and a two-year-old daughter, Marion, who were then residing at West End Farm, Melksham, Wiltshire. According to one local press report, his widow was reading a letter from her husband - saying he was well and hoped to be home soon - when the Admiralty telegram notifying her of his death arrived. She received his G.M. at Buckingham Palace on 18 December 1945, likely in the company of other war widows on the same date.

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A rare Second War I.D.S.M. awarded to Naik Mansabdar, 5/1st Punjab Regiment, for gallantry during the pivotal battle of Yenangyaung during the retreat from Burma in April 1942, during which the hard-pressed 1st Burma Division – ‘Burdiv’ – was encircled amidst the blazing oilfie fields and nearly destroyed in detail by the pursuing Japanese. The embattled British, Indian, Gurkha and Burmese troops – exhausted, suffering from the intense heat and critically short of water - only escaped destruction when the hurriedly deployed Chinese 38th Division, commanded by General Sun Li-jen, broke through the Japanese encirclement, allowing Burdiv to escape across the Pin Chaung ford and reach safety further north.

The 5/1st Punjab Regiment was heavily engaged throughout the pitched fig fighting holding back repeated enemy attacks as they sought to destroy the division. The section commanded by Naik Mansabdar was holding his company’s right fla flank on 18 April 1942, when a Japanese party advanced close to their position. This enterprising N.C.O. drove back the Japanese by throwing fire after its No. 1 was a shower of hand grenades before later that day recovering and re-siting a Bren gun under heavy fir killed.

Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (9775 Nk Mansabdar, 5-1 Punjab R) impressed naming, a little abrasively cleaned, otherwise very fine and a rare award for the joint British-Indian-Chinese battle and defence of the Burma oil fields £2,000-£2,400 I.D.S.M. London Gazette 28 October 1942.

The original recommendation states: ‘9775 Naik Mansabdar, 5/1st Punjab Regiment. This N.C.O's section was on the right flank of the coy's position on 18.4.42 at YENANGYAUNG. A party of enemy worked their way to within short distance of the position, but were compelled to retire by the shower of hand grenades thrown by this N.C.O. Later in the day, the No. 1 of the L.M.G. in his section was killed while firing his gun, which was coming under heavy fire from close range. This N.C.O. calmly retrieved the gun, sited it in a fresh position and got it into action again.

Throughout this action there was a constant threat to the coy's right flank and it was owing to the initiative and resource of this N.C.O. that the enemy were not able to gain a footing in the coy position.’

Recommended by Major J. V. Bell, O.C. 5/1st Punjabis and Maj-Gen J. Bruce Scott, Commanding 1 Burdiv, the only I.D.S.M. awarded to the regiment for this action. Maj-Gen J. Bruce Scott was awarded the D.S.O. in the same gazette.

The Battle of Yenangyaung ‘While the British occupied the thinly held Minhla-Taungdwingyi line, the Japanese made a daring thrust towards the Yenangyaung oilfields, on the east bank of the Irrawaddy, containing nearly 5,000 wells in an area of seven miles by two. They infiltrated through the British positions to outflank Magwe, and simultaneously kept up pressure on the 1st Burma Division around Minhla. To counter this threat, the 5th Battalion was rushed by river steamers on April 13th to Magwe, where it joined the 1st Burma Brigade and took up a defensive position two miles south-east of the town.

The Japanese made contact on April 15th. On the same afternoon "C" Company (Dial Singh), occupying a ridge to the south of Magwe, inflicted casualties on the enemy and recrossed the chaung to join the Battalion, which continued the retreat northwards across arid country under a blazing sun with a shade temperature of about 114°. Much fatigued, it arrived south of Yenangyaung on the afternoon of the 17th, to learn that the Japanese had established road-blocks north of the town.

On April 18th, the 1st Burma Division launched a general attack from the south on the Japanese positions around the burning ruins of the town.

At 7.30 a.m. the 13th Brigade advanced with the 5th Battalion on the left and the 1/18th Royal Garhwal Rifles on the right and ousted the Japanese holding the by-pass road. Brigadier Curtis then ordered an advance to the next objective, the Twingon Ridge, on which was located Point 501. The 5th led the advance with all its companies forward. The Royal Garhwal Rifles and 1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers were in reserve.

At 10 a.m., just as the men had reached within 500 yards of Point 501, the enemy opened rifle, light-machine-gun, mortar and infantry-gun fire.

Although the advance was on a wide front, the whole Battalion was confronted by enemy in prepared positions. Fairly heavy casualties were sustained in the first attack, but Colonel Marsland decided to continue the attack, and by 11 a.m. all the companies had gained a footing on the ridge, but only with great difficulty. The weather was extremely hot and no water was available in the vicinity. All through that hot afternoon, hard pressed by the enemy, the Battalion hung on to its gains on the ridge. During these critical hours Naik Mansabdar won a well-deserved I.D.S.M. for his heroic part in repulsing a determined Japanese attack.

At 4 p.m. a direct hit on Battalion Headquarters, which was on the forward ridge, wounded Colonel Marsland, and Major Bell took over the command. Shortly afterwards, after having suffered heavy casualties from successive Japanese counter-attacks, the Battalion was relieved by the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and the Royal Garhwal Rifles and took up a position about 800 yards to the rear. By the evening, the ridge had been cleared, but the Japanese had a firm hold on both sides of the Pin Chaung ford, and a road-block south of the ford still remained to be cleared.

This did not happen, and the 13th Brigade, exhausted by the long day's fighting, held the northern perimeter of the divisional position for the night.

During the night the Japanese closed in from the north, west and south. The night passed off quietly, but at dawn the enemy, with their usual screams and supported by heavy-machine-gun and mortar fire, attacked the 13th Brigade, but gave up after half an hour of struggle. Meanwhile, all attempts to force the northern road-block had failed. The Divisional Commander decided to fight his way across country. At 11 a.m. the 13th Brigade, without its transport, moved north by tracks to the Pin Chaung and crossed it at a point some two miles north-east of Twingon. Tired after three days' hard fighting and weak from the lack of food and water, the 5th Battalion reached Milestone 374, where the 1st Burma Division reassembled.’ (History of the First Punjab Regiment 1759-1956 refers).

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A fin fine Great War ‘Submarine Service’ D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Able Seaman A. E. Page, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (230343. A. E. Page. A.B. Submarine Service. 1917.); 1914-15 Star (230343, A. E. Page, A.B., R. N.); British War and Victory Medals (230343 A. E. Page. A.B. R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G. V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (230343 A. E. Page. H.M.S. Furious.) mounted for display, light polishing to high relief and minor contact marks from Star, otherwise very fine (7) £700-£900 D.S.M. London Gazette 2 November 1917: ‘In recognition of services in submarines in enemy waters.’

Albert Edward Page , a cycle maker, was born in the village of Bramley, Hampshire, on 13 April 1887, and joined the Royal Navy as Boy Second Class on 20 April 1904. Advanced Able Seaman in H.M.S. Prince George 25 February 1907, he initially served from 10 March 1914 to 15 December 1915 in the newly commissioned dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Iron Duke. Transferred to the submarine service, Page was posted to the submarine depot ship H.M.S. Lucia from 16 September 1916 as part of the Tenth Submarine Flotilla based in the River Tees. Commanded by Captain Leonard A. B. Donaldson and latterly, Lieutenant-Commander Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith V.C., H.M.S. Lucia facilitated anti-submarine warfare efforts by supplying torpedoes, fuel, and provisions, while at the same time offering relief crews and training facilities to prepare submarines for patrols targeting German U-boats; a notable contribution under her support included the destruction of the UC-43 by H.M.S. G.13 off the Shetland Islands in March 1917, highlighting her role in sustaining offensive operations against the U-Boat threat.

Awarded the Distinguished Service Medal in November 1917, Page transferred to the G-class submarine H.M.S. G.10 on 4 August 1918 and spent the remainder of the Great War on North Sea patrols. Demobilised on 30 April 1919, he rejoined the Royal Navy at Portsmouth on 1 September 1920 and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 30 May 1927. Transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve, he served from 26 May 1940 to 3 September 1940 at the Hull shore establishment H.M.S. Beaver; appointed to ‘P.6. Battery’, he helped to defend the base from the attentions of the German Navy and Luftwaffe.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. with Second and Third Award Bars, Medaille Militaire group of fiv five awarded to Sergeant E. G. Ockwell, Y/50th Medium Trench Mortar Battery, attached 50th (Northumbrian) Division, Royal Field Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second and Third Award Bars (61289 Sjt: E. G. Ockwell. R.F.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (61289 Dvr: E. G. Ockwell. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (61289 Sjt. E. G. Ockwell. R.A.); France, Third Republic , Medaille Militaire, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, blue enamel circlet on reverse mostly lacking on this, otherwise generally good very fine (5) £3,000-£4,000 M.M. London Gazette 22 October 1917.

M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 21 November 1917.

M.M. Third Award Bar London Gazette 13 September 1918.

Medaille Militaire London Gazette 17 August 1918.

Ernest George Ockwell , whose home town is variously given as Cricklade and Cheltenham, served in France as a Driver in 34 Brigade R.F.A. from 16 August 1914. At the time of winning his four decorations he was serving on the Western Front as a Sergeant with Y/50th Medium Trench Mortar Battery, attached 50th (Northumbrian) Division, Royal Field Artillery.

Sold with original parchment award certificate for Medaille Militaire, dated 21 July 1918, and card-mounted illuminated certificate from The Lord Mayor, Sheriff, and Citizens of Bristol recognising his ‘gallant heroism’ and award of ‘Medaille Militaire and M.M. and Two Clasps.’

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The Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Second Award Bar awarded to Corporal H. Freeman, 54th Battalion (Kootenay), Canadian Infantry, who was wounded in action in November 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (707226 Pte - A. Cpl - H. Freeman. 54/Bn: 2/C. Ont: R.) nearly very fine £600-£800 M.M. London Gazette 24 January 1919.

M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 23 July 1919.

Harry Freeman was born in London in July 1887. He was a farmer, and attested for the 103rd Battalion, C.E.F. at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in July 1916. He transferred to the 54th Battalion (Kootenay) in February 1917, and it was for service with them on the Western Front that he was rewarded with an M.M. and Second Awar Bar (received a gun shot wound to the left leg in November 1918). Freeman was discharged in Victoria, 4 February 1919.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Leading Seaman F. Carey, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division, in which he was twice wounded Military Medal, G.V.R. (CZ-1511 L.S. F. Carey. Drake Bn: R.N.V.R.) very fine

£260-£300

M.M. London Gazette 23 February 1918.

Thomas Carey , a Glaswegian, was born on 7 February 1896 and enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as an Ordinary Seaman in October 1914. Drafted to the Royal Naval Division in January 1915, he joined Drake Battalion in Gallipoli in June 1915, from whence he was evacuated to Alexandria on account of illness towards the end of the year. Subsequently invalided home in the hospital ship Gascon, he was admitted to the R. N.H. Haslar.

On his recovery, Carey rejoined Drake Battalion and was embarked for France in March 1917, where he was advanced to Able Seaman and awarded his M.M. in a routine order dated 27 November 1917. Having then gained promotion to Leading Seaman, he was wounded by a gunshot in his right arm on 30 December 1917 and was evacuated home via No. 1 Australian General Hospital, Rouen.

But Carey’s war was not yet over, for having received his M.M. from the G.O.C. at Aldershot on 14 April 1918, he rejoined Drake Battalion in France, where he received another gunshot wound on 26 August 1918, this time to his right leg. He was treated at a hospital in Abbeville and saw no further action, being demobilised in January 1919.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Able Seaman M. Pickles, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division, prior to his death from wounds in September 1918; he had earlier received a gunshot wound to his wrist when serving in Nelson Battalion Military Medal, G.V.R. (TZ-8894 A.B. - H.G. - M. Pickles Hawke Bn: R.N.V.R.) good very fine

£300-£400

M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1919.

Milton Pickles , a Yorkshireman, was born on 23 August 1895 and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as an Ordinary Seaman in December 1915. Drafted to the Royal Naval Division, he was advanced to Able Seaman in March 1916 and embarked for France in July, where as a member of Nelson Battalion, he was attached to 8th Entrenching Battalion. Hospitalised with scabies at the end of the year, he appears to have returned to Nelson Battalion on his release, only to be admitted to the 1st Canadian General Hospital at Etaples in March 1917, this time suffering from trench foot.

Having then been invalided home, where he was admitted to hospital in Manchester, Pickles rejoined his battalion in France in September 1917 and was wounded by a gunshot in his right wrist in late December, being admitted to No. 8 General Hospital, Rouen and then once more invalided home.

But his war was not yet over, for on his recovery he was posted to Hawke Battalion in France and then mortally wounded in the spine and left shoulder on 4 September 1918. Placed on the dangerously ill list at No. 12 General Hospital, Rouen on 11th, pneumonia set in and he died at 9.45 a.m. on the 13th. Aged 23, he was the son of Herbert Pickles of Wibsey, Bradford, Yorkshire, and is buried in the St. Marie Cemetery in Le Havre.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Acting Leading Seaman N. Wintle, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division, in which he was severely wounded in Gallipoli Military Medal, G.V.R. (TZ-1025 A.B. - L.S. - N. Wintle. Hood Bn: R.N.V.R.) number partially officially corrected, good very fine £260-£300 M.M. London Gazette 14 May 1919.

Norman Wintle , a Northumbrian, was born on 23 January 1895 and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as an Ordinary Seaman in November 1914. Drafted to the Royal Naval Division, he was embarked for Gallipoli, where he joined Hood Battalion in June 1915 and received a severe gunshot wound to his forearm a week later. He was evacuated home via Malta.

As it happened – on account of scabies and other ailments – Wintle was to be re-admitted to hospital on several occasions, at home and in France. And he was awarded his M.M. in a routine order dated 28 October 1918, the same month in which he was advanced to Acting Leading Seaman. He was demobilised at Ripon, Yorkshire at the year’s end.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Able Seaman J. Milburn, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division, in which he was wounded in Gallipoli and in France Military Medal, G.V.R. (TZ-491 A.B. J. Milburn. Hood Bn: R.N.V.R.) nearly extremely fine

£260-£300

M.M. London Gazette 17 September 1917.

Jacob Milburn was born on 17 May 1892. A native of Gateshead, he joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as an Ordinary Seaman in October 1914 and was drafted to the Royal Naval Division in the new year.

Posted to Collingwood Battalion, he was advanced to Able Seaman in May 1915, about the time of his disembarkation in Gallipoli, where he was wounded by a bullet to his left arm and side on 4 June 1915. Admitted to hospital in Malta, he transferred to Hood Battalion on his recovery and joined the R.N.D.’s mortar group back in Gallipoli in November 1915. But further setbacks ensued – including a sceptic throat and malaria – and he was invalided home in May 1916.

Milburn next witnessed active service in France, where he joined Hood Battalion in May 1917 and attended a snipers’ school, his service record further revealing that he was wounded on 16 July 1917 and awarded the M.M. in a routine order dated 1 August 1917. He received his award from the G.O.C. Blandford on 9 December 1917.

Remaining on duty in the U.K., Milburn had a run-in with higher authority for insolence and threatening behaviour and was awarded 28 days’ detention. Subsequently drafted to Hood Battalion in France in July 1917, he was admitted to No. 10 General Hospital with a severe gunshot wound to his left leg on 22 August 1918. This just days after being sentenced to three weeks’ Field Punishment No. 1 on a charge of drunkenness.

He was finally demobilised from a hospital dispersal centre in Leeds in March 1919.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private C. Page, 1/1st Northumberland Yeomanry Military Medal, G.V.R. (270847 Pte. C. Page. Nth’d: Hrs: - T.F.) very fine

£260-£300

M.M. London Gazette 23 February 1918.

Charles Page served during the Great War with the 1/1st Northumberland Yeomanry on the Western Front (entitled to BWM and VM).

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Sergeant H. Higginson, 9th Battery, 41st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (58842 Sjt: H. Higginson. 9/By: R.F.A.) light scratches, good very fine

£200-£240

M.M. London Gazette 23 February 1918.

Harold Higginson served during the Great War with the 9th Battery, 41st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery on the Western Front from 16 August 1914.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Gunner H. Coldwell, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (175901 Gnr: H. Coldwell. 126/Sge: By: R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (175901 Gnr. H. Coldwell.

R.A.) traces of verdigris to VM, good very fine (3) £180-£220 M.M. London Gazette 11 December 1918.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant T. A. Pugh, 119th Railway Company, Royal Engineers Military Medal (150837 Sjt: T. A. Pugh. 119/Rly: Coy. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (150837 Sjt. T. A. Pugh. R.E.) mounted court-style for display; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, the suspender on the BWM slightly bent, contact marks, slightly polished, nearly very fine (3) £200-£240 M.M. London Gazette 27 June 1918.

Thomas Arthur Pugh , a Contractor from Beeston, Nottinghamshire, attested into the Royal Engineers on 20 March 1916 for service during the Great War and served on the Western Font. Advanced Sergeant, he was awarded the Military Medal and was discharged ‘Class Z’ on 5 Aril 1919.

Sold with original certificate of discharge; original release paper; and copied research.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal J. A. Brown, 4th Battalion, Special Brigade, Royal Engineers, who was killed in action on 20 April 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (113443 Cpl. J. A. Brown. 4/Spec: Bde: R.E.); 1914-15 Star (113443 Cpl. J. A. Brown, R.E.); British War Medal 1914-20 (113443 Cpl. J. A. Brown. R.E.) nearly extremely fine (3) £240-£280 M.M. London Gazette 23 August 1916.

Joseph Arthur Brown , a Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry, was born in Derby in 1881 and enlisted in the Royal Engineers at Birmingham.

Posted to France from 10 October 1915 as one of the original ‘chemical soldiers’, he was awarded the Military Medal in the early autumn of 1916 whilst serving with 4th Battalion, a specialised chemical and gas warfare unit tasked with executing poison gas and smoke screen attacks from the front lines. He survived the Battle of the Somme but was killed in action on 20 April 1917 whilst engaged with ‘O’ Special Company in operations around the French city of Arras. He is buried in Faubourg D’amiens Cemetery, France.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal W. E. Lowe, 4th Army Tramway Company, Royal Engineers, who was wounded in action during the German Spring Offensive on 29 April 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (471234 Cpl. W. E. Lowe. 4/A. Tram: Coy. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (1808 Cpl. W. E. Lowe. R. E.) minor edge bruise to first, nearly very fine and better (3) £240-£280 M.M. London Gazette 25 April 1918.

William Everitt Lowe , a colliery lamp man, was born in the village of Waterhouses, County Durham, on 6 July 1888, and enlisted in the Royal Engineers on 20 October 1915. Established in April 1917, the Army Tramways Companies were specialised units responsible for constructing, maintaining and operating the vital narrow-gauge, horse-drawn, and motor-tractor tramways systems that supplied the front lines. Attached at Army Corps level, Lowe served as part of a small working party of men provided the crucial final mile logistics to move ammunition, rations and duck boards to the forward trench systems; typically operating at night, the work was particularly hazardous with the wagons providing prime targets for enemy artillery fire.

Likely present at the Battle of Passchendaele where the steel tracks served as a lifeline amidst a pock marked and rain sodden battlefield, Lowe’s gallantry in France and Flanders was recognised with the award of the Military Medal. A few days later he was evacuated to medical care suffering from a gunshot wound to the left hip; transferred to the books of the 20th Territorial Force Depot, Royal Engineers, he was discharged due to sickness on 23 April 1919 and issued Silver War Badge ‘B249392’. Returning home to County Durham, Lowe later offered his services during the Second War as an Air Raid Precautions Warden in the Brandon and Byshottles District. He survived the attentions of the Luftwaffe and died in Durham in 1948.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Sapper G. L. Kirby, Royal Engineers Military Medal, G.V.R. (241453 Sapr. G. L. Kirby. 490/H.C.F. Coy. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (241453 Spr. G. L. Kirby. R. E.); together with the recipient’s riband bar, minor contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (3) £240-£280 M.M. London Gazette 21 October 1918.

George Lawrenson Kirby , an apprentice joiner, was born in Lancashire in 1899 and enlisted in the Royal Engineers at Chatham on 16 February 1917. Assessed by the Superintendent of Workshops as a proficient carpenter, he served in France with the 490th Home Counties Field Company from 25 April 1918. Formed in Eastbourne and Brighton, the 490th served as part of 8th Division, providing critical engineering support, including trench construction, bridging, demolition work and the defusing of unexploded ordnance. Awarded the Military Medal for bravery, Kirby transferred to the 226th Field Company, Royal Engineers on 23 March 1919 and was demobilised in December 1919.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Sapper W. Stanley, 21st Light Railway Train Crew, Royal Engineers Military Medal, G.V.R. (256045 Sapr. W. Stanley. 21/L.R.T. Crew R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (256045 Spr. W. Stanley. R. E.) good very fine (3) £240-£280 M.M. London Gazette 4 February 1918.

William Stanley , a resident of Manchester, enlisted in the Railway Operating Division, Royal Engineers, and served in France with the 21st Light Railway Train Crew. Formed at the Longmoor Military Railway in Hampshire on 27 March 1917, his unit was established to manage traffic, crew locomotives, and maintain rolling stock on the battlefield light railways. It was largely staffed by experience pre-war railway workers, typically engine drivers, shunters and mechanics, who were deployed by the Royal Engineers to manage the massive military supply networks.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Sapper J. Mason, Railway Operating Division, Royal Engineers, late Grenadier Guards Military Medal, G.V.R. (249264 Sapr. J. Mason. R.O.D. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (25721 Pte. J. Mason. G.Gds.) very fine (3) £240-£280 M.M. London Gazette 21 October 1918.

Joseph Mason , a resident of Bradley, initially served in France as Private in the Grenadier Guards. Transferred to the Railway Operating Division, he spent the remainder of the Great War maintaining the standard-gauge and narrow-gauge supply lines, working alongside professional civilian railway workers. Initially deployed to a section of the Hazebrouck-Ypres line, the Division was soon operating hundreds of locomotives borrowed from 13 different UK railway companies across vast tracts of France and Belgium.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private J. Arrowsmith, Grenadier Guards, for his gallantry in carrying in wounded under fir fire at Pilckem Ridge on 31 July 1917; he was subsequently killed in action on 5 May 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (24679 Pte. J. Arrowsmith. 2/G. Gds:) slight edge bruising, very fine

£360-£440

M.M. London Gazette 28 September 1917.

Joseph Arrowsmith , a Cellar Man from Middlewich, Cheshire, attested into the Grenadier Guards in November 1915 for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 2nd Battalion. He was awarded the Military Medal for carrying in wounded under fire at Pilckem Ridge on 31 July 1917, during which he was slightly wounded. He was killed in action on 5 May 1918 and is buried in Bienvillers Military Cemetery, France.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Lance Sergeant G. Kerley, Coldstream Guards Military Medal, G.V.R. (23183 Cpl -L. Sjt.- G. Kerley. 1/C. Gds.) contact marks, very fine

£260-£300

M.M. London Gazette 14 May 1919.

George Kerley , a Printer from Ringwood, Hampshire, attested into the Royal Army Medical Corps on 22 June 1906 and was transferred into the Army Reserve on 21 June 1909. Mobilised for service during the Great War, he was attached to the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, serving on the Western Front from 15 August 1914. Advanced Acting Corporal, he transferred into the Coldstream Guards on 16 March 1918 and was advanced Lance Sergeant on 31 August 1918. He was discharged ‘Class Z’ on 9 February 1919 and for his gallantry during the Great War was awarded the Military Medal.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private R. J. Brooks, Coldstream Guards, who was killed in action on 30 November 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (16025 Pte. R. J. Brooks. 2/C. Gds:) very fine

£360-£440

M.M. London Gazette 28 January 1918.

Raymond John Brooks , a Porter with the Great Western Railway, was born in 1896 in Harbury, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. He attested into the Coldstream Guards for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 2nd Battalion. Awarded the Military Medal for gallantry and good work during operations on 9 October 1917, he was killed in action at Gouzeacourt during the Battle of Cambrai, and is buried in Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, France. He is further commemorated on the Harbury War Memorial, the G.W.R. Memorial at Leamington Spa Railway Station, and in a parchment scroll at Harbury Cricket Club.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private A. Hambleton, Coldstream Guards, who was twice wounded in action, latterly on the fir first day of the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, and died of his wounds on 21 February 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (8186 Pte. A. Hambleton. 3/C. Gds:); 1914 Star (8186 Pte. A. Hambleton. C. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (8186 Pte. A. Hambleton. C. Gds.) polished and worn, nearly very fine (4) £300-£400

M.M. London Gazette 27 October 1916.

Albert Hambleton was born at Sparbrook, Birmingham in 1889 and attested for the Coldstream Guards at Birmingham on 1 December 1908. He served with the 3rd Battalion in Egypt from 1 October 1909 to 23 March 1911, and then with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 August 1914. Twice wounded, firstly by gun shot to the face near Vermelles on 12 October 1915, and secondly by gunshot to the forehead near Ginchy on 15 September 1916, on the first day of the Battle of Flers-Courcelette: this action saw all three Coldstream Guards battalions in action together, and high casualties were sustain, with the Commanding Officer of the 3rd Coldsteam Guards being awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross.

Hambleton’s service record states that he passed a course in stretcher bearing on 6 February 1913, and it is possible that it was for stretcher bearing duties that he was awarded his Military Medal. Repatriated home to hospital on 21 September 1916, he died of his wounds at the 3rd Western General Hospital in Cardiff on 21 February 1917, and is buried in Birmingham (Brandwood End) Cemetery.

Sold with a Coldstream Guards Regimental Death Notice; a postcard photograph of the recipient; an elaborate and finely crafted bed plate, embossed ‘Pte. A. Hambleton 8186 3rd. Batt. 2nd Company Coldstream Guards, B.E.F.’; and copied research.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of fiv five awarded to Private B. Pendlebury, Coldstream Guards Military Medal, G.V.R. (14867 Pte. B. Pendlebury. 1/C. Gds.); 1914-15 Star (14867 L. Cpl. B. Pendlebury. C Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (14867 Pte. B. Pendlebury. C. Gds.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, with one Additional Award Bar (705 Cpl. B. Pendlebury Mexborough Div. No 5 Dis. SJAB. 1929) mounted court-style for display, contact marks, slightly polished, nearly very fine (5) £300-£400 M.M. London Gazette 10 April 1918.

Benjamin Pendlebury a Miner from Rotherham, Yorkshire, attested into the Grenadier Guards on 18 January 1915 for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 3 October 1915. Awarded the Military Medal, he was discharged on 2 January 1919.

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A Great War Western Front M.M. group of three awarded to Private H. Newton, 11th Battalion, Royal Scots Military Medal, G.V.R. (270426 Pte. H. Newton. 11/R. Scots.); British War and Victory Medals (270426 Pte. H. Newton. R. Scots.) good very fine (3) £200-£240 M.M. London Gazette 13 May 1919.

H. Newton hailed from Leeds, Yorkshire.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Lance-Corporal J. Tear, Gloucestershire Regiment, late Military Mounted Police Military Medal, G.V.R. (37857 Pte. J. Tear. 1/Glouc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2971 L.Cpl. J. Tear. M.M.P.) minor edge bruising and polishing throughout, nearly very fine (3) £240-£280 M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1919.

Joseph Tear , a resident of Lincoln, initially served during the Great War as Lance Corporal in the Military Mounted Police with responsibility for maintaining discipline and regulated movement behind the lines; vital for managing complex battlefield traffic, Tear and his colleagues also operated ‘straggler posts’ to intercept deserters and spent long periods of time guarding prisoners of war.

Transferred to the 10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, Tear was later awarded the Military Medal whilst serving with the 1st Battalion during the Hundred Days Offensive. The Battalion witnessed heavy action at the Battle of the Selle and Battle of the Sambre on 4 November 1918, and was later deployed with 1st Division to Bonn as part of the Army of Occupation in Germany.

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A well-documented and poignant Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal P. Butcher, 2nd Battalion, Rifle fle Brigade, who was killed in action on the Somme on 24 October 1916 Military Medal, G.V.R (5488 Cpl P. Butcher. 2/Rif: Bde:); 1914-15 Star (5488 Pte P. Butcher. Rif: Brig:); British War and Victory Medals (5488 Cpl P. Butcher. Rif. Brig.); Memorial Plaque (Percy Butcher) extremely fine (5) £400-£500 M.M. London Gazette 9 December 1916.

Percy Butcher was born in Sandown on the Isle of Wight in June 1898, where his parents lived at Ivy Cottage on the Broadway, and enlisted in the Rifle Brigade on 4 May 1914, when just shy of his sixteenth birthday. He nonetheless quickly obtained his Third Class Certificate of Education and Swimming Certificate, the originals of which are included in the accompanying archive.

Embarked for France in May 1915, where he joined the 2nd Battalion, Butcher’s subsequent letters home touch upon ongoing actions. A case in point would be a letter dated 27 March 1916, which likely refers to an engagement fought by his battalion in the Carency sector: ‘All the 24 hours fighting we had, we were bombing all the time. In fact, it was nothing but a bomb-fight. I had a bullet through my hat which I lost afterwards and two in my equipment, but except for that I wasn’t touched. You should have seen us when we came out. It had been pouring with rain the day before we went in, and it was raining all the time we were fighting. We were covered from head to foot in mud, our rifles and swords were red with rust, nearly all of us were short of hats and puttees, and our clothes were torn to pieces by the barbed wire. So you can imagine how we looked.

But still we didn’t mind this as long as we were safe. We lost a few men by the time we got back to our trench, but the Germans must have lost twice as many as us. And we took quite a lot of them prisoners. And I think they were all glad to be captured as nearly all of them were smiling … ’ In his last letter home, dated 7 October 1916, just a fortnight before his death, he spoke of his award of the M.M.: ‘I expect you will all be pleased to hear that I have been awarded the Military Medal. Of course, I haven’t received the medal yet, and I shouldn’t get it until after the war. But I expect I shall get the ribbon soon. I will let you know how I got it later on. I wonder what the ‘missus’ will say when she hears about it … ’ At the time of his death in action on the Somme on 24 October 1916, when his battalion was ordered to attack enemy trenches in the Trones Wood sector, Butcher was serving in No. 3 Platoon in ‘A’ Company. In writing to his father on 1 November 1916, his C.O., Captain H. R. Price, wrote: ‘I am very sorry to have to inform you that your son Corporal P. Butcher was killed in action on October 23rd. He was a very good soldier, and I am very sorry to lose him; please accept my deepest sympathy. In answer to your letter, you son gained the Military Medal for splendid work in helping to dig out some men who were buried in a deep dug out under heavy hostile fire on September 25th, I think it was.’

Another letter from a member of his platoon, by the name of Yates, was addressed to Percy’s sweetheart, Miss Ivy Price: ‘I’m sorry to say he was killed and he was a smart little fellow … I often had a good joke with him and it was me who put your name on his arm. I don’t know whether you saw it or not when he was on leave … ’ Butcher has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Sold with a deeply poignant archive of original letters and postcards, as sent by the recipient to his parents and sisters on the Isle of Wight, and mainly dating from 1916, among them the above quoted examples and the returned, last letter sent to him at the front, bearing Army Postal Corps stamps and red inscription ‘Deceased’; it remains partially sealed to this day.

Also sold with several studio-quality portrait photographs in uniform, his Soldier’s Small Book and the Record Office forwarding letters for his British War and Victory Medals; a Christmas 1914 tobacco tin, with bullet pencil, Queen Mary’s card, a locket; a cap badge; and locks of hair.

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private J. A. Smith, Army Cyclist Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (18450 Pte. J. A. Smith. 8/A.C.C.); British War and Victory Medals (18450 Pte. J. A. Smith. A. Cyc. Corps.); Defence Medal, heavy verdigris to VM and Defence Medal, these fair, the remainder good very fine (4) £200-£240 M.M. London Gazette 28 April 1918.

John Alfred Smith , a sawyer, was born in 1892 and enlisted in the 8th Battalion, Army Cyclist Corps in Nottingham on 19 January 1915.

Disembarked at Le Havre on 15 July 1917, he joined the 8th Battalion on the Western Front on 1 August 1917 and was later awarded the Military Medal in the spring of 1918. Remaining in France, the recipient’s Army Service Record states that his health began to fail him on 10 May 1918: ‘facial neuralgia. Disordered action of heart... sound short and sharp.’ Evacuated to Military Hospital in Nottingham for treatment, Smith was demobilised on 7 February 1919.

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A Great War 1917 ‘French theatre’ M.M. awarded to Corporal C. H. Hudson, 100th Company, Machine Gun Corps, a veteran of Gallipoli serving with the 7th (Service) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (12366 Cpl. C. Hudson. 100/Coy M.G.C.) minor edge bruising, nearly very fine

£220-£260

M.M. London Gazette 17 December 1917.

Charles Hawkesworth Hudson initially served during the Great War with the 7th (Service) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment in the Gallipoli theatre of war from 30 September 1915 (entitled to 1914-15 Star trio). He subsequently transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, and served with the 100th Company in France.

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A Great War ‘1918’ M.M. awarded to Sergeant W. Kelly, 69th Company, Labour Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (41070 Sjt: W. Kelly. 69/Coy Lab. C.) good very fine

£160-£200

M.M. London Gazette 29 August 1918.

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A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private E. Price, 142nd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (55919 Pte E. Price. 142/F.A. R.A.M.C.) nearly very fine £200-£240 M.M. London Gazette 16 July 1918.

Eustace Price was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, and subsequently resided at 105 Bridge Street, Farnworth, Bolton. He attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps at Bolton in February 1915. Price served on the Western Front from 10 August 1915 (entitled to 1914-15 Star trio), and was discharged 30 April 1919.

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A Great War ‘1917’ M.M. awarded to Lance Corporal J. T. Malpass, Military Foot Police Military Medal, G.V.R. (P-3749 L. Cpl J. T. Malpass. M.F.P.) edge bruising, otherwise very fine

£200-£240

M.M. London Gazette 12 December 1917.

J. T. Malpass served during the Great War with the Military Foot Police (entitled to BWM and VM). After the war he resided at 7 Victoria Road, Normacot, Longton, Staffordshire.

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A scarce Great War 1918 ‘Portuguese East Africa’ M.M. awarded to Private Leiton, 3rd Battalion, 1st King’s African Rifle fles, for his gallantry with ‘C’ Company during the action at Koriwa Post, 11 April 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (623 Pte Leiton. 3/1 K.A.R.) polished, nearly very fine £300-£400 M.M. London Gazette 13 September 1918.

Leiton served with the 3rd Battalion, 1st King’s African Rifles in Portuguese East Africa. He distinguished himself self whilst serving with ‘C’ Company, the following details are given on The Soldier’s Burden web site: ‘In December 1917 the German Schutztruppe was inside PEA [Portuguese East Africa] and judged to be capable of invading Nyasaland. A column commanded by Colonel G. M. P. Hawthorne consisting of three 1KAR battalions – the first, second and third – was deployed to Namweras on the PEA border, east of Fort Johnston. From there Colonel Hawthorne dispatched his battalions on missions into PEA. On 27th March 1918 Colonel Hawthorne deployed Lt Col Barton’s Headquarters and the half of “A” Company that was with him into PEA. 3/1KAR’s mission was to establish a Line of Comunications from Namweras towards Mahua. The following day the Lugenda River was crossed and a rendezvous made with “B” Company which was already in PEA. Lt Col Barton now had with him 14 officers, 21 British NCOs, 291 Askari, 6 Maxim and 2 Lewis Guns, 27 Scouts and 850 carriers transporting rations and reserve ammunition. The ground, mostly uninhabited, was extremely wet and swampy and it created problems for the carriers. “C” Company and half of “A” Company were acting as a bridging party ahead of the main column and a rendezvous was made with them on 2nd April at a newly constructed bridge over the swollen Mbekesi river, which was 80 yards wide and 25 feet deep.

On the following day the bridging party under Captains Jardine and Charlesworth went ahead whilst “B” Company strengthened the bridge to safeguard the carriers and their loads. A consignment of 4 Maxim and 3 Lewis guns sent out from England caught up with the battalion here. On 5th April the battalion concentrated again at Mahua where a firm base was made. Villagers were in the area and reported an enemy food depot 20 miles ahead at Koriwa on the Nanungu road. “C” Company with two Maxims was ordered to attack the enemy depot and they were deploying for this mission when the carriers saw men approaching. These were a party of 3 Germans and 28 Askari, with a Maxim, of No 2 Feldkompagnie based at Koriwa. The enemy was not aware that British troops were in the area.

The leading platoon of “C” Company opened fire but the Askari were excited and the officers inexperienced, resulting in wild firing which was reciprocated by the enemy Askari who had been taken by surprise. The “C” Company Sergeant Major, Mafumbo, shot a German but the enemy broke contact and evacuated his casualties leaving a gun shield, box of spare parts and 2,000 Maxim rounds behind. Three men of “C” Company – a scout, a Lewis gun porter and a carrier had been wounded, none of them dangerously. Captured enemy carriers divulged that the Germans had eight companies at Nanungu which was only two marches away, so “C” Company withdrew five miles to a commanding ridge beside the Marikwa River.

After a 3/1KAR patrol had identified an enemy post at Koriwa “B” and “C” Companies with 6 Maxims and a Stokes Gun (an early type of trench mortar) left Marikwa on 11th April to attack the post. At Koriwa “C” Company extended into a Firing Line with skirmishers ahead whilst “B” Company formed the reserve to the rear. However the enemy aggressively advanced and “C” Company took up fire positions on a low rise whilst “B” Company deployed a platoon behind each flank to secure the line. British inexperience now showed when the Maxim officer, Captain Smith, went forward with two Maxims and a Lewis Gun in an attempt to outflank the Germans. In the bush Smith lost contact with “C” Company and mistook the enemy troops for KAR Askari. He and his party and the guns were captured by the Germans.

The Schutztruppe advance now seriously threatened the British right flank and a fighting withdrawal was ordered which was executed in a disciplined manner although the wounded could not be evacuated because of the intensity of the enemy fire. “B” and “C” Companies withdrew to Marikwa and counted the cost of the engagement. Lt Blackie (who had been released from captivity to return to the battalion), Sergeant Wheatley and four Askari had been killed. Lts Michaelson and Macartney, RSM Budd, Sgts Mack and Young and 18 Askari and 2 Maxim porters had been wounded. Missing and taken as prisoners of war were Captain Smith and Sergeants Granger and Newstead. All ranks in the battalion now appreciated the intensity of bush warfare and the fighting abilities of their Schutztruppe opponents. Corporal Isa of the Maxim Gun Detachment and Private Leiton of “C” Company later received Military Medals for brave conduct in this action.’

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A scarce 1917 ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal Mechanic W. Knight, 11 (Fighter) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, for his gallantry near Courcelles, 25 March 1917, in saving one of the Squadron’s FE2b’s from destruction by shell fir fire whilst under heavy machine gun and shell fir fire himself Military Medal, G.V.R. (25674 2. Cl: A.M. W. Knight. No. 11 Sq: R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (25674. A. Cpl. W. Knight.

R.A.F.) mounted for wear, extremely fine (3) £1,800-£2,200 M.M. London Gazette 11 May 1917, the recommendation states: ‘Displayed coolness and gallantry on March 25th near Courcelles while under shell and machine gun fire, thereby saving an FE2b of 11 Squadron from destruction by shell fire.’

Approximately 167 M.M.’s, and 2 Second Award Bars were awarded to the Royal Flying Corps for the Great War. William Knight was born in Reigate, Surrey in 1888. He served with the 2/5th Battalion, West Surrey Regiment, November 1912 - March 1916.

Knight enlisted as a 2nd Class Air Mechanic in the Royal Flying Corps, 30 March 1916. He was posted for service with 11 (Fighter) Squadron (FE2b’s) at Bertangles, in April 1916. Knight moved with the Squadron to Izle-le-Hameau in August 1916, and distinguished himself near Courcelles 25 March 1917. The following appeared in the St. Mary’s Church, Reigate, Parish Magazine: ‘It is with much happiness that we are able to announce the award of the Military Medal to W. Knight, for steady devotion to important duties under very heavy fire. We learn that he has been personally congratulated by the General, who shook hands with him and told him the whole squadron were proud of him. In a letter recently received from him he says: “I know I don’t deserve the decoration as I only did my little bit, but I have tried very hard to do my best, and it is an encouragement to know I have done something.”

We heartily congratulate him and can assure him that St. Mary’s too is very proud of him and his splendid achievement.’

Knight transferred to 3 Brigade H.Q. in June 1917, and advanced to 1st Class Air Mechanic in September of the same year. He transferred to the Royal Air Force in April 1918, and remustered as Acting Corporal Mechanic in December of the same year. Knight transferred to the Reserve in March 1919, and was discharged in April the following year.

Sold with repaired named card boxes of issue, two R.A.F Records documents and a cutting, all laminated, together with copied research.

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A Great War Western Front ‘Courcelette, October 1916’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private H. McCallum, 50th Battalion (Alberta Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force, for gallantly standing off three bombing attacks by the enemy during the night Military Medal, G.V.R. (434677 Pte. H. McCallum. 50/Can: Inf: Bn:); British War and Victory Medals (434677 Cpl. H. McCallum. 50£300-£400 Can. Inf.) mounted for display, good very fine (3) M.M. London Gazette 6 January 1917.

The original recommendation states: ‘On Oct. 21st 1916, in front of Courcalette. After the successful action of a neighbouring unit upon Regina Trench, this man with two others sent in as reinforcements occupied a block in the enemy’s trench, gallantly standing off three bombing attacks by the enemy during the night, and by his example of fearlessness helped to instill confidence into the garrison of the newly won enemy trench.’

Hugh McCallum was born in Scoyland and was taken on strength of the 50th Battalion (Alberta Regiment) at Calgary on 2 February 1915. He embarked for overseas service on board the S.S. Orduna from Halifax on 27 October 1915, and served in France with the 50th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force.

Sold with copied research.

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A fin fine Second War M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant F. Huggett, 5th Royal Tank Regiment (Royal Armoured Corps), who was originally recommended for the D.C.M. for his gallantry in the desperate fig fighting at Sidi Rezegh on 22 November 1941 – he was subsequently captured and taken Prisoner of War the following day; was sunk during transport to Italy by a British submarine, surviving 12 hours in the water; before being incarcerated in Italy and Austria for the remainder of the war, on one occasion attempting to escape to join the Yugoslav Partisans Military Medal, G.VI.R. (7889194 Sjt. F. Huggett, R. Tank. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted court-style £1,400-£1,800 for display, minor contact wear, generally good very fine (4)

Huggett (on left, with goggles) Provenance: Bill Green Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, July 2001.

M.M. London Gazette 3 March 1942: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East.’

The original Recommendation, for a Distinguished Conduct Medal, states: ‘On 22 November 1941, at Sidi Rezegh, Sergeant Huggett displayed conspicuous bravery throughout a difficult operation. During the day he cured a petrol stoppage under very heavy fire and returned to his squadron, fighting his tank throughout the remainder of the action. Throughout the operation he has set an excellent example to the men of the Battalion. I consider that his personal bravery under conditions of great danger is worthy of an immediate award.’

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Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry Frank Arthur John Huggett was born at Burbage, near Marlborough, Wiltshire, on 10 February 1912, but later moved to London where he worked as a storekeeper. He enlisted into the Royal Tank Regiment on 7 February 1938, being posted to the 5th Battalion. With the outbreak of the Second World War his unit had seen service in France with the British Expeditionary Force, as part of the 2nd Armoured Brigade in the 1st Armoured Division, before being evacuated at Cherbourg. During this period they had operated in the A9, A10 and A13 Cruiser tanks, as well as the Mk.IV light tanks, but had lost all their vehicles in France, often as not due to mechanical defects and breakdowns as they did to enemy action.

With 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, they managed to scrape together a composite squadron. ‘Z’ Squadron, which fought a stubborn rearguard action all the the way to Cherbourg and there, by there own efforts loaded six tanks on board ship and got them safely to England.

With the threat of imminent invasion, the 5th Royal Tank Regiment were quickly built back up to strength with issues of tanks direct from the factories, so that by the end of July 1940 they had their full complement of 52 tanks comprising 4 x A9, 1 x A9 CS, 28 x Cruiser MkII, 3 x Cruiser MkIV, 16 x A13 MkII. Prepared for service in the Middle East, Huggett is known to have been a part of ‘B’ Squadron, and his Battalion joined the 3rd Armoured Brigade and was despatched there in November 1940 as part of the 2nd Armoured Division. They landed at Suez on 22 December 1940, and had completed unloading by 29 December, with the tanks being modified for desert conditions at Alexandria. Between March and the end of April 1941 the 5th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment were caught up in Rommel’s first offensive, and again lost all their tanks, mostly to mechanical breakdown and the inability go the recovery services to collect the ‘crocks’.

Following the loss of their tanks, the Echelons and dismounted tank crews withdrew into the Tobruk perimeter where ‘A’ Squadron joined with the 3rd Hussars with some reconditioned tanks drawn from the Army Ordnance Workshop. All other personnel, including Huggett, were deployed as the 1st and 2nd Mounted Infantry Companies with 30 and 15cwt trucks. By the beginning of May 1941 all personnel had been withdrawn from Tobruk by sea and re-equipped with 2 x A9, 12 x Matilda II, 6 x Matilda III, 4 x MkVIB, 1 x MkVIC, 1 x Rolls Royce Armoured Car, and 8 x carriers by 11 June 1941. At the end of June all tanks and stores were either handed in or transferred to the reforming 44th Royal Tank Regiment, and on 2nd August 1941 the first American A3 ‘Honey’ was received. By 30 September 1941 5th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment were complete with 52 x M3 tanks and had an American Captain and Technical Sergeant attached as observers.

In October 1941 the 5th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment and the 3rd Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment were in the 4th Light Armoured Brigade as part of the 7th Armoured Division, the famous ‘Desert Rats’. All was now set for Operation Crusader which resulted in a series of inconclusive battles in which the British armour was mishandled and worn down piecemeal, whilst the Germans fought concentrated and in good order. On 20 November 1941 (Cambrai Day), the 4th Light Armoured Brigade, despite its inferiority in guns and armour handed a bloody nose to the 21st Panzer Division and its spearhead Kampfgruppe Stephan at Sidi Rezegh. However it was on 22 November 1941 that Huggett, by then a War Substantive Sergeant, performed the actions which would lead to the award of the Military Medal.

The day following his actions, 23 November 1941, was when the Kampfgruppe Stephan destroyed the 4th Light Armoured Brigade as a formation, and the 5th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment had only 16 tanks left. It was on this day that Huggett was captured and taken prisoner of war at Sidi Rezegh in Libya, his tank was destroyed and he was captured suffering from shell shock. Huggett spent approximately 14 days in a German Field Hospital at Derna and was then evacuated by sea, ‘leaving Benghazi on 9 December 1941 was torpedoed at approx. 1430 hours 10th December 1941 off south coast of Greece. Spent approximately 12 hours in the water and picked up and landed at Navarino in Greece.’ He then spent ‘approximately three months under intolerable conditions’ and stated concerning the loss of the prisoner transport ship ‘as far as I know approximately 1000 survivors from about 1800 men.’ (the recipient’s M.I.9 debriefing refers). Huggett must have been aboard the Italian transport ‘Sebastiano Venier’, which had previously been the British merchant ship Jantzen. She was sunk by the large minelaying submarine H.M.S. Porpoise, commanded by Lieutenant-Commander Pizey, D.S.C., off Cape Methone on 9 December 1941.

A contemporary account of the sinking of the Sebastiano Vanier states: ‘On the night of 8 December 1941, an Italian cargo ship Sebastiano Vanier, left Benghazi for Italy with 2,000 Commonwealth Prisoners of War battened down in her five holds. At 1435 hours the following day the Jantzen as she was remembered by many who sailed in her - was torpedoed by HM Submarine Porpoise four miles west of Point Methoni which lies on the south-western tip of the Greek Peloponnese. Five hundred men died in the bloody shambles of the ship’s two forward holds. Jantzen did not sink. but she was promptly deserted by her Italian Captain and all but a few crew members who were not fast enough to keep up with their fleetfooted skipper.

The 1,500 men who survived the torpedo's blast would almost certainly have drowned but for an unknown German marine engineer who remained aboard to take command of the crippled ship. Two hours later, in a gathering storm, the gallant German ran the Jantzen hard aground and beam on to a narrow beach which lay below the high seawalls of a ruined Venetian castle. The ships plight had been observed by Italian occupation forces stationed in the area, the survivors will remember that 100 or more of these men were waiting on the beach and along the seawalls to greet the first prisoners who struggled ashore before an ill-fated life-line had been rigged. One of these men was a young officer, a keen photographer who had gone down to the Venetian castle earlier in the afternoon to photograph the high seas which were bursting into inverted Niagras of foaming water against the seawalls. He had seen the Jantzen vaguely in the distance but, unaware that disaster had overtaken her, took no further notice of the ship until he realised that she was slowly heading for the coast stern first. Then, as the ship drew closer, he saw with astonishment that she was well down by the head and obviously in serious trouble. Only when the Jantzen swung slowly to the north before beginning her final run for the shore did the Italian notice that hundreds of men were jammed tightly together on the deck over her stern. He watched in awe as the ship came steadily on to finally run hard aground at his feet. Since there was very little else he could do the young officer began to photograph the stranded ship. Few men have ever been better placed to film the death throes of a gallant vessel.’

Moved to Tuturano in Italy, Huggett arrived at Prison Camp 85 on 6 March 1942, and was then moved to Prison Camp 65 at Gravina in Italy on 6 November 1942, followed by Prison Camp 73 at Capri in Italy on 29 June 1943. With the Italian surrender he ‘attempted to join with Yugoslav Partisans after capitulation of Italy 1943 ... attempt was made alone in part civilian clothes carrying identification documents’; however, he was ‘recaptured by German patrol east of Udine’.

Huggett was transported north by the Germans to Stalag 18A at Spittal in Austria on 28 September 1943, being then moved to a work camp at Saint Marein near Merzal in Austrai from 17 December 1943, and remained there till he was liberated on 14 April 1945.

Huggett remained with the British Army after the war, seeing further service in Germany with the 5th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment, and was discharged in the rank of Sergeant.

Sold with the recipient’s original Army Certificate of Education, First Class, dated 24 March 1956; and copied research.

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A good Second World War 1942 ‘Second Battle of Ruweisat Ridge - First El Alamein’ M.M. group of six awarded to Warrant Officer Class 1 J. Robinson, 40th Battalion (The King’s), Royal Tank Regiment, who led his Troop with distinction at the attack on El Mreir, 22 July 1942, during which his tank had both guns knocked out by a direct hit, and was ultimately put out of action by another direct hit Military Medal, G.VI.R. (7880506 A/W.O. Cl. 1. J. Robinson. R. Tank. R.) minor edge nicks; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (7880506 Pte. J. Robinson. R. Tank. C.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, generally good very fine (6) £1,000-£1,400 M.M. London Gazette 5 December 1946. The original recommendation (for the award of the D.C.M.) date 5 August 1942, states: ‘In the attack on El Mreir on 22 July 42, Sjt. Robinson commanded a Tp. of tanks. Despite extremely heavy A/Tk. gun fire and our heavy tank casualties on the mine field, he advanced with his Tp. keeping them under excellent control. On nearing the objective his own tank had both guns put out of action by a direct hit, but he continued to command his Tp. though his tank was useless as a fighting vehicle.

At this stage he was ordered to take the Adjt. back with a message, but his tank was knocked out on way. Despite intense MG fire he left his tank on foot to attract the attention of some of our own tanks. Having done this he had his crew evacuated safely on the back of these tanks.

His leadership and cool courage in this action were exceptionally fine and gave his Tp. and all who saw him great heart.

I have the honour to recommend that he be awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his conduct this action.’

The following Memorandum is attached to this Recommendation for the attention of the Commander-in-Chief, General Headquarters, Middle East Land Forces: 7880506 A/WO I Robinson, John (R.T.R.) Ref. you memo. L.5160 A.G.15A dated 27 Jun 46.

It has been ascertained that the award of the M.M. to 7896019 Sgt. Robinson, J. A. (R.T.R., R.A.C.) should have been made to 7880506 A/WO I Robinson, John (R.T.R., R.A.C.).

However, as 7896019 Sgt. Robinson, J. A. took part in the same action and the monetary grant for the M.M. to this N.C.O. has been effected, it is considered that he be allowed to retain the award.

An award of the M.M. to A/WO I Robinson, John has been approved and an announcement of The King’s gracious approval of the award will be published in the London Gazette on 5 December 46.

The original citation submitted will be valid for both these awards.’

John Robinson served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Tank Corps on the North West Frontier. He subsequently advanced to Acting Warrant Officer Class I, and served with the 40th Battalion (The King’s), Royal Tank Regiment as part of the 23rd Armoured Brigade, 1st Armoured Division during the Second World War. He distinguished himself during the Second Battle of Ruweisat Ridge, as part of the First Battle of El Alamein in the Western Desert.

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A fin fine and rare Second War 1941 ‘Iraq operations – Action at Sin-el-Dhibban’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Private J. McDermott, King’s Own Royal Regiment, later Corps of Military Police, for his gallantry on the fir first day of the Anglo-Iraqi War; originally recommended for the D.C.M., he subsequently qualifie fied as a military parachutist and was posted to 6th (Airborne) Divisional Provost Company Military Medal, G.VI.R. (3711502 Pte. J. McDermott. King’s Own R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (3711502 Pte. J. McDermott. King’s Own R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted £3,000-£4,000 court-style, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine and better (7) M.M. London Gazette 19 August 1941: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East.’

The original recommendation, for a Distinguished Conduct Medal, states: ‘Conspicuous gallantry when under fire. 6 May 1941 – Sin-el-Dhibban.

After bringing in a wounded comrade under heavy MMG fire, he seized a LMG and although in an exposed position kept on firing until the gun was unusable. He then made three journeys of 150 yards across the open to take ammunition to a mortar Detachment. When this was completed he found another LMG and continued his firing.’

Sold with the following eye-witness account written by a comrade who served with McDermott: ‘On 6th May my Company, ‘D’ Coy, were directed to attack Dibban village, which the R.A.F. had reported was only lightly held. Contrary to this report the enemy was found to be well dug in and camouflaged and in great numerical strength. They reserved their fire until we were almost on them and then opened up with everything. The Company had to withdraw. A difficult operation largely assisted by Captain Weir manning a light machine gun. McDermott brought in one wounded man under heavy fire. He ten returned to the battle, found a machine gun which he continued to fire covering the company withdrawal until he ran out of ammunition. He then picked up a light machine gun and continued to return enemy fire. Later he made three separate sorties across a bullet swept area to carry ammunition to a mortar detachment whose firing was vital to the withdrawal of ‘D’ Company.

I was with McDermott part of the time and considered his M.M. was more than fully deserved.’

John L McDermott , enlisted into The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) as a 16 year old in 1936. He served with them in Palestine from 1936 to 1939 and in Iraq in 1941. He was recommended for a Distinguished Conduct Medal, but awarded a Military Medal, for conspicuous gallantry in August 1941, when he carried a wounded comrade under heavy enemy fire and also made repeated runs across open ground to resupply a mortar detachment with ammunition.

In 1942 McDermott transferred to the Corps of Military Police. He qualified as a military parachutist on Course 137 at R.A.F. Ringway, 9 to 23 October 1944, and was posted to 6th (Airborne) Divisional Provost Company C.M.P..

Private McDermott married Private Vivien Hall in November 1944, shortly after she had returned from serving overseas for several months.

He was transferred to 1st Airborne Division Provost Company and deployed to Norway in May 1945 for Operation Doomsday.

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A Second War ‘Italy campaign’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant W. C. Lambert, Green Howards, who was decorated for charging over open ground with a Bren gun and extricating a pinned down platoon Military Medal, G.VI.R. (4384537 Sjt. C. W, Lambert. Green Howards); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, extremely fine (7) £800-£1,000 M.M. London Gazette 9 March 1944.

The original recommendation – for a D.C.M. – states: ‘On the night of 13-14 October 1943, Sergeant Lambert took part in a highly successful company raid on Morrone, which was in German hands. In bright moonlight his platoon came under heavy machine-gun fire on open ground at about 150 yards range, his Platoon Commander and one section becoming pinned in a very dangerous position. Sergeant Lambert instantly took command and having organised covering fire, himself went forward with a Bren gun over the open, bullet swept ground and by his efforts extricated the remainder of the platoon.

On hearing that Corporal Hartley had been left behind wounded, he immediately doubled across the open field, which by this time was under fire from two directions. Without waiting for any covering fire and with entire disregard for his own safety, he reached the wounded man and evacuated him.

Throughout the operation Sergeant Lambert’s actions were outstanding and largely contributed to the success of the operations.’

William Clive Lambert was serving in the 1st Battalion, Green Howards at the time of the above cited deeds. He was a native of Blackley, Manchester.

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A Second World War immediate ‘North Africa’ M.M. group of fiv five awarded to Corporal F. Nuttall, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, for his bravery in the advance on Toukabeur, Tunisia, 10 April 1943, when he helped clear 2 machine guns and an 88mm gun Military Medal, G.VI.R. (3451793 Cpl. F. Nuttall. Lan. Fus.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, generally good very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400 M.M. London Gazette 15 June 1943. The original recommendation states: ‘On the 10th Apr. 1943 ‘B’ Co. 2/Lancs Fus. were ordered to advance from point 512 to Toukabeur. When the 2 leading platoons had cleared the shoulder of the hill they came under fire from 2 machine guns and an 88mm gun and were pinned down. Cpl. [D] Ryan crawled forward, located the machine guns, and shouted to his platoon to engage them with fire, and then called on Cpl. Nuttall and L/Cpl. [B] Newsham to accompany him in an assault on the 88mm gun, 150 yds away. The three NCO’s then assaulted the gun with “Tommy” guns and a Bren, killed one member of the crew and captured the rest. They then turned their automatics in the direction of the machine guns and shouted to their section to continue the advance under cover of their fire. Their fire was speedily effective and the enemy machine guns were almost immediately silenced. The company was then able to continue its advance without further opposition. I consider that these NCO’s by their swift and courageous action, and their skilful teamwork, undoubtedly saved their company many casualties and are all deserving of immediate awards.’

Frederick Nuttall served with the 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers as part of the 11th Infantry Brigade, 78th Infantry Division during the Second World War. He distinguished himself during the advance to Toukabeur, Tunisia in North Africa, 10 April 1943, and all three N.C.O.’s mentioned above were awarded the M.M. Nutall was wounded in action, 14 April 1943.

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A Second War ‘Sicily operations’ ‘Immediate’ M.M. awarded to Rifle fleman J. Willetts, Cameronians (Scottish Rifle fles), who was killed in action/ died in Germany on 21 April 1945 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (3246086 Rfmn. J. Willetts. Cameronians.) partially officially corrected (see footnote), heavy edge bruising, nearly very fine £700-£900 One of just 4 Military Medals awarded to the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) for Sicily.

M.M. London Gazette 18 November 1943: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Sicily.’

The original Recommendation states: ‘On 19 July 1943 a mortar carrier attached to Rifleman Willet’s company was hit by a shell from an enemy tank. The rear of the carrier immediately burst into flames. Rifleman Willets, who was under cover nearby, and realising that the crew might require help, immediately went to their assistance. In order to approach the carrier he had to cross a considerable distance of open ground which was being swept by enemy fire. In spite of the fact that the carrier was again struck by another shot from the tank, Rifleman Willets persisted in his task with complete disregard for his own personal safety. He succeeded in rescuing the driver’s mate who was wounded from the burning carrier and carried him some considerable distance over open ground to his Company HQ for medical attention.’

Note: Willetts’ M.M. was originally Gazetted on 18 November 1943, misspelling his surname as Willets (as indeed his is referred to throughout the official Recommendation); this error was corrected in the London Gazette 19 July 1945, with a substitution notice giving the correct spelling of his surname as Willetts, and it is this confusion that has undoubtedly led to the correction to the naming on his medal.

James Willetts , a native of Dudley, Worcestershire, served with the 2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) during the Second World War, and was killed in action/ died on 21 April 1945. He is buried in Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany.

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A good Second War 1943 ‘North Africa’ M.M. group of fiv five awarded to Private R. N. G. Lingham, 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, who was originally recommended for a D.C.M. for his gallantry during the attack on Longstop Hill, 24 April 1943, and was subsequently killed in action in Italy on 16 November 1943 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (6348273 Pte. R. N. G. Lingham. R. W. Kent. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, £1,400-£1,800 mounted for display, good very fine (5) Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, July 2019 M.M. London Gazette 8 July 1943: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North Africa’.

The original recommendation, initially for a D.C.M., states: ‘Private Lingham commanded a Section during the attack on Longstop Hill on 24 April 1943. On nearing the foot of the hill, at a small village called Chaibine, this section, who were leading the advance, met an enemy strong point consisting of 5 machine guns. In spite of murderous enemy fire he led his section immediately into the attack, and it was only after the whole of the section had been killed or wounded and a barbed wire entanglement met that he gave up his attempts on the post. Then he personally dragged clear a number of his wounded colleagues and sent them back to the Regimental Aid Post. In the later stages of the attack, in spite of heavy and accurate shell fire, he continued to be a magnificent example to all members of his Company.’

Ronald Norman Gustave Lingham was the son of Oscar Stephen and Lizzie Jane Lingham, of Maidstone, Kent. He attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment, and served with the 6th Battalion in North Africa, where he distinguished himself at the Battle of Longstop Hill. He subsequently served with the Battalion in Italy, and was killed in action at the Sangro River on 16 November 1943. He is buried in the Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy.

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‘By now it was nearly 11 o’clock in the forenoon and the position had become extremely hot in both senses of the word. The desert was quivering with heat. The gun detachments and the platoons squatted in their pits and trenches, the sweat running in rivers down their dust-caked faces. There was a terrible stench. The flies swarmed in black clouds upon the dead bodies and excreta and tormented the wounded. The place was strewn with burning tanks and carriers, wrecked guns and vehicles, and all over drifted the smoke and dust from the bursting high explosive and from the blasts of guns. Six more carriers had been hit and set on fire … Several of the detachments were down to two or three men and officers were manning guns to replace the casualties.

But the offensive spirit had firmly seized upon all ranks. The bursting shells that shook the ground and the heavy shot that smashed a gun or carrier, or that took the breath from one’s lungs with the vacuum of its close passing, could not shake the spirit. Every kill was acclaimed. At last they had got the weapon that could knockout the Panzers ... ’ Grim determination on the ‘Snipe’ feature on 26-27 October 1942; El Alamein, by Brigadier C. E. Lucas Phillips, refers.

The exceptional Second War ‘battle of El Alamein’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant A. Francis, Rifle fle Brigade, who was decorated for his gallantry in the V.C. engagement on the ‘Snipe’ feature on 26-27 October 1942.

In what amounted to be one of the fin finest actions in the regiment’s history - and indeed of the entire war - a small force of rifle flemen with supporting arms, under Lieutenant-Colonel ‘Vic’ Turner, V.C., held off no less than ‘90 enemy tanks which advanced in successive waves’, only engaging them with their 6-pounder guns when the range was down to a few hundred yards Military Medal, G.VI.R. (6911153 L. Sjt. A. Francis. Rif. Brig.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (6911153 Rfmn. A. Francis. Rif. Brig.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (6911153 Sjt. A. Francis. Rif. Brig.) mounted court-syle for wear, the second with edge bruises and polished, nearly very fine, the remainder good very fine (7) £3,000-£4,000 M.M. London Gazette 14 January 1943.

The original recommendation, approved by Montgomery, states: ‘Corporal Francis was No. 3 of a 6-pounder anti-tank gun in the Snipe position on 26 and 27 October 1942. He engaged enemy tanks whenever they appeared with accurate fire, although his gun was in an exposed position, and continuously under shell and machine-gun fire. When there were no targets in sight, he went across and attended to any wounded in the vicinity and by his cheerfulness and unconcern was an inspiration to all in the area.

Finally, when his gun was out of action, he fetched ammunition as it was needed to those guns still left firing, either carrying it on foot or driving it across the position under intense fire. His unflinching devotion to duty was a source of courage and confidence to all ranks in critical circumstances.’

Albert Francis - also known as ‘Aldo’ - was a long-served soldier in the Rifle Brigade who was present in operations on the North-West Frontier in 1930-31. But it was as a Lance-Sergeant in the 2nd Battalion in the opening stages of the battle of El Alamein that he was to win regimental fame, namely for his part in the epic ‘Snipe’ action. Just a few days earlier, he and his comrades were allocated to the Minefield Task Force, their unenvious mission commencing on the evening of 23 October and lasting for three days and two nights, an exhausting undertaking that left its men in a weakened state, even before their ‘Snipe’ heroics.

‘Snipe’ – 26-27 October 1942 Commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel V. B. ‘Vic’ Turner, 2/Rifle Brigade had 13 6-pounders and was supported by a dozen or so sappers and six 6pounders from 239 Anti-Tank Battery, R.A., his force numbering in total around 300 men. The whole were cut-off in a scrubby depression and without artillery support, the relevant Forward Observation Officer having lost his way. And pitched against them were two enemy armoured groups equipped with Mk. IV or Mk. III Specials, supported by accurate 88mm. fire: in the words of the citation to Turner’s V.C., no less in fact than ‘90 enemy tanks which advanced in successive waves.’ But Turner’s men remained defiant in the face of these relentless attacks, allowing the enemy armour to approach to within a few hundred yards before risking the expenditure of more valuable rounds from their rapidly decreasing supplies of ammunition. It was a range which resulted in devastating loss to the enemy.

The action has been described in numerous histories, but El Alamein by Colin Smith and John Bierman, and Alamein by Brigadier C. E. Lucas Phillips best summarise events. And both accounts credit the gallant work of Francis, who, in fact, closely linked to Turner’s exploits.

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Amidst unfolding scenes of carnage, Francis fought his gun until it was knocked out, following which he gallantly moved around in the open, helping the wounded and supplying ammunition to those guns still in action. And one of those guns was commanded by Sergeant Charles Calistan, with Vic Turner having stepped in as his loader. Smith and Bierman take up the story: ‘ … A splinter sliced through Turner’s helmet and penetrated his skull. He fell to his knees, blood pouring over his eyes and down his face. He wanted to carry on but Toms and Corporal Albert Francis persuaded him to lie down behind a camel thorn bush before they rushed back to Calistan. They found him crouched by his gun, his forehead pressed against the concertina rubber eyepiece of the six-pounder’s telescopic sight while he turned the wheels which controlled elevation and traverse. A burst of machine gun fire kicked up dust behind him but Calistan seemed unaware of it. His hand moved towards the firing lever and Toms knelt with a fresh round in his hands ready to slam it in the breech. Calistan started firing when the first MI4 was 300 yards away. He fired twice more and all three were flamers. “Hat trick!” yelled the colonel from behind his bush. In the lull that followed, Calistan put a dixie of water on the bonnet of Toms’ still smouldering jeep and brewed some tea. Turner was taken a mug. “As good a cup of tea as I’ve ever had,” he always said when he re-told the story.’

Lucas Phillips also refers to Francis’s actions, including his assistance to Sergeant J. A. Hine’s gun. It was from the latter’s position that he doubled over to help unload ammunition from a burning jeep to re-supply Sergeant Callistan.

Lucas Phillips closed his account of ‘Snipe’ in the following terms: ‘The action gained such fame throughout the desert, becoming somewhat embroidered in the retelling, that a Committee of Investigation was appointed a month later to examine the ground, count the still remaining carcasses of the enemy tanks and sift through all the evidence critically.

Their inquiry was searching. They analysed the performance of every single gun. Taking into consideration the number of wrecks that had been removed by ourselves or by the enemy, the Committee concluded that the minimum number of tanks burnt and totally destroyed was 32 - 21 German and 11 Italian - plus five self-propelled guns, and that certainly another 15, perhaps 20, tanks had been knocked out and recovered, making a grand total of 57. A few tracked and wheeled vehicles had also been destroyed. Only a very few of the tanks recovered could have been repaired before the battle ended.

This phenomenal success had not been won without its cost in flesh and blood, but, speaking relatively, the cost had not been grievously severe.

Of the total force of less than 300 who had started out from the Highland lines, 72 riflemen and gunners had been killed or wounded, to which number were to be added some R.E. casualties, not ascertained. The figure would have been very much higher if they had not been well trained in the principle of “dig or die” and in the craft of concealment.’

Aside from Turner’s V.C., the ‘Snipe’ action resulted in the award of two D.S.O.s, five M.C.s, three D.C.M.s and 11 M.M.s. Francis, of course, among the latter.

An excellent diorama of the action is located in the Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester, a display that includes Turner’s V.C., in addition to other notable gallantry awards. The regiment later commissioned Terence Cuneo to paint a scene of the action; see Focus on Courage, the 59 Victoria Crosses of The Royal Green Jackets, by Lieutenant-General Sir Christopher Wallace, for a colour image.

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A Second War ‘North West Europe’ M.M. group of fiv five awarded to Acting Sergeant J. Cooper, Rifle fle Brigade Military Medal, G.VI.R. (6915446 A. Sjt. J. Cooper, Rif Brig.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (5) £1,200-£1,600 Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, February 2016 (when sold without the Defence Medal).

M.M. London Gazette 29 March 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe.’

The original Recommendation states: ‘Sergeant Cooper has commanded a carrier section from August to October 1944, during the advance from Caumont to Antwerp, then on the Deurne. On many occasions during the advance Sergeant Cooper’s section has led the advance. At Putanges on 18 August, Sergeant Cooper made a reconnaissance of the River Orne with great skill and coolness and in spite of the presence of two Panther tanks returned with very useful information. Again west of Arrus on 1 September, information was received that a column of enemy horse drawn artillery and transport was moving down the road west to east. Sergeant Cooper immediately moved forward with all speed and cutting the road succeeded in causing such confusion among the enemy that the tanks were able to come up and finish them off. A large number of prisoners were taken. During the whole advance Sergeant Cooper’s section destroyed many enemy vehicles and took many prisoners. Sergeant Cooper showed himself at all times to be a gallant and resolute leader who was always quick to take the smallest opportunity to inflict damage on the enemy and to speed up the advance. His coolness and skill have been an inspiration to all who served with him.’

James Cooper was born in Mitcham, Surrey, on 27 June 1919 and attested for the Rifle Brigade on 15 December 1939. He served with the 8th Battalion (formerly the 2nd Battalion, London Rifles) during the Second World War in North West Europe from 10 June 1944 until the cessation of hostilities, and was awarded the Military Medal for his services during the advance to Antwerp in late 1944. He was discharged on 27 May 1946, after 6 years and 163 days’ service, and died in Portsmouth on 4 June 1991.

Sold with named card box of issue for the M.M.; named Buckingham Palace enclosure; and copied research, which confirms the recipient’s entitlement to the Defence Medal.

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A Second War ‘Burma operations’ M.M. awarded to Sapper Balouch, 70th Field Company, Bengal Sappers & Miners Group, Royal Indian Engineers, who was decorated for his gallant part in manning an L.M.G. during the assault on ‘Bare Patch’ on Vaona Ridge in February 1944: ‘one particular sniper hit the stones on the parapet of his slit trench three times until fin finally ... Sapper Baluch spotted him and fin finished him off with two well-aimed bursts.’

Military Medal, G.VI.R. (26155 Spr. Balouch Bengal S&M. Gp. I.E.) officially engraved naming; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal, mounted for display, generally very fine (5) £600-£800 Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, April 2003 and July 2016 (sold as a single M.M. on both occasions) M.M. London Gazette 16 November 1944.

The original recommendation states: ‘Sapper Balouch was a member of the sapper pressure-charge party which accompanied the assault on Bare Patch, on the Vaona Ridge, after dark, on 6 February 1944.

As the assaulting troops reached the crest of the ridge, they were held up by heavy enemy automatic fire. He, in the forefront of the advance, led the party until it was halted by the Platoon Commander at the crest of the ridge, in order to conform with the assaulting infantry. Their rush had brought the party to the very front, and when consolidation began they dug-in with bush knives on the perimeter, immediately opposite the Japs who were strongly entrenched about 50 yards away.

Sapper Balouch, with his L.M.G., was in the foremost position, and held this position from 2000 hours on the 6th of February until 1500 hours on the 8th, when the party withdrew for other work. During this period, he was continually subjected to accurate sniping at short range and heavy mortar fire. Maintaining excellent fire discipline, he fired a total of only six magazines in spite of repeated alarms. One particular sniper hit the stones on the parapet of his slit trench three times, until finally, at 1200 hours on the 8th, Sapper Balouch spotted him and finished him off with two well-aimed bursts.

Throughout the action, and on many other occasions, he set a fine example of coolness, steadiness and cheerfulness, which greatly impressed and encouraged the rest of his company.’

Balouch was a Punjabi Mussalman Jat from Dhok Sher village in Jhelum district and was serving in the 70th Indian Light Field Company, Indian Engineers, at the time of the above cited deeds.

The assaulting troops he supported so ably in the attack on ‘Bare Patch’ were the 1-7th Gurkhas, under Major Peter Sanders, who, owing to the loss of an arm in operations on the North-West Frontier in the 1930s, found the ascent particularly challenging, for both hands were required to pull oneself up the steep slope. He was awarded the D.S.O. An indication of the fierceness of the Japanese response to the assault is evident in the 100 casualties suffered by Sanders’s Gurkhas.

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A Second War 1944 ‘Burma campaign’ M.M. group of four awarded to Lance-Naik M. Singh, Indian Signal Corps Military Medal, G.VI.R. (A.9066 L/Nk Mewa Singh I.S.C.) officially engraved naming; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted for display, generally very fine (4) £500-£600 M.M. London Gazette 16 June 1944.

The original recommendation states: ‘At Kiangziang, Chin Hills, on 16 March 1944, Lance-Naik Mewa Singh was in charge of the wireless set at a forward patrol base consisting of four sections, 14th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles.

On the previous day, the patrol base had been attacked by the enemy in strength. Casualties had been inflicted, but the base was forced to pull out from its original position, taking with it seven J.I.F. prisoners who had been brought in by a patrol.

On the night of 15-16 March, the base was again attacked. The wireless set was burnt and the party commenced to move back at first light, when it was again attacked by a superior force of the enemy.

In the confusion that followed, the party split up, and Lance-Naik Mewa Singh found himself with another signaller and the seven J.I.F. prisoners, at some distance from the remainder.

Lance-Naik Mewa Singh at once took charge, and commenced to lead his party, by a difficult and circuitous route, back to the battalion base at Chakpi Karong, some 20 miles distant. Throughout the march, he kept his party together, resisted all efforts of the prisoners either to escape or to persuade the signallers to throw in their hands with them, and on the evening of 16 March arrived back in good order.

Throughout these operations Lance-Naik Mewa Singh displayed courage and devotion to duty of a very high order.’

Mewa Singh was from Sherpur village in Gurdaspur district and was serving in the 100th Indian Infantry Brigade, a component of the 20th Indian Division, at the time of the above cited deeds.

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A fin fine Second War ‘Burma campaign’ immediate M.M. group of fiv five awarded to Lance-Naik K. Ellahi, 3/6th Rajputana Rifle fles, who was wounded in the head whilst facing off a Japanese attack with his Bren gun Military Medal, G.VI.R. (22638 L-Nk Karam Ellahi Raj Rif) edge bruise; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal, mounted for display, generally very fine (5) £600-£800 M.M. London Gazette 20 September 1945.

The original recommendation states: ‘During operations on the Toungoo-Mawchi Road, on 1 July 1945, on the ‘Nevis’ feature, Lance-Naik Karam Ellahi’s company position was heavily attacked by approximately 40 Japs, supported by M.M.G.s and L.M.G.s. The enemy’s attack was concentrated on the forward edge of the perimeter which was covered by a section of M.M.G.s The guns had only just been put into position, and no trenches had been dug, when the enemy attacked. These guns were in a completely exposed position, and the enemy attempted to encircle one of the M. M.G.s and the gun crews were killed.

On seeing this, Lance-Naik Karam Ellahi picked up a Bren gun, doubled forward under intense fire, disregarding a grenade wound on his head, took up position between the M.M.G.s and gave effective covering fire whilst reserves took over the M.M.G.s. When the M.M.G.s had almost run of ammunition, this N.C.O. returned under heavy enemy fire and brought up reserve ammunition.

Through his initiative and personal disregard of danger, he prevented the gun from falling into enemy hands. The outstanding example set by this N.C.O. was of the highest order and an inspiration to all ranks.’

Karam Ellahi was from Mankur village in Campbellpore district and was serving in 62 Indian Infantry Division, a component of the 19th Indian Division, at the time of the above cited deeds.

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A fin fine Second War ‘Burma campaign’ M.M. group of six awarded to Naik K. Gurung, 4/8th Gurkha Rifle fles, who held his position for three days and nights, and ‘smashed’ all Japanese attempts to take it; on another occasion, he ‘wiped out’ an enemy post with his Tommy Gun and grenades Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2218 Nk Kulbahadur Gurung GR); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (2218 Rfn. Kulbahadur Gurung, 1-8 G.R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal, last three campaign awards officially impressed ‘2218 L/Nk. Kulbahadur. Gurung, 8 G.R.’, mounted for display, generally very fine (6) £700-£900 M.M. London Gazette 17 January 1946.

The original recommendation states: ‘Near Ywathit, on the east bank of the Irrawaddy, on 2 March 1945, Naik Kulbahadur Gurung led a small patrol to observe and pinpoint enemy positions. This N.C.O. himself penetrated to within seven yards of the nearest position from which two Japs emerged and gave the alarm. After shooting one dead, he extricated his patrol without loss.

A few nights later, this N.C.O. led a strong fighting patrol to raid the area. He himself, acting on information he had obtained, wiped out with his Tommy Gun and grenades a complete post containing five Japs.

On numerous occasions, first at Milaungbya, at Singu and at Lanywa, Naik Kulbahadur Gurung constantly led important patrols, by day and night and always succeeded, not only in bringing back vital information, but also in taking a steady toll on the enemy.

At Taungdaw, on the west bank of the Irrawaddy, from 12-14 May, he displayed magnificent steadfastness when his company was besieged for three days and continuously attacked by day and night. His example so inspired and encouraged his men that every enemy attack was held and smashed.’

Kulbahadur Gurung was from Sankyapur village, Bhirkot, Nepal and was serving in 89 Indian Infantry Brigade, a component of 7 Indian Division, at the time of the above cited deeds.

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A Second War 1944 ‘Burma campaign’ M.M. group of four awarded to Havildar H. Chand, 7/14th Punjab Regiment Military Medal, G.VI.R. (12391 Hav. Hari Chand 14. Punjab R) attempt to erase unit; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939 £360-£440 -45, mounted for display, generally very fine (4) M.M. London Gazette 13 September 1945.

The original recommendation - for an I.D.S.M. - states: ‘Between 12-27 September [1944], this N.C.O. was a member of a fighting patrol operating against the enemy along the Tiddim Road. During this operation the patrol covered over 100 miles of difficult jungle country, man-handling their L. M.G.s and 3-inch mortars for long distances in torrential monsoon weather, and under heavy fire from enemy mortars and artillery directed by O. P.s.

Havildar Hari Chand commanded his ambush post along the road in a most praiseworthy manner, instilling confidence in the men by his coolness and personal disregard of danger. Throughout this operation this N.C.O. set a very high example of courage and determination and contributed much to the success of the operations.’

Hari Chand was from Malhru village in Kangra district and was serving in the Lushai Brigade at the time of the above cited deeds.

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A Second War ‘Burma campaign’ immediate M.M. group of four awarded to Naik C. S. Baskandi, 1/18th Royal Garwhal Rifle fles, who was wounded in maintaining wireless communications in a Japanese counter-attack on Ramree Island in February 1945 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (7436 Nk. Chandar Sing Baskandi, 1-18 R Garh. Rif.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, £600-£800 mounted for display, light contact marks, very fine (4) M.M. London Gazette 3 May 1945.

The original recommendation states: ‘On 4 February 1945, on Ramree Island, Burma, Naik Chandar Singh Baskandi was one of two battalion signallers attached to a rifle company ordered to carry out an attack on the Bean feature. This was a key position covering the approaches to Ramree town.

The attack on this feature involved a long approach march and took till evening to accomplish. Naik Chandar Singh Baskandi and Rifleman Sing Chauhan carried on normally until 2200 hours that night, when the company position was heavily mortared and machine-gunned and eventually overrun in a determined enemy counter-attack. Amongst others, both signallers were hit. Naik Chandar Baskandi allowed his essential terminal pair to be evacuated but remained himself to carry out the double duty alone.

At this time the position was the scene of fierce hand-to-hand fighting. Naik Chandar Singh Baskandi, although badly wounded in the arm, continued to operate the set, passing verbal messages from Battalion H.Q. to Company H.Q., and vice versa with the utmost coolness. The situation worsened and the Company H.Q. was forced off its position to another some 300 yards to the north.

Naik Chandar Singh Baskandi slung his set on the shoulder of his undamaged arm and set off through the jungle with the Company Commander.

This movement was necessarily carried out in great haste and, while negotiating a difficult part of the ridge, his set slipped and rolled some distance down the slope. The new position was sited near another company and Naik Chandar Singh Baskandi, the senior signaller present, took over control of its set, passing information from both units to Battalion H.Q., via this one remaining link.

The situation was such that it was not possible to relieve Naik Chandar Singh Baskandi and he stoutly refused to be evacuated. Before light on 5 February, Naik Chandar Singh Baskandi, realizing that the two companies had to split up again, went forward on his own initiative back to the area of his company’s position of the night before and retrieved an abandoned wireless set. He was eventually relieved at 0900 hours after having been on continuous duty for 21 and a half hours, half of which while wounded and unassisted by his pair.

The keynote of the gallant action of this N.C.O. lies in his cool devotion to duty during a critical phase of the operations, his sense of responsibility and his example to all ranks.’

Chandar Singh Baskandi was from Toli village in Garhwal district and was serving in 71 Indian Infantry Brigade, a component of 26 Indian Division, at the time of the above cited deeds.

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A Second War ‘Italy campaign’ immediate M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant W. G. W. Lane, Canadian Provost Corps, who was decorated for his gallantry in an attack against the formidable Gothic Line in August 1944 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (A56606 Sgt. W. G. W. Lane C. Pro. C.) a slightly later issue; 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, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted for wear, lacquered, generally very fine or better (6) £600-£800 M.M. London Gazette 8 March 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.’

The original recommendation states: ‘On the night of 30-31 August 1944, during the attack on the Gothic Line by 11 Canadian Infantry Brigade Group, Sergeant Lane commanded the leading section of 5 Canadian Provost Company. The task of this section was to mark the route from Montelabbate to the Foggia River ford and to mark the gap through the minefields to the Montecchio lateral.

Throughout the night the route and ford were subjected to heavy mortar fire. This Non-Commissioned Officer, by his courage and resourcefulness, kept the route clear and by his personal direction, while under fire, ensured a constant flow of armoured and wheeled vehicles across the ford.

By total disregard of his personal safety, determination and devotion to duty, Segreant Lane ensured the impetus of the attack was maintained.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 1 February 1945.

William George Walter Lane was born to British parents in South Africa in 1909 but clearly emigrated to Canada prior to the outbreak of war.

He was serving in No. 5 Provost Company, a component of 5th Canadian Armoured Division, at the time of the above cited deeds.

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A Second War ‘East Africa theatre’ M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant B. Vorster, 11th Field Battery, South African Artillery Military Medal, G.VI.R. (P.4466 Sjt. B. Vorster. S.A.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, the last four all impressed ‘P4466 B. Vorster’; Union Medal, the edge numbered ‘223’; together with the War Medal 1939-45 and Africa Service Medal awarded to his sister-in-law, these impressed ‘F266085 E. J. C. Oelfose’, good very fine (8) £600-£800 M.M. London Gazette 30 December 1941.

The original recommendation, dated 11 March 1941, states: ‘T/Sgt. Barend Vorster, 11th Field Battery, S.A.A. Special mention should be made of the above named Sergeant for devotion to duty. This N.C.O. has carried out his duties at all times with the utmost coolness, keeness and efficiency even under fire. At Jumbo this N.C.O. in an endeavour to establish communication with the Battery, after the line had been torn up by our tanks, set out late in the afternoon to repair the damage, thereby exposing himself to the fire of the enemy who were still operating in that quarter. The men sent out from the Battery end were not permitted by an officer of our Infantry to traverse this section of the line owing to the danger of being cut off, yet Sergeant Vorster and his party came through and so were able to effect the repairs which enabled communications to be established next morning.’

In February and March 1941, the strategic coastal village of Jumbo at the mouth of the Juba River in Italian Somaliland was captured by South African and British forces.

Sold with three post-war School of Artillery and Armour group photographs, Union Medal award certificate, discharge certificate and copied records of service for both recipients.

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A good Second War escaper’s M.M. group of six awarded to Gunner L. W. Schwegman, South African Artillery, who was taken P.O.W. at Tobruk in June 1942. Among other adventures on the run, he fought with a partisan group, was wounded by fascists and sentenced to death by a German Military Tribunal, but before that sentence could be carried out, he and others over-powered their guard, Garson fin finally being rescued by the clandestine ‘A’ Force in May 1944 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (1986 Gnr. L. W. Schwegman. S.A.A.) edge bruising; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, campaign awards all unnamed, mounted for display, otherwise generally very fine (6) £1,000-£1,400 M.M. London Gazette 14 September 1944.

The original recommendation – in a joint citation with Private D. E. Lester - states: ‘Captured at Tobruk on 21 June 1942, Lester and Schwegman were imprisoned at Benghazi, Altamura and Laterina (Campo 82). Whilst at Laterina they participated in a tunnel scheme, but this was not completed by the time of the Armistice. On 13 September 1943, when the gates were temporarily opened, they escaped and travelled to Vado with four companions.

At the beginning of January 1944, after Schwegman had been wounded by fascists, he and Lester travelled to Porcarela, where they joined a rebel band and assisted in sabotage and other operations. Six weeks later they decided to go with a small party of escapers and an Italian to the Adriatic coast, in the hope of reaching Allied lines by sea. At Porto S. Elpidio they found a boat, but abandoned it when the oars broke, and travelled on to Porto S. Giorgio, where they were captured and taken to Macerata civil prison.

Although they were tried for sabotage, etc., by a German Military Tribunal and sentenced to death, two months later, under the leadership of an officer, the thirteen P/W in the gaol overpowered the five guards and broke out. Lester and Schwegman went to Monte Giberto, from where they were evacuated to Termoli under ‘A’ Force arrangements on 24 May 1944.’

Leslie William Schwegman was serving in the 4th Battery, 2nd Field Regiment at the time of his capture.

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A Second War ‘North Africa campaign’ immediate M.M. group of fiv five awarded to Corporal J. J. Hayton, 1st Battalion, Rand Light Infantry, who was thrice wounded in his M.M.-winning action on Miteiriya ‘Ruin’ Ridge on the opening night of the El Alamein offensive in October 1942 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (28334 T/Cpl. J. J. Hayton. 1. R.L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Africa Service Medal, campaign awards all officially impressed ‘28334 J. J. Hayton’, mounted for display, cleaned, very fine (5) £800-£1,000 M.M. London Gazette 31 December 1942.

The original recommendation - signed off by Montgomery - states: ‘For courage, leadership and fortitude during the attack by his battalion on a sector of the Miteiriya Ridge on the night of 23-24 October 1942. During the advance to the objective, this N.C.O. was wounded on three different occasions, but continued to lead his section. He took part in the final assault and led his men with determination. He refused to be evacuated until compelled to do so through pain and loss of blood. His fortitude, courage and leadership were outstanding.’

John Joseph Hayton was serving in 3 South African Infantry Brigade, a component of 1 South African Division, at the time of the above cited deeds.

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A Second War ‘North Africa campaign’ M.M. group of six awarded to Lieutenant J. H. Kruger, South African Air Force, late 4th South African Armoured Car Regiment, in which latter unit he was wounded in the Western Desert in February 1942 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (135052 Tpr. J. H. Kruger. S.A.T.C.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, campaign awards all officially impressed ‘135052 J. H. Kruger’, mounted for display, cleaned, very fine (5) £800-£1,000 M.M. London Gazette 23 April 1942.

Jan Harm Kruger was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa on 2 November 1918 and enlisted in the Union Defence Force in July 1940. Posted to the 4th South African Armoured Car Regiment, he was embarked for Egypt in February 1941 and was wounded in the Western Desert in February 1942, being blown out of his armoured car and suffering resultant injuries to his right thigh and shoulder. And those injuries returned to haunt him whilst attending a battle course back in the Union in March 1943, but rather than face a medical down grade, Kruger managed to transfer to the South Africa Air Force, in which he trained as a navigator and served in Italy from April 1944 to December 1945, latterly as a Lieutenant.

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A Second War D.F.M. group of six awarded to Flight Lieutenant A. E. F. S. Jones, Royal Australian Air Force, who, having survived the loss of the M.V. Memnon off West Africa in February 1941 - and the harsh realities of the Vichy French hospitality - was decorated for his gallantry as a Wireless Operator in the Wellingtons of 460 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron. He fle flew in at least 30 operational sorties with the Squadron, including on all three ‘Thousand Bomber Raids’, May - June 1942 Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (AUS.407103. Sgt. A. E. F. S. Jones. R.A.A.F.) suspension slack; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, campaign awards unnamed, mounted for display, with Air £1,200-£1,600 Gunner’s Brevet, generally very fine or better (6) D.F.M. London Gazette 29 December 1942.

The original recommendation states: ‘This Australian N.C.O. successfully completed 30 sorties with a total of 195 hours, 35 minutes operational flying. On his way to this country from Australia, this N.C.O. was torpedoed and interned at Dakar but had the good fortune to be exchanged and released.

He was an above the average Wireless Operator/Air Gunner and contributed greatly to the success of his flights by his assistance to the Navigator. On two occasions photographs were obtained within two miles of the target.

His skill and courage in the limited scope of Wireless Operator were of a high order and I consider he merits personal recognition.’

Arthur Edward Frederick Jones was born in Renmark, South Australia, on 17 February 1912 and had previous service in the Australian Army in 1930-34, prior to his enlistment in the Royal Australian Air Force in May 1940. Having then qualified as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner at Ballarat, he was embarked for the U.K. in the M.V. Memnon in early 1941, but she was torpedoed and sunk by U-106 off the west coast of Africa on 11 March 1941. Among the survivors, Jones was taken P.O.W. by the Vichy French on coming ashore at Dakar about a fortnight later, suffering from exposure and exhaustion.

Released in an exchange deal in May 1941, Jones then continued his journey to the U.K. and was posted to 460 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron, a Wellington unit operating out of R.A.F. Breighton, Yorkshire, in December 1941.

On the night of 15-16 April 1942, when detailed to attack Dortmund, his Wellington was damaged by flak, and his pilot, a fellow Australian, P./O. Breen, had to carry out an emergency landing back in England, in which the 2nd Pilot sustained a broken ankle. Further drama unfolded on the night of 22-23 May 1942, when, recalled from a ‘gardening’ sortie on account of the poor weather and visibility, Breen unknowingly landed on an incomplete section of runway. The mine-laden Wellington’s port wheel ran into a ditch on running out of runway, and the aircraft then overshot and collided with a bank of earth and a cement mixer. Luckily, there was only one casualty, the Rear Gunner who banged his head on the roof of his turret and sustained concussion.

Other notable sorties flown by Jones included the ‘Thousand Bomber Raids’ on Cologne, Essen and Bremen in May-June 1942, in addition to a spate of trips to similarly heavily defended German targets, among them Duisburg (twice), Hamburg (twice) and Stuttgart (twice). He and his crew were also detailed to attack flak-ridden Le Havre on no less than five occasions in April 1942.

Tour-expired by August 1942, Jones was awarded the D.F.M., which distinction he received from the King at a Buckingham Palace investiture held on 23 February 1943.

Commissioned in December 1942, he served as an instructor in the U.K. and in Canada, prior to returning to Australia in January 1946, where he was demobbed as a Flight Lieutenant. He later moved to Rhodesia and South Africa.

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A 1920 Constabulary Medal (Ireland) pair awarded to Constable W. E. Brown, Royal Irish Constabulary, later Royal Ulster Constabulary, for his gallantry in the defence of Camp Barracks, Belfast Constabulary Medal (Ireland), 2nd type, ‘Reward of Merit Royal Irish Constabulary’ (Constable William E. Brown 66485. 1920); Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (Const. William E. Brown.) good very fine and a rare pair (2) £2,400-£2,800

Approximately 315 Constabulary Medals (Ireland) awarded.

William Edward Brown was born on 29 April 1892 and was appointed to the Royal Irish Constabulary on 24 March 1912. He served initially in Galway, before transferring to Belfast on 7 February 1914, and was granted a 1st Class Favourable Record and awarded the Constabulary Medal on 1 March 1920, for his ‘Defence of Camp Barracks’. He was still serving in Belfast when the Royal Irish Constabulary was disbanded on 31 May 1922, an it is believed that he subsequently served with the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

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A Silver Sea Gallantry Medal awarded to Seaman T. Calligan, for his gallantry in helping rescue the crew of the Millfie field in the North Atlantic Ocean on 11 December 1897 Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, silver (Thomas Calligan wreck of the “Millfield” on the 11th December 1897.) fitted with a top silver stirrup loop for wearing, and housed in the original damaged embossed case of issue, edge bruising, good very fine £500-£700 Thomas Calligan (also recorded as Callaghan) was awarded the Board of Trade Silver Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, and a gratuity of £3, in recognition of his services, together with eight other men of the S.S. Esturia, in rescuing the shipwrecked crew of the S.S. Millfield, of Whitby, which was abandoned in the North Atlantic Ocean.

On 11 December 1897, the steamship Millfield had become waterlogged after a gale had carried away the hatches and funnel. Water was pouring into her in great volumes and it was only a question of how long she would survive. Fortunately, she was sighted by the Etruria but so bad were the conditions that Captain Ferguson decided not to risk the lives of its crew. She stood by for 12 hours before conditions improved sufficiently for a rescue attempt to be made. A lifeboat was lowered at 3.05 a.m. containing the extra Second Mate Mr. Broadbent on the bow oar, seven seamen, and the First Mate Mr. Dodd steering. When the lifeboat reached the Millfield care had to be taken to prevent the lifeboat being stove in against the ship's side before the boat could be filled and return to the Etruria where the rescued mariners were hauled up to the deck of the ship. The second trip by the lifeboat was much more arduous as the ships had drifted apart and the lifeboat was not initially sheltered in the Etruria’s lee. The second rescue was again a success as the remainder of the Millfield’s crew were brought back to the Etruria, and again hauled up the ship’s side to safety. The lifeboat had to be abandoned.

In addition to the Board of Trade Medals, for this gallant action Lloyd's awarded its Silver Medal for Saving Life (at Sea) to First Mate George Henry Dodd, and its Bronze Medals to Extra Second Mate Harvey William Broadbent, Boatswain’s Mate Daniel Garster, Master-at-arms John Henderson, Quartermaster John Hayes, and Seamen Richard Collins, James Murphy, Thomas Calligan and Frederick William Young.

Dodd also received the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society's Silver Marine Medal. The Mercantile Marine Service Association awarded its Gold Medal to Dodd and its Silver Medal to Broadbent.

For his services in leading the rescue, the Captain of the Esturia, Mr. John Ferguson, was awarded a piece of Silver Plate by the Board of Trade and a Gold Marine Medal from the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society.

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A Second War B.E.M. awarded to Mr. A. Graham, Plater, Barclay Curle and Co. Ltd. British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Archibald Graham) housed in a privately commissioned wooded box, with crown emblem carved into the lid, nearly extremely fine £80-£100 B.E.M. London Gazette 3 January 1945: Archibald Graham, Plater, Barclay Curle & Company, Ltd.

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A Second War B.E.M. awarded to Matron Harriet H. Membery, Government Evacuation Scheme Hostel, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Harriet Helen, Mrs. Membery) on lady’s bow riband, nearly extremely fine £80-£100 B.E.M. London Gazette 9 January 1940: Harriet Helen, Mrs. Membery, Matron, Government Evacuation Scheme Hostel, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire.

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A post-War B.E.M. awarded to Miss Elsie S. Smedley, Telephonist, General Post Office, Salford British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Miss Elsie S. Smedley) on lady’s bow riband, in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £80-£100 B.E.M. London Gazette 5 June 1952: Miss Elsie Sandys Smedley, Telephonist, General Post Office, Salford (Eccles.)

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A post-War B.E.M. awarded to Miss Ethel B. Woodward, a Chargehand Polisher at the British Railways Carriage and Wagon Works, Derby British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R. (Miss Ethel Beatrice Woodward.) on lady’s bow riband, in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £80-£100 B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1964: Miss Ethel Beatrice Woodward, Chargehand Polisher, Carriage and Wagon Works, Derby, British Railways.

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The Most Noble Order of the Garter, K.G., Knight Companion’s breast star, circa 1815-20, silver with appliqué centre in silver, gold, and enamel, 110mm x 92mm, the main star comprising eight separate hinged ray plates, the tips of the rays pierced for affixing to coat, with no retaining pin, unmarked, minor enamel chip to Garter, otherwise good very fine, rare £10,000-£14,000

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The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, K.T., Knight’s breast star, early 20th Century, silver with appliqué centre in gold and enamel, 96mm x 76mm, unmarked but probably manufactured by C. F. Rothe, Vienna, with silver retaining pin, good very fine £1,400-£1,800

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The Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, K.P., Knight’s breast star, by West & Sons, Dublin, silver with appliqué centre in gold and enamel, hallmarks for Dublin 1846, 72mm x 75mm, maker’s name to reverse, with gold retaining pin, enamel damage to three central crowns on shamrock, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £6,000-£8,000

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An impressive and rare Regency period K.B. set of insignia awarded to General Sir George Beckwith ‘for his gallant conduct in effecting with such rapidity the entire conquest of Martinique’ The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.B., Knight Companion’s set of insignia, circa 1810-12, comprising a sash badge in plain gold, 43.5mm x 30mm including integral loop for suspension, unmarked and converted for breast wear with later C.B. type swivelring bar suspension, the connecting ring marked 18 carat, with three-pronged gold ribbon buckle; and breast star by Rundell Bridge & Rundell, in silver, 109mm x 91mm, with eight gold-sprung hinged rays and gold and enamel centre, the reverse centre plate inscribed Rundell Bridge & Rundell Jewellers, To Their Majesties, His Royal Highnefs the Prince Regent and the Royal Family, fitted with three gold pins for wearing, the lower pin hinged with a blued steel spring, an exceptional set, both in quality and condition, extremely fine (2) £18,000-£22,000 Provenance: Sotheby’s, November 1980, when sold as a group [illustrated] comprising this K.B. set of insignia, G.C.B. Military star 1815, and Large Gold Medal for Martinique with 1 clasp for Guadaloupe; Large Gold Medal sold at Dix Noonan Webb, December 1992; This K.B. set of insignia sold at Morton and Eden, July 2024.

K.B. Nominated 25 April 1809.

George Beckwith was born in 1753, son of Major-General John Beckwith, who had commanded the 20th regiment at the battle of Minden and the brigade of Grenadiers and highlanders in the Seven Year's war. In 1771, he was appointed Ensign in the 37th Regiment and in the same year he embarked for America, where he obtained his Lieutenancy in 1777 and the rank of Major in 1781. From 1776 to 1782 he bore a prominent part in the struggle between England and her American colonies, during which he commanded in several surprises of the enemy and in storms and captures of important places, including those of Elizabeth Town and Brunswick in New Jersey.

In 1786 he accompanied Lord Dorchester to Canada, as Aide-de-Camp, by whom he was employed both professionally and politically in the American States, and in 1793 he was appointed Adjutant-General to the forces in North America. He was appointed Governor of Bermuda in April, 1797, and in the following July, Commandant of that Island's troops. He was given the Governorship of St. Vincent in 1804, and Barbados in 1808, with the command of the forces in the Windward and Leeward Caribee islands.

It was in 1809, England then being at war with France, that Beckwith organised and commanded the expedition for the conquest of the island of Martinique. Having been reinforced by the 7th, 8th and 23rd regiments under Lieutenant General Sir George Prevost, he sailed from Carlisle Bay on 28 January, 1809, and arrived off Martinique on the 29th. The force landed on the 30th of January and completed the conquest of the island on the 24th July. The French 'Eagles' or standards then captured, were sent home by him, and were the first ever seen in England.

For these services he received the thanks of the Houses of Lords and Commons ‘for his gallant conduct in effecting with such rapidity the entire conquest of Martinique’ and was nominated a Knight of the Bath in April 1809. Soon after, Beckwith sailed in command of a force to invade Guadaloupe, the last possession of the French in that part of the world. His troops landed on the 28th January, 1810, and by the 5th February the conquest of the island was completed. He returned to Barbados in July, 1810, and remained there until June, 1814, when after nine year's service in the West Indies, he returned home, and was promoted General. Beckwith's military services were further recognised by the King conferring on him armorial distinctions and the G.C.B. (Military), on 2 January 1815. In October 1816 he was appointed to the command of the forces in Ireland, which he retained until March, 1820. He died in London on 20 March, 1823.

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The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B., (Military) Knight Grand Cross breast star, circa 1918, silver with appliqué centre in gold and enamel, 95mm x 90mm, unmarked, with gold retaining pin, some very minor loss to green enamel wreath, otherwise extremely fine £1,600-£2,000

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The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B., (Civil) Knight Grand Cross, sash badge, by Garrard, London, gold (18ct, 51.55g), hallmarks for London 1887, 72mm including integral ring for suspension (this with similar gold marks) x 43mm, with full sash riband, extremely fine £2,400-£2,800

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The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B., (Civil) Knight Grand Cross breast star, circa 1918, silver with appliqué centre in gold and enamel, 98mm x 90mm, unmarked, with gold retaining pin, about extremely fine £600-£800

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The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B., (Military) Knight Commander’s breast star, circa 1918, silver with appliqué centre in gold and enamel, 75mm, unmarked, with gold retaining pin, minor enamel loss to wreath, nearly extremely fine £500-£700

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The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B., (Civil) Knight Commander’s neck badge, by Garrard, London, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1895, with neck riband, good very fine £300-£400

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The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, K.C.M.G. Knight Commander’s large type neck badge, circa 1860, gold and enamel, 98mm including crown suspension x 72mm, the crown suspension neatly adapted so as now hinged, unmarked, with full neck riband, very minor enamel damage to reverse central medallion and contact marks to tips of points, otherwise nearly extremely fine £2,000-£2,400

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The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, K.C.M.G., Knight Commander’s breast star, early 20th Century, silver with appliqué centre in gold and enamel, 81mm, unmarked, fitted with a replacement gold retaining pin, except where stated nearly extremely fine £400-£500

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The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with short section of neck riband for display purposes, obverse central medallion slightly depressed, cleaned, nearly extremely fine £300-£400

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The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with full neck riband, in Garrard, London, fitted case of issue, about extremely fine £300-£400

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The C.B.E. badge awarded to C. W. Birdsall, Esq., Director of Information, Civil Service Department, late Deputy Advisor on Public Relations to the Prime Minister, under both Harold Macmillan and Harold Wilson The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E., (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the top arm lacking its enamel, otherwise very fine £260-£300 C.B.E. London Gazette 11 June 1977: Charles Winn Birdsall, O.B.E>, Director of Information, Civil Service Department.

O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1959: Charles Winn Birdsall, Esq., Deputy Adviser on Public Relations to the Prime Minister.

Charles Winn Birdsall , a Journalist from Yarm, Yorkshire, was born on 24 November 1909. He attested into the Intelligence Corps for service during the Second War and served in Burma. Advanced Corporal, he received an emergency commission as a Second Lieutenant on 11th December 1945. Post military service, he joined the Civil Service working in numerous roles supporting senior government members including, as Director of Information, Civil Service Department; Chief Press Officer at the Ministry of Labour under Barbara Castle; and Deputy Advisor on Public Relations to the Prime Minister, under both Harold Macmillan and Harold Wilson. He died in London in September 1985.

Sold with the following related items: i) The recipient’s miniature medal group of five comprising of an O.B.E., 1939-45 Star, Burma Star and Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wear. ii) The original framed warrants for the awards of both the C.B.E. and O.B.E. iii) Numerous photographs of the recipient including with H.R.H. The Prince of Wales (now H.M. King Charles III); Harold Macmillan; Barbara Castle and one of him in the garden of 10 Downing Street iv) A 10 Downing Street Christmas Card for 1974, signed ‘Mary and Harold Wilson’ v) A hand written letter from Barbara Castle to the recipient. vi) Assorted official invitations to private dinners at 10 Downing Street vii) A menu for a dinner hosted by the Privy Council to celebrate the 1977 Silver Jubilee viii) Assorted original press clippings; and other ephemera.

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The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Civil) Officer’s 1st type, breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919, in Garrard, London, case of issue, extremely fine £80-£100

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The Imperial Service Order, G.V.R., silver, gold and enamel, on original mounting pin, in Elkington, London, case of issue, extremely fine £240-£280

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The Imperial Service Order, G.V.R., silver, gold and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1929, in Elkington, London, fitted case of £200-£240 issue, nearly extremely fine

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The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £80-£100

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The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., (Civil) Member’s 2nd type, breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £80-£100

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The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., (Civil) Member’s 2nd type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver, on lady’s bow riband, in Royal Mint case of issue; together with the related miniature award, this similarly mounted, extremely fine £80-£100

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The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., (Civil) Member’s 2nd type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver, on lady’s bow riband, in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £70-£90

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Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1947, suspension slightly damaged, otherwise good very fine

£600-£800

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Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class, G.V.R., silver and enamel, unnamed as issued, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue, extremely fine £80-£100

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Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., unnamed as issued to foreign nationals, with pin fitting, cleaned, very fine

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The Westminster Abbey K.C.B. Chapel Stall Plate of Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway, Royal Navy, who distinguished himself at the Glorious First of June 1794 and at the battle of Copenhagen 1801, besides reputedly capturing or destroying over 200 French and Spanish vessels in the West Indies The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s, Chapel Stall Plate, inscribed ‘Sir Robert Waller Otway, Rear Admiral of the Red Squadron of His Majesty’s Fleet, nominated a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath. 8th June 1826.’ 22.5cm x 18.5cm, gilded copper plate engraved with inscription and painted crest of Otway, the reverse with maker’s stamp ‘G. Harris, No 31 Shoe Lane, London’, corners pierced for attachment, with original paper wrapper inscribed with his name, cleaned, otherwise very good condition £1,400-£1,800 Robert Waller Otway was born on 26 April 1770, in the family home of Castle Otway in County Tipperary, Ireland. Otway chose a navy career over his father's objections and became a midshipman in 1784 on the guardship H.M.S. Elizabeth. Between 1785 and 1793, Otway experienced many transfers between ships, mainly operating on frigates in the Mediterranean, West Indies, and along the West African Coast. During this time he served on board H.M.S. Phaeton, H.M.S. Trusty and H.M.S. Blonde, making lieutenant in the sloop H.M.S. Falcon.

The eruption of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793 brought Otway back to Europe as a lieutenant on the second-rate ship of the line H.M. S. Impregnable with the Channel Fleet. Impregnable was flagship of Rear-Admiral Benjamin Caldwell, who was later to prove an important influence on Otway's career. Within a year of joining the large ship, Otway saw his first action in the fleet engagement of the Glorious First of June 1794. Otway distinguished himself in the action by going aloft despite the heavy fire of the French fleet to repair the damaged fore topsail yard and thus allow Impregnable to engage the enemy closer. In the aftermath of the action, Caldwell publicly thanked Otway for his services and appointed him first lieutenant on Caldwell's new flagship, H.M.S. Majestic.

With Majestic in the West Indies as personal favourite of the commander-in-chief, Otway was soon promoted again, becoming commander in early 1795 in command of the brig H.M.S. Thorn. Between 1795 and 1800 as commander of Thorn and subsequently the frigates H.M.S. Mermaid, H.M.S. Ceres and H.M.S. Trent, Otway became one of the most proficient and prolific commerce raiders in the Royal Navy, reputedly capturing or destroying over 200 French and Spanish vessels, making a fortune in prize money in the process. His exploits during this period included destroying, on two separate occasions, the sloops La Belle Créole and Courier National which were on passage to Guadeloupe with orders to massacre the French Royalist population there. He later supported insurgencies in French held Grenada and St. Vincent and also raided La Guayra in Venezuela in an unsuccessful effort to capture H.M.S. Hermione, whose crew had mutinied, murdered their captain, Hugh Pigot, and turned her over to the Spanish.

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Admiral Thomas Ussher, who served under Otway during this period, later reported "that no captain was more attentive to the comfort of his officers and men and that there was so much method in his manner of carrying on the service that, though in a constant state of activity, they had as much leisure as any other ship's company." He also commented that Otway insisted on inspecting every gun aboard after every action and led every coastal raid despite never mentioning this in his dispatches. In 1800, Otway returned to Europe and was made flag captain to Sir Hyde Parker in H.M.S. Royal George and then H.M.S. London. Otway was still at this post when Parker lead a fleet to the Baltic Sea to engage the League of Armed Neutrality which threatened Britain's trade routes in the region and he was an important contributor to the tactical planning of the Battle of Copenhagen. At Copenhagen, Otway's suggestion that Nelson lead the inshore squadron through the Sound yielded immediate results but when Admiral Parker lost his nerve and ordered Nelson to withdraw, the battle seemed in vain. Otway, however, successfully mediated, mitigating the terms of Parker's signal and then taking a boat to Nelson on H.M.S. Elephant and supporting Nelson's famous "failure" to see the signal.

In the aftermath of the victory and the ensuing Peace of Amiens, Otway spent a period ashore in ill-health. During this time he married Clementina Holloway, daughter of Admiral John Holloway, with whom he would have twelve children. By 1804 he was sufficiently recovered to take command of H.M.S. Montagu off Brest under Admiral William Cornwallis and whilst on this duty he participated in a brief artillery duel with the Alexandre during the French attempt to break the blockade in August 1805. The following year he participated in Sir Richard Strachan's operations in the Atlantic to intercept a French squadron eventually apprehended by another British squadron in the West Indies. In 1807, Otway sailed to Calabria to provide material and military aid to partisans and did the same in 1808 in Catalonia at the outbreak of the Peninsular War. Taking over H.M.S. Malta in 1809, Otway sailed for England before returning to the Mediterranean in the new H.M.S. Ajax. He later commanded H.M.S. Cumberland in the blockade off Toulon but suffered a recurring bout of ill-health in 1811 which necessitated a period in England recovering. He returned to service in 1813 and commanded Adamant at Leith, before returning to Ajax, which he sailed to the Bay of Biscay. The same year he used Ajax's guns to bombard the breaches of the Spanish fortress town of San Sebastian during the British siege.

In 1814, Otway convoyed merchant ships to Quebec and whilst in Canada was dispatched as a rear-admiral on a special commission to prepare the small ships squadron on Lake Champlain. The commission failed and the squadron was totally defeated at the battle of Lake Champlain in September although Otway was not present.

In 1818, three years after the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars, Otway was made Commander-in-Chief, Leith, a commission he performed so well in that in 1826 he was knighted into the Order of the Bath and sent as commander-in-chief to the South America Station. There Otway supported the Brazilian forces diplomatically, being presented with the Order of the Southern Cross. In 1829 he returned to Britain and enjoyed a quiet retirement as courtier, holding the office of Groom of the Bedchamber to King William IV. He was also promoted to full admiral and in 1831 made Baronet of Brighton for his services. His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1837. He was made a G.C.B. in May 1845 but died suddenly on 12 May 1846, survived by his wife and eight of their twelve children.

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The Westminster Abbey C.B. Chapel Stall Plate of Post Captain John Hayes, Royal Navy, who commanded the squadron of Majestic and four other frigates at the capture in 1815 of the American frigate President , commanded by Commodore De ca tu r The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s Chapel Stall Plate, gilded brass with engraved and painted image of a C.B. breast badge, inscribed ‘John Hayes Esquire, Post Captain in the Royal Navy Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath Nominated 4th June 1815.’, 191mm x 115mm, the reverse impressed with maker’s name, corners £600-£800 pierced for attachment, wonderfully fresh condition John Hayes was born in 1775, grand-nephew of Adam Hayes, master-shipwright of Deptford dockyard, nominally entered the navy at the age of seven, but really not till 1787, when he was embarked on board the Orion of 74 guns, under the command of Sir Hyde Parker.

In 1790 he was serving in the Pearl frigate under Captain G. W. A. Courtenay, whom in the spring of 1793 he followed to the Boston, and on 31 July took part in the action with the French frigate Ambuscade. Courtenay was killed and the Boston overpowered and compelled to haul off, the Ambuscade not being able to pursue her. On returning to England he was made lieutenant, 7 October 1793, and appointed to the Dido with Sir Charles Hamilton, whom he followed to the San Fiorenzo, in the Mediterranean. After serving in the Channel and West Indies he was promoted, 1 March 1799, by Sir Hyde Parker, then commander-in-chief at Jamaica, to be commander, and, continuing on the Jamaica station, was advanced to post rank 29 April 1802. In January 1809 he commanded the Alfred on the coast of Spain, and in charge of the embarkation of the troops after the battle of Corunna; afterwards was moved into the Achille for the Walcheren expedition, and at the close of the year was appointed to the Freya frigate, in which he served under the command of Sir Alexander Cochrane at the reduction of Guadeloupe in January 1810. He returned to England in the following autumn, and in September 1812 was appointed to the temporary command of the Magnificent of 74 guns, employed in the Bay of Biscay. On the evening of 16 December she anchored in the entrance to Basque Roads, and during the night was driven from her anchors by a violent gale towards a dangerous reef. She was saved from what appeared certain destruction by the excellent discipline of the crew and the seamanship of the captain, which, even in that age of brilliant seaman-ship, was considered remarkable, and won for him the title of 'Magnificent Hayes.' In January 1813 Hayes was appointed to the Majestic, a 74-gun ship, which had been cut down, on a plan suggested by him, into the semblance of a frigate, to meet the novel exigencies of the war with the United States. She carried an armament of twenty-eight 32pounders and twenty-eight 42-pounder carronades, and was sent over to look out for the heavy American frigates. He took part in the blockade of Boston later in that year and, on 3 February 1814, captured the French Terpsichore in the Azores. On 22 May he captured the American letter of marque Dominica. She did not fall in with one of the heavy American frigates, but on 15 January 1815 was, with the frigates Tenedos and Pomona, in company with the Endymion when the United States frigate President was captured. On the remodelling of the order of the Bath in 1815 Hayes was made a C.B., and in 1819 superintendent of the ordinary at Devonport. In 1829-30 he commanded the Ganges at Portsmouth; and from 1830 to 1832 was commodore on the west coast of Africa, with a broad pennant on board the Dryad of 42 guns. By the very large promotion which took place on 10 January 1837, he became rear-admiral of the white. He died the following year, 7 April 1838, at Southsea.

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The Westminster Abbey C.B. Chapel Stall Plate of Post Captain Thomas Ussher, Royal Navy, who was later made a K.C.H. and was knighted, whilst his most distinguished war services earned for him a unique fiv five-clasp N.G.S. medal The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s Chapel Stall Plate, gilded brass with engraved and painted image of a C.B. breast badge, inscribed ‘Thomas Usher [sic] Esquire, Post Captain in the Royal Navy Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath Nominated 4th June 1815.’, 191mm x 115mm, the reverse impressed with maker’s name, corners pierced for attachment, gilding a little rubbed at the edges, otherwise excellent condition £800-£1,000 Thomas Ussher was born in 1779 and entered the navy in January 1791 on board the Squirrel on the home station and on the west coast of Africa; afterwards, in the Invincible, he was present in the action of 1 June 1794; and in 1795-6 was successively in the Prince George, Glory, and Thunderer, flagships of Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian, by whom he was appointed acting lieutenant of the Minotaur. In that capacity he served on shore with a party of seamen at the reduction of St. Lucia in May 1796. He was afterwards acting lieutenant of the Pelican brig, was confirmed in the rank on 17 July 1797, was repeatedly engaged with the French or Spanish privateers, and on 5 April 1798, in attempting to cut out one lying in the Augustine River near Cumberland Harbour (Guatanamo) in Cuba, he was severely wounded in the right thigh. While in the Pelican he is said to have been in upwards of twenty boat engagements with the enemy. In May 1799 he was appointed to the Trent, and in her returned to England in September 1800. The effect of his many wounds obliged him to remain on shore for some months; but in June 1801 he was appointed to command the Nox cutter, stationed at Weymouth in attendance on the king. In September 1803 he commanded the Joseph cutter, and in April 1804 the Colpoys brig attached to the fleet off Brest under Admiral Sir William Cornwallis. His vigilance and energy in quest of intelligence repeatedly obtained the admiral's approval. Later on the Colpoys was employed in the Bay of Biscay and on the north coast of Spain, till on 18 October 1806, Ussher was promoted to the rank of commander and appointed to the Redwing sloop, in which he was chiefly employed in protecting the trade against the Spanish gunboats and privateers near Gibraltar. On this service he was repeatedly engaged with the gunboats or armed vessels, often against a great numerical superiority, and especially on 7 May 1808, near Cape Trafalgar, when he fell in with seven armed vessels convoying twelve coasters. Of the nineteen, three only escaped, eight of the others being sunk and eight taken; the loss of men to the enemy in killed, drowned, and prisoners, was returned as 240. On Lord Collingwood's report of this and other gallant services, Ussher was promoted to post rank by commission dated 24 May 1808. On his return home he was entertained at Dublin at a public dinner, and presented with the freedom of the city.

In 1809 he commanded the Leyden in the operations in the Scheldt; and in 1811-12 the 26-gun frigate Hyacinth in the Mediterranean, where, on 29 April 1812, he led a boat attack against several privateers moored in the port of Malaga, and, in face of a murderous musketry fire from the shore, which killed or wounded 68 out of 149, brought out two of the largest privateers, and did what damage he could to the others. Although the enterprise was not fully successful, the commander-in-chief and the admiralty signified their entire approval of Ussher's conduct, and in October he was moved to the Euryalus of thirty-six guns, from which, in February 1813, he was again moved to the Undaunted. In both of these he was employed in the blockade of Toulon and along the south coast of France. In April 1814, being in the Undaunted close to Marseilles, a deputation, consisting of the mayor and chief men of the city, came on board to acquaint him of Napoleon's abdication and of the formation of a provisional government. Almost immediately afterwards he received instructions to prepare to convey the ex-emperor to Elba, and at Fréjus on 28 April received him on board. On the 30th he anchored at Porto Ferrajo, and on 3 May Napoleon landed. The Undaunted remained at Elba till the ex-emperor's baggage had been landed from the transports, and then sailed for Genoa. In the end of June Ussher was moved into the Duncan of seventy-four guns, in which he shortly afterwards returned to England. On 4 June 1815 he was nominated a C.B.; on 2 December 1815 was awarded a pension of £200 a year for wounds; on 24 July 1830 was appointed equerry to Queen Adelaide, and in 1831 was made a K.C.H. and was knighted. From 1831 to 1838 he was successively superintendent of the dockyards at Bermuda and Halifax; he was promoted to be rearadmiral on 9 November 1846, and in July 1847 was appointed commander-in-chief at Queenstown, where he died on 6 January 1848.

Prior to his death Ussher had applied for and received the Naval General Service medal with five clasps, 1 June 1794, Redwing 7 May 1808, Redwing 31 May 1808, Malaga 29 April 1812, and 2 May Boat Service 1813, named to him as a Captain R.N.

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The Westminster Abbey C.B. Chapel Stall Plate of Lieutenant-Colonel John Sutherland Williamson, Royal Artillery, who at Waterloo commanded the two batteries in Alten’s 3rd Division in support of Sir Colin Halkett and was awarded the C.B. The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s Chapel Stall Plate, gilded brass with engraved and painted image of a C.B. breast badge, inscribed ‘John Sutherland Williamson Esquire, Lieutenant Colonel in the Army, and Major in the Royal Regiment of Artillery Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath Nominated 22nd June 1815.’, 191mm x 115mm, the reverse impressed with maker’s name, corners pierced for attachment, gilding a little rubbed, otherwise good condition £600-£800 John Sutherland Williamson was born in 1775 and entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwoch on 15 August 1791, and received a commission as Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 1 January 1794. He was promoted to Lieutenant, on 11 March 1794. In SeptemberDecember of 1795 Lieutenant Williamson served on the coast of France; from March 1796 to April 1800 he served at the Cape of Good Hope, seeing service in the Kaffir war, being promoted Captain-Lieutenant on 2 October 1799; served at Malta 1801-02, and from April 1803 to December 1806, being promoted Captain on 12 September 1803; he saw service in the Expedition to Egypt from August 1802 to March 1803; was present at the attack on Ischia in 1809 and the capture of Santa Maura in 1810, then being ordered to Spain, he was present at the battle of Castalla 1813, the siege of Saragossa and battle of Ordel; on 4 June 1811 he was promoted Brevet Major and was present at the actions of Tarragona and Villa Franca. During the campaign, he was frequently mentioned in despatches.

Williamson returned to England in 1814. He was promoted to brevet lieutenant-colonel on 13 October 1814, and to regimental Major on 20 December 1814. In the following year he went to the Netherlands and at Quatre Bras and Waterloo he commanded the 2 batteries in Alten’s 3rd Division in support of Sir Colin Halkett, being made a C.B. on 22 June 1815. He served with the army of occupation in France, until his promotion to regimental Lieutenant-Colonel on 24 March 1817, after he returned to England. He was for some time superintendent of the Royal Military Repository at Woolwich, and prepared a new and extensive course of instruction in artillery, which formed the basis of the exercise of heavy ordnance and of miscellaneous instructions of the gunner for many years after his time. On 29 July 1825, he was promoted to Colonel.

Williamson died at Woolwich on 26 April 1836.

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The Westminster Abbey C.B. Chapel Stall Plate of Colonel The Honourable Arthur Percy Upton, Grenadier Guards, recipient of a Gold Medal and Clasp for Vittoria and Nive, he was an early member of Marylebone Cricket Club and is known to have made 47 appearances in high-level matches in the period 1795-1808 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s Chapel Stall Plate, gilded brass with engraved and painted image of a C.B. breast badge, inscribed ‘The Honourable Arthur Percy Upton, Colonel in the Army and First Major of the 1st or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath Nominated 4th June 1815.’, 191mm x 115mm, corners pierced for attachment, good condition £600-£800 The Honourable Arthur Percy Upton was appointed Ensign in the Coldstream Guards, 28 April 1793; Lieutenant and Captain, 2 December 1795; Lieutenant-Colonel 7th West India Regiment, 14 May 1807; Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel 1st Foot Guards, 21 May 1807; Brevet Colonel, 4 June 1814; First Major 1st Foot Guards, 25 July 1814; Major-General, 19 July 1821; Lieutenant-General, 10 January 1837; General, 11 November 1851.

Upton joined the Duke of York’s army in Holland in November 1794, with which he served the ensuing winter campaign, and returned to England with the army in May 1795. In 1799 he was appointed Aide-de-camp to Sir Ralph Abercromby, and was present at the battle of the 27th August on the landing near the Helder, as also at those of the 10th September, 2nd and 6th October. Appointed Assistant Quarter-Master General to te army under Lord Chatham in 1809; landed at Walcheren 27th July with the troops, and was present at the actions in which the enemy were driven into Flushing, and also at the siege of that place. Served at Cadiz from April 1811 to August 1812, and with the Duke of Wellington’s army on the retreat to Portugal, actions of San Munos and Osma, battle of Vittoria, action at Tolosa, passage of the Bidassoa, battle of the Nivelle, battles of the Nive on the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th December, passage of the Adour, action of St Etienne, investment of Bayonne, and repulse of the sortie (Mentioned in Despatches). Was employed as military correspondent with the Bavarian army in 1815, and was present with it in its various operations, for which he received the Order of Maximilian Joseph. He has received the Gold Medal and one Clasp for the battles of Vittoria and the Nive; Companion of the Bath; and the Silver War Medal with one Clasp for Nivelle.

Upton was an early member of Marylebone Cricket Club and played several matches for its team. He played for the Gentlemen in the inaugural and second Gentlemen v Players matches in 1806. He took six catches in the first match, which the Gentlemen with given men won by an innings.

His career spanned the 1795 to 1808 seasons and he is known to have made 47 appearances in high-level matches. He was a useful batsman and a good fielder but seems to have bowled only rarely.

General Upton died on 22 January 1855, and is interred in Kensal Green Cemetery, London.

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The Westminster Abbey C.B. Chapel Stall Plate of Colonel William Stewart, 40th (or 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment, late 8th West India Regiment, whom he commanded at the capture of Guadaloupe and received a Gold Medal The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s Chapel Stall Plate, gilded brass with engraved and painted image of a C.B. breast badge, inscribed ‘William Stewart Esquire, Colonel in the Army and Lieutenant Colonel in the 40th (or 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath Nominated 4th June 1815.’, 191mm x 115mm, the reverse impressed with maker’s name, corners pierced for attachment, good condition £600-£800 William Stewart was appointed Ensign in 1793, and Lieutenant, 17 May 1794, in the 106th Foot; Captain in the Royal Glasgow Regiment, 30 August 1794, and Captain in the 37th Foot, 4 September 1795. He embarked for the West Indies with Sir Ralph Abercromby at the end of 1795, but being driven back by contrary winds, he was sent to Gibraltar. Early in 1800, he again embarked for the West Indies, and served there several years; was appointed Major in the 37th, and Lieutenant-Colonel in the 8th West India Regiment, 5 September 1807; was present at the capture of Guadaloupe in 1810, for which he has the honour of wearing a medal; and is a Companion of the Order of the Bath. On 4 June 1814 he received the brevet of Colonel in the army; 29 June 1815, was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in the 40th Foot, with which he served but a very short time, going on half-pay in 1816. He died a Major-General in 1836.

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The Westminster Abbey C.B. Chapel Stall Plate of Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Goodall Elrington, 47th (or Lancashire) Regiment, who received his award for services in the First Burma War The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s Chapel Stall Plate, gilded brass with engraved and painted image of a C.B. breast badge, inscribed ‘Richard Goodall Elrington Esquire, Lieutenant Colonel of the 47th (or the Lancashire) Regiment of Foot Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath Nominated 26th December 1826.’, 191mm x £600-£800 115mm, the reverse impressed with maker’s name, corners pierced for attachment, good condition Richard Goodall Elrington entered the service as an Ensign in the 14th Foot, 4 December 1790; Lieutenant, 19 February 1794; Captain 115th Foot, 1 June 1795; brevet Major, 25 April 1808; Major, 3 May 1810; Lieutenant-Colonel, 4 June 1813; Colonel, 22 July 1830; Major-General, 23 November 1841.

Served with the 14th Foot during the campaigns of 1793-95 on the Continent, and was present at the actions of Famars, the sieges of Valenciennes and Dunkirk (dangerously wounded, shot through the body) and the action of Geldermalsen. Served in the Carribean war of 1795 -96, with the 2nd West India Regiment, and was severely wounded in the thigh at the reduction of St Vincent in July 1796. With the 47th he served at the storming of Monte Video and attack on Buenos Ayres in 1807, and at the capture of Ras-el-Khaima in the Persian Gulf in 1809.

Commanded a Field Force at the reduction of Palampore, Dresa, Kirjah, and Viranpore in 1817, and a brigade during the Pindarree war.

Commanded a brigade up the Persian Gulf in 1819, and from December 1824, throughout the Burmese war. Commanded the force employed at the reduction of Syriam in January 1825; was present during the operations at Donabyo; and afterwards commanded a brigade in the actions of Simbike and Napadi near Prome. Major-General Elrington was made C.B. in December 1826, and died in London on 2 August 1845.

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The Westminster Abbey C.B. Chapel Stall Plate of Lieutenant-Colonel John Frederick Ewart, 67th (or South Hampshire) Regiment, who served with the 52nd Foot, was wounded at the battle of Vimiera and at the siege of Badajoz at the storming of Fort Picurina when in command of a detachment of the Light Division The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s Chapel Stall Plate, gilded brass with engraved and painted image of a C.B. breast badge, inscribed ‘John Frederick Ewart Esquire, Lieutenant Colonel in the 67th (or the South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath Nominated 24th October 1818.’, 191mm x 115mm, the reverse impressed with maker’s name, corners pierced for attachment, good condition £600-£800 John Frederick Ewart was appointed Ensign in the 52nd Foot, 1 November 1803; Lieutenant, 10 March 1804; Captaon 3rd Garrison Battalion, 17 April 1806; exchanged into 52nd Foot, 8 May 1806; Major Royal York Rangers, 29 October 1812; Lieutenant-Colonel York Chasseurs, 15 September 1814; half-pay 5th West India Regiment, March 1817; Lieutenant-Colonel 67th Foot, 5 February 1818.

Served in 1807 at Copenhagen and was present at the action near Kioge. Served in the Peninsula in 1808-09 under Sir John Moore, and was wounded at Vimiera. Accompanied the expedition to the Scheldt in 1809, and served with the Light Division in the Peninsula from March 1811 to December 1812, including the battles of Fuentes d’Onor and Salamanca, and the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, and storming of Fort Picurina on 25 March 1812, when , commanding a detachment of the Light Division, employed to carry ladders and fascines, he was again wounded, but re-joined his regiment in June 1812. In 1813 he was ordered to the West Indies, having been promoted to a Majority in the Royal York Rangers, with which corps he was employed at Barbadoes and St Vincent’s. As Lieutenant-Colonel of the York Chasseurs, he commanded that corps at the capture of Guadaloupe in 1816, for which he received the decoration of the Fleur de Lys. In 1818 he proceeded to join the 67th Regiment in the East Indies from March 1819 to February 1823, and was employed as a Brigadier at the siege of Asseerghur. He was promoted to Colonel on the Recruiting Staff on 10 January 1837, and became Colonel of the 67th Regiment on 30 October 1852. He died in London on 23 October 1854.

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The Westminster Abbey C.B. Chapel Stall Plate of Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Kennedy, 4th Bombay Native Infantry, who served for 48 years in the service of the East India Company, being present in over thirty general actions and numerous affairs, being wounded on several occasions and frequently mentioned in despatches The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s Chapel Stall Plate, gilded brass with engraved and painted image of a C.B. breast badge, inscribed ‘Michael Kennedy Esquire, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 4th Regiment of Native Infantry in the Service of the East India Company on the Bombay Establishment Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath Nominated 23rd July 1823.’, 191mm x 115mm, the reverse impressed with maker’s name, corners pierced for attachment, good condition £600-£800 Michael Kennedy entered the East India Company in 1783 and served under Lord Cornwallis in 1791-92 in the war against Tippoo Sahib; he was wounded in operations before Seringapatam and received £159.00 prize money; in 1795 as a Lieutenant he commanded the Seurat Local Battalion and was wounded in retaking a vessel from the pirates in the Surat River; from 1796-1801 he was promoted Quarter Master of the Jannah Garrison as a Lieutenant in the 3rd Bombay Native Infantry; he was promoted Captain in 1800 and in 1802 became Commander of the Independent Corps at Rancoote and saw much active service in Northern India; he was appointed Political Agent at Peshawar; in 1804 he raised and commanded a local Corps for the defence of Bancoote; from 1807-12 he was Garrison Commander and Town Major of Bombay, and was promoted Major in 1811 in the 3rd Native Infantry; he saw much active service in the Pindaree War in 1817 and commanded the Allaveery Brigade in action against the Pindarees; he was promoted to the command of the 1st Battalion, 10th Bombay Regiment of Native Infantry and was promoted Lieutenant Colonel in 1817; in the following year he had the honour to command the East India Company's troops at the capture of the Fort of Mallinghur, for which services he received the approbation of the Government and was mentioned in dispatches; in 1818 he commanded East India Company troops at the capture of Wambah, capture of the Forts of Raghur and Paulghur and received the surrender of the Fort of Rassaulghur, for which distinguished services he was further mentioned in dispatches; he commanded the East India Company's forces at the capture of the Fort of Anjumvall, and the capture of Gocul Khote, for which services he was mentioned in dispatches; he commanded the troop at the investment and assault of the Forts of Jeyghur, Weyjghur, Rutraghurry, and Sunghumseer and received their capitulation; in November 1818 he received the capitulation of the Forts of Byrramghur and Bowanghur, for which services he was further mentioned in dispatches, his services receiving the highest approbation of the Governor-General; in 1819 he was promoted to the command of the Southern Division at Goojerat, and from 1819-23 commanded the Southern Division at Concan; he was further mentioned in dispatches and in 1823 he had the honour to be made a Companion of the Bath; in 1824 he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the 4th Bombay Native Infantry; in 1825 he had the honour to command the Guicourar Subsidiary Force, and in the following year commanded the Baroda Subsidiary Force; on his return from furlough in England he was promoted Colonel in 1829, in recognition of his Gallant, Distinguished, Zealous and Faithful services; in 1830 he was promoted Brigadier-General on the General Staff of India, as General Officer Commanding Southern Division; he died at Belgaum on 6 September 1831, while still in command.

General Kennedy served for forty-eight years in the service of the East India Company, being present in over thirty general actions and numerous affairs, being wounded on several occasions. He frequently received the approbation of the Governor-General of Bombay and was on numerous occasions mentioned in dispatches in the London Gazette for his distinguished services. He had the honour to serve under many distinguished Commanders, including Lord Cornwallis and Sir Arthur Wellesley.

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The Westminster Abbey C.B. Chapel Stall Plate of Major John Ludlow, 6th Bengal Native Infantry, for his conduct in the Nepal War of 1814-15 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s Chapel Stall Plate, gilded brass with engraved and painted image of a C.B. breast badge, inscribed ‘John Ludlow Esquire, Major of the 1st Battalion of the 6th Regiment of Native Infantry in the Service of the East India Company on the Bengal Establishment Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath Nominated 8th December 1815.’, 191mm x 115mm, the reverse impressed with maker’s name, corners pierced for £600-£800 attachment, good condition John Ludlow was born in 1777/78 at Romsey, Hampshire. Appointed Cadet in the East India Company, 21 May 1894, and sailed for India in the Lascelles on 14 August 1794, arriving on 16 February 1795, and appointed Ensign, 6th European Battalion; Lieutenant 27 July 1796; Lieutenant, 7th N.I. in 1798. Served Expedition to Egypt 1801 as Lieutenant in the Bengal Volunteers; Commanded Benares Provincial Battalion, September 1803 till 1807; Commanded Burdwan Provincial Battalion, July 1808 till May 1813. In the Nepal war of 1814-15, he saw action at Kalanga and commanded troops at capture of Nahun, 20 December 1814. Took part in the unsuccessful attack on a stockade, west of Fort Jumpta, on which occasion he commanded a column, December 1814. Nominated a C.B. for these services, 8 December 1815. Served in Third Mahratta war 1817 -18, Lieutenant-Colonel, 6th N.I,; Commanded Advance Corps in Mewar 1818; Commanded Nimach Field Force from 1819 until his death at Barode, Kotah State, on 22 September 1821, aged 43 years.

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The Westminster Abbey C.B. Chapel Stall Plate of Lieutenant-Colonel Udney Yule, 24th Bengal Native Infantry, who was awarded a Gold Medal for the capture of Java in 1811 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s Chapel Stall Plate, gilded brass with engraved and painted image of a C.B. breast badge, inscribed ‘Udney Yule Esquire, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 24th Regiment of Native Infantry in the Service of the East India Company, on the Bengal Establishment Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath Nominated 4th June 1815.’, 191mm x 115mm, the reverse impressed with maker’s name, corners pierced for attachment, good condition £600-£800 Udney Yule was the youngest son of George Yule of Gibslees, East Lothian, and his wife Elizabeth, née Rose, daughter of the Episcopal minister of the parish of Udny in Aberdeenshire. His family had been tenant farmers and small landowners in East Lothian since the late 16th century and many generations of Yules served in the British and East India Company armed forces from the 18th to the 20th centuries.

Yule was born on 17 April 1766, and baptised in Dirleton, East Lothian, six days later. Like many Scots of his background - educated but of modest means - he was destined for an East India Company cadetship, which he acquired in December 1782. Three months later, he sailed from Portsmouth in the Indiaman Duke of Kingston (Captain Justinian Nutt) but she caught fire off northern Ceylon on 20 August 1783, and sank with the loss of three passengers, 22 crew and 40 soldiers, women and children of the 52nd Foot. Yule, it is recorded, 'contrived to remain afloat' until rescued by a passing ship and taken to Mauritius, whence he recommenced his journey to India. His cadetship in the Company's Bengal army led to his appointment as Ensign in 1785, being posted to Bengal's 2nd European Battalion in 1790 and being promoted Lieutenant in 1793. Promoted Quartermaster and Captain in the 20th (Marine) Bengal Native Infantry in 1803; he returned home on four years' furlough in 1805, being promoted Major in 1st/20th N.I. while on leave in 1808.

In the summer of 1811, Yule served at the capture of Java; once Batavia, the capital, had capitulated without a fight, Fort Cornelis was the target of the British assault force. This fort was the most serious impediment to British control of Java, and its French and Dutch garrison put up stiff resistance before the fort was successfully stormed on 26 August 1811: both defenders and attackers sustained considerable casualties. In the British Order of Battle for the invasion of Java, Yule was commanding officer of the Flank Battalion of the Reserve. However, for the assault on Fort Cornelis he was given his own 'all-arms' column and detailed to mount a diversionary attack on the rear of the Fort while the main assault went in on its front; as ever in battle, all did not go according to plan: ‘…Major Yule, with the flank corps of the Reserve, reinforced by two troops of cavalry, 4 guns of horse artillery, two companies of the 69th and the grenadiers of the Reserve, was directed to attack the corps at Campong Malayo, on the west of the great river, and endeavour to cross the bridge at that post. Major Yule's attack was…spirited, but after routing the enemy's force at Campong Malayo, and killing many of them, he found the bridge on fire and was unable to penetrate further.'

Although thwarted by the firing of a bridge, Yule's efforts were sufficient to attract notice and an appropriate mention in a General Order issued

by Auchmuty on 29th August 1811: ‘The full success of the several attacks led by Colonel Wood of the Bengal Native Infantry, by Lt. Col McLeod of the 69th Regiment…[and] by Major Yule of the 20th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry - attacks expected only to distract & divide the attention of the Enemy - is the best proof of the ability & energy with which those Officers conducted the divisions entrusted to their charge.’

The pacification of Java was completed a month after the fall of Fort Cornelis and Yule continued to be involved, as Auchmuty wrote in a despatch to Minto on 21st September 1811: ‘I have sent a small detachment under Major Yule, of the 20th Bengal regiment, an officer on whose conduct I have much reliance, to accompany the Prince of Samanap and his force to the island of Madura, where I have directed the Major to assume command…he has been instructed to occupy the small forts of Joanna and Rambang on his route…’

Yule was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in the 11th Bengal Native Infantry in 1814, transferring to the 1st/24th Bengal Native Infantry in 1815 and to the Bengal European Regiment in 1816. On 4 June 1815 he was created one of the first Companions of the Order of the Bath upon its' enlargement from a single-class Order. He may have remained in Java since he is said to have been commanding the forces at Bantam, in western Java, before taking four years' furlough in 1818. While at home, in 1821, he took time to matriculate his Arms at the Court of the Lord Lyon in Edinburgh. Returning to India in 1822, he joined the 10th Bengal Native Infantry before, in 1823, being appointed Lieutenant-Colonel commandant of the 40th Bengal Native Infantry. He left India for the last time on furlough in 1824, being transferred in his absence to the 18th Bengal Native Infantry in 1828 and promoted Colonel in 1829.

Colonel Udney Yule died, unmarried, in Edinburgh on 4 March 1830.

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The G.C.V.O. and French Yachting Prize awarded to the 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 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, silver-gilt and enamel, both unnumbered as is the case for early awards of the Royal Victorian Order, with full sash riband, in Collingwood, London case of issue; French Yachting Prize Medallion, 57mm, silver-gilt, by L. Merley, the obverse depicting the head of Napoleon III facing left, the reverse with a laurel wreath and inscribed, ‘Cercle Nautique de la Méditerranée, Aviron, Premier Prix Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, Cannes, 1868-1869, in fitted leather case, nearly extremely fine (3) £1,800-£2,200

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Provenance: Thomas Halpin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2006.

The joint eighth appointment of the G.C.V.O. Note: These early awards were issued unnumbered.

G.C.V.O. London Gazette 9 July 1897: The Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe, Lord Chamberlain and Lord Steward to HM Queen Victoria William Henry Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Viscount Mount Edgcumbe and Valletorte, Baron Edgcumbe of Mount Edgcumbe, was born in London in 1832, the son of the 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, and was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford. Holding the courtesy title of Viscount Valletorte, he served as Member of Parliament for Plymouth from 1859, before succeeded his father to the titles in 1861 and taking his seat in the House of Lords. He was Lord Lieutenant for Cornwall from 1877; Vice-Admiral of Cornwall; and Equerry and afterwards Lord-in-Waiting to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales. Sworn of the Privy Council in 1879, he served as Lord Chamberlain in H.M. Household, 1879-80; and Lord Steward in H.M. Household, 1885-86 and 1886-92. A Brigadier-General of the Plymouth Volunteer Brigade, 1878-82, he served as Honorary Colonel of the 2nd Prince of Wales Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, and was Aide de Camp to H.M. the Queen from 1887 to 1897. Appointed Keeper of the Privy Seal to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales in 1907, he was also Provincial Grand Master of the Freemasons of Cornwall from 1869. Amongst his clubs listed in Who’s Who was that of the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes – a keen yachtsman he frequently competed at yachting events at home and in the Mediterranean with H.R.H. The Prince of Wales (later H.M. King Edward VII), with whom he had a close personal friendship. He died at Winter Villa, East Stonehouse, Plymouth on 25 September 1917, aged 84 and was succeeded to the earldom by his son.

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Pair: Colonel the 5th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (Capt. P. A. H. Visc: Valletort, D of C: L.I.) engraved naming; Coronation 1911, silver, unnamed as issued, good very fine (2) £400-£500 Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2006.

Piers Alexander Hamilton Edgcumbe, 5th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Viscount Mount Edgcumbe and Valletorte, Baron Edgcumbe of Mount Edgcumbe, was born on 2 July 1865, the only son of the 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe and Lady Katherine Elizabeth Hamilton, the 4th daughter of the 1st Duke of Abercorn, and the Godson of H.R.H. Princess Alexandra of Denmark. Like his father he was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford. Holding the courtesy title of Viscount Valletorte, he was first appointed Lieutenant (Supernumerary) in the 2nd (Prince of Wales’s) Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment in July 1885, before transferring to the 3rd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (Militia) in March 1886 and was promoted Captain in March 1891. Appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Cornwall in April 1898, he was embodied for War service on 5 December 1899 and served in South Africa from February to May 1902.

Lord Valletorte was promoted Major in January 1904 and Lieutenant-Colonel (in command) of 3rd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (Militia) in August 1905. On the formation of the Special Reserve he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel, 3rd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry in June 1908 being granted the honorary rank of Colonel. He married Lady Edith Villiers, the only daughter of the 5th Earl of Clarendon in 1911. As a Special Reserve Officer he was appointed Major in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry in September 1914 and directed to join the 3rd Battalion at Falmouth. He succeeded to the earldom on the death of his father in September 1917 and was a J.P., D.L. for Cornwall and Devon and Deputy Warden of the Stannaries. Medically examined at Parkhurst and found to be permanently unfit in October 1918 he relinquished his commission, having exceeded the age limit, in January 1919 being disembodied from the Special Reserve of Officers, Southern Command. He is recorded as ‘Eligible for Silver War Badge’ but there is no evidence that this was issued. Appointed Knight of Grace, The Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England in November 1923, as a Lord Temporal he did homage at the Coronation of King George V in 1937. He died at Cotehele House, St Dominic, St Germans, Cornwall on 18 April 1944, aged 78, and was succeeded to the earldom by his cousin Kenelm William Edward Edgcumbe.

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An Inter War ‘Civil Division’ O.B.E. group of three awarded to Captain H. R. Vyvyan, Devonshire Regiment, later Chief Constable of Devon The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Civil) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Transvaal (Capt. H. R. Vyvyan. Devon Regt.) engraved naming; King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt. H. R. Vyvyan. Devon Regt.) engraved naming, the Boer War pair mounted as worn, the OBE separate, good very fine (3) £300-£400

O.B.E. London Gazette 4 June 1928: Captain Herbert Reginald Vyvyan. Chief Constable of Devon.

Herbert Reginald Vyvyan was born at Ore, Hastings, Sussex in 1862, the son of the Reverend Herbert Francis Vyvyan, Curate of Ore, and his wife Augusta Clara Vyvyan (née de Schmiedern). Educated at Cheltenham College, he was appointed Second Lieutenant in the Royal Cornwall Rangers, Duke of Cornwall’s Own, on 21 February 1880. He transferred from the Militia and was commissioned Lieutenant in the Devonshire Regiment on 23 May 1885. He served with the 2nd Battalion stationed in Rawalpindi from March 1889, embarking in RIM Canning for Rangoon in December 1890. Entraining for Mandalay the battalion embarked on river steamers up the Irrawaddy for Kyouk Myoung.

Vyvyan was appointed Station Staff Officer Bernardmyo during the 3rd Anglo-Burmese War; however, he did not take part in any of the designated Columns/Expeditionary Forces during the campaign and therefore was not entitled to receive the India General Service Medal 1854-95 with clasp Burma 1889-92. Disembarking ‘Home’ and posted to the Depot Devonport in April 1892 he was promoted Captain Devonshire Regiment in November 1892 and appointed Adjutant 1st (Exeter and South Devon) Volunteer Battalion on 1 April 1896. His period of service as Adjutant expired in June 1901 and he then embarked for South Africa to re-join his regiment. Awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasp Transvaal on the 2nd Battalion roll August 1901, he was seconded for service on the Staff in December 1901. Appointed part of the Reparation Commission to oversee re-establishment of the Boers on their farms and to deal with claims, he was awarded the King’s South Africa Medal with clasps South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 on the 1st Battalion roll April 1903. He retired as a Captain in the Devonshire Regiment on 13 May 1903, after a total service of 23 years and 81 days.

Appointed Superintendent Devon Constabulary on 1 April 1905, Vyvyan served with the Cullompton Division before being appointed Chief Constable of the Devon Constabulary on 1 April 1907. Whilst on horseback on 28 January 1908, he is recorded as leading the Devon mounted policemen during the riots at Newton Abbot. In both the 1911 and 1921 Census he is shown as Chief Constable of Devon. Appointed and Officer of the Order of the British Empire in June 1928, he was retired to pension on 1 April 1931, aged 68: at the time he was in receipt of an annual salary of £1050. Granted a pension of £700, he had served a total of 26 years with the Devon Constabulary.

Following the death of his first wife in September 1935, Vyvyan embarked on the Blue Funnel Line Ulysses at Liverpool for a round voyage Los Palmas, Capetown, Durban and Australian ports departing November 1936 and returning via South Africa in March 1937. He re-married at the British Consulate in Alexandria, Egypt in April 1938 and settled in Worthing, Sussex. He died on 19 December 1949; at the time of his death he was heir presumptive to his kinsman, Sir Richard Philip Vyvyan, 11th Baronet.

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The unique Great War ‘Gallipoli’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain P. P. Kenyon-Slaney, Royal North Devon Yeomanry, for his gallantry in going out to look for missing men by daylight under fir fire on the Gallipoli Peninsula; twice Mentioned in Despatches, he later served as Member of Parliament for Tavistock Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. P. P. Kenyon-Slaney. R. N. Devon Yeo.); British War and Victory £1,400-£1,800 Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. P. P. Kenyon-Slaney) mounted for wear, polished, good very fine (4)

A unique award of the Military Cross to the Royal North Devon Hussars.

M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1916: ‘In recognition of services during the War [Gallipoli].’

The Battalion War Diary states: ‘9 November 1915: 2nd Lt P P Kenyon-Slaney and Private J. [sic] King did well on this occasion going out to look for the missing men by daylight under fire.’ King was additionally awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, his citation stating: ‘For conspicuous gallantry when one of a covering party to some men erecting entanglements. Next morning he went out with an officer [Second Lieutenant P. P. Kenyon-Slaney] in full view of the enemy to search for two missing men.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 13 July 1916: ‘For distinguished and gallant services [Gallipoli].’

M.I.D. London Gazette 5 July 1919: ‘For distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty during period 16 September 1918 to 15 March 1919 [France].’

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Philip Percy Kenyon-Slaney was born at Santa Fe, Argentina, in 1896, the son of Percy Robert Kenyon-Slaney and Geraldine Ellen Georgina Kenyan-Slaney, and by the time of the 1901 Census the family had moved to Langworthy, Bratton Clovelly, Devon. Educated at Bradfield College, Berkshire, he was appointed Second Lieutenant in the Royal North Devon (Hussars) on 6 October 1913. Mobilised as Second Lieutenant in the Royal North Devon Hussars at Bideford on 4 August 1914 the battalion entrained for Winchester and moved to Tendring, Essex to commence intensive training whilst guarding the East Coast against the invasion scare from August 1914 to September 1915. The Royal North Devon Hussars entrained for Liverpool where they embarked HMT Olympic on 23 September 1915 and landed at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on 8 October 1915.

Marching to reserve dugouts west of Kisbar Dagh the next day before taking over the front-line trenches on 3 November.

Whilst in these trenches Kenyon-Slaney, together with Corporal W. H. King, distinguished themselves by going out in daylight under fire to search for missing men, both being Mentioned for ‘distinguished and gallant services’; Kenyon-Slaney was subsequently awarded the Military Cross and Corporal King the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Promoted Lieutenant in November he moved with his battalion to reserve dugouts at Lala Baba and were in the trenches at Yeoman’s Knoll during a heavy thunderstorm and flooded out on 27 November 1915.

Evacuated from Gallipoli the Royal North Devon Yeomanry disembarked at Alexandria on 30 December 1915. Whilst in Egypt the Royal North Devon Yeomanry ceased to exist following their amalgamation with the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry to form the 16th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, on 21 December 1916. The 16th Battalion took over command of part of southern Suez Canal section at Deversoir in January 1917 before marching to Rafa in March 1917 and taking part in the Second Battle of Gaza on 16 April 1917. Appointed acting Captain whilst commanding 229th Infantry Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, he was promoted Captain on 6 November 1917.

The 229th Trench Mortar Battery (with Kenyon-Slaney in command) embarked on HMT Ixion at Alexandria on 2 May 1918. Disembarking at Marseilles they proceeded north finally reaching billets at Liencourt for a period of intensive training on 25 May 1918. Held in readiness to move at six hours’ notice at Liencourt they took over part of the front line between Robecq and St Venant in July 1918 and were involved in the attack on Moislains before advancing over the Canal du Nord on 4 September 1918. Later they were involved in the attacks on Ronssoy and Ėpéhy before moving to trenches opposite Neuve Chapelle, crossing the canal south of Lille on 17 October 1918. Thet suffered their last casualties of the Great War from shellfire inflicted at Baisieux on 24 October 1918.

Kenyon-Slaney MC relinquished command 229th Trench Mortar Battery on being attached to HQ 229th Infantry Brigade in December 1918 and for his service in France whilst in command 229th Trench Mortar Battery was Mentioned in Despatches. Subsequently employed under the Directorate of Graves Registration and Enquiries he was demobilised and returned home in 1921.

Following the reforming of the Territorial Force Kenyon-Slaney was appointed Captain in the Territorial Force, Royal Field Artillery, 11th (Devon) Brigade on 19 April 1921. In the 1921 Census he is recorded as residing at Coombe, Copplestone aged 25 Army Officer Captain HM TF Forces RA. Promoted Major, Territorial Army, Royal Field Artillery, 96th (Devon Yeomanry) Brigade in July 1921 he was appointed Commandant of the 383rd Battery, 96th (Devon Yeomanry) Brigade, RA Headquarters, Torrington. He was elected to serve as Member of Parliament for the Tavistock Division at the General Election held in October 1924. Transferred to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers as Major, Royal Artillery, 96th (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Brigade from the Active List on 1 July 1925, he died at Torquay on 9 September 1928, aged 32, his home address being recorded as Beechwood, Plympton, Devon. A news report at the time indicated that his early death (Neuritis) was due to injuries/sickness whilst in France 1918.

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A Second War B.E.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant J. P. Cundy, Army Service Corps, later a Co-op Stableman, who was awarded the B.E.M. for displaying great heroism and risking his own life whilst rescuing twelve terror stricken horses during an air raid on Exeter British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (James Percy Cundy); 1914 Star, with clasp (T-16777 Cpl. J. P. Cundy. A.S.C.); British £600-£800 War and Victory Medals (T-16777 Sjt. J. P. Cundy. A.S.C.) good very fine (4)

B.E.M. (Civil) London Gazette 25 September 1942: James Percy Cundy, Stableman, Exeter Co-operative Society, Exeter.

Statement of Inspector R. P. Rowland, Exeter City Police (HO 250/74): ‘With regard to the attached statements on the meritorious conduct of the above named who were the means of rescuing twelve horses from a burning stable at the Co-operative Society’s stables in Belgrave Road.

Enquiries prove that the rescue of these frightened animals was made when explosives and incendiaries were still falling in the vicinity, and in fact, when the stable roofing and bedding were actually on fire. The fact that two horses were overcome by smoke and fumes and died in their stalls before Cundy left the stable, and the evidence that two of the animals broke loose in fright prove that this rescue work was made under the greatest difficulties.

There cannot be any doubt that Cundy displayed great heroism in the rescue of these horses, which was made at the risk of his own life. His action in such trying circumstances is deserving of the highest commendation.

The conduct of his wife who so bravely assisted him through this ordeal is equally worth high commendation.’

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Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore, Part 9 James Percy Cundy was born at Folletts Buildings, Mermaid Yard, Exeter in 1883 and attested for the Army Service Corps (Short Service) on 3 October 1900, having previously served with the Devon and Somerset Royal Engineer Volunteers. Giving his occupation as a groom, he was allotted service number T-16777 and posted to Aldershot. Appointed Lance Corporal in September 1902 and promoted 2nd Corporal in February 1903, he transferred to the Reserve in October 1903. Returning to Exeter and employed as a Vansman, in the 1911 Census he is recorded as a Cab Proprietor residing with his wife at Cecil Road, St Thomas, Exeter. Re-engaged in October 1912 for a further 4 years on Reserve he was mobilised at Aldershot on 5 August 1914 and posted to HQ Company, 2nd Divisional Train, Army Service Corps.

Promoted Corporal Cundy embarked with Expeditionary Force (France) at Southampton and disembarked at Rouen on 18 August 1914. Severely reprimanded – Drunkenness on Active Service with the BEF in December 1914 – he was however appointed Acting Sergeant in April 1915. Again severely reprimanded – Neglect of Duty in failing to report that he had been struck by two drivers BEF in December 1915 – he was promoted Sergeant in March 1917 he continued in the Service under the Military Service Act 1916 from October 1917. Receiving a further reprimand – Neglect of duty when Orderly Sergeant in failing to report to the Orderly Officer in June 1918 – he was lent to Concentration Camp Army of Occupation in June 1919. He embarked for demobilisation and transferred to Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve at Woolwich Dockyard on 13 July 1919.

Returning again to Exeter he was discharged on termination of engagement Sergeant on 31 March 1920 after a total service of 19 years and 181 days. In the 1921 Census he is shown residing in St Leonards Avenue, Exeter aged 38, a Cabman employed by W Mitchell of Exeter.

Cundy was employed by the Exeter Co-operative Society as a Stableman at Belgrave Road, Exeter in April 1923 and resided with his wife in a flat above the Co-op Stables in Belgrave Road. The area of Belgrave Road, Exeter was heavily attacked with incendiary bombs and high explosives during the night of 3-4 May 1942 and the Co-op Stables set alight: awoken from his bed Cundy at once went to care for his horses and succeeded at great personal risk in the rescue of twelve of his charges. Following the raid the circumstances surrounding the rescue were brought to the attention of the Exeter Chief Constable who duly submitted his recommendation for consideration by the Interdepartmental Committee on Civil Defence Gallantry Awards. The recommendation for a Commendation, being supported with seven signed statements, was considered at the committee meeting held on 1 September 1942 Case No 1974 and upgraded by the Committee to an award of the British Empire Medal. In his own statement Cundy concludes ‘I have had 40 years experience of horses and I served through the last war, but this was my most trying experience.’ Returning to his employment as Stableman with the Exeter Co-operative Society he died at Exeter on 15 June 1946, aged 63.

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Six: Squadron Sergeant Major W. J. Tuckett, Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry 1914-15 Star (1385 Sq. S. Mjr. W. J. Tuckett. R. 1/Devon. Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (1385 W.O. Cl. 2. W. J. Tuckett.

R. 1-Devon. Yeo.); Defence Medal; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (220008 Sq. Sjt. Mjr: W. J. Tuckett. R. 1/Devon: Hrs:); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, 2 clasps, Long Service 1941, Long Service 1945 (William J. Tuckett.) mounted for wear, edge bruise to TFWM, polished, generally very fine (6) £400-£500 William James Tuckett was born at Franklands Farm, Hennock, Devon in 1886 and enlisted in the Royal 1st Devon Imperial Yeomanry, being appointed a Lance Corporal in ‘C’ Squadron on 14 May 1907. Discharged from the Imperial Yeomanry on the formation of the Territorial Army he enlisted in the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry on 24 April 1908. Mobilised still with ‘C’ Squadron on 4 August 1914 he was posted with the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry to Essex for intensive training. Embarking on 23 September 1915 in H.M.T. Olympic at Liverpool for Gallipoli they landed at Suvla Bay on 8 October 1915 and marched to reserve dugouts west of Karakol Dagh. Following the withdrawal from Gallipoli, the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry took over duties in the Canal Zone before advancing into Gaza and Palestine.

The Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry and the Royal North Devon Hussars formed 16th (Devon Yeomanry) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment on 21 December 1916. At some stage Tuckett returned home as his marriage is recorded as having taken place at Bovey Tracey Parish Church in October 1917. His Efficiency Medal was awarded in November 1917 and he was disembodied 21 January 1919. Returning to the family farm in Hennock he is shown in the 1939 Register as Sergeant Special Constabulary and is known to have served at Bovey Tracey. He held a number of voluntary positions including being a member of the Devon War Agricultural Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Newton Abbot Rural Council.

He died at Hennock on 19 December 1945, aged 59.

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Four: Private A. G. Crook, Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry, later 16th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (1767 Pte. A. G. Crook. R. 1-Devon Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (1767 Pte. A. G. Crook. R. 1-Devon Y.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (345021 Pte. A. G. Crook. 16/Devon: R.) good very fine (4) £140-£180

Albert George Crook was born at Combe Lane, West Teignmouth, Devon in 1882. A Farm Labourer he enlisted in the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry at Bishopsteignton on 22 January 1909 as 1767 Trooper in ‘C’ Squadron. Receiving orders to mobilise on 4 August 1914 ‘C’ Squadron assembled at Totnes the following day before entraining for Winchester and moving to St Osyth, Essex. There then followed a period of intensive training whilst guarding the East Coast of England against the invasion scare from August 1914 to September 1915. Entraining for Liverpool on 22 September the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry embarked on HMT Olympic disembarking at Mudros on 2 October 1915. Embarking on Osmanieh, a Khedivial steamer, they landed at Suvla Bay Gallipoli on 8 October 1915 and marched to reserve dugouts west of Karakol Dagh. Taking over front-line trenches on 3 November 1915, whilst in the trenches at Yeoman’s Knoll they were flooded out during a heavy thunderstorm on 27 November 1915, many men subsequently suffering from severe frostbite. Admitted to 88 Field Hospital, Suvla with dysentery on 29 November 1915 he was evacuated home via Egypt and admitted to the British Military Hospital, Brockenhurst on 9 February 1916.

Granted Sick Furlough and re-numbered Private 245021, on recovery Crook embarked for Egypt in June 1916, re-joining the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry at Gara. Involved in Canal Zone duties before advancing into Gaza and Palestine, the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry and the Royal North Devon Hussars formed 16th (Devon Yeomanry) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment on 21 December 1916. Continuing their advance into Palestine they successfully attacked Beersheba on 31 October 1917 and lost their commanding office, killed in action, at Sheria on 6 November 1917.

Withdrawn to Kantara in preparation for a move to France the 16th Battalion disembarked at Marseilles on 7 May 1918 for service on the Western Front. Following yet further intensive training they were involved in the attack on Moislains and advance over the Canal du Nord on 4 September 1918. Taking part in the attack on Ronssoy on 22 September 1918 the battalion moved out of the front line to the Lys Valley at the end of September 1918. Invalided to England suffering from debility on 4 October 1918 he was admitted to the Military Hospital Exeter before being transferred to Crownhill Hutments Convalescent Hospital at Devonport in November 1918. Posted to 4th Reserve Battalion Devonshire Regiment, he was disembodied at Exeter on 25 February 1919. Returning home to Teignmouth he was granted 5/6d per week pension for 52 weeks due to nervous debility and dysentery, and was awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in May 1919. He died at Coombe Vale, Teignmouth on 2 October 1953, aged 71.

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Five: Sergeant J. Barnes, Somerset Light Infantry, later Devonshire Regiment, an early member of the Royal Signals who previously served in East Africa with the Imperial Signal Company, and with the Indian Signal Service on the North West Frontier British War and Victory Medals (8135 Pte. J. Barnes. Som. L.I.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24 (5610529 Sgt. J. Barnes, R. Signals.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5610529 Sjt. J. Barnes. Devon R); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue, ‘Fid Def.’ (5610529 Sjt. J. Barnes. Devon); mounted for wear together with the recipient’s Corps of Commissionaires, Order of Merit, 1st Class, silver and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘J. Barnes’, light contact marks, polished, good very fine (6) £260-£300 John Decimus Barnes was born John Decimus Beames at Morton, Thornbury, Gloucestershire in 1888, the son of an Agricultural Labourer. He attested under the surname of Beames, aged 19, for the Cavalry of the Line at Thornbury on 29 January 1906. As 5649 Private, Hussars of the Line he was posted to the 14th Hussars before being posted to the 20th Hussars and renumbered 5252 Private in March 1906. Admitted to hospital at Brighton ‘Exposure to heat at manoeuvres’ in August 1906 he deserted on 18 February 1907 having served 1 year 20 days. His reason for deserting is not recorded however the next day 19 February he once again attested at Kingston on Thames, this time as John Barnes, Short Service (All Arms) for 7 years with Colours and 5 years with Reserve. As 8135 Private, Prince Albert’s Somerset Light Infantry, he joined the Depot Somerset Light Infantry at Taunton on 21 February 1907. Posted to the 2nd Battalion at Crownhill Barracks, Plymouth in April 1907 he embarked at Southampton with a draft for the 1st Battalion, disembarking at Bombay, India in October 1907. Awarded his 3rd Class Certificate of Education and later his 2nd Class certificate, he was appointed Lance Corporal in April 1908. Posted to the 2nd Battalion Somerset Light Infantry, Malta in October 1908, he was appointed Paid Lance Corporal in October 1909. He was tried by District Court Martial and sentenced to 21 days (7 days remitted) Detention for using insubordinate language to his superior officer and reduced to Private in December 1909.

On 11 June 1910 Barnes claimed the benefit of the King’s pardon, having confessed to having deserted from 20th Hussars and enlisted into the Somerset Light Infantry; the pardon granted, he forfeited all previous service, with his service towards limited engagement to reckon from 11 June 1910, and he continued to serve as John Barnes. Embarking with the 2nd Battalion Somerset Light Infantry for North China he disembarked 26 October 1911. Stationed in Peking in November 1912, he later embarked with his battalion for India in October 1913 to be stationed at Quetta where he remained until December 1916 when he was posted to ‘Z’ Signal Company in East Africa. He disembarked at Dar es Salaam German East Africa and was taken on strength ‘Z’ Signal Company at Allitole on 1 January 1917. Transferred to the Imperial Signal Company on disbandment of ‘Z’ Signals Company in June 1917, he proceeded to Lindi, East Africa for duty per HT Chow Tai in October 1917. Embarking for India he joined Signal Service Depot Poona ‘Operator Telegraphist’ in January 1918 and transferred to the 45th Divisional Signal Company Poona in June 1918. Appointed Unpaid Lance Corporal he was raised to 4th Rate Engineer Pay at Secunderabad in November 1918.

Automatically discharged and re-enlisted in 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry for 4 years at Secunderabad on 14 March 1919, Barnes was appointed 2nd Corporal in the 45th Divisional Signal Company at Secunderabad in April 1919 and proceeded to the Signal Service Depot at Poona in May 1919, being confirmed in the rank of Acting Sergeant in June 1919. He re-attested Short Service until 31 March 1923 at Secunderabad in Prince Albert’s Somerset Light Infantry attached Indian Signal Service. Granted Furlough to the UK from October 1919 to April 1920 he was permanently transferred to the Devonshire Regiment as 02291 Private on 26 March 1920. His British War Medal only was issued on the Somerset Light Infantry roll dated April 1920. Returning from furlough and taken on strength ‘B’ Divisional Signal Company at Wellington, Northern India on 29 May 1920 he joined 34th Divisional Signal Company at Bangalore in June 1920. Promoted Corporal in July 1920 and appointed Acting Sergeant (Paid) Signal Service Depot Quetta in October 1920. Proceeded to Signal Service ‘S’ Course at Jubblepore in February 1921, he was allotted Army Number 5610529 at Quetta the same month. Promoted Sergeant in the Indian Unattached List (Signals Service) at Quetta in June 1921 he completed the Signal Service ‘S’ Course and returned to Quetta on 31 August 1921. He extended his re-enlistment with the 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment to complete 21 years with the Colours at Quetta in June 1922, and his Victory Medal was issued on the Devonshire Regiment roll dated Exeter August 1922.

As a Sergeant in the Indian Signal Service Barnes married Elsie Louisa Jane Bray at Karachi in November 1922, the marriage certificate being annotate ‘John Barnes original name Beames changed by deed poll’. He proceeded with ‘C’ Divisional Signals to Razmak in January 1924 and then to Bannu in September 1924. Awarded the India General Service Medal 1908 with clasp Waziristan 1919-21 in November 1924 he is recorded as 5610529 Sergeant Indian Signal Corps serving with 34th Divisional Signal Company. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with Gratuity as a Sergeant Devonshire Regiment in October 1925, in December 1925 his records state that the service he forfeited in the Corps of Hussars had been restored and allowed to reckon. The award in December 1924 of the clasp Waziristan 1921-24 is recorded as 5610529 Sergeant 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment attached ‘C’ Divisional Signals.

Reverting to Regimental Duty for the purpose of discharge in December 1926, Barnes was discharged at Exeter at his own request on 18 February 1927 having served 21 years and 6 days and given an exemplary report. In the 1939 Register he is recorded as residing in Cardiff, a Caretaker, Commissionaire and Messenger, and he was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal as a Sergeant, Devonshire Regiment in April 1953.

He died at Frome, Somerset on 25 February 1976, aged 87.

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Pair: Acting Warrant Officer Class I C. Featherstone, Devonshire Regiment India General Service 1908-35, clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (5608063 A-W.O. Cl. 1. C. Featherstone. Devon R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5608063 Sjt. C. Featherstone. Devon. R.) good very fine, the first rare to unit (2) £160-£200 Charles Featherstone was born at Fore Street, Chulmleigh, Devon in January 1885, the son of a Master Cordwainer. Having previously served in the 4th Volunteer Battalion Devonshire Regiment he attested at Kingsnympton for the Devonshire Regiment on the 9 March 1904. Posted Regimental No. 7644 Private to the Depot at Exeter he passed his 3rd Class Certificate of Education in May 1904. Posted to the 2nd Battalion at North Raglan Barracks, Devonport in July 1904 he extended his service to complete 7 years with the Colours in March 1907. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, he embarked with them at Plymouth bound for Cania, Crete to form part of the International Garrison serving on the island, arriving on 19 January 1909. Extending his service yet again to complete 12 years with the Colours in August 1910, he subsequently served in Malta and then Egypt before embarking with his battalion for France, disembarking at Le Havre on 6 November 1914.

Appointed Lance Corporal, Featherstone received a Gun Shot wound to his left foot on 25 March 1915. Returning home he was posted to the Depot Devonshire Regiment, Exeter in May 1915 and to the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion, Devonport in October 1915. Posted to the 3/6th (TF) Battalion at Barnstaple prior to embarking in January 1916 for the Indian Expeditionary Force, Mesopotamia having been posted to the 1/6th Battalion Devonshire Regiment. Appointed 3761 Lance Sergeant ‘C’ Company, 1/6th Battalion stationed at Magasis, Mesopotamia he was promoted Sergeant in July 1916 and re-numbered 266945. Posted to the Depot 1/6th Battalion, India in September 1916 he re-engaged to complete 21 years with the Colours in April 1917. Appointed Acting Company Sergeant Major in September 1917, and Acting Regimental Sergeant Major in April 1919, he revered to Sergeant on proceeding for duty with the Railway Transport Establishment at Secunderabad in August 1919. Passing his 2nd Class Certificate of Education at Secunderabad in May 1922 he was posted to the Railway Transport Office at Jhansi as Sergeant, Acting Regimental Sergeant Major, in September 1922 and then to Bannu in November 1923. Appointed Acting Railway Transport Sergeant Major, HQ Waziristan Force, in December 1923, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, with Gratuity in April 1924 and returned home to the Depot at Exeter prior to being discharged on termination of engagement in the rank of Sergeant on 1 May 1925 after a total service of 21 years and 54 days, being granted a pension of 3 shillings 3½ d per diem for life.

Returning to Barnstaple Featherstone was awarded the India General Service Medal 1908 with clasp Waziristan 1921-24 in May 1937 in respect of his service whilst attached to the Railway Transport Office at Bannu. Appointed Postman (Rural Foot), Barnstaple Reg. No. 129498 in October 1927 and Postman, Barnstaple in May 1931, he died at Barnstaple on 20 June 1966, aged 81.

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Six: Warrant Officer Class II J. Thomson, Devonshire Regiment 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya (5617329 W.O. Cl 2. J. Thomson. Devons.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (5617329 W.O. Cl. 2. J. Thomson. Devon.) mounted as £140-£180 worn, nearly extremely fine (6) John Tomson was born on 24 October 1914 and is recorded in the Devonshire Regiment journal March 1939 as Corporal joining the 1st Battalion at Rawalpindi from the 2nd Battalion. Serving throughout the 1st Battalion’s time in Burma he is shown in the Second War Casualty Lists as a Sergeant 7 March 1944 when the battalion held positions in the Kuntaung area. In July 1947, as Company Sergeant Major when the 1st Battalion was stationed in Hong Kong, he took over responsibility for the battalion Boxing Team. Leaving Hong Kong he was posted Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 1st Battalion, Malay Regiment, Port Dickson, Malaya. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1951 having qualified for the award on 7 November 1950.

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Five: Corporal S. W. R. Gush, Devonshire Regiment 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (5621015 Cpl. S.W.R. Gush. Devon) mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £70-£90

Stanley William Roland Gush was born on 8 June 1941 at Sidmouth, Devon. Enlisting into the Territorial Army Devonshire Regiment prior to the Second World War, upon mobilisation he was posted to the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment then serving in India and Burma. In early 1944 the 1st Battalion was stationed at Pynbon Sakan, Burma before withdrawing from Ridge Camp to Imphal Plain and laying out new positions in the Kuntaung area in March 1944 and holding Devon Hill, east of Sibong Bridge later that month. Patrols commenced along the Mombi Track and followed with a withdrawal to Patiala Ridge on 3 April 1944. Next taking part in the attack and capture of Nippon Hill (Tengnoupal Peak) on 11 April 1944. Holding positions on Patiala Ridge (Crete, Cyprus and Scraggy Hills) before relieving the 3/1 Gurkhas on Crete West, Scraggy and Malta Hills on 1 May 1944; the 1st Battalion defended and held the position against constant heavy Japanese attacks until relieved on 10 May 1944.

The battalion sustained two hundred casualties, killed wounded and missing in these first ten days of May before being moved to Punjab Hill to recuperate. Moving next to Kameng later that month before commencing their advance up Iril Valley to cut enemy lines along Ukhrul Road on 6 June 1944. After considerable privation and patrolling towards Ukhrul Road they captured Lambui on 11 July at which stage the 1st Battalion was withdrawn from the line on the 17 July after 4 months constant fighting in jungle conditions.

The battalion moved to 80th Brigade concentration area at Wangjing and were granted a ‘leave period’. On return to duty they were inspected by Field Marshal Wavell GCB at Wangjing on 7 August 1944 before leaving for Tamu-Kalemyo Road for road maintenance duties in mid-November 1944. Ordered to march to Thazi to defend against Japanese threat up the Gangaw Valley at the beginning of December, at the end of the month they commenced their march into central Burma before crossing the Chindwin River at Kalewa on 1 January 1945 to form part of the Brigade assault on Monywa and final capture on the 22 January. Occupying the Myaung area on the north bank of the Irrawaddy on the 31st they moved upriver to Myinmu and continued patrolling the riverbank prior to crossing the Irrawaddy River on 20 February 1945. Continuing their advance via Kanlan and Talingon, they assaulted and captured Sinbyugon on 5 March 1945 prior to their last action in Burma when they captured Letpanpin on 30 March 1945. The battalion commenced a move to Pyiban for reorganisation and rest during April before emplaning at Meiktila Airfield to commence their move to India on the 1st May. Flown to Imphal they moved by Motor Transport to Dimapur and crossing the River Ganges they arrived at Visapur Camp, east of Poona, for re-fitting on 13 May 1945. The battalion received news of the Japanese surrender on 15 August and embarked MA Sibajak with 6th Infantry Brigade disembarking at Singapore on 22 December 1945. On returning home Gush was discharged to the Reserve on 1 October 1946. He died at Sidmouth on 13 April 2000., aged 78.

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India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Sikkim 1888 (70 Pte. W. Goddard 2nd. Bn. Devon R.) minor edge bruise, good very fine and unique to regiment £400-£500 William Goddard was born circa 1862 and attested for the Devonshire Regiment on 15 September 1881. Posted to the 1st Battalion at Colchester, he embarked with a draft for 2nd Battalion in HMS Crocodile in October 1882, the draft comprising 2 Officers, 3 Sergeants, 3 Corporals and 153 other ranks, and joined the 2nd Battalion at Jullundur, India on 30 November 1882 before moving to Jhansi in 1884. He was attached as a Signaller to Telegraph Department for the Sikkim Expeditionary Force on 15 March 1888, returning to the 2nd Battalion at Jhansi in August 1888. Transferring to the Army Reserve circa 1888/89 he was awarded the India General Service Medal with clasp Sikkim 1888 in April 1893, a unique clasp to the Devonshire Regiment.

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Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore, Part 9 228

Army L.S. & G.C., W.IV.R. (George Hall, Serjt. Major 11th Regiment Foot. 1835.) fitted with original steel clip and rectangular bar suspension, good very fine, scarce £400-£500 Provenance: Lawson Whalley Collection 1877; Needes Collection, Glendining’s, 1939.

Approximately 11 W.IV.R. Long Service and Good Conduct Medals awarded to the 11th Regiment of Foot, of which only two are currently recorded as extant – the other example being held in the regimental museum at Dorchester.

George Hall was born in Dromgoon, near Coote Hill, Cavan, Ireland circa 1793, and attested for the 11th Regiment of Foot at Wexford on 10 June 1813. A Labourer aged 20 he was posted to the Regimental Depot at Barnstable. Having joined the 1st Battalion at the end of their Peninsula service, he was promoted Corporal in May 1814 and returned home to Fermoy in July 1814. Promoted Sergeant in October 1815 he disembarked with the 1st Battalion at Gibraltar and occupied South Barracks in March 1816. Returning home the battalion was stationed at Plymouth in February 1821 with detachments stationed at Pendennis Castle and Milford Haven. The 1st Battalion moved to Ireland later that year being stationed there until January 1827 when they embarked for Lisbon and occupied part of convent of Xabregus. During their time in Portugal the battalion marched to Alanquer, Leira, Thomar (on the banks of the river Tagus), St Antonia de Tojal, and to Paco de Lumiar. Embarking at Belam, at the mouth of river Tagus, in Wellesley the 1st Battalion disembarked at Corfu, Ionian Islands on 30 March 1828.

Employed on road building duties to the military convalescent station at Paleo Castiggo, Hall was promoted to Sergeant Major in October 1828.

The battalion proceeded to Santa Maura (Levkas) in January 1831 and to Zante (Zakinthos) in May 1832. During this period the Ionian Islands, as well as most of the Mediterranean area, was renown for Malaria and Sergeant Major Hall inevitably succumbed being returned home and admitted to hospital at Chatham. After repeated treatment in hospital he was considered to be unfit for service in November 1834 and discharged aged 41 his ‘Constitution much shaken by remittent fever [Malaria]’ on 9 December 1834 after a total service of 21 years and 183 days. He was admitted as a Chelsea out-pensioner at a rate of 2/- per diem with a gratuity of £15. His intended place of residence was shown as Wexford. His Long Service and Good Conduct Medal was despatched on 28 May 1835, and he died in Ireland on 23 February 1865.

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Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, with 1 Additional Award Bar (24245626 Pte K E Blackler D and D) mounted for wear, edge bruise, nearly extremely fine, scarce £60-£80 Keith Edgar Blackler was born at Holbeton, Devon in September 1950, the son of Edgar and Kathleen Blackler who lived on the Houseboat Wendew (a former Brixham trawler) moored at Radford Beach, Oreston, Plymstock. The Regimental Journal of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment for February 1987 records Private Keith Blackler ‘E’ Company 1st Battalion Wessex Regiment (RV) being awarded the Lord Lieutenant’s Certificate at Derriford on 25 October 1986 for having given long years of unstinting service to the Company.

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Rocket Apparatus Volunteer Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Maurice Hutchings) in fitted case of issue, good extremely fine £100-£140 Maurice Hutching was born at Torcross, Stokenham, Devon in 1886. The son of Nathaniel Hutchings, his birth was registered as Morris William Dudley Hutchings. A Taylor by trade he enrolled in the Board of Trade Life Saving Apparatus Volunteers at Torcross Station, Salcombe Division, South Devon in 1909 and is recorded in each of the surviving Torcross annual returns from 1920 through to 1933. He was presented with the Rocket Apparatus Volunteer Long Service Medal by the Divisional Coastguard Inspector on 3 April 1930. Recorded in the 1939 Register as residing at Ley View, Torcross a Master Taylor, A.R.P & L.S.C. indicating that he may well have received the 1939-45 Defence Medal. He died at Greenbank Hospital, Plymouth on 25 November 1962 aged 76 and, following his cremation, his ashes were scattered in the sea at Torcross.

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National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, silver, 1 clasp ‘Twenty Years’, the edge officially numbered ‘3 3778 ’ and additionally contemporarily engraved ‘C C. H. Newcombe ’, in flattened card box of issue, with named ‘Barnstaple’ presentation slip dated 13 June 1929, extremely fine £60-£80 Charles Henry Newcombe was born in Pilton, Barnstaple, North Devon in 1874 and was appointed Fireman, Barnstaple Fire Brigade by the Fire Brigade and Explosive Substances Committee on 16 September 1907. A House Painter employed by C Phillips & Son, he continued as a volunteer Fireman with the Barnstaple Fire Brigade being awarded his National Fire Brigades’ Association Long Service Medal with 20 Years Clasp on 13 June 1929. A Past President and Treasurer of the Barnstaple Branch of the Painters’ Society, he was also a member of the Oddfellows and Past Grand Master of the local Lodge, and a Ringer at Pilton Church for forty years. He died in Barnstaple on 16 June 1934, aged 60, and is interred in Pilton Churchyard.

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Royal Humane Society, large silver medal (successful) (William Hodge. 7th. Septr 1857) fitted with a loop and straight bar suspension, in Warrington, London, embossed case of issue, minor edge bruising, good very fine £400-£500 Provenance: Morton and Eden, November 2013.

R.H.S. Case no. 16,069: ‘On the 7th of September, 1857, two youths names Thomas Watts and John Coles, went to bathe in the River Taw at Ashford, Devon; the tide was coming in rapidly, they lost their footing, and being unable to swim, both were swept away by the current, when William Hodge, aged 21, and a farmer’s son who had been fishing near the spot, on hearing their cries ran to their assistance, and gallantly plunged into the water, swam to one of them and caught him, but the drowning youth grasped him so tightly round the neck that he was almost suffocated and they both sank in fifteen feet of water, and at the bottom Hodge by a desperate effort freed himself from the grip of the youth now senseless, shook him off, but caught himself again by the hair of his head, and after some difficulty brought him to land, were he left him, and plunged again into the water, in search of the other; he dived repeatedly in hope of finding and saving him also, but in vain, he had sunk for the last time and was carried off by the tide, and the body only found the next morning.’

William Hodge was baptised at Ashford Parish Church, North Devon on 31 January 1836, the son of William Hodge a Yeoman Farmer of Ashford. Described as a farmer’s son he rescued Thomas Watts from the River Taw and attempted to save John Coles on 7 September 1857.

Following an inquest held at the Ashford Hotel on the body of John Coles a summary of the rescue was submitted to the Royal Humane Society by the Reverend John Blackmore, Curate of Ashford, and was considered at the Committee Meeting of the Royal Humane Society who awarded him their Silver Medal on 21 October 1857; the medal being sent by post to Reverend John Blackmore at Ashford. Described later as a ‘Fund owner’ he moved away from Devon and obtained employment in the London area. He died in Lambeth, London, on 15 April 1917, aged 81.

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Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore, Part 9 233

Royal National Lifeboat Institution, V.R., silver (Mr. Joseph Urell. Voted 2nd. July 1874) with uniface ‘double dolphin’ suspension, minor edge bruising and contact marks, good very fine £600-£800 Provenance: W. H. Fevyer Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2008.

‘On 14 February 1874, the Hamburg brigantine Theodor, Venezuela to Falmouth, with a cargo of cotton seed and dyewoods, was blown off course at Thurlestone, South Devon; her Master and two men were lost. Mr Urell and is crew put off in the Coastguard boat and saved the Mate and two men’ (Lifeboat Gallantry, by Barry Cox refers).

Joseph Urell was born at Larne, Antrim, Ireland circa 1820, the son of Daniel Urell a Seaman. He enlisted in the Royal Navy as an Able Seaman on 17 August 1840 and embarked in H.M.S. Vestal, a 26-gun sixth rate, for service in the North Atlantic, Canada and the West Indies. Next serving in August 1842 in H.M.S. Lucifer, a Paddle Gun-Vessel and Survey-Vessel at Plymouth, he was appointed Captain of the Mast in H.M.S. Lucifer in July 1843. Embarking as an Able Seaman in H.M.S. Firefly, a Gun-Vessel and Survey-Vessel based at Woolwich for service in Home Waters in March 1844, he was appointed Captain’s Coxswain in H.M.S. Firefly in March 1844.

Urell next embarked as a Captain’s Coxswain in H.M.S. Caledonia, a 120-gun first rate based at Plymouth and Portsmouth, in October 1847, and then as a Captain’s Coxswain in H.M.S. San Josef, a 112-gun first rate based at Devonport, in January 1848. Embarking as a Captain’s Coxswain in H.M.S. Impregnable, a 98-gun second rate Flag Ship at Devonport in January 1849, he transferred to the Coastguard List as a Boatman on 15 January 1851 and is recorded in the 1851 Census aged 31 Coast Guard residing at Coast Guard House, East Stonehouse, Devon. He embarked as a First Class Petty Officer in H.M.S. James Watt on 11 February 1854, a 91-gun second rate based at Devonport, for service in the Baltic Sea, and saw active service during the Baltic campaign. Returning to the Coastguard List as Boatman in May 1856 he was promoted Commissioned Boatman in October 1856. For his service in the Baltic he was awarded the Baltic Medal 1854-55 which was despatched to the Coast Guard Kingsbridge in April 1857. In the 1861 Census he is shown as aged 40, Commissioned Boatman RN Coastguard residing at Charlaborough, Devon.

Promoted Chief Boatman in October 1863 and Chief Officer September 1864, in the 1871 Census Urell is recorded as aged 50, Chief Officer Second Class Coastguard residing at Hope, Devon. Whilst carrying out his duties as Chief Officer at Hope, South Devon he put off with his crew in the Coastguard boat from Hope Cove and saved the Mate and two men of the brigantine Theodor off Thurlestone on 14 February 1874. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution voted Chief Officer Urell their silver medal on 2 July 1874 for the rescue of the three survivors from the brigantine Theodor. After a total service of 34 years 24 days he retired on 31 October 1875 being granted a Civil Pension and Allowance of £67 per annum commencing 15 November 1875. In both the 1881 and 1891 Census he is recorded as residing in Turnchapel and Oreston, Plympton.

He died at Camperdown Street, Stoke Damerel, Devon on 3 November 1895, aged 75, and is recorded as a Retired Chief Officer of Coast Guards.

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Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued, with a contemporary top silver brooch bar, extremely fine Purchased by the present vendor and displayed alongside the R.N.L.I. silver medal awarded to Chief Officer Urell.

For the R.N.L.I. silver medal awarded to Chief Officer Urell see the previous lot, Lot 233.

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Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore, Part 9 235

Army Sport Control Board 1922 India Medal, silver, the reverse engraved ‘C Company Cricket Baluchistan Winners H.Q. Coy 2nd Devon Regt. Lt. Radcliffe ’, in Calcutta Mint case of issue, extremely fine £60-£80 M.I.D. London Gazettes 27 December 1918 and 8 July 1919 [both France].

William Henry Radcliffe was born at Stoke Damerel, Devonport on 5 May 1893, the son of Walter John Deacon Radcliffe, a Barrister at Law, and was educated at Sherborne School, Dorset and Oriel College, Oxford. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 2/4th (T.F.) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment on 20 September 1914 and disembarking with the Battalion at Bombay in January 1915. Appointed temporary Lieutenant in October 1915 he was posted to the 1/4th Battalion Devonshire Regiment on the Tigris Line, Mesopotamia in August 1916. Returning home he was next posted to the 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment in France joining them opposite the Hindenburg Line in May 1917. Promoted Lieutenant in the Regular Forces in July 1917, whilst with ‘B’ Company he was slightly wounded in the leg during the attack on Bellewaerde Ridge on 31 July 1917. Appointed Acting Captain whilst acting as Adjutant in March 1918, the following month he was awarded a Parchment Certificate for gallantry and devotion to duty west of Somme between 22 March and 2 April 1918. He was again wounded in his right leg during heavy enemy barrage of gas and high explosive at Villers Brettoneux on 24 April 1918, which resulted in him being evacuated to hospital in the U.K. wounded.

Discharged from hospital Radcliffe joined the 3rd Battalion at Devonport in July 1918. Returning to France he re-joined the 2nd Battalion at Resting Hills Camp and took over as Second in Command of ‘B’ Company in September 1918. Mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatch of December 1918 he embarked for the U.K. to attend the Adjutants School at Cambridge in February 1919. Having passed the Adjutants Course he re-joined the 2nd Battalion at Devonport in May 1919, and was again Mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatch in July 1919. Embarking with the 2nd Battalion at Devonport in August 1919 bound for India the battalion became part of 57 Independent Infantry Brigade of the 4th (Quetta) Division in Baluchistan. Temporally attached to the Headquarters Baluchistan District in September 1920 he was appointed Staff Captain in 14 Infantry Brigade in September 1921. Vacating his Staff Captain appointment he re-joined 2nd Battalion in Quetta, being appointed Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion in May 1922. Embarking with the 2nd Battalion for Aden in March 1926 he was promoted Captain, Devonshire Regiment in February 1927.

Returning home to Devonport with his battalion in March 1927 Radcliffe successfully attended the Rifle and Light Arms Course at Hythe later that year. Seconded for duty as Adjutant to the 5th (T.A.) Battalion Devonshire Regiment at Plymouth in March 1929 he married Katherine Agnes Lewarne at Tavistock Parish Church in November 1930. Vacating his appointment with the 5th Battalion he was restored to establishment in May 1932. Posted to the 1st Battalion stationed at Quetta India in July 1933 he was appointed Officiating Staff Captain Razmak Brigade, North West Frontier India in June 1934 and Officiating Staff Captain Calcutta in February 1935. Attached to the Headquarters Presidency and Assam District G.III Intelligence in April 1935, he was promoted Major, Devonshire Regiment in August 1936 and posted to the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment on promotion at Calcutta in September 1936. Returning home in July 1939 he joined the 164 Officer Cadet Training Unit at Colchester being appointed Second in Command in September 1939.

Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Radcliffe was posted to the 11th Battalion Devonshire Regiment, Plymouth in September 1940 before assuming duty as L.D.C. Serial 334 at Roborough Aerodrome in July 1941. Recommended by the War Office for Change of Employment in Records he was posted to Infantry Record Office, Preston to fill vacancy for Major in November 1942 and to Infantry Record Office, Exeter in September 1943. Posted to No 11 Primary Training Centre in December 1946 he requested to be placed on the Retired List to take up employment as Administrative Officer, The Depot, Devonshire Regiment, Exeter in September 1947. He finally retired on retired pay on 27 November 1947 after a total service of 33 years and 68 days, and his appointment as Administrative Officer, The Depot, Devonshire Regiment, Exeter ceased on 27 February 1951. He died at Bickleigh, Devon, on 6 March 1967, aged 73.

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Italy, Kingdom , Armata Altipiani Medal 1918, silver, unnamed as issued, fitted with split ring suspension, good very fine £60-£80 The Armata Altipiani Medal 1918 was awarded for the Battle of the Piave, Asiago Plateau, on 15 June 1918. About 450 of these medals were awarded to British Officers. The medal is not official but was created by the Italian authorities on the initiative of General Montuori, commander of the Italian 6th Army, and awarded early in 1919 to Italian, British and French officers of the forces that had fought in the Battle of the Piave from 15 to 24 June 1918. The medal, when attributed, is scarce.

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The Peninsula and Waterloo pair awarded to Lieutenant William Haggup, 95th Rifle fles, who was wounded at Sabugal, 8 April 1811, dangerously wounded at San Milan, 18 June 1813, and severely wounded at Nivelle, 10 November 1813; he was Adjutant of the 1st Battalion at the battle of Waterloo Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Toulouse (W. Huggup, Lieut. 95th Rifles.) note spelling of surname, fitted with three-prong silver ribbon buckle; Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. William Haggup. Rifle Brigade, 1st Batt.) fitted with fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, the first with a few contact marks, otherwise good very fine, the second with contact pitting, about very fine (2) £6,000-£8,000 Provenance: Glendining’s, June 1839; Sotheby’s, March 1987.

William Haggup was aged 15 years on his first appointment to the Army as an Ensign in the Northumberland Militia, 24 March 1809. He was appointed a Volunteer in the 7th Foot, 24 March 1810, and as 2nd Lieutenant in the 95th Foot (Rifles), 30 August 1810, becoming 1st Lieutenant,12 May 1812. He served in the Peninsula with the 1st Battalion from September 1810 to April 1814, and was present at Busaco, Pombal, Redhina, Casal Nova, Foz d’Arronce, Sabugal, Fuentes d’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, San Millan, Pyrenees, Vera, Bidassoa, Nivelle, Tarbes, and Toulouse.

Haggup was wounded in the combat at Sabugal, on the Coa, 8 April 1811. In this action, in which, Lord Wellington states, ‘the operations of the day were, by unavoidable accidents, not performed in the manner he intended they should be,’ nothing could be more daring or more characteristic of British courage, than the way in which Beckwith, with a handful of men (the Riflemen, Elder’s Caçadores, and the 43rd), withstood and thrice repulsed a whole Corps d’Armée placed in a strong position. And deservedly does the great captain go on to say that he considered ‘the action fought by Colonel Beckwith’s brigade principally, to be one of the most glorious the British troops were ever engaged in.’

It was in the skirmish at San Millan, 18 June 1813, as the Riflemen pursued the enemy through Villa Nueva and Villa Nana, that Haggup, at the latter place, was ‘desperately, and it was thought mortally wounded, being shot through the belly; yet he recovered.’

Due to his wounds, he was not present at the battle of Vittoria but, in July 1813, the 95th commenced its march into the Pyrenees and Lieutenant Haggup was present at the fight at the Bridge of Vera and in the battle of the Nivelle, 10 November 1813, all three battalions of the 95th sustained heavy casualties, including Haggup, who was once again severely wounded.

After recovering from his wounds, Haggup was present at the last engagement of the war at the battle of Toulouse, and on the cessation of hostilities embarked aboard the Ville de Paris for England on 13 April 1814.

With the news of Napoleon's escape from Elba, Lieutenant-Colonel Barnard with five weak companies, including Lieutenant Haggup, as Adjutant of the 1st Battalion, the 95th embarked for Belgium joining Sir James Kempt's 8th Brigade at Brussels on 12 May 1815.

Haggup, serving in Captain Lee's No. 8 Company was hotly engaged in action at Quatre Bras on the 16th June, this company's main objective being to clear the 'Bois de Cerises' alongside the Namur road of the French under General Bachelu and hold it, which they did in fine style.

On the 18th June at the battle of Waterloo the 1st Battalion 95th stood on on what was considered to be the centre of the allied position, Captain Lee's Company with Haggup as senior Lieutenant holding a position behind thick hedges on the sunken road junction of the Brussels and Wavre roads. Here they withstood repeated advances of the French infantry under General Ney and attempted charges of the French cavalry but were in the main protected from these by the sunken roads.

Lieutenant Haggup was placed on half-pay, 25 December 1818, by reduction of the establishment. He was appointed Lieutenant and Adjutant in the 11th Foot, 3 August 1820, and went on half-pay unattached, 14 February 1828, at his own request, from the effects of wounds, from the nature and extent of which ‘he is rendered incapable of active Field Service.’ He was granted a pension of seventy pounds per annum in respect of his wounds, commencing 25 December 1822. William Haggup died at Les Liguires, near St Brieux, Côtes du Nord, France, on 17 August 1866.

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Three: Private S. Jacobs, 1st (Royal Dragoons), late 3rd Light Dragoons, a probable Heavy Brigade Charger Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (S. Jacon, 3rd Lt. Dragns.); Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (S. Jacobs. 1st Dragoons.) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed and fitted with modified suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £1,600-£2,000 Stephen Jacobs was born in the Parish of Charing, near Ashford, Kent, and attested for the 3rd Light Dragoons at Maidstone on 7 April 1846, a labourer by trade, aged 19. He served for a total of 15 years 91 days, of which 10 years 7 months were spent overseas in the East Indies and in the Crimea and Turkey. He transferred to the 1st Dragoons on 30 June 1853, and to the 7th Dragoon Guards on on 31 August 1857, with whom he served until hid final discharge as a Sergeant on 21 August 1861, aged 34.

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Three: Private T. Powell, 1st Royal Dragoons, who served with the Heavy Brigade at the Battle of Balaklava, 25 October 1854 Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Thos. Powell Royal Dns.) contemporarily engraved naming, suspension post re-pinned; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (988 Thos. Powell 1st Dragoons) suspension claw re-affixed; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Thos. Powell 1st Royal Dragoons) contemporarily engraved naming, with claw and ring suspension, light contact marks and minor edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (3) £1,400-£1,800 Provenance: Glendining’s, November 1987; Buckland Dix and Wood, July 1993.

Thomas Powell was born in London in 1828 and attested for the 1st Royal Dragoons at Westminster on 12 August 1846. He served with the Regiment in the Crimea for two years, and was present at all the actions in which the regiment was engaged, including with the Heavy Brigade at the battle of Balaklava, 25 October 1854. He is listed in the latest reconstructed list of ‘Chargers’ as ‘Probably rode in the Charge’, and indeed most members of the Heavy Brigade who were entitled to the Balaklava clasp, in the absence of any evidence or status details to the contrary, did take part in the charge. He was awarded his Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with a gratuity of £5, on 30 June 1868, and was discharged on 22 August 1871, after 24 years and 346 days’ service.

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Four: Private C. Francis, 34th Regiment Foot, later 4th Regiment of Foot Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (2726. Christr. Francis. 34th Regt.) depot impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (C, Francis. 34th Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1409 Christopher Francis. 2nd Battn. 4th Foot); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian die, unnamed as isseud, plugged and fitted with a Crimea-style suspension, all fitted with contemporary top silver riband buckles for wearing, mounted in an old, glazed display frame with a bullion uniform badge, one or two edge bruises and minor contact wear, generally very fine or better (4) £600-£800 Christopher Francis was born near Bath, Somerset and attested for the 34th Regiment of Foot in Bristol in August 1846. He subsequently witnessed active service in the Crimea, in operations before Sebastopol, and in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, in the Lucknow operations and at the defence of Cawnpore under Major-General Charles Windham, when the garrison was attacked by rebels from Gwalior in November 1857. Back home, he was invalided from the regiment in March 1860 and transferred to the 4th Foot as a staff servant, where he remained likewise employed for the remainder of his career, being awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1865.

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Three: Private T. Martin, King’s Royal Rifle fle Corps, a veteran of the First Boer War who deserted at Aldershot South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (1231. Pte. T. Martin. 3/60th Foot); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-ElKebir (1231. Pte. T. Martin, 3/K.R. Rif: C.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, very fine and better (3) £600-£800 Thomas Martin was born at Charlton Adam, Somerset and attested for the 60th Rifles at Winchester in October 1876, aged 18. Drafted to the 3rd Battalion, he was embarked for South Africa in February 1879, where he saw action in the Zulu War, in addition to Laing’s Nek, Ingogo River and Majuba Hill in the First Boer War. A brief interlude in Malta having ensued, he was next embarked for Egypt in July 1882, where he was present at Tel-El-Kebir. Then, back home, he deserted at Aldershot on 1 April 1885, his name appearing in The Police Gazette on 7 November 1885.

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Three: Quartermaster Sergeant J. T. Hockley, Royal Engineers Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Sergt. T. Hockley. R.E.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, V.R (Qr. Mr. Sergt. J. T. Hockley. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (No.7576 Quartermaster Sergeant, J. T. Hockley. R.E.) unit officially corrected to last, the first and third both somewhat later issues, minor contact marks to Afghanistan Medal, otherwise good very fine and better (3) £300-£400 John Thomas Hockley was born in the Parish of St. Jude’s, Dublin, in 1849, and enlisted in the Royal Engineers on 23 April 1863, his attestation documents stating his age as 14 years and height as 4 feet, 9 inches. Raised from Supernumerary [temporarily unassigned] Boy to Bugler 1 February 1864, he was posted overseas to Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope from September 1864 to July 1870 and later passed classes of instruction in army signalling and diving. Transferred to India 28 January 1874, he was further advanced Corporal with the Madras Sappers and Miners 1 June 1874, and later served as Sergeant during the Second Anglo-Afghan War of 1878-80. Returned to England in December 1886, Hockley was discharged at Chatham in March 1887 with his conduct and character described as ‘exemplary’.

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Pair: Major H. S. A. Fuller, Indian Army Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lt. H. S. A. Fuller, Bo. S.C. Ad.A.C.-Gl.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Lieut: Henry S. A. Fuller, Bombay S.C.) housed in an old, velvet-lined leather case, extremely fine (2) £400-£500 Henry Snelson A’hmuty Fuller was born in India on 27 March 1851, the son of General C. B. Fuller, R.A., and was educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College Sandhurst. Commissioned into the 8th Regiment of Foot, he was accepted as a probationer in the Bombay Staff Corps in September 1874, and it was in that capacity – as a Deputy-Assistant Commissioner-General – that he served in the Kelat-i-Ghilzie Force under General Sir Oriel Tanner, K.C.B., in the Second Afghan War, including the famous Kabul-Kandahar march. He retired with the rank of Major in 1890, and died in Portsmouth in February 1907.

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Pair: Quartermaster Sergeant W. G. Impey, Albany Rangers Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Basutoland (Qr. Mr. Sgt. W. G. Impey. Albany. M. Rang.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901 (Tpr. W. G. Impey. Nesbitt’s Horse.) mounted court-style for display, good very fine (2) £300-£400

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Three: Yeoman of Signals Alfred Tabor, Royal Navy, the lone signalman on the Safiy fiya for the dash to rescue Wilson and Trafford, stranded at Mernat Island, for which his service record notes ‘to be advanced to the rating of Yeo. of Signals 31.8.85’ Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 3 clasps, Alexandria 11th July, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (A. Tabor, Sign. H.M.S. “Monarch”); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (A. Tabor, Boatman, H.M. Coast Guard) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, pitting and polished, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £2,600-£3,000 Provenance: J. V. Webb Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008.

Alfred James Russel (alias Tabor) was born in the Parish of St Giles, Northampton, on 13 October 1863, the son of John Thomas Russell, a linen draper, and his wife Sophia née Parberry. His father died on 24 March 1866, leaving three young boys. On 19 November 1869 Alfred was enrolled into the Orphan Working School (O.W.S.), Hampstead. It taught the three R's and had a strong Christian ethos. Children were either nominated by governors, on the payment of an annual lump sum, or governors could “buy” a child's immediate acceptance with a payment of 120 guineas.

The O.W.S. records show that Alfred was “bought” on that date by Charles Sawbridge Esq., solicitor of Wood Street, Cheapside, on a payment of £126.00. He left the O.W.S. on 7 November 1876, with pocket money amounting to £6 11s 9d.

He joined the Royal Navy under the name Alfred J. Russell alias Alfred Tabor as a Signal Boy, or in Jack's speak a “Bunting Tosser”. This rank was selected from the better educated intake of recruits indicating that his education gave him advantage.

He entered Impregnable on 6 June 1880, as a Boy 2/C using the alias Alfred Tabor; Ganges 19 January 1881, advanced to Signal Boy. He served short periods on Impregnable and Wye before joining Invincible, 13 October 1881, as Signaller 3/C, C.S. No. 111247; Signalman 2/C 1 February 1882.; to Monarch 4 February 1882, and advanced to Signalman, 12 April 1882.

Tabor joined Hibernia on 12 April 188,5 at Malta, serving short periods on Thunderer, Hercules, Hector, and Northampton before serving two years on Invincible, being rated Yeoman of Signals on 24 November 1885. He served short periods on Hecla, Dreadnought, Victoria and Invincible before joining H.M. Coastguard on 22 September 1891, at Selsey as a Boatman. He was awarded his L.S.G.C. medal on 30 January 1892, and was Shore Pensioned on 31 December 1898. Extended service at East Cowes, Milford and Christchurch until 1 November 1901, to Shore. Recalled for WW1 as Yeoman Signals 2 August 1914 and demobbed on 14 February 1919 (entitled to single B.W.M. 1914-18 issued as ‘A. J. Russell). He died on 20 July 1930, at Brighton with effects to his widow Emily whom he married on 26 October 1891.

Tabor was on board H.M.S. Monarch for the 11 July 1882 Bombardment of Alexandria and apart from 14 days spent on Invincible he remained on Monarch until 11 April 1885.

In December 1884, Beresford ordered that two Naval-Brigades be prepared at Wadi Halfa to be sent to Korti, thence to cross the Bayuda Desert to Metemmeh. Here they were to meet and man the Nile steamers being sent by Gordon from Khartoum. The 1st Division left Korti for the Gakdul Wells on 8 January 1885. Their marching-out state on 14 January from Gakdul was 5 Officers, 53 N.C.Os and men, 11 Natives, and 91 Camels, with Tabor the sole signalman. The 2nd Division did not to arrive at Metemmeh until 31 January and similarly included one signalman.

The Column fought the battle of Abu Klea on 17 January 1885, which lasted barely ten minutes. The affair was gladiatorial in its fierceness, confusion and intensity, with the Naval-Brigade suffering eight killed, including Lieutenants Pigot and De Lisle and seven wounded. Tabor was present with the Naval-Brigade at the actions of Abu Kru and Metemmeh 19-21 January, where another officer was severely wounded.

Tabor was the lone signalman on the Safiya for the dash to rescue Wilson and Trafford, stranded at Mernat Island. Although Beresford records few rank and file in his dispatch other than to state that the Safiya's crew was selected from both 1st and 2nd Divisions, in reality the only crew from the 2nd Division, apart for the officers, were the replacement Engine Room Artificers for the two Artificers that went with Wilson on the abortive voyage to rescue Gordon. The record states that there were long exhaustive flag messages from Safiya to the Royal Sussex signaller on Mernat, keeping Trafford advised of the Safiya's difficulties at Wadi Hebesha.

Tabor's service record has an unusual stand-alone promotion note in the remarks column beside “Nile Flotilla” - ‘to be advanced to the rating of Yeo. of Signals 31.8.85.’

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Three: Company Sergeant Major T. Merrick, Royal Engineers Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1885, top lugs removed (12383. Corpl. T. Merrick, 17th ---:); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (12383. Co.S.Maj: T. Merrick. R.E.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, the reverse privately impressed ‘12383. Sergt T. Merrick 17th. Co. R.E.’, pitting from Star which has partially obscured naming on first, polished and worn, therefore good fine (3) £200-£240 Thomas Merrick , a harness maker, was born in Staines, Middlesex, in 1851, and enlisted in the Royal Engineers at Westminster on 23 December 1873. Posted to Egypt from 8 July 1882 to 7 July 1885, the recipient’s Army Service Record confirms that he fought at the Battle of Kassassin where British forces, commanded by General Sir Garnet Wolseley, defeated the Egyptian Army led by Ahmed Urabi Pasha to secure the Suez Canal. Transferred to the Eastern Sudan, Merrick was advanced Company Sergeant Major on 1 May 1889 and was discharged on 13 November 1893.

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Pair: Private G. Gamlin, Coldstream Guards Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (4279 Pte. G. Gamlin. 2/Cdm. Gds.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, court mounted for display, naming indistinct in places, edge bruising and pitting from star, therefore good fine (2) £140-£180 Sold with copied medal roll extracts.

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Pair: Private G. Lane, Coldstream Guards Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (4215. Pte. G. Lane. 2/Cdm. Gds.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, the reverse impressed ‘CGds 4215’, contact marks, pitting from star, better than good fine (2) £240-£280 George Lane , from Binbrook, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, attested into the Coldstream Guards on 6 December 1877 and served in Egypt with the 2nd Battalion.

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Three: Private R. White, Coldstream Guards Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (2425. Pte. R. White. 2/Cdm. Gds.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2425. Pte. R. White. Coldm. Gds.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, the reverse impressed ‘2425 C.G.’, mounted for display, one number on last double-struck, light pitting and contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £300-£400 Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2016.

Robert White was born in Brancaster, Norfolk, in 1851 and attested for the Coldstream Guards at Westminster on 3 June 1870. He served with the Regiment in Egypt from 1 August to 16 November 1882, and took part in the night march from Kassassin and the subsequent assault on Telel-Kebir, 13 September 1882. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with a Gratuity of £5, per Army Order 446 of October 1888, and was discharged on 29 June 1891, after 21 years and 27 days’ service.

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Pair: Private W. Moyle, Manchester Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (2328. Pte. W. Moyle, 2/Manch: R.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as £100-£140 issued, light pitting from Star, nearly very fine (2)

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Pair: Private J. Shields, 19th Hussars Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (2346, Pte. J. Shields, 19th. Hussars.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (2) £240-£280 The whole of the 19th Hussars served on the Nile, comprising 17 officers and 322 other ranks. Of these, 5 officers and 89 other ranks were present at Kirbekan.

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Three: Honorary Lieutenant and Quartermaster A. J. Parslow, Royal Engineers Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (17846, L/Corp: A. J. Parslow. 2/Md. Inf: R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (17846 Serjt:-Maj: A. J. Parslow. R.E.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, traces of solder to reverse of Star, light pitting throughout, therefore good fine (3) £140-£180 Alfred John Parslow was born on 17 October 1863 and served during the Mahdist War with the 2nd Battalion, Mounted Infantry, Royal Engineers. Present at the Suakin Expedition of 1885, he later received the Egypt and Sudan Medal whilst serving with 29th Company, Royal Engineers at The Curragh, County Kildare, Ireland. Advanced Honorary Lieutenant and Quartermaster in 1912, he died at the King George V Hospital, Dublin, in 1915.

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Five: Sergeant R. Farrall, Royal Engineers Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, Suakin 1885, Tofrek (16159, Sapr. R. Farrall , 2/Sec: T. Bn. R.E.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (16159 Sgt. R. Farrall. R.E.); Jubilee 1897, bronze, unnamed as issued; Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (16159 Sgt. R. Farrall. R.E.) mounted for display, light pitting from Star, generally nearly very fine and better (5) £300-£400 Robert Farrall , a telegraphist, was born in the Parish of Hulme, Manchester, around 1856, and enlisted in the Royal Engineers at Ashton-underLyne on 18 January 1879. Embarked for Egypt and the Sudan per S.S. Queen 16 February 1885, he served at Suakin from 7 March 1885 and was present at the Battle of Tofrek on 22 March 1885 when the Mahdist force under the leadership of Osman Digna was heavily defeated, losing approximately 1,000 men.

Discharged at Chatham upon termination of his first period of service 14 January 1891, Farrall was recalled from Army Reserve to serve in the Sudan as Telegraphist in 1896. He later re-enlisted in the Royal Engineers at Chelsea Barracks on 14 March 1900; recorded as an electric light wire-man, further service proved brief when he placed his foot down a hole at night and broke his left leg. Forced to walk with the aid of a stick, he was discharged ‘on account of total unfitness for further service’ on 20 February 1901 following a Court of Enquiry.

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Pair: Quartermaster Sergeant H. Seddon, Royal Engineers, 1st Newcastle-on-Tyne Royal Engineers Volunteers Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (19634. Corp: H. Seddon. 10th. Co. R.E.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R. (1152 Qr: Mr: Sjt: H. Seddon. 1st. Newcastle-on-Tyne R.E.V.) officially impressed naming, pitting to both which has partially obscured naming, polished, therefore fine and better (2) £100-£140 H. Seddon served in Egypt and the Sudan with the 10th Company, Royal Engineers, his unit being specifically detailed to support military operations and railway construction. Other tasks included hazardous duties such as well-sinking, constructing defensive fortifications such as zaribas, and maintaining telegraph networks in a hostile desert terrain. Present during the Suakin Expedition of March 1885 under Major-General Sir Gerald Graham, Seddon took his discharge on 31 July 1885.

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Pair: Private J. Clay, Grenadier Guards Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (8788 Pte. J. Clay. 3/Grenr. Gds.; Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, £220-£260 unnamed as issued, edge bruising to first, nearly very fine (2) Joseph Clay , a Labourer from Nottingham, attested into the Grenadier Guards on 29 August 1883 and served with the 3rd Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan, including operations at Suakin in 1885. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 29 August 1885.

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Pair: Private J. Holden, Coldstream Guards Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (4769 Pte. G. [sic] Holden. 1/Cold: Gds.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, very fine (2) £220-£260 James Holden , a Labourer from Over Darwen, Lancaster, attested into the Coldstream Guards on 28 October 1879. He served in Egypt from 19 February 1885 to 11 September 1885 and was discharged on 27 October 1891.

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Pair: Private J. Russell, Coldstream Guards Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (5367 Pte. J. Russell. 1/Coldm Gds.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, the reverse impressed ‘5367 C.G.’, court mounted for display, naming indistinct in places, edge bruising and pitting from star, therefore good fine (2) £140-£180 Joseph Russell , a Labourer from Crewkerne, Somerset, attested into the Coldstream Guards on 14 November 1882 and served in Egypt from 19 February 1885 to 13 November 1885. He was discharged at Home on 13 November 1894.

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Pair: Private C. Rennie, King’s Own Scottish Borderers Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Gemaizah 1888 (2202. Pte. C. Rennie. 2/K.O. Sco: Bord:); Khedive’s Star, undated, unnamed as issued, nearly very fine (2) £160-£200

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Pair: Chaplain to the Forces Fourth Class the Reverend W. Jackson, Army Chaplains’ Department Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (4th. Cl. Chapn. Revd. W. Jackson.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, very fine and better (2) £300-£400

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Pair: Private W. Jermy, Ordnance Store Corps Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (2033, Pte. W. Jermy. O.S.C.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, the first polished with pitting from Star, fair to good fine, the second better (2) £120-£160 Walter Jermy was born in the Parish of St. Paul’s, Norwich, in 1855, and served in the Sudan with “C” Company, Ordnance Store Corps, which provided logistics, supplies and weaponry for the British Army.

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The important Uganda Mutiny group of four awarded to Brevet Major A. B. Thruston, Oxford Light Infantry, Commandant of the Uganda Rifle fles, who was brutally murdered in cold blood by mutineers of the Uganda Rifle fles whilst being held as prisoner at Fort Lubwas on 19 October 1897 Central Africa 1891-98, ring suspension, no clasp (Capt: A. B. Thruston. Oxford. Lt. Infy.); East and Central Africa 1897-99, 1 clasp, Lubwa’s (Bt. Major. A. B. Thruston. Oxford. L.I.); Ottoman Empire , Order of Osmanieh, Fourth Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamels; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, Firket, Hafir, unnamed as issued, minor enamel chips to third, otherwise good very fine or better (4) £4,000-£5,000 Arthur Blyford Thruston was born at Cirencester on 2 January 1865. Educated at Marlborough College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was gazetted as 2nd Lieutenant in the Oxfordshire Light Infantry in January 1884, serving in Ireland, Gibraltar, Egypt and India. In January 1890 he was appointed to the Egyptian Army in the capacity of Bimbasi (Major) with the 13th Sudanese Infantry, stationed at Assouan. In January of the following year he was ordered with his battalion to to Suakin to join in the operations against Tokar, and later that year he was appointed to the Intelligence Department of the Egyptian Army. He resigned his Egyptian Commission in May 1893.

Thruston spoke fluent Arabic, and on 14 August 1893 The Times reported that he and three others who had experience of the Sudan and were acquainted with the language had been appointed to take command of the Sudanese troops in Uganda and had started out for Uganda the previous day. Thruston took part in the Unyoro Expedition in April and May 1894, and had a skirmish with Kaberega’s forces in the latter month but Kaberaga then returned to Bunyoro and sent his army to threaten Hoima. With 150 Sudanese Thruaton fought a pitched battle and defeated the Bunyoro who suffered 200 casualties. Later in November Thruston almost caught Kaberega at Machudi, which he entered after dark, but Kaberega fled, leaving all his possessions behind. Thruston was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 8 December 1894), rewarded with a Brevet Majority, and awarded the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar, 2nd Class (London Gazette 18 June 1895).

He served with the Dongola expeditionary force under Sir Herbert Kitchener in 1896, with the Irregulars, taking part in the engagements at Firket and the operations at Haflr being mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 3 November 1896) and awarded the Order of the Osmanieh, 4th Class (London Gazette 9 April 1897), besides the Khedive's medal with two clasps.

In January 1897 Thruston left for Uganda to take up his appointment in the Uganda Rifles. He was in charge of a garrison of Sudanese troops on the MacDonald Expedition who mutinied and took him prisoner at Fort Lubwas (or Luba’s as it was often called at the time): ‘It was at Luba's, where the Soudanese mutineers made their first stand and where they murdered three Europeans. Poor Major Thruston had lately succeeded to the highest military post, viz. that of Commandant of the Uganda Rifles, a force composed at that time entirely of Soudanese.

He spoke Arabic fluently, and, as I thought, knew the Soudanese thoroughly. But his openly expressed affection for them led him to trust these blacks too much. He was in hopes that his mere unarmed presence would restore confidence, whereas the mutineers immediately placed hands on him and on Mr N. Wilson, the civilian in charge of Luba's I can only speak of this from hearsay, as I was stationed at the time in Unyoro. The mutineers had already placed Major Thruston and Mr Wilson in irons, when Mr Scott, in charge of a Government dhow put in at Luba's. If what I heard is true, Mr Scott was warned by his own men not to land, but he either could not understand them or refused to be guided. The moment he landed, he was seized by the mutineers and led to the fort. According to one story, he tore himself free and made a rush for his dhow, but, though a burly and strong man, he was caught, overpowered, and placed in irons; and the villains, it is said, threw him on the ground and inflicted a number of lashes with a hippo-thong. Next day the mutineers made their unsuccessful assault on the small party of Europeans stationed on the adjoining hill. Exasperated by their defeat and in revenge, they, on returning to the fort, murdered the three unfortunate captive Europeans in cold blood. According to some, ghastly suffering was inflicted; according to others, Bilal Effendi, the ringleader, murdered all three by blowing out their brains.’

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Four: Captain M. H. K. Pechell, King’s Royal Rifle fle Corps, who was killed in action on Talana Hill on 20 October 1899, where his ghost is said to haunt the scene of battle to this day India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Hazara 1891, Samana 1891 (Lieut. M. H. K. Pechell. 1/K:R:R:C.); India General Service 1895 -1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Lieut. M. H. K. Pechell 1st Bn. K.R. Rifle Corps); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 ((Bimbashi Pechell 3 Btn: E.A.) unofficial re-impressed naming; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum, unnamed, one or two minor edge bruises, generally good very fine (4) £600-£800 Mark Horace Kerr Pechell was born in Hemel Hampstead, Hertfordshire on 22 September 1867, the son of Admiral M. R. Pechell, R.N., and was educated at Eton, where he emerged as a fine cricketer.

Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps in November 1890, Pechell was embarked for India, where he saw action in the Hazara and Samana operations, including the action at Fort Tsalai on 17 April 1891. Having then been advanced to Lieutenant in August 1893 and witnessed further active service in the Chitral Relief Force, he was among those men embarked aboard the troopship Warren Hastings at the time of her famous loss off Réunion Island in January 1897.

She had departed Cape Town on the 6th, bound for Mauritius with 993 passengers, comprising the Headquarters and four companies of the 1st Battalion, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps, four companies of the York & Lancaster Regiment and 25 men from Middlesex Regiment; so, too ‘four ladies, 13 women, and 10 children’.

At 2.20 a.m. on the 14th, the Warren Hastings, eight miles off course, steaming at full speed, in pitch darkness and pouring rain, ran straight into the rocks on the coastline of Réunion. The ship stuck fast, allowing time for the troops to fall in below decks without noise and in perfect order.

At 4 a.m., Captain Holland, R.I.M., ordered disembarkation to begin by rope ladders from the bows, intending not to disembark the women and children until daybreak. However, at 4.20 a.m. the ship began to list badly so he ordered the men to stand-fast while the women, children and sick were helped off the ship. Subsequently, as the position of the ship became even more critical, men clambered ashore as best they could, with many being saved from the sea by their comrades. By 5.30 a.m. all the troops were ashore. Later, some of the baggage was recovered.

Miraculously, in an incident reflecting great credit on the discipline and behaviour of the crew and troops, only two lives were lost.

In his official report, Holland acknowledged two critical instances where the perfect discipline of the embarked troops prevented the perilous occasion developing into a major disaster. The first was the severe test which took place immediately after the ship struck, when the men - unlike those in the Birkenhead – were confined to the main troop decks and quite unable to see what was going on; and secondly, when the disembarkation was suspended to enable the women and children to be landed. Any attempt to crush forward at these times would have resulted, according to the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Garnet Wolseley, ‘in great loss of life.’

The survivors - in various stages of undress - were at length conveyed to the town of Réunion by the French authorities, from whence they were embarked in a steamer for Port Louis, Mauritius. On their arrival they were entertained to dinner by the Governor, Sir Charles King Harman, an event which - on account of the loss of most of their baggage - presented ‘a most curious sight.’

Pechell was subsequently seconded to the Egyptian Army but he is understood to have turned down further employment in the Sudan in order to rejoin his regiment in South Africa. And it was there that he was killed in action in the advance on Talana Hill on 20 October 1899, when our troops sought shelter behind a stone wall. In his diary, a fellow officer, Lieutenant Robert Reade, noted that ‘the bullets began to fizz around us … a wood of gum trees … stretched most of the way along the foot of the hill … the way up from the spruit to the wood was an absolutely open space.’ In fact, he added, ‘the bullets were as thick as an ordinary hailstorm, and it seems to me almost incredible that we only dropped about thirty men on the way … I saw Pechell standing up looking out to see if it would be advisable to move further to the left - the bullets were coming thick all over the wall, which was only about three feet high, and the next moment he was down. Boultbee and I, who were near, ran down to support him, but it was almost all over with him.’

Yet further tragic news was to reach Admiral Pechell, for another son, Charles, was killed in action at Mafeking just eleven days later. Both men are commemorated on the Boer War Memorial in Lupton Chapel, Eton, alongside 127 other Old Etonians who died in the conflict.

A fine portrait photograph of Mark in uniform is held in the Royal Collection (RCIN 2502024), in addition to Hampshire County Council archives (170A12W/P/678).

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Six: Lieutenant E. J. Hopwood, East Lancashire Regiment, late Captain, Orpen’s Horse and Bechuanaland Border Police, who was killed in action during the attack at Sannaiyat, during the attempt to relieve Kut-al-Amara, on 9 April 1916 British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893 (1647 Corpl. E. J. Hopwood. B.B. Police); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Capt: E. J. Hopwood. Orpen’s Horse); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Captain E. J. Hopwood. Orpen’s H.); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. E. J. Hopwood. E. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. E. J. Hopwood.) generally good very fine (6) £800-£1,200 Edwin John Hopwood , Lieutenant, attached 6th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, was reported missing believed killed in the attack at Sannaiyat on 9 April 1916. Aged 47 years, he was the son of E. J. and Julia Noel Hopwood, of Guernsey, and is commemorated by name at Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

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Six: Warrant Officer Class I E. M. D. Lowe, Royal Engineers British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (29056 Bugler E. M. J. [sic] Lowe. 43 Co. R.E.); 1914-15 Star (29056 Sjt. E. M. J. [sic] Lowe R.E.) renamed; British War and Victory Medals (29056 T.W.O. Cl. I E. M. J. [sic] Lowe R.E.) both renamed; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (29056 Sjt: E. M. D. Lowe. R.E.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (29056 C.S. Mjr. T.R.S. Mjr. E. M. Lowe R.E.) the Great War trio renamed, generally good very fine (6) £240-£280 M.S.M. London Gazette 18 January 1919.

Edward Manly Duff Lowe , a tailor, was born in County Cork, Ireland, and enlisted in the Royal Engineers in London on 10 May 1895, when just fourteen years of age. Advanced Bugler 15 November 1895, he was posted to Mashonaland during the Second Matabele War and was later appointed Corporal in the 50th Company, Royal Engineers on 16 June 1900. Transferred to Mauritius, Gibraltar and the Gold Coast, he was awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. Medal in April 1912 and served as Acting Warrant Officer I Class at 39th Divisional Headquarters, Royal Engineers from 14 December 1915. Awarded a £25 bounty under Army Order 209 of 1916, Lowe was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1919 and discharged on 19 May 1920, his military character described as ‘exemplary’.

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Family Group: Three: Stoker Petty Officer W. C. Jewell, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (W. C. Jewell; Sto. H.M.S. Philomel.); 1914-15 Star (166630, W. C. Jewell, S. P.O., R.N.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (166630 W. C. Jewell. S.P.O. R.N.) light contact marks, very fine Defence Medal, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. W. F. Jewell, 53, West Towers, Pinner, Middx.’, extremely fine (4) £180-£220

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Five: Private E. Jenkinson, 11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars, later Warwickshire Yeomanry, Machine Gun Corps and Royal Fusiliers India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (3911. Pte. E. Jenkinson. 11th. Hussars.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Relief of Mafeking, Transvaal, second and third lots loose on riband (3911 Pte. E. Jenkinson. 11th Hussars); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3911 Pte. E. Jenkinson. 11th Hussars.); British War and Victory Medals (31625 Pte. E. Jenkinson. Warwick. Yeo.) mounted as worn on original somewhat frayed ribands, generally good very fine (5) £300-£400 Ernest Jenkinson , a warehouseman, was born in Manchester around 1875 and attested for the 11th Hussars in his home city on 27 September 1894. Posted overseas to India on 11 September 1896, he was present during operations on the Punjab Frontier, and subsequently served in South Africa during the Boer War from 5 October 1899 to 10 September 1902, being part of the relief force which ended the seven-month siege of Mafeking on 16-17 May 1900. Transferred to Army Reserve 21 November 1902, Jenkinson later fought during the Great War with the 1/1st Battalion, Warwickshire Yeomanry, 100th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps and the Royal Fusiliers.

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Three: Private (Nursing Orderly) H. T. Linford, Oxfordshire Light Infantry India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (3395 Pte. Nursing Orderly H. Linford. 2d. Bn. Oxford Lt. I.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (3395. Pte: H. T. Linford.

1/Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3395 Pte. H. Linford.

Oxford: L.I.) edge bruising to QSA and light contact marks throughout, generally very fine, the rank to the IGS scarce (3) £360-£440 Harry Thomas Linford was born in Finmere, Oxfordshire, in 1870 and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at Aldershot on 12 June 1890, having previously served with the Regiment’s 4th (Militia) Battalion. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma from 10 March 1891 to 28 March 1898, and passed for his Nursing Certificate on 26 August 1892, serving as a Nursing Orderly at the British Field Hospital, Tochi Field Force Medical Department, during the operations on the Punjab Frontier 1897-98. Transferring to the Army Reserve on 3 April 1898, he was recalled to the Colours on 4 December 1899, and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 22 December 1899 to 23 August 1902. He was discharged on 24 August 1902, after 12 years and 70 days’ service.

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Three: Private T. Brough, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4868 Pte. T. Brough. 2d Bn. K.O. York Lt. Infy.) minor official correction to surname; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4868 Corl T. Brough. 2: Yorks: Lt. Inf.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4868 Pte T. Brough. York: L.I.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £260-£300 Thomas Brough was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire on 11 July 1875 and enlisted in the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at Pontefract in February 1895, having previously served with the York and Lancaster Militia. Embarked for India in December 1896, he witnessed active service on the Punjab Frontier in 1897-98, including the action in the Shin Kamar Pass on 29 January 1898, when Colonel Haughton of the 36th Sikhs was killed. On that occasion, two companies of the Yorkshire Light Infantry emerged with credit for their coolness under fire, Brough being among them (the recipient’s service record refers). He subsequently served in South Africa from October 1899 until October 1902, and was present at Belmont and Modder Rover, following which he served on the Army Reserve until February 1909.

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Three: Private F. Collins, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (3536 Pte. F. Collins. 2nd. Bn. Arg: & Suth’d: Highrs:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Belmont, Orange Free State, Transvaal (152 Pte. Collins. Rl: Musnter Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (152 Pte. F. Collins. A. and S. Highrs:) mounted as worn, lacquered, minor edge bruising, good very fine (3) £240-£280 F. Collins attested for the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and served with the 2nd Battalion during operations on the Punjab Frontier 1897-98, and then with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War. He committed suicide at Klerksdorp on 24 May 1902. It is not know why his Queen’s South Africa Medal is named to the Royal Munster Fusiliers.

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Pair: Sowar Sundar Singh, 13th Lancers India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (1304 Sowar. Sundar Singh 13th. Bl. Lcrs.); Indian Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1304 Sowar Sundar Singh 13th D.C. Lancers.) test marks to edge of both which has partially obscured naming, nearly very fine (2) £140-£180 Sundar Singh served with the 13th (Duke of Connaught’s) Lancers, and was likely present during the Regiment’s famous charge at Shabkadr on 9 August 1897, when 151 men of the regiment rode over nearly two miles of enemy terrain, sending their opponents to flight. For the action the unit was granted the battle honour ‘Punjab Frontier’.

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Pair: Civilian Postmaster Mr. C. L. C. Fox, Postal Department, Indian Civil Service India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Post Master Mr. C. L. Fox Postl. Dept.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (C. L. C. Fox. Postal Dept.) good very fine and scarce to unit (2) £140-£180 Clement Levlin Charles Fox was born in India around 1868 and served as Postmaster during British operations on the Punjab Frontier from 10 June 1897 to 6 April 1898. Appointed Postmaster in Bombay from 1914-16, The Civil and Military Gazette of 11 July 1917 later records Fox as ‘Postmaster, Quetta, and to act as Postmaster, Delhi’. He later married Ada Violet Hennessey at the Catholic Cathedral, Lahore on 7 January 1918, and returned to service with the Postal Department on the North West Frontier during the Third Anglo-Afghan War.

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Pair: Sapper H. R. Crabtree, Royal Engineers, attached Egyptian Army Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (27629 Sap: H. R. Crabtree. R.E.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, Sudan 1897, Khartoum, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (27629 Sapr. H. R. Crabtree. R.E.) very fine, the latter scarce to unit (2) £240-£280 Approximately 24 Khedive’s Sudan Medals with this clasp combination awarded to the Royal Engineers.

Henry Robert Crabtree was born in Lewisham, London, around 1875, and enlisted in the Royal Engineers on 11 September 1893. Posted to Egypt and Sudan from 1 January 1897, the recipient’s medal roll entries confirm that he took part in operations in the Sudan in 1897 and the Expedition to Khartoum in 1898 whilst attached to the Egyptian Army. He returned home to England on 8 September 1899 and was transferred to Army Reserve on 17 September 1902. Discharged on termination of his first period of engagement 10 September 1905, he likely returned to civilian employment as a turner and fitter.

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Four: Sergeant W. G. Clapp, Grenadier Guards Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3918 Cpl. W. G. Clapp 1/Gen: Gds:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (3918 Corl. W. G. Clapp, Gren: Gds:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3918 Serjt: W. Clapp. Grenadier Guards.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (3918. Corpl. G. J. [sic] Clapp Gren. Gds.) contact marks, edge bruising, nearly very fine (4) £400-£500 William George Clapp , a Carpenter from Topsham, Exeter, Devon, was born on 5 November 1871. He attested into the Grenadier Guards on 2 September 1892 and served in the Sudan at the Battle of Omdurman. Discharged to the Army Reserve on 20 October 1899, he was recalled for service during the Boer War and served in South Africa with No. 5 Company, 3rd Battalion. Advanced Pioneer Sergeant he was discharged with an exemplary character on 1 September 1908 and afterwards working as a Commissionaire in the City of London. He reenlisted for service during the Great War and served at Home with various training establishments, and, advanced Company Sergeant Major, was discharged on 6 May 1920.

He died, aged 83, in 1955.

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Four: Private W. Cannon, Grenadier Guards Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4414 Pte. W. Cannon. 1/Gren: Gds:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (4414 Pte. W. Cannon. Gren. Gds.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4414 Pte. W. Cannon. Grenadier Guards.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (Pte. W. Cannon. Gren. Gds.) light contact marks, very fine (4) £400-£500 William Leonard Cannon , a Carman from Wendover, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, attested into the Grenadier Guards on 28 July 1893. He served in Gibraltar from 27 July 1894 to 28 July 1898 before service in the Sudan from 19 July 1898 to 7 October 1898. After further service at Home and Gibraltar, he served in South Africa during the Boer War from 18 March 1900 to 27 March 1902 and was discharged at Home on 27 July 1905. He died, aged 57, in 1930.

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Pair: Private W. Hawksby, Grenadier Guards Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (6038 Pte. W. Hawksby 1/Gren: Gds:); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, clasp loose on riband, unnamed, contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (2) £200-£240

William Hawksby , a Groom from Carlton Minster, Thirsk, Yorkshire, attested into the Grenadier Guards on 7 October 1896. He served in Gibraltar from 29 August 1897 to 18 July 1898, before service in the Sudan from 19 July 1898 to 7 October 1898. Convicted of theft after an earlier conviction of drunkenness on duty, he was discharged at Home on 4 December 1900.

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Pair: Private F. Summersby, Grenadier Guards Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (6538 Pte. F. Summersby 1/Gren: Gds:) silver test mark after name; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, unnamed, contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £200-£240 Sold with copied medal roll extracts.

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Four: Staff Sergeant F. R. Goulden, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, later Norfolk Regiment, who served as an A.R.P. Warden in Coventry during the Second World War Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3701 Pte. R. Goulden. 1/R. War. R.); Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Sergt. E. R. Goulden, Corps of Mily. Staff Clerks) minor official correction to surname; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (3701 Private. F. R. Goulden. 1st Royal Warwickshire Regt.) mounted in a glazed display frame with a Royal Warwickshire Regiment cap badge, very fine or better (4) £400-£500 Francis Richard Goulden attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in October 1892, aged 19, and was quickly embarked with the 1st Battalion for Ceylon, where he served until its transfer to the Sudan in late 1897. Subsequently present at the Atbara and Khartoum, he was next embarked for India, where he was appointed a Sergeant and Staff Clerk on the Unattached List in December 1907 and advanced to Staff Sergeant in July 1910. A confirmed recipient of the Delhi Durbar Medal for 1911, he transferred to the Norfolk Regiment in April 1912 and was finally discharged in October of the following year.

Goulden may also have been entitled to the Defence Medal, the 1939 census revealing that he was an A.R.P. Warden in Coventry, no mean feat given his age was then 75 years. Either way, he emerged unscathed from the ‘Coventry Blitz’ and died in the city in August 1952.

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Three: Private A. Scarff, Lincolnshire Regiment Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3421. Pte. A. Scarff. 1/Lin: R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (3421 Pte. A. Scarff. Lincoln: Regt.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum, unofficial retaining rods between and above clasps (3421 Pte. A. Scarff. 1st. Linc. R.) engraved naming, minor edge bruise to QSA, good very fine (3) £360-£440 A. Scarff attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion in the Atbara campaign of 1898 and the Expedition to Khartoum; and subsequently with the 2nd Battalion in South Afirca during the Boer War in 1902. The medal roll for the latter campaign is annotated ‘To England for Transfer to Army Reserve’.

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Five: Brevet Major W. H. Goldfin finch, Manchester Regiment, late North Staffordshire Regiment, onetime attached Egyptian Army, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches, and qualifie fied for a regimentally unique ‘Firket’ clasp in consequence of his command of a Maxim detachment Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Lt. W. H. Goldfinch, 1/N. Staff. R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (Major W. H. Goldfinch, Manch. Rgt.): King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Maj. W. H. Goldfinch, Manch. Rgt.); Ottoman Empire , Order of the Medjidie, Fourth Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, with rosette on riband; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, Firket, Hafir (Lieut. W. H. Goldfinch, North Stafford Regt. 1896) £1,800-£2,200 mounted as worn on frayed ribands, good very fine (5) Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, November 2015.

William Horsman Goldfin finch was born at Hillingdon, Uxbridge in January 1867, the son of a barrister and, having passed for the Militia in 1890, was commissioned in the North Staffordshire Regiment. Embarked for South Africa in the same year, and thence for Mauritius in 1891 and Malta in March 1893, he was advanced to Captain during the course of the latter appointment.

Goldfinch was next embarked for Egypt, where he served from October 1895 to December 1896 on attachment to the Egyptian Army. He consequently participated in the Dongola Expedition in the Desert Column under Burn-Murdoch and was present in the actions at Firket and Hafir (Queen’s Medal; Khedive’s Medal & 2 clasps). At Firket, where he was the only officer of the North Staffordshire Regiment engaged, he commanded a Maxim section, and, as recounted in Alford’s and Sword’s The Egyptian Soudan, Its Loss and Recovery, was seen pulling his gun over rough ground in order to get closer to the enemy. For his services he was Mentioned in Despatches by Lord Kitchener (London Gazette 3 November 1896), was awarded the Fourth Class of the Ottoman Order of Medjidie, and was promoted Brevet Major.

Having then transferred to the Manchester Regiment, Goldfinch saw further action in the South Africa, where he was actively engaged in the operations in Cape Colony, the Orange Free State and the Transvaal, including the action at Wittebergen (Queen’s Medal and 3 clasps; King’s medal and 2 clasps). He was again Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901), and was placed on the Retired List in the rank of Brevet Major.

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Pair: Private W. L. Payne, 7th Dragoon Guards Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Belfast (4510. Pvte. W. L. Payne. 7/Dn. Gds.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4510 Pte. W. L. Payne. 7th. Drgn: Gds:) minor edge bruising, good very fine (2) £140-£180

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Family Group: Pair: Private J. Samuels, 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2489 Pte. J. Samuels. 2nd. Dragoons); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2489 Pte. J. Samuels. 2nd. Drgns:) minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine and better Pair: Lance-Corporal E. J. Samuels, Royal Scots British War and Victory Medals (66345 Pte. E. J. Samuels. R. Scots.) nearly extremely fine (4) Sold with copied medal roll extracts.

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Three: Quartermaster and Honorary Captain T. A. Blake, Imperial Yeomanry and Denbighshire Hussars, later 5th (Irish) Volunteer Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, who was ‘highly commended’ by his Commanding Officer during the Boer War Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (Lieut. & Qr. Mr. T. A. Blake. 16/Impl. Yeo.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt. & Qr. Mr. T. A. Blake 16/Impl. Yeo.) officially re-engraved naming; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Q.M. & Hon: Capt: T. A. Blake. 5th. V.B. L’pool Regt.) impressed naming, good very fine (3) £200-£240 Thomas A. Blake served during the Boer War with the 66th (Yorkshire) Company, 16th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry. Raised in 1900, his unit was primarily comprised of recruits from the Yorkshire area who answered the call for mounted volunteers to reinforce British forces in South Africa. Having completed training at Doncaster, 11 officers, 135 men and 108 horses departed Shakespeare sidings on 12 March 1900 en route for Liverpool and South Africa. Heavily engaged during the campaign, Blake’s homecoming was recognised with a musical celebration held at the Stork Hotel in June 1901. Afforded a formal address by the great and good of Liverpool, The Liverpool Daily Post of 19 June 1901, offers an insight as to his experiences overseas: ‘We cannot too highly appreciate the noble sacrifice you made in voluntarily relinquishing your position in civilian life in order to proceed to the front to fight for your country, and we are sensible of the many privations and hair-breadth escapes you have undergone in the course of the numerous engagements you have taken part in, which must always commend you even more than previously to those who know you as a soldier and a man.’

Returning to South Africa, Blake was further reported as winning ‘the highest praise of his brigadier and commanding officer’ by the Liverpool Daily Post on 28 January 1902. He was later appointed Vice President of the ‘5th Irish’ South African Service Club in 1904.

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Pair: Staff Quartermaster Sergeant S. R. Bint, Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (13756 S.Q.M. Serjt: S. R. Bint. Imp: Yeo:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (13756 S.Q.M. Sjt: S. Bint. Imp: Yeo:) good very fine (2) £100-£140 Stanley Ronald Bint attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Cleveland House in March 1900, and served during the Boer War in Cape Town from May 1900, being employed as a Staff Quartermaster Sergeant on the Pay Office Staff of the Imperial Yeomanry. He was discharged at Green Point, Cape Town, in August 1902, to enter civil employment.

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Four: Private T. H. Almond, Imperial Yeomanry, later South African Mounted Rifle fles Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps (4238 Pte. T. H. Almond. 62nd. Coy. 11th Imp: Yeo:); 1914-15 Star (Rfm. T. H. Almond 3rd. S.A.M.R.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Rfm. T. H. Almond. 3rd. S.A.M.R.) very fine (4) £140-£180 Thomas Harry Almond attested for the 62nd (Middlesex) Company, 11th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War from May 1900, taking part in operations in the Orange Free State under General Sir Leslie Rundle. Almond survived the campaign and later fought during the Great War with the 3rd South African Mounted Rifles.

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Pair: Driver E. A. Yeoman, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (27750 Dvr: E. A. Yeoman, 87th. Bty: R.F. A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (27750 Dvr: E. A. Yeoman. R.F.A.) light contact marks, very fine (2) £120-£160 Sold with copied medal roll extract.

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Four: Major C. E. Blandford, Royal Garrison Artillery, attached Army Ordnance Department, who died of wounds near Nasiriyeh in the Persian Gulf on 11 July 1915, whilst commanding a section of his battery on rafts, and was Mentioned in Despatches Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, the date clasps both tailor’s copies to which the recipient is not entitled (Capt. C. E. Blandford. A.O.D.) engraved naming; 1914-15 Star (Major C. E. Blandford.

R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major C. E. Blandford.) mounted for display in a glazed frame, traces of verdigris to VM, otherwise very fine and better (4) £260-£300 Charles Edward Blandford was born in Kensington, London on 16 March 1874 and was educated at Highgate School and the R.M.A. Woolwich.

Commissioned in the Royal Garrison Artillery in January 1894, he was embarked for India, where he was attached to a heavy battery at Ferozepore. In fact, he remained employed in India throughout the period leading up to the Great War, except for a period of secondment to the Army Ordnance Corps during the Boer War, in which period he was advanced to Captain and employed as an ordnance officer at Kimberley.

With the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, Blandford was embarked for Mesopotamia with the 30th Mountain Battery, Indian Expeditionary Force ‘D’, and it was in that capacity that he died of wounds near Nasiriyeh on 11 July 1915, whilst commanding a section of the battery on rafts.

His Commanding Officer wrote: ‘He has been such a tower of strength to me that I cannot say it often enough. Always ready for work and never complaining. He had several hard tasks and carried them through most successfully … the State has indeed lost a gallant and invaluable officer whose continual watchword was Duty.’

A comrade added: ‘He was always ready to do anything, but what I have always admired most about him has been his pluck, courage and indifference to danger.’

Posthumously Mentioned in Despatches by General Sir John Nixon, K.C.B. (London Gazette 5 April 1916), he left a widow, Vida, of Milnthorpe Road, Eastbourne, and a one-year-old son; his portrait appears in De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour.

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Three: Gunner A. J. Pringle, Royal Garrison Artillery, late 33rd (Royal East Kent) Company, 11th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901, date clasp loose on riband (4444 Pte. A. J. Pringle. 33rd. Coy. 11th Impl: Yeo:); British War and Victory Medals (SR- 9826 Gnr. A. J. Pringle. R.A.) better than very fine (3) £120-£160 Andrew John Pringle served with the 33rd (Royal East Kent) Company, 11th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War.

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Three: Gunner B. Wheatley, Royal Garrison Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Transvaal (98076 Gnr: B. Wheatley, 23rd. W.D., R.G.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (98076 Gnr: B. Wheatley. R.G.A.); Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘a’, privately engraved to reverse ‘98076 Gnr. B. Wheatley. 23. Com. W.D. R.G.A.’, with integral top riband bar, remnants of lacquer, otherwise very fine and better (3) £400-£500 Benjamin Wheatley was born in Gateshead, County Durham, around 1874, and enlisted in the Royal Artillery in Sunderland on 10 July 1893.

Appointed Gunner in the 23rd Company (Western Division), Royal Garrison Artillery, on 1 April 1894, he served overseas at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia. Transferred to South Africa from 7 November 1897 to 30 September 1902, he fought in the defence of the diamond mining town of Kimberley and was later the recipient of the Kimberley Star, one of approximately 5,000 awarded.

Discharged medically unfit 4 March 1905, Wheatley returned home to 19 Howe Street, Gateshead on Tyne.

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Five: Lieutenant-Colonel R. Q. Henriques, Royal Engineers, a member of one of the oldest Jewish families in England Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (Lieut. R. Q. Henriques. R.E. Vol.) engraved naming, clasp carriage and back straps altered/ removed to facilitate mounting; British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. Col. R. Q. Henriques.); Victory Medal 1914-19 with copy M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col. R. Q. Henriques. R.E.) renamed; Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Lt. Col. R. Q. Henriques. R.E.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1917, the reverse privately engraved ‘Lt. Col. R. Q. Henriques. R.E.’, with integral top riband bar, light contact marks, generally very fine and better (5) £260-£300 Ralph Quixano Henriques was born in Manchester in 1876 and served during the Boer War as Lieutenant in the 1st Middlesex Volunteers, Royal Engineers, attached 7th Field Company. Advanced Lieutenant Colonel, he served with 60th (2/2nd London) Division division during the Great War. Initially sent to the Western Front in 1916, the Division redeployed to Salonika in 1917 and later participated in the capture of Jerusalem, operations around Jericho, and the Battle of Megiddo from 19-25 September 1918. For his services during the campaign, Henriques was twice Mentioned in Despatches, as confirmed in the British Jewry Book of Honour, 1914-20.

Returned to London, Henriques joined the family firm of solicitors and later devoted his life to civic matters, becoming a Justice of the Peace and long-standing Mayor of St. Marylebone. On 5 April 1963, at the sprightly age of 87 years, he caught the attention of the Middlesex Independent for one final time: ‘Alderman Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Quixano Henriques, “Father” of St. Marylebone Council, was on Monday elected President of the Marylebone British Legion in succession to Lord Portman.’

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Three: Company Sergeant Major F. L. Briggs, Royal Engineers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps (5965. Serjt. F. L. Briggs. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (52272 W.O. Cl. 2 F. L. Briggs. R. E.) good very fine (3) £120-£160 Frank Laming Briggs , a clerk, was born in Hackney, London, in 1874, and joined the Royal Engineers at Dalston Barracks on 22 January 1900.

Posted to South Africa from 10 March 1900, he served as Sergeant in the 1st East London (Tower Hamlets) Volunteers, Royal Engineers, and was discharged on 29 April 1901 upon termination of his engagement. He later re-joined the Royal Engineers on 23 September 1914 stating his age as 7 years younger than the true figure, and served in France from 23 November 1917. Posted to the 258th Army Tunnelling Company from 3 January 1918 to 26 September 1918, he was demobilised at Chatham in March 1920.

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Three: Corporal S. Holton, Royal Engineers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Wittebergen (20590 2./Corpl: S. Holton. R.E.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (20590 Corpl: S. Holton. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (20590 Cpl. S. Holton. R.E.) very fine and better (3) £180-£220 Stephen Holton , a wheelwright, was born in Epsom, Surrey, in 1866, and enlisted in the Royal Engineers in London on 8 December 1885. Posted overseas to Gibraltar and Bermuda, he was advanced Lance-Corporal on 20 May 1893; re-engaged to complete 21 years with the colours on 29 November 1897, he served in South Africa from 15 July 1899 with No. 7 Field Company, Royal Engineers, and was present at the Battle of Belmont on 23 November 1899 as part of 1st Division. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 14 May 1905, Holton was discharged at Shorncliffe in December 1906, his conduct noted as ‘exemplary’.

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Pair: Sapper J. F. Collins, Royal Engineers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (2500 Sapr. J. F. Collins. R.E.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2500 Sapr: J. F. Collins. R.E.) minor contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £120-£160 James Frederick Collins was born in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, around 1880, and enlisted in the Royal Engineers at Chatham on 26 November 1898. Posted to South Africa with the 38th Field Company, Royal Engineers from 17 December 1899 to 10 February 1903, the recipient’s Army Service Record confirms entitlement and notes that he extended service to complete 8 years with the Colours on 7 April 1904. Mobilised from Army Reserve at Chatham on 6 August 1914, Collins served in France as a ‘superior’ bricklayer from 5 October 1914 to 20 November 1915, likely engaged in the construction of the trench network and pill boxes. Discharged on 25 November 1915 after 17 years in the service of the British Army, he returned home to 2 Orchard Place, Chepstow.

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Five: Sergeant Drummer F. J. Battle, Coldstream Guards, later Oxfordshire Light Infantry and South Lancashire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein (9296 Dmr: F. J. Battle, Cldstm: Gds:); 1914 Star, with clasp (8237 Sjt. Dmr: F. J. Battle. 2/S. Lan: R.); British War and Victory Medals (8237 Sjt. F. J. Battle. S. Lan. R.); Army L.S. & G. C., G.V.R., 1st issue (8237. Sjt: Dmr: F. J. Battle. S. Lanc: Regt.) very fine (5) £200-£240 Frederick Joseph Battle , a musician, was born in Waltham Abbey, Essex, in 1877, and enlisted in the Coldstream Guards on 21 October 1892, aged 15 years. Previously rejected on medical grounds as ’deficient of general physique’, Battle was advanced Drummer 1 April 1897 and served in South Africa from 28 October 1899 to 27 August 1900. Found unfit for further service in South Africa and West Africa, he returned home to England and was fitted with an elastic knee cap on 29 April 1902. Transferred to London and Aldershot, he was discharged as Sergeant Drummer on 11 December 1905.

Re-enlisting in the 3rd Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 17 March 1906, Battle transferred to the 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment and served as an instructor of music. Described as ‘an excellent musician’ with ‘painstaking’ qualities, he served in France from 14 August 1914 and was discharged in February 1919.

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Four: Sergeant W. Dawson, Coldstream Guards Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Belmont, Modder River (7603 Pte. W. Dawson. Cldstm: Gds:); 1914 Star, with clasp (7603 Pte. W. Dawson. C. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (7603 Sjt. W. Dawson. C. Gds.) mounted for wear, contact marks, edge bruising to first, nearly very fine and better (4) £220-£260 William Dawson , a Labourer and member of the Royal Engineers Militia, from Silfield, Norfolk, attested into the Coldstream Guards on 7 January 1889. He served in South Africa during the Boer War from 21 October 1899 to 25 April 1900, including the actions at Belmont and Modder River. Discharged on 6 January 1902, he reenlisted into his old regiment on 4 September 1914 and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 October 1914. Advanced Sergeant, he saw further service attached to the Chinese Labour Corps and was discharged ‘Class Z’ on 9 June 1919.

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Five: Corporal G. Barker, Coldstream Guards and Metropolitan Police Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (7760 Pte. G. Barker., Cldstm: Gds:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7760 Corpl: G. Barker. Coldstream Guards); Jubilee 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C. G. Barker. X. Dvn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. G. Barker. X. Divn.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. G. Barker.) mounted for wear, light contact marks, very fine (5) £300-£400

George Barker , a Quarryman from Blaby, Leicestershire attested into the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, on 15 September 1887 before attesting into the Coldstream Guards on 24 July 1889. Transferring into the Army Reserve on 18 September 1896, having joined the Metropolitan Police on 31 August 1896, he served in X (Kilburn) Division and was on duty for the 1897 diamond jubilee celebrations. Recalled for military service during the Boer War, he served in South Africa from 22 October 1899 to 1 July 1902. Returning to the Metropolitan Police, he was on duty for both the 1902 and 1911 coronation celebrations, later retiring after 25 years’ service on 11 September 1921.

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Four: Acting Corporal J. Lennon, Coldstream Guards, later Military Foot Police Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, South Africa 1901, date clasp loose on riband (2062 Pte. J. Lennon, Cldstm: Gds:); 1914-15 Star (P.2199. L-Cpl. J. Lennon, M.F.P.); British War and Victory Medals (P-2199 A.Cpl. J. Lennon. M.F.P.) very fine (4) £180-£220 John Lennon , a labourer, was born in Wigan, Lancashire, in 1877, and enlisted in the Coldstream Guards in Manchester on 10 October 1898.

Initially posted overseas to Gibraltar, he disembarked in South Africa on 28 October 1899 and witnessed considerable action with the Coldstream Guards, including the Battles of Belmont and Modder River whilst under the command of Lord Methuen. Invalided home to England on 25 August 1901, the recipient’s Army Service Record and medal roll confirms entitlement to the Queen’s South Africa Medal and 7 clasps.

Transferred from the 3rd Battalion to Army Reserve 30 July 1902, Lennon re-engaged for four years from 10 October 1910 and was mobilised in London on 5 August 1914. Appointed to the 5th Battalion as Lance Corporal 12 August 1915, he transferred to the Military Foot Police in October and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 November 1915. Discharged medically unfit on 26 March 1917, Lennon was later issued Silver War Badge ‘150383’ due to sickness. He died not long thereafter on 5 April 1923.

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Pair: Private H. Frost, Coldstream Guards Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (8798 Pte. H. Frost, Cldstm: Gds:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (8798 Pte. H. Frost. Coldstream Guards.) light contact marks, good very fine (2) £140-£180

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Three: Private A. J. Haddon, Coldstream Guards Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (7787 Pte. A. J. Haddon, Cldstm: Gds:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7787 Pte. A. J. Haddon.

Coldstream Guards.); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued, court mounted for display, slight edge bruising to first, light contact marks, very fine (3) £260-£300 Alfred John Haddon , a Labourer from Howden, Hull, East Yorkshire, attested into the Coldstream Guards on 6 August 1889. Transferring into the Army Reserve on 6 August 1892, he was recalled for service during the Boer War on 9 October 1899 and served in South Africa. Upon discharge he joined the Leeds Constabulary and served for 26 years.

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Pair: Private J. Higgins, Coldstream Guards Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (1289 Pte. J. Higgins, Cldstm. Gds.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1289 Pte. J. Higgins.

Coldstream Guards) court mounted for display, contact marks, edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £240-£280 James Higgins , a Quarryman from Accrington, Lancashire, attested into the Coldstream Guards on 28 December 1897 and served in South Africa during the Boer War from 28 October 1899 to 20 July 1902. Discharged to the Army Reserve on 9 September 1902, he reenlisted for Section D on 4 January 1910.

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Six: Private W. F., alias A. W. Simpson, Coldstream Guards, who was wounded on the Western Front on 8 October 1914 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3117 Pte. W. F. Simpson.

Coldstream Guards.); 1914 Star, with clasp (3117 Pte. A. W. Simpson. C. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (3117 Pte. A. W. Simpson. C. Gds.); Defence Medal; Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Archibald William Simpson) mounted for display upon a card together with the recipient’s stamped brass bed plate and a silver sweetheart brooch presented to his wife, the post to the first slightly bent with slack suspension, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (6) £240-£280 I.S.M. London Gazette 14 August 1941.

Archibald William Simpson , a Groom from West Bromwich, attested into the the Coldstream Guards using the alias William Thompson Simpson on 28 November 1899 and served in South Africa during the Boer War from 7 November 1901 to 4 October 1902. Discharged to the Army Reserve on 28 November 1906, he joined the General Post Office as a Postman in Birmingham. Recalled for service during the Great War, he served on the Western Front from 11 September 1914 and received a gun shot wound to his right hand near Braisne, River Aisne, on 8 October 1914. He was discharged as a consequence of his wound on 3 July 1915 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 17,062. In later life he worked as a Messenger within the Stores Department of the General Post Office.

Sold with original photograph of the recipient wearing his medals, in the uniform of the Legion of Frontiersmen, original named Great War Coldstream Guards service certificate, and copied research.

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Pair: Private F. G. Smith, Coldstream Guards Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (1451 Pte. F. G. Smith, Cldstm: Gds:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1451 Pte. F. G. Smith Coldstream Guards.) court mounted for display, hairline scratches, otherwise very fine (2) £220-£260 Frederick George Smith , a Labourer from Chelsfield, was born in Bromley, Kent, around 1877. He attested into the Coldstream Guards on 15 February 1898 and served in South Africa during the Boer War from 18 March 1900 to 20 July 1902. He was discharged on 14 February 1910.

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Pair: Private H. Tidd, Coldstream Guards, who was severely wounded on the Western Front on 15 November 1914, and having been discharged as a consequence of mania died at home on 27 November 1916 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (3121 Pte. H. Tidd, Cldstm: Gds:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (9131 Pte. H. Tidd.

Coldstream Guards.) court mounted for display, light edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £240-£280 Henry Tidd attested into the Coldstream Guards on 23 April 1892 and served in South Africa during the Boer War. Discharged at Home on 22 June 1908, he further attested, at Haringey, for service during the Great War, on 21 September 1914 and served on the Western Front with the 3rd Battalion from 22 October 1914. Receiving shrapnel wounds to his face and shoulders at Reutel on 15 November 1914, he returned Home and after developing Mania, was discharged on 12 January 1916. Subsequently admitted to Napsbury Asylum, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, he died aged 47, on 27 November 1916 and is buried in New Southgate Cemetery, London.

Sold with detailed copied research. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission register notes him as having been awarded the Military Medal, but this award is unconfirmed.

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A poignant Boer War group of three awarded to Pipe-Major D. Laing, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards, who became the best known Piper in the country when his picture showing him saying good-bye to his son on the square at Chelsea Barracks was published Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (6745 Pipe-Major D. Laing, Scots Gds.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6745 Serjt:-Piper D. Laing. Scots Guards) suspension claw tightened; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (6745 Sgt. Piper D. Laing. Scots Gds.) mounted court£800-£1,000 style for wear, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise better than good fine (3)

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, November 2015.

Sold with various photographs of Pipe-Major Laing in uniform, together with Rayne Kruger’s book Good-bye Dolly Gray, which depicts him on the front dust jacket saying good-bye to his son at Chelsea Barracks.

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Pair: Private H. Freeman, Bedfordshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4032 Pte. H. W. Freeman, Bedford Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4032 Pte. H. Freeman. Bedford: Regt.) minor edge bruising and light contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £120-£160

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Five: Corporal W. Sewter, Leicestershire Regiment, later Northamptonshire Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, replacement rhs rivet between first and second clasps (4738 Pte. W. Sewter, I: Leic: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4738 Pte. W. Sewter. Leicester: Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (711 Cpl. W. Sewter. 1/1 North’n Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (711 Cpl. W. Sewter. Norht’n. Yeo.); together with the recipient’s riband bar, nearly very fine (5) £400-£500 William Sewter was born in Peterborough in 1879 and attested for the Leicestershire Regiment, serving with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War. He subsequently enlisted into the Northamptonshire Yeomanry on 18 April 1912, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 November 1914. He was discharged due to sickness on 12 October 1916, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. 68,792.

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Pair: Private S. Taylor, Leicestershire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (4377 Pte. S. Taylor, 1: Leic: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4377 Pte. S. Taylor. Leicester: Regt.) edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £240-£280 Samuel Taylor , a shoe finisher, was born in Hinckley, Leicestershire, around 1877, and enlisted in the Leicestershire Regiment on 15 July 1895.

Posted to South Africa with the 1st Battalion from 16 May 1896 to 5 January 1903, he took part in the fierce assault on Talana Hill under General Sir William Penn Symons and later survived the gruelling 118-day Siege of Ladysmith. Weakened from near-starvation rations, the Battalion suffered heavy casualties from disease, primarily enteric fever, and also a relentless attrition of manpower from enemy sniping and artillery fire.

Returned to England, Taylor was discharged on 14 July 1911 after 16 years with the Colours.

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Four: Private J. Fitzgerald, Cheshire Regiment, late Royal Irish Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen, Belfast (7859 Pte. J. Fitzgerald, Vol: Coy. Rl: Irish Regt.); 1914-15 Star (1815 Pte. J. Fitzgerald. Ches: R.) ; British War and Victory Medals (1815 Pte. J. Fitzgerald. Ches. R.) mounted for display in glazed oak frame by Mackintosh & Shelley, London, minor contact marks to QSA, generally good very fine (4) £140-£180 James Fitzgerald , a labourer, was born in Liverpool in 1874 and attested for the Royal Irish Regiment on 19 January 1900. Appointed to the 1st Battalion as Private from 16 February 1900, he served in South Africa with the Volunteer Service Company, Royal Irish Regiment, from 17 February 1900 to 30 November 1900 and was discharged at his own request upon return to England.

Fitzgerald later disembarked at Suvla Bay with the 4th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment on 8 August 1915, serving as part of the 159th Brigade, 53rd (Welsh) Division. Detailed to capture the high ground and break the stalemate on the peninsula, the Territorials suffered from disease, thirst and stubborn Ottoman resistance, being later withdrawn to Egypt in December 1915. Fitzgerald survived the campaign and was disembodied on 30 January 1919.

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Pair: Private W. B. Wood, Cheshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 24 May 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (3949 Pte. W. Wood, Cheshire Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3949 Pte. W. Wood. Cheshire Regt.) edge bruise to first, good very fine (2) £140-£180 William Brown Wood was born in Stockport, Cheshire, in 1879 and attested there for the 4th (Militia) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, on 5 October 1898. He was embodied for service on 20 February 1900, and served in South Africa during the Boer War, being discharged on 5 October 1904.

Following the outbreak of the Great War, Wood re-enlisted in the Cheshire Regiment, and served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 May 1915. He was killed in action at Ypres three weeks later, on 24 May 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

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Pair: Corporal G. Kerfoot, East Lancashire Regiment, later Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who was wounded in action in Egypt in 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (7323 Pte. G. Kerfoot, Vol: Coy. E. Lanc: Regt.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (120 Cpl. G. Kerfoot. 4/E. Lanc: Regt.) nearly very fine (2) £140-£180 George Kerfoot , a weaver, was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, in 1879, and enlisted in the East Lancashire Regiment on 28 February 1900. He served in South Africa during the Boer War with the 1st Volunteer Service Company, East Lancashire Regiment, and was discharged on 10 June 1901.

Kerfoot later rejoined the Territorials and was awarded the Territorial Force War Medal in 1911 whilst serving as Corporal in the 4th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Advanced Sergeant, he disembarked in Egypt on 24 September 1914 and suffered a shrapnel wound to the back on 7 June 1915. Likely returned home for medical attention, he was appointed to the Royal Flying Corps as ‘disciplinarian’ on 25 January 1918 and ended his campaign as an officer’s batman in the Royal Air Force.

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Pair: Drummer E. Oldham, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who died at sea on return from South Africa Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (5672 Pte. E. Oldham, W. Riding Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5672 Dmr: E. Oldham. W. Riding Regt.) minor edge bruise to QSA, good very fine (2) £140-£180 Ernest Oldham served with the 3rd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War, and is recorded on the medal roll as having ‘Died at Sea’, presumably on the voyage back home. He is commemorated on the Battalion’s Memorial Tablet in Halifax Minster.

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Five: Lieutenant H. Lansley, Border Regiment, who was wounded in action at the Battle of Colenso on 15 December 1899 and captured by the Germans on the Western Front almost twenty years later Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (5384 Pte. H. Lansley. 1st. Border Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5384 Pte. H. Lansley. Border Regt.); 1914-15 Star (6587 Sjt. H. Lansley. Bord: R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. Lansley.) very fine and better (5) £300-£400 Harry Lansley , a footman, was born in the Parish of Hungerford, Berkshire, in 1879, and enlisted in the Border Regiment at Aldershot on 14 May 1897. Sent overseas to Malta and Cyprus, he disembarked in South Africa with the 1st Battalion on 27 September 1899. Tasked with crossing the Tugela River to relieve Ladysmith, the regiment suffered heavy losses at Colenso after being led into a Boer trap; pinned down by heavy Mauser rifle fire, the Border Regiment was forced to withdraw after suffering 6 men killed and 3 officers and 42 men wounded, including Lansley. The recipient’s Army Service Record, adds: ‘Thigh, slight.’

Returning home to England on 29 September 1902, Lansley was promoted Corporal in September 1903 and transferred to the Army Reserve on 29 February 1904. He subsequently joined the Plymouth City Police and was one of the first of Plymouth’s policemen to volunteer for service during the Great War. Posted to France from 24 July 1915 as Private, later Warrant Officer Class II in the 7th Battalion, Border Regiment, he was admitted to the 51st Field Ambulance suffering from gastritis in December 1915. He recovered and was subsequently appointed to a commission as Lieutenant in the Border Regiment on 31 October 1916. Reported as being ‘gassed at Ypres’ by the Western Morning Press on 29 March 1933, Lansley was captured and taken Prisoner of War by the Germans in May 1918. He returned home to Hillside Avenue, Plymouth, following the cessation of hostilities and rose to the rank of Police Inspector, latterly engaged as drill inspector for the Devonport Division.

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Four: Private J. Eddleston, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (6505 Pte. T. [sic] Eddleston. L. N. Lanc: Regt. M.I.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (6505 Pte. J. Eddleston. L. N. Lan: R.); British War and Victory Medals (6505 Pte. J. Eddleston. L. N. Lan. R.) generally very fine and better (4) £120-£160 John Eddleston enlisted in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment on 16 March 1901 and served during the Boer War with the 1st Battalion, attached Mounted Infantry. Remaining with the 1st Battalion, he disembarked in France on 27 August 1914 and witnessed the First Battle of Langemarck from 21-24 October 1914. Doggedly holding their ground, the British regular soldiers succeeded in preventing the enemy from capturing Ypres, taking a bloody toll on the waves of young and inexperienced German volunteer infantrymen. A week later, Eddleston and his comrades were deployed to Gheluvelt in an attempt to plug a gap in the line; their efforts proved successful, but Eddleston was discharged as medically unfit on 9 December 1914, likely exhausted from his endeavours.

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Pair: Bandsman A. E. Kempster, York and Lancaster Regiment, later Irish Guards Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Relief of Ladysmith, Tugela Heights, top clasp a tailor’s copy (3239 Pte. A. Kempster, I: Yk: & Lanc: Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (1806 Bndsmn: A. E. Kempster. Irish Gds.) mounted as worn, contact marks, very fine (2) £180-£220 Albert Edward Kempster was born in Hammersmith on 2 February 1877 and attested for the York and Lancaster Regiment as a Band Boy at Guildford on his 15th Birthday, 2 February 1892. Posted to the 1st Battalion, he was appointed a Bandsman on 20 October 1897, and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War from 13 December 1899, being during the relief of Ladysmith including the forcing of the Tugela Heights during February 1900, and seeing further service during operations in the Cape Colony. Posted home on 11 June 1900, he was appointed Lance-Corporal on 2 February 1901, and transferred to the 2nd Battalion on 20 December 1902. Reverting to Bandsman on 23 December 1902, he became one of the founding members of the Irish Guards on its formation, and joined the new regiment as a Bandsman on 24 October 1903. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1910, and was discharged on 1 February 1913, after 21 years’ service.

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Four: Acting Company Sergeant Major A. H. Torode, Royal Munster Fusiliers, late Leinster Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4667 Pte. A. H. Torode. Munster Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4667 Pte. A. Torode. Rl: Munster Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (5222 A.C.Sjt. A. H. Torode. R. Mun. Fus.) very fine and better (4) £200-£240 Arthur Henry Torode , a stableman, was born in Chelsea, London, around 1874, and attested for the Leinster Regiment in London on 29 March 1894. Initially posted to the 2nd Battalion, he transferred to the 1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers on 1 May 1894 and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War from 5 February 1900 to 9 May 1902. Discharged on 28 March 1910, Torode re-enlisted in the 3rd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers at Chelsea on 5 February 1915 and served on the Western Front with the 2nd Battalion from 6 June 1917 to 10 September 1918; heavily engaged during the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line and the Third Battle of Ypres, the Battalion was later reduced to cadre strength on 19 April 1918. Returned to France from 26 September 1918 to 16 June 1919, Torode survived the pursuit to the Selle and the Final Advance in Picardy and was discharged from the Army Reserve in March 1920.

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Three: Colour Sergeant W. Grist, 24th Battalion, Middlesex Volunteer Rifle fle Corps and Army Post Office Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, clasps mounted in this order, with unofficial rivets between clasps (282 Sgt. W. Grist. A.P.O. Corps); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (282 Qr:- Mr:- Sjt: W. Grist. A.P.O.C.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (5154 C.Sjt: W. Grist. 24/Middx: V.R.C.) impressed naming. minor contact marks, otherwise good very fine (3) £180-£220 The Army Post Office Corps was a dedicated unit established by Royal Warrant in 1882 to handle the mail and communications for expeditionary forces. Staffed by members of the 24th Middlesex (Post Office) Rifle Volunteers, over 400 men skilled in postal work, typically employees of the G.P.O., served in South Africa during the Boer War. The Fleetwood Chronicle of 1 June 1900, adds: ‘The Post Office men do actually go right up to the front, and several times in the present campaign has the Field Post Office tent been standing within three or four miles of the enemy’s big guns.’

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Pair: Quartermaster Sergeant J. W. Cawley, Royal Army Medical Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (13152 Sgt. J. W. Cawley. R.A.M.C.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, £100-£140 E.VII.R. (365 Q.M. Sjt: J. W. Cawley. Manch: Co: R.A.M.C.V.) officially impressed naming, good very fine (2) John William Cawley , a solicitor’s clerk, was born in Manchester in 1874 and enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 8 February 1900.

Posted to South Africa from 7 March 1900, he contracted enteric fever whilst on duty at No. 5 General Hospital, Cape Town, spending almost two months under medical supervision. Discharged from hospital 31 July 1900, he returned home to England just a few days later and was released ‘his services being no longer required’ on 23 October 1900. Retired to Stockport, he died on 29 July 1958.

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Three: Staff Sergeant Major A. A. Harris, Army Pay Corps, late Oxfordshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (780 Corpl: A. Harris. A.P.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (780 S.S. Mjr: A. A. Harris. A.P.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (780 S.S. Mjr. A. A. Harris. A.P.C.)minor contact marks, otherwise good very fine and better (3) £140-£180 M.S.M. London Gazette 18 February 1919.

Arthur Allen Harris was born in Berkshire in 1880 and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 27 January 1898. Appointed to the 1st Battalion, he was advanced Lance Corporal on 21 December 1898 and subsequently transferred to the Army Pay Corps on 12 July 1899. Sent to South Africa from 5 March 1901 to 3 April 1902, he enjoyed steady promotion through the ranks and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal without gratuity in October 1916 as Staff Sergeant Major. Posted to France on three separate occasions between 31 May 1917 and 19 February 1919, his health began to fail and he was discharged in consequence of neurasthenia [unattributed to war service] on 5 May 1919.

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Pair: Orderly G. Thompson, St. John Ambulance Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (1872 Ord: G. Thompson. St. John Amb: Bde:); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899 -1902 (1872. Pte. G. Thompson. Leeds Corps.) very fine (2) £260-£300

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Pair: Sergeant T. Powell, Brabant’s Horse, late Protectorate Regiment Frontier Force, who was taken prisoner during the siege of Mafeking on 27 October 1899, being released at Waterval on 6 June 1900 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Mafeking, Orange Free State, Transvaal (426 Tpr: T. Powell. Protect: Regt.

F.F.) unofficial rivets between first two clasps; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (34766 £1,600-£2,000 Serjt: T. Powell. Brabant’s Horse.) good very fine (2) Thomas Powell was taken prisoner at Mafeking on 27 October 1899, whislt serving as a Trooper in the Protectorate Regiment Field Force, and was held at Waterval farm P.O.W. camp, about 20 km north of Pretoria. British prisoners in the camp on the farm numbering some 3,000 were released on 6 June 1900, by a squadron of the 2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys) commanded by Captain F. S. Maude. Powell afterwards served as a Sergeant with Brabant’s Horse.

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A rare maximum ‘8 battle clasps’ Queen’s South Africa medal group of three awarded to Trooper G. W. Grant, Rimington’s Guides and Damant’s Horse, later Essential Services Protection Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 9 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (Tpr: G. W. Grant. Damant’s Horse); War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, both officially named ‘701462 G. W. Grant’, mounted court-style for wear, good very fine, rare (3) £2,400-£2,800 G. W. Grant enlisted in Rimington’s Guides, and served with both them and Damant’s Horse during the Boer War. Raised at the outbreak of the war by Major M. F. Rimington, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, Rimington’s Guides was not a large unit, numbering about 150 at the outset, but distinguished themselves in many of the early actions of the war. Sir Archibald Hunter said of them, ‘Major Rimington has gathered a body of men whose virtues are like his own. They can ride, see, fight, and shoot straight. They are in the forefront where there is danger. They have never disappointed me, let alone failed me.’ When Rimington left the Guides to take another command, the unit was resuscitated under another of their leaders, Major Damant. Although the corps was still called officially Rimington’s Guides, it eventually became Damant’s Horse. Uniquely, members serving exclusively with Rimington’s Guides/ Damant’s Horse were entitled to 8 battle clasps, the greatest number of clasps (excluding the two date clasps) issued to the Queen’s South Africa Medal.

Grant saw further service with the Essential Services Protection Corps during the Second World War – the E.S.P.C. was the South African equivalent of the Home Guard, made up of men beyond active-service age, who guarded railway stations and other important infrastructure.

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Pair: Private N. W. Andrews, 1st City Volunteers and Colonial Light Horse, later South African Railway Overseas Dominion Section Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (1003 Pte. N. Andrews. 1st. City Vols:); British War Medal 1914-20 (Spr. N. W. Andrews. S.A.R.O.D.S.) very fine and better (2) £80-£100 N. W. Andrews served during the Boer War from 16 March 1900 to 31 May 1901, firstly in the City Volunteers and later as part of the Colonial Light Horse. Deployed to the western districts of Cape Colony ‘when glory was very hard to harvest’, Andrews served under the command of an Australian, Major Arthur Baker D.S.O. Employed in the useful work of worrying and running down small commandos, Andrews and his comrades were still engaged with scattered bodies of the enemy when peace was declared; on 3 June 1902, four days post-declaration, the unit somewhat controversially lost 4 men killed and 2 wounded during a sharp engagement near Fraserburg.

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Three: Private J. J. Flack, Cathcart Town Guard and Hartigan’s Horse, later Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (56 Pte. J. Flack. Cathcart T.G.); 1914-15 Star (Pte. J. J. Flack. Hartigans Hse.); British War Medal 1914-20 (J. J. Flack. R.N.V.R. Trades Coy.) good very fine (3) £120-£160 John Joseph Flack , a butcher, was born in 1887 and enlisted in the Cathcart Town Guard on 13 July 1902, aged 15 years. He later served during the Great War with Hartigan’s Horse; raised in January 1915 by Lieutenant Colonel Marcus Hartigan of the South Africa Police, the unit operated briefly with the Southern Column in German South West Africa prior to disbandment in May 1915.

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Seven: Major J. C. Georgeson, Kaffrarian Rifle fles Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (Capt. J. C. Georgeson, Kaffrn: Rif:) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt. J. C. Georgeson. Kaffr. Rif.) engraved naming; 1914-15 Star (Mjr J C Georgeson 5th Infantry) surnamed partially officially corrected; British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Mjr. J. C. Georgeson.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., silver nad silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1918), the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘Maj. J. C. Georgeson 5th. Infy. Kaff. Rfls.’, with integral top brooch bar; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Major J. C. Georgeson 5th. Inf. (Kaff. Rifs.)) mounted court-style for display, good very fine (7) £700-£900 James Curthbertson Georgeson was born on 15 April 1874 and attested for the Kaffrarian Rifles as a Private on 8 October 1891. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the Kaffrarian Rifles on 9 October 1899 and served with them during the Boer War, being promoted Captain on 23 July 1902. Promoted temporary Major on 1 July 1914, he saw further services with the 5th South African Infantry (Kaffrarian Rifles) during the Great War from 25 August 1914, and was confirmed in the rank of Major on 24 November of that year. Seconded to the 6th South African Infantry on 27 November 1915, he served with them in East Africa, before being invalided home suffering from malaria on 11 August 1916. He was released from active service on 3 August 1917, and subsequently joined the Reserve on 15 January 1919, being awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration on 12 March 1919.

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Five: Pioneer Sergeant A. E. Lea, 9th Infantry, late Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Volunteer Rifle fles Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (1256 Bandsman A. E. Lea. D. of E. Own V.R.); King’s South Africa 1901 -02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1256 Corpl: A. E. Lea. D.E.O.V.R.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (S/Sjt. A. E. Lea. 9th Infantry.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (No. A. 4242 Pnr. Sgt. A. E. Lea. 9th. Infy. (P.W.O. R.C.P. R.)); Service Medal of the Order of St John, with one Additional Award Bar (1380 D/Supt. A. E. Lea. S.A.R. & H. Dis. Sth. Africa S.J. A.B.O. 1932.) mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s riband bar (this with two Cross emblems on the riband for the Service Medal of the Order of St John); and a cloth and bullion Shooting Prize patch, inscribed ‘Kings-Twenty 1926’, good very fine (5) £360-£440 Albert Edmund Lea was born in 1883 and served during the Boer War as a Bandsman in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Volunteer Rifles, and then during the Great War as a Pioneer Sergeant in the 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles); mobilised for full-time military service in 1914, they did not proceed to South West Africa, and instead were deployed as garrison troops in Military District No. 1 (Cape Peninsula). He was awarded his Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal on 11 August 1919.

Lea later served as Divisional Superintendent (attached), East London Division, South African Railways and Harbours District, St. John Ambulance Brigade, and then as Divisional Superintendent (supernumerary), Cape Western Sub-District, South African Railways and Harbours District, being awarded his Service Medal of the Order of St. John in 1935. He was awarded a first Additional Award Bar in 1937, ands a second Bar in 1942.

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Five: Private E. G. Coleman, Dordrecht District Volunteer Guard, later South African Forces Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (403 Pte. E. Coleman. Dordrecht D.V.G.); 1914-15 Star (Pte. E. G. Coleman. 8th M.R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Sjt. E. G. Coleman. 8th M.R.); War Medal 1939-45 (235979 E. G. Coleman); Africa Service Medal (235979 E. G. Coleman) good very fine (5) £140-£180 Edward G. Coleman served during the Boer War as Private in the Dordrecht District Volunteer Guard, under the command of Captain Stretton.

Based in the Eastern Cape Town of Dordrecht, the unit consisted of approximately 80 local men, 16 of whom later took part in the failed defence of Jamestown against a Boer Commando under General Kritzinger.

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Three: Mr. R. Black, Kimberley Post Office Corps, later Trooper, Steinaecker’s Horse, who served as a Telephone Operator during the Defence of Kimberley Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Kimberley (Telephone Operator R. Black.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Tpr: R. Black. Steinaecker’s Horse.); Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘a’, unnamed as issued, lacking integral top riband bar, good very fine, the first rare to rank (3) £600-£800

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Pair: Private D. J. T. Hanekom, Cape Police Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State (725 Pte. D. J. T. Hanekom. Cape Police); Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘a’, unnamed as issued, lacking integral top riband bar, good very fine (2) £300-£400 Dick Jacobus Theron Hanekom served with ‘C’ Squadron, Cape Police, during the Defence of Kimberley.

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Pair: First Class Sergeant T. M. Bell, Union Police Force, late South African Constabulary, who was taken prisoner in an action near Bothaville on 23 February 1902 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (736 Tpr: T. M. Bell, S.A.C.); South Africa , Police Faithful Service Medal (No. 2486 (M.) 1/Cl. Sergeant T. M. Bell.) very fine (2) £180-£220 Thomas McLean Bell was born in Dalry, North Ayrshire and joined the South African Constabulary as a Trooper in March 1901. Drafted to ‘A’ Division, he was captured and taken Prisoner of War near Bothaville on 23 February 1902 but later released. On that date, a force of 230 men mounted a dawn attack on a laager of Kritzinger’s commando, but due to the fact the Boers were dressed in khaki, confusion reigned; four of the constabulary were wounded, one seriously so, and nine others were captured and stripped.

Subsequently enrolled in the Union Police Force, Bell was stationed at Lydenburg and Johannesburg during the Great War and was advanced to Lance-Sergeant in April 1915; he was also commended for his handling of a theft case in early 1910. Having then been advanced to First Class Sergeant in October 1919, he was still serving at the end of the 1920s. He died in Johannesburg in January 1952.

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The rare Cape Copper Company Medal for the Defence of Ookiep in silver pair awarded to Captain W. W. Townsend, Namaqualand Town Guard, an Assistant Mine Agent with the Cape Copper Company who engaged with the enemy at O’okiep Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Capt: W. W. Townsend. Namqlnd T.G.); Cape Copper Company Medal for the Defence of Ookiep, silver issue (W. W. Townsend.) small edge cut to latter, good very fine, rare (2) £6,000-£8,000

Officers present during the Siege of Ookiep (Townsend kneeling, far right) One of only 18 Cape Copper Company Medals for the Defence of Ookiep issued in silver, and one of only 10 recorded as extant.

William Webster Townsend was born at Mowbray, Cape Town in 184, and was employed as the Chief Cashier of the Cape Copper Company at O'okiep in Namaqualand. He commissioned as a Captain in the Namaqualand Town Guard on 22 January 1901 (Cape Colony Field Order 435, dated 13 January 1901, refers) and commanded No. 3 Position both before and during the Siege of O’okiep, engaging with the enemy at O’okiep.

Employed to man the defence works at O'okiep and Nababeep, for many months carrying out piquet, guard, escort and other duties, from 4 April 1902 the Namaqualand Town Guard successfully defended the town against Boer forces under Smuts, van Deventer and Maritz. It was during the Siege that Smuts was given a Pass to attend the Peace negotiations at Vereeniging which finally led to the declaration of the end of hostilities with the Peace of Vereeniging on 31 May 1902.

Townsend married Miss Rhoda Kearns in 1883, and had ten children – six daughters and four sons. His three eldest sons also served in the Namaqualand Town Guard during the Boer War, including his third son Victor Robert Townsend (see Lot 330); his fourth and youngest son, Frank William Townsend, was too young to serve during the Boer War, but saw active service during the Great War (see Lot 331). He retired from the Cape Copper Company in 1919 and died at Cape Town on 11 November 1924.

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Eight: Private V. R. Townsend, Namaqualand Town Guard, later Acting Company Sergeant Major, South African Motor Cycle Corps, who engaged with the enemy at O’okiep during the Boer War, was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for his services in East Africa during the Great War, and saw further service with the Union Defence Force in the Second World War Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (868 Pte. V. Townsend. Namqlnd: T.G.); Cape Copper Company Medal for the Defence of Ookiep, bronze issue (V. Townsend.); 1914-15 Star (Pte. V. R. Townsend. Brands F.S. Rfls.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (A/2nd C/W.O. V. R. Townsend S.A.M.C.C.); War Medal 1939-45 (120264 V. R. Townsend); Africa Service Medal (120264 V. R. Townsend); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (CM-203 Pte. -A.C.S. Mjr.- V. R. Townsend. S.A.M. Cyc: Cps:) minor edge nicks, generally good very fine and better (8) £3,000-£4,000

M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations with the Forces in East Africa.’

Victor Robert Townsend was born in Namaqualand on 15 May 1887, the third son of William Webster Townsend (see Lot 329), and as a boy of only 14 years of age served with the Namaqualand Town Guard during the Boer War, and engaged with the enemy at O’okiep. He was undoubtedly one of the youngest recipients’ of the Queen’s South Africa Medal, and his service may be compared to those boys of the Mafeking Cadet Corps under Baden-Powell in that other famous siege. Employed to man the defence works at O'okiep and Nababeep, for many months carrying out piquet, guard, escort and other duties from 4 April 1902 the Namaqualand Town Guard successfully defended the town against Boer forces under Smuts, van Deventer and Maritz. The war and the siege of O'okiep ended with the Peace of Vereeniging on 31 May 1902.

Townsend served during the Great War as a Private in Brand's Free State Rifles during the campaign in German South West Africa from 22 October 1914 until 4 July 1915. He subsequently re-attested for service with the South African Motor Cycle Corps on 31 January 1916 and saw further service in German East Africa. He was promoted Company Sergeant Major on 5 August 1918 and was released from service 12 February 1919. It would appear that at some time during his service in German East Africa that he was captured and held as a prisoner of war, as a note with his service papers reads: ‘To O.C. German Forces. Will you be so kind as to give Corporal Townsend medical treatment, or have him sent into our Forces. You have the name of looking after all prisoners very well. Kind regards. Why don’t you chuck up the war here as it is only a waste of money and lives; take my tip and chuck it up.’ The signature is unknown. It is not known when he was released however his release was most probably due to the fact that the German forces in East Africa had very limited facilities to hold Prisoners of War as captives.

For his services during the Great War in East Africa Townsend was awarded an Immediate Meritorious Service Medal, one of only 308 awarded to South Africans during Great War, the original recommendation, made by Major Duncan McMillan, the O.C. the S.A.M.C.C, stating: ‘For general good work over two and a half years in the field. His patrol work has been fearless and his information reliable.’

Following the outbreak of the Second World War Townsend attested for service with the 4th Battalion, 1st Reserve Brigade, Union Defence Force, at Johannesburg on 5 November 1940. Being much older than the military service age limit of 45 years, he gave his year of birth incorrectly as 1895. For a period he served in the 8th (Prisoner of War) Battalion at Zonderwater POW Camp. He was advanced Acting Company Sergeant Major on 4 November 1941 and was finally discharged at Pretoria on 19 January 1945, nearly 60 years of age.

In civilian life Townsend was a farmer, and later a member of the staff of the College of Agriculture at Potchefstroom, and finally a Housemaster at

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Three: Corporal F. W. Townsend, South African Infantry 1914-15 Star (Pte. F. W. Townsend 2nd Infantry.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Cpl. F. W. Townsend 9th S.A.I.) nearly extremely fine (3) £50-£70

Frank William Townsend was born in Namaqualand in 1889, the fourth and youngest son of William Webster Townsend (see Lot 329), and the younger brother on Victor Robert Townsend (see Lot 330), and served during the Great War as No. A6401 Private, 2nd South African Infantry (Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Rifles) during the campaign in German South West Africa from 6 October 1914 to 31 July 1915. He subsequently reattested at Potchefstroom on 17 December 1915 for service with 9th South African Infantry, and took part in the campaign in German East Africa. He was discharged owing to ill health at Wynberg Camp, Cape Town, on 20 February 1917; he was subsequently accepted for the Flying Corps in May 1918 but failed to pass the medical test. Post-War, he was employed for many years by the Standard Bank in South Africa and in Rhodesia, and died at Cape Town in 1951.

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A Boer War D.T.D. pair awarded to Lieutenant J. A. Breedt, Kolbe Commando Anglo-Boer War Decoration for Loyal Service 1899-1902 (Luit. J. A. Breedt.); Anglo-Boer War Medal 1899-1902 (Luit. J. A. Breedt.); together with the related miniature awards, nearly extremely fine (2) £800-£1,000

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Pair: Sapper D. L. Tarsey, Royal Engineers Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (7642 Sapr: D. Tarsey. R.E.); Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., 3rd issue (Daniel Lawton Tarsey.) very fine and better (2) £100-£140 Daniel Lawton Tarsey was born in Tilehurst, Berkshire, on 21 February 1876, and enlisted in the Royal Engineers in 1901. He served in Somaliland in operations against the rebels led by Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, and later took civilian employment as a telegraph lineman in Twickenham in 1911. Appointed Skilled Workman Class I in the Engineering Department of the Post Office, he was awarded the Imperial Service Medal upon his retirement in 1936.

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Four: Private Mpanga, King’s African Rifle fles Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, East Africa 1913-14, Somaliland 1920 (203 Pte. Mpanga. D’Coy. 1/K.A.R.); 1914-15 Star (203 Pte. Panje 2/K A R); British War and Victory Medals, naming erased, mounted for wear, naming erased on last two, heavily polished with contact marks, therefore fair to fine Three: Private Sweti, King’s African Rifle fles, who was taken prisoner at Medo, Portuguese East Africa on 12 April 1918 British War and Victory Medals, naming erased; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1920 (4153 Pte. Sweti. K. A. Rif.) naming erased on first two, the last heavily polished with feint naming, indistinct in places, contact marks, therefore fair to fine (7) £140-£180 Mpanje , a member of the Yao Tribe, from Liwonde, Nyasaland, attested into the King’s African Rifles on 30 March 1912. He served in Jubaland during the 1913-14 campaign before service in East Africa during the Great War. Post War he was advanced Corporal and served in Somaliland during the 1920 campaign before his discharge on 17 April 1924.

Sweti , a member of the Anguru tribe, from Zomba, Nyasaland, attested into the King’s African Rifles on 18 October 1916 and served in East Africa and Portuguese East Africa during the Great War. He was taken prisoner during the action at Medo, Portuguese East Africa, on 12 April 1918. After further service post war in Nyasaland, he was discharged before reengaging for further service. He served in Somaliland during the 1920 campaign and was discharged on 17 October 1922.

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Four: Warrant Officer Class II A. Coates, Railway Transport Establishment, Royal Engineers 1914 Star, with copy clasp (55101 2. Cpl. A. Coates. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (55101 W.O. Cl. 2. A. Coates. R.E.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (55101 C.S. Mjr: A. Coates. R.T.E. R.E.) surname officially corrected to last, very fine (4) £140-£180 M.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1918.

Arthur Coates , a railway clerk and resident of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, was born on 29 March 1886 and enlisted in the Royal Engineers in London on 13 November 1914. Posted to the Railway Transport Establishment, he disembarked in France on 19 November 1914 and was advanced Corporal 1 May 1915. Raised Company Sergeant Major 1 July 1917, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in the New Year’s Honours List of 1918 for devotion to duty in France; discharged in April 1919, he returned to civilian employment with the London and North Eastern Railway, based at the District Superintendent’s Office in Lincoln.

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Three: Acting Sergeant P. B. Dainton, Royal Engineers 1914 Star, with clasp (27867 Cpl. P. B. Dainton. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (27867 Cpl. P. B. Dainton. R.E.) nearly extremely fine (3) £120-£160 Percy B. Dainton served with the Royal Engineers, attached G.H.Q. Signal Company, during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 August 1914, and was later attached for duty with the Sunderland Engineering Company (Glasgow) from 10 January 1916.

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Six: Company Sergeant Major C. Wilson, Coldstream Guards, who was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Meritorious Service Medal 1914 Star, with clasp (6657 Sjt: C. Wilson. C. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (6657 W. O. Cl. 2. C. Wilson. C. Gds.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (6657 C.S. Mjr. C. Wilson.

4/C. Gds.) mounted for wear, contact marks, slightly polished, good fine and better (6) £260-£300 M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918.

M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916.

Charles Wilson attested into the Coldstream Guards and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 November 1914. Advanced Company Sergeant Major, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and was Mentioned in Despatches.

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Four: Private E. S. Beddard, Coldstream Guards, who was twice wounded in action on the Western Front in 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (5693 Pte. E. S. Beddard. C. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (5693 Pte. E. S. Beddard. C. Gds.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Edward S. Beddard.) the first three mounted as worn, the last loose, good very fine (4) £100-£140

Edward Stanley Beddard was born in Kingswinford, Worcestershire, in 1886 and attested for the Coldstream Guards at Birmingham on 31 August 1904. He served with the 3rd Battalion in Egypt from 29 September 1906 to 14 February 1908, before transferring to the Army Reserve on 31 August 1908. Recalled to the Colours on 6 August 1914, he served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 August 1914, and was twice wounded: firstly, by gun shot to the scalp on 1 September 1914, and secondly by gun shot to the right thigh near La Bassee on 21 December 1914. Repatriated to hospital at Home on 26 December 1914, he was discharged on 12 July 1917, after 12 years and 316 days’ service. Subsequently employed as a Special Constable, he died in Lanarkshire in 1962.

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Three: Second Lieutenant R. Walker, Lancashire Fusiliers, late Artists’ Riflflees, w ho w as k illed i n a ction o n t he S omme whilst serving in the 3/5th Battalion on 9 August 1916 1914 Star, with copy clasp (288 Sjt R. Walker. 1/28 Lond. R.) and further engraved on the reverse ‘2nd Lt. Lancs. Fus. Aug. 9th 1916’; British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. R. Walker.) the first re-gilded, very fine and better (3) £200-£240

Richard Walker was born in Burwash, Sussex on 24 April 1883 and was educated at Downside and Christ Church, Oxford.

His entry in Downside and the War 1914-1918 states: ‘In his last year at school ‘Dick’ Walker passed the Higher Certificate in seven subjects and won the History, English Literature and Essay Prize, and the French Prize. He played cricket in the Second Eleven and will be remembered by his contemporaries as the best boxer of his generation at Downside. He was an ideal Captain of the Boxing Club, most energetic and successful, and through his efforts, boxing became very popular in the School. He himself won the Challenge Cup several times, and being unchallenged in 1902, the cup became his absolutely. From Downside he went to Christ Church College, Oxford, and continued to distinguish himself as a boxer at the University.

Early in the war, in spite of great difficulties in the way, he joined the Artists’ Rifles, volunteered for foreign service, and went to France with his battalion in October 1914. He ultimately became a Company Sergeant-Major, and in 1916 obtained a commission in the Lancashire Fusiliers.’

Attached to the 3/5th Battalion, he was killed in action at Trones Wood on the Somme on 9 August 1916, aged 33. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

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Three: Lieutenant-Colonel S. Janson, Army Service Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches, and post-War was the officer at the centre of the Douglas-Pennant scandal 1914 Star, with copy clasp (2. Lieut: S. Janson. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Major S. Janson.) mounted as worn, very fine (3) £120-£160 Sam Janson was commissioned temporary Second Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps in October 1914 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 October 1914 (the clasp to his 1914 Star being confirmed on his Medal Index Card) According to a 1919 article in the Nottingham Evening Post he served initially ‘in command of a Mechanical Transport Company attached to the French Army. At the end of the year his company was attached to the British Army. He was present at both battles of Ypres.’ Promoted temporary Major in August 1915, he was Mentioned in Despatches the following year (London Gazette 15 June 1916), and was appointed Depot Commander, No 1 Mechanical Transport Depot, Royal Flying Corps, being promoted temporary Lieutenant-Colonel whilst so employed, in February 1918.

Post-War, Janson was at the centre of the Douglas-Pennant Scandal: Lord Stanhope told the House of Lords that Commandant the Hon. Violet Douglas-Pennant had found that a certain colonel in charge of a camp [i.e. Janson] ‘had given all night leave to girls training as motor drivers. These girls were constantly returning from London at four o’clock in the morning in Government motor cars, and often drunk. Then there were grave scandals in regard to that officer and two women officers in camp [Miss Livesey and Miss Glubb]. ... [Janson] was removed to another depot near London, the very depot at which one of the women [Miss Glubb] against whom there had been previous scandals was quartered. This colonel and the woman occupied the same house. Finally, they were discovered by the landlady in flagrante delicto at three o’clock in the morning.” However, Miss Douglas-Pennant was unable to produce any evidence of the ‘rife immorality’ that she had accused several officers of, and after three weeks the committee dismissed all witnesses. The final report was produced in December 1919, and found that Douglas-Pennant had been completely unable to substantiate her claims and was deserving ‘of the gravest censure.’ (Under The Search-Light by Violet Douglas-Pennant (1922), refers, in which Janson is mentioned several times).

Janson married Gwenda Mary Glubb, the only daughter of Major-General Sir Frederic Glubb (and presumably the same Miss Glubb refered to above) in February 1920, and was advanced Lieutenant-Colonel.

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Three: Bombardier F. G. Farr, Royal Field Artillery 1914 Star (14305 Gnr: F. G. Farr. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (14305 Bmbr. F. G. Farr. R.A.) mounted for wear, very fine Pair: Gunner J. Butler, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 2 September 1918 1914-15 Star (1283 Gnr. J. Butler. R.G.A.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (SR-1283 Gnr. J. Butler. R.A.) some verdigris, otherwise very fine Pair: Driver W. Gray, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals, in named card box of issue, with torn envelope addressed to ‘Mr. W. Gray, Naburn, Nr. York.’ (135184 Dvr. W. Gray. R.A.) extremely fine Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (1471690 Bdr. H. C. Anderson. R.A.) fist letter of rank mis-struck, very fine (8) £120-£160 Frederick G. Farr attested into the Royal Field Artillery and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 September 1914. He saw further service with the Royal Field Artillery and was advanced Bombardier.

John Butler attested into the Royal Garrison Artillery for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 23 May 1915.

Advanced Lance Bombardier, he was killed in action on 2 September 1918 and is buried in Windmill British Cemetery, Monchy-le-Preux, France.

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Three: Gunner R. Wright, Royal Field Artillery 1914 Star (39327 Gnr: R. Wright. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (39327 Gnr. R. Wright R.A.) very fine (3)

£70-£90

Robert Wright served with 38th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 September 1914.

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Three: Private E. Wheeler, Coldstream Guards 1914 Star (5750 Pte. E. Wheeler. C. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (5750 Pte. E. Wheeler. C. Gds.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £80-£100 Ernest Wheeler attested into the Coldstream Guards on 10 August 1904. He was advanced Lance Corporal and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914. He was discharged under the terms of his engagement on 27 November 1916 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 239,638.

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Three: Private W. J. Ware, Royal West Surrey Regiment, later Suffolk Regiment and Labour Corps 1914 Star (L-8984 Pte. W. J. Ware. 2/The Queen’s R.); British War and Victory Medals (8984 Pte. W. J. Ware. The Queen’s R.) very fine and better (3) £60-£80 William James Ware served in France with the 2nd Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment from 4 October 1914. He survived the campaign and was transferred to the 14th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment on 14 June 1919.

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Six: Master at Arms F. M. Dodd, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (224491, F. M. Dodd, Y.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (224491F. M. Dodd. Sh. Cpl. R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (224491 F. M. Dodd. R.P.O. H.M.S. Barham.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (6) £100-£140 Frederick Melbourne Dodd was born in Cheshire on 30 August 1887 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 15 January 1903.

Advanced Yeoman Signaller on 1 January 1914, he served during the Great War in a variety of ships and shore based establishments, including H. M.S. King George V from 11 May 1917 to the cessation of hostilities. Advanced Regulating Petty Officer First Class on 26 April 1919, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, with Gratuity, on 19 February 1922, and was promoted Master at Arms on 10 June 1924.

Shore pensioned on 29 August 1927, he saw further service during the Second World War, and was promoted to the Officers’ List on 10 November 1941.

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Three: Chief Armourer E. Baxter, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (344640. E. Baxter, Armr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (344640 E. Baxter. Act. Ch. Amr. R.N.) very fine Pair: E. W. Cross, Mercantile Marine British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Ernest W. Cross.) good very fine 1914-15 Star (K.15700. E. C. Brenton. Sto.1., R.N.) ; Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (George E. Nighy) scratches to obverse of last, nearly very fine (7) £100-£140 Edward Baxter was born in Hilton, Derbyshire, on 25 May 1881 and joined the Royal Navy as Armourer’s Crew on 16 October 1901. He served during the Great War initially in H.M.S. Sappho from the outbreak of War until 10 December 1916, and was promoted Acting Chief Armourer on 15 May 1916, being confirmed in that rate on 18 January 1920. He was shore pensioned on 21 March 1923.

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Eight: Chief Stoker C. Delbridge, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Centurion at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916 1914-15 Star (K. 23873 C. Delbridge, Sto. 2 R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K. 23873 C. Delbridge. Sto. 1 R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K. 23873 C. Delbridge. S.P.O. H.M.S. Defiance.) mounted as worn, the G.V.R. awards polished, thus fine; the G. VI.R. awards good very fine (8) £240-£280

Charlie Delbridge was born in Upton, Torquay on 26 September 1896 and entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in January 1915. He served in battleship H.M.S. Centurion from April 1915 until March 1919, in which period he was present at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, and was advanced to Stoker 1st Class. A wide variety of ship appointments ensued between the wars, and he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in March 1930, prior to being pensioned ashore in January 1937.

Mobilised on the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, Delbridge served throughout the Second World War on boom defence duties, his ship appointments including the Strath Spey and Barsing. His longest seagoing appointment, however, was in the net layer Ringwood from January 1942 to August 1945, in which period she he served in the Eastern Task Force off Normandy in June-September 1944. He was released ‘Class A’ in October 1945.

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Three: Stoker Petty Officer W. Buchanan, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (299201. W. Buchanan, S.P.O., R.N.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (299201 W. Buchanan. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (299201. W. Buchanan, S.P.O. H.M.S. Columbine.) good very fine (3) £70-£90 William Buchanan was born in Glasgow on 18 October 1883 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 2 December 1901.

Advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 1 March 1913, he served during the Great War in a variety of ships and shore based establishments, including H.M.S. Marigold from 26 July 1915 to 7 August 1917. He was awarded is Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 27 April 1921, and was shore discharged to pension on 21 June 1922.

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Three: Stoker First Class C. Brown, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (K.7168. C. Brown, Sto.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.7168 C Brown. Sto.1 R.N.) contact marks, nearly very fine Pair: Sub Lieutenant A. McQ. Speirs, Royal Naval Reserve British War and Victory Medals (S. Lt. A. Mc Q. Speirs. R.N.R.) very fine 1914-15 Star (1559. Dmr. W. P. Mc H. Haward. 19-Lond. R.) ; British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (170830 Dvr. P. E. Kirby. R.A.; 13897 Pte. F. Carroll. Worc. R.; 77064 Pte. C. Butler. Durh. L.I.) ; Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (15841 Pte. A. Draper. R. War. £120-£160 R.; G-54456 Pte. G. F. Roe. Midd’x R.) contact marks, nearly very fine (11) William Palmer McHane Haward attested for the 19th (St. Pancras) Battalion, London Regiment, and served with them as a Drummer during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 March 1915 to 4 January 1916, and then in Egypt from 4 August 1917 until the cessation of hostilities.

Percy Edward Kirby attested for the Royal Artillery on 3 June 1914 and served with the 130th Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front. He was discharged due to sickness on 19 June 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge no. 499739.

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Three: Ordinary Seaman C. Benson, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Nomad at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, and fire of the German High Seas Fleet was taken Prisoner of War after Nomad was sunk by the concentrated fir 1914-15 Star (J.41771 C. Benson Ord. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.41771 C. Benson. Ord. R.N.) good very fine (3) £300-£400 Charles Benson was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, on 9 December 1895 and enlisted in the Royal Navy on 6 July 1915 on a hostilities only basis.

He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Nomad from 13 April 1916, and was presented in her at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. The Fighting at Jutland takes up the story: ‘H.M.S. Nestor and H.M.S. Nomad were sunk by the concentrated fire of the German High Seas Fleet. Their end was gallant. Damaged in their attack on the German battle cruisers, they were both lying stopped unable to steam in the track of the German High Seas Fleet as the latter came up in an apparently endless procession from the south, apparently about 20 capital ships with light cruisers and masses of destroyers. There was no possible reply for two destroyers to the broadsides of a dozen super-Dreadnoughts. An officer of Nomad wrote, “A whole German battle squadron was apparently using us as a target for practice firing, and the Nomad was rapidly being turned into something remarkably like a Gruyere cheese.”

But before they were put down Nestor and Nomad fired their torpedoes. “We were about 2,000 yards, as far as I can remember, from the leading German battleship when we fired our last torpedo, and so we were at practically point-blank range from their 11-inch and 12-inch guns.

The ship started sinking by the stern with a great rattle from the loose gear tumbling about in her, and then gradually disappeared, but all the men were got clear just before she sank, and after a short swim in the sea a life-saving apparatus in the form of a German torpedo boat, so small we could almost have taken it on with our fists, came up and picked us up out of the water. She was a single-funnel craft, with one pop-gun on the foc’sle, one torpedo tube mounted on the rails, and her decks piled high with coal. However, one doesn’t look a gift horse in the mouth, and in her we were taken back to Germany, and, as you probably know, were were the “Kaiser’s guests” for the next two and a half years”.’

Benson was one of those fortunate enough to be picked up by the above described enemy torpedo boat, and was taken into captivity, one of 177 Royal Naval personnel captured at the Battle of Jutland (the majority from Nomad and Nestor). He was held at Brandenburg Prisoner of War camp for the next 18 months, before being repatriated via Switzerland as part of he wounded prisoner exchange programme, his International Red Cross document stating that he received ‘shrapnel through the thigh’, no doubt received when Nomad was being shelled just prior to her sinking. He returned to England on 14 June 1918, and was invalided out of the service due to ‘wounds in action’ on 3 October 1918. He died in 1969.

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Three: Ordinary Seaman F. King, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (J.19665, F. King, Ord., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.19665 F. King. Ord. R.N.) nearly very fine Pair: Deck Hand G. Ellis, Royal Naval Reserve British War and Victory Medals (12873D G. Ellis. D.H. R.N.R.) nearly very fine Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (D.2785 G. Rattray, Sean. 1Cl. , R.N.R.) very fine (6)

£140-£180

Frederick King , a Cleaner with the London and South West Railway was bornin Southampton on 30 August 1896. He attested into the Royal Navy as a Boy on 9 August 1912. Advanced Ordinary Seaman, he served afloat during the Great War in H.M.S. Achilles until 30 April 1916.

Discharged as a consequence of Tuberculosis on 26 May 1916, he was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 330.

George Rattray attested into the Royal Naval Reserve. His L.S.G.C. was issued in Dundee on 10 November 1910.

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Three: Sick Room Attendant T. H. Lumb, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve 1914-15 Star (M.8308. T. H. Lumb, S.B.A., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.8308 T. H. Lumb. S.R.A. R.N.) nearly extremely fine (3) £60-£80 Thomas Hardy Lumb was born in Bacup, Lancashire, on 15 August 1893, and joined the Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve as Junior Reserve Attendant on 2 August 1914. Advanced Senior Reserve Attendant 18 March 1915, he served in the kite balloon ship H.M.S. Menelaus from 5 July 1915 to 14 April 1917 and H.M.S. Devonshire from 17 November 1917 to 21 May 1919. Demobilised on 1 August 1919, he likely returned to civilian employment as a motor driver.

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Four: Commander M. F. Murray, Royal Naval Reserve, who witnessed the furious engagement between the armed merchant cruiser H.M.S. Carmania and the German merchant cruiser S.M.S. Cap Trafalgar on 14 September 1914, the fir first naval duel first in history between two former ocean liners of the Great War and the fir 1914-15 Star (Lieut. M. F. Murray, R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr. M. F. Murray. R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1920, unnamed as issued, verdigris to Star and VM, these good fine, the others good very fine and better (4) £140-£180 Michael Francis Murray was born in Liverpool on 18 January 1875 and was appointed to a commission as Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve on 11 January 1905. Advanced Lieutenant 29 July 1909, Murray was posted to H.M.S. Carmania on 8 August 1914 and was aboard her when she engaged the German raider S.M.S. Cap Trafalgar off Trinidade Island in the Mid Atlantic on 14 September 1914. A personal account written by Arnold Rushforth, Wireless Operator aboard H.M.S. Carmania to his mother, as published by The Shipley Times & Express on 16 October 1914, sets the scene: ‘Our brave Captain was as cool as ninepence. He drove the Carmania at full speed during the whole conflict and circled road the German ship at such sharp angles that I thought once we were sinking so badly did our ship heel over. As the saying was at the time “We gave the Germans hell!”

Our gunners fought up to the old reputation of the bulldog breed. Every man fought with never tiring energy and their marksmanship was splendid. They rattled the shells in one after the other and got home about four shells to the Germans’ one. For the first ten minutes I was none too happy but the spirits of everybody were soon roused and then we went at it like “death or glory boys”. Considering what a terrible fight we had we came off very lightly as regards loss of men. Our casualties were 9 killed, 4 badly wounded and 22 injured.’

Holed below the waterline and with her upper deck on fire, the S.M.S. Cap Trafalgar managed to steam out of range but was soon incapacitated after taking on huge volumes of sea water which doused her boilers. Listing and dead in the water, she capsized and sank. Struck 79 times and with her bridge wrecked, H.M.S. Carmania succeeded in reaching Gibraltar; it was here that Murray was disembarked, suffering from severe shell shock.

Transferred to Portsmouth to convalesce, Murray spent a period of time at the Royal Hospital, Haslar, but failed to regain his health; placed on the retired list as medically unfit 21 December 1915, he took a desk job with Naval Central Control, the recipient’s Service Record adding: ‘To his regret, expressed that this course is necessary’. Appointed Assistant Salvage Officer in Home Waters 6 August 1918, Murray was granted the rank of Commander (retired) from 11 November 1918 in recognition of services rendered during the war. Retired to 19 Hale Lane, Aintree, Liverpool, he died in 1953.

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Six: Lieutenant-Commander J. E. Armstrong, Royal Naval Reserve, who served throughout the Great War as a ‘confid fidential chief decoding and intelligence officer’, and was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Bronze Medal for saving the life of a man in shark infested waters off Brazil in February 1918 1914-15 Star (S. Lt. J. E. Armstrong. R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. E. Armstrong. R.N.R.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service, G.VI.R., 1st issue (John E. Armstrong); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (John E. Armstrong R.N.R. 6th Feb. 1918) with integral bronze riband buckle, mounted as worn, very fine and better (6) £240-£280 R.H.S. Case no. 44,055: ‘Albrahoa Bay, Brazil, 6 February 1918. 9 Fathoms deep. One and half miles from land. Sharks present.

The man was thrown into the sea owing to the fall of a boat being let go. Lieutenant Armstrong jumped in and kept him up till a boat reached them.’

John Elliot Armstrong was born in Whittington, Worcestershire on 27 March 1893 and was appointed a Midshipman in the Royal Naval Reserve in January 1912. Appointed to the armed merchant cruiser H.M.S. Edinburgh Castle in September 1914, he remained similarly employed for the next three and a half years, his service record revealing that in that period he fulfilled the duties of a confidential chief decoding and intelligence officer. Edinburgh Castle was initially deployed to the South Atlantic and was later involved in searching for the German raiders Karlsruhe and Kronprins Wilhelm.

Armstrong was awarded his Royal Humane Society’s bronze medal for saving the life of a seaman in Albrahoa Bay, Brazil, on 6 February 1918.

Removed to the cruiser Talbot as a Lieutenant in June 1918 he was likewise employed on being demobilised in May 1919.

Having then been placed on the Retired List in June 1923, he was advanced to Lieutenant-Commander (Retired) in April 1926 and died in Teignmouth, Devon in December 1972.

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Family Group: Three: Sub-Lieutenant J. Porteous, Royal Naval Reserve, who was killed in action on 2 December 1940 when H.M.S. Forfar was torpedoed in the Atlantic Ocean by the German submarine U-99 under the command of Otto Kretschmer, one of the most successful U-boat Commanders of the Second World War 1914-15 Star (Wt. Engr. J. Porteous. R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Wt. Engr. J. Porteous. R.N.R.) nearly extremely fine Three: Private J. Porteous, Liverpool Regiment, who died of wounds received during the Battle of the Somme on 1 August 1916 1914-15 Star (22813 Pte. J. Porteous. L’Pool R:); British War and Victory Medals (22813 Pte. J. Porteous. L’Pool R.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Private W. Porteous, 11th (Lonsdale) Battalion, Border Regiment, who was killed in action on 18 November 1916 £400-£500 British War and Victory Medals (17361 Pte. W. Porteous. Bord. R.) extremely fine (8) James Porteous was born on 2 August 1884 and served as Warrant Engineer in H.M.S. Duncan from 13 November 1914. Described as zealous and ‘a thoroughly competent Engineer officer well acquainted with machinery and special duties in a warship’, he transferred to H.M.S. Cochrane in May 1917 and was demobilised in June 1919. Recalled from retirement for service during the Second War, Porteous was killed when the armed merchant cruiser H.M.S. Forfar was torpedoed approximately 500 miles west of Ireland whilst on convoy escort duties; repeatedly struck, she sank quickly, resulting in the deaths of 36 officers and 136 men. Aged 56 years, Porteous is commemorated upon the Liverpool Naval Memorial.

John Porteous , a draper, was born in Carlisle in 1890 and enlisted in the 4th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment on 17 November 1914. Posted to France from 7 November 1915, he transferred to No. 3 Company, 20th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment and was wounded in action on 30 July 1916; the recipient’s Army Service Record confirms that he died a short while later at No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station as a result of a gunshot wound to the neck. Aged 26 years, he is buried at Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension on the Somme.

William Porteous , a joiner, was born in Carlisle around 1889 and originally enlisted in the 11th Battalion, Border Regiment at Carlisle on 12 December 1914. Posted to France from 9 March 1916, he died during the costly assault on Munich and Frankfort Trenches on the final day of the Battle of the Somme. Aged 27 years, he is buried at Waggon Road Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel

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Six: Able Seaman L. G. Burgess, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1914-15 Star (B.Z.-195, L. G. Burgess, A.B., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (B.Z.195 L. G. Burgess. A.B. R.N.V.R.); 1939 -45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine Four: Ordinary Seaman E. G. Stansfeld, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (J.85095 E. G. Stansfield [sic]. Ord. R.N.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, 5 clasps, Long Service 1942, Long Service 1945, Long Service 1952, Long Service 1962, Long Service 1972 (Edward G. Stansfeld.) mounted as worn, good very fine Five: Sub Lieutenant H. L. Watts, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and Mercantile Marine British War Medal 1914-20 (S. Lt. H. L. Watts. R.N.V.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Harry L. Watts); Victory Medal 1914-19 (S. Lt. H. L. Watts. R.N.V.R.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style for display, good very fine (15) £160-£200 Lionel George Burgess was born in South Africa and enrolled in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 23 October 1914. Mustered on strength, Royal Naval Division he joined the 1st Battalion with regimental number C/345 on 26 October 1914. He subsequently served as an Able Seaman in H.M.S. Musketeer from 2 November 1916, and served in her until shore discharged on demobilisation on 15 February 1919. He re-entered the Royal Navy with the new official number of JX.185311 for service during the Second World War on 11 March 1940.

Edward Graham Stansfeld was born in Leeds in February 1900 and served during the Great War as a Hydrophone Operator in the minesweeper trawler Ice Pack. He later as a Special Constable with the City of Leeds Special Constabulary from 1930 to 1972.

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Harry Leslie Watts served as an Assistant Engineer in the Armed Boarding Steamer Sarnia at Gallipoli in 1915 and was appointed a temporary Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 13 July 1917. Found guilty of ‘wilful disobedience of a lawful command and using threatening and insulting language to a superior officer and striking a superior officer’ on 28 November 1917, he was severely reprimanded and dismissed his ship. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Doncaster from December 1917 to January 1919 and again from May to October 1919, and was severely cautioned for the loss of H.M.S. Doncaster’s 16-foot dinghy, ‘due to his extraordinary unseamanlike action, in failing to see that the plug was in before lowering the boat’ on 10 August 1919. Appointed as a temporary Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 15 January 1940, he served during the Second World War on the East Indies Station before being appointed to H.M.S. Orlando at Greenock for boat pool duties on 13 March 1942. He subsequently settled in New Zealand, where he died in 1973.

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Three: Second Lieutenant A. N. Cam, Royal Engineers, late Royal Marines, a Gallipoli veteran who was killed in action near Ypres on 16 August 1917 1914-15 Star (Deal 52-S-Spr. A. N. Cam, R.M.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. A. N. Cam.) Memorial Plaque (Alan Noel £200-£240 Cam) good very fine and better (4) Alan Noel Cam was born at Birchanger Rectory, Uttlesford, Essex on 28 December 1894, and enlisted in the Divisional Engineers of the Royal Naval Division as a sapper in September 1914. Embarked for the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in March 1915, he served in Gallipoli in the period May-November 1915 and was invalided home in the new year.

Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in December 1916, he was attached to 150 Field Company, R.E. and was killed in action near Ypres on 16 August 1917. Aged 22, he was the son of the Rev. William Herbert and Kate Cam, of Paulers Pury Rectory, Towcester.

He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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Seven: Major C. A. Lamb, Royal Engineers, later Royal Signals 1914-15 Star (30353 Cpl. C. A. Lamb. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. A. Lamb.); Defence and War Medals 1939 -45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Major. C. A. Lamb. R. Sigs.); Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated 1947, with integral top brooch bar, the Great War medals very fine, the remainder nearly extremely fine (7) £200-£240 Charles Astley Lamb was born in Wigan on 1 July 1890 and served in France as Corporal in the Royal Engineers from 1 January 1915. Discharged to a Commission in the Royal Engineers 9 September 1915, he survived the campaign and returned home to Wigan in 1921 where he set up in business as an oil and grease manufacturer. Recorded in 1939 as Managing Partner, the census adds: ‘Capn. 55th West Lancs Divisional Signals & Chief A.R.P. Warden’. Advanced Major, Lamb was awarded the Defence and War Medals on 26 July 1948, his address listed as ‘Ramallah, 15 College Road, Upholland, near Wigan’. Posted to Palestine during the Jewish insurgency, he took his retirement from the British Army around 1950 and died on 13 September 1967.

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Three: Captain H. N. Davey, Royal Engineers, who was Mentioned in Despatches, and later became a notable author 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. H. N. Davey. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. H. N. Davey.); together with a Royal Engineers cap badge, very fine (3) £80-£100 M.I.D. London Gazette 9 April 1917.

Henry Norman Davey was born in Malden, Surrey, on 5 May 1888, the son of Henry Davey Esq., an engineer and inventor, and was educated at Clare College, Cambridge. Following the outbreak of the Great War he attested for the London Electrical Engineers, Royal Engineers (Territorial Force) on 6 October 1914, and was commissioned temporary Second Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery on 5 December 1914. Posted to the Signal Service, Royal Engineers, on 20 January 1915, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 September 1915, and was promoted Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 20 December 1915. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches and was advanced Captain.

Davey died in Diano Marina, Italy, on 6 June 1949, aged 61, his obituary in the Clare Association Annual reading: ‘Davey came up to Clare in 1907, and he edited the Granta. At his father’s wish he trained as an engineer, and the fruits of this training are apparent in a monograph on the gas turbine, published in 1914, and a volume of Studies in Tidal Power (1923). But from the first he had been drawn towards writing of a different kind. In the years before 1914 he had contributed verse to Punch, under the rigourous schooling of Sir Owen Seaman, and had written a rather slight first novel. He served in the 1914–18 war as an officer of the Royal Engineers with Signals in France, and for a time was on the General Staff at the War Office. After his release from military duties he turned his hand to what is probably the bestknown of his novels, The Pilgrim of a Smile, which appeared in 1921, and on the whole was very well received. Guinea Girl, another essay in the extravagantly farcical, came out in the same year; some seven years later he produced Judgement Day, but it was not until 1939 that he once more recalled his early promise with The Ghost of a Rose.’

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Three: Captain D. Robinson, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 7 July 1916 1914-15 Star (lieut. P. D. Robinson. North’d Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. P. D. Robinson.) mounted for wear, extremely fine (3) £100-£140

Percy Douglas Robinson was born in Sunderland in 1888 and was educated at Dean Close School, Cheltenham, and Exeter College, Oxford. A keen sportsman, he played hockey for County Durham. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Northumberland Fusiliers on 3 October 1914, and served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 July 1915. Promoted Captain, he was killed in action at Contalmaison during the Battle of Albert on the Somme on 7 July 1916. On this date the Battalion was involved in an attack on Quadrangle Support: whilst crossing the 800 yards to their objective heavy losses were incurred from enfilade fire from both flanks; trapped out in the open and on the enemy’s wire, the attackers were now being shelled to the rear and the withdrawal was difficult, with heavy casualties sustained. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

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Three: Lieutenant F. R. Ridgewell, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (Lieut. F. R. Ridgewell. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F. R. Ridgewell.) mounted for wear, some staining to VM, good very fine Pair: Private Second Class A. Bennett, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (264146. Pte. 2. A. Bennett. R.A.F.) extremely fine British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (George A. Sturgess; 14088 Pte. J. Trenery. A.S.C.) ; Victory Medal 1914-19 (5886 Pte. J. W. Jakeman. D. of Corn. L.I.) very fine (8) £120-£160 Frederick Richard Ridgewell was born in St. Pancras, London, on 18 January 1880 and was commissioned temporary Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 25 May 1915. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 May 1915, and relinquished his commission on the cessation of hostilities. A Public Works Engineer in civilian life, he died in Coventry on 27 July 1953.

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Arthur Bennett was born in Hounslow, Middlesex, on 27 October 1872. A Master Tailor in civilian life, he served during the Great War in the Royal Air Force from 3 July 1918, and transferred to Class G Reserve on 16 July 1919. Formally discharged on 30 April 1920, he died in Portsmouth on 31 January 1955.

George Alfred Sturgess was born in Kensington, London, in 1851 and served during the Great War in the Mercantile Marine.

Joseph Trenery was born in Truro, Cornwall, in 1868 and in civilian life was employed as a Labourer with the Great Western Railway. He attested for the Royal Army Service Corps, in London on 10 July 1915 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 August 1915, subsequently transferring to the Royal Engineers. Post-War, he emigrated to the United States of America, and died at Butte, Montana on 26 November 1936.

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John William Jakeman was born in Redditch, Worcestershire, on 9 April 1875 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 14 August 1899. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 December 1914, and was discharged due to sickness on 25 July 1916, being awarded a Silver War Badge no. 68,905. Her died in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, in July 1952.

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Four: Company Quartermaster Sergeant H. S. Talbot, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (106474, Cpl. H. S. Talbot, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (106474 C.Q.M. Sjt. H. S. Talbot. R.E.); Army £120-£160 Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (106474 C.Q.M. Sjt. H. S. Talbot. R.E.) nearly extremely fine (4) M.S.M. London Gazette 17 January 1919.

Herbert Smith Talbot was born in Salford on 10 June 1882 and is recorded in 1911 as a 28-year old science student residing with his parents at 132 Lloyd Street, Manchester. Posted to France as Corporal from 10 August 1915, he was advanced Company Quarter Master Sergeant and awarded the Meritorious Service Medal upon the cessation of hostilities. Transferred to Army Reserve 24 February 1919, Talbot returned to the family home and was later employed by the Salford Education Committee as a secondary school teacher. He retired to Didsbury and died at the Withington Hospital in Manchester on 6 October 1963.

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Three: Corporal J. G. Smith, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (87902 Spr. J. G. Smith. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (87902 Cpl. J. G. Smith. R.E.) good very fine Pair: Private N. Oakland, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (71059 Pte. N. Oakland. Notts. & Derby. R.) nearly very fine 1914 Star, with copy clasp (No.1033 Spr. Gulal Shah, 1/S. & M.) ; 1914 Star (1769 Pte. J. Price. 2/S. Lan: R.) ; Silver War Badge, reverse officially numbered ‘2 215872 ’, nearly very fine (8) £120-£160 James G. Smith served with the Royal Engineers during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 May 1915.

John Price was born in Liverpool and attested for the South Lancashire Regiment at St. Helens, Lancashire. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1914, and died of wounds on 3 January 1915. He is buried in Belgrade Cemetery, Belgium.

Silver War Badge no. 215872 was awarded to Private Walter John Haney , Motor Transport, Army Service Corps, who attested on 13 May 1915 and was discharged due to sickness on 10 July 1917.

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Four: Sapper F. Allen, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (41937 Spr. F. Allen. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (41937 Spr, F. Allen. R.E.); Defence Medal, mounted for wear, contact marks, edge digs, slightly polished, good fine and better Four: Sapper J. Forsyth, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (75982 Spr: J. Forsyth. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (75982 Spr. J. Forsyth. R.E.); Imperial Service Medal, G. VI.R., 1st issue (John Forsyth.) mounted for display, contact marks, slightly polished, verdigris stains to the reverse of the star, good fine and better Three: Sapper J. W. Clark, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (1025. Spr. J. W. Clark. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (1025 Spr. J. W. Clark. R.E.) edge bruising, slight polished, good fine and better (11) £140-£180 Frederick Allen , from Derby, attested into the Royal Engineers and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 31 May 1915.

John Forsyth attested into the Royal Engineers and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 December 1915. He was subsequently employed as a Skilled Workman, Class I, Dundee Telephone Area, and was awarded the Imperial Service Medal upon his retirement (London Gazette 5 March 1953).

J. W. Clark attested into the Royal Engineers and served during the Great War in the Egyptian theatre 19 July 1915.

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Three: Pioneer R. Vincent, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (111421, Pnr. R. Vincent, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (111421 Pnr. R. Vincent. R.E.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine Three: Corporal J. W. Knight, Royal Army Medical Corps, later Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (31 Pte. J. W. Knight. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (31 Cpl. J. W. Knight. R.A.M.C.) very fine Pair: Sergeant G. Speirs, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 10 August 1918 British War and Victory Medals (S-17673 Sjt. G. Speirs. A. & S.H.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Private H. E. Pearson, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (A-358124 Pte. H. E. Pearson. A.S.C.) good very fine (10)

£120-£160

Robert Vincent attested for the Royal Engineers on 11 August 1915 served with the 3rd Provisional Company during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 August 1915. He was discharged due to sickness on 24 March 1916, and was awarded a Silver War Badge no. 231523.

John W. Knight attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 February 1915. He subsequently transferred to the Royal Engineers and was promoted Corporal.

Graham Speirs was born in Rothesay, Buteshire, and attested there for the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front post 1916, and was killed in action on 10 August 1918. He is buried in Rosieres Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

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Seven: Major T. R. Johns, Devonshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. T. R. Johns. Devon. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. T. R. Johns); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good fine and better (7) £70-£90 Thomas Robert Johns was born on 28 December 1895 and served in France as Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment from 24 November 1915. He is recorded in 1939 as a Major in the Regular Army Reserve of Officers (Retired), and died in Portsmouth in 1970.

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Three: Second Lieutenant S. Parker, East Surrey Regiment, late Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action whilst serving in the 7th Battalion on 30 March 1917 1914-15 Star (6698 Pte S. Parker. R. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. S. Parker); Memorial Plaque (Sidney Parker) good very fine (4) £200-£240 Sidney Parker was embarked for France as a Private in the 19th (2nd Public Schools) Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers, in mid-November 1915.

Subsequently commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the East Surrey Regiment, he was killed in action whilst serving in the 7th Battalion on 30 March 1917. Aged 25, he left a widow, Ella Parker of 4, The Gables, Queen’s Road, Wimbledon, London and is buried in the Faubourg D’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France

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Three: Second Lieutenant R. Moore, Sussex Regiment, attached 10th Battalion, The Rifle fle Brigade, late Royal Fusiliers, who died of wounds on 15 August 1917 1914-15 Star (683 Sjt R. Moore. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. R. Moore.) extremely fine (3)

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Robert Moore was educated at Sherborne School in Dorset and was working as a banker at the time of his enlistment in the 19th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers on 9 September 1914. Embarked for France in mid-November 1915, he returned home to attend an officer training course at Balliol College, Oxford in March 1916.

Subsequently commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 14th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment in July 1916, he was attached to the 10th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, when mortally wounded on 15 August 1917. And he received those wounds in crossing the Steenbeeck to deal with an enemy pill box at Au Bon Gite. He died at 61st Casualty Clearing Station and was buried in Dozinghem British Cemetery.

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Four: Private T. E. Wilkinson, Hampshire Regiment, later Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (17029 Pte. T. E. Wilkinson. Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals (17029 Pte. T. E. Wilkinson. Hamps. R.); £60-£80 Belgium , Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., mounted court-style for wearing, good very fine (4) Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 4 September 1919: ‘198226 Sapper T. E. Wilkinson, Royal Engineers (Redcar).’

Tom Edward Wilkinson , formerly of the 11th Reserve Cavalry Regiment, entered the Eygptian theatre of war with the Hampshire on 24 August 1915. He later transferred to the Royal Engineers and was transferred to the “Z” Class Reserve in March 1919.

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Three: Captain R. M. L. Clifford, Essex Regiment, who was killed in action on the Somme whilst attached to the 18th Trench Mortar Battery on 15 October 1916 1914-15 Star (Lieut. R. M. L. Clifford. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. M. L. Clifford.); Memorial Plaque (Ralph Montague Lewis Clifford) old adhesive stains to the reverses, otherwise good very fine (4) £240-£280 Ralph Montague Lewis Clifford was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Essex Regiment in October 1914 and was embarked for France in the 11th Battalion on Christmas Day 1915. Subsequently attached to the 18th Trench Mortar Battery, he was killed in action on the Somme on 15 October 1916. Aged 24, he was the son of George and Sarah Clifford of 49, Wallwood Rd., Leytonstone, London. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

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Four: Captain Sir J. Steuart Wilson, King’s Royal Rifle fle Corps, who was severely wounded at Ypres on 28 December 1914, and again at High Wood on 20 August 1916, and was later employed at the War Office in the Intelligence Bureau with Military Intelligence 3B; a prominent musician and one of the foremost British tenors of the 20th Century, in later life he served as Music Director of the Arts Council, and the Director of Music at the B.B.C. 1914-15 Star (Capt. J. S. Wilson. K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. S. Wilson.); Italy, Kingdom , Order of the Crown of Italy, Chevalier’s breast badge, gold and enamel, mounted court-style for display, nearly extremely fine (4) £400-£500 Knight Bachelor London Gazette 10 June 1948: James Steuart Wilson, Esq., lately Music Director, Arts Council of Great Britain.

Order of the Crown of Italy, Fifth Class London Gazette 26 May 1917.

Sir James Steuart Wilson was born in Bristol in 1889, the son of the headmaster of Clifton College, Canon James Wilson, D.D., and the brother of the Sir Arnold T. Wilson, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., C.M.G., D.S.O., M.P. Educated at Winchester College and King's College, Cambridge (where he was in the University’s Officer Training Corps), his early studies and career in music and singing in London, Germany and Switzerland were interrupted by the outbreak of war in 1914, and he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 15 August 1914. Promoted Captain on 22 September 1914, he served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 November 1914 (and thereby missing out on a 1914 Star by a matter of hours), and was severely wounded at Ypres by gunshot through the lungs on 28 December 1914, wounds that led to the loss of a lung and a kidney.

Repatriated back to England on 20 January 1915, Wilson’s injuries seemed almost certain to curtail any career in singing, but whislt recuperating he continued to practise singing techniques. After a long recovery, he returned to the Front with the 6th Battalion, K.R.R.C., as Officer Commanding ‘A’ Company, and was again severely wounded in the attack on High Wood on the Somme on 19-20 August 1916, suffering a penetrating gun shot wound to the abdomen.

Repatriated once more back to England, another very long period of recovery was necessary, before he was posted to the General Staff at the War Office in the Intelligence Bureau with Military Intelligence 3B, also serving at General Headquarters in France. For his services during the Great War he was awarded the Fifth Class of the Order of the Crown of Italy.

To the surprise of many friends, despite the severity of the wounds and their effects on his breathing, he persevered with singing and over the course of the inter-War years built up a formidable reputation as a leading concert and oratorio singer, performing under the baton of many famous composers. Wilson became a leading interpreter of Schubert songs and of the Evangelist in Bach’s Passions and of the title part in Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, which he sang under the baton of the composer and other conductors including Hamilton Harty, Malcolm Sargent, Albert Coates, and Adrian Boult. The Times called him ‘the best exponent of [Gerontius] at the present time’. The tenor Peter Pears said that it was hearing Wilson singing as Evangelist in Bach’s St Matthew Passion that ‘started me off’.

Wilson developed a particularly close relationship with Ralph Vaughan Williams and gave some of the first performances of Vaughan Williams’ works, as well as being the dedicatee of a number of works by Vaughan Williams. He also wrote extensively (books and articles) on music and teaching throughout his life, and was instrumental in founding the London-based sextet, the English Singers, in 1920, the group specialising (unusually for that time) in music of the English renaissance.

In 1937 Wilson settled in the United States and joined the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia; there he taught singing, English diction, vocal repertoire, and vocal ensemble. He continued to give concert recitals into the early 1940s. In 1941 he resigned from the Curtis Institute and the following year returned to England. This move marked the end of Wilson's professional career as a singer. The following year he joined the B.B.C. and was appointed Music Director for the BBC Overseas Service. After the war he was appointed Music Director of the Arts Council of Great Britain, newly formed from the wartime Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, and he helped reorganise the music department for peacetime work. In that post, he gave support to Benjamin Britten's English Opera Group in its first years. He was knighted for his services as Director of the Arts Council in 1948, and was appointed the BBC's Director of Music. In 1949, aged 60, he moved to Covent Garden to take the post of Deputy General Administrator of the Royal Opera House and in that position he gave support to the Polish composer Andrzej Panufnik, who had recently defected from communist Poland and was responsible, amongst many other things, for securing the premiere of Vaughan Williams' The Pilgrim’s Progress at the Royal Opera House in 1951. His last major appointment was as Principal of the Birmingham School of Music from 1957 to 1960, which he ‘administered with an aggressive sensitivity and wit that veered between the inspired and the impossible.’

Throughout his life Wilson always has a deep attachment to Petersfield, and appreciated the ‘endless variety of beauty which that corner of Hampshire affords’. He died at his home in Petersfield on 18 December 1966, aged 77, and is buried in Steep Churchyard.

Sold with the following archive: i) A copy of the detailed biography of Wilson (“English Singer”) by his wife; this of course contains information on his military career. ii) An original 78 rpm record of “The English Singers” which Wilson founded in 1920 (singing a piece by Weelkes and a folk song arranged by Vaughan Williams ) iii) An “Ace of Clubs” 33 rpm LP of Wilson singing a range of songs, taken from recitals in the 1920s-30s. iv) A paperback 1923 Novello score of The Dream of Gerontius by Sir Edward Elgar, signed by Sir Henry Wood (twice, one dated 1927), Steuart Wilson and two other singers, the covers frail v) A large file of research, including copies of rolls, MIC, officer service papers, army lists, gazettes, Who's Who entries, and other research.

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Three: Second Lieutenant F. B. Walker, King’s Royal Riflflee C orps, w ho w as k illed i n a ction w hilst s erving i n t he 2 nd Battalion on the Somme on 23 July 1916 1914-15 Star ((2. Lieut. F. B. Walker. K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. F. B. Walker); Memorial Plaque (Frank Benjamin Walker) the whole contained an old, glazed copper display frame, with velvet interior, extremely fine (4) £240-£280 Frank Benjamin Walker, who attended Framlingham College in Suffolk, was killed in action in the 2nd Battalion’s attack on the Switch Line, south of Pozieres, on 23 July 1916. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

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Three: Private P. Galt, Seaforth Highlanders, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 26 April 1915 1914-15 Star (6794 Pte. P. Galt. Sea: Highrs.); British War Medal 1914-20 (S-6794 Pte. P. Galt. Sea. Highrs.); Victory Medal 1914 -19 (6794 Pte. P. Galt. Sea. Highrs.) VM additionally stamped ‘Duplicate’; Memorial Plaque (Peter Galt) good very fine (4) £70-£90 Peter Galt was born in Edinburgh and attested for the Seaforth Highlanders at Leith, Midlothian. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 February 1915, and was killed in action on 26 April 1915. He is buried in Seaforth Cemetery, Cheddar Villa, Belgium.

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Three: Sergeant T. Beardsley, Royal Munster Fusiliers, later Tank Corps 1914-15 Star (9.1717 Sjt. T. Beardsley, R. Muns. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (9-1717 Sjt. T. Beardsley. R. Muns. Fus.) nearly very fine Pair: Private E. Crockett, Labour Corps British War and Victory Medals (214636 Pte. E. Crockett. Labour Corps.) very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (698 Pte. A. D. Mitchell. 1 Madras Grd. I.D.F.) very fine (6)

£80-£100

Thomas Beardsley attested for the Royal Munster Fusiliers and served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 December 1915. Promoted Sergeant, he transferred to the 15th Battalion, Tank Corps in December 1917, and died in South Africa in 1959.

Edward Crockett was employed as a hall boy by Colonel Ivor Herbert at Llanarth Court in Monmouthshire, and served with No. 204 Divisional Employment Company, attached Divisional Signal Company, during the Great War on the Western Front in 1918. He died in Monmouthshire in June 1919.

Albert Douglas Mitchell was born in Madras in 1888, and died in South Africa in 1961.

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Family Group: Three: Lieutenant W. L. Elliott, Riflflee B rigade, w ho w as m ortally w ounded b y t he a ccidental d etonation o f a b omb o n 21 November 1916 1914-15 Star (844 Pte. W. L. Elliott. 5-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. W. L. Elliott.), with two card boxes of issue; Memorial Plaque (Walter Leonard Elliott) in its card envelope, extremely fine Pair: P r i v a t e F . H . E l l i o t t , H o n o u r a b l e A r t i l l e r y C o m p a n y ( I n f a n t r y ) British War and Victory Medals (7306 Pte. F. H. Elliott. H.A.C. - Inf. -) in their card box of issue, extremely fine (6)

£360-£440

Walter Leonard Elliott was born in London on 30 November 1891, and enlisted in the 5th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment on the outbreak of war. Embarked with his battalion for France in January 1915, he was commissioned in the 9th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade in November 1915. And he was likewise employed when accidentally killed on 21 November 1916, an incident recalled by a fellow officer: ‘I am sorry to say there has been a bad bombing accident owing to a premature explosion or something, and I am afraid Elliott, our bombing officer, who got wounded in the head, will not recover. Poor Elliott has been out here two years, and been wounded once slightly. He joined just before I did.’

He was buried in the Avesnes-le-Comte Cemetery Extension in the Pas de Calais.

Frederick Harold Elliott , Walter’s younger brother, transferred to the Royal Munster Fusiliers before the end of the war.

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Three: Captain E. R. Donner, Riflflee B rigade, w ho w as k illed i n a ction l eading ‘ A’ C ompany o f t he 1 1th B attalion a t t he capture of Guillemont on the Somme on 3 September 1916 1914-15 Star (Lieut. E. R. Donner. Rif: Brig:); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. E. R. Donner.); £360-£440 Memorial Plaque (Eric Robert Donner) extremely fine (4) Eric Robin Donner was born in Dulwich, London on 18 June 1895 and was educated at Harrow, where he played for the Football XI and was Head of House. He was due to go up to Magdalen College, Oxford, but with the outbreak of war he enlisted in The Buffs in September 1914.

Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 11th (Service) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, in the following month, he proceeded to France in July 1915, where he was advanced to Captain and appointed to the command of ‘A’ Company. The battalion subsequently saw action at Laventie and in the Ypres salient, where, on 10 July 1916, Donner led a trench raid of six officers and 40 men, a costly affair in which many of them were machine-gunned in the German wire. He had, meanwhile, been mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 15 June 1916).

Soon afterwards, the battalion moved to the Somme, where, on 3 September 1916, it was destined to make history for leading the attack at the capture of Guillemont by the 20th (Light) Division. The battalion advanced on a two-company front, Donner’s ‘A’ Company with ‘B’ leading the assault across the flat expanse from Trones Wood to Guillemont, which was bristling with defences. The first objective, a sunken road, was rushed within minutes, and 150 dead Germans were afterwards counted there. The battalion then pushed on into the village, and it was there that Captain Donner was killed in the third line of German trenches, ‘gallantly leading his Company,’ a fellow officer wrote, ‘when he was shot through the spine and dropped dead… For a boy just over twenty-one he was phenomenal.’ His C.O. added: ‘He was a splendid Company leader and his loss to the Battalion will be very great. He met his death, as all our best do, as a leader of men in a successful enterprise; but he was of a type that the British Army – and the nation, for that matter – cannot afford to lose.’

Donner has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

Sold with card box of issue for star, a Roll of Honour portrait of the recipient, as cut from a newspaper, and several small photographs of his parents. His memorial plaque bears the name ‘Robert’ not ‘Robin’, an understandable error as the name Robert erroneously appears on the top page of his application for a commission, and in subsequent correspondence relating to his death.

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Three: Captain C. H. L. Coney, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who served as an R.E.8 Observer with 63 Squadron in the Mesopotamian theatre of war 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. C. H. L. Coney. N. Staff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. H. L. Coney. R.A.F.) mounted on £160-£200 card for display, VM officially renamed, generally good very fine or better (3) Charles Herbert Law Coney was born in Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire in September 1889. He was employed as an Engineer prior to the Great War, and initially served with the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment.

Coney was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps as a Lieutenant, and qualified as an Observer in June 1917. He was immediately posted to 63 Squadron in Mesopotamia. Having arrived at Basra in August, the Squadron was plagued by disease and intense heat. It was not until 10 September that the first two aircraft had been assembled and were ready to fly. The Squadron’s R.E.8’s were based at Samarra, and attached to the First Indian Corps during its advance on Kirkuk and Mosul.

Coney advanced to (Temporary) Captain in November 1917, and was subsequently appointed as Honorary Captain.

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Three: Lieutenant W. L. Harvey, 7th Duke of Connaught’s Own Rajputs, who was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 3 March 1915, his Colonel writing of ‘the plucky way he handled the machine-guns under a hot fifirre’ 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. W. L. Harvey.); Memorial Plaque (Wickham Leathes Harvey) extremely fine (4) £360-£440 Wickham Leathes Harvey was born in Twickenham, Middlesex on 8 January 1888 and was educated at Quernmore School and the R.M.C. Sandhurst. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Indian Army in September 1908 - and having been attached to the South Wales Borderers at Quetta for a year - he joined the 7th Duke of Connaught’s Own Rajputs at Dinnapore.

Advanced to Lieutenant in December 1910, he was embarked for Mesopotamia on the outbreak of war and saw action in the advance on Basra, in which he was slightly wounded in the battle of Kurna. And he was subsequently killed in action near Ahwz on 3 March 1915. On that date, in the face of strong opposition, the Rajputs were compelled to make a hasty withdrawal, the war diary stating: ‘The consequence was that nearly the whole of the 7th Rajputs was retiring at the same time. The retirement was not covered at all by other troops and the consequence was that the enemy was enabled to close in on the rear troops with impunity. The number of wounded grew rapidly.

It became necessary for the rearmost troops of all to constantly hold and check the enemy in order to prevent the whole regiment being surrounded. In one of these heroic attempts to save the situation, a party was surrounded and all killed. This party included the following officers: Captain W. A. Gover, Lieutenant W. L. Harvey, Lieutenant D. B. Burgogne-Wallace and Subadar Mahesh Singh.’

In writing to Harvey’s parents, Wickham's Colonel stated: ‘I brought to the notice of the General Officer Commanding the plucky way he handled the machine-guns under a hot fire. The regiment has lost a keen, zealous and promising young officer. Personally, he was a great favourite of mine and he showed great ability in the Gulf three years ago when acting as Quartermaster.’

Harvey was mentioned in despatches twice in 1915 for his ‘conspicuous bravery and coolness’ and his ‘gallant and distinguished service in the field.’

He is commemorated on the Tehran Memorial.

Sold with a miniature sized plaque with laurel wreath surround, 84mm. diam., this inscribed ‘Lt. W. L. Harvey, 7th Rajpats’.

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Three: Lieutenant H. L. Rennison, 2/3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Riflflees, w ho w as k illed i n a ction i n P alestine o n 12 November 1917 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. H. L. Rennison); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. L. Rennison.); Memorial Plaque (H. L. Rennison) extremely fine (4) £200-£240 Harold Leslie Rennison was commissioned in the 3rd Gurkha Rifles in August 1915, and initially served as Machine Gun Officer in France.

Subsequently embarked for Palestine, he was killed in action while leading his Company against a Turkish position near Ashdod on 12 November 1917. Aged 27, he was the son of Frank Cutler Rennison of 30, Vine St., Minories, London and is buried in Gaza British War Cemetery, Egypt

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Three: Private A. A. Holroyd, South African Field Telegraph and Postal Corps, later South African Corps Signal Company, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (Pte. A. A. Holroyd S.A.F.T. & P.C.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Spr A. A. Holroyd. S.A.C.S.C. R.E.) very fine Four: Second Lieutenant T. J. Laurie, Army Education Service, Union Defence Force 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘7957 T. J. Laurie’, good very fine Three: Private S. Ambraal, Cape Corps, Union Defence Force Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘C288387 S. Ambraal’, good very fine (10) £100-£140 Alfred Athole Holroyd was born in Norfolk in 1883 and having emigrated to South Africa served during the Great War initially with the South African Field Telegraph and Postal Corps, before transferring to the South African Corps Signal Company, Royal Engineers. In civilian life he was employed as a Clerk by the General Post Office, and died in South Africa in 1935.

Thomas James Laurie was born in Glasgow in January 1911 and was educated at the University of Glasgow (M.A.). He served during the Second World War initially as a Lance-Corporal in the 3rd South African Infantry Brigade Headquarters from 11 June 1940, seeing active service during operations in North Africa, before being commissioned temporary Second Lieutenant in the Army Education Service on 1 March 1943. A schoolmaster in civilian life, he was appointed Headmaster of David Livingstone Junior School, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia in 1958, and died in Salisbury, Rhodesia, in July 1970: ‘Mr. Laurie was a greatly respected and admired member of the profession and contributed much to the development of education in Rhodesia during the 24 years of his service in the Ministry.’ (Ministry of Education (Rhodesia) Report on Education, 1970 refers).

Stephen Ambraal attested for the Cape Corps at Port Elizabeth in July 1941, and served with them during the Second World War at home; at Casablanca, Morocco, from November 1944; and in Egypt from December 1944, finishing the War at Sidi Barrani. He did not serve overseas, and this is his full medallic entitlement.

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Family Group: 1914-15 Star (Pte. J. B. Taylor 8th Infantry) good very fine

Pair: Private H. A. Goode, Middlesex Regiment British War and Victory Medals (G-86180 Pte. H. A. Goode. Midd’x R.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse numbered ‘B33287’; and riband bar, very fine Three: Able Seaman B. E. Taylor, South African Naval Forces Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘584761 B. E. Taylor.’; together with a bronze boxing medal, unnamed; and a small bronze trophy, engraved ‘B. E. Taylor. A/B. Lightweight 28.10.44’, mounted on a small wooden plinth (the cup 63mm in height on its own, and 93mm in height on plinth), good very fine (lot) £80-£100 J. B. Taylor served with the 8th Infantry, South African Forces during the Great War. Harold Adolphus Goode attested for the Middlesex Regiment on 11 December1915 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front post-1916. He was discharged due to wounds on 26 October 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge no. B33287.

Basil Edward Taylor , the son of J. B. Taylor, and the son-in-law of H. A. Goode, served during the Second World War as an Able Seaman in the South African Naval Forces in H.M. Ships Afrikander, Assegai, Sphinx, and Stag. He was discharged in January 1946.

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Four: Temporary Lieutenant J. M. Smith, Nigeria Regiment and South African Forces 1914-15 Star (Pte J. M. Smith. M.G. Detacht.); British War and Victory Medals (T. Lieut. J. M. Smith.); Africa General Service 1902 -56, 1 clasp, Nigeria 1918 (Lieut. J. M. Smith. S.A.F.) mounted for display, good very fine and scarce (4) £400-£500 An accompanying note states that the recipient was recommended for the M.C. for consistent good work on patrol near Awfava, Nigeria, and for an action in which his platoon broke up a large force of rebels with bombs and the bayonet.

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Pair: W. G. Harris, Mercantile Marine British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (W. G. Harris) impressed in small capitals, nearly extremely fine Four: Nursing Assistant J. C. Spies, South African Military Nursing Service Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, these all impressed ‘316774 J. C. Spies’, very fine (6) £50-£70 Johannes Christian Spies attested in October 1941 and was posted to V’Hoogte Military Hospital on 15 December 1941 where he served until May 1943, and subsequently with S.A.M.N.S. in Tripolitania, Egypt and Italy until June 1945. He ended his service at Baragwanath Military Hospital from August 1945 until his discharge on 19 May 1946.

Sold with copied record of service.

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Pair: Surgeon Lieutenant H. S. Bryan, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Lt. H. S. Bryan. R.N.) good very fine Pair: Lieutenant H. A. Eastman, Royal Engineers, who was Mentioned in Despatches British War and Victory Medals, with unofficial M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut. H. A. Eastman.) very fine (4)

£80-£100

Hugh Stanford Bryan first crossed to France on 29 September 1914, and served as a dresser at the Hôtel Majestic in Paris, which had been converted into a military hospital, from October 1914. In January 1915 it was decided that the Majestic was no longer needed as a hospital, and he returned to England in April 1915. He claimed, but was declared ineligible for, a 1914 Star. Appointed Surgeon Lieutenant in the Royal Navy on 19 January 1918, he was shore demobilised in 1920. In civilian life he was. child psychologist, and published ‘The Troublesome Boy’ in 1936: ‘He was invariably cheerful in outlook and youthful in demeanour, a man of integrity and a dedicated doctor, giving not only his service as a psychiatrist but frequently financial help to his patients.’ (British Medical Journal, 16 October 1971 refers).

Horace Albert Eastman was born in Southampton in 1891, and having emigrated to South Africa in 1896 was educated at Wynberg Boys’ High School, Cape Town, and the South African College. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in July 1916, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 January 1917. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 21 May 1918). He was demobilised with the rank of Captain in June 1919, and returning to South Africa was employed as a City Electrical Engineer, Cape Town, from 1944 to 1951.

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Ten: Chief Engine Room Artific ficer J. H. Quint, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (M.32541 J. H. Quint. Act. E.R.A.4 R.N.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936 -1939 (MX. 32541 J. H. Quint. C.E.R.A. 2. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939 -45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M.32541 J. H. Quint. Act. E.R.A.1 R.N. H.M.S. Kent.) mounted for display, the first two polished with slight edge digs, otherwise very fine (10) £140-£180 John Henry Quint , a Boiler Maker from Gillingham, Kent, was born on 3 June 1897. He attested into the Royal Navy on 10 June 1918 and served afloat during the last month of the Great War in H.M.S. Ostrich. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 3 August 1933 and served afloat in H.M.S. Emerald during the Palestine campaign 1936-39. Advanced Chief Engine Room Artificer on 19 July 1939, he served afloat during the Second War in H.M.S. Jervis and as Chief Engineer in H.M.S. Nubian, including when she was severely damaged on 26 May 1941 during the Battle of Crete, with the loss of seven crew and a further twelve wounded. Losing a vast proportion of her stern, she limped to Bombay under escort, via Alexandria, for repairs that took 18 months to complete. His Long Service and Good Conduct Medal appears to have been rescinded for smuggling on 25 May 1943 and he was invalided from the service on 8 March 1945.

Sold with copied service papers confirming the recipient’s Second War medal entitlement.

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Six: Able Seaman W. Richardson, Royal Navy, later Royal Fleet Reserve British War and Victory Medals (J.43758 W. Richardson. A.B. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V. R., 2nd issue (SS.121330 (Ch.B.17544) W. Richardson. Sto. 1. R.F.R.) mounted £100-£140 as worn, very fine and better (6) William Richardson was born in Darlington, County Durham, on 11 November 1899 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 22 August 1915. He served during the Great War in a variety of ships and shore based establishments, later transferring to the Royal Fleet Reserve, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 21 January 1935. He saw further service during the Second World War in H.M.S. Selkirk, and was shore released on 24 September 1945.

Sold with the recipient’s Second World War Admiralty enclosure slip; named Royal Fleet Reserve enclosure for the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal; two postcard photographs of the recipient; and copied research.

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Pair: Signaller H. Anderson, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (B.Z. 10174 H. Anderson. Sig. R.N.V.R.) mounted for display with a Royal Navy Button, a Royal Navy Sweetheart Brooch, a photograph of the recipient in uniform, and a small trinket box, nearly very fine Pair: Bombardier E. R. Doidge, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (66956 Bombardier E. R. Doidge. R.A.) mounted for display with a Royal Artillery Cap Badge, with a photograph of the recipient in uniform, some staining, very fine Pair: Private W. H. Horton, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (203274 Spr. W. H. Horton. R.E.) mounted for display with a Royal Engineers Cap Badge, with a photograph of the recipient in uniform, very fine Three: Private W. Upward, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (M-298913 Pte. W. Upward. A.S.C.); Defence Medal, mounted for display with an Army Service Corps Cap Badge, with a photograph of the recipient in uniform, very fine (9) £120-£160

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Four: Signaller W. H. Biddle, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, later Australian Forces British War and Victory Medals (M.Z. 4309 W. H. Biddle. Sig. R.N.V.R.); War Medal 1939-45 (PAV.71 W. H. Biddle.); Australia Service Medal (P.A.V.71 W. H. Biddle.) mounted for display with a ‘League of the Empire’ medallion, contact marks, nearly very fine Six: Craftsman D. Ormiston, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (420072 Cfn. D. Ormiston. R.E.M.E.) very fine (10) £100-£140 William Henry Biddle was born in Barbourne, Worcester on 31 December 1899. He died in Mitcham City, South Australia on 27 November 1988.

Douglas Ormiston , a Sheet Metal Worker from Merton, was born on 10 April 1909. His Efficiency Medal was awarded in A.O. December 1946.

Sold with an original photograph of the recipient in uniform.

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Pair: Private L. Taylor, Royal Marine Brigade, Royal Marine Light Infantry, who was wounded on the Western Front on 17 February 1917 British War and Victory Medals (Ch.1283-S- Pte. L. Taylor. R.M.L.I.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Private J. Williams, Army Veterinary Corps British War and Victory Medals (4606 Pte. J. Williams. A.V.C.) good very fine 1914-15 Star (9853 Bmbr: (A. Sjt.) G. B. Kemp. R.F.A.) number double struck, very fine (5)

£100-£140

Leonard Taylor was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, on 8 June 1897 and joined the Royal Marine Light Infantry at York on 29 November 1915. Posted to the Chatham Division, he served with the Royal Marine Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 June 1916, and suffered a gun shot wound to his right arm on 17 February 1917. He was invalided out of the service on 15 July 1919.

Sold with copied service record; and an unrelated silver H.M.S. New Zealand matchbox cover, inscribed ‘Bombay 1919’, commemorating Lord Jellicoe’s tour to India and the Dominions.

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Four: Trooper A. Cross, Household Battalion British War and Victory Medals (2210 Tpr. A. Cross. Household. Bn.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, Long Service 1945 (Alfred Cross) edge bruising to first, otherwise nearly very fine and better Pair: Private S. G. Suter, Welsh Guards British War and Victory Medals (3380 Pte. S. G. Suter. W. Gds.) very fine (6)

£90-£120

Alfred Cross attested into the Household Battalion for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front before further service with the Grenadier Guards. He transferred into the Army Reserve on 31 January 1919. A long serving member of the Special Constabulary, he served at Home during the Second War. Sold with original photographs, original folded Certificate of Transfer to the Reserve, original folded examination certificate from the Guards Divisional Signal School dated 30 August 1918, and copied Medal Index Card.

Sidney George Suter was born in Birmingham on 16 September 1897 and attested into the Welsh Guards for service during the Great War on 31 October 1916, serving on the Western Front. Discharged as a consequence of wounds, he was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 430,753. He died in Birmingham, aged 83, on 1 November 1980.

Sold with copied research.

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Pair: Driver W. F. Frost, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (5177 Dvr. W. F. Frost. R.A.) middle initial officially corrected on BWM, otherwise very fine Pair: Major A. M. W. Low, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. A. M. W. Low.) mounted as worn, traces of verdigris to VM, otherwise good very fine Pair: Private W. H. E. F. Money, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (DM2-221407 Pte. W. Money. A.S.C.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Corporal E. R. Hillyard, Royal Army Medical Corps, later Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (60202 Cpl. E. R. Hillyard. R.A.M.C.) very fine (8)

£100-£140

William Frederick Frost attested for the Royal Artillery at Camberwell, London, in December 1915 and was mobilised on 29 February 1916. He served with the 242nd Brigade, R.F.A. during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 October 1916, before transferring to the 240th (1/South Midland) Brigade, R.F.A. in January 1917. He subsequently served on operations in Italy from November 1917.

Arthur Mackenzie Watt Low was commissioned temporary Second Lieutenant in Royal Engineers on 17 November 1917 and served with the during the Great War on the Western Front from March 1918. He sustained shrapnel wounds to his right chest and left hand, and was evacuated per sick convoy on 27 April 1918. Post-war he served with the 52nd (Lowland) Divisional Engineers, Royal Engineers, Territorial Army, attaining the rank of Captain, and saw further service during the Second World War both as a temporary Major, Royal Engineers, and as Deputy Chief Warden, Air Raid Precautions, Lanark. In civilian life he served as member of Lanark County Council, and was also a Justice of the Peace.

William Henry Edward Francis Money attested for the Army Service Corps and was mobilised as a Mechanical Transport Learner on 14 September 1916. He served during the Great War on the Western Front with both 63 Auxiliary Petrol Company and 13 G.H.Q. Reserve Motor Transport Company.

Ernest Richard Hillyard , a Fireman with the Great Western Railway, attested with the Royal Army Medical Corps on 11 June 1915, and served initially with the 22nd Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance during the Great War at Kantara, before transferring to the Railway Operating Division, Royal Engineers, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, to commence duty as loco fireman, in 1917.

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Three: Lieutenant F. Thirlwell, Royal Engineers, attached Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F. Thirlwell.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Lieut. F. Thirlwell.) nearly extremely fine and better (3) £120-£160 Frederick Thirlwell served during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 14 November 1917.

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Three: Warrant Officer Class I E. F. Packer, Transportation Department, Royal Engineers, who was Mentioned in Despatches British War and Victory Medals (210240 W.O. Cl. 1 E. F. Packer. R.E.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (TSCWR27523 S.Mjr: E. F. Packer. E.E.S. R.E.) good very fine (3) £100-£140 M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918.

Edward Fred Packer , a civil servant (road board), was born in Bath in 1889 and enlisted in the Royal Engineers at Harrow on 9 December 1915.

Posted to France from 18 December 1916, he initially served as 2nd Corporal on the Establishment of the Director of Light Railways and Roads, British Expeditionary Force. Advanced Acting Superintending Clerk (Warrant Officer Class I) on 9 December 1916, and Acting Supply Clerk on 9 March 1917, he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 18 May 1917) and was later awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for devotion to duty in France.

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Campaign Groups and Pairs 394

Pair: Sapper A. M. Bawler, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (36347 Spr. A. M. Bawler. R.E.) mounted on board for display together with a hallmarked silver sports medal, engraved to reverse ‘Motor Cyclists Obs. Race. N. Corps Sig. Coy. Sports. 4th. Div. Sig. Coy.’; and brass shoulder titles and cap badge, nearly extremely fine Pair: Private L. Whitaker, Seaforth Highlanders British War and Victory Medals (S-10534 Pte. L. Whitaker. Sea. Highrs.) mounted on board for display alongside a white metal Seaforth Highlanders cap badge and sweetheart brooch, the latter affixed to a miniature sporran, extremely fine (4) £80-£100 Arthur Marston Bawler , an electrical engineer, was born around 1874 and enlisted in the Motor Cyclist Section, Royal Engineers at Weymouth on 29 July 1915. Transferred to the 4th Divisional Signal Company 3 January 1918, he survived the Great War and returned home to Dorchester.

Leonard Whitaker was born in 1894 and served during the Great War with the 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Discharged on 21 February 1919, he returned home to Heaton Chapel, Stockport.

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Four: Sapper A. Munro, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (484070 Spr. A. Munro. R.E.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (484070 Spr. A. Munro. R.E.); British Red Cross Society War Service 1914-1918 Medal, bronze, unnamed, with integral top brooch bar, nearly extremely fine (4) £120-£160

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Three: Sapper A. Seymour, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (131601 Spr. A. Seymour. R.E.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (131601 Spr: A. £80-£100 Seymour. R.E.) better than very fine (3) M.S.M. London Gazette 18 December 1919.

Alfred Seymour , a stonemason and bricklayer, was born in Yorkshire in 1897 and enlisted in the Royal Engineers on 24 November 1915. Posted to France on 9 March 1916, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in the ‘Peace Gazette’ of December 1919 for service with the 236th Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers. He survived the campaign and returned home to High Street, Yarm-on-Tees,

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Four: Private R. C. Wakeford, Grenadier Guards British War and Victory Medals (24007 Pte. R. C. Wakeford, G. Gds.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine British War Medal 1914-18 (28650 Pte. R. F. Burton. G. Gds.) ; Victory Medal 1914-19 (8844 Sjt. H. Y. Wardrobe. C. Gds.) good very fine (6) £60-£80

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Campaign Groups and Pairs x 398

Pair: Lieutenant Francis Grissell, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards, who was killed in action in a great charge by the Guards on the Somme, near Ginchy, on 15 September 1916 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F. Grissell.) together with related card identity disc (4172 28 CL), extremely fine (2) £500-£700

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, April 2004.

Francis Grissell , the son of T. de la G. Grissell of Redisham Hall, Beccles, Suffolk, was educated at Harrow, and qualified as architect in 1913, when as a recently appointed A.R.I.B.A., he accepted a three year engagement in Hong Kong.

He returned home in 1915 to enlist in the Artists Rifles (No. 4172) and was subsequently commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in October of the same year. Grissell was killed by the explosion of a German hand-grenade on 15 September 1916, after reaching the second objective during the Guards’ advance near Ginchy. He was 30 years old, has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial; one of his brothers, Lieutenant-Colonel B. S. Grissell, D.S.O., was killed in action near Gaza in the following year.

The action in which Grissell fell on 15 September 1916, was fought out near Ginchy on the Somme, the Coldstream Guards sustaining casualties of 40 Officers and 1326 other ranks. The engagement was subsequently featured in The Illustrated London News of 18 November 1916, an artist’s impression of the Coldstreamers (or “Lily Whites”) pressing forward under heavy machine-gun fire being accompanied by the following text: ‘Several regiments of Guards, including the Coldstreams, the Grenadiers and the Irish, played a splendid part in the great battle of September 15, which resulted in the capture of Martinpuich and Courcelette and over 2300 prisoners. Our artist’s drawing has been made from an officer’s material just to hand. The ground in front of the German trenches, he says, was nothing else but shell-holes. There were three broken trees standing out above the mist, by which the line advanced. Originally they started shoulder to shoulder with bayonets at the charge in the good old style. Describing the same event, Mr. Philip Gibbs writes: ‘The Guards had their full share in the fighting ... These splendid men so tall and proper, so hard and fine, went away as one might imagine the old knights and yeomen of England at Agincourt. For the first time in the history of the Coldstreamers, three battalions of them charged in line, great solid waves of men, as a fine a sight as the world could show. Behind them were the Grenadiers, and, again behind these men the Irish. They had not gone more than 200 yards before they came under the enfilade fire of massed machine-guns ... Gaps were made in the ranks, but they closed up. The wounded did not call for help, but cheered on those who swept past and on, shouting “Go on, Lily Whites” - which is the name for the Coldstreamers - “get at ‘em Lily Whites!” ... the Guards went on. Then they were checked by two lines of trenches, wired and defended by machine-guns and bombers ... The Guards took them by frontal assault full in the face of continual blasts of machine-gun bullets. There was hard and desperate fighting. The Germans defended themselves to the death ... By that time the Irish Guards had joined the others. All the Guards were together, and together they passed the trenches ... going steadily deeper into the enemy country until they were 2000 yards from their starting place ... They fought grandly.’

Lieutenant-Colonel J. V. Campbell, D.S.O., of the 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, who rallied his Guardsmen with a hunting horn, and led them to the sunken road (Flers Road), was awarded a well-deserved V.C.; see Westlake’s British Battalions on the Somme for a modern day photograph of the sunken road and further details.

Sold with a copy M.C., G.V.R. and 1914-15 Star trio, the latter with erased naming, mounted as worn, with related set of dress miniatures, in old leather case, the whole attributed to the recipient’s brother, Lieutenant-Colonel T. de la G. Grissell, Suffolk Yeomanry, attached Suffolk Regiment.

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Campaign Groups and Pairs 399

Three: Musician C. F. W. Jones, Scots Guards British War and Victory Medals (6090 Pte. C. F. W. Jones. S.Gds.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (2688054 Musician C. F. W. Jones. S. Gds); together with a privately awarded silver medal, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, engraved to obverse ‘In grateful memory 1914-1919’ and reverse ‘from Farnborough C. Jones S.G.’, very fine and better (4) £80-£100 Charles Frederick William Jones was born in the village of Sandhurst, Gloucestershire, in 1891, and attested for the Scots Guards in London on 17 June 1905. He served during the Great War as Musician and was discharged on 17 June 1923.

400

Pair: Private L. Howes, East Kent Regiment British War and Victory Medals (10181 Pte. L. Howes. E. Kent. R.) contact marks, good fine Pair: Temporary Sergeant W. Mitchell, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (S-37989 T. Sjt. W. Mitchell. A.S.C.) in named card box of issue with torn envelope addressed to ‘W. Mitchell, 5 Stirling Place, Galashiels, Scotland’, good very fine Pair: Private J. Warren, Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (12798 Pte. J. Warren. R.A.M.C.) slightly polished, good fine Pair: Private S. Wren, Army Veterinary Corps British War and Victory Medals (SE-28851 Pte. S. Wren. A.V.C.) very fine (8)

£120-£160

James Warren attested into the Royal Irish Rifles and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 October 1914 before transferring into the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Sidney Wren attested into the Army Veterinary Corps on 12 December 1915 for service during the Great War. He was discharged on 2 August 1919 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B271745.

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Six: Private E. A. Flint, Royal Warwickshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (42114 Pte. E. A. Flint. R. War. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (42114 Pte. E. A. Flint.

R. War. R.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Ernest Flint) the Great War medals polished to high relief, nearly very fine (6) £160-£200 Ernest Alfred Flint initially served during the Great War with the 2/6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Formed in Birmingham in October 1914, the 2/6th Battalion served extensively on the Western Front from 1916-18 as part of the 182nd (2nd Warwickshire) Brigade, 61st (2nd South Midland) Division. Transferred to the 8th Battalion, Flint survived the campaign and later claimed his medals in 1926, his address at that time recorded as ‘14 Pugh Road, Aston’.

402

Pair: Private C. W. Cartwright, Liverpool Regiment British War and Victory Medals (90456 Pte. C. W. Cartwright. L’pool R.) mounted for display with a Cap Badge, with religious and peace commemorative medallions and a photograph of the recipient in uniform, nearly very fine Pair: Private C. V. Smith, Lincolnshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (40566 Pte. C. V. Smith, Linc. R.) mounted for display with a Cap Badge and identity bracelet, and assorted photographs of the recipient including a later photograph of the the recipient additionally wearing a Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, slight edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine Pair: Private W. C. Charles, Royal Welsh Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (58075 Pte. W. Charles. R.W. Fus.) mounted for display with a Cap Badge, a photograph of the recipient in uniform and an article of regimental embroidery, nearly very fine (6) £80-£100 William Charles , from Widnes, Cheshire, was born on 25 August 1899. He is noted as wounded in the War Office Daily List, No. 5681, dated 27 September 1918. He died on 28 October 1961.

403

Three: Lieutenant A. A. Jones, Devonshire Regiment, late Army Cyclist Corps British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. A. A. Jones.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (294 Pte. A. A. Jones. A. Cyc. C.) minor patch of verdigris to obverse of TFWM, nearly very fine and better (3) £200-£240 Arthur Ayliffe Jones was born in Exeter on 10 May 1896 and attested for the 48th (South Midland) Divisional Cyclist Company, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 February 1916. Initially tasked with reconnaissance and communication duties, his unit was later tasked with holding trench lines alongside the standard infantry. Present at the Battle of Albert from 1-13 July 1916, it experienced heavy losses at Mash Valley near La Boiselle. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment on 27 November 1917; surviving the campaign, he returned home to Exeter.

404

Five: Lance-Corporal E. Yates, West Yorkshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (1637 Pte. E. Yates. W. York. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1637 Pte. E. Yates. W. York. R.); Defence Medal; Service Medal of the Order of St. John, silver (23315 Sgt. E. Yates. No.5 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1940.) very fine and better (5) £240-£280 Ernest Yates served during the Great War with the 2/6th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, and was discharged on 1 April 1919.

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Campaign Groups and Pairs 405

Pair: Private R. Wilson, Yorkshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (3299 Pte. R. Wilson. York. R.) mounted as worn, minor edge bruise, very fine Pair: Private W. Parker, South Staffordshire Regiment, who was twice wounded in action on the Western Front British War and Victory Medals (24432 Pt.e W. Parker. S. Staff. R.) good very fine Pair: Private B. K. Tollitt, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service British War and Victory Medals (314753 Pte. 1. B. K. Tollett [sic]. R.A.F.) cleaned, very fine (6)

£80-£100

Robert Wilson attested for the Yorkshire Regiment, underage, and served with the the 1/5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 May 1916. Struck off Battalion strength, and posted back to England, ‘under age’, on 28 December 1916, he lated served with the 13th Battalion, Royal Scots, on the Western Front from April 1918.

William Parker attested initially for the Leicestershire Regiment in January 1916, and was mobilised on 11 April 1916. He transferred to the South Staffordshire Regiment on 13 April 1916, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916. Twice wounded in action, on 6 August 1916 and again on 16 December 1917, he was admitted to 34 Field Ambulance, sick with exhaustion, on 7 November 1918.

Bertie Kings Tollitt served initially as an Officers’ Steward, Third Class, in the Royal Navy, before being posted to 9 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service, in March 1917. He transferred to the Royal Air Force as a Founder Member on 1 April 1918, and served as an Officer’s Servant in 209 Squadron. Later, in civilian life, he was employed as a hotel chef in Eastbourne.

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Four: Corporal R. C. Congdon, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (200806 Cpl. R. C. Congdon. D.C.L.I.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (200806 Cpl. R. C. Congdon, D.C.L.I.); Defence Medal, very fine (4) £80-£100 Richard Charles Congdon was born in St. Austell, Cornwall, on 24 April 1897 and served with the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry during the Great War and subsequently on the North West Frontier of India.

Sold with the recipient’s fibre identity disc; two D.C.L.I. cap badges; a portrait photograph of the recipient; and a copy of the recipient’s birth certificate.

407

Three: Lance-Corporal W. C. Arthur, Hampshire Regiment, late Pembrokeshire Yeomanry British War and Victory Medals (33176 Pte. W. Arthur. Hamps. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (33176 Pte. W. C. Arthur. Hamps. R.) nearly very fine and better (3) £160-£200 William Charles Arthur , a gardener in the employment of Lord St. Davids of Roch Castle, was born in Tenby in 1893 and originally attested for the Pembrokeshire Yeomanry in March 1913. Transferred to the 10th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, he served overseas with the Regimental Transport in Salonica from 19 September 1916 and was demobilised in April 1919.

408

Pair: Major P. G. Sadd, King’s Royal Rifle fle Corps, who was killed in action whilst serving in the 18th Battalion on the Somme on 15 September 1916 British War and Victory Medals (Major P. G. Sadd.); Memorial Plaque (Philip George Sadd) extremely fine (3)

£140-£180

Philip George Sadd likely joined the 18th (Service) Battalion (Arts & Crafts), King’s Royal Rifle Corps, on it being raised in June 1915 by Major Sir Herbert Raphael, Bt., M.P., a patron and trustee of the National Portrait Gallery; his Medal Index Card also reveals prior service as a Sergeant in the Royal Fusiliers. Embarked for France as a Major in May 1916, he was killed in action at Flers on the Somme on 15 September 1916, when the 18th Battalion suffered losses of 103 killed, 206 wounded and 59 missing. He is buried in Serre Road Cemetery.

409

Pair: Second Lieutenant T. H. Lacey, King’s Royal Riflflee C orps, w ho d ied o f w ounds w hilst s erving o n t he S omme i n t he 17th Battalion on 4 September 1916 British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. T. H. Lacey.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Henry Lacey) in its card envelope with Buckingham Palace slip, extremely fine (3) £160-£200 Thomas Henry Lacey applied for a commission in the King’s Royal Rifles Corps in February 1915, after enlisting in the 13th Battalion. Duly appointed a Second Lieutenant, he was embarked for France in the 17th Battalion in March 1916 and first saw action at Festubert.

On 3 September 1916, and having transferred to the Somme, the battalion went to the assistance of the 16th Rifle Brigade and 17th Nottinghamshire and Derby Regiment during an attack on in the Beaumont Hamel sector. In their subsequent advance, ‘B’ and ‘C’ Companies came under heavy fire, the war diary noting: ‘During the advance across No Man’s Land, all the officers of these two companies and a large proportion of the N.C.O.s became casualties, besides heavy losses in other ranks.’

Lacey was mortally wounded by a gunshot wound to his head and died at No. 11 Casualty Clearing Station on 4 September 1916. He is buried in Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery.

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Campaign Groups and Pairs 410

Three: Private G. V. Harrison, M.M., Machine Gun Corps, who was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the fin final months of the Great War British War and Victory Medals (60747 Pte. G. V. Harrison. M.G.C.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (George Victor Harrison, M.M.); together with a silver and enamel tribute medal ‘Presented to Pte. Geo. V. Harrison M.G.C. M.M. Scotswoods Own for Services Rendered in the Great War 1914-19’, by Fattorini & Sons Ltd., hallmarked Birmingham 1918, with original top wearing pin, good very fine (4) £80-£100 M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1919.

George Victor Harrison was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne around 1887 and is recorded in 1911 as a postman residing at 18 Bridge Crescent, Scotswood, Northumberland. He served with the Machine Gun Corps during the Great War and was awarded the Military Medal whilst fighting with the 12th Battalion on the Western Front. Serving as part of III Corps, Fourth Army, Harrison fought at the Battle of Amiens from 8-11 August 1918, the Battle of Albert and the Battle of St. Quentin Canal from 29-30 September 1918. He later returned home to Scotswood and resumed employment as a Newcastle postman, in which capacity he was awarded the Imperial Service Medal upon his retirement.

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Three: Private R. Clayton, 25th (County of London) Battalion (Cyclists), London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (816 Pte. R. Clayton. 25-Lond. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (816 Pte. R. Clayton. 25Lond. R.) minor staining and wear to VM, generally very fine (3) £200-£240 Raymond Clayton was 1 of approximately 200 cyclists of the 1/25th Battalion, London Regiment, who left India in 1917 and fought in Mesopotamia and Persia from 23 January 1917 to 15 May 1918, and again from 11 September 1918 to 13 October 1918.

412

Four: Sergeant F. G. Crust, Royal Army Medical Corps, who served as an official at the Wrestling events at the 1908 London Olympic Games British War and Victory Medals (9829 Sjt. F. G. Crust. R.A.M.C.); Coronation 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Pte. F. G. Crust.); Service Medal of the Order of St John (2656 Sgt. F. G. Crust (No. 44 Acton) Div. No. 1 Dist. S.J.A.B. 1923) mounted court-style for display, good very fine (4) £70-£90 Frederick George Crust served during the Great War as a Sergeant in the Royal Army Medical Corps, as well as serving with the St. John Ambulance Brigade. He also had a lengthy association with wrestling: he served as Honorary Secretary of the Hammersmith Wrestling Club, and was an official at the Wrestling events at the 1908 London Olympic Games.

413

Pair: Sister Helen Greenhalgh, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve British War and Victory Medals (Sister H. Greenhalgh.) good very fine (2)

£70-£90

Helen Greenhalgh was born in Salford on 7 January 1887 and educated at St. Margaret’s High School, Manchester. She trained as a nurse at the London Hospital, Whitechapel, from October 1908 to April 1913, and served as a Staff Nurse at the National Orthopaedic Hospital (London) and the Queen’s Hospital (Birmingham) from 1914 to 2 November 1915. Appointed a Sister in Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve on 7 December 1915, she later served overseas at the British Military Hospital in Haifa and was demobilised on 14 September 1920.

414

Pair: Miss Nellie W. Lobb, Voluntary Aid Detachment British War and Victory Medals (N. W. Lobb. V.A.D.); together with a British Red Cross Society lapel badge, nearly extremely fine (2) £80-£100 Nellie Winifred Lobb served with the Voluntary Aid Detachment during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 May 1918.

415

Pair: Second Lieutenant R. S. Gilbert, 22 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, a B.F.2b Observer who was shot down by the German ‘Ace’ Leutnant H. Viebig of Jasta 20, and taken prisoner of war, 11 October 1917. Gilbert was subsequently mentioned in despatches for gallantry whilst in captivity British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. R. S. Gilbert. R.A.F.) with riband bar, extremely fine (2) £360-£440 M.I.D. London Gazette 16 December 1919: ‘For gallantry whilst Prisoners of War in escaping or attempting to escape from captivity, or for valuable services rendered in the Prison Camps of the enemy.’

Roland Stredwick Gilbert was born in Wandsworth, London in December 1898 and attested in the ranks of the Royal Flying Corps in March 1917, only to receive a temporary commission in May of the same year. He was posted for service as an Observer with 22 Squadron (B.F.2b’s) at Estree-Blanche, France; he was crewed with Lieutenant Risiart Idris Vyrnwy (Vernon) Hill, a pre-War rugby player for Neath and the Barbarians, as his pilot when the pair where shot down by the German ‘Ace’ Leutnant Hans Viebeg of Jasta 20, on 11 October 1917: ‘On 11th October 1917 Vernon Hill took off from Estree-Blanche aerodrome in his Bristol Fighter “Newfoundland” with Second Lieutenant Roland Gilbert as his observer and gunner. They were tasked with providing escort for a patrol over German positions around the Iser Canal.

They got into heavy cloud cover and lost formation. Six enemy aircraft attacked Vernon’s fighter and one their bullets pierced his petrol tank. The engine cut out and he was forced to crash land. He could not make allied territory so put the plane down near Dixmude. It was a hard landing that flipped the aircraft onto its back. Despite this both airmen were able to scramble free unhurt and were immediately made prisoner. Vernon [and Gilbert] was sent to Karlsruhe Prisoner of War camp...’ (copy of article included in the lot refers) Gilbert was repatriated at the end of the war, with his service papers giving him as ‘For Russia from 16 April 1919.’ After the war he was the proprietor of the Dorothy Cafe, Weymouth.

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Campaign Groups and Pairs 416

Pair: Air Mechanic Class I S. A. Greenwood, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (40467. 1.A.M. S. A. Greenwood. R.A.F.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Air Mechanic Class I N. Smith, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (75937. 1.A.M. N. Smith. R.A.F.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Air Mechanic Class I A. Wingett, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (25260. 1.A.M. A. Wingett. R.A.F.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Air Mechanic Class II E. A. A. Birch, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (3924. 2.A.M. E. A. A. Birch. R.A.F.) good very fine (8)

£120-£160

Samuel Albion Greenwood was born in 1886 and joined the Royal Flying Corps on 26 July 1916. Serving during the Great War in France from 3 August 1917, he was promoted Air Mechanic Class I on 1 January 1918. He transferred to the Royal Air Force as a Founder Member on 1 April 1918, and then to the Reserve on 16 June 1919, and was discharged on 30 April 1920.

Norman Smith was born in 1882 and joined the Royal Flying Corps on 16 April 1917. Serving during the Great War in France from 12 December 1917, he transferred to the Royal Air Force as a Founder Member on 1 April 1918, and was promoted Air Mechanic Class I on 1 August 1918. He transferred to the Reserve on 8 April 1919, and was discharged on 30 April 1920.

Albert Wingate was born in 1885 and joined the Royal Flying Corps on 20 March 1916. He was promoted Air Mechanic Class I on 1 July 1917, and served during the Great War in France from 12 February 1918. He transferred to the Royal Air Force as a Founder Member on 1 April 1918, and then to the Reserve on 12 February 1919, and was discharged on 30 April 1920.

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417

Pair: Driver A. E. Hoskin, South African Service Corps, who died of malaria in East Africa on 26 August 1917 British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Dvr. A. E. Hoskin. S.A.S.C.); Memorial Plaque (Alfred Ernest Hoskin); Memorial Scroll (Driver Alfred Ernest Hoskin, S. African Service Corps); all mounted for display alongside photographs of the recipient in uniform and of his grave, and housed in a glazed display frame, this measuring 695mm x 350mm, extremely fine (4) £100-£140 Alfred Ernest Hoskin enlisted in the South African Service Corps as a driver in the mechanical transport section at Kimberley in March 1917.

Embarked for East Africa, he died of cerebral malaria at Kilwa on 26 August 1917 and is buried in Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery.

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418

Pair: Chief Supply Petty Officer H. T. Westover, Royal Navy, who survived a devastating raid on the Royal Naval Air Service airfie field at Ford in West Sussex in August 1940 British War Medal 1914-20 (M.11499 H. T. Westover. L.V.A. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension £70-£90 (11499 H. T. Westover, Sy. P.O. H.M.S. Royal Oak.) edge bruising to both, nearly very fine (2) Harold Thomas Westover , a printer, was born in Brentford on 3 June 1888 and joined the Royal Navy as Ship’s Steward’s Assistant on 26 January 1915. Advanced Victualling Assistant 28 February 1918, he spent the entirety of the Great War on home service. Remaining in the Royal Navy, Westover was advanced Acting Supply Petty Officer on 5 November 1923 whilst posted to H.M.S. Marlborough. Awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal on 20 February 1930, he later served during the Second War in H.M.S. Encounter from 31 July 1939 to 6 March 1940 on convoy escort duties in the Western Approaches.

Transferred to H.M.S. Elphin from 23 April 1940 to 26 May 1940 and H.M.S. Peregrine (R.N.A.S. Ford) from 7 June 1940, Westover survived a Stuka dive-bomber attack on 18 August 1940 which killed 28 personnel, wounded 75 and destroyed 17 aircraft of 750 and 793 Naval Air Squadrons. The Luftwaffe further succeeded in wrecking the petrol and oil installations, two hangars, two stores buildings, the rating’s and petty officer’s canteens and numerous accommodation buildings; the date later became known as ‘The Hardest Day’ of the Battle of Britain when the Germans made an all-out effort to destroy Fighter Command, with heavy losses on both sides.

Discharged in June 1944, Westover retired to Cardiff, where he died on 10 January 1957.

419

Pair: Gunner J. E. Glover, Royal Garrison Artillery British War Medal 1914-20 (27107 Gnr. J. E. Glover. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (27107 Gnr. J. E. Glover. R.A.) mounted for display with a cap badge, with a post card photograph of the recipient in uniform, very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (Major T. E. Robertson. R.F.C.; M.15471 J. J. Oliver 2 Wr. R.N.; R.M.A. 3141-S-G.S.2 W. J. Aldwinkle.; S-19199 S. Sjt. W. G. F. Teppett. A.S.C.) all mounted separately for display with associated cap badges or Buttons, the third with a photograph of the recipient together with a named lifesaving examination medallion, the last with a photograph of the recipient, generally very fine (6) £140-£180 Thomas Edward Robertson was born in Everton, Liverpool, on 24 September 1880. He served a five year apprenticeship with numerous companies including the White Star Line, Liverpool and was commissioned into the Royal Flying Corps for service during the Great War on 1 February 1915, being awarded the Premium Prize by the Aero Society of Great Britain in 1916. He served at Home for the duration of the war as an Equipment Officer, including service with the Aeroplane Repair Section. For his services during the Great War he was both Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 11 December 1917) and appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (London Gazette 1 January 1919).

William John Aldwinckle , a pre War Metropolitan Police Constable, who rejoined in 1919, later served as a C.I.D. Officer (Warrant no. 103765) during which time he died in Lambeth, on 10 July 1937.

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Campaign Groups and Pairs 420

Pair: Lieutenant J. Bryant, Royal Engineers, who served in Hong Kong during the Great War British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. J. Bryant.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (26475 Mech: Electn: S.Mjr: J. Bryant. R.E.) minor contact marks, generally good very fine (2) £80-£100 John Bryant was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1910 and was later appointed to a commission in the Royal Engineers on 3 June 1917. The recipient’s MIC confirms sole entitlement to the British War Medal for service during the Great War, noting his deployment to China (Hong Kong) from March 1917.

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Four: Lance-Corporal W. Parker, 1st (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment, who carried out garrison duties on the island of Malta from 1914-15 British War Medal 1914-20 (94 Pte. W. Parker. 1-Lond. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (94. Pte. W. Parker. 1-Lond.

R.); Defence Medal; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (94. Pte. W. Parker. 1/Lond: Regt.) traces of verdigris to TFWM, edge bruise to last, very fine and better (4) £160-£200 William Parker , a labourer, was born in Molesey, Surrey, around 1884, and attested for the 1st Battalion, London Regiment at Fitzroy Square on 6 April 1908. Posted to Malta from 5 September 1914 to 29 March 1915, he was discharged on 27 April 1915 and awarded the British War Medal for service during the Great War. Returning home to 6 Maxted Road, Peckham, he later made a claim for the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in 1921.

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Three: Captain H. A. C. Blacker, 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifle fles, Indian Army, who subsequently served as a Puisne Judge at the Lahore High Court British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. H. A. C. Blacker.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, good very fine (3) £80-£100 The Hon. Mr. Justice Harold Alfred Cecil Blacker , a Puisne Judge at the Lahore High Court, was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles on 1 April 1915 and was appointed to the command of ‘C’ Company in July 1916. Granted leave to commence full-time military service in August 1917, he was appointed Assistant Recruiting Officer, Ferozepur, with the rank of temporary Captain. Released from fulltime military service to resume civil employment in December 1918, he served as Political Assistant and Commandant, Border Military Police, Dera Ghazi Khan from 1920.

Appointed District and Sessions Judge, Lahore, in April 1928, Blacker sat as President of a Special Tribunal constituted in November 1930 – the so-called ‘Punjab Conspiracy Case Tribunal’ – to try a large number of revolutionaries involved in the Atshi Chakkar group, charged with indulging in ‘terrorist activities to throw off the British power.’ Two of the accused were sentenced to death, three to transportation for life, and 12 to rigourous imprisonment for terms ranging from two to seven years. Five were acquitted. Appointed a Puisne Judge of the Lahore High Court in October 1934, he died of a cerebral haemorrhage in Murree, India, on 18 July 1944.

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Six: Warrant Officer T. B. Andrews, Royal Air Force India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (347146. A.C. 2. T. B. Andrews. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (W/O. T. B. Andrews. (347146) R.A.F.) generally very fine or better (6) £200-£240 Thomas Bertie Andrews enlisted in the Royal Air Force, 4 May 1921, as a Rigger and after completing his training at the School of Technical Training at Halton, he joined 100 Squadron at Spittlegate, Grantham. He left for India in February 1923 and joined 60 Squadron, initially at Risalpur. The squadron flew the DH9A and on 1 January 1925, Andrews qualified as an air gunner. He flew during the Waziristan campaign known as “Pink’s War” (he qualified for the ‘Waziristan 1925’ clasp but elected to receive the 21/24 Clasp (AMWO 643/26 dated 2 December 1926)).

Andrews returned to England in December 1927 and served at the Home Aircraft Depot at Henlow for three years before transferring to the ‘E’ Reserve on 7 March 1931.

Andrews re-enlisted for four years on 14 October 1935. He served at No 2 F.T.S. at Digby before moving to A&AEE at Farnborough on 13 August 1936. Andrews completed engine courses at Bristol. He left for Malta on 15 September 1941 at the height of the Siege of Malta - when the island was subjected to daily bombing attacks by the Axis air forces. Andrews served at Kalafrana flying boat base with regular detachments to Luqa. He returned to England on 30 January 1944 to serve at 32 M.U. at St Athan (awarded L.S. & G.C. in June 1944). On 6 August 1946 he moved to 218 M.U. at Colerne and on its disbandment went to 58 M.U. (Repair and Salvage) at Skellingthorpe. Andrews was discharged to pension on 9 December 1949.

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Seven: Lieutenant and Quartermaster J. M. McGuire, Royal Engineers General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (1874708 Spr. J. M. Mc.Guire. R.E.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (Lt. (Qm). J. M. Mc.Guire. R.E.) mounted as worn, ribands a little frayed, generally very fine and better (7) £140-£180 M.I.D. London Gazette 30 December 1941.

J. M. McGuire served in Palestine as Sapper in the 56th Field Company, Royal Engineers, and was later Mentioned in Despatches.

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Five: Sergeant F. T. Gill, Coldstream Guards, later Army Physical Training Corps, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Halfaya Pass in the Western Desert on 27 May 1941 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (2653419 Cpl. F. T. Gill. C. Gds.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (2653419 Sgt. F. T. Gill. A.P.T.C.) mounted for display, light contact marks, very fine (5) £200-£240 F. T. Gill attested into the Coldstream Guards and, advanced Corporal, served in Palestine. He served as Private during the Second War in North Africa where, initially reported as missing after the action at Halfaya Pass in the Western Desert on 27 May 1941, he was subsequently confirmed as having been captured and taken Prisoner of War. Held in captivity in Stalag XI-B in Fallingbostel, Germany, he continued to serve post-War and, advanced Sergeant, transferred into the Army Physical Training Corps.

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Five: Guardsman R. J. Hammond, Coldstream Guards, who was killed in action in the Western Desert on 16 April 1941 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (2657535 Gdsmn. R. J. Hammond. C. Gds.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style for display, extremely fine (5) £100-£140 Robert John Hammond was born in Dereham, Norfolk, on 21 June 1918 and attested for the Coldstream Guards at Norwich on 29 September 1936. He served with the 1st Battalion in pre-War Palestine, and then with the 3rd Battalion during the Second World War in North Africa, and was killed in action in the Western Desert on 16 April 1941. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial.

Sold with copied service papers, which confirms that the recipient was killed in action (and also confirms medal entitlement).

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Four: Rifle fleman G. Hutchings, Rifle fle Brigade, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War in North Africa in August 1940 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6914126 Rfmn. G. Hutchings. Rif. Brig.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939 -45, mounted court-style for display, light contact marks, good very fine (4) £120-£160 Gordon Hutchings was born in London on 24 January 1920, and attested for the Rifle Brigade. He served with them in Palestine, and then with the 2nd Battalion in North Africa, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War in Libya on 3 August 1940. He was held initially at Campo 78 in Italy, and then at Stalag 11B in Fallingbstel, Germany, before being repatriated following the cessation of hostilities.

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Five: Rifle fleman K. J. King, Rifle fle Brigade, who was wounded in North Africa in November 1942 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6914167 Rfmn. K. King. Rif. Brig.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for display, light contact marks, good very fine (5) £100-£140 Kenneth John King was born in 1918 and attested for the Rifle Brigade in London on 12 December 1938. He served in Palestine from 3 August 1939 to 6 January 1940, and then with the 2nd Battalion in Egypt from 7 January 1940 to 6 July 1944, being wounded on 3 November 1942. He transferred to the Reserve on 23 May 1946, and was discharged on 31 May 1946, after 7 years and 170 days’ service.

Sold with the recipient’s original Red Book Certificate of Service; King’s Badge, in card box of issue; flattened card box of issue for the Second War awards, addressed to ‘Mr. K. J. King, 17 Theatre Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk’, with Army Council enclosure; a Rifle Brigade cloth blazer badge; and two fibre identity discs.

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Six: Rifle fleman T. M. Smith, Rifle fle Brigade, who was wounded in North Africa in May 1941 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6202731 Rfmn. T. M. Smith. Rif. Brig.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, the Second War awards all privately named ‘6202731 Rfmn T. M. Smith Rif Brig’, mounted court-style for display, good very fine (6) £100-£140 Provenance: Ron Debenham Collection, Buckland Dix & Wood, July 1995.

Thomas Mansfie field Smith attested for the Middlesex Regiment on 2 December 1935, and transferred to the Rifle Brigade on 13 March 1936. He served in Palestine from 14 June 1939 to 6 January 1940, and then with the 2nd Battalion in North Africa from 7 January 1940 to 5 January 1944, and was wounded on 9 May 1941. He was discharged on 16 January 1946.

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Four: Rifle fleman W. R. Todd, Rifle fle Brigade, who was killed in action/ died in North Africa on 7 May 1942 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6913918 Rfmn. W. Todd. Rif Brig.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted court-style for display, nearly extremely fine (4) £120-£160 William Robinson Todd was born in Maryport, Cumberland and attested for the Rifle Brigade. He served with them in Palestine, and then with the 2nd Battalion in North Africa, and was killed in action/ died on 7 May 1942. He is buried in the Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya.

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Seven: Corporal F. Allen, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (5435507 Cpl. F. Allen D.C.L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Hd. Fireman Frederick A. Allen) edge prepared prior to naming on last, mounted as worn in the incorrect order and on the incorrect ribands, good very fine (7) £100-£140 Frederick A. Allen served with the 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on the North West Frontier of India, 1937-39, and is shown on the medal roll as having transferred to the Army Reserve.

Sold with the recipient’s St. John Ambulance Association Re-examination Cross, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘A244148 Frederick Allen’; D.C.L.I. unit insignia; a Fire Brigade cap badge; and various buttons, both for the Royal Army Service Corps and for the Fire Brigade.

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Five: Attributed to Captain S. R. Wallis, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for display with a cloth rank badge, lapel pin and small button, with a copied group photograph of the recipient, and naval buttons, very fine Three: H. Parfit fitt, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for display with a Royal Navy button, with flattened box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. H. Parfitt, 29 Heathcote Road, Fishponds, Bristol’ and Admiralty enclose slip, very fine Five: D. M. V. Parkinson, Merchant Navy, who was later appointed an M.V.O. in 1954 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Pacific Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted incorrectly for display with the Italy and Atlantic Star ribands being reversed, with a Merchant Navy lapel badge, with named Certificate of competency, cloth badge and copied research, very fine Four: J. Higginbottom, Royal Engineers 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with card box of issue, with part of name partially illegible due to a water mark, addressed to ‘Mr. J. Higginbottom, Hazeldean, Little Martin Road, North Wingfield, Nr. Chesterfield’, with Army Council enclosure slip, mounted for display, very fine Five: F. A. Dobson, Royal West Surrey Regiment 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for display with a cap badge, with card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. F. A. Dobson, 29 Mildenhall, Marlborough, Wilts’, with Army Council enclosure slip, a photograph of the recipient in uniform and copied death certificate, very fine (lot) £160-£200 M.V.O. Fifth Class London Gazette 11 May 1954.

‘Denis Mark Venning Parkinson, Esq., Senior Second Engineer, Merchant Navy.’

F. A. Dobson is recorded on a casualty list whilst serving with Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment in June 1941.

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Six: Lieutenant-Commander D. P. Knapman, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (C.E.O. D. P. Knapman R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, better than very fine (6) £140-£180 D. P. Knapman served during the Korean War as Chief Engineering Officer in the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Theseus. Arriving in the theatre of war in October 1950, her aircraft – primarily Hawker Sea Furies and Fairey Fireflies – flew hundreds of sorties, carrying out vital close air support, combat air patrols and strikes against enemy supply lines.

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Four: Sub-Lieutenant S. P. Hornung, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping 1945-51 (Sub. Lieut. S. P. Hornung. R.N.) good very fine and better (4) £120-£160 Stephen Peter Hornung was appointed a Naval Cadet (Special Entry) in the Royal Navy on 1 September 1943, and Midshipman 1 May 1944, and was later awarded the Naval General Service Medal, with the clasp Minesweeping 1945-51, having spent 6 months or more attempting to make the shipping lanes and other waterways safe from unexploded ordnance.

Resigning his commission in 1947, Hornung became a qualified accountant. He later married Maria del Carmen in Portugal and together the couple set up home in Cowfold, West Sussex. A keen rider to hounds with the Crawley and Horsham Hunt, Hornung died in 2001.

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Seven: Signalman R. L. Gwillam, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star, 1 clasp, Pacific; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping 1945-51 (D/JX.152420 R. L. Gwillam Sig. R.N.) the last cleaned, generally good very fine and better (7) £140-£180

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Six: Able Seaman R. Hatton, Royal Navy, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his services in H.M.S. Glasgow during Operation Neptune , the D-Day landings 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J.114805 R. Hatton. A.B., H.M.S. Victory) mounted court-style for display, very fine (6) £160-£200 M.I.D. London Gazette 28 November 1944.

The recommendation, originally for a D.S.M., states: ‘For outstanding zeal and devotion to duty during the operation and in the many experiences prior to the operation. He was at his post almost continuously for the first three days of the operation without relief. During this time he showed great fortitude, willingness, was always cheerful and carried out his duties in a most efficient manner.’

Richard Hatton , a Fitter’s Boy from Warwick, was born on 6 October 1909. Enlisting in the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 21 August 1925, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 28 February 1942, and served in H.M.S. Glasgow during Operation Neptune, the DDay landings. Afterwards on 25 June, when in the company of several United States warships, Glasgow received hits from shore batteries during the naval bombardment of Cherbourg. For his gallantry during the landings he was recommended by Captain C. P. Clarke for an operational decoration (presumably the D.S.M.); this was subsequently downgraded to a Mention in Despatches. He was shore pensioned 30 November 1949.

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An outstanding Second War posthumous M.I.D. group of fiv five awarded Temporary Lieutenant K. O. Griffith, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was mortally wounded off Vibo Valentia on 7 September 1943, but insisted on being propped up in a Nielsen stretcher so that he could navigate his Landing Craft Gun (Large) to safety 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, together with his R.N. Officer’s cap badge and a pair of R.N.V.R. Lieutenant’s shoulder boards, extremely fine (5) £300-£400

Kenneth Owen Griffith displayed exceptional courage as C.O. of H.M. L.C.G. (L.) 12 in Operation ‘Ferdy’, the landings undertaken at Vibo Valentia in southern Italy on 8 September 1943. His Landing Craft Gun (Large) was equipped with two 4.7-inch guns and four 20mm. pom-poms and was crewed by 45 seamen and marines. And their role was to lie off the beachhead and harbour and offer supporting fire. In that respect, none did better than Griffith’s crew.

The War of the Landing Craft, by Paul Lund and Harry Ludlam, takes up the story: ‘It was twelve minutes past six when L.C.G. 12 opened fire with her two four-point-sevens at the battery of mobile German 88s, while L.C.F. 4 sprayed the wood above the town where machine-gun nests were giving trouble. The effect of the intervention was instantaneous for the Germn gunners at once turned their attention to the L.C.G. with her greater fire power and began to score hits. But L.C.G. 12 held her ground and continued to fire and so give the landing craft a chance to make good their escape.’

In fact, Griffith kept up his bombardment way beyond his allotted time. Lund and Ludlam continue: ‘For 38 minutes L.C.G. 12 had engaged the enemy shore batteries and during this time she was hit several times. Then, at 6.50 a.m. after most of the L.C.T.s had left the beach, a shell exploded above the bridge killing all the craft’s officers and many of the crew. It was at that moment, when conditions aboard the gun craft had reached a critical state, with no one in control, with both her guns out of action and still under heavy fire, that Ordinary Seaman T. H. Hills with great presence of mind and under considerable difficulty took the craft out to sea and to safety. His coolness saved the L.C.G. and the lives of the rest of her company. And the distraction that L.C.G. 12 had provided during those 38 minutes had allowed nearly all the 16 L.C.T.s to escape – only one being hit.’

Hills was awarded C.G.M.; see Noonans, 20 May 2026 (Lot 28).

But Griffith, in dying, had displayed sublime courage, a fact alluded to in a letter sent by H. V. Markham, the Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty, to his next of kin: ‘Lieutenant Griffith was in command of L.C.G. 12 in an operation in September 1943, in which a large Military Force was landed behind the enemy lines. In the course of the operation, he was mortally wounded but with undaunted devotion to duty he asked his crew to place him in an upright position on a Nielsen stretcher so that he could navigate the ship to safety. After several heroic efforts this gallant officer died on the Bridge.’

He was posthumously mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 25 January 1944, refers) and is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial, for he was buried at sea in the Straits of Messina the day following ‘Ferdy’.

Sold with his original M.I.D. certificate in the name of ‘Ty. Lieutenant Kenneth Owen Griffith, R.N.V.R.’, dated 24 January 1944, in its O.H.M.S. envelope addressed to ‘H. H. Griffith, Gwynant, West Parade, Llandudno, Caernarvonshire’; the above quoted Admiralty letter, signed by H.V. Markham and dated 3 February 1944; a copy of the London Gazette announcing his M.I.D. and a wartime portrait photograph in uniform.

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Seven: Musician R. P. Tuffnell, Royal Marines 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (RMB/X 1754 R. B. Tufnell. Musn. R.M.) note spelling of surname, official correction to prefix letters; Korea 1950 -53, 1st issue (RMB/X 1754 R. S. Tuffnell. Musn. R.M.) note second initial, official corrections to prefix and rank; U.N. Korea 1950 £600-£800 -54, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (7) R. P. Tuffnell is believed to have been a member of the R.M. Band embarked aboard H.M.S. London in readiness for a trip to Shanghai to take part in St. George’s Day celebrations for the benefit of the British residents there. H.M.S. London was en route to Shanghai when news was received that H.M.S. Amethyst had been fired on by Chinese Communist forces and was in trouble. H.M.S. London made all speed for the Yangtse River to render assistance. In the ensuing action she came under heavy shell fire and was seriously damaged. During the action, Royal Marine Band Service personnel in H.M.S. London worked as members of ammunition and first aid parties. He served aboard H.M.S. Kenya during the Korean conflict.

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Six: Trooper F. Padgett, Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers), who was wounded in North West Europe on 24 June 1944 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI. R., 1st issue, Territorial (557657 Tpr. F. Padgett. Notts. Yeo.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, very fine (6) £80-£100 Frank Padgett served with ‘A” Squadron, Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) during the Second World War for three years in North Africa, and then in North West Europe, with the regiment landing in France on D-Day; it seems likely that Padgett was one of those who did land on D-Day, for he was reported wounded on 24 June 1944. Recovering, he was awarded his Efficiency Medal per Army Order 196 of December 1946.

Sold with a photographic image of the recipient.

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Four: P. W. L. Croall, Royal Artillery 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; War Medal 1939-45, mounted for display with a Royal Artillery Cap Badge, with Army Council enclosure slips and Card Box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. P. W. L. Croall, 45 Platt Street, Kirkcaldy, Fife, very fine Six: F. H. L. Webb, Royal Artillery 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for display with a Royal Artillery Cap Badge, with Army enclosure slip and card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. F. W. Webb, 260 Balsall Heath Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham 12.’, very fine Three: A. Dodgson, Royal Scots Fusiliers 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted for display with Cap Badge, with Army Council enclosure slip, damaged Soldier’s Service Book, Birth Certificate and Identity Card and two British Military Authority Bank notes, very fine

Five: Attributed to J. J. Coutts, King’s Own Scottish Borderers 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted for display with a Cap Badge, with damaged Card Box of issue and a photograph of two K.O.S.B. soldiers in uniform, very fine

Five: Private A. G. Barrow, Labour Corps, late Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for display with an R.A.O.C. Cap Badge, with original Soldier’s Service Book, very fine With his father’s Silver War Badge (B192133) mounted for display with an Essex Regiment Cap Badge, with original award slip and original discharge certificate named to George Albert Barrow, Labour Corps, late Essex Regiment, and original group £160-£200 photograph, very fine (lot) A. Dodgson is recorded in a casualty list whilst serving with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in January 1945.

J. J. Coutts is recorded in a casualty list whilst serving with the 5/7th Gordon Highlanders in March 1943.

George Albert Barrow was a Performer with the stage name ‘Martin Vallmar’.

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Five: Sapper F. Tew, 3 Airborne Squadron, Royal Engineers 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all privately engraved ‘1878287 Spr. F. Tew. R.E.’; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (1878287 Spr. F. Tew. R.E.) good very fine (5) £80-£100 F. Tew is confirmed on the medal roll as serving in South East Asia with 3 Airborne Squadron, Royal Engineers. Transferred to Palestine during the State of Emergency, he is further entitled to the clasp Palestine 1945-48.

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Four: Driver H. B. Fackrell, Royal Engineers, who was Mentioned in Despatches 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted for display with a cap badge, with original paperwork including forwarding letter for M.I.D. emblem, original photograph of the recipient in uniform and copied gazette entry, very fine Four: G. L. Gatiss, Royal Engineers 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for display with a cap badge, sold with Soldier’s Service Book, Certificate of Transfer to the Army Reserve, Release Book and a photograph of the recipient in uniform, very fine Four: T. Parslow, Dorsetshire Regiment 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for display with a cap badge, with card box of issue addressed ‘Mr. T. Parslow, 14 Ashton Road, Bristol 3, Som. and Army Council enclose slip, very fine Four: F. Lawton, Royal Pioneer Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted for display with a cap badge, with damaged card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. F. Lawton, 52 Rivers Road, Highworth, Nr. Swindon, Wilts.’, Army Council enclosure slip and copied death certificate, very fine (16) £120-£160 M.I.D. London Gazette 29 November 1945: T/245962 Dvr. H. B. Fackrell, R.E.

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Four: Captain J. H. A. Scott, 1st Battalion, Queen’s Royal Regiment, who was killed in action at Kohima on 16 May 1944, and was posthumously Mentioned in Despatches 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, in their O.H.M.S. card forwarding box, addressed to the recipient’s mother in Chestnut Road, London S.E. 27, and with Army Council condolence slip in the name of ‘Lieutenant J. H. A. Scott’, extremely fine (4) £260-£300 M.I.D. London Gazette 5 April 1945: ‘Lieut. J. H. A. Scott, Queen’s Regt. (K.I.A.)’ John Henry Alan Scott emerged as an ‘outstanding leader’ in the Arakan and Kohima operations in 1943-44, in which the 1st Battalion, The Queen’s Regiment saw much action. But it’s not just the regimental history that bears testament to his courage, Jackie Smythe, V.C., referring to him in a chapter dedicated to the battalion’s actions in his book The Valiant; his son, Captain J. L. Smythe, was killed serving in the same battalion on 7 May 1944.

Scott was himself killed about 10 days later, during the battalion’s costly action on the Jail Hill feature at Kohima. Aged 23 - and an Oxford graduate - he was the son of Albert and Dorothy Scott of Norbury, Surrey; his gravestone bears the rank of Captain, although one War Graves document has that rank struck out in favour of Lieutenant.

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Three: Fusilier P. J. Neal, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; together with the recipient’s Certificate of Service ‘Red Book’, Release Book and fibre identity disc, very fine U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, good very fine Renamed Medal: Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Wittebergen (5557 Corpl. W. Carroll. 1st. Leinsters.) renamed, light edge bruising, very fine (5) £80-£100 Philip Joseph Neal , a Butcher’s Assistant, attested into the Northumberland Fusiliers on 23 July 1937. He served in Egypt before service in Palestine from 28 November 1938 to 14 April 1939, before service during the Second War in North Africa until service at Home from 11 December 1943 and was discharged, medically unfit on 23 May 1947. He is additionally entitled to a General Service medal, clasp Palestine (sold in these rooms in January 2026), an 8th Army clasp to the Africa Star, and a Defence Medal.

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Family Group: Four: Company Quartermaster Sergeant S. R. Raven, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches for North West Europe, having originally been recommended for the British Empire Medal 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, with Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. S. R. Raven, 61 High Road, East Finchley, London N2’, extremely fine Four: Sergeant D. A. Raven, née Gillett, Auxiliary Territorial Service France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. S. R. Raven, 61 High Road, E. Finchley, London N2’; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (W.4885. Sjt. D. A. Gillett.

A.T.S.) in named card box of issue, with Record Office enclosure, named to ‘Miss D. A. Gillett, 61 High Road, East Finchley, London N2’, number partially officially corrected on last, extremely fine (8) £100-£140 Stephen Richard Raven attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment and served with them during the Second World War as Company Quartermaster Sergeant, Headquarters, No. 4 Lines of Communication Sub-Area. Mentioned in Despatches for his services in North West Europe post-D-Day (London Gazette 4 April 1946), he had originally been Recommended for the British Empire Medal, the original recommendation stating: ‘As Company Quartermaster Sergeant of my Headquarters, this N.C.O. has done excellent work throughout the whole campaign. The high standard of administration which has prevailed throughout my Headquarters has been largely due to the hard work, patience, and administrative ability of Company Quartermaster Sergeant Raven. He has had many difficult situations to deal with and he has always discharged his duties with marked efficiency, energy and inspiring devotion to duty. I recommend him most strongly for the award of the B.E.M.’ Doris Annie Gillett served as a Sergeant in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, and later married Company Quartermaster Sergeant S. R. Raven.

Sold with a (rather battered) metal artillery cap badge; two artillery shoulder strap badges; embroidered Royal Artillery unit shoulder badge; cloth sergeant’s stripes; embroidered MT badge; metal ATS cap badge; and various original photographs, many taken on the recipients’ wedding day.

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Four: Lieutenant B. S. Newton, King’s Royal Rifle fle Corps, who was killed in action in Holland on 2 April 1945 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Army Council condolence slip in the name of £160-£200 ‘Lieutenant B. S. Newton’, extremely fine (4) The following notice appears on the Stevenage at War website: ‘Barry Newton was the only son of Sir Charles and Lady Newton of East Grinstead who were resident at the Cromwell Hotel in Stevenage. He left Eastbourne College and joined the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in August 1941 and was posted to the regiment's 12th Battalion in March 1943.

He was with them when they landed at the Normandy town of Courseulles-Sur-Mer on the 17th June 1944.

On the 27th June the battalion was in support of an attack on the villages of Vendes and Rauray. His platoon cleared the church at Le Manoir and he was discussing its use as a platoon H.Q. with his Sergeant when suddenly the church spire fell at his feet. It had been blown there by a shell from a Tiger tank, which was discovered to be only 40 yards away from their position. The battalion was ordered to withdraw which enabled the platoon to bring in their wounded, Barry Newton amongst them. Barry rejoined the battalion on the 15th August 1944 and served with ‘B’ Company during its push through France, Belgium and Holland.

On the 2nd April 1945 the battalion was part of the advance guard for the 43rd Division in its move to cross the Twente Canal in the region south-west of Hengelo. A reconnaissance by some forward elements found no sign of the enemy and it was decided to try and make a crossing at a lock where there was a bridge linking the canal banks. However, it was difficult to see the enemy layout on the opposite side of the canal, so any likely enemy positions were first shelled. As soon as the first rifleman went over the canal bank the enemy reacted with a vengeance. A deadly cross fire from heavy machine-guns swept across the bridges and their approaches. The two leading platoons attempted to fight their way across but they were soon pinned down. By now shell and mortar fire had caught the third platoon in open ground near the canal bank where they were almost completely annihilated. Casualties were so high that the whole assault had to be called off. It was at a point during this action that Barry was killed. He is buried in the Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Holland.’

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Six: Attributed to Private W. S. Drummond, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style for wear; with the recipient’s OHMS card transmission box, addressed to ‘Mr. W. Drummond, 274 Colston Road, Bishop Briggs, Glasgow’, extremely fine Pair: J. Nkuhlu, Union Defence Force War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, both officially impressed ‘N.2801. J. Nkuhlu.’, good very fine Defence Medal (2), both unnamed as issued; together with a Johannesburg Fire Brigade Long Service medal, base metal and enamel, the edge numbered ‘365’; a Carmarthenshire Constabulary lapel badge; a Middlesex Hospital Physiotherapy and X-Ray Society lapel badge, the reverse engraved ‘E E. M. MacLennan ’; a South African Police cap badge; an Austrian 1898 ‘Signum Memoriae’ Medal, bronze; a Polish People’s Republic Order of Polonia Restituta Officer’s breast badge, gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; and a silver Polish Prize Medal, the obverse engraved ‘Serja III III Nagroda’, the reverse engraved ‘Br. Strzel.

Szubin 2.8.27’, good very fine (lot) £120-£160 William Sinclair Drummond was born on 15 November 1921 and served with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during the Second World War. A coal and coke merchant in civilian life, he died in Glasgow on 19 February 1966, aged 44.

Sold with an Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders cap badge and lapel badge; the recipient’s War Memorial Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Club Glasgow Membership Card; and a copy of the booklet ‘Services Guide to Alexandria’.

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Six: Attributed to Squadron Leader C. H. Gresswell, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style as worn; together with Air Council enclosure and a named Air Ministry WWII transmission box for a single medal, address label reading ‘S/L. C. H. Gresswell, 21, Second Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex’; two named Air Ministry enclosures; and named card box of issue for the recipient’s Air Efficiency Award, nearly extremely fine (6) £240-£280 Cecil Harold Gresswell was commissioned Acting Pilot Officer in the Equipment Branch of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 10 May 1938, and was promoted Flying Officer on 10 November 1939; Flight Lieutenant on 1 December 1940; and Squadron Leader on 1 December 1941. He was awarded his Air Efficiency Award per Army Ministry Order 519 of 1947, and relinquished his commission on 10 February 1954, retaining the rank of Squadron Leader.

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Four: Police Constable M. Conolly 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue (Const. Michael Conolly) mounted a worn, good very fine Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Ernest William Thomas) ; Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (Const. William H. Whitchurch) ; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Charles Butler) ; Women’s Voluntary Service Medal, with two Additional ‘Long Service’ Bars, unnamed as issued, in Royal Mint case of issue; together with an unofficial National Service Medal 1939-60, unnamed; a London County Council King’s Medal (W. Mc.Kay) with two bars, one dated 1919-20, and top integral L.C. C. brooch bar; and an unofficial Edward VIII Coronation Medal in base metal, good very fine and better (11) £80-£100

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Four: A. Harlech-Jones, Merchant Navy and Active Citizen Force 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45 these two impressed ‘M.N. A. Harlech-Jones’; Africa Service Medal (153313 (ACF) A. HarlechJones); South Africa Medal for War Service (C.P.S. 3/1/2145 A. Harlech-Jones) good very fine (4) £60-£80

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Six: Lieutenant A. J. Waterfall, South African Artillery, Union Defence Force 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially named ‘114208 A. J. Waterfall’, good very fine Four: Private R. O. Williams, Royal Natal Carbineers, Union Defence Force, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War at the fall of Tobruk on 20 June 1942 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘4631 R. O. Williams’; together with the recipient’s wife’s Service Medal of the Order of St John (6442. M. I. Williams. Sth Africa. S.J.A.B. 1950.) very fine Three: Sergeant D. Scott, Cape Corps, Union Defence Corps Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘C277026 D. Scott’, good very fine (14) £120-£160 Alfred James Waterfall was born in Crediton, Devon, on 26 May 1913, and having emigrated to Port Elizabeth, South Africa, attested for the South African Artillery as a Gunner in August 1940. He served during the Second World War in North Africa with the 5th Field Regiment from July to October 1941, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in April 1942. Promoted Lieutenant in October 1942, he saw further service in Italy from April 1944, and was released from the Union Defence Forces in July 1945.

Robert Owen Williams attested for the 1st Battalion, Royal Natal Carbineers, in May 1940 and served during the Second World War in East Africa and North Africa. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War at the fall of Tobruk on 20 June 1942, and was released in May 1945. He married May Irene Haine in September 1945.

Daniel Scott attested for the Union Defence Force at Port Elizabeth in March 1941 and was promoted temporary Sergeant on 1 August 1942. He served with the 6th Battalion, Cape Corps, during the Second World War in North Africa from 1944, and was discharged from the Union Defence Forces, on reduction of establishment, on 31 January 1947, after 5 years and 315 days’ service, with a character assessment of ‘good’.

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Five: Warrant Officer Class II C. J. H. Mahoney, South African Engineer Corps, attached Rhodesian Army, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War at the fall of Tobruk, 20 June 1942, and subsequently escaped into Switzerland 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘12463 C. J. H. Mahoney’; Rhodesia , General Service Medal (1132 S. Sgt. C. J. Mahoney) very fine Five: Sergeant N. Chenene, African Pioneer Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all unnamed as issued; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (AS.16208. W/Sjt. N. Chenene. A.P.C.) good very fine (10) £140-£180 Claude James Haigh Mahoney attested for the South African Engineer Corps, and served with the 2nd Field Company, S.A.E.C., during the Second World War in North Africa from 1941. Captured and taken prisoner of war at the fall of Tobruk on 20 June 1942, he escaped into Switzerland in September 1943, and was released to American forces in France on 26 September 1944. He later served as a temporary Warrant Officer Class II attached to the Rhodesian Army. He died at the Bulawayo Bowling Club on 1 October 1971, aged 50; shortly before his death he was also awarded the Rhodesian Exemplary Service Medal on 11 June 1971.

N. Chenene served with the African Pioneer Corps (High Commission Territories). The AS prefix to his service number indicates the recipient was a serviceman from Basutoland.

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Eight: Sergeant P. G. Visser, Technical Service Corps, Union Defence Force 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, these six all impressed ‘P740 P. G. Visser’; South African Permanent Forces L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (P.740 S Ser P. G. Visser - TDK); Permanent Force Good Service Medal, the edge numbered ‘1192’, mounted court-style for display, very fine (8) £80-£100

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Four: Private H. N. Smith, Royal Durban Light Infantry, Union Defence Force 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘93006 H. N. Smith’, mounted court-style for display, good very fine India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (8607 Sep. Tikka Khan, 2-8 Punjab R.) ; India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (14003 Sepoy Gulzara Singh, 1-11 Sikh R.) ; together with a generic silver prize medal, the obverse with a laurel wreath, the reverse engraved ‘11th. Division Football 1918-19. Class A.’, good very fine (7) £80-£100 Hayward Norman Smith was born on 21 September 1905 and attested for the 1st Battalion, Royal Durban Light Infantry, on 1 August 1940, serving with the Headquarters Company during the Second World War in North Africa until January 1943. He was discharged on 28 August 1945.

Sold with copied record of service.

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Three: Air Mechanic S. P. F. Holtzhausen, South African Air Force, Union Defence Force 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘100530 S. P. F. Holtzhausen’, good very fine Pair: Flight Lieutenant C. W. G. Phillips, Royal Air Force France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure, with ‘ticker tape’ number and medal entitlement slip, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘F. O. C. W. Phillips, 51 Park Crescent, Enfield, Middlesex’, extremely fine Defence Medal (2), both in named card boxes of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. R. G. Smith, 3 Beresford Avenue, Rochester, Kent’ and ‘Mrs. May Blake, Rose Bower, Island of St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean’, extremely fine (7) £80-£100 Sarel Petrus Frederick Holtzhausen attested for the South African Air Force at Voortrekkerhoogte, Pretoria, and mustered as an Air Mechanic on 26 November 1940. Posted to No. 5 Wing, S.A.A.F., on 12 December 1941, he served during the Second World War on operations against Vichy Forces in Madagascar from August to November 1942.

Charles William George Phillips was commissioned Acting Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force (Equipment Branch) on 7 December 1944 and was promoted Flying Officer on 1 August 1945. He relinquished his commission with the rank of Flight Lieutenant in August 1954.

Reginald George Smith , a fireman, served with ‘D’ Company, No. 9 Regional Headquarters, Birmingham, during the Second World War under the auspices of the National Fire Services.

Sold with Home Secretary’s compliments slip, and National Fire Service issue slip, named with unit details.

Mrs. Mary Blake , née Stretton, was born in Sherborne in 1917 and married Lieutenant Bernard Michael Blake, D.S.C., R.N.V.R., in 1944.

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Six: Regimental Sergeant Major Jonathan Gwriza, King’s African Rifle fles 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; King’s African Rifles L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (ZBK.11175 R.S. M. Jonathan Gwiriza. K.A.R.) mounted for display, contact marks, nearly very fine (6) £160-£200 Jonathan Gwiriza , a member of the Anguru Tribe from Tamani, Mlanje, Nyasaland, attested into the King’s African Rifles on 6 August 1929. He served in East Africa and British Somaliland before service during the Second War in British Somaliland and Burma. Advanced Regimental Sergeant Major on 1 April 1944, he was awarded the King’s African Rifles Long Service and Good Conduct Medal and discharged on 20 January 1946 with exemption of having to pay the Hut Tax. Sold with detailed copied service papers.

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Six: Corporal Eriya Potani, King’s African Rifle fles 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (DN.5166 Cpl. Eriya Potani K.A.R.) mounted for display, contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (6) £140-£180 Elliya , son of Potani, a member of the Yao tribe, from Blantyre, Nyasaland, attested into the King’s African Rifles on 16 October 1939. He served during the Second War in Italian Somaliland, Abyssinia, Madagascar, India and Burma and was advanced Corporal on 13 December 1945. Post War, he served in Malaya where he was slightly wounded after jumping from a truck which he believed was about to crash. Discharged on 6 September 1951, he subsequently worked as a Court Messenger before his retirement on 31 May 1969.

Sold with detailed copied service papers and copied research.

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Six: Private Dickson Sitima, King’s African Rifle fles 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (ZB.8708 Pte. Dixon [sic] Sitima. K.A.R.) mounted for display, contact marks, nearly very fine (6) £140-£180 Dickson Mwale Stima , a member of the Nyanja tribe from Zomba, Nyasaland, attested into the King’s African Rifles on 11 October 1940. He served as a Driver during the Second War in Abyssinna and British Somaliland from May to 27 November 1941, and in Burma from August 1944 to April 1945, and was discharged on 20 August 1945. Reenlisting post war, he saw further service in Kenya during that campaign.

Sold with copied first set of service papers.

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Six: Private Chiniko Ngolombwe, East African Army Ordnance Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R., naming erased and suspension damaged; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (DN9234 Ote Chiniko Ngolombwe EAAOC) mounted for £90-£120 display, generally nearly very fine and better (6) Chiniko Ngolombwe , a member of the Mpotola tribe from Liwondie, Nyasaland, attested into the King’s African Rifles on 20 September 1940 and served during the Second War in East Africa, Abyssinia and Madagascar. Discharged on 23 December 1945, he reenlisted for further service on 21 January 1947 and was transferred into the East African Army Ordnance Corps the following day. He served in Malaya and Kenya and was discharged on 3 July 1949.

Sold with detailed copied service papers.

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An unattributed Second War group of fiv five 1939-45 Star, 1 copy clasp, Battle of Britain; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 copy clasp, France & Germany; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, very fine (5) £180-£220

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Five: Gunner K. L. Pascoe, Royal Artillery France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (877842 Gnr. K. L. Pascoe. RA.); Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Stn Offr Kenneth L Pascoe) in Royal Mint case of issue; together with a replacement/ duplicate set of the first four medals (the France and Germany Star a somewhat later issue, and the Efficiency Medal renamed but not stamped duplicate), this later set mounted for wear, the originals all loose, generally very fine and better (9) £80-£100

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Three: Guardsman J. Brown, Coldstream Guards Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya (2668351 Gdsm. J. Brown.

Coldm. Gds.) mounted for display, edge digs and contact marks to the last, nearly very fine (3) £100-£140

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Three: Lieutenant-Colonel C. A. Surtees, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was awarded the United States of America’s Legion of Merit for his services as a member of the British Army Staff in Washington D.C. during the Second World War Defence and War Medals 1939-45; United States of America , Legion of Merit, Officer's breast badge, gilt and enamel, with gilt device on riband, unnamed as issued, with riband bar and lapel badge, in its original presentation case (this with the recipient’s name taped to the top lid); together with the related miniature awards, these mounted as worn, extremely fine (3) £140-£180 United States of America Legion of Merit, Officer London Gazette 14 May 1948: ‘In recognition of distinguished services in the cause of the Allies.’

The original citation states: ‘Lieutenant Colonel C. A. Surtees, as a member of the British Army Staff in Washington from February 1944 to October 1945, bore a large share of the responsibility for providing civilian supplies to liberated areas in Europe. His understanding of United Kingdom world supply potentialities, his unusual tact, resourcefulness and willingness to co-operate were of primary importance in the effective discharge of the combined civilian supply responsibilities.’

Conyers Alfred Surtees was born in Paddington, Middlesex, on 13 June 1907 and was by profession a Solicitor. Following the outbreak of the Second World War he attested initially for Royal West Surrey Regiment on 27 August 1940, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 21 December 1940. Advanced Lieutenant-Colonel, he served during the latter part of the War with the British Army Staff in Washington D.C., and for his services was awarded the United States of America’s Legion of Merit. Following the cessation of hostilities he relinquished his commission, and returned to practising as a Solicitor. He died in Farnham, Surrey on 30 September 1993.

Sold with copied research.

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Four: Sergeant E. F. Edwards, Royal Air Force Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Cyprus, Arabian Peninsula, second clasp loose on riband (3033101 Sgt. E. F. Edwards. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (3033101 Sgt. E. F. Edwards. R.A.F.) mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £100-£140

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Three: Private Sumaili Mapundu, East African Army Service Corps Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (DN.19927 Pte. Sumaili Mapundu. E.A.A.S. C.) mounted for display, slight contact marks, very fine and a scarce award to an African serviceman (3) £120-£160 Sumaili Mapundu , a member of the Anyanja tribe, from Namalo, Blantyre, Nyasaland, attested into the East African Army Service Corps on 19 March 1943, and served during the Second War. Post War he served in Palestine and was discharged on 3 August 1946.

Sold with detailed copied service papers confirming all awards including the late issue of his General Service Medal in 1977, and detailed correspondence in relation to the scarce issue of that medal and clasp, to African servicemen.

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Campaign Groups and Pairs 466

An unattributed group of three Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1977, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, good very fine Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Pte. F. Gardiner 2nd. Regt. Inft’y.) suspension bar replaced with small ring suspension, minor contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140

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Pair: Coder P. J. D. Graham, Royal Navy War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping 1945-51 (JX253112 P J D Graham Coder RN) mounted as worn, the last a slightly later issue, extremely fine and scarce to rate (2) £70-£90 Sold with a large photograph of H.M.S. Orcadia, mounted in a glazed frame; 5 contemporary cap tallies named to H.M.S. Royal Arthur, H.M.S. Iron Duke, H.M.S. Cabbala, H.M.S. Mercury and H.M.S. Orcadia, these all mounted in a glazed frame; and a modern wooden shield bearing the crest of H.M.S. Orcadia.

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Three: Sergeant C. M. Masuku, British South African Police, later Rhodesian Police War Medal 1939-45; Colonial Police Forces L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (11111 Afr/Sgt. Cephas Manyakavola Masuku, B.S.A.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, with one Additional Award Bar (8813. Sefasi. 11111. Rhodesia. S.J.A.B. 1957.) nearly very fine Rhodesia , General Service Medal (50135 SAC I Nyoni) ; South Africa , South Africa Service Medal, silvered, reverse officially numbered ‘0881’; Service Medal in Gold, silver-gilt, gilding almost all rubbed, unnumbered; Service Medal in Silver, silver, reverse officially numbered ‘66’; Service Medal in Bronze, bronze, reverse officially numbered ‘2125’, good very fine and better (8) £100-£140 Cephas Manyakavola Masuku was awarded the Colonial Police Long Service Medal on 26 January 1962. He was also awarded the Rhodesian General Service Medal and the Rhodesian Police Long Service Medal, with one Additional Award Bar.

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Three: Ordinary Seaman J. Clarke, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Yangtze 1949, Malaya (D/SSX 846534 J. Clarke. Ord. Smn. R.N.) number partially officially corrected; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (D/SSX. 846534 J. Clarke A.B. R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, the first two extremely fine, the third very fine (3) £600-£800

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Pair: Electrician J. Allen, Royal Navy Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (P/MX.716389 J. Allen El. R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, good very fine (2)

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Pair: Gunner J. Wood, Royal Artillery Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22285239 Gnr. J. Wood. R.A.) initially officially corrected; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, good very fine Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, T. & A.V.R. (23017947 L/Cpl. D. F. Orger R. Signals) mounted court-style as worn; together with the related miniature award and riband bar, nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100

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Campaign Groups and Pairs 472

Pair: Lance-Corporal B. H. Milne, Royal Engineers, who died in Korea on 5 May 1953 Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22308271 Spr. H. B. [sic] Milne. R.E.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (2) £140-£180 Bryan Henry Milne was born in London on 5 June 1932 and enlisted in the Royal Engineers in his home city on 20 February 1950. Initially posted to Korea with the 28th Field Engineers, he transferred to the 55th Field Squadron and died on 5 May 1953. The son of Mr. H. Milne of 105 Montrose Avenue, Burnt Oak, Edgware, Middlesex, he is buried at the UN Memorial Cemetery, Pusan, Korea.

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Pair: Sapper J. Howard, Royal Engineers Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22200821 Spr. J. Howard. R.E.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (2) £70-£90

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Pair: Lance-Corporal J. H. Mills, Coldstream Guards Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24823402 Gdsm J H Mills Coldm Gds); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24823402 LCpl J H Mills Coldm Gds); together with the recipient’s Saudi Arabian and Kuwati Medals for the Liberation of Kuwait, cleaned, nearly extremely fine (4) £140-£180

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Four: Rifle fleman K. Dallison, Royal Green Jackets General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (25006898 Rfn K Dallison RGJ); N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Kosovo; Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style as worn, edge bruise to GSM, good very fine (4) £100-£140 Sold with two photographic images of the recipient.

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Capture of Louisbourg 1758, silver medal by Thomas Pingo, 44mm, unmounted, a good early striking with appearance of very early sign of die crack at 4 o’clock, a little surface wear, otherwise attractively toned, good very fine and rare £3,000-£4,000 Provenance: Charles Lusted, February 1979.

As part of a multiple offensive during the later French and Indian wars, a British expedition commanded by General Jeffrey Amherst with about 9000 British regular troops and 500 Colonials, supported by 40 ships under Admiral Edward Boscawen, invested the French fortress of Louisbourg. The expedition landed under heavy fire on 8 June 1758, and besieged the garrison which, after intense fighting, surrendered on 27 July.

The young Brigadier-General James Wolfe distinguished himself in the fighting, resulting in the first major victory of the war. Wolfe’s subsequent victory at Quebec the following year established British supremacy in Canada.

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Honourable East India Company Medal for Mysore 1790-92, gold, 43mm., 33.80g including loop, an outstanding original striking with milled edge, fitted with contemporary chased gold loop for suspension from silk cord, extremely fine and extremely rare £20,000-£30,000 Provenance: Purchased Spink N.C., December 1979.

Only two other examples in gold recorded at auction, viz. Dr A. B. King Collection, Morton & Eden, October 2003, unmounted (£22,000 hammer), and Dix Noonan Webb, September 2012, with loop suspension (£22,000) This medal was given in gold to the Subadars of the detachment of native troops of the Bengal Army sent to Madras in 1790, under Colonel Cockerell, to operate against Tipu Sultan. Silver medals of similar size were awarded to the Jemadars and Serangs, whilst the Havildars, Naicks, Tindals, Sepoys and Lascars received smaller silver medals 'of an inferior value'.

Upon the mint master stating that the medals could not be so well struck and so neatly finished by his people as by a practical workman in gold and silver, the Government entrusted their manufacture to Mr. Mair, the principal Silver Smith in Calcutta, 'each Medal to have a perfect impression, to be milled around the edge, and to have a loop fixed at the top for suspending it.' It was further required that 'each Gold Medal shall contain two Gold Mohurs and ten Rupees; that each large Silver Medal shall contain two Rupees and ten annas, and each small Silver Medal, one Rupee eight annas.

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Single Campaign Medals 478

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Honourable East India Company Medal for Mysore 1790-92, silver, 42mm., with milled edge and fitted with small ring for suspension, polished, good fine or better £1,400-£1,800 Provenance: Donald Hall, July 1977.

As awarded to Jemadars and Serangs.

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Honourable East India Company Medal for Mysore 1790-92, silver, 36mm., with milled edge and fitted with large ring and short piece of silk cord for suspension, some wear to high points, otherwise good very fine £1,400-£1,800 Provenance: Spink N.C., December 1970.

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Honourable East India Company Medal for Mysore 1790-92, silver, 36mm., with milled edge and fitted with two rings and old silk cord for suspension, some silver solder deposits by suspension, otherwise good very fine £1,200-£1,600

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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 23rd June 1795 (Wm. Farrington, Master’s Mate.) extremely fine

£1,200-£1,600

Provenance: Puttick & Simpson, December 1921; Glendining’s, July 1932; bought Sotheby’s March 1982.

William Farrington (Ffarington) is confirmed as Master’s Mate aboard the fifth rate frigate H.M.S. Aquilon at Admiral Bridport’s action off Isle de Groix, Brittany, on 23 June 1795.

182 clasps issued for this action, including 2 officers and 4 ratings to the Aquilon.

William Ffarington was born in 1777 the eldest son of the late William. Ffarington, Esq., (of the family of Ffarington, of Worden, co. Lancaster,) by Ann Frances, daughter of Capt. Wm. Nash.

This officer entered the Navy 13 October 1785, as Captain's Servant, on board the Ganges 74, Captain Sir Roger Curtis, on the books of which ship he was borne until December 1787. In June 1792, he joined the Tisiphone, Captain Anthony Hunt, on the Channel station, where he afterwards, until October 1799, served (with the exception of a period of nearly two years, between May 1796, and March, 1798), chiefly as Master's Mate, in the Aquilon and Phoebe frigates, both commanded by Captain Robert Barlow, and Raisonnable 64, Captain Charles Boyle. The Aquilon formed part of the force under Lord Bridport in the action of 23 June 1795. Acquiring the rank of Lieutenant 14 October 1799, Ffarington was appointed in that capacity to the Plover sloop, Captain John Chesshyre, and subsequently, on the West India and Home stations, to the Resolution 74, Captain Alan Gardner, Topaze 36, Captain Stephen G. Church, Carnatic 74, Captain Charles Viniicombe Penrose, Thunderer 74, Captain William Bedford, and Hibernia, Trent, and Ville de Paris, flag-ships of Lord Gardner, to whom he acted as Signal-Lieutenant from February 1806, until promoted to the rank of Commander, 7 May 1808. In February 1804, while on half pay, he was on board one of a fleet of 16 Indiamen, which gallantly beat off a powerful French squadron under Admiral Linois; and in August 1809, unsuccessful in hıs efforts to procure employment, he served in the expedition to the Walcheren. From 22 October 1810, until advanced to Post-rank 18 September 1815, Captain Ffarington commanded the Clio 16, on the Leith station.

In 1846 he was placed on the retired list, on which he became a Rear-Admiral 21 March 1851, a Vice-Admiral 9 July 1857, and retired Admiral 4 October 1863. Admiral Ffarington wore a medal and clasp for Lord Bridport's action, and was a J.P. for co. Hants. He died at Woodvale, Cowes, Isle of Wight, on 4 May 1868.

He married Frances Anne, daughter of Edmund Green, Esq., and has had three sons, (the second, Edmund Francis, a barrister-at-law, of the Middle Temple, and one daughter. His youngest son, Major Richard Atherton Ffarington, H.M. 51st (King's Own) Light Infantry, died 1 April, 1855, at Salford Barracks, Manchester, aged 32.

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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 23rd June 1795 (Robt. Kingwill.) a few light marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £1,000-£1,400 Provenance: Murray Collection, Sotheby’s, May 1926; Waite Sanderson Collection, Glendining’s, November 1941; bought Sotheby’s, January 1972; bought Baldwin, August 1972.

Robert Kingwill is confirmed as a Landsman on board H.M.S. Royal George at Admiral Bridport’s action off Isle de Groix, Brittany, on 23 June 1795.

182 clasps issued for this action, including 26 to the Royal George.

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The Naval General Service medal awarded to Rear-Admiral Colin Campbell, R.N., Master’s Mate aboard H.M.S. Defia fiance under Captain Philip Durham at the battle of Trafalgar, following which he was promoted to Lieutenant Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (Collin Campbell, Master’s Mate.) note spelling of Christian name, fitted with contemporary silver ribbon buckle and original but somewhat distressed ribbon, dark toned, extremely fine £10,000-£14,000 Provenance: Glendining’s, July 1996.

Colin Campbell was born in 1787 at Woodhall, Lanarkshire, the fourth son of Walter Campbell, Esq., of Shawfield and Woodhall, both in the same shire, and of the island of May, co. Argyle.

This officer entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1799, as First-class Volunteer, on board the Anson 44, Captain Philip Charles Durham, with whom he served, latterly as Midshipman, in the same ship, and in the Endymion 40, on the Channel and Mediterranean stations, and off St. Helena and Lisbon, until April, 1802, and contributed to the capture of several privateers and other armed vessels. He then joined in succession the Donegal 74, Captain Richard John Strachan, in the Channel, Glatton 54, Captain James Collnett, whom he accompanied to New South Wales, and Defiance 74, Captain P. C. Durham, in which ship we find him, in 1805, participating, as Master’s Mate, in Sir Robert Calder’s action and in the battle of Trafalgar. Having obtained his first commission, 22 January 1806, Mr. Campbell was next appointed, in the North Sea and West Indies, to the Phoebe 36, Captain James Oswald, and to the Helder, Achates, and Neptune, the latter the flag-ship of Sir Alexander Cochrane. He was confirmed, 22 September 1809, in the command of the Port d’Espagne sloop; and he subsequently served in the Curieux and Drake sloops, and for upwards of 12 months, as Acting-Captain, on the Mediterranean station, of the Freija 36. He was officially posted 28 February 1812, and advanced to Flag-rank 1 October 1846.

He married, in 1827, Harriet, daughter of James Royds, Esq., of Mount Falinge, Lancashire, by whom he has issue four children, of whom the eldest son, James Carter Campbell, is a Midshipman, Royal Navy.

Rear-Admiral Colin Campbell died at Park Cottage, near Uxbridge, on 3 March 1850.

Several of Colin Campbell’s letters home have survived and are now preserved in the archives of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich.

The following letter was written shortly after the battle by Colin to his father, Walter Campbell, sometime Rector of Glasgow University, and gives a vivid eye-witness account of the part played by the Defiance at Trafalgar and over the following days: H.M. Ship “Defiance” Spithead Dec: 3rd 1805 My Dearest Father, I take the first opportunity of a boat going ashore to write and inform you of our safe arrival at Spithead, and that I am alive and hearty after the glorious action of Trafalgar. I was very sorry that I had not the opportunity of writing to you from Gibraltar, but I did not join the "Defiance" there till the Frigate that went to England was underweigh. I hope, my dearest Sir, that you and all my dear friends at Woodhall [the family home, near Airdrie] are and have been quite well. I received that kind and affectionate letter that you were so kind as to write to me, the day before we sailed from Spithead and which gave me most sincere pleasure. I wrote a long letter to Ellie [Colin's sister], to thank her for it, but which I never had the opportunity of sending. I will however send it now to convince her that it was not my fault neglecting to answer such an affectionate letter, and I now return you my kindest thanks for your share of it. I felt much gratified in knowing you approved of my letter. I shall not attempt to give you a description of the Action, as the letters from Admiral Collingwood give a much better account of it than I could. I shall therefore only mention what particularly happened to ourselves.

We joined Lord Nelson, on the 6th October off Cadiz, and nothing particular happened until the 19th when some of the Frigates inshore made the signal that the enemy's fleet were getting underweigh. The signal was instantly made to "chase". We were then a long way off Cadiz and made all sail for it. We did not however expect they were coming out, as they had often before got underweigh only for a few hours. On the 20th the signal was made that the whole of their fleet had put to sea, and that night we spoke to the "Pheobe" [Phoebe, frigate] (about 11 o'clock) who told us that the enemy's fleet were within three miles of us, consisting of 33 sail of the line. We were standing right for them and tacked directly.

At daylight we saw them in a line to leeward of us and the signal was made for a general chase.

We immediately bore up and set studding sails on both sides below and aloft, but it being light winds we did not get near enough to bring them to an Action till after noon. About 12 Lord Nelson made the expressive signal "England expects every man to do his duty", Captain Durham then turned the hands up and made a short, but very expressive speech to the ship's company, which was answered by three cheers.

Everything then being ready - Matches lit - guns double shotted with grape and rounds and decks clear - we piped to dinner, and had a good glass of grog. The "Royal Sovereign" commenced the Action by running right through their line and bringing one of their Three Deckers to close action.

We continued running down till half past one when we began firing, but not before a great many shot had been fired at us and cut our running gear to pieces.

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Single Campaign Medals In ten minutes we got close alongside of the Prince de Esturia's [Principe de Asturias], Spanish Three Decker, and hammered away upon her within pistol shot for three quarters of an hour when not being able to stand the little "Defiance" she bore up before the wind and ran to leeward when we got her stern to us we raked her hotly with plenty of grape and canister. The slaughter on board of her must have been very great.

She ran to leeward and never re-entered the action again. She only killed one man on board of us, the whole of her shot went through our rigging, and over our mastheads. They fired so high that they shot away our Main top-gallant truck, every one of our shot told upon her and made the splinters fly. While engaging her we had a Frenchman [the Aigle] playing away on our bow, so we ran alongside of her, and at 3.10 lashed ourselves to her, where we had it pretty hot, till finding we had silenced her guns. We boarded her and took possession of her Poop and Forecastle. One of our men ran to her masthead - hauled down the French pendant and hoisted an English Ensign and pendant, but her men still keeping up a heavy fire of musketry from her tops and lower deck, and every now and then firing some guns and throwing some stink pots into the ports which killed a number of our men, we recalled the boarders, hauled off within pistol shot, and turned to on her again, every shot of ours going through and through her. About 4 they called for quarter which we instantly gave, and sent a Lieutenant and 20 men to take possession of her. The slaughter on board of her was horrid, the decks were covered with dead and wounded. They never heave their dead overboard in time of action as we do. We had 18 men killed, amongst whom was our 2nd Lieutenant, Boatswain and one Midshipman. Captain Durham was slightly wounded in the leg by a splinter. Four of our Midshipmen were also wounded and 50 men. By 5 the Action was finished and nothing to be seen, but wrecks of masts and yards floating about, and some hundreds of dead bodies.

About this time the "Achille" (French 74) took fire and after burning about 2 hours blew up with a terrible explosion. Many hundreds were in her at the time, many jumped overboard and were drowned. Four French ships (those which Sir Richard Strachan has since taken) made all sail away at this time, none of our ships being in a condition to follow them. Our fore and main mast, bowsprit and all our topmasts were shot through in many places, and all our standing and running rigging cut to pieces. We were all night employed splicing the same. In the morning it came on to blow a gale of wind. The "Aigle" had drifted close into Cadiz; we stood in to take her in tow, and found she had lost all her masts during the night, we found it impossible to take her in tow it blew so hard, and we were obliged to leave her with Lieutenant Purchase [James Purches], a Masters Mate and 12 Seamen on board lying close on the shoals of Trafalgar, and we made all sail to windward. On the 23rd 12 of the enemy's fleet got underweigh and stood out, we expected they were going to give battle again, and formed the line, but they only came out a little way and retook the "St Anna", she being close in we could not afford her any assistance.

On the 25th we attempted to take the "Argonaut" (Spanish Prize) in tow, but there being a very heavy sea, we could not. I was then sent with Lieutenant [Henry] Hargrave, and two other Midshipmen and 20 men to bring her to an anchor, which we did after a good deal of difficulty, there being 600 Spaniards on board, and a good many of them drunk, also her decks full of wounded. It came on to blow a very heavy gale of wind that night and continued to blow harder and harder, till the night of the 26th, when it blew harder than l ever saw it. We did not expect she would ride the night out with us. The Spaniards were terribly frightened, and all turned to, to pray, she gained on us at the pumps fast and the sea broke clean over us. We hove all the Main deck guns overboard and let go the sheet anchor under foot in case the best bow anchor should part[;] about 12 at night the iron tiller broke in two and the rudder knocked about so much, we thought it would knock her stern post in, but about 3 in the morning it broke adrift altogether for which we were very glad. At daybreak we found that our best bow anchor had parted in the night, but the sheet anchor still held on.

We found that all the other hulks had gone ashore in the night. We hoisted a signal of distress and fired several guns, but could not see the "Defiance" anywhere. The two boats we came on board in had both sunk astern on the 25th, on the 26th, the gale abated a little, and the "Donegal" and the "Leviathan" both sent their boats to our assistance. I and 12 men went on board the former, and the Lieutenant and the rest to the latter. I was pretty well off there as I fell in with an old shipmate. The Spaniards were all taken out and the ship soon after sank. I remained in the "Donegal" till the 2nd. She was of great use in getting the men out of the wrecks, and burning those they were likely to get off. While I was on board of her, two French Frigates and a Brig came out to exchange prisoners, and brought out our Lieutenant and seamen who were taken in the "Aigle". They had drifted ashore close to Cadiz when they lay two days on the rocks, the sea running so high they could not leave her. When the weather grew better the Spaniards sent boats to bring them on shore and plenty of mutton for the English Officers. Many of the Frenchmen were drowned who attempted to get on shore before the boats came. Our people were treated with the greatest kindness by the Spaniards, had rooms given them and the key to go out and in when they chose; they were quite sorry to come out in the Frigate as they had got Jack-Asses [i.e. donkeys] ready to go round Gibraltar on, and expected to have a famous cruise. I went in the "Pheobe" to join the "Defiance" who had gone round to Gibraltar with the "Temeraire" in tow. I was not a little glad when I again got on board, and shipped a clean shirt, a luxury I had not enjoyed for some time.

We were at Gibraltar for a few days and then sailed for England. Captain Durham gave me an order to act as Lieutenant, and I did the duty most of the way home. I suppose we shall go into dock directly as our masts and bowsprits are badly wounded, Captain Durham left us yesterday in three weeks leave for London. We arrived too late for me to pass [i.e. for lieutenant] this month so I must wait till next. We have to-day landed 300 prisoners, and now my dearest Sir I think I have told you most of our adventures, which I am afraid you will find much difficulty in reading, but I hope you will excuse all blunders, as I can hardly stir for French Buffers in the Berth. I hope it will not be very long before I have the pleasure of seeing you; I long much to see the old land of "Cakes" again, and all my dearest friends there, I hope you will have the kindness just to write me a few lines, that I may know you are well, I am sure you must be tired reading, I will therefore conclude with my most affectionate love to all at Woodhall, and remain my dearest Papa your Dutiful & truly affectionate Son Colin Campbell P.S. John McLellan is quite well and desires his best respects to you.'

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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (Thomas Saunders.) minor edge nicks, otherwise good very fine £3,000-£4,000 Thomas Saunders is confirmed on the roll as a Private Royal Marines aboard H.M.S. Britannia at the battle of Trafalgar. Two other men of this name are shown on the rolls, one for ‘Mars 21 April 1798’ and ‘Comus 15 Augt 1807’ (this medal held in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich), the other for ‘Algiers’.

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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Martinique (William Worsley.) on original length of riband, and fitted with a contemporary silver top riband bar, decoratively engraved ‘W. Worsley Cr. St. R.Ms.’, edge bruising and light contact marks, nearly very fine £1,000-£1,400 William Worsley served as a Drummer, Royal Marines, in H.M.S. York during the capture of Martinique.

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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Basque Roads 1809 (L. Roberts, Midshipman.) with original ribbon and in named card box of issue with old manuscript note ‘This Medal was handed down to me, I being the oldest Grandson. J. G. Roberts, No. 2 The Green, Mistley,’ toned, extremely fine £1,600-£2,000 Provenance: Purchased Spink N.C., November 1976.

Confirmed on the roll as a Midshipman on board H.M.S. Revenge at Basque Roads.

Lazarus Roberts entered the Navy on 1 June 1804, as First-class Volunteer, on board the Ville de Paris 110, Captains Thomas Le Marchant Gosselin, John Whitby, and George Aldham, bearing the flag in the Channel of Hon. William Cornwallis; under whom he appears to have been present, 22 August 1805, in an attack made upon the French fleet close in with Brest harbour. Being removed, in May 1806, as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in October 1804), to the Montagu 74, Captain Robert Waller Otway, he sailed in that ship with Sir Richard Strachan in pursuit of a French squadron to the West Indies. On subsequently proceeding to the Mediterranean he assisted at the evacuation of Scylla, a fortified rock on the Faro of Messina, the garrison of which was embarked under a smart fire from the Calabrian shore. He also co-operated with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, where he took part in the defence of Gerona, and aided in taking possession of the fortress of Rosas. On his return to England with Captain Otway in the Malta 80, he joined, in December 1808, the Revenge 74, Captain Hon. Charles Paget, part of the force employed in the following year in the expedition to the Walcheren. In June, 1810, he was received on board the Royal William, Captain Robert Hall, lying at Spithead; from May 1811, to January 1815, he served (the last 19 months as Master’s Mate) on board the Zealous 74, Captain Thomas Boys, in the Baltic; and, on 7 February in the latter year, being then at Cork in the Boyne 98, Captain Frederick Lewis Maitland, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. On 30 June 1834 (having had command since 27 June 1831, of the Scout Revenue-cruizer), he obtained charge of a station in the Coast Guard, in which service he remained until appointed, 28 January 1845, for two years and a half, to the Royal Charlotte, another Revenue-vessel. Since 19 June 1847, he has again been in the Coast Guard.

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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Navarino [not entitled] (William Ash) one or two edge bruises, very fine £300-£400 William Ash is confirmed on the roll as being present in the Syria operations in 1840 as a Gunner in the Royal Marine Artillery in H.M.S. Vesuvius, but he was not present at Navarino.

William Ash was born in Carisbrook on the Isle of Wight and enlisted in the Royal Marines at Portsmouth on 11 October 1836, aged 19.

Appointed a gunner, he served in H.M.S. Princess Charlotte (June 1837-April 1838), Termagant (April-July 1838), Pique (August 1838-January 1840) and Vesuvius (October 1840-November 1844). He was discharged from No. 1 Artillery Company at Portsmouth on 9 August 1847, suffering from Exostosis.

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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (William Hawton) minor edge bruise, good very fine

£500-£700

Provenance: Glendining’s, May 1937 and September 1987.

William Hawton served as an Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Implacable during the operations on and off the coast of Syria.

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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 17 June 1795, Camperdown (William Hamlet.) light marks to obverse, otherwise good very fine and scarce £3,000-£4,000 Provenance: Glendining’s, December 1938; Elson Collection, Glendining’s, February 1963; J. J. Barnet Collection; bought Spink N.C., November 1970.

William Hamlet is confirmed on the rolls as Quarter Master on board H.M.S. Triumph at both actions. Only 49 clasps issued for 17 June 1795, ‘Cornwallis’ retreat off Brest’, including 10 to Triumph; 298 clasps issued for the battle of Camperdown 1797, including 23 to Triumph.

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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 17 June 1795, Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801 (Abraham Lowe, Lieut. R.N.) dark toned, nearly extremely fine £5,000-£7,000 Provenance: Glendining’s, November 1956; bought Sotheby’s, June 1984.

Confirmed on the rolls as Lieutenant aboard H.M.S. Triumph at ‘Cornwallis’ retreat off Brest’, 17 June 1795, and in the same rank aboard H.M.S. Thames at the action with the Franco-Spanish Squadron in the Gut of Gibraltar, 12 July 1801.

Only 49 clasps issued for 17 June 1795, including 3 officers and 7 ratings to Triumph; 144 clasps awarded for Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801, including 4 officers and 8 ratings.

Abraham Lowe (whose name had been borne from 1777 to 1779 on the books of the Levant, Capt. George Murray) embarked, in January 1791, as Midshipman (under the auspices of the late Sir Erasmus Gower), on board the London 98, Captain George Blagden Westcott, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Samuel Cranston Goodall in the Channel. In the following October he joined the Edgar 74, Captains Anthony James Pye Molloy and Albemarle Bertie; and on becoming Master’s Mate, in 1792, of the Lion 64, commanded by his patron Sir E. Gower, he sailed with Lord Macartney on his embassy to China, and while there was entrusted with the charge of the Jackal tender. Being promoted, on his return home, to a Lieutenancy, 24 November 1794, in the Triumph 74, Capt. Sir E. Gower, he was present in that ship, which bore the brunt of the enemy’s attack, in Cornwallis’ celebrated retreat of 16 and 17 June 1795. His succeeding appointments, it appears, were – 22 June 1797, to the Diamond 38, Captain Sir Richard John Strachan, on the Channel station – 18 December following to the Neptune 98, Captains Sir E. Gower and James Vashon, in which ship he proceeded to the Mediterranean – 31 July 1800, as Senior, to the Thames 32, Captains William Lukin and Aiskew Paffard Hollis, under the latter of whom (after having witnessed the capture of two privateers carrying between them 32 guns and 287 men, and of L’Aurore national corvette of 16 guns) he bore a part in Sir James Saumarez’ action of 12 July 1801, in the Gut of Gibraltar – in October of the latter year, to the Princess Royal 98, bearing the flag of Sir E. Gower in the Channel – 31 January 1804 (he had been for nearly two years on half-pay), to the command of the Conflict gun-brig in the North Sea – 22 May 1804, to the Isis 50, flag-ship at Newfoundland of Sir E. Gower, who in 1806 authorised him to act as Magistrate and Surrogate for that island – and in July 1807, to the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag of Lord Gambier.

Being First of the latter ship in the ensuing attack upon Copenhagen, Lieutenant Lowe, at the conclusion of the operations, was nominated by his Admiral to the command, 13 October 1807, of the Curlew sloop. This appointment the Admiralty confirmed. From December in the same year, however, until June 1809, Captain Lowe remained unemployed. He then volunteered to serve in the expedition against Walcheren, and his offer being accepted he was entrusted by Sir Richard Strachan with the command of a division of the light flotilla engaged at the bombardment of Camvere, and by his conduct won the admiration of that officer. After the surrender of Camvere and the reduction of the fort of Bammekens, he was employed in cutting off the communication between Flushing and Cadsand; and then assisting Sir Home Popham in sounding and buoying the channels of the West Scheldt for the purpose of enabling the line-of-battle ships and frigates to advance, and of thus aiding the ulterior objects of the expedition – a service performed with much judgment and correctness. During his stay in the Scheldt, Captain Lowe was invested by RearAdmiral William Albany Otway with the charge, in November 1809, of the Sabrina sloop. His next appointments were – 12 January 1810, to the Diligence 16, attached to the force in the Baltic, where he was most actively employed, and effected the capture of three or four Danish privateers – and 12 August 1812, to the Jalouse 18. He served in the latter vessel on the Cork and Jamaica stations until posted 7 June 1814; and with the exception of a few months during the summer of 1815, had command, from 12 January in that year until paid off 19 January 1819, of the Larne 20, among the Western Islands, and in the Channel and West Indies. He accepted the Retirement 1 October 1846.

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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 21 July Boat Service 1801, San Fiorenzo 14 Feby 1805 (William Beck.) a few small edge bruises and marks, otherwise about very fine and rare £9,000-£12,000 Provenance: Glendining’s, May 1970; bought Sotheby’s, 14 November 1979.

William Beck is confirmed on the rolls as a Private Royal Marines aboard H.M.S. Beaulieu at the Boat Service action of 21 July 1801, and in the same rank aboard the San Fiorenzo in her action of 14 February 1805. One other man of this name is shown on the rolls for Navarino.

7 clasps issued for the Boat Service action of 21 July 1801, and 13 clasps issued for San Fiorenzo 14 February 1805, of which 5 are held by various museums.

Cutting out the “Chevrette,” 21 July 1801 DurIng the summer of 1801, by the orders of Vice-Admiral Cornwallis, Commander-in-chief of the Channel fleet, the frigates Doris, Captain C. Brisbane, Beaulieu, Captain S. Poyntz, and Uranie, Captain W. H. Gage, were stationed off Brest harbour to watch the motions of the French and Spanish fleets lying there. In the month of July, the French twenty-gun corvette Chevrette was discovered at anchor under some batteries in Cameret Bay, and the British resolved to attempt to cut her out. On the night of July 20th, the boats of the Doris and Beaulieu manned by volunteers, under the orders of Lieutenant W. Losack, who had been sent by the Admiral from the Ville de Paris, to take the command, set out on the enterprise, but the boats not pulling alike, separated, part returning to the ships, and the others expecting their comrades, lay on their oars till daylight at the entrance of Cameret Bay, where they were seen from the corvette and the shore. The next morning the Chevrette got under weigh, and running more than a mile further up the bay, moored close under some heavy batteries, took on board a body of soldiers, loaded her guns to the muzzle, and stationed a gun-vessel armed with two thirty-six pounders, as a guard boat at the entrance of the bay. Having taken all these precautions against attack, she then displayed in defiance, a French ensign over an English one. This last provocation only made the British more eager for the attack, and at about half-past nine on the night of June 21st, the boats of the three frigates (the Uranie having rejoined) with the barge and pinnace of the Robust seventy-four, numbering in all fifteen, and containing two hundred and eighty officers and men, under the command of Lieutenant Losack, proceeded a second time to attempt to cut out the Chevrette. Soon after they had put off, a boat was seen near the shore, and supposing it to be a look out boat from the corvette, Lieutenant Losack with his own and five other boats gave chase. The remaining boats under the command of Lieutenant R. Maxwell of the Beaulieu, after waiting some time for the return of Lieutenant Losack, and finding he did not rejoin, proceeded alone on the enterprise with about one hundred and eighty officers and men. It was about half-past twelve at night, and the moon was fast sinking below the horizon when the boats reached the entrance of the bay. A half an hour later they were discovered by the Chevrette, who after hailing, opened a heavy fire of grape and musketry upon them, followed by volleys of shot from the batteries on shore. In the face of all this, the British pushed on, the boats of the Beaulieu boarding the ship on her starboard bow and quarter, and the boats of the Uranie, one of the Robust and one belonging to the Doris, on the larboard, in spite of a most obstinate resistance, in which the assailants lost all their fire arms, and with their cutlasses only boarded the enemy. The French fought most desperately, armed with fire arms, swords, pikes, and tomahawks, by which several of the British had their arms cut off in attempting to board. Many of the British were killed and wounded before the boats got alongside, the barge of the Beaulieu was sunk by shot, and during the conflict the enemy more than once boarded the boats. While the fight was hotly maintained on the deck, the top men fought their way aloft, and though the foot ropes were cut or strapped up, in less than three minutes after the ship had been boarded, down came the topsails and courses of the Chevrette, and her cable having been cut, she began drifting out of the bay, under a light breeze. On finding the ship under sail, many of the enemy jumped overboard, others. threw down their arms, but some having fled below, kept up a fire of musketry from the main deck, till they were threatened with no quarter if they continued a useless resistance, when they surrendered. The shore batteries kept up a fire of round and grape till the corvette was beyond their range, and about this time Lieutenant Losack with his six boats joined company, and took command of the prize. The loss of the victors in this daring exploit, considering the enormous odds against them, was not heavy. Lieutenant of Marines J. Sinclair, a midshipman and nine men were killed, one man drowned, and six officers and fifty-one men wounded. The loss of the Chevrette was far greater. Her captain, six officers, and eighty-five seamen and soldiers were killed, and five officers and fifty-seven men wounded. Lieutenant Losack was immediately promoted to the rank of commander, and Lieutenant Maxwell received from the Admiralty promotion to commander's rank, to which his distinguished skill and bravery justly entitled him. The cutting out of the corvette is a deed to be remembered with pride by every British seaman, performed in the presence of the combined fleets of France and Spain, who saw one of their ships captured in a position considered to be almost impregnable.

Capture of the “Psyche” by the “San Fiorenzo,” 14 February 1805 On February 13th, the thirty-six gun frigate San Fiorenzo, Captain H. Lambert, discovered three ships at anchor near Vizagapatam [off Ganjam, Madras]. These were the Psyche, thirty-two, Captain Bergeret, and two sail, her prizes, which immediately weighed and made off, pursued by the San Fiorenzo. After a chase of thirty-six hours, Captain Lambert came up with one of the ships, which he re-captured. Leaving a midshipman in charge of the prize, Lambert stood after the frigate, and her companion, which he found had been the Pigeon, but was now the Equivoque, privateer, of ten guns and forty men, commanded by one of Captain Bergeret's lieutenants. Soon after eight p.m., the San Fiorenzo got within gun shot of the French frigate, and a hot action commenced, the Equivoque occasionally taking a part, which lasted till half-past eleven, p.m., when the San Fiorenzo hauled off to repair her rigging. A half an hour later, Captain Lambert bore up to renew the contest, but just as he was about to reopen fire, a boat came from the Psyche to say that from motives of humanity Captain Bergeret had surrendered, though he might have continued the action much longer. On boarding the captured ship the cause of her striking was evident. Her second Captain, two lieutenants, and fifty-four men lay dead on her deck, and seventy officers and men were wounded. The San Fiorenzo had a midshipman and eleven men killed, and her master, two officers, and thirty-three men wounded. Though nominally, almost of equal force, the San Fiorenzo was a larger vessel than the Psyche, and the weight of her broadside almost double that of her opponent.

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Single Campaign Medals Sold by Order of the Family 492

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, Lissa, Pelagosa 29 Novr. 1811, The Potomac 17 Aug 1814 (St. J. Swayne, Surgeon, R. N.) original ribbon, light scratches to Queen’s bust, otherwise toned, nearly extremely fine £8,000-£10,000 The Douglas-Morris published roll confirms Swayne as Surgeon aboard Volage at Lissa, aboard Active at Pelagosa, and aboard Seahorse for the boat service action. He is additionally shown as being verified aboard Seahorse but not on roll for ‘The Potomac 17 Aug 1814’.

Note: Another medal named ‘S. J. Swayne, Surgn.’ with 3 clasps, Lissa, Pelagosa 29 Novr. 1811, and 14 Dec. Boat Service 1814, was sold at Sotheby’s in October 1982, and as part of the Dr A. L. Lloyd Collection at Bonhams in October 2013. This Sotheby/Bonhams medal has an obverse die type ‘C’ whereas the ‘Potomac’ medal catalogued above has an obverse die type ‘B’ and claim reference number 72/3 which conforms almost exclusively to the Lissa (Gold Medal) action N.G.S. issued in 1848. It is not possible to say how this confusion arose over the two American action clasps, both of which he would appear to be entitled to, but it can be stated with certainty that the ‘B’ type medal with the Potomac clasp was the first one issued to him and that he should probably have received a medal with four clasps.

Stephen Jennings Swayne was born circa 1782 and first saw service as an Assistant Surgeon aboard H.M.S. Agincourt from 25 May 1805, becoming Surgeon on 11 May 1807. He joined Volage on 22 July 1807, and was present in this vessel in the action at Lissa on 13 March 1811. In June 1811 he became Surgeon aboard Active, Captain James Alexander Gordon, under whom he was destined to serve for the next few years. He was present at the capture of the French frigate Pomone on 29 November 1811 (also known as the ‘2nd action off Lissa’), on which occasion Captain Gordon lost his leg. According to a letter written by one of Active’s officers, ‘He was standing on a shot-rack, and leaning on the capstan, when a 36-pound shot came in through a port-hole, grazed the carriage of a carronade, took off a seaman’s leg, and struck the Captain on the knee-joint, carrying all off as if it had been done with a knife, and leaving the leg hanging by the tendons.’ The First Lieutenant of Active shortly afterwards lost an arm which, together with other casualties, would have kept Surgeon Swayne quite busy.

In September 1812 Swayne followed Captain Gordon into his next command, the 38 gun frigate Seahorse, in which, after cruizing for some time in the Channel, making a voyage also to South America, and effecting the destruction, 13 November 1813, of Le Subitile privateer, of 16 guns and 72 men, he joined Sir Alexander Cochrane in the Chesapeake. On 17 August 1814, Captain Gordon, with a squadron under his orders consisting, besides the Seahorse, of the Euryalus 36, Devastation, Aetna, and Meteor bombs, Erebus rocket-vessel, and Anna Maria tender, entered the river Potomac. After ten days of unequalled labour, during which the British were constantly impeded by shoals and contrary winds, and every ship in the squadron grounded not less than 20 times, they reached and attacked Fort Washington; the which, together with a battery on the beach, a martello tower, and a battery in the rear, containing in the whole 21 heavy cannon and 6 field-pieces, fell into their possession. The city of Alexandria, having thus lost its only defence, was, on the next day, the 29th, forced to capitulate on the most humiliating terms.

Following the success of the Potomac operations, Swayne was present in the subsequent operations on the coast of America, including the capture of the American flotilla on Lake Borgne, ‘where the boats suffered severely.’ After the Peace, Swayne again followed Captain Gordon into the Madagascar, November 1815 to the end of September 1816, and the Meander, November 1816 to March 1817, the latter of which was all but lost in terrific storms off Orfordness in December 1816. He served afterwards in the Nimrod, March 1817 to June 1818, and Liffey until February 1819 when, on the 19th of that month, he once again joined Captain Gordon in the re-commissioned Active, in which ship he remained until May 1821. His later appointments are illegible on his service details until August 1833, when he joins the Ocean, and finally aboard the Howe from August 1835 until 7 October 1840. He was promoted to Deputy Inspector of Hospitals on 19 December 1840, was afterwards a J.P. for Kent and died at Rochester, Kent, on 28 September 1853.

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The interesting Small Gold Medal awarded to Major Richard Archdall, 1/40th Foot, whose initiative at a critical point in the battle of Salamanca was highly praised, when he ordered the right of the Regiment to deploy into line, described by the historian Napier as “a wing of the 40th wheeling about with a rough charge,” whereby two French columns were attacked with the bayonet and forced to retire in confusion. Archdall was a notoriously strict disciplinarian who was cashiered following a General Court Martial in July 1813, ‘for habitual use of intemperate and improper language toward his officers, combined with violent and illegal exaggeration of punishments on his men. It was his pleasant habit to serve up several small sentences pronounced on one of the rank and fil file, and then infli flict them all at once’ Field Officer’s Small Gold Medal, for Salamanca (Major R. Archdall) lacking gold ribbon buckle, suspension post neatly repaired and fitted with replacement lunettes, small edge bruise and chip to obverse lunette, otherwise good very fine £8,000-£10,000 Richard Archdall was appointed Major in the 40th Regiment on 21 August 1806 (vice Thompson). He served on Malta and Minorca, and in the Peninsula from August to November 1808, and again from April 1810 to July 1813. He was present at the battles of Roliça, Vimiera, Busaco, 1st siege of Badajoz, and Redihna. Archdall commanded the 1/40th Foot from May 1812 until January 1813, and was present at the combat of Castrejon, 18 July 1812 (despatches), and the battles of Salamanca (Gold Medal) and Vittoria.

At Salamanca on the afternoon of 22 July 1812, the 1/40th were part of Anson’s 1st Brigade in the 4th Division when they left the hill that they had occupied in the morning and in its advance the division inclined rather to the right creating a space between them and the town of Arapiles which the enemy attempted to exploit. Seeing this Major Archdall commanding the 40th ordered the right of the Regiment to deploy into line, described by historian Napier as “a wing of the 40th wheeling about with a rough charge”. Two French columns were attacked with bayonet which forced them to retire in confusion. Archdall was made brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on 17 August 1812, but this honour was short lived as he was court martialled and cashiered on 22 July 1813, but allowed to retire by the sale of his commission. The circumstances of the case were as follows: ‘Trials of superiors for persistent oppression of inferiors are not so numerous as those of inferiors for insubordinate action or language to superiors. The most notable one is that of Colonel Archdall, of the 40th, in 1813, cashiered for habitual use of intemperate and improper language toward his officers, combined with violent and illegal exaggeration of punishments on his men. It was his pleasant habit to save up several small sentences pronounced on one of the rank and file, and then inflict them all at once; also to pronounce and execute on his own authority, and without a trial, punishments which ought by all rules to have been awarded only by a proper regimental court martial. There mere, as several contemporary diaries reveal to us, other cases of tyrannical commanding officers, but this was considered the most shocking instance of the kind, and was the only one which led to the summary removal from the army of an officer so high in rank as a colonel’(Courts Martial of the Peninsular War, Prof. C. Oman, April 1912, refers).

Archdall afterwards rejoined the army as a Cornet in the 3rd Dragoons; exchanged to the 17th Regiment, 25 October 1821, and was placed on half-pay, 25 December 1822. He died at Derby in 1829.

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Single Campaign Medals 494

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (H. Grief, 1st Foot Guards) fitted with a contemporary top silver riband buckle, good very fine £600-£800 Provenance: Glendining’s, November 1927; Cattley Collection, Glendining’s, September 1955.

Hamlet Grief served in Captain Tread’s Company in the 3rd Battalion, 1st Foot Guards.

495

Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Nivelle, Nive (J. Cooms, 62nd. Foot.) clasp carriage altered, with backstraps removed and traces of brooch mounting to side of carriage, lacquered, edge bruise, very fine £500-£700 Provenance: Lord Chelysmore Collection, Glendining’s, July 1930.

Medal roll states: ‘Late Pension claim as Jonas Combe.’

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Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor (Malcolm McDougal, 79th Foot.) two edge bruises, otherwise very fine £1,400-£1,800 Malcolm McDougal was born at Greenock, Renfrew, and was enlisted for the 79th Foot at Irvine, Lanarkshire, on 19 December 1804, aged 18, for unlimited service. He was discharged at Glasgow on 6 February 1826, having served for 21 years 50 days. He ‘served at the Battles of Busaco & Fuentes D’Onor, in Sieges of Copenhagen, Flushing, and Cadiz - Campaigns of Spain & Portugal in 1808 & 09, Flushing in 1809, Spain & Portugal in 1811, and in France in 1815, 16, 17, and 18.’

497

The Peninsula War Medal awarded to Sergeant Joseph Cowan, 95th Foot, Rifle fles, who was wounded at the storming of Buenos Ayres in 1807, at Vimiera in 1808, and possibly also at Corunna in 1809, a fin fine award to one of Craufurd’s Light Division Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Vimiera, Corunna, Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Orthes, Toulouse (J. Cowan, Serjt. 95th Foot, Rifles.) small edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £4,000-£5,000 Provenance: Sotheby’s, September 1957; Robin Scott-Smith Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, July 2019.

A unique combination of clasps to a 9-clasp medal.

Joseph Cowan was born in the Parish of Mossley, Akebank, Whitehaven, Cumberland, in about 1775. He served 5 years 6 months as a Private in the Angus-shire Fencibles, being discharged at Cookstown, County Tyrone, on 10 July 1800, having volunteered to serve in a regiment of the line.

He joined the Rifle Corps (which became the 95th Foot on 25 December 1802) on the following day, serving in Captain Campbell’s Company until 1805 and afterwards in Captain Smith-Ramage’s Company until 1808. He served with the expedition to South America in 1807 and was wounded at the storming of Buenos Ayres, arriving back home in November 1807. In August 1808 he arrived in Portugal and took part in the battle of Vimiera, and the retreat and subsequent battle of Corunna. His papers record that he was wounded at Vimiera and, though barely legible, it goes on to mention the battle of Corunna so it is possible that he was also wounded there. It continues to state that ‘he served under the Duke of Wellington during the whole of the Peninsula War.’ Due to the rigours of the Corunna campaign, Cowan returned home in January 1809 and went into hospital at Portsmouth until 24 March and remained on the sick list until the following month. He returned to Portugal in June 1809, landing at Lisbon on the 28th. On the 28th July, Cowan was one of the men of the Light Division who, under the command of General Robert Craufurd, left Calzada, Spain, and marched for Talavera to the aid of Sir Arthur Wellesley, covering 45-50 miles during the heat of the Spanish summer, most men carrying around 60lbs of equipment.

Cowan was in hospital from December 1810 to March 1811, and was then a convalescent at Belem until 1 April 1811. For the remainder of the Peninsula war, the muster rolls show Cowan with various company officers like Charles Beckwith and Captain Johnstone. Cowan was not present at Waterloo, probably serving at home in the depot. He was discharged on 27 October 1818, ‘being twice wounded, old, worn out and subject to scorbutic affliction of his leg.’ He was then aged 43, a cordwainer by trade, and subsequently awarded a pension.

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Honourable East India Company Medal for Seringapatam 1799, gold, 48mm, Soho Mint, 59.61g, unmounted, a magnificent original striking, minor marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine and extremely rare £14,000-£18,000 Provenance: Purchased Glendining’s, April 1971.

Only 30 medals struck in gold.

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Honourable East India Company Medal for Seringapatam 1799, gold, 45mm, Calcutta Mint, 41.70g, unmounted, an original striking but showing the start of a die crack in obverse exergue and minor signs of die deterioration, otherwise nearly extremely fine and very rare £12,000-£16,000 Provenance: Purchased Seaby, July 1978.

Only 83 struck in gold.

On the return to Bengal of the native troops belonging to that Presidency who had been in service in Southern India, and were present at Seringapatam - viz. the 10th Native Infantry, three battalions of Volunteers, and detachments of Artillery Lascars - the Commander-in-Chief suggested that Government should mark their approbation of the distinguished services of those corps by the bestowal of a medal as on former occasions. The Governor-General concurred, and General Orders were published granting medals to the native ranks of the troops in question, gold medals for the native officers and silver medals for the other ranks. In this respect therefore the Bengal native soldiers were far more highly favoured than any of the other troops, European or Native, who served in the campaign. The manufacture of the medals was entrusted to the Calcutta Mint and carried out in 1808, a total of 83 being struck in gold and 2786 in silver.

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Honourable East India Company Medal for Seringapatam 1799, silver-gilt, 48mm, Soho Mint, pierced with wire loop straight bar suspension bar suspension, nearly extremely fine and scarce £1,000-£1,400 Only 185 medals issued in silver-gilt.

x 501

Waterloo 1815 (Thomas Fergus, 2nd or R.N. Brit. Reg. Drag.) fitted with replacement silver loop and silver bar suspension, naming retouched with engraving tool to enhance clarity but not renamed, solder mark on obverse at 12 o’clock, otherwise nearly very fine £3,000-£4,000 Thomas Fergus was born at Paisley and resided at Glasgow. He served in Captain Payne’s No. 2 Troop at Waterloo and was wounded in the head. At the time of his discharge he was aged 66 with a total service of 10 years plus 2 years additional for Waterloo and applied for a pension on 23 September 1851, in respect of his wounded head at Waterloo.

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Single Campaign Medals 502

Waterloo 1815 (John Bull, 3rd Batt. Grenad. Guards.) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, very fine

£1,400-£1,800

John Bull was born at Calne, Wiltshire, and enlisted for the Grenadier Guards at Beckington, Somerset, on 8 July 1813, aged 19 years, a weaver by trade. He served in Lieutenant-Colonel Stable’s company at Waterloo and was discharged on 7 July 1820, time expired.

x 503

Waterloo 1815 (John M’Lachlan, 1st Bat. 92nd Highlanders.) fitted with replacement silver clip and bar suspension, edge bruising and polished, otherwise nearly very fine £2,400-£2,800 John McLachlan is confirmed on the Waterloo roll as a Private in Captain Robert Winchester’s Company. He is recorded in the regimental muster roll for Waterloo as having enlisted on 5 November 1811, and as having been wounded at Waterloo.

504

Waterloo 1815 (Corp. Christo H. ... 2nd Reg. Light Drag. K.G.L.) fitted with replacement steel clip and small ring suspension, surname erased, polished and worn, good fine £400-£500 505

St. Jean d’Acre 1840, bronze, unnamed as issued, pierced as issued with small ring suspension, very fine

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£100-£140

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New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (472. Isaac Etchills, 70th. Foot.) good very fine

£300-£400

Isaac Etchills (also recorded as Etchells) served with the 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot in New Zealand from 1863 to 1865, being discharged on conclusion of his period of limited engagement.

x 507

Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Chilianwala (C. Egelton, 24th Foot.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £500-£700 Charles Egelton was born at Swindon, Wiltshire, and enlisted into the 21st Fusiliers at Bath on 21 December 1842, aged 20 years 3 months. He volunteered to the 24th Foot on 1 November 1847, and served with that regiment until discharged on 8 October 1861, when it is stated ‘he is in possession of Four Good Conduct Badges - Served with the Army of the Punjab in 1848/49. Battles of Sadoolapore, Chillianwalla and Goojerat Sabre Cut on left shoulder at Chillianwalla, & is in possession of Medal and two Clasps for Punjab Campaign.’

Medal roll confirms entitlement to clasps Chilianwala and Goojerat.

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508

Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued, minor edge nicks, nearly extremely fine

£100-£140

509

Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued, suspension post re-pinned, edge bruising, good very fine

£80-£100

510

Crimea 1854-56, no clasp (377.. William. Williams. 1. B. S.F. Guards.) depot impressed naming, suspension claw re-affixed, with the medals pierced and plugged at 12 o’clock (having been perhaps worn on a fob chain), severe edge bruising and worn overall, therefore fine £80-£100 William Williams was present in operations before Sebastopol in the 1st Battalion, Scots Fusilier Guards, and was accordingly entitled to the clasp; he appears to have changed his regimental number from ‘3775’ to ‘3672’.

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Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Alma (Private Robt. Drew Grenr. G...) contemporarily engraved naming, contact marks that has partially obscured naming, polished and worn, therefore fine £200-£240 Robert Drew was born in Bliney, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, in 1828 and attested for the Grenadier Guards in King’s Lynn on 2 January 1849, he served with the 3rd Battalion in the Crimea, and was wounded in the right thigh at the Battle of the Alma on 20 September 1854. He was discharged on account of this wound on 18 January 1859, after 10 years and 17 days’ service; in later life he was a regular attender at the various dinners organised by the King’s Lynn and District Crimean War and Indian Mutiny Veterans’ Association, and it is likely that he was one of those veterans that paraded in front of H.M. King Edward VII on the lawn at Sandringham House on 25 May 1907 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Indian Mutiny.

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Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Alma (F. Spooner. Coldstream Gds.) officially impressed naming, edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £240-£280 Frederick Spooner was born in Bungay, Suffolk, in 1827 and attested for the Coldstream Guards on 16 August 1844. He served with the Regiment in the Crimea, and was present at the Battle of the Alma, 20 September 1854. In the aftermath of the battle, the Regiment was employed in a flank march towards Balaclava, and it was during this march, at Mackenzie’s Farm, on 25 September 1854, that he died, presumably by heat stroke/ exhaustion brought on by the arduous conditions of the march, as recorded by Sergeant W. McMillan in his diary: ‘One poor fellow named Spooner died on the march, not far from where we halted. He was subject to fits and the pioneers dug a hole and put him in, that was the last of him poor man.’

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513

A confir firmed Heavy Brigade charger’s Crimea Medal awarded to Private William Willson, 5th Dragoon Guards, who was severely wounded at Balaklava, 25 October 1854 Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Balaklava (William Willson 5th Dragoon Guards) contemporarily engraved naming in running script, minor edge bruise, otherwise very fine £500-£700 William Willson is confirmed on the casualty roll compiled from the London Gazette of 16 December 1854, as having been severely wounded at Balaklava, 25 October 1854. Also entitled to Sebastopol clasp. The musters show that he was effective from the 1st October to 31st December, 1854. The 5th Dragoons had 2 men killed, and 2 officers and 9 men wounded at Balaklava.

514

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Chas. Jacobs. Ord.) officially impressed naming, traces of brooch mounting to obverse, with suspension re-affixed and retaining rod loose; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued; Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., Circular issue, 2nd ‘Coronation robes’ issue (Alfred Thomas Sheldon.) edge bruising to first, good fine and better (3) £120-£160 Two Ordinary Seaman with the name Charles Jacobs are recorded as receiving officially impressed Crimea Medals – one to a man in H.M.S. Rodney (entitled to the single clasp Sebastopol), and one to a man in H.M.S. Wasp (entitled to the clasps Inkermann and Sebastopol). The man in Wasp was slightly wounded on 25 July 1855 whilst serving ashore with the Naval Brigade.

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Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lieut. H. B. Preston. 88th Regt.) officially impressed naming, lightly polished, otherwise good very fine £600-£800 Horatio Berthon Preston was baptised on 23 June 1837 in St Peter and St Nicholas parish, Liverpool. He was the son of William Robert Preston (landowner and partner in the engineering firm Fawcett, Preston and Co in Liverpool) and Ellen Sarah Preston (née Berthon), of Minstead Lodge, New Forest, Hampshire. A Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned into the 88th Foot on 11 August 1854, and promoted to Lieutenant on 8 Deccember 1854. He deployed with his battalion to Crimea and fought in the Crimean War including the battles of Alma on 20 September 1854, and Inkerman on 5 November 1854. He was killed at Sebastopol on 14 April 1855, by a rifle shot from a sniper while superintending the repair of a parapet. Aged 17 years, he was buried in the Second Brigade, Light Division cemetery.

He is also commemorated on a memorial plaque in All Saints Church, Church Lane, Minstead, Hampshire: "Sacred to the memory of Lieutenant H. B. Preston. 88th (Connaught Rangers) who fell while doing his duty in the trenches before Sebastopol on the 14th April 1855. This is erected by his brother officers as a testimony of sincere regret for the loss of a young and gallant comrade."

His brother Lieutenant George Berthon Preston, 97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot, was also killed during the Crimean War and is commemorated on the same memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel at Sandhurst.

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Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Alma, Inkermann (((William Ferguson. 3822. 2nd .. att. R.B.) engraved naming, traces of old broochmounting to reverse, worn overall, fine £140-£180 William Ferguson was born in the parish of in Abbey Paisley, Renfrewshire on 1 November 1837 and enlisted in the 71st Regiment in March 1853. Having then transferred to the Rifle Brigade, he served with the 2nd Battalion during the Crimean War, and was present at the Battles of the Alma and Inkermann, and was wounded on 10 August 1855.

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Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Alma, Sebastopol (Serjt. R. Bridgeland. 2nd Batn. Rifle fle Brigde.) officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £400-£500 Sergeant R. Bridgeman was killed in action in the First Attack on the Redan, 18 June 1855 (London Gazette 3rd July, and 9th July, 1855, refers).

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A Heavy Brigade Crimea medal awarded to Private J. Singleton, 6th Dragoons, who died at Scutari on 6 June 1855 Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann (J. Singleton. 6th Dragoons.) officially impressed naming, lugs unpierced on top clasp as issued, although entitled to Sebastopol clasp which would have been sent separately, good very fine £500-£700 John Singleton was born at Chard, Somerset, date unknown, and enlisted into the 6th Dragoons on 10 December 1845. He died of disease at Scurari on 6 June 1855. The musters show he was effective from 1 October to 3 December 1854. He is listed in the latest reconstructed list of ‘Chargers’ as ‘Probably rode in the Charge’, and indeed most members of the Heavy Brigade who were entitled to the Balaklava clasp, in the absence of any evidence or status details to the contrary, did take part in the charge.

519

Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Lieut. Richard Johns) contemporary engraved naming, second clasp loose on original silk riband, good very fine £300-£400 Richard Johns was born at Stoke, Plymouth in July 1831 and was commissioned in the Royal Marines as a Second Lieutenant in February 1849. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Queen from July 1852 until his death in August 1856, in which period he witnessed active service in the Royal Marine Brigade in the Crimea, including operations before Sebastopol and, unusually, Balaklava. As cited by Lord Raglan in a related despatch, the marines and other units besides the cavalry and 93rd Highlanders occupied ‘the plain in front of the heights above and before Balaklava, so as to cover our communications with that place.’; his Medal and clasp are verified in ADM 171/23 and 171/27.

H.M.S. Queen departed the Crimea in June 1856 and, via Malta and Gibraltar, arrived at Plymouth at the end of July. Sadly, as few days later – on 4 August 1856 – the ship’s log recorded Johns’ death: ‘hoisted Colours half-mast and sent the body of Lieutenant Johns, R.M., deceased, to hospital.’

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Single Campaign Medals 520

A confir firmed Heavy Brigade charger’s Crimea Medal awarded to Private William Jackson, 2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys) who was severely wounded at Balaklava and was presented to King Edward VII in 1903 as one of the last surviving ‘chargers’ Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Balaklava, Sebastopol (W. Jackson. 2nd Dragns.) officially impressed naming, lugs removed from top clasp, contact marks and heavy edge bruising but naming unaffected, otherwise nearly very fine £800-£1,000 William Jackson was born in West Church, Edinburgh, about 1834. A labourer by trade, he enlisted into the 2nd Dragoons on 8 March 1854 in Edinburgh. He had joined just in time for the Crimean War as the regiment sailed for the Crime in July, landing in September. Due to the well documented incompetence of the stores and administration, the regiment was without tents for the first three weeks after landing, as well as losing a great number of men to cholera. Jackson was severely wounded at Balaklava, 25 October 1854, during the charge of the Heavy Brigade.

The large force of Russians occupied the outlying redoubts on the Woronzoff Road. The British cavalry took up positions in the North and South Valleys, either side of the Causeway Heights. The 750 men of the Heavy Brigade were in the South Valley and the Light Brigade, in the North Valley. The Heavy Brigade advanced along the lower slopes of the Causeway Heights and halted whilst the Russian cavalry division advanced from the top of the Heights, both being unbeknown to the other. When the two forces sighted each other, the ‘Heavies' took the time to form to face their enemy, whilst the Russians, instead of taking advantage of their elevated position and charging downhill, halted and fired a volley with their carbines when the 'Heavies' charged up the slope into them. The Scot's Greys were in the front rank with the Inniskillings and penetrated into the centre of the Russian massed cavalry. A general cavalry melee ensued, with the Horse Artillery firing into the enemy flank. Though the Russians heavily outnumbered the British cavalry. they were no match for the 'Heavies' and retreated, having suffered heavy casualties. The Scots Greys casualties were about 50 at this stage, with Jackson recorded as severely wounded, later newspaper accounts record him as 'receiving several wounds.’ These may have been from the carbine fire but most probably from sword cuts from the Russian cavalrymen. Jackson survived his injuries to be discharged on 19 March 1863,aged 29 years. Jackson was presented to King Edward VIl at Edinburgh in May 1903, as a Balaklava veteran.

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Single Campaign Medals 521

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (A. Horne. Gr. & Dr. 12th Btn. Rl. Arty.) , officially impressed naming, good very fine £240-£280 [John] A. Horne served as a Gunner and Driver in No. 4 Company, 12th Battalion, Royal Artillery and died of dysentery on 3 August 1855.

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522

Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed as issued, pierced as issued and fitted with a replacement small ring suspension, pawn-broker’s mark to obverse, minor edge bruising, good very fine £100-£140

523

Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, fitted with rings for suspension, very fine

524

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Ensn J. H. E. Johnson, 26th Regt. M.N.I.) fitted with a contemporary top silver £260-£300 riband buckle, minor edge nicks, good very fine

£60-£80

John Hugh Edward Johnson was appointed an Ensign in the 26th Madras Native Infantry in December 1852 and quickly witnessed active service in the Pegu operations. Advanced to Lieutenant in the 2nd European Regiment of Light Infantry in April 1856, he transferred to the Madras Staff Corps in September 1866. Advanced Major in December 1872 and Lieutenant-Colonel in December 1878, he died in Madras in January 1880, after taking an accidental overdose of choral hydrate.

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525

The India General Service Medal awarded to Lieutenant L. H. Chisholm, 40th Bengal Native Infantry, who died on active service in the Pegu campaign on 16 May 1853 India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Lieutt. L. H. Chisholm. 40th Regt. N.I.) good very fine

£240-£280

Loudon Hastings Chisholm , a scion of the Clan Macrae, was baptised at Kilmorack, Inverness on 1 October 1825. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Bengal Army in January 1848, he was subsequently advanced to Lieutenant in the 40th Bengal Native Infantry. His regiment was actively employed at the storming of Rangoon on 14 April 1852, when it advanced with elements of the 18th Royal Irish and 80th Foot over 800 yards of open ground, notwithstanding a deadly fire under which many officers and men became casualties.

Chisholm’s regiment suffered losses of four killed and eleven wounded on that occasion and he himself died on active service in Rangoon on 16 May 1853.

526

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (Surgeon C. W. Allport Medl. Staff.) good very fine

£140-£180

Charles William Allport was born in Cork, Ireland on 24 March 1859, where he qualified in medicine in 1882. Appointed a Surgeon in the Army Medical Department in July 1886, he was embarked for India and witnessed active service in Burma in 1887-89 as a member of the Bengal Presidency Medical Staff. He subsequently served as Medical Officer in Charge of Infantry at Valetta, Malta in 1896-99, in which period he was advanced to Major in the R.A.M.C. and twice embarked for the U.K. on sick leave. He witnessed further active service in the Boer War in 1899 -1902, when he was present in operations in the Transvaal, Cape Colony and the Orange River Colony (Queen’s South Africa Medal with three clasps, and King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps).

Allport was placed on the Retired List as a Major in July 1906 and died in Great Yarmouth in February 1933.

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527

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89, bronze issue, naming largely erased; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, bronze issue (Driver Hakim Singh. 1st Patiala I.S. Infy.) contact marks, nearly very fine and better (2) £100-£140

x 528

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (1111 Sepoy Bishen Singh Rangoon Mily. Police Bn.) suspension loose, polished and worn, therefore fine, scarce to unit £100-£140

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Single Campaign Medals 529

The outstanding Indian Mutiny medal to the “Father” of the Indian Civil Service, George Dundas Turnbull, described in a letter entered as evidence at the trial of the King of Delhi as a ‘Pestilent fellow’, later riding gallantly with the Khakee Resala and only avoiding the Massacre of Cawnpore by failing to fil file reports on time, thus adding some three-score years to his life Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (G. D. Turnbull. Civil Service) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, minor edge nick, otherwise extremely fine £800-£1,000 The following obituary from The Times of 7 October 1914 is headlined, “Father” of the I.C.S. - some relevant additions have been inserted: George Dundas Turnbull was born on 20 October 1820, at Kensington, London, son of Montague Henry Turnbull, Senior Judge of the Provincial Courts of Appeal and Circuit for the Division of Calcutta, later Puisne Judge of the Courts of Sudder Dewanny and Nizamu Adawluts, and his wife Elizabeth Ann neé Colvin. His Grandfather was Walter Turnbull, Surgeon, Honourable East India Company.

He passed out of Haileybury in 1838 and joined the Service the following year and was posted to the North West Provinces. His attestation papers are signed by a relative D. Colvin.

His memory thus went back to the time when every villager in India went armed, and when Raises, or landed gentry, lived in mud forts surrounded by bamboo jungle or by swamps, and sallied forth in tarnished cloth of gold on piebald prancing horses, followed by a rout of swaggering moustachioed match-lock men.

Appointed 1842, Assistant to the Magistrate and Collector of Azimghur and to exercise powers of Joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector of the said district. Appointed 1846, Joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector Azimghur. Appointed 1851, Joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector Seharunpore.

He was appointed Magistrate and Collector at Bulundshahur in 1852 and promoted in the spring of 1857 to the Judgeship of Cawnpore, but a heavy arrears of criminal and revenue decisions to write up delayed his departure. Brand Sapte, his successor, insisted he stay with Turnbull to clear the file records; therefore the bursting of the storm at Meerut, the headquarters of an adjacent district, found him, not with the Europeans at Cawnpore, fated to treacherous massacre, but at Bulundshahur, where beside Sapte there were only Alfred Lyall and Mr Melville.

The district was soon in anarchy. While Sapte was for retirement to Meerut to join the European forces there Turnbull, who knew the district and people intimately, was for holding out. Extra police were raised and with the assistance of well-disposed landowners and men on leave from the cavalry regiments, strong patrolling parties were organised, By this means refugees from Delhi on their way to Meerut were saved and some order was maintained. Eventually, after an attack on the town by a large body of Gujars, the Europeans went to Meerut, but Turnbull returned to Bulundshahur and had charge of the district for some weeks making flying excursions to the districts of Dadree and Secunderabad with such troops as could be spared and greatly hampering the predatory designs of the rebels. Returning to Meerut he joined the Meerut Volunteer Horse, behaving most gallantly before ill health forced him to retire to Mussoorie.

From his first hand knowledge of the facts Sir Alfred Lyall always held that the C.B. awarded to Sapte should have gone to Turnbull but Turnbull's reluctance to write reports repeatedly stood in the way of official favour and advancement. He was serving as the Officiating Commissioner of Agra when the Collector of Muttrah, Charles Grant, called for the destruction of the pariah dogs to be destroyed in the birthplace of Krishna.

Protesting Bunnias and other orthodox Hindu's caused such heated demonstrations that the Viceroy contacted the Lieutenant-Governor who in turn contacted Turnbull. Turnbull quelled the disturbances but failed to report to his superiors the outcome resulting in both Turnbull and Grant being reduced in grading, thus denying Turnbull's promotion to Commissioner. Turnbull ended his days as a Judge of Meerut and retired from the service in 1874.

He was thanked by the Government for his good service during the mutiny.

Tragically his brother Frederick Henry was killed at the massacre of Jhansi on 8 June 1857, while serving with the artillery.

In Memorials of Old Haileybury College, Appendix A, is a court transcript entered in evidence at the trial of the King of Delhi, from Jawahir Singh to the King in which he states that the districts of Allygarh to Babugarh and Seharanpore to Agra are ready for the taking. They have large treasuries but the King must act quickly or all would be lost.

He further states: ‘There is not a man of the whole English Army throughout the entire Doab to oppose a single regiment of your Majesty's. There is only one, Turnbull, a pestilent fellow, who, with the Joint Magistrate, is creating a disturbance and zealously exerting himself at Bulundshahur in raising men and collecting and furnishing information.’

Turnbull married Eliza Henrietta Grindall on 21 October 1850, at Allahabad and had issue Rivers Montagu 1855-1927; Helen Frances Leslie 1858 -1920; Frederick Grindall 1859-84; and Lillian Henrietta Jane 1865-1940.

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Single Campaign Medals 530

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (2956 Corpl. John Parker. 52nd. Foot) a post-1873 later issue with later impressed naming, good very fine £180-£220

531

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Serjt. Major C. Johnstone, 2nd Bn. Rifle fle Bde.) nearly extremely fine

532

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Lucknow, Central India (Serjt. Thos. Hathaway, 2nd Bn. Rifle fle Bde.) nearly extremely fine £300-£400

£300-£400

Thomas Hathaway enlisted at Warwick on 25 May 1854, aged 22 years. He served with the 2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, at the siege of Sebastopol during the Crimean War. He then took part in the Lucknow operations during the Indian Mutiny, later being posted to Ross’s Camel Corps and earned the Central India clasp with that unit in the pursuit of the rebel leader Tantia Topee. During these operations he was accidentally drowned on 25 February 1859.

Hathaway appears on two different medal rolls for his Mutiny service. He is shown on the 2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade roll for the clasp ‘Lucknow’, and on the short roll of 6 officers and 51 other ranks for the ‘Central India’ clasp for his service with the Camel Corps.

533

Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (358. Gunner. H. Thurlow. 10th. B’de. R.A.) officially impressed £240-£280 naming, extremely fine

x 534

Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Sgt. J. Campbell, 10th. R. Regt.) officially impressed naming, about extremely fine £260-£300 James Campbell served as a Sergeant with the 10th Royal Regiment of Toronto Volunteers from 8 March to 22nd June 1866 at Toronto and on the Niagara Frontier.

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x 535

Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Bglr, J. A. Ridley, 10th. R. Regt.) officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £260-£300 John A. Ridley served as a Bugler with the 10th Royal Regiment of Toronto Volunteers and was present at the Battle of Ridgeway, in the vicinity of Fort Erie, on 2 June 1866.

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x 536

Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Red River 1870, an unnamed specimen, minor edge nicks, extremely fine

£200-£240

537

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1445. Pte. H. Coates. 6th. D. Gds.) good very fine

£100-£140

Horace Coates served with the 6th Dragoon Guards during the Second Afghan War, and died at Safed Sung on 4 May 1880.

538

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1548. Sergt. G. Mc.Farlane. 2/8th. Regt.) minor edge nicks, nearly extremely fine

£100-£140

George McFarlane served with the 2nd Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment during the Second Afghan War, and died on 24 December 1880.

539

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (10B./1570. Pte. C. Milner. 2/14th. Regt.) minor edge bruise, nearly very fine

£80-£100

540

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1763 Pte. A. Partridge, 4th. Bn. Rifle fle Bde.) light contact marks and minor edge bruise, very fine £100-£140 Sold with copied medal roll extracts, that show Partridge was subsequently appointed Lance-Corporal.

541

Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (1683. O.R. Sergt. F. G. Knight. 81st. Foot.) edge bruise, otherwise very fine £100-£140

542

Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kabul (989. Pte. T. Watling. 2/9th. Foot.) good very fine

£140-£180

T. Watling served with the 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, during the Second Afghan War, and died on 27 January 1880.

543

Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ahmed Khel (1480. Pte. P. Kelly. 59th. Foot.) good very fine

544

Afghanistan 1878-80, 3 clasps, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (58.B/674, Pte. G. Forrester, 72nd. Highrs.) edge bruising and light contact marks, very fine £140-£180

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£100-£140

Single Campaign Medals 545

Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Private Lodur Dass 29th. Regt. Bo. N.I.) very fine

£160-£200

x 546

Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Basutoland (Trpr. A. A. Campbell. Landreys. L. Hse.) good very fine £140-£180 Approximately 89 Cape of Good Hope General Service Medals with clasp Basutoland awarded to Landrey’s Light Horse.

x 547

Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Basutoland (Pte. C. Durban. P.A.V.G.) good very fine

£180-£220

x 548

Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (Gnr. E. Anderson. D.F. Arty.) ; together with two related £200-£240 miniature awards, one with an E.VII.R. obverse, very fine

x 549

Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 2 clasps, Transkei, Basutoland (Cpl. J. Skinner., Ross’ L. Horse.) good very fine £500-£700

550

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (2213. Pte. E. Dealey. 1/R. Suss: R.) good very fine

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£80-£100

Single Campaign Medals 551

The Egypt and Sudan Medal awarded to Captain J. C. Wardell, Royal Marine Light Infantry, who was mentioned in despatches for his gallantry at Kassassin and killed in action at Tel-el-Kebir Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Capt. J. C. Wardell, R.M.L.I.) nearly extremely fine £1,000-£1,400

John Charles Wardell was born in Quebec, Canada, the son of William Wardell, a Major in the Royal Canadian Rifles; one of his brothers, George, commanded a company of the 24th Foot and was killed in action at Isandhlwana on 22 January 1879.

For his own part, young John was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Marine Light Infantry in June 1865 and advanced to Lieutenant in August 1867. And in the period leading up to his active employment in Egypt, he enjoyed a spate of seagoing appointments, among them H.M.S. Liverpool (1869-70), Valiant (1872-74) and Valorous (1876-78). He was also embarked in the troopship Jumna for ‘special service under the orders of the C.-in-C. Land Forces, South Africa’ in June 1879, but arrived too late to see any action and returned home to Portsmouth.

Advanced to Captain in June 1880, he was next embarked for Egypt, where he distinguished himself in the action at Kassassin on 9 September 1883, when with great skill he captured two of the enemy’s German-supplied Krupp guns. Sadly, a few days later, he fell at the head of his men at Tel-el-Kebir, where he led his company in a bayonet charge into the enemy trenches and was shot in the head as he crossed the parapet: ‘Lieutenant Luke, who was a subaltern of his company, avenged his gallant officer’s death a few moments after he fell. Watching the Egyptian who shot him, he closed in, and by one stroke he severed his head from his body. Captain Wardell’s sword and other relics of him were brought to England to his widow, in custody of his servant.’ (Evelyn Wood’s British Battles on Land and Sea, refers).

Back home at East Stonehouse, Wardell’s widow, Frederica, gave birth to Charles, her second son, on the same day that her husband was killed in action. She also had a one-year-old daughter, Nora, and appears to have sought refuge and solace at her father’s residence in Shanagolden in Co. Limerick.

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Single Campaign Medals 552

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (1700. Pte. J. Bailey. 7/Dn. Gds.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £120-£160

553

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (2520. Pte. A. Daly. 1/R. Ir. Fus:) suspension slack, light pitting from star, otherwise very fine £120-£160 Sold with copied medal roll extracts.

554

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (1463, Pte. W. Ellis, 1/R. Hrs.) light pitting from star, otherwise very fine £120-£160

555

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (4312, 2nd. Corpl. T. Ellis, A.H.C.) edge bruising, very fine £140-£180

556

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Suakin 1884, El-Teb (25451, Gunr. W. H. Smith, 6/1st. Sco: Div: R.A.) light pitting, very fine £160-£200

557

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (3926, Pte. T. Merritt, 3/K.R. Rif: C.) good very fine

558

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (289. Pte. W. Pointer. 2/D of Corn: L.I.) good very fine £120-£160

559

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (6044. Pte. C. Bagley. 3rd. Grenr. Gds.) light pitting, very fine £100-£140

560

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Gemaizah 1888 (2630. Pte. W. Robb. 2/K.O. Sco. Bord:) pitting and contact marks, nearly very fine £140-£180

£80-£100

W. Robb additionally served with the 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers during the Chiteral Relief Expedition 1895.

561

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, Suakin 1885, Tofrek (703, Pte. F. Hebborn, 1/Rl. Berks: R:) pitting and edge bruising, good fine £200-£240

562

Khedive’s Star (3), dated 1882, unnamed as issued; dated 1884, unnamed as issued; dated 1884-6, reverse impressed ‘B Berks 14 ’, very fine and better (3) £140-£180

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Single Campaign Medals x 563

North West Canada 1885, 1 clasp, Saskatchewan (Pte. C. E. A. V. G. Mc.Greevy, 10th. Batt. R.G.) contemporarily engraved naming, minor edge nicks, good very fine £700-£900 Charles Edward Alphonso Veronico George McGreevy served with the 10th Battalion, Royal Grenadiers. The 10th Battalion Royal Grenadiers' 4 Companies were commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel H. J. Grasett who led 267 men including McGreevy of No. 4 Company to Saskatchewan.

They left Toronto on 30 March 1885 with fellow members of the Toronto Expeditionary Force from the Queen’s Own Rifles and 'C' Company Infantry School Corps. The 10th Battalion Royal Grenadiers engaged at the Battle of Fish Creek on 24 April 1885 and the Battle of Batoche between 9 and 12 May. All 4 Companies famously charged the Métis fire pits on 12 May, dislodging and scattering them in all directions. Number 4 Company in particular had to cover the most amount of ground fighting past the Church cemetery.

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x 564

North West Canada 1885, 1 clasp, Saskatchewan (No. 64. Pte. J. Mc.Donald, C., I.S.C.) contemporarily engraved naming, minor edge bruise, good very fine £800-£1,000 John McDonald (also recorded as MacDonald) served with ‘C’ Company, Infantry School Corps. The Royal Canadian Regiment (R.C.R.) has its historical origins on 21 December 1883, when the Dominion of Canada authorised the formation of three Infantry School Corps. 'A' Company formed at Fredericton, 'B' Company formed at Saint-Jean, and 'C' Company formed at Toronto. 'C' Company was mobilised for the North West Rebellion, sending approximately 89 officers and men led by Lieutenant-Colonel William D. Otter. Upon arriving in Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, on 7 April, General Middleton, commanding the North West Field Force, ordered 'C' Company I.S.C. to be divided into two columns. Otter was given command of approximately 763 men in the Battleford Relief Column of which 47 men were from the now-split 'C' Company I.S.C. Otter and his men arrived at Fort Battleford on 23 April. Leaving behind a garrison at the Fort, Otter led the Battleford Flying Column of approximately 329 men including 45 from 'C' Company I.S.C. (of which McDonald was one), as a reconnaissance in force to Chief Poundmaker's Reserve.

Discovering that Poundmaker's camp had seemingly been abandoned in haste, Otter's forces continued forward into a deep and wide valley crossing the fast-flowing Cut Knife Creek where they were engaged by concealed Cree and Assiniboine at the Battle of Cut Knife on 2 May 1885.

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Single Campaign Medals x 565

British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Troopr. O. C. Philip. “F” Troop B.F.F.) ; together with the related miniature award, cleaned, very fine £180-£220

566

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3602 Pte. H. Brooker 2d. Bn. Ryl. Suss £120-£160 Regt.) edge bruise, good very fine

567

Ashanti Star 1896, unnamed as issued, good very fine

£140-£180

568

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98, silver, unnamed, edge bruising, polished and worn, nearly very fine

£80-£100

569

Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum, with unofficial top retaining rod (3884 Pte. Clark 1 Cam. Highrs.) contemporarily engraved in the usual Regimental style, minor edge bruising, very fine £120-£160

570

British North Borneo Company Medal 1897-1916, 1 clasp, Punitive Expedition, bronze issue, an unnamed specimen stuck on original thick flan, manufacturer’s details not defaced, about extremely fine £80-£100

x 571

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (A. E. T. Hicks, Lg. Sean. H.M.S. Monarch) light pitting, nearly very fine

572

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (1337 Gnr: W. Sheridan, Edin: Coy: R.G.A.) contact marks, edge bruising, otherwise very fine £70-£90

£80-£100

Sold with copied medal roll extract confirming additional entitlement to the clasps Natal and Transvaal.

573

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (R. F. L. Mc.Donald.) minor edge bruise, good very fine

£60-£80

Robert Francis Levison McDonald served during the Boer War as a Second Class Surveyor’s Clerk and Assistant Inspector Headquarters, Eastern District, Department of Posts and Telegraphs. The medal roll states: ‘Assisted in construction of lines to Blockhouses. Accompanied Colonel Monro’s Column to Barkly East. Joined the D.V.G. [Dordrecht Volunteer Guard] in defence of Remount camp.’

574

The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Captain E. G. Elton, Royal Highlanders, who was killed in action at the battle of Magersfontein on 11 December 1899 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Capt., E. G. Elton 2nd Rl. Highldrs.) officially engraved naming, minor edge bruise, good very fine £2,000-£2,400 Erle Godfrey Elton was born in June 1869, the son of Colonel F. C. Elton, C.B., and was educated at Wellington College and the R.M.C. Sandhurst. Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Black Watch in August 1888, he was advanced to Lieutenant two years later and to Captain in July 1898.. Embarked with the 2nd Battalion for South Africa in October 1899, where he and his comrades were attached to Major-General Wauchope’s Highland Brigade, he was killed the disastrous action at Magersfontein on 11 December, when the Black Watch alone lost 93 men, with a further 210 wounded. Elton was buried on the battlefield, but his remains were subsequently re-interred in the West End Cemetery at Kimberley. There is also evidence to suggest his remains were then brought home to the family mausoleum on Central Avenue of Kensal Green Cemetery. The inscription over the Mausoleum door reads: ‘In loving memory of Erle, Captain Royal Highlanders (Black Watch). The good and beloved son of Colonel and Mrs. Elton who gave up his life for Queen and Country at the battle of Magersfontein 11th December 1899. This resting place is dedicated to him by those who are heartbroken at his loss. Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life.’

A fine portrait photograph of him in uniform is held in the Royal Collection; RCIN 2502066

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Single Campaign Medals 575 576

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (457 Pte. H. Lacock. D. of E. own V.R.) nearly extremely fine

£60-£80

The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Lieutenant A. H. M. Hill, Royal Irish Fusiliers, who was killed in action on Talana Hill on 20 October 1899 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Talana (Lieut. A. H. M. Hill, R. Irish Fus.) officially engraved naming, good very fine 2,000-£2,400 Arthur Hugh Montgomery Hill was born at Mussoorie, Bengal, India, on 15 September 1877, the son of a judge in the High Court of Calcutta. Educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was appointed a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers direct from the 4th Battalion in May 1899. But his subsequent career was short-lived, for he fell in the costly action on Talana Hill on 20 October 1899. He is commemorated in a stained-glass window at All Saints’ Church, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.

x 577

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (25846. Dr. C. Herniman. R.E.) engraved naming, minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £120-£160

578

The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Lieutenant N. M. Tod, Scottish Rifle fles, attached King’s Royal Rifle fle Corps, who, having distinguished himself at Lombard’s Kop, where he was wounded, was killed in action at Wagon Hill on 6 January 1900; he was twice mentioned in despatches Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (Lieut., N. M. Tod, Sco. Rif.) officially engraved naming, good very fine £2,000-£2,400 Noel Moir Tod was born in Paddington, London on 21 December 1875, and was educated at Uppingham and the R.M.C. Sandhurst.

Commissioned in the Scottish Rifles in February 1896, he was serving in India in the 1st Battalion shortly before the outbreak of hostilities in South Africa. Volunteering for active service, he was attached to the 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps and was present in Natal at the onset of the war.

He subsequently distinguished himself in the action at Lombard’s Kop on 30 October 1899, where he was wounded manning a Maxim gun single-handed; when he saw it had to be abandoned, he rendered it useless. He was duly mentioned in despatches by Lieutenant-General Sir George White (London Gazette 2 December 1899).

Having then retreated to Ladysmith, he and his comrades saw further action at Wagon Hill on 6 January 1900, in which engagement Tod was killed. Aged 24, he received a second ‘mention’ from Sir George White, dated 23 March 1900, and was buried in the Wagon Hill Cemetery at Ladysmith.

A fine portrait photograph of him in uniform is held in the Royal Collection; RCIN 2502114.

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Single Campaign Medals 579

The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Major E. C. Showers, Second in Command of Lumsden’s Horse, who was killed in action at Os Spruit, near Thaba N’chu, on 30 April 1900 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Major., E. C. Showers., Lumsden’s Horse) officially engraved naming, good very fine £1,600-£2,000

Eden Currie Showers was the son of Major-General St. George Daniel Showers, C.B. (1808-1865), who saw action in the Indian Mutiny. Educated at the Edinburgh Academy and at Wellington College, Eden settled as a tea planter in Assam and rose to be Commandant of the Surma Valley Light Horse Volunteers.

When, in October 1900, the Indian Government offered to raise a mounted force of volunteers for service in South Africa, its ranks were largely filled by tea, indigo and coffee planters, among them Showers, who was appointed a Major and Second-in-Command of what became known as Lumsden’s Horse.

The contingent, 250-strong, met its baptism of fire at Os Spruit, near Thaba N’chu, on 30 April 1900, where Showers manned ‘Lumsden’s Koppie’ and moved about in the open until mortally wounded. The Boers then rushed the koppie and captured it; Lumsden’s Horse suffered losses of five killed, three wounded and nine taken prisoner.

Showers is commemorated on the Boer War Memorial at Cheltenham and on a monument erected at Silchar, Assam.

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Single Campaign Medals 580

The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Lieutenant A. M. Southey, Scots Guards, who was killed in action at Tiger’s Kloof on 23 November 1900 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (Lieut. A. M. Southy [sic], Scots Gds.) officially re-engraved naming, very fine £600-£800 Arthur Melville Southey was born in Westminster, London in October 1892 and was educated at Eton. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, Scots Guards in April 1892, he was advanced to Lieutenant in April 1897 and proceeded to South Africa in the 2nd Battalion in May 1900.

He was subsequently killed in action gallantly leading his men at Tiger’s Kloof on 23 November 1900. Aged 28, he was the eldest son of Captain Arthur Southey of Eastleigh Court, Warminster, Wiltshire, and was buried in Bethlehem Cemetery; he is also commemorated on the Boer War Memorial in Lupton Chapel, Eton, alongside 128 other Old Etonians who died in the conflict.

A fine portrait photograph of him in uniform is held in the Royal Collection; RCIN 2502392.

581

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (436 Pte. J. M. Rentzke. Bec’land Rif:) very fine

£60-£80

John Michael Rentzke was the son of Conductor Johannes Carl Rentzke, Army Service Corps, whose medals were sold in these rooms in March 2026.

582

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (39015 L. Cpl: P. Bishop. 137th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:) very fine £70-£90 P. Bishop served with the 137th Company, 30th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War.

x 583

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (Br: H. Eveleigh. Natal Vol: Amb: C.) good very fine £100-£140 Harold Eveleigh enlisted in the Natal Volunteer Ambulance Corps on 9 December 1899, and was discharged on 12 March 1900. He subsequently served for 4 months with the Cape Town Guards, and then for 21 months with the Army Post Office Corps, Cape Town.

584

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (31071 Pte. A. Rattle. 51st. Coy. Imp: Yeo:) nearly extremely fine £100-£140 A. Rattle served with the 51st (Paget’s Horse) Company, 12th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War, and was invalided on 9 April 1902 (also entitled to the two date clasps)

585

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Belfast (2421 Pte. H. C. Wootton, Cldstrm: Gds:) edge bruising, nearly very fine £80-£100 Harry Cleveland Wootton , a Brass Filer from Birmingham, attested into the Coldstream Guards on 2 February 1899 and served in South Africa during the Boer War from 23 May 1900 to 6 October 1902. Transferred to the Army Reserve on 16 October 1902, he served during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 September 1914 and was discharged under the terms of his engagement on 1 February 1916. He is additionally entitled to a King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps, and a 1914 Star and clasp trio.

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586

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (J. A. Graham, M.B. Surgeon.) engraved naming, minor edge nick, nearly extremely fine £160-£200 John Alexander Graham graduated as Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery from the University of Glasgow in 1896 and served as Resident Medical Officer, Paisley Infirmary and Fever Hospital. Contracted to serve as a Civil Surgeon with the Army in 1900, he served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and was appointed a member of the Edenburg Board of Health, and to the staff of the Directorate of Refugee Camps (the Concentration Camps) in the Orange Free State in 1901. He later served as Senior Medical Officer, Vredefort Road Refugee Camp, and Medical Officer, Winburg Refugee Camp and Bethulie Refugee Camp from 1901 until the cessation of hostilities in 1902.

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587

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen, Transvaal, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (4525 Pte. B. Grant, 53rd. Coy. Impl: Yeo:) good very fine £80-£100 B. Grant served with the 53rd (Royal East Kent) Company, 14th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War, and also served as Private No. 3084, Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Volunteer Rifles. He is confirmed on the roll for all three clasps.

x 588

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (4569 Pte. T. Skerratt, Liverpool Regt.) edge bruising, cleaned and worn, good fine £100-£140

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Single Campaign Medals 589

The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Captain the Hon. E. H. Lygon, Grenadier Guards, who was killed in action in an ambush near the Karree Siding on 23 March 1900 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein (Lieut. & Adjt. Hon. E. H. Lygon. Gren. Gds.) officially engraved naming, very fine £1,400-£1,800

Edward Hugh Lygon was born on 17 July 1873, the second son of the 6th Earl of Beauchamp, a former Paymaster General and a Lord of the Admiralty, and Lady Mary, a daughter of the 5th Earl of Stanhope.

Educated at Eton, he entered the Grenadier Guards from the 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment in June 1894 and was appointed a Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 3rd Battalion soon after its arrival in South Africa in October 1899. He was subsequently present in the Guards Brigade at the costly actions at Belmont and Modder River, in which former engagement he was among those wounded.

Of subsequent events on 23 March 1900, the following report appeared in the Bloemfontein Friend newspaper: ‘A military camp had been formed at the Glen – the point where the railway crosses the Modder River, thirteen miles north of Bloemfontein – on the previous day and Colonel Eyre Crabbe of the Grenadier Guards had been appointed Commandant, with his Adjutant, Lieutenant Edward Lygon, as his staff officer.

Forage was scarce and it became necessary to collect a small amount from the neighbouring farms. Colonel Crabbe, accompanied by Colonel Coddrington of the Coldstream Guards, Lieutenant Lygon, Captain Trotter and one orderly, set out for luncheon on Friday for this purpose and moving out in a northerly direction visited three farms and then finding themselves close to the railway office at Karree Siding, entered the telegraph room at that place and found that the instruments had been removed.

On riding out from the station they saw on a ridge to the north, four mounted Boers against the skyline and Colonel Crabbe, calling out “come on, let’s round them up,” set out at once in their direction, followed by Colonel Coddrington and the others. A slight protest was made against the danger of the attempt.

The Boers had ridden away to the west but were still in sight and they were seen attempting to double back over a slight rise in the ground strewn with boulders that scarcely could be called a kopje.

Believing the enemy had ridden over and away, the small party moved on divided at the base of this fold, Captain Trotter and Lieutenant Lygon moving off to the right, the two Colonels and the orderly keeping to the left.

The Boers however, leaving their horses at the back of the rise, took up position behind the rocks and opened a well-aimed and constant fire upon our men. Colonel Crabbe, whose horse had fallen at the first shot, was struck through the forearm and thigh; Colonel Coddrington received a bullet as he lay on the ground attempting to return fire and the orderly was wounded in the ankle. Meanwhile firing on the other flank continued for two or three minutes, until Lieutenant Lygon, who had dismounted and was running forward to gain the cover of an anthill, was shot through the heart. Death was instantaneous, even Captain Trotter being unaware of it until he turned around, receiving the same moment an expanding bullet through the elbow.

The whole of the small force was either dead or wounded and Colonel Crabbe surrendered. The Boers instantly came down into the open and expressing their regret, did all they could to the wounds, Captain Trotter undoubtedly owing his life to the torniquet applied to his arm.

The wounded were afterwards carried by the Boers with great care to Mr. Mass’ farm and the news was sent back to the Glen.

Lieutenant Lygon’s body was born back the following morning and was buried near the small white kraal a hundred yards to the east of the railway bridge. The funeral, which took place at sunset on Saturday, was most impressive, the entire battalion attending the voluntary parade and lining the path between the camp and the grave.’

He is also commemorated on the Boer War Memorial in Lupton Chapel, Eton, alongside 128 other Old Etonians who died in the conflict.

Lygon’s brother, the 7th Earl Beauchamp, who was then serving as the Governor of New South Wales, Australia, privately published his diary The Diary of the Hon. E. H. Lygon - which covered the period 26 October 1899 to 21 March 1900, and included his accounts of Belmont and Modder River; printed by Angus & Robertson, publisher to the University of Sydney, 1900.

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Single Campaign Medals x 590

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3543 Serjt: J. B. Doherty.

Kitchener’s Horse) good very fine £120-£160 R. H. Doherty served with Kitchener’s Horse during the Boer War, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Wells, near de Kiel’s Drift, on 14 February 1900.

x 591

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6485 Bglr: W. Thomas. Rifle fle Bde:) edge bruise, very fine £100-£140 Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, July 2001.

William Thomas was born at Wormwood Scrubs, London, and served with the Rifle Brigade in South Africa during the Boer War, and then with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 August 1914. He was killed in action on 19 December 1914, and is buried in Strand Military Cemetery, Belgium.

592

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (33823 Pte. W. £100-£140 Fowler, 96th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:) nearly extremely fine W. Fowler served with the 96th (Metropolitan Mounted Rifles) Company, 24th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War, and died of disease at Boshof on 13 November 1901.

593

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps (Lieut. W. Tweedie. 12/Impl. Yeo. 42/Co.) engraved naming, extremely fine £160-£200 W. E. Tweedie enlisted in the Imperial Yeomanry as Private No. 5815, and having been commissioned Lieutenant served with the 42nd (Hertfordshire) Company, 12th Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War.

594

The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Lieutenant R. E. Reade, D.S. O., King’s Royal Rifle fle Corps, who was mortally wounded at Roodepoort on 30 January 1901 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Talana, Transvaal, Defence of Ladysmith, South Africa 1901 (Lieut., R. E. Reade D.S.O, K.R.R.C.) officially engraved naming, one or two minor edge bruises, otherwise good very fine £2,000-£2,400 Robert Ernest Reade was born in Co. Antrim, Ireland on 18 April 1879, and was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, from which latter seat of learning he was commissioned in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in August 1899.

Embarked for South Africa in the following month, he joined the 1st Battalion in time to participate in the action at Talana on 20 October, an account of which he sent home: ‘The bullets began to fizz around us … a wood of gum trees … stretched most of the way along the foot of the hill … the way up from the spruit to the wood was an absolutely open space … The bullets were as thick as an ordinary hailstorm, and it seems to me almost incredible that we only dropped about thirty men on the way. I saw (Captain) Pechell standing up looking out to see if it would be advisable to move further to the left – the bullets were coming thick all over the wall, which was only about three feet high, and the next moment he was down. Boultbee and I, who were near, ran down to support him, but it was almost all over with him.’

Reade and his comrades retreated to Ladysmith, where he greatly distinguished himself in the action at Wagon Hill, when he rallied his men at a critical moment and saved the situation in his part of the line. He was mentioned in despatches by Sir George White, who cited his ‘conspicuous gallantry’, and was awarded the D.S.O. Invalided home with enteric fever, Reade was finally cleared by a Medical Board to return to active duty in October 1900 and reached his regimental H.Q. at Middelburg on Christmas Eve. Appointed to a company command in the Mounted Infantry, he joined a column under Colonel Campbell on 30 January 1901, and he was dispatched with a party of 11 men to support a small body of 18th Hussars, who were engaged with about 30 well positioned Boers. But he and his men came under accurate fire, Reade being almost immediately wounded in three places - in both arms and a wrist - but he managed to give the order to retire. However, his sergeant refused to leave him and paid the ultimate price for his gallant gesture.

Of subsequent events, The K.R.R.C. Chronicle take up the story: ‘The Boers came and robbed Ernest of his pistol, glasses, belt, etc. They gave him a drink of water but would not bind his wounds. The artery of one arm had been cut, causing profuse bleeding. When the Boers were driven off by reinforcements he was found in an utterly exhausted and semi-conscious state. The three surgeons on the spot considered, from the appearance presented by the wounds, that they had been inflicted by soft-nosed bullets. They amputated a little finger, but feared, in the state of extreme debility to which he was reduced, to operate on the arm. He died on the afternoon of February 4th of weakness caused by loss of blood and shock. He was laid to rest by his colonel and his comrades on the lonely veldt, near a place called Bochmanfontein.’

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Single Campaign Medals x 595

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (916 Tpr: R. M. Dickie.

Roberts Horse) good very fine £120-£160 R. M. Dickie (recorded as 916 Trooper H. Dickie on the latest published transcript of the casualty roll) was posted as Missing at Sannas Post on 31 March 1900; taken Prisoner of War, he was later released.

x 596

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (5607 £100-£140 Pte. M. Welsh, Rl: Irish Fus:) minor official correction to surname, scratch to obverse field, nearly very fine

597

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (15932 Pte. T. Millichip. R.A.M.C.) initial and surname unofficially re-engraved; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3482 Pte. J. Walker. D. of C.L.I.) ; Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with indistinct date letter, ands privately engraved ‘A Alan Cameron ’, fitted with copy suspension bar and lacking integral top riband bar, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3) £200-£240

598

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (3668 Pte. J. Brader, 1st. Dgn: Gds:) contact marks, nearly very fine £100-£140

x 599

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (52712 Dvr. P. £100-£140 H. Ambrose, T. Bty., R.H.A.) good very fine Sold with copied medal roll extract.

x 600

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between fourth and fifth clasps (8849 Pte. R. Hedley, Cldstm: Gds:) nearly extremely fine £140-£180 Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2012.

Robert Hedley was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1872 and attested there for the Coldstream Guards on 4 January 1892. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 4 January 1899, but was recalled to the Colours on 9 October 1899, and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 22 October 1899 to 19 April 1901. He re-transferred to the Army Reserve on 22 May 1902, and was discharged on 3 January 1904, after 12 years’ service.

Following the outbreak of the Great War, Hedley attested for the Durham Light Infantry (Special Reserve) on 15 September 1914, and served with them at home, transferring to the West Yorkshire Regiment on 24 February 1917, and then to the Royal Defence Corps on 1 September 1917. He was not entitled to any medals for his Great War service. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 5 March 1919, and died in Caterham, Surrey, in 1953.

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x 601

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (9242 Pte. G. A. Foot, Scots Gds:) heavy edge bruising and contact marks, therefore fine £120-£160 George A. Foot (also recorded at Foote) served with the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards in South Africa during the Boer War, and is also entitled to a King’s South Africa Medal with the usual two date clasps.

x 602

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 (5819 Pte. H. Young, 1st. Yk: & Lanc: Regt.) nearly extremely fine £140-£180

x 603

Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘a’, unnamed as issued, lacking integral top riband bar; together with the related miniature award, very fine £140-£180

x 604

Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1901-1902 (23075 S. Jarrett.) very fine

£180-£220

S. Jarrett served with the Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War from 1901 to 1902, and was entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, ands South Africa 1902.

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Single Campaign Medals x 605

Transport 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902 (C. D. Bennett, In Command.) ; together with the related miniature award, minor edge nicks, very fine £600-£800 C. D. Bennett served as Master of the Peninsula and Oriental Company’s S.S. Nankin, and was presented with his medal by H.M. King Edward VII on 4 November 1903.

x 606

Transport 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902 (L. Johnston.) minor edge bruise, good very fine

£600-£800

L. Johnston served as Chief Engineer in the Allen Line’s Laurentian.

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607

Transport 1899-1902, 1 clasp, China 1900 (G. T. Cooke.) housed in a contemporary Elkington, Manchester, fitted case, nearly extremely fine £600-£800 G. T. Cooke served as Third Officer in the British India Company’s S.S. Pentakota.

608

China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (1218 Sowar Ram Phal 5th. Bl. Cavy) officially re-engraved naming, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £100-£140

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Single Campaign Medals 609

The Ashanti Medal awarded to Lieutenant H. C. Burton, Royal Munster Fusiliers, attached Central African Regiment, who was killed in action storming the enemy’s stockade at Ojessu on 31 August 1900 Ashanti 1900, no clasp, high relief bust (Lieut: H. C. Burton. 5th Rl: Munster Fus:) impressed naming, good very fine £1,600-£2,000

Harry Burton was born in Dublin in 1877 and was employed by the Provincial Bank of Ireland in Cork at the time of being appointed to a commission in the Royal Limerick County Militia. Having then transferred to the 5th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers, he was selected for special service on Africa’s Gold Coast and arrived at Cape Coast Castle in July 1900. Moving up country, he joined Colonel J. Willcock’s force at Bekwai in the following month, where the latter appointed him to the command of a half-company in the Central African Regiment.

And it was in that capacity, following the relief of Kumassi, that he joined a 900-stromg column under Lieutenant-Colonel Brake, the whole charged with capturing the ‘Fetish’ town of Ojessu, where it was said the head of the late Gold Coast Governor, Sir Charles McCarthy, was kept as ‘Juju’. Situated about 16 miles from Kumassi, Ojessu was also home to the warrior queen Ashantuaha, a leading Ashanti rebel who had command of 3,000 tribesmen.

On arriving at Ojessu on the morning of 31 August 1900, Brake’s force was confronted by a 400-yard-wide stockade, manned by a large force of warriors who withstood artillery and rifle fire for two hours. At length, however, having advanced through the bush, elements from the Central African Regiment, supported by soldiers of the Niger Frontier Force, carried out a headlong charge with the bayonet, at which stage the stockade’s defenders broke and fled. However, Burton, revolver in hand at the head of his men, was shot dead.

In writing to Burton’s uncle, Colonel Frank Burton, 1st Bengal Cavalry, who had provided Harry with a testimonial to join Willcock’s force, the latter wrote: ‘I at once took the opportunity of giving the boy a chance and sent him out with the Central African Regiment to Ojessu, where I knew there would be a sharp fight. He was delighted and went off jubilant. Alas! It was to be his only fight. However, he died like an English gentleman and a brave soldier, leading his men into the terrible bush.

Regardless of the danger, he was well in front and his men followed him well. Many fell wounded and young Burton, anxious to get at those damned fiends, rushed on and being spotted, was shot dead.

Poor young fellow, he suffered no pain … I tried to do the boy a good turn and he would have got his D.S.O., I hoped, had he lived.’

He was buried in the small cemetery at Kumassi.

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Single Campaign Medals 610

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (290 Dvr: Laloo. 19/Mule Cadre.) ; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (555 Gnr. Karan Khan. R.A.) minor test mark to edge of second, nearly very fine (2) £100-£140

611

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (215727. A. E. S. Casey. Lg. Sean. H.M.S. Hyacinth) good very fine £140-£180 Alfred Ernest Sainsbury Casey was born in Portsmouth on 4 March 1886 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 9 July 1901.

Promoted Able Seaman on 21 November 1905, he served in H.M.S. Hyacinth from 1 April 1909 to 2 June 1911, taking part in the Somaliland operations, and was promoted Leading Seaman on 1 October 1909. He died of appendicitis at R.N. Hospital Haslar on 18 December 1914, whilst borne on the books of H.M.S. Victory (and, as such, is a Victory ‘casualty’!), and is buried under a C.W.G.C. headstone in Portsmouth Cemetery.

For his services during the Great War he was entitled to a British War Medal only.

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612

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1920 (12 Swpr. Salehe. 2-K.A.Rif.) very fine

£140-£180

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613

Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, B.C.A. 1899-1900, Somaliland 1902-04, (1 Serjt: Fundi. 1st K.A. Rifle fles.) second clasp a contemporary copy, suspender reaffixed, contact marks, polished and worn in parts, good fine £140-£180 Fundi , a member of the Yao tribe from Chisadjala, Nyasland, attested into the British Central Africa Rifles on 21 June 1895. Advanced Sergeant, he served during the the Chilwa campaign of August 1897 and the Inpesini campaign from January to February 1898. Upon absorption into the newly formed King’s African Rifles, he saw further service during the British Central Africa 1899-1900 campaign before serving in the Gold Coast during the Ashanti War of 1900 with Sir James Willcocks’ column which relieved Kumassi fort. Reengaging on 11 August 1902, he saw further service during the Somaliland 1902-04 campaign.

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614

Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Gambia, Somaliland 1902-04 (516 Pte. Shabani. 2nd. C.A.R.) contact marks, polished and worn in parts, nearly good fine £160-£200 Shabani , a member of the Nyanja tribe, from Liwonde, Nyasaland, attested into the KIng’s African Rifles and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Gambia and Somaliland 1902-04 campaigns. Discharged to the reserve on 5 August 1908, he was discharged as undesirable on 20 September 1909.

Sold with copied service papers covering his second period of service with the reserve, and copied medal roll extracts.

615

Africa General Service 1902-56, 3 clasps, Nandi 1905-06, Somaliland 1908-10, East Africa 1913-14 (221 Pte. Kachinda. 1/K.A.R.) all clasps contemporary copies, suspender reaffixed, edge digs, contact marks, polished and worn in parts, good fine £80-£100 Kachinda , a member of the Yao tribe, from Namundi, Nyasaland, attested into the King’s African Rifles on 6 December 1904. Advanced Sergeant on 18 July 1914, he served during the Nandi campaign of 1905-06, the Somaliland campaign of 1908-10, the British East Africa campaign of 1913 -14, and during the Great War in East Africa. He was discharged on 31 December 1918.

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616

Tibet 1903-04, no clasp, bronze issue (274 Cooly Arje Hany S. & T. Corps) nearly extremely fine

£160-£200

617

Tibet 1903-04, no clasp, bronze issue (542 Cooly Junga Bin S. & T. Corps) good very fine

£160-£200

618

Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (Pte. S. Dimmick, Natal Rangers.) extremely fine

£100-£140

619

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp (2), Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (9586 Sep. Suraj Mal, 1-8 Punjab R.) ; North West Frontier 1930-31 (9716 Pte. F. Farenden. S. Lanc. R. (Replacement)) ; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (23245899 Pte. T. Burke.

D.W.R.) ; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (SAC S P Morrison (L8128466) RAF) the second an official replacement, the third with edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine (4) £140-£180

620

Khedive’s Sudan 1910-21, 1st issue, 1 clasp, S. Kordofan 1910, edge impressed in Arabic numerals ‘3 3136 - 14th [Sudanese Infantry] ’, good very fine £240-£280

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Single Campaign Medals x 621

1914-15 Star (Pte. G. W. Cox Marico Cdo.) ; British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (F. W. Grant. V.A.D.; Nurs. Sis. A. E. Jackson.) ; together with a French Allied Victory Medal, bronze; and a copy Belgian Allied Victory Medal, bronze, generally very fine and better (5) £80-£100 Florence Webb Grant was born in Stanley, Yorkshire, on 21 January 1878 and enlisted in the Voluntary Aid Detachment on 13 December 1917.

She served with them during the Great War in France at 59 General Hospital from 18 April 1918, and subsequently at the Military Hospital in Leeds from 30 April 1919, and was discharged on 17 July 1919. She died in Leeds in 1946.

A. E. Jackson served during the Great War as a Nursing Sister with the Indian Army.

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622

Family Group: The British War Medal awarded to Rifle fleman J. Bryant, 17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney Rifle fles), London Regiment, who was killed in action on the Somme on 15 September 1916 British War Medal 1914-20 (5261 Pte. J. Bryant. 17-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (John Bryant) very fine and better British War Medal 1914-20 (5254 Pte. J. D. Bryant. 17-Lond. R.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3)

£80-£100

John Bryant attested for the 17th (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment at Bow, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front in 1916. He was killed in action on the Somme on 15 September 1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in an attack on High Wood, and suffered severe casualties. He is buried in Delville Wood Cemetery, France.

623

British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (N/Sister. E. A. Ireland; Sister M. F. Fell.) second partially officially corrected; together with a Territorial Army Nursing Service miniature cape badge in silver, nearly extremely fine (2) £70-£90 Mrs. Edith A. Ireland , née Bramall, served as a Nursing Sisterwith Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve during the Great War in Salonika. Her Medal Index Card states that her Victory Medal was issued to her under her maiden name.

M. F. Fell served as a Sister with the Territorial Force Nursing Service.

624

British War Medal 1914-20 (C. J. Reynolds F.A.N.Y.C.) extremely fine

£80-£100

Cecilia Joan Reynolds served with the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps during the Great War at the Belgian Military Hospital at Lamark, Calais, from December 1915 to October 1916. She subsequently enlisted as a Nursing Sister in the Voluntary Aid Detachment on 7 January 1917, and died at Minehead, Somerset, on 24 April 1932, aged 49.

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625

Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1834 Pte. W. Ferris. Hamps. R.) good very fine

£140-£180

626

Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (203142 Pte. A. Jacobs. Rif. Brig.) good very fine

£120-£160

Alfred Jacobs was born in 1896 and served initially with the 20th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. He subsequently transferred to the Royal Flying Corps on 14 January 1918, and then to the Royal Air Force as a Founder Member on 1 April 1918, and served with 194 Training Squadron in Egypt.

Promoted Air Mechanic Second Class on 1 July 1918, he transferred to the Reserve on 19 April 1919.

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x 627

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (Payr. Lt. J. H. Taylor. R.N.) edge bruise, lacquered, good very fine £70-£90

628

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping 1945-51, unnamed; together with a copy Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, E.II.R., the reverse dated 1958, good very fine (2) £70-£90

629

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp (2), Malaya, G.VI.R. (C/SMX.819066 J. J. Smith S.B.A. R.N.) ; Near East (D/M.953090 M. D. Clarke. Wtr. R.N.) nearly extremely fine (2) £120-£160

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Single Campaign Medals 630

The ‘Yangtze incident’ medal awarded to Ordinary Telegraphist D. Iredale, Royal Navy, who was mortally wounded aboard H.M.S. Consort on 20 April 1949 Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (P. SSX. 660981 D. Iredale, Ord. Tel. R.N.) together with named Admiralty condolence slip and registered medal forwarding envelope, this last addressed to ‘Mrs. E. L. Iredale, 146 Castleton Road, Mottingham, London S.E.9’, extremely fine and a rare casualty £2,600-£3,000 Dennis Iredale was mortally wounded aboard H.M.S. Consort on 20 April 1949.

Recalling the horrific scenes which unfolded aboard the Consort on 20 April, Surgeon Lieutenant Mark Bentley, R.N., wrote: ‘The Wireless Transmitting office received a shell which exploded inside killing two outright and a third later died from severe bursts. Later the T.S. office received a direct hit killing two instantaneously. In the small cross passage beneath the Captain’s day cabin three men were dismembered when a large shell exploded there. I saw all of these cases, where, of course, nothing could be done ...’ The rating from the W.T. office who died of severe blast wounds was Ordinary Telegraphist Dennis Iredale, whose emergency treatment under Surgeon Lieutenant Bentley included two pints of plasma, delivered from Black Swan at 2200 hours on the 20th, but tragically he succumbed to his blast and shrapnel wounds.

Of all the attempts made to reach and rescue the Amethyst, Consort's was beyond doubt the most determined. Flying seven White Ensigns and three Union Jacks, she steamed down from Nanking at an incredible 29 knots, coming under heavy fire as she neared her goal. Her 4.5-inch guns managed to silence some of the opposition on the north bank, but she remained under fire from a concentrated number of 37mm anti-tank guns as she attempted to take Amethyst in tow on two separate occasions. When, at length, she was compelled to abandon her mission, she departed the scene with 68 hits and 39 casualties.

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Single Campaign Medals 631

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6454715 Spr. W. E. Dobbs. R.E.) ; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (2) (24133326 Cpl. J. W. Cleaver RE.; 24313650 Spr A M Whitelaw RE) good very fine (3) £100-£140 Note: Cleaver’s medal is mounted with an M.I.D. oak leaf, although no record of a Mention to this man has been traced.

632

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Fg. Off. T. S. Mann. R.A.F.) in named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine £70-£90 Thomas Strang Mann, MB, FR CSEd, FR FPSG was born in March 1930, and his Obituary which appeared in the Glasgow Academy magazine Etcetera gives the following after his death in June 2011: ‘Orthopaedic Surgeon... became the first of three generations of his family to attend the Academy in 1938. The Clydebank blitz and evacuation interrupted schooling before Tom returned, with his younger brother Billy. In 1948 he moved on to Glasgow University medical school. National service followed and he was an RAF flying doctor based in South East Asia even making newspaper headlines as part of a unit on a two week jungle trek in Borneo. Tom then became an anatomy lecturer at the University, trained in General Surgery and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.

A consultant at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Tom eventually specialised in spinal disc surgery and hip joint replacement. His private practice prospered and he sat on many bodies and committees including a role with the Glasgow Humane Society. Tom wrote many articles, had two text books published and reluctantly retired in 1992 after 27 years as a consultant surgeon.

Through medicine he met the love of his life: Sheana Johnstone who was a hospital nurse and midwife. They settled at Crofthill in Bearsden; their son Chris attended the Academy and daughter Katie went to Westbourne. Tom loved sailing and was also a keen fisherman, enjoying many contented days at Loch Walton, as well as on the Tay, the Almond and other idyllic spots....

At his specific request, Tom’s two piper grandsons Thomas and Harry Hitchcock - both Academy boys - played at his funeral.’

The newspaper article referred to above, states: ‘Singapore, March 28 - Four British officers of the Far East Air Force have begun a 15 day trek through jungles of North Borneo to test a new jungle survival equipment issued to the Royal Air Force.

Led by Squadron Leader George Podevin, command physical fitness officer, of Bexley Heath, Kent, they landed at dawn from a flying-boat at Lahad Datu, North East Borneo. They had been warned against the danger of wild elephants, crocodiles and wild boars.

Apart from a small pack of emergency rations, they will have to “live off the jungle.” They hope to catch game and fish and use fruit, roots, and jungle fern to supplement their diet. They hope to travel down the Tamengang river in dinghies. They have been told that, no matter how much they may need fresh meat, that they are not to kill orange Orangutans, which are becoming extinct in Borneo. They carry arms, ammunition, radio, and a camera.

Their kit also includes snake-bite serum and 25 other items, ranging from insect-repellent to fuel tablets and from fish-hooks to heliographs.

The members of the party, in addition to Squadron Leader Podevin, are: Wing Commander E. H. Lynch-Blosse, of Dunchurch, Rugby; Flight Lieutenant T. Burcher, of St. Albans; and Flying Officer T. S. Mann, a doctor, of Glasgow.’

Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of recipient in later life.

633

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Canal Zone (S/22775306 Pte C M Nicholas RASC) impressed naming, about extremely fine £100-£140

634

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Canal Zone (LAC J T Carter (4030197) RAF) impressed naming, extremely fine

635

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Canal Zone (LAC G L Wilkinson (3513437) RAF) laser engraved naming, small edge bruise, otherwise extremely fine £100-£140

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£100-£140

Single Campaign Medals 636

General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Malaya, Arabian Peninsula, E.II.R., unofficial retaining rod between clasps, with M.I.D. oak leaf (22965907 Sgt. R. W. Scott. R. Lincolns.) with official corrections, minor edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £160-£200 O.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 12 June 2004: 'For services to ex-servicemen and their widows in Cameroon.'

M.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 14 June 1996: ‘For services to British and other war veterans in Cameroon’ M.I.D. London Gazette 20 December 1957: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished conduct in operations in Malaya during the period ending on 30 August 1957.’

Richard Walter Scott served with the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment in both Malaya and the Arabian Peninsula, being Mentioned in Despatches for his services in the former theatre, and receiving the Regimentally scarce clasp for the latter theatre. Emigrating to Cameroon, he was appointed both M.B.E. and then O.B.E. for his services to ex-servicemen in the country, and was further honoured by being awarded the Order of Merit of Cameroon for his good services.

637

India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (Maj. B. Bradshaw Smith. 5-8 Punjab R) good very fine £200-£240 Brian Bradshaw-Smith died on active service as Lieutenant-Colonel in the 5th Battalion, 8th Punjab Regiment on 31 May 1941. He had previously served in the Burma Rifles. Aged 49, he left a widow, Edith, of Burghfield Common, Berkshire, and is buried in the Karachi War Cemetery, Pakistan; he is credited with having written an article entitled, ‘Protection on the March in Mountain Warfare’, which published in the Journal of the United Service Institution of India (Vol. 55, 1925

638

1939-45 Star (10), two somewhat later issues; Atlantic Star; Africa Star (4), two with 1st Army clasp; Pacific Star (2); Italy Star (5); France and Germany Star (2); U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP riband, traces of verdigris to both F&G Stars, otherwise generally good very fine (25) £100-£140 Sold with five named OHMS card transmission boxes.

639

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star (2), one with France and Germany clasp; copy Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star (2), one with copy Atlantic clasp; Defence Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45 (4), one a Canadian issue in silver, another with M.I.D. oak leaf; India Service Medal; New Zealand War Service Medal; Australia Service Medal (N274899 R. E. Balenzvela) ; South Africa Medal for War Service (2), the ACE Star a copy; traces of verdigris to Burma Star, generally very fine (21) £100-£140

640

Air Crew Europe Star, unnamed as issued, good very fine

£160-£200

641

Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany, unnamed as issued, extremely fine

£180-£220

642

Defence Medal (9); War Medal 1939-45 (13), generally good very fine and better (22)

£100-£140

643

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Radfan (4174859 Jnr. Tech. A. Crawford R.A.F.) ; together with an unofficial Arabian Service Medal 1939-67 (4174859 J/Tech A. Crawford RAF) extremely fine (2) £80-£100

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Single Campaign Medals 644

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, South Arabia (The Rev. W. E. Kelly R.A.F.) mounted as worn, very fine and scarce £100-£140 William Edward Kelly was born in 1931, and was educated at the University of Wales, Lampeter and Oxford. Kelly was ordained a deacon in 1960 and a priest the following year. Postings to York (1960-63) and Ingoldisthorpe in Norfolk (1963-66) followed. Kelly served as an RAF Chaplain 1966-82, before being employed as the Chaplain at Woodbridge School in Suffolk 1982-90, then in St Paul’s, Newport, Wales 1990-99 and finally Bridport, Dorset.

Extracts taken from an article in The Mitre Journal of 2000, give the following: ‘St Michael’s School, Ingoldisthorpe, Norfolk. A School in a former rectory which was opened between 1946 and 1969. Run by the Church of England with clergymen for children who had fallen out of the main street education system.

“I [Kelly] arrived at The Pottery from smoky, smelly Teesside, a difficult and in some ways daunting first curacy after ordination in York Minster. It was a wonderful education in that Teessiders believe in calling a spade a bloody shovel (even worse!). Visiting happened daily so one could never be accused of idling away the time. They are a most hospitable people and when you were invited into their homes (as you invariably were) you took them as they were... put on the kettle and maybe wash up the cups if you want a cuppa. But of course, those were the days when doubleshifts in both the chemical and steel industries were there for the taking.

Heacham, parish and school, was a whole universe away from what was to follow. I recall being driven around Heacham, Ingoldisthorpe and Hunstanton by RPP but was nonetheless disoriented for some little while. AII credit to Mukhlis therefore for taking me under his wing and endeavouring to explain Who was Who and What was What. A vivid memory is of the start of the September '63 Staff meeting during which everybody but me grabbed the classes they wanted for the subjects they taught, so that when it was all but over I remarked that 1 seemed to have a modest teaching commitment. So, it was back to the drawing-board and at last. l was In! Tales such you and I could tell about St. Michael's are the stuff of legend. And I can tell you I've given many an off-the-cuff talk I've named A Ragbag of Memories to many, many societies. And, what's the bet that when leaving they confide to each other that he DID tend to embroider to exaggerate. Wrong!

It was as a result of an advertisement in the CHURCH TIMES for RAF Chaplains that I was able to get a free trip to London for interview. I actually then had no such intention of wearing the Queen's uniform... but, a free rail ticket was part of the deal. My favourite theme is the part that Chance has played in my own life. And so it was with me.

I said Farewell to St Mick's in May '56 and was given a signet ring by the boys of the Ingoldisthorpe boarding-house which I treasure to this day.

Within a few months of leaving, suitably attired for warmer climes than UK, 1 found myself in S Yemen and what turned out to be the final year of the British presence in S Arabia. Aden was the centre for nationalists intent in driving the British out sooner rather than later, urged on by Marxists from Egypt, China and Eastern bloc countries, who were generous in their supply of arms to the Arabs. British troops were involved in shooting incidents sometimes 40 times daily and as chaplain to the military hospital I was constantly on call to attend to the spiritual needs of the wounded, the dying - and the dead. Active Service was an experience I wouldn't have missed for the world. Everything that was to follow would be anti-climax. Incidentally, I paid a return visit to Aden just 18 months ago - and how the memories flooded back, more especially when I participated in the Remembrance Day services at the 2 military cemeteries... 'there is some corner of a foreign field that is forever England'.

I was not destined to return to UK when the final pull-out occurred in late '67. Instead, I was posted to Sharjah in Oman, another desert station, far removed from dangers and difficulties, but challenging in quite another way. Let's put it like this, the temptation within most if not all of us when in an isolated outpost with seemingly little to do is (a) to lie back and do nothing (b) to moan excessively. And yet, in the nearby village there was another lifestyle altogether. My church building was used as social centre, cinema and even worship - and yes, the British are inclined to be more religious when far away from Home.

Reluctantly in my own case, I returned to Lyneham in Wiltshire, then the departure-point for most overseas-going aircraft. The RAF chaplains also happened by some unusual arrangement to be in charge of the civilian parish... a dramatic happening because it meant having to deal with the moaning Minnies who complained about just everything. And what did WE care or know, seeing we were birds of passage, here today and gone tomorrow. Mmm!!

In ‘69 and my posting order arrived for a fighter station in Scotland, Leuchars by name - in the Gulf Stream and so quite often warmer than in the deep south. This was the time of the Cold War when Russian Bear aircraft attempted to penetrate our defences and had to be intercepted.... continual noise throughout the 24 hours, fascinating in quite another way.

Two years were to pass quickly before I was told that I'd been posted to the plummiest of the plum postings, to Singapore. But, this was also the time when the British presence generally was being withdrawn from east of Suez. I therefore found myself working with the army, navy and air forces of the 3 constituent parts of the ANZUK force. Australia New Zealand and of course, UK. Here was the Day of Pentecost updated! There followed 30 months of hard work - mustn't forget that! - plus exploration up-country to the delights of Malaysia and even to one of the islands of the Maldives group. l thrived in the tropical climate. Who WOULDN'T be reluctant to return home?

March '74 saw my return to Cosford and the Apprentices Training School - pretty much like a sixth-formers in uniform and under discipline with money in their pockets. Pretty volatile. And impressive too inasmuch as one almost felt the pride and the urge for adventure.

A Maintenance Unit was my next home for over 3 years whose main job was to supply the entire RAF with its supplies of whatever. And then to Sealand near Chester for my final 3 years in uniform - here, a mix of servicemen and civilians in a ratio of 1:2. Their high rate of pay came about as a result of their technical skills, their working environment demanding and stressful in a dust-free environment.... plenty of opportunity here to prop up the workbench and talk over whatever featured on the menu.

I became Chaplain & Head of Rl and Teacher of English at Woodbridge School in '83 - not at all like The Pottery, nuff said. A year's unemployment in '89 came to an end when I was offered the living of St. Paul's in Newport S Wales, scheduled for closure. This was to be combined with the chaplaincy of the 2 town-centre hospitals..... if you seek a quiet 9 - 5 job, most emphatically DO NOT apply for a hospital chaplaincy. But I loved it. An average week would see me talking with something in the region of 500 people of all sorts and conditions.

In August '99 I decided to call it a day however and have since enjoyed doing my own thing in the currently not-so-sunny south!! find it impressive that these many years after the school's closure so many still wish to relive some of the Pottery experiences. I for my own part acknowledge just such a debt and an attraction.

One final thought....! occasionally meet up with parish clergy whom I knew in my undergraduate days and find myself wondering how on earth they could have remained decades, within the same rather dull parish routine, within the same diocese or the same province. Never (it seems) a thought that there is a wider and infinitely more exciting world beyond. Education is a lifelong experience!!!’

Sold with photographic images of the recipient, including one of him being presented to Queen Elizabeth II.

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Single Campaign Medals 645

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, South Vietnam, an unnamed specimen, extremely fine

£400-£500

Provenance: Fred Rockwood Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, October 2014.

Fewer than 100 South Vietnam clasps to the General Service Medal 1962-2007 were awarded, the majority to members of the Australian Army Training Team, for the period from 24 December 1962 to 29 May 1964.

646

General Service 1962-2007 (2), 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (Lt. J. J. Glover RA.) ; 2 clasps, South Arabia, Northern Ireland, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (24085836 Spr. J. J. Henderson. RE.) minor edge bruising to first, good very fine and better (2) £100-£140 Jeremy James Glover was born on 3 March 1947 and served in the ranks from 15 September 1965 to 27 July 1967. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 28 July 1967, he was advanced Lieutenant-Colonel on 30 June 1987, and served as Commanding Officer of the 17th Training Regiment, R.A., from 3 August 1987 to 16 April 1990; and then as as a Staff Officer Grade 1 with the British Military Advisory and Training Team in Zimbabwe from 17 April 1990. He retired on retired pay in 1993.

647

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (2) (24402515 Gdsm. G. L. Smith Gren Gds.; 24281361 Gdsm. P. M. £140-£180 King Coldm. Gds.) minor edge bruising to last, good very fine (2)

648

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (2) (24657754 Gdsm S J Williams WG; 23830875 Cpl. R. J. Rankin £140-£180 UDR.) the first mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (2)

649

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24421997 Pte S J Malcolmson UDR) in named card box of issue, mounted for wear, very fine £70-£90

650

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Lebanon (24540566 Tpr M W Shaw QDG) minor edge bruise, otherwise about extremely fine £600-£800 Approximately 129 General Service Medals with clasp Lebanon awarded to the 1st Queen’s Dragoon Guards.

651 652

Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (Mr A L Turner BAE) nearly extremely fine

£100-£140

Operational Service Medal 2000, for Iraq & Syria, 1 clasp, Iraq & Syria (Rfn A McBrinn Rifle fles 30164608) in named box of issue, virtually Mint state, scarce £700-£900 Sold with a photographic image of the recipient.

653

Iraq 2003-11, 1 clasp, 19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003 (25112115 LCpl S J Menzies R Signals) in named card box of issue, extremely fine £80-£100

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Coronation and Jubilee Medals

654

Pair: Police Constable W. Luscombe, Metropolitan Police Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C. W. Luscombe. C. Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. W. Luscombe. C. Div.); together with the related miniature awards, nearly extremely fine (2) £70-£90 W. Luscombe served with ‘C’ (St. James’s) Division.

655

Three: Police Constable C. Murphy, Metropolitan Police Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C. C. Murphy. A. Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. C. Murphy. A. Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. C. Murphy.) minor edge bruise to first, good very fine (3) £80-£100 Charles Murphy was born in Sussex on 20 April 1858 and enlisted in the Metropolitan Police on 11 January 1886. He served with ‘A’ (Westminster) Division for his entire career, and was discharged to pension on 16 January 1911.

Sold with the recipient’s ‘The Metropolitan’ police whistle; and copied research.

656

Pair: Police Constable C. Henson, Metropolitan Police Jubilee 1887, Metropolitan Police (PC. C. Henson. V. Div:); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. C. Henson.V. Div.) good very fine Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.S. A. Rolfe. D. Div.) ; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Henry L. L. Johnson) good very fine (4) £100-£140 C. Henson served with ‘V’ (Wandsworth) Division.

657

Jubilee 1897, silver, unnamed as issued, small scratch to obverse field, nearly extremely fine

658

Three: Police Sergeant R. Sharp, Metropolitan Police

£120-£160

Jubilee 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C. R. Sharp. C. Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. R. Sharp. C. Div.); £70-£90 Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.S. R. Sharp.) good very fine (3) R. Sharp served with ‘C’ (St. James’s) Division.

659

Jubilee 1897, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Nursg. Sisr. Miss A. Brown.) ; Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. G. Bramble. P. Div.) ; Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. A. Brown) very fine (3) £80-£100 G. Bramble served with ‘P’ (Peckham) Division.

660

Coronation 1902, Mayors’ and Provosts’ issue, silver, unnamed as issued, good very fine

£100-£140

661

Coronation 1902, Hong Kong issue, bronze, unnamed as issued, in Edmonds, Baker Street, London, fitted case of issue, with replacement ring suspension, good very fine, rare in case of issue £160-£200

662

Coronation 1902, Natal issue, 29mm, silver, unnamed as issued, pierced as issued but lacking small ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £60-£80

663

Delhi Durbar 1903, silver, unnamed as issued, with integral top riband buckle, edge bruising and light contact marks, nearly very fine £240-£280

664

Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (Lt. Col. G. R. Fox Delhi Durbar 1911.) contemporarily engraved naming, minor scratch to obverse field, otherwise extremely fine £100-£140 G. R. Fox served with the Ghazipur Light Horse, and was awarded the Volunteer Officers’ Decoration in July 1901.

665

Jubilee 1935 (2), both unnamed as issued, one on lady’s bow riband, both in card boxes (one gentleman’s, one lady’s) of issue; Coronation 1953 (2), both unnamed as issued, one on lady’s bow riband, both in card boxes (one gentleman’s, one lady’s) of issue, extremely fine (4) £100-£140

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Coronation and Jubilee Medals 666

Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953; Jubilee 2002; Jubilee 2012, all unnamed as issued, the last in card box of issue; Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., Circular issue, 2nd ‘Coronation robes’ issue (Albert Meredith Ayers.) in case of issue, minor edge bruise to last, otherwise extremely fine (5) £120-£160

667

Jubilee 1977 (2), both unnamed as issued, one on lady’s bow riband, both in card boxes (one gentleman’s, one lady’s) of issue, extremely fine (2) £100-£140

668

Jubilee 2002; Jubilee 2012 (2); Jubilee 2022, all unnamed as issued, all in card boxes of issue, extremely fine (4)

669

Coronation 2023, unnamed as issued, in card box of issue, extremely fine

£70-£90

670

Coronation 2023, unnamed as issued, in card box of issue, extremely fine

£70-£90

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£100-£140

Long Ser vice Medals 671

Imperial Service Medal, E.VII.R., Star issue (George Lane) in Elkington, London, case of issue, the case slightly damaged, otherwise extremely fine £70-£90 I.S.M. London Gazette 14 October 1910: Lane, George, Postman, Bridport.

672

Imperial Service Medal, E.VII.R., Star issue, unnamed, in Elkington, London, fitted case of issue, minor blue enamel damage, otherwise good very fine £80-£100

673

Imperial Service Medal, E.VII.R., Star issue, unnamed, in Elkington, London, fitted case of issue, some blue enamel damage and minor dinting to obverse central medallion, very fine £70-£90

674

Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., Star issue (George Kemp) on original Elkington, London, suspension pin; together with a Salvation Army Long and Faithful Service Medal, silver and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘M Mrs. Adjutant Annie Gilliard 1910 ’; and a Corps of Commissionaires Medal, the reverse engraved ‘H H. Jarvis ’, good very fine (3) £100-£140

x 675

Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., Circular issue, 2nd ‘Coronation robes’ issue (George Underhill) ; Canadian Forces Decoration, E.II. R. (LAC A. J. A. Radcliffe) ; together with a renamed Military Medal, G.V.R. (778424. Cpl. F. C. Shadwell. 3rd. Btn. C.R.TG.) ; a Royal Army Temperance Association Five Year Medal, silver and enamel, unnamed; a composite Lincolnshire Regiment brass helmet plate, King’s Crown; and a composite pre-Great War 13th Canada Militia brass helmet plate, the MM unofficially renamed, generally very fine and better (6) £120-£160 Note: 778424 Frederick Charles Shadwell served with the 127th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, and then with the 3rd Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops, but there is no record of him being awarded the Military Medal.

676

Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Walter James Bailey) in its case of issue; Silver War Badge (3) (367576; 248219; 890045) the last three mounted for display with respective Cap Badges and medal riband bars, the last lacking its wearing pin, generally very fine (4) £50-£70 I.S.M. London Gazette 3 March 1939.

Bailey, Walter James, Skilled Workman, Class II, London Telecommunications Region.

Oliver William Hopkins attested into the Royal Engineers for service during the Great War, after earlier service during the Boer War with the Somerset Light Infantry. He was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 367576 and is additionally entitled to a 1914-15 Star Trio.

William Casey attested into the Army Service Corps for service during the Great War. He was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 248219 and is additionally entitled to a 1914 Star Trio.

Alfred William Haggar attested into the Army Service Corps for service during the Great War. He was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 394005 and is additionally entitled to British War and Victory Medals.

x 677

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (8204 Sjt. H. A. Barrell. Coldm. Gds.) good very fine

£100-£140

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, May 2020.

Harry Albert Barrell was born in Westminster on 12 April 1877 and attested for the Coldstream Guards as a Boy soldier on 2 October 1890. He served with them in South Africa during the Boer War from 28 October 1899 to 4 October 1902 (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Paardeberg, Diamond Hill, and Belfast; and a King’s South Africa Medal with the usual two date clasps), and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with a Gratuity of £5, per Army Order 101 of 1909. He was discharged in the rank of Sergeant on 30 April 1913, after 22 years and 211 days’ service, and was subsequently employed as postman in Kidderminster, retiring in 1937. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal per Army Order 98 of 1953, and died in Kidderminster on 28 January 1960.

Sold with copied research.

x 678

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (5802 Qr:- Mr:- Serjt. H. Elwick. Coldstream Gds:) nearly extremely fine £70-£90 Henry Elwick was born in Newport, Lincolnshire, in 1858 and attested for the Coldstream Guards on 9 October 1883. He died whilst still serving of acute bronchitis at Pirbright, Surrey, on 15 April 1905.

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Long Service Medals 679

Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Rhodesia & Nyasaland (D.N.15578. W.O. II. Jim Bakali) contact marks, good fine and scarce £260-£300 Jim Bakali was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 December 1961.

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680

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. (2) V.R., narrow suspension (C. G. Haly, Chf: Eng: RM: Artfr. H.M.S. Indus.) impressed naming; E.VII.R. (172725 C. L. Viner., P.O. 1Cl, H.M.S. Impregnable.) slight edge dig to second, very fine and better (2) £120-£160 Charles George Haly , a Pattern Maker from Falmouth, Cornwall, was born on 2 August 1855. He joined the Royal Navy in April 1877, attaining the rank of Chief Engine Room Artificer, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1889. Shore pensioned in May 1897, he died in Plymouth on 11 August 1935.

Claude Leslie Viner , a Collier from Monmouthshire, was born on 20 May 1877. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 20 April 1893 and was advanced Petty Officer 1st Class on 9 June 1905. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 25 May 1910 and he was discharged as a consequence of kidney disease on 6 August 1914. He served post War with the Merchant Navy, and a CR10 card exists with a photographic image of the recipient.

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681

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Willm. Bunkum. Sergt. R.M. H.M.S. Revenge) impressed naming good very fine £80-£100

682

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (2), 1st issue (344640. Edward Baxter, Act. Ch. Armr. H.M.S. Sappho.) ; 2nd issue, with fixed suspension (310973 J. Durrant. S.P.O. H.M.S. Vernon.) edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £80-£100

683

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (6050 C. Sjt: T. Daughton. 3/V.B. S.W. Bdrs:) impressed naming; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (T.1454053. Dvr. F. Butcher. R.A.S.C.) ; Civil Defence Long Service Medal, E.II.R., unnamed as issued, generally good very fine and better (3) £100-£140

684

Cadet Forces Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Fg. Off. G. E. J. Badcock. R.A.F.V.R. (T)) light contact marks, good very fine

685

Royal Observer Corps Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Observer P. Warwick) on investiture hook, in named card box of issue, extremely fine £100-£140

686

Royal Observer Corps Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Observer H. L. Williams.) fitted with an unofficial ‘Royal Observer Corps’ bar, good very fine £80-£100

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£70-£90

Long Service Medals 687

Pair: Fireman E. G. Butcher, National Physical Laboratory Volunteer Fire Brigade Civil Defence Long Service Medal, E.II.R., unnamed as issued; National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, bronze, 1 clasp, Ten Years, the edge officially numbered ‘15848’, and additionally engraved ‘Edward G. Butcher’; together wit the original N. F.B.A. Long Service Medal issue card, dated 24 February 1950, extremely fine Pair: Miss Audrey M. Collier, Commandant, Wadhurst Voluntary Aid Detachment, British Red Cross Society Defence Medal; Voluntary Medical Service Medal (Miss Audrey Marian Collier) extremely fine Service Medal of the Order of St John (3) (2072 Pte. L. S. van Heerden. S.A.R. & H. Dis. S. Africa S.J.A.B.O. 1936; 40258. Sgt. A. Campbell. Durham. S.J.A.B. 1943.) ; with one Additional Award Bar (S.A. 76 H. J. Moller 1952) last in H. T. Lamb, London case of issue, the first silver, the latter two cupro-nickel, good very fine (7) £120-£160 Edward Gordon Butcher was born in 1911 and was employed as a Fire Scientist at the National Physical Laboratory, Twickenham, and later at the Fire Research Station, Borehamwood. He was the author in 1979 of ‘Smoke control in fire safety design’, as well as various other papers.

Sold with ‘Rules for Wearing Decorations & Medals’ relating to the recipient’s National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal.

Audrey Marian Collier enrolled in the British Red Cross Society on 14 May 1925, and was appointed Commandant of the Sussex 134 (Wadhurst) Voluntary Aid Detachment in October 1937.

688

Special Constabulary Long Service Medal (6), G.V.R., 1st issue (2) (Par. Offr. Albert J. Carter; Sergt. John Curbishley) both with Metropolitan Special Constabulary 1914 Long Service badges; G.V.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, The Great War 1914-18 (John Redgewell) ; G.VI.R., 1st issue (Edwin Bramley) ; E.II.R., 2nd issue (Edward Green) in card box of issue; E.II.R., 2nd issue (Thomas F. Courtney) in Royal Mint fitted case; Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Ldg. Fireman John W. Lovell) in card box of issue, good very fine and better (7) £140-£180 Sold with a Kent Fire Brigade Certificate named to ‘L Leading Fireman John Walter Lovell ’, and dated 22 March 1961, the recipient having completed 22 years in the Fire Service.

689

Hong Kong Royal Naval Dockyard Police Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (No. 135 I.P.C. Sher Zaman) good very fine and scarce £1,000-£1,400 Sold with copied medal roll (ADM 171/61) which confirms medal issued in 1936.

690

Nuclear Test Medal, C.III.R., unnamed as issued, in case of issue, with named label ‘C Cpl E K Graham 1931012 ’, extremely fine, rare £160-£200

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Miscellaneous 691

An early and unrecorded 19th Century badge of the Priory of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England, circa 1830-50, 18 carat gold and enamels, 51mm diameter excluding gilt ring suspension, the central medallions inscribed on one side ‘Prior.

Hospitalis. Sancti. Johannes. Jerusalem. in. Anglia’ and on the reverse ‘Sir John Greaves’, marked with ‘18ct’ and crown hallmark on some balls of cross, very fine and extremely rare £3,000-£5,000 XRF analysis confirms the badge as 18 carat gold.

692

An interesting ‘Medal of Honor’ awarded to Deputy Surgeon-General William Jameson, C.I.E., Indian Medical Service, the famous Scottish physician and botanist who was credited with promoting India’s tea trade Governor of the North West Province’s Exhibition Medal, 1867, 42mm, silver, the obverse featuring a bust of the young Queen Victoria facing left, with legend around, the reverse inscribed ‘Medal of Honor 1867’ inside a central wreath, and ‘Provincial Exhibition N.W.P. / The Honble E. Drummond, Lt. Gr.’ around, the edge engraved ‘Dr. W. Jameson’, fitted with an Indian Mutiny style suspension, good very fine £80-£100 William Jameson was born in Leith, Edinburgh on 25 May 1815 and studied medicine at Edinburgh University. Appointed an Assistant Surgeon in the Bengal Medical Service in August 1835, he rose to senior rank as Deputy Surgeon-General of India and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (London Gazette 1 January 1878). However, it was for matters outside his immediate medical career that he obtained wider fame, an early example being his appointment as Superintendent of the Botanical Garden at Saharunpore, for in common with his uncle, Robert Jameson, he was a noted botanist. And it was in that respect that he enthusiastically advocated the cultivation of tea in British India, for, under the patronage of the Governor-General, Lord Dalhousie, he succeeded in procuring plants and distributing them widely. In fact, it may be said, to his services the subsequent development of Indian tea-planting was largely due. The author of a numerous tea and botanical related books and articles, he died at Dehra Dun in March 1882.

x 693

Memorial Plaque (Henry Percy Bates) nearly extremely fine

£60-£80

Henry Percy Bates was born in Shrewsbury and there attested for the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 September 1914, and was killed in action during the Battle of Armentieres on 25 October 1914.

He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.

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Miscellaneous 694

The Great War Memorial Plaque to Second Lieutenant L. G. H. Brown, 52 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, a R.E.8 Observer who was listed along with his pilot as missing presumed killed, when failing to return to Dunkirk, 8 December 1917 Memorial Plaque (Lionel George Henry Brown) attractively mounted on a card board for display with an Observer’s brevet, R.F.C. cap badge, and Memorial Plaque enclosure slip, additionally with Memorial Plaque card envelope of issue, generally good very fine (lot) £120-£160 Lionel George Henry Brown was born in India, and was the son of Mrs Alice Brown of 12 Sackville Gardens, The Drive, Telford. He initially served in the ranks of the 18th (Service) Battalion (1st Public School), Royal Fusiliers before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps in July 1917.

Brown was posted for operational flying as an Observer with 52 Squadron on the Western Front. He flew from Dunkirk in R.E.8 A3642 with Second Lieutenant C. S. Read as his pilot, 8 December 1917. Both failed to return, and were reported as ‘Missing’. The entry on Brown’s Movements document, dated 15 November 1918 gives: ‘No further report, death is now accepted for official purposes as having occurred on or since 8.12.1917’ Second Lieutenant Brown is commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial.

695

Memorial Plaque (John Rowland Horne) with Buckingham Palace enclosure, good very fine Copy Medals (3): Korea 1950-53, 1st issue, 1 unofficial clasp, Korea (22859035 Pte. R. Osborne. Para) ; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; General Service 1962-2007, 3 clasps, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, Northern Ireland (D R Mundy Corporal 24020600) the first and the third both stamped ‘Copy’, the Korea pair mounted for wear, together with the related miniature awards and a copy Airborne Forces cap badge, and housed in a modern case; the GSM loose, extremely fine (4) £80-£100 John Rowland Horne (also recorded as Rowland or Roland John Horne), a native of Portsmouth, where his parents owned various cinemas, served during the Great War on the Western Front as a Corporal with 3rd Reserve Lorry Park, Royal Air Force, and died on 28 October 1918.

He is buried in Fillievres Cemetery, France.

Sold with a family photograph, believed to be of the recipient and his two brothers when they were children, taken c. 1905.

696

Memorial Plaque (Fred Scott) in original paper envelope and outer card envelope, small traces of verdigris, otherwise good very fine £40-£50 11 men with the name Fred Scott (together with a further 17 men with the name Frederick Scott) are recorded on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour for the Great War. One of the men with the name Fred Scott (15/792 Private, West Yorkshire Regiment) was killed in action on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, and is buried in Delville Wood Cemetery, France; it is therefore possible that this is his Memorial Plaque.

697

Urban District of Llandudno Memorial Plaque 1914-19, 189mm, bronze, featuring an angel with high-relief wings, holding a laurel branch over the shield of the Urban District and the engraved name, ‘Arthur Thomas Clarke, Private, R.W.F.’, with the legend, ‘Pro Deo Rege et Patria 1914-1919’, mounted on a wooden base, 300mm x 30omm, good very fine and a scarce and attractive piece £200-£240 Arthur Thomas Clarke , originally from Birmingham, living at Bryn Honeb, Great Ormes Head, Lllandudno, attested into the Royal Welsh Fusiliers for service during the Great War. He served on the Western Front from 27 September 1915 and was killed in action whilst serving with the 16th Battalion on 3 July 1918. He is buried in Varennes Military Cemetery, France.

698

Harrismith City Rifle Club, Shooting medal, silver, hallmarked Birmingham 1903, maker’s mark ‘J.F’ for James Fenton, 'To commemorate the late Capt. Eugene Clementi-Smith D.S.O., who fell at Harrismith 11th September 1901. Presented by the City Rifle Club.' 45mm, in contemporary ebonised wood glazed frame, extremely fine and scarce £140-£180 Captain Eugene Clementi-Smith died of wounds received in action 11 September 1901, at Georgiana, Harrismith. He was for several years secretary of the Middlesex Rifle Association, and shot for the Queen's Prize at Bisley as a member of the Middlesex Yeomanry Cavalry, in which he was at one time sergeant-instructor of musketry. Before joining the Middlesex Yeomanry Cavalry, Lieut. Clementi-Smith was an officer in the Canadian Artillery. He went to South Africa as a 2nd Lieut. with the l.Y. at the beginning of 1901, and was promoted Lieut. in July. He was mentioned in the despatch of Gen. Lord Kitchener, Oct. 8th, 1901, for having 'advanced alone to occupy a position the Boers were making for, and though wounded through his right shoulder he continued to fire from the left, keeping the enemy off until he was reinforced.' He was awarded the D.S.O. for this act of gallantry.

699

Birmingham Tribute Medal 1899-1902, 38mm, white metal, the obverse featuring the crowned conjugate busts of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra facing right, the reverse featuring the arms of the city, unnamed, pierced with ring suspension, with unofficial riband and loose ‘1899-1902’ top brooch bar; together with a Mayor and Mayoress of Keighley’s Boer War commemorative medallion, and a Pretoria Citizens Service Medal 1914-19, very fine or better (3) £40-£50

700

An attractive large circular watercolour of nine assorted Royal Artillery soldiers, mounted in square wooden frame, with a brass tablet inscribed ‘Presented by Sergt. G. Allen R.A. (Instructor 1st Division) To No. 1 Battery Mess 1890 3rd M.A.V.) approximately 90cm x 87cm, generally good condition £50-£70 Please note that this lot is not suitable for shipping, but can be hand delivered within mainland Britain by prior arrangement.

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Miscellaneous 701

The ‘Horatia Nelson-Ward’ Nelson Guinea and Casket, the guinea found aboard Victory amongst Nelson’s personal effects and given to Emma Hamilton’s infant daughter Horatia as a memento of her beloved father The George III gold guinea dated 1787 mounted as a brooch and with pendant loop, contained in a Georgian silver and gilt vinaigrette, of plain form, hallmarked Birmingham 1805 with maker's mark for John Shaw (lacking pierced grille), 52mm x 32mm x 13mm, this contained in an early 20th Century purple silk and velvet lined ebony box commemorating the 100th anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar, the hinged lid applied with two brass fouled anchor and lifebelt mounts, one containing a printed bust length portrait of Nelson, the other a printed plaque inscribed TRAFALGAR OCTOBER 21 1805, the front of the box applied with a silver plaque inscribed ‘Nelson's Guinea found aboard Victory amongst the personal effects of the hero of Trafalgar.

Graciously loaned to this Centenary Exhibition by the family of the late Horatia Nelson Ward to whom the coin had been presented in infancy as a memento of her beloved Father’, the inner edge of the box stamped EBONY BRITISH, the base of the box with applied paper typed label inscribed ‘The family now believes it would be a fitting and lasting tribute if the artefacts, some of which they previously displayed during the Trafalgar centenary, be incorporated into our exhibition dedicated to the restoration of Victory’ [this probably in relation to the great restoration completed in July 1928], 105mm x 70mm x 45mm, some damage and old repair to base edge of casket, otherwise good condition for age £8,000-£10,000

Provenance: Horatia Nelson-Ward, down through the Nelson-Ward family to the Reverend Hugh Nelson-Ward, then to his friend the Reverend Robert Evans (Royal Navy College Chaplain) who passed it to his nephew, who sold it at Wallis & Wallis, October 2005; Antony Cribb Ltd. Auction, November 2023, the vendor having purchased it from Wallis & Wallis in 2005.

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Miscellaneous 702

An original Napoleonic War Naval Order signed by Rear Admiral of the White George Martin to Robert Mitford, Commander of H.M. Sloop Espoir at Messina, instructing him to proceed to Sea ‘the moment you are ready – and to cruise fro Three Weeks on the Coast of Naples and Calabria from the Bay of Naples to the Gulf of St. Eufemia – taking care to approach the former with caution ... Given on board the Canopus in Palermo Bay, 30 August 1809’ and signed ‘Geo Martin’, 1 page, 13 inches x 8 inches, folded, with light stains commensurate with age, otherwise good conditio £60-£80 Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Martin saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. In 1797 Captain Martin, then captain of the Irresistible, 74 guns, played a conspicuous part in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent on 14 February 1797, and towards the close of the action hoisted the broad pennant of Commodore Nelson, whose ship, the Captain, was completely disabled.

His conduct on this occasion procured him a Gold Medal and the thanks of Parliament. He served in further actions, and in February 1800 whilst in command of the Northumberland, 74 guns, acquired the approbation of Lord Nelson for his alacrity and good conduct at the capture of the French 74-gun ship Généreux. Later that year he succeeded Captain Troubridge in the command of the blockading squadron before Malta. On 5 September 1800 Captain Martin, whose perseverance in the discharge of his blockading duties had been unremitting, had the honour of signing the capitulation in virtue of which the important island of Malta became annexed to the Crown of England. His last appointment was Commander-inChief at Portsmouth, flying his flag in H.M.S. Victory. His service totalled 32 years on full pay and 39 years on half pay. He was raised to his ultimate rank of Admiral of the Fleet on 9 November 1846, and he died on 28 July 1847.

Sold with copied research.

703

A Rare United States War Department Document Signed by James Monroe, later 5th President of the United States of America A War Department Document, dated 17 December 1814, appointing George Helmbold a Second Lieutenant in the 13th Infantry, and signed ‘Jas Monroe’ in his dual capacity of Secretary of State and Secretary of State for War , at a critical juncture in the War of 1812, folded and torn in parts with a section at the bottom missing, therefore fair condition, but the signature and written details crisp and clear £200-£300

James Monroe (1758-1831) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, who served simultaneously as Secretary of State and Secretary of State for War during the latter stages of he War of 1812. Elected President in the 1816 presidential election, and re-elected in 1820, he served as the 5th President of the United States of America from March 1817 to March 1825, the last of the Founding Fathers to serve as President.

704

Cases of Issue (11): Distinguished Service Order, a Great War era case by Garrard, London; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.), Officer’s 2nd type, by Royal Mint; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.), Member’s 2nd type, by Royal Mint; Military Cross, a Second War era case by Royal Mint; Royal Red Cross, Second Class (A.R.R.C.), an E.II.R. era case by Collingwood, London; British Empire Medal (2), both by Royal Mint; Jubilee Medal 2022 (2); Royal Humane Society, a V.R. era case by Warrington, London; together with a modern campaign medal plastic case, the MC case somewhat scuffed, otherwise generally good condition (11) £120-£160

x 705

Cases of Issue (4): Military Cross, with embossed crown to lid, the lid somewhat damaged; Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh (?) the inside silk lining of the case with Hunt & Roskell, London, affixed label; and two miscellaneous cases, one by Parkins & Gotto, London; generally good condition except where stated (4) £80-£100

x 706

Ribbon buckles (2): A full-sized two prong gold riband buckle, unmarked; together with a corresponding miniature-width two prong gold riband buckle, unmarked, both complete with brooch pins and both believed to be of Victorian manufacture, extremely fine (2) £120-£160

707

Renamed and Defective Medals (6): Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (H. Pearson 45th Foot) short hyphen reverse, renamed; Maharajpoor Star 1843, naming erased, with original hook suspension replaced by a contemporary fixed laurel leaf bar suspension, and fitted with a contemporary top silver riband buckle; Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Gunner Peter Keay. Punjaub Artillery.) naming erased; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Corpl. T. Lewis, 64th. Foot) traces of brooch mounting to obverse, with suspension claw re-affixed; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Danl. Smith 4th. Regt.) officially impressed naming, suspension broken, the suspension bar and clasp detached from planchet (but present); Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp, naming mostly erased; the last heavily polished and worn, this fair; the rest generally nearly very fine and better Copy Medals (4): Military Cross, G.V.R.; Davison’s Nile Medal 1798 (2), one in ‘silver’, the other in bronze; Defence Medal, these all obvious poor-quality copies, nearly very fine (10) £300-£400

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Miscellaneous 708

Renamed Medal: Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Major Freese, 37th. Grenadiers *) renamed, suspension claw reaffixed, very fine £80-£100 William Henry Freese was born in Madras, India, on 13 November 1821, the son of Colonel John Freese, Madras Artillery, and his wife Isabella Freese, and the younger brother of Arthur Freese; in 1802, as a newly-married eighteen year old, Isabella Freese was widely rumoured to have had a romantic liaison in India with the then 32 year old Arthur Wellesley (later Field Marshal the 1st Duke of Wellington), and it is believed that Wellington may well have been Arthur Freese’s father; in any event, as well as giving him his name, he served as godfather of the infant boy. A portrait of Isabella Freese is on display at the Duke of Wellington’s London residence, Apsley House.

William Freese was commissioned into the 37th Grenadiers, Madras Native Infantry, on 30 January 1839, and served during the Great Sepoy Mutiny on the Staff of the Sangor Field Division in the campaign in Southern Bundlecund from 1 March 1858, being promoted Major on 28 November 1859. Advanced Lieutenant-General on the Retired List on 1 July 1881, he died in Southsea, Hampshire, on 31 May 1887.

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Miniature Medals 709

An unattributed mounted group of fiv five miniature dress medals George Cross; Defence Medal; Coronation 1953; Jubilee 1977; Jubilee 2002, mounted for wear, good very fine An unattributed mounted group of nine miniature dress medals The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s (Brother’s) badge, silver and enamel; King’s Police and Fire Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, for Distinguished Service; British War and Victory Medals; Defence Medal; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953; Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R.; Netherlands, Kingdom , Order of Orange Nassau, Military Division, Knight’s badge, silvered and enamel, with gilt sword hilts, mounted as worn, very fine and better (14) £80-£100

710

An unattributed mounted group of nine miniature dress medals The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B., (Military) Knight Commander’s badge, gold and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., gold and enamel, with integral top riband bar; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class badge, silver-gilt and enamel; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98; China 1900, no clasp; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Coronation 1937, mounted court-style as worn, but with the retaining pin subsequently removed, good very fine (9) £260-£300

711

An unattributed mounted group of eleven miniature dress medals The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B., (Military) Companion’s badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, mounted for wear, very fine An unattributed mounted group of eight miniature dress medals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E., (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1936-1939, Minesweeping 1945-7 [sic]; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted for wear, very fine (19) £100-£140

712

An unattributed mounted group of fiv five miniature dress medals The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I., Companion’s; badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with an onyx cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria to centre; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E., (Civil) Commander’s 1st type badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, mounted court-style for wear, minor enamel damage to CBE, otherwise good very fine (5) £160-£200

713

An unattributed mounted group of nine miniature dress medals The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s badge, silver-gilt and enamel; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897; China 1900, no clasp; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; United States of America , Navy Distinguished Service Medal, gilt and enamel, mounted court-style as worn, nearly extremely fine (9) £100-£140

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Miniature Medals 714

An unattributed mounted group of six miniature dress medals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E., (Military) Commander’s 1st type badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Paardeberg, Cape Colony, Transvaal; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N. W. Frontier 1919 [sic], mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed mounted group of eight miniature dress medals Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, North West Frontier 1930-31, Burma 1930-32; India General Service 1936 -39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; India Service Medal; Indian Independence Medal 1947, mounted as worn, very fine (14) £120-£160

715

An unattributed mounted group of fiv five miniature dress medals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E., (Military) Commander’s 1st type badge, gilt and enamel; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Jubaland; British War and Victory Medals, mounted as worn on a six medal mounting pin (and therefore possibly lacking a sixth medals to which the recipient was entitled), good very fine An unattributed mounted group of three miniature dress medals Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Rel. of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, mounted as worn, good very fine An unattributed mounted group of seven miniature dress medals China 1900, 1 clasp, Rel. of Pekin; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1908, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919; 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Coronation 1911; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue, mounted as worn, very fine (15) £140-£180

716

An unattributed mounted group of eight miniature dress medals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E., (Military) Commander’s 2nd type badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Military Cross, G.V.R.; General Service 1918-62, 4 clasps, Palestine, South-East-Asia 1945-6 [sic], Malaya, Arabian Peninsula, with M.I.D. oak leaf; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Cadet Forces Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, mounted court-style as worn, very fine An unattributed mounted group of seven miniature dress medals The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class badge, silver and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., (Military) Member’s 2nd type badge, silver; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland; South Atlantic 1982, with rosette; Jubilee 2002; Jubilee 2012; Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, mounted for wear, very fine (15) £100-£140

717

An unattributed mounted group of seven miniature dress medals Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., gold and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State; 1914 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Defence Medal; Coronation 1937, mounted as worn, good very fine An unattributed mounted group of fiv five miniature dress medals Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; France, Third Republic , Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star on riband, mounted as worn, good very fine (12) £140-£180

718

An unattributed mounted group of eight miniature dress medals Distinguished Service Order, E.II.R., gilt and enamel, lacking integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Military) Officer’s 2nd type badge, gilt; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; United States of America , Silver Star, mounted as worn, nearly very fine An unattributed mounted group of nine miniature dress medals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E., (Military) Member’s 2nd type badge, silver; Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., gilt and enamel, lacking integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, mounted for display in this order, very fine (17) £80-£100

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Miniature Medals 719

An unattributed mounted group of nine miniature dress medals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Military) Officer’s 2nd type badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., 1st issue, no clasp [sic]; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Jubilee 1935, mounted for wear, nearly very fine An unattributed mounted group of seven miniature dress medals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type badge, silver-gilt; British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star, 1 clasp, Pacific; War Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed mounted group of seven miniature dress medals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Military) Officer’s 2nd type badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 2nd issue, mounted for wear, very fine An unattributed mounted group of six miniature dress medals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., (Military) Officer’s 2nd type badge, gilt; U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP ribbon; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland; South Atlantic 1982, without rosette; Jubilee 1977; Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 1994, E.II.R., mounted for wear, good very fine (29) £120-£160

720

An unattributed mounted group of eight miniature dress medals Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R.; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Pacific Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Naval Auxiliary Service L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., mounted court-style as worn, good very fine An unattributed mounted group of nine miniature dress medals Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R.; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue; U.N. Korea 1950-54, mounted for wear in this order, generally very fine An unattributed mounted group of fiv five miniature dress medals Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R.; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, very fine (22) £120-£160

721

An unattributed mounted group of eight miniature dress medals Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar; British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, 1 clasp, Rhodesia 1896; Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., no clasp [sic]; 1914 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Jubilee 1935; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R., mounted court-style as worn, generally very fine and better (8) £100-£140

722

An unattributed mounted group of ten miniature dress medals Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Egypt, Kingdom , Order of the Nile, Officer’s badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed mounted group of four miniature dress medals Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, mounted as worn, good very fine An unattributed mounted group of six miniature dress medals Military Cross, G.VI.R.; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted as worn, very fine (20) £120-£160

723

An unattributed mounted group of eight miniature dress medals Military Cross, E.II.R.; Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland; N.A.T. O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Kosovo; Operational Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan, 1 clasp, Afghanistan; Iraq 2003-11, 1 clasp, 19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003; Jubilee 2002, mounted court-style as worn, nearly extremely fine (8) £80-£100

724

An unattributed mounted group of seven miniature dress medals Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R.; Military Medal, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Jubilee 1935; Belgium, Kingdom , Leopold II Veteran’s Cross, gilt, mounted for wear, very fine An unattributed mounted group of seven miniature dress medals Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal; 1914-15 Star, with 1914 Star clasp [sic]; British War and Victory Medals; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., £80-£100 1st issue, mounted as worn, very fine (14)

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Miniature Medals 725

An unattributed mounted group of fiv five miniature dress medals Military Medal, G.V.R.; King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed mounted group of eight miniature dress medals Military Medal, G.V.R.; 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with full-size M.I.D. oak leaves; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed mounted group of eight miniature dress medals Military Medal, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s full-sized riband bar, good very fine An unattributed mounted group of six miniature dress medals Military Medal, G.VI.R.; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, on H.A.C. riband, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed mounted group of six miniature dress medals Military Medal, G.VI.R.; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, good very fine (33) £120-£160

726

An unattributed mounted group of six miniature dress medals British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, mounted for wear, good very fine An unattributed mounted group of seven miniature dress medals British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R., with gallantry emblem; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939 -45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, mounted for wear, good very fine An unattributed mounted group of fiv five miniature dress medals British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R.; Korea 1950-53, 2nd issue; U.N. Korea 1950-54; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo, mounted court-style for wear, good very fine (18) £120-£160

727

An unattributed mounted group of three miniature dress medals British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed mounted group of three miniature dress medals 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed mounted group of six miniature dress medals 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed mounted group of four miniature dress medals Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed mounted pair of miniature dress medals Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, very fine Miniature Medals: British War Medal 1914-20 (2); Victory Medal 1914-19; together with an unofficial miniature National Service Medal 1939-60; and an unofficial miniature British Forces Germany Medal 1945-89, very fine (23) £60-£80

728

An unattributed mounted group of fiv five miniature dress medals Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed mounted group of fiv five miniature dress medals Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; France, Third Republic , Medal of Honour, silver, with crossed swords and laurel wreath suspension, mounted as worn in this order, very fine An unattributed mounted group of three miniature dress medals British War Medal 1914-20; Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R.; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R., mounted as worn, toned, extremely fine An unattributed mounted group of three miniature dress medals Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, mounted as worn in this order, good very fine (16) £80-£100

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Miniature Medals 729

An unattributed mounted group of fiv five miniature dress medals Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Jubilee 1935, mounted as worn, good very fine An unattributed mounted group of nine miniature dress medals Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine [sic]; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue, mounted as worn, good very fine An unattributed mounted group of four miniature dress medals Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Near East; U.N. Korea 1950-54, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed mounted group of four miniature dress medals Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula; General Service 1962-2007, 4 clasps, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, South Arabia, Dhofar; Malaysia, Federation , Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medal; Jubilee 1977, mounted for wear in this order, good very fine (22) £80-£100

730

An unattributed mounted group of six miniature dress medals 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals; 1939-45 Star; Defence Medal; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, mounted for wear, very fine An unattributed mounted group of nine miniature dress medals 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Malaya, mounted as worn, good very fine An unattributed mounted group of four miniature dress medals 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Italy, Kingdom , Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, mounted as worn, good very fine, the last scarce in miniature An unattributed mounted group of four miniature dress medals 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Belgium, Kingdom , Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, mounted as worn, good very fine An unattributed mounted group of four miniature dress medals 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn, together with the ribands for the Victory Medal, the 1939-45 Star, and the Africa Star, but these miniatures no longer present, good very fine An unattributed mounted pair of miniature dress medals Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18; British War Medal 1914-20, mounted for wear in this order, very fine An unattributed mounted group of four miniature dress medals British War and Victory Medals; Defence Medal; Service Medal of the Order of St John, with two Additional Award Bars, £100-£140 mounted as worn, very fine (33)

731

An unattributed mounted group of fiv five miniature dress medals British War and Victory Medals; Defence Medal; Jubilee 1977; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, this with three full-sized rosettes on riband, mounted for wear, nearly very fine An unattributed mounted group of three miniature dress medals British War and Victory Medals; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue, mounted for wear, nearly very fine An unattributed mounted group of six miniature dress medals General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, Malaya; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, mounted as worn, good very fine An unattributed mounted group of seven miniature dress medals 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R.; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed mounted group of six miniature dress medals 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 2nd issue; U.N. Korea 1950-54, mounted court-style as worn, very fine (27) £70-£90

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Miniature Medals 732

An unattributed mounted group of six miniature dress medals 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1977, mounted for wear, very fine An unattributed mounted group of fiv five miniature dress medals 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed mounted group of four miniature dress medals 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed mounted group of four miniature dress medals Defence and War Medals 1939-45; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army, mounted for wear in this order, nearly very fine An unattributed mounted pair of miniature dress medals Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wear, very fine An unattributed mounted pair of miniature dress medals Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed mounted group of seven miniature dress medals Pakistan Independence Medal 1947; Pakistan , Republic Medal 1956; Great Britain , 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; Coronation 1953, mounted as worn in this order, very fine (30) £70-£90

733

An unattributed mounted group of ten miniature dress medals Korea 1950-53, 2nd issue; U.N. Korea 1950-54; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya; U.N.E.F. Medal; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R.; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, South Arabia; U.N. Medal, on UNPROFOR riband; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia; Coronation 1953; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army, mounted court-style as worn, good very fine An unattributed mounted pair of miniature dress medals General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, Northern Ireland, Malaya [sic], with M.I.D. oak leaves; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army, mounted court-style as worn, nearly very fine An unattributed mounted group of three miniature dress medals General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland; Iraq 2003-11, 1 clasp, 19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003, with additional small rosette on riband; Jubilee 2002, mounted as worn, good very fine An unattributed mounted group of fiv five miniature dress medals N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Kosovo; Iraq 2003-11, 1 clasp, 19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003; Operational Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan, 1 clasp, Afghanistan; Jubilee 2002; Jubilee 2012, mounted court-style as worn, very fine An unattributed mounted pair of miniature dress medals Operational Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan, 1 clasp, Afghanistan; Jubilee 2012, mounted as worn, extremely fine An unattributed mounted pair of miniature dress medals Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue, Territorial; Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, T. & A.V.R., with one Additional Award Bar, mounted court-style as worn alongside an unofficial National Service Medal 1939-60, and an unofficial General Service Cross, very fine (26) £140-£180

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World Orders and Decorations x 734

Four: Second Lieutenant J. F. Lappin, Cadet Instructor List, late Royal Canadian Air Force Canada , Special Service Medal, 1 clasp, NATO - OTAN; U.N. Medal, on ONUC riband; U.N. Medal, on UNDOF riband; Canadian Forces Decoration, E.II.R., with two Additional Award Bars (Cpl J. F. Lappin) mounted court-style for display, nearly extremely fine (4) £100-£140 Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009 (when sold without the Special Service Medal) James Franklin Lappin attested for the Royal Canadian Air Force at Halifax, Nova Scotia, in October 1957, aged 19, and undertook two U.N. missions, the first to the Congo in 1961, and the second to the Golan Heights. Promoted Corporal on 1 October 1964, he was awarded his Canadian Forces Decoration on 9 November 1969, and the two Additional Award Bars in November 1979 and October 1990 respectively.

Promoted Sergeant in 1984, he transferred to the Cadet Instructor List and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in December 1987. He finally retired in December 1992 and died in Sechelt, British Columbia, on 19 January 1996, aged 57.

Sold with copied research.

x 735

Cuba, Republic , Allied Victory Medal 1914-19, bronze, official type, the edge stamped ‘Bronze’ and with Chobillon mark, nearly extremely fine, scarce £300-£400 Approximately 6,000 - 7,000 Cuban Allied Victory Medals awarded.

x 736

A Great War French Croix de Guerre and Medaille Militarie pair attributed to Private B. C. Vernis, 363rd Infantry Regiment, who died on 19 April 1917 France, Third Republic , Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with silver star emblem on riband; Medaille Militaire, silver, gilt, and enamel, with trophy of arms suspension, both mounted for display on the recipient’s French Memorial Scroll, inscribed ‘Vernis, Bruno Charles, Soldat au 363e. Régiment d’Infgantrie, Mort pour la France le 19 Avril 1917’, this mounted on board, nearly extremely fine An Italian Order of Vittorio Veneto attributed to C. Gabrielli Italy, Republic , Order of Vittorio Veneto, Knight’s Cross, bronze, mounted for display on the bestowal document, named to ‘Gabrielli Camillo’, numbered ‘765’, and dated ‘15.12.1970’; together with the accompanying presentation gold medal to commemorated the 50th Anniversary of Victory in the Great War 1918-68, gold (18ct, 5.20g), all housed in a glazed display frame, extremely fine (4) £180-£220

737

Germany , Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, unmarked; Iron Cross 1939, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, silver mark to ring, both somewhat worn, therefore better than good fine (2) £80-£100

738

Germany , Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre; together with a Chinese People’s Republic Resist U.S. Aggression, Aid Korea Medal 1951, the pin fitting with a damaged hook; a Japanese China Incident War Medal 1939, with clasp, bronze, in scuffed case of issue; and a Soviet Union Flight Badge for trouble free hours (86307) in its card box of issue with 17 pin emblems and blank award booklet, generally very fine and better (4) £80-£100 Sold with a hallmarked silver and enamel Western General Hospital nursing badge, the reverse engraved ‘83 P M Duffy’.

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World Orders and Decorations 739

Germany , Westwall Medal (2), bronze, one with original paper packet of issue, stamped ‘Deutsches Schutzwall Ehrenzeichen’, traces of verdigris to one, generally good very fine and better Germany , Second World War Wound Badges (9), silver (6), all of solid construction, four maker marked ‘65’ for the company Klein & Quenzer, Idar-Oberstein, three of which are in original boxes of issue; one maker marked ‘30’ for the company Hauptmunzamt, Vienna, in black artificial leather case, with manufacturer’s sticker to bottom; and one unmarked; black (3), all stamped types, and all unmarked, the two silver badges not in cases of issue showing signs of corrosion, otherwise generally good condition (11) £120-£160

740

Italy, Kingdom , Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver (A. Codrington. A.B. H.M.S. Sutlej. 239618.) contemporarily engraved £80-£100 naming, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine Arthur Codrington was born in Tottenham, London, on 11 February 1891 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 2 September 1907. He served in H.M.S. Sutlej as a Boy First Class from 23 September 1908 to 28 January 1909, and participated during the rescue operations following the Messina Earthquake in December 1908, being one of those men who actually landed from the ship to participate in the rescue operations. Promoted Able Seaman on 9 May 1910, he served during the Great War in a variety of ships and shore based establishments, and was promoted Leading Seaman on 24 May 1917, and Petty Officer on 1 April 1919. He was shore discharged, time expired, on 11 March 1921.

741

Italy, Republic , Order of Merit (2), Officer’s breast badge, 60mm including crown suspension x 45mm, gilt and enamel, unmarked, with rosette on riband; Knight’s breast badge, 60mm including crown suspension x 45mm, gilt and enamel, unmarked, with lapel rosette, in Johnson, Milan, case of issue, good very fine (2) £80-£100

742

Eight: Bugler Constable Belefe Maunda, Malawi Police, late King’s African Rifle fles Malawi , Independence Medal 1964, unnamed; Police Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, clasp, Police (Bgl/Const. B. Maunda); Great Britain , 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (N.51777 Pte. Belefe Maunda. K.A.R.) mounted for display, contact marks, edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine (8) £220-£260 Belefe Mauda , a member of the Anguru tribe from Zomba, Nyasaland, attested into the King’s African Rifles on 19 March 1941 and served during the Second War in Madagascar and Burma. Discharged on 10 December 1949, he reenlisted on 6 April 1950 and served as Drummer. After further service in Kenya, he was discharged on 5 April 1956. He subsequently joined the Nyasaland, later Malawi Police.

Sold with copied service papers and copied Malawi Independence Medal roll extract taken from the Malawi Government Gazette.

743

Ottoman Empire , Medal for the Russian War 1877, 2nd issue, ‘El Gazi’ to obverse, silver, pierced as issued, with small ring suspension, good very fine £100-£140

744

Ottoman Empire , Gallipoli Star 1915, silvered and enamel, reverse stamped ‘BB. & Co.’, with retaining pin, minor corrosion to reverse, otherwise very fine £70-£90

745

Ottoman Empire , Gallipoli Star 1915, silvered and enamel, reverse stamped ‘BB. & Co.’, with retaining pin, generally very fine £70-£90

746

Poland, People’s Republic , Order of Polonia Restituta, Fifth Class breast badge (2), gilt and enamel; Cross of Merit (4), First Class, gilt and enamel; Second Class, silvered and enamel; Third Class (2), bronze; Medal for Victory and Freedom 1945, bronze; Medal of Merit for National Defence (2), bronze; Medal for the 30th Anniversary of the People’s Republic 1944-74, silvered; Medal for the 40th Anniversary of the People’s Republic 1944-84, silvered; Jan Krasicki Cross, bronze and enamel; Polish Socialist Youth Association Cross of Merit, bronze and enamel, generally very fine United States of America , Legion of Merit, Officer’s breast badge, gilt and enamel, with bronze device on riband, together with the riband bar and a miniature width enamel lapel riband bar, both with devices on riband, in case of issue; Distinguished Flying Cross, bronze, together with a miniature width enamel lapel riband bar, in case of issue, nearly extremely fine (15) £80-£100

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World Orders and Decorations 747

A rare ‘Non-Christian’ Russian Order of St. Anne Russia, Empire , Order of St. Anne, Third Class breast badge, by Keibel, St. Petersburg, 35mm, gold (56 zolotniki) and enamel, nonChristian Imperial Eagle to both obverse and reverse central medallions, court stamp and manufacturer’s initials ‘AK’ to reverse, gold mark and Assay office mark for St. Petersburg 1865-96 on suspension loop, lacking original large loop suspension, and now £5,000-£7,000 fitted with a small gold ring suspension, extremely fine, rare

748

Serbia, Kingdom , Order of the White Eagle, 2nd type, Knight’s breast badge, 66mm including crown suspension x 32mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, unmarked, red enamel damage to reverse central medallion, nearly very fine £60-£80

749

Serbia, Kingdom , Order of the Star of Karageorge, Soldier’s Cross First Class, with swords, gilt, reverse dated 1914-16, very fine £140-£180

750

Seven: Nursing Sister Elizabeth M. Zietsman, South African Military Nursing Service, Union Defence Force South Africa , Union Medal, officially numbered 1422; Great Britain , Coronation Medal 1953, unnamed as issued; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, the Second War awards all officially impressed ‘254590 E. M. Zietsman’, mounted court-style for display in this order, nearly extremely fine and a rare combination of awards to the South African Military Nursing Service (7) £160-£200

Elizabeth Margrieta Zietsman enrolled in the South African Military Nursing Services as a Staff Nurse in March 1941, and was promoted Nursing Sister in October 1941. She served during the Second World War in support of operations in North Africa from November 1941 to 1944, and was awarded the Coronation Medal in 1953 as a Sister, Union Defence Force.

751

A South African Korea War group of three awarded to D. C. Grobler South Africa , Medal for Korea 1950-53 (P6789 D. C. Grobler); Good Service Medal; U.N. Korea (P6789 D. C. Grobler) mounted for display with South Korean Korea medal and an unofficial service medal, very fine or better (5) £300-£400

752

Timor-Leste, Republic , Medal of Merit, breast badge, gilt and enamel, unmarked; together with the related miniature award, gilding slightly rubbed, otherwise extremely fine (2) £60-£80

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World Orders and Decorations 753

Zanzibar, Sultanate , Order of the Brilliant Star, Second Class breast star, 91mm, silver, gold, and enamel, with tughra of Sultan Ali bin Hamud (1902-11) to centre, the reverse with central embossed tughra, fitted with silver retaining pin and two additional prongs for wearing, nearly extremely fine and rare £1,000-£1,400

754

Zanzibar, Sultanate , Order of the Brilliant Star, Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini (1893-96) issue, breast badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamel, the central medallion with the painted portrait of Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini on gold, unmarked, some minor repairs to white enamel, otherwise good very fine and very scarce £400-£500

755

Allied Victory Medals: Belgium, Cuba, this a copy; Czechoslovakia; France; Great Britain, with M.I.D. oak leaves (31048 Sjt. A. H. White. R.A.) ; Greece; Italy; Japan; Portugal; Romania; South Africa, Bilingual issue (Pte. G. W. Martin. 4th. S.A.I.) ; United States of America, 1 clasp, Ypres-Lys, all bronze; together with a German Great War Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre; and a United States Naval Good Conduct Medal, bronze, unnamed as issued, generally nearly very fine and better (14) £160-£200 Albert Henry White served as a Farrier Sergeant with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 October 1914, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 18 May 1917).

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Militaria 756

Georgian Scottish Officer’s Presentation Sabre.

A very good example, with a sharply curved 76.5 cm blade, within a sixteen row scroll, the presentation: ‘Presented To Captain James Mayne Of The Royal Mid-lothian Artillery, From The Non Commissioned Officers And Privates Of His Company, In Testimony Of Their Regard And Esteem For Him As A Gentleman And Officer.’ polished to the lower half, the upper half with blue and gilt, the blade profusley etched with garlands, trophies of arms, figures, the Royal Crest, a crowned ‘GR’, with maker’s marks for ‘Osbornes’ and ‘Warranted’, with a gilt stirrup hilt deeply chased with acanthus leaves, a wire bound ribbed ivory grip, the scabbard of black leather with gilt mounts, marked below mouthpiece and above the top ring engraved in large gothic script the date ‘ Feb. 11th. 1804.’, the gilding to the scabbard worn in places, hilt with nearly all of its gilt finish remaining, ivory and wire wrap excellent, slightly dull bluing on the blade, the presentation is clear and detailed, generally very good condition £2,400-£2,800 Ivory Submission Reference BEMR89PR .

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757

5th (Royal Irish) Lancers Other Ranks Lance Cap Plate and Plume.

A very good die-stamped brass example, circa 1905-14, with a triangular fluted plate bearing the Royal Arms above a Maid of Erin and Harp, with battle honours to ‘South Africa 1899-1902’, above a four part regimental title scroll ‘Fifth Royal Irish Lancers’, the reverse with two screw posts, one lacking its original hooped screw plate nut, with original plume and holder, very good condition £60-£80

758

Coldstream Guards Cap. A Coldstream Guards Officers’ No. 1 Dress Cap, by Edward Smith, London, with cap badge to front; together with a Scots Guards Regiment Headquarters blue banner, housed in a glazed display frame, the whole measuring 500mm x 550mm, generally good condition (2) £80-£100

759

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) Officer’s Cap Badge and Collar Badge.

A very good hallmarked die-stuck silver example Cap Badge, with a Dragon upon ground with a raised front leg, above a regimental title scroll ‘The Buffs’, the reverse with hallmarks for ‘Birmingham, 1943’ and maker’s marks ‘F&S’ for Firmin and Son, with two silver loops; with a silver hallmarked Collar Badge with a Dragon upon ground with a raised front leg, above a regimental title scroll ‘The Buffs’, with hallmarks to the front for, ‘Birmingham, 1909’ and maker’s marks ‘F&S’, for Firmin and Son, the reverse with its two loops removed and replaced with a brooch with a sturdy silver pin, hook and hinge, with maker’s marks for ‘Firmin London’, very good condition (2) £140-£180

760

20th/23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers Glengarry Badge A very good first pattern die-stamped white metal example, circa. 1914-15, centred with a Lion rampant surmounting a keep, holding a pendant with ‘X’, above a spray of thistles and regimental title scroll ‘Tyneside Scottish’, inside a Garter belt with the motto ‘Quo Fata Vocant’, the reverse with two nicely toned copper loop fixings, very good condition £140-£180

761

1st Northumberland and Berwick-Upon-Tweed Rifle Volunteers Other Ranks Helmet Plate.

A very good die-stamped blackened brass example, circa 1878-1881, with a Victorian Crown surmounting a Bath style cross, with a strung bugle horn to the voided centre inside a title circlet '1st Northumberland and Berwick-upon-Tweed RV', the reverse £120-£160 with its original three loop fixings, very good condition

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Militaria 762

17th/20th (Pals) Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, Officer’s Cap Badge.

A very good and scarce Great War era, hallmarked silver example bearing the crest of Lord Derby above a motto scroll 'Sans Changer', the reverse with two silver loop fixings, hallmarks for ‘London 1914’ and maker's marks ‘E & Co' for Elkington & Co., very good condition and scarce £160-£200

763

The Suffolk Regiment, Officer’s Cap Badge.

A very good Victorian hallmarked die-cast silver example, with a Victorian crown surmounting a motto belt ‘Montis Insignia Calpe’, with a castle above a key to the voided centre below a battle honour scroll ‘Gibraltar’, inside a wreath of laurels, above a regimental title scroll ‘The Suffolk Regt’, the reverse with two silvered loop fixings, hallmarks for ‘Birmingham 1899’ and maker’s £140-£180 marks ‘B&P’, for Bent and Parker, very good condition

764

7th/8th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Leeds Rifles) Officer’s Cap Badge.

A very good and scarce hallmarked silver example with a crowned seeded Maltese cross inside a wreath of laurels, each arm bearing battle honours, centred with a crowned strung bugle surrounded by a regimental title belt ‘Leeds Rifles’, with hallmarks for ‘Birmingham 1925’ and maker’s marks ‘F&S’, for Firmin and Sons, below, the reverse with two silver loop fixings, very good condition £120-£160

765

London Irish Rifles, or South African Irish Rifles, Pipe Major’s Caubeen Badge.

A very good unmarked silver, or silver plate example with a King’s crown surmounting a polished oval domed ground, centred with a harp, surrounded with a wreath of shamrocks, the reverse with two loop fittings, six screw posts and a plume holder; together with a good example pair of cloth and metal Victorian Regimental Undress Epaulettes, with a black cloth background with lace to the edging above a gilt crescent, with a button bearing a Queen’s crown attached to each, some damage to the cloth area on one, otherwise good condition (3) £100-£140

766

29th (Worcestershire) Other Ranks Glengarry Badge.

A very good Victorian brass example, circa 1874-81, with an eight pointed Garter star, and motto, with the numerals ‘29’ to the voided centre, see (K.& K. 471) the reverse with its two original brass loops east and west, very good condition £40-£60

767

The Border Regiment, Officer’s Cap Badge and Collar Badges.

Excellent die-cast hallmarked frosted silver an enamelled examples,1906-1953 pattern, with a King’s crowned seeded Maltese cross surmounting a Garter star, each of the cross bearing battle honours, centred with a Chinese Dragon above a red enamelled ground below a further battle honour ‘China’, inside a title circlet ‘Arroyo Dos Molinos 1811’, all above a regimental title scroll ‘The Border Regiment’, the reverse with its two original silver loop fixings and hallmarks for ‘Birmingham,1910’ and maker’s marks ‘J & Co’ for Jennens and Co, and three small domed headed silver rivets; with a similar pair of Officer’s collar badges, these diestamped, both reverses with two nicely toned copper loop fixings, excellent condition (3) £120-£160

768

Assorted Officer’s Cap Badges.

A very good selection including an excellent silver plated, gilt and enamel post 1953 example to the Royal Hampshire Regiment, with a felt back Queen’s crown upon a Garter star, surmounting an enamelled red centred red rose, inside a ble Garter motto belt, above a regimental title scroll ‘Royal Hampshire’, the reverse with two loop fixings and a pin to hold the central device, with arched maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt, London’, very good condition: a sliver (untested) or white metal and enamel example to the Royal Sussex Regiment, with Garter star and motto below a curved feather, above a regimental title scroll The Royal Sussex Regt.’, the reverse with two long loop fixings; a Royal Warwickshire Regiment, silver (untested) or white metal example with an antelope bearing a gilt chain and coronet, the reverse with one loop and one small lower blade fixings, very good condition (3) £140-£180

769

Tower Hamlets Rifles, The Rifle Brigade, Officer’s Cap Badge A very good and scarce finely silver plated example, circa 1926-49, with a King’s crowned Maltese cross to the voided centre, with a wreath of laurels and precise and clear details of regimental title and all honours to its face, the reverse with two silvered loop fixings and maker’s marks for ‘J.R.Gaunt London’, very good condition and scarce £120-£160

770

Rifle Brigade Officer’s Cap Badge.

A very good hallmarked silver example, 1911-34 pattern, with a crowned seeded Maltese cross inside a wreath of laurels, each arm bearing battle honours, centred with a crowned strung bugle surrounded by a regimental title belt ‘Rifle Brigade’, with hallmarks for ‘Birmingham 1916’ and maker’s marks ‘B&P’, for Bent and Parker, below, the reverse with two silver screw posts, very good condition £120-£160

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Militaria 771

The Rifle Brigade, Officer’s Cap Badge.

A very good die-cast silver example, 1934-58 pattern, with a crowned seeded Maltese cross inside a wreath of laurels, each arm bearing battle honours, centred with a crowned strung bugle surrounded by a regimental title belt ‘The Rifle Brigade ’, with maker’s marks ‘J.R. Gaunt, London’, the ‘J’ almost indistinct, and ‘Sterling’ below, the reverse with two long silver loop fixings, minor polishing to the central dome, otherwise very good condition £80-£120

772

Royal Tank Regiment Officer’s Cap Badge.

A very good hallmarked silver example with a crowned laurel wreath with a Great War era tank to the voided centre above a motto scroll ‘Fear Naught’, the reverse with its three original silver loops, hallmarks for ‘Birmingham, 1941’ and maker’s marks ‘JRG&S’ for J.R.Gaunt & Son, very good condition £120-£160

773

2nd Wiltshire Battalion, Marlborough College Corps, Shoulder Belt Plate.

A very good and scarce die-stamped bronzed or blackened brass post 1880 Officer Cadet’s example, with an Imperial crowned garter strap ‘Marlborough College Cadets 2nd Wilts. Batt’; centred with a shield bearing the college arms resting upon a spray of laurels, the reverse with three screw posts, very good condition and scarce £140-£180

774

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Piper’s Caubeen Badges.

Good plated examples (3) with a castle above a regimental title scroll ‘Inniskilling’ with a flag facing to the right, one example, the reverse with two loop fastener fittings and provision for a supporting a Plume; another example, the reverse lacking one loop £90-£120 fixing; the reverse to the other with two hook and two cut pin fixings, all in good service worn condition (3)

775

3rd (The King’s Own) Hussars, and 18th (Queen Mary’s Own) Hussars Officer’s Collar Badges.

Very good hallmarked silver examples, the first with a horse upon ground, the reverse with two silver loop fixings, hallmarks for ‘Birmingham 1906’, and maker’s marks ‘B&P’ for Bent and Parker; the second with a King’s crowned regimental title belt ‘Queen Mary’s Own’ and ‘XVIII’ upon an ‘M’ to the voided centre, above a spray of laurels, the belt with fine hallmarks for ‘Birmingham 1912’ and maker’s marks ‘J&Co’ for Jennens & Co, the reverse with two silver loop fixings, very good condition (2) £80-£100

776

Grenadier Guards Edward VII Colour Belt Plate.

A very scarce Edwardian hallmarked silver example upon a seeded rectangular colour belt plate, centrally mounted with a large silver flaming grenade bearing a crowned ‘ER’ cypher, reversed and interlaced, the reverse with two wide silver belt loops and hallmarks for Birmingham, 1901, the central device lacking one of its fastening nuts, otherwise excellent condition and very scarce £400-£500 777

16th Lancers, Officer’s Shoulder Belt and Pouch.

A good Victorian example, the Pouch with a gilt entwined crowned ‘VR’ cypher to the silver flap, with hallmarks for ‘Birmingham 1893’, the edge of the flap with an engraved decoration of the regimental pattern, before a dark leather box with two silver bullion lines complete with both floriated ends and hallmarked silver belt loops, the belt, a scarce example of regimental pattern gold lace with a white silk line running along its length, mounted with silver hallmarked buckles, tip and slide, with a hallmarked silver regimental pattern boss supporting prickers and chains, with hallmarks for ‘Birmingham 1893-4’, maker’s marks ‘J&Co’, for Jennens and Co, marked upon all silver mounts, some dents, minor insect damage to the cloth interior of the pouch, overall good service worn condition and better £300-£400

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Militaria 778

London Irish Rifles, Officer’s Shoulder Belt and Pouch.

A very good standard post Second War manufactured example with silver plated mounts including a centre Belt Plate, with an Elizabethan crown surmounting a shamrock wreath, within the wreath a Harp above a battle honour scroll ‘South Africa 1900-02’, with four separate rows of 20 regimental battle honours from ‘Loos’ to ‘Argenta Gap’ above and below, with a lion’s mask, chain, £140-£180 whistle and Pouch bearing a plated Harp, very good condition (lot)

779

King’s Dragoon Guards Non Commissioned Officer’s Arm Badge, and Officer’s Collar Badge.

A very good and scarce Victorian die-cast hallmarked silver example, with a Guelphic crowned two headed eagle, centred with a shield, holding a sword and a ball in either claw, the reverse with two silver loop fixings, hallmarks for ‘Birmingham 1899’, and maker’s marks ‘B&P’, for Bent and Parker; with an Officer’s Collar Badge of the same design, the reverse with a brooch pin, hook and hinge fittings, with halllmarks ‘Birmingham 1942’ and maker’s marks ‘JRG&S’ for J.R.Gaunt & Son’, very good condition (2) £140-£180

780

6th (Inniskilling) Dragoon Guards, Non Commissioned Officer’s Arm Badge.

A good silvered brass example of hollow back construction, 1860-1928 pattern, with a three towered castle, the centre tower surmounted with a right facing flag above, a scroll inscribed ‘Inniskilling’, the reverse lacking its three loop fixings, replaced with a pin and hook brooch fixing, good condition £90-£120

781

Civil Service Rifle Volunteers Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp.

A very good and scarce white metal or silver plated two piece example, the male section with a stippled background centred with a Victorian Crown, the female section with circlet inscribed ‘Civil Service Rifle Volunteers’, stamped with maker’s marks for ‘Robson & Son’s Lexington St, London W’, both sections with bench marked ‘68’, very good condition and scarce £120-£160

782

1st Royal Cheshire Militia, Mess Silver, Menu Holder.

A very good example, both sides in the form of a Victorian regimental Shako Plate, with the Prince of Wales’ feathers to a domed centre, within a circlet inscribed ‘1st Royal Cheshire Militia’, the feet inscribed ‘Presented by Major E. Harrison 1885’, both sides of identical form and with matching inscriptions, 115mm x 100mm, very good condition £220-£260

783

Assorted Royal Navy Insignia.

A very good selection from the Second War to present issue, including a scarce standard pattern H.M.S. Patroclus Cap Tally, removed from its cap, in service worn condition; a Royal Navy Commando Shoulder Title, white upon black; a pair of Royal Navy Reserve Shoulder Titles (2), white upon black; a Royal Naval Special Reserve Shoulder Title, red upon black; a Royal Naval Auxiliary Service Shoulder Title; Royal Navy Shoulder Titles (2) white upon black, and a red upon black; a Leading Air Fitter (Electrical) Badge, red upon black; a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Aircraft Handler Badge, red upon black; a Royal Navy Visual Signalman 1st Class Badge, red upon black; a selection of post war examples including Royal Marines Heavy Weapons Badges (2), in gold bullion, one example with one star, the other with two stars, both in their packet of issue; a Royal Navy Motor Transport Driver Badge, bullion upon black; assorted Royal Yacht and Royal Band Shoulder Titles (11) in bullion and cotton, mounted upon a display card, very good condition (lot) £120-£160 H.M.S. Patroclus, an Armed Merchant Cruiser which served during the Second War as a convoy protection vessel, was sunk off Northern Ireland’s ‘Bloody Foreland’ coast on the 3rd of November 1940, alongside two other convoy vessels by the infamous U-Boat skipper, Kapitanleutnant Otto Kretschmer of U-99. Nicknamed ‘Silent Otto’, despite being taken prisoner in March 1941, he arguably finished the war as Germany’s leading UBoat commander, having sunk the greatest tonnage during his short period of service. Beating, after a well publicised bet, his two main rivals, Gunther Prien and Joachim Schepke.

784

Assorted British Commando cloth Insignia.

A very good selection of Second War era and later cloth, including a No. 9 Commando Shoulder Title, with white upon black, with a glue backed reverse; an arched Commando Shoulder Title, white on black, with a glue blacked reverse; a First Commando Brigade Shoulder Title, red on blue; a 2 Medical Commando Shoulder Title, white on black; a 1 Medical Commando Shoulder Title, red upon black; an embroidered 104th Training Brigade Shoulder Patch, blue and gold upon red felt; a Royal Marines Tape, red upon dark blue; a Royal Marines Epaulette Slider Twill, red upon blue; a No. 6 Commando Shoulder Title, red upon black; 46 Royal Marines Commando Shoulder Titles (2), red upon black, assorted examples; a Royal Marines Band Service Shoulder itle, red upon black; large printed Combined Operations Shoulder Patches (2) a matched pair in service worn condition; Commando, a Shoulder Title, red upon black; a Royal Marine Commando Shoulder Titles (3) red on black, a matching pair with another single example; a No. 4 Commando Shoulder Title, red upon black; a No. 10 Commando Shoulder Title, red on black; a Lovat Scouts Shoulder Title, white upon dark blue; assorted separately numbered Shoulder Titles, 3; 12; 45; 46; a Commando Shoulder Title, black upon red; a Royal Marines straight embroidered Shoulder Title, red upon black; a 116th Independent Brigade Formation Badge, with a yellow trident upon felt; assorted modern example Navy Commando and Army Commando Badges, etc., all in good condition, some with service wear (lot) £300-£400

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Militaria 785

Assorted British Cavalry and Yeomanry Insignia.

A very good, extensive and comprehensive selection, some scarce, mounted upon two large cards for display, including anodised metal cavalry Cap and Collar Badges, mostly Queen’s crown examples, including Buckinghamshire Regiment, a Cap Badge; Earl Of Chester’s Yeomanry, a Cap Badge and single Collar Badge; Northumberland Hussars, Cap and Collar Badges, with a further pair white metal example Collar Badges; Light Dragoons Cap Badges (2) and Collar Badges; Royal Dragoon Guards, Cap Badges; Ayrshire, Earl of Carrick’s Own, Cap and Collars Badges; Berkshire and Westminster Dragoons; Royal Devon Yeomanry, Cap and Collar Badges; Berkshire Yeomanry, Cap and Collar Badges; Royal Tank Regiment, Cap and Collar Badges; Royal Armoured Corps, Cap and Collar Badges; 17th Lancers, Cap and Collar Badges; 16th/5th Lancers, Cap Badges (2) one a blackened example, Collar Badges and Shoulder Titles; 15th/19th Hussars, Cap Badge, Collar Badges, with a single Shoulder Title; 14th/20th Hussars, Collar Badges; 13th/18th Royal Hussars, Cap and Collar Badges; Royal Hussars, Cap Badge, Collar Badges and Shoulder Titles; Queen’s Own Hussars, Cap and Collar Badges; 12th Lancers, Cap and Collar Badges; 9th/12th Royal Lancers, Cap and Collar Badges; Queen’s (Royal Irish) Hussars, first pattern Cap Badge, Collar Badges and Shoulder Titles (11); Royal Hussars, Cap Badges (2); 11th Hussars, Cap and Collar Badges; 7th (Queen’s Own) Hussars, Cap Badge; 3rd (King’s Own) Hussars, Cap and Collar Badges; 5th Dragoon Guards, Cap Badge, Collar Badges and Shoulder Titles; 1st Royal Dragoons Cap and Collar Badges; 4th/7th Dragoon Guards, Cap Badge, Arm Badge and Collar Badges; Royal Scots Greys, Cap and Collar Badges; Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, Cap Badge, Collar Badges and Shoulder Titles; 3rd Carabiniers, Cap and Collar Badges; 1st Queen’s Dragoon Guards, Cap Badge; Blues and Royals, Cap Badge, Collar Badges and Shoulder Titles; Life Guards, Cap and Collar Badges; Kent & County of London Yeomanry, Cap and Collar Badges; Loyal Suffolk Hussars, Cap and Beret Badges; Queen’s Own Mercian Yeomanry, Cap Badge; Essex Yeomanry, Cap and Collar Badges; Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, Cap and Collar Badges; Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, Cap and Collar Badges; Fife & Forfar Scottish Horse Yeomanry, Cap Badge and Collar Badges (4); Queen’s Own Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry, Cap and Collar Badges; Staffordshire Yeomanry, Cap Badge; Sussex Yeomanry, Cap Badge, King’s crown; Surrey Yeomanry, Cap Badge; Queen’s Own Lowland Yeomanry, Cap and Collar Badges; Pembrokeshire (Fishguard) Yeomanry, Collar Badges (3); Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, Cap and Collar Badges; Sussex Yeomanry, Cap and Collar Badges; Queen’s Own Yorkshire Yeomanry, Cap and Collar Badges; North Irish Horse, Cap and Collar Badges; Cheshire Yeomanry, Cap and Collar Badges; Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry, Cap and Collar Badges; Dorset Yeomanry, Cap and Collar Badges; City of London Yeomanry, Cap Badge; Norfolk Yeomanry, Cap Badge; Shropshire Yeomanry, Cap and Collar Badges, very good condition, some scarce (lot) £300-£400

786

Assorted Scottish and Irish Yeomanry Badges.

A very good selection of King’s and Queen’s crowned example Cap and Collar Badges, mounted upon cards for display, including North Irish Horse; North of Ireland Horse I.Y., white metal and brass examples; N.I.H. brass Shoulder Titles; North Irish cloth Shoulder Titles, white on black; North Irish Horse frosted silver Queen’s crown Officer’s Collar Badges; Assorted Officer’s and Other Ranks Epaulettes; South Irish Horse Cap and Collar Badges, including an Officer’s Cap Badge, the reverse with blade fixings: Buttons; an Irish Horse Cap Badge; a good selection of metal and bullion examples, board mounted for display, including B Company, C Company, and HQ Company Collar Badges, Buttons, Shoulder Titles, etc. very good condition (lot) £220-£260

787

Assorted Cavalry and Royal Artillery Insignia.

A good selection of Officer’s and Other Ranks insignia including a large oversized die-stamped copper Household Cavalry Officer’s Cap Badge, with a Queen’s crown and enamelling to the front, the reverse with four screw posts, 10.8cm x 7cm, some enamelling lacking from the right of the centre; a Royal Lancers bi-metal Pouch Badge, the reverse with four loop fixings; a Royal Artillery Helmet or undress Sabretache Plate, with a Victorian coat of arms above a cannon and title and motto scrolls, the reverse with four screw post fixings, the gilding worn; a large brass Royal Artillery cannon, the reverse with three screw post fixings; assorted pips and crowns for Officer’s Badges; a brass example, King’s crown Connaught Rangers Cap Badge, etc., generally good condition and better (lot) £80-£100

788

Assorted Regimental Band Insignia.

A very good and extensive selection of post Second War Cavalry, Infantry and Territorial examples, mounted upon a card for display, including Queen’s Division, with a Queen’s crowned Helmet Plate of standard star form; enamelled red, black, and gold Cap and Collar Badges; a crowned Garter Strap centred with ‘QD’ and the motto to the strap; an anodised Prince of Wales’ Division Band Helmet Plate of standard form with a detachable centre with a plume of feathers, the outer with title in green enamel; a gold anodised North Irish Territorial Band Helmet Plate, with a smaller example: white metal example North Irish Staff Band Collar Badges (2) and a Cap Badge; King’s Division Helmet Plate, centred with an enamelled red and white rose and Crown, with Matching Collar Badges (2) and a Cap Badge; Light Cavalry Band Collar badges (2) with a Cap Badge, in silvered and gilt metal; Heavy Cavalry Band, Cap and Collar badges, in silvered and gilt with a white enamelled Great War era tank; Band of the Dragoon Guards, Collar Badges, Cap Badge and an Arm Badge, silvered with green enamelled base; with assorted other examples including The Band of H.M. Royal Marines; The Queen’s Royal Hussars; Royal Artillery; Scots Guards; Irish Guards; The King’s £180-£220 Regiment; Worcestershire Regiment, etc., very good condition (lot)

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Militaria 789

Assorted Royal Artillery Insignia.

A very good, comprehensive and extensive selection of Second War and post war examples, some scarce, including Anti Aircraft, Searchlight, Battery, Coastal Artillery, Field Regiments, Divisional Formation Badges to 67th Searchlight Regiment; 31st Anti Aircraft Brigade; Maritime Anti Aircraft, first Pattern, (1) with second pattern woven and embroidered examples (3); 2nd Army Group R.A.; 7th Anti Aircraft Division (2) printed examples; 28th (Essex) Searchlight Regiment; 32nd Searchlight Regiment, R.A.; 7th City of London Searchlight Regiment; 101st Coastal Bde, R A; 8th Anti Aircraft Division (2); 2nd A.A. (2) a facing pair of first pattern; 1st A.A. (2) first and second pattern examles; 2nd Searchlight Regt, R.A.; Royal Artillery Gibraltar (2)’ 12th 1 Corps, A.A. Artillery, 3rd Division; 82nd (Essex) Heavy A.A. Regt R.A.; Gibraltar Command A.A.; 7th A.G.R.A. (2); A.A. Command (7) first and second pattern examples; 1st Corps R.A.; Malta Coastal Units R.A.; 1st Division R.A. (3); 129th Battery, 40 Field Regt. R.A.; 88th/92nd A.G.R.A.; 90th A.G.R.A.; 1st A.G.R.A. (3) assorted examples; 89th A.G.R.A.; 2nd A.G.R.A.; 5th A.G.R.A.; 12th A.G.R.A.; 6th A.G.R.A.; 97th A.G.R.A.; 30th A.A. Brigade; 88th A.G.R.A.; 41st A.G.R.A.; 34th (South Midland) A.A. Brigade (3) printed and embroidered examples; 12th A.A. Division; 7th A.G.R.A. (2) a printed facing pair; 91st A.G.R.A.; 9th A.A. Division; 245th (Ulster) Heavy A.A. Regiment; 4/73 Sphinx Battery; 297th Light A.A. Regiment R.A.; 1st Coastal Artillery Training School; 20th Anti Tank Regiment R.A.; 570th Light A.A./ Searchlight Regiment; 165th Heavy A.A., R.A., an embroidered example; 11th Anti Aircraft Division; 9th Anti Aircraft Division; 5th Anti Aircraft Division (3) assorted examples; 4th A.A. second pattern printed example, etc., from service worn to excellent condition (lot) £300-£400

790

Assorted Royal Engineers Insignia.

A very good cloth selection including Royal Engineers (Railway) Transport Training Centre, a printed example; 116th R.E. Group, an embroidered example; R.E. Base Group (Singapore), a printed example; R.E. Airfield Construction Group, a printed example; R.E. Beach Group (2) printed examples; R.E. Training, B.A.O.R.; 113th (Cheshire) Assault Engineer Regiment (2) circular and rectangular examples; R.E. Army Emergency Reserve Transportation Unit (2) printed examples; Tyne Electrical (V) R.E., an embroidered example; 11th R.E. Group (2) printed and embroidered examples; 26th R.E. Group, a printed example; 27th R.E. Group, an embroidered example; 29th R.E. Group (2) printed and embroidered examples; R.E. Movement Control, a printed example; 22nd R.E. Group (2) first and second pattern embroidered examples; R.E. Emergency Reserve Forward Works Unit; 23rd R.E. Group, an embroidered example; R.E. 113th Assault Shoulder Title; R.E. Army Movement Control Emergency Reserve, a printed example; R.E. 2nd Port Task Force, an embroidered example; R.E. 3rd Port Task Force (2) embroidered and printed examples; R.E. 1st Port Task Force (2) embroidered and a printed examples; 24th Engineer Group R.E., an embroidered example; from service worn to very good condition (lot) £300-£400

791

Assorted Royal Signals Insignia.

A good selection of assorted cloth insignia including a scarce embroidered example G.H.Q. Liaison Regiment (Phantom), in service worn condition; Army Air Formation Signals (2) printed and embroidered examples; a Great War example War Office Signals. A. T.S. Signal Company Badge; Royal Signals; 1st Signals Corps, a printed example; 2nd Signals Group, a printed example; 12th Signal Group, a printed example; 13th Signal Group (T.A.V.R.) a printed example; 39th Signal Regiment (2) assorted examples; 41st Signal Regiment; 216th Signals Squadron; Air Formation Signals (5) 2nd pattern examples; Royal Signals Training Brigade (2) printed and embroidered examples, etc., from service worn to good condition (lot) £140-£180

792

Royal Irish Regiment and Royal Irish Rifles Insignia.

A very good and comprehensive selection of card mounted Royal Irish Regiment and Royal Irish Rifles rank and specialist Trade Badge insignia including very scarce Wolfhound Major’s insignia, with a green and black rank slide with the embroidered head of a wolfhound above four chevrons and the regimental title ‘Royal Irish’ to the lower section, with Full Dress insignia of a large black cloth circle embroidered with silver bullion wire shamrocks to the outer edge, centred with a finely detailed bullion head of an Irish Wolfhound, with its matching rank of four silver chevrons embroidered with shamrocks, generally very good condition with some scarce examples (lot) £200-£240

793

Assorted Inniskilling Fusiliers Other Ranks Insignia.

A very good, extensive and comprehensive selection, some scarce, from 1855 to 1968. mounted for display, including assorted Cap Numerals (27); a Stable Belt; Three Sporting Medals, circa 1930’s; an early brass Bed Plate, ‘HQ Coy, 1st Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fus. 6972763 T.Smythe.’, with an applied Cap Badge to its top section, a large Fur Cap Grenade; a Victorian Glengarry Badge; a brass Waist Belt Clasp; a silvered bakelite economy Cap Badge; assorted Collar Badges, circa 1902-192; a brass economy Cap Badge, circa 1916; a Collar Badge as worn within a Forage Cap, circa 1894-1900; large brass Regimental Police ‘R.P.’ Shoulder Titles, ‘R.Innis’ with a grenade, 1908 pattern; Shoulder Titles ‘Inng. F.’,circa 1900; a scarce example 2nd Pattern Grenade Cap Badge, mistakenly inscribed, ‘Innesklilling’, which appeared in 1940; a last Pattern Shako Badge; a Glengarry Badge, pre 1881 pattern; a very good hallmarked silver sports Watch Fob. assorted Shoulder Titles, printed and cloth examples, etc., very good condition, some scarce (lot) £300-£400

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Militaria 794

Assorted 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot and Inniskilling Fusiliers, Officer’s, Other Ranks and Piper’s Insignia.

A very good, comprehensive and extensive selection, some scarce, from 1855 - 1968, including a scarce variant 1865 example Officer’s Waist Belt Clasp with the castle with ground below, centred with a well polished flag worn away; an Officer’s Fur Cap Grenade Badge; a post 1881 example Officer’s Glengarry Badge with fretted lettering within the scroll beneath the castle; an Officer’s gilt metal dome with centred with a mounted silver castle, from the wing pattern Epaulettes; a last pattern die-stamped Other Ranks Shoulder Belt Plate; Very good examples of assorted Officer’s Collar Badges, some pairs; a good selection of buttons; Mess Insignia, Shoulder Titles, Epaulettes; a good selection of Piper’s Insignia including a pair of white metal Collar Badges, nickel silver Shoulder Titles, assorted Headress Badges; 1st Battalion Pipe Major’s and a Piper’s badges. a Piper’s cloth Arm Badge; a Piper’s Waist Belt Plate, etc., very good condition, some scarce (lot) £400-£500

795

Assorted Royal Irish Fusiliers Insignia.

A very good comprehensive and extensive selection of Officer’s and Other Ranks Badges and Insignia including a large Officer’s Fur Cap Grenade Badge, excellent condition; a scarce Volunteer Battalion large Other Ranks Fur Cap Grenade Badge; a very good selection of Other Ranks brass Glengarry Badges; a good selection of Officer’s and Other Ranks Cap and Collar Badges in assorted metals and bullion wire; a good selection of assorted Officer’s and Warrant Officer’s Glengarry Badges, post 1881 examples; a large selection of Shoulder Titles; a scarce pair of Volunteer Battalion Other Ranks Collar Badges; printed and woven cloth Shoulder Titles; a good selection of modern and earlier Piper’s insignia, etc., very good condition (lot) £300-£400

796

Assorted Dublin, Royal Dublin and Munster Fusiliers Cloth Insignia.

Very good and scarce examples (3) including a Royal Munster Fusiliers Victorian or Edwardian Epaulette with white cotton trim stitching upon a red cloth background, with a bulbous white embroidered grenade above the letters ‘M.F.’, very good condition; a Royal Dublin Fusiliers slip on Shoulder Title with khaki backing and white cotton embroidery of a flaming grenade above the letters ‘R.D.F.’, the reverse backing complete with its twill cloth loop, excellent condition; with a Royal Dublin Fusiliers Foreign Service Helmet Pagri Padge, with a white bulbous Grenade above the letters ‘D.F.’, with red cloth shell shaped backing, this example in service worn condition with insect damage, some scarce (3) £200-£240

797

Assorted Officer’s and Other Ranks Irish and other Cloth Insignia.

A very good selection, within a display folder including a good selection of mostly early very good blazer bullion wire badges including Inniskilling Fusiliers; Royal Irish Fusiliers. Royal Irish Rifles’ London Irish Rifles; Royal Irish Rangers; North Irish Militia; 1st Belfast Branch, O.C.A. North Irish Brigade North American Band Tour 1964; Royal Irish Rangers, 22 years Loyal Service; Irish Guards; with cloth Shoulder Titles including Woman’s Royal Army Corps Ulster; Royal Signals Ulster; Royal Engineers, The Antrim’s; Royal Artillery Antrim; U.T.C. sports vest Badge 152 (North Irish) Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps; a pair of Royal Ulster Rifles Second War Khaki slip on examples; a very good selection (16) of Irish Rangers Shoulder Titles with coloured cloth bands on rifle green slips; Royal Engineers, a pair of printed titles, with a printed 1st Army Corps printed formation patch; a good selection of assorted London Irish slip on rank Badges; Fifth Dragoon Guards embroidered Shoulder Boards, with a white castle above ‘5.D.G.’, removed a uniform; Irish Guards (2) the first a bullion example to a Private, centred with an anodised badge; an Irish Regimental Piper’s sealed pattern Badge upon its original card dated ‘1950’, irst signed out date, etc. very good condition (lot) £140-£180

798

Assorted Irish Regimental Insignia.

A good selection of Cap Badges, Collar Badges, Shoulder Titles and Buttons, including Victorian Royal Irish Regiment Other Ranks Cap Badges, one with fretted harp strings in gilding metal, the other a non voided brass example, both reverses with loops fixings north and south; an Edwardian example, the reverse with a slider fixing and maker’s marks ‘Smith & Wright Ld, Birm’; Connaught Rangers, a very good service worn example, with fretted strings to the harp, the reverse with a shortened slider fixing and an inscribed numerals ‘988’; a Munster Fusiliers brass Shoulder Title upon a green stitched cloth square, with a letter ‘M’ with a fused grenade with a mounted tiger to the ball followed by a letter ‘F’; the reverse with three loop fixings; assorted Irish Collar Cadges, including Connaught Rangers; 102nd Foot; Royal Dublin Fusiliers; Royal Irish Regiment, etc.; assorted Shoulder Titles including Connaught Rangers; Royal Irish Regiment; Munster Fusiliers; Royal Irish Regiment; with a selection of regimental Buttons including a Victorian Royal Irish Regiment example with a Victorian crown surmounting gothic styled initials ‘R.I’., within a shamrock wreath, etc., very good condition (lot) £100-£140

799

Assorted Inniskilling Fusiliers Sweetheart and Regimental Association Badges.

A very good selection from assorted eras including a fused grenade upon a mother of pearl backing plate, the reverse witha brooch fitting; an Association ‘The 27th’ yellow and blue enamel example, the reverse with maker’s marks ‘F.J.M. Ltd’; a Cap Badge professionally brooch backed, the flag facing left; a small silver grenade badge, the title in blue enamel, the reverse with a brooch fixing; a white metal lapel Badge, the flag facing left; a grenade badge in blue enamel with a regimental title scroll within a laurel wreath; a gilt example grenade badge with the flag facing left, with a regimental title scroll below in blue enamel, generally good condition and better £100-£140

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Militaria 800

Ulster Defence Regiment Insignia.

A very good and comprehensive selection of card mounted Ulster Defence Regiment insignia, mostly cloth Badges displayed within a seven page folder, including regimental and unit slides from the 1st to 11th Battalions, including assorted variants, many with coloured unit designations; with a very good selection of Officer’s, Other Rank’s and ‘Greenfinch’ chest and shoulder slides etc.; with a very good selection of enamelled Area and metal Battalion insignia, including 1st County Antrim, 2nd County Armagh, through to 11th Craigavon Battalion, very good condition with some scarce examples (lot) £200-£240

801

Assorted Airborne cloth Insignia.

A good selection including 1 Para, a red cloth D.Z, Flash, in worn condition; 2 Para, a blue cloth D.Z. Flash in worn condition; 3 Para, a green cloth D.Z. Flash, in worn condition; 44th parachute Brigade, with ‘44’ above white and blue bars, in service worn condition; Pegasus, an uncut pai,r possibly copies, printed upon thin cotton; 6th Field Force D.Z. Badge, a very good period example, in service worn condition, with a possible copy embroidered example; South Staffordshire (2) early 1950’s Shoulder Titles, gold upon maroon, a matching pair; R.A.S.C. Air Dispatch (2) a matched pair, in good service worn condition; an A.C.C. D. Z. Patch, yellow and grey upon card; a R.A.S.C. D.Z. Badge; large maroon squares (2) one centred with a ‘6’ in Cambridge blue, the other similar with a centred ‘9’, both with large square yellow and maroon colours split through the centre, in service worn condition, all examples in good service worn condition and better (15) £80-£100

802

Assorted London Irish Rifles Insignia.

A good selection, mounted upon a board for display, with Officer’s and Other Ranks examples including post 1902 standard pattern Officer’s Pouch Belt Plates (2); following items; Shoulder Titles ‘T.18 London’ (3); Plumes; cloth embroidered Shoulder Titles; assorted Collar Badges; a Queen’s crown example Officer’s Pouch Badges; Plates (4) for mounting upon an Officer’s Shoulder Belt, inscribed with the regimental battle honours; Epaulettes; a copy ‘London Irish Vols’ Shako Plate, etc., very good condition (lot) £280-£340

803

Modern Multi-Terrain Pattern Military Insignia.

A very large and comprehensive selection of current British armed forces camouflaged velcro backed rectangles, some displayed within an album, some loose, mostly with a Union flag above the unit designation, including Army, Navy and Royal Air Force examples, including a scarce Royal Engineers Diver, with corps insignia and trade qualification, most examples in excellent condition, some scarce (lot) £100-£140

804

Assorted Cloth Regimental printed and glue backed Shoulder Titles.

A very good and comprehensive selection including Royal Fusiliers, white on red printed, worn; K.S.L.I., white on red glue backed; K.O.S.B. white on red glue backed; Royal Armoured Corps, red on yellow, printed; Cheshire Regiment; white on red glue backed; Herefordshire Regiment; white on red glue backed; Leicestershire Regiment, white on red glue backed; East Yorkshire Regiment (2), worn, red on white, printed, worn; white on red glue backed; Pioneer Corps, green on red, glue backed; Devonshire Regiment, white on red glue backed; Royal West Kent Regiment, red on white, printed; East Surrey Regiment, with rounded edges, red on white, printed, worn; Green Howards, red on white, printed; Royal Engineers, black on red worn, rounded edges, printed; Royal Engineers, black on red, printed; M.P.S.C. black on red, printed, worn; Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, red on white, printed, worn; C.M.P. black on red, glue backed; Inniskilling Fusiliers, white on red, printed, worn; Royal Irish Fusiliers, red on white, printed; Cameronians, black on green, printed; A.D. Corps, red on green, printed, worn; K.O.S.B., white on red, printed, worn,Inniskilling Fusiliers, white on red, printed; Middlesex Regiment, white on red, printed, worn; London Irish Rifles, black on green, printed; R.A.M.C. uncut, white on claret, printed; etc., generally very good condition, some scarce (lot) £300-£400

805

Assorted cloth Regimental Shoulder Titles.

A very good and comprehensive selection, circa Great War -, including some scarce bullion wire and cloth embroidered examples, Navy; Army; Royal Air Force; including Royal Navy, Lay Reader; Inniskilling Fusiliers; Queen’s R. W.Surreys; East Anglia; Foresters; K.R.R.C., 1914 Messenger; S.E.A.C.; The King’s Regiment; R.A.O.C.; Royal West Kent Regiment; K.S.L.I.; York And Lancaster Regiment; R.E.M.E.; London Scottish; Army Legal Services; Durham Light Infantry; London Irish; R.A.V.C.; London Irish Rifles; R.A. M.C.; FAR.E.L.F.; Royal Electrical And Mechanical Engineers, yellow on black, glue back; N. Ireland; L.R.B. Rifle Brigade; D.C.L.I.; Durham Light Infantry; Royal Green Jackets.; R.A.D.C.; Queen’s; North Irish Horse; Wiltshire. A.C.C. glue backed; Woman’s Transport Service, F.A.N.Y.; Dorsetshire Regiment; R.A.P.C.; K.O.S.B. Provost.; S.E.A.C.; Woman’s Volunteer Auxiliary; Somerset Light Infantry; R.A.E.C.; Belgium; Brazil; Argentina; S.E.A.C., an uncut bullion pair, etc., many in service worn condition, some with glue or tape residue in spots to the reverse, generally very good condition (lot) £300-£400

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Militaria 806

Assorted cloth Regimental Shoulder Titles.

A very good and comprehensive selection of Second War era and later examples including R.N. E.O.D. Unit; The Blues and Royals; 7.H.; 17th 21st Lancers; XVXIXH; Essex Yeomanry; Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry; North Somerset Yeomanry 44 Royal Tank Regiment; Loyal Suffolk Hussars; Royal Armoured Corps Band; Cheshire Yeomanry; North Somerset and Bristol Yeomanry; Lanarkshire Yeomanry; Inns Of Court O.T.C.; F.A.N.Y.; First Aid & Nursing Corps; Royal Armoured Corps Cinque Ports; Honourable Artillery Company; East Surrey Regiment; Manchester Regiment; Staffordshire Regiment; (Prince of Wales’ Own) Yorkshire Regiment; Green Howards; Durham Light Infantry; Foresters; Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry; Somerset Light Infantry; XIII; Royal Irish Fusiliers; Inniskilling Fusiliers; R.A.M.C.; North Staffordshire Regiment; Royal Sussex Regiment; Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment; East Lancashire Regiment; Herefordshire Light Infantry; Mobile Defence Corps; The Vikings; K.S.L.I.; Leeds Rifles; Royal Norfolk Regiment; Devon Territorials; Royal Scots Fusiliers; Army Apprentices School (2); T.A.E.R.; Royal Army Pay Corps.; Royal Anglian Regiment; Royal Lincolnshire Regiment; British Imperial Military Band; Middlesex Regiment; Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment; King’s Own; Gloucestershire Regiment; Worcestershire Rgiment; Lancashire Regiment (P.W.V.); Somerset & Cornwall L.I.; Queens; S.W.B.; The Poachers; The Light Infantry; Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Central Band; Royal Welch Fusiliers; The Welch Regiment; Royal Hampshire Regiment; Inniskilling Fusiliers; Royal Ulster Rifles; K.O.Y.L.I.; Monmouthshire Regiment; Royal Irish Rangers; South Wales Borderers; Intelligence Corps; H.K.M.S. C; Gurkha Signals; Scripture Reader; M.S.O. R.M.P; Gibraltar Regiment; Q.A.R.A.N.C.; Women’s Legion; Woman’s Royal Voluntary Service, etc., some later manufactured examples, many examples with service wear, otherwise very good condition (lot) £300-£400

807

Assorted Airborne cloth Insignia.

A good selection of Second War and later examples including The Glider Pilot Regiment, with a glider below, flying right to left, good service worn condition; King’s Own Border Regiment, with different gliders flying right to left, one in service worn condition; South Staffordshire Regiment, with a glider flying left to right; Reconnaissance Regiment, service worn condition; Parachute Regiment, service worn condition; L.R.D.G., a partial slip on example, lacking its cotton slip, service worn condition; a 2nd S.A.S. Shoulder Title, unworn and unshaped; S.A.S. Shoulder Title, paper backed; New Zealand Special Air Service, Shoulder Title, 1960’s-70’s era, glue to back, unworn condition; the last three possibly of modern manufacture, service worn condition and much better (11) £260-£300

808

Assorted Irish cloth Insignia.

A very good selection with some scarce examples including a 3rd Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, with the red hand of Ulster upon khaki backing; a Great War era 16th Division, with a green embroidered shamrock upon circular khaki backing; a felt example 38th Irish Brigade combination formation sign, service worn condition; a 38th Irish Brigade formation sign, with a black triangle to its centre, service worn condition; a scarce printed 78th Division example; a printed example 107th Ulster Brigade, service worn condition, British Army Northern Ireland District (4) three printed King’s crown examples, one embroidered example; Northern Ireland District (2) first pattern printed and embroidered examples; British Troops in Northern Ireland, with a blue gate upon a black background, embroidered, with a red gate upon a black background, embroidered, with a white gate upon a green background (2) embroidered, with further printed examples (2), upon a khaki background with a red flash beneath the gate, all generally very good service worn condition (17) £220-£260

809

Assorted Home Guard Insignia.

A very good selection with some scarce examples of cloth insignia including a straight Shoulder Title ‘L’Derry County’, with yellow stitching upon a khaki background, with nips to the top edge; Ulster Home Guard (2) arched yellow on Khaki in different fonts, service worn condition; Belfast, a straight example with light brown upon khaki; ‘Lon, 3’, in the standard form, printed; ‘GLS’, printed, service worn condition; ‘Tyrone’, with yellow stitching upon a khaki rectangle, possibly locally made, or a copy example; a large arched example with green stitching upon a khaki background; a good Cornish printed example with a light green salamander upon black twill backing, unworn condition; a Driver’s Trade Badge with a white wheel with a black tyre upon a khaki background, etc., generally good condition and better, some scarce (11) £260-£300

810

Assorted Royal Irish Rangers and Royal Irish Regiment Insignia.

A very good and comprehensive selection, some scarce, both mounted upon three boards for display, and loose, including several Piper’s Badges and Caubeen Badges, examples of green on black rank insignia including Pipers and Bandsmen; different coloured Battalion Shoulder Titles(5); pairs of Collars Badges, including bullion examples, representing all regimental units; Officer’s and Other Ranks examples in assorted metals; Rank slides in dark green, light green, and D.P.M.; with scarce Wolfhound Major’s rank slides (2); a Waist Belt Clasp; Buttons; Trade Badges, etc., very good condition, some scarce (lot) £180-£220

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Militaria 811

Assorted Military Badges.

A good selection of Officer’s and Other Ranks examples including a selection of bronzed Service Dress Cap, Collar and mufti Badges including Ministry of Supply Cap and Collar Badges, one reverse with a brooch fitting, another with maker’s marks for ’Marples & Beasley’; N.A.F.F.I. Cap and Collar Badges, numbered ‘43312’; a silver plated example N.A.F.F.I. mufti Badge, numbered ‘382’, the reverse with a button hole fixing; a National Defence Company Badge, the reverse with blade fittings, with a Collar Badge, the reverse with loop fixings and maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt London’; a large Indian Overseas Service Badge, the reverse with a brooch fitting; a Control Commission Germany Badge, the reverse with two loop fixings; a Church Lads Brigade (Junior Training Corps) brass Collar Badge, the reverse with loop fittings; an M.S.O. B.A.O.R. brass Staff Badge, the reverse with two loops; Q.M.A. A.C. A.T.S. Comrades Association bronzed Badge, the reverse with a brooch fitting and maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt London’; an Inspectorate of Armaments enamelled mufti badge, the reverse with a brooch fitting; a bronze Navy League Sea Cadet Corps (Keep watch) Badge, the reverse with a button hole fixing; a Regular Reserve of Army Officer’s silver badge with hallmarks for ‘Birmingham 1914’, the reverse with a button hole fixing, generally very good condition (16) £120-£160

812

Assorted Elizabethan era Collar and Shoulder Title Insignia.

A very good and very comprehensive selection of mostly anodised Badges, pairs and single examples of Collar Badges including The Royal Dragoons, pair.; Inns of Court and City Yeomanry, pair; Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse, pair; North Staffordshire Regiment, pair; Inniskilling Fusiliers, pair; Royal Irish Fusiliers, pair; Royal Pioneer, Corps, pair: H.A.C.,pair; Antrim Artillery, pair; The Loyal Regiment, pair; London Irish, pair; Ulster Defence Regiment, pair; Royal Irish Rangers, pair; Royal Ulster Rifles; Essex A.C.F., pair; etc., assorted Shoulder Titles including R.M.F.V.R.; Blues And Royals; Royal Anglian Regiment; R.A.; SIGS.; Q.I.R.H.; SCOTS. D.G.; R.S.F.; 15th/19th Hussars; 4th/7th Hussars; R. Hampshire, pair; T.6.Norfolk, brass; Green Howards; R.P.C.; R.M.P.; R.C.T.; Durham Light Infantry; with a small selection of Rank and Trade Badges, generally very good condition and better (lot) £120-£160

813

Assorted post 1953 Officer’s and Other Ranks Cap Badges.

A very good and comprehensive selection of mostly anodised Cap Badges, the reverses with assorted fixings, mostly examples to Corps, Special Forces, Officer Training Corps, Infantry Regiments, etc., including Royal Yeomanry, with maker’s marks ‘T.K.S.’; Scottish Yeomanry, an Officer’s example with maker’s marks ‘F&S’, for Firmin and Sons; Royal Devon Yeomanry, with maker’s marks for ‘J.R. Gaunt B.ham’; Royal Artillery, Cap and Beret Badges, with a spinning wheel; Welsh Guards, an Officer’s example; Wessex Regiment, with maker’s marks ‘Gaunt B.ham’; Special Air Service; Intelligence Corps, with maker’s marks ‘J.R Gaunt, Bham’ and ‘J.R Gaunt, London’; Royal Anglian Regiment, with maker’s marks for ‘Firmin & Sons Ltd Bag’; Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, in its original Firmin bag, plus one loose example; Queen’s Regiment; Royal Regiment of Scotland, an Officer’s example; Bedfordshire Regiment; Mercian Regiment, Cap and Collar Badges; Queen’s Lancashire Regiment, Officer’s Cap and Collar Badges; Fusilier Brigade, a large Cap and Collar Badge; Yorkshire Brigade, an Officer’s gilt and enamel example with maker’s marks ‘J.R. Gaunt London’; Royal Corps of Transport, with maker’s marks for ‘Firmin London’; Royal Army Dental Corps, with a St. Edward’s crown and maker’s marks for ‘Toye Kenning and Spencer’; 7th Gurkha Rifles; P.M.O. 10th Gurkha Rifles; Queen’s Gurkha Engineers; University of Wales Officer Training Corps; M.O.D. Guard Service, Cap and Collar Badges; Defence Fire Service, Cap and Collar Badges, etc., some re-strikes, generally very good condition (lot) £140-£180

814

Assorted anodised Insignia.

A very good, extensive and comprehensive selection, some scarce, including Royal Welch Fusiliers; South Wales Borderers; East Anglia, a Cap Badge, with a slider reverse and maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt London’. Royal Anglian Regiment; Mercian Volunteers, Cap and Collar Badges, the reverse with a slider fixing and maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt. London’; Forester Brigade, a Cap Badge, the reverse with a slider ‘J.R.Gaunt. Bham’; Home Counties, a Cap Badge, the reverse with a slider fixing and maker’s marks for ‘J.R. Gaunt London’; North Irish Brigade, a Cap Badge, the reverse with maker’s marks for ‘J.R. Gaunt, London’; Lowland Brigade; Highland Brigade; Wessex Brigade, Cap and Collar Badges, with maker’s marks ‘H.W.Timmings Ltd. BHam’, with a blackened Wessex Cap Badge, with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt B.Ham’; Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, a Cap Badge, the reverse with a slider fixing and maker’s marks for ‘Smith & Wright Ltd’; Staffordshire Regiment, a Cap Badge with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt Bham’; King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, a Cap Badge, with maker’s marks ‘Firmin London’; Gloucestershire Regiment, a Cap Badge, the obverse with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt BHam’; Worcestershire Regiment, a Cap Badge, the reverse with a slider fixing and maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt BHam’, with Collar Badges with maker’s marks ‘Firmin’; West Riding Regiment (2) with maker’s marks ‘H.W.Timmings Ltd. BHam’ and ‘J.R.Gaunt Bham’; Royal Lincolnshire Regiment; Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment, Cap and Collar Badges, the reverse with a slider fixing and maker’s marks ‘London Badge & Button Co Ltd’; Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment; Royal Regiment of Fusiliers; 5th Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers, a Cap Badge, the reverse with a slider fixing and maker’s marks ‘R.A. Hughes Ltd’; North Staffordshire Regiment, with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt, London’; East Lancashire Regiment; Royal Artillery, Beret Badge, the reverse with a slider fixing and maker’s marks ‘Dowler Birmingham’; London Rifle Brigade, 1956-1967 pattern, the reverse with a slider fixing and maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt. London’. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; The Somerset Light Infantry with maker’s marks ‘Smith & Wright Ltd’; Light Infantry, a Cap Badge, the reverse with a slider fixing and maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt’, London’; The Welch Regiment; The Welsh Brigade, Collar Badges, with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt.

London’; Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment); The Loyal Regiment; The King’s Regiment, a Cap Badge, the reverse with a slider fixing and maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt B’Ham’; The King’s Regiment, a Cap Badge, the reverse with a slider fixing and maker’s marks ‘Firmin & Sons’, etc., generally very good condition, some scarce (lot) £400-£500

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Militaria 815

Assorted anodised Cap Badge Insignia.

A very good and comprehensive selection of Cap Badges, Collar Badges and Shoulder Titles, some scarce, mounted upon a card for display, including Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry, Royal Tank Regiment; Queen’s Own Yeomanry, Cap and Collar Badges, with maker’s marks ‘Firmin London’; Westmorland & Cumberland Yeomanry, a Cap Badge with maker’s marks ‘Firmin London’; Fife & Forfar Yeomanry; The Green Howards, Cap and Collar Badges, with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt B’Ham’; Durham Light Infantry, a Cap Badge and Shoulder Titles, with amker’s marks ‘Firmin London’; Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, a Cap Badge with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt London’; Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, Cap and Collar Badges, with maker’s marks ‘Firmin’; Manchester Regiment (Ardwick and Ashton) Territorials, Cap and Collar Badges, with maker’s marks ‘Smith and Wright B’Ham’; Middlesex Regiment; Royal Hampshire Regiment; Wiltshire Regiment, Cap and Collar Badges with maker’s marks ‘Grove MFG, B’Ham’; Sherwood Foresters, Cap and Collar Badges, with maker’s marks ‘Gaunt B’Ham’; 24th (Queen’s) Battalion, London Regiment, a Cap Badge with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt London’; Royal Norfolk Regiment, Territorials, a Cap Badge, with maker’s mark ‘Firmin London’; Lancashire Fusiliers, Shoulder Titles; Royal Leicestershire Regiment, Cap and Collar Badges with maker’s marks ‘Firmin London’; Northamptonshire Regiment, Territorials, Cap and Collar Badges, with maker’s marks ‘Dowler B.Ham’; Royal West Kent Regiment; Royal Warwickshire Regiment; Worcestershire Regiment, a Cap Badge with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt B’Ham’; Devonshire Regiment, a Cap Badge, with maker’s marks ‘Firmin London’; Royal Hampshire Regiment, Cap and Collar Badges, with maker’s marks ‘J R Gaunt London’; Essex Regiment; South Lancashire Regiment, a Cap Badge with maker’s marks ‘Smith & Wright Ltd’; King’s Own Royal Border Regiment, a Cap Badge, Collar Badges and Shoulder Titles, with maker’s marks ‘J. R.Gaunt B.Ham’ and ‘J.R.Gaunt London’; Royal Berkshire, a Cap Badge, with maker’s marks ‘Firmin London’; East Kent Regiment, Cap and Collar Badges, with maker’s marks ‘Smith and Wright Ltd’; Border Regiment, a Cap Badge, with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt London’; Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, Cap and Collar Badges, with maker’s marks ‘Smith and Wright Ltd’; Cheshire Regiment, a Cap Badge, with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt B.Ham’; Dorset Regiment, a Cap Badge, with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt London’, etc., very good condition (lot) £180-£220

816

Assorted anodised Cap Badge Insignia.

A very good and comprehensive selection of Cap Badges, Glengarry Badges, Piper’s Badges, Collar Badges and Shoulder Titles, some scarce, mounted upon a card for display, including R.E.M.E., Cap, Collar Badges and Shoulder Titles, with maker’s marks ‘J.R. Gaunt B.Ham’; Royal Engineers, Cap, Collar Badges and Shoulder Titles, with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt London’; 146th (Antrim Artillery ) Field Engineer Regiment; Royal Monmouthshire Engineer Regiment, Cap and Collar Badges, with maker’s marks ‘Firmin London’; Mobile Defence Corps, a Cap Badge wth maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt London’; Royal Army Education Corps; Royal Army Dental Corps (2) Cap and Collar Badges with maker’s marks ‘Firmin London’ and ‘J.R.Gaunt B’Ham’; Assorted Royal Artillery Cap and Collar Badges; Royal Horse Artillery, Cap and Collar Badges, with maker’s marks ‘Dowler Birmingham’; Army Catering Corps, Cap and Collar Badges, with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt London’; Army Catering Corps, Cap and Collar Badges, with maker’s marks ‘Firmin London’; London Irish Rifles, Cap and Collar Badges, with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt B’Ham’; 23rd (Queen’s) Battalion, London Regiment, a Cap Badge with maker’s marks ‘J.R. Gaunt B’Ham’; Coldstream Guards; Grenadier Guards; Grenadier Guards; Irish Guards; Scots Guards; Welsh Guards, a Cap Badge and Shoulder Title with maker’s marks ‘Firmin London’; Royal Scots; Queen’s Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) (6); Seaforth Highlanders; Queen’s Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) Piper’s Badge; Royal Fusiliers, a Cap Badge with maker’s marks ‘M.W. Timmings Ltd. Birmingham’; 13th (Kensington) Battalion, London Regiment, Cap and Collar Badges, with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt London’; London Scottish Regiment, a Cap Badge and single Collar Badge; Royal Scots Fusiliers, Glengarry Badges (2) King’s and Queen’s crowns; Highland Light Infantry, Glengarry and Collar Badges; Highland Light Infantry, King’s crown; Gordon Highlanders, Glengarry Badges (2) with a single Collar Badge; Royal Highland Fusiliers, Cap and Collar Badges; Cameron Highlanders, Glengarry Badge; Yorkshire Brigade, a Cap Badge, with maker’s marks, ‘J.R.Gaunt London’; Yorkshire Volunteers, Collar Badges (2); Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Glengarry and Collar Badgess; Royal Highlanders (Black Watch), a Glengarry Badge and Collar Badges; King’s Own Scottish Borderers (2) Glengarry Badges, large and small, with Collar Badges; Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), a Glengarry Badge, etc., very good condition, some scarce (lot) £180-£220

817

Assorted anodised and later Insignia.

A very good and extensive selection of Cap Badges, Collar Badges and Shoulder Titles, some scarce, mounted upon a card for display, including Royal Hospital Chelsea; Royal Military School of Music; Army Junior School of Music; Mons Officer Cadet School; Army Fire Service; War Department Fire Service; Special Boat Service; Reconnaissance Regiment; Army Depot Police Cyprus; Royal Military Academy Sandhurst; Royal Marines Cadets Band; Royal Marines; Royal Marines Officer’s; Special Air Service Regiment; Royal Army Veterinary Corps; Woman’s Royal Army Corps; Adjutant General’s Corps; Royal Army Logistical Corps; Parachute Regiment; Army Air Corps; Royal Army Pay Corps; Army Physical Training Corps; Small Arms School; Royal Signals; Army Scripture Reader,; Royal Army Service Corps; Royal Corps of Transport, (RCT); Military Provost Staff Corps; Royal Army Ordinance Corps; Pioneer Corps; Royal Pioneers; Intelligence Corps; Royal Military Police; Royal Army Medical Corps; Royal Air Force; Q.A.R.A.N.C., Junior Leader’s Regiment; General Service Corps, assorted fixings to the reverse, many with maker’s details, £60-£80 etc., very good condition, some re-strikes (lot)

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Militaria 818

Assorted anodised and later Insignia.

A very good and comprehensive selection of anodised and later example Cap, Collar Badges and Shoulder Titles, some scarce, mounted upon a card for display, including 7th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, Leeds Rifles, a Cap Badge with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt B’ham’; Liverpool Scottish; Leeds Rifles, Cap and Collar Badges, with maker’s marks ‘Firmin London’; Royal Irish Regiment, Cap Badges, one blackened, and Collar Badges, with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt. B.Ham’; Royal Hampshire and Gloucester Regiment, a Cap Badge with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt London’; Ministry of Defence Police; Belize Defence Force; Royal Jersey Militia; Brunei; Fiji; Gilbert Islands Defence Force; Highland Light Infantry; London Yeomanry; Royal Wiltshire Regiment Territorials, a Cap Badge, with maker’s marks ‘Firmin London’; Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars, a Cap Badge, with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt London Ltd’; Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Regiment, a Cap Badge with maker’s marks ‘Firmin London’; Hampshire and Isle of Wight Territorials, a Cap Badge with maker’s marks ‘Firmin London’; Herefordshire Light Infantry, Cap and Collar Bages, with maker’s marks ‘J.R. Gaunt London’; Queen’s (Royal Surrey) Regiment, Cap and Collar Badges, with maker’s marks ‘J.R. Gaunt London’; Honourable Artillery Company, Cap and Collar Badges, with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt B’Ham’ and ‘Firmin London’; 7th (Robin Hood) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, a Cap Badge with maker’s marks ‘Gaunt B’Ham’; 8th (Irish) Battalion, King’s (Liverpool) Regiment, a Cap Badge with maker’s marks ‘Dowler Birmingham’; Dorset Territorials, a Cap Badge with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt London Ltd’; Devonshire Territorials, a Cap Badge with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt London Ltd’; Bedfordshire Yeomanry, a Cap Badge with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt London’; Bedfordshire Regiment, a Cap Badge with maker’s marks ‘J.R. Gaunt B’Ham’; Berkshire Yeomanry; Gurkha Military Police, a Cap Badge with maker’s marks ‘Firmin London’; Gurkha Army Service Corps, with maker’s marks ‘JR.Gaunt London’; 7th Gurkha Rifles’ 10th (Princess Mary’s Own) Gurkha Rifles, a Cap Badge and single Collar Badge, with maker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt B’Ham’; Gurkha Brigade’ Queen’s Gurkha Engineers, Cap and Collar Badges, with amker’s marks ‘J.R.Gaunt London’; Gurkha Signals, Cap and Collar Badges; Gurkha Transport Regiment, Cap and Collar Badges; 6th (Queen Elizabeth’s Own) Gurkha Rifles; 2nd (King Edward VII’s Own) Gurkha Rifles, a Cap Badge with maker’s marks ‘Firmin, London’; Army Apprentice School, Cap and Collar Badges with maker’s marks ‘J.R. Gaunt London’; Royal Gibraltar £60-£80 Regiment, etc., very good condition, some scarce (lot)

819

Assorted Economy Plastic Regimental Cap Badges.

A good selection including Royal Marines Collar Badges (3); Royal Armoured Corps; Royal Engineers, the reverse lacking one blade fixing; Hampshire Regiment; Dorsetshire Regiment; King’s Royal Rifle Corps; Middlesex Regiment; Devonshire Regiment; Royal Army Service Corps; Royal Army Medical Corps; R.E.M.E., the reverse lacking one blade fixing; Royal Army Ordnance Corps, the reverse lacking one blade fixing; Royal Corps of Signals; General Service; Army Catering Corps, the reverse lacking one blade fixing; Pioneer Corps, the reverse lacking one blade fixing; Royal Artillery Association Benevolent Fund, lapel badge; generally good condition and better (19) £100-£140

820

Assorted Officer Training Corps and Cadet Forces Cap Badges.

A very good selection of mostly anodised examples, mounted upon cards for display, including East Midlands University O.T.C.; Nottingham University O.T.C; Royal Military School; Cambridge University O.T.C. Cap and Collar Badges; University of Sheffield O.T.C. Cap and Collar Badges; University of London O.T.C. cap and collar badges; Repton C.C.F.; King’s School Rochester C.C.F.; Tonbridge School O.T.C.; Wellington College; St. Dunstan’s College C.C.F.; King Edward’s School Birmingham C.C.F.; Liverpool College C.C.F.; Marlborough College; Birmingham University O.T.C.; Glasgow & Strathclyde U.O.T.C.; Exeter University O.T.C.; Oxford University O.T.C.; St. Andrews University U.T.C.; St. Edmunds School C.C.F.; University of Wales O.T.C.; University of Cardiff O.T.C.; Welbeck College O.T.C., Cap and Collar Badges, etc., generally very good condition (lot) £160-£200

821

Assorted Army Cadet Force and Combined Cadet Force Insignia.

A very good, extensive and comprehensive selection, some scarce, within a folder for display, of mainly cloth Shoulder Titles from the 1930’s to present issue, including examples to Counties, Schools, Individual Units, etc., including Kingham Hill School; King William’s School C.C.F.; King William’s College C.C.F.; Kirkham Grammar School C.C.F.; King Edward VI School, Chelmsford; King’s College Cadet Unit; King Edward VI School C.C.F. Stratford-Upon-Avon; King Charles 1st School C.C.F.; King’s Collegiate School; King’s and Queen’s C.C.F. Chester; Llandovery College C.C.F.; Lord Wandsworth College C.C.F.; Liverpool Rifles C.C.F.; Lower School of John Lyon C.C.F.; Mill Hill School C.C.F.; Mount St. Mary’s; Monkton Combe School; Maidstone Grammar School C.C.F.; Combined Cadet Force Prior Park College; Strathallen C.C.F., etc., some service wear on the older examples, generally very good condition , some scarce (lot) £260-£300

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Militaria 822

Assorted Combined Cadet Force. Junior Training Corps. Officer Training Corps Insignia.

A very good, comprehensive and extensive selection, some scarce, of mainly cloth Shoulder Titles from the 1930’s to present issue, within a folder for display, including examples to Counties, Schools, Individual Units, etc., including Wellington J.T.C.; Abingdon School J.T.C.; City of London School J.T.C.; Peter Symonds J.T.C.; Cambridge University O.T.C.; Bristol University O.T. C.; Edinburgh University O.T.C.; Glasgow And Strathclyde University Royal Navy Unit; Liverpool University Royal Navy Unit; Aberdeen University Royal Navy Unit; Southampton University Royal Navy Unit; Birmingham University O.T.C.; Ardingly College C.C.F.; Ampleforth College; Alleyn’s School C.C.F.; Mons O.C.S.; Adisadel College; Askes’ School C.C.F.; Audenshaw Grammar School C.C.F.; Audenshaw High School C.C.F.; Abingdon School C.C.F. ; ASA .C.C.F.; All Hallows C.C.F.;Boston Grammar School C.C.F.; Bedford School C.C.F.; Bedford Modern School C.C.F. (4) assorted examples; Brighton Grammar School C.C.F.; Brighton College C.C.F. (4) assorted examples; Bloxham School C.C.F.;Beaumont School C.C.F., with Blue and Maroon Airborne colours, with a similar example with script in very pale blue; N.C.E.A. C.C.F. Coldstream Guards; Crown Woods School; Cholderton College; Claymore C.C.F.;Cardinganshire A.C.F.; Chiswick Grammar School C.C.F., with Blue and Maroon Airborne colours; Downside School; Dundee High School C.C.F.; Chard School Somerset C.C.F.; Dartford Grammar School C.C.F.; Daniel Stewart’s And Melville College C.C.F.; Dover College C.C.F.; Dover Grammar School C.C.F., etc., some service wear on the older examples, generally very good condition, some scarce (lot) £300-£400

823

Assorted Combined Cadet Force. Officer Training Corps Insignia.

A very good, extensive and comprehensive selection of mainly Cloth Shoulder Insignia, Shoulder Titles, Rank Epaulettes and Blazer Badges from the 1930’s to present issue, some scarce, within a folder for display, including examples to Eastbourne College C.C.F.; Assorted Cadet Unit Blazer Badges (9) from the Grantham, Lincolnshire area; Sutton Valance O.T.C., an embroidered pair of formation Badges; H.C.S. C.C.F. Army Cadets; H.C.S. C.C.F. Royal Air Force; M.T.P.; Bangor Grammor School C.C.F.; Inniskilling A. C.F.; Royal Irish Fusiliers A.C.F.; Irish Guards A.C.F.; Royal Ulster Rifles A.C.F.; R.A.S.C. Ulster A.C.F.; Combined Cadet Force Campbell College, an embroidered matching pair; Royal School Armagh C.C.F. (5) assorted examples; 1 Royal Irish A.C.F.; Royal Ulster Constabulary Cadet; Royal Belfast Academical Institute C.C.F.; Foyle and Londonderry College C.C.F.;Hampshire and Isle of Wight A.C.F., a brassard; O.T.S. M.H.O.W., a brass Shoulder Title upon a white slip, on an Epaulette; with an assorted of slip on Rank Badges for A.C.F. Lurgan; Armagh; Dundonald; Irish Guards; Ballgowan; Tandragee Cadet, A.C.F; London Irish Cadet; Royal Irish Cadet, etc., some service wear on the older examples, generally very good condition, some scarce (lot) £220-£260

824

Assorted Army Cadet Force. Combined Cadet Force Insignia.

A very good, extensive and comprehensive selection, with some scarce examples from the 1930’s to present issue, within a folder for display, of Cloth Patches and Shoulder Titles, including County Shoulder Titles; Schools and Colleges; Qualification Badges; Individual Units; Skill Badges’ Rank Badges etc. including Peeblesshire A.C.F, a woven example; a printed Devonshire A.C.F. formation Badge, first pattern; Norfolk A.C.F., a large printed triangle early formation Badge; Mermont; Denbigh and Flint, printed; Durham A.C.F., with an early printed King’s crowned red strung bugle upon black backing; Howard School C.C.F. Royal Marine Light Infantry Cadet Marching Band, a Shoulder Title and Slip Tape; A.C.F. Kent, a woven example; Wiltshire A.C.F., a very early printed formation Badge; Herefordshire A.C.F.; Buteshire A.C.F.; 1st Angus, a second pattern example; Dundee 1st Cadet Battalion A.C.F.; Yorkshire West Riding A.C.F. formation Badge; Northamptonshire, a printed 2nd pattern example; 9th Middlesex, an embroidered two piece example; Gloucestershire A.C.F., a printed example, etc., some service wear on the older examples, generally very good condition, some scarce (lot) £300-£400

825

Assorted cloth Insignia.

A very large selection of Shoulder and other insignia, some copies, within a folder for display, including assorted Trade Badges, a very good selection of the Princess of Wales’ Royal Regiment Battalion and Company velcro back subdued patches, including 1st Btn, A, B, Y. 2nd Btn, patches marked with coloured letters, HQ, B, C, Y, Z, 3rd Btn, H.Q., B, C, 4th Btn, HQ, B; an Irish Hussars Sport Parachute Club patch; assorted international examples including Nepal, a small collection of N.A.T.O velcro backed patches including K.FOR., Kosovo Force, ISAF-Nato O.T.A.N., a selection of N.A.T.O. S.FOR. Patches; assorted Bosnia and Herzegovina Patches, etc., some copies, generally very good condition (lot) £100-£140

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Militaria 826

Assorted Officer’s and Other Ranks post Second War Insignia.

A very good selection within a folder for display, including a selection of Officer’s bullion wire Cap and Collar Badges including Blues and Royals, a bullion Arm Badge; Inns of Court; Irish Guards; Royal Monmouthshire Engineers; Royal Signals; Royal Irish Rangers; Special Air Service; several senior rank desert camouflage rank slides including Captain, R.S.M., C.S.M. etc.; Colour Sergeant’s full size bullion Arm Badges (3) to the Welsh Guards, Irish Guards and Coldstream Guards; smaller examples to the Irish Guards, Scots Guards and Coldstream Guards; a Guards Division Regimental Sergeant Major’s large rank Badge, embroidered onto khaki wool; battle dress examples (2) post 1953 with a modern example; a Yeoman Warder, Keeper of The Raven gold bullion Arm Badge; a selection of Shoulder Brassards including a 101st Logistic Brigade example, an Army Medic brassard upon D. P.M. camouflage; a British Iraq Medic’s example upon desert camouflage; a British, Germany Guard Service brassard upon black cloth; a U.N.P.R.O.F.O.R. light tan brassard; a Colour Sergeant’s brassard with bullion rank and parachute qualification wings above, worn condition on O.G. material; a 3rd infantry Division N.A.T.O. Corporal’ example upon D.P.M.; a 32 Royal Engineer Regiment cotton example; a 38 Engineer Regiment brassard upon D.P.M. with United Nations patch; a 19th Mechanised Brigade with a Royal Engineers coloured tape beneath, above a United Nations Patch, upon D.P.M. material; with two different Military Police Arm Bands., good condition (lot) £100-£140

827

Assorted Formation Insignia.

A very good, comprehensive and extensive selection of Hat, Arm, Chest military cloth Badges, within a folder for display, from the 1980’s to the present day, including Airborne Drop Zone Flashes; Special Forces; Commando, E.O.D., Combined Operations, Gurkha Brigade; Logistics; Helicopter Squadrons, Military Police, Royal Air Force, N.A.T.O., I.S.A.F., etc., from service worn to excellent condition (lot) £300-£400

828

Assorted Formation Insignia.

A very good, comprehensive and extensive selection of Hat, Arm, Chest military cloth Badges, within a folder for display, from the 1980’s to the present day, including Special Forces, Airborne, Commando; Gurkha Brigade, Medical, Reconnaissance, Armoured, Northern Ireland Dog Handler, Logistics, E.O.D., Combined Operations, Northern Irish Units, Royal Air Force, etc., from service worn to excellent condition (lot) £300-£400

829

Assorted Formation Insignia.

A very good, comprehensive and extensive selection of Head, Arm, Chest military cloth Badges, within a folder for display, from the 1980’s to the present day, including Airborne, Special Forces, Gurkha Brigade, Medical, Reconnaissance, Armoured, Commando, Engineers, Signals, E.O.D., A.T.O., Combined Operations, Guards Brigade, Search Dogs, A.E.S., H.A.S.D., V.S., Helicopter, Royal Air Force, etc., from service worn to excellent condition (lot) £300-£400

830

Assorted Formation Insignia.

A very good, comprehensive and extensive selection of large and small Head, Arm, Chest military cloth Badges, within a folder for display, from the 1980’s to the present day, including Ranger Regiment, E.O.D., A.T.O., Gurkha Brigade, Northern Irish Units, etc., from service worn to excellent condition (lot) £200-£240

831

Assorted Second War Far East campaign cloth Formation insignia.

A very good selection including General Headquarters India (2) embroidered, one with a bullion wire star; Supreme Allied Command South East Asia (2) assorted examples; Allied Forces South East Asia (3) assorted examples; Southern Army, a printed example; Royal Signals S.E.A.C., an embroidered example; 2nd Division (2) embroidered examples, one with bullion wire; 4th Indian Division (3) two printed and one embroidered examples; 8th Indian Division; 12th Army, printed; 14th Army (4) assorted examples; 15th Indian Corps; 17th Indian Division, a printed example; 19th Division, a printed example; 21st Indian Division; 23rd Indian Division, a printed example; 33rd Indian Corps; 36th Division; 39th Indian Division (2) a matched embroidered pair, the reverse with hook fixings; 44th Indian Airborne Division, a printed example; 105th Madras, a printed example, from service worn to very good condition (lot) £300-£400

832

Assorted Southern Command Insignia.

A good selection of cloth insignia, some Officer’s examples, with woven, embroidered and printed examples, including Royal Artillery; Royal Signals; Royal Armoured Corps; Royal Army Service Corps; Intelligence Corps; Royal Engineers; Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers; Royal Army Medical Corps; Army Air Corps, a scarce example; Army Catering Corps; Army Physical Training Corps (2) different examples; Infantry; Women’s Royal Army Corps; Royal Army Education Corps; Royal Army Dental Corps; Royal Army Ordnance Corps; Royal Military Police; Southern Command Headquarters; Royal Army Pay Corps; Royal Pioneer Corps, etc., from service worn to good condition (lot) £180-£220

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Militaria 833

Assorted Infantry Division Insignia.

A very good and extensive selection of cloth insignia, some scarce, including 1st Infantry Division, Divisional Staff (4) two with leather centres, one with felt; 2nd Infantry Division (3) printed, woven and embroidered examples; 3rd Infantry Division (2) embroidered and printed examples; 5th Division (2) first and second patterns, embroidered and printed examples; 4th Infantry Division (4) second pattern printed examples (2) with third pattern woven examples (2); 13th Infantry Division, a printed example; 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division, an embroidered example; 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division (2) embroidered and printed examples; 40th Infantry Division (2) embroidered and printed examples; 42nd (Lancashire) Division (T.A) (2) embroidered and printed examples; 43rd (Wessex) Division (4), printed examples; 44th Infantry Division (2) embroidered and printed examples; 44th (Home Counties) Division (T.A.) embroidered and printed examples; 45th (West Country) Division (2) embroidered and printed examples; 46th (North Midland) Division (2) woven and printed examples; 42nd (East Lancashire) Division, an embroidered example; 47th (London) Division (2) embroidered and printed examples; 48th (South Midland) Division (2) assorted embroidered examples; 48th Infantry Division, second pattern, a woven example; 49th (West Riding) Division (2) second pattern, embroidered and printed examples; 49th (West Riding) Division (3) third pattern, embroidered and printed examples; 50th (Northumberland) Division (3) embroidered and printed examples; 51st (Highland) Division (4) embroidered and printed examples; 52nd (Lowland) Division, a shield printed example above an embroidered scroll; 53rd (Welsh) Division (4) embroidered, printed and woven examples; 55th (West Lancashire) Division (2) a first pattern embroidered seven leaf Great War example, with an embroidered first pattern five leaf example; 55th (West Lancashire) Division (3) second pattern embroidered and printed examples; 56th (London) Division (2) a standard pattern embroidered example, the other with a black cat upon a red background cut to the same shape; 59th (Staffordshire) Division, an embroidered example; 61st Division, a printed example; 77th Division (3) printed examples; 80th Division, a printed example; 78th Division (3), woven and printed examples; 9th (Scottish) Division, with a metal thistle upon a blue felt disc; 18th Infantry Division, a printed example; 54th (East Anglia) Division (2) printed and woven examples; 76th Infantry Division (3) an embroidered matched pair, with a woven example (3), etc., from service worn £300-£400 to good condition, some scarce (lot)

834

Assorted British Army Combination Formation Insignia.

Very good examples including a 53rd Welsh Division printed example, with a Royal Signals strip; a 48th (South Midlands) Infantry Division example, with two dark strips to the lower section; a 55th (West Lancashire) Division second pattern example with an additional Senior Infantry Division single red felt strip to the lower section; with a 3rd Infantry Division example, the upper section with the divisional sign below a red felt strip, below this, a black square centred with a stitched silver rose, generally good service worn condition (4) £140-£180

835

Assorted British Army Formation cloth Insignia.

A very good selection including Headquarters Land Forces Hong Kong with a matched printed pair of woven examples facing left, with another right facing printed example; Allied Airborne, a British made embroidered example; British Forces France (2) printed examples; Eighth Army (3) a printed matched pair upon epaulette sliders, with a single printed example; First Army, a printed example; Second Army (6) a matched printed pair, one with a bullion wire sword, with different embroidered examples; British Forces Austria (2) a gold and silver bullion wire example, the other a locally made silk on felt backing example; British Commonwealth Forces, ‘Korea’ first pattern (4) two woven examples including a very good Officer’s version example, three King’s crowned examples, the other a Queen’s crown example; 2 Corps (3) woven and printed examples; 4 Corps, an embroidered example; Five Corps (2) assorted embroidered examples; Eight Corps (4) with a pair, one printed example and a very good embroidered example; Eight Corps (4) second pattern examples, with an embroidered pair and two printed examples; Eleven Corps (2) two printed examples; Twelve Corps (2) embroidered and printed examples; Thirteen Corps (4) embroidered (3) and printed examples; Thirty Corps (3) a printed matched pair with a printed single example; 1st Armoured Division (4) a very good embroidered matched pair with two printed examples, from good service worn to very good condition (lot) £300-£400

836

Assorted British Army cloth Formation Insignia.

A very good selection including East Africa Command (2) printed examples; Malaya Command (3) two printed and one embroidered examples; G.H.Q. Middle East Land Forces (6) a printed pair, two further printed examples with a further two locally made examples; H.Q. British Forces Egypt (3), a printed matched pair with a further single example; H.Q. 21st Army Group (6) assorted examples; Northern Command (2) printed examples; a War Office example, centred with embroidered bullion; War Office Controlled Units (16) equal assorted Queen’s crowned and King’s crowned examples; Northern Command (2) second pattern printed and embroidered examples; Eastern Command (2) printed and woven examples; Eastern Command, second pattern, a matched embroidered pair with further printed examples; Western Command, an embroidered example; South Eastern Command (4) with two screen printed upon khaki backing cloth, and one large embroidered example upon a red background cloth and a further example printed upon red; 23rd (Northumbrian) Division (5) an uncut printed pair with a similar service worn example and two assorted embroidered examples; 56th (London) Armoured Division T.A. (2) embroidered examples; 56th (London) Armoured Division, T.A. second pattern examples, two embroidered, one woven; 21 (Northern) Corps, a printed example; 47th Infantry Division 1st pattern, 23rd Corps Signals, Royal Signals, T.A.; War Department Fleet Personnel (3) embroidered examples (2) with a printed example; 43rd Wessex Division (4) a matched printed pair with two further embroidered examples; North Western District (3) two embroidered examples with a further printed example, from service worn to very good condition (lot) £200-£240

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Militaria 837

Assorted British Army Formation Insignia.

A very good and comprehensive selection, with some scarce armoured examples including 4th Armoured Brigade; 6th Armoured Division; 7th Armoured Division; 9th Armoured Division; 11th Armoured Division; 20th Armoured Brigade; 21st Tank Brigade; 23rd Independent Armoured Brigade; 34th Armoured Brigade; 79th Armoured Division; 12th Infantry Brigade; 24th Infantry Brigade; 61st Division; East Anglian Brigade; Midland Brigade; North Irish Brigade; Wessex Brigade; 1st Division R.A.S.C., etc., from service worn to very good condition (lot) £200-£300

838

Assorted British Formation Badges and Insignia.

A good selection including Mid Western District: Western Command: Northumbrian District: Northern Command (3) printed and embroidered examples; North Midland District: Northern Command (5) four embroidered and a printed example; West Riding District; Northern Command, a printed example; Hampshire and Dorset District; Aldershot and Hampshire District; Southern Command (4) a printed pair with two embroidered examples; North Kent and Surrey District; South Eastern Command, a printed example; Essex and Suffolk District; East Anglian District; Eastern Command, a printed example; Central Midland District; East Central District (2) printed, examples; Orkney And Shetland Defences, an embroidered example; Gibraltar Garrison (3) two printed examples with an embroidered example; Devon and Cornwall County Division, a printed example; Hampshire County Division (2) embroidered examples; London District (2) an embroidered example, with a further printed example upon felt; Northern Ireland District, a khaki example with a green gate upon black felt; Highland District; Scottish Comman (2) printed and woven examples; Edinburgh Garrison, an embroidered example;Aldershot District Southern Command (3) printed and embroidered examples; South West District (2) second pattern and embroidered examples; Salisbury Plain District Southern Command (2) embroidered and printed examples; Home Counties District; Eastern Command (2) embroidered and printed examples; East Anglian District; Eastern Command (2) embroidered and printed examples; 21st Army Group, an embroidered example with minor damage; Control Commission Germany (2) embroidered examples; Rhine Army Troops (4) woven examples; H.Q. 21st Army Group, a printed example; British Forces Berlin (3) first pattern; Hanover District (2)woven; British Forces Berlin (3) second pattern, woven examples; HQ Northern Army Group (2) woven examples; Commonwealth Brigade, a woven example; Australia; New Zealand; United Kingdom Force, a printed example; 51st Independent Infantry Brigade (4) three printed and one woven examples; 52nd Highland Infantry Division, a printed example; 161st Independent Infantry Brigade Group T.A. (2) printed and embroidered examples; 162nd Independent Infantry Brigade Group T.A., a printed example; 212th Independent Infantry Brigade, a printed example; 219th Independent Infantry Brigade, a printed example; 264th (Scottish) Beach Brigade T.A., a printed example, etc., from service worn to good condition (lot) £220-£260

839

Assorted British Formation Insignia.

A very good and comprehensive selection, some scarce, circa Second War to the present day, including 31st Independent Infantry Brigade, a woven example; 18th Infantry Brigade (3) printed examples; Royal Army Service Corps Emergency Reserve (2) printed examples; Headquarters Middle East Land Forces (2) printed and embroidered examples; 6th Infantry Brigade, a woven example; 5th Infantry Brigade (3) printed and woven examples; 17th Infantry Brigade, a printed example; Yorkshire and Northumberland Training Brigade (2) printed and woven examples; R.E.M.E. Army Emergency Reserve (3) printed and woven examples; 54th East Anglian Division (2) a woven pair; Malaya Field Force (2) printed and embroidered examples, the latter reverse with stud fixings; 23rd Corps (3) a printed matched service worn pair with ano embroidered example; Durham and North Riding County Division, an embroidered example; British Persia and Iraq Command, a printed example; Intelligence and Security Group, a printed example; 107th Ulster Brigade, a woven example; Infantry Demonstration Battalion, a printed example, etc., from service worn to very good condition, some scarce (lot) £260-£300

840

Assorted British and Overseas Formation Insignia.

A very good and comprehensive selection, some scarce, circa Second War to the present day, including Dorset County Division, a printed example; 8th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment (2) woven and embroidered examples; Northern Command Papua New Guinea, a King’s crown woven example; 24th Infantry Brigade (2)printed and embroidered examples; Catterick Garrison, a printed example; 223rd Independent Infantry Brigade, an embroidered example; 8th Reconnaissance Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, an embroidered example; 49th Independent infantry Brigade, a printed example; Force 135, a printed example; West Lancashire District, a woven example; Faroe Islands Force, a printed example; 302nd Infantry Brigade (2) a printed pair; 3rd Infantry Brigade, an embroidered and printed example; 39th Independent Infantry Brigade, an embroidered example; 10th Infantry Corps; 1st Army (2) embroidered examples; South Wales District (2) printed and embroidered examples; an embroidered East Yorkshire Pugaree Flash; 2nd Independent Belgian Brigade, an uncut printed pair; 4th Belgian Infantry Brigade, a printed example; Vulnerable Point, Military Police, an embroidered example; Traffic Control Companies Military Police, an embroidered example; Essex County Division, an embroidered example; 3rd Corps, an embroidered example; Western Command, a printed example; 2nd Corps, a printed example; South Midland District, a printed example; Yorkshire County Division, a printed example; Shoeburyness Garrison (2) embroidered examples; Sussex and Surrey District, a printed example; 49th West Riding Division (2) one painted white example, the other in white metal, both reverses with with screw post fixings, displayed upon a ‘1946’ dated card; 72nd independent Infantry Brigade, an embroidered example, etc., from service worn to very good condition, some scarce (lot) £400-£500

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Militaria 841

Assorted British and Overseas Formation Insignia.

A very good selection, some scarce, circa Second War to the present day, including Headquarters British Troops Low Countries and Hamburg District (3) woven examples; Cyrenaica District, a printed example; Singapore District (4) A printed pair, with embroidered examples; Tripolitania District, a printed example; British Army Cyprus District, a printed example; South Wales District, a woven example; British Troops Malta (3) embroidered and printed examples; British Troops Bahrain (2) printed and embroidered examples, the reverses with stud fixings; Malaya Command (2) printed examples; British Army Canal Zone, a printed examples, etc., from service worn to very good condition, some scarce (19) £120-£160

842

Assorted British and Overseas Formation Insignia.

A very good and comprehensive selection, some scarce, circa Second War to the present day, including Lahore District, an embroidered example; 5th Indian Infantry Division (2) embroidered examples; 25th Indian Division, a printed example; 72nd Independent Infantry Brigade, an embroidered example; 1st Commonwealth Division (3) Queen’s crowned bullion and woven examples, with a King’s crowned woven example; Gurkha Brigade (10) crossed Kukri examples with different colour backgrounds of white on red, black on red, white on green, white on black, white on brown, all printed, two embroidered examples; a 2nd King Edward’s cloth diced Headress Badge; Headquarters Scottish Command (3) embroidered and woven examples; G.H.Q. Home Forces (2) printed and embroidered examples; West Scotland District (2) printed and embroidered examples; Headquarters Scottish Command (3) printed and embroidered examples; North Highland District (2) printed and embroidered examples; East Scotland District, an embroidered example; London Scottish Regiment, an embroidered example; 9th Scottish Division, possibly Great War era, with a white metal thistle upon a black circular velvet background; 52nd Lowland Division (2) printed and embroidered examples; Royal Regiment of Scotland, a woven modern example Tactical Recognition Flash; Army Training Regiment Glencorse, a woven example, etc., from service worn to very good condition, some scarce (lot) £160-£200

843

Assorted British and Overseas cloth Insignia.

A very good, extensive and comprehensive selection, some scarce, from the Second War to the present day, including Civilian Military Governor Officer epaulette slides (3) including a pair of scarce all green examples; Entertainments National Service Association Welfare; a Woman’s Land Army epaulette slider; N.A.A.F.I. with a cloth diamond; Royal Armoured Corps, a King’s crowned small cap badged size insignia; an A.T.S. Shoulder Title; a Q.A.R.A.N.C. Shoulder Title; A.F.S., cloth breast badges (2); Army Fire Service (3) two embroidered and one printed example; a C.M.P. Shoulder Title; Assorted United Nations, Multi National Force, S.H.A.P.E. examples; Royal Fleet Auxiliary; 19th General Hospital; Q.A.R.A.N.C. breast badges (2); Mobile V.A.D. Voluntary Aid Detachment; Auxiliary Territorial Service, Second War era; A.T.S. London District, assorted size Shoulder Titles; 1st Home Counties Shoulder Title; Medical Orderly, R.A.M.C.; 570th L.A.A. Searchlight Regiment; South African Imperial Light Horse; £160-£200 Zimbabwe School of Infantry, etc., from service worn to good condition and better, some scarce (lot)

844

Assorted Epaulette Sliders.

A good selection of Second War and earlier printed and embroidered examples, some scarce, with either black or white lettering upon a khaki background, including M.P.S.C.; R.A.M.C.; R.A.P.C.; R.F.A.; C.M.P.; 14/20th H.; R.A.O.C.; R.G.A.; R.E.M.E. T.A.; R.F.; R. F. with a grenade; R. Signals; Hampshire Regiment; Warwickshire. A.T.S.; R.E.; A.M.P.C.; R.A.S.C., good service worn condition, some scarce (lot) £80-£100

845

Assorted British cloth Insignia.

A very good and extensive selection from the Victorian era to modern examples, some scarce, of Trade, Skill, Rank and Unit insignia including a 51st Highland Division Epaulette Slide; a Victorian Farrier example with bullion wire upon a red velvet ground; a Highlanders khaki slider;, BRIXMIS, etc., from service worn to very good condition £80-£100 We are advised that the cloth BRIXMIS Badge was presented to the vendor by Major M. V. Dennison, M.C.

846

Assorted Royal Air Force Insignia.

A very good, extensive and comprehensive selection, some scarce, of mostly post 1950’s examples of Shoulder and other insignia, within a folder for display, including examples to the Royal Air Force and University Air Squadrons, a 2nd Para Sqn, M.G. Hat Badge; 7th Force Protection Wing; G.F.P Force Protection Wing; 4th Regiment A.A.C.; R.A.F. Support Royal Engineers; 37 Sqn; 5th Force Protection Wing; 90th Signals (T.C.W.) Wing; R.A.F, Military Police Northern Ireland; 5001 Sqn (T.R.F.); 3rd Regiment R.A.F.; 26 Sqn (Rapier); 58 Sqn; 34 Sqn Cyprus; 20th Sqn; 48 Sqn; 2503 Sqn, County of Lincoln; DZs to 4 Fighter Protection Wing, with a number of variants including three rejected samples; Tactical Provost Wing; 51st Sqn; 1st Sqn; 2 Sqn 2nd Pt; 16th Regt; 63rd Sqn; 66 Sqn; Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing; 2nd Para Sqn R.A.F. Regiment; including standard pattern insignia of University Air Squadrons for Oxford; East Lowlands; Southampton; Yorkshire; Bristol; Wales; Manchester; London; Queen’s; Aberdeen; Dundee; St. Andrews; Cambridge; Glasgow and Strathclyde; Northumbrian; University of Birmingham Air Squadron; T. £160-£200 R.Fs, etc., very good condition, some scarce (lot)

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Militaria 847

Assorted N.A.T.O. Insignia, a United Nations Flag, and assorted regimental Stable Belts.

A good selection including a large United Nations Flag, purportedly flown during the 1960’s Belgian Congo conflict, with maker’s marks for ‘Valley Forge Flag Company, Spring City PA’; a selection of N.A.T.O. Fobs including Allied Forces Central Europe; Kosovo Force; 21st Army Group; N.A.T.O. Mobile Allied Force; Control Commission Germany; N.A.T.O. Northern Army Group; Multi National Force and Observers, etc., with a selection of Britsh regimental Stable Belts including Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; Northern Ireland Support Battalion; Royal Corps of Transport, with a Pegasus Victor buckle, etc., generally very good condition (18) £100-£140

x 848

Miscellaneous Economy Plastic Buttons and Pips.

A selection of 32 British Army economy plastic buttons and rank crowns ands pips, extremely good condition (32)

£40-£50

x 849

Police Epaulettes.

Two single British Police epaulettes, the first for the rank of Chief Constable, depicting a crown above a pair of crossed batons within wreath; the second for the rank of Commander, depicting a pair of crossed batons within wreath; together with a section of Order of the Garter broad sash riband, good condition (2) £60-£80

850

A Khaki Shirt and Trousers.

A khaki shirt and trousers which were used in 2001 production of Steven Spielberg’s ‘Band of Brothers’, the shirt size medium with a cloth patch to the left arm, good condition (2) £40-£50 Provenance: A Private Collection of Military Webbing and Accoutrements, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2023

End of Sale

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18 Payment of sale proceeds Noonans shall remit the ‘sale proceeds’ to the seller 35 days after the auction, but if by that date Noonans has not received the ‘total amount due’ from the buyer then Noonans 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 Noonans and the buyer, Noonans shall remit to the seller the sale proceeds 35 days after the auction unless otherwise agreed by the seller.

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take the seller’s instructions as to the appropriate course of action and, so far as in Noonans’ opinion is practicable, will assist the seller to recover the ‘total amount due’ from the buyer. If circumstances do not permit Noonans to take instructions from the seller, the seller authorises Noonans 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 Noonans 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 if appropriate.

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26 Any representation or statement by Noonans, 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 Noonans nor its servants or agents are responsible for the correctness of such opinions.

27 Whilst the interests of prospective buyers are best served by attendance at the auction, Noonans will, if so instructed, execute bids on their behalf.

Neither Noonans nor its servants or agents are responsible for any neglect or default in doing so or for failing to do so.

28 Noonans shall have the right, at its discretion, to refuse admission to its premises or attendance

at its auctions by any person.

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32 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. Noonans 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.

33 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 Noonans by the seller in whatever capacity and howsoever arising; (f) ‘stated rate’ means Noonans’ published rates of commission for the time and any Value Added Tax thereon; (g) ‘expenses’ in relation to the sale of any lot means Noonans charges and expenses for insurance, illustrations, special advertising, certification, remedials, 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.

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Insurance is charged at 1.5 per cent of the hammer price.

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