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Groups and Pairs with Orders and Decorations forGallantry or Distinguished Service .......................................................... 1-34

British Orders and Single Awards ................................................................ 35-51

A Collection of Medals to the Artillery........................................................ 52-79

A Collection of Medals to the Life Guards................................................ 80-114

A Collection of Medals for Africa ............................................................ 115-169

A Collection of Medals to the Royal West Kent Regiment .................... 170-199

Orders to the Family of a European Nobleman .................................... 200-213

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Single Campaign Medals .......................................................................... 278-582

Medals to the Miller Family .................................................................... 583-586

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1The G.C.I.E., K.C.S.I. Group of Eight to TrooperSir M.G. Hallett, Chota Nagpur Regiment andIndian Civil Service, Governor of Bihar and theUnited Provincesa) The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire,Knight Grand Commander’s (G.C.I.E.) set ofInsignia, sash Badge, 90mm including crownsuspension x 60mm, gold and enamel; Star, 92mm,silver, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, with gold retainingpin, with full sash riband, in Garrard, London, case ofissueb) The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India,Knight Commander’s (K.C.S.I.) set of Insignia, neckBadge, 81mm including star suspension x 51mm,gold, silver, and enamel, with a fine quality centralonyx cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria, the mottoilluminated with diamonds; Star, 84mm, silver, gold,and enamel, the motto illuminated with diamonds,with gold retaining pin, with full and miniature-widthneck ribands, in Garrard, London, case of issuec) The Most Venerable Order of St. John, Knight’s setof insignia, neck Badge, 54mm, silver and enamel,lions and unicorns in angles; Star, 70mm, silver andenamel, lions and unicorns in angles, with neck riband,in damaged case of issued) Delhi Durbar 1911, silvere) Jubilee 1935f) Coronation 1937g) Coronation 1953h) Volunteer Force Long Service & G.C., G.V.R.(Tpr. M.G. Hallett, Chota Nag R., A.F.I.), minorofficial corrections to last, otherwise good very fine, theG.C.I.E. and K.C.S.I. extremely fine, the medalsmounted as originally worn, together with thefollowing documents &c.:

- Bestowal Document for the G.C.I.E., dated1.1.1943- Bestowal Document for the K.C.S.I., dated9.2.1937, with Central Chancery letter- Bestowal Document for the C.S.I., dated 4.6.1934- Bestowal Document for the C.I.E., dated 1.1.1930- Illuminated Bestowal Document for the Order of St.John, Knight, dated 14.7.1939, in embossed scroll-box holder- Programme of the Ceremony on the occasion of theassumption of the Office of Governor of Bihar by SirMaurice Garnier Hallett, 11.3.1937- Covenant of M.G. Hallett, Member of the CivilService of India, dated 18.10.1909- Portrait photograph of the recipient in full G.C.I.E.robes (11)

£12,000-15,000G.C.I.E. London Gazette 1.1.1943 Sir Maurice GarnierHallett, K.C.S.I., C.I.E., Governor of the United Provinces.

C.I.E. London Gazette 1.1.1930 Maurice Garnier Hallett,Esq., Indian Civil Service, Bihar and Orissa.

K.C.S.I. London Gazette 9.2.1937 Maurice Garnier Hallett,Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Governor-Designate of Bihar.

C.S.I. London Gazette 4.6.1934 Maurice Garnier Hallett,Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to theGovernment of India, Home Department.

Order of St. John, Knight London Gazette 2.1.1940 HisExcellency Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett, K.C.S.I., C.I.E.,I.C.S.

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Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett, G.C.I.E., K.C.S.I., was born at Priors Hardwick,Warwickshire, in October 1883, the son of the Rev. John Hallett, vicar of PriorsHardwick, and was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford,where he read Greats. He arrived in India in November 1907, as a member of theIndian Civil Service, and his first service posting was in Bengal as an AssistantMagistrate and Collector. In 1912 he moved to the newly created province of Biharand Orissa (which formerly had been part of Bengal), and between 1913 and 1915served as Under-Secretary to the Government of Bihar and Orissa in the Political,Appointment, and Education Departments.

In 1916 Hallett was promoted Magistrate and Collector, and four years later wasappointed Secretary to Government of Bihar and Orissa in the local Self-Government Department. After a short spell as Officiating Commissioner ofBhagalpur in 1929, he returned to Bihar as Chief Secretary, and was created aCompanion of the Order of the Indian Empire. In 1932 he moved to New Delhi,having as Secretary, Government of India, Home Department, in which post he wascreated a Companion of the Order of the Star of India, and in 1936 he was electeda Member of the Council of State. In 1937 he returned to Bihar (the province bynow having been split in two, with Orissa a separate entity), as Governor, for whichrole he was advanced Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India. Twoyears later, in 1939, he transferred to the Governorship of the United Provinces, inwhich post he served throughout the Second World War. Having been appointedKnight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1943, Hallettretired in December 1945 to Winchester, Hampshire, where he died in May 1969.

Like many of his contemporaries in the Indian Civil Service, Hallett enlisted in theAuxiliary Force, and served as a Trooper in the Chota Nagpur Regiment, a cavalryunit based in Bihar, the Province in which he was later Governor.

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2The Gold Kaisar-i-Hind Pair to Gladys, Lady Halletta) Kaisar-i-Hind Medal, G.VI.R., First Class, gold (63.70g), withintegral top riband bar, on lady’s bow riband, in case of issueb) The Most Venerable Order of St. John, Commander’s Badge,41mm, silver and enamel, lions and unicorns in angles, on lady’s bowriband, in case of issue, nearly extremely fine, together with therelated miniature award for the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal, gold, withintegral top riband bar; and the following related documents &c.:- Illuminated Bestowal Document for the Order of St. John,Commander, dated 17.11.1939- Formal group photograph including Lady Hallett, sat next to herhusband, Sir Maurice Hallett (2)

£1,200-1,500Kaisar-i-Hind, First Class London Gazette 1.1.1941 Gladys, Lady Hallett (wifeof Sir Maurice Hallett, K.C.S.L, C.I.E., Governor of the United Provinces)‘For Public Services in India.’

Order of St. John, Commander London Gazette 2.1.1940 Gladys ConstanceMabel, Lady Hallett.

Gladys Constance Mabel, Lady Hallett, married Sir Maurice Hallett inNovember 1914.

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3The K.C.M.G. Group of Three to Sir I.P. Garran, H.M.Ambassador to Mexico, 1960-64, and to theNetherlands, 1964-70a) The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St.George, Knight Commander’s (K.C.M.G.) set of Insignia,neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Star, silver, silver-gilt,and enamel, with gold retaining pin, with full and miniaturewidth neck ribands, in Spink, London, case of issueb) Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, in card box of issuec) Netherlands, Kingdom, Commemorative Medal for theWedding of Princess Beatrix 1966, nearly extremely fine,together with the related miniature awards (4)

£1,000-1,400K.C.M.G. London Gazette 10.6.1961 Isham Peter Garran, Esq.,C.M.G., Her Majesty’s Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary in Mexico City.

C.M.G. London Gazette 1.1.1954 Isham Peter Garran, Esq.,Inspector of Her Majesty’s Foreign Service Establishments.

Sir (Isham) Peter Garran, K.C.M.G., (1910-1991), the son of SirRobert Garran, G.C.M.G., Solicitor-General of Australia; educatedat Melbourne Grammar School and Trinity College, University ofMelbourne; joined the Foreign Office, 1934; foreign posts includedBelgrade, 1937-41; Lisbon, 1941-44; Berlin, 1947-50; The Hague,1950-52; Appointed Inspector in H.M. Foreign Service, 1952;Minister (Commercial), Washington D.C., 1955-60; H.M.Ambassador to Mexico, 1960-64; H.M. Ambassador to theNetherlands, 1964-70.

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4The C.B., Second War O.B.E. Group of Seven toChaplain of the Fleet The Rt. Rev. J. Armstrong,Royal Navy, Honorary Chaplain to H.M. TheQueen and Later Lord Bishop of Bermudaa) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, MilitaryDivision, Companion’s (C.B.) neck Badge, silver-giltand enamel, with full and miniature width neck riband,in Collingwood, London, case of issueb) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire,2nd type, Military Division, Officer’s (O.B.E.) breastBadge, silver-giltc) 1939-1945 Stard) Atlantic Star, with France and Germany Bare) Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaff) Coronation 1953, good very fine, together with thefollowing related items:- Honorary Chaplain to the Queen’s Badge, E.II.R.,gilt and enamel- The recipient’s miniature width riband bar- Bestowal Document for the Coronation Medal- Letter to the recipient appointing him HonoraryChaplain to the Queen, dated 15.6.1958- Letter to the recipient appointing him Chaplain ofthe Fleet, dated 15.3.1960- Central Chancery enclosure for the C.B. (lot)

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C.B. London Gazette 1.1.1962 The Venerable ArchdeaconJohn Armstrong, O.B.E., Q.H.C., Chaplain of the Fleet

O.B.E. London Gazette 1.1.1942 The Reverend JohnArmstrong, Chaplain, Royal Navy

M.I.D. London Gazette 28.6.1940 The Reverend JohnArmstrong, Chaplain, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Punjabi‘For daring, resource, and devotion to duty in the secondBattle of Narvik.’

The Rt. Rev. John Armstrong, C.B., O.B.E., born4.10.1905, and educated at Durham School and theAustralian College of Theology, Sydney, NSW; ordainedPriest, 1932; Commissioned Chaplain, Royal Navy,28.8.1935; appointed Chaplain, H.M.S. Somali,19.10.1939; served during the Second World War, andpresent in H.M.S. Punjabi at the Second Battle of Navrik,13.4.1940, where the Punjabi was fired upon by the Germandestroyers prior to the comprehensive British victory(Mentioned in Despatches); subsequently served with HQSSGroup; appointed Honorary Chaplain to H.M. the Queen,15.6.1958; promoted Chaplain of the Fleet, 15.3.1960;consecrated Lord Bishop of Bermuda, 1963; retired, 1970;died, 30.12.1992.

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5An 1885 ‘Egyptian Campaign’ C.B. Group of Seven toColonel E.S. Walcott, Bombay Infantry, Later HonoraryColonel, 6th Battalion, Devonshire Regimenta) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, MilitaryDivision, Companion’s (C.B.) breast Badge, gold(Hallmarks for London 1882) and enamel, split-ringsuspension replaced with small soldered claw to facilitatemounting, with integral gold riband buckleb) China 1857-60, no clasp (Lieutt. E.S. Walcott. 5th.Bombay, N.I.), a post-1873 later issuec) Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Kandahar (Maj. E.S.Walcott. Act: Dy. C. Gl.)d) Egypt 1882-89, undated, one clasp, Suakin 1885 (Col: &A.C. Gen: E.S. Walcott. Bom: Comt. Dept.)e) Coronation 1902, silverf) Territorial Decoration, E.VII.R., silver and silver-gilt(Hallmarks for London 1909), with integral top riband barg) Khedive’s Star 1884-6, backstraps on both clasps replaced tofacilitate mounting, light contact marks to campaign medalsand minor green enamel damage to reverse wreath on C.B.,otherwise good very fine, mounted court-style (7)

£2,000-2,500C.B. London Gazette 25.8.1885 Colonel Edmund Scopoli Walcott,Bombay Infantry

T.D. London Gazette 3.5.1910 Colonel (retired, Indian Army;Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel, retired, Volunteers)Edmund Scopoli Walcott, C.B., Honorary Colonel, 6th Battalion,The Devonshire Regiment

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Colonel Edmund Scopoli Walcott, C.B., T.D., born CastleCaldwell, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland, 1842; Commissioned Ensign,Bombay Infantry, March 1860; Promoted Lieutenant, May 1862;Captain, October 1869; Major, March 1880; served as ActingDeputy Commissariat General during the Second Afghan War, andMentioned in Despatches for the Siege of Kandahar (LondonGazette 3.12.1880); promoted Lieutenant-Colonel ‘in recognitionof his services during the late Afghan Campaign’, March 1881;Colonel, March 1885; served in the Sudan Expedition with theBombay Commissariat Department, Mentioned in Despatches(London Gazette 25.8.1885), and appointed a Companion of theOrder of the Bath; retired from the Indian Army and transferred tothe 4th Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, November1889; Appointed Sheriff for the County of Devonshire, andDeputy-Lieutenant, 1902; Honorary Colonel, 6th Battalion,Devonshire Regiment, April 1908. Colonel Walcott died at home inExeter, October 1923.


6The Great War C.M.G., 1918 ‘Western Front’ D.S.O.Group of Seven to Lieutenant-Colonel G.S. Tovey,Royal Field Artillerya) The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St.George, Companion’s (C.M.G.) neck Badge, silver-gilt andenamel, with neck ribandb) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt andenamel, with integral top riband barc) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, CapeColony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (Capt. G.S.Tovey, R.F.A.)d) King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (Capt. G.S.Tovey, R.F.A.)e) 1914 Star, with Bar (Major G.S. Tovey, R.F.A.)f) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Lt.Col. G.S. Tovey), the Boer War pair with edge bruising andcontact marks, otherwise generally good very fine (7)

£1,400-1,800C.M.G. London Gazette 3.6.1918 Lt.-Col. George StrangwaysTovey, D.S.O., R.A.‘For services rendered in connection with Military Operations inFrance and Flanders.’

D.S.O. London Gazette 14.1.1916 Major George StrangwaysTovey, Royal Artillery

Lieutenant-Colonel George Strangways Tovey, C.M.G.,D.S.O., born September 1875, the son of Colonel H. Tovey, RoyalEngineers, and educated at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst;Commissioned Second Lieutenant, March 1896; promotedLieutenant, March 1899; served during the Boer War with 65thBattery, Royal Field Artillery; later attached to ‘O’ Section Pom-Poms, and served as Assistant Military Secretary to G.O.C., SouthAfrica (Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 10.9.1901);promoted Captain, 20.1.1902; served as Adjutant, Royal Artillery,August 1905 to January 1907; promoted Major, 1.1.1913;appointed Assistant Military Secretary to Lieutenant-GeneralMurray, 18.2.1914; on the outbreak of the Great War posted to 23Battery, Royal Field Artillery, 29.8.1914, and served during theGreat War on the Western Front as a Battery Commander fromOctober 1914 (wounded, awarded the D.S.O., and five timesMentioned in Despatches, London Gazettes 22.6.1915 (for NeuveChapelle), 1.1.1916, 15.6.1916, 4.1.1917, and 20.5.1918); later inthe War served as Brigade Commander in the 19th DivisionalArtillery, and as Commanding Officer of 232 Army Artillery Brigadewith the 3rd Army. Promoted Lieutenant-Colonel, 2.2.1917;placed on half pay on account of ill health caused by wounds,29.4.1920; retired, 21.3.1921; died, 13.1.1943. One of hisbrothers, John Cronyn Tovey, later became Admiral of the Fleetand C-in-C Home Fleet during World War Two.

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x7The Important C.V.O., Second War 1944 ‘D-Day’D.S.O., O.B.E. Group of Twelve to Colonel R.A.G.Bingley, 11th Hussars, Who Raised and Commandedthe Inns of Court Armoured Car Regiment, Leading itAshore Under Fire on Juno Beach, 6.6.1944a) The Royal Victorian Order, Commander’s (C.V.O.) neckBadge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered‘C826’, with neck riband, in Collingwood, London, case ofissueb) Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt andenamel, reverse of suspension bar officially dated ‘1945’,with integral top riband barc) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2ndtype, Military Division, Officer’s (O.B.E.) breast Badge,silver-giltd) The Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem,Officer’s Badge, silvered and enamele) 1939-1945 Starf) France and Germany Starg) Defence and War Medalsh) Coronation 1953i) Luxembourg, Grand Duchy, Order of Civil and MilitaryMerit of Adolph of Nassau, Military Division, Commander’sneck Badge, with crossed swords and without crownsuspension, 47mm, silver-gilt and enamel, minor enameldamage to motto on obverse and restoration work to reversecentral medallion, with neck riband, in case of issuej) Netherlands, Kingdom, Order of the House of Orange,Commander’s neck Badge, 68mm x 55mm, gilt and enamel,in Koninklijke Begeer, Voorschoten, case of issuek) Netherlands, Kingdom, Coronation Medal 1948, silver,nearly extremely fine, the British awards mounted court-stylefor display purposes (12)

£2,500-3,000C.V.O. London Gazette 1.1.1954 Lieutenant-Colonel RobertAlbert Glanville Bingley, D.S.O., O.B.E., Assistant MilitarySecretary, HQ Eastern Command‘For services in the Royal Mews Department on State Occasions’

D.S.O. London Gazette 1.2.1945 Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Robert Albert Glanville Bingley (24309), 11th Hussars(Prince Albert’s Own), Royal Armoured Corps (Andoversford)‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North WestEurope.’

The Recommendation, dated 28.8.1944, states: ‘Lt. Col. Bingleycommands the Inns of Court Regiment. A detachment of his unit,under his personal command, landed in Normandy on D day andachieved a very deep penetration of the enemy defences, reachingTilly sur Seulle. During this action he came under very heavy fireand his detachment suffered very heavy losses. Ever since this day hisunit has been engaged in battle. Every detachment has shown thesame thrust and determination as was displayed by Lt. Col. Bingleyto penetrate the enemy defences, report on his doings, anddisorganise and demoralise his rear areas. I consider this spirit dueto the splendid example set by Lt. Col. Bingley both on D day andthereafter and strongly recommend that he be awarded the D.S.O.’

O.B.E. London Gazette 13.6.1946 Lieutenant-Colonel RobertAlbert Glanville Bingley, D.S.O. (24309), 11th Hussars (PrinceAlbert’s Own), Royal Armoured Corps.

Order of St. John, Officer London Gazette 6.1.1956 Colonel RobertAlbert Glanville Bingley, C.V.O., D.S.O., O.B.E

Colonel Robert Albert Glanville Bingley, C.V.O., D.S.O.,O.B.E, born 15.11.1902, the son of Major R.N.G. Bingley,O.B.E.; educated at Charterhouse and Royal Military CollegeSandhurst; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 11th Hussars,1.2.1923; promoted Lieutenant, 1.2.1925; Captain and Adjutant,

28.8.1933; appointed Adjutant, Inns of CourtRegiment, 23.4.1936; promoted Major, 1.2.1940;Assumed Command of the Inns of Court Regiment, asacting Lieutenant-Colonel, 1.12.1940, and raised andcommanded the newly-established Inns of CourtArmoured Car Regiment; served with the Regimentduring the Second World War in North West Europefrom 6.6.1944, leading ‘C’ Squadron of the Regimentashore on Juno Beach on D-Day, and advanced as farinland as Tilly-sur-Seulle by nightfall- a remarkableachievement for a Regiment embarking on its firstbout of active service, and indeed being the onlyArmoured Car unit to land on D-Day; post D-Day ‘C’Squadron acted as a ‘Phantom’ wireless unit, and then,as part of 11th Armoured Division, became thereconnaissance asset of I Corps, and was heavilyengaged in the fierce encounters of the bocage and theArnhem relief operations; subsequently appointedAssistant Military Secretary to Field MarshalMontgomery, 21 Armoured Group, June 1945, forwhich role he was created an Officer of the Order ofthe British Empire; promoted Lieutenant-Colonel,27.9.1945; appointed GSO, British Military MissionBelgium, 3.4.1946; Military Attaché, HM Embassy,The Hague, 15.5.1947; Appointed Assistant MilitarySecretary, Eastern Command, 12.7.1951; retired withthe rank of Colonel, 28.2.1955; in later life became aDirector of the St. John Ambulance Association; hedied, 5.7.1976.

PROVENANCE:Dix Noonan Webb, 15.12.2011 (when soldaccompanied by a quantity of originaldocumentation, including the Bestowal Documentsfor the C.V.O., D.S.O., and O.B.E.)

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8The Second War ‘North West Europe’ D.S.O.,‘1938’ M.B.E. Group of Eight to Colonel J. Bell,Royal Engineersa) Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-giltand enamel, reverse of suspension bar officially dated‘1946’, with integral top riband bar, in Garrard,London, case of issueb) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire,2nd type, Military Division, Member’s (M.B.E.) breastBadge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issuec) 1939-1945 Stard) France and Germany Stare) Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaff) Coronation 1953g) Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., silver and silver-gilt, reverse officially dated ‘1945’, with twoAdditional Award Bars, E.II.R., both officially dated‘1953’, with top ‘Territorial’ riband bar, the two topriband bars both pierced for sewing onto riband,generally nearly extremely fine, with the recipient’srelated miniature awards, lacking M.I.D. Oak Leaf;riband bars; various Royal Engineers cap badges, rank

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insignia, and Lowland Division cloth badges; and thefollowing Bestowal Documents &c., all of which aremounted in glazed display frames:- Commission appointing James Bell a SecondLieutenant in the Territorial Army, dated 27.12.1929- Bestowal Document for the D.S.O., named to MajorJames Bell, M.B.E., T.D., and dated 24.1.1946- Bestowal Document for the M.B.E., named toCaptain James Bell, and dated 9.6.1938- Bestowal Document for the Coronation Medal1953, named to Colonel James Bell, D.S.O., M.B.E.,T.D.- The recipient’s Mentioned in Despatches Certificate,dated 9.8.1945- Heraldic Map, showing the Training and ActiveService of the 52nd (L) Division during the Campaignin North West Europe 1939-1945- Second Army Thanksgiving Service booklet, on theConclusion of the Campaign in North West Europe- Portrait photograph of the recipient, this mountedbut not framed; and a photograph of the recipientinspecting a Guard of Honour in Scotland (lot)

£1,200-1,600

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D.S.O. London Gazette 24.1.1946 Major James Bell, M.B.E.,T.D., B.Sc., A.R.I.B.A. (44574), Corps of Royal Engineers‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in NorthWest Europe.’

The Recommendation, dated 1.7.1945, states: ‘In the SouthBeveland campaign Major Bell landed in the assault wave andorganised the engineer work off the beaches and theclearance of mines. It was his men’s first appearance in actionas well as his own and he led them cooly and steadied themthrough the first difficult days.The mines were particularly troublesome in this campaign,being sown broadcast and with untried troops, casualtiesfrom them were severe at first but he encouraged his men intheir dangerous task by his own example, and his coolnessand foresight kept the casualties to a minimum.In clearing the Roer pocket, he again was in support of theInfantry Brigade opening the assault, and it was due to hisdetermination that a crossing was in fact made for the armourover the tank obstacle covering Stein though the thawconditions prevented its exploitation.He supported his Brigade in the assault on Alpon, where hetook his sappers and his bulldozer into the town when thearmour was itself held up by fire. He cleared a way throughworking and encouraging his men under heavy fire. In thecrossing of the Rhine, his company was under command of 4GHQ Transport Engineers and took part in the assaultcrossing. In the attack on Bremen he was in support of theleading Brigade all the way from Verdun, into the city itself,remaining in the van when the Infantry Brigades relievedeach other. Once more he led and encouraged his men asthey cleared the road forward under heavy fire and faced newdangers from an unknown and remote controlled aerial bombused as demolition charge, which destroyed one of theArmoured Vehicle Royal Engineers under his command.Throughout the campaign Major Bell has been continuallyunder fire and has led his troops superbly through manydifficult and dangerous phases, inspiring them by his own

personal example of coolness and contempt for danger. Hehas ably supported the Brigade he was with on every occasionand no call has ever been made on his sappers in vain.’

M.B.E. London Gazette 9.6.1938 Captain James Bell, B.Sc.,A.R.I.B.A., 52nd (Lowland) Divisional Engineers, RoyalEngineers, Territorial Army.

T.D. London Gazette 12.4.1945 Capt.-(T/Maj.) J. Bell,M.B.E. (44574), Corps of Royal Engineers

T.D. Second Award Bar London Gazette 31.3.1953 Lt-Col.& Bt. Col. J. Bell, D.S.O., M.B.E., T.D., B.Sc., A.R.I.B.A.(44574), Corps of Royal Engineers

T.D. Third Award Bar London Gazette 31.3.1953 Lt-Col. &Bt. Col. J. Bell, D.S.O., M.B.E., T.D., B.Sc., A.R.I.B.A.(44574), Corps of Royal Engineers

M.I.D. London Gazette 9.8.1945 Maj. (temp.) J. Bell,M.B.E., B.Sc., A.R.I.B.A. (44574), Corps of RoyalEngineers‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished service in North-West Europe’

Colonel James Bell, D.S.O., M.B.E., T.D., educated atKelvinside Academy, Glasgow; Commissioned SecondLieutenant, 52nd (Lowland) Divisional Engineers, RoyalEngineers (Territorial Army), 1.1.1930; advanced Captain,and served with the 52nd (Lowland) Division during theSecond War in North West Europe in the South Bevelandcampaign, and present at the assault on Alpon, the crossingof the Rhine, and the attack on Bremen (awarded D.S.O. andMentioned in Despatches); promoted Lieutenant-Colonel,1.5.1947; Brevet Colonel, 1.5.1950; appointed HonoraryColonel, 124 (Lowland) Field Engineer Regiment, RoyalEngineers (Territorial Army), 30.12.1950; retired, October1958.

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9The Second War O.B.E. Group of Six toLieutenant-Colonel Sir K.W. Hogg, Bt., IrishGuardsa) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire,2nd type, Military Division, Officer’s (O.B.E.) breastBadge, silver-giltb) 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. K.W. Hogg. I.Gds.)c) British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. K.W. Hogg)d) Defence and War Medals, generally very fine,mounted as worn, together with the recipient’s relatedminiature awards, the 1914-15 Star replaced with a1914 Star, these mounted court-style as worn (6)

£500-600O.B.E. London Gazette Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary)Kenneth Weir Hogg (9625), Irish Guards.

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Kenneth Weir Hogg, Bt. (1894-1985), educated at Haileybury College and Christ Church,Oxford; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 5.10.1914;posted from the Special Reserve to the Irish Guards,4.10.1915, and served during the Great War on the WesternFront from 26.5.1915 (wounded); promoted Lieutenant,17.2.1916; Captain, 2.12.1918; served during the SecondWorld War as Assistant Adjutant-General, Directorate ofRecruiting and Demobilisation, War Office; retired,18.10.1945, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.

Upon the death of his cousin, Ronald McGarel-Hogg, 4thBaron Magheramorne and 5th Baronet, in April 1957, Hoggsucceeded to the Baronetcy as 6th Baronet (the peeragehaving becoming extinct). The baronetcy had originally beencreated for his great grandfather, James Weir Hogg, M.P.,Chairman of the Honourable East India Company. Anothercousin, Lord Hailsham, served as Lord Chancellor.

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10A 1953 ‘Coronation’ O.B.E. Group of Six toLieutenant C.W. Thomas, Middlesex Regiment,who as a Sculptor and Medal Artist Designed the1953 Coronation Medala) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire,2nd type, Civil Division, Officer’s (O.B.E.) breastBadge, silver-giltb) British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C.W.Thomas.)c) Defence and War Medalsd) Coronation 1953, traces of lacquer, slightlytarnished throughout, very fine, mounted for wear (6)

£200-240O.B.E. London Gazette 1.6.1953 Cecil Thomas, Esq.,Sculptor and Medal Artist

Lieutenant Cecil Walter Thomas, O.B.E., born Shepherd’sBush, London, March 1885, the son Mr. John Thomas, aseal and gem engraver; educated at the Central School of Artsand Crafts, Heatherly’s, and the Slade; CommissionedSecond Lieutenant, Middlesex Regiment, and served duringthe Great War on the Western Front from 22.1.1917;promoted Lieutenant, 1.7.1917; after the War continued hiscivilian career as a sculptor and engraver, whilst alsoundertaking a number of commissions for the Royal Mint;served during the Second War as a Flying Officer, Royal AirForce; in 1953 designed the Coronation portrait of H.M.The Queen that was used on the Coronation medal, and as aresult was appointed an Officer of the Order of the BritishEmpire (and awarded the medal); he subsequently produceda number of portraits of H.M. The Queen used on overseascoins and British and Commonwealth stamps; exhibited atthe Royal Academy and elected a Fellow of the Royal Societyof British Sculptors; received the RBS Gold Medal, 1973;died, 16.9.1976.

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11A Second War ‘1944’ O.B.E. Group of Seven toWing Commander A.T.G. James, Royal Air Forcea) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire,2nd type, Military Division, Officer’s (O.B.E.) breastBadge, silver-giltb) India General Service 1936-39, one clasp, NorthWest Frontier 1936-37 (Fg. Off. A.G.T. JamesR.A.F.)c) 1939-1945 Stard) Burma Stare) France and Germany Starf) Defence and War Medals, good very fine, mounted asoriginally worn (7)

£240-280O.B.E. London Gazette 1.1.1944 Wing Commander ArthurGladdish Trevenen James (37181), Reserve of Air ForceOfficers.

Wing Commander Arthur Gladdish Trevenen James,O.B.E., Commissioned Pilot Officer, General Duties Branch,Royal Air Force, 16.4.1935; promoted Flying Officer,16.10.1937; Flight Lieutenant, 16.10.1939; SquadronLeader, 16.4.1941; Wing Commander, 1.3.1942.

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12An O.B.E. Pair Attributed to Major H.C.E.Smithett, York and Lancaster Regiment, LateSeaforth Highlandersa) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1sttype, Military Division, Officer’s (O.B.E.) breastBadge, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1919)b) Coronation 1902, silver, unnamed as issued, goodvery fine, with the related miniature awards (2)

£150-200O.B.E. London Gazette 3.6.1919 Smithett, Maj. Henry CecilEast, r.p. York and Lanc. R. (R. of O.)‘For valuable services rendered in connection with the War.’

Major Henry Cecil East Smithett, O.B.E., (1860-1932),born Windsor, Berkshire; Commissioned Second Lieutenant,Royal London Militia, February 1881; enlisted in theSeaforth Highlanders, May 1883, and advanced Colour-Sergeant; Commissioned Lieutenant, York and LancasterRegiment, July 1886; appointed Adjutant, 1st Battalion, July1888; appointed Inspector of Musketry, Hythe, February1895; promoted Captain, August 1895; Major, 1.7.1904;placed on retired pay, 18.11.1908; served during the GreatWar as DAAQMG, Wessex Division, and subsequently incommand of a Group, Machine Gun Training Centre, andlater Commandant, Machine Gun Schools, Grantham;temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, 26.4.1916.

PROVENANCE:Sworders, September 2014 (sold alongside his son’s namedBritish War and Victory Medals).

13An M.B.E. Group of Four to Major C.T. Wilson,Royal Irish Fusiliersa) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire,2nd type, Civil Division, Member’s (M.B.E.) breastBadge, silverb) 1914-15 Star (R-5852 Pte. C.T. Wilson. K.R. Rif:C.)c) British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C.T.Wilson), nearly very fine or better, mounted asoriginally worn, together with the recipient’s cigarettecase, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1916), theinitials ‘C.T.W.’ engraved inside, and the crests of theRoyal Flying Corps and the Royal Irish Fusiliers on theoutside (4)

£180-220M.B.E. London Gazette 1.6.1953 Major Conrad ThomasWilson, Branch Secretary, Officers’ Association

Major Conrad Thomas Wilson, M.B.E., CommissionedSecond Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers,21.5.1915; subsequently transferred to the Inns of CourtO.T.C., Territorial Army.

14A ‘Civil Division’ M.B.E. Group of Four to R.E.8Pilot, Major E.C. Stonehouse, Royal Flying Corpsand Royal Air Force, Late Royal Army ServiceCorps, Wounded in Action, 25.2.1918a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire,2nd type, Civil Division, Member’s (M.B.E.) breastBadge, silver and enamel, in Royal Mint case of issueb) 1914-15 Star (Capt. E.C. Stonehouse. A.S.C.)c) British War and Victory Medals (Major E.C.Stonehouse. R.A.F.), nearly extremely fine, togetherwith the recipient’s related miniature awards (4)

£250-300M.B.E. London Gazette 13.6.1959 Eric Childe Stonehouse,Esq., J.P., Chairman of Committee, No. 127 (Wakefield)Squadron, Air Training Corps.

Major Eric Childe Stonehouse, M.B.E. (1886-1967); anative of Wakefield; educated at Sedbergh School;commissioned Captain 1st West Riding Brigade Company,Army Service Corps (T.F.), 16.6.1910; advanced Major,Royal Army Service Corps, 1.6.1916; seconded for duty withthe Royal Flying Corps, 4.8.1917; after training was postedas a pilot to 42 Squadron (R.E.8’s), on the Austro-Italianfront; he was wounded in action, whilst flying B5099,25.2.1918; after a period of recuperation in hospital hereturned to operational flying with 16 Squadron (R.E.8’s),Complain L’Abbe, July 1918; posted as Major (Flying) to‘Room 426, Air Ministry’, October 1918; posted as a FlightCommander to 12 Squadron (R.E.8’s), Duren, Germany,March 1919; relinquished Temporary Commission,18.1.1921; re-engaged for service during the Second War asActing Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,1.2.1941.

x15A Second War 1940 ‘Dunkirk Evacuation’ D.S.C.Group of Six to Engineer J.L. Crockart, RoyalNaval Reservea) Distinguished Service Cross, reverse officially dated‘1940’ and additionally privately engraved ‘Dunkirk.L.J. [sic] Crockart.’, silver (Hallmarks for London1940), in Garrard, London, case of issueb) 1914-15 Star (Asst. Eng. J.L. Crockart, R.N.R.)c) 1939-1945 Stard) Atlantic Stare) Defence and War Medals, extremely fine (6)

£700-900D.S.C. London Gazette 16.8.1940 Mr. James Lang Crockart,Engineer, H.M. Transport Biarritz‘For good service in the withdrawal of the Allied Armies fromthe beaches at Dunkirk.’

Engineer James Lang Crockart, D.S.C., CommissionedAssistant Engineer, Royal Naval Reserve, 3.4.1915.

The S.S. Biarritz was a 2,500 ton cross-channel ferry, ownedby the Southern Railway Company. During the Second Warshe served as a troop transport ship, and at the Evacuationfrom Dunkirk she made five trips, carrying a total of 6,200men to safety; on one of her trips she came under fire fromshore batteries off the French coast off Gravelines; on the20th June 1940 she evacuated service personnel and civiliansfrom Guernsey, and in June 1944 served as a troop shipduring the Normandy Landings.The 1914-15 Star to Officers in the Royal Naval Reserve wasadministered separately from the British War, MercantileMarine, and Victory Medals. There is no evidence thatCrockart ever applied for, or received, any other Great WarMedals.

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16A Good Great War 1918 ‘Battle of Ramicourt’M.C. Group of Four to Major G.S. Brown, RoyalArmy Medical Corps, Attached LeicestershireRegimenta) Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issuedb) 1914 Star (Lieut. G.S. Brown. R.A.M.C.)c) British War and Victory Medals (Major G.S.Brown.), very fine (4)

£700-900M.C. London Gazette 8.3.1919 T./Capt. Gavin Stiell Brown,M.B., R.A.M.C., attd. 1/4th Bn., Leic. R., T.F.‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty whilsttending the wounded on the morning of the attack of 29thSeptember, 1918, near Bellenglise, under very heavy shellfire. He showed an absolute disregard for personal danger,both at that time and subsequently during the action.’

Major Gavin Stiell Brown, M.C., educated at EdinburghUniversity; after a period in General Medical Practice he heldhospital appointments in Birmingham; CommissionedLieutenant, Royal Army Medical Corps, August 1914;promoted Captain, August 1915; Major, November 1918;awarded the Military Cross for tending the wounded duringthe Battle of Ramicourt, September to October 1918, whilstattached to the 13th General Hospital, Boulogne.After the Great War Brown went into private practice in Hull,and was ultimately consultant obstetrician and gynaecologistto the Hull group of hospitals. He was also an early pioneerof the Flying Squad, and was for many years the sole medicalmember of the Hull squad (recipient’s obituary in the BritishMedical Journal refers). He died in February 1976.

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17A Great War 1918 ‘Salonika’ M.C. Group of Fourto Chaplain to the Forces Fourth Class the Rev.J.M. Bold, Army Chaplains’ Departmenta) Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issuedb) 1914-15 Star (Rev. J.M. Bold A.C.D.)c) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves(Rev. J.M. Bold.), very fine, mounted court-style fordisplay purposes (4)

£800-1,200M.C. London Gazette 3.6.1918 The Rev. Joseph MorrisBold, T./Chaplain to Forces, 4th Class, A.C. Dept.‘For distinguished service in connection with MilitaryOperations in Salonika.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 21.7.1917 Bold, Rev. J. M., Temp.Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, Army Chaplains’Department‘For distinguished service rendered during the past sixmonths with the British Salonika Force.’

Chaplain to the Forces Fourth Class the Rev. JosephMorris Bold, M.C., born Runcorn, Cheshire, 1887;subsequently served as Minister of the Dome Mission, DorsetGardens Methodist Church, Brighton.

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18A Fine Second War ‘1943’ Night-Fighter’s D.F.C.Group of Six to Blenheim and Beaufighter Pilot,Squadron Leader I.K.S. Joll, 604 (County ofMiddlesex) Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force, WhoWas Shot Down Over Holland, 10.5.1940, BeforeReturning To England Via A Fishing Vessel; HeFlew In John ‘Cat’s Eyes’ Cunningham’s FlightThroughout The Battle Of Britain, And Claimed 1Damaged During The Battle. Joll Went On To BeAccredited With At Least 4 Destroyed, And 2Damaged. On 1.11.1940, Whilst Flying WithJimmy Rawnsley, His Aircraft ‘Iced-Up’ And WentInto What Looked To Be A Fatal Spin; JollManaged To Pull Out Of The Spin And LandSafely, But Not Before Rawnsley And AnotherCrew-Member Had Bailed-Outa) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse dated‘1943’b) 1939-1945 Star, with Battle of Britain Barc) Air Crew Europe Stard) Defence and War Medalse) Air Efficiency, G.VI.R. (Act. Sqn. Ldr. I.K.S. Joll.A.A.F.), generally very fine, with the following relatedmaterial:- Three R.A.F. Pilot’s Flying Log Books, covering theperiod 26.3.1939-26.2.1942; 17.3.1942-30.9.1943and 3.10.1943-24.7.1948, the first with signatures of‘Cat’s Eyes’ Cunningham in his capacity as FlightCommander- Oil painting, ‘Squadron Leader I.K.S. Joll DFC, 604Squadron RAuxAF, Over Chawleigh, Devon, 5th May1943’, signed ‘J. Crisp 1993’; with portraitphotographic image of recipient in uniform (lot)

£7,000-9,000D.F.C. London Gazette 26.10.1943 Acting Squadron LeaderIan Kenneth Sefton Joll (09051), Auxiliary Air Force, 604Squadron‘This officer has undertaken very many sorties and hasdestroyed 4 enemy aircraft and damaged several more. He isan exceptionally keen and skilful leader, whose personalexample has been reflected in the high morale of the flight hecommands. In spite of trying experiences, his enthusiasmremains unabated.’

Squadron Leader Ian Kenneth Sefton Joll, D.F.C. (1920-1977), born East Grinstead. He was educated atHustpierpoint College prior to being employed as a Traineeat Harraps publishers. Aged 18 Joll joined the Auxiliary AirForce, and became a ‘part-time’ flyer with 604 (County ofMiddlesex) Squadron, in March 1939. Having beenmobilised he carried out pilot training at No. 8 F.T.S.,Montrose, October 1939-March 1940. The squadron waspredominantly officered by independently wealthygentlemen, and Joll was expected to behave like one, ‘he usedto recount with some self-deprecation an incident at his firstdinner night in the mess. Sitting at the far end of the table, asbefitted the most junior officer in the squadron, and I suspectsomewhat overawed by the occasion, the decanter of portground to a halt in front of my father. After some minutes,the Adjutant leaned forward, fixed him with an icy glare anddemanded: “Joll, do you know Smith?” “No,” my fatherreplied. “Well you bloody well should do,” growled theAdjutant, “he doesn’t pass the port either.” (extract fromtyped biography included with lot refers)

Shot Down Over Holland - Back In Time For Tea.604 Squadron was equipped with Blenheims and designatedas a night-fighter squadron. Although primarily tasked withtrying to perfect night interception with very rudimentaryaids, the squadron was also occasionally deployed on otheroperational sorties. Joll took part in the squadron’s firstaction on 10.5.1940. On the latter date 604 acted as escortfor a daylight raid on German transport aircraft on the beachat Wassenar near the Hague. Joll’s Log Book gives thefollowing, ‘Kenley To Wattisham. Wattisham To DutchCoast For Raid On Bomber Transports. Stbd. Engine ShotUp. Crashed In Holland. 1 Ju. 52 Destroyed.’.On completion of the raid Joll decided to carry out a low-level strafe of the beach. His Blenheim ‘was hit by ground firein the starboard engine and forced to crash land. In the pre-mission briefing, all pilots had been reminded that under nocircumstances were they to allow the ultra-secret interceptionradar set to fall into enemy hands.So, although my father managed to land his Blenheim in onepiece on the dunes, he now faced a problem. The Blenheimwas intact and the fire in starboard engine had beenextinguished by the landing. The radar set, screwed into itsmountings, was too heavy to move any distance and clearlyhad to be destroyed. The obvious answer was to set fire to theaircraft but, despite numerous attempts, it refused to catchalight. In exasperation, my father threw caution to the windsand, at some considerable personal danger, fired his Vereypistol into the main fuel tank. Fortunately, that worked.

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The next challenge was to get back to England. After a longtrek along the beaches they [Joll and his gunner, LACPickford] met up with a Dutch fisherman and persuaded himto take them to the English coast; this was just 16 days beforethe start of the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Forcefrom Dunkirk.After an uneventful crossing, my father and his navigatorarrived in Gravesend where, by chance, my father’s parentswere then living. Logic, not to say filial courtesy, demandedthat they call in on my grandparents for a cup of tea. Mygrandmother answered the door and promptly fainted. Notten minutes before she had received a telegram from the AirMinistry stating: “Regret to have to inform you, Pilot OfficerJoll missing believed killed.” She thought he was a ghost.’(extract from typed biography included with lot refers).Joll was reunited with his squadron at Manston, and later inthe month was engaged in patrolling the Dunkirk beaches byday and night. In July the squadron moved to MiddleWallop. Joll served with 604 Squadron throughout the Battleof Britain, and during this period the squadron wasintensively engaged with work on the newly installed A.I.system. Joll flew in ‘B’ Flight, and was under the commandof the newly appointed Flight Commander, John ‘Cat’s Eyes’Cunningham. The airfield at Middle Wallop was a hive ofactivity with the Spitfire and Hurricane squadrons fullyengaged in the Battle of Britain. By day Joll carried out testson flights with the “Magic Boxes”, whilst at night he wasengaged in patrols off the south coast. This was the formativestage of night fighting, carrying on secretly in thebackground whilst the Battle of Britain raged in theforeground.At this stage of the war there was little night time activity forthe squadron to be involved in, however, they still went outon night patrols. Joll’s Log Book gives, 10.10.1940, ‘NightPatrol. ‘Freelance’. 1 He. III Damaged.’ The action tookplace south of Bournemouth.

A Nasty Experience With Jimmy Rawnsley In Tow.On 1.11.1940 Joll carried out a night patrol with JimmyRawnsley as an extra crew member. Rawnsley (Cunningham’sgunner) was ‘B’ Flight’s Senior Gunner and paid a closeinterest in the development of the A.I. equipment. Havingsat in on what should have been a routine patrol he receiveda nasty surprise when Joll’s Blenheim iced up at 4,000 feet.Joll’s Log Book records that the aircraft went into a spin,with the two crewmen having to bail-out. Joll somehowmanaged to pull the aircraft up out of the spin and land itsafely.By the end of 1940 the squadron had re-equipped withBeaufighters. Joll appreciated the change of aircraft and thesteady improvement of the A.I. After attending a course atNo.1 B.A.S. Watchfield in Spring 1941, he returned to thesquadron to add to his score. He was partnered with SergeantA. O’Leary as his A.I. operator, and after a number of chasesand contacts with enemy aircraft throughout April they werefinally successful 1/2.5.1941, ‘Night Patrol Sopley G.C.I. 1He. III Damaged. A/C Damaged By E/A Fire. OperatorInjured. R.T. Useless. Homed 75 Miles To Mother.’ (Ibid).The contact had taken place just north of Swindon. As Joll’sBeaufighter had closed in on the Heinkel it managed to getoff a burst of return fire. Once again Joll managed to pilot adamaged aircraft home, this time whilst looking after hisseriously wounded radar operator.The Summer of 1941 was to prove far more productive forJoll, and indeed his new radar operator Sergeant R.W.Dalton. Joll’s Log Book gives the following additions to hisscore:5/6.5.1941, ‘Night Patrol. Exminster G.C.I. 1 Ju.88Destroyed At Chawleigh. Devonshire.’(See watercolourincluded in lot)6/7.6.1941, ‘Night Patrol. 1 He. III Damaged. Over PooleHarbour. E/A & Wireless P. Hit.’ (This was actually a Ju. 88of 5/KG, that was claimed as Damaged but subsequentlyconfirmed as Destroyed)

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8/9.6.1941, ‘Night Patrol. He. III Intercepted & Damaged.Jettisoned Bombs Near Botley, Hants & Returned Home.’4.7.1941, ‘Fighter Patrol. Sopley G.C.I. 1 He. III DestroyedAt Oakford, Devon.’The successful partnership came to an end a week later whenJoll was posted as an Instructor to No. 54 O.T.U., ChurchFenton. Shortly after this Dalton was successfullyrecommended for an Immediate D.F.M., for which Joll ismentioned in citation.In April 1942 Joll was posted to the recently reformed 153Squadron. Based at Ballyhalbert he was tasked with assistingthe unit with conversion from Defiants to Beaufighters. Hereturned to 604 Squadron, at Middle Wallop, in October1942. He was subsequently promoted Squadron Leader andmade Flight Commander. Despite flying numerous patrolsthere was very little contact due to the Germans focusing onthe Russian front. On the 21.9.1943 Joll recorded his finalvictory, when he Destroyed a Do. 217 60 miles east of SpurnHead. The following month he was awarded the D.F.C.In November 1943 Joll was posted to Combined OperationsHeadquarters, ‘the organisation led by Lord LouisMountbatten, where he was involved in planning theparachute landings for D-Day and where he remained untilafter the invasion of France in June 1944. In later years, histime at Combined Operations gave rise to many anecdotesincluding the tale of the “Giant Panjandrum”. Part of thedifficulty of staging a successful landing on the Normandycoast were the large number of beach obstacles that had beenerected by the Germans to prevent landing craft from getting

to the beaches and tanks from operating on them. Clearlythese obstacles would need to be destroyed in the very earlystages of the invasion.The challenge was put to the boffins at Combined Ops andthe result was the “Giant Panjandrum”: a large wooden cablelaying drum filled with high explosive and powered byrockets arranged around its wheels. The idea was that thesedevices would be launched from landing craft and, poweredby the rockets, would trundle through the shallows until theyencountered an obstacle. On contact they would blow up,destroying the obstacle and thereby clearing a path on to thebeach. A demonstration of this weapon for very seniorofficers was organised by the Combined Ops staff on thebeach at Westward Ho.With keen anticipation, an assorted crowd of Generals,Admirals and Air Marshals took up their positions on thedunes. A landing craft duly hove into view, the front waslowered and, with a woosh from the rockets, out trundled the“Giant Panjandrum”. It headed with faultless precisionstraight for the nearest obstacle, struck it, failed to explode,turned sharp right, then sharp left and proceeded atincreasing speed up the beach and directly for the assembled“brass”, who promptly fled for their lives.’ (extract fromtyped biography included with lot refers).Joll’s final posting was to New Delhi, where once again hewas employed at the Directorate of Combined Operations.This time he was involved in the planning for the invasion ofBurma.

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Joll in action over Chawleigh, Devon, 5th May 1943


19A Fine Second War Fighter Pilot’s ‘1944’ D.F.C.Group of Six to Wing Commander P. V. ‘Decoy’Ayerst, A Veteran Of The Battle of France, TheBattle of Britain, The Western Desert andOperations Over Northwest Europe 1944-45, HeWas Accredited With At Least 3 Destroyed, 2Shared Destroyed, 1 Probable, And 3 Damaged;With Victories In Both Hurricanes and Spitfires,He Achieved The Unusual Distinction Of SharingIn The Destruction Of A German Aircraft Duringthe Battle of Britain, Whilst Serving As AnInstructor At No. 7 O.T.U., Hawarden. AfterCompleting Nearly Four Wartime OperationalTours He Went On To Be Employed As A TestPilot At Vickers, Castle Bromwich and During anImpressive Post War Career Flew in Meteors,Venoms, Vampires and Lightningsa) Distinguished Flying Cross, reverse officially dated‘1944’b) 1939-1945 Starc) Air Crew Europe Star, with France and GermanyBard) Africa Star, with North Africa 1942-43 Bare) Defence and War Medals, polished, therefore nearlyvery fine, mounted as originally worn, with thefollowing related items:- The recipient’s associated miniature awards; andvarious commemorative medals

- Six R.A.F. Pilot’s Flying Log Books, covering theperiods 6.10.1938-28.10.1941; 15.11.1941-2.7.1943; 8.8.1943-25.7.1945; 27.7.1945-31.3.1954; 2.4.1954-29.6.1962 and 5.7.1962-26.4.1973, well annotated- Letter of congratulation upon the award of theD.F.C. from Air Marshal Sir Roderic Hill, K.C.B.,M.C., A.F.C., dated 27.11.1944- Named Enclosure for D.F.C.- A fine, and well annotated, photograph albumcovering recipient’s service in the Western Desert- A copy of Spirit Of The Blue, Peter Ayerst - A FighterPilot’s Story, by Hugh Thomas, and signed by therecipient; together with newspaper cuttings and otherephemera (lot)

£5,000-7,000D.F.C. London Gazette 21.11.1944 Flight Lieutenant PeterVigne Ayerst (41362), R.A.F.O., 124 Squadron

The Recommendation states: ‘Flight Lieutenant Ayerst has along and fine record of operational flying. He served in theBattle of France from August, 1939 to May, 1940 and thentook part in the Battle of Britain.In January, 1942, he participated in operations in theWestern Desert theatre of war and more recently he has flownin low level operations, during which he has inflicted muchdamage on the enemy’s mechanical transport.He has destroyed at least four enemy aircraft in the air andthree on the ground. Since the outbreak of war this officerhas displayed a fine fighting spirit, gallantry and devotion toduty worth of the highest praise.’

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Wing Commander Peter Vigne Ayerst, D.F.C., was bornat Westcliff on Sea, Essex, in 1920, and was educated atChalkwell Hall School, and Westcliff Grammar School,winning school colours at Rugby and Athletics at the latter.Ayerst was particularly keen on rugby, and his first coach(Harry Crabtree) was a regular for Richmond and theBarbarians in addition to representing Essex at Cricket.Crabtree inspired his young charges to an unbeaten seasonwith his cricket bat, ‘Crabtree brandishing the cricket bat,especially on Mondays: ‘Now boys, who played for the JuniorXV on Saturday?’ A few hands went up. ‘What was the score?’‘Oh Sir, we lost, 15-3.’‘What’s three from fifteen?’‘Twelve, Sir.’‘Right! Bend over!’.It had the desired effect... the team never lost a gameafterwards.’ (Spirit Of The Blue, Peter Ayerst - A Fighter Pilot’sStory, H. Thomas refers).After a brief period of employment in the City, Ayerst appliedfor a short-service commission in the Royal Air Force. He wasaccepted, and reported for pilot training at No. 19Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School, Gatwick, in1938. Having carried out initial training in Magisters he wasposted to No. 12 F.T.S., Grantham, January 1939. Ayerstcompleted his training in Harvards, and was posted as a pilotto 73 (Fighter) Squadron (Hurricanes), Digby, in August1939. Three other pilots from his course were posted to thesquadron, and five years later Ayerst was the only one leftalive.

73 Squadron - France, 1939.Ayerst was only at Digby for four weeks. The squadron wasoperational by the time the war broke out and moved toFrance with 1 Squadron as the Hurricane Wing of theAdvanced Air Striking Force. Ayerst was part of ‘B’ Flightunder the command of Ian Scoular, with Edgar ‘Cobber’Kain (who was to become the first Allied fighter ace of theSecond World War) as his section leader.Ayerst had been inside a Hurricane cockpit only three times,and as he said himself had ‘bugger-all experience’, beforebeing pitched into operational flying in France.

Moving around France 73 squadron was involved inrecconaissance and defensive patrols. It settled at a smallairfield near Rouvres in October 1939.

First Contact With the Enemy - 27 versus 1 - Hardly aFair Fight.On the 6th November 1939 twenty-four Hurricanes from 73and 1 Squadrons were due to take part in the first Alliedfighter offensive patrol of the war. On that day, Ayerst as oneof the more inexperienced pilots, was tasked with aerodromedefence.Similar ‘to a state of readiness, it was a role that requiredobservation, reconnaissance and the possibility of a littlecombat if an enemy aircraft was spotted in the vicinity. He[Ayerst] looked out over the airfield. The sun was warm andthere were blue skies everywhere. No one would to attack ona day like this. He looked at his watch. Not quite 2.30. Avoice brought him back from his thoughts. ‘Sir! Sir! ForChrist’s sake, get going; the red flag’s waving!’ He looked tohis right, over to the little road and the early warning post.The poilus were waving the flag with enthuisasm.Then he looked up at the sky... and there it was. A little dottravelling in a westerly direction, high up in the azure blue.This was the enemy aircraft he was supposed to chase. Butthen the aircraft decided to fly over the airfield, high up atabout 20,000ft. The Rolls-Royce Merlin engine roared intolife and Peter hurtled over the grass.... The take-off went onand on. Peter increased the throttles, climbing as hard as hecould... It took him about ten minutes to match the enemyaircraft in height.‘Hang on, what’s he doing? Why has he changed direction?Why’s he heading east? Perhaps he’s seen me take off.’

Time seemed to drag. The throttle was still on maximum....As an operationally inexperienced pilot, he was intent onchasing the enemy raider, determined to have a crack athim...‘Good, matching his height. Closing in on him... still overhalf a mile away... not too long now... Keep going... Christ!...Where the bloody hell am I?... Easterly... I’m too far east!...Jesus!... I’m over Germany!’.

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Rugby at Westcliff High School, September 1936 (Ayerst front left)


What Peter had omitted to do in all the excitement was tokeep a weather eye on his compass and make a mental noteof where he was. He now realised that by flying in an easterlydirection for so long, he was well over Germany.‘Hang on... what’s he doing now? Diving, making for cloudcover... Balls, won’t get a shot at him... right, lets head back.’.He turned back on a reciprocal heading; at least he was nowheading back towards France.... he looked down over hisstarboard wing. Inside his turn - and below him - there werenine aircraft, in line astern formation, turning in precisely thesame direction. Peter hadn’t seen any sign of either hissquadron or 1 Squadron. Surely he could hardly miss twenty-four Hurricanes in the vicinity?‘Good, there they are. The boys want me to join onformation.’..So Peter tacked on the end of the line astern formation withthe other aircraft at 18,000ft. But something didn’t seemquite right. They looked unfamiliar. Were they Hurricanes?No. Perhaps they were French? What the hell were they?Whatever they were, they had black crosses on them. Large,ugly, bloody great black crosses painted on either wing.‘Sweet Christ! Bloody Messerschmitts.’.Peter gave a quick squirt from his guns towards the tail-endCharlie, and shoved the stick forward so that the Hurricaneflew into a very steep dive towards some broken cloud 3,000-4,000ft below.... Nine Me. 109’s peeled off and began tochase him. The Hurricance was fitted with a special boosteron the throttle called the tit... Heart pulsating, throat dry,eyes wide, Peter broke the wire and the booster tit. What hedidn’t know at that time, but was told by witnesses after hisordeal, was that there were another eighteen Me. 109’s onpatrol, scattered all over the November sky. Having seen nineof their comrades peel off after something, they in turndecided to investigate. So, in effect, there were not just nineon Peter’s tail, but twenty-seven.How was Peter feeling at this point? Does he recall panicking?No, he replies; he was a pilot in the RAF, but he does admitto being more than a little scared. As he says, at the time hewas ‘shitting his knickers’. He tucked himself into his pilot’sseat, ducking in front of the armour plate that protected theback of his head. Darting and nipping in between the broken

cloud, he kept an ever-watchful eye on the direction bearingof the compass. It pointed west.... He was back over Francebut he didn’t have the foggiest idea precisely where.Twenty-seven Me. 109’S were still chasing one under-powered Hurricane flown by one green, scared, very nervouspilot. Peter prefers to think of it as one Hurricane leadingtwenty-seven Messerschmitts towards a group of Frenchfighter aircraft. Never had Peter been more relieved to see abunch of Moraine-Saulnier 406’s and Curtiss P-40 Hawks.Salvation had arrived. This was to be the first genuinedogfight of the Second World War, with a total of over thirtyaircraft fighting over the French border. Nine Me. 109’s wereshot down by nine French aircraft.’.Ayerst landed just as his fuel ran out. His Log Book records,‘Interception of Enemy Aircraft and Met 27 Messerschmidt109’s In German Territory. Landed at Nancy. 9 E/A ShotDown. Several Bullet Holes in Tailplane.’.He returned to Rouvres the following day, with his exploitspreceeding him. In light of his evasive flying Ayerst acquiredthe nickname ‘Decoy’ from his mess mates. The dogfightreceived coverage in the War Illustrated News (22.11.1939),and in the Daily Mail and the Mirror.Ayerst carried on with flying patrols, and on the 8thNovember ‘Cobber’ Kain claimed the squadron’s firstvictory. On the 23rd, Ayerst was in action on a ‘InterceptionOf Three Enemy Aircraft. He.III’s. Chased He. III’s BackAcross The Frontier.’ (Ibid)

Recuperation with ‘Cobber’.Winter weather limited flying over Christmas and into theNew Year. The advent of January brought a measles epidemicto the village of Rouvres, and Ayerst and Kain were the onlypilots of 73 Squadron to contract it. They ‘were packed off toconvalesce in nearby Epernay, recuperating in a château thathad been requisitioned by the British Army.... Peter andCobber were shown into a ward on arrival... They werehospitalised for a couple of weeks until they were given theall-clear by the doctors. The château-hospital was some 90miles from Rouvres, so Peter rang their unit at about 11amone morning.‘Hello. It’s Peter. Got any transport for Cobber and me?’

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No.73 Squadron outside Officer’s Mess, Le Havre, September 1939 (Ayerst top left; ‘Cobber’ Kain bottom right)


‘Here’s the situation. We don’t have any spare transport atpresent. Sorry. The only thing we can possibly send for you isan ambulance, but it won’t be with you for another fivehours.’.He told Cobber. They looked at each other. What were theygoing to do for the next five hours?.They ambled out of the château-hospital into the avenue. Itwas the first time they had noticed there were large, elegant,beautiful châteaux in the rue. One particular château laydirectly opposite the hospital and the pair noticed threewords engraved on a plaque: Moët et Chandon. The samethought struck each patient... Cobber and Peter were takeninto the cellars that went on for miles and miles lying deepunderneath. Down one wall were wooden racks bearingmillions and millions of bottles, the necks of which slopeddownwards... Word had got around that two RAF airmenwere in the building. The managing director heard that theywere in his cellars and summoned them to his office, wherehands were shaken a little stiffly. ‘Have some champagne’,said the managing director, and he proceeded to pour someof the finest champagne the boys had tasted - and over thepast few months they had tasted some! It was certainly thebest medicine they had received over the last two weeks.Cobber and Peter chatted with the MD in his office for acouple of hours or so, then they thanked him for hishospitality and walked, a little unsteadily, outside to wait forsome transport. Eventually, the ambulance from Rouvresturned up. It was, in fact, the most suitable transport the unitat Rouvres could have sent because, as Peter says, they wereboth so drunk. They returned to Rouvres laid out onstretchers in the back of this ambulance!’ (Spirit Of The Blue,Peter Ayerst - A Fighter Pilot’s Story, H. Thomas refers)

RAF Poster Boy.Throughout February and March Ayerst was engaged ondefensive patrols, and despite frequently sighting enemyaircraft they would not come out to ‘play’. In April thesquadron’s patrols were now livening up, and as recorded inhis Log Book Ayerst was in the thick of it. He undertookthree patrols on the 7th, recorded thus, ‘Defensive PatrolWith 6 A/C At 23,000 On Left Front. Met 6 Me. 109’s. Me.

109’s Immediately Turned Back For Home When TheySighted Hurricanes. Several Pilots Fired Their Guns But AtLong Range. No E/A Confirmed. Self, One Damaged, SinceConfirmed’ and ‘Offensive Patrol Between Thionville -Boulay With 9 A/C At 26,500 Encountered Approx 20 Me.109’s. Shot Down One, It Crashed Near Boulay’ and finally‘Defensive Patrol With 6 A/C At 22,000 On Left Front.Chased Two E/A Back To Reims, They Were Shot Down ByMoranes.’.He added to his score, 21.4.1940, ‘Defensive Patrol At25,000 On Right And Left Fronts. S/Ldr More Led NineAircraft And We Ran Into Me 110’s And Me. 109’s, About30 In All, 3 109’s And 2 110’s Shot Down. F/O WalkerWounded In The Shoulder. Self One 109 Shot Down.’.As the war continued to gather momentum so to did theneed for RAF recruits. In light of this and ‘to raise awarenessof the diverse roles available within the Air Force, thepublicity department began producing recruiting pamplets.The front page bore the title: On His Majesty’s Service, TheCommanding Officer, Royal Air Force Recruiting Office. Aphotograph of a man from each trade smiled contentedly andthe accompanying slogan said that ‘The Royal Air Forceneeds men like these Now!’ Inside the pamphlet, a headlinestated where recruits should enrol, followed by a column ofrecruiting centres all over Britain. And in the centre of thepamphlet, flanked by Swansea to Skegness, Glasgow toGravesend, was a photograph of Peter in his aircraft, lookingtowards the photographer. He got quite a shock when he firstsaw it. ‘Bugger me! I was smiling at the camera, completewith Irvin jacket, flying helmet, sitting astride the canopy ofmy Hurricane.’ It was one of many taken by the DailyMirror’s Stanley Devon, a classic image of a fighter pilot.Evidently this was the view shared by the RAF publicitydepartment, who saw this photo as a shot of a nineteen yearold to whom aspiring pilots could relate. Peter had becomethe face of the RAF.’ (Spirit Of The Blue, Peter Ayerst - AFighter Pilot’s Story, H. Thomas refers).Ayerst was taken ill at the start of May and taken off flying torecuperate. With the Battle of France now raging, and thesquadron under constant retreat Ayerst travelled to Paris.

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Wing Commander P.V. Ayerst - R.A.F. Poster Boy


From Paris he managed to hitch a lift on a potato lorry toCherbourg, where he found that it was every man for himself.He managed to clamber aboard a ship and returned to theUK in June.

Battle of Britain.On the 11th June, Ayerst and three other surviving pilots(including his former flight commander - Ian Scoular) fromthe squadron arrived at RAF Digby. Upon arrival animmediate meeting was arranged with the AOC 12 GroupAir Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory. He ‘met them in asmall room in the officers’ mess at Digby. He told them thatthings were crucial at present in regard to the invasion andthey were going to find themselves in a very accute positionin the future. The survivors had been in France for ninemonths, they had been through hell. Not surprisingly, theythought that leave might be granted and asked him.Acording to Peter his terse reply was: ‘You can have foursdays. Then I want you to report to some new units which weare forming.’ ‘They are to be called Fighter OperationalTraining Units, OTUs. We have two at the moment: one atSutton Bridge where Hurricanes are being used, and AstonDown where they have both Spitfires and Hurricanes. As faras you chaps are concerned, I want you to got to SuttonBridge.’ (Ibid).Ayerst was only at Sutton Bridge for three weeks before beingposted to the recently formed No. 7 OTU at Hawarden. Atthe latter he was introduced to the Spitfire. The purpose ofthe OTU’s was to draw on the operational experience of theinstructors so that they could impart this to their youngcharges, however this was somewhat ironic in Ayerst’s case ashe was still only 19 years of age.Despite his youth Ayerst instructed a number of studentswho quickly went on to become legendary pilots, including:Paddy Finucane, Paddy Barthrop and ‘Johnnie’ Johnson. Inthe case of Barthrop, ‘it may have been his Irish roots, butPeter thinks it is fair to say that he was a bit of a wild one...It was not unusual to see Peter and Barthrop enjoying severalbeers in the mess: a rare occasion of pupil socialising withinstructor.’ (Ibid).Ayerst flew fifty-six flying hours in August, the average flightbeing just under an hour’s duration. In addition to theirinstructing, instructor pilots still had to carry out patrols on aregular defensive pattern. And despite his posting being anon-operational one, on the 14th August 1940, Ayerstjoined a select band of around 6 fighter pilots who were notmembers of officially designated Battle of Britain squadronsand who achieved confirmed victories against German aircraftduring the Battle, without being made eligible for the Battleof Britain clasp. A quite extraordinary anomaly.On the latter date Ayerst’s Log Book rather simplisticallygives, ‘Chased He. III. Shot Down Near Chester. W/CdrHallings-Potts And S/Ldr Maclean Were The Other TwoPilots In The Section.’.Battle Over Britain adds further detail to the background ofthe action, ‘another raid had struck Southampton, where themain railway line was temporarily blocked. Three smallformations of KG 27 Heinkels managed to penetrate rightthrough Brand’s 10 Group fighter screen undetected andflew on northwards towards the West Midlands. The airfieldat Colerne (where the Hurricanes of the Maintenance Unitwere understandably mistaken for operational fighters) wasbombed but no appreciable damage was caused. ThreeHeinkels even reached the airfield at Sealand in Cheshire(home of No. 30 Maintenance Unit), where rather moredamage was caused - but of a temporary nature.As the German bombers flew northwards, anti-aircraftgunfire betrayed their presence to the flying instructors atNo. 7 Operational Training Unit based at Hawarden, fifteenmiles south of Birkenhead. Three staff pilots [see above],belonging to an ad hoc local denfence flight of Spitfires, tookoff and shot one of the Heinkels down near Chester.’

Time For A Half, And A Heinkel.Spirit Of The Blue gives Ayerst’s personal perspective on theaction, ‘on one notable occasion at about half-past sevenduring the evening of 14th August, the instructors hadpacked up flying for the day and sat in the marquee, by thebar, with a beer in hand. It was a pleasant evening and thiswas a welcome chance to relax. Suddenly, they heard loudbangs, followed by firing which seemed to be getting louder.They looked at each other, then made for the flap of themarquee. Someone said, ‘What the hell’s that?’ Away in thedirection of RAF Sealand, they saw an aircraft flying in thedistance about 5 miles away. The bangs were bombs droppedby the aircraft over the Training School. Three of theinstructors, Wg Cdr Hallings-Pott, Sqn Ldr McLean andPeter started to run towards the Spitfires nearest to them, oneof them shouting, ‘Get three aircraft started. Get them going!NOW!’.It was an unintentional scramble. The ground crew had justbegun to put covers over the Spitfires but whipped them offimmediately they heard the call, turning the Merlin enginesso that the aircraft burst into life. The three dashed towardsthe aircraft, pulling on their parachutes as they ran, jumpedinto the purring Spitfires and tore off over the airfield inpursuit of the lone bomber.They picked up the Heinkel He III at about 2,000ft overSealand, just as it began a second bombing run. Hallings-Pottand McLean lined the Heinkel up in their sights, pressing thebutton on their D-ring. Both instructors scored direct hitsbut it pressed on. It was Peter’s turn. He went in at about200yds astern of the Heinkel, carefully choosing his moment.He could see some bullet holes in the German’s tailplane butnothing more; no fire nor flames. He could also see the reargunner firing back and missing. Peter pressed the gunbutton, firing directly into the fuselage. He must have hit theengines as the bomber rapidly lost height in the dusk. Theother two Spitfires had broken away and had returned toHawarden but Peter stayed with the stricken Heinkel,watching it sink lower and lower until it crash-landed.A sixteen-year-old boy had been playing the cornet in theAlhambra Theatre, Shotton. At about 9pm, he stood at thetop of Salisbury Street, chatting to a friend. Suddenly theHeinkel shot across the bottom of the street, 20ft above theground, closely followed by Peter’s Spitfire. It was quite asight for them. The sixteen-year-old was to become the well-known orchestra leader, Syd Lawrence.The pilot made a wonderful job of landing the plane, flyingunder electric pylons (quite a feat for a bomber!), wheels up,stopping 50yds short of a farmhouse. The four crew membershad survived the attack and were taken prisoner, but beforethey left the wrecked Heinkel one of the crew had placeddetonators in the fuel tank. As they surrendered, the aircraftexploded, cockpit and wings ablaze. Only the tail unit andhalf of the fuselage remained. The following day day, Peter,McLean, Hallings-Pott and others travelled the 5 miles fromHawarden to see the wreckage. The Heinkel crew remainedin Britain as POWs for two months before being shipped toCanada.Some forty-eight years later, Peter met them again in lessconfrontational circumstances. They thanked him forshooting them down because they had been given betterfood in Canada than in Britain!’.Ayerst, however, did make good use of his ‘down-time’ inother ways. He often liberated of one the unit’s Fairey Battles‘to good effect when he went on a jolly, piling six bodies intothe back: one pilot and five in the back, flying down toHendon airfield for a night out on the town. Theyfrequented the Liaison Club in the Prince’s Arcade betweenPiccadilly and Jermyn Street. It was during the autumn of1940 when London had to ‘take it’, suffering underLuftwaffe bombs in what was the beginning of the Blitz.Peter and his colleagues were in the Liaison Club when thefirst of these bombing raids struck. As the bombs dropped allaround them, Peter and the others slept on the sofas,covering themselves with tablecloths.’ (Ibid)

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A Return To Ops.Ayerst undertook a parachute course at Weeton in October1940, before ‘the decision was taken by Gp Capt Seward, theCommanding Officer at Hawarden, along with the Officer inCharge of Flying, Wg Cdr Hallings-Pott, to post instructorsto operational squadrons in order to keep pace with anychanges. Peter was attached to 54 Squadron at Catterick.’(Ibid).At the end of November Ayerst transferred to No. 57 OTU,also at Hawarden. He stayed with the unit in an instructorialcapacity until June 1941, upon which date he was posted to145 Squadron (Spitfires) at Tangmere. Ayerst relished hisreturn to operational flying and throughout June and Julycarried out numerous forays providing high cover forbombers attacking targets in France. These included,7.7.1941, ‘High Cover Wing For Bombers Attacking AircraftFactory Near Albert. Shot Up A Flak Ship, On Way Home’;8.7.1941, ‘High Cover Wing For Bombers AttackingChemical Plant Near Bethune. Flight Attacked 9 Me. 109’s.One Seen To Go Down With A Glycol Leak. Accurate A/AFire’ and 11.7.1941 when he added a Probable Me. 109Destroyed to his score, ‘Sweep Over Marshalling Yards AtHazebrouck. Stirlings Attacked. Several Me. 109’s Were SeenAnd Attacked. Shot Up One 109, Believe It Crashed.’ (LogBook refers).A week later Ayerst was involved in a car crash, and as a resultof a head-on collision his car was flipped over. He escapedfrom the crash with concussion, however, he was hospitalisedas a consequence. After a month of convalescence Ayerst ‘wastold the news that he had been dreading. It had firmly beendecided that he was not going back to operational duties witha fighter squadron in the light of his recent condition, atleast for the moment... the doctors could not be certainthat he was totally cured. They did not want to be responsiblefor the loss of a valuable pilot having a dizzy spell at20,000ft, blacking out and killing himself in the process.’(Spirit Of The Blue, Peter Ayerst - A Fighter Pilot’s Story, H.Thomas refers).Ayerst was posted on a senior navigation course to No. 2School of Air Navigation at Cranage. Having qualified as aSenior Instructor, and there being no return of dizzy spells,Ayerst was posted to No. 58 OTU, Grangemouth, inNovember 1941. He was given a clean bill of health in June1942, and tasked with jointly establishing a new squadronalong with Squadron Leader A.E. Johnson. Ayerst, now with

the rank of Flight Lieutenant, was appointed Senior FlightCommander. His time at Ouston was shortlived, as hisexperience was required elsewhere. At the end of July 1942he was posted for operational flying overseas and departed forthe Middle East.

Western Desert - El Alamein.Ayerst arrived at AHQ in Cairo at the beginning ofSeptember 1942. He was to be posted to 243 Wing, andattached to 33 Squadron (Hurricanes) as a supernumarywhilst he gained experience in desert flying.In the month that Ayerst was with the squadron it must havebrought back memories of France for him, as the squadronmoved twice within that period in order to keep up with thefluid desert fighting.The squadron were tasked with patrolling over the ElAlamein line. Whilst the surroundings were alien to Ayerst itdid not take him long to acclimatise. On 9.10.1942 he addedtwo aircraft Destroyed on the ground to his tally, ‘WingStrafe Of The Daba Aerodromes L.G. 104 & L.G. 121. 4Squadrons Participated 33, 213, 238 & 1 S.A.A.F. VeryIntense Light Flak And Some Heavy. 15+ 109’s Jumped UsAs We Went In At Zero Feet - Bags Of Panic. I Was Hit InThe Fuselage Behind The Cockpit. Self 1 109 Destroyed, 1Fiessler Storch Destroyed And 1 Tent Destroyed. 9 PilotsMissing.’ (Log Book refers).The pace was intense, with the squadron being scrambledseveral times daily. This culminated in the Second Battle of ElAlamein (23rd October-11th November 1942), or as Ayerstrecords it in his Log Book “The Putsch”.During this period Ayerst Destroyed one Me. 109 andDamaged three others. The 23rd October ‘was to mark thebeginning of an intense bout of combat fighting for him. Hewas asked by Jack Finnis, his commanding officer, to carryout a reconnaissance of the northern sector area on this date,reporting back with a suitable landing ground for the entireWing that was closer to the Axis lines. It was a measure of hismaturity and experience - despite the fact that he had flownin the desert for no more than twenty-one days - that he wastasked with finding, and found, an airstrip that he thoughtmight be appropriate. This airstrip became known as LG 172.In the afternoon of that day, 243 Wing moved to LG 172, inanticipation of the intended drive by the Allied Forces. Thefirst British shells were fired at half-past eight in the evening,and thereafter the British artillery unleashed a barrage of

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Peter in ‘Marina’, named after a Greek dancer of whom he was fond, Port Said, March 1943


incredible intensity... At the crack of dawn on 24th October,243 Wing patrolled the line, providing aerial cover for theBritish ground forces from the German dive-bombers. Thefour squadrons were positioned at different height intervals,the top and middle flights providing cover by engagingfighters, while the bottom flight protected the ground forcesby attacking diver-bombers.On that particular day 33 Squadron had been designated‘bottom squadron’, and as such was the closest to the activityon the ground.’ (Spirit Of The Blue, Peter Ayerst - A FighterPilot’s Story, H. Thomas refers).Ayerst’s Log Book offers the following for the battle,24.10.1942, ‘Patrol Of The Line. Intercepted By 15 109’s &202’s On Reaching Alamein. Terrific Dog Fight Ensued. Self1 109 Damaged. Everybody Ok. Bags Of Activity On TheGround’; 3.11.1942, ‘Patrol Of The Line. Met 30+ StukasAnd 20 109 G’s. Very Heavy A.A. Followed By Stuka Party.Had Several Squirts At 109’s And Probably Damaged Two’;and 4.11.1942, ‘Scramble For Stuka Party. Missed StukasBut Caught Up With The 109 Escort. There Were 12+ 109’sIn The Area. 1 109 Destroyed And 1 109 Damaged. GotShot Up Three Times By Heavy A/A And Numerous TimesBy Light A/A. Forced Landed 5 Miles Inside The “BombLine” Near The Australians. Sgt. Blatchford Baled Out OverEnemy Territory.’

A Birthday Let Off.Due to the high number of casualties Ayerst had in fact beenposted on the 1st November as Senior Flight Commander of238 Squadron (also participating in the battle). On the 4thhe was ‘probably at about 7,000-8,000ft when he got hit byflak, his Hurricane being hit in the tail and in the starboardwing, as well as in the engine. The damage in the wing didn’tprevent him from using the ailerons but he had problemscontrolling the plane fore-and-aft because of the damage tothe tail. He wasn’t aware that the engine had been hit untilhe saw plumes of white smoke streaming out of the exhaustmanifolds on both sides of the fuselage... The enginecoughed and spluttered, time was running out and Peterknew he had to put the aircraft down soon. But where? Hewas well over the enemy lines at this time and he knew thathe was flying in the right direction. He needed to traveleastwards, putting as much distance as possible between himand the Germans, maintaining some height if he was toescape. If he lost height, then he lost distance. All he coulddo was to fly straight in an easterly direction. It dawned onhim that he was not going to make the British lines; theHurricane was losing too much height and the Germans werefiring at him with everything they had. He tried tomanoeuvre the aircraft with what little power was left but itproved unresponsive.A track appeared on the sandy ground ahead of him, part ofthe great Qattara track. There was nothing for it - he had toland on that track and make a wheels-up crash-landing. Hecame in, the engine whining as the light sandy track came upto meet him. The landing was a trifle heavy as the Hurricanehit the ground, wheels up, slewing along the sandy track untilit came to a dusty halt.Peter was down; his gamble had paid off. But he couldn’tafford to relax. As soon as the aircraft had come to a halt andthe engine had died, he was aware of a sharp metallic sound.Bullets and shells were pinging against the body of theHurricane. Leaping out of the cockpit, he lay flat on theground, sheltering along the fuselage as the Germanscontinued to fire in his direction. With his radio broken,there was nothing he could do but remain there.The bright intensity of day turned into a heady richness of redtwilight. The glaring heat of the day cooled to a pleasingtemperature... ill prepared for an evening in the desert, heweighed up what he should do - stay by the Hurricane in casehis colleagues came looking for him, or walk across thedesert...The twilight came and passed into darkness. Petersighed and stood up. ‘There’s only one thing for it,’ hethought, ‘continue to walk in an easterly direction. That’s all

I can do.’ He was just about to set off when he thought heheard the drone of a motor vehicle coming towards him. Hethought about the possibilities of escape. Could it be Allied?More likely to be a German lorry, and the chance of himbeing interned in a prisoner-of-war camp for the rest of thewar. He was thus very surprised and pleased to hear a voicein a language he understood. It had a twang to it and it wasslightly nasal. At that moment, it was the best slightly nasaltwang he could ever wish to hear. ‘Anybody there?’‘Yes’, he replied.‘Hurry. Jump in!’.Peter jumped in quickly and the engine of the jeep rose to acrescendo, tearing off and away, following the track as best itcould in the dark. When they were in a safe area, hediscovered that the twang belonged to an Australian major,who told him what had happened. The Australian and hisdriver had watched Peter’s aircraft being hit by flak andfollowed it down but they had to wait until the cover ofdarkness before they could rescue him; they hadn’t daredcome out sooner, otherwise the Germans would have pickedthem off.The Australian left him with a final sobering thought.‘Of course, you know that track you landed on was the onlyplace you could have landed.’‘Sorry, what do you mean?’‘That track... the one you landed on. It is the only piece ofland that you could have attempted a landing: thesurrounding sand on either side is heavily mined for miles!’.Peter recalls this well - it happened on his birthday!’ (SpiritOf The Blue, Peter Ayerst - A Fighter Pilot’s Story, H. Thomasrefers).It took Ayerst three days via various modes of transport toreturn to the squadron. He returned to find out that he hadbeen listed as missing in action, and upon his reappearance hewas informed that he was now a member of the Late ArrivalsClub.As the Second Battle of El Alamein neared a conclusion thesquadron flew to a desert landing ground behind enemylines, where it strafed the German rear communications for aweek. Attacking targets including Aghela Aerodrome thesquadron accounted for a large amount of transport vehicles.

On A Wing And A Prayer.The El Alamein line was broken and the Germans were in fullretreat. This coincided with 238 Squadron’s commandingofficer (Squadron Leader R. Marples) being posted toanother squadron - an occaison that had to be markedproperly. To do so required a supply of alcohol and a meansof transporting it in the desert. On the 23rd NovemberAyerst’s Log Book records, ‘El Adem To Aboukir. AboukirTo El Adem. Beer Trip For C.O’s Farewell “Do”.’ Thislaconic entry rather underplays the ingenuity employed, asMarples remarked one morning:‘Come on, Pete. I’m pissed off with drinking tea all the time.I need some alcohol. Let’s go and grab some beer.’‘Ah, do I feel a trip to Alexandria coming on?’‘Got it in one! Follow me!’.Peter and Marples and a third pilot knew where they couldobtain some supplies. It was a brief easterly flight from LG172; the trio decided to fly three Hurricanes to a large RAFbase at nearby Aboukir where the large brick-built messplayed a central part in the lives of the service personnel thereand consequently was well stocked. Moreover, Roy and Peterknew that, with a smile and a bit of charm, supplies ofAmerican beer would be winging their way back to the boysin 238 Squadron. Supply was therefore not a problem, buthow did they transport it back to base? The solution wasingenious: the wings of a Hurricane Mk IIC are thick; theyhave to be in order to accomodate the twin cannon in eachwing. In keeping with these cannon, the drum containersholding the rounds of 20mm ammunition are also large. Royand Peter would unscrew the ammunition panels from bothport and starboard wings before leaving LG 172 and disposeof any ammunition before placing the cases of tinned beer in

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the ammunition pans. Without any further interruptions, thetrio would hurriedly fly back - three operational aircraft inflight loaded with an armanent of beer.’ (Ibid).Ayerst continued flying with the squadron until the end ofMarch 1943. He was then posted as an Instructor (i/c AirFiring Squadron) to No. 73 OTU, Abu Sueir. Subsequentpostings that year included to 216 Group at Heliopolis andwith No. 1 Air Delivery Unit. Ayerst was posted to SouthAfrica for instructional duties at No. 62 Air School, C.F.S.,Bloemfontein, September 1943.After a restful period, ‘he wanted a change; things hadbecome too sedantary and it was all too routine. That restlessdrive and boundless energy he possessed throughout his lifewas just as strong and it was time to move on. The wind wasblowing in a different direction.Word had got to South Africa that the whole of southernEngland was swarming with British and American troops,preparing for something. Something was happening - andwhen it did, Peter wanted to be on the winning side.’ (Ibid)

124 (Baroda) Squadron.Ayerst’s request for a posting back to the UK came through,and he left South Africa in February 1944. He was posted foroperational flying to 124 (Baroda) Squadron (Spitfires),Bradwell-on-Sea, April 1944.The squadron was mainlytasked with high altitude interceptions, and offensive patrolsover the Channel.124 Squadron ‘found that their patrols were getting longertowards early June. And then, on 6 June 1944, came news.D-Day was announced.’ (Ibid).Over the next few days Ayerst was kept busy, albeit mainly ondefensive patrols, and added to his score, 12.6.1944 ‘PatrolGriz Nez-North Foreland. Destroyed Me. 109G With F/LtHibbert 20 Miles East Of North Foreland, Pilot Baled Out.Saw Air Sea Rescue Launches For Hun Pilot.’ (Log Bookrefers).Throughout the remainder of the Summer, and intoSeptember 1944, Ayerst was very active on bomber escortmissions including on V1 sites. At the end of September thesquadron moved to Manston and from here ground strafingmissions intensified as the Allies pushed deeper into Franceand the Low Countries. Ayerst escorted heavy bombers ondaylight raids as they penetrated deep into Germany, ‘Targetswere concentrated in the German industrial area of the Ruhr.Whenever the bombers made a pass over one of these targets,the area was highly defended by the anti-aircraft crews andthe flak was very intense. Peter recalls that the flak was sothick that when the stream of bombers passed over, all yousaw over the Ruhr area, which was 30 miles long by 10 mileswide, was just one black cloud. He admits that it was aterrifying experience, not least because pilots just didn’t knowfrom where or when the flak would arrive. They could at leasttake action with an enemy aircraft but the flak was quiteliterally a case of hit or miss.“I can’t remember hearing the shells burst; I wasconcentrating on height and location of the nearest bomber.We also had our flying helmet which was a tight fit and that,coupled with the roar of the Merlin engine precluded anysound of flak, thank God.... They used tape to demonstratethe routes along which we were to escort the bombers. Whenwe saw the tape, we thought Christ! They’re sending us tothose highly defended areas? You nearly shit yourself inthe briefing room, let alone the mission!” (Ibid).Ayerst also took part in OperationMarket Garden, as his LogBook records, 17.9.1944 ‘Escort Patrol Over Holland ToAircraft Returning From Airborne Landing. BanditsReported But Not Seen. Plenty Of Parachutes And GlidersStrewn Around’, 18.9.1944 ‘Escort And Anti-Flak Patrol ToLiberators Dropping Supplies To Airborne Troops NearEindhoven, Also Escort To Tugs And Gliders. Plenty OfLight Flak, Several A/C Hit, To Be Expected When Flyingat 1,000ft Over Eastern Holland’ and 25.9.1944 ‘Ramrod.

Escort To 12 Mitchells Bombing Flak Positions NearArnhem. W/C Checketts Destroyed An Me. 109.’Early in October Ayerst was part of the escort for KingGeorge VI and other VIPs on a trip to Eindhoven. Theremainder of October through to December was occupiedwith bomber escort duties of great intensity over heavilydefended German targets, including 5.12.1944 ‘WithdrawalEscort To 100 Lancasters Bombing Hamm (Ramrod).Intense Accurate Flak North Of The Ruhr. 200+ 190’s And109’s Reported, Saw 20 109’s In Combat With 91 Sqdn ButWas Unable To Attack. 91 Got 3.’

Test Pilot.The advent of January marked the completion of nearly fourtours of operations for Ayerst. He had done his share and itwas time for something different, ‘the call had come throughthat he was to visit HQ No. 11 Group based at Uxbridge.Facing a panel of officers in well-fitting tunics, he was askedwhat he wanted to do.... He replied that he didn’t know, infact he didn’t have a clue. What was there? ‘Well,’ one of thepanel began, ‘there are a couple of things we think you’d bebest suited for. The best one is to test-fly Spitfires at theVickers factory. You see, we think you possess all thenecessary amount of experience required for the role. We’vehad a word with your CO at Manston... Scott, isn’t it? Herecommended you straight away. Anyway, think about it.’Peter mulled it over and decided to accept... He agreed... thejob allowed him to continue his passion for flying Spitfires inan arena that proved interesting, exciting, challenging andmotivating. He was well aware that the testing was going toprove... testing. He knew what he didn’t want to do, and thatwas ferrying planes back and forth.’ (Spirit Of The Blue, PeterAyerst - A Fighter Pilot’s Story, H. Thomas refers).Ayerst arrived at the Vickers Factory at Castle Bromwich,13.2.1945, ‘and by the afternoon he was test-flying on twoseparate occasions, with the legendary Chief Test Pilot ofVickers, Alex Henshaw.... Peter’s first two flights on 13thFebruary were not in a Spitfire but in a Lancaster. AlexHenshaw told him: ‘As you haven’t flown production aircraftfrom the factory before, I’ll show you the sort of standardswe’re looking for here, from our pilots as well as ourmachines.’.Peter had a pad with a pencil in the top of the clip, strappedto his right knee. The pencil was attached to a piece of string,very handy when the pencil dropped out of the clip... Sittingin the cockpit of the Lancaster, Henshaw explained to Peterwhat they were going to do.‘We’ll take off, climb up at normal climbing speed, checkingthe engine temperatures as we go, pressures and so on. Makenotes on your pad at various altitude interval. We’ll get tonormal operating height with the engines set.’‘Fine, Alex,’ Peter responded.One by one, the four Merlin engines burst alive... They tookoff and climbed steadily. When they reached 15,000ft, Alexsaid, ‘We’ll do a level run.’ He increased all four throttles tomaximum so that the Lancaster ran at full power, thenadjusted the revs, enabling maximum performance. Peterwatched the speed build up. Once the speed had beenreached, he noted the pressures on his pad. He also kept aneye on the aircraft controls as the aircraft flew at full speed -checking the ailerons, elevators and rudder. Henshaw’s voicewas calm and level: ‘All right. Now we’ll put the Lanc into adive.’ Peter noticed the needle of the airspeed indicator creepup to 390mph, incredibly dangerous for a lumbering four-engined bomber. He also noticed that the angle of attack wassteep; probably about 45 degrees. ‘Let me tell you why wedive. We need to test the controls in any case but we alsoneed to look for up-float on the ailerons. You’ll be aware thatat high speeds, you get an up-float on each aileron. See thatwhite painted line on the aileron? We have this line onthe inner edge of each aileron to act as a guide. If theup-float comes above that line, it needs to be rectified. The

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only way we can test this is in a dive.’ They looked at the linesof ailerons. ‘That’s fine. The up-float’s in the designatedmark.’.They were still in a dive. Peter noticed that they were downto 7,000ft. Suddenly Henshaw put the Lancaster into a 45degree angle of climb. ‘Good!’ thought Peter, catching hisbreath, ‘he’s knocking off the speed.’ They continued toclimb. In an instant, the Lancaster banked sharply to theright. Henshaw had executed a barrel-roll, while the planewas still climbing.Peter didn’t believe what was happening. It was his first timein a Lancaster in any case, but he never realised that anaircraft as large and unwieldy as this was capable of suchmaneouvres. Henshaw had a remarkable understanding ofwhat aircraft could and could not do. To execute a barrel-rollin a bomber was incredible enough, but to perform onewithout any effect from G-force was something else!’ (Ibid).With the standard set Ayerst embarked on his new role, ‘thetest-flying day normally started at about half-past eight in themorning, ending at about six. Most of the flight team retiredto the local in Sutton Coldfield to relax and unwind. The art- or science - of test-flying was dramatically different fromoperational flying. Most squadron flying involved formation-flying towards a specific, defined objective. Test-flying was inmany respects harder and it required more discipline andrestraint. Up in the air, the testing and analysing was down toPeter and him alone; the buck stopped with him. In addition,the workload was greater and there were a number ofobjectives to define, test, respond to and analyse.’ (Ibid).The Vickers Factory closed, 11.7.1946, ‘Henshaw had left bythis point and Peter was the last test pilot to leave the factory.His final entry in 31 January 1946. For two months, heflitted between HQ Fighter Command and HQ 11 Group atUxbridge assisting with staff duties.

A deputy station commander vacancy arose at his old base atManston in late March 1946 and he accepted it for three anda half months. He was now flying a desk in charge ofadministration. In effect, he says, the role actually took on thetask of station commander, as the CO was hardly everpresent.’ (Ibid).Ayerst left the RAF at the beginning of July 1946. Hebecame a publican and ran the Three Compasses pub inCanterbury. Despite enjoying this change of direction hemissed flying, and in 1948 he joined the R.A.F.V.R. Afterreacquainting himself with flying at No. 24 R.F.S. Rochesterhe applied for a second short service commission. He wasimmediately accepted but had to drop in rank from SquadronLeader to Flight Lieutenant.Subsequent postings for Ayerst included at No. 61 Group,R.A.F. Kenley, 1950-52; No. 22 F.T.S., Syerston; No. 210A.F.S. (Meteors), Tarrant Rushton, and No. 229 O.C.U.(Vampires), Chivenor. Upon completion of a course atChivenor Ayerst returned to operational flying. He wasposted as a Flight Commander to 16 Squadron (Vampires),2nd TAF, Butzweilerhof, Germany, September 1953. InJanuary 1954 he was posted as Squadron Leader, OfficerCommanding, 5 Squadron (Venoms), Wunsdorf. He led thesquadron until 1956, when he returned to England andserved in a variety of appointments, including at the AirMinistry and NATO, until his retirement in 1973. His finalposting had been as Deputy Station Commander at RAFWattisham. Here he was introduced to the Lightninginterceptor, Britain’s only supersonic fighter. Despite beingin charge of the Administrative Wing he managed to rack upnine flights in the Lightning adding to his already impressivetally of aircraft flown throughout his career.

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20A Second War 1944 ‘Stirling Rear Gunner’s’ D.F.C. Group of Six to Flight LieutenantR. Brewer, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Whose Varied CareerIncluded Being A Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Policeman and Restaurateura) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’, and contemporarilyengraved in sans-serif capitals ‘F/Lt. R. Brewer 90 Squadron Bomber Command’b) 1939-45 Starc) Air Crew Europe, with France and Germany Bard) Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leafe) Police Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R. (Const. Ronald Brewer), last officially renamed,generally very fine, with the following related items and documents:- Air Gunner’s Brevet; R.A.F. Sweetheart’s Broach, sterling silver and enamel- National Registration Identity Card (Police), complete with photograph of recipient inuniform- Letter to recipient from the Metropolitan Police, Pensions Branch, dated 4.12.1951- Several photographs of recipient in uniform, and a copy of the Morning Advertiser, dated10.1.1969 (lot)

£1,000-1,200D.F.C. London Gazette 15.9.1944 Flying Officer Ronald Brewer, 90 Sqn, R.A.F.V.R. (148509)

The Recommendation states: ‘This Officer has taken part in 30 operational sorties against the enemy.His initiative, determination and coolness in action have contributed largely to the successful completionof many operations. He is 39 years of age and his devotion to duty and outstanding example of keennessand efficiency have been an inspiration to the whole Squadron and I strongly recommend him for theaward of the D.F.C.’

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Flight Lieutenant Ronald Brewer, D.F.C., born Ewhurst,Sussex, 1905; Brewer ‘as a youth, joined the Royal HorseGuards Blues, but after four years bought himself out tobecome a merchant seaman. He then joined theMetropolitan Police and did a year’s beat-pounding.As an ex-cavalryman he transferred to the mounted branchand spent the next 22 years on the equitation staff, breakingand training police horses at the famous establishment atInver Court, Thames Ditton.It was not easy to leave the police in war-time. But when theage limit was raised - Mr Brewer was then 39 - he wasaccepted as a gunner in the RAF.After training he was commissioned as a flying officer and asrear-gunner made 32 operational flights with 90 BomberSquadron. He won the DFC for gallantry in action and wasdemobilised with the rank of flight lieutenant.Returning to the Mounted Police, he had a neck injury whilehorse-training and was prohibited from further riding, so heretired on pension, having completed 23 years’ police service.

During his time in Worthing, Mr and Mrs Brewer haveestablished and maintained the Spaniard Hotel as one of thetown’s premier dining rendezvous, with special reference tothe high quality of the dining room steaks.’ (Article from theMorning Advertiser included with lot refers).Brewer retired from the Metropolitan Police, with a disabilitypension of £178 per annum, 20.12.1951. He ran theSpaniard Hotel in Worthing for 14 years.

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21A Second War 1944 ‘Lancaster Bomb Aimer’s’ D.F.C.Group of Four to Flight Lieutenant J.C. Bell, 106Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, WhoFlew in At Least 26 Operational Sorties, Mostly OverHeavily Defended German Targets, Including to Berlinand Back 8 Timesa) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officiallydated ‘1944’b) 1939-1945 Starc) Air Crew Europe Stard) War Medal, generally good very fine with R.A.F. (D.D.461 A.) Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book(4.7.1942-18.9.1945), and photograph from his firstoperational sortie (lot)

£1,600-2,000D.F.C. London Gazette 2.6.1944 Pilot Officer John Colin Bell(169466), R.A.F.V.R., 106 Squadron

Flight Lieutenant J.C. Bell, D.F.C., served with the Royal AirForce Volunteer Reserve during the Second War; carried out initialtraining as an Air Gunner at No.45 Air School, Oudtshoorn, SouthAfrica, June 1942, and No.43 Air School, from October 1942;having returned to the UK he carried out training as a Bomb Aimerat No. 29 O.T.U., North Luffenham and 1661 Conversion Unit,Winthorpe; posted for operational flying to 106 Squadron(Lancasters), Syerston, July 1943; he flew in 26 operational sortieswith the squadron including: Hamburg (4); Essen; Remscheid;Milan; Leverkusen; Berlin (8); Gladbach; Hanover; Mannheim;Danzig; Munich; Frankfurt; Stuttgart; Modane; Stettin andBrunswick; commissioned Pilot Officer, 21.11.1943; served as anInstructor to No. 12 O.T.U., Edgehill, from April 1944; qualifiedas Bombing Leader, May 1944; advanced Flight Lieutenant,21.11.1945.

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x22A Good Second War 1944 D.F.C. Group of Four to Lancaster AirGunner Flight Lieutenant J.M. Denton, Royal Air Force VolunteerReserve, Who Shared in the Dest ruction of an Me.110 Whilst on aRaid Over Berlina) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’and additionally privately engraved ‘Pilot Officer John Martin Denton174700 R.A.F.V.R. 207 Squadron’, in Royal Mint case of issueb) 1939-1945 Starc) Air Crew Europe Stard) War Medal, nearly extremely fine, with the related miniature award forthe D.F.C. (4)

£1,000-1,400D.F.C. London Gazette 19.9.1944 Pilot Officer John Martin Denton (174700),R.A.F.V.R., No.207 Sqn.

The Recommendation, dated 27.6.1944, states: ‘This Officer has been on 26successful attacks against enemy targets including 5 on Berlin. He has provedhimself to be a keen and reliable gunner, and a worthy member of his crew. Onone occasion when attacking Berlin he was jointly successful in shooting down aMe.110 which made a determined attack against his aircraft. He has displayedoutstanding keenness at all times and has been a decided asset to his Captain. Thiskeenness has not only been confined to his operational activities; he has displayedan energetic interest in the training of other members of his Section.’

Flight Lieutenant John Martin Denton, D.F.C., enlisted in the Royal AirForce, and served during the Second World War as an Air Gunner with No.207Squadron (Lancasters), Langar; his first operational sortie was an attack on Berlin,23.8.1943; further operational sorties included Mannheim, Hannover, Leipzig,Kassel, Berlin (4, including the ‘Last Great Raid over Berlin’, 24.3.1944),Stuttgart (2), and Frankfurt (2); Commissioned Pilot Officer, Royal Air ForceVolunteer Reserve, 29.3.1944; Denton continued with No.207 Squadron, andtook part in further operational sorties over France in the run up to D-Day, hislast being over Amiens, 19.5.1944; by the end of the War the entire crew of hisLancaster had all been awarded the D.F.C.; promoted Flight Lieutenant,29.3.1946.

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23A Boer War D.C.M. Group of Three to ColourSergeant I. Mossop, Loyal North LancashireRegimenta) Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (1657 Clr.-Serjt; I. Mossop. N. Lancs: Regt.)b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps,Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Johannesburg,Diamond Hill (1657 Sgt. I. Mossop, 1st. L.N. Lanc:Regt. M.I.), initial officially corrected; King’s SouthAfrica 1901-02, two clasps (1657 Clr:- Sjt: I. Mossop.L.N. Lanc: Regt.), light contact marks, nearly very fine(3)

£1,200-1,600D.C.M. London Gazette 27.9.1901 Colour-Sergeant I.Mossop, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment‘In recognition of services during the operations in SouthAfrica.’

1657 Colour Sergeant Isaac Mossop, D.C.M., bornWhitehaven, Cumberland, 1867; enlisted in the Loyal NorthLancashire Regiment, July 1886; promoted Corporal,November 1890; Sergeant, February 1893; Colour Sergeant,November 1899; served with the 3rd Battalion, 5th DivisionMounted Infantry in South Africa during the Boer War;Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 10.9.1901;discharged, 12.8.1905, after 19 years and 15 days with theColours.

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24A Great War D.C.M. Group of Five to SergeantA.L. Adams, Royal Engineersa) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (56226 Sjt:A.L. Adams. 11/D.S. Coy. R.E.)b) 1914-15 (56226. Cpl. A.L. Adams. R.E.)c) British War and Victory Medals (56226 Sjt. A.L.Adams. R.E.)d) Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Arthur LauderAdams. D.C.M.), good very fine (5)

£700-900D.C.M. London Gazette 17.4.1918 56226 Sjt. A.L. Adams,R.E. (Edinburgh)‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in action asBrigade Signal Sergeant. By his exceptional tact andfearlessness he has always set a splendid example to all underhim, and it was largely owing to his skill and endurance thatcommunications were maintained.’

56226 Sergeant Arthur L. Adams, D.C.M., served withthe Royal Engineers during the Great War in the Egyptiantheatre of War from 7.8.1915.

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25A Fine and Very Complete Great War ‘1918 Battleof Arras’ D.C.M. Group of Four to CompanySergeant Major J.R. Martin, ManchesterRegiment, Who Died of Wounds, 28.3.1918a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (250371C.S.Mjr: J.R. Martin. 1/6 Manch: R.), minor officialcorrection to numberb) 1914-15 Star (2128 Pte. J.R. Martin. Manch. R.)c) British War and Victory Medals (250371 W.O.Cl.2.J.R. Martin. Manch. R.), nearly extremely fine, withGreat War Bronze Memorial Plaque ‘John RobertMartin’, Memorial Scroll (all housed in twocontemporary glazed wooden frames), and severalannotated photographs of recipient in uniform (lot)

£1,800-2,200D.C.M. London Gazette 3.9.1918 250371 CSM J.R. Martin1/6 Manchester Regiment (Manchester)‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Duringthree days especially this warrant officer was of the greatestassistance to his company officer. Wherever the shelling washeaviest he went about placing the men to the bestadvantage. He was seriously wounded, but continued hiswork until again wounded. He showed the highest courageand determination.’

250371 Company Sergeant Major John Robert Martin,D.C.M., born Padiham, Lancashire; son of Mr and Mrs M.Martin of 5 Fairbourne Road, Levenshulme, Manchester;served with the 1/6th Manchester Regiment during theGreat War; landed with the battalion in Egypt, September1914; served in the Gallipoli theatre of operations, May-December 1915, before being evacuated to Mudros and thenEgypt; served on the Western Front, 1917; he died ofwounds, 28.3.1918; on the latter date the 1/6th Battalionwere engaged, as part of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division,in the defence of Rossignol Wood during the Battle of Arras;they had moved into the line on the night of the 23rd March,and having repelled numerous attacks over the followingdays, on the 28th,’Northwards the Germans in their efforts toswing round, with Hébuterne as a pivot, attacked in a moredesperate manner. At 8.15am, after two hours’ shelling of the42nd Divn (Major-General A. Solly-Flood) on the left, anattack was launched against it from Ablainzevelle, only to bestopped by fire. The bombardment was then renewed andwidened so as to include the 62nd Divn (Major-General W.P.Braithwaite, C.R.A., Br.-General A.T. Anderson), stillholding Bucquoy, which commands the ground on all sides.Soon after 9am attacks were made simultaneously withoutsuccess against Hébuterne, Rossignol Wood and Bucquoy,held by the 4th Australian Brigade (Br. General C.H. Brand),the 187th Bde (Lieut.-Colonel C.K. James, acting), and185th Bde (Br.-General Viscount Hampden) respectively.Elsewhere, too, the Germans displayed great activity and aconcentration opposite the 186th Bde (Br.-General J.L.G.Burnett, between the 187th and 185th) was dispersed by theaccurate divisional artillery barrage. Hardly had this beenaccomplished than an attack was made on the 126th Bde(Br.-General W.W. Seymour), on the extreme left. This was

also dispersed by the combined fire of guns, machine gunsand rifles. At 10.30am the Germans made a second attemptopposite the 186th Bde; time after time they advanced up onthe open slope, only to fall and melt away. Undeterred bylosses, at 11.15am large forces advanced from Logeast Woodagainst the 126th and 127th (Br.-General Hon. A.M.Henley) Bdes, where the troops left their trenches the betterto mow down their opponents. Some Germans, nevertheless,managed to penetrate the line, but were expelled by animmediate counter-attack of the 6th and 8/Manchesters;they were all shot down except an officer and one man, whowere taken prisoner. For three hours the enemy had beenheld off and it was not until between midday and 2pm thathe gained a success, pushing through Rossignol Wood intothe gap between the 4th Australian Brigade and the 187thBde, thus forcing the right of the latter to fall back.’ (OfficialHistory of the War, France and Belgium 1918, Volume 2refers)

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26A Fine G.M. Group of Three to Mr. G.H. Platt, For Gallantry inHelping to Rescue Five Girls From the Fourth Floor of GraftonsDepartment Store, Glasgow, During a Terrible Fire, 4.5.1949, LeadingThem to Safety Along a Five Inch Wide Ledge Fifty Feet Above TheStreet With Flames Raging and Smoke Swirling Behind Thema) George Medal, G.VI.R. (George Hamil Platt), minor official correction tomiddle name, in Royal Mint case of issueb) Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 2nd type, silver (Hallmarks forBirmingham 1949), the reverse engraved ‘George Platt. 1949’, with integraltop riband barc) Carnegie Hero Fund Trust Medal, bronze, 90mm, edge engraved ‘GeorgeH. Platt. Glasgow 4th May 1949’, the reverse inscribed ‘For HeroicEndeavour to Save Human Life 1949’, in case of issue, extremely fine, togetherwith the following related items:- A presentation salver, 305mm in diameter, silver (Hallmarks for London1940), engraved ‘Presented to George Hamil Platt, G.M., by the Staff ofMorrisons Associated Companies Ltd. in Grateful Recognition of hisOutstanding Heroism in saving the lives of five members of the staff duringthe tragic fire at 43, Argyle Street, Glasgow, on Wednesday, 4th May, 1949.’- Letter to the recipient from the Prime Minister’s office informing him of theaward of the George Medal, dated 28.7.1949- Letter to the recipient from the Secretary of State for Scotland,congratulating him on the award of the George Medal, dated 30.7.1949- Letter to the recipient informing him of the award of the Corporation ofGlasgow Medal for Bravery, dated 18.11.1949- Copy of the London Gazette listing the award of the George Medal- Letter to the recipient from the Royal Society of St. George, dated 4.8.1949,and a copy of the Society’s Monthly Message, November 1949- Various contemporary newspapers from the period detailing the incident(lot)

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Buckingham Palace having receivedtheir George Medals, 14.3.1950


G.M. London Gazette 2.8.1949 George Hamill [sic] Platt, Clerk, Morrison’s AssociatedCompanies, Ltd., Glasgow (in a joint citation with Solomon Winetrobe, Manager,Morrison’s Associated Companies, Ltd., Glasgow.)‘A fire which broke out on the ground floor of a four storey building in Glasgow quicklyspread to the remainder of the building. Platt and Winetrobe were working with thirty-five women on the top floor when the alarm was raised and they assisted the women tothe fire escape. A number of women reached safety in this manner but others were forcedback by fire and smoke from the lower floors. The two men then decided that the onlypossible escape was along a narrow ledge which led from the building to a nearby cinema.This ledge was about five inches wide and fifty feet above the street. Platt made his wayto the cinema and Winetrobe remained halfway across the ledge holding on to a pipe.Winetrobe encouraged a woman to step out from the window on to the ledge andsupported her until she was able to reach Platt who helped her to safety. Four otherwomen were then encouraged to cross the ledge in this way. Winetrobe remained in thisposition until forced back himself by dense clouds of smoke. Platt and Winetrobe, incircumstances of extreme danger, showed great courage and did not hesitate to face risksin order to save life.’

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The Argyle Street Fire‘On the afternoon of the 4th May, 1949, a terrible firesuddenly broke out at Graftons, a fashion specialist store inArgyle Street, Glasgow. The building erupted in flames andsmoke within minutes. The elevator shaft acted like achimney stack and the fire roared up it, cutting off the escaperoutes. On the top floor, 34 girls in the invoice departmenthad just resumed work after the tea break. Winetrobe, an ex-paratrooper, was in charge of the department, and Platt washis assistant. Both were 29 years old. They heard the warningcries of “Fire” almost at the same time as smoke pouredthrough the elevator shaft and up the stairway. Some of thegirls were helped get away down the fire escape, but that wayout was quickly blocked.The stairway was cut off and the offices were rapidly fillingwith smoke. Winetrobe and Platt took charge of the girls thatwere left and tried to calm them down. While Winetrobelined the girls up against a wall furthest from the source of thesmoke, Platt looked out of a window and decided that herelay a hope of safety. “There’s a way out here”, he called. Itwas a five-inch ledge running beneath the window to theedge of the building and led to the top of the Argyle Cinemanext door. From the ledge there was a sheer drop of 40 feetto the ground. Platt opened the window and inched his wayalong the precarious ledge where one slip meant death. Hereached the edge of the building and hauled himself onto thecinema roof to act as a receiving agent, leaning over theterrifying drop to haul the others to safety. Winetrobefollowed, and standing on the narrow ledge by the window,gripping a vertical drain pipe with his right hand, he spokequietly and confidently through the window to the girls, assmoke swirled around him.Winetrobe helped the first girl out of the window with his lefthand. Hardly daring to breathe, he passed the girl gentlybetween his body and the wall, and then changing his handgrip on the drain pipe helped her along the ledge and handedher over to Platt. Platt then hauled her up to the cinema roof.Watched by hundreds packing the street below they got fourgirls along their escape route. The fifth to come out, Mrs.Sloan, was in a “very distressed condition”, and this was themost crucial moment of all. Mrs. Sloan lost her foothold andslipped from the ledge between Winetrobe’s legs.Miraculously he gripped her with his knees and prayed thatthe drain pipe would take the strain of the sudden doubleweight. Gingerly he eased her back to the ledge and helpedher along to Platt. He waited outside the window for othergirls, calling for them, but there were no replies to his shouts.Only thick, swirling, choking smoke poured through thewindow. There was nothing else he could do except make hisown way along the ledge and join Platt on the cinema roof.At the subsequent fire enquiry Sheriff J. Wellwood Johnstonsaid to Winetrobe: “When you were getting those girls outyou were depending on a drain pipe. If it had given way, thatwas you...?”The answer Winetrobe gave to the sheriff’s silentinterrogation was a whispered “Yes.”Both he and Platt were given the highest commendation atthe inquiry for their heroismThirteen of the girls died in the blaze.

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The Firemaster, in his report said: “In the whole of my 27years’ service I have never seen a fire of this nature developwith such tremendous speed and to have simultaneouslyentered and covered every floor of the building.” (ScottishDaily Express account refers).For their great gallantry in rescuing five of their femalecolleagues, Platt and Winetrobe were both awarded theGeorge Medal, which they received from H.M. The King atBuckingham, Palace, 14.3.1950, as well as the Corporationof Glasgow Medal for Bravery, which was presented to themby the Lord Provost of Glasgow, and a Carnegie Hero FundTrust Medal. ‘The Lord Provost, congratulating the twomen, said: “I have studied the reports and photographs of thefire, and feel you will all agree that the action these two mentook on that day is worthy of the highest praise. Not manywould have done what you did under similar circumstances.”Winetrobe disagreed: “It was the natural thing to do. Anyman in our position would have tried to save the lives of thosegirls.”And Platt agreed: “Our greatest reward has been to see thegirls we helped save back at the office working alongside us.”’(ibid).

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27A Great War 1916 ‘Western Front’ M.M. and BarGroup of Four to Corporal A. Fielding, RoyalEngineersa) Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar(83269 L.Cpl. A. Fielding. 200/F.Coy. R.E.)b) 1914-15 Star (83269 L.Cpl. A. Fielding. R.E.)c) British War and Victory Medals (83269 A.Cpl. A.Fielding. R.E.), nearly very fine, mounted court-stylefor display purposes, together with a groupphotograph of 200th Field Company, Royal Engineers(4)

£600-800M.M. London Gazette 19.12.1916 83269 L./C. A. Fielding,R.E.

M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 17.6.1919 83269Cpl. A. Fielding, M.M., 200th Fd. Coy., R.E. (Manchester).

83269 Corporal Alfred Fielding, M.M., served with the200th Field Company, Royal Engineers during the GreatWar on the Western Front from 9.11.1915.

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28A Great War 1917 ‘Western Front’ M.M. and BarGroup of Four to Sergeant F.J. Weedon, RoyalFusiliersa) Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar(11956 Sjt: F.J. Weedon. 3/R. Fus:)b) 1914-15 Star (L-11956 Pte. F.J. Weedon. R. Fus.)c) British War and Victory Medals (L-11956 Sjt. F.J.Weedon. R. Fus.), minor edge bruise to MM, contactmarks, nearly very fine or better (4)

£600-800M.M. London Gazette 28.9.1917 11956 Sjt. F.J. Weedon, R.Fus. (New Southgate)

M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 20.8.1919 11956Sjt. F.J. Weedon, M.M., 3rd Bn., R. Fus. (King’s Cross).

11956 Sergeant Frederick J. Weedon, M.M., servedduring the Great War with the Royal Fusiliers on the WesternFront from 18.1.1915.

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29A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. Group of Fourto Private C.W. Wymer, East Yorkshire Regimenta) Military Medal, G.V.R. (220464 Pte. C.W. Wymer.1/E. York. R.)b) 1914-15 Star (2931 Pte. C.W. Wymer. York. R.)c) British War and Victory Medals (2931 Pte. C.W.Wymer. York. R.), light pitting, nearly very fine,mounted court-style for display purposes (4)

£240-280M.M. London Gazette 24.1.1919 220464 Pte. Wymer, C.W.,1st Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment (T.F.) (North Walsham).

2931 Private Cecil Willie Wymer, M.M., bornBanningham, Norfolk, 1891; enlisted in the YorkshireRegiment, and served with them during the Great War on theWestern Front from 9.10.1915; subsequently transferred tothe East Yorkshire Regiment; died in Norfolk, 1969.


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31A Great War M.M. Group of Three to Private H.Kendrick, Northumberland Fusiliersa) Military Medal, G.V.R. (267133 Pte. H. Kendrick.6/North’d Fus:)b) British War and Victory Medals (4-6302 Pte. H.Kendrick. North’d Fus.), nearly extremely fine,mounted court-style for display purposes, togetherwith the recipient’s Certificate of Identity, and groupphotograph (3)

£240-280M.M. London Gazette 6.8.1918 267133 Pte. H. Kendrick,North’d Fus. (Bardon Mill).

32A Great War 1918 ‘French Theatre’ M.M. Groupof Three to Sergeant H.L.L. Marrian, RoyalFusiliersa) Military Medal, G.V.R. (B-19987 Pte. H.L.L.Marrian. 13/R. Fus:)b) British War and Victory Medals (B-19987 A. Sjt.H.L.L. Marrian. R. Fus.), nearly extremely fine,mounted court-style for display purposes, togetherwith the recipient’s Certificate of Transfer to theReserve (3)

£240-280M.M. London Gazette 29.8.1918 B/19987 Pte. H.L.L.Marrian, R. Fus. (Birmingham).

B-19987 Sergeant Herbert Leslie L. Marrian, M.M.,served with the 13th Battalion Royal Fusiliers during theGreat War; awarded the Military Medal for gallantry in actionduring the period 1-6.4.1918 at Bucquoy, France;transferred to the Army Reserve, 19.3.1919.

30A Great War 1917 ‘Western Front’ M.M. Groupof Four to Driver H. Smith, Australian FieldArtillery, Australian Imperial Forcea) Military Medal, G.V.R. (1360 Dvr. H. Smith.41/By: Aust: F.A.)b) 1914-15 Star (1360. Pte. H. Smith. 15/Bn. A.I.F.)c) British War and Victory Medals (1360 Dvr. H.Smith. 15-Bn. A.I.F.), good very fine, mounted court-style, together with the recipient’s riband bar; ANZACbronze medallion (H. Smith) in fitted box of issue,with named lapel miniature; Soldier’s Pay Book;Certificate of Discharge; recommendation for theaward of the M.M.; and newspaper obituary (4)

£500-700M.M. London Gazette 1.2.1918 1360 Dvr. H. Smith, F.A.,Australian Imperial Force

The Recommendation, dated 31.10.1917, states: ‘Forconspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On the 6thOctober 1917, and again on the 7th October 1917 nearTokio (east of Ypres) this Driver was carrying ammunition tohis Battery. His pack mules on each occasion were put out ofaction by shell fire. He personally at great labour and with atotal disregard of danger and through a heavy barrage, carriedhis ammunition up to the guns.’

1360 Driver Herbert Smith, M.M., born Bradford, WestYorkshire, 1893; emigrated to Australia, 1911; enlisted in theAustralian Imperial Force, 6.11.1914; served during theGreat War with the 15th Battalion, A.I.F. at Gallipoli, wherehe was wounded by a gun-shot wound to the upperextremities, 8.5.1915; transferred to the 4th DivisionalArtillery, 16.3.1916; discharged at Brisbane, Queensland,2.7.1919. After the War he became a milkman on DameNellie Melba’s farm.

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33A Second War Western Desert ‘Wireless Operators’M.M. Group of Six to Gunner W.R. Soutar, RoyalArtillerya) Military Medal, G.VI.R. (993647 Gnr. W.R.Soutar. R.A.), surname officially correctedb) 1939-1945 Starc) Africa Stard) Burma Stare) Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaf, thecampaign stars and medals official later issues,extremely fine, with the following related items:- The recipient’s two Mentioned in DespatchesCertificates, dated 5.4.1945 and 27.9.1945- Named Buckingham Palace enclosure for the M.M.,and Defence Council enclosure for the CampaignMedals- The recipient’s Record of Service, Soldier’s ReleaseBook, and National Registration Identity Card- Two letters to the recipient from Hugh (later Lord)Cudlipp, Editorial Director of the Daily Mirror

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- Letter to the recipient from the Press Secretary,Clarence House- Copy of Twelve Legions of Angels, by H.C.T. (laterLord) Dowding, this slightly damaged- Portrait photograph of the recipient, together withfour more photographs- Various copies of the Daily Mirror covering thedeath and funeral of H.M. King George VI, partlydesigned by the recipient- Hand-drawn card presented to the recipient on hisretirement from the Daily Mirror- Copy of the recipient’s obituary in The Times,12.1.2009 (lot)

£800-1,200M.M. London Gazette 19.3.1942 No. 993647 GunnerWilliam Richard Souter [sic], Royal Horse Artillery(Scarborough)‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in theMiddle East.’


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The Recommendation states: ‘This man performed the dutiesof W/T Operator in his Battery Commander’s truck. Heshowed exceptional devotion to duty and disregard of hisown safety. He remained calmly at his wireless set sendingsituation reports whilst others were taking shelter from heavyshell fire. Although his truck was hit with splinters more thanonce, he remained unperturbed. It was largely due to thisman’s outstanding behaviour that much valuable informationreached the Divisional Commander.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 5.4.1945 993647 Gnr. W.R. Soutar,M.M., Royal Regiment of Artillery‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Burmaand on the Eastern Frontier of India.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 27.9.1945 993647 Gnr. W.R.Soutar, M.M., Royal Regiment of Artillery‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services inBurma.’

993647 Gunner William Richard Soutar, M.M., was bornin London, 9.4.1920, and joined the Daily Mirror as amessenger boy in 1934. On the outbreak of the SecondWorld War he enlisted in the Royal Artillery, 15.8.1940, andtrained as a driver/ signaller; posted to Palestine to aMountain Artillery Regiment, he and his battery commander

were later transferred to North Africa to join 8 FieldRegiment Royal Artillery, serving with the 1st New ZealandDivision. Whilst with them he was awarded the MilitaryMedal for bravery in the Western Desert in late 1941,remaining at his radio sending situation reports while underintense enemy artillery fire. According to his Times obituary,‘he was furious when his tea caddy was penetrated by a shellsplinter.’ He subsequently served in India and Burma, andwas twice Mentioned in Despatches ‘for courage in his dutiesas a signaller, again under fire’ (Times obituary refers). Hislast posting, appropriately for a newspaper-man, was on thestaff of the 49th Division newspaper, Polar News, in theBritish Army of occupation in Germany, before he wasdischarged, 20.10.1946.After the War, Soutar returned to the Daily Mirror, ‘andsecured a position on the newspaper’s picture desk. Over thefollowing decades he was promoted to picture editor, arteditor, executive editor and, finally, strips editor. ‘A sharedlove of boats saw him form a lifelong friendship with [DailyMirror Editor Hugh] Cudlipp, with Soutar acting as chiefmechanic and navigator on annual summer cruises withCudlipp. A favourite route was across the English Channelfrom Hamble to Honfleur.’ (ibid). He died 6.12.2008, aged88.

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service in Egypt, Germany, Holland, France, Belgium,Palestine, Cyprus, Eritrea and Korea- A number of related buttons, cloth R.A.S.C. badgesand cap badges- An inscribed copy of Marks of Courage, by AshleyCunningham-Boothe- A Most Excellent Order of the British EmpireDiamond Jubilee 1917-77 bone china plate- Various newspaper cuttings and other ephemera

Pair: Private T.H. Andrews, Royal West SurreyRegimentBritish War and Victory Medals (27742 Pte. T.H.Andrews The Queen’s R.), good very fine (lot)

£600-800B.E.M. London Gazette 29.4.1952 T/6028520 CorporalJohn Richard Andrews, Royal Army Service Corps‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Koreaduring the period 1st July to 31st December, 1951.’

The Recommendation, dated 27.9.1951, states; ‘Ever since26 Field Ambulance landed in Korea in November, 1950,Corporal Andrews has been employed as the Senior VehicleMechanic of the unit. During this period no Ambulance Carshave ever been delayed on the road through mechanicalfailure and the loss of vehicles through mechanicalbreakdowns has been one of the lowest in 29 Brigade. Thisfine record has been almost entirely due to the untiringefforts and skill of Corporal Andrews who has on manyoccasions worked day and night in every condition of extremecold and wet to keep the vehicles on the road. Completelywithout thought of self his conduct has been an example toall and has been worthy of the best traditions of his Corps.’

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T/6028520 Corporal John Richard Andrews, B.E.M. (1922-97), born Poplar, London, the sonof Private T.H. Andrews; served during the Second War with the Essex Regiment from 5.8.1940;transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps, 3.5.1943 and completed training as a VehicleMechanic; transferred to the Army Reserve, 30.10.1947; Re-enlisted in the R.A.S.C. 9.8.1950;served with 26 Field Ambulance during the Korean War, and awarded the B.E.M. 29.4.1952; re-transferred to the Army Reserve, 6.2.1952, his testimonial stating: ‘Corporal Andrews is withoutquestion the best Vehicle Mechanic I have met in 17 years’ service. He has exceptional mechanicalskill and knowledge with an equally high sense of duty and is utterly without regard for self whenthere is urgent work to be done. No job is ever too difficult for him to tackle.’

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x35The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St.George, Companion’s (C.M.G.) breast Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine, converted forneck wear, in original Garrard, London, fitted case ofissue

£280-320

36The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1sttype, Civil Division, Officer’s (O.B.E.) breast Badge,silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1919), good veryfine, in Garrard, London, case of issueThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2ndtype, Military Division, Member’s (M.B.E.) breastBadge, silver, extremely fine (2)

£140-180

x37The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1sttype, Civil Division, Officer’ (O.B.E.) breast Badge,silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1919), extremelyfine, in Garrard, London, case of issue

£70-90

x38The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2ndtype, Military Division, Member’s (M.B.E.) breastBadge, silver, nearly extremely fine, in Garrard,London, case of issueImperial Service Medal (3), G.V.R., 2nd ‘coinagehead’ type (John Augustus Parkes.); G.VI.R. (CecilNorman Terry); E.II.R. (Leslie Sterling Parkes),generally extremely fine, first and last in cases of issue

£100-140

39Indian Order of Merit, Military Division, 1st type(1837-1912), Third Class, Reward of Valor, silver andenamel, an early flat-backed badge without retainingnut, the reverse engraved in three lines ‘3rd. / Class /Order of Merit’, and additionally engraved ‘No.1589Sepoy Harnam Singh 36th Sikhs’, enamel completelylacking, suspension ring re-affixed and offset 90 degrees,with simple ring suspension, lacking top riband buckle,fine

£500-700

I.O.M. No.1589 Sepoy Harnam Singh‘For conspicuous gallantry at Fort Cavagnari on the 13thSeptember 1897, on which occasion he took part in a daringsortie. The party, with the assistance of a reinforcement underHavildar Sundar Singh, drove the enemy from their sangarsat the point of the bayonet, and captured three of theirstandards.’

1589 Sepoy Harnam Singh, I.O.M., served with the 36th(Sikh) Regiment, Bengal Infantry during the SamanaCampaign, 1897; slightly wounded by a bullet to theforehead at Gulistan, 13-14.9.1897, and awarded the IndianOrder of Merit Third Class for his service during this action.

40Military Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’,extremely fine, in Royal Mint case of issue

£600-800

x41Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officiallydated ‘1944’, nearly extremely fine, in Royal Mint caseof issue

£800-1,200

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x42Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (1477 Pte.D. Thistle 2nd. Northampton Regt.), nearly veryfine

£700-900D.C.M. London Gazette 27.9.1901 Private D. Thistle, TheNorthamptonshire Regiment

1477 Private D. Thistle, D.C.M., served with the 2ndBattalion Northamptonshire Regiment during the Boer War,and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette10.9.1901).

43Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1869 Pte.A.G. Elmes. 4/Rif: Bde:), edge bruise, light pitting,nearly very fine

£400-500D.C.M. London Gazette 11.12.1916 R.B./1869 Rfn. A.G.Elmes, Rif. Brig.‘For conspicuous and consistently good work at all times. Hehas proved his ability to overcome difficulties and has set afine example to his section.’

1869 Sergeant Arthur G. Elmes, D.C.M., served with theRifle Brigade during the Great War on the Western Frontfrom 26.9.1914; awarded the D.C.M. whilst attached to theRoyal Engineers.

44A Scarce K.P.M. to Acting Commissioner R.MacTier, Bombay PoliceKing’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st ‘coinage head’ type(Robert MacTier, Act. Commr., Bombay Police.),reverse slightly worn, very fine, scarce to rank, in case ofissue

£300-400K.P.M. London Gazette 1.1.1914 Robert MacTier, ActingCommissioner, Bombay Police

Acting Commissioned Robert MacTier, K.P.M., educatedat Cheltenham College; joined the Indian PoliceDepartment, 1883, and served in Bombay; promoted DistrictSuperintendent, May 1892; advanced Acting Commissioner,Bombay Police, May 1913; retired, May 1915.

x45Military Medal, G.V.R. (294851 Gnr: W.J.Saunders. R.G.A.), good very fine

£180-220M.M. London Gazette 13.3.1919 294851 Gnr. Saunders,W.J., 147th Hy. By., Royal Garrison Artillery(Rickmansworth)

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46A Great War 1916 ‘French Theatre’ M.M. toPrivate J. Dixon, Coldstream GuardsMilitary Medal, G.V.R. (7501 Pte. J. Dixon. 2/C.Gds.), nearly very fine

£240-280M.M. London Gazette 3.6.1916 7501 Pte. J. Dixon, 2nd Bn.,C. Gds‘For Distinguished Service in the Field.’7501 Private J. Dixon, M.M., served with the 2ndBattalion Coldstream Guards during the Great War on theWestern Front from 12.8.1914; also entitled to Silver WarBadge.

47Military Medal, G.V.R. (30359 L.Cpl. W.A. Sharpe.1/R. Lanc: R.), good very fine

£140-180M.M. London Gazette 21.10.1918 30359 L./C. W. A.Sharpe, R. Lan. R. (Shadwell).30359 Corporal Wallace Alfred Sharpe, M.M, awardedthe Military Medal whilst serving with the 1st Battalion RoyalLancaster Regiment during the Great War on the WesternFront.

48Military Medal, G.V.R. (6754 L. Cpl. J. Davidson.1/Cam: Hdrs.), number officially corrected, nearlyvery fine

£160-200M.M. London Gazette 1.9.1916 6754 L./C. J. Davidson,Cam’n Highrs.

6754 Sergeant John Davidson, M.M., served with the 1stBattalion Cameron Highlanders during the Great War on theWestern Front from 14.8.1914.

Note: Davidson was additionally Gazetted for a SecondAward Bar to his Military Medal (London Gazette20.10.1919); this was subsequently cancelled as an‘Erroneous award’ (London Gazette 13.7.1920).

49Military Medal, G.V.R. (G-2953 Cpl. C. Layton.12/Middx: R.), good very fine

£180-220M.M. London Gazette 21.12.1916 G/2953 Cpl. C. Layton,Midd’x R.

G-2953 Sergerant Cecil Layton, M.M., served with the12th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment during the Great Waron the Western Front from 25.7.1915; subsequentlytransferred to the 2nd London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers),and advanced Sergeant.

50A Great War ‘1916’ French Theatre M.M. toPrivate T.C. French, Durham Light Infantry,Killed in Action 10.4.1918Military Medal, G.V.R. (4225 Pte. T.C. French.7/Durh: L.I.-T.F.), nearly very fine

£200-240M.M. London Gazette 9.12.1916 4225 Pte. T.C. French,Durh. L.I.

4225 Private Thomas Christopher French, M.M., bornSunderland; served with the 7th Battalion Durham LightInfantry during the Great War on the Western Front from1916; killed in action, 10.4.1918, and is commemorated onthe Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.

51Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver, unnamed asissued, light scratch to obverse field, otherwise extremelyfine, in case of issue

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52Pair: Driver P. McEwan, Royal Horse ArtilleryMilitary General Service 1793-1814, five clasps,Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, Orthes,Toulouse (P. McEwan, Driver, R.H. Arty.); Waterloo1815 (Peter M’Ewan, Driver, Royal Horse Artillery),with original steel clip and later split ring suspension,minor edge bruising, very fine (2)

£3,000-3,500Driver Peter McEwan served with the Royal Horse Artilleryduring the Peninsular, and was ‘Wounded Toulouse’ (WO116/64 refers); served with Lieutenant-Colonel RobertGardiner’s ‘E’ Troop, Royal Horse Artillery during theWaterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815.

53Pair: Driver R. McReynolds, Royal ArtilleryDriversMilitary General Service 1793-1814, four clasps,Vittoria, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (R. McReynolds, R.Arty. Drivers.); Waterloo 1815 (Robert ...Reynolds,Royal Artill. Drivers), with original steel clip and splitring suspension, contact marks, good fine or better (2)

£2,500-3,000Driver Robert McReynolds served with ‘E’ Troop, RoyalArtillery Drivers in the Peninsular, and was attached toCaptain G.H. Grimes ‘D’ Troop during the WaterlooCampaign, 16-18.6.1815.

PROVENANCE:Baldwin 1934Sotheby, July 1979

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£650-750

55Pair: Sergeant J. Shrimpton, Bengal Horse ArtillerySutlej 1845-45, for Moodkee, two clasps,Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (Gunner J: Shrimpton 3rdBrigade H: Ay.); Punjab 1848-49, two clasps,Chilianwala, Goojerat (Actg. Sergt. Joseph Shrimpton,1st Tp. 3rd Bde. H. Arty.), remnants of lacquer, lightcontact marks overall, otherwise very fine (2)

£600-700

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56Pair: Gunner D. Collins, Bengal ArtilleryPunjab 1848-49, two clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat(Gunner Denis Collins. 1st Compy. 1st. Battn. Arty.),officially engraved, partially officially renamed; IndianMutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Gunr. Denis Collins, 1stBn. Bengal Art.), light contact marks, therefore very fine(2)

£340-380

57Pair: Corporal G. Carver, Royal ArtilleryIndia General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Jowaki1877-8 (1445 Corpl. G. Carver. 13/9th R.A.);Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Ali Musjid (1445Corpl. G. Carver. 13/9. Bde R.A.), contact marks,nearly very fine (2)

£380-4201445 Corporal George Carver, born Bingham,Nottinghamshire, 1841; enlisted Royal Artillery, July 1859;promoted Corporal, 1874 (entitled L.S. & G.C. 1878);discharged October 1880, after 21 years and 49 days service.

58Pair: Gunner J. Edwards, Royal ArtilleryIndia General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Jowaki1877-8 (1476 Gunner J. Edwards. 13/9th R.A.);Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (1476. Gunner J.Edwards, 9th B.R.A.), minor edge bruising, thereforevery fine (2)

£240-2801476 Gunner James Edwards, born Horsham, Sussex;enlisted Royal Artillery, January 1861; discharged August1881, after 20 years and 194 days service (entitledAfghanistan 1878-80 medal).

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59Military General Service 1793-1814, one clasp, Egypt(J. Barns, R. Arty.), edge bruise, otherwise good veryfine

£700-900Gunner James Barns or ‘Barnes’ as he appears on otherpublished transcriptions of the medal roll, enlisted RoyalArtillery, 1792; initially served in Borthwick’s Companybefore serving as a Bombardier in Gahan’s Company, May1801; discharged 1818. The recipient is not listed onMullen’s published transcription of the MGS roll, but is listedin Vigors and MacFarlane (appearing in the latter’scollection).

PROVENANCE:Spink, November 1896Glendining, February 1963

60Military General Service 1793-1814, one clasp, Egypt(J. Gowans, R. Arty.), edge bruising, very fine

£700-900Gunner James Gowans, born Mid-Calder, Midlothian,Scotland; enlisted Royal Artillery, 1788; discharged June1802, after 14 years’ service.

PROVENANCE:Sotheby, July 1891Spink, March 1993

61Military General Service 1793-1814, one clasp,Corunna (John Jackson, Royal Arty.), edge bruising,nearly very fine

£600-700PROVENANCE:Sotheby, December 1921Glendining, July 1953

62Military General Service 1793-1814, one clasp,Corunna (R. Stone, R. Arty.), darkly toned, minoredge bruising, therefore very fine

£600-800PROVENANCE:Spink, November 1999

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63Military General Service 1793-1814, one clasp,Ciudad Rodrigo (W. Cousins, Gunr. Royal Arty.),toned, minor edge bruising, therefore very fine, Scarce

£800-900Gunner William Cousins, born Dunfermline, Fife,Scotland; enlisted Royal Artillery, November 1804; served atthe bombardment of Copenhagen and in the Peninsula;discharged April 1834, after 28 years and 191 days service.

1 of approximately 6 single clasp ‘Ciudad Rodrigo’ awards tothe Royal Artillery.

64Military General Service 1793-1814, one clasp,Badajoz (J. McAvetty, R. Arty.), edge bruise,otherwise nearly extremely fine

£750-850Gunner James McAvetty, born Donegal, Ireland; enlistedRoyal Artillery, April 1805; discharged August 1814, after 9years and 112 days service.

PROVENANCE:Glendining, December 1906Baldwin, 1946J.B. Hayward, 1972Spink, September 1989

65Military General Service 1793-1814, one clasp,Pyrenees (G. Bever, R. Arty Drivers), traces ofbrooch-mounting, nearly very fine

£400-500Mullen’s published transcription of the MGS roll notes‘George Bever’ as listed as ‘Beaver’ on the publishedtranscription of the Waterloo roll, and as one time being heldas a pair in the Colonel Murray Collection.

PROVENANCE:Glendining, May 1926; May 1940; December 1961 andSeptember 1992

66Military General Service 1793-1814, one clasp, St.Sebastian (R. Ross, Serjt. R. Arty. Drivers), edgebruising, therefore nearly very fine

£650-750Sergeant Robert Ross, born Meggle, Perth, Scotland;enlisted Royal Artillery Drivers, July 1797; dischargedSeptember 1814, after 17 years and 80 days service.

1 of approximately 7 single clasp ‘St. Sebastian’ awards to theRoyal Artillery Drivers.

PROVENANCE:Sotheby, July 1980

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67Military General Service 1793-1814, one clasp, St.Sebastian (J. Nutt, Gunner, R. Arty), edge bruise,therefore very fine

£700-900Gunner John Nutt, born Sheffield, Yorkshire; enlisted RoyalArtillery, June 1804; discharged April 1816, after 11 yearsand 323 days service.

PROVENANCE:Glendining, June 1917Spink, July 1950

68Military General Service 1793-1814, two clasps,Martinique, Guadaloupe (W. Lockhard, Serjt. R.Arty.), light scratches over unit, otherwise nearlyextremely fine, Scarce

£1,000-1,200Sergeant William Lockhard, born Lurgan, Armagh;enlisted Royal Artillery, 1780; discharged on appointment asMaster Gunner at Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight, 1810.

69Military General Service 1793-1814, three clasps,Corunna, Vittoria, Pyrenees (S. White, Gunner, R.Arty.), very fine

£800-1,000Collar Maker Samuel White, born Limerick, Ireland;enlisted 16th Foot, July 1803; transferred to the RoyalArtillery, and was discharged June 1816.

PROVENANCE:Glendining, May 1937 and February 1980

70Military General Service 1793-1814, four clasps,Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (W. Jones,Shoeing Smith, R. Arty. Drivers), minor edgebruising, very fine

£600-800PROVENANCE:Sotheby, June 1901Spink 1939

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71Military General Service 1793-1814, five clasps,Albuhera, Badajoz, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Toulouse (R.Shackleton, R. Arty.), minor edge bruising, very fine

£1,200-1,400The recipient is not listed on Mullen’s published transcriptionof the MGS roll, but is listed in Vigors and MacFarlane, andother published transcriptions.

72Military General Service 1793-1814, six clasps,Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian,Toulouse (James Davis, R. Arty.), small crack on left-hand side of clasp carriage, nearly very fine

£1,000-1,200

73Military General Service 1793-1814, six clasps,Vittoria, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Nive, Orthes,Toulouse (J. Smith, Gunner, R. Arty.), lacquered,suspension slack, good very fine

£1,000-1,200PROVENANCE:Sotheby, 1970

74Military General Service 1793-1814, seven clasps,Vittoria, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes,Toulouse (J. Pomfret, R. Arty. Drivers.), nearly veryfine

£1,400-1,800Driver Joseph Pomfret, born Walton-Le-Dale, Lancaster;served with the Royal Artillery Drivers and was ‘Wounded,Vittoria’ (WO166/74 refers).

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75Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse dietype, one clasp, Maheidpoor (Gunner John O’Bryan,Arty.), officially impressed, Royal Mint, darkly toned,light abrasive marks to edge, otherwise nearly extremelyfine

£1,100-1,300

76Punjab 1848-49, two clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat(1st Lieutt. ... H. Heath, 1st Coy. 1st Battn.Arty.), officially engraved, contact marks, thereforegood fine

£350-400Major-General Alfred Hales Heath, commissioned SecondLieutenant, Bengal Artillery, 1844; served with the regimentduring the Punjab campaign, including at the battles ofSadoolapore, Chilianwala and Goojerat; advance SecondCaptain, 1858; served during the Indian Mutiny 1857-58,including at the Siege of Delhi (entitled medal and clasp),where he was mentioned in despatches with ‘especialapprobation and thanks for zeal, ability, and coolness insituations of great danger’; Major 1872; Colonel 1877;retired Major-General 1878.

77India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Jowaki1877-8 (1480 Gunner F. Gear. 13/9th R.A.),toned, edge bruise, very fine

£180-2201480 Gunner Frederick Gear, born Crewkerne, Somerset;enlisted Royal Artillery, 1870; served in Afghanistan,November 1878-June 1879 (entitled medal), and Egypt,August 1884-September 1884 (entitled medal and Khedive’sStar); discharged 1891, after 21 years’ service.

78India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Jowaki1877-8 (1485 Gunner F. Gunton. 13/9th R.A.),light contact marks, very fine

£180-2201485 Gunner F. Gunton, born Norwich, Norfolk; enlistedRoyal Artillery, November 1870; discharged May 1889, after18 years and 180 days service (entitled to Afghanistan 1878-80; Egypt 1882-89 medals and Khedive’s Star).

79India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Jowaki1877-8 (1525 Gunner E. Weldon. 13/9th R.A.),claw tightened, edge bruising, nearly very fine

£120-1601525 Battery Sergeant Major Thomas Weldon, bornQuebec, Canada; enlisted Royal Artillery, October 1879;discharged September 1896, after 27 years and 4 days service(entitled Afghanistan 1878-80, with Ali Musjid clasp).

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80A Scarce Boer War D.C.M. Group of Five toSquadron Sergeant Major D. McLaren, 2nd LifeGuards, Attached 4th Imperial Yeomanry, SeverelyWounded At Tigerkloof, 28.1.1901a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (995 S.Serjt:-Maj: D. McLaren. 4th. Imp: Yeo:)b) Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Tel-el-Kebir(955. Tpr. D. McLaren. 2nd. Life Gds.)c) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, CapeColony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901(955 S.S.M. D. McLaren. 6th. Coy. 4th. Impl: Yeo:)d) Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (955 Sq: Cpl.Maj: D. McLaren. 2/Life Gds.)e) Khedive’s Star 1882 (955 Tpr. D. McLaren 2nd.Life Gds.), reverse contemporarily engraved in sans-serif capitals, traces of lacquer to first three, heavy pittingto Egypt medal, therefore nearly very fine or better, theDCM and QSA extremely fine (5)

£3,000-4,000D.C.M. London Gazette 27.9.1901 955 Squadron SergeantMajor D. McLaren (2nd Life Guards), 4th Battalion ImperialYeomanry, since deceased.

955 Squadron-Sergeant-Major D. McLaren, D.C.M.served with the 2nd Life Guards in Egypt, before beingattached to the 6th (Staffordshire) Company, 4th BattalionImperial Yeomanry, for service in South Africa; he wasseverely wounded at Tigerkloof, 28.1.1901; died of disease inBethlehem, 21.3.1901.

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£1,000-1,400725 Trooper John Hepworth, born 1853; enlisted in the2nd Life Guards, January 1872; served with the combinedRegiment of Household Cavalry during the EgyptianCampaign, August to October 1882, and took part in theCavalry charge at Kassassin, the action at Tel-el-Kebir, andthe occupation of Cairo; awarded Long Service and GoodConduct Medal, January 1893; discharged, March 1893,after 21 years and 48 days with the Colours.

Approximately 119 Coronation Medal 1911 awarded to theSergeants, Gate Keepers, and Park Keepers of the RoyalParks.

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£400-4501076 Trooper Frederick Reynolds, born Newport, Isle ofWight, 1860; enlisted in the 2nd Life Guards, January 1880;served with the Regiment in Egypt, August to October 1882;awarded Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, April 1898;discharged, 13.6.1904, after 24 years and 147 days with theColours.

82Three: Quarter Master Corporal Major W.G.Eustace, 2nd Life GuardsEgypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Tel-el-Kebir (620.Corpl. of Horse. W.G. Eustace. 2nd. Life Gds.); ArmyLong Service & G.C., V.R. (720. Qr. Mr. Cpl. Maj:W.G. Eustace. 2nd. Life Gds.); Khedive’s Star 1882,unnamed as issued, light pitting to first from Star,otherwise good very fine (3)

£400-450720 Quarter Master Corporal Major William GeorgeEustace, born High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, 1852;enlisted in the 2nd Life Guards, January 1872; promotedCorporal of Horse, September 1878; served with theRegiment in Egypt, August to October 1882; promotedTroop Corporal Major, September 1883; Quarter MasterCorporal Major, February 1885; discharged, January 1890,after 18 years and 21 days with the Colours.

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84Pair: Corporal of Horse H. Clarke, 2nd LifeGuardsEgypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Tel-el-Kebir (640.Corpl. of Horse. H. Clarke, 2nd. Life Gds.);Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, heavy pittingfrom Star, nearly very fine (2)

£350-400640 Corporal of Horse Henry Clarke, born Edinburgh,1852; enlisted in the 2nd Life Guards, June 1870; promotedTrumpeter, February 1872; Corporal of Horse, February1882; served with the Regiment in Egypt, August toOctober 1882; discharged, January 1885, after 14 years and209 days with the Colours.

85Pair: Trooper T. Grocock, 2nd Life GuardsEgypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Tel-el-Kebir (1073Tpr. T. Grocock. 2nd Life Gds.); Khedive’s Star 1882,unnamed as issued, surname partially officiallycorrected, heavy contact marks, nearly very fine (2)

£240-280

86Pair: Trooper T. Martin, 2nd Life GuardsEgypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Tel-el-Kebir (995Tpr. T. Martin, 2nd Life Gds.); Khedive’s Star 1882(995 Tpr. T. Martin 2nd Life Gds), reversecontemporarily engraved in sans-serif capitals, traces oflacquer, very fine (2)

£300-350995 Trooper Thomas Martin, born 1856; enlisted in the2nd Life Guards, November 1877; served with the combinedRegiment of Household Cavalry during the EgyptianCampaign, August to October 1882, and took part in theCavalry charge at Kassassin, the action at Tel-el-Kebir, andthe occupation of Cairo; discharged, February 1885, after 7years and 90 days with the Colours.

87Pair: Trooper J. Quantrell, 2nd Life GuardsEgypt 1889-82, dated, one clasp, Tel-el-Kebir (1047Tpr. J. Qu....ll. 2nd Life Gds.); Khedive’s Star 1882,unnamed as issued, heavy pitting from Star, namingnearly obliterated, fine, the Star better (2)

£100-140

88Pair: Corporal Farrier T. Alborough, 1st LifeGuardsEgypt 1882-89, undated, two clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (997...Farr. Sergt. T. Alborough 1st.Life Gds.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6 (Farr. Alborough1st Life Guards), contemporarily crudely named inrunning script, rank partially obliterated on first,pitting from Star and heavy contact marks, thereforegood fine (2)

£500-700997 Corporal Farrier Thomas Alborough, born Bungay,Norfolk, 1858; enlisted in the 1st Life Guards, April 1880;served with the Regiment in the Sudan, September 1884 toJuly 1885; promoted Corporal Farrier, May 1887; servedwith the Regiment in South Africa, September 1898 toNovember 1900 (entitled to Queen’s South Africa Medalwith Rhodesia and Cape Colony clasps); discharged,10.5.1902, after 22 years and 14 days with the Colours.

89Pair: Trooper E.P. Grubb, 2nd Life GuardsEgypt 1882-89, undated, two clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1115 Tpr. E.P. Grubbe [sic] 2nd LifeGds.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, edgebruising, very fine (2)

£600-8001115 Trooper Ernest Pelham Grubb, born Waterford,Ireland, 1857; enlisted in the 2nd Life Guards, November1880; discharged, November 1886, after 6 years and 1 daywith the Colours.

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90Pair: Trooper H. Barnes, 2nd Life GuardsEgypt 1882-89, undated, one clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (1194. Tpr. H. Barnes. 2nd. Life Gds.); Khedive’sStar 1884-6, unnamed as issued, light pitting fromStar, nearly very fine (2)

£300-3501194 Trooper Henry Barnes, born Ashford, Kent, 1858;enlisted in the 2nd Life Guards, November 1882, havingpreviously served in the 2nd East Kent Rifle Volunteers;served with the Regiment in Egypt, September 1884 to July1885; discharged, November 1884, after 12 years with theColours.

91Pair: Trooper A.E. Finch, 2nd Life GuardsEgypt 1882-89, undated, one clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (1219. Tpr. A.E. Finch. 2nd. Life Gds.); Khedive’sStar 1884-6, unnamed as issued, pitting from Star,nearly very fine (2)

£300-3501219 Trooper Arthur Edward Finch, born Ely,Cambridgeshire, 1859; enlisted in the 2nd Life Guards, May1883; discharged, May 1895, after 12 years with the Colours.

92Pair: Squadron Corporal Major D. Duff, 2nd LifeGuardsQueen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Relief ofKimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg,Wittebergen (1624 Cpl Mjr D. Duff 2/L:Gds); ArmyLong Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (1624 S.Cpl. Mjr: D.Duff 2/Life Gds.), good very fine (2)

£200-2401624 Squadron Corporal Major David Duff, bornNewcastle-upon-Tyne, 1865; enlisted in the 2nd LifeGuards, January 1888; promoted Corporal, December 1895;Corporal of Horse, September 1898; served with theRegiment in South Africa, December 1899 to November1900; promoted Squadron Corporal Major, 4.12.1906;discharged, 25.1.1909, after 21 years with the Colours; re-enlisted for service in the Great War, 15.10.1914; discharged,21.1.1919, not having served overseas.

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£400-500M.I.D. London Gazette 30.12.1918 Cooke, T./Qrmr. &Capt. C., 9th Vet. Hosp., Royal Army Veterinary Corps

Captain Christopher Cooke, born Manchester, 1870;enlisted in the 2nd Life Guards, January 1891; promotedCorporal, September 1898; served with the Regiment inSouth Africa, December 1899 to November 1900; promotedCorporal of Horse, 1.4.1902; Squadron Corporal MajorInstructor in Musketry, 8.5.1905; awarded Long Service &Good Conduct Medal, 1909; discharged, 16.1.1912, after21 years with the Colours; on the outbreak of the Great WarCommissioned Quartermaster, with the honorary rank ofLieutenant, Army Veterinary Corps, 12.11.1914; promotedCaptain, 14.8.1916, and stationed at the 9th VeterinaryHospital, France.

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94Five: Quarter Master Corporal Major A.J. Smith,2nd Life Guards, Later Grenadier Guards1914 Star, with Bar (2659 Cpl. of H. A.J. Smith.2/Life Gds:); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D.Oak Leaves (2659 W.O.Cl.2. A.J. Smith. 2-L. Gds.);Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘FieldMarshal’s bust’ type (7812527 W.O.Cl.11 A.J. SmithG.Gds); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st ‘FieldMarshal’s bust’ type (2659 Q.M.Cpl. Mjr: A.J. Smith.2/L. Gds:), verdigris to reverse of Star, light contactmarks, nearly very fine or better (5)

£400-500M.S.M. London Gazette 17.6.1918 2659 Q.M. Cpl. Maj.A.J. Smith, L. Gds. (Bedminster)‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Forcesin France during the present war.’

2659 Quarter Master Corporal Major A.J. Smith, servedwith the 2nd Life Guards during the Great War on theWestern Front from 9.9.1914; subsequently transferred tothe Grenadier Guards, and awarded Long Service & GoodConduct Medal, 1927.

95Pair: Trooper W. Hilditch, 2nd Life Guards1914 Star, with Bar (2923 Tpr. W. Hilditch. 2/LifeGds:); Victory Medal (2923 Tpr: W. Hilditch. 2-L.Gds.), very fine (2)

£100-1402923 Trooper William Hilditch served with the 2nd LifeGuards during the Great War on the Western Front from8.10.1914.

96Four: Trooper R. Barlow, 2nd Life Guards1914 Star (2334 Tpr. R. Barlow. 2/Life Gds:); BritishWar and Victory Medals (2334 Tpr. R. Barlow. 2-L.Gds.); Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘FieldMarshal’s bust’ type (2334. Tpr: R. Barlow. 2/L.Gds:), traces of verdigris to one tip of Star, otherwisenearly extremely fine (4)

£180-2202334 Trooper Ralph Barlow, served with the 2nd LifeGuards during the Great War on the Western Front from8.10.1914 (entitled to Bar to 1914 Star).

97Three: Trooper L. Church, 2nd Life Guards andHousehold Battalion1914-15 Star 3353 Tpr: L. Church. 2/L. Gds:);British War and Victory Medals (3353 Tpr. L. Church.Household Bn.), light verdigris to one tip of Star,lacquered, very fine (3)

£100-140

98Pair: Trooper J. Harrison, 2nd Life Guards1914-15 Star (3260 Tpr: J. Harrison. 2/L.Gds:);Victory Medal (3260 Tpr. J. Harrison. 2-L.Gds.), veryfine1914-15 Star (2957 Tpr: A.A. Bezdeck 2/L.Gds:),very fine (3)

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£80-120

100Egypt 1882-89, dated, no clasp (415. Tpr. W.Campbell. 2nd. Life Gds.), lacquered, nearly veryfine

£100-140

101Egypt 1882-89, dated, two clasps, The Nile 1884-85,Abu Klea (890 Tpr. C.G. Smith 2nd Life Gds.),light pitting and contact marks, nearly very fine

£550-750890 Trooper Charles Grant Smith, enlisted in the 2nd LifeGuards, March 1876; discharged, July 1886; died (suicide byshooting), November 1886.

102Egypt 1882-89, undated, two clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1172. Tpr. W. Trown. 2nd. LifeGds.), edge bruise, nearly extremely fine

£600-8001172 Trooper William Trown, born Nottingham, 1861;enlisted in the Grenadier Guards, May 1880; transferred tothe 2nd Life Guards, March 1882; served with the Regimentin Egypt from September 1884; died at Korli of enteric fever,8.3.1885, after 4 years and 301 days with the Colours.

103Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, CapeColony (1502 Tpr. A. Lockyer 2nd L. Gds:),lacquered, good very fine

£100-1401502 Trooper A. Lockyer, taken Prisoner of War atKleinfontein, 30.01.1900.

104Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, CapeColony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1758 Tr: R.Parsons. 2:L-Gds:), heavy contact marks, good fine

£60-80

105Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Reliefof Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (1855 Tpr. J.Harris 2nd L.Gds.), nearly extremely fine

£120-160

106Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Reliefof Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (1949 Tpr. J.Gosheron 2nd L. Gds:), heavily lacquered, suspensionclaw loose, very fine

£120-1601949 Corporal John Gosheron, born Shadwell, London,1871; enlisted in the 2nd Life Guards, August 1894, havingpreviously served for 4 years and 102 days in the 1st RoyalDragoons; served with the Regiment in South Africa,December 1899 to August 1900; promoted Corporal,23.12.1901; discharged, 7.10.1902, after a further 8 yearsand 48 days with the Colours.

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107Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Reliefof Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (1218 Tr: S.Norman 2:L-Gds:), good very fine

£200-2401218 Trooper S. Norman, died of disease at Spingfontein,30.05.1900.

108Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, CapeColony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Belfast (2128 Tr:H. Todd. 2:L-Gds:), edge bruising, polished, thereforefine, the reverse better

£100-1402128 Trooper Harry Todd, born Heathwaite, Lancashire,1876; enlisted in the 2nd Life Guards, June 1898, havingpreviously served in the Volunteers; served with theRegiment in South Africa, December 1899 to November1900; discharged, 3.4.1911, after 12 years and 295 days withthe Colours.

109Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, CapeColony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen(2115 Tr. H. Carter. 2nd L. Gds.), traces of lacquer,nearly extremely fine

£140-1802115 Trooper Henry Carter, born Bristol, 1875; enlistedin the 2nd Life Guards, January 1898; served with theRegiment in South Africa, February to November 1900;promoted Corporal, 5.5.1904; discharged, 4.11.1904, after6 years and 306 days with the Colours.

110Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Reliefof Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal(1918 Tr. G. Taylor. 2:L-Gds), pawnbroker’s markto the reverse, minor edge nicks, good very fine

£140-1801918 Trooper George Taylor, born Maidstone, Kent,1873; enlisted in the 2nd Life Guards, October 1893, havingpreviously served in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, East KentRegiment; served with the Regiment in South Africa,December 1899 to November 1900; discharged,18.10.1905, after 12 years with the Colours; in civilian lifeworked as a Prison Officer; died, Newport, Isle of Wight,25.3.1940.

111Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Relief ofKimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg,Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (2097 Tpr. G. Barrett.2/L. Gds.), contact marks, very fine

£140-1802097 Trooper James Barrett, born Cornwall, 1875;enlisted in the 2nd Life Guards, October 1897; served withthe Regiment in South Africa, December 1899 to November1900 and January 1901 to August 1902; discharged,20.10.1909, after 12 years with the Colours.

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112Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Relief ofKimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg,Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (1966 Tr: H. Smithson.2:L-Gds), very fine, with silver top riband buckle

£140-1801966 Trooper Hugh Smithson, born Yatton, Bristol, 1874;enlisted in the Grenadier Guards, January 1885; transferredto the 2nd Life Guards, February 1895; served with theRegiment in South Africa, December 1899 to November1900; discharged, 28.6.1909, after 14 years and 152 dayswith the Colours.

1131914 Star, with Bar (2630 Tpr. F. McKellar 2/LifeGds.), gilded, otherwise nearly extremely fine

£100-1402630 Trooper Frank McKellar served with the 2nd LifeGuards during the Great War on the Western Front from8.10.1914.

114Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (223. Trooper T.Moses, 2nd Life Gds), pawnbroker’s mark to thereverse, edge bruise, good very fine

£100-140223 Trooper Tom Moses, born Durham, 1838; enlisted inthe 2nd Life Guards, October 1861; awarded Long Service &Good Conduct Medal, July 1880; discharged, October1882, after 21 years and 13 days with the Colours.

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115Pair: Band Master W. Frayling, 80th FootSouth Africa 1877-78, one clasp, 1878 (2109 Bd. Mr.W.W. Frayling, 80th Foot.); Army Long Service &G.C., V.R. (2109. Bd. Mr. W.W. Frayling, 2d. Bn. S.Staff R.), darkly toned, edge bruising, very fine (2)

£450-5002109 Band Master William Walter Frayling, born MarketLavington, Wiltshire; enlisted Coldstream Guards, 1859;advanced Band Master, March 1873, and transferred to the80th Foot in the same year (entitled to I.G.S. 1854-95 with‘Perak’ clasp); discharged April 1887, after 28 years and 78days with the Colours.

A COLLECTION OF MEDALS FOR AFRICA


116A Superb and Rare ‘Juba River 1893’ CampaignGroup of Five to Warrant Victualling Officer A.Johnson, Royal NavyEgypt 1882-89, undated, no clasp (A. Johnson, S.S.Asst. H.M.S. Albacore.); East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, Juba River 1893 (A. Johnson, Sh.Stewd., H.M.S. Blanche.); British War Medal(Wt.V.O. A. Johnson. R.N.); Naval Long Service &G.C., V.R. (A. Johnson, Ship’s Stewd, H.M.S.Impregnable.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, light pittingfrom Star in places, generally good very fine (5)

£3,500-4,000105744 Warrant Victualling Officer Alfred Johnson,born Stoke, Devon, 1862; joined Royal Navy as ShipsSteward’s Boy, 1878; service included in H.M.S. Albacore,February 1884-June 1887; H.M.S. Impregnable, August1887-September 1890 and H.M.S. Blanche, December1890-April 1894; ‘Shore Pensioned’, 2.9.1900; re-engagedfor the Great War, and served as Warrant Victualling OfficerR.N. Falmouth.

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117A Rare ‘Liwondi 1893’ Pair to Chief Petty OfficerH.W. Walker, Royal NavyEast and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, Liwondi1893 (H. Walker, C.P.O., H.M.S. Mosquito.); NavalLong Service & G.C., V.R. (H.W. Walker, Gr’s Mte.H.M.S. Cockatrice.), darkly toned, light contact marks,otherwise generally very fine or better (2)

£2,400-2,80086146 Chief Petty Officer Henry William Walker, bornChelsea, London, 1858; joined the Royal Navy as BoySecond Class, 1874; service included in H.M.S. Cockatice,November 1885-November 1888, and H.M.S. Mosquito,January 1892-June 1893; ‘Shore Pensioned’ 7.9.1896.

Approximately 31 single ‘Liwondi 1893’ clasps were awardedto European naval officers and men from H.M. Ships Herald(15) and Mosquito (16).

118A Rare ‘Liwondi 1893’ Group of Three to PettyOfficer G.E. Bird, Royal NavyEast and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, Liwondi1893 (G.E. Bird, A.B., H.M.S. Mosquito.); BritishWar Medal (134379 G.E. Bird. P.O. R.N.); NavalLong Service & G.C., E.VII.R (G.E. Bird, Boatn.H.M. Coast Guard.), generally very fine, mounted asoriginally worn (3)

£1,400-1,600134379 Petty Officer George Edward Bird, bornSkeffling, Yorkshire, 1870; joined the Royal Navy as BoySecond Class, 1885; service included in H.M.S. Mosquito,January 1892-April 1893; ‘Pension’ 21.5.1911; re-engagedfor the Great War, and served at H.M.S. Pembroke, 2.8.1914-25.2.1919.

Bird’s East and West Africa Medal was issued 18.1.1907.

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119Four: Commander P. Harvey, Royal NavyEast and West Africa 1887-1900, two clasps, Gambia1894, Benin River 1894 (P. Harvey, Mid. R.N.H.M.S. Raleigh.); 1914-15 (Lt. Commr. P. Harvey,R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Commr. P.Harvey. R.N.), good very fine (4)

£600-800Commander Percy Harvey (1875-1922), joined the RoyalNavy as Naval Cadet, 1888; advanced Midshipman, 1890;service included in H.M.S. Raleigh, October 1891-July1894, when he ‘served in the Naval Brigade landed by Rear-Admiral F.G.D. Bedford, C.B. from the Raleigh, Alecto,Magpie, Satellite and Widgeon at Bathurst on the RiverGambia, West Coast of Africa, in February, 1894, in co-operation with two companies of the 1st West IndiaRegiment’ (The Naval Who’s Who 1917, refers); he served inH.M.S. Widgeon for the expedition up the Benin River,August-September 1894; qualified as a Torpedo Officer;served on the staff of Rear-Admiral L.G. Tufnell, for specialduty with the Greek Navy, April-October 1911; retired atown request the same year; re-engaged as ActingCommander for the Great War, and service included inH.M.S. Argonaut, and at H.M.S. Actaeon (as part of R.N.Torpedo School); reverted to Retired List as TorpedoLieutenant 1st Class, 30.6.1919.

Approximately 42 ‘Benin River 1894’ clasp awards to H.M.S.Widgeon.

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120Pair: Sergeant A.L. Edwards, British South AfricaPoliceQueen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps,Rhodesia, Cape Colony, Orange Free State,Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (980 Serjt: A.L.Edwards. B.S.A. Police.), unofficial rivets between 1stand 2nd clasps; King’s South Africa 1901-02, twoclasps (980 Serjt: A.L. Edwards. B.S.A. Police.), veryfine (2)

£200-240


122Five: Detective Sergeant C.D. Ramsey, BritishSouth Africa Police, Late Corporal, City ofLondon Yeomanry1914-15 Star (2801 Pte. C.D. Ramsey. C. Of Lond.Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (2801 Cpl.C.D. Ramsey. C. Of Lond. Yeo.); War Medal;Colonial Police Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st‘Indiae: Imp:’ type, with 25 Year Service Bar (20371st. Det. Sgt. C.D. Ramsey, B.S.A.P.), generally veryfine, with riband bar (5)

£280-3202037 Detective Sergeant Charles D. Ramsey served duringthe Great War with the 1st City of London Yeomanry, in theEgyptian theatre of War, from 11.9.1915.

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121Pair: Private Illorin Imoru, Northern NigeriaRegimentAshanti 1900, one clasp, Kumassi (1501 Pte. IllorinImoru. W.A.F.F.); Africa General Service 1902-56,E.VII.R., two clasps, N. Nigeria, Aro 1901-1902(1501 Pte. Imoru Illorin. [sic] N. Nigeria Regt), lightcontact marks, very fine or better (2)

£450-550


123Three: Corporal W.D. Sanderson, British SouthAfrica Police, Late Royal ArtilleryBritish War and Victory Medals (W-5578 Dvr. W.D.Sanderson. R.A.); Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R.,2nd ‘Coronation Robes’ type, with ‘SouthernRhodesia’ suspension (2201. Cpl. W.D. Sanderson.),generally very fine, and scarce, mounted as originallyworn (3)

£180-220

124South Africa 1834-53 (W. Coveney. 7th DragnGds.), suspension claw re-affixed, very fine

£200-300Private William Coveney served with the 7th DragoonGuards during the 2nd Kaffir War (1846-47).

125South Africa 1834-53 (J. Jansen. Cape Md.Riflemen.), suspension claw tightened, edge bruising,nearly very fine

£140-180Two men of the name ‘John Jansen’ appear on the medal rollfor the regiment.

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126Ashantee 1873-74 (G.E. Sampson. Pte. R.M.H.M.S. Rattlesnake. 73-74), scratches to obverse,therefore very fine

£180-220

127South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (J. Phillips. E.R.Artfr. H.M.S. “Boadicea”.), suspension re-affixed,very fine

£140-180

128The South African Campaign Medal to Private C.Hornbuckle, 1st Battalion, 24th Foot, Killed inAction at the Battle of Isandhlwana, 22.1.1879South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1877-8-9 (1501.Pte. C. Hornbuckle. 1/24th Foot.), minor officialcorrection to letter ‘b’, light scratches to obverse, good veryfine

£4,500-5,5001501 Private Charles Hornbuckle, enlisted 1st Battalion,24th Foot, 1868; re-engaged at Cape Town, 3.3.1875;served in ‘H’ Company at St. Helena, 1876-78; served withthe battalion during the South African Campaign, 1877-79;killed in action at the Battle of Isandhlwana, 22.1.1879.

129Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, oneclasp, Basutoland (Pte. C. Durban. P.A.V.G.), goodvery fine

£140-180

130East and West Africa 1887-1900, for Mwele 1895-6,no clasp (465 Sepoy Fazat Khan 24th Bo: Infy.),suspension slack, nearly very fine

£70-90

131East and West Africa 1887-1900, for Mwele 1895-6,no clasp (528 Pte. Khuda Dad 26th Bo: Infy.), goodvery fine

£80-120

132East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp (2), 1887-8 (2638. Pte. W. Blackwood. 1/W.I. Rgt.); 1892(2177. Pte. S. Lyons. 1/W.I. R.), 1st suspension clawrepinned, officially renamed, 2nd with top lugs,generally good very fine (2)

£220-260

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133East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, Witu1890 (Sub-Lieut. E.D. Ogilvie, R.N. H.M.S.Boadicea.), suspension mount slightly bent, nearly veryfine

£350-400Lieutenant Edward David Ogilvie (1867-1936), bornAustralia, 1867; joined Royal Navy as Midshipman, 1880;Acting Sub-Lieutenant, 1887; service included in H.M.S.Boadicea, 1890-1891; served as Acting Flag Lieutenant toVice-Admiral Sir Edmund Fremantle, C-in-C. East IndiesStation, August 1887-November 1890; during the latterperiod he served as Orderly Officer to Fremantle for the Witu1891 Expedition, 17th-27th October 1890; he wasMentioned in Fremantle’s Despatch for the expedition(London Gazette 6.1.1891), ‘I should like to mention thenames of Sub-Lieutenants Edward D. Ogilvie and FrederickW. Dean who acted as Orderly Officers to myself and CaptainThe Hon. A.G. Curzon-Howe respectively, both of whomwere most zealous’; Lieutenant, January 1891; he went withFremantle, when he was appointed C-in-C China Station1892, and in 1895 he service was recognised by ‘appreciationexpressed at report of Japanese operations against Wei-hai-Wei, when he accompanied Japanese Army’ (Service Papersrefer); in April 1895, illness affected Ogilvie as Fremantlereported ‘generally to my satisfaction, an intelligent officer &good signalman, occasionally worse for liquor recently, whichI attribute to weakness after a severe attack of typhoid fever,& trust only temporary’ (ibid); unfortunately the warningwas not heeded, and on 16.7.1897 Ogilvie was courtmartialled and severely reprimanded due to his abuse ofalcohol.

134East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, 1891-2(W.H. Furze, C.P.O., H.M.S. Racer.), suspensionslack, good very fine

£200-25087402 Chief Petty Officer William Henry Furze, bornDevon, 1859; joined the Royal Navy as Boy Second Class,1874; service included in H.M.S. Racer, April 1891-September 1894; advanced Chief Petty Officer 1893; ‘ShorePensioned’ 1897.

Approximately 89 ‘1891-2’ clasp awards to H.M.S. Racer.

135East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, WituAugust 1893 (J. Barrett, A.B., H.M.S. Blanche.),pawn broker’s mark to edge at 10 o’clock, very fine

£200-250144271 Petty Officer Second Class John Barrett (1872-1900), born Liverpool; joined Royal Navy as Boy SecondClass, 1888; service included in H.M.S. Blanche, January1891 - March 1894; advanced Petty Officer Second Class,5.6.1900; Died ‘31.10.1900 on board S.S. Malta while onpassage from Hong Kong to England from acute alcoholismfollowed by exhaustion and heart failure’ (Service Papersrefer).

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136East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, Liwondi1893 (J. Wicks, Car. Mte., H.M.S. Herald.), lightcontact marks to obverse, otherwise good very fine

£2,000-2,500109400 Carpenter’s Mate James Wicks, born Falmouth,Cornwall, 1864; joined the Royal Navy as Boy Second Class,1879; advanced Carpenter’s Mate, 1892; service included inH.M.S. Herald, November 1892-February 1894.

Approximately 31 single ‘Liwondi 1893’ clasps were awardedto European naval officers and men from H.M. Ships Herald(15) and Mosquito (16).

137East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, Juba River1893 (W. Bellamy, A.B., H.M.S. Blanche.),suspension slack, edge bruising, nearly very fine, rare

£1,600-2,000148380 Able Seaman William Bellamy, born Sherborne,Dorset, 1873; joined the Royal Navy as Boy Second Class,1889; service included in H.M.S. Blanche, December 1890-March 1894; ‘Shore Invalided’, 6.11.1896.

138East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, LakeNyassa 1893 (W. Brown, LG. Sto., H.M.S.Pioneer.), partially officially renamed, extremely fine,rare

£1,600-2,000129545 Leading Stoker 1st Class William Brown, bornPortsmouth, Hampshire, 1864; joined the Royal Navy asStoker Second Class, 1884; service included in H.M.S.Pioneer, 19.8.1893-19.8.1894; he was ‘Discharged Dead.31.8.1894 at Blantyre of Black Fever while on passage toEngland’ (Service Papers refer).

Approximately 29 single ‘Lake Nyassa 1893’ clasps wereawarded to European naval officers and men from H.M.Ships Adventure (12) and Pioneer (17). The ships, built inJarrow-on-Tyne, were sent out to Africa in sections, andhauled over 200 miles of virgin country to the edge of thelake where they were assembled for action.

139East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, 1893-94(559. Pte. E. Blackman. 1/W.I.R.), suspension slack,good very fine

£200-240

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140East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, 1896-98(3663 Pte. S. Keene, 2nd W. India Regt),lacquered, good very fine, scarce

£220-260Authorised in 1900 for several minor expeditions in thenorthern part of the Gold Coast. Only issued toapproximately 200 men of the the 2nd West India Regiment.

141East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, Niger1897 (1640. Pte. Abubakari Zozo R: NigerConstby.), minor official correction to rank, very fine

£160-200

142East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, Benin1897 (H.J. Dorey, Cooper. H.M.S. St. George.),1st ‘r’ double-struck, very fine

£160-200143724 Cooper Henry James Dorey, born Portsea,Hampshire, 1868; joined Royal Navy as Boy Second Class,1887; service included in H.M.S. St. George, October 1894-February 1898; ‘Shore Pensioned’ 10.12.1909; re-engagedfor the Great War, and service included at a number of shoreestablishments including H.M.S. Vernon; discharged17.2.1919.

143East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, 1897-98(724 Pte. Awudu Bogobiri, Lagos Hausa Force),good very fine

£140-180

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144East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, 1898(1101 Pte. Mama II. 1st W.A.F. Force), good veryfine

£140-180

145East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, SierraLeone 1898-99 (16180 Gr: H. Hodges, R.G.A.),lacquered, very fine

£200-25016180 Gunner Henry Hodges, born Hereford; enlistedRoyal Artillery, 1896; discharged ‘Medically Unfit’,8.8.1900.

Approximately 85 ‘Sierra Leone 1898-99’ clasp awards to theRoyal Garrison Artillery.

146East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, 1899(788 Pte. Gambo Boshie. Niger C.P. Force), minorofficial correction to unit, good very fine

£140-180

147East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, 1900(704 Pte. Mamadu Kago. 2nd N. Nigeria Regt.),good very fine

£160-200

148East and West Africa 1887-1900, two clasps, 1891-2,Benin 1897 (G. Skinner, Sto. H.M.S. Thrush.),darkly toned, contact marks to obverse, minor edgebruising, therefore very fine

£350-400125242 Stoker Petty Officer George Skinner, born Erith,Kent, 1864; joined the Royal Navy as Stoker Second Class,1893; service included in H.M.S. Thrush, August 1891 -December 1893, and H.M.S. Theseus, January 1896 - July1897; ‘Shore Pensioned’ 5.10.1904; re-engaged for theGreat War, and served at H.M.S. Pembroke II, 2.8.1914-11.8.1915.

Approximately 42 ‘1891-2’ clasp awards to H.M.S. Thrush

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149East and West Africa 1887-1900, three clasps, Gambia1894, Benin River 1894, Brass River 1895 (C.R.Blore, LG. Sean., H.M.S. Widgeon.), ‘w’ double-struck, very fine

£500-600131309 Chief Petty Officer Charles Robert Blore, bornShrewsbury, Shropshire, 1869; joined Royal Navy as BoySecond Class, 1885; September 1893 - November 1896;advanced Chief Petty Officer, 10.2.1905; ‘Shore Pensioned’28.9.1909; re-engaged for the Great War, and serviceincluded in H.M.S. Doris, 21.1.1917-11.10.1918, and atH.M.S. Dufferin (Bombay Depot), 13.10.1918-31.12.1918;discharged 23.6.1919.

Approximately 40 ‘Gambia 1894’ clasp awards to H.M.S.Widgeon; 42 ‘Benin River 1894’ clasp awards to H.M.SWidgeon and 71 ‘Brass River 1895’ clasp awards to H.M.S.Widgeon.

150Central Africa 1891-98, one clasp, Central Africa1894-98 (177 Pte. Benjamin. B.C.A. Rifles.),remnants of lacquer, very fine

£600-800

151Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, CapeColony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4215Sapper H. Cook, Rl: Engineers.), very fine

£60-80

152Anglo-Boere Oorlog 1899-1902 (Burger H.P.Kleynhans.), very fine

£80-120

153Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp,Jubaland (243 L-Dafadar Asgar Ali Shah. AdenTroop.), scratches, therefore nearly very fine

£140-180

154Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp,Gambia (1275 Pte. J. Belgrave. 3rd W. IndiaRegt.), suspension claw re-pinned, light contact marks,therefore nearly very fine

£100-140

155Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp,Gambia (2895 Pte. D. Dixon. 3rd W. India Regt.),edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine

£140-180

156Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp,Lango 1901 (2178 Pte. Mahabub Surur. UgandaRifles), nearly very fine

£240-280

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157Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp,Somaliland 1902-04 (T.F. Babbage, A.B., H.M.S.Fox.), pawn broker’s mark to reverse, very fine

£80-120

158Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp,Kissi 1905 (John Coulson.), good very fine, rare

£600-700Corporal John Coulson served as ‘Messenger at BritishConsulate’, and was one of three (and the only European)members of Charles W. Braithwaite’s staff at the LiberianConsulate.

159Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp,Nandi 1905-06 (143 Pte. Tibu. 1/K.A.R.), worn,therefore good fine

£80-120

160Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp,West Africa 1906 (3233 Bglr. Awudu Keffi. 2/N.N.Regt.), good very fine

£160-200

161Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp,Somaliland 1908-10 (213045 R.J. Phillips, A.B.,H.M.S. Diana.), good very fine

£100-140

162Africa General Service 1902-56, G.V.R., one clasp,East Africa 1913-14 (473 Pte. Selanji. ‘C’ Coy:1/K.A.R.), nearly very fine

£140-180

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163Africa General Service 1902-56, G.V.R., one clasp,Nyasaland 1915 (P.B. Jhala. Nyasaland Vol: Res:),good very fine

£120-160

164Africa General Service 1902-56, G.V.R., one clasp,Nigeria 1918 (H.A. Freeland.), good very fine, scarce

£200-240H.A. Freeland served as the District LocomotiveSuperintendent for the Nigerian Railway, he was ‘in charge ofworking party with 25 Ton Steam Crane picking up derailedwaggons and engines.’ (Medal Roll refers)

165Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., two clasps,Somaliland 1901, Somaliland 1902-04 (Sepoy AwaliHersi (H.G. Aidegalla). L.S.L.), good very fine

£300-350

166Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., two clasps,East Africa 1905, East Africa 1906 (471 Serjt:Muzari Matambatoo. 3/K.A.R.), suspension clawcrudely re-pinned, lugs soldered between clasps, fine

£80-120

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167Africa General Service 1902-56, G.V.R., two clasps,East Africa 1915, East Africa 1918 (D.R. Crampton.Pol: Officer.), good very fine, scarce

£400-500Dudley Russell Crampton, educated at Aldenham School,Elstree and in Germany and Switzerland; served as AssistantCollector, East Africa, before being appointed DistrictCommissioner, 1909; served as Political Officer for theexpeditions in East Africa in 1915, and 1918.

168Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., four clasps,Aro 1901-02, N. Nigeria 1902, N. Nigeria 1903, N.Nigeria 1904 (1750 Pte. Iddi Kano. N.N. Regt.),good very fine

£400-500

169Natal 1906, one clasp, 1906 (Tpr: B. Marsh,Royston’s Horse.), extremely fine

£100-140

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170A Great War M.C. Group of Five to Captain T.R.Kerr, Royal West Kent Regimenta) Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issuedb) 1914-15 Star (PS-2897 Pte. R. Kerr. R. Fus:)c) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves(Capt. R. Kerr)d) Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., withBronze Palm on riband, nearly very fine or better (5)

£800-1,200M.C. London Gazette 15.3.1918 T./Lt. (A./Capt.) RobertKerr, R.W. Kent R.‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When theenemy counter-attacked and part of the line was driven in, herallied the men near him under very heavy fire and re-established the position, thereby saving a critical situation byhis promptness and initiative.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 5.7.1919 Kerr, T./Capt., R., M.C.,Gen. List.

Belgium, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 4.9.1919Temporary Captain Robert Kerr, M.C., Royal West KentRegiment‘For distinguished services rendered during the course of thecampaign.’

Captain Robert Kerr, M.C., born Kilbirnie, Scotland,March 1888; educated at Ashford Grammar School; enlistedin the Royal Fusiliers, 5.11.1914; served during the GreatWar on the Western Front from 14.11.1915; CommissionedSecond Lieutenant, Royal West Kent Regiment, 22.7.1916;promoted Lieutenant, 8.10.1916; Acting Captain andAdjutant, 20.7.1917; awarded the Military Cross whilstserving with the 11th Battalion Royal West Kent Regimentfor gallantry during the attack on Tower Hamlets in theThird Battle of Ypres, September 1917, when, with CaptainHenderson, he took command of the Battalion after ColonelCorfe had been wounded; following the Great War therecipient was a founder Member and Treasurer of 11th RoyalWest Kent Old Comrades Association; died Newbury,Berkshire, 27.6.1961.

171The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2ndtype, Military Division, Member’s (M.B.E) breastBadge, silver, attributed to Major H.B. James, RoyalWest Kent Regiment, good very fine, together with theBestowal Document for the M.B.E., named toCaptain (temporary Major) Horace Benjamin James,and dated 1.1.1945, this in a glazed frame

£80-120M.B.E. London Gazette 1.1.1945 Captain (temporary Major)Horace Benjamin James (146973), The Queen’s Own RoyalWest Kent Regiment.

Major Horace Benjamin James, M.B.E., CommissionedLieutenant, Royal West Kent Regiment, 9.9.1940; promotedCaptain, 28.12.1943.

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172Pair: Corporal H. Chapman, Royal West KentRegimentQueen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, CapeColony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (6098Pte. H. Chapman, Rl: W. Kent Regt.); Victory Medal(L-6098 Cpl. H Chapman, R.W. Kent. R.), edge bruiseto first and suspension slightly bent, toned, nearly veryfine (2)

£80-1206098 Corporal Harry Chapman, born December 1882;enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment, 26.2.1901;promoted Corporal, 9.8.1908; served during the Great Warwith the 1st Battalion on the Western Front from 23.8.1914;taken Prisoner of War, 27.10.1914; repatriated, 18.11.1918;demobilized, 11.2.1919.

173Four: Corporal J.H. Fathers, Royal West KentRegiment1914-15 Star (L-7879. L-Sjt. J.H. Fathers. R.W.Kent. R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-7879.A.Cpl. J.H. Fathers. R.W. Kent. R); Imperial ServiceMedal, G.VI.R. (John Henry Fathers), good very fine,together with the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and PayBook; Record of Service Certificate; Invitation toEntertainment at the Royal Mews, BuckinghamPalace, 22.3.1916, and accompanying programme;and portrait photograph of the recipientThree: Private S. Catt, Royal West Kent Regiment1914-15 Star (2734 Pte. S. Catt. R.W. Kent. R.);British War and Victory Medals (2734 Pte. S. Catt.R.W. Kent. R.), good very fine (7)

£80-120I.S.M. London Gazette 22.6.1945 Fathers, John Henry,Postman, London Postal Region

L-7879 Corporal John Henry Fathers, born Greenwich,London, 1883; enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment,October 1904; promoted Corporal, 21.2.1908; served withthe Regiment during the Great War on the Western Frontfrom 1.6.1915; (wounded and awarded Silver War Badge);discharged as a result of his wounds, 3.3.1919, after 14 yearsand 149 days with the Colours.

174Three: Private W. Tovell, Royal West KentRegiment1914-15 Star (W-8527 Pte. W. Tovell. R.W. Kent. R);British War and Victory Medals (S-8527 Pte. W.Tovell. R.W. Kent. R), very fine, with the recipient’sGreat War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Walter Tovell)and Memorial Scroll ‘Pte. Walter Tovell, Royal WestKent Regiment’, this damaged; and portraitphotograph of the recipient (3)

£140-1808527 Private Walter Tovell, born 1886; served with the 1stBattalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great Waron the Western Front from 27.1.1915; killed in action25.4.1915, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate)Memorial, Belgium.

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175Family Group:Three: Private G.A. Huxstep, East Kent Regiment1914-15 Star (S-9453 Pte. G.A. Huxstep E. Kent. R);British War and Victory Medals (SR-9463 Pte. G.A.Huxstep. E. Kent R.), extremely finePair: Private J. Huxstep, Royal West KentRegimentBritish War and Victory Medals (G-12744 Pte. J.Huxstep R.W. Kent R.), extremely fine (5)

£80-120S-9463 Private George Arthur Huxstep, born Wouldham,Kent, 1885; enlisted in the East Kent Regiment, 29.7.1909,and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War onthe Western Front from 27.12.1914; died of wounds7.1.1916 and is commemorated upon the Bethune TownCemetery, France.G-12744 Private John Huxstep, born Wouldham, Kent,1882; enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment,11.12.1915; served with the 1st Battalion during the GreatWar on the Western Front from 24.6.1916; killed in action2.9.1916 and is commemorated upon the ThiepvalMemorial, France.

176Three: Lieutenant F.E.E. Norris, Royal West KentRegiment, Late Middlesex Regiment1914-15 Star (PS-34 Pte. F.E.E. Norris Middx. R.);British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F.E.E. Norris),extremely fine, together with a portrait photograph ofrecipient (3)

£100-140Lieutenant Frank Ernest Edwin Norris, born Dulwich,London, 1885; served with the Middlesex Regiment duringthe Great War on the Western Front from 17.11.1915;Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal West KentRegiment, 5.8.1916; died of wounds, 2.10.1918, and isburied in Voormezeele Enclosure No.3, Belgium.

177Pair: Private F. Handley, Royal West KentRegiment1914-15 Star (G-5125 Pte. F. Handley, R.W. Kent.R.); Victory Medal (GS-5125 Pte. F. Handley, R.W.Kent. R), good very finePair: Private W.H. Chengy, Royal West KentRegiment1914-15 Star (G-3643 Pte. W.H. Chengy. R.W. Kent.R); Victory Medal (GS-3643 Pte. W.H. Chengy. R.W.Kent R.), good very finePair: Private F.W. Shaw, Royal West KentRegiment1914-15 Star (L-9624 Pte. F.W. Shaw. R.W. Kent R.);Victory Medal (L-9624 Pte. F.W. Shaw. R.W. KentR.), good very finePair: Sergeant H. Mansell, Royal West KentRegiment1914-15 Star (1032 Sjt. H. Mansell. R.W. Kent R.);Victory Medal (1032 Sjt. H. Mansell. R.W. Kent R.),good very finePair: Private W.C. Gambrill, Royal West KentRegiment1914-15 Star (G-5947 Pte. W.C. Gambrill. R.W. KentR.); Victory Medal (GS-5947 Pte. W.C. Gambrill.R.W. Kent. R.), good very fine (10)

£100-140L-9624 Private Frederick William Shaw, served with theRoyal West Kent Regiment during the Great War; died31.12.1916, and is commemorated upon the BasraMemorial, Iraq.

1032 Sergeant Harry Mansell, born 1868; enlisted in theRoyal West Kent Regiment, 29.9.1914; promoted Corporal,30.9.1914; Sergeant, 22.10.1914; served during the GreatWar on the Western Front from 26.7.1915; discharged,21.12.1918, after 4 years and 84 days with the Colours.

G-5947 Private William Clarence Gabrill, bornNorthgate, Kent, August 1882; from a documented family ofwhom the father and all five sons served during the GreatWar, with one of his brothers, Private Stanley John Gambrill,being awarded the D.C.M.; enlisted in the Royal West KentRegiment, 15.3.1915, having previously served in the RoyalNavy, and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great Waron the Western Front from 29.4.1915; discharged followinggassing at Ypres 7.8.1915, died as a direct result, 7.12.1916,and is buried in the Fort Pitt Military Cemetery, Kent.

178Pair: Private E.A. Malins, Royal West KentRegimentBritish War and Victory Medals (GS-5793 Pte. E.A.Malins R.W. Kent R.), good very fine, with therecipient’s Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque(Ernest Arthur Malins) (2)

£70-90GS-5793 Private Ernest Arthur Malins, born Kingstonupon Thames, Surrey, January 1881; enlisted in the RoyalWest Kent Regiment, 22.2.1915; served with the 6thBattalion during the Great War; killed in action on theWestern Front, 2.7.1916, and is commemorated upon theThiepval Memorial, France.

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179Pair: Private F.B. Ellis, Royal West Kent RegimentBritish War and Victory Medals (205607 Pte. F.B.Ellis. R.W. Kent R.), good very fine, with the recipient’sGreat War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Fred BrookeEllis), this pierced at 3 and 9 o’clock; and a photographof the recipientPair: Private W.A. Carrington, London Regimentand Royal West Kent RegimentBritish War and Victory Medals (G-29300 Pte. W.A.Carrington 20-London R.), nearly extremely fine, withthe recipient’s Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque(William Alfred Carrington) (4)

£120-160205607 Private Fred Brooke Ellis, served with the 7thBattalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great Waron the Western Front; died of wounds, 13.1.1918 and isburied in the Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.

G-29300 Private William Alfred Carrington, bornBirmingham; served with the 20th Battalion LondonRegiment (Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment) duringthe Great War on the Western Front; died of wounds1.9.1918, and is buried in Heilly Station Cemetery, France.

180Pair: Lieutenant W.F. Cutbush, HampshireRegiment, Late Royal West Kent RegimentBritish War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. W.F.Cutbush), good very finePair: Private J.L.H. Falkner, Royal West KentRegimentBritish War and Victory Medals (L-10230 Pte. J.L.H.Falkner R.W. Kent R.), good very finePair: Private W.T. Pettit, London Regiment andRoyal West Kent RegimentBritish War and Victory Medals (635786 Pte. W.T.Pettit 20-Lond. R.), nearly extremely finePair: Private W.H. Wagstaff, Royal West KentRegimentBritish War and Victory Medals (G-20165 Pte. W.H.Wagstaff R.W. Kent R.), good very fine, together withhis identity tag (8)

£70-90Lieutenant William Francis Cutbrush, born Bury,Lancashire, November 1894; enlisted in the Royal West KentRegiment, 9.9.1914, and served with the Regiment duringthe Great War on the Western Front from 4.12.1916;advanced Company Sergeant Major; Commissioned SecondLieutenant, Hampshire Regiment, 27.2.1918; promotedLieutenant, 27.8.1919; relinquished his Commission,1.4.1920.

Private William H. Wagstaff, enlisted in the Royal WestKent Regiment 9.12.15; served with the Regiment duringthe Great War on the Western Front from 17.9.1917.

181Four: Sergeant J. Steptoe, Royal West KentRegiment, Recommended for a D.C.M. for HisGallantry in Saving a Wounded Comrade WhilstUnder Fire, July 19401939-1945 Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D.Oak Leaf; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., with ‘Territorial’scroll suspension (6345555 Sjt. J. Steptoe. R.W.K.),good very fine, together with the recipient’s M.I.D.Certificate, dated 20.12.1940; DunkerqueCommemoration Medal with Royal West KentRegiment emblem unofficially attached to riband, andaccompanying certificate; two photographs of therecipient, one in a glazed frame; 21st Army Groupcard from Field Marshal Montgomery; and two KentSchools Football Association medals and cloth badge(4)

£80-120M.I.D. London Gazette 20.12.1940 634555 L/Cpl J.Steptoe, The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment‘In recognition of distinguished services in connection withoperations in the field, March-June, 1940.’

634555 Sergeant John Steptoe, served with the 4thBattalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Second War;recommended for either the Distinguished Conduct Medalor the Military Medal, ‘for conspicuous gallantry anddevotion to duty on the 28th July 1940. When carrying outa reconnaissance of Steinhequn in the outpost position atdawn this N.C.O.’s platoon encountered enemy A.F.V.’s andsuffered casualties from very heavy machine gun fire. Theplatoon withdrew but L/Cpl. Steptoe, seeing that Pte. Hardyhad been left lying wounded in the road half a mile away, ranback and carried him in. This act of gallantry was a fineexample to others in the platoon’; in the event Steptoereceived his M.I.D. for this action.

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182Pair: Private R. Dunkley, Royal West KentRegiment1939-1945 Star; War Medal, good very fine, togetherwith the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book andcopied Prisoner of War documentPair: Corporal F.B. Hemsley, Royal West KentRegiment1939-1945 Star; War Medal, extremely fine, togetherwith named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. M.F.Hemsley, 65 Nursery Road, High Brooms, TunbridgeWells, Kent’, and named condolence slip (4)

£80-1206347101 Private Richard Dunkley, born 11.1.1919;enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment, 20.10.1939;served with the 6th Battalion during the Second World Warin France from 21.4.1940; taken Prisoner of War on theSomme, 24.5.1940; held in four Prisoner of War campsacross Poland; liberated 15.5.1945; discharged, 2.1.1946.

6345633 Corporal Frank Bernhard Hemsley, servedduring the Second World War with the 4th Battalion, RoyalWest Kent Regiment; died 28.5.1940, and is buried in LeGrand Hasard Military Cemetery, Morbecque, France.

183Pair: Corporal R. Vale, Royal West Kent RegimentGeneral Service 1962-2007, one clasp, Borneo(22775098 Cpl. R. Vale. Queens Own Buffs.),number officially corrected; Army Long Service &G.C., E.II.R., with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension(22775098 Cpl. R. Vale. Queens.), traces of lacquer onlatter, good very fine (2)

£70-90

184Egypt 1882-89, dated, no clasp (736. Sgt. J. Jones.1/R.W. Kent. R.), rank corrected, light pitting fromstar otherwise good very fine

£80-120

1851914-15 Star (8) (2124 Pte. G.H. Anchors. R.W.Kent R.; L-10562. Pte. W.G. Balcombe. R.W.Kent. R.; S-1106. Pte. J. Brooker. R.W. Kent. R.;2310 Pte. H. Burton. R.W. Kent R.; 5217 Pte.A.E. Field. R.W. Kent. R.; G-3681. L-Cpl. R.Goulding. R.W. Kent. R.; G-265. Pte. S. Jackson.R.W. Kent. R.; G. 6071. Pte. P.J. Watts. R.W.Kent. R.), generally very fine or better (8)

£140-180L-10562 Private Walter George Balcombe, bornHawkhurst, Kent, December 1889; enlisted in the RoyalWest Kent Regiment, 17.11.1914; served with the 1stBattalion during the Great War on the Western Front from29.4.1915; killed in action, 22.7.1916, on which date theBattalion was involved in the attack on Wood Lane, startingat 9:52pm- machine gun fire from the wood soon broughtattack to a standstill, with almost all officer casualties; totalcasualties were 421. He is buried in Caterpillar ValleyCemetery, Longueval, France.

S-1106 Private John Brooker, served with the 8thBattalion, Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great Waron the Western Front; killed in action 26.9.1915, when aspart of the 24th Division the Battalion suffered 24 Officersand 556 other ranks killed and wounded during thedisastrous attack on the German second position at Loos, andis commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.

5217 Private Albert Edward Field, M.M., born Chatham,Kent, November 1879; enlisted in the Royal West KentRegiment, 4.1.1915, and served during the Great War on theWestern Front from 24.7.1915; severely wounded by gunshot wound to the right thigh, 15.7.1916, and to the leftheel, 7.6.1917; awarded the Military Medal, (London Gazette11.11.1916).

G-3681 Lance Corporal Raymond Goulding, served withthe 8th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during theGreat War on the Western Front; killed in action 26.9.1915,when as part of the 24th Division the Battalion suffered 24Officers and 556 other ranks killed and wounded during thedisastrous attack on the German second position at Loos, andis commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.

G-6071 Private Percival John Watts, served with the 8thBattalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great Waron the Western Front; killed in action 5.11.1915, and isburied in Elzenwalle Brasserie Cemetery, Belgium.

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186British War Medal (7) (Capt. G.C. Golding.; LieutG.H. Wallington.; L-8926 S. Sgt. P.H. BroomR.W. Kent R.; L-9269 Pte. F.G. Smithers. R.W.Kent R.; GS-5422 Pte. J.T. Taylor. R.W. Kent R.;G-23672 Pte. W.J. Wooley. R.W. Kent R.; G-17903 Pte. C. Wright. R.W. Kent R.), generallynearly very fine or better (7)

£70-90Captain George Cecil Golding, born Tunbridge Wells,Kent; served with the Royal West Kent Regiment during theGreat War in India from 29.10.1914; promoted Captain1.6.1917.

Lieutenant G.H. Wallington, Commissioned SecondLieutenant, Royal West Kent Regiment, 27.6.1917.

L-9269 Private Frederick George Smithers, bornRochester, Kent; served during the Great War with the 2ndBattalion Royal West Kent Regiment; died whilst servingwith the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 14.9.1916, andis buried in Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.

GS-5422 Private James Taylor, served with the 8thBattalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great Waron the Western Front from 30.8.1915.

G-23672 Private William John Wooley, born 1889;enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment 11.12.1915;served during the Great War with the MesopotamiaExpeditionary Force from 3.5.1917.

187British War Medal (7) (Lieut. E.V. Stokes.; TF-2885 Pte. F.J. Court. R.W. Kent R.; G-15526 Pte.L. Crawley. R.W. Kent R.; GS-4065 Pte. J.Merritt. R.W. Kent R.; TF-241210 S. Smith. R.W.Kent R.; 6202 Pte. E.J. Spong. R.W. Kent R.; GS-7792 Pte. J. Tyrer. R.W. Kent R.), generally veryfine or better (7)

£80-120Lieutenant Eric Vincent Stokes, born June 1894;Commissioned Second Lieutenant 29.10.1914; promotedLieutenant 17.8.1915; served with the 5th Battalion RoyalWest Kent Regiment during the Great War from 8.11.1915.

TF-2885 Private Frederick John Court, born Deal, Kent,1896; served with the 2/4th Battalion Royal West KentRegiment during the Great War; died of wounds 9.5.1917,and is buried in Deir El Balah War Cemetery, Israel.

G-15526 Private Lawrence Crawley, born Bermondsey,Surrey, 1876; served with the 10th Battalion Royal WestKent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front;killed in action 7.6.1917, and is buried in the Bus HouseCemetery, Belgium.

GS-4065 Private Percy James Merritt, served with the 2ndBattalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great War aspart of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force; died ofwounds, 25.4.1916, and is buried in the Amara WarCemetery, Iraq.

TF-241210 Private Samuel Smith, enlisted in the RoyalWest Kent Regiment 8.12.1915; served with the 2ndBattalion during the Great War; discharged 12.11.1918.

6202 Private Ernest John Spong, enlisted in the RoyalWest Kent Regiment 19.4.1915; served with the 8thBattalion during the Great War on the Western Front1.10.1915; transferred into the Tank Corps 8.10.1917;discharged 16.2.1919.

188British War Medal (7) (2.Lieut. E.F. Allnutt.; 5229Pte. H.C. Bolton. R.W. Kent R.; G-31505 Pte.T.C. Evans. R.W. Kent R.; 4898 Pte. W. Love.R.W. Kent R.; GS-4055 Pte. A.T. Morgan. R.W.Kent R.; 2.Lieut. R. Standring; 242266 Pte. A.Youlton. R.W. Kent R.), generally very fine or better(7)

£80-120Lieutenant Ernest Francis Allnutt, born Bromley, Kent,September 1884; enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment,13.12.1916; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal WestKent Regiment 15.6.1917; promoted Lieutenant,30.11.1918; served with the Regiment in India from26.8.1917.

Lieutenant Rambert Standring, enlisted in the RoyalFusiliers, 11.9.1914; commissioned Second Lieutenant RoyalWest Kent Regiment, 31.8.1917; served with the 3rd and 6thBattalions during the Great War; promoted Lieutenant,14.11.1917; twice wounded in action, including a severeshell wound suffered to the left foot at Bouzincourt, France,30.6.1918.

189Victory Medal (8) (Capt H.V. Mitchell; Lieut. T.A.Stokes; G-12518 Pte. C. Ellis R.W. Kent R.; L-6724 Sjt. W.T. Fermor R.W. Kent R.; G-17816Pte. L.E. Griggs. R.W. Kent R.; 1160 Pte. J.H.Lomax. R.W. Kent R.; 204911 Pte. C.F. PageR.W. Kent R.; GS-9951 Pte. F. Ridall R.W. KentR.), generally very fine or better (8)

£100-140M.C. London Gazette 1.2.1919 T./Lt. Hubert VincentMitchell, 2nd Bn., E. Kent R., attd. 7th Bn.‘At Montauban, on 25th August, 1918, for gallant resourceduring the advance, when his men were held by a nest ofhostile machine-guns. Regardless of heavy fire, he crawledforward and located the post, which was then destroyed, thusenabling the advance to continue.’

Captain Herbert Vincent Mitchell, M.C., born Shaw,Lancashire, December 1892; enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers28.10.1914 and served with the 21st Battalion during theGreat War on the Western Front and as part of the SalonikaArmy; Commissioned Second Lieutenant East KentRegiment 5.8.1916; Lieutenant 5.2.1918; Captain7.11.1918; awarded the Military Cross 1.2.1919; transferredinto the Royal West Kent Regiment 1.8.1919; discharged20.8.1919.Lieutenant Thomas Alan Stokes, born June 1896;Commissioned Second Lieutenant Royal West KentRegiment 12.9.1914; promoted Lieutenant 1.6.1916; servedwith the 1/5th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment duringthe Great War in Mesopotamia from 5.12.1917; twicesuffered malaria.G-12518 Private Charles Ellis, served with the 8thBattalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great Waron the Western Front; killed in action 17.8.1916, and iscommemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.1160 Private John Henry Lomax, born 1896; enlisted inthe Royal West Kent Regiment 4.9.1914; served with the 7thBattalion during the Great War on the Western Front from26.7.1915; gun shot wound to the left knee 3.7.1916;transferred to the East Lancashire Regiment 29.3.1919.G-9951 Private Frederick Riddall, served with the 11thBattalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great Waron the Western Front; killed in action 31.7.1917, and iscommemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial,Belgium.

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190Victory Medal (7) (Capt. F.I. Harrison.; Lieut.C.J.A. Kysh.; GS-6860 Pte. W.D. Hardy. R.W.Kent R.; 997 Pte. W. George. R.W. Kent R.; GS-8055 Pte. E.N. Powell R.W. Kent R.; G-18521Pte. A.V. Terry R.W. Kent R.; GS-3068 Pte. J.Wolfers. R.W. Kent R.), generally very fine or better(8)

£70-90Captain Francis Ingleby Harrison, born Islington,London, April 1883; educated at Westminster and ChristChurch, Oxford; commissioned Second Lieutenant RoyalWest Kent Regiment 3.11.1915; served with the 3rdBattalion during the Great War on the Western Front from28.7.1916; promoted Lieutenant 1.7.1917; Captain8.5.1918; suffered gun shot wounds right thigh, left arm andright foot, died of wounds 8.5.1918, and is buried in the AireCommunal Cemetery, France.

Lieutenant Claude James Anthony Kysh, born St.Michael’s, Barbados, January 1894; commissioned SecondLieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment 21.10.1914; servedwith the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the WesternFront from 18.8.1915; suffered trench foot, November1915, due to ‘exposure on active service’; promotedLieutenant 22.12.1915; died 27.11.1918, and is buried inThorpe-next-Norwich (St. Andrew) Church Cemetery.

GS-6860 Private William Donald Hardy, born Brockley,Kent, 1897; served with the 6th Battalion Royal West KentRegiment during the Great War on the Western Front from14.12.1915; killed in action, 3.7.1916, on which date theBattalion formed part of the 34th Division during itsdisastrous advance on Ovillers, which cost the lives of 145members of the 6th Battalion and a total of nearly 2,400officers and men from the Division due to hostile artillery andmachine-gun fire, the failure was attributed to inadequateflank protection and the lack of any element of surprise. Heis commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

997 Private Walter George, served with the Royal WestKent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Frontfrom 12.9.1915.

GS-8055 Private Edward Norman Powell, served with the11th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the GreatWar on the Western Front; killed in action 8.4.1917, and isburied in Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Belgium.

191Victory Medal (8), (G-14753 Pte. A. Brice R.W.Kent R.; G-11030 Pte. H.E. Broxholme R.W.Kent R.; 7678 Pte. J.W. Bunyard R.W. Kent R.;203017 Pte. H.J. Constable R.W. Kent R.;202923 Pte. B.D. Hillsdon R.W. Kent R.; L-11185 Pte. W. Sendles R.W. Kent R.; GS-9797Pte. F. Stenning R.W. Kent R.; G-23143 Pte. S.M.Stodart R.W. Kent R.), generally nearly very fine orbetter, one with damage to suspender (8)

£80-120G-1103 Private Herbert E. Broxholme, enlisted in theRoyal West Kent Regiment 15.11.1915; discharged25.10.1918.

202923 Private Benjamin Daintry Hillsdon, served withthe 6th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during theGreat War on the Western Front; died of wounds16.10.1918, and is buried in King’s Walden (St. Mary)Churchyard, Hertfordshire.

G-23143 Private Sydney Maxwell Stodart, served with the6th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the GreatWar on the Western Front; died of wounds 6.5.1917 and isburied in Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France.

L-11185 Private Walter Sendles, born Loose, Kent,December 1896; enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment29.1.1916; served with the 7th Battalion during the GreatWar on the Western Front; suffered a gun shot wound to theleg 2.10.1917, gun shot wound to the back 1.5.1918, diedof his wounds in Rouen Hospital 21.5.1918, and is buried inSt. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.

GS-9797 Private Frank Stenning, born August 1896;enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment 2.9.1915; servedwith the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the WesternFront; discharged 18.4.1919.

192Territorial Force War Medal (1276 Pte. A.C. WhiteR.W. Kent R.), good very fine

£140-180

193Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (GeorgeFrederick Gibbon), good very fine, in card envelope ofissue; with the recipient’s Memorial Scroll, named‘Pte. George Frederick Gibbon, Royal W. Kent Regt.’;and two letters of condolence, addressed to Mrs M.Gibbon, 2 Horns Lane, Haverfordwest,Pembrokeshire

£70-9018198 Private George Frederick Gibbon, enlisted in theRoyal West Kent Regiment 15.11.1915; served with the 7thBattalion during the Great War on the Western Front; died5.5.1918, and is buried in Grand-Seraucourt BritishCemetery, France.

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194Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (2) (Philip FrankCross, Frank Palmer Thompson), first drilled at 12o’clock; second with hook suspension on reverse, otherwisegood very fine (2)

£120-160Second Lieutenant Philip Frank Cross, served with the 1stBattalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great Waron the Western Front; commissioned Second Lieutenant29.8.1915; killed in action during the disastrous attack onWood Lane, 22.7.1916, which began at 9.52pm but wassoon brought to a standstill after machine-gun fire cost 421casualties, almost all officers, he is commemorated on theThiepval Memorial, France.

203945 Lance Corporal Frank Palmer Thomson, servedwith the 3rd/4th Battalion Royal West Kent Regimentduring the Great War on the Western Front; killed in action7.7.1917, and is buried in the Sunken Road Cemetery,Fampoux, France.

195Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (William HenryPenney), good very fine, in card envelope of issue

£140-180D.C.M. London Gazette 1.4.1915 4558 Company SergeantMajor Penney, W.H., 1st Battalion, Royal West KentRegiment‘For gallant conduct and ability in the trenches from 23rd to28th October, 1914, especially in dealing with the enemy’sattempt at an outflanking movement.’

4558 Company Sergeant Major William Henry Penney,D.C.M., born Greenwich, Kent; served with the Regimentduring the Boer War and with the 1st Battalion Royal WestKent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Frontfrom 15.8.1914; played ‘a prominent part in the Battles ofMons, Le Cateau, the Marne, and the Aisne’; killed in actionat Neuve Chapelle 28.10.1914 ‘whilst rallying his men undervery heavy fire’, for which his D.C.M. was awarded, on theday of his death Penney ‘did splendid work, behaving withthe utmost coolness, walking along smoking a cigarette anddirecting the fire of his men calmly and collectedly, and thedetermination with which this improvised line kept theGermans at bay’, and is commemorated upon the Le TouretMemorial, France.

196Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (2) (VictorThomas Butler; Thomas Joseph Kevan), good veryfine (2)

£100-140G-2861 Private Victor Thomas Butler, served with the 8thBattalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great Waron the Western Front from 30.8.1915; killed in action,26.9.1915, and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial,France.

S-1020 Sergeant Thomas Joseph Kevan, enlisted in theRoyal West Kent Regiment, 28.9.1914; served with the 6thBattalion during the Great War on the Western Front; killedin action, 8.10.1915, and is commemorated upon the LoosMemorial, France.

197Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (2) (HaroldMerrett; Harry Vigus), good very fine (2)

£80-120G-9361 Private Harold Merrett, served with the 6thBattalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great Waron the Western Front; killed in action 3.5.1917, and iscommemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

G-19361 Private Harry Vigus, served with the 11thBattalion Royal West Kent Regiment during the Great Waron the Western Front; died of wounds 16.6.1917, and isburied in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.

198Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (2) (Henry Rich;William Henry Sherlock), good very fine (2)

£100-140205527 Private Henry Rich, served with the 10th BattalionRoyal West Kent Regiment during the Great War on theWestern Front; killed in action 9.8.1917 and iscommemorated upon the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial,Belgium.

3729 Private William Henry Sherlock, bornSittingbourne, Kent; served with the 1st Battalion Royal WestSurrey Regiment during the Great War on the WesternFront; killed in action 15.7.1916 and is commemorated uponthe Thiepval Memorial, France.

199General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya(22522163 Pte. W.A. Thompson. R.W.K.), nearlyextremely fineGeneral Service 1962-2007, one clasp Borneo(23663769 L/Cpl. G.W. Kemp. Queens OwnBuffs.), nearly extremely fine (2)

£80-120

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200France, Kingdom, First Restoration 1814-15, Legionof Honour, Commander’s neck Badge, 91mmincluding crown suspension x 64mm, gold andenamel, enamel damage to wreath, otherwise good veryfine, rare

£3,000-4,000

201France, Kingdom, Second Restoration 1815-30,Legion of Honour, Commander’s neck Badge, 87mmincluding crown suspension x 59mm, gold andenamel, good very fine

£1,600-2,000

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202France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour,Chevalier’s breast Badge, 66mm including crownsuspension x 42mm, silver, gold, and enamel, poinconmark on obverse, enamel damage to points of badge andmotto, good fine

£100-140

203France, Kingdom, Second Restoration 1815-30,Royal and Military Order of St. Louis, Chevalier’sbreast Badge, 38mm, gold and enamel, balls to pointsof cross, good very fine, with rosette on riband

£300-400

204France, Kingdom, Second Restoration 1815-30,Royal and Military Order of St. Louis, Chevalier’sbreast Badge, 38mm, gold and enamel, balls to pointsof cross, significant white enamel damage, thereforenearly very fine

£250-300

205Italy, Tuscany, Order of St. Stephen, Grand Officer’sStar, silver, gold, and enamel, good very fine, scarce

£700-900

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£400-500


207Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Anne, an early‘slim’ First Class sash Badge, gold (56zolotniki) and dark red enamel, manufacturer’smark ‘L.W.’, gold mark and 1865-1896 assayoffice mark on suspension ring and on loop,extremely fine

£1,600-2,000

208Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Anne, SecondClass neck Badge, gold and enamel, large courtstamp on reverse, no maker’s mark, obversecentral medallion missing, otherwise extremelyfine

£400-500

209Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Anne, an earlybullion Star, 84mm, silver-bullion with silverwire thread, original papered reverse, good fine,scarce

£600-800

210Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Anne, First ClassStar, by Schubert, St. Petersburg, 87mm, silver(84 zolotniki) and enamel, gilded reverse,screwback type, maker’s mark, and 1865-1896assay office mark on reverse and on securingplate, silver mark on reverse, good very fine

£1,400-1,800Probably a privately-commissioned Star for weareither by a Cavalry officer or other mounted official.

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211Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Anne, First ClassStar, 84mm, silver, gold, and enamel, ofContinental manufacture, tip to one ray of starbroken, and enamel damage to one arm of centralcross, otherwise good very fine

£300-400

212Spain, Kingdom, Order of Mary Louisa, Lady’sBadge, 70mm including wreath suspension x48mm, gold and enamel, minor purple enameldamage to arms of cross on obverse, therefore veryfine, with lady’s bow riband

£700-900

213Miniature Awards:France, Kingdom, Legion of Honour, gold andenamel; France, Kingdom, Royal and MilitaryOrder of St. Louis, gold and enamel; France,Kingdom, Order of the Lily, silver, gold, andenamel; France, Kingdom, Order of the Lily,silver and enamel; France, Second Empire, St.Helena Medal, bronze; Italy, Tuscany, Order ofSt. Stephen, gold and enamel; Italy, Parma,Order of St. Louis, silver and enamel, generallynearly very fine or better (7)

£80-120

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x214Austria, Empire, Order of Leopold, Knight’s breast Badge, withWar Decoration wreath, 59mm including crown suspension x30mm, gilt and enamel, good very fineAustria, Empire, Cross of Merit, First Class, with crown, 60mm x36mm, gilt and enamel, good very fineAustria, Empire, Bravery Medal ‘Der Tapferkeit’, Franz Joseph,3rd type, by Leisek, gilt, good very fine (3)

£100-140

x215Austria, Empire, Order of the Iron Crown, Commander’s neckBadge, by Köchert, Vienna, 65mm including crown suspension x32mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with iron insert in crown, minorenamel damage to ‘rubies’ on crown, reverse shield, and reverse insertof suspension crown, otherwise good very fine

£180-220

216Austria, Empire, Order of FranzJoseph, Civil Division, Commander’spin-back Badge, by Vinc Mayer’s Söhne,Vienna, 75mm including crownsuspension x 40mm, silver-gilt andenamel, with additional green enamelbands from crown, maker’s cartoucheand silver marks on reverse, andadditional silver mark on retaining pin,small test mark on reverse, otherwisenearly extremely fine, scarce

£200-240

217Austria, Empire, Red CrossDecoration, Second Class breast Badge,45mm x 37mm, silver and enamel, withWar Decoration wreath, minor enameldamage, very fine, on ladies bow riband

£50-70

x218Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold,Civil Division, Commander’s neckBadge, 83mm including crownsuspension x 53mm, silver-gilt andenamel, French motto, very fine, withneck riband, in Galère, Brussels, case ofissue

£100-140

219Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold,Civil Division, Commander’s neckBadge (2), 93mm including crownsuspension x 59mm, gilt and enamel, bi-lingual motto; 89mm including crownsuspension x 57mm, gilt and enamel, bi-lingual motto, good very fine or better,both with neck ribands, one in G.Wolfers, Brussels, box of issue (2)

£180-220

220Belgium, Kingdom, Order of theCrown, Commander’s neck Badge,78mm including wreath suspension x58mm, gilt and enamel, very fine, withneck ribandBelgium, Kingdom, Order of theCrown, Officer’s breast Badge, 60mmincluding wreath suspension x 43mm,silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, good veryfine, with rosette on riband, in Deses,Antwerp, case of issue, with relatedminiature award (2)

£100-140

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221Family Group:Honours and Awards Attributed to Dr. S.G. Kirkby-Gomes, MedicalOfficer, Peking-Mukden Railwaya) China, Republic, Order of the Golden Grain, Second Class Star, 88mm, silver,silver-gilt, and enamel, reverse lacking pin retaining hookb) China, Republic, Order of the Golden Grain, Fifth Class breast Badge, 70mmincluding suspension x 46mm, silver-gilt and enamelc) China, Republic, Transport and Communications Merit Medal, silver andenamel, minor enamel last, otherwise very fine

Medals Attributed to Miss S.M.H. Kirkby-Gomes, Auxiliary TerritorialServiceMiniature Awards: Defence and War Medals, extremely fine, mounted as worn,together with (full-size) unofficial Badges of the Order of St. John of Jerusalemand the Red Cross, gilt and enamel, both with top riband pins; and a Star, silverand enamel, with a central red cross surrounded by the motto ‘in hoc signovinces’, all worn by the recipient (lot)

£800-1,200China, Order of the Golden Grain, Second Class London Gazette 24.8.1920 Sidney GeraldKirkby-Gomes, Esq., F.R.C.S. (Ed.)‘In recognition of valuable services rendered.’

China, Order of the Golden Grain, Fifth Class London Gazette 7.3.1916 Sidney GeraldKirkby-Gomes, Esq., Medical Officer, Peking-Mukden Railway, Peking‘In recognition of valuable services rendered.’

Doctor Sidney Gerald Kirkby-Gomes, was educated at Edinburgh University, andsubsequently practiced as a gynaecologist in London; declared Bankrupt in December1912, he emigrated to China and was appointed Medical Officer of the Peking-MukdenRailway.

Miss Sybil Margaret Holwell Kirkby-Gomes, daughter of Doctor S.G. Kirkby-Gomes,Commissioned Company Assistant, Auxiliary Territorial Service, 7.11.1938, and servedthroughout the Second World War as a Second Subaltern in the A.T.S.

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x222Denmark, Kingdom, Order of the Dannebrog,C.X.R. (1912-47), Commander’s neck badge, 82mmincluding crown suspension x 41mm, silver-gilt andenamel, minor enamel chipping, good very fine

£200-240

x223France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, 1852-70type, Officer’s breast Badge, 63mm including crownsuspension x 42mm, gold and enamel, poincon markon obverse, enamel damage to wreath and tips of star,therefore very fine, with rosette on riband

£240-280

x224France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Officer’sbreast Badge, 56mm including wreath suspension x43mm, gold and enamel, enamel damage to wreathand one arm of reverse, otherwise nearly very fine, withshell of rosette on riband

£70-90

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225A French Group of Eleven to Chef de BataillonA.L.B. Villermain, French Armya) France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour,Chevalier’s breast Badge, 55mm including wreathsuspension x 42mm, silver, gold, and enamel, enameldamage throughoutb) France, Third Republic, Order of AgriculturalMerit, Chevalier’s breast Badge, 42mm x 36mm,silver-gilt and enamelc) France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, reversedated 1914-1917, bronze, with bronze star on ribandd) France, Third Republic, Colonial Medal 1893, oneclasp, Tunisie, silvere) France, Third Republic, War CommemorativeMedal 1914-18, bronzef) France, Third Republic, Allied Victory Medal,bronzeg) France, Third Republic, French Society of WarWounded Medal 1864-66, silverh) France, Third Republic, Union Nationale desCombattants Medal for Veterans of the Great War,bronzei) Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Officer’sbreast badge, 60mm including wreath suspension x44mm, gilt and enamel, with rosette on ribandj) Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, CivilDivision, Chevalier’s breast Badge, 65mm includingcrown suspension x 42mm, silver, silver-gilt, andenamel, French mottok) Romania, Kingdom, War Commemorative Cross1916-18, bronze, generally good very fine, togetherwith a quantity of original documents and papers,approximately 36, including the recipient’s ServiceBook; Wound Certificate 1886; notification of theaward of the Legion of Honour, dated 1890; ColonialMedal award document, dated 1894; commissiondocuments; military certificates &c. (11)

£240-280Chef de Bataillon Achille Léonard Boniface Villermain,born in Antibes, Alpes Maritimes, February 1848; enlisted inthe French Army, February 1866, and served with the 3rdRegiment de Voltigeurs, Garde Impériale; promotedCorporal, September 1866; Sergeant, March 1868; Sergeant-Major, August 1869; Commissioned Adjutant and SousLieutenant, July 1870, and served with the 83rd and 99thRegiment of Infantry; promoted Lieutenant, May 1879;Captain, March 1883; subsequently served as Acting Majorand latterly attained the rank of Chef de Bataillon of the122nd Regiment of Infantry.

x226Germany, Bavaria, Order of St. Michael,Commander’s neck Badge, 82mm including crownsuspension x 48mm, gold and enamel, extremely fine

£1,400-1,800

227Germany, Bavaria, Order of St. Michael, Knight’sbreast Badge, 59mm including crown suspension x35mm, silver and enamel, enamel damage to reverse toparm, therefore good very fine

£160-200

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228Germany, Bavaria, Order of Military Merit,Knight’s breast Badge, pre-1905 versionwithout flames in angles, 46mm includingcrossed swords x 40mm, silver and enamel,uniface swords, nearly extremely fine

£80-120

229Germany, Hohenzollern, Royal House Order,Military Division, Knight’s breast Badge, by Syand Wagner, Berlin, 61mm including crownsuspension x 38mm, silver-gilt and enamel,Prussian eagle at centre, maker’s mark and silvermark to base, minor blue enamel damage,otherwise good very fine

£160-200

230Germany, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Order of the Griffin, Commander’s neck Badge,63mm, silver-gilt and enamel, about extremely fine

£300-350

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231Germany, Oldenburg, House and Merit Order ofPeter Frederick Louis, Civil Division, Officer’s breastBadge, by Knauer, Pforzheim, pin-back version,44mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker’s name on pin,extremely fine, scarce

£300-350

232Germany, Prussia, Order of the Red Eagle, FourthClass breast Badge, 39mm, silver and enamel,extremely fine

£60-80

x233Germany, Prussia, Order of the Crown,Commander’s neck Badge, 51mm, gold and enamel,base of cross marked ‘N’, extremely fine, with half-width neck riband, in embossed case of issue

£400-500

234Germany, Prussia, Order of the Crown, Fourth Classbreast Badge, by Wilm, Berlin, 43mm, silver-gilt andenamel, maker’s name between arms of cross,extremely fineGermany, Prussia, Medal of the Order of the Crown,gilt, extremely fine (2)

£100-140

x235A German Great War Iron Cross PairGermany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Classbreast Badge, silver and iron centre; Germany,Hanseatic States, Hanseatic Cross, 40mm, silver andenamel, with tower central medallion for Hamburg,good very fine, mounted as originally worn (2)

£40-60

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236Germany, Saxony, Military Order of St. Henry, GrandCross set of Insignia, neck Badge breast Badge, 78mmincluding crown suspension x 53mm, silver-gilt andenamel; Star, 75mm, silver-gilt and enamel, silver markto retaining pin, nearly extremely fine, in Schott,Frankfurt, case of issue, the lid embossed ‘G.B.’ (2)

£8,000-10,000

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237Germany, Saxony, Military Order of St. Henry,Knight’s breast Badge, 54mm including crownsuspension x 38mm, silver-gilt and enamel, minorgreen enamel damage, good very fine

£280-320

x238Germany, Saxony, Order of Albert, 2nd type, CivilDivision, Commander’s neck Badge, 89mm includingcrown suspension x 53mm, gold and enamel, enamelrepair to lower arm of cross, otherwise extremely fine

£1,000-1,400

239Germany, Saxony, Order of Albert, 2nd type, CivilDivision, Knight’s breast Badge, 43mm x 38mm,silver-gilt and enamel, maker’s mark ‘S’ on lower armof cross, extremely fine

£160-200

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x240Germany, Saxony, Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 2nd

type, Civil Division, Knight First Class breast Badge,68mm including crown suspension x 44mm, gold andenamel, reverse central medallion slightly loose, otherwiseabout extremely fine

£300-350

241Germany, Saxony, Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 2ndtype, Civil Division, Knight First Class breast Badge,67mm including crown suspension x 44mm, silver-giltand enamel, minor enamel damage to one tip of crossand part of wreath, otherwise extremely fine

£300-350PROVENANCE:Neville Collection (the actual badge illustrated in his 1974book on German Orders)

x242Germany, Schaumburg-Lippe, House Order, 1sttype, Gold Merit Cross, silver-gilt, very fine

£80-120

x243Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer, 2nd type,a Fine Quality Commander’s neck Badge, 73mmincluding wreath suspension x 47mm, gold andenamel, extremely fine

£350-400

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244An Irish 1916 Medal Pair to Commandant C.McGeever, Infantry CorpsIreland, Republic, 1916 Medal, bronze, unnamed asissued, with integral top riband bar; Ireland, Republic,General Service Medal 1917-21, one clasp, Comrac,bronze, unnamed as issued, with integral top ribandbar, nearly extremely fine, both in boxes of issue, withthe following documents &c.:- The recipient’s Service Certificate 1916-21- Commission appointing the recipient a SecondLieutenant, dated 1.10.1924- Commission appointing the recipient a Captain,dated 25.6.1938- The recipient’s Certificate of Graduation Commandand Staff School, Military College, dated 18.3.1949- Group photograph of Tenth Command and StaffCourse, 1947-48 (2)

£3,000-4,000

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x245Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Grand Officer’sset of Insignia, by Cravanzola, Rome, neck Badge,52mm, gold and enamel, maker’s name on base; Star,76mm, silver, gold, and enamel, maker’s cartouche onreverse, nearly extremely fine, with neck riband (2)

£300-350

246A Group of Medals Attributed to an ItalianGenerala) Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown,Commander’s neck Badge, 51mm, gold and enamel,lacking reverse central medallion, with neck ribandb) Italy, Kingdom, Order of St. Maurice and St.Lazarus, Commander’s neck Badge, 85mm includingcrown suspension x 53mm, gold and enamel, crownunofficially attached, with neck riband, together with aKnight’s breast Badge, 60mm including crownsuspension x 37mm, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, thiswith enamel damagec) Italy, Kingdom, Al Valore Militare, silver, unnamedas issued, together with another similard) Italy, Kingdom, Independence Medal, silver, withfour date bars, ‘1849’ (War with Austria), ‘1859’ (Warwith Austria), ‘1866’ (War with Austria), and ‘1870’(Capture of Rome)e) Italy, Roman Republic Merit Medal 1848, silver,‘Lupa’ on obverse; trophy of arms on reverse, generallyvery fine or better, together with the group of elevenminiature awards attributed to the recipient, mountedas worn ‘Continental style’ on a double braid goldchain, with gold fixing pins at either end (lot)

£700-900


x247Italy, Kingdom, Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus,Commander’s neck Badge, 78mm including crownsuspension x 52mm, gold and enamel, extremely fine,with neck riband, in Raviolo and Gardino, Rome,embossed case of issue

£240-280

x248Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Roman Eagle, GrandOfficer’s Star, with Swords, by Gardino, Rome, 85mm,silver, gilt, and enamel, maker’s cartouche on reverse,good very fine, scarce

£400-500

249Italy, Parma, Sacred and Military Constantine Orderof St. George, Grand Officer’s set of Insignia, neckBadge, 64mm including crown suspension x 40mm,silver-gilt and enamel; Star, 94mm, silver, silver-gilt,and enamel, gilding rubbed in parts, therefore very fine,scarce, with neck riband

£240-280

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x250Italy, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Royal Order ofFrancis I, Grand Officer’s set of Insignia, by Rothe,Vienna, neck Badge, 98mm including crownsuspension x 63mm, silver-gilt and enamel; Star,80mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s name onretaining pin, extremely fine (2)

£1,200-1,600


x251Italy, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Royal Order of FrancisI, A Superb Quality c.1830 Knight’s breast Badge, 58mmincluding crown suspension x 40mm, gold and enamel,minor white enamel damage to tips of top arm of cross, andminor blue enamel damage to motto on reverse, otherwiseextremely fine, in fitted Lemaitre, Paris, red leather case

£600-800

252Japan, Empire, Order of the Rising Sun, Third Class neckBadge, 82mm including paulownia flowers x 54mm, silver-gilt and enamel, red cabochon in centre, top ray of badge bentand enamel lacking, top suspension ring damaged, thereforenearly very fine or better, with neck riband

£180-220

x253Japan, Empire, Order of the Rising Sun, Third Class neckBadge, 82mm including paulownia flowers x 54mm, silver-gilt and enamel, red cabochon in centre, nearly extremelyfine

£180-220

x254Japan, Empire, Order of the Sacred Treasure, Second ClassStar, 74mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, minor damage tosacred beads, generally very fine

£200-240

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x255Japan, Manchukuo, Order of the Auspicious Clouds,First Class set of Insignia, sash Badge, 108mmincluding orchid suspension x 70mm, silver-gilt andenamel; Star, 91mm, silver and enamel, enameldamage to central medallion on star, otherwise good veryfine, scarce (2)

£1,800-2,200

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256Liberia, Republic, Order of the Pioneers of Liberia,Grand Officer’s set of Insignia, neck Badge, 89mmincluding wreath suspension x 61mm, silver-gilt andenamel, minor damage to one tip; Star, 95mm, silver,silver-gilt, and enamel, silver marks to retaining pin,good very fine, with neck riband, in Bacqueville, Paris,case of issue (2)

£700-900

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x257Liberia, Republic, Order of the Star of Africa, First Class set of Insignia, sash Badge, 91mm including wreath suspensionx 57mm, silver-gilt and enamel, silver mark to ring; Star, 74mm, silver-gilt and enamel, silver mark to retaining pin, minorenamel damage to tips of star on Badge, otherwise good very fine, with full sash riband and lapel rosette, in Chobillon, Paris,case of issue (2)

£400-500

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258Luxembourg, Grand Duchy, Order of the Oak Crown, Grand Cross set of Insignia,sash Badge, 57mm, silver-gilt and enamel; Star, 88mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel,very fine, with full sash riband, in case of issue (2)

£800-1,200

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259Malta, Order of Malta, Knight of Honour andDevotion’s neck Badge, 136mm including crown andtrophy of arms suspension x 48mm, silver-gilt, gilt,and enamel, trophy of arms suspension with LatinCross, minor enamel restoration to top arm of cross, andsmall Maltese cross on breast plate in trophy of armssuspension, otherwise good very fine, with neck ribandand miniature award, in Tanfani & Bertarelli, Rome,case of issue

£300-400

x260Malta, Order of Malta, Grand Priory of Bohemia,Knight’s neck Badge, 72mm including crownsuspension x 45mm, gold and enamel, eagles in armsof cross, extremely fine, in fitted case of issue

£240-280

x261Montenegro, Kingdom, Order of the Freedom ofMontenegro, breast Badge, 45mm x 40mm, gilt andenamel, nearly extremely fine, scarce

£180-220

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x262Netherlands, Kingdom, Order of Orange Nassau,Military Division, Grand Officer’s set of Insignia, byCasa Condecoracoes, Lisbon, neck Badge, 88mmincluding crown suspension x 57mm, silver, silver-gilt,and enamel; Star, 86mm silver, silver-gilt, and enamel,maker’s cartouche on reverse, enamel cracking anddamage to both, nearly very fine, with length of neckriband for display purposes (2)

£240-280

x263Norway, Kingdom, Order of St Olav, Knight’s breastBadge, 1st type, by Tostrup, Oslo, 59mm includingcrown suspension x 40mm, gold and enamel, goldmark and maker’s mark below crown, extremely fine

£300-350

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x264Portugal, Kingdom, Order of the Tower and the Sword, Grand Cross Collar Chain andBadge, by da Costa, Lisbon, Collar Chain, 850mm, silver, twenty medallions in alternateTower and Sword arrangement, with central maker’s cartouche link; Badge Appendant,75mm x 67mm, silver and enamel, silver mark on suspension ring, minor enamel damage toobverse motto and to some points of star on Badge, otherwise good very fine, in box of issue (2)

£1,000-1,400

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x265Portugal, Kingdom, Order of the Tower and theSword, Grand Cross sash Badge, 73mm x 65mm,silver-gilt and enamel, central medallion slightly loose,otherwise very fine, with full sash riband

£300-350

x266Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Vladimir, Second Classneck Badge, with Swords, 47mm, gold (56 zolotniki)and enamel, 1908-17 kokoshnik mark on hilt of swordand suspension ring, indistinct maker’s mark onsuspension ring, very fine

£600-800

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267Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Stanislas, Second Classneck Badge, by Eduard, St. Petersburg, 48mm, gold(56 zolotniki) and enamel, maker’s name and mark onreverse, gold mark on suspension ring, nearly extremelyfine, with neck riband, in embossed red leather box ofissue, with the Bestowal Document for the award,named to a Monsieur Salaun, and dated 17.8.1914

£1,400-1,800

x268Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Stanislas, Second Classneck Badge, with Swords, by Eduard, St. Petersburg,48mm, gold (56 zolotniki) and enamel, maker’s nameand mark on reverse, 1908-17 kokoshnik marks ontwo arcs, suspension ring, and two points of cross,Eagles in angles and crossed swords replaced, otherwisenearly extremely fine, with neck riband

£500-700

269Russia, Imperial, Medal for the Boxer Rebellion1900-01, silver, good very fineRussia, Imperial, Medal for the Russo-Japanese War1904-05, bronze, nearly very fineRussia, Imperial, Medal for the 100th Anniversary ofthe War of 1812, bronze, good very fineRussia, Imperial, Badge of the 4th Infantry Divisionfor the Kerensky Offensive, 18th June 1917, silver andenamel, good very fine (4)

£100-140The Kerensky Offensive, named after the Minister of War inthe provisional Russian Government, was the last Russianoffensive action of the Great War, 1-19.7.1917 (18.6-6.6.1917 in the Julian Calendar).

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x270San Marino, Republic, Order of San Marino, 2ndtype, Commander’s neck Badge, 84mm includingcrown suspension x 56mm, silver-gilt and enamel,minor enamel damage to reverse lower arm, otherwisegood very fine

£160-200

271Serbia, Principality, Order of Cross of Takovo, CivilDivision, Commander’s neck Badge, by Rothe,Vienna, M.O.IV, 71mm including crown suspension x42mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker’s mark and silvermark on obverse and suspension ring, blue enamelaround central medallion repaired, otherwise very fine,with neck riband

£300-350

x272Sweden, Kingdom, Order of the Sword, Knight’sbreast Badge, by C.F. Carlman, Stockholm, 58mmincluding crown and crossed swords suspension x38mm, gold and enamel, maker’s mark and goldmarks to base, extremely fine

£160-200

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x273Sweden, Kingdom, Order of the North Star, A Fine QualityGrand Cross with Collar set of Insignia, Collar Chain,1150mm, gilt and enamel, with 20 medallions comprising ofalternate crowned ciphers and North Stars; BadgeAppendant, 80mm including crown suspension x 54mm,gold and enamel, ball on one point of cross detached butpresent; Star, 73mm, silver, minor enamel damage to Collarmedallions, otherwise extremely fine, all housed in a custom-made fitted Spink, London, case (3)

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x275Sweden, Kingdom, Order of the North Star, Knight’sbreast Badge, by C.F. Carlman, Stockholm, 57mmincluding crown suspension x 38mm, gold andenamel, maker’s mark and gold marks to base,extremely fine

£140-180

x276Sweden, Kingdom, Medal for the 1912 StockholmOlympics, silver, nearly extremely fine

£80-120

x277Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Medjidieh, FirstClass Star, 86mm x 83mm, silver, gold applique, andenamel, silver mark and Mint mark on reverse, goodvery fine

£300-350

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278A Fine Army Large Gold Medal to Lieutenant-General F. Maitland, Aide-de-Camp to Sir CharlesGrey in the West Indies, 1793-94, Secretary to SirRalph Abercromby, 1795-99; MaitlandCommanded A Brigade in the Attacks on theDanish Virgin Islands, 1801, And Served AsSecond in Command of the Expedition toSurinam, 1804. He Was Governor of Grenada,1805-1812; And Second in Command toLieutenant-General Sir George Beckwith For theMartinique Expedition, January-February 1809,During Which He Commanded a Division. HeOrchestrated the Capture of ‘The Saints’ IslandsFrom the French, April 1809, “A Brilliant LittleEnterprise Admirably Combined AndConducted”; And In Recognition of His ServiceWas Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Dominica,1813General Officer’s Army Large Gold Medal forMartinique (Major Genl. Fredk. Maitland.), extremelyfine, with all the proper gold suspension fittings andfull neck cravat, housed in a contemporary woodendisplay frame

£30,000-40,000Lieutenant-General Frederick Maitland (1763-1848) wasthe youngest son of General Sir Alexander Maitland andgrandson of Charles Maitland, 6th Earl of Lauderdale. Hecame from a distinguished military family, and was also firstcousin of Rear Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland, R.N.and a cousin of General Sir Peregrine Maitland.Frederick Maitland was commissioned Ensign, 14th Foot,1779. He served in a marine capacity with H.M.S. Union for18 months as part of the Channel fleet. He was present at therelief of Gibraltar by the fleet under Admiral Darby in 1781,and subsequently served 15 months at Jamaica. He waspromoted Lieutenant in 1782, and was removed to the 30thFoot. Maitland was employed as Assistant Quarter-Master-General in the West Indies, from 1787. He took part in theattack on French held Tobago in April 1793, and was one ofa force of 500 men under Major-General C. Cuyler at thecapture of Fort Castries. British losses amounted to 3 killedand 24 wounded, whilst the French suffered 6 killed, 7wounded, and approximately 200 captured. Maitland wasalso engaged in a naval action during this brief campaign,when he commanded the Marines of H.M.S. Fairy (CaptainJohn Laforey). The 18 gun sloop was involved in aninconclusive engagement against a French 32 gun frigate,which eventually broke off and escaped.Maitland returned to England and received the brevet ofMajor. He was appointed Aide-de-Camp to Sir Charles Grey(later 1st Earl Grey), and was present at the relief of Nieuportin October 1793. Maitland accompanied Grey when he wasappointed the commander of the West Indian expedition.In early 1794, Grey and Admiral Sir John Jervis led a Britishforce to capture Martinique. The campaign lasted about sixweeks culminating in the capture of Fort Royal and Fort SaintLouis on 22nd March, and Fort Bourbon two days later. TheBritish then occupied Martinique until the Treaty of Amiensreturned the island to the French in 1802. Maitland also tookpart in the attack on Guadaloupe. After the latter action hewas appointed Deputy Adjutant-General, and received thebrevet of Lieutenant-Colonel.Maitland obtained a Majority in the 9th Foot in October1794, before returning to England the following year. Afterthree months at home he was appointed Secretary to GeneralSir Ralph Abercromby, and returned with him to the WestIndies. Having advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel, 9th Foot,

Maitland removed to the 27th Foot in November 1796. Inthe same year he was present at the attacks on St. Lucie, St.Vincent, and Grenada; and on Trinidad and Porto Rico thefollowing year. Once again Maitland was involved in a navalaction when he commanded the cabin guns of H.M.S.Arethusa during the capture of the French corvette LaGaieté.Maitland accompanied Abercromby to Scotland, and then toIreland, before taking part in the expedition to the Helder in1799. At the end of the year he was appointed Quarter-Master-General in the West Indies. Maitland served in thiscapacity for six years, during which time he commanded abrigade in the attacks on the Danish Virgin Islands, and theSwedish held St. Barts in 1801. He also took part in thecapture of the island of St. Martin from the French in thesame year.In 1804 Maitland transferred to the 29th Foot, andcommanded a brigade during the expedition to Surinam. TheBritish forces (of which he was second in command)comprised of a naval squadron under the command ofCommodore S. Hood, and troops from the 16th, 64th Foot,and the 6th West India Regiment, all under the overallcommand of Major-General Sir Charles Green. The Dutch-held colony was captured, with the garrison being carried5.5.1804.In March 1805 Maitland was appointed Governor ofGrenada. In October of the same year he advanced to therank of Major-General. Two years later he saw further actionduring the recapture of the Danish Virgin Islands of StThomas and Santa Cruz, which had been returned after theTreaty of Amiens in 1802. Coincidentally Maitland receivedthe surrender of St Thomas from the same Governor he hadreceived it from in 1801.

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Martinique Expedition - Second In CommandOn the 30th January 1809 a British force under the overallcommand of Lieutenant-General Sir George Beckwith waslanded on the French held island of Martinique. The landforce of approximately 10,000 men was comprised of troopsfrom the 7th, 8th, 13th, 15th, 23rd, 25th, 60th, 63rd and90th Regiments of Foot, additionally aided by the 1st WestIndian Regiment and men of the Royal York Rangers.Beckwith remained offshore on H.M.S. Neptune, whilst thetroops were split into two divisions under the command ofMaitland and Major-General Sir George Prevost.Maitland landed his division first, at Sainte-Luce, supervisedby Captain W.C. Fahie, R.N. The other division wassubsequently landed at Le Robert. A third force, under aMajor Henderson and consisting entirely of 600 soldiersfrom the Royal York Rangers, landed at Cape Salomon nearLes Anses-d’Arlet on the south-western peninsula to securethe entrance to Fort-de-France Bay.During the first day of the invasion, the two main forcesmade rapid progress inland, forcing the French back. On the1st February Prevost’s division under the direct command ofBrigadier-General D. Hoghton attacked the defenders on theheights of Desfourneaux and Surirey. Fighting was fiercethroughout the next two days, as the outnumbered Frenchused the fortified high ground to hold back a series of frontalassaults. By the 3rd February the French had been forced towithdraw to Fort Desaix near the capital. Progress was alsomade at Cape Salomon, where the appearance of Britishtroops panicked the French defenders into burning a navalbrig and retreating to the small island, Ilot aux Ramiers,offshore. Henderson’s men, assisted by a naval brigade underCaptain G. Cockburn, R.N. set up batteries on the coast andby 4th February had bombarded the island into surrender,opening the principal harbour of Martinique to naval attack.On 8th February, Maitland’s force arrived on the western sideof Fort Desaix and laid siege to it. Two days later Prevost’sforce linked up with Maitland’s, to continue the siege on FortDesaix, which had become the only remaining point ofresistance.For nine days, ‘the British soldiers and sailors of theexpeditionary force constructed gun batteries and trenchesaround the fort, bringing ashore large quantities of suppliesand equipment in readiness for a lengthy siege. At 16:30 on19th February the preparations were complete and thebombardment began, 14 heavy cannon and 28 mortarsbeginning a continuous attack on the fort which lasted forthe next four days. French casualties in the overcrowded fortwere severe, with 200 men killed or wounded. Britishcasualties were minimal, with five killed and 11 wounded,principally in an explosion in an ammunition tent manned bysailors from HMS Amaranthe. At 12:00 on 23rd February,Villaret de Joyeuse’s trumpeter was sent to the British campwith a message proposing surrender terms. These wereunacceptable to Beckwith and the bombardment resumed at22:00, continuing until 09:00 the following morning whenthree white flags were raised over the fort and the Frenchadmiral surrendered unconditionally. The bombardment hadcracked the roof of the fort’s magazine, and there were fearsthat further shelling might have ignited the gunpowder anddestroyed the building completely.’ (The Naval History ofGreat Britain, W. James refers)British losses for the expedition were 3 officers and 81 menkilled, 9 officers and 325 men wounded. Upon entering thefort, ‘amongst the booty were two of the cherished Frencheagle standards of the 62nd and 80th Regiments which werethe first to be taken to England and were lain at the King’sfeet with much pomp and celebration.’

Capture of ‘The Saints’After the success of Martinique, Maitland was employedwhen, ‘during the month of April [1809] a French squadron,consisting of three sail of the line and two frigates fromL’Orient, took refuge at the islands bearing the name of ‘TheSaints’, where they were blockaded by Admiral Cochrane. SirGeorge Beckwith at once sent General Maitland with a forceof 2,800 men, including the 3rd Battalion of the 60th andthe flank companies of the 4th Battalion, to reduce theFrench ports in the islands.On the morning of the 14th in pursuance of his instructionsMaitland landed his force with slight opposition at a little baytermed Joli Bois. Advancing inland, the enemy was foundposted on Mount Russell, a hill 800 feet high, immediatelyon Maitland’s right. The rifle companies of our 3rd and 4thBattalions were directed to dislodge him. The ascent wasprecipitous, at an angle of fifty degrees. Happily the cliff wascovered with scrub and prickly pear by which the riflemenpulled themselves up, and not only dislodged the enemy, butinflicted considerable loss upon him.On capturing the heights the whole of the British forceoccupied Mount Russell, whence a commanding view wasobtained of the enemy’s camp and the harbour containingthe French squadron; but further advance was checked by thefort on the Ile de Cabret which flanked the British left. Abattery having, however, been constructed by an officer ofEngineers, two eight-inch howitzers were landed, and before6pm opened fire on the enemy’s ships, which evacuated theharbour shortly after dark.The rifle companies were now detached, with some othersunder Lieut.-Colonel Prevost, to clear the enemy from aposition which commanded the landing point at AnceVanovre where Maitland, who had re-embarked the bulk ofhis force, intended to land it again. Prevost achieved hismission, the troops landed, and mortar batteries wereerected.The enemy was posted on Middle Ridge between FortsNapoleon and Moselle. From this he was driven on the nightof the 16th by three companies of West Indian Regiments.Next morning the French attempted to retake the position,but were gallantly repulsed by our black troops, supported bythe York Rangers and the rifle companies of the 60th. TheBritish loss amounted to about 30 killed and wounded. As aresult of this defeat, at midday the French garrison ofbetween 700 and 800 men surrendered. Thirty-four gunswere captured. The British loss during the three days fightingamounted to 6 officers and men killed and 67 wounded...Thus ended a brilliant little enterprise admirably combinedand conducted.’ (Annals of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps: Vol.I “The Royal Americans”, Lieutenant-Colonel L. Butler,refers)In February 1810 Maitland was appointed Colonel of the 1stCeylon Regiment. His travels then took him to Sicily, wherehe served as Lord Bentinck’s deputy during the intrigues inSicily, 1811-12. He received the brevet of Lieutenant-General in January 1812, and relinquished the governorshipof Grenada in the same year. In recognition of his services hewas appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Dominica in 1813.

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x279Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, 1 June1794 (James Mc.Donald.), edge bruising, good veryfine

£1,000-1,400James McDonald served as Able Seaman in H.M.S. RoyalSovereign during the major fleet action that became known as‘The Glorious First of June’. A total of seven Large NavalGold Medals and 15 Small Naval Gold Medals were awardedfor this action.One other man with this name appears on the AdmiraltyClaimant’s List, a single clasp award to a Private, RoyalMarines, for Syria.PROVENANCE:Glendining, December 1908.

280Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp,Copenhagen (Saml. Beach.), edge bruising, very fine

£1,600-2,000Samuel Beach served as Able Seaman in H.M.S. Defiance aspart of Nelson’s attack on Copenhagen, 2.4.1801. One otherman with this name appears on the Admiralty Claimants List,for a single clasp award for ‘Shannon Wh Chesapeake’.

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281Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Trafalgar(James Williams.), area of erasure at 9 o’clock wellbefore naming starts, lacquered, good very fine

£2,500-3,000Two men of this name served at the major fleet action offCape Trafalgar between the British fleet under the commandof Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson and the Franco-Spanish fleetunder the command of Vice-Admiral P.C. de Villeneuve,21.10.1805, and were entitled to a single clasp Trafalgarmedal: one as an Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Leviathan andthe other as an Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Neptune; sixother men with this name appear on the Admiralty ClaimantsList, including three single clasp awards for Syria.

282Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp,Martinique (John Oxford, Midshipman.), edgebruising, therefore very fine

£1,000-1,400John Oxford served as Midshipman in the H.M.S. Belleisle aspart of the combined naval and military assault and capture ofthe French-held island of Martinique in the Caribbean Sea,24.2.1809.Lieutenant John Oxford joined the Royal Navy as FirstClass Volunteer, April 1807, and was appointed to theMaida(Captain S. Hood Linzee); he served in H.M.S. Neptune(Captain Sir Thomas Williams), attached to the ChannelFleet, the following year; he served in the Belleisle, Tyrian,Hannibal, Royal George, Rodney, Royal William and thePorcupine, November 1808-November 1815; whilst servingin the Belleisle he assisted at the reduction of Martinique andFlushing in 1809; whilst serving in the Porcupine he waspresent at the memorable entrance into the Adour of theflotilla under Rear-Admiral Charles Penrose, and at theforcing of the Gironde; he saw subsequent service with theTopaze in the East Indies, before returning to England withthe rank of Lieutenant in 1822.PROVENANCE:Glendining, December 1910Spink, January 1956

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283Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, BasqueRoads 1809 (Robert Dry.), minor edge nicks, thereforevery fine

£1,800-2,200Robert Dry served as Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Unicornduring Lord Cochrane’s successful destruction of a numberof French ships, including four ships of the line, in the BasqueRoads, off St. Nazaire, 11-12.4.1809.PROVENANCE:Glendining, June 1940Sotheby, March 1980

284A Fine ‘Algiers’ N.G.S. to Lieutenant G.H.Heathcote, Royal Navy, Who As a Midshipman inH.M.S. Glasgow, Took Part in the Bombardmentof the Fortified Town, 27.8.1816, and WasWounded During the ActionNaval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Algiers(G.H. Heathcote, Midshipman.), minor edge nicks,therefore very fine

£1,800-2,200George Henry Heathcote served as Midshipman in H.M.S.Glasgow when the combined English and Dutch fleetsattacked the heavily fortified town of Algiers, 27.8.1816.British casualties amounted to 128 killed, 690 wounded; theDutch suffered 13 killed and 52 wounded. The Glasgow,Granicus, Impregnable, Leander and Superb had their mastsand yards greatly damaged.

Lieutenant George Henry Heathcote, born 1798; joinedthe Royal Navy, 1812, and was appointed to H.M.S. Medina(Captain H. Bouchier) on the Newfoundland station; afterservice with the Ister in the West Indies he was appointed toH.M.S. Conqueror (flag-ship of Rear-Admiral RobertPlampin), at St Helena, 1815; served in H.M.S. Glasgow(Captain the Hon. Anthony Maitland) at Algiers, 27.8.1816,where he was wounded; served in H.M.S. Liffey prior topromotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 1824; subsequentappointments included in H.M. ships Revolutionnaire(Captain the Hon. Fleetwood Pellew) and Rochfort (flag-shipof Sir Graham Moore).

PROVENANCE:Glendining, September 1923

x285Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Algiers(William Stephens.), edge bruise, nearly very fine

£700-900William Stephens served as an Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S.Severn when the combined English and Dutch fleets attackedthe heavily fortified town of Algiers, 27.8.1816.

Ordinary Seaman William Stephens, born Goudhurst,Kent, November 1798; joined the Royal Navy, February1813; entered H.M.S. Severn at Chatham, May 1816, andwas present at the Bombardment of Algiers; retired,November 1838.

Four other men with this name appear on the AdmiraltyClaimant’s List, including three single clasp awards for Syria.

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286Naval General Service 1793-1840, two clasps, 1 June1794, 23rd June 1795 (John Henderson,Secretary.), polished, therefore nearly very fine, scarce torank

£4,000-5,000John Henderson served as Secretary in H.M.S. Royal Georgefor the fleet action that became known as ‘The Glorious Firstof June’. A total of seven Large Naval Gold Medals and 15Small Naval Gold Medals were awarded for this action; heserved in the same capacity and in the same vessel (AdmiralBridport’s flag-ship) at the defeat of the French fleet andcapture of three ships of the line by Admiral Bridport off theIsle de Groix, Brittany, 23.6.1795.

PROVENANCE:Spink, July 1975

287Military General Service 1793-1814, three clasps,Badajoz, Vittoria, St. Sebastian (J. Hawkins, R. Arty.Drivers.), very fine

£600-800

x288Military General Service 1793-1814, four clasps,Fuentes D’Onor, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive (R. Walters,3rd Foot Gds.), pawnbroker’s marks to backstrap of topclasp which has been refurbished and subsequently addedleaving traces of rivets, minor edge bruising, otherwisegood very fine

£1,000-1,400

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289Alexander Davison’s Medal for the Nile 1798, 48mm,bronze-gilt, the reverse privately engraved‘R.C.M.H.’, gilding rubbed in places, therefore nearlyvery fine, with contemporary loop and ring suspension

£250-300

x290Alexander Davison’s Medal for the Nile 1798, 48mm,bronze, minor edge bruising, slightly worn in places,otherwise nearly very fine

£120-160

291Honourable East India Company’s Medal forSeringapatam 1799, 48mm, silver-gilt, Soho Mint,minor edge bruise, good very fine, pierced, with ring andstraight bar suspension

£600-800

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£240-280

293Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse dietype, one clasp, Nepaul (S. Davey, 24th. Foot.),officially impressed, Royal Mint, nearly extremely fine

£700-900Two men with the name S. Davey, 24th Foot, on roll.

PROVENANCE:Sotheby, March 1980

294Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse dietype, one clasp, Nagpore (Sepoy LutcheeramDewary 6th. Nizam’s Infy.), engraved in runningscript, suspension claw re-affixed, edge bruising, nearlyvery fine

£700-900

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x295Army of India 1799-1826, long hyphen reverse dietype, one clasp, Maheidpoor (Private Hussun Khan.1st. Coy. Nizam’s Arty.), engraved in running script,India, traces of excess solder around suspension claw, edgebruise, therefore nearly very fine, scarce to unit

£1,400-1,800PROVENANCE:S.C. Johnson Collection

x296Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse dietype, one clasp, Ava (Corp. Fredk. Dalton. Arty.),officially engraved in serif capitals, India, edge bruise,good very fine

£800-1,200

x297Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse dietype, one clasp, Bhurtpoor (Michl. Murphy. 11th.Dragns.), officially engraved in serif capitals, India,good very fine

£800-1,200Two men with the name Michael Murphy of the 11th LightDragoons were awarded the Army of India Medal with claspBhurtpoor.

PROVENANCE:J.B. Hayward, August 1975.

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298Waterloo 1815 (William Brooks, 1st Regiment LifeGuards.), contact marks, good fine, with contemporarysilver pillar and straight bar suspension

£1,600-2,00039 Private William Brooks, born Almondbury,Huddersfield, Yorkshire, September 1795; enlisted in the 1stLife Guards, September 1812; served with the Regiment inthe Peninsular and present at the Battle of Toulouse (entitledto a Military General Service Medal with one clasp), andduring the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815; discharged,July 1844, after 32 years and 290 days with the Colours.

299Waterloo 1815 (Lt. Coll. Thos. Aird Royl. WaggonTrain.), officially re-impressed in MGS style, edge bruise,very fine, with steel clip and silver straight barsuspension

£2,000-2,500Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Aird, born Maybole, Ayrshire,December 1760; Commissioned Cornet, 2nd Dragoons,August 1794; served under the Duke of York on theContinent, 1794-5; promoted Lieutenant, 1799; Captain,Royal Waggon Train, May 1800; served in the Expedition toHanover, 1805, and in the Peninsular; promoted Major,October 1808; appointed Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, June1814; Commanded the Royal Waggon Train during theWaterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815; died, Sunderland,November 1839.

300Waterloo 1815 (James Hammond, Royal Artill.Drivers.), traces of lacquer, nearly very fine, with steelclip and later split ring suspension

£800-1,200

301Waterloo 1815 (William Cheatley, 2nd Batt. 3rdReg. Guards.), very fine, with later steel clip and splitring suspension

£1,600-2,000Private William Cheatley, born Holland, Warwickshire;enlisted 3rd Foot Guards, September 1813; served inLieutenant-Colonel Keate’s Company during the WaterlooCampaign, 16-18.6.1815; discharged, August 1821, inconsequence of ‘a reduction in the Regiment andenlargement of the right ankle.’ (Service Papers refer)

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302The Superb Waterloo Medal to Major A.R. Heyland,40th Foot, Wounded Several Times During thePeninsular War, Including at Talavera and Badajoz. AtWaterloo, 18.6.1815, He Had His Sword Shattered andHis Horse Wounded, Before Being Shot Through theHeart At The Point of VictoryWaterloo 1815 (Major A.R. Heyland, 40th RegimentFoot.), toned, good very fine, with original steel clip and splitring suspension, and contemporary top riband buckle

£12,000-14,000Major Arthur Rowley Heyland (1781-1815), was born in Belfast,the son of Rowland Heyland of Castle Roe, County Derry. He waseducated at Eton and then Aberdeen. Heyland was commissionedEnsign in the 49th Foot, before advancing to Lieutenant, 14thFoot, 1801. He married in 1803, before being appointed Captain(with command of a Company) in the 40th Foot the following year.

Heyland served with great distinction during the Peninsular War, inparticular at the battles of Roleia (17.8.1808), and at Talavera(27/28.7.1809), where he was wounded. Heyland was woundedagain whilst serving with the 1st Battalion during the Second Siegeof Badajoz (May 1811).Heyland spent his convalescence as garrison commander inEstremoz, Portugal. He returned to command the 40th Foot at thebattle of Vitoria (21.6.1813), after which he was awarded a SmallGold Medal and made Brevet Major. He was also present at theBattle of the Pyrenees (July-August 1813). The 40th Foot thenmarched with the rest of the army towards the passes at Maya andRoncevalles, where they took up a position on the French side of theborder. Heyland, once again proved that he was an officer who leadfrom the front, when he was severely wounded, 27.7.1813. Havingproved himself fit for a return to duty he was appointedCommandant at Toulouse. He later superintended the embarkationof the troops at Bordeaux, landing at Cork in 1814.

The Eve Of BattleHeyland obtained permission to retire on half pay after his exploitson the continent. With the escape of Napoleon from Elba, however,he immediately returned to service with the 40th Foot. On the 26thMay 1815, the 1st Battalion were stationed in Ghent. Two dayslater Heyland and a detachment from the 2nd Battalion joined theirregiment in Belgium. Heyland held seniority and assumedcommand of the regiment as a consequence.The contemporary diary (extract dated 22.6.1815) of LieutenantHugh Wray, 40th Foot, offers the following, ‘This is our first day’shalt since we left Ghent, which was on the morning of the 16thinst... We left Ghent on the 16th, in half an hour’s notice, andmarched that day to a village the other side of Brussels, a distance of30 miles, and next morning - the 17th - we marched to the lines ofWaterloo, where the battle of the 18th June was fought. We did nothalt at all except a few hours in the night.’On the eve of the Battle of Waterloo, Heyland wrote the followingletter to his wife, Mary (with whom he had five sons and twodaughters, she was pregnant with his 5th son at the time):“What I recommend my love in case I fall in the ensuing contest, isthat my sons may be educated at the Military College, exceptArthur, who is hardly strong enough: the hazards of a military lifeare considerable, but still it has its pleasures, and it appears to me ofno consequence whether a man dies young or old, provided he beemployed in fulfilling the duties of the situation he is placed in thisworld.I would wish my son John, whose early disposition has made usboth happy, should serve in the Infantry till he is a Lieutenant, andthen by money or interest be removed to a Regiment of LightCavalry. I trust his gentlemanly manner and his gallantry in the Fieldwill make his life agreeable. Kyffin might try the Artillery Service andmake it an object to be appointed to the Horse Artillery, which hecan only hope for by applying himself to the duties of his profession.Alfred must get in a Regiment of Infantry, the 95th for instance, andmy young unborn must be guided by his brother John and by yourwishes.

For yourself, my dearest, kindest Mary, take up yourresidence in Wales, or elsewhere if you prefer it, but I wouldadvise you, my love, to choose a permanent residence. Mydaughters, may they cling to their mother and remember herin every particular.My Mary, let the recollection console you that the happiestdays of my life have... from your love and affection, and thatI die loving only you, and with a fervent hope that our soulsmay be reunited hereafter and part no more.What dear children, my Mary I leave you. My Marianna,gentlest girl, may God bless you. My Anne, my John, mayHeaven protect you. My children may you all be happy andmay the reflection that your father never in his life swervedfrom the truth and always acted from the dictates of hisconscience, preserve you, virtuous and happy, for withoutvirtue there can be no happiness.My darling Mary I must tell you again how tranquilly I shalldie, should it be my fate to fall, we cannot, my own love, dietogether - one or other must witness the loss of what we lovemost. Let my children console you, my love. My Mary. Myaffairs will soon improve and you will have a competency - donot let too refined scruples prevent you taking the usualGovernment allowance for Officers’ children and widows.The only regret I shall have in quitting this world will arisefrom the sorrow it will cause you and your children and mydear Marianne Symes. My mother will feel my loss yet shepossesses a kind of resignation to these inevitable eventswhich will soon reconcile her.I have no desponding ideas on entering the Field, but Icannot help thinking it almost impossible I should escapeeither wounds or death.My love, I cannot improve the Will I have made, everythingis left at your disposal. When you can get a sum exceeding£10,000 for my Irish property, I should recommend you topart with it and invest the money, £6,000 at least, in thefunds, and the rest in such security as may beunexceptionable. You must tell my dear brother that I expecthe will guard and protect you, and I trust he will return safeto his home. A R H”

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The Battle Of Waterloo - Shot Down In The Moment OfVictoryHaving lead his regiment to the battlefield, the RegimentalHistory takes up the narrative: ‘The next morning, the evermemorable 18th June, the 40th took up its position in theplace assigned to it on the field of battle, arriving there, aftera short march, between 9 and 10am. It was, with the 4th and27th regiments, formed into the Tenth Infantry Brigade,which, with the Fourth Hanoverian Brigade and the SeventhBritish Brigade of Artillery, were to form the Sixth Division,under the command of Sir Lowry Cole. In this battle the40th, after being subjected to a heavy artillery fire, which didterrible execution in its ranks, was afterwards speciallyengaged in receiving and repulsing continual charges of theenemy’s cavalry, and eventually the final attack of the Frenchon the left centre of the British position. For hours theregiment was forced to remain stationary, sometimes in line,sometimes in square, according to whether it was infantry orcavalry which it had to resist. The charges of the cavalryespecially were determined and persistently repeated, butwith the utmost steadiness the 40th held its ground, and,under most trying circumstances, maintained its oldreputation.’Lieutenant Wray graphically describes the hell whichHeyland’s men formed up to receive, ‘At about half pasteleven the action commenced with the Artillery, and abouttwelve the whole lines were engaged in general action. We forthe first four hours covered the guns of the division withoutfiring a shot, and at this same time under the most destructive

fire that was ever felt. During this time we had threecompanies almost cut to pieces, one shot killed and woundedtwenty-two of the 4th Company, another of the same kind(round shot) killed poor Fisher (my Captain) and eighteen ofour Company (the 5th), and another took the 8th, and killedand wounded twenty-three; this all happened by our being inopen column of quarter distance and the shot took us in theflank. At the same time poor Fisher was hit, I was speaking tohim, and I got all his brains all over, his head was blown toatoms.’The Regiment remained as support until 2 p.m. at the farmof Mont St. Jean. It was then advanced towards the farm ofLa Haye Saint, taking position on the opposite side of theroad. They had suffered great losses, ‘At last, about 7pm,when wearied with waiting, the Duke of Wellington himselfrode up to the regiment and gave the command to advance.This order was eagerly obeyed, and with a cheer the linemoved forward. The right of the regiment now took part inthe recapture of La Haye Sainte, and the whole joined in thepursuit of the retreating enemy. During the latter part of theengagement, the commanding officer, Major Heyland,having been killed, the regiment was commanded by MajorFielding Browne.’ (Regimental History refers).Major P. Bishop (late 40th Foot) wrote the following detailthat appeared in Waterloo Letters (edited by Major-GeneralSiborne), ‘I think about seven o’clock on the evening of the18th, the 40th Regiment had formed into line, after havingjust charged the enemy, in which we lost several officers andmen, and amongst them Major Heyland (our commandingofficer).’Lieutenant Wray describes Heyland’s death, as part ofthe regiments heavy losses amongst its officers, ‘PoorMajor Heyland (who commanded) was shot through theheart, and poor Ford was shot through the spine of his back,but did not die for a short time after he was carried away.Poor Clarke lost his left arm and I am much afraid Brownewill lose his leg.’Heyland lost his life at the point of victory, his sword havingpreviously been shattered, his horse wounded, and for thegreater part of the day he had been riding bareheaded, hisshako having probably also been shot away. He died aged 34,and inscribed on a Memorial at St Patrick’s Church,Coleraine, are the following words: “Sacred to the memoryof Arthur Rowley Heyland, of Ballintemple, in the county,late Major in the 40th Regiment of Foot, in which he servedwith distinguished honour under the Duke of Wellingtonthrough the whole Peninsular War, filling during that periodmany situations of trust connected with his profession. Onthe memorable 18th June 1815, while in command of theRegiment in the act of leading his battalion to conquest, hefell in the moment of victory on the field of Waterloo, andwas there instantly removed by his brother officers withaffectionate zeal and regret. His remains were deposited in agarden at Monte St. Jean, where they lie under a tombsubsequently erected by his afflicted widow. Whether as son,brother, husband, father, friend or soldier, his whole careerthroughout life may be delineated in the characteristicsimplicity of his disposition in these few words - He knew hisduty and he did it.”Heyland’s grave remained for 150 years near a farm in thevillage of Mont St Jean, within a few yards of the mainBrussels Road. It was marked by a monument erected by theRegiment and surrounded by iron railings put in place toprotect it by his widow Mary. In a sketch entitled A Sundayat Waterloo, in the St. James’s Budget, 23.6.1893, Heyland’stomb is thus described: ‘A drive of five minutes more bringsyou to the very centre of Mont. St. Jean village. To the left ofthe road is a garden, belonging to one Lorthieu. Here,shaded by a lilac tree and surrounded by purple pansies andjasmine, is the tomb of Major Arthur Rowley Heyland, aged34.’ A number of years later the monument was removed forsafekeeping to the Wellington Museum at Waterloo.

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x303Ghuznee 1839 (Thos. Ross. IV. Q.O.L.D), reverse engraved in runningscript and serif capitals, light scratches, minor edge bruise, therefore very fine,with contemporary hinged straight bar suspension

£400-500

304Candahar 1842 (Captn. G. Turner. 38th. Bl. L.I.), contemporarilyengraved either side of suspension clip in large serif capitals, minor edgebruising, therefore good very fine, with original steel clip, screw fitting, andstraight bar suspension

£800-1,200Major George Turner, born Kidderminster, Worcestershire, May 1806;Commissioned Ensign, 38th Bengal Native Infantry, April 1824; posted to the 23rdNative Infantry, December 1825; present at the Siege and Capture of Bhurtpore,December 1825 to January 1826 (entitled to Army of India Medal); promotedLieutenant, April 1827; appointed Adjutant, 38th Native Infantry, April 1828;suffered a fractured skull by a rock falling on him whilst shooting near Mussoorie,March 1836- the Gentleman’s Magazine erroneously reported that he had ‘died latelywhilst shooting. He was killed by a monkey throwing a large stone at him, and strikinghim on the temple’; promoted Captain, February 1840; served during the FirstAfghan War, 1841; retired, March 1852; promoted Honorary Major, November1854; died at Eastbourne, Sussex, December 1863.

Major Turner’s Army of India Medal with clasp Bhurtpoor was sold at Glendining,October 1979.

x305Cabul 1842 (Simon Jacob 3rd. Lt. Dragns.), impressed naming, minoredge bruising, otherwise good very fine, with original steel clip and ringsuspension

£500-700

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x306Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Private ThomasHook, H.M. 40th Regt.) engraved in running script,edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine, withoriginal steel clip and straight bar suspension

£600-800PROVENANCE:Glendining, March 1998

x307China 1842 (Thomas Fitzgerald, H.M.S.Blenheim.), very fine

£500-700

308China 1842 (Robert Leonard, H.M.S. Calliope.),traces of lacquer, nearly extremely fine

£400-500Carpenter’s Crew Robert Leonard, born Beckingham,Nottinghamshire, 1812; enlisted in the Royal Navy andserved in H.M.S. Hastings, July 1834; transferred to H.M.S.Calliope, February 1838; H.M.S. Blenheim, June 1841;H.M.S. Camperdown, July 1843; discharged, January 1844;died, June 1868.

309China 1842 (William Shimin, H.M.S. Wellesley.),good fine, with later silver straight bar suspension

£350-400Able Seaman William Shimin, born Castletown, Isle ofMan, 1820; enlisted in the Royal Navy and served in H.M.S.Wellesley, July 1837; discharged, August 1842.

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310Scinde 1843, for Hyderabad (Gunass Sing. 3rd. Lt.Cavy.), edge bruising, nearly very fine, the reverse goodfine, with steel clip, screw fitting, and straight barsuspension

£400-500

311Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Private Isaac Butcher H.M.40th Regt.), very fine, original brass hook replacedwith contemporary riveted brass and silver hingedsuspension, the hinge in the form of a silver clenchedhand

£380-420

x312Maharajpoor Star 1843, unnamed, centre slightly loose,nearly very fine, with later silver straight bar suspender

£140-180

313Punniar Star 1843 (Private James Boston 50thQueen’s Own Regt.), nearly very fine, with laterriveted brass hook

£380-420

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x314Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee, two clasps,Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (James Gaffey 80th. Regt.),very fine

£500-700

x315Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur, one clasp, Sobraon(Serjt. T. Rix, 1st E.L.I.), very fine

£350-400

x316Sutlej 1845-46, for Aliwal, one clasp, Sobraon (JohnSaunders 53rd. Regt.), good very fine

£400-500

x317Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon, no clasp (SamuelWilcott 53rd. Regt.), edge bruising, very fine

£300-350PROVENANCE:Spink Medal Circular, March 1997

318Punjab 1848-49, one clasp, Chilianwala (W. Giles,24th. Foot.), minor edge bruising from when pinnedin frame, toned, good very fine

£600-8002569 Private William Giles, killed in action at the Battle ofChilianwala, 13.1.1849

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x319Punjab 1848-49, two clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat(C. Stewart, 2nd Eur. Regt.), very fine

£400-500

x320South Africa 1834-53 (J. Marks, Caulker), good veryfine

£300-350John Marks served as a Caulker in H.M.S. Castor during theThird Kaffir War, 1850-53.

321India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, NorthwestFrontier (Sepoy Pertab Bisht 5th Goorkha Regt.),edge bruising, suspension claw re-affixed, good fine

£80-120

x322India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Pegu (JohnFilmer. Ordy. “Salamander”), very fine

£240-280

x323India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Persia (J.Edwards, 78th. Highlanders), edge bruising, contactmarks, nearly very fine

£400-500

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x324India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Umbeyla(239 J Priest H,Ms, 1st. Bn. 7th. Regt.), edgebruising, nearly very fine

£160-200

x325India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Bhootan(599. L Burke H.M’s. 80th. Regt.), minor edgebruise, good very fine

£240-280599 Private Lawrence Burke, born Newport, Tipperary,Ireland, 1841; enlisted in the 80th Foot, July 1859;transferred to the 65th Foot, July 1870; discharged,December 1880, after 21 years and 71 days with the Colours.

326India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Perak (G.Bath. Ord. H.M.S. “Fly”), nearly extremely fine

£180-220Approximately 103 Perak clasps to H.M.S. Fly.

327India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Perak (M.Malley, Ord: H.M.S., “Ringdove”), light contactmarks, very fine

£180-220Approximately 106 ‘Perak’ clasps issued to H.M.S. Ringdove.

x328India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Perak(2495. Gr.E. Thompson. 9th. By. 2nd. Bde. R.A.),good very fine

£180-220

329India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Jowaki1877-8 (2392 Pte. John Wright. 51st Foot), goodvery fine

£180-220

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x330India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Jowaki1877-8 (57 Pte. Giles Gregory. 4 Bn. Rifle Bde.),edge bruise, good very fine

£180-220

x331India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Naga-1879-80 (Sepoy Patab Sing Thappa, 44th. Regt. N.I.),naming worn, suspension re-affixed, nearly very fine

£140-180

x332India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma1885-7 (194 Pte. J. Dougherty, 2d. Bn. L’pool R.),suspension claw re-affixed, naming rubbed in places,nearly very fine, with pawn broker’s mark and Frenchimport stamp on edge

£70-90

x333India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma1885-7 (Chief Engineer Joseph Jhonstone J.K.Coys. 8th Waikema), very fine, scarce

£200-240

334India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma1887-89 (595 Pte. G. Banham 2nd. Bn. Norf. R.),edge bruise, nearly very fine

£100-140

x335India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma1887-89 (2280 Pte. J. Donnell 2d. Bn. Ches. R.),good very fine

£100-140

336India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma1887-89 (137 Sepoy Nain Singh Ruby Mines Mil.Police Bn.), suspension slack, nearly very fine

£80-120

x337India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Sikkim1888 (272: Pte. J. Lynch 2nd. Bn. Derby: R.), edgebruise, light contact marks, very fine

£240-280

x338India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Hazara1888 (945 Pte. J. Ingle 1st. Bn. Suff. R.), nearlyvery fine

£140-180

339India General Service 1854-95, bronze issue, oneclasp, Hazara 1888 (24 Muleteer Mir Ali No.4Hazara Mn. By.), suspension loose, very fine

£100-140

x340India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Lushai1889-92 (2193 Pte. Velayudham 4th. Madras Infy.(Pioneers)), nearly very fine

£200-240

x341India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma1889-92 (1627 Pte. F. Snell 2d. Bn. Devon. Regt.),edge bruise, nearly extremely fine

£140-180

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x342India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Chin-Lushai 1889-90 (3419 Pte. W. Atkinson 1st. Bn.K.O. Sco. Bord.), extremely fine

£180-2203419 Private William Atkinson served with the 1stBattalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers as part of theBurma Column during operations against the Chin tribes.

x343India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Hazara1891 (72365 Gunr. A. James N. 1 Mn. By. R.A.),minor edge bruise, good very fine

£180-220

344India General Service 1854-95, bronze issue, oneclasp, Hazara 1891 (Bhisti Khazana 28th. Bl. Infy.),traces of verdigris to suspension claw, nearly very fine, thereverse better

£120-160

345India General Service 1854-95, bronze issue, oneclasp, Hazara 1891 (2392 Peon Jugun Nath Comt.Transpt. Dept.), nearly very fine

£120-160Note: A Peon is an office boy, attendant, or orderly.

x346India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, N.E.Frontier 1891 (21578 Act: Bombardier J.Midwinter No. 2 Mn. By. R.A.), minor abrasionmarks, nearly very fine

£160-200

x347India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Hunza1891 (Naick Ummon Khan 24th. Regt. N.I.), clawtightened, nearly very fine

£300-350

x348India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Chin Hills1892-93 (1790 Sapper Rangasami Q.O. Mad. S.&M.), officially renamed in running script, pawnbroker’smark to obverse field, very fine

£300-350

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x349India General Service 1854-95, bronze issue, oneclasp, Kachin Hills 1892-93 (8462 Ward Servt.Davasagayemetimy Hospl. Native Corps), clawtightened, very fine, rare

£500-700

x350India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Waziristan1894-5 (Sepoy Koobar Goorung 4th GoorkhaRegt.), minor official correction, suspension re-affixedand traces of brooch mounting, fairIndia General Service 1854-95, bronze issued, oneclasp, Waziristan 1894-5 (Duli Bearer Sawan N. 8Bt. Mtn. By.), very fine (2)

£120-160

351India General Service 1854-95, bronze issue, oneclasp, Waziristan 1894-5 (Syce Labha 3rd. PunjabCavy.), edge bruise, nearly very fine

£140-180Note: A Syce is a groom or keeper of horses.

x352India General Service 1854-95, two clasps, Hazara1891, Samana 1891 (4510 Pte. F. King 1st. Bn.K.R. Rif. C.), contact marks, nearly very fine

£200-2404510 Private Frederick King, born Warwick, 1869; enlistedin the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, May 1888; served with the1st Battalion in India from November 1890, and took part inthe operations with the Hazara Field Force and the MiranziField Force; subsequently served with the Chitral ReliefForce, 1895 (entitled to Medal and clasp); served with theRegiment in South Africa, December 1899 to April 1901;discharged, 23.7.1901, after 13 years and 75 days with theColours.

x353Baltic 1854, unnamed as issued, ‘A’ engraved on edge,good very fine

£100-140

354Baltic 1854, unnamed as issued, suspension loose onpost, very fine

£70-90

x355Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (J. Carter.48th. Regt.), officially impressed, edge bruising, veryfine

£140-1801280 Private James Carter, born Kilkenny, Ireland, 1818;enlisted in the 48th Foot, April 1836; discharged, July 1858,after 22 years and 1 day with the Colours.

356Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed asissued, clasp loose on riband, minor edge bruise,otherwise nearly extremely fine

£100-140

x357Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Azoff (J. Tuffnell Midn.“Boxer”), contemporarily engraved in large serifcapitals, unofficial retaining rod, minor edge bruising,very fine

£200-240Clasp confirmed

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358A Fine ‘Light Brigade’ Casualty’s Crimea Medal toCorporal, Later Sergeant E. Hudson, 11thHussarsCrimea 1854-56, two clasps, Alma, Balaklava (Corpl.Edwd. Hudson. 11th. Hussars.), officially impressed,extremely fine, with contemporary embroidered silkriband and named lid of card box of issue, all housedin a contemporary red leather box

£6,000-8,0001142 Sergeant Edward Hudson, born Abingdon,Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), 1822; enlisted in the 11thHussars, May 1842; promoted Corporal, May 1854; servedwith the Regiment in the Crimea and wounded in the Chargeof the Light Brigade at Balaklava, 25.10.1854; promotedSergeant, January 1855; died, 31.1.1855, in hospital atKadikoi, near Balaklava.

PROVENANCE:Glendining, December 1989

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359Crimea 1854-56, three clasps, Alma, Inkermann,Sebastopol (G. Wood. Rl. Saprs. & Minrs.),officially impressed, minor edge nicks, good very fine

£300-350213 Private George Wood is listed as ‘Dead’ on roll. (WO100 23 refers).

x360Crimea 1854-56, three clasps, Alma, Inkermann,Sebastopol, first clasp snapped, unofficial rivets betweensecond and third clasp (Pte. S. Magson. 55th. Foot.),contemporarily engraved in large serif capitals, namingrubbed in places, contact marks, nearly very fine

£240-2802336 Private Saul Magson, born Warley, West Yorkshire,1827; enlisted in the 51st Light Infantry, September 1845;transferred to the 55th Foot, December 1845; served withthe Regiment in the Crimea, and ‘wounded on the 7th June[1855] at the Quarries by a musket ball which ran along thepenis on its right side, passed through the scrotum, andentered the right thigh and lodged at the point of the righthip, from whence it was cut out.’ (Service papers refer);subsequently ‘wounded by musket ball on the 8th September[1855] at the Second Attack on the Redan, leading toamputation of middle finger of left hand’ (ibid); discharged,January 1856, after 10 years and 96 days with the Colours.

x361Crimea 1854-56, three clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann,Sebastopol, unofficial rivets between second and thirdclasp (Pvte. John Cornish Scots Fs. Gds.),contemporarily engraved in large serif capitals, contactmarks, nearly very fine

£300-3504004 Private John Cornish, born Kilkhampton, Stratton,Cornwall, June 1831; enlisted in the Scots Fusilier Guards,June 1850; discharged, October 1856, after 6 years and 107days with the Colours.

x362Crimea 1854-56, four clasps, Alma, Balaklava,Inkermann, Sebastopol (T. McGovern. 20th Regt.),officially impressed, file marks over naming, good veryfine

£800-1,2003146 Private Terence McGovern, killed in action at theBattle of Inkermann, 5.11.1854

x363Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die (3499. B. Tyas. TheBuffs), contemporarily engraved in upright serifcapitals, nearly very fine, with contemporary foliatesuspensionKhedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, one clasp, Khartoum,unnamed as issued, extremely fine (2)

£120-160

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364Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (John Rodenhurst,1st Bombay Eurn. Fusrs.), claw tightened, contactmarks, nearly very fine

£140-180

365Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Sowar JemyelCorps of “Guides”), worn, central suspension post re-affixed, good fine, scarce

£100-140

x366Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Delhi (Alexr.Prentice, Bengal Arty.), suspension re-affixed, tracesof brooch mounting, good fine

£120-160

x367Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Relief of Lucknow(J. Atkins, 90th. Lt. Inf.), suspension re-pinned,worn, good fine

£120-160

x368Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (J.Buxton. 34th Regt.), edge bruising, nearly very fine

£240-280Private John Buxton, born Montreal, Canada, 1838; servedwith the 34th Foot during the Indian Mutiny at Lucknow;transferred to the 45th Foot, January 1867.

x369Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (JohnFoot, 2nd. Bn. Rifle Bde.), edge bruising, nearly veryfine

£240-280

x370Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Central India (G.Austin, 86th. Regt.), good very fine

£280-32092 Private George Austin, 86th Foot, died 6.9.1858.

371Indian Mutiny 1857-58, two clasps, Delhi, Relief ofLucknow (Patk. Keheler, 1st Bn. 8th Regt.), goodvery fine

£400-500PROVENANCE:Sotheby, November 1977

x372Indian Mutiny 1857-58, two clasps, Defence ofLucknow, Lucknow (J. Marriott, 90th Lt. Inf.),minor edge bruise, very fine

£700-900Private John Marriott, born Oakham, Rutland, 1837;served with the first relief force at the Defence of Lucknow.

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373Indian Mutiny 1857-58, four clasps, Delhi, Relief ofLucknow, Lucknow, Central India (Corns. Barron,75th. Regt.), with top clasp-style riband bar,suspension claw re-affixed, therefore nearly very fine

£800-1,200This medal has an interesting history that probably makes itunique to the British Army. When it originally appeared indealer Ken Lovell’s list it had the single clasp for CentralIndia. After a period in Australia the medal resurfaced in thecollection of the late Vivian Mann, better known as the writerof historical fiction under the nom de plume of Vivian Stuart,but it now had three clasps for Delhi, Relief of Lucknow andLucknow only. Cornelius Barron correctly appears on themedal roll of the 75th Regiment for these three clasps, one ofonly nine men of the regiment so entitled. However, themedal roll also notes against his name, ‘Serving withArtillery’, and it is possible that he did in fact qualify for theCentral India clasp whilst serving with an artillery unit in thatcampaign. Whilst it has so far not been possible to confirmthis on any muster, prize or medal roll, his service paperscontain the following annotation under the heading forGood Conduct Badges, Badges of Merit and for GallantConduct in the Field: ‘Conduct has been Good and he is inpossession of one Good Conduct Badge and he is inpossession of the Indian Mutiny Medal and 4 clasps forService in the Field.’ For further details, please see the articleby A.J. Henderson in the OMRS Journal, Winter 1993.

3165 Private Cornelius Barron, born Doon, CountyLimerick, 1834; enlisted in the 75th Foot, February 1853;served throughout the Indian Mutiny, and received oneyear’s additional service for Alumbagh; transferred to theRoyal Canadian Rifles, July 1866; discharged, May 1870, dueto disbandment of the corps.

374China 1857-60, no clasp, unnamed as issued, good veryfine

£70-90

x375China 1857-60, one clasp, Taku Forts 1860, unnamedas issued, good very fine

£100-140

x376China 1857-60, one clasp, Pekin 1860 (Richd.White, 99th. Regt.), suspension re-affixed and reverseclaw missing, edge bruise, very fine

£140-180

x377China 1857, two clasps, Canton 1857, Fatshan 1857(William Shaw), contemporarily named in large serifcapitals, name separated by suspension claw, suspensionclaw tightened, nearly very fine

£180-220

x378New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (3378Robert Shannon 57th Foot), light scratch marks,good very fine

£280-3203378 Private Robert Shannon served with the 57th Foot inNew Zealand for a period of five years, 1861-66.

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379New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (Ensign C.Y.Gold, 65th. Regt.), minor edge bruising, very fine

£400-500Ensign Charles Yarburgh Gold, Commissioned Ensign,65th Regiment of Foot, July 1860; resigned his Commission,August 1862.

x380New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1860-1861 (J.Anthony, Qr. Mr. H.M.S. Pelorous.), good very fine

£500-700Quarter Master John Anthony, born Stonehouse, Devon,August 1822; enlisted in the Royal Navy and served inH.M.S. North Star, August 1838; received New ZealandMedal, December 1874.

116 Medals awarded to H.M.S. Pelorous.

x381New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1860-1864(3408. G. Carnell, 40th. Regt.), nearly very fine,scarce

£400-500The 40th Foot arrived in New Zealand in 1860 and sufferedheavy losses at Puketakauere Pa in Taranaki and was laterpresent at the actions of Huirangi and Te Arei, and inWaikato in the actions at Rangiriri and Orakau.

x382New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1860-1865(2.Corpl. John Campion, 65th. Regt.), suspensionre-affixed, nearly very fine

£300-350Approximately 139 medals with these dates to the 65th Foot.

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x383New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1860-1866(3457. Stepn. Bellingham, 1st. Bn. 12th. Regt.),good very fine, scarce

£400-500Only 13 medals known for this date, to 12 Brigade RoyalArtillery, 6 Company Royal Engineers, 1/12th Foot, and40th Foot.

The 12th Foot arrived in New Zealand in 1860, and wasengaged in the First Taranaki War, being present at No.2Redoubt, and was in action throughout the Waikato War,where it sustained heavy losses at Rangiriri and fought at GatePa. In 1866, the Regiment moved to Tauranga, and tookpart in the Tauranga bush campaign.

x384New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1861-1866(1536. Timty. Lawlor, 2nd. Bn. 14th. Regt),suspension claw tightened, very fine

£350-4001536 Private Timothy Lawlor, discharged, Melbourne,March 1870.

x385New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1863-1864 (T.Goldsmith, Boy 1st. Cl., H.M.S. Esk), good veryfine

£400-500119 Medals awarded to H.M.S. Esk.

x386New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1863-1865(525. Wm. Dean, 70th. Regt.), good very fine

£350-400The 70th Foot arrived in New Zealand in 1863 and foughtat Katikara, Taranaki, before moving north for the actions atKoheroa, Cameron Town, and Orakau. It then returned toTaranaki and fought at Kaitake and in Chute’s Taranakicampaign.

x387New Zealand 1854-66, reverse dated 1863-1866(304. Richd. Eales. 43rd. Lt. Inftry.), good very fine

£350-400304 Private Richard Eales, served with the 43rd LightInfantry in New Zealand from December 1863 to March1866; discharged, March 1870.

PROVENANCE:J.B. Hayward, July 1968

x388New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1863-1866(3467. Jas. Gearing. 43rd. Lt. Inftry.), edgebruising and heavy contact marks, nearly very fine

£300-3503467 Corporal James Gearing, enlisted in the 43rd LightInfantry, February 1854; served with the Regiment in Indiaduring the Mutiny (entitled to a no-clasp medal), and as aBugler in New Zealand from December 1863 to March1866; promoted Corporal, October 1871; discharged,October 1876, after 21 years and 232 days with the Colours.

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x389New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1864 (2362.Thos. Hudson, 4th. Battn. Mility. Trn.), edgebruising, good very fine

£350-4002362 Private Thomas Hudson, served with the MilitaryTrain in New Zealand, March to May 1864; discharged, May1869.

x390New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1864-1865(793 Patk. O’Connell, 65th. Regt.), one number ofunit over-stamped, scratch on obverse, therefore nearlyvery fine

£350-400The 65th Foot arrived in New Zealand in 1846 and wasactive in Wellington and Wanganui in 1846-47. Itsubsequently saw service in Waikato and Taranaki 1860-65.

x391New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1865 (1012 Jas.Wilson. 65th. Regt.), toned, nearly extremely fine

£350-400Approximately 38 medals for this date to the 65th Foot.

x392New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1865-1866(667 Sergt. Albt. C. Ward, 4th. Battn. Mility.Trn.), edge bruising, contact marks and scratches toobverse field, nearly very fine, with contemporary topsilver riband bar

£350-400667 Second Class Staff Sergeant Albert Charles Ward,born St. Pancras, London, 1834; enlisted in the MilitaryTrain, November 1856; promoted Corporal, August 1858;Sergeant, October 1859; transferred to the Army ServiceCorps, February 1870; promoted Second Class StaffSergeant, June 1872; awarded Long Service & G.C.;discharged, November 1877, after 21 years and 6 days withthe Colours.

x393New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1866 (2023John Brazier, 4th. Batn. Mility. Trn.), contactmarks, edge bruising, nearly very fine

£300-3502023 Private John Brazier, served in New Zealand fromApril 1866 to June 1867; transferred to the Army ServiceCorps, February 1870.

394Canada General Service 1866-70, one clasp, FenianRaid 1866 (Lt. G.A. Simpson, 16th. Bn.), one letterof surname officially corrected, extremely fine

£300-350x395Canada General Service 1866-70, one clasp, FenianRaid 1866 (Pte. D. Johnson, 16th. Bn.), extremelyfine

£240-280Private Denton Johnson, served with the 16th Battalion atKingston, 3-26.6.1866.

396Canada General Service 1866-70, one clasp, FenianRaid 1866 (Pte. J. Kickey 1st Ottawa R.), extremelyfine

£240-280x397Canada General Service 1866-70, one clasp, FenianRaid 1870 (Pte. H.J. Kenyon. St. Hyacinthe Inf.Coy.), suspension claw slightly loose, minor edgebruising, otherwise nearly extremely fine

£240-280x398Abyssinia 1867-68 (231 J. Oller 1st. Battn. 4th.The K.O.R. Regt.), good very fine

£240-280231 Private John Oller, served with the 4th Foot inAbyssinia from 3.1.1868.

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x399Abyssinia 1867-68 (Major W. Mosse. 26th. Regt.), a slightly later issue neatly andofficially engraved in large serif capitals, virtually Mint state, with top silver ribandbuckle, together with the recipient’s related miniature award, and the following relateddocuments:- Commission appointing William Mosse, Gent, to be an Ensign in the 26th Regimentof Foot, dated 21.8.1849- Commission appointing William Mosse, Gent, to be a Lieutenant in the 26th Regimentof Foot, dated 5.12.1851- Commission appointing William Mosse, Esq., to be a Captain in the 26th Regiment ofFoot, dated 25.8.1854- Commission appointing William Mosse, Esquire, to be a Major in the 26th Regimentof Foot, dated 4.4.1864- Commission appointing William Mosse, Esquire, to be a Lieutenant-Colonel in theLand Forces, dated 28.3.1874- The recipient’s First Class Certificate in the Theory and Practice of Musketry, dated8.8.1856- Various letters to the recipient received during the course of his Army career

£500-700Lieutenant-Colonel William Mosse, born Woolwich, January 1829, the son of Major CharlesMosse, Royal Artillery; Commissioned Ensign, 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot, August1849; promoted Lieutenant, December 1851; Captain, August 1854; served two years as Instructorof Musketry; promoted Major, April 1864; served with the Regiment the Mediterranean, Bermuda,Canada, and India, and in the Abyssinian campaign in 1868; placed on half-pay, April 1873;promoted Lieutenant-Colonel, March 1874; retired, May 1874; died, May 1921.For the medals to Miss Jessie Mosse and the Rev. Charles Mosse see Lot 620

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x400Ashantee 1873-74, one clasp, Coomassie (2564. Pte.J. Maloney. 2. Bn. 23. R.W. Fus: 1873-4.), toned,good very fine

£300-350

x401South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (G. Withers. Carptrs.Crew. H.M.S. “Himalaya.”), naming separated bysuspension post, light scratches to obverse field, otherwisenearly extremely fine

£240-280Shipwright George Withers, born Romsey, Hampshire,October 1844; enlisted in the Royal Navy as Carpenter’sCrew, February 1864; served in H.M.S. Himalaya,November 1876 to May 1878; advanced Shipwright, servingin H.M.S. Asia, March 1884; discharged, February 1885.

x402South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1877-8 (Tpr. W.Sternberg. Keiskama Hoek Vol:), nearly extremelyfine

£380-420

x403South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1877-8-9 (641. Pte.W. Robson. 90th. Foot), traces of lacquer, good veryfine

£380-420

x404South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1878-9 (1674 Pte.J. Rourke. 1/13”. Foot.), minor edge nick, good veryfine

£380-4201674 Private J. Rourke, served with the 13th Foot in SouthAfrica and saw action against the Sekukuni in 1878, and theZulus in 1879.

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405South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1879 (785. Gunr.M. Conboy. N/6th. R.A.), good very fine

£380-420

406South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1879 (1965. Pte. J.Mc.Cann. 3/60th. Foot.), edge bruise, good very fine

£380-420

x407South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1879 (917. Pte. J.Brown. 91st. Foot.), nearly very fine

£380-420917 Private James Brown, born 1859; enlisted in the 58thFoot, April 1877; transferred to the 91st Foot, May 1877;served with the Regiment in South Africa, February 1879 toJanuary 1880; discharged, April 1889, after 12 years with theColours.

408Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (10B/1383. Sergt. R.Clayton. 2nd Bn. 14th Regt.), pawn broker’s mark toedge at 11 o’clock, good very fine

£80-120

409Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (10B/1656, Pte. E.Dobby. 2/14th Regt.), minor edge bruise, very fine,with steel top-riband buckle

£80-120

x410Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (6 Bde. 451 Pte. C.Mc.Auliffe 1/25th. Foot.), good very fine

£80-120

411Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (42/224 Pte. G.Skilling. 85th Foot.), darkly toned, edge nicks, veryfine

£80-120

412Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Sowar SherebazKhan 5th. Bengal Cavy.), edge bruising, nearly veryfine

£70-90

413Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Ali Musjid (981. Pte.G. Allingham. 10th. Rl. Hussars.), nearly extremelyfine

£200-240

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x414Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Ali Musjid (27B/153. Pte. T. Gay. 1/17th. Regt.), pawn broker’smark to obverse field, minor edge bruising, good very fine

£200-240153 Private Thomas Gay, born Bristol, April 1848; enlistedin the 17th Foot, April 1865; served with the Regiment inAfghanistan, November 1878 to August 1879, and present atthe capture of the Fortress at Ali Musjid, 21.11.1878;discharged, April 1886, after 21 years and 8 days with theColours.

415Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Ali Musjid (2524.Sergt. A. Seabrook. 4. Bn. Rifle Bde.), a slightlylater re-issue; edge bruise, good very fine

£140-1802524 Colour Sergeant Alfred Seabrook, bornBermondsey, London, 1850; enlisted in the Rifle Brigade,September 1873; served with the Regiment in India, October187 to December 1888; promoted Corporal, October 1875;Sergeant, February 1878; Colour Sergeant, April 1879;arrested, imprisoned, and forfeited medal, May 1882; medalrestored, March 1886; advanced Colour Sergeant, January1895; discharged, January 1896, after 22 years and 122 days’service.

416Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Peiwar Kotal (770.Pte. T. Haydock. 2/8th. Regt.), pitted, good fine

£140-180770 Private Thomas Haydock, born 1855; enlisted in the8th (King’s) Foot, August 1876; served with the 2ndBattalion in India from December 1877.

x417Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Charasia (7152. Gr.W. Curran. G/3rd. R.A.), good very fine

£180-2207152 Gunner William Curran, born Barony, Glasgow,1838; enlisted in the Royal Artillery, February 1862;discharged, April 1882, after 20 years and 47 days’ service, ofwhich 18 years and 153 days were spent in India andAfghanistan.

x418Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Ahmed Khel (218.Pte. T. Brooker. 59th. Foot.), minor edge bruising,darkly toned, good very fine

£200-240

419Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Kandahar (SowarSuntoke Singh 3d. Bengal Cavy.), edge bruise, lightcontact marks, nearly very fine

£160-200

x420Afghanistan 1878-80, three clasps, Peiwar Kotal,Kabul, Kandahar (1298. Corpl. D. Darling, 72nd.Highrs.), edge bruising and heavy pitting, nearly fine

£100-140

x421Afghanistan 1878-80, three clasps, Charasia, Kabul,Kandahar (58B/803 Pte. J. Lamont. 72nd.Highrs.), light pitting from Star, nearly very fine

£380-420

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x422Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Sepoy Rutton SingNegee 4th. Goorkha Regt.), good very fine

£160-200

x423Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, oneclasp, Transkei (Gunr. E.P.V. Dodwell. P.A.O.V.Arty.), light scratches to obverse, otherwise good very fine

£280-320

x424Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, oneclasp, Basutoland (Cpl. A.E.P. Langley. C.M. Yeo.),good very fine

£180-220PROVENANCE:J.B. Hayward, February 1974Bishop Collection, Spink, July 2009

x425Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, oneclasp, Bechuanaland (Pte. E.W. Lucas. C.T.Highdrs.), good very fine

£160-200

x426Egypt 1882-89, dated, no clasp (James HoldawayWard Room Officer’s Servant on board HM’sEuphrates), neatly and smartly renamed in runningscript, pawn-broker’s mark on reverse, good very fine

£60-80The medal has been most elaborately renamed, presumablyby Holdaway’s master, and then presented to him as a tokenof appreciation. However, perhaps Holdaway did not fullyappreciate this gift, for it also shows signs of having beenpawned. A numismatic curio.

427Egypt 1882-89, dated, no clasp (2763. Pte. A.H.Bryanashwell. 2/R. Ir: R.), nearly extremely fine

£80-120

x428Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Alexandria 11th.July (G.J. Oakley. A.B. H.M.S. “Téméraire.”), lightpitting, nearly very fine, the reverse better

£160-200

x429Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Tel-el-Kebir (1449.Pte. R.M. Horton. 11th. Co. C&T. C.), good veryfine

£160-200

430Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Tel-el-Kebir (3695.Pte. T.J. Wilson. 11th. Co, C. & T.C.), heavypitting from Star, nearly very fine

£100-140

x431Egypt 1882-89, dated, two clasps, Suakin 1884, El-Teb_Tamaai (25423. Gunr. P. Mc.Kenna. 6/1st.Sco: Div: R.A.), light pitting, very fine

£200-240

x432Egypt 1882-89, dated, two clasps, Suakin 1885,Tofrek (41/2171 Pte. C. Gale. 1/Berks. R.), lightpitting, very fine

£240-280

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x433Egypt 1882-89, undated, one clasp, Tamaai (15573,Gun: G. Edwards, M/1st Bde. R.A.), minor edgenicks, extremely fine, scarce

£240-28015573 Gunner George Edwards, born Worcestershire;joined the Royal Artillery 1875; discharged 1888.

PROVENANCE:Spink December 1971

434Egypt 1882-89, undated, one clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (2097. Pte. G. Hunter. 20th Husrs.), lightcontact marks, scratch marks to reverse, very fine

£140-180

435Egypt 1882-89, undated, one clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (2352. Pte. J. Reilly. 1/Rl. Ir: Regt.), good veryfine

£160-200

x436Egypt 1882-89, undated, one clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (546. Pte. C. Lover. 2/ Essex. R.), very fine

£160-200

x437Egypt 1882-89, undated, one clasp, Suakin 1885 (A.Muston, Pte. R.M.L.I.), light pitting, very fine

£140-180

x438Egypt 1882-89, undated, one clasp, Gemaizah 1888(2137. Pte. J. Ingleby. 2/K.O. Sco: Bord:), toned,extremely fine

£240-280

x439Egypt 1882-89, undated, two clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (950. Tpr. F. Baldwin. 1st. Life Gds.),extremely fine

£700-900950 Trooper Frederick Baldwin died of disease in 1885.

4 officers and 43 other ranks of the 1st Life Guards served inthe Heavy Cavalry Regiment on the Nile, of whom 4 officersand 35 other ranks fought at Abu Klea.

x440Egypt 1882-89, undated, two clasps, Suakin 1885,Tofrek (4447. Pte. W. Taylor. 12th. Co. C.T.C.),minor edge bruising, good very fine

£280-320

x441Egypt 1882-89, undated, two clasps, Gemaizah 1888,Toski 1889, named in Sudanese to ‘409 NafarAbdalla Morguos, XI Sudanese Infantry’, very fine

£240-280

x442Egypt 1882-89, undated, three clasps, El-Teb, Suakin1885, Tofrek (25012, Gunr. W. Gowens, 6/1st.Sco: Div: R.A.), minor edge bruising, very fine

£300-35025012 Gunner William Gowens, born Linlithgow, 1858;enlisted in the Royal Artillery, October 1878; served with the1st Brigade Scottish Division, Royal Artillery in Egypt andthe Sudan, December 1883 to November 1886; severelywounded in the leg, May 1883; discharged, October 1890,after 12 years’ service.

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x443Egypt 1882-89, undated, three clasps, El-Teb_Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (1974 Pte.J. Mc.Kenzie. 1/Rl. Highrs.), minor officialcorrection to unit, light pitting, very fine

£240-280

x444Khedive’s Star 1882 (15562 L. Cain. R.E.C.),reverse contemporarily engraved in serif capitals,nearly very fineKhedive’s Star 1884, unnamed as issued, lacquered,nearly very fineKhedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, good veryfine (3)

£160-20015562 Driver Luke Cain, born Liverpool, 1856; enlisted inthe Royal Engineers, June 1878; served in Egypt with ‘C’Troop from August 1882, and present at the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir, 13.9.1882 (entitled to Medal and clasp); returnedhome, October 1882; discharged, June 1890, after 12 years’service.

445Khedive’s Star 1882 (2), unnamed as issued, good veryfine (2)

£80-120

446Khedive’s Star 1884-6 (2) (Pte. Issac Israel 28thB.I.), contemporarily named in small serif capitals;unnamed as issued, nearly very fine (2)

£70-90

x447North West Canada 1885, no clasp (Wm. Murdock95th. M.G.), engraved in large serif capitals, good veryfine

£240-280William Murdoch served with the 95th Battalion ManitobaGrenadiers.

x448Royal Niger Company’s Medal 1886-97, bronze issue,one clasp, Nigeria, the edge officially numbered‘2145’, edge bruise, very fine

£500-700

x449East and West Africa 1887-1900, for Mwele 1895-6,no clasp (3684 Sepoy Mehtab Khan 22d. Pjb.Infy.), heavy edge bruising, nearly very fine

£80-120

x450East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, 1887-8(2325. Pte. F. Rock. 1/W.I. Rgt.), small collector’snumber by suspension claw, nearly very fine

£200-240

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x451East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, Witu1890 (J. Jennings, Sto., H.M.S. Boadicea.), veryfine

£160-200

x452East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, 1891-2(2718 Pte. E. Thompson. 2/W.I. Regt.), officiallyrenamed in large italic serif capitals, good very fine

£100-140

x453East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, BeninRiver 1894 (E. Rayner. A.B., H.M.S. Philomel.),minor edge bruise, good very fine

£240-280

x454East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, Niger1897 (1409. Pte. James Cole II. R: NigerConstby.), minor edge bruising, very fine

£300-350

x455East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, Benin1897 (E. Williams, Ord., H.M.S. Phoebe.), very fine

£160-200

x456East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, 1897-98(689 Pte. E. Dawkins. 2nd. W. India Regt.), toned,good very fine

£160-200

457East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, 1897-98(1172 Pte. Grunshi Kwarra 2, G.C. Constby:),nearly extremely fine

£160-200PROVENANCE:Sotheby, February 1975

x458East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, 1898(919 Pte. J. Lewis. 1/W.I.R.), minor edge bruise,good very fine

£160-200

x459East and West Africa 1887-90, one clasp, Sierra Leone1898-99 (1369 Pte. N. Gordon 1/W.I.R:), scratchto name on edge, nearly very fine

£160-200

x460East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, SierraLeone 1898-99 (3546 Pte C.A. Robinson.2/W.I.R.), minor edge nick, good very fine

£180-220

x461East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, 1900(178 Corpl: Jinadu Lawoyin. 2nd N. NigeriaRegt.), good very fine

£160-200

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x462British South Africa Company’s Medal 1890-97, forRhodesia 1896, no clasp (Troopr. F.J. Tieinan.B.S.A. Police.), small scratch to obverse field, otherwiseextremely fine

£200-240

x463British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, forMashonaland 1897, no clasp (Trooper S. WilliamsB.S.A. Police), nearly extremely fine

£200-240

x464Central Africa 1891-98, one clasp, Central Africa1894-98 (173 Pte. Deria. B.C.A. Rifles.) good veryfine

£700-900

465India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp,Relief of Chitral 1895 (876 Sepoy Safdar 6th.Kashmir L. Infy.), suspension slack, very fine

£70-90

466India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., bronze issue,one clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Cook Kan Singh15th. Bl. Infy.), good very fine

£100-140

x467India General Service Medal 1895-1902, V.R., bronzeissue, one clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (414 DoolyBearer Chunni Comst. Transpt. Deptt.), very fine

£80-120

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x468India General Service Medal 1895-1902, V.R., oneclasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (2nd Lieut; W.B.C.Bridge. 2. High. L.I.), light contact marks, good veryfine

£240-280Captain William Basil Charles Bridge, born September1874; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Highland Lightinfantry, March 1897; served in the campaign on the NorthWest Frontier of India under Sir William Lockhart with the2nd Battalion, 1897-98, and took part in the operations ofthe Malakand and Buner Field Forces including the forcingof the Tanga Pass; promoted Lieutenant, 3.2.1900; Captain,23.1.1907; retired, 5.4.1911

469India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp,Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (3561 Sepoy BadhawaRam 30th. Pjb. Infy.), number partially officiallycorrected, nearly very fine

£60-80

x470India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., bronze issue,one clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (3097 MulateerSubrati Comst. Transpt. Dpt.), good very fine

£70-90

471India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., bronze issue,one clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (3197 DoolyBearer Lulloo Comt. Transpt. Dept.), traces ofverdigris, nearly very fine

£70-90

472India General Service 1895-1902, E.VII.R., one clasp,Waziristan 1901-2 (1023 Sepoy Sihru 2d. Pjb.Infy.), suspension loose, nearly very fine

£70-90

x473India General Service Medal 1895-1902, E.VII.R.,bronze issue, one clasp, Waziristan 1901-2 (1553Doolie Bearer Purraoo 32nd Pujb: Pioneers), goodvery fine

£70-90

x474India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., two clasps,Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897 (3818 Pte.A. Maguire 2d. Bn. Ryl. Ir: Regt.), nearly extremelyfine

£140-180

x475India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., two clasps,Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897 (3387 Pte.M. O’Meara 2nd Bn. Ryl. Ir. Regt.), numberpartially officially corrected, pawn broker’s mark toobverse field, nearly extremely fine

£120-160

x476India General Service Medal 1895-1902, V.R., twoclasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98(4575 Lce. Corpl. H. Whitman 1st Bn. DevonReg), very fine

£140-180

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477India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., two clasps,Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (2964 Pte.J. Mathers. 1st Bn. Ryl. Sco: Fus:), edge details wornin places, contact marks, nearly very fine

£80-120

x478Jummoo and Kashmir 1895, one clasp, Chitral 1895,unnamed as issued, reverse of clasp stamped Gurney,London, good very fine

£500-700

x479Ashanti Star 1896, unnamed as issued, good very fine

£140-180

480Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (7874 Pte. J.Winterbottom. 1/Gren. Gds.), heavy contact marks,polished, nearly very fine

£160-200

x481Queen’s Sudan 1896-98, engraved in Arabic script asto Egyptian/ Sudanese troops, nearly very fine

£80-120

x482Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, one clasp, Hafir (No.3743 Pte. G. Oakes 1. N. Staff. R.), contemporarilyengraved in large serif capitals, edge bruise, nearly veryfine

£100-140

x483Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, one clasp, Sudan 1897,engraved in Arabic script as to Egyptian/ Sudanesetroops, very fineKhedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, bronze issue, no clasp,unnamed as issued, suspension bar slightly loose, nearlyvery fine (2)

£140-180

x484Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, one clasp, The Atbara(4190 Pte. H. Mansell. 1. Linc. Regt.),contemporarily engraved in large serif capitals,surname partially corrected, very fine

£100-140

x485Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, one clasp, Nyam Nyam,unnamed as issued, very fine

£120-160

x486Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, two clasps, Firket, Hafir,engraved in Arabic script as to Egyptian/ Sudanesetroops, good very fine

£100-140

x487East and Central Africa 1897-99, one clasp, Uganda1897-98, unnamed as issued, nearly very fine

£200-240

x488East and Central Africa 1897-99, one clasp, 1898(Pte. Ahamad. Salim. 27th. Bombay Infy:),officially impressed, darkly toned, good very fine

£350-400

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x489British North Borneo Company’s Medal 1897-1916,bronze issue, one clasp, Punitive Expedition, unnamedas issued, extremely fine

£300-350

x490British North Borneo Company’s Medal 1900, bronzeissue, one clasp, Tambunan (397. Private Marian.),nearly extremely fine

£800-1,200

491Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, bronze issue, noclasp (Lascar Imani, India Ord: Dept.), traces ofverdigris around suspension claw, nearly very fine

£80-120Note: A Lascar is a labourer, porter, or tent pitcher.

492Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, CapeColony (6894 Pte. J. Eastwood, Rl: Lanc: Regt),good very fine

£60-80

x493Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Natal(12483 Dr: T. Tree. A.S.C.), minor edge bruise, veryfine

£70-90

494Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, CapeColony, Orange Free State (1609 Sap: E. Lewis, Rl:Monmouth: Engrs:), edge bruising, very fine

£80-1201609 Sapper E. Lewis served with the Royal MonmouthEngineers during the Second Boer War, and was dangerouslywounded near Green Point, 20.9.1901.

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x495Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, CapeColony, Wepener (Serjt. A. J. Laws. Cape Infty.),toned, extremely fine

£240-280

496Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps (2),Cape Colony, Transvaal (2435 Pte. H. Terrington,North’D: Fus:), partially officially corrected, pawnbrokers marks to obverse, very fine; Cape Colony, SouthAfrica 1902 (3594 Pte. H. Marks. K.R.R.C.), worn,fine (2)

£80-1202435 Private H. Terrington, 2nd BattalionNorthumberland Fusiliers, was taken prisoner of war atStormbery, 10.12.1899. Latest published transcription ofcasualty roll gives initial as ‘G’.

497Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, CapeColony, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets betweenState and date clasps (7362 Pte. H. Smith. Leicester:Regt), very fine

£50-70

498Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, CapeColony, South Africa 1902 (5281 Pte. W. Henson.N. Staff: Regt), light contact marks, very fine

£60-80

499Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, CapeColony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6221 Pte. J.Kane, Cheshire Regt), remnants of lacquer, contactmarks, therefore nearly very fine

£60-80

500Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, CapeColony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (S. Serjt. G.H.Gauntley. National Scouts.), toned, nearly extremelyfine, scarce to unit

£140-180The National Scouts were raised in 1901 from Republicansurrendered men, who were willing to fight against theircompatriots. They were used chiefly for raiding and scouting.

501Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, CapeColony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1233 Pte. H.Anthony. Victorian M.R.), very fine

£200-240

x502Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, CapeColony, Orange Free State, Belfast (6065 Pte. C.Nott, 1: Essex Regt.), edge bruising, nearly very fine

£80-120

503Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps,Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (4569Pte. T. Skerratt, Liverpool Regt), worn, fine

£100-140

504Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps,Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (5698 Pte.F. Perry. E. Surrey Regt.), pawn broker’s mark toedge, contact marks therefore nearly very fine

£60-80

x505Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, CapeColony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, DiamondHill (2200 Dmr: A. Shaw. Derby: Regt), minor edgebruising, nearly very fine

£80-120

x506Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps,Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal(5628 Dvr: F.W. Smith. R.F.A.), suspension claw re-affixed, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine

£70-90

x507Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Reliefof Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal(3126, Pte. F. Waldren. Glouc: Rgt.), very fine

£140-180

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508Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, CapeColony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa1901, South Africa 1902 (25926 Pte. W. Arscott.35th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:), minor edge bruise, very fineVictory Medal (S4-122397 Cpl. F. Parker. A.S.C.),very fineWar Medal, unnamed as issued, very fineNaval Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Admiral’sbust’ type (46912 T. Mount. Sto.1, H.M.S.Pembroke.), contact marks, nearly very fine (4)

£100-14025926 Private W. Arscott served during the Boer War withthe 35th (Middlesex) Company, 11th Battalion ImperialYeomanry.

x509Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, CapeColony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa1901, South Africa 1902 (24915 Tpr. A. Young.46th. Coy Imp: Yeo:), nearly extremely fine

£80-12024915 Trooper A. Young, served during the Boer War withthe 46th (Belfast) Company, 12th Battalion ImperialYeomanry.

x510Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, CapeColony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, DiamondHill, Belfast (52712 Dvr. P.H. Ambrose, T. Bty.,R.H.A.), good very fine

£100-140

x511Queen’s Mediterranean 1899-1902 (7777 Pte. J.E.Walton. Yorks: L.I.), minor edge nicks, good very fine

£200-240

x512Transport Medal 1899-1902, one clasp, South Africa1899-1902 (L. Johnston), edge bruise, nearlyextremely fine

£500-700L. Johnston, served as Chief Engineer in the Allan Line’sLaurentian.

x513China 1900, no clasp (H.W. Jeffery. Gunr. R.M.A.),traces of lacquer, good very fine

£140-180

514China 1900, no clasp (3824 Rifln. Ramkishan Dura1st. Bn. 4th. Gurkha Rifle.), edge bruising, nearlyvery fine

£100-140

x515China 1900, bronze issue, no clasp (Butler DinMuhammad 30th. Baluch Infy.), very fine

£140-180

x516China 1900, one clasp, Relief of Pekin (H. Brooker.Ord., H.M.S. Endymion.), edge bruising, very fine

£300-350

x517Ashanti 1900, no clasp (116 Pte. Chamangmasasa.1st K.A.R.C.), worn, therefore fairAfrica General Service 1902-56, E.II.R., one clasp,Kenya (A3292 Wdr. Muasya. Mwikya.), nearly veryfine (2)

£200-240

x518Ashanti 1900, one clasp, Kumassi (87 Cpl BenjaminThomas W. African Regt.), contact marks, thereforegood fine

£240-280

x519Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp,Somaliland 1902-04 (P. Murray, Sto, H.M.S.Hyacinth.), toned, minor edge bruising, good very fine

£100-140

520Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp,Somaliland 1902-04 (1404 Sepoy Kala Singh. 36th.Sikhs Regt.), edge bruising, contact marks, otherwisenearly very fine

£70-90

x521Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp,N. Nigeria 1902 (1827 Pte. Taiwo Illa. 2nd. N.Nigeria Regt.), extremely fine

£140-180

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x522Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp,N. Nigeria 1904 (2302 Pte. Imoru Bautchi. N.N.Regt.), nearly extremely fine

£160-200

x523Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp,Somaliland 1908-10 (Ch. 12077 Pte. G.J. Hicks,R.M.L.I. H.M.S. Barham.), toned, good very fine

£100-140

x524Africa General Service 1902-56, G.V.R., one clasp,Nyasaland 1915 (838 Pte. Sukali Depot Coy.1/K.A.R.), worn, good fine

£80-120

525Africa General Service 1902-56, E.II.R., one clasp,Kenya (22704438 Cfn. I. MacMillan REME.),toned, extremely fine, in slightly damaged named cardbox of issue

£70-90

x526Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (120973 Dvr. Sajawal 19th.M. Cadre), traces of lacquer, very fine

£100-140

527Tibet 1903-04, bronze issue, no clasp (167 CoolyMingma Serpa S.& T. Corps), good very fine

£70-90

x528Tibet 1903-04, bronze issue, no clasp (Cooly NandaLall Sunwar S. & T. Corps), good very fine

£70-90

x529Tibet 1903-04, bronze issue, one clasp, Gyantse(Cooly Junydunya Lama S. & T. Corps), nearlyextremely fine

£240-280

x530Natal 1906, one clasp, 1906 (Pte: W.H. Bartlett,Durban Light Infantry.), nearly extremely fine

£80-120

x531Natal 1906, one clasp, 1906 (Tpr: J.P. Cornelius,Northern D.M. Rifles.), good very fine

£160-200

x532India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp,Abor 1911-12 (198 Naik Saraj Din, 26th MuleCorps), very fine

£140-180

x533India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp,Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (2) (7673 L-Cpl. F.Hursey, 1 K.D. Guards.; 10090 Spr. Alif Din, 1S&M.), light contact marks, very fine (2)

£80-120

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534India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp (3),Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (2) (17687 Pte. J.Bowling, 1 P.W. Vols.; 26343 Cpl. E. Mills,R.A.M.C.); North West Frontier 1935 (BearerMunsafdar Khan, 2-D.W.R.), first officiallyrenamed, edge cuts to last, generally very fine (3)

£80-120

x535India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp,Malabar 1921-22 (391434 Tpr. F. Johnston, TheBays.), good very fine

£100-140

x536India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp (3),Waziristan 1921-24 (7859 Rfmn. Dalbahadur Pun,2-8 G.R.); North West Frontier 1930-31 (64108Dvr. Bhan Singh, 27 A.T. Coy.); North WestFrontier 1935 (8993 Sepoy Mian Mohd, 1-15Punjab R.), area of erasure after naming on last, edgebruising and contact marks, generally nearly very fine(3)

£80-120

537India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp (2),Waziristan 1921-24 (66 Swpr. Pala, 1-12 F.F.R.);North West Frontier 1935 (Syce Suleman, 5-1Punjab R.), very fineIndia General Service 1936-39, one clasp, North WestFrontier 1936-37 (F-779 Smith Ahmad Bakhsh, 3Mtn. Bty.), area of erasure at 3 o’clock, otherwise goodvery fine (3)

£70-90

538India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp,North West Frontier 1930-31 (2) (Tindal MirHussain, Kurram Mil.; Bhisti Ram Zannee, 2-Seaforth.), small area of file marks at 3 o’clock onsecond, otherwise very fine, scarce rank to a British unitIndia General Service 1936-39, one clasp, North WestFrontier 1936-37 (TD-85550 Swpr. Banta,R.I.A.S.C. (A. Tpt.)), good very fine (3)

£100-140Note: A Tindal is the chief of a gang of lascars, coolies orlabourers; a Bhisti is a water carrier who carries his water in abag made from a goat skin.

TD-85550 Sweeper Banta served with the AnimalTransport branch of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps.

x539India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp,Burma 1930-32 (759552 Pte. F. Jones. Oxf. &Bucks L.I.), nearly extremely fine

£80-120

x540India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp,Mohmand 1933 (800954 Gnr. J. Sneddon. R.A.),extremely fine

£100-140

x541Khedive’s Sudan 1910-22, 2nd type, one clasp, Zeraf1913-14, unnamed as issued, good very fine

£200-240

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x542Khedive’s Sudan 1910-22, 2nd type, one clasp, AliabDinka, unnamed as issued, good very fine

£200-240

x543Khedive’s Sudan 1910-22, 2nd type, one clasp, Nyala,unnamed as issued, good very fine

£300-350

5441914 Star (L-8849 Pte. J.G. Smith. 1/E. Kent R.),nearly very fine

£80-120D.C.M. London Gazette 3.9.1918 18891 Cpl. J.G. Smith,M.G.C. (Ashford)‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in action incharge of two guns. He remained in position till the infantryhad retired, firing direct at the advancing enemy till most ofhis ammunition was expended and causing heavy casualties.He then retired and took up another position, using up theremainder of his ammunition on the advancing infantry atclose range. He has been out four years, and has invariably seta fine example of courage and devotion to duty.’

L-8849 Corporal J.G. Smith, D.C.M., enlisted in the EastKent Regiment and served during the Great War on theWestern Front from 7.9.1914; transferred to the MachineGun Corps with the new service number 18891, and awardedthe Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry on theWestern Front.

x5451914 Star (3-977 Pte. G. Baxter. Yorks: L.I.),nearly very fine1914-15 Star (233532. C.S. Martin. A.B., R.N.),very fineBritish War Medal (44661 Pte. H. Milton. TheQueen’s R.), good very fineMercantile Marine War Medal (Frederick Tullett),good very fineVictory Medal (43019 Pte. J. Sweeney. TheQueen’s R.), officially renamed, very fineTerritorial Force War Medal (4 B.Q.M.Sjt. F.Pugsley. R.A.), suspension rivet re-soldered, traces oflacquer, good very fineBritish Red Cross Society Medal for War Service, goodvery fine, with integral top riband bar (7)

£200-240

5461914 Star (Cook Pir Mohd, 58/Rfls.), nearly veryfine1914-15 Star (Langri Fazal, N.W. Militia.), traces ofverdigris, nearly very fineVictory Medal (Mess Serv. F. Anthony, 89 Pjbs. Y.),good fine (3)

£60-80Note: A Langri is an assistant cook or washer-up.

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5471914-15 Star (2) (No.96 Barber Mehenga, MalaySt. Guides.; No.1624 Bearer Nur Mohd. No.1Coy. A.B. Corps.), scratch to reverse of second, nearlyvery fine, scarce unit on firstBritish War Medal (55153 Bearer Kanayalal, 5 CoyA.B.C.), minor edge bruise, very fine (3)

£50-70Note: A Bearer, serving with the Army Bearer Corps, is eithera personal servant, valet, or waiter; or the carrier of apalanquin, dooly, or stretcher.

5481914-15 Star (2) (Habib Ahmed Khan, PackerPostal Deptt.; Gharibu, Pte. Srvt. 12/Cavy.), lightscratches to reverse of first, very fineVictory Medal (Mico-7725 Mochi Nawab. Khan.),very fine (3)

£50-70Note: A Mochi is a worker in leather, typically a shoemaker,cobbler, or saddler.

549British War Medal (55093 Khal. Ranchod Kasa,Meso. Rys.), nearly very fineVictory Medal (6) (76935 Carp. Jivan Singh, Meso.Rys.; 1987 Sepoy Maujuddin 5-Lt. Infy.; 19627Carp. Dalip Singh, I.W.T.; 49757 Carp. Varyama,I.W.T.; Swpr. Nathu, 54 Sikhs.; 3372 Dvr. Gokal,36 Mule Cps.), traces of verdigris to first, edge bruisingto second, generally nearly very fine or better (7)

£60-801987 Sepoy Maujuddin served during the Great War withthe 5th Indian Light Infantry, four of whose eightCompanies mutinied at Singapore, 15.2.1915, murdering 44British and local soldiers and civilians. Around half of theremaining Indian soldiers scattered in confusion, and couldnot be brought to act against their fellow Sepoys. The mutinytook over a week to suppress, and in the end 47 of theMutineers were executed, and a further 184 were sentencedto terms of imprisonment or transportation. The loyalelements of the Regiment, 7 British and Indian Officers and588 other ranks, including Sepoy Maujuddin, subsequentlysaw action during the Great War in Cameroon.

Note: A Khallassi is a porter, labourer, or survey assistant.

550British War Medal, bronze issue (2) (1534 LabrHarnam Singh, 7.. Lab Coy; 2532 Labr. NathSingh, 2 L.C.), unit partially erased on first, nearlyvery fine (2)

£120-160

551Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (2) (FrankAlbert Gambrill; Richard Percy Poole), good veryfineGreat War Memorial Scroll (Pte. Ernest Cornish,Essex Reg.), good very fine

£120-16021322 Private Frank Albert Gambrill, served with the 4thBattalion Grenadier Guards during the Great War on theWestern Front; killed in action 27.9.1915, and iscommemorated upon the Loos Memorial, France.

22197 Private Richard Percy Poole, served with the 11thBattalion Worcestershire Regiment during the Great War;killed in action in Mesopotamia 26.2.1917 and is buried inKarasouli Military Cemetery, Greece.

201158 Private Ernest Cornish, served with theBedfordshire Regiment and later “D” Company 4thBattalion the Essex Regiment during the Great War; killed inaction in Palestine, 27.3.1917 and is commemorated uponthe Jerusalem Memorial.

552Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (3) (Harry GlynVivian Poole; Harry Ray; Walter EdwardQuarrinton), good very fine (3)

£80-120314626 Sapper Harry Glyn Vivian Poole, served at theSignal School Training Centre, Royal Engineers; died7.6.1919, and is buried in Newport (Christchurch)Cemetery.

3398 Rifleman Walter Edward Quarrinton, served withthe 3rd Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps during the GreatWar on the Western Front; killed in action 23.8.1915, and isburied in Chapelle-d’Armentieres Old Military Cemetery,France.

There are three men with the name Harry Ray on theCommonwealth War Graves Commission roll.

x553Naval General Service 1915-62 (2), G.V.R., one clasp,Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (J.900. J.R. Macdonald,A.B. H.M.S. Hyacinth.), with minor officialcorrections; G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine 1945-48(C/KX769705. Sto.1. J. Dadson.), a slightly laterissue, light contact marks, generally good very fine (2)

£120-160

x554Naval General Service 1915-62 (2), G.VI.R., oneclasp, Malaya (C/SMX. 819066 J.J. Smith S.B.A.R.N.); E.II.R., one clasp, Near East (D/M.953090M.D. Clarke. Wtr. R.N.), good very fine (2)

£140-180

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x555General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp (2), Iraq(189030 Gnr. T.W.H. Harrison. R.A.); N.W.Persia (4737479 Pte. E.A. Wildsmith. Y. & L.R.),very fine (2)

£100-140

556General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp (2), Iraq(226073 Gnr. T. Brackenridge. R.A.); N.W. Persia(1600 Sepoy Aulia Khan. 74 - Punjabis.), suspensionloose on first, generally nearly very fine (2)

£60-80

557General Service 1918-62 (3), G.VI.R., one clasp,Palestine (3308386 Pte. T. Wilson. H.L.I.); E.II.R.,one clasp (2), Malaya (23471594 Pte. C.G.Fitzgerald. S.W.B.); Cyprus (22998427 Sgt. S.E.Roberts. L.F.), generally very fine (3)

£100-140

x558General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp (2),Palestine (3958756 Pte. T. Ashford. Welch. R.);Palestine 1945-48 (2385758 Sigmn. R.S. Harkins.R. Sigs.), toned, light pitting to first, otherwise nearlyextremely fine, the second extremely fine, latter in namedcard box of issue (2)

£140-180

559General Service 1918-62 (2), G.VI.R., one clasp,Palestine 1945-48 (AS.13891 Pte. D. Tokonye.A.P.C.), surname partially officially corrected; E.II.R.,one clasp, Brunei (2354 FF. Res. Inang. SarawakPolice.), very fineGeneral Service 1962-2007, one clasp, NorthernIreland (24165885 Sig. M.L. Ball R. Signals), veryfine (3)

£120-160

560General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya(2) (22602541 Pte. J.D. Barker. Suffolk.;4127230 Cpl. W. Jarvis. Manch.), generally nearlyvery fine (2)

£60-80

561General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya(4018079. L.A.C. D.J. Denton. R.A.F.), good veryfineGeneral Service 1962-2007, one clasp, South Arabia(C 4279166 LAC. W. Loughton. R.A.F.), good veryfine (2)

£70-90

562General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya(W/161838 Cpl. J. Dowling. W.R.A.C.), struck ona thinner flan, extremely fine, with named box of issueand medal office enclosure

£50-60

x563General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp (2),Malaya (1907519 Sgt. T. Galvin. R.A.F.); Near East(22783997 Spr. D.J. Healing. R.E.), initialsofficially corrected on latter, light contact marks andtraces of lacquer to first, good very fine or better (2)

£80-120

x564General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, CanalZone (22431235 Spr M P Smith RE), extremelyfine, with named card box of issue

£180-220

x565General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Cyprus(4184948 L.A.C. P.K. Rayner R.A.F.), good veryfineGeneral Service 1962-2007, one clasp, South Arabia(P4278214 LAC. M.D.N. Williams. R.A.F.),extremely fine (2)

£80-120

x566General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Brunei(1330854 Cpl. S.B. Wood. R.A.F.), minor contactmarks, very fine

£140-180

x567India General Service 1936-39, one clasp (2), NorthWest Frontier 1936-37 (7883801 Pte. A.G.Lanfear. R. Tank C.); North West Frontier 1937-39,top lugs removed (6202237 Sigmn. R.H. Roberts. R.Sigs.), second lacquered, nearly extremely fine (2)

£120-160

x568Second World War Medals (14), 1939-1945 Star;Atlantic Star, with France and Germany Bar; AfricaStar; Burma Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star;Defence Medal; War Medal; Canadian VolunteerService Medal; Australia Service Medal (128097 R.L.Matthews.); New Zealand War Service Medal; IndiaService Medal; Africa Service Medal (47371 A.J.K.Waite); South African Medal for War Services,generally good very fine or better, together with aDunkirk Commemorative Medal (15)

£60-80

569Second World War Medals (20), 1939-1945 Star (6);Africa Star; Burma Star; Italy Star (2); France andGermany Star; Defence Medal (5); War Medal (4),generally good very fine or better (20)

£60-80

x570Southern Rhodesia War Service Medal, unnamed asissued, good very fine

£200-240

571Korea 1950-53, 1st ‘Britt: Omn:’ type (D/SSX.795619 H. Scott A.B. R.N.), very fine

£80-120

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572Korea 1950-53, 1st ‘Britt: Omn:’ type (22632693Sigmn. K. Douglas. R. Sigs.), good very fine

£80-120

573General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, Borneo (2)(J.977655 T.A. Sands. A.B. R.N.; 4251369 S.A.C.M.J. Wilburn R.A.F.), generally very fine or better (2)

£60-80

x574General Service 1962-2007, one clasp (2), Borneo(24032365 Gnr. R.J.H. Howland. RA.); MalayPeninsula (074865 E.C. Abery. J.M.(E).1. R.N.),good very fine (2)

£80-120

575General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, NorthernIreland (2) (24227141 Fus. W. Mairah RRF.;24155588 Gnr. M.T. Ainsworth RA.), generallyvery fine or better (2)

£60-80

x576General Service 1962-2007 (2), one clasp, NorthernIreland (24399185 Pte S Jenkins ACC); two clasps,Radfan, South Arabia, unofficial retaining rod betweenclasps (23672882 Sgt. D. White. RASC.), good veryfine or better (2)

£100-140

x577General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, Dhofar(K8097909 LAC E Williams RAF), extremely fine

£160-200

578General Service 1962-2007, two clasps, Borneo,South Arabia (23889077 Pte. J.N. Campbell. A &SH.), nearly extremely fine

£70-90

579General Service 1962-2007, three clasps, Radfan,South Arabia, Borneo (23872806 L/Cpl. R. Butler.RE), edge bruise, otherwise good very fine

£100-140

x580Vietnam 1964-73 (1734668 G.D. Pollock),extremely fine

£180-2201734668 Private Graham Dunford Pollock, born Mackay,Queensland, 9.9.1948; served with the Royal AustralianInfantry Corps in Vietnam from 16.7.1969; posted to 9thBattalion, Royal Australian Regiment, 6.8.1969;Headquarters, 1st Australian Logistic Support Group,19.11.1969; returned to Australia, 25.6.1970.

x581South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (RO2(G) R.Marshall D182704L HMS Hermes), extremely fine,with named card box of issue

£500-700The Flagship of the Royal Navy Task Force, H.M.S. Hermes,in company with H.M.S. Invincible, shared in the provisionof almost all the air power of the campaign, her operationalcapacity amounting to 15 Sea Harriers and six Harrier GR3’s,in addition to assorted helicopter types.

x582Iraq 2003-11, one clasp, 19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003(25113748 Cfn G J Shaw REME), extremely fine,with named card box of issue and rosette for ribandbar

£160-200179


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583Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Ensign. J. Miller.27th. Bengal N.I.), nearly extremely fine

£340-380Major-General James Miller, born October 1835, the son ofJohn Miller, Esq., and the grandson of Sir William Miller, 2ndBaronet; educated at Edinburgh Academy and Addiscombe;Commissioned Ensign, 27th Bengal Native Infantry, June 1855,and served with the 27th N.I. and 16th Punjab Infantry duringthe Indian Mutiny; promoted Lieutenant, September 1857;served in the Bengal Saff Corps, and 28th Punjab Infantry;promoted Captain, June 1867; appointed Squadron Officer, 1Central India Horse; promoted Major, June 1875; appointedSecond in Command and Wing Commander, Malwa BheelCorps and Bhopal Battalion; promoted Lieutenant-Colonel,June 1881; Colonel, June 1885; Major-General, November1886; died, 20.3.1929. At the time of his death, General Millerwas one of the last, if not the last, surviving veterans of theIndian Mutiny.

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584Six: Lieutenant T.G.A. Miller, Duke ofEdinburgh’s Own Volunteer Rifles andIntelligence Department, Later Light HorseRegiment, Australian Imperial ForceBritish South Africa Company’s Medal 1890-97, forRhodesia 1896, no clasp (Tpr. T.G.A. Miller, Matab.Rle. Fce.); Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, one clasp, Bechuanaland (Lieut. T.G.A. Miller.Intell. Dept.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, oneclasp, Cape Colony (Lieut: T.G.A. Miller,D.E.O.V.Rif:); 1914-15 Star (285 Cpl. T.G.A. Miller.2/L.H.Rgt. A.I.F.); British War Medal (285 Pte.T.G.A. Miller. 2/L.H.Rgt. A.I.F.); Victory Medal(285 Cpl. T.G.A. Miller. 2-L.H.R. A.I.F.), edge bruiseto first and third, otherwise extremely fine, a rarecombination (6)

£800-1,200Lieutenant Thomas George Alexander Miller, born July1869, the son of Sir Thomas Macdonald Miller, 4th Baronet,and the brother of Sir William Frederick Miller, 5th Baronet,and Francis Macdonald Miller; served in the Matabelelandcampaign, the Bechuanaland campaign, and in the Boer War;subsequently emigrated to Rockhampton, Queensland;enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, 20.8.1914, andserved during the Great War with ‘B’ Squadron, 2ndAustralian Light Horse Regiment (severely wounded);returned to Australia, 17.10.1916; died, 28.6.1939.

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585Four: Captain Sir W.F. Miller, Bt., British Red Cross Society and theOrder of St. John of Jerusalem, Late Imperial YeomanryQueen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia,Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut. Sir W.F. Miller. Bart. 18/Impl. Yeo.);1914 Star (Sir W.F. Miller. B.R.C.S.& O.St.J.J.); British War and VictoryMedals (Capt. Sir W.F. Miller Bt.), good very fine, mounted as worn andhoused in a Gaunt, London, leather case (4)

£300-400Captain Sir William Frederick Miller, Bt., born April 1868, the son of Sir ThomasMacdonald Miller, 4th Baronet, and the brother of Thomas George Alexander Millerand Francis Macdonald Miller; succeeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his father,September 1875; educated at Harrow; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 3rdBattalion, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment, 1886; retired, 1887; servedwith the 18th (Queen’s Own Royal Glasgow and Lower Ward of Lanark) Company,6th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry during the Boer War; promoted Lieutenant,3.7.1901; subsequently served during the Great War with the British Red CrossSociety and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem; appointed Staff Captain, 17th Corps,British Expeditionary Force, wounded, 29.9.1918; died, 20.12.1948.

586Pair: Private F.M. Miller, Australian Imperial ForceBritish War and Victory Medals (7515 Pte. F.M. Miller. 15-Bn. A.I.F.),good very fine, with named card box of issue (2)

£80-1207515 Private Francis Macdonald Miller, born March 1870, the son of Sir ThomasMacdonald Miller, 4th Baronet, and the brother of Sir William Frederick Miller, 5thBaronet, and Thomas George Alexander Miller; enlisted in the 9th Infantry Battalion,Australian Imperial Force, 14.6.1917, and served during the Great War; killed inaction, 4.7.1918, whilst serving with the 15th Infantry Battalion on the WesternFront, and is buried in Crucifix Corner Cemetery, France.

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587Pair: Captain T.F. Birch, Royal NavyChina 1842 (Thos. F. Birch, Lieut. H.M.S.Modeste.); Baltic 1854, unnamed as issued, good veryfine (2)

£1,000-1,400Captain Thomas Francis Birch, joined the Royal Navy,December 1830; passed his examination, 1837; served asMate in H.M.S. Beagle (Captain J. Wickham), in Australia;promoted Lieutenant, July 1840, and appointed the samemonth to H.M.S. Melville (flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Hon.G. Elliot), in the East Indies; after briefly serving in theBritomart he was appointed First Lieutenant, H.M.S.Modeste (Captain R. Watson), August 1841; he served withthe ‘latter vessel during the campaign China, he landed withthe troops at the reduction of Chinghae, 10.10.1841 - ablycommanded the boats of the Modeste and E.I.C.’s shipSesostris at the defence of Ningpo, 10.3.1842 - and wasemployed on shore at the capture of Chapoo and of thebatteries of Woosung, 28th May and 16th June, 1842.(London Gazette 1842, pp. 396, 2388, 3694, 3400). Forthese services he was promoted to the rank of Commander30.12.1842 (London Gazette 1842 p 3900)’ (O’Byrne refers);commanded H.M.S. Waterwitch, 1844-1847, in thesuppression of the slave trade on the coast of Africa; Captain1850; commanded H.M.S. Esk during the Baltic Campaign,1855.

x588Pair: Colour Sergeant J. Varney, 32nd FootPunjab 1848-49, two clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat(Private John Varney. H.M.’s ... Foot); India GeneralService 1854-95, one clasp, Northwest Frontier (3142Corpl. J. Varney H,M 32nd. Regt.), heavy contactmarks to first, therefore nearly very fine, the second better(2)

£500-7003142 Corporal John Varney, born Summertown, Oxford,1824; enlisted in the 32nd Foot, June 1846; promotedCorporal, January 1851; Sergeant, February 1853; servedwith the Regiment in India during the Sepoy Mutiny andpresent at the Defence of Lucknow (received medal withclasp); promoted Colour Sergeant, December 1858;discharged, August 1861, after 16 years and 46 days with theColours.

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589Pair: Corporal W. Johnson, 1st European FusiliersPunjab 1848-49, two clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat(Corpl. Wm. Johnson, 1st. Eur. Fus.); Indian Mutiny1857-58, no clasp (Wm. Johnson, 1st. Bombay Eurn.Fusrs.), minor edge bruising and light contact marks,very fine (2)

£500-700

590Three: Corporal J. Hilson, 79th HighlandersCrimea 1854-56, three clasps, Alma, Balaklava,Sebastopol (Corpl. Jas. Hilson. 79th. Regt.) officiallyimpressed; Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp,Lucknow (Jas. Hilson, 79th. Highlanders); TurkishCrimea, Sardinian die, a contemporary ‘Hunt andRoskell’ striking, with small ring suspension, contactmarks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (3)

£500-7003344 Corporal James Hilson, born Dalkeith, Scotland;enlisted in the 79th Highlanders, February 1853; served withthe Regiment in Turkey and the Crimea for 2 years 43 days,and in India for 14 years 100 days; discharged, February1875.

Note: The medal roll for the Crimea shows he is not entitledto the Balaklava clasp; however, the medal appears entirely asissued.

591Three: Sergeant W. Hayes, Rifle BrigadeCrimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (W. Hayes.1st. Batn. Rifle Bde.), officially impressed; Army LongService & G.C., V.R. (4676 Sergt. Cook W Hayes 1st.Bn. Rifle Brigade); Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die (W.Hayes, 1.R.B.), contemporarily engraved in serifcapitals, pierced as issued, heavy contact marks andedge bruising to first and third, otherwise nearly veryfine (3)

£240-280

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592Pair: Private J. Mobbs, Cape Mounted RiflesSouth Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1877-8-9 (Pte. J.Mobbs. C.M. Rifles.); British South Africa Company’sMedal 1890-97, for Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Tpr. J.Mobbs, Municipal. Police.), minor edge bruising, goodvery fine (2)

£500-700

593Three: Staff Sergeant Collar Maker P. Burns, ArmyService Corps, Late Commissariat and TransportCorpsEgypt 1882-89, dated, two clasps, Tel-el-Kebir,Suakin 1885 (2600 Pte. P. Burns. 12th... & T.C.);Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, CapeColony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2600S:S:Cr:Mr: P. Burns, A.S.C.); Khedive’s Star 1882,unnamed as issued, pitting to first from Star, nearlyvery fine, the QSA good very fine (3)

£240-2802600 Staff Sergeant Collar Maker Patrick Burns, bornShankill, Belfast, 1856; enlisted in the Commissariat andTransport Corps, June 1879, having previously served in theRoyal Antrim Rifles; served in Egypt, August 1882 to March1883 and February to August 1885, and in South Africa,October 1899 to June 1901; discharged, 5.6.1903.

594Pair: Private J. Roberts, Royal West Kent RegimentEgypt 1882-89, dated, no clasp (...Pte. J. Roberts1/R.W. Kent); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed asissued, suspension slack, edge details worn, good fine (2)

£80-1201304 Private James Roberts, born Truro, Cornwall, 1851;enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment, September 1870;discharged, February 1892, after 21 years and 266 days withthe Colours.

595Pair: Private W. Burt, Gordon HighlandersEgypt 1882-89, undated, two clasps, El-Teb_Tamaai,The Nile 1884-85 (2150. Pte. W. Burt. 1/Gord:Highrs.); Khedive’s Star 1884, unnamed as issued,heavy pitting, nearly very fine (2)

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£380-4204007 Private S. McMillan, served with the 1st BattalionQueen’s Own Cameron Highlanders in the Sudan, where hetook part in the Expedition to Khartoum, 1898, and in SouthAfrica; invalided to England and entitled to a two-claspQueen’s South Africa Medal; most of the rest of the Battalionreceived three clasps to their medals, therefore possiblyexplaining the inclusion of the blank ‘clasp’ in his group.

597Pair: Private R. Badger, 21st LancersQueen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3491. Pte. R. Badger.21/Lancers.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, one clasp,Khartoum (Pte. R. Badger 21st. Lcrs.), light contactmarks, nearly very fine (2)

£1,800-2,2003491 Private R. Badger, took part in the celebrated chargeat Omdurman, 2.9.1898, whilst serving in Captain W.M.Doyne’s ‘C’ Squadron, 21st Lancers.

598Four: Private T. Shorthouse, Somerset LightInfantryIndia General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp,Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (4278 Pte. T. Shorthouse1st. Bn. Som: Lt. Infy.); 1914 Star (4278 Pte. T.Shorthouse. 1/Som: L.I.); British War and VictoryMedals (4278 Pte. T. Shorthouse. Som. L.I.), Starand VM mottled, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine(4)

£160-200

599Five: Private P. Shankland, Later P. Kay, HighlandLight InfantryQueen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, CapeColony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6723 Pte. P.Shankland. Highland L.I.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (6723 Pte. P. Shankland. HighlandL.I.); 1914-15 Star (6723 Pte. P. Kay. High. L.I.);British War and Victory Medals (6723 Pte. P. Kay.H.L.I.), surname and unit officially corrected on BWMand VM, edge bruise to first, nearly very fine or better(5)

£180-2206723 Private Peter Shankland, later Peter Kay, born1880; enlisted in the Highland Light Infantry, October1898; served with the Regiment in South Africa, 27.7.1900-11.1.1903, and during the Great War on the Western Frontfrom 29.11.1914; discharged, 2.11.1915, after 17 years and6 days with the Colours.

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x600Pair: Private W. Quinn, Manchester RegimentQueen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, CapeColony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (5528 Pte. W. Quinn.Manchester Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, twoclasps (5528 Pte. W. Quinn. Manch: Regt.), heavyedge bruising and contact marks, therefore fineKing’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (4129 Pte.W. Funnell. S. Stafford: Regt.), edge bruising, nearlyvery fine (3)

£160-200

x601Pair: Mr. L. Whitham, Post Office CorpsQueen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Defenceof Kimberley (Mr. L. Whitham. Post Office Corps.);Kimberley Star 1899-1900, silver (Hallmarks forBirmingham 1900), reverse contemporarily engraved‘L. Whitham.’, latter lacking top riband bar, nearlyextremely fine (2)

£300-350

602Five: Gunner W. Wheeler, Royal Artillery, LateRifle BrigadeQueen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps,Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (6529 Pte. W. Wheeler. RifleBde.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (6539Pte. W. Wheeler. Rifle Brigade.); 1914-15 Star(99297. Gnr. W. Wheeler, R.F.A.); British War andVictory Medals (99297 Gnr. W. Wheeler. R.A.), lightcontact marks, very fine, mounted court-style fordisplay purposes (5)

£180-22099297 Gunner William Wheeler, born 1877; re-enlistedfor service in the Great War, 16.6.1915, having previouslyserved for 12 years in the Rifle Brigade.

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603The Regimentally Unique Campaign Group of Six to SecondLieutenant, Late Colour Sergeant, C.M.C. Young, RoyalHighlandersChina 1900, one clasp, Relief Pekin (2930 Clr:-Serjt: C. Young. 2ndRl: Highrs:); 1914-15 Star (3-3949. Q.M. Sjt. C.M.C. Young. R.Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. C.M.C. Young.);Army Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (2930 C.Sjt: C.M.C. Young. Rl.Hdrs); Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R. (C. Sjt. C.M.C. Young. R.Highrs.), toned, light contact marks overall, otherwise nearly extremelyfine, with (2) cotemporary miniatures for first and fifth awards, thesemounted for wear (lot)

£1,200-1,600Second Lieutenant Charles Maillard Cook Young, born Aberdeen,Scotland; enlisted Royal Highlanders, 1886; advanced Colour Sergeant 1895;served in China, 1.12.1898-26.5.1905, he was one of a handful of men fromthe Royal Highlanders to serve in that theatre; employed as Drill Instructorwith 1st Chinese Regiment, 1898, and passed Chinese language examinations;the 1st Chinese Regiment were engaged for the Relief of Pekin, 10.6.-14.8.1900, and after the battle ‘was tasked with street clearance, body-burningand pioneering activities around Peking. An International Force victory paradewas held on 28 August through the Forbidden City area. Captain Barnes,Colour Sergeant C. Young (Royal Highlanders) and ten Privates representedthe regiment. Sadly ten days earlier Captain Hill, Sergeant Gi-Dien-KweeD.C.M. and eight men had been killed in an accidental gunpowder explosion.Captain Barnes and his men were then tasked to leave Peking and guard keypoints eastwards along the Pei-ho River, which they did until 20th October.The following day the 1st Chinese Regiment embarked on a steamer, got stuckon the sand bar across the mouth of the river at Taku for 24 hours, transferredto a passenger ship offshore and then sailed for Wei-hai-wei’; received L.S. &G.C. 1908; discharged 31.12.1910, after 24 years and 260 days with theColours; re-engaged for service during the Great War, and served with the 10th(Service) Battalion Royal Highlanders in the French theatre of War, from20.9.1915; commissioned Second Lieutenant, Chinese Labour Corps,19.7.1918.

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604Pair: Sepoy Nanak Singh, 32nd Sikh PioneersTibet 1903-04, one clasp, Gyantse (3514 SepoyNanak Singh, 32nd. Sikh Pioneers); India GeneralService 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, Abor 1911-12(3514 Sepoy Nanak Singh 32nd. Sikh Pioneers), testmarks to both, light contact marks, good very fine (2)

£400-500

605Seven: Private A.A. Barton, Royal Army MedicalCorps1914 Star, with copy Bar (7447 Bglr. A.A. BartonR.A.M.C.), medal unofficially renamed on additionalreverse circular plate; British War and Victory Medals(7447 Pte. A.A. Barton. R.A.M.C.); 1939-1945 Star;Defence and War Medals; Army Long Service & G.C.,G.V.R., with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension(7247309 W.O.CL.II. A.A. Barton. R.A.M.C), veryfine, together with a 1914 Christmas Tin (7)

£120-160Warrant Officer Class II Albert A. Barton, served with theRoyal Army Medical Corps during the Great War on theWestern Front from 19.8.1914.

606Four: Gunner H.S. Harris, Royal Fleet Reserve1914 Star, with later slide Bar (R.M.A.10104. GunnerH.S. Harris, R.M. Brigade.); British War and VictoryMedals (R.M.A. 10104 Gr. H.S. Harris.); Royal FleetReserve Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Admiral’sbust’ type (R.M.A.10104 (B.868) H.S. Harris Gr.R.F.R.), contact marks, nearly very fine, mountedcourt-style for display purposes (4)

£100-140R.M.A.10104 Gunner H.S. Harris, awarded Royal FleetReserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, 8.7.1919.

x607Three: Corporal A. Neville, Royal Fusiliers1914 Star, with Bar (10438 Pte. A. Neville 4/R. Fus.);British War and Victory Medals (L-10438 Pte. ANeville R. Fus), very fine, with the recipient’s WarService Badge and accompanying certificate; therecipient’s Certificate of Service and Discharge; andtwo photographs of the recipient (3)

£100-14010438 Corporal Alexander Neville, born Wood Green,London, October 1883; enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers, July1903, and served with the 4th Battalion during the GreatWar on the Western Front from 1.11.1914; later served withthe Royal Flying Corps as an Engine Fitter.

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608Six: Company Sergeant Major A. Lowndes, RoyalEngineers1914-15 Star (389. Dvr. A. Lowndes, R.E.); BritishWar and Victory Medals (389. Dvr. A. Lowndes,R.E.); Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal,G.V.R., with ‘Territorial’ scroll suspension (2210549Sjt. A. Lowndes. R.E.), nearly very fine, together witha silver prize spoon, the reverse engraved ‘2nd Ches.Fld. Sqdn. R.E. Sqdn. Shoot. 1937 Sgt. Lowndes.’,the recipient’s spurs, cap badges, and buttons, allhoused in a wooden case with brass plaque; apresentation stonewear pot, approximately 1 pint, withsilver bands (Hallmarks for London 1884), engraved‘Presented by the W.O. & Sgts. Mess to C.S.M.Lowndes A. R.E. 1945’; the recipient’s Record ofService; Soldier’s Release Book; Territorial ForceDischarge Certificate; British Legion membershipcard; and two photographs (lot)

£100-1402210549 Company Sergeant Major Alfred Lowndes,born Birkenhead, Cheshire, April 1894; enlisted in the RoyalEngineers, 24.4.1912; served with the Royal EngineersTransport Organisation, British Expeditionary Force duringthe Great War on the Western Front from 9.12.1914;discharged, 10.9.1917; re-enlisted in the Royal Engineers(Territorial Army), 18.2.1924; advanced Company SergeantMajor and served during the Second World War with 911Stevedore Company, Royal Engineers; discharged,30.8.1945.

Note: As Lowndes’ group of medals has no 1939-1945 Starhe may well have served with the British Expeditionary Forcein 1940 taking part in the evacuation of France but thereafterdid not serve the qualifying period of six months in anoperational command.

609Four: Corporal R. Wright, Royal Engineers1914-15 Star (2222. Dvr. R. Wright, R.E.); BritishWar and Victory Medals (2222 2. Cpl. R. Wright.R.E.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R.(412061 Dvr: R. Wright. R.E.), minor edge bruise toBWM, otherwise nearly extremely fine (4)

£50-702222 Corporal Richard Wright, served with the RoyalEngineers during the Great War on the Western Front from16.12.1914.

610Three: Corporal H.A. Smyrk, Royal Engineers1914-15 Star (58017. Spr. H.A. Smyrk R.E.); BritishWar and Victory Medals (58017 A. Cpl. H.A. Smyrk.R.E.), good very fine, with the recipient’s Great WarBronze Memorial Plaque (Henry Alfred Smyrk), incard envelope of issue, with Buckingham Palaceenclosure; two Record Office enclosures; and therecipient’s cap badge (3)

£100-14058017 Corporal Henry Alfred Smyrk, born Pentonville,London, January 1893; served with the ‘A.G’ Cable SectionRoyal Engineers during the Great War; accidentally killed,21.5.1919, and is buried in the Haifa War Cemetery, Israel.

611Three: Private W.J. Wilson, WorcestershireRegiment, Late Army Service Corps and RoyalIrish Rifles1914-15 Star (025492 L.Cpl. W.J. Wilson A.S.C.);British War and Victory Medals (T3-025492 Pte. W.J.Wilson A.S.C.), nearly extremely fine, with therecipient’s Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque(William John Wilson) in card envelope of issue (3)

£80-12042930 Private William John Wilson, served with the ArmyService Corps, the Royal Irish Rifles and the 1st BattalionWorcestershire Regiment during the Great War on theWestern Front; killed in action 6.6.1918 and iscommemorated upon the Soissons Memorial, France.

612Three: Able Seaman R.W. Callf, Royal NavalVolunteer Reserve and Royal Flying Corps1914-15 Star (TZ-5325, R.W. Callf, A.B., R.N.V.R.);British War and Victory Medals (T.Z. 5325 R.W.Callf. A.B. R.N.V.R.), nearly very fine, together with asilver Royal Air Force (India) Football TeamChampionship Winners’ Medal 1922 (3)

£60-80TZ-5325 Able Seaman Robert William Callf, born Byker,Newcastle-upon-Tyne, December 1898; enlisted in the RoyalNaval Volunteer Reserve, 15.6.1915; transferred to the RoyalFlying Corps, 14.1.1918, as a fitter; discharged, 6.9.1932.

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613Family Group:Three: Gunner A. Poole, Royal Garrison Artillery1914-15 Star (51095. Gnr. A. Poole. R.G.A.); BritishWar and Victory Medals (51095 Gnr. A. Poole.R.G.A.), good very fineThree: Gunner H. Poole, Royal Garrison Artillery1914-15 Star (45723 Gnr. H. Poole. R.G.A.); BritishWar and Victory Medals (Bmbr. H. Poole. R.G.A.),nearly very fine, together with the recipient’s traintickets for leavePair: Private W.G. Dingle, NorthamptonshireRegimentBritish War and Victory Medals (205713 Pte. W.G.Dingle. Northn. R.), very fine, together with namedbox of issue; certificate of medal application; and twoidentity tagsThree: Private A. Horton, Royal Army MedicalCorps1914-15 Star (12659 Pte. A. Horton. R.A.M.C.);British War and Victory Medals (12659 Pte. A.Horton. R.A.M.C.), very finePair: Lieutenant R.K. Langley, London RegimentBritish War and Victory Medals (Lieut. R.K. Langley),very finePair: Private H.T. Woodcock, Grenadier GuardsBritish War and Victory Medals (25210 Pte. H.T.Woodcock. G. Gds.), very fine, together with aportrait photograph of the recipient (lot)

£120-16057095 Gunner Albert Poole, served with the RoyalGarrison Artillery during the Great War on the Western Frontfrom 6.9.1915.

Lieutenant Reginald Knight Langley, born August 1884;Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the London Regiment27.12.1916; served with the 7th Battalion during the GreatWar on the Western Front from 1.3.1914; taken Prisoner ofWar, 21.3.1918, at Neuville near Ypres; repatriated,11.12.1918.

25210 Private H.T. Woodcock, died whilst a Prisoner ofWar, 5.12.1917, and is buried in the Cabaret-Rouge BritishCemetery, Souchez, France.

614Three: Private F. Townsend, BedfordshireRegiment1914-15 Star (12319 Pte. F. Townsend Bedf. R.);British War and Victory Medals (12319 Pte. F.Townsend Bedf. R.), good very fine (3)

£50-7012319 Private Frederick Townsend, born HemelHempsted, September 1887; served with the 6th BattalionBedfordshire Regiment during the Great War on the WesternFront from 30.7.1915; died of wounds 5.5.1916 and isburied in Doullens Communal Cemetery, France.

615Three: Captain J.D. Thompson, Loyal NorthLancashire Regiment1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. J.D. Thompson L.N.Lanc.R);British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. J.D.Thompson), nearly extremely finePair: Lieutenant R. Price, Royal Army MedicalCorpsBritish War and Victory Medals (Lieut. R. Price),nearly extremely finePair: Lieutenant H.I. Taylor, Royal Army ServiceCorpsBritish War and Victory Medals (Lieut H.I. Taylor),good very fine, together with a Royal Army ServiceCorps pin badgeBritish War Medal (Major O. Shields), extremely fine(8)

£70-90Captain Joseph Dickinson Thompson, served during theGreat War on the Western Front with the Loyal NorthLancashire Regiment and later as Adjutant of the 4thBattalion Cheshire Regiment from 12.2.1915.

Lieutenant Herbert Inman Taylor, served with the RoyalArmy Service Corps during the Great War on the WesternFront from 8.2.1917.

Lieutenant Richard Price, born Wybunbury, Chester, April1872.

Major Oswin Shields, born Wray, Lancaster, November1872; Commissioned Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps,10.5.1916; promoted Major, 29.3.1918; served with theRoyal Army Medical Corps during the Great War in Maltafrom 29.8.1918.

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616Family Group:Three: Sergeant H. Martin,Northamptonshire Regiment1914-15 Star (12462 Sjt. H. Martin. North’n R.);British War and Victory Medals (12462 Sjt. H.Martin. North’n R.), good very finePair: Gunner P. Martin, Royal ArtilleryBritish War and Victory Medals (59235 Gnr. P.Martin R.A.), good very finePair: Sapper J.A. Goodman, Royal EngineersBritish War and Victory Medals (145536 Spr. J.A.Goodman. R.E.), extremely fine (7)

£80-12012462 Sergeant Herbert Martin, born Warmington,Northamptonshire, February 1890; served with theNorthamptonshire Regiment during the Great War onthe Western Front.145536 Sapper John Alfred Goodman, served withthe Royal Engineers during the Great War on theWestern Front from February 1917; severely gassed andwounded on the Somme in June 1918, died as a result ofwounds, Canterbury Hospital, 25.2.1919, and is buriedin Northampton (Kingsthorpe) Cemetery.

617Three: Private E. Andrews, MiddlesexRegiment1914-15 Star (1542. Pte. E. Andrews, Middx. R.);British War and Victory Medals (1542 Pte. E.Andrews. Midd’x R.), extremely fine (3)

£ 60-801542 Private Ernest Andrews, born Wood Green,Middlesex; enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment andserved with the 1st/7th Battalion during the Great War;killed in action on the Western Front, 16.9.1916, and iscommemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

618Family Group:Three: Private H.W. Lipscombe,London Regiment1914-15 Star (3748 Pte. H.W. Lipscomb. 20-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3748Pte. H.W. Lipscomb. 20-Lond. R.), good very fineFour: Stoker W.A. Lipscombe, Royal Navy1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; WarMedal, extremely fine, with named Admiraltyenclosure, and box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs F.A.Lipscombe, 47 Weller Avenue, Rochester, Kent’Three: P. Lipscombe1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; War Medal, extremelyfine, with box of issue, addressed to ‘P. LipscombeEsq., 47 Weller Avenue, Rochester, Kent’ (10)

£80-1203748 Private Henry Walter Lipscomb, born 1898;served with the 1st/20th Battalion London Regimentduring the Great War on the Western Front from9.10.1915; killed in action 21.5.1916, and iscommemorated upon the Arras Memorial, France.Stoker William Amos Lipscombe, born 1901; served asa First Class Stoker upon H.M.S. Martin during theSecond World War; killed in action when theMartin wastorpedoed and sunk by U-431 off Algiers 10.11.1942,and is commemorated upon the Chatham NavalMemorial.

619Three: Captain J. Lyons, Royal Army Medical Corps1914-15 Star (Lieut. J. Lyons); British War and VictoryMedals (Capt. J. Lyons), good very fine, together with thenamed box of issue for Victory MedalThree: Captain H. Miller, Royal Army Medical CorpsBritish War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Capt.H. Miller); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre,bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, good very finePair: Major W.P. Ker, Royal Army Medical CorpsBritish War and Victory Medals (Maj. W.P. Ker), edge bruiseto the first, good very fineGreat War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Henry John Wood)in card envelope of issue (9)

£120-160Captain James Lyons, born Omagh, Ireland, 1889; CommissionedSecond Lieutenant, Royal Army Medical Corps, 26.8.1915; servedwith the R.A.M.C. during the Great War on the Western Front;promoted Lieutenant 4.10.1915; Captain 26.8.1916.M.I.D London Gazette 25.5.1918, T/Qrmr. and Hon. Lt. H.Miller, Royal Army Medical CorpsFrance, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 19.7.1919, Quartermasterand Captain Harry Miller, Royal Army Medical Corps‘For distinguished services rendered during the course of thecampaign.’Captain Harry Miller, served with the Royal Army Medical Corpsduring the Great War on the Western Front from 29.1.1916;promoted Captain 7.5.1916.Major William Perceval Ker, born Kingston, Surrey, September1874; served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the GreatWar in Malta and Salonika from 14.12.1915.There are 3 men with the name Henry John Wood listed on theCommonwealth War Graves Commission roll.

x620Three: Miss J.E. Mosse, Voluntary Aid Detachment1914-15 Star (J.E. Mosse, V.A.D.); British War and VictoryMedals (J.E. Mosse. V.A.D.), VM lacking suspension ring,otherwise good very fine, with the recipient’s related miniatureawardsThree: Chaplain to the Forces Fourth Class The Rev.C.H. Mosse, Army Chaplains’ DepartmentBritish War and Victory Medals (Rev. C.H. Mosse); DefenceMedal, good very fine, with the recipient’s riband bar andrelated miniature awards, and the following relateddocument:- Commission appointing Charles Herbert Mosse to beChaplain to the Forces Fourth Class, dated 28.12.1915 (6)

£140-180Miss Jessie Ellen Mosse, born April 1885, the daughter ofPaymaster-in-Chief John Kinchin Mosse, Royal Navy; served duringthe Great War with the Voluntary Aid Detachment; diedMaidenhead, Berkshire, November 1976.

Chaplain to the Forces Fourth Class The Rev. Charles HerbertMosse, born March 1887; educated at St. Paul’s School, London,and Jesus College, Cambridge; Ordained Deacon, 1912; Priest,1913; Commissioned Chaplain to the Forces Fourth Class,28.12.1915; served during the Great War with the Army Chaplains’Department; subsequently served as Vicar of Aldwick, Sussex, andRural Dean of Selsey and of Bognor Regis; died, Hove, Sussex, May1970.Note: Miss Jessie Mosse and the Rev. Charles Mosse were firstcousins; they were both first cousins twice removed of Lieutenant-Colonel William Mosse (see Lot 399)

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621Pair: Captain W.B. Williams, Royal Artillery1914-15 Star (2.Lieut W.B. Williams R.F.A); BritishWar Medal (Capt. W.B. Williams.), good very finePair: Second Lieutenant B.J. Young, WarwickshireRegimentBritish War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. B.J. Young.),good very fine, together with a Christmas 1916postcardPair: Captain A.L. Vaughan, Royal Army MedicalCorpsBritish War and Victory Medals (Capt. A.L. Vaughan),good very finePair: Lieutenant R.G. Wyer, Royal Army ServiceCorpsBritish War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. R.G. Wyer),good very fine (8)

£120-160M.I.D London Gazette 6.8.1918 Capt. (A.Maj.) W.B.Williams, Royal Garrison Artillery‘For distinguished service during the operations in East Africafrom 30th May to December 1917.’

Captain William Bennett Williams, born Llantrisaint,Pontypridd, September 1890; served with the Royal Artilleryduring the Great War; promoted Lieutenant 12.1.1916;Captain 12.7.1916.

Second Lieutenant Bertrand John Young, born Donhead,Wiltshire, July 1882; served in the ranks with ‘B’ Company6th Battalion Royal Worcestershire Regiment during theGreat War on the Western Front from 25.9.1916;Commissioned Second Lieutenant 31.7.1917; killed inaction 5.10.1918, and is buried in the Bellicourt BritishCemetery, France.

Captain Arthur Llewellyn Vaughan, born Willingham,Lincolnshire; served with the Royal Army Medical Corpsduring the Great War; promoted Captain 15.8.1918.

Lieutenant Roland George Wyer, born Kidderminster,Worcestershire, October 1883; Commissioned SecondLieutenant 15.4.1918; served with the Royal Army ServiceCorps during the Great War in Mesopotamia from22.9.1918; promoted Lieutenant 15.10.1919.

622Pair: Sergeant F. Beauchamp, Army VeterinaryCorps1914-15 Star (SE3502, Pte. F. Beauchamp, A.V.C.);Victory Medal (SE-3502 Sjt. Beauchamp. A.V.C.),good finePair: Private T.M. Claridge, 3rd HussarsBritish War and Victory Medals (15080 Pte. T.M.Claridge. 3-Hrs.), nearly very fine or betterPair: Sapper W.H. Bagley, Royal EngineersBritish War Medal (157781 Spr. W.H. Bagley R.E.);Victory Medal (157781 Spr. W.H. Bagley [sic]), veryfinePair: Private J.B. Thompson, South AfricanMedical CorpsBritish War Medal (Pte. J.B. Thompson S.A.M.C.);Victory Medal, bi-lingual type (Pte. J.B. ThompsonS.A.M.C.), edge bruising, very fineBritish War Medal (2) (13556 Pte. A.E. Monkton.C. Gds.; E.M. Michael. V.A.D.), last officiallyrenamed; together with Victory Medal (741 Pte. O.J.Stephens. Welsh. R.), generally nearly very fine (11)

£70-90157781 Sapper William Hull Bagley, born Willington,County Durham; served during the Great War with the177th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers; killed inaction, 4.7.1917, and is buried in New Irish Farm Cemetery,Belgium.

623Three: Sergeant A. Clements, East YorkshireRegimentBritish War and Victory Medals (220117 Sjt. A.Clements. E. York. R.); Territorial Force War Medal(220117 A.Sjt. A. Clements. E. York. R.), very fine,together with the recipient’s cigarette case, the lidfeaturing a British ‘Tommy’ in action, with the UnionFlag behind (3)

£240-280

624Three: Captain A.A. Snelling, Royal EngineersBritish War and Victory Medals (Q.M. & Capt. A.A.Snelling.); Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (18047Q.M. & Sgt. A.A. Snelling. R.E.), minor edge bruising,otherwise nearly extremely fine (3)

£140-180Captain Albert Arthur Snelling, born Gillingham, Kent,1868; enlisted in the Royal Engineers 23.6.1883; awardedLong Service and Good Conduct Medal, 1.7.1901;discharged, 23.6.1907, after 24 years’ service; on theoutbreak of the Great War re-enlisted in the Royal Engineers,25.9.1914; Commissioned Lieutenant, RoyalEngineers,15.5.1915, and served with during the Great Warin the Egyptian theatre of War from 7.9.1915; promotedCaptain, 15.5.1918; relinquished commission 29.12.1918.


625Pair: Private R.W. Perkins, Royal West SurreyRegiment, Later Royal FusiliersBritish War and Victory Medals (39305 Pte. R.W.Perkins. The Queen’s R.), extremely fine, with therecipient’s Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque(Raymond Perkins); two portrait photographs; and therecipient’s British United Order of Odd FellowsExecutive Council badge of office, mounted for neckwear on embroidered riband (2)

£80-12039305 Private Raymond William Perkins, bornClerkenwell, Middlesex, February 1861; served with theRoyal West Surrey Regiment and later the 7th BattalionRoyal Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front;killed in action 23.4.1917, during the Battle of the Scarpe,the 7th Battalion were engaged in the Capture of Gavrelle,‘The 190th Brigade captured the first objective, but the7/Royal Fusiliers, held up by uncut wire and fire from theopen left flank, made only a small lodgement in it’, and iscommemorated upon the Arras Memorial, France.

626Family Group:Pair: Private C. Patten, Royal FusiliersBritish War and Victory Medals (GS-29755 Pte. CPatten. R. Fus.), good very fine, with the recipient’sGreat War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Charles Patten)in card envelope of issue; Memorial Scroll ‘Pte.Charles Patten, Royal Fusiliers’; portrait photograph;and the recipient’s cap badgePair: Private M. Patten, King’s Royal Rifle CorpsBritish War and Victory Medals (R-21899 Pte. M.Patten K.R.Rif.C.), extremely fine, together with therecipient’s cap badge (4)

£140-18029755 Private Charles Patten, born Halstead, Essex,January 1879; served with the 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliersduring the Great War on the Western Front; killed in action28.2.1917 and is commemorated upon the ThiepvalMemorial, France.

627Pair: Private H. Batchelor, Lancashire FusiliersBritish War and Victory Medals (25736 Pte. H.Batchelor. Lan. Fus.), good very fine, with therecipient’s Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque(Herbert Charles Batchelor) in card envelope of issue(2)

£80-12025736 Private Herbert Charles Batchelor, born Wigan,Lancashire, February 1893; served with the 2nd BattalionLancashire Fusiliers during the Great War; killed in action onthe Western Front, 3.5.1917 during the attempt to secure anobjective at Roeux, as part of the Battles of Arras, on whichday 192 of the 2nd Battalion were either killed or missing inaction, and is commemorated upon the Arras Memorial,France.

628Pair: Corporal W. Newman, East LancashireRegimentBritish War and Victory Medals (35197 A.Cpl. W.Newman E. Lan. R.), good very fine, with therecipient’s Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque(Walter Newman) in card envelope of issue (2)

£70-9035197 Corporal Walter Newman, born Highgate,London; served with the South Lancashire Regiment andlater the 6th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment during theGreat War in Mesopotamia; died of wounds 2.5.1917 and iscommemorated upon the Basra Memorial, Iraq.

629Pair: Private G.J. Bardwell, Dorset RegimentBritish War and Victory Medals (32092 Pte. G.J.Bardwell Dorset R.), good very fine, with therecipient’s Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque(George John Bardwell) in card envelope of issue; andletters from the Imperial War Graves Commission (2)

£80-12032092 Private George John Bardwell, born Hungate,Norwich, February 1899; served with the Dorset Regimentduring the Great War; later served with the 2nd BattalionWorcestershire Regiment; killed in action on the WesternFront, 29.9.1918, on which day 116 of the Regiment werekilled, and is buried in the Pigeon Ravine Cemetery, France.

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630Family Group:Pair: Private H. Vinnicombe, Essex RegimentBritish War and Victory Medals (45336 Pte. H.Vinnicombe Essex R.), good very fine, with therecipient’s Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque(Henry Vinnicombe) in card envelope of issuePair: Private W.J. Vinnicombe, Army CyclingCorpsBritish War and Victory Medals (19088 Pte. W.J.Vinnicombe A. Cyc. Corps), good very fine (4)

£100-14045335 Private Henry Casely Vinnicombe, born Soho,London, November 1898; served with the 11th BattalionEssex Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front;died 21.7.1918 and is buried in the Conde-Sur-L’EscauCommunal Cemetery, France.

631Pair: Leading Mechanic A.F. Poole, Royal NavalAir ServiceBritish War and Victory Medals (F-10725 A.F. Poole.L.M. R.N.A.S.), replacement suspension ring on VM,otherwise nearly very fine, together with original namedcard box of issue and metallic identity tagVictory Medal (3) (S.S. 6014 H.C. Barham. A.B.R.N.; 216791 F. Coles. A.B. R.N.; 301872 H.C.Sturgess. S.R.O. R.N.), generally very fine or betterGreat War Bronze Memorial Plaque (PercyBonneywell), together with original cardboard box ofissue and condolence slip (5)

£100-1406014 Able Seaman Herbert Cecil Barham, born Chatham,Kent, July 1894; enlisted in the Royal Navy 6.9.1915.

216791 Able Seaman Frederick Coles, born Strood, Kent;died of wounds whilst serving in H.M.S. Cornwallis22.9.1915 and is buried in Alexandria (Chatby) Military andWar Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

Gunner Percy Bonneywell, born Cuxston, Kent, 1887;served upon the patrol boat H.M.S. “P26” during the GreatWar; H.M.S. “P26” sunk on a mine laid by GermanSubmarine UC-26 off La Havre 10.4.1917 at the loss of 19lives including Gunner Bonneywell; he is commemoratedupon the Chatham Naval Memorial.

632Pair: Private B.J. Wright, Honourable ArtilleryCompanyBritish War and Victory Medals (9795 Pte. B.J.Wright. H.A.C. -INF.-), good very fineBritish War Medal (6) (Capt. G.G.B. Johnson; G-6547 Pte. H.H. Butler E. Ken R.; R-38395 Pte.A.H. Poole. K.R. Rif. C.; 56535 Pte. G. Poole.R.A.M.C.; M2-021268 Pte. J. Poole. A.S.C.;H.M.M. Talbot-Fair. V.A.D.), generally very fine orbetter (8)

£100-1409795 Private Benjamin Joseph Wright, served with the2nd Battalion Honourable Artillery Company during theGreat War on the Western Front; killed in action 3.5.1917 onwhich day the 2nd Battalion were involved in offensives uponBullecourt which cost the lives of 85 men from the Battalion;he is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

6547 Lance Corporal Harold Henry Butler, served withthe 6th Battalion East Kent Regiment during the Great Waron the Western Front; killed in action 4.8.1916 and iscommemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Helen Maud Mary Talbot-Fair, enrolled into the VoluntaryAid Detachment June 1915; completed two years of nursingin hospitals throughout England and France; dischargedSeptember 1918.

633Six: Petty Officer G. Metherell, Royal Navy1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star;Italy Star; War Medal, contact marks, nearly very fine,mounted court-style for display purposes, togetherwith the following related items:- Two presentation ‘Oars’, silver (Hallmarks forBirmingham 1934), each 205mm long, the bladesengraved ‘Hood 1935 Rodman Cup Cutter 2nd, G.Metherell, A.B.’ and ‘Hood 1935 Seaman A Cutter1st. G. Metherell, A.B.’ respectively, both on displaymount- Royal Life Saving Society bronze medal, reverseengraved ‘Awarded to G. Metherell Sept. 1929.’- The recipient’s Gunnery History Sheet- Certificate for Wounds and Hurts- A large selection of photographs, both groups andindividual (6)

£100-140P/JX134204 Petty Officer George Metherell, bornPortsmouth, 1915; enlisted in the Royal Navy, 1929; servedin H.M.S. Hood, and part of the Hood’s Seamen’s RacingCutter team that won the Home Fleet Seamen’s RacingCutters Cup, and finished 2nd in the Rodman Cup; servedduring the Second World War as Chief Boatswain’s Mate inH.M.S. Tuscan, August 1943 to January 1945; injured,17.2.1944, when ‘a wave swept over the deck of the Tuscancarrying this rating with it. Bruising was caused by his beingswept against the depth charges and guard rails. He was inthe water for about 20 minutes’ (Certificate of Wounds andHurts refers).

Petty Officer G. Metherell (third from right),H.M.S. Hood, Seamen’s ‘A’ Racing Cutter team, 1935


634Five: Surgeon Commander R.B. Slater, Royal Navy1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star, with France andGermany Bar; Defence and War Medals; NavalGeneral Service 1915-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Near East(Surg. Lt. Cdr. R.B. Slater. R.N.), very fine, mountedcourt-style as originally worn (5)

£160-200Surgeon Commander R.B. Slater, Commissioned Sub-Lieutenant, 31.3.1944, and served during the Second WorldWar in H.M.S. Lancaster Castle; advanced SurgeonCommander, 1956, and served in H.M.S. Bulwark, 1956-61;retired, 1971.

635Family Group:Three: Ships Cook and Baker P. Kitchen, MerchantNavy1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal, nearlyextremely fineFour: Sergeant J.C.J. Kitchen, Royal Air Force1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; France and GermanyStar; War Medal, nearly extremely fine, together withthe recipient’s Royal Air Force Service and ReleaseBook, Statement on Discharge Certificate; transfer toHQ Bomber Command letter; and portraitphotograph (7)

£50-70Ships Cook and Baker Peter Kitchen, born Stockport,Cheshire, 1882; served during the Second World War in theMerchant Navy as a Ships Cook and Baker in the S.S. Bassa;killed in action when the vessel was sunk with the loss of allhands after being torpedoed by U32 in the north Atlanticsouthwest of Rockall, en-route from Liverpool to New York,29.9.1940, and is commemorated on the Tower HillMemorial.

512463 Sergeant John Cyril James Kitchen, born29.2.1912, the son of Peter Kitchen; enlisted in the Royal AirForce, 25.8.1931, and trained as a Wireless Operator at theElectrical and Wireless School, Cranwell; served during theSecond World War in West Africa, Holland, France,Germany, and Belgium, with the Rear Mobile Signals Unit,No.84 Group, British Air Forces of Occupation; transferredas a Radio Operator to HQ Bomber Command, 1.1.1962.

636A Second War Casualty Group of Three to StirlingFlight Engineer, Sergeant R.G. Rickard, 7Squadron, Royal Air Force, Who Flew in 24Operational Sorties, Before Being Killed in ActionOn the Raid to Hamburg, 9/10.11.19421939-1945 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal,good very fine, with R.A.F. Observer’s and AirGunner’s Flying Log Book (4.5.1942-8.11.1942),stamped ‘Death Presumed. Central Depository Jul1946 Royal Air Force’ (lot)

£300-350574734 Sergeant Godfrey Ernest Rickard served with theRoyal Air Force during the Second War; trained as a FlightEngineer at R.A.F. Walney Island, May 1942; posted foroperational flying as a Flight Engineer to 7 Squadron(Stirlings), Oakington, June 1942; he flew in 24 operationalsorties with the squadron including: St. Nazaire (2); Bremen(3); Wilhemshaven (2); Vegesack; Duisburg (3); Hamburg;Saarbrucken; Dusseldorf (2); Osnabruck; Mainz; Flensburg;Kassel; Nuremberg; Frankfurt; Essen; Genoa and Milan;having crash landed on his first operational sortie, 22.6.1942,Rickard’s luck held until 9/10.11.1942; on the latter date hetook part in a raid on Hamburg, with Flight Lieutenant P.Heywood, D.F.C. as his pilot, they ‘T/o Oakington. Crashedin the Flottbek district of Hamburg, 7km WNW of the citycentre’ (Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the SecondWorld War, refers); the crew of seven were all killed, and areall buried in Hamburg Cemetery, Ohlsdorf.

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637A Good Second War Campaign Group ofThree to Lancaster Air Gunner, LeadingAircraftsman H.D. Lewis, Royal Air Force, 83Squadron (Pathfinder Force), Royal AirForce, Who Flew in Over 44 OperationalSorties, Including to Berlin and Back 12Times, Probably Shot Down 1 Enemy Aircraftand Damaged Another; His Last 2 Sorties Ofthe War Being On “D” Day, 6.6.19441939-1945 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; WarMedal, good very fine, with R.A.F. Observer’s andAir Gunner’s Flying Log Book (31.5.1942-13.2.1945) (lot)

£300-350655765 Leading Aircraftsman H.D. Lewis, joinedthe Royal Air Force for service during the Second War;carried out initial training at No. 2 A.G.S. Dalcross;U.S.N.A.S. Pensacola, Florida and No. 19 O.T.U.Kinloss; posted as an Air Gunner on attachment to No.10 O.T.U. (Whitleys), St. Eval (Coastal Command),April 1943; he flew on 6 operational sweeps with theunit before being posted to 1654 Conversion Unit,Wigsley, 6.6.1943; having converted to Lancasters hewas posted for operational flying to 83 Squadron(Pathfinder Force), Wyton, 3.7.1943; he flew in 44operational sorties with the squadron including:Hamburg, 2.8.1943, ‘Attacked By F.W. 190. 400RDS’(Logbook refers); Nuremburg; Berlin (12), including31.8.1943, ‘Attacked By (1000 RDS Fired) Me. 109 -Probably Shot Down; F.W. 190 - Damaged; Me. 110 -No Hits Observed’ (Ibid); Mannheim (2); Modane;Hanover (3); Munich (2); Kassel, 3.10.1943, ‘Fired AtJu 88 100RDS’ (Ibid); Frankfurt (3); Friedrichshaven;Stettin; Brunswick (2); Magdeburg; Leipzig; Stuttgart(2), including 20.2.1944, ‘Attacked By Me. 210, Ju. 88(3 Times) All Guns U/S (Frozen)’ (Ibid); Schweinfurt;Augsburg; Paris; Lanveoc Aerodrome (Brest); Bourg-Leopold; Tours; Motor Works, Antwerp; MarshallingYards, Nantes; Cherbourg; “D” Day - La Pernelle,5/6.6.1944; “D” Day - Caen Bridges, 6.6.1944;posted as an instructor to No. 26 O.T.U., LittleHurwood, January 1945.

638A Second War Campaign Group of Three to LancasterNavigator, Flying Officer L.A. Clifford, 467 (R.A.A.F.)Squadron, Royal Air Force, Who Flew in At Least 35Operational Sorties, May-October 19441939-1945 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal, veryfine, with South African Air Force Observer’s and AirGunner’s Flying Log Book (21.12.1942-26.9.1944); R.A.F.Service and Release Book, R.A.F. Airman’s Service and PayBook; R.A.F. Officer’s Medical Record Card and R.A.F.Flying Clothing Card (lot)

£250-300Flying Officer Leonard Albert Clifford, born 1922; employed asa Railway Clerk prior to enlisting as AC2 in the Royal Air Force,8.8.1941; initial training included in South Africa and at No. 2 (O)A.F.U. Millom, Cumbria; No. 29 O.T.U. and No. 17 O.T.U.,Silverstone; advanced Temporary Flight Sergeant, 17.4.1944; hewas posted as a Navigator to 467 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron (Lancasters),Waddington, May 1944; he flew in 35 operational sorties with thesquadron including: Nantes; Cherbourg; Saumur; Rennes; Orleans;Portiers; Aunay Sur Odon; Chateleraut; Vitry Le Francois; Beauvoir;Ferme D’Urville; Argentan; Creil (2); Villeneuve St. Georges; Caen(2); Revigny; Courtrai; Kiel; St. Leu; Givors; Mainz; Falaise; Gilze-Rijen; L’Isle Adam; Konigsberg; Rollencourt; Brest; Stuttgart;Munster; Calais, 24.9.1944, ‘Stick Trip. Flak Intense. Bombed2000 Solo. M.U. Wounded. A/C Holed Direct Hit’ (Log Bookrefers); Karlsruhe, and Wilhelmshaven.

639Six: Sapper J. Imperato, Royal Engineers1939-1945 Star; Africa Star, with ‘8’ emblem on riband;Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal; EfficiencyMedal, G.VI.R., with ‘Territorial’ scroll suspension(2090076 Spr. J. Imperato. R.E.), good very fine, mountedas worn, together with the recipient’s Soldier’s Release Book(6)

£60-802090076 Sapper John Imperato, born Cardiff, 27.11.1920;enlisted in the Royal Engineers, 23.5.1939, and served during theSecond War with 283 (Welsh) Field Company, Royal Engineers;released from active service, 15.3.1946, ‘and would have been a T/C.S.M. had the vacancy existed’ (Testimonial refers), he stayed inthe army with the Territorials after the War and retired in 1958.

640Seven: Lance-Corporal H.V. Roberts, Royal Engineers1939-1945 Star; Africa Star, with 8th Army Bar; Italy Star;Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953; EfficiencyMedal, G.VI.R., with ‘Territorial’ scroll suspension(2071104 Spr. V.H. [sic] Roberts. R.E.), very fine, mountedas worn, together with the recipient’s riband bar; cap badge;Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; Soldier’s Record and PayBook; the recipient’s Prayer Book; Tests and Training Book;two Certificates of Service; Soldier’s Release Book; variousphotographs; cloth insignia, various badges and buttons (7)

£80-1202071104 Lance-Corporal Henry Vincent Roberts, born Fratton,Portsmouth, 19.5.1920; enlisted in 577 Field Company, RoyalEngineers, 3.9.1939, and served with them during the SecondWord War in North Africa, as part of XIII Corps, where they wereengaged at the battle of El Alamein, October 1942; released fromactive service, 1.2.1946; discharged, 2.7.1956.

Lance-Corporal H.V. Roberts(standing holding mast on left),

Alexandria Harbour


641Six: Corporal F. Walton, Royal Engineers1939-1945 Star; Africa Star, with 8th Army Bar; ItalyStar; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal,G.VI.R., with ‘Territorial’ scroll suspension (2077660Cpl. F. Walton. R.E.), good very fine, mounted asworn, with the recipient’s cap badge and clothinsignia; Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; Record ofService and Identity card; the recipient’s diary for1944; various newsletters and other ephemera; andseveral portrait photographs of the recipient (6)

£50-702077660 Corporal Frank Walton, born Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 26.2.1920; enlisted in the Royal Engineers,30.4.1939; served during the Second War with 625 FieldSquadron, Royal Engineers in North Africa and Italy as partof 6th Armoured Division; released from active service,30.8.1946.

642Six: Sapper R. Boyce, Royal Engineers1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence andWar Medals; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., with ‘Militia’scroll suspension, and Second Award Bar (3522111Spr. R. Boyce. R.E.), good very fine, mounted court-style for display purposes, together with the recipient’scap badge, the reverse stamped ‘Boyce 3522111’; therecipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; DischargeCertificate; Driving Licence; and various photographs(6)

£70-903522111 Sapper Robert Boyce, born Manchester,24.8.1907; enlisted in the 8th (Ardwick) Battalion,Manchester Regiment (Territorial Army), 2.5.1927;transferred to the104th Army Troops Company, RoyalEngineers (Supp Res) (Territorial Army), 15.12.1930; servedduring the Second War with the British Expeditionary Forcein France from 13.9.1939; evacuated from Dunkirk,19.6.1940; awarded the Second Award Bar to his EfficiencyMedal (Militia), Army Order No. 2228, 13.12.1944.

643Five: Captain A. White, Royal West Kent Regiment1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence andWar Medals, extremely fine, together with box of issue‘Capt A. White, Ivydene, High St, Cranbrook, Kent’and a portrait photograph of the recipientFive: Corporal J.N. Bettinson, Welsh Guards1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star; Defenceand War Medals; Army Long Service & G.C. G.V.R.,with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension (6334328 Cpl.J.N. Bettinson. W. Gds.), good very fineFour: Lieutenant A.H. Matthews, HampshireRegiment1939-1945 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals,extremely fine, together with box of issue addressed to‘Lt. A.H. Matthews, 32 Victoria Rd, Newport, Isle ofWight’; four original photographs of the recipient;cardboard driving licence; and Leaving Certificatefrom EducationFive: W. Poole, East Kent Regiment1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals;Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R (Wellesley Poole),nearly extremely fine, together with ribbon barincluding 8th Army Bar affixed to Africa Star ribbonFive: Able Seaman R.A. Raven, Royal Navy1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; Defenceand War Medals, extremely fine, together with originalService Certificate, Christmas Card from ‘H.M.S.Cavalier’ and Gunnery Service Sheet (lot)

£140-180

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644Six: Corporal A.E. Randall, Royal Engineers1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; France and GermanyStar; Defence and War Medal; Efficiency Medal,G.VI.R., with ‘Militia’ scroll suspension (1983616.Cpl. A.E. Randall. R.E.), nearly extremely fine,mounted court-style for display purposes, with namedcard box of issue for the Efficiency Medal; therecipient’s Soldier’s Service Book; Soldier’s ReleaseBook; the recipient’s diary, covering the period7.10.1941-2.6.1942; various Clothing Books; and alarge quantity of photographs (6)

£50-701983616 Corporal Alfred Edward Randall, born Derby,2.11.1902; enlisted in the Army Reserve (Militiamen),8.2.1936; served with the British Expeditionary Force duringthe Second World War in France from 26.1.1940; evacuatedfrom Dunkirk, 18.6.1940; embarked PAI Force, 9.11.1941;returned to the U.K., 12.12.1943; promoted Corporal,19.1.1944; served in North West Europe from 15.9.1944;awarded Efficiency Medal (Militia) under Army Order 119,1946.

645Five: Corporal E.A. Leatham, Royal Engineers1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals,M.I.D. Oak Leaf; Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., with‘Territorial’ scroll suspension (2075997. Cpl. E.A.Leatham. R.E.), extremely fine, mounted court-stylefor display purposes, together with the named cardbox of issue for the Second War medals, addressed to‘8 Turnbull Road, Manchester 13’, and Army Councilenclosure; the recipient’s riband bar; identity tags;rank insignia; Soldier’s Release Book; and threeportrait photographs (5)

£60-80M.I.D. London Gazette 6.4.1944 2075997 Spr. E. A.Leatham, Corps of Royal Engineers‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in theMiddle East.’

2075997 Corporal Ernest Albert Leatham, enlisted in theRoyal Engineers, 11.5.1939; discharged, 25.6.1946.

646Five: Corporal J.G.P. Platt, Royal Engineers1939-1945 Star; Burma Star; Defence and WarMedals; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., with ‘Militia’ scrollsuspension (1986420. Cpl. J.G.P. Platt. R.E.), contactmarks to edge of EM, otherwise nearly extremely fine (5)

£50-70

647A Second War Wellington and Liberator AirGunner’s Casualty Group of Three to Air GunnerFlight Sergeant A. Lewis, Royal Air Force, Killedin Action, 4.4.19451939-1945 Star; Italy Star; War Medal, nearlyextremely fine, with the following related items:- The recipient’s Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and AirGunner’s Flying Log Book, covering the period18.2.1944-30.3.1945- Named Air Council enclosure for the Second WarMedals- The recipient’s Airman’s Service and Pay Book- Air Ministry letter, reporting the death of FlightSergeant Lewis- Named Buckingham Palace condolence letter- Group photograph (3)

£160-2002217372 Flight Sergeant Albert Lewis, born 20.2.1925;enlisted in the Royal Air Force, 7.4.1943; appointed AirGunner, 17.3.1944; served during the Second World Warwith No.40 Squadron, Central Mediterranean Forces(Wellingtons), based at Foggia main aerodrome, Italy,September 1944; transferred to No.104 Squadron, CentralMediterranean Forces (Liberators), March 1945; killed inaction, 4.4.1945, when his Liberator, after taking off fromFoggia and attacking the marshalling yards at Novska,Yugoslavia, 58 miles south east of Zagreb, caught fire in theair, exploded, and fell into the Adriatic Sea off the Yugoslaviacoast; Lewis is commemorated along with his crew on theMalta Memorial.

Corporal A.E. Randall (standing, right)

Corporal E.A. Leatham


648Six: Major T. Barber, Royal Engineers1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star; Defenceand War Medals; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R.,one clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Capt. T. Barber. R.E.);Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., with ‘Territorial’ scrollsuspension and Second Award Bar (Lt. T. Barber.R.E.), extremely fine, mounted as worn (6)

£140-180Major Thomas ‘Dick’ Barber, Commissioned Lieutenant,Royal Engineers, 23.1.1943, having previously served in theranks, and appointed Inspector of Royal EngineeringMachinery; promoted Captain 23.1.1946; awarded theEfficiency Medal, 20.3.1947, and Second Award Bar,20.6.1952; promoted Major, 1947.

649Six: Corporal J. McManus, Gordon Highlanders,Later Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star; WarMedal; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp,Palestine 1945-48 (14402176 Cpl. J. McManus.Gordons.); Korea 1950-53, 1st ‘Britt: Omn:’ type(22528434 Cfn. J. McManus. R.E.M.E.); UnitedNations Medal for Korea, good very fine (6)

£200-240

x650Three: Bombardier S.E. Sykes, Royal ArtilleryWar Medal; Korea 1950-53, 1st ‘Britt: Omn:’ type(14468611 Bdr. S.E. Sykes. R.A.); United NationsMedal for Korea, good very fine (3)

£140-180

651Pair: Able Seaman H. McLaughlin, Royal NavyKorea 1950-53, 1st ‘Britt: Omn:’ type (C/SSX.863197 H. McLaughlin A.B. R.N.); United NationsMedal for Korea, suspension loose and bar bent on first,contact marks, good fine (2)

£60-80

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652A Scarce to Regiment ‘Mau Mau’ Pair toLieutenant M.P. Moreton, Royal Irish Fusiliers, APioneer of Rallye Sports Ford and AnAccomplished Racing Car DriverUnited Nations Medal for Korea; Africa GeneralService 1902-56, E.II.R., one clasp, Kenya (2/Lt.M.P. Moreton. R. Ir. F.), minor edge bruise to latter,very fine, with photographic image of recipient (2)

£350-400Lieutenant Michael Philip Moreton, a native of Mill Hill,London; commissioned Second Lieutenant, 1st BattalionRoyal Irish Fusiliers, 27.2.1954; Lieutenant 23.1.1959; ‘At18 years of age I was obliged to do two years’ NationalService. My ambition to become a Fleet Air Arm pilot wasthwarted by colour blindness, but I joined the MiddlesexRegiment and was selected for officer training at Canterburyand at Eaton Hall, Cheshire. It was very hard work, but asuperb experience and I have never been so fit. When thatwas over, I wanted to rejoin the Middlesex in Austria (plentyof skiing opportunities), but instead was assigned to theRoyal Irish Fusiliers in Korea. That was a bit of a shock, butat least by then the fighting in Korea was over.... In 1954, thecountry was in a terrible state, twice overrun by the NorthKoreans and Chinese armies and then rescued by UnitedNations forces. The first thing we noticed in Pusan was theoverpowering smell; the whole city had become a giantshanty town, home to refugees from all over Korea.We travelled by train and truck via Gloster Valley, scene ofmuch bravery during the fighting, to our battalion’s campnear the Imjin River, bordering North Korea. My platoon,like all the others, occupied a small hill, of which there werethousands, with well dug-in defences. The opposing forcesdid much the same so it was a stalemate situation. The nextseven months we trained, patrolled the De-Militarised Zone(DMZ), observed the opposition on the other side of theborder... Winter was bitterly cold, a north wind blowing fromSiberia keeping temperatures down to minus 40 degrees C.

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From Korea we were sent to Kenya to fight what weredescribed as Mau Mau terrorists.... Out of the train, it wasonto army trucks along the only tarmac road in the country,80 miles north to our camp near Lake Naivasha.... Soon wewere patrolling deep into the bamboo forest looking for theMau Mau, relying on native African trackers to guide us.... Iwas posted to the King’s African Rifles’ headquarters atNakuru, as Motor Transport Officer, responsible for 20 staffand 30 vehicles.... In fact, the country’s bumpy, twisty roadswere a great opportunity to develop racing skills, and I wouldhappily four wheel drift a one-tonner or Land Rover.’

After his national service had ended Moreton trained as a CarChassis Engineer, and worked for 23 years at Ford in ProductDevelopment and Project Management, at AVO andMotorsport, in the centre of the action creating andmanaging the majority of the Rallye Sport Fords. After Fordhe moved first to TWR, managing the Jaguar XJ220 project,then to Aston Martin Lagonda as acting Operations Director,producing Volante and Vantage supercars, and finally toKBD Design in Essex. Whilst Moreton’s technical knowledgeincreased so too did his racing prowess. Having joined theBritish Automobile Racing Club he set about racing his MGTA at Silverstone and Goodwood; in later life he wrote RallyeSport Fords, The Inside Story.

653Pair: Private C.R. Thelan, Australian ForcesVietnam 1964-73 (A225957 Thelan C.R.); Vietnam,Republic, South Vietnam Campaign Medal, with 1960Bar, gilt and enamel, naming on reverse of latter neatlyobliterated, good very fine (2)

£180-220

x654Pair: Gunner A.J. Sheldrake, Royal ArtilleryGulf 1990-91, one clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991(24852453 Gnr A J Sheldrake RA); Saudi Arabia,Kingdom, Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait, silveredand gilt, extremely fine, mounted court style for displaypurposes (2)

£140-180


CORONATION, JUBILEE AND EFFICIENCY MEDALS

655Three: Police Constable C. Carter, City of London PoliceJubilee 1887, with 1897 Bar (PC, 764. C. Carter.); Coronation 1902,bronze (P.C.. C. Carter); Coronation 1911 (P.C.. C. Carter.), good veryfineJubilee (City of London Police) 1897 (J. Foreman.), good very fine,together with a unnamed silver-plated Jubilee (City of London Police)1897 medalSpecial Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Gerald E.Fitzgerald), nearly extremely fine, in named City of London card box ofissueCity of London Presentation Medallion, bronze-gilt, obverse portrait ofDetective Inspector R.J. Child, City of London Police, reverse City ofLondon Coat of Arms, embossed ‘In Remembrance of my Retirementafter 32 Years Service Retired 25 March 1891’, very fine (7)

£250-300

656Jubilee 1935 (Maj. E.J. Nettlefold. S.V.C. H.Q. Malaya.),contemporarily engraved in large sans-serif capitals, good very fine

£50-70Lieutenant-Colonel Edward John Nettlefold, born Edgbaston, Birmingham,September 1886; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 5th Dragoon Guards,8.2.1908; promoted Lieutenant, 18.2.1911; served with the 5th DragoonGuards during the Great War on the Western Front from 15.8.1914 (Mentionedin Despatches, London Gazette 14.6.1918); promoted Captain, 1.11.1914;appointed Brigade-Major, 22.2.1917; served with the 5th Dragoon Guards inNorthern Kurdistan (entitled to General Service Medal with clasp); subsequentlyappointed Staff Officer to Local Forces, Malaya, and served with the SingaporeVolunteer Corps.

657Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., with ‘Territorial’ scroll suspension (6802557Sjt. J.B. Perkins. Inns of Court. R.), extremely fine, scarce to unit,with related miniature award

£60-80

658Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., with ‘Territorial’ scroll suspension (2)(2072590. Spr A.G. Beckett. R.E.; 6342949 Sigmn. A.G. May. R.Sigs.), extremely fine, both with named card boxes of issue, and theSoldiers Release Book for Signalman May (2)

£70-90

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MINIATURE AWARDS, LIFE SAVING MEDALS AND MISCELLANEOUS

659Miniature Awards: The C.B., Boer War D.S.O. Group of Twelve Attributed to Brigadier-General W.H. Sitwell,Northumberland FusiliersThe Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion’s (C.B.) Badge, gold and enamel; DistinguishedService Order, V.R., gold and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp; Ashanti Star 1896;Sudan 1896-98; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal; King’s SouthAfrica 1901-02, two clasps; 1914 Star; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves; Delhi Durbar 1911; Khedive’sSudan 1896-1908, four clasps, Sudan 1897, The Atbara, Khartoum, Sudan 1899, nearly very fine or better, mounted court-style as originally worn, with a large quantity of newspaper cuttings relating to the recipient’s death and funeral, and sixslides of the recipient’s home, Barmoor Castle (12)

£300-400C.B. London Gazette 26.6.1908 Colonel William Henry Sitwell, D.S.O., half-pay.

D.S.O. London Gazette 19.4.1901 Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Silwell, the Northumberland Fusiliers‘In recognition of services in connection with the Campaign in South Africa, 1899-1900.’

Brigadier-General William Henry Sitwell, C.B., D.S.O., born Benares, India, November 1860,the son of Major F.H.M. Sitwell, Bengal Army; educated at Harrow and the Royal MilitaryCollege, Sandhurst; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Bedfordshire Regiment, January 1880;transferred to the Northumberland Fusiliers, February 1880; served with the Fusiliers in theSecond Afghan War; promoted Captain, April 1889; employed as Adjutant to the BechuanalandBorder Police, March 1891 to May 1893, ‘he had the questionable distinction of being a prisonerof King Lobengula for some weeks in 1891, and was one of the few, if not the last Englishman,who saw the actual great Matahele war dance.’ (The recipient’s obituary refers).Employed as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Guernsey, May 1895 to August 1897; served inthe Ashanti, December 1895 to February 1896, and took part in the Ashanti Expedition;employed with the Egyptian Army, September 1897 to December 1899, and took part in the NileExpedition of 1898; severely wounded at Shebalia; took part in the capture of Shendy, and in theBattles of the Atbara and Khartoum (Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 30.9.1898, andpromoted Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, November 1898); took part in the Nile Expedition of 1899,where he commanded the 14th Sudanese in the first pursuit of the Khalifa; served during the BoerWar, where he commanded the 9th and 10th Mounted Infantry, 3rd Division, January to August1900, and afterwards raised the 22nd Mounted Infantry and commanded a Column of All Arms,March 1901 to May 1902; present in the operations in the Orange Free State, February to May1900; operations in the Orange River Colony, May to November 1900; and operations in theTransvaal, Orange River Colony, and Cape Colony, November 1900 to May 1902 (Mentioned inDespatches, London Gazette 16.4.1901, and awarded the Distinguished Service Order). ‘Althoughthere is no official account of his D.S.O., it is understood to have been awarded for capturing ahill in the attack on Dewetsdorp in April 1900 two Victoria Crosses being awarded to ColonelSitwell’s command on the same occasion.’ (The Distinguished Service Order 1886-1923 refers).Promoted Brevet-Colonel, July 1904; commanded the 4th Northumberland Fusiliers, andsubsequently the 2nd East Lancashire Regiment, 1906-08; promoted Colonel, February 1908,and created a Companion of the Bath, June 1908; appointed Assistant Adjutant General, 3rdLahore Division, March 1909; commanded the Quetta 1st Infantry Brigade, 1913-14; promotedBrigadier-General, November 1913; served during the Great War, and commanded the 34thInfantry Brigade at the landing in Suvla Bay, 6.8.1915. He retired from the Army, March 1918,and died at the ancestral family home of Barmoor Castle, Northumberland, September 1932.

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660United States of America, Northern Belle Medal, 64mm, silver, obverse featuring astricken sailor, clinging to the wreckage of the main mast, the reverse engraved, ‘ThePresident of the United States to William Hiller Jr., for his humane, zealous, andsuccessful efforts in rescuing the Master & Crew of the American Ship “Northern Belle”from the perils of the Sea, 1857’, surrounded by a wreath, 31 Stars above, AmericanEagle below, edge bruising, otherwise nearly extremely fine, rare

£500-700Wreck of the Northern BelleThe Northern Belle, an American transatlantic ship, set out from New York in December 1856,bound for London, and ran aground off the Kent coast in a terrible storm in the early hours of the5th January 1857. The ship had been cast ashore on a dangerous ledge of rocks below the ForenessPoint, at Kingsgate, between Broadstairs and Margate. On seeing the plight of the Northern Belle’screw, the Coastguard sent warning to Broadstairs, and, despite the severe weather conditions, theMary White and Culmer White lifeboats were hauled overland by horse-drawn trailer, against theblizzard, to a point where they could be safely launched. Whilst these preparations were underway,the lugger Ocean managed to rescue five of the Northern Belle’s crew, leaving 23 men still on boardthe stricken vessel.‘On arrival at the beach the boats were launched, and with a total disregard for their own safety, thecrews pulled boldly through the boiling surf and, after making several hazardous trips, saved mostof the crew of the stricken vessel. The Mary White, having been dragged across fields of snow, wasable to bring off seven of the American crew, and then the Culmer White, having arrived with a freshcrew, made two further journeys, on the first attempt rescuing 14 shipwrecked men, and only thenreturning to recover the Captain and Pilot.’ (The Maritime Heritage of Thanet refers).Cold, wet, and exhausted, but rescued, the American survivors were taken to an inn overlooking thebay, where they were able to ‘thaw out before a blazing log fire, in the bar’s cosy parlour, wherefood and hot rum was served and warming blankets given around.’ (ibid).The following day, theMary White, with the crews of both lifeboats aboard, was drawn through thenarrow streets of Broadstairs, proudly displaying the American ensign of the Northern Belle.Afterwards, Margate’s oldest pub, the ‘Waterman’s Arms’, was renamed the ‘Northern Belle’, andtimber salvaged from the shipwreck was used to renovate the pub - it is still there to this day.In response to the rescue of the crew of the Northern Belle, the President of the United States ofAmerica, Franklin Pierce, ordered 25 silver medals to be struck, to be awarded to each of the lifeboatcrews, the only known occasion on which such a medal has been awarded to a British lifeboat crew.

Note: The number of Stars on the reverse represents the 31 States in the Union at the time of theaward.

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661China 1842, edge inscribed ‘The Master of the Mintto George Forbes, Esqr.’, minor edge bruise, nearlyextremely fine, scarce

£200-300George Forbes, Esq., Appointed Queen’s Clerk and Clerkof the Papers at the Royal Mint, March 1840.

x662Arctic Medal 1875-76 (Geo; Leggett. Acting ShipsCook. H.M. S. Discovery), nearly extremely fine

£1,200-1,600Able Seaman George Leggett, confirmed as serving inH.M.S. Discovery, ‘Duplicate medal supplied 10.12.1880’.

663Shanghai Municipal Police Sports Medal, 28th AnnualMeet, silver and enamel, unnamed, good very fineShanghai Russian Regiment Sports Medal, 1934Meet, bronze and enamel, reverse engraved (inCyrillic) ‘1934 First Place Gymnastics FloorApparatus’ and additional inscribed ‘M.R.’, very fine,together with two related Shanghai Russian Regimentpostcards (2)

£70-90

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664A Superb Quality 1805 Portrait Miniature ofLieutenant A. McNeil, 75th Highlanders, water-colour on ivory wafer, 90mm x 75mm, oval glazedgold frame with open-work gold suspension, the sitter,in uniform, wearing a feather bonnet with tartansurround and a ‘75’ cross belt plate, signed ‘J.H.1805’; a lock of hair displayed in the reverse of theframe with the initial ‘M’ fashioned with seed pearlsmounted on a small blue enamel plaque; together witha later water-colour on card of the original, 140mm x100mm, glazed and framed (2)

£800-1,200Lieutenant Archibald McNeil, Commissioned Ensign, 75thHighlanders, July 1897; promoted Lieutenant, February1800.

665A Fine Quality c.1810 Portrait Miniature of aLieutenant in the 92nd Highlanders, water-colour onivory wafer, 75mm x 65mm, oval glazed gold framewith gold suspension ring, reverse of frame partiallyenamelled in blue, the initials ‘P.W.K.’ in goldmounted on a layer of hair is surrounded by a goldmount

£400-500

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666A Selection of Sandown Park Members’ Badges‘Sandown Park Club 1878’, oval badge, gilt, reverse embossed ‘Members Ten Guinea Pass’ andnumbered ‘382’‘Sandown Park Club 1881’, circular skeletal badge, gilt, reverse numbered ‘445’‘Sandown 1882’, star shaped badge, gilt, reverse numbered ‘197’‘Sandown 1883’, circular badge, gilt, reverse numbered ‘67’‘Sandown 1886’, ‘Eclipse’ in centre, circular skeletal badge with crown suspension, gilt and enamel,reverse numbered ‘1561’‘S 1889’, circular skeletal badge, gilt and enamel, reverse numbered ‘2100’‘Sandown Park Club 1890’, oval skeletal badge, gilt and enamel, reverse numbered ‘1594’‘Sandown Park Club 1891’, oval skeletal badge, gilt and enamel, reverse numbered ‘2402’; undated,Maltese cross with wreath shaped badge with crown suspension, gilt and enamel, reverse numbered‘1430’, with top riband bar, generally good very fine, with various ribands and cords, the last five all byH. Lewis, Bond Street, London (9)

£200-300Sandown Park Racecourse, near Esher, Surrey, opened in 1875. It hosts one Group One flat race each year, theEclipse Stakes, first run in 1886, and commemorated on the Members’ Badge for that year. At the time it wasBritain’s richest ever race, with a prize fund of £10,000.

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1 £2,5002 £8003 £14,0004 £5,5005 £50,0006 £8007 £7,5008 £2409 £82,00010 £41,00011 £30,00012 £4,20013 £75,00014 £18015 £1,40017 £2,40018 £30019 £27020 £2,00021 £2,20022 £1,00023 £65024 £45025 £32026 £30027 £24028 £30029 £26030 £95031 £65032 £16033 £18034 £17035 £18036 £40037 £42039 £1,50040 £85041 £55042 £18043 £350

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44 £26045 £10046 £12047 £13048 £26049 £30050 £7,50051 £5,80052 £1,60053 £1,20054 £1,20055 £1,70056 £2,50057 £1,60058 £4,20059 £3,00060 £1,50061 £1,50062 £75063 £55064 £1,70065 £48066 £1,50067 £60068 £85069 £38070 £95071 £35072 £29073 £65074 £26075 £2,00077 £14078 £25079 £70080 £35081 £27082 £15083 £14084 £25085 £210

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86 £13087 £16088 £9589 £17090 £12091 £32092 £40093 £14094 £11095 £70096 £23097 £14098 £20099 £600100 £130101 £300102 £750103 £2,600104 £1,600105 £1,600106 £500107 £480108 £120110 £140112 £190113 £140114 £250115 £140116 £380117 £450118 £140119 £120120 £380121 £230122 £240123 £130124 £300125 £350126 £520127 £130128 £95

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129 £160130 £260131 £380132 £85133 £85134 £480135 £380136 £140137 £260138 £230139 £380140 £300141 £75142 £290143 £380144 £180145 £140146 £130147 £130148 £180149 £110151 £230152 £160153 £400154 £320155 £320156 £200157 £260158 £140159 £320160 £3,800161 £300162 £350163 £280164 £420165 £210166 £150167 £150168 £220169 £180170 £140

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171 £220172 £130173 £140174 £140175 £300176 £170177 £120178 £140179 £110180 £180181 £160182 £420183 £130184 £130185 £220186 £160187 £100188 £190189 £230190 £320191 £580192 £210193 £120194 £110195 £120196 £95197 £140198 £130199 £130200 £200201 £210202 £170203 £200204 £170205 £290206 £140207 £110208 £100209 £150210 £100211 £140

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212 £120213 £950214 £450215 £380216 £170217 £220218 £150219 £210220 £180221 £100222 £100223 £80224 £80225 £210226 £140227 £120228 £520229 £190230 £230231 £190233 £220234 £160235 £100236 £120237 £500238 £170239 £1,200240 £380241 £200242 £150243 £130244 £200245 £120246 £160247 £100248 £95249 £100250 £110251 £130252 £120253 £90

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AUCTION RESULTSSALE: Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals

and Militaria

SALE NO: 14003

DATE: Thursday 20 November 2014

VENuE: London

The following prices in sterling do not include the buyer’s premium and are rounded to thenearest pound. Lots which did not sell are not shown.

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254 £170255 £130256 £130257 £60258 £100259 £70260 £110261 £150262 £160263 £180264 £250265 £300266 £90267 £170268 £170269 £110270 £180271 £140272 £75273 £110274 £140275 £210276 £500277 £120278 £130279 £210280 £140281 £85282 £320283 £140284 £200285 £220286 £100287 £120288 £100289 £140290 £110291 £4,800292 £1,100293 £420

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294 £450295 £350296 £200297 £420298 £270299 £400300 £210301 £140302 £480303 £1,200304 £150305 £250306 £140307 £180308 £280309 £350310 £12,000311 £2,000312 £800313 £85315 £1,700316 £5,800317 £650318 £750319 £600320 £1,800321 £7,000322 £4,200324 £5,800325 £5,500326 £3,800328 £1,500329 £2,100330 £4,200331 £1,200332 £600333 £580334 £350335 £550336 £380

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417 £170418 £90419 £80420 £100421 £190422 £420423 £1,600424 £190425 £85426 £350427 £420428 £1,000429 £520431 £320432 £200433 £450434 £140437 £260439 £250440 £420441 £350442 £400443 £250444 £230445 £100446 £170447 £850449 £220450 £700451 £420452 £550454 £600455 £480456 £400457 £580458 £480459 £260460 £320461 £350462 £450

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463 £1,400464 £500465 £1,700466 £550467 £520468 £1,000469 £1,300470 £220471 £1,300472 £190473 £250475 £520476 £380477 £180479 £700480 £300481 £140482 £210483 £450484 £140485 £130486 £350487 £420488 £1,800489 £350490 £2,800491 £50492 £130493 £190494 £190495 £150496 £150497 £500498 £300499 £900500 £160

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3.2 Catalogue descriptions3.2.1 Statements by us in the catalogue or condition report, or made

orally or in writing elsewhere, regarding the authorship, origin,date, age, size, medium, attribution, genuineness, provenance,condition or estimated selling price of any Lot are merelystatements of opinion, and are not to be relied on as statements ofdefinitive fact. Catalogue and web illustrations are for guidanceonly, and should not be relied on either to determine the tone orcolour of any item. No lot shall be rejected on the grounds ofinaccurate reproduction. No lot illustrated in the catalogue andonline shall be rejected on the grounds of cancellation, centring,margins, perforation or other characteristics apparent from theillustration. Estimates of the selling price should not be relied on asa statement that this price is either the price at which the Lot willsell or its value for any other purpose.

3.2.2 Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their beingin perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or givenby way of condition report make reference to damage and/orrestoration. We provide this information for guidance only and theabsence of such a reference does not imply that an item is free fromdefects or restoration nor does a reference to particular defectsimply the absence of any others.

3.2.3 Other than as set out in clause 5.13, and in the absence of fraud,neither the Seller nor we, nor any of our employees or agents, areresponsible for the correctness of any statement as to theauthorship, origin, date, age, attribution, genuineness orprovenance of any Lot nor for any other errors of description or forany faults or defects in any Lot. Every person interested shouldexercise and rely on his own judgment as to such matters.

3.3 Your ResponsibilityYou are responsible for satisfying yourself as to the condition of thegoods and the matters referred to in the catalogue description.

3.4 Extensions – Stamps only3.4.1 If you wish to obtain an expert opinion or Certificate of

Authenticity on any Lot (other than a mixed Lot or Lot containingundescribed stamps) you must notify us in writing not less thanforty-eight hours before the time fixed for the commencement ofthe first session of the sale. If accepted by us, such request shall havethe same effect as notice of an intention to question thegenuineness or description of the Lot for the purposes of clause5.13 (Refund in the case of Forgery) of these Terms andConditions and the provisions of clause 5.13 (Refund in the case ofForgery) shall apply accordingly.

3.4.2 Notice of a request for an expert opinion or Certificate ofAuthenticity must give the reason why such opinion is required andspecify the identity of your proposed expert which will be subjectto agreement by us. We reserve the right, at our discretion, torefuse a request for an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticityincluding (without limitation) where the proposed expert is notknown to us.

3.4.3 If we accept a request for an expert opinion or Certificate ofAuthenticity we will submit the Lot to the Expert Committee. Youacknowledge and accept that the length of time taken by an ExpertCommittee to reach an opinion will vary depending on thecircumstances and in any event is beyond our control.

3.4.4 We will not accept a request for an extension on account ofcondition. Any Lot described in the catalogue as having faults ordefects may not be returned even if an expert opinion or Certificateof Authenticity cites other faults or defects not included in thecatalogue description, other than in the case of a Forgery.

3.4.5 Should Spink accept a request for an extension under theforegoing provisions of this paragraph, the fact may be stated by theAuctioneer from the rostrum prior to the sale of the Lot.

3.4.6 It should be noted that any stamp accompanied by a Certificateof Authenticity is sold on the basis of that Certificate only and noton the basis of any other description or warranty as to authenticity.No request for an extension will be accepted on such a stamp andthe return of such a stamp will not be accepted.

3.4.7 If you receive any correspondence from the Expert Committeein relation to the Lot, including but not limited to a Certificate ofAuthenticity, you must provide us with copies of suchcorrespondence no later than 7 days after you receive suchcorrespondence.

4 AT THE SALE4.1 Refusal of admission

Our sales usually take place on our own premises or premises overwhich we have control for the sale, and we have the right, exercisableat our complete discretion, to refuse admission to the premises orattendance at an auction.

4.2 Registration before biddingYou must complete and sign a registration form and provideidentification before making a bid at auction. Please be aware that weusually require buyers to undergo a credit check.If you have not bid successfully with Spink in the past, or you areregistering with us for the first time, we reserve the right to require adeposit of up to 50% of the amount you intend to spend. Such depositwill be deducted from your invoice should you be successful. If you areunsuccessful at auction, your deposit will be returned by the samemeans it was paid to Spink.Some lots may be designated, prior to the auction, as “Premium Lots”,which means a deposit may be required before placing a bid on theitem for sale. Information will be posted on our website in such anevent.

4.3 Bidding as PrincipalWhen making a bid (whether such bids are made in person or byway of telephone bids operated by Spink, commission or online oremail bids), you will be deemed to be acting as principal and will beaccepting personal liability, unless it has been agreed in writing, at thetime of registration, that you are acting as agent on behalf of a thirdparty buyer acceptable to us.

4.4 Commission BidsIf you give us instructions to bid on your behalf, by using the formprovided in our catalogues or via our website, we shall use reasonableendeavours to do so, provided these instructions are received not laterthan 24 hours before the auction. If we receive commission bids on aparticular Lot for identical amounts, and at auction these bids are thehighest bids for the Lot, it will be sold to the person whose bid wasreceived first. Commission bids are undertaken subject to othercommitments at the time of the sale, and the conduct of the auctionmay be such that we are unable to bid as requested. Since this isundertaken as a free service to prospective buyers on the terms stated,we cannot accept liability for failure to make a commission bid. Youshould therefore always attend personally if you wish to be certain ofbidding.


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4.5 On-line BiddingWe offer internet services as a convenience to our clients. We will notbe responsible for errors or failures to execute bids placed on theinternet, including, without limitation, errors or failures caused by (i) aloss of internet connection by either party for whatever reason; (ii) abreakdown or problems with the online bidding software and/or (iii)a breakdown or problems with your internet connection, computer orsystem. Execution of on-line internet bids on www.spink.com andSpink Live is a free service undertaken subject to other commitments atthe time of the auction and we do not accept liability for failing toexecute an online internet bid or for errors or omissions in connectionwith this activity. Buyers who acquire lots on the-saleroom.com willhave a fee of 3% on the hammer price added to their invoice for usingthis facility.

4.6 Telephone BidsIf you make arrangements with us not less than 24 hours before thesale, we shall use reasonable endeavours to contact you to enable youto participate in bidding by telephone, but in no circumstances will webe liable to either the Seller or you as a result of failure to do so.

4.7 Currency ConverterAt some auctions, a currency converter will be operated, based on theone month forward rates of exchange quoted to us by Barclays BankPlc or any other appropriate rate determined by us, at opening on thedate of the auction. Bidding will take place in a currency determined byus, which is usually sterling for auctions held in London. The currencyconverter is not always reliable, and errors may occur beyond ourcontrol either in the accuracy of the Lot number displayed on theconverter, or the foreign currency equivalent of sterling bids. We shallnot be liable to you for any loss suffered as a result of you following thecurrency converter.

4.8 Video imagesAt some auctions there will be a video screen. Mistakes may occur in itsoperation, and we cannot be liable to you regarding either thecorrespondence of the image to the Lot being sold or the quality of theimage as a reproduction of the original.

4.9 Bidding IncrementsBidding generally opens below the low estimate and advances in thefollowing order although the auctioneer may vary the biddingincrements during the course of the auction. The normal biddingincrements are:

Up to £100 by £5£100 to £300 by £10£300 to £600 £320-£350-£380-£400 etc.£600 to £1,000 by £50£1,000 to £3,000 by £100£3,000 to £6,000 £3,200-£3,500-£3,800-£4,000 etc.£6,000 to £20,000 by £500£20,000 and up Auctioneer’s discretion

4.10 Bidding by Spink4.10.1 We reserve the right to bid on Lots on the Seller’s behalf up to

the amount of the Reserve (if any), which will never be above thelow estimate printed in the auction catalogue.

4.10.2 The Spink Group reserves the right to bid on and purchaseLots as principal.

4.11 The Auctioneer’s DiscretionThe auctioneer has the right at his absolute discretion to refuse any bidto advance the bidding in such manner as he may decide to withdrawor divide any Lot, to combine any two or more Lots and, in the case oferror or dispute, to put an item up for bidding again.

4.12 Successful BidSubject to the auctioneer’s discretion, the striking of his hammer marksthe acceptance of the highest bid, provided always that such bid ishigher than the Reserve (where applicable), and the conclusion of acontract for sale between you and the Seller.

4.13 After Sale ArrangementsIf you enter into any private sale agreements for any Lot with the Sellerwithin 60 days of the auction, we, as exclusive agents of the Sellerreserve the right to charge you the applicable Buyer’s Premium inaccordance with these Terms and Conditions, and the Seller acommission in accordance with the terms of the Seller’s agreement.

4.14 Return of Lot4.14.1 Once your bid has been accepted for a Lot then you are liable

to pay for that Lot in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.If there are any problems with a Lot then you must notify us within7 days of receipt of the Lot, specifying the nature of the problem.We may then request that the Lot is returned to us for inspection.Save as set out in clause 5.13, the cancellation of the sale of any Lotand the refund of the corresponding purchase price is entirely atour sole discretion. We will not normally exercise that discretion ifthe Lot is not received by us in the same condition that it was in atthe auction date.

4.14.2 No lot may be returned on account of condition if thecondition was stated by a third party grading company (including,but not limited to PCGS, NGC, ANACS, ICG, PMG, WBG).

5 AFTER THE AUCTION5.1 Buyer’s Premium and other charges

In addition to the Hammer Price, you must pay us the Buyer’sPremium at a rate of 20% of the final Hammer price of each lot, a feeof 3% on the hammer price total for using the-saleroom.com and a feefor paying by credit card.

5.2 Value Added TaxOther than in respect of Zero-rated Lots (o) VAT is chargeable on theHammer price and the Buyer’s premium of daggered (†) and (Ω) lotsat the standard rate (currently 20%), and on lots marked (x) at thereduced rate (currently 5% on the Hammer price and 20% on theBuyer’s premium). VAT on Margin scheme lots (identified by theabsence of any VAT symbol next to the lot number) is payable at 20%on the Buyer’s premium only.

5.3 VAT RefundsGeneral5.3.1 As we remain liable to account for VAT on all Lots unless they

have been exported outside the EU within 3 months of the date ofsale, you will generally be asked to deposit all amounts of VATinvoiced. However, if a Spink nominated shipper is instructed, thenany refundable VAT will not be collected. In all other cases creditswill be made when proof of export is provided. If you export theLot yourself you must obtain shipping documents from theShipping Department for which a charge of £50 will be made.

5.3.2 If you export the Lot you must return the valid proof of exportcertificate to us within 3 months of the date of sale. If you fail toreturn the proof of export certificate to us within such period andyou have not already accounted to us for the VAT, you will beliable to us for the full amount of the VAT due on such Lot and weshall be entitled to invoice you for this sum.

5.3.3 To apply for a refund of any VAT paid, the proof of exportcertificate must be sent to our Shipping Department clearly marked‘VAT Refund’ within 3 months of the date of sale. No payment willbe made where the total amount of VAT refundable is less than £50and Spink will charge £50 for each refund processed.

VAT Refunds - Buyers from within the EU5.3.4 VAT refunds are available on the Hammer Price and Buyer’s

Premium of Daggered (†) and Investment Gold (g) Lots. You mustcertify that you are registered for VAT in another EU country andthat the Lot is to be removed from the United Kingdom within 3months of the date of sale.

5.3.5 Where an EU buyer purchases a Lot on which import VAT hasbeen charged, no refund of VAT is available from us. It may bepossible to apply directly for a refund on form VAT 65 toHM Revenue & Customs Overeseas Repayment Section,Londonderry.

VAT Refunds – Buyers from outside the EU5.3.6 Where a Lot is included within the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme

and evidence of export from the EU is produced within 3 monthsof the date of sale, the VAT on Buyer’s Premium may be refunded.

5.3.7 Where the Lot is marked as a Daggered (†) or Investment Gold(g) Lot the VAT charged on the Hammer Price may be refundedwhere evidence of export from the EU is produced within 3months of the date of sale. A refund of VAT charged on the Buyer’sPremium can also be made on receipt of proof of business as acollectibles dealer.

5.3.8 Where the Lot is marked as an Omega (Ω) Lot or an ImportVAT (x) Lot and evidence of export from the EU is producedwithin 3 months of the date of sale, the VAT charged on both theHammer Price and Buyer’s Premium may be refunded. Whererequired, we can advise you on how to export such Lots as a specificform of export evidence is required. Where we advise you on theexport of the Lots, please be aware that the ultimate responsibilityin respect of obtaining a valid proof of export certificate will lie withyou and we will not be responsible for your failure to obtain suchcertificate.

5.4 Payment5.4.1 You must provide us with your full name and permanent address

and, if so requested, details of the bank from which any paymentsto us will be made. You must pay the full amount due (comprisingthe Hammer Price, the Buyer’s Premium and any applicable VAT)within seven days after the date of the sale. This applies even if youwish to export the Lot and an export licence is (or may be)required.

5.4.2 You will not acquire title to the Lot until all amounts duehave been paid in full. This includes instances where specialarrangements were made for release of Lot prior to full settlement.

5.4.3 Payment should be made in sterling by one of the followingmethods:II(i) Direct bank transfer to our account details of which are set

out on the invoice. All bank charges shall be met by you.Please ensure that your client number is noted on thetransfer.

i(ii) By cheque or bank draft made payable to Spink and Son Ltdand sent to Spink at 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury,London WC1B 4ET. Please note that the processing chargesfor payments made by cheques or bank drafts drawn on anon-U.K bank shall be met by you. Please ensure that theremittance slip printed at the bottom of the invoice isenclosed with your payment.

(iii) By Visa or Mastercard. A fee of 2% will be applied. Paymentsmade by American Express are subject to a 4% fee. Paymentsexceeding £5,000 can normally only be made by the cardholder in person whilst on our premises.

5.4.4 Payments should be made by the registered buyer and not bythird parties, unless it has been agreed at the time of registrationthat you are acting as an agent on behalf of a third party.


5.5 InvoicesInvoices may consist of one or more pages and will show: Zero ratedLots (o); no symbol Lots sold under the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme;Lots marked (g) special scheme Investment Gold; Daggered Lots (†),imported Lots marked (x) and (Ω), (e) Lots with Zero rated hammerfor EU VAT registered buyers.

5.6 Collection of Purchases5.6.1 Unless specifically agreed to the contrary, we shall retain lots

purchased until all amounts due to us, or to the Spink Group, havebeen paid in full. Buyers will be required to pay for their lots whenthey wish to take possession of the same, which must be within 7days of the date of the sale, unless prior arrangements have beenmade with Spink. Without prior agreement, lots will not be releaseduntil cleared funds are received with regard to payments made bycheque.

5.6.2 Unless we notify you to the contrary, items retained by us willbe covered in accordance with our policy which is available forinspection at our offices from the date of sale for a period of sevendays or until the time of collection, whichever is sooner. After sevendays or from the time of collection, whichever is the earlier, the Lotwill be entirely at your risk.

5.6.3 Our policy will not cover and we are unable to acceptresponsibility for damage caused by woodworm, changes inatmospheric conditions or acts of terrorism.

5.7 NotificationWe are not able to notify successful bidders by telephone. WhileInvoices are sent out by mail after the auction we do not acceptresponsibility for notifying you of the result of your bid. You arerequested to contact us by telephone or in person as soon as possibleafter the auction to obtain details of the outcome of your bids to avoidincurring charges for late payment.

5.8 Packing and handling5.8.1 We shall use all reasonable endeavours to take care when

handling and packing a purchased Lot but remind you that afterseven days or from the time of collection, whichever is sooner, theLot is entirely at your risk. Our postage charges are set out at theback of the catalogue.

5.8.2 It is the responsibility of the Buyer to be aware of any ImportDuties that may be incurred upon importation to the finaldestination. Spink will not accept return of any package in order toavoid these duties. The onus is also on the Buyer to be aware of anyCustoms import restrictions that prohibit the importation ofcertain collectibles. Spink will not accept return of the Lot(s) underthese circumstances. Spink will not accept responsibility for Lot(s)seized or destroyed by Customs.

5.8.3 If the Buyer requires delivery of the Lot to an address other thanthe invoice address this will be carried out at the discretion ofSpink.

5.9 Recommended packers and shippersIf required our shipping department may arrange shipment as youragent. Although we may suggest carriers if specifically requested, oursuggestions are made on the basis of our general experience of suchparties in the past and we are not responsible to any person to whomwe have made a recommendation for the acts or omissions of the thirdparties concerned.

5.10 Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases5.10.1 If you fail to make payment within seven days of your stipulated

payment date set out in your invoice, we shall be entitled to exerciseone or more of the following rights or remedies:5.10.1.1 to charge interest at the rate of 2% per month compound

interest, calculated on a daily basis, from the date the fullamount is due;

5.10.1.2 to set off against any amounts which the Spink Group mayowe you in any other transaction the outstanding amountremaining unpaid by you;

5.10.1.3 we may keep hold of all or some of your Lots or otherproperty in the possession of the Spink Group until you havepaid all the amounts you owe us or the Spink Group, even if theunpaid amounts do not relate to those Lots or other property.Following fourteen days’ notice to you of the amountoutstanding and remaining unpaid, the Spink Group shall havethe right to arrange the sale of such Lots or other property. Weshall apply the proceeds in discharge of the amount outstandingto us or the Spink Group, and pay any balance to you;

5.10.1.4 where several amounts are owed by you to the SpinkGroup in respect of different transactions, to apply any amountpaid to discharge any amount owed in respect of any particulartransaction, whether or not you so direct;

5.10.1.5 to reject at any future auction any bids made by you or onyour behalf or obtain a deposit from you before accepting anybids.

5.10.2 If you fail to make payment within thirty-five days, we shall inaddition be entitled:

5.10.2.1 to cancel the sale of the Lot or any other item sold to youat the same or any other auction;

5.10.2.2 to arrange a resale of the Lot, publicly or privately, and, ifthis results in a lower price being obtained, claim the balancefrom you together with all reasonable costs including a 20%seller’s commission, expenses, damages, legal fees, commissionsand premiums of whatever kind associated with both sales orotherwise, incurred in connection with your failure to makepayment;

5.10.2.3 when reselling the Lot, place a notice in our cataloguestating that you successfully purchased the Lot at auction buthave subsequently failed to pay the Hammer Price of the Lot; or

5.10.2.4 take any other appropriate action as we deem fit.5.10.3 If you fail to collect within fourteen days after the sale, whether

or not payment has been made, you will be required5.10.3.1 to pay a storage charge of £2 per item per day plus any

additional handling cost that may apply.5.10.3.2 you will not be entitled to collect the Lot until all

outstanding charges are met, together with payment of all otheramounts due to us.

5.11 Uses of default informationIf you fail to make payment for a Lot in accordance with these Terms andConditions:5.11.1 We reserve the right to refuse you the right to make bids for any

future auction irrespective of whether previous defaults havebeen settled; and

5.11.2 You consent to us disclosing details of such default to otherauctioneers and live bidding platforms, which will include yourname, address, nature of the default and the date of the default.

Auctioneers or live bidding platforms who receive details of the defaultmay rely on such information when deciding whether to enter into atransaction with you in the future.

5.12 Export Licence5.12.1 If required we can, at our discretion, advise you on the detailed

provisions of the export licensing regulations. Where we advise youin relation to export licensing regulations the ultimate responsibilityin respect of any export will lie with you and we will not beresponsible for your failure to apply for any necessary licences.

5.12.2 If the Lot is going to be hand carried by you, you may berequired to produce a valid export licence to us or sign a waiverdocument stating that a licence will be applied for.

5.12.3 You should always check whether an export licence is requiredbefore exporting. Export licences are usually obtained within twoor three weeks but delays can occur.

5.12.4 Unless otherwise agreed by us in writing, the fact that you wishto apply for an export licence does not affect your obligation tomake payment within seven days nor our right to charge interest onlate payment.

5.12.5 If you request that we apply for an export licence on yourbehalf, we shall be entitled to recover from you our disbursementsand out of pocket expenses in relation to such application, togetherwith any relevant VAT.

5.12.6 We will not be obliged to rescind a sale nor to refund anyinterest or other expenses incurred by you where payment is madeby you despite the fact that an export licence is required.

5.13 Refund in the case of Forgery5.13.1 A sale will be cancelled, and the amount paid refunded to you

if a Lot (other than a miscellaneous item not described in thecatalogue) sold by us proves to have been a Forgery. We shall nothowever be obliged to refund any amounts if either (a) thecatalogue description or saleroom notice at the auction datecorresponded to the generally accepted opinion of scholars orexperts at that time, or fairly indicated that there was a conflict ofopinions, or (b) it can be demonstrated that the Lot is a Forgeryonly by means of either a scientific process not generally acceptedfor use until after publication of the catalogue or a process which atthe date of the auction was unreasonably expensive or impracticableor likely to have caused damage to the Lot. Furthermore, youshould note that this refund can be obtained only if the followingconditions are met:5.13.1.1 you must notify us in writing, within seven days of the

receipt of the Lot(s), that in your view the Lot concerned is aForgery;

5.13.1.2 you must then return the item to us within fourteen daysfrom receipt of the Lot(s), in the same condition as at theauction date; and

5.13.1.3 as soon as possible following return of the Lot, you mustproduce evidence satisfactory to us that the Lot is a Forgery andthat you are able to transfer good title to us, free from any thirdparty claims.

5.13.1.4 you must provide to us all evidence obtained by you thata Lot is a Forgery no later than 7 days after you receive suchevidence.

5.13.2 In no circumstances shall we be required to pay you any morethan the amount paid by you for the Lot concerned and you shallhave no claim for interest.

5.13.3 The benefit of this guarantee is not capable of beingtransferred, and is solely for the benefit of the person to whom theoriginal invoice was made out by us in respect of the Lot when soldand who, since the sale, has remained the owner of the Lot withoutdisposing of any interest in it to any third party.

5.13.4 We shall be entitled to rely on any scientific or other process toestablish that the Lot is not a Forgery, whether or not such processwas used or in use at the date of the auction.

6 LIABILITYNothing in these Terms and Conditions limits or excludes our liability for:6.1 death or personal injury resulting from negligence; or6.2 any damage or liability incurred by you as a result of our fraud or

fraudulent misrepresentation.

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7 USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION7.1 We will use the personal information you provide to us to:

7.1.1 process the bids you make on Lots (whether successful orotherwise) and other auction related services we provide;

7.1.2 process your payment relating to a successful purchase of a Lot;7.1.3 arrange for delivery of any Lot you purchase, which will include

passing your details to shipping providers and, on overseasdeliveries, to customs where they make enquiries regarding the Lot;

7.1.4 inform you about similar products or services that we provide,but you may stop receiving these at any time by contacting us.

7.2 In accordance with clause 4.2, you agree that we may pass yourinformation to credit reference agencies and that they may keep a recordof any search that they do.

7.3 In accordance with clause 5.11, you agree that where you default onmaking payment for a Lot in accordance with these terms and conditionswe may disclose details of such default to other auctioneers and livebidding platforms.

7.4 We are also working closely with third parties (including, for example,other auctioneers and live bidding platforms) and may receiveinformation about you from them.

8 COPYRIGHT8.1 We shall have the right (on a non-exclusive basis) to photograph, video

or otherwise produce an image of the Lot. All rights in such an imagewill belong to us, and we shall have the right to use it in whatever waywe see fit.

8.2 The copyright in all images, illustrations and written material relatingto a Lot is and shall remain at all times our property and we shall havethe right to use it in whatever way we see fit. You shall not use or allowanyone else to use such images, illustrations or written material withoutour prior written consent.

9 VATYou shall give us all relevant information about your VAT status and that ofthe Lot to ensure that the correct information is printed in the catalogues.Once printed, the information cannot be changed. If we incur any unforeseencost or expense as a result of the information being incorrect, you willreimburse to us on demand the full amount incurred.

10 NOTICESAll notices given under these Terms and Conditions may be served personally,sent by 1st class post, or faxed to the address given to the sender by the otherparty. Any notice sent by post will be deemed to have been received on thesecond working day after posting or, if the addressee is overseas, on the fifthworking day after posting. Any notice sent by fax or served personally will bedeemed to be delivered on the first working day following despatch.

11 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONSThe following provisions of this clause 10 shall apply only if you are acting forthe purposes of your business.11.1 Limitation of Liability

Subject to clause 6, we shall not be liable, whether in tort (includingfor negligence) or breach of statutory duty, contract, misrepresentationor otherwise for any:11.1.1 loss of profits, loss of business, depletion of goodwill and/or

similar losses, loss of anticipated savings, loss of goods, loss ofcontract, loss of use, loss of corruption of data or information; or

11.1.2 any special, indirect, consequential or pure economic loss,costs, damages, charges or expenses.

11.2 SeverabilityIf any part of these Terms and Condition is found by any court to beinvalid, illegal or unenforceable, that part may be discounted and therest of the conditions shall continue to be valid and enforceable to thefullest extent permitted by law.

11.3 Force majeureWe shall have no liability to you if we are prevented from, or delayedin performing, our obligations under these Terms and Conditions orfrom carrying on our business by acts, events, omissions or accidentsbeyond our reasonable control, including (without limitation) strikes,lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving our workforceor the workforce of any other party), failure of a utility service ortransport network, act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, maliciousdamage, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule,regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery,fire, flood, storm or default of suppliers or subcontractors.

11.4 Waiver11.4.1 A waiver of any right under these Terms and Conditions is only

effective if it is in writing and it applies only to the circumstancesfor which it is given. No failure or delay by a party in exercising anyright or remedy under these Terms and Conditions or by law shallconstitute a waiver of that (or any other) right or remedy, norpreclude or restrict its further exercise. No single or partial exerciseof such right or remedy shall preclude or restrict the further exerciseof that (or any other) right or remedy.

11.4.2 Unless specifically provided otherwise, rights arising underthese Terms and Conditions are cumulative and do not excluderights provided by law.

11.5 Law and Jurisdiction11.5.1 These Terms and Conditions and any dispute or claim arising

out of or in connection with them or their subject matter, shall begoverned by, and construed in accordance with, the law of Englandand Wales.

11.5.2 The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England andWales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute orclaim that arises out of, or in connection with, Terms andConditions or their subject matter.

Postal ChargesPrices for books(items sent by this method are not covered by insurance)

Prices for all other items including postage and packaging

Shipments of more than 2kg or volumetric measurement of more than 2kg have tobe sent by courier. Certain countries may incur extra charge when courier servicesare required by our insurance policy. For lots sent by courier please [email protected] for calculation of any further relevant cost in addition tothe above charges.

Value Added Tax (VAT)

Charging of (VAT) at AuctionThe information shown on this page sets out the way in which Spink intends toaccount for VAT.

i. Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme1. Where possible, we will offer Lots for sale under the Auctioneers’

Margin Scheme. Such Lots can be identified by the absence of anyVAT symbol next to the Lot number in the catalogue and will not besubject to VAT on the Hammer Price.

2. Where Lots are sold using the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme to UKVAT–registered businesses, the VAT on Buyers’ Premium is notrecoverable as input tax. Upon request on sale day, we will issueinvoices that show VAT separately on both the Hammer Price andthe Buyer’s Premium. This will enable VAT-registered businesses torecover the VAT charged as input tax, subject to the normal rules forrecovering input tax.

ii. Zero-Rated LotsLimited Categories of goods, such as books, are Zero-rated (o) for VAT inthe United Kingdom. Such Lots are offered under the Auctioneers’ MarginScheme. In these circumstances no VAT will be added to the Buyer’spremium.

iii. Daggered LotsLots which are Daggered (†) in the catalogue are subject to VAT at 20%on both the Hammer Price and the Buyer’s Premium.

iv. Imported and Omega LotsLots which are marked (x) in the catalogue are subject to VAT at 5% onthe Hammer price plus 20% on the Buyer’s premium. Lots which bear theOmega symbol (Ω) are subject to VAT at 20% on the Hammer Price andon the Buyer’s Premium. This VAT is payable on items imported fromoutside the EU. In these cases we have used a temporary importationprocedure, which in effect means that the point of importation is deferreduntil the Lot has been sold. At this point the Buyer is treated as theimporter and is liable to pay the import VAT due. We will collect the VATfrom you and pay it to HM Customs and Excise on your behalf.

v. Investment Gold LotsLots marked (g) in the catalogue are exempt from VAT on the HammerPrice and are subject to VAT at 20% on the Buyer’s Premium. A refund ofVAT charged on the Buyer’s Premium can also be made on receipt of proofof business as a collectibles dealer outside of the EU.

Invoice Value UK EU Rest of the WorldUp to £1,500 £10 £15 £20

Up to £10,000 £20 £30 £40

Above £10,001 £20 £50 £60

Weight UK EU Rest of the WorldUp to 1kg £8 for any weight £12 £15

Up to 2kg £8 for any weight £18 £25


BANKNOTES

2 April The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Hong Kong CSS1528 April Queen Elizabeth II, A Banknote Collection London 1503328 April The Michael Jowett Collection of African Banknotes London 1503229 April The Uncirculated Collection London 1503429/30 April World Banknotes London 150086 May British Banknotes London 150363/4 June The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale New York 3228/9 July World Banknotes London 1502827 August The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Hong Kong CSS1729/30 September World Banknotes London 150091 October World Banknotes London 1500914 November The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Hong Kong CSS19

SALE CALENDAR 2015

The above sale dates are subject to change

Spink offers the following services:– VALUATIONS FOR INSURANCE AND PROBATE FOR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS OR WHOLE COLLECTIONS –– SALES ON A COMMISSION BASIS EITHER OF INDIVIDUAL PIECES OR WHOLE COLLECTIONS –

STAMPS

16 April The Neville Polakow FRPSL Collection of Northern Rhodesia London 1502216 May The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale Hong Kong CSS1219 May Western Australia from the Vestey Collection London 1502420 May Swaziland, The Award-Winning Collection formed by

Peter van der Molen, RDPSA, FRPSL London 1503520/21/22 May The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale London 15023June The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale New York 15115/16 July The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale London 15026July Postal History and Historical Documents London 1503717/18 August Stamps and Covers of South East Asia Sale during the International Exhibition Singapore 1502726 September The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale Hong Kong CSS14

COINS

2 April The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Hong Kong CSS1514 May The Slaney Collection of English Coins – Part 2 London 150313/4 June The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale New York 3221/2 July Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals London 1500527 August The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Hong Kong CSS1722/23 September Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals London 1500614 November The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Hong Kong CSS19

MEDALS

23 April Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria London 1500123 July Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria London 1500219 November Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria London 15003

BONDS AND SHARES

2 April The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Hong Kong CSS1529 May Bonds & Share Certificates of the World London 150183/4 June The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale New York 32227 August The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Hong Kong CSS1714 November The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Hong Kong CSS19

AUTOGRAPHS

July Postal History and Historical Documents London 15037

WINES

16 April Great Whiskies, Cognacs and Wines Hong Kong SFW1314 August Wines, Cognacs and Other Spirits Singapore SFW14

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Olivier D. Stocker

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AdministrationAngie Ihlo Fung Newton Tsang Sue Pui Arthur Chan Doris Lo Gary Tan

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