Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria by Spink and Son

12002 Cover:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:42

Page 1

£25 SPINK LONDON

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

Bloomsbury www.spink.com

London WC1B 4ET

19 April 2012 • London

STAMPS COINS BANKNOTES MEDALS BONDS & SHARES AUTOGRAPHS BOOKS WINES

19 April 2012 • London

12002 Cover:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:42

Page 2

Stamps, Coins, Banknotes, Medals, Bonds & Shares, Autographs, Books, Wines

Group Chairman and CEO Olivier D. Stocker

AUCTION CALENDAR 2012

Your Specialists Stamps UK - Tim Hirsch Guy Croton David Parsons Nick Startup Neill Granger Paul Mathews Dominic Savastano Tom Smith USA - Chris Anderson George Eveleth Andrew Titley Ed Robinson Rick Penko Europe - Guido Craveri Fernando Martínez China - Anna Lee Johnny Sang Coins UK - Paul Dawson Julie-Morgane Lecoindre Richard Bishop William MacKay Arthur Bryant Barbara Mears John Pett George Champ USA - Stephen Goldsmith Matthew Orsini Normand Pepin China - Mark Li Banknotes, Bonds & Shares UK - Barnaby Faull Mike Veissid Andrew Pattison USA - Stephen Goldsmith Matthew Orsini China - Mark Li Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria UK - Mark Quayle Oliver Pepys Books UK - Philip Skingley Alex Smith Autographs USA - Robert Litzenberger Wines China - Anna Lee Your Europe Team (London - Lugano) Chairman’s Office Dennis Muriu Monica Kruber Directors Tim Hirsch Anthony Spink Auction & Client Management Team Emily Johnston Miroslava Adusei-Poku Charles Blane Luca Borgo Phillipa Brown Rita Ariete María Martínez Finance Alison Bennet Marco Fiori Mina Bhagat Alison Kinnaird Shyam Padhiar Billy Tumelty IT & Administration Berdia Qamarauli Liz Cones Curlene Spencer John Winchcombe Bobby McBrierty Tom Robinson Your America Team (New York - Dallas) Chairman Emeritus John Herzog Auction Administration Rick Penko Patricia Gardner Marketing & Design James McGuire Emily Cowin Clyde Townsend Finance & Administration Sam Qureshi Ingrid Qureshi Marcy Gottberg Ed Robinson Auctioneers Stephen Goldsmith Tracy Shreve Andrew Titley Your Asia Team (Hong Kong - Singapore) Vice Chairman Anna Lee Administration Amy Yung Raymond Tat Gary Tan

Stamps 11 April 11/12/13 April 22 April 2 May 3 May 20 June 20 June 30 June 5 July 11 July 19/20 July 25 August 12 September 13 September 13/14 September 23 September Early October 8/9 November 14 November 12 December

Cayman Islands the Graham Booth and John Byl Collections The Collector’s Series Sale The Collector’s Series Sale The Adriano Landini Collection of Fine Covers of the World The Chartwell Collection - GB King George V including Seahorses The “Franschhoek” Collection of Cape of Good Hope Triangular and Rectangular Issues Palestine Stamps and Postal History The Collector’s Series Sale The Chartwell Collection - GB Line-Engraved Essays, Proofs, Stamps and Covers - Part III The Collector’s Series Sale The Collector’s Series Sale The Collector’s Series Sale The Chartwell Collection - GB King Edward VIII, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II Great Britain Stamps Specialised Sale The Collector’s Series Sale Fine Stamps and Covers of South East Asia The Collector’s Series Sale The Collector’s Series Sale The Collector’s Series Sale The Chartwell Collection - GB Line-Engraved Essays, Proofs, Stamps and Covers - Part IV

London London Hong Kong London London London London Hong Kong London London New York Hong Kong London London New York Singapore Hong Kong New York London London

12029 12013 12028 12030 12014 12031 12036 12032 12015 12016

Coins 22 April 18/19 May 28 June 30 June 22/23 August 25 August 27 September 13/14 November 4 December

The Collector’s Series Sale The Collector’s Series Sale Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals The Collector’s Series Sale The Collector’s Series Sale The Collector’s Series Sale Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals The Collector’s Series Sale Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals

Hong Kong Fort Worth London Hong Kong New York Hong Kong London New York London

12028 313 12025 12032 314 12033 12026 315 12027

Banknotes 22 April 24/25 April 18/19 May 30 June 22/23 August 25 August 2 October 2 October 3/4 October 13/14 November 6 December

The Collector’s Series Sale World Banknotes The Collector’s Series Sale The Collector’s Series Sale The Collector’s Series Sale The Collector’s Series Sale The David Kirch Collection of Bank of England Notes - Part I The David Kirch Collection of English Provincial Banknotes - Part I World Banknotes The Collector’s Series Sale World Banknotes

Hong Kong London Fort Worth Hong Kong New York Hong Kong London London London New York London

12028 12022 313 12032 314 12033 12034 12035 12023 315 12024

Medals 19 April 19 July 22 November

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria

London London London

12002 12003 12004

Bonds and Shares 22 April 18 May 18/19 May 30 June 22/23 August 25 August 13/14 November 28 November

The Collector’s Series Sale Bonds and Share Certificates of the World The Collector’s Series Sale The Collector’s Series Sale The Collector’s Series Sale The Collector’s Series Sale The Collector’s Series Sale Bonds and Share Certificates of the World

Hong Kong London Fort Worth Hong Kong New York Hong Kong New York London

12028 12010 313 12032 314 12033 315 12011

Autographs 18/19 May 22/23 August 13/14 November

The Collector’s Series Sale The Collector’s Series Sale The Collector’s Series Sale

Fort Worth New York New York

Wines 10 May July September November

An An An An

Evening Evening Evening Evening

of of of of

Exceptional Exceptional Exceptional Exceptional

Wines Wines Wines Wines

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.

Hong Hong Hong Hong

Kong Kong Kong Kong

12033 12017 12018 12019

12020 12021

313 314 315

SFW02

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:43

Page 1

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria Thursday 19 April 2012 at 10.00 a.m. (Lots 1-307) and 2.00 p.m. (Lots 308-708) In sending commission bids or making enquiries, this sale should be referred to as NIVEN - 12002

Sale Location: Spink, 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury London WC1B 4ET

Viewing at 69 Southampton Row: Tuesday 17 April 2012 10.00 a.m.- 5.00 p.m. Wednesday 18 April 2012 10.00 a.m.- 5.00 p.m.

YOUR SPINK TEAM

FOR THIS SALE

For your questions about the sale lots: Mark Quayle +44 (0)20 7563 4064 / mquayle@spink.com

and on Oliver Pepys +44 (0)20 7563 4061 / opepys@spink.com Vat No: GB 791627108 Telephone: 020 7563 4000 Fax: 020 7563 4066

Web Site: For more information about Spink services, forthcoming sales and sales results you can access the Spink web site at www.spink.com

Purchase a catalogue: Please telephone 020 7563 4108 or fax 020 7563 4037 or e-mail catalogues@spink.com for details.

John Hayward +44 (0)20 7563 4049 / jhayward@spink.com For your bids: Miroslava Adusei-Poku +44 (0)20 7563 4020 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4037 auctionteam@spink.com For your internet bidding: Berdia Qamarauli +44 (0)20 7563 4089 / bqamarauli@spink.com For your payment: Shyam Padhiar +44 (0)20 7563 4023 / spadhiar@spink.com For your VAT enquiries: John Winchcombe +44 (0)20 7563 4101 / jwinchcombe@spink.com

Use this QR code to visit our online catalogue and leave proxy bids on Spink Live. You can download the QR Code Reader for iPhone, Blackberry and Android from App Store on your smartphone

Spink is pleased to continue to offer Spink Live, the internet bidding service which has revolutionized the way in which our clients bid at auction. If you have not already had the opportunity to try this state-of-the-art bidding tool feel free to contact us today for personal assistance in getting started. We are very proud of how the programme has developed over the years and are looking forward to a record breaking year in 2012. For more information contact Berdia Qamarauli today Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4089 Email: bqamarauli@spink.com

Our Environmental Commitment: Paper from Sustainable Forests and Non Hazardous Ink For centuries Spink and its employees have been preserving and curating collectable items. We now wish to play a modest role in preserving our planet, as well as the heritage of collectables, so future generations may enjoy both. We insist that our printers source all paper used in the production of Spink catalogues from FSC registered suppliers (for further information on the FSC standard please visit fsc.org) and use inks containing non hazardous ingredients. Spink recycle all ecological material used on our premises and we would encourage you to recycle your catalogue once you have finished with it. Front Cover Illustration: Lot 445

Back Cover Illustration: Lot 435

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:43

Page 2

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

Order of Sale Thursday 19 April 2012

Morning Session at 10.00 a.m. Lots Orders, Decorations and Campaign Medals from the Collection of Peter Maunder Esq. ..................................................................

1 - 307

Afternoon Session at 2.00 p.m. Honours and Awards Bestowed Upon Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Blair Stewart-Wilson, Deputy Master of the Household ............................................................ 308 - 331 Foreign Orders, Decorations and Medals

......................................................

332 - 434

Groups and Pairs with Orders or Decorations for Gallantry or Distinguished Service ........................................................ 435 - 445 ............................................................................

446 - 463

..........................................................................................

464 - 494

..................................................................................................

495 - 659

British Orders and Single Awards Campaign Groups and Pairs Single Campaign Medals

Coronation, Meritorious, Long Service and Efficiency Decorations and Medals ............................................................................................ 660 - 703 Miscellaneous

www.spink.com

Page 2

................................................................................................................................

704 - 708

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:43

Page 3

April 19, 2012 - London

THURSDAY 19 APRIL 2012 Morning Session (Lots 1-307) commencing at 10.00 a.m. All Sales are subject to the Conditions of Business printed at the back of this catalogue Estimates The estimated selling price of each lot is printed below the lot description and does not include the Buyer’s Premium. Bidders should bear in mind that estimates are prepared well in advance of the sale and are not definitive. They are subject to revision.

ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MEDALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF PETER MAUNDER ESQ.

Peter Maunder’s interest in the Boer War was started many years ago at school by a long since departed history master who taught him with such passion in this subject that it left a permanent impression. Some years later, a chance encounter with a copy of a Spink medal book in the local library aroused an interest in the medals for the Boer War. Not long after came an invitation from the late Trevor Davies of Roberts Medals to meet to discuss the possibilities of starting a medal collection. Over the next few years Trevor’s deep interest and knowledge of South African Medals proved invaluable in building up the collection, and he was instrumental in ensuring that it was focussed mainly on casualty groups and singles which included the Queen’s South Africa Medal, with a particular interest in those to the Royal Artillery. A professional interest in the South African Railways also accounts for the large number of railway Q.S.A.’s in the collection, when a largely single-line network was so effectively operated, often in the face of enemy action, for which several gallantry awards are a Mr. Peter Maunder with his Grandson, Jacob Kalmanovitch reminder. That the South African Railways functioned so efficiently, against a background of rapidly changing requirements, tends to obscure the achievements of a large body of men, both soldiers and civilians, who, with a considerable range of skills, did all that was necessary to keep the railway- that vital army lifeline- operational. The many Q.S.A.’s in this collection to the men of the railway are a reminder of this and of the risks they undertook. Page 3

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

14:38

Page 4

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 1 The Superb G.B.E., K.C.B., Great War K.C.M.G. Campaign Combination Group of Fifteen to General Sir J.F.N. Birch, Who Commanded the VII Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, and the Royal Artillery 7th Division and Royal Artillery 4th Army Successively During the Great War; Artillery Adviser to the Commander-in-Chief, France, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1916-1919; A.D.C. to the King; 11 Times Mentioned in Despatches During the Great War; Director-General of the Territorial Army, and Colonel Commandant of Both the Royal Artillery and the Royal Horse Artillery a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military Division, Knight Grand Cross (G.B.E.) sash Badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Star, 2nd type, silver-gilt and enamel b) The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, Military Division, Knight Commander’s (K.C.B.) set of insignia, neck Badge, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, minor blue enamel damage; Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with gold retaining pin c) 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, gold and enamel, with gold retaining pin d) Ashanti Star 1896 e) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, South Africa 1902 (Major J.F.N. Birch. R.F.A.) f) 1914 Star, with Bar (Lt: Col: J.F.N. Birch, R.H.A.) g) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Maj. Gen. Sir J.F.N. Birch.) h) Jubilee 1935 i) Coronation 1937 j) France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Commander’s neck Badge, gold and enamel k) Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, Military Division, Commander’s neck Badge, gilt and enamel, French motto, minor white enamel damage l) United States of America, Distinguished Service Medal, officially numbered ‘231’ m) France, Croix de Guerre, 1914-16, with two Palms n) Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R, generally very fine or better, unless otherwise stated, with the front section of a Royal Artillery Officer’s Victorian full dress sabretache with gold lace trim, richly embroidered coat of arms and Artillery devices (lot) £7,000-9,000 G.B.E. London Gazette 9.12.1927 General Sir James Frederick Noel Birch, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery K.C.B. London Gazette 3.6.1922 Lieutenant-General Sir James Frederick Noel Birch, K.C.M.G., C.B. (Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery), Director-General of the Territorial Army C.B. London Gazette 3.6.1916 Lt.-Col. and Bt. Col. (temp. Maj.-Gen.) James Frederick Noel Birch, A.D.C., R.A. ‘For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field.’ K.C.M.G. London Gazette 1.1.1918 Maj-Gen. James Frederick Noel Birch, C.B. General Sir James Frederick Noel Birch, G.B.E., K.C.B., K.C.M.G. (1865-1939), son of R.F. Birch of Maes Elwy, St. Asaph, Wales; educated at Marlborough and R.M.A. Woolwich; commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, 1885; Captain 1895; served with 87th Battery, Royal Field Artillery during the Ashanti campaign, 1896; Major 1900; service during the Boer War included in the advance on Kimberley, operations in the Orange Free State, February -May 1900, operations in the Transvaal, in May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill (11th and 12th June); actions at Reit Vlei and Belfast (Mentioned in Lord Roberts’ Despatch London Gazette 10.9.1901); commanded an Imperial Yeomanry Battalion from 8.2.1902; commanded Riding Establishment, Royal Artillery, 1905-07; Lieutenant-Colonel 1912; served during the Great War on the Western Front from 1914, where he commanded the VII Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, the Royal Artillery 7th Division and Royal Artillery 4th Army successively; appointed A.D.C. to the King, 1915 (Brevet-Colonel and Temporary Brigadier-General); Temporary Major-General 1916; served as Artillery Adviser to the Commander-in-Chief, France, 1916-1919 (K.C.M.G. 1918; C.B. 1916; 11 times M.I.D.; France, Legion of Honour, Commander, London Gazette 1.5.1917; Belgium, Order of Leopold, Commander, London Gazette 26.7.1917); Major-General 1917; Lieutenant-General 1919; Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig in his final Despatch relating to the Great War, dated 213.1919, stated ‘The steady increase of our strength in Artillery and the development of the use of that important arm upon sound and successful lines has been due in great measure to the efforts of my Artillery Adviser, Lieut. General Sir J.F.N. Birch’; Director of Remounts, 1920-21; DirectorGeneral of the Territorial Army, 1921-23 (K.C.B.); Master-General of the Ordnance and Member of the Army Council, 1923-27; General 1926; Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery, 1926; retired 1927; Colonel Commandant, Royal Horse Artillery, 1928; he wrote two publications Modern Riding and Modern Riding and Horse Education. PROVENANCE:

Christie’s, November 1992

www.spink.com

Page 4

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:43

Page 5

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:43

Page 6

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 2 The Impressive K.C.B., Boer War ‘Stormberg’ D.S.O. Group of Twelve to Major-General E.M. Perceval, Royal Artillery, Who Commanded the 77th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, At Stormberg, 10.12.1899, Where Despite Being Severely Wounded He Stayed With His Battery Until the Fighting Had Finished; Also Wounded During the Great War, He Commanded the 49th West Riding Division, 1915-1917 a) The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, Military Division, Knight Commander’s (K.C.B.) set of insignia, neck Badge, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, minor blue enamel damage; Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with gold retaining pin b) Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, obverse centre slightly depressed, green enamel damage, with integral top riband bar c) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (Major. E.M. Perceval. D.S.O. R.F.A.), suspension claw re-pinned d) King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (Maj: E.M. Perceval. D.S.O. R.F.A) e) 1914, with copy Bar (Brig: Gen: E.M. Perceval. D.S.O.) f) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Maj. Gen. E.M. Perceval) g) Defence Medal h) Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, Military Division, Commander’s neck Badge, gilt and enamel, French motto, minor green and white enamel damage i) Portugal, Republic, Military Order of Aviz, Knight Grand Cross Star, by da Costa, Lisbon, silver-gilt and enamel, maker’s cartouche on reverse, green enamel damage to cross j) Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Vladimir, Military Division, Fourth Class breast Badge, gold (56 zolotniki) and enamel, 1908-17 kokoshnik mark to hilt of sword k) Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R, generally very fine or better, unless otherwise stated, breast awards, with the exception of the Defence Medal, mounted as originally worn (12) £6,000-8,000 K.C.B. London Gazette 31.12.1921 Major-General Edward Maxwell Perceval, C.B., D.S.O., Retired Pay D.S.O. London Gazette 19.4.1901 Edward Maxwell Perceval, Major, Royal Artillery ‘In recognition of services during the recent operations in South Africa.’ Major-General Edward Maxwell Perceval, K.C.B., D.S.O. (1861-1955) born Bellewstown, County Meath, Ireland; son of General J.M. Perceval, C.B., J.P.; educated at Royal Academy, Gosport and R.M.A. Woolwich; also held the Diploma of the Royal Geographical Society; commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, 1880; advanced Major 1898, and ‘in command of a battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry from 5 January 1902, to 31 May 1902, and was severely wounded. He took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 November 1900, including action at Wittebergen (1 to 29 July); operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1899-1900; operations in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony 30 November 1900 to 31 May 1902... He was Mentioned in Despatches 16 March, 1900. General Gatacre, in his despatch on the Battle of Stormberg, mentioned that Major Perceval was severely wounded at the beginning of that action, and that he remained in command of his battery until the fighting was finished. He was given the D.S.O. in the next Gazette’ (The Distinguished Service Order 1886-1923, refers); Perceval commanded the 77th Battery, Royal Field Artillery at Stormberg, ‘To avoid the heavy fire of the Boer riflemen the batteries drove as far away from the heights as the donga, which ran across the plain, would allow. One gun of the 74th Battery passed too near the donga and sank through the soft ground at its edge. The efforts of the gunners to extricate it at once attracted a murderous fire from the Boers at about 800 yards range, and as horses and gunners were falling fast it was thought better to leave it for the time being and rescue it later. The rest went on to the foot of the detached hill, where Gatacre ordered them at once to come into action to help the infantry, the 74th a little way up the slope and the 77th on the top of the hill. Driving as far as the horses could get up the rough slope, the men quickly unlimbered and man-handled the guns up to the top. Here the left guns of the 77th came under a heavy short-ranged fire from the Boers, who still held on to the eastern underfeatures of the hill. Major Perceval was severely wounded, but continued to command his battery... Grobler and Steenkamp, too, had heard the firing from where they were on the Steynsburg road, and came galloping back to join in the fight. From some rising ground behind the colliery line they began firing straight into the British rear. For a moment things looked serious. But Major Perceval, whose battery was just taking up a new position, promptly swung round three guns, and his admirably ranged shells sufficed’ (The Times History of the War in South Africa 1899-1900, Vol. II, refers); served as an Instructor at the Royal Military College from 1903, advancing to Chief Instructor, 9.3.1904; after a series of Staff appointments he was promoted Colonel, 7.12.1909; served as Assistant Director of Movements, War Office, 6.10.1912-31.3.1914; commanded Royal Artillery, 2nd Division, Aldershot Command, 1st April - 4th August 1914; Brigadier-General, 5.8.1914; served on the Western Front, 5.8.1914-20.10.1917 (C.B. January 1915; wounded); served as Sub-Chief of the Staff to General Sir William Robertson at G.H.Q., France, 26th January-16th July 1915; Major-General, 3.6.1915; the following month he was appointed to the command of the 49th West Riding Division (Five times Mentioned in Despatches; Belgium Order of Leopold, Commander, London Gazette 24.2.1916; Portugal, Military Order Aviz, 1st Class London Gazette 10.10.1918; Russia, Order of St. Vladimir, 4th Class, London Gazette 25.8.1915), during this time he commanded the Division when it suffered the first Phosgene gas attack of the War, 19.12.1915, and at Thiepval during the First Day of the Battle of the Somme; returned to the UK and commanded the 68th Division Home Forces, 1917-1919; subsequent postings included as Officer Commanding at Shorncliffe and Folkestone; retired 1920; he commanded a battalion of the Home Guard during the Second World War; in later life he resided in Farnham, Surrey. PROVENANCE:

Sotheby, July 1991

www.spink.com

Page 6

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:43

Page 7

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:43

Page 8

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

Lieutenant-Colonel F.H. Hall (centre row, third from left), with Officers of 3rd Brigade, Royal Artillery, 1899 3 A Fine 1900 ‘Boer War’ C.B., ‘Royal Visit’ 1907 C.V.O. Group of Four to Brigadier-General F.H. Hall, Royal Artillery, Who Commanded the 3rd Brigade With Distinction During the Boer War, Including the Artillery at the Battles of Belmont, Graspan, Modder River, Magersfontein and Paardeberg; In His Capacity as Commandant of Pietersberg Hall Arrested ‘Breaker’ Morant, October 1901, Prior to His Infamous Court-Martial and Subsequent Execution For Murder a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion’s (C.B.) neck Badge, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1897) and enamel, converted for neck-wear b) The Royal Victorian Order, Commander’s (C.V.O.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘C305’ c) Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lieut. F.H. Hall. I/C. R.H.A.) d) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901 (Colonel: F.H. Hall, C.B., R.F.A.), scratch marks to obverse of campaign medals, therefore very fine, with a photographic image of recipient in uniform (4) £1,800-2,200 C.B. London Gazette 19.4.1901 Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Henry Hall, Royal Artillery ‘In recognition of services in connection with the Campaign in South Africa, 1899-1900.’ C.V.O. London Gazette 15.4.1907 Brigadier-General Francis Henry Hall, C.B., Brigadier-General in charge of Administration, Malta ‘On the occasion of His Majesty’s visit to Malta.’ Brigadier-General Francis Henry Hall, C.B., C.V.O. (1852-1919), the son of the Reverend F.H. Hall of Drumcullin, County Down, Ireland; entered Woolwich as a Gentleman Cadet, 1869; commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, 1871; served with “C” Battery, “A” Brigade”, Royal Horse Artillery in Afghanistan 1878-80 (M.I.D.); Captain 1881; advanced Lieutenant Colonel, 1897; arrived in South Africa, November 1899, and joined Lord Methuen’s force on the Orange River for the advance on Kimberley; Hall Commanded 3rd Brigade, Royal Artillery, which included the 18th, 62nd and 75th Batteries, Royal Field Artillery; he commanded the Artillery at Belmont (23.11.1899), where ‘at 4.20, Colonel Hall, commanding the artillery, came up with the 18th Battery on the right rear of the Guards, and shelled the farther ridges where the Boers were now swarming hurriedly to take up their second position’ (The Times History of the War in South Africa 1899-1900, Vol. II, refers); he also commanded the Artillery at Graspan two days later, and at Modder River (28.11.1900), where ‘Colonel Hall now rode up and ordered the 75th to advance. In the teeth of a terrible fire the guns trotted right up to the very front of the Coldstream line and unlimbered within 1200 yards of De la Rey’s trenches. Somewhat later the 75th were joined on their left by the 18th, and together the two batteries kept up all day an intense and continuous (nearly 1100 rounds were fired during the day by the 75th alone. Such firing is a heavy strain.) rain of shrapnel on the centre of the Boer position. It was a magnificient piece of work’ (ibid); Hall and his men excelled again at Magersfontein the following month, when they were in support of the Highland Brigade; he commanded the Artillery at Paardeberg during the bombardment of the Boer laager, 17th-26th February, 1900, and was present at the surrender of General Cronje and 4,000 men (C.B.; Brevet Colonel; Thrice M.I.D.); Member of the Pretoria Committee on Artillery, 1900, and was Chairman of the Field Artillery sub-committee; in April 1901, ‘Lieutenant-Colonel Hall, R.A., was placed in command of

www.spink.com

Page 8

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:43

Page 9

April 19, 2012 - London

the whole line from Pienar’s River to Pietersburg’, and it was as Commandant of Pietersberg that he ordered the arrest of Lieutenant Harry ‘Breaker’ Morant and his men, 24.10.1901; Hall was posted to India before Morant’s subsequent infamous court martial and execution for murder (the subject of an Australian film starring Edward Woodward in 1980); later postings included as Brigadier-General in

charge of Administration, Malta, 1906-07 (C.V.O. for services during the visit of King Edward VII to Malta, 1907) and with the Scottish Command, 1908-09; retired 21.3.1909; Honorary Brigadier-General 10.2.1912. PROVENANCE:

C.S. Butcher Collection, Christie’s, April 1991

Page 9

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:44

Page 10

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

4 A Great War 1915 C.B., 1919 Military Division C.B.E. Group of Eight to Brigadier-General W.R. Stewart, Royal Engineers; Who Commanded the 2nd Battalion Cape Railway Pioneer Regiment and Served as Assistant Director of Railways, South Africa, During the Boer War a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion’s (C.B.) breast Badge, gold (Hallmarks for London 1873) and enamel, white enamel damage, obverse centre loose, and gold suspension reconstituted b) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military Division, Commander’s (C.B.E.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, minor enamel damage c) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Major W.R. Stewart. R.E.) d) King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (Lt. Col. W.R. Stewart. R.E.) e) British War Medal (Col. W.R. Stewart.) f) Coronation 1911 g) Jubilee 1935 h) Coronation 1937, generally good very fine, unless otherwise stated, campaign awards mounted as originally worn (8) £800-1,200 C.B. London Gazette 3.6.1915 Colonel William Robert Stewart, Assistant Director of Fortifications and Works, War Office. C.B.E. London Gazette 3.6.1919 Stewart, Col. (T./Brig.-Gen.) William Robert, C.B., late R.E. Brigadier-General William Robert Stewart, C.B., C.B.E. (1862-1932), son of Stair Agnew Stewart, M.I.C.E., grandson of Stair Hathorn-Stewart of Physgill, J.P., D.L., and Covener of the County; educated at Blairlodge School, Polmont and R.M.A. Woolwich; commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Engineers, 1882; Captain 1891; service during the Boer War included as Assistant-Director of Railways (graded D.A.A.G.) South Africa, 9.11.1899-23.1.1900; Major 1.1.1900; served as Assistant Director of Railways (graded A.A.G.) 24.1.1900-27.10.1902 and in command of the 2nd Battalion Cape Railway Pioneer Regiment, 15.1.1900-31.3.1902 (Brevet Colonel 29.11.1900; Mentioned in Lord Roberts’ Despatch of 15.11.1900, London Gazette 16.4.1901); his work during the Boer War included the construction of a low level deviation bridge to carry the railway at Modder River; Lieutenant-Colonel, 31.12.1906; promoted Colonel, on half-pay 1911; appointed Assistant-Director of Fortifications & Works, Department of the Master-General of the Ordnance, War Office, 12.1.1913; served during the Great War as Chief Engineer, Scottish Command, Edinburgh, from 1.8.1916; retired Brigadier-General, 19.8.1919; in later life resided at Meon Place, Soberton, Bishops Waltham, Hampshire.

www.spink.com

Page 10

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:44

Page 11

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:44

Page 12

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

5 A Great War 1917 C.B. Group of Six to BrigadierGeneral E.A. Lambart, Royal Artillery, Who Commanded the 1st Brigade Division, Royal Field Artillery, During the Boer War a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion’s (C.B.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, cleaned, in Garrard, London, case of issue, with neck riband b) Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Ahmed Khel (Lieut. E.A. Lambart. R.A.) c) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (Lt. Col: E.A. Lambart R.F.A.), last clasp a tailor’s copy d) 1914-15 Star (Brig: Gen: E.A. Lambart.) e) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Brig. Gen. E.A. Lambart.), light contact marks throughout, otherwise very fine or better, with two photographic images of recipient in uniform (6) £800-1,200 C.B. London Gazette 4.6.1917 Col. Edgar Alan Lambart, ret. pay ‘For valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field.’ Brigadier-General Edgar Alan Lambart, C.B. (18571930), entered Woolwich as a Gentleman Cadet, 1873; commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, 1875; served with “G” Battery in Afghanistan 1878-80, including at Ahmed Khel and Urzo; Lieutenant-General Sir John Keir wrote the following of him, ‘My first recollection of Edgar Lambart was that of a tall, fair Cadet, with a deep voice and a rather alarming presence, which the atmosphere of the Shop soon dispelled, revealing a kindly and charming personality, with strong leanings towards the traditions of the past. I next met him as a Subaltern in “G” Battery, R.H.A., at Meerut, where we shared a bungalow and where he met his old Battery, G.4, in which he had served during the action of Ahmed Khel. The battle, according to gunner historians, was won by the coolness and daring of their arm of the service, and as our battery (G/A, R.H.A.) was commanded by Colonel Warter, who had commanded A/B, R.H.A., at the battle, we had many times to listen to the rival claims of these two batteries to have saved what was undoubtedly a very serious situation, and one of the few occasions on which reversed shrapnel was fired for lack of case shot’ (Obituary, included in lot refers); Captain 1884; posted to “K” Battery, R.H.A., 1889; posted as Major, 13th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, 1892; returned to the R.H.A. with “E” Battery five years later; promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in 1901, he was appointed to the command of the 1st Brigade Division, R.F.A., in South Africa; posted to India in 1903, and commanded the VIIth Brigade, R.H.A.; returning to the UK he advanced to Brevet Colonel and to the command of the Vth Brigade; served as C.R.A. with the Territorial Army, from 1908, and was in this appointment until 1916 when he took over the command of the 55th (W. Lancs.) Division Ammunition Column (C.B. and M.I.D. London Gazette 18.5.1917), ‘It was in these war

www.spink.com

Page 12

Brigadier-General E.A. Lambart

years that the writer [Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Jeudwine] came to know Edgar Lambart well and to respect and admire him, and appreciate affectionately the fine unselfishness of his character. He commanded the Ammunition Column... from early 1916 to the end of the war under a gunner divisional commander much his junior regimentally, but to whom he gave the most hearty and loyal support that a commander could wish for. Any gunner will remember what it meant in those days to have a thoroughly good ammunition column, and Edgar Lambart’s contribution to his Division and to the Army was an ammunition column of that kind. He made it out of what came to his hand, and those who went through his mill loved him all the better for their passage through it. Peace be with him. The Regiment is the poorer by his loss but the richer by the memory of him’ (ibid); Brigadier-General Lambart died in London aged 73.

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:44

Page 13

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:44

Page 14

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

6 6 A Good ‘Boer War’ C.M.G. Group of Four to Colonel E.H. Pickwoad, Who Commanded the Royal Artillery at Talana, Dundee and During the Defence of Ladysmith a) The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion’s (C.M.G.) breast Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with integral silver-gilt riband buckle b) Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lieut: E.H. Pickwoad. D/2nd Bde. R.A.) c) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lt: Col: E.H. Pickwoad. C.M.G. R.F.A.), partially officially corrected d) King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (Colonel E.H. Pickwoad. C.M.G. R.F.A.), generally very fine or better (4) £1,200-1,600

www.spink.com

Page 14

C.M.G. London Gazette 27.9.1901 Lieutenant-Colonel Edwin Hay Pickwoad. ‘In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa.’ Colonel Edwin Hay Pickwoad, C.M.G. (1853-1932), commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, 1873; served with “D” Battery, 2nd Brigade, Royal Artillery in Afghanistan 1878-80; advanced Major, and appointed Commander of Artillery in South Africa, 1889; with the outbreak of the Second Boer War he was serving as a Lieutenant-Colonel and commanded the 2nd Brigade, Royal Artillery; he commanded the Artillery at Talana, Dundee, Farquhar’s Farm and during the Defence of Ladysmith; he was severely wounded at Ladysmith, 1.3.1900 (C.M.G.; M.I.D. four times); retired Colonel 1903, but was engaged in the purchase of horses for the B.E.F. in August 1914, operating from his residence at Haversham Manor, Buckinghamshire.

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:44

Page 15

April 19, 2012 - London

7 7 A Great War 1916 C.M.G. Group of Six to Lieutenant-Colonel F.W. Heath, Royal Field Artillery a) The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion’s (C.M.G.), breast Badge, converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamel, blue and white enamel damage b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (Major F.W. Heath, R.F.A.) c) King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (Maj. F.W. Heath. R.F.A.) d) 1914 Star, with Bar (Lt: Col: F.W. Heath, R.F.A.) e) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves

(Lt. Col. F.W. Heath.), generally good very fine, unless otherwise stated, campaign medals mounted for wear (6) £800-1,000 C.M.G. London Gazette 3.6.1916 Lt.-Col. Francis William Heath, R.A. Lieutenant-Colonel Francis William Heath, C.M.G. (1865-1936), son of Major-General A.H. Heath; educated at Clifton College and R.M.A. Woolwich; commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, 1885; Captain 1895; served as Adjutant, 3rd Division, Royal Horse Artillery, 28th April-3rd November 1900 (Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 10.9.1901 and 29.7.1902); Major 28.7.1900; LieutenantColonel 29.7.1912; served during the Great War on the Western front, from 18.8.1914 (M.I.D. London Gazette 15.6.1916); retired 1.3.1919.

Page 15

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:44

Page 16

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

8 A Rare Boer War D.S.O. and Great War ‘1918’ Second Award Bar Group of Six to LieutenantColonel T.E.P. Wickham, Royal Horse Artillery, Wounded in Both Wars, He Commanded the 14th Brigade, R.H.A., on the Western Front from 1.12.1916 a) Distinguished Service Order, V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt and enamel, minor white enamel damage to lower obverse arm of cross, with integral topriband bar b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (Lieut. T.E.P. Wickham, D.S.O., R.H.A.) c) King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (Lieut. T.E.P. Wickham. D.S.O. R.H.A.) d) 1914 Star, with copy Bar (Capt. T.E.P. Wickham, D.S.O. R.F.A.) e) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Lt. Col. T.E.P. Wickham), light contact marks, therefore generally very fine (6) £2,800-3,200 D.S.O. London Gazette 27.9.1901 Thomas Edmund Palmer Wickham, Second Lieut., Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery ‘In recognition of services during operations in South Africa.’ D.S.O. Second Award Bar London Gazette 1.1.1918 Thomas Edmund Palmer Wickham, D.S.O., Major (Acting Lieut.Colonel), Royal Artillery

www.spink.com

Page 16

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Edmund Palmer Wickham, D.S.O. (1879-1927), the eldest son of R.W. Wickham, of Ebley Court, Stroud; educated at Marlborough; commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, 1898; served in South Africa, 1900-1902, including being present at the Relief of Kimberley, operations in the Orange Free State, February - May 1900, including operations at Paardeberg (18th-26th February), actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein (wounded 10.3.1900), Vet River and Zand River (D.S.O.; M.I.D. London Gazette 10.9.1901); Lieutenant 16.2.1901; the Insignia, Warrant and Statutes for the D.S.O. were sent to the Commander-in-Chief in India, and presented at Meerut, 1.3.1903, at Church Parade, by the G.O.C., Bengal; advanced Major 30.10.1914; served during the Great War on the Western Front, 10.11.191417.12.1914, 17.1.1915-12.3.1915 (wounded 11.3.1915) and 10.4.1916-14.11.1917; commanded 14th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery, from 1.12.1916; served on the Italian front, 15.11.1917-23.3.1918 (Bar to D.S.O.; four times M.I.D. London Gazette 23.6.1915, 4.1.1917, 18.5.1917 and 14.12.1917); Lieutenant-Colonel 2.10.1918; Invested with his Second Award Bar by the King at Buckingham Palace, 29.6.1918; retired 7.11.1925; died suddenly at ‘Averys, Ruspur, Sussex.’ During the Great War only 35 officers (including four in the Royal Artillery) received a Bar to a pre-War D.S.O. PROVENANCE:

Christie’s, April 1992

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:44

Page 17

April 19, 2012 - London

9 The Extremely Rare Great War ‘Western Front’ ‘1918’ D.S.O. and ‘1916’ M.C., and Boer War D.C.M. Group of Seven to Lieutenant-Colonel S.G.L. Bradley, 16th Battalion London Regiment, Late Colour-Sergeant, City of London Imperial Volunteers a) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with very minor white enamel chip to reverse arm of cross, with integral top riband bar b) Military Cross, G.V.R. c) Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (328 Serjt: S.G.L. Bradley. C.I.V.) d) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (328 C. Sgt. S.G.L. Bradley. C.I.V.) e) 1914 Star, with Bar (2.Lieut. S.G.L. Bradley. D.C.M. 16-Lond.R.) f) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Lt. Col. S.G.L. Bradley), light contact marks to Q.S.A., otherwise generally good very fine (7) £6,000-8,000 D.S.O. London Gazette 1.1.1918 Capt. (T./Lt. Col.) Samuel Glenholme Lennox Bradley, M.C., Lond. R.

Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Glenholme Lennox Bradley, D.S.O., M.C., D.C.M., born 1869, served with the City of London Imperial Volunteers in South Africa (Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 10.9.1901; and promoted Colour Sergeant); Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 13th Middlesex (Queen’s Westminster) Rifles, Volunteer Corps, 13.11.1901, and held a Commission in the mounted infantry company of the Regiment until it was disbanded on the formation of the Territorial Force in 1908; on the outbreak of the Great War he was re-Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 16th Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) London Regiment, and served with the Regiment on the Western Front from 1.11.1914; promoted Lieutenant, 2.4.1915; wounded 27.10.1915; served as Staff Captain, 18th Infantry Brigade, 6th Division, October 1915 - May 1916; Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quarter Master General, 6th Division, May 1916 - March 1917; and Assistant Director and Deputy Controller of Labour, General Head Quarters, France, March 1917 - February 1919 (Five times Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazettes 1.1.1916, 15.6.1916, 15.5.1917, 11.12.1917, and 20.12.1918; and promoted Brevet Major); transferred to the Territorial Force Reserve, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, 7.2.1919, and was appointed Commanding Officer, 16th (Territorial) Battalion, London Regiment; retired, 20.9.1921.

M.C. London Gazette 3.6.1916 Lt. (temp. Maj.) Samuel Glenholme Lennox Bradley, 16th Bn., Lond. R., T.F. D.C.M. London Gazette 27.9.1901 Sergeant S.G.L. Bradley, City of London Imperial Volunteers

Page 17

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:44

Page 18

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

10 A Second War 1944 ‘Military Division’ O.B.E. Group of Eleven to Lieutenant-Colonel A.C. Hoey, East Africa Transport Corps and Natal Mounted Infantry a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division, Officer’s (O.B.E.) breast Badge, silver-gilt b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, South Africa 1902 (300 Pte A.C. Hoey. Natal M.I.) c) 1914-15 Star (Lieut. A.C. Hoey. E.Afr.T.C.) d) British War and Victory Medals (T. Capt. A.C. Hoey) e) 1939-1945 Star f) Africa Star g) Defence Medal h) War Medal, M.I.D. Oak Leaf i) Jubilee 1935 j) Coronation 1937, generally very fine or better, mounted as originally worn (11) £280-320 O.B.E. London Gazette 1.1.1944 Captain (temporary Major) (local Lieutenant-Colonel) Arthur Cecil Hoey M.I.D. London Gazette 30.12.1941 Hon. Lt-Col. A.C. Hoey (Civilian) ‘For services in the Middle East (including Egypt, East Africa, The Western Desert, The Sudan, Greece, Crete, Syria and Tobruk) during the period February, 1941 to July 1941.

www.spink.com

Page 18

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:44

Page 19

April 19, 2012 - London

11 A Scarce Great War ‘Warrant Officer’s’ M.C., 1914 ‘Le Cateau’ D.C.M. Group of Eight to Battery Sergeant Major P.J. Jenkins, Royal Field Artillery a) Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse contemporarily engraved ‘No.25224 B.S.M. P.J. Jenkins, M.C., R.F.A. Awarded January, 1918’ b) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (25224 Sjt: P.J. Jenkins. 27/Bty. R.F.A) c) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (25224 Tptr: P.J. Jenkins. 9th Bty: R.F.A.) d) King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (25224 Tptr: P.J. Jenkins. R.F.A.) e) 1914 Star, with Bar (25224 Sjt. P.J. Jenkins, R.F.A) f) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (25224 A-W.O.Cl.1. P.J. Jenkins R.A.) g) Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Field Marshal’s bust’ type (25224 By: S. Mjr: P.J. Jenkins. R.F.A.), worn throughout, nearly very fine, mounted as originally worn, with “Old Contemptible” Past Chairman’s silver-gilt “jewel” (Hallmarks for London 1919), reverse engraved “Chum P.J. Jenkins M.C., D.C.M. for services as Chairman Woolwich Branch 1930” (8) £2,500-3,000 M.C. London Gazette 1.1.1918 25224 B.S.M. Percy John Jenkins, R.F.A.

D.C.M. London Gazette 23.10.1914 25224 Serjeant P.J. Jenkins, 27th Battery, Royal Field Artillery ‘For bravery and devotion in withdrawing guns by hand under heavy fire near Ligny on 26th August.’ 25224 Battery Sergeant Major Percy John Jenkins, M.C., D.C.M. served during the Great War with the 27th Battery, 32nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery on the Western front, from 23.8.1914 (twice M.I.D. London Gazette 9.12.1914 and 18.5.1917); he served with the 27th Battery at the battle of Le Cateau, 26.8.1914 (D.C.M.), where during the closing stages of the battle ‘to the west of Ligny the position of the 27th Battery was even worse; nevertheless, the gunners, taking advantage of every lull, had succeeded in running back four guns and limbers to the sunken road in the rear when an increase in the German artillery fire compelled them to abandon the remaining two. The battery then formed up and awaited its opportunity: eventually it made a dash to the south-west, and, though it was pursued by German shells, got its four guns safely away. The battery commander, Major H.E. Vallentin, received the D.S.O., and two sergeants and five gunners, the D.C.M.’ (Official History of the War, Military Operations, France and Belgium 1914, Vol. I refers); Jenkins received his D.C.M. during an inspection of the 32nd Brigade by the King at Nieppe, 2.12.1914; the ‘Le Cateau’ decorations were presented to all those fit enough to parade; Jenkins transferred to 134th Battery, 9.2.1915 (L.S.&G.C. October 1917). 74 Warrant Officers of the Royal Artillery were awarded the Military Cross during the Great War, of whom 9 were also awarded the D.C.M.

Page 19

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:44

Page 20

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

12 A Fine Great War ‘1916’ M.C. Combination Group of Ten to Major, Late Regimental-SergeantMajor, A. Ibbitson, Royal Artillery, Mentioned in Despatches During the Boer War, He Was Commissioned For Service in the Field and Awarded the Medaille Militaire For Gallantry, in December 1914 a) Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse contemporarily engraved ‘2nd Lt. A. Ibbitson R.A.’ b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (74873 B.Q.M. Sgt. A. Ibbitson, 79th Bty: R.F.A.) c) King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (74873 Qr:-Mr:-Serjt: A. Ibbitson. R.F.A.), top lugs neatly removed d) 1914 Star (74873 R.S. Mjr A. Ibbitson. R.F.A.) e) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Major A. Ibbitson.) f) Coronation 1911 g) Army Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (74837 S. Mjr: A. Ibbetson. [sic] R.F.A.) h) France, Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast Badge, silver, gold applique, and enamel, poincon mark to reverse i) France, Republic, Medaille Militaire, with trophy of arms suspension, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, enamel damage to last, light contact marks overall, generally very fine (10) £1,200-1,600 M.C. London Gazette 1.1.1916 Second Lieutenant Alfred Ibbitson, Royal Artillery M.I.D. London Gazette 17.2.1915 74873 R.S.M. A. Ibbitson, 30 Bde, R.F.A. France, Legion of Honour, Chevalier London Gazette 1.5.1917 Lieutenant Alfred Ibbitson, M.C., Royal Artillery Major Alfred Ibbitson, M.C., born 1871; enlisted Royal Artillery, 1889, and served in the ranks for 17 years and 354 days, with seven years as a Warrant Officer; served during the Boer War as a Battery Quartermaster Sergeant with the 79th Battery Royal Field Artillery (M.I.D. London Gazette 10.9.1901); L.S.&G.C. 1908; served as R.S.M., 30 Brigade Royal Field Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front, from 19.8.1914; commissioned in the field for services, 17.12.1914 (Medaille Militaire for Gallantry, Army Order 466 December 1914); Lieutenant 23.7.1916; Acting Captain 23.8.1917-23.2.1919; Acting Major 28.3.1918-20.6.1918; retired 1.3.1919. PROVENANCE:

Spink, September 1993

www.spink.com

Page 20

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:44

Page 21

April 19, 2012 - London

13 A Great War 1918 ‘French Theatre’ D.C.M., 1917 ‘French Theatre’ M.M. Group of Seven to Battery Sergeant Major H.R. Fautley, Royal Artillery a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9280 B.S.Mjr. H.R. Fautley. M.M. 17/By: 41/Bde: R.F.A.) b) Military Medal, G.V.R. (9280 B.Q.M.Sjt: H.R. Fautley. D.189/Bde: R.F.A.) c) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (9280 Gnr: H.R. Fautley, 69: B, R.F.A.), rank officially corrected d) King’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps (9280 Gnr: H. Fautley. R.F.A.), top lugs neatly removed e) British War and Victory Medals (9280 W.O.Cl.2. H.R. Fautley. R.A.) f) Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Field Marshal’s bust’ type (9280 Bmbr: H.R. Fautley. R.H.A.), light contact marks to Q.S.A. and K.S.A., otherwise good very fine or better (7) £1,600-2,000 D.C.M. London Gazette 15.11.1918 9280 B.S.Mjr. H.R. Fautley, M.M., R.F.A. (Blackheath) ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When his Battery coming into action was heavily shelled he showed great resource in getting the detachment to a flank. Later when the S.O.S. message was received, he brought the men back to the guns and set a magnificent example of coolness and complete disregard for his own safety.’ M.M. London Gazette 6.6.1917 9280 B.Q.M. Sjt. H.R. Fautley, R.F.A. 9280 Battery Sergeant Major Herbert Richard Fautley, D.C.M., M.M., born Bermondsey, London; enlisted Royal Artillery, 1895; served in South Africa, May 1897 - April 1903; served during the Great War in the French Theatre of War, 3.5.1916-6.8.1918 and 20.8.1918-16.1.1919; Battery Sergeant Major 12.9.1917; discharged 14.2.1919, after 23 years and 302 days service.

Page 21

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:44

Page 22

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

14 A Boer War D.C.M. Group of Three to Battery Sergeant Major W. Haynes, Royal Field Artillery a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (80436 Serjt: W. Haynes. R.F.A.), suspension claw slack b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (80436 Sgt. W. Haynes. 17th Bty: R.F.A.), contact marks c) Army Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (80436 B.S.Mjr. W. Haynes R.F.A.), therefore nearly very fine or better, with Cap Badge, all mounted on display board (3) £1,200-1,400 D.C.M. London Gazette 27.9.1901 80436 Sergeant W. Haynes, 17th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. 80436 Battery Sergeant Major William Haynes, D.C.M.; born York; enlisted Royal Artillery, 1890; Sergeant 1898; served with the 17th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, August 1898-December 1901 (M.I.D. London Gazette 10.9.1901); Battery Sergeant Major 1.3.1905 (L.S. & G.C. 1909); discharged 31.3.1912, after 21 years and 217 days service.

15 A Boer War D.C.M. Pair to Company Sergeant Major F.E. Greene, Royal Garrison Artillery a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (49007 Serjt: F.E. Greene. R.G.A.) b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (49007 Sejt. F.E. Greene, 14: S.D., R.G.A.), last clasp loose on riband as issued, light contact marks, very fine (2) £1,400-1,800 D.C.M. London Gazette 27.9.1901 49007 Sergeant F.E.W. Greene, 14th Coy. Southern Division, RGA 49007 Company Sergeant Major Frederick Edwin Greene, D.C.M., born Bow, Middlesex, 1865; enlisted Royal Artillery, 1885; posted to Sothern Division, Royal Garrison Artillery, 1894; promoted Company Sergeant Major, 1895; posted to 14th S.D., R.G.A., July 1899; served in South Africa, 8.2.1900-6.11.1901; posted 6th Eastern Division, R.G.A., 7.6.1901 (Mentioned in Lord Roberts’ Despatches, London Gazette 10.9.1901, ‘For gallant conduct’); discharged 28.10.1904, after 19 years and 170 days service.

www.spink.com

Page 22

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:44

Page 23

April 19, 2012 - London

16 A Boer War D.C.M. Group of Six to Battery Sergeant Major G. Lindfield, Royal Artillery, Wounded at the Battle of Talana Hill, 20.10.1899 a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (59729 [sic] B.Qr:-Mr:-Serjt: G.J. Lindfield. R.F.A.) b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Talana, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (59727 B: Qr: Mr: Sjt: G.J. Lindfield. 69th Bty: R.F.A.) c) 1914-15 Star (59727 B.S. Mjr. G. Lindfield R.F.A.) d) British War and Victory Medals (59727 W.O.Cl.2 Lindfield. R.A.) e) Army Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (59727 C.S.Maj: G.J. Linfield. R.G.A.), generally very fine or better, mounted court-style as originally worn (6) £1,400-1,800 D.C.M. London Gazette 27.9.1901 Battery Quartermaster Sergeant G.J. Lindfield, 69th Battery, Royal Field Artillery 59727 Battery Sergeant Major George Jasper Lindfield, D.C.M., born Chelsea, London; enlisted Royal Artillery, 1887; Sergeant 1896; served with the 69th Battery Royal Field Artillery, April 1897-July 1901, during which time the battery was ‘along with the 13th and 67th, at Talana Hill, 20th October 1899 and at Lombard’s Kop... when along with the 21st, they were sent to support General French. On that occasion their services were most valuable... The battery moved north with General Buller to Volkrust, and was present at the turning of Laing’s Nek... the 69th were said to have distinguished themselves at Amersfoort. In 1901 the battery was employed in the south-east of the Transvaal, and a section was present with Major Gough when his force was cut up and the two guns were captured, 17th September 1901. Two guns were at Fort Itala, Zululand, when that place was attacked on 26th September. On that occasion the section lost 1 officer and 4 men wounded. Five non-commissioned officers and men gained mention for conspicuous gallantry: of these, Driver Bradley gained the V.C.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers); Lindfield was wounded at the Battle of Talana Hill, Dundee 20.10.1899; Battery Sergeant Major 29.6.1901; served during the Great War in the Egyptian Theatre of War, 5.11.1914-20.11.1916; discharged 1.12.1916.

Page 23

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:44

Page 24

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 18 A Fine Boer War ‘Battle of Colenso’ D.C.M. Group of Six to Bombardier C.J. Woodward, 7th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, For Gallantry in Attempting to “Save the Guns” of the 14th and 66th Batteries, Under a Murderous Fire, 15.12.1899 a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (28286. Driver C.J. Woodward 7 R.A.), number and battery number additionally and neatly engraved b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (28286 Dvr: C.J. Woodward, 7th Bty., R.F.A.) c) 1914 Star, with Bar (28286 A. Bmbr. C.V. [sic] Woodward. R.H.A.), gilded d) British War and Victory Medals (28286 Gnr. C.J. Woodward. R.A.) e) Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Field Marshal’s bust’ type (28286 Gnr: C.J. Woodward. R.H.A.), generally good very fine, mounted court-style as originally worn, with the recipient’s “Small Book” and five Certificates (6) £2,400-2,800 D.C.M. London Gazette 2.2.1900 28286 Driver C.J. Woodward, Royal Artillery ‘In recognition of services at the Battle of Colenso.’

17 A Boer War D.C.M. Pair to Sergeant C. Nash, Royal Field Artillery a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (21399 Bomb: C. Nash. R.F.A.) b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901 (21399 Bomb: C. Nash, 75th Bty: R.F.A.), minor edge bruising, therefore very fine (2) £1,400-1,600 D.C.M. London Gazette 27.9.1901 21399 A/Bdr C. Nash, 75th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. 21399 Sergeant Charles Nash, D.C.M., born Hoxton, London; enlisted Royal Artillery, 1897; served with the 75th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, July 1897-November 1904, during that time along with the 18th Battery the 75th, ‘was the only artillery Lord Methuen had in the actions of Belmont, 23rd November 1899, and Enslin, 25th November, and up till late in the afternoon these were the only batteries at Modder River, 28th November. At Belmont the artillery horses, not yet hardened up, were utterly unable to pursue at the close of day... At Enslin it was much the same, but the artillery did very good work both before and during the action. At Modder River they were invaluable. In his despatch of 1st December 1899 Lord Methuen said: “During the entire action the 75th and 18th Batteries had vied with each one another in showing gallantry and proficiency.”’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers); at Modder River the 75th suffered two killed and twelve wounded; Sergeant 29.10.1904; discharged 26.7.1913, after 16 years service.

www.spink.com

Page 24

28286 Bombardier Charles John Woodward, D.C.M., born Lambeth, London; served in the 3rd Volunteer Battalion East Surrey Regiment prior to enlistment in the Royal Artillery, 1898; served with the 7th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, in South Africa, an interview with the recipient featured in the Richmond Herald in 1900, gives the following: ‘A representative of the Herald recently sought out Driver Woodward, whose home is at 58 Manor-grove, Richmond... Driver Woodward is attached to the 7th Battery of the Royal Field Artillery, and has been invalided home. He is a finely built young fellow... and is a very entertaining conversationalist. “I left England”, he told our reporter, “on the 24th of October last, and our Battery was almost immediately ordered up country. We were then under General Clery, and they soon found us some work to do. My baptism of fire was at a place called Willow Grange. It was not much of an encounter, but trying enough to one who has never previously been under fire. On the 28th of November we had it a little stiffer, and on that day we made a reconnaissance and were furiously peppered at by the Boers. We, however, came through it all right”. “You were in the battle of Colenso, I believe” asked the Herald man. “Yes, and a warm affair it was”, replied Driver Woodward. “We had been fighting hard from 6 o’clock in the morning until the evening, endeavouring to move the enemy from a very strong position which they held. Try how we would, we could not move them, and I daresay that if we had been in their position we could have stood against half the world. Well, they captured a dozen of our guns and our commanding officer [Captain H.L. Reed, who was subsequently awarded the Victoria Cross for the action] asked for volunteers to endeavour to recapture them. It was a fine sight to see the hands go up. There was no hesitation. I was one of the chosen ones and it was on the evening of December 15th when we started on our difficult task. The work was, to say the least of it, a bit warm. We had to dodge from one shelter to another, and all the time the Boers were blazing away at us. It would have been much easier if we had had plenty of water, but that was very scarce. The captured guns belonged to the 14th and 66th Batteries, and when we got near to the enemy we made a great dash, and with a

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:44

Page 25

April 19, 2012 - London

ringing British cheer we succeeded in recapturing two of the guns. We were mowed down like corn, but we kept on, though there were only a few of us left alive to taste the sweets of our victory”. “Was this where the son of Lord Roberts was killed?” queried the journalist. “Yes. The same day he had, as you will remember, been made Captain, and behaved with great bravery all through. He was shot twice, and died shortly afterwards. We were all deeply grieved, and the occurrence cast a gloom over our achievement. Myself, I only sustained a few scratches, but the number killed was appalling. For the gallantry he displayed, Corporal Nurse, of the 66th Battery, was awarded the Victoria Cross, and I was presented with the Distinguished Service [sic] Medal”. Our representative saw the medal, which was of silver, and bore the words, “For Distinguished Conduct in the Field”, whilst the name of the owner was engraved round the edge. “On the 1st of April”, continued Driver Woodward, “we had a special parade, and General Clery pinned the medal on my breast, hoping that I should live long to wear it. I sent it home by the next mail for safety, and I can assure you, I feel very proud indeed. Shortly after this I got Enteric Fever, and just as I was recovering I had dysentery. We lost large numbers of men from these two complaints and when I was well enough I was invalided home” “You have not told me anything about Spion Kop” remarked the Herald man. “Oh my, I had forgotten”, said the Driver. “It was a terrible affair and I shall never forget it. We were up there for eight or nine days, short of provisions and exposed to the enemy’s fire. You know how our men were slaughtered, and I was extremely lucky to escape. A good many of our fellows died round Spion Kop on account of the unhealthy state of the

place. The Boers did not bury their dead many inches under the ground and the smell was horrible. A shell burst near to where I was and a piece of it struck me on the knee. It made me feel very ill, but I was soon in action again, and I may say that the battle of Spion Kop was another Crimea. The fellows were shot down like dolls, but it was a treat to see how cool some of the officers were. They inspired us with confidence”’ In a letter home to his father in the immediate aftermath of Colenso (also published in the Herald) Woodward added the following, ‘When we started we were under shellfire but none of us got hit. But in galloping out of the line of fire, the horses got their legs over the traces, and so we had to stop in a big ditch under cover. At last we got the horse’s legs free and then we had the order to gallop up to the guns and hookin. We had no sooner got out of the ditch than the Boers opened fire with their rifles and killed nine horses and two men and wounded five men. The lead driver and wheel driver of my team were shot. The horse I was riding was shot in four places, and my other horse was hit in two places. When I saw the lead driver knocked off his horse by a bullet, I got off, put him on his own horse, unhooked him, and let him gallop away without getting wounded; any worse. General Buller happened to see me and said I behaved most splendid. He said he hoped I should always be as lucky as to come out of such a heavy fire without getting hurt. He sent down to our Battery for our names and numbers.’ Seven Victoria Crosses [one later forfeited] and 19 D.C.M.s were awarded for Colenso. Promoted Bombardier, 1.11.1900, Woodward subsequently served during the Great War with 114th Battery Royal Field Artillery, as part of the 25th Brigade, 1st Division, on the Western Front from 5.10.1914; discharged as a result of wounds, 6.3.1917.

Page 25

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:44

Page 26

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

19 A Boer War D.C.M. Group of Four to Sergeant Major W.J. Gilchrist, Royal Artillery a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (53545 Q:M:Serjt: W.J. Gilchrist. R.A.) b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Belfast (53545 QrMr: Serjt: W.J. Gilchrist, R.A. Staff) c) King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (53545 Qr:-Mr:-Serjt: W.J. Gilchriest. [sic] R.G.A.), minor official correction to unit d) Army Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (53545 Sjt. Mjr W.J. Gilchriest. R.A.), light contact marks throughout, therefore very fine (4) £1,400-1,600 D.C.M. London Gazette 31.10.1902 Quartermaster Sergeant W.J. Gilchrist, Royal Garrison Artillery.

www.spink.com

Page 26

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:44

Page 27

April 19, 2012 - London

20 A Fine Boer War ‘Zand River’ D.C.M. Group of Three to Sergeant J.R. Shipley, Cape Railway Pioneer Regiment, Wounded in Action, 14.6.1900 a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (Corpl: J.R. Shipley. Cape Pnr: Rly: Regt) b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (282 Serjt: J.R. Shipley. Rly: Pnr: Regt.) c) Special Constabulary Long Service, G.V.R., with The Great War 1914-18 bar (Sergt. John R. Shipley), light contact marks, therefore very fine (3) £2,000-2,400 D.C.M. London Gazette 27.9.1901 282 Cpl. J.R. Shipley Cape Railway Pioneer Regiment (details appear in London Gazette 20.8.1901) ‘In command of seven men, was heavily attacked by enemy, repulsed them and though wounded continued in charge.’ 282 Sergeant John Robert Shipley, D.C.M., enlisted 1st Battalion Cape Railway Pioneer Regiment, 7.2.1900; LanceCorporal 14.4.1900; wounded at Zand River, 14.6.1900, a report by Lieutenant-Colonel Capper, R.E., commanding Railway Pioneers at Virginia, Kroonstad district, Orange River Colony, gives the following for this date, ‘an attack delivered by the commandos of Muller and Boerman at daybreak... The enemy was “said to be about 800 strong, with one or two pom-poms, a maxim, and, I think, one field gun... We had to hold rather an extended position, our left being in trenches on very broken ground and in thick scrub which there was no time to clear. The enemy got into this scrub and gave some trouble by sniping. The garrison consisted of four companies 3rd Battalion Royal Lancasters under Colonel North, about 250 fit for duty, and four

companies Railway Pioneer Regiment under Major Seymour, about 300 fit for duty... with 25 men Royal Irish (Rifles) Mounted Infantry... The attack was most pressed on our left, and was held most steadily by No. 3 Company Railway Pioneer Regiment, under Lieutenant Mitchell of that regiment: fighting was continued on all sides until about 11am, when it quieted down, and the enemy had practically retired... The troops behaved very well and steadily. The Railway Pioneer Regiment in the advanced trenches, on the left especially, were most cool and collected, engaging the enemy at very close quarters. They were for part of the morning surrounded by the enemy in the scrub, but never lost their heads, and the enemy were ultimately driven out of the scrub by the advance through it of a line of reserve Railway Pioneer Regiment....” The losses of the regiment were Major Seymour and Lieutenant Clements and 5 noncommissioned officers killed; Lieutenant Mitchell and 2 noncommissioned officers and men wounded. Colonel Capper added that he could not “speak too highly of Lieut. Mitchell, a young officer who was wounded in both thighs about 6am in going from trench to another to encourage the men, and remaining throughout the day in the most exposed trench, keeping his men, 22 in number, scattered in several small trenches, calm, ordering them not to waste ammunition, &c. I attribute to his example, and the very steady conduct of the men of his company in the advanced trenches, who suffered severely - one holding three men had one killed, and one holding five men had two killed- the fact that our losses were so comparatively small.’ (The Colonials in South Africa 18991902, J. Stirling refers); Shipley was promoted to Corporal the day after the action (D.C.M., Mentioned in Lord Kitchener’s Despatches, 8.7.1901); Sergeant 15.6.1901 (medal roll gives additional entitlement to ‘South Africa 1901’ clasp); discharged at Cape Town, 22.3.1901.

Page 27

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 28

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

21 A Boer War D.C.M. Pair to Lance-Coporal W. Ure, Cape Railway Pioneer Regiment a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (Pte. W. Ure. Cape Pnr: Rly: Rgt.) b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (118 L.Cpl: W. Ure. Rly: Pnr: Regt.), good very fine, mounted for display (2) £1,400-1,800 D.C.M. London Gazette 27.9.1901 118 Private W. Ure, Cape Railway Pioneer Regiment M.I.D. London Gazette16.4.1901 118 Private W. Ure, Cape Pioneer Railway Regiment. One of nine D.C.M.’s awarded to the Regiment for the Boer War; the medal roll also gives the recipient’s entitlement to ‘S.A. 1901’ clasp. PROVENANCE:

A.A. Upfill-Brown Collection, December 1991

www.spink.com

Page 28

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 29

April 19, 2012 - London

22 A Scarce Boer War D.C.M. Group of Four to Sergeant W. Carruthers, Cape Garrison Artillery a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (Serjt: W. Carruthers. Cape Gar: Art:) b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (117 Serjt: W. Carruthers. C.G. Arty:) c) King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (117 Serjt: W. Carruthers. Cape G.A.), top lugs neatly removed d) Coronation 1902, bronze, good very fine (4) £1,400-1,800 D.C.M. London Gazette 31.10.1902 Sergeant W. Carruthers, Cape Garrison Artillery 117 Sergeant W. Carruthers, D.C.M., Cape Garrison Artillery -’This corps was embodied in October 1899, the strength then being 373... During 1900 they were chiefly employed on the western railway and west of the line. A section was for some months operating under Sir C. Warren and other leaders against the Griqualand rebels. The corps assisted in garrisoning various important posts. Some were in Jacobsdal when that town was attacked 25th October 1900, and some were in the relieving force... In 1901 detachments of this corps garrisoned, along with the Cape Town Highlanders and various locally raised troops, the towns in the extreme west of Cape Colony and sundry posts right up to the border of German South-West Africa, which were successfully held against repeated attacks. A detachment was part of the little garrison of Ookiep’ (The Colonials in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers); after the Boer War Carruthers paid for the creation of the Carruthers Trophy, ‘a magnificient silver cigar box with a bronze gun mounted on top, was present in 1925 by a retired Sergeant of the South African Permanent Garrison Force, who went to South America and made a condsiderable sum of money. The Trophy, which adorns the officers mess at the Castle, has not yet been won by any of the “citizen” forces, the 1st and 2nd Companies of the S.A.P.G.A. being the past holders’ (The Argus, 1.3.1929, refers).

Sergeant W. Carruthers

One of three D.C.M.’s to the Regiment for the Boer War.

Page 29

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 30

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

23 A Superb Boer War ‘Baakenlaagte’ D.C.M. Group of Four to Battery Sergeant Major J.R. Hayes, 84th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, Who Despite ‘Lying Wounded Across the Trail of His Gun, All the Rest of the Gun Detachment Being Killed or Wounded, Ascertained that the Gun Was Loaded, Got the Lanyard, Crawled Up the Trail and Fired the Gun, Falling Immediately After From Weakness a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (39499 Serjt: J.R. Hayes. R.F.A.) b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (39499 Sgt. J.R. Hayes, 84rd Bty., R.F.A.) c) King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (39499 Serjt: J.R. Hayes. R.F.A.) d) Army Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (39499 Sergt: J.R. Hayes. R.F.A.), light contact marks overall, therefore very fine or better, mounted for wear, with the following related contemporary items: - Parchment Certificate of Discharge - Parchment Certificate of Character on Discharge - Recipient’s Account Book (4) £2,400-2,800 D.C.M. London Gazette 31.10.1902 39499 Sergeant J.R. Hayes, 84th Battery, Royal Field Artillery (details appear in London Gazette 25.4.1902) ‘At Baakenlaagte on 30th October, 1901, lying wounded across the trail of his gun, all the rest of the gun detachment being killed or wounded, ascertained that the gun was loaded, got the lanyard, crawled up the trail and fired the gun, falling immediately after from weakness.’

www.spink.com

Page 30

39499 Sergeant John Robert Hayes, D.C.M., born Limerick, Ireland; enlisted aged 15, Royal Artillery, 1883; advanced Corporal, 66th Battery, 1889; Sergeant 1893; served during the Boer War with the 84th Battery Royal Field Artillery, and was present with them as part of Colonel Benson’s column when it was attacked at Baakenlaagte, 30.10.1901; ‘the rear-guard, which was the object of the enemy’s main attack, was composed of two companies Mounted Infantry, two squadrons Scottish Horse, two guns 84th Battery, and one company 2nd Buffs, the whole under the command of Major Anley, 3rd Mounted Infantry. The guns, the company of Buffs, and 50 Mounted Infantry were posted on a ridge, some Mounted Infantry and Scottish Horse being out as a screen. The screen was ordered to close in, but at the same time it was compelled by a strong force of enemy to retire... Two guns were with Colonel Benson when he met with his diaster at Baakenlaagte... The ridge on which the guns were placed was captured by the Boers, and when our ambulance moved out after dark to collect the wounded the guns were removed by the enemy. Colonel Benson and Colonel Guiness were both killed at the guns. The section lost 7 killed and 20 wounded. According to all accounts, the gallantry of the gunners and of the mounted infantry who strove to hold the ridge could not have been exceeded. Seven non-commissioned officers and men of the battery were mentioned by Lord Kitchener in despatches for acts of gallantry almost worthy of the “Cross”’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling refers); Battery Sergeant Major, 13.4.1899; discharged 12.8.1902.

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 31

April 19, 2012 - London

24 A Boer War D.C.M. Group of Seven to Quartermaster and Captain C. McPhail, Royal Army Veterinary Corps, Late Farrier Quartermaster Sergeant, Royal Field Artillery a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (48148 S: Sjt: Far: C. McPhail. 79th Bty: R.F.A.) b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (48148 S: S: Fr: C. McPhail 79th Bty: R.F.A.), rank partially officially corrected c) King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (48148 S. Serjt: -Far: C. McPhail. R.F.A.), top lugs neatly removed d) 1914-15 Star (Q.M. & Lieut. C. McPhail, D.C.M. A.V.C.) e) British War and Victory Medals M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Q.M. & Capt. C. McPhail) f) Army Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (48148 Far.Q.M.Sjt. C. McPhail. R.H.A.), light contact marks overall, therefore very fine, with Silver War Badge, reverse numbered ‘518791’ (7) £1,400-1,600

Quartermaster and Captain Charles McPhail, D.C.M., born Edinburgh, 1871; enlisted Royal Artillery as Boy, 1885; posted Sergeant Farrier, 79th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, July 1895; served with the latter during the Second Boer War; Farrier Quartermaster Sergeant, 18.10.1904 (L.S. & G.C. 1905); discharged 21.10.1906, after 21 years and 232 days service; with the outbreak of the Great War was voluntarily employed with the Divisional Veterinary Hospital (Northumbrian Division), Newcastle, from August 1914; commissioned Temporary Quartermaster and Lieutenant, Royal Army Veterinary Corps, 21.2.1915; served in the Egyptian Theatre of War from 3.3.1915, and served as Quartermaster and Captain, Officer in Charge of the Base Depot of Veterinary Stores for the supply of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, November 1915-July 1919; Honorary Captain 21.2.1918; retired 1919; resided at ‘24, Newport View, Headingley, Leeds’ in later life.

D.C.M. London Gazette 27.9.1901 48148 S/Sgt. Farrier C. McPhail, 79th Battery, Royal Field Artillery M.I.D. London Gazette 16.1.1918 McPhail. Temp. Qr.-Mr. and Hon. Lt. C. (Egypt)

Page 31

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 32

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

25 A Boer War D.C.M. Group of Three to Sergeant F.D. Gaston, Royal Horse Artillery a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (8811 Serjt: F.D. Gaston. 6th Depot. R.H.A.) b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (8811 Sgt. F.D. Gaston, 77th Bty., R.F.A.) c) King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (8811 Serjt: F. Gaston. R.F.A.), top lugs neatly removed from last, slightly worn, therefore nearly very fine or better (3) £1,200-1,400 D.C.M. London Gazette 27.9.1901 8811 Sergeant F.D. Gaston, R.H.A. 8811 Sergeant Frederick David Gaston, D.C.M., born Sussex; enlisted Royal Artillery, 1895; served with the 77th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, April 1895-September 1902 (M.I.D. London Gazette 10.9.1901); Corporal Collar Maker, 1.7.1900; Sergeant 8.7.1900; discharged 10.3.1907.

www.spink.com

Page 32

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 33

April 19, 2012 - London

26 A Great War 1916 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. Group of Five to Sergeant C.D. Collins, Royal Field Artillery a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8121 Cpl. C.D. Collins 3/Bty: R.F.A.) b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (8121 Gnr: C.D. Collins. 76th Bty: R.F.A.) c) 1914 Star (8121 Bmbr: C.D. Collins. R.F.A.) d) British War and Victory (8121 Sjt. C.D. Collins. R.A.), light contact marks, very fine (5) £800-1,000 D.C.M. London Gazette 14.3.1916 8121 Corporal C.D. Collins, 3rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery ‘For conspicuous gallantry when in charge of battery telephonists. During the attack he repaired the lines under heavy shell fire. He has invariably exhibited great bravery and ability in the performance of his duty.’ 8121 Sergeant Charles Douglas Collins, D.C.M. served during the Great War on the Western Front, from 6.11.1914. PROVENANCE:

Sotheby, April 1993

Page 33

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 34

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

27 A Great War ‘Grand Fleet Destroyer’s’ D.S.M. Group of Five to Chief Petty Officer J.M. Martin, Royal Navy a) Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (182316. J.M. Martin, C.P.O. “Pellew” 1918) b) 1914-15 Star (182316. J.M. Martin. P.O.1., R.N.) c) British War and Victory Medals (182316. J.M. Martin. C.P.O. R.N.) d) Naval Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Admiral’s bust’ type (182316 J.M. Martin, P.O.1.Cl, H.M.S. Fisgard.), generally very fine (5) £600-800 D.S.M. London Gazette 11.12.1918 CPO James Maxwell Martin, ON 182316 (P.O.) ‘For services in Grand Fleet Destroyers between the 1st January and 30th June 1918.’ 182316 Chief Petty Officer James Maxwell Martin, D.S.M., born Darlington, January 1879; enlisted in the Royal Navy in H.M.S. St. Vincent, January 1897; promoted Able Seaman, 26.9.1902; Leading Seaman, 23.8.1904; Petty Officer, 27.2.1905; served in H.M.S. Fishguard, 25.3.1911 6.10.1912, and awarded Long Service & G.C., 23.1.1912; served during the Great War in H.M.S. Hecla; advanced Chief Petty Officer, 1.5.1918; transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve, 12.1.1919.

www.spink.com

Page 34

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 35

April 19, 2012 - London

28 A Second War 1942 Malta Harbour ‘Immediate’ D.S.M. Group of Seven to Stoker Petty Officer A.A. Gill, H.M.S. Maori, Royal Navy a) Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (K.63381 A.A. Gill S.P.O.) b) 1939-1945 Star c) Atlantic Star d) Africa Star e) Italy Star f) War Medal g) Naval Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R. (K.63381 A,A. Gill. S.P.O. H.M.S. Defiance.), nearly extremely fine, mounted as originally worn, with contemporary H.M.S. Maori Christmas Card, worded ‘To My Darling Wife, Your Loving Hubby, with the Seasons Compliments, xxx’ (7) £1,400-1,800 D.S.M. London Gazette 12.5.1942 Stoker Petty Officer Alleyne Alexander Gill, H.M.S. Maori The Recommendation, dated 20.2.1942, states: ‘When His Majesty’s Ship Maori was hit by a bomb at about 0115 on 12th February, 1942, this rating was in charge of one of the Fire Parties under Chief Stoker Worrall. He showed great determination and courage in his efforts to check the spread of fire. When it became evident that further efforts in this direction were useless, he assisted in the shutting of watertight doors and the lowering of boats. He was one of the last to leave the ship. He conducted himself throughout with exceptional zeal and devotion to duty and showed no regard for his personal safety when in great danger of being hit by splinters from exploding ready-use ammunition, thereby setting a fine example in accordance with the highest traditions of the Service.’

H.M.S. Maori (destroyer) served during the Second World War as part of the Mediterranean Fleet; she had been earlier involved in the pursuit and destruction of the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941, and served with the 14th Destroyer Flotilla during the Battle of Cape Bon in December 1941; the Maori (Commander R. E. Courage, RN), was attacked by German aircraft and sank at her moorings in the Malta Grand Harbour, 12.2.1942; the commanding officer’s report adds the following, ‘H.M.S. Maori, while lying at No. 3 Buoy, Grand Harbour, was hit by a bomb in the Engine Room and Gearing Room... The attack was unexpected as the aircraft was not engaged by any ship or shore battery, with the result that nearly all the Officers and Ship’s Company were asleep at the time. A large fire developed rapidly in the vicinity of the Gearing Room, separating the Officers, who were all in the after part of the ship, from the Ship’s Company; and this fire grew and spread to the ready use ammunition lockers on the after superstructure, causing continous explosions with flying splinters as round after round of ammunition exploded. Finally, a large explosion took place, probably caused by the Depth Charges in the War Head Magazine... The fact that the Officers were aft and the Ships Company forward, threw the responsibilty of initiating the fighting of the fire onto the senior ratings. Chief Stoker C.J. Worrall... and Stoker Petty Officer A. Gill... showed outstanding efficiency and zeal and courage in organising and carrying out this duty’; miraculously despite the loss of the ship, only one of the crew was killed; H.M.S. Maori was raised and scuttled off Malta on 15.7.1945; located a few hundred metres off the shore of Valletta, she is now a popular dive site. PROVENANCE:

Spink, April 1994

Page 35

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 36

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

29 29 A Second War 1941 ‘Convoy Escort’ D.S.M. Group of Six to Warrant Engineer E.T.A. Jolliffe, Royal Navy, Who Was Killed in Action, 23.9.1943, Serving With H.M.S. Itchen, When She Blew-Up After Being Subjected to a Four and Half Day Onslaught By German U-Boats a) Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (M.37673 E.T.A. Jolliffe C.E.R.A. H.M.S. Wishart) b) 1939-1945 Star c) Atlantic Star d) Africa Star e) War Medal f) Naval Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R. (M.37673 E.T.A. Jolliffe C.E.R.A. H.M.S. Wishart.), last partially officially corrected, generally good very fine, with named Admiralty Condolence Slip (6) £1,200-1,600 D.S.M. London Gazette 11.11.1941 Chief Engine Room Artificer Edward Thomas Albert Joliffe, H.M.S. Wishart ‘For skill and enterprise in action against enemy submarines’. Warrant Engineer Edward Thomas Albert Jolliffe, D.S.M., a native of Cosham, Hampshire, served during the early part of the Second World War in H.M.S Wishart

www.spink.com

Page 36

(Destroyer), as part of the Mediterranean Fleet; during a Convoy Escort she sank the Italian submarine Glauco, west of Gibraltar, 27.6.1941; she also assisted in the sinking of the German U-74, off Cartagena, Spain, 2.5.1942; he subsequently transferred to H.M.S. Itchen, and was killed in action, 23.9.1943, when the Itchen along with the corvettes Polyanthus, Morden and the Canadian destroyer Ste. Croix were escorting an Atlantic westbound convoy, ‘an intensive attack by German submarines which lasted for four and a half days commenced on the night of the 20th, in the third assault of which the Ste. Croix was struck by a torpedo but did not sink. Later in the night the Germans scored another hit and the destroyer sank. Of those on board five officers and 75 other ratings were picked up by the Itchen... on September 23rd, 1943, when south of Iceland Itchen was torpedoed during an attack by German submarines, and sank with the loss of 14 officers... 134 ratings, together with five officers and 75 ratings of the Ste. Croix’; the Itchen had also been carrying survivors of the Polyanthus which had also been previously sunk; the convoy had been attacked using the new Acoustic Torpedoes specifically designed for use against escort vessels; Jolliffe is commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial. PROVENANCE:

Spink, April 1994

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 37

April 19, 2012 - London

31 30 A Second War 1942 ‘Channel Convoy’ D.S.M. Group of Six to Leading Seaman D. Scott, H.M.S. Wild Swan, Royal Navy, For Assisting in the Destruction of Six Enemy Aircraft a) Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX.150146 D. Scott. A/L.Smn.) b) 1939-1945 Star c) Atlantic Star d) Africa Star e) War Medal f) Royal Fleet Reserve Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R. (JX.150146 D. Scott, D.S.M. PO.B. 21523 P.O. R.F.R.), very fine, mounted as originally worn (6) £1,000-1,200 D.S.M. London Gazette 26.1.1943 P/JX 150148 Act. L. Seaman David Scott ‘For skill and devotion to duty in the action in which H.M.S Wild Swan was sunk after bringing down six hostile aircraft.’ H.M.S. Wild Swan (destroyer) was escorting convoy H.G. 84 when she was attacked by 12 Ju 88 bombers off Plymouth, 17.6.1942; despite managing to shoot down six of the aircraft she eventually succumbed to the persistant attacks; the order to abandon ship was given before she slowly sank into the Channel. David Scott received his D.S.M. at a Buckingham Place investiture held on 18.5.1943 PROVENANCE:

Jack Stenabaugh Collection, Spink, March 1994

31 A Good Second War 1942 ‘Russian Convoy Escort’ D.S.M. Group of Five to Able Seaman H.L. Harris, Royal Navy; Who Was Killed in Action, 23.9.1943, Serving With H.M.S. Itchen, When She Blew-Up After Being Subjected to a Four and Half Day Onslaught By German U-Boats a) Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (J.106084 H.L. Harris. A,B.) b) 1939-1945 Star c) Atlantic Star d) War Medal e) Naval Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd ‘coinage head’ type (J.106084 H.L. Harris. A.B. H.M.S. Leander), generally good very fine (5) £1,200-1,600 D.S.M. London Gazette 11.6.1942 J.106084 H.L. Harris. A.B., R.N. (H.M.S. Tartar) ‘For outstanding zeal, patience and cheerfulness and for never failing to set an example of wholehearted devotion to duty, without which the high tradition of the Royal Navy could not have been upheld.’ A family source stated, when the group was originally sold, that the D.S.M. was awarded when the recipient entered a dark and damaged engine room in H.M.S. Tartar, after a German air attack off the coast of Norway whilst heading north with a Russian convoy. J.106084 Able Seaman Harold Lucas Harris, D.S.M., born 1900; joined the Royal Navy, November 1918, not seeing active service until the Second World War; early service included in H.M.S. Tartar (destroyer); intially part of the Home Fleet she also went on to escort Russian Convoys, January-February 1942; Harris was killed in action, 23.9.1943, whilst serving in H.M.S. Itchen (frigate), whilst escorting an Atlantic westbound convoy along with the corvettes Polyanthus, Morden and the Canadian destroyer Ste. Croix; Harris is commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial. PROVENANCE:

Spink, April 1993

Page 37

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 38

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

32 A Great War 1916 ‘French Theatre’ M.M. Group of Six to Company Sergeant Major J.W. Glennan, York and Lancaster Regiment a) Military Medal, G.V.R. (3-3706 Sjt: J.W. Glennan. 6/Y.&L.R.) b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (5162 Pte. J. Glennon [sic], 1: Yk: & Lanc: Regt.), initial officially corrected c) King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (5162 Pte. J.W. Glennon. York: & Lanc: Regt.) d) 1914-15 Star (3706 Sjt. J.W. Glennan, York & Lanc. R.) e) British War and Victory Medals (3706 W.O.Cl.2 J.W. Glennan. Y. & L.R.), edge bruising to Q.S.A. and K.S.A., otherwise good very fine (6) £400-450 M.M. London Gazette 9.12.1916 3/3706 Sjt. J.W. Glennan, 6th Bn. Yorks & Lancs. R. 3706 Company Sergeant Major John Willie Glennan, M.M., born Dewsbury, Yorkshire; enlisted York and Lancaster Regiment, 1898; served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa; discharged 2.6.1910; re-engaged for service during the Great War and served with the 6th (Service) Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment in the Egyptian Theatre of War, from 4.11.1915; Glennan joined up with the Battalion just after it had been evacuated from Gallipoli, having taken part in the Suvla Bay landings; the 6th Battalion moved to France in July 1916; the battalion took part in the first battle of the Somme, as part of the 32nd Brigade, 11th (Northern) Division, arriving in the front line of the Thiepval sector, 10.9.1916; Company Sergeant Major 10.2.1917; received a gun shot wound and was invalided as a consequence.

www.spink.com

Page 38

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 39

April 19, 2012 - London

33 A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ M.M. Group of Five to Sergeant J.S. Turner, Army Service Corps, Late Royal Field Artillery a) Military Medal, G.V.R. (M2-022072 Cpl-A. Sjt:J.S. Turner. 58/D.M.T. Coy A.S.C) b) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Wittebergen (10464 Gnr: J.S. Turner, 81st Bty: R.F.A.) c) King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (1064 Gnr: J.S. Turner. R.F.A.), top lugs neatly removed d) British War and Victory Medals (2-022072 Sjt. J.S. Turner. A.S.C.), light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (5) £240-280 M.M. London Gazette 6.8.1918 M2/022072 Cpl. (A./Sjt.) J.S. Turner, M.T. A.S.C. (Bath). M2-022072 Sergeant James Sidney Turner, M.M., born Bath, Somerset; served with the Royal Field Artillery in South Africa; re-enlisted in the Army Service Corps, 15.12.1914, and served during the Great War with the Corps on the Western Front from 22.12.1914; promoted Corporal, 19.5.1916; Sergeant, 6.3.1918; discharged, 25.3.1919. PROVENANCE:

Spink, April 1993

Page 39

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 40

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

34 A Good Second War B.E.M. Group of Eight to Stoker Petty Officer A. Duff Stewart, Royal Navy, Who Attempted to Rescue the Crew of H.M.S. Cossack, After She Had Been Torpedoed off Gibraltar, October 1941 a) British Empire Medal, Military Division, G.VI.R. (S.P.O. Alfred D. Stewart. P/KX 84935, R.N.) b) 1939-1945 Star c) Atlantic Star d) Africa Star e) Italy Star f) Defence and War Medals g) Naval Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R. (KX.84935 A.D. Stewart. S.P.O. H.M.S. Fabius), letter ‘a’ of ship on last double struck, generally very fine or better, mounted as originally worn, with a number of photographs of the recipient in uniform during various stages of his military career; Qualification Certificates, Original Parchment Certificate of Service and other ephemera, a quantity of which relates to H.M.S. Sheffield (lot) £350-450 B.E.M. London Gazette 3.3.1942 Stoker Petty Officer Alfred Duff Stewart, P/KX. 84935, H.M.S. Carnation ‘For zeal, resource and devotion to duty when H.M.S. Cossack was sunk.’ The following details are taken from the original recommendation of Lieutenant Commander G.W. Houchen (Captain of H.M.S. Carnation): ‘The following officers and men were among those who boarded H.M.S. Cossack at 0145 on 24 October 1941, when the ship was on fire and in imminent danger of sinking. They succeeded in putting out the fire. They subsequently boarded her at 0800 on 24th October after having been taken off at 0600, and worked incessantly until the end in an heroic endeavour to keep the ship afloat. Their efforts were beyond all praise. Those marked with an asterisk particularly distinguished themselves and are worthy of a decoration... *A. Stewart, Stoker Petty Officer, H.M.S. Carnation

Stoker Petty Officer A. Duff Stewart KX.84935 Stoker Petty Officer Alfred Duff Stewart, B.E.M., born Edinburgh, 1902; enlisted as Stoker Second Class, Royal Navy, January 1921; service during the Second World War included in H.M.S. Carnation (Corvette), February 1941-March 1943, during which time she went to the aide of H.M.S. Cossack (of Altmark Incident fame), when she had been struck by a torpedo fired from U-563, 23.10.1941; having been on convoy escort duty from Gibraltar to the United Kingdom she was taken in tow by a tug from Gibraltar on the 25th; but as the weather worsened and the tow was slipped the following day, the Cossack sank in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar on the 27th, despite the best efforts of Duff Stewart and the crew of the Carnation; 159 of her crew were lost; served at H.M.S. Fabius (Taranto), May 1944-December 1945 (L.S.&G.C. July 1945), and at H.M.S. St. Angelo (Trieste), January 1946-January 1947; served in H.M.S. Sheffield, December 1950-January 1953, being released from service in March of the same year. PROVENANCE:

Sotheby, July 1993

www.spink.com

Page 40

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 41

April 19, 2012 - London

35 Three: Mr. G. Griffin, Imperial Military Railways, Late Baker’s Horse South Africa 1877-79, two clasps, 1877-8, 1879 (Serjt:-Major G. Griffin. Baker’s Horse), an officially impressed, QSA style, later issue; Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, two clasps, Transkei, Basutoland (Reg. Sgt. Maj. G. Griffin Baker’s Hse.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Transvaal (Mr. G. Griffin. Imp: Mil: Rly:), very fine or better, scarce, mounted for display by Spink & Son (3) £600-700 G. Griffin has not been found on the Zulu War medal roll. The medal, however, and the edge inscription, appear entirely as issued for the period in which it was sent out. Given the claims process for a later issued medal, and that the medal is officially impressed, this would lend itself to the possiblitly of human error in the transcription of either the name of the recipient or indeed his unit from the Royal Mint rolls to the edge of the relevant medal. Griffin’s other campaign medals have been verified, and indeed he finished his very varied military career as a Train Driver for the Imperial Military Railways. PROVENANCE:

A.A. Upfill-Brown Collection, December 1991

Page 41

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 42

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

36 Five: Armourer S.K. Colwill, Royal Navy Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Alexandria 11th July (S.K. Colwill. Armrs. Crew. H.M.S. “Cygnet”); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, seven clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Diamond Hill, Belfast, Johannesburg (108207 Arm: S.K. Colwill, H.M.S. Doris); British War Medal (108207 S.K. Colwill. Armr. R.N.); Naval Long Service & G.C., V.R. (S.K. Colwill, Armr, H.M.S. Royalist.); Khedive’s Star 1882, light contact marks overall, otherwise good very fine (5) £1,000-1,200 108207 Armourer Samuel Kingston Colwill, born Stoke Damerel, Devon, February 1859; enlisted in the Royal Navy in H.M.S. Cambridge, February 1879; served in H.M.S. Cygnet, November 1879 - January 1883; promoted Armourer, October 1879; served during the operations in South Africa in H.M.S. Doris, November 1897 - May 1901, and mentioned in Captain J.E. Bearcroft’s Despatch, 24.9.1900: ‘I beg to especially bring to your notice for favourable consideration the zeal and energy of S. Colville [sic], armourer, O.N., 108,207, in fitting and adapting wagon wheels and brakes for transporting the gun mounting after a break-down. He has worked indefatigably day and night, and his ingenuity and resourcefulness with the scanty appliances at command are most praiseworthy’ (London Gazette 12.3.1901); served during the Great War at H.M.S. Hecla, October 1914 September 1917, and H.M.S. Pembroke II from September 1917; discharged, 28.8.1919. Approximately 33 seven clasp QSAs awarded to H.M.S. Doris. PROVENANCE:

Glendining, June 1992.

www.spink.com

Page 42

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 43

April 19, 2012 - London

37 Six: Private W.E. Steele, Rand Rifles, Late Royal Engineers Egypt 1882-89, dated, no clasp (16887. Sapr. W.E. Steele. 24th. Co. R.E.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (749 Pte. W.E. Steele. Rly: Pnr: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (Pte. E.W. [sic] Steele Rand Rfls.); British War and Victory Medals (Pte. E.W. [sic] Steele. Rand Rfls.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed, lacquered, contact marks to first, very fine (6) £200-240 16887 Private William Edward Steele, born Stroud, Gloucestershire, 1860; enlisted in the Royal Engineers, January 1881, and served with the Engineers in Egypt from August to October 1882, and present at the action of Kassassin, 9.9.1882; discharged at Cape Town, September 1888, after 7 years and 258 days service. Possibly a father and son group. PROVENANCE:

A.A. Upfill-Brown Collection, December 1991

38 Three: Sergeant J. Wright, Royal Highlanders Egypt 1882-89, undated, two clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (2019. Pte. J. Wright. 1/Rl. Highrs); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2019 Serjt: J. Wright. Rl: Highrs:); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, contact marks, therefore nearly very fine (3) £300-340 2019 Sergeant James Wright, born Caldcoatts, near Brechin, 1861; enlisted Royal Highlanders, November 1882; posted 1st Battalion, March 1883; Corporal 1884; Sergeant 1890; discharged 27.11.1903; died at ‘2 School Lane, Brechin’, 3.6.1916. PROVENANCE:

Samson Collection, June 1991

Page 43

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 44

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

39 Three: Driver A.A. Hibberd, Royal Field Artillery India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (82940 Driver A. Hibberd 15th Fd By. R.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (82940 Dvr: A.A. Hibberd, 4th Bty: R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (82940 Dvr: A. Hibberd. R.F.A.), contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £150-180 PROVENANCE:

Glendining, June 1992

40 Pair: Bombardier J.W. Scott, Royal Field Artillery India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (65414 Gunner J.W. Scott No. 8 Mtn. By. R.A.), suspension claw slack, partially officially corrected; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (65414 A. Bomb. J.W.S. Scott, 85th Bty., R.F.A.), very fine (2) £140-180

www.spink.com

Page 44

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 45

April 19, 2012 - London

41 A Good Jameson Raider’s Group of Six to Sergeant W.T. Pescod, Imperial Light Horse, Mentioned in Despatches For Gallantry During the Boer War; He Was Killed in Action During the Great War At the Battle of Gibeon, German South West Africa, 27.4.1915 British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, for Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Tpr W.T. Pescod. M.M.P. Corps.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Elandslaagte, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (105 Serjt: W. Pescod. Natal. F.A.), officially re-impressed; King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (87 T. Serjt:-Maj: W.T. Pescod. S.A.C.); 1914-15 Star (Sjt W.T. Pescod 2nd I.L.H.); British War and Victory Medals, bi-lingual issue (Sjt. W.T. Pescod 2nd I.L.H.), good very fine, mounted for display, with recipient’s South African Constabulary Parchment Certificate of Discharge (6) £1,800-2,200 M.I.D. London Gazette 18.7.1902 87 Troop-Sergeant-Major Pescod ‘For gallantry and good service in action on Vaal River in February, 1902.’ Sergeant William Thomas Pescod rode on the Jameson Raid of 1895, and in common with many of his fellow raiders was sent back on the ‘Harlech Castle’ to England; he served with the Natal Field Artillery during the Boer War and was awarded the clasps for Elandslaagte, Relief of Ladysmith and Transvaal; as Troop SergeantMajor in the South African Constabulary he earned the additional clasps for Cape Colony and Orange Free State as well as the King’s South Africa medal; served during the Great War with the 2nd Imperial Light Horse and was killed in action at Gibeon Siding, German South West Africa, 27.4.1915, one of approximately 29 killed in this campaign; two of his five brothers were killed at Gallipoli; W.T. Pescod is buried in Gibeon Station Cemetery PROVENANCE:

A.A. Upfill-Brown Collection, December 1991

Page 45

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 46

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

42 Three: Gunner S. Keers, Royal Field Artillery India General Service 1895-1902, two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (84183 Gunr. S. Keers 51st Fid. By. R.A.); Queen’s South Africa 18991902, six clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free States, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (84183 Gnr. S. Keers, 61st Bty., R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (84183 Gnr: S. Keers. R.F.A.), edge bruise to last, otherwise extremely fine (3) £280-320 PROVENANCE:

Glendining, December 1991

43 Six: Sergeant C.Z. Wilding, Royal Artillery India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (84554 Bombr. C.Z. Wilding 24th Fd. By R.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (84554 Bomb C.Z. Wilding, R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (84554 Bomb: C.Z. Wilding R.F.A.), top lugs neatly removed; 1914-15 Star (10033 Sjt. C.Z. Wilding, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (10033 Sjt. C.Z. Wilding. R.A.), contact marks throughout, therefore nearly very fine or better (6) £280-320 10033 Sergeant Charles Ziba Wilding, born Ipswich, Suffolk, 1870; enlisted in the Royal Artillery, April 1891; served with the 24th Battery in India from September 1892; served in South Africa, October 1899 to September 1902; discharged, April 1903, after 12 years’ service; re-enlisted for service during the Great War, and served with the Royal Field Artillery in the Balkan Theatre of War from 13.10.1915. PROVENANCE:

Glendining, December 1991

www.spink.com

Page 46

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 47

April 19, 2012 - London

44 Pair: Bombardier J. Farrow, Q Battery, Royal Horse Artillery India General Service 1895-1902, one clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (80987 Gunr. J. Farrow K. By. R.H.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (80987 Bmr: J. Farrow, Q, B, R.H.A.), unofficial rivets between 5th and 6th clasps, generally good very fine (2) £280-320

45 Pair: Corporal Wheeler S.W. Child, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (98438 Cpl: Whlr: S.W. Child. 63rd Bty: R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (98438 Corpl:-Whlr: W.S. Child. R.F.A.), good very fine (2) £180-220 98438 Corporal Wheeler S.W. Child, 63rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery, died of disease at Heilbron, 30.1.1902.

80987 Bombardier James Farrow, born Stratford, Essex; served in the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Essex Regiment, prior to enlistment in the Royal Artillery, 1890; served with K Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, from 23.9.1892; served with the Ammunition Column in South Africa, before being posted to Q Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, 7.4.1900; Bombardier 12.6.1900.

Page 47

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 48

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

46 Six: Battery Sergeant Major G. Brierley, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (8674 Sejt. G. Brierley, 28: B, R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (8674 Serjt: G. Brierley. R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (8674 B.S.Mjr. G. Brierley. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (8674 W.O.Cl.2. G. Brierley. R.A.); Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Field Marshal’s bust’ type (8674 Cpl. G. Brierley R.F.A.), Q.S.A. and K.S.A. officially renamed, generally very fine (6) £160-200 M.I.D. London Gazette 22.6.1915 No.8674 Sergeant G. Brierley 8674 Battery Sergeant Major George Brierley served during the Great War with the 118th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, in the French Theatre of War, from 15.1.1915. PROVENANCE:

Glendining, September 1991

47 Pair: Driver W. Cook, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (25894 Dvr. W. Cook, 61st Bty., R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (25894 Dvr: W. Cook. R.F.A.), contact marks, therefore nearly very fine or better (2) £140-180

www.spink.com

Page 48

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 49

April 19, 2012 - London

48 Seven: Captain R. Shimmans, Royal Sussex Regiment, Late Q Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, Wounded at Sannah’s Post, 31.3.1900 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein (63690 Sgt. R. Shimmans, Q.B., R.H.A.); 1914-15 Star (63690 S. Mjr. R. Shimmans. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (63690 A.W.O.Cl.1 R. Shimmans R.A.); Coronation 1911; Army Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (63690 Serjt: R. Shimmans. R.G.A.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R. (63690 Sjt. R. Shimmans. R.A.), lacquered, generally very fine, mounted court-style as originally worn (7) £1,400-1,800 Captain Robert Shimmans, born Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, 1868; enlisted in the Northamptonshire Regiment, June 1887; transferred to the Royal Artillery, October 1887; promoted Bombardier, August 1895; served with the Artillery in India, September 1888 - November 1895; promoted Corporal, March 1898; Sergeant, November 1899; served with Q Battery Royal Horse Artillery in South Africa from 19.12.1899, and was wounded at Sannah’s Post, 31.3.1900; he was in charge of ‘E’ Sub Division during the action, which consisted of 21 men including Gunner I. Lodge and Driver W. Glassock (both of whom were awarded the Victoria Cross in the subsequent Battery Ballot); Shimman’s name would have been in the ballot for the Victoria Cross to a non-commissioned officer from the battery; Four V.C.’s were awarded (one to an officer, one to a non-commissioned officer, one to a gunner and one to a driver) to the gallant battery which had managed to save four of its guns from an apparently hopeless situation during De Wet’s ambush of General Broadwood’s Brigade; returned to England suffering from the effects of bullet wounds to the right knee and left thigh that left him temporarily unable to ride; awarded Long Service & G.C. Medal, 1905; promoted Battery Sergeant Major, 15.6.1908; Warrant Officer Class II, 29.1.1915; served with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War in the Mesopotamia Theatre from 4.12.1915; discharged, 6.2.1917 after 29 years and 237 days service; Commissioned Captain and Adjutant, 6th Volunteer Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, 21.3.1917.

Page 49

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 50

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

49 Five: Lance-Coporal G.F. Webb, 1st Dragoon Guards, Late 5th Dragoon Guards Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4715 Pte. G.F. Webb 5th Dragoon Gds:), unofficial rivets between state and date clasps; British War and Victory Medals (GS-9824 Pte. G.F. Webb. 1-D. Gds.); India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (13769 LCpl. G.F. Webb, 1 K D-Guards.), partially officially corrected; Defence Medal, very fine (5) £150-200 PROVENANCE:

Spink, April 1993

50 Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel C.T. Blewitt, Royal Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (Lt: Col: C.T. Blewitt. R.A.), unofficial rivets between state and date clasps; Jubilee 1897, silver, good very fine or better (2) £280-320 Colonel Charles Turner Blewitt (1855-1906) of Heath-house, Leighton Buzzard, brother of MajorGeneral W.E. Blewitt, C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E.; entered R.M.A. Woolwich as a Gentleman Cadet, 1875; Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, 1877; advanced Major 1895; service during the Boer War included in actions at Lindley and Rhenoster River (Mentioned in Lord Roberts’ Despatches, London Gazette 10.9.1901; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel); advanced Brevet Colonel, officer commanding 27th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, 29.11.1904; Blewitt died of a heart attack, 12.2.1906, whilst riding with Lord Rothschild’s staghounds.

51 Four: Driver R. Bell, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (35331 Dvr. R. Bell. R.H.A.), minor edge bruising; 1914 Star, with later slide Bar (35331 Dvr: R. Bell. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (35331 Dvr. R. Bell. R.A.), nearly very fine or better (4) £140-180 35331 Driver Robert Bell served during the Great War with the 14th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, on the Western Front, from 5.10.1914.

www.spink.com

Page 50

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 51

April 19, 2012 - London

52 Seven: Private A. Smith, Army Service Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (13851 Pte. A. Smith A.S.C.), unofficial rivets between 2nd and 3rd clasps; King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps, (13851 Pte. A. Smith A.S.C.), top lugs neatly removed; 1914 Star, with later slide Bar (S-13851 Pte. A. Smith. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (S-13851 Pte. A. Smith. A.S.C.); Defence Medal; Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Alfred Smith), generally good very fine (7) £180-220 PROVENANCE:

Spink, April 1993

53 Pair: Bombardier J. Chamberlain, U Battery, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3201 Bomb: J. Chamberlain. U Bty: R.H.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (3201 Bomb:- Whlr: J. Chamberlain. R.H.A.), tops lugs neatly removed from last, toned, light contact marks, good very fine (2) £90-110

Page 51

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 52

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 56 Pair: Corporal A.J. Dark, Pom Poms Section, Royal Artillery, Mentioned in Despatches and Promoted for Gallantry at Tafelkop, 20.12.1901, Where the Other Surviving Member of His Section, Shoeing Smith A.E. Ind, Was Awarded The Victoria Cross For His Gallantry that Day Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (25805 Br: A.J. Dark, R.H.A.), rank officially corrected; King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (25805 Corpl: A.J. Dark. Pom Poms Sec: R.A.), very fine (2) £500-700 M.I.D. London Gazette 25.4.1902 35805 Driver A.J. Dark, Royal Artillery Pom Poms ‘In Damant’s action at Tafelkop, on 20th December, 1901, continued to bring up ammunition under very close and heavy fire.’

54 Pair: Gunner F.W. Pratt, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (75221 Gnr: F.W. Pratt, 4: B, R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 190102, two clasps (75221 Gnr: F. Pratt. R.F.A.), minor edge nicks, very fine or better (2) £90-110

55 Three: Stoker 1st Class P. Carstairs, Royal Navy, Late Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (28639 Tpr: P. Carstairs. 50th Coy Imp: Yeo:); British War and Victory Medals (K.40300 P. Carstairs. Sto.1. R.N.), BWM officially renamed, good very fine (3) £100-140 K.40300 Stoker 1st Class Percy Carstairs, born Twickenham, London, 1879; enlisted 50th (Hampshire) Company 17th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, 13.2.1901; wounded at Jagersfontein, 12.10.1901 (additionally entitled to ‘South Africa 1901’ and ‘South Africa 1902’ clasps); discharged 5.8.1902; enlisted Royal Navy as Stoker 1st Class, 25.1.1917, and service during the Great War included in H.M.S. Furious (aircraft carrier), 26.6.1917-8.2.1919.

www.spink.com

Page 52

25805 Corporal Arthur James Dark, born Chatham, Kent; enlisted as Driver, Royal Artillery, 1898; served in South Africa 17.2.1900-15.4.1905, after initial service with the Ammunition Column he transferred to 1 Pdr Maxims, 27.10.1900; he served with the latter ‘in Damant’s fierce little action near Tafel Kop on 20th December 1901... The enemy, through being disguised in khaki, imitating the formations of British troops, and even “firing volleys in the general direction of some of the Boers,” were taken for friends, and so managed to gain a ridge commanding the guns which were with Damant’s advance-guard’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers); Conan Doyle takes up the narrative, ‘the instant that the danger was realised Damant, his Staff, and the forty Yeoman who formed the escort dashed for the crest in the hope of anticipating the Boers. So rapid was the charge of the others that they had overwhelmed the gunners before the support could reach the hill, and the latter found themselves under deadly fire of the Boer rifles from above. Damant was hit in four places, all of his Staff were wounded, and hardly a man of the small body of Yeomanry was left standing. Nothing could exceed their gallantry. Gaussen their Captain fell at their head. On the ridge the men about the guns were nearly all killed or wounded. Of the gun detachment only two men remained [Shoeing Smith A.E. Ind and Dark], both of them hit, and Jeffcoat their dying Captain bequeathed them fifty pounds each in a will drawn up on the spot. In half an hour the centre of the British line had been absolutely annihilated’; Jeffcoat also succesfully recommended Ind for the Victoria Cross, which was gazetted 15.8.1902; Dark was Mentioned in Despatches, and both he and Ind were promoted for their gallantry that day - in Dark’s case to Bombardier; Corporal 24.7.1902; discharged 28.1.1910.

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:45

Page 53

April 19, 2012 - London

57 Pair: Colonel R.C. Foster, Royal Garrison Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (Major R.C. Foster. R.G.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (Lt. Col. R.C. Foster. R.G.A.), pawnbrokers’ mark to edge 10 o’clock, generally very fine or better (2) £300-400

59 Pair: Gunner W. Paxton, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (78703 Gnr: W. Paxton, 74: B, R.F.A.), naming partially double-struck; King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (78703 Gnr: W. Paxton. R.F.A.), top lugs neatly removed on last, good very fine (2) £80-120

Colonel Raymond Charles Foster, commissioned Lieutenant Royal Artillery, 1876; advanced Major 1892; Lieutenant-Colonel 29.11.1900; served with the 36th Company, Southern Division, Royal Garrison Artillery in South Africa, and commanded two 5-inch guns at Diamond Hill (Mentioned in Lord Roberts’ Despatches London Gazette 16.4.1901; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel); Colonel 16.10.1904; retired 1907.

PROVENANCE:

58 Pair: Bombardier A.E. Baker, J Battery, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Belfast (78514 A. Bomb A.E. Baker, J, B, R.H.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (78514 Bomb: A.E. Baker. R.H.A.), top lugs neatly removed from last, generally nearly very fine or better (2) £180-220 78514 Bombardier A.E. Baker, J Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, was wounded at Pretoria, 4.6.1900.

Glendining, June 1992

60 Pair: Private J. Dix, South Wales Borderers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (3473 Pte. J. Dix, S. Wales Bord:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (3473 Pte. J. Dix. S. Wales Bord:), toned, minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine (2) £100-140 PROVENANCE:

Glendining, June 1993

61 Pair: Trooper W. Drummond, Natal Carbineer, Late Scott’s Railway Guards Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (253 Tpr: W. Drummond. Scott’s Rly: Gds:), top lugs neatly removed; Natal 1906, with clasp (Tpr: W. Drummond, Natal Carbineers.), suspension re-affixed and slack on last, traces of brooch mounting to obverse field, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £110-130 Page 53

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 54

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 62 Pair: Driver F. Gillett, Royal Artillery Mounted Rifles Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (25968 Dvr: F.W. Gillett, 43rd Bty: R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (25968 Dvr: F. Gillett. R.F.A.), minor edge bruising, very fine (2) £120-160 25968 Driver F.W. Gillett was serving with the Royal Artillery Mounted Rifles when he was severely wounded at Blauwbosch Spruit, 26.1.1902

63 Pair: Driver J. Saunders, Royal Field Artillery, Mentioned in Despatches for His Gallantry at Baakenlaagte, 30.10.1901, Where He Was Also Dangerously Wounded Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (31307 Dr. J. Saunders, 84th Batt. R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (31307 Dvr; J. Saunders. R.F.A.), top lugs of last neatly removed, edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine (2) £250-300 M.I.D. London Gazette 25.4.1902 31307 Driver J. Saunders, 84th Battery, R.F.A [in joint citation with Acting Bombadier H. Cook, Driver G. Lillio, Driver E. Lloyd and Driver T. Hopkins] ‘At Baakenlaagte on 30th October, 1901, seeing the men and horses at the gun shot down, on his [Cook] own initiative, unlimbered the wagon which was about 100 yards in rear and with the help of the other men mentioned took the limber up, but before they reached the gun, they and all their horses were shot down.’ 31307 Driver J. Saunders, born Tunbridge Wells; enlisted Royal Sussex Regiment, August 1898; transferred Royal Artillery, November 1898; served during the Boer War with the 84th Battery Royal Field Artillery, and was present with them as part of Colonel Benson’s column when it was attacked at Baakenlaagte, 30.10.1901, during which he was dangerously wounded; ‘the rear-guard, which was the object of the enemy’s main attack, was composed of two companies Mounted Infantry, two squadrons Scottish Horse, two guns 84th Battery, and one company 2nd Buffs, the whole under the command of Major Anley, 3rd Mounted Infantry. The guns, the company of Buffs, and 50 Mounted Infantry were posted on a ridge, some Mounted Infantry and Scottish Horse being out as a screen. The screen was ordered to close in, but at the same time it was compelled by a strong force of enemy to retire... Two guns were with Colonel Benson when he met with his diaster at Baakenlaagte... The ridge on which the guns were placed was captured by the Boers, and when our ambulance moved out after dark to collect the wounded the guns were removed by the enemy. Colonel Benson and Colonel Guiness were both killed at the guns. The section lost 7 killed and 20 wounded. According to all accounts, the gallantry of the gunners and of the mounted infantry who strove to hold the ridge could not have been exceeded. Seven non-commissioned officers and men of the battery were mentioned by Lord Kitchener in despatches for acts of gallantry almost worthy of the “Cross”’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling refers) Bombardier 29.3.1910; discharged 8.8.1910.

www.spink.com

Page 54

66 64 Three: Gunner A.E. Bush, Royal Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (31700 [sic] Gnr. A.E. Bush, 83rd Bty., R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (31710 Gnr: A.E. Bush. R.F.A.); British War Medal (31710 Gnr. A.E. Bush R.A.), edge bruising throughout, very fine (3) £100-140 31710 Gunner Albert Edward Bush, born Bristol, 1880; enlisted in Royal Field Artillery, November 1898; served with 83rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery in South Africa, 18.1.1900- 31.7.1904; transferre to the reserve, 1.8.1904; served during the Great War on the Western Front, from 6.10.1914; wounded in the hand, 2.11.1914; discharged, 2.8.1915, after 16 years and 258 days service, and received a Silver War Bage. PROVENANCE:

Spink, October 1991

65 Pair: Bombardier J. Vickery, Royal Garrison Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (1717 Gnr: J. Vickery, 10th E.D., R.G.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (1717 Bomb: J. Vickery. R.G.A.), toned, good very fine (2) £90-110 PROVENANCE:

Glendining, June 1993

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 55

April 19, 2012 - London

68 66 Pair: Civilian Wheelwright D. Duff, Army Service Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (4093 Civ. Whlr. D. Duff. A.S.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (4093 Civ. Whlr. D. Duff. A.S.C.), nearly extremely fine, scarce, mounted for display (2) £200-300 PROVENANCE:

A.A. Upfill-Brown Collection, December 1991

67 Pair: Shoeing Smith T. Biles, R Battery, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (52460 Dr: T. Biles, R, B, R.H.A.), number partially officially corrected; King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (52640 [sic] Shg:-Sth: T. Biles. R.H.A.), top lugs neatly removed from last, very fine (2) £100-140

68 Pair: Captain H.W. Milne, Indian Army, Late Royal Garrison Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (Lieut: H.W. Milne. R.G.A. Mil:), clasps loose on riband, as issued; Delhi Durbar 1911, contemporarily engraved in sans-serif capitals ‘Lt. H.W. Milne 74 Punjabis’, toned, extremely fine (2) £140-180 Captain Herbert W. Milne served with the Royal Garrison Militia during the Boer War; transferred to the Indian Army, 4.7.1903; Lieutenant 74th Punjabis, 4.10.1905, with whom he served as a Double Company Officer and Officiating Quartermaster from October 1906; Captain 4.7.1912 (entitled to a 1914-15 Star trio). PROVENANCE:

Glendining, September 1991

69 Six: Sergeant J.H. Boon, South African Union Defence Force, Late Rand Rifles and Western Province Mounted Rifles Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Cape Colony (540 Sjt. J.H. Boon. W. Prov: M.R.), suspension claw re-pinned; 1914-15 Star (Sjt. J.H. Boon Rand Rfls.); British War and Victory Medals, bilingual type (Sjt. J.H. Boon Rand Rfls.); War Medal (117772 J.H. Boon); Africa Service Medal (117772 J.H. Boon), very fine, mounted as originally worn (6) £100-140 11772 John Henry Boon, born Plymouth, England, 1870; after service during the Boer War he re-engaged for the Great War and served with both the Rand Rifles and the Railway Regiment; with the outbreak of the Second World War, now residing in Cape Town, Boon once again enlisted, this time as a Lance Corporal, 1st (Cape) Battalion, 1st Reserve Brigade, Union Defence Force.

Page 55

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 56

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

70 Pair: Surgeon G.T. Kevern, S.S. Kildonan Castle Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (G.T. Kevern Surgeon), with unofficial rivets; Transport Medal 1899-1902, one clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902 (G.T. Kevern.), usual light rubbing of naming to last, good very fine, scarce (2) £600-800 G.T. Kevern served as a Surgeon in S.S. Kildonan Castle (Union Castle Steam Ship Company); the Kildonan Castle, launched in August 1899, served as a troop transport ship for the Boer War; Kevern’s Transport Medal was presented to him by the King, 4.11.1903.

71 Pair: Corporal R. Markwick, Royal Garrison Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Natal, Transvaal (8095 Cpl: R. Markwick, 10 M.B., R.G.A.), rank officially corrected; King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (8095 Corpl: R. Markwick. R.G.A.), very fine (2) £90-110 8095 Corporal R. Markwick, born Hove, Sussex; enlisted Royal Artillery, 1895; served during the Occupation of Crete, 1897; served with 10th Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, from April 1898, and was taken prisoner of war at Nicholson’s Nek, 30.10.1899; Corporal 27.8.1901; discharged 23.1.1907.

72 Four: Staff Sergeant R.H. Henrici, Royal Army Service Corps, Late Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Natal, South Africa 1901 (6446 Bomb: Whlr: R.H. Henrici, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (TS-7520 S. Sjt. R.H. Henrici A.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st ‘Field Marshal’s bust’ type (TS-7520 W.S. Sjt. R.H. Henrici. R.A.S.C.), contact marks, generally nearly very fine (4) £140-180 M.S.M. London Gazette 18.1.1919 TS-7520 Whlr.S./Sjt. R.H. Henrici R.A.S.C. ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders.’ PROVENANCE:

Glendining, September 1991

www.spink.com

Page 56

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 57

April 19, 2012 - London

73 Four: Major C.A.A. Hankey, Highland Light Infantry, Late Trooper, Murray’s Horse Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Natal (Tpr: C. Hankey. Murray’s Horse); 191415 Star (Capt: C.A.A. Hankey, High: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C.A.A. Hankey), generally good very fine (4) £180-220 Major Charles Austin Alers Hankey, born 1868; educated at Sherbourne; moved to South Africa and becamed a Planter in Natal; served with Murray’s Horse during the Second Boer War; returned to the UK by the outbreak of the Great War and was comissioned Temporary Lieutenant 14th Battalion Highland Light Infantry; he was attached 2nd Battalion and served with them in the French Theatre of War, from 30.9.1915 (wounded); served as Assistant Provost Marshal, Glasgow, from 4.3.1918; served as Assistant Provost Marshal (Temporary Major), Winchester, August 1918-April 1920; retired Honorary Major 1920.

74 Pair: Trooper E.B. Gooyer, Cape Railway Sharpshooters, Late Southern Rhodesia Volunteers and Imperial Light Horse Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Rhodesia, Relief of Mafeking, Transvaal (1381 Pte. E.B. Gooyer. Cape Rly: Shptrs:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (716 Tpr E.B. Gooyer. S. Rhod Vols.), top lugs neatly removed from last, lacquered, minor official correction to unit on KSA, nearly extremely fine (2) £300-400 1265 Trooper Edward Barrand Gooyer, enlisted as 716 Trooper in the South Rhodesian Volunteers, 20.12.1899, and served with them in Rhodesia and in the Transvaal, and was present at the Relief of Mafeking; transferred as 1082 Trooper, 1st Imperial Light Horse, 25.10.1900, and served with them in the Transvaal; transferred as 1381 Trooper, Cape Railway Sharpshooters, 3.5.1901, and served with them in the Cape Colony; discharged, 7.8.1901; re-enlisted in the Cape Railway Sharpshooters as 1265 Trooper, 14.9.1901; discharged, 13.3.1902. Trooper Gooyer’s full clasp entitlement for his Q.S.A. is Rhodesia, Relief of Mafeking, Transvaal, and Cape Colony; the Cape Colony clasp, which he earned with a different unit from the other three, is listed as ‘Recovered and returned to Woolwich’ (Medal Roll refers). PROVENANCE:

A.A. Upfill-Brown Collection, December 1991

Page 57

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 58

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

75 Three: Gunner G. Nelson, Royal Garrison Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Defence of Kimberley (9088 Gnr: G. Nelson, 23rd W.D., R.G.A.); China 1900, no clasp (9088 Gr. G. Nelson 91 Co R.G.A.); Kimberley Star 1899-1900, Hallmarks for Birmingham 1900, additionally engraved ‘Gunner G. Nelson. 23 Compy. W.D. R.G.A.’, last lacking top riband bar, generally very fine or better (3) £350-400

76 Pair: Farrier Sergeant G. Nevison, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State (72094 Sgt. Far: G. Nevison. 73rd Bty: R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (72094 Sjt:- Far: G. Nevison. R.F.A.), top lugs neatly removed from last, remnants of lacquer, good very fine (2) £140-180

9088 Gunner George Nelson, born Newcastle, 1876; enlisted in the Royal Artillery, April 1895; served with 23 Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery in South Africa from November 1897, and present at the Defence of Kimberley, 14.10.1899 - 15.2.1900; served with 15 Battery, R.G.A. in China from 18.7.1900; discharged 1.4.1907 after 12 years’ service.

PROVENANCE:

Approximately 24 ‘Defence of Kimberley’ clasp issued to the unit. PROVENANCE:

Glendining, September 1992

Sotheby, December 1990

77 Three: Warrant Officer 2nd Class H.A. Treend, 18th Hussars Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Talana, Transvaal (4701. Pte. H.A. Treend. 18/Hrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (4701 Pte. H. Trend [sic]. 18th Hussars.); British War Medal (47830 W.O.CL.2 H.A. Treend. 18-Hrs.), BWM officially renamed, light contact marks overall, therefore very fine (3) £140-180 47830 Warrant Officer Class II Henry A. Teend, 18th Hussars was listed as missing in action at Dundee, between 20th-26th October 1900; he was severely wounded at Great Oliphants River, 6.4.1901. Also entitled to a Victory Medal.

www.spink.com

Page 58

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 59

April 19, 2012 - London

78 Pair: Private H. Robinson, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Talana (8097 Pte. H. Robinson. K.R.R.C.); Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd ‘coronation robes’ type (Henry Robinson), nearly extremely fine (2) £200-250

80 Pair: Bombardier S. Dimond, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (25098 A. Br: S. Dimond, R.F.A.), partially officially corrected; King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (25098 Bomb: S. Dimond. R.F.A.), contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £120-160

8097 Private H. Robinson (published transcription of casualty roll erroneously gives initial ‘I’), 1st Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps, was wounded at Farquhar’s Farm, 30.10.1899. PROVENANCE:

A.A. Upfill-Brown Collection, December 1991

79 Pair: Gunner J. Lawler, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (6110 Gnr: J. Lawler 21st Bty: R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (6110 Gnr: J. Lawler. R.F.A.), extremely fine, mounted for wear (2) £280-320

81 Pair: Bombardier G. Hodder, Royal Garrison Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (97484 Act: Bomb: G. Hodder. 10th M.B. R.G.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (97484 Bomb: G. Hodder. R.G.A.), nearly extremely fine, scarce (2) £180-220 PROVENANCE:

Sotheby, December 1990

PROVENANCE:

Glendining, September 1992

Page 59

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 60

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

82 A Good Campaign Group of Seven to Captain A. Stokes, Royal Navy, Who Was Mentioned in Despatches for His Services as Part of Lambton’s Naval Brigade During the Defence of Ladysmith, and Served as Commander in the Battleship Temeraire During the Battle of Jutland Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (Mid: A. Stokes, R.N. H.M.S. Powerful), officially impressed; 1914-15 Star (Commr. A. Stokes, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Commr. A. Stokers. R.N.); 1939-1945 Star; Defence and War Medals, contact marks throughout, very fine (7) £1,000-1,400 Captain Alick Stokes, R.N., born 1881; entered H.M.S. Britannia as Cadet, 1895; appointed Midshipman, H.M.S. Powerful 8.6.1897, and ‘landed with Capt. Lambton’s Naval Brigade & in Ladysmith Boer War 1899-1900’ (service papers refer); Stokes was Mentioned in Captain Lambton’s Despatch of 11.1.1900 (London Gazette 12.3.1901) and noted for early promotion for his services; Sub-Lieutenant 15.5.1901; Lieutenant 15.11.1902; posted as 1st Lieutenant and Gunnery Officer, H.M.S. Temeraire (battleship), 8.1.1913; promoted Commander 31.12.1915; served in the Temeraire at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May-1st June 1916, and until November 1917; attached to the Royal Australian Navy, 1924-27; retired Captain, 1927; re-engaged for service for the Second World War, 25.8.1939-16.7.1940. PROVENANCE:

Sotheby, December 1990

www.spink.com

Page 60

83 Six: Captain W. Townsend, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901 (90932 Sgt. W. Townsend, 75th Bty: R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. W. Townsend. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. W. Townsend.), rank officially corrected on VM; Army Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (90932 B.Q.M.Sjt: W. Townsend. R.F.A.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., light contact marks, generally very fine or better (6) £280-320 Captain Walter Townsend, born 1876; served as Battery Quartermaster Sergeant with the 75th Battery Royal Field Artillery during the Boer War and ‘At Modder River the 75th had 2 killed and 12 wounded. Three officers gained mention by Lord Methuen, 2 of whom were wounded. In the latter part of 1900 the battery was employed about Commando Nek and other places north-west of Pretoria. On 3rd December 1900 two guns were with a convoy on the Rustenburg road when attacked by a strong force. The slender escort took up a position on a kopje covering the road, and the enemy were eventually driven off. Lord Kitchener said the escort fought with great gallantry, the enemy, who were also brave, coming close to the guns and being killed with case-shot at 50 yards.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers); commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery, 27.9.1914; served with the 50th Brigade Royal Field Artillery in the French theatre of War, from 1.5.1915; Lieutenant, 9.6.1915; subsequent service included with the 9th Divisional Ammunition Column, who served with the 9th (Scottish) Division (M.I.D. London Gazette 1.1.1916 and 14.12.1917; Belgium, Croix de Guerre); retired Captain 6.9.1919.

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 61

April 19, 2012 - London

84 Pair: Gunner J. Barker, Pom Poms Section, Royal Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, Cape Colony (30889 Gnr: J. Barker, 4th M.B., R.G.A.); King’s South Africa 190102, two clasps (30889 Gnr: J. Barker. Pom Poms Sec: R.A.), edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine or better (2) £160-200

85 Five: Driver G. Berry, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State (86575 Dvr. G. Berry, 19th Bty., R.F.A.), unofficial rivets between 3rd and 4th clasps; King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (865 Dvr: G. Berry. R.F.A.), top lugs neatly removed; 1914 Star (11950 Dvr: G. Berry. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (11950 Dvr. G. Berry. R.A.), generally good very fine (5) £180-220 11950 Driver George Berry, born Coventry, Warwickshire, 1871; enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery, September 1891; served with the Artillery in India from September 1895January 1899, and in South Africa with 19th Battery, R.F.A. from December 1899- August 1902; discharged, September 1907, after 16 years’ service; re-enlisted for Service during the Great War, and served with the Artillery on the Western Front from 19.10.1914; discharged, 12.12.1917. PROVENANCE:

Spink, October 1991

Page 61

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 62

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

86 Five: Gunner W. Buffham, M Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, Taken Prisoner of War at Sannah’s Post, 31.3.1900 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (29235 Gnr: W. Buffham, U Bty., R.H.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (29235 Gnr: W. Buffham. G [sic] Bty: R.H.A.); 1914 Star (29235 Gnr: W. Buffham. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (29235 Gnr. W. Buffham. R.A.), slightly worn, therefore nearly very fine (5) £340-380 29235 Gunner William Buffham was taken prisoner of war at Sannah’s Post, whilst serving with M Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, 31.3.1900; served with 9th Brigade, R.H.A. during the Great War on the Western Front from 15.8.1914. PROVENANCE:

Spink, April 1993

87 Pair: Driver J. Newman, G Battery, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (97021 Dr. J. Newman, G Bty., R.H.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (97021 Dvr: J. Newman. R.H.A.), top lugs neatly removed from last, light contact marks, very fine (2) £130-160 PROVENANCE:

Spink, April 1993

www.spink.com

Page 62

88 Pair: Driver A.G. Willis, O Battery, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (26646 Dvr; A.G. Willis, O Bty., R.H.A.), planchet detached from suspension mount; King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (26646 Dvr: A.G. Willis. R.H.A.), nearly very fine or better, unless otherwise stated (2) £100-140 26646 Driver Alfred George Willis, born Islington, London, 1878; served with the 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Militia); enlisted in the Royal Horse Artillery, March 1898; served with O Battery, Royal Horse Artillery in South Africa from October 1899, and was taken prisoner of war at Uitval’s Nek, 11.7.1900, ‘early in July the post at Uitval’s Nek, or Nitral’s Nek, in the Megaliesberg Mountains, was taken over from Baden-Powell’s force by a squadron of the Royal Scots Greys, five companies of the Lincolnshire Regiment, and two guns O Battery, R.H.A., the whole under Colonel H.R. Roberts. On 11th July the enemy in great numbers attacked the position, and owing mainly to the defective dispositions of the commanding officer, the enemy gained possession of the pass and captured the two guns, almost an entire squadron of the Scots Greys, and 90 officers and men of the Lincolnshire Regiment.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers); discharged, March 1910, after 12 years’ service.

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 63

April 19, 2012 - London

89 Pair: Gunner C. Batten, T Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, Taken Prisoner of War at Sannah’s Post, 31.3.1900 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Belfast (3446 Gnr. C. Batten, T Bty. R.H.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (3446 Gnr: C. Batten. R.H.A.), contact marks, nearly very fine or better (2) £240-280

90 Pair: Driver C.W. Till, P Battery, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (72827 Dr: C.W. Till, P, B, R.H.A.), scratch marks to rank; King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (72827 Dvr: C.W. Till. R.H.A.), very fine (2) £130-160

3446 Gunner Charles Batten, born Holsworthy, Devon, 1876; enlisted in the Royal Horse Artillery, April 1894; served with T Battery, Royal Horse Artillery in South Africa from December 1899, and was taken prisoner of war at Sannah’s Post, 31.3.1900; discharged, April 1906, after 12 years’ service.

72827 Driver Charles William Till, born Arundel, Sussex, 1870; enlisted in the Royal Horse Artillery, April 1899; served with P Battery, Royal Horse Artillery in South Africa from October 1899; discharged, April 1902 after 12 years and 350 days service.

Page 63

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 64

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

91 Seven: Staff Sergeant G. Sherwood, T Battery, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg (3371 Shg. Sth. C. Sherwood, T Bty., R.H.A.); China 1900, no clasp (3371 Shg: Sth: G. Sherwood. Vickers-Maxim Bty:); 1914 Star, with Bar (3371 Far: S. Sjt G. Sherwood. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (3371 S. Sjt. G. Sherwood. R.A.); Coronation 1911, engraved in sans-serif capitals ‘Staff Sgt. G. Sherwood.’; Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Field Marshal’s bust’ type (3371 F. Sjt: G. Sherwood. R.H.A.), light contact marks overall, therefore very fine, mounted court-style as originally worn (7) £340-380 3371 Staff Sergeant George Sherwood, served with the 3rd Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from 15.8.1914.

www.spink.com

Page 64

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 65

April 19, 2012 - London

92 Five: Lance Bombardier R. Melling, Q Battery, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Orange Free State, Transvaal (23654 Dr. R. Melling, Q, B., R.H.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (23654 Dvr: R. Melling. R.H.A.); 1914-15 Star (41674 Gnr: R. Melling. R.F.A); British War and Victory Medals (41674 Gnr. R. Melling. R.A.), minor edge bruising, very fine or better (5) £250-350 41674 Lance Bombardier Ralph Melling, born Southport, Lancashire, 1879; served in the 3rd East Lancashire Regiment (Militia), prior to enlistment in the Royal Horse Artillery, November 1897; served with Q Battery, 17.12.1897-1.12.1901; wounded in action during the Relief of Kimberley, 15.2.1900 (service papers give 17.2.1900); served during the Great War in the French Theatre of War, from 30.11.1914. PROVENANCE:

Spink, April 1993

93 Pair: Driver W. Ellis, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (98517 Dvr: W. Ellis. 14th Bty: R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (98517 Dvr: W. Ellis. R.F.A.), very fine (2) £140-180 98517 Bombardier Walter Ellis, born Bristol, 1874; served with the 4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry (Militia); enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery, August 1893; served in South Africa with 14th Battery, Royal Field Artillery from October 1899; taken prisoner of war at Colenso, 15.12.1899- the 14th ‘was one of the unfortunate batteries which Colonel Long took too close at Colenso. The six guns of the battery were lost. One officer and 5 men were killed, 1 officer and 16 men wounded, and 3 officers and 40 men were reported missing’ (British Regiments in South Africa 18991902, J. Stirling, refers); discharged July 1909, after 16 years’ service. PROVENANCE:

Glendining, December 1991

Page 65

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 66

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

94 Four: Major J.A.L. Firmstone, Clare Militia Artillery and Royal Garrison Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (Capt. J.A.L. Firmstone, Clare Mil. Art.); 1914-15 Star (Capt: J.A.L. Firmstone. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J.A.L. Firmstone.), good very fine, mounted court-style as originally worn (4) £240-280 Major Joseph A.L. Firmstone, Lieutenant, Clare Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia), 22.2.1900; Captain, 25.12.1901; served with the Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War on the Ypres Salient from 10.5.1915; Appointed Assistant Inspector, Inspection Staff, 23.5.1916; promoted Major, 24.5.1916.

95 Five: Driver G. Burnell, G Battery, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4267 Dvr: G. Burnell. R.H.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (4269 [sic] Dvr: G. Burnell. G Bty: R.H.A.); 1914 Star (4267 Dvr: G. Burnell. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (4267 Dvr G. Burnell. R.A.), contact marks to QSA and KSA, otherwise very fine or better (5) £120-150 4267 Driver G. Burnell served with 14th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from 5.10.1914.

96 Pair: Warrant Officer Class II J.I. Thompson South Africa Service Corps, Late Imperial Military Railways Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Transvaal (Mr. J. Thompson. Imp: Mil: Rly:); British War Medal (2nd C/W.O. J.I. Thompson. S.A.S.C. -T.&R.), minor edge bruising, therefore very fine (2) £80-120 J.I. Thompson served as a Fireman, Imperial Military Railways. PROVENANCE:

A.A. Upfill-Brown Collection, December 1991

97 Pair: Agent A.W. Hurt, Field Intelligence Department, Late Conductor, Remount Depot Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (941 Condr: A.W. Hurt. Remount Depot.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (Agent A.W. Hurt. F.I.D.), very fine or better (2) £140-180 98 Pair: Sergeant J. Kerr, Cape Police, Late Driver, Cape Government Railways Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (J. Kerr. C.G.R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (744 Serjt. J. Kerr. C. Police (SPL)), top lugs neatly removed from last, and minor official correction to unit, good very fine (2) £90-110 J. Kerr served as a Driver and ‘worked trains in theatre of war and services which assisted Military in success of operations’ for the Cape Government Railway. (Medal Roll refers)

www.spink.com

Page 66

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 67

April 19, 2012 - London

101

99 Three: Leading Signalman F.L. Adams, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (F.L. Adams, Sigl., H.M.S. Philomel.), suspension post repaired and fixed suspension as a result; British War and Victory Medals (205202 F.L. Adams. L. Sig. R.N.), good very fine (3) £70-90 100 Three: Private W. Andrus, Canadian Labour Battalion, Late Natal Government Railways Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Bridge Gd: W. Andrus. Natal Gov: Rlys: Bridge Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (102212 Pte. W. Andrus Can. Labr. Bn.), nearly extremely fine (3) £80-120

101 Pair: Mr. A. Hossack, Imperial Military Railways Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Mr. A. Hossack. Imp: Mil: Rly:); South Africa Medal for War Service 1939-45 (A. Hossack), nearly extremely fine, with a Pass, silver and gold, obverse engraved ‘A.H.’, reverse engraved ‘Permit For Mr. A. Hossack to Visit Any V.F.P. Property’, and a silver and enamel badge worded ‘1887 RC 1937’ (2) £100-140 Served as a Draughtsman in the Imperial Military Railways.

Page 67

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 68

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

102

102 A Scarce D.T.D. Pair to Kaptain R.C. Rademeyer, Staats Artillery, Wounded Near Klip River, May 1900 Decoration for Loyal Service 1899-1902 (Kapt T.C. Rademeyer.); Anglo Boer Oorlog Medal 1899-1902 (Kapt. T.C. Rademeyer.), minor edge nicks, nearly extremely fine, mounted court-style for display with Wound Riband (2) ÂŁ1,200-1,600 Kaptain R.C. Rademeyer was severely wounded by a bomb that damaged his groin, left calf and his eyes, near Klip River, May 1900; he was discharged medically unfit and received a gratuity of ÂŁ100. The D.T.D. was instituted in 1920 to reward officers of the Boer Republics for bravery in the Boer War, 1899-1902. A total of 591 awards were made. PROVENANCE:

A.A. Upfill-Brown Collection, December 1991

www.spink.com

Page 68

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 69

April 19, 2012 - London

103

103 Four: Leading Stoker W.H. Faux, Royal Navy China 1900, no clasp (W.H. Faux, Sto., H.M.S. Terrible.); 191415 Star (291558, W.H. Faux, Act. L. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (291558 W.H. Faux. Act. L. Sto. R.N.), generally good very fine (4) ÂŁ160-200 291558 Leading Stoker William Henry Faux, born Bristol, March 1875; enlisted in the Royal Navy in H.M.S. Vivid, March 1899; served in H.M.S. Terrible (1.5.1900 - 24.10.1902); served during the Great War in H.M. Submarine C29; promoted Acting Leading Stoker, 1.7.1915; killed in action, 29.8.1915, when the C29 struck a mine whilst on patrol in the Humber Estuary and sunk with the loss of all lives; Faux is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

104 Four: Leading Stoker E.A. Beer, Royal Navy China 1900, no clasp (279632 E.A. Beer. Sto. H.M.S. Phoenix.), an impressed duplicate issue, with fixed suspension, contact mark in obverse field; 1914-15 Star (279632 E.A. Beer. L. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (279632 E.A. Beer. L. Sto. R.N.), otherwise good very fine (4) ÂŁ140-180 279632 Leading Stoker Edward Andrew Beer, born Plymouth, Devon, June 1870; enlisted in the Royal Navy in H.M.S. Vivid II, May 1895; served in H.M.S. Phoenix (20.2.1900 - 14.5.1903); transferred to H.M.S Defence, 9.2.1909; promoted Leading Stoker, 21.8.1912; served during the Great War in Defence; killed in action at the Battle of Jutland, 31.5.1916, when the Defence was sunk with the loss of all lives; Beer is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

Page 69

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 70

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 105 Eight: Yeoman of the Signals J.G. McCabe, Royal Navy, Killed in Action Whilst Serving in H.M.S. Fiji Off Crete, 23.5.1941 1914-15 Star (J.10616 J.G. McCabe Sig. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.10616 J.G. McCabe Sig. R.N.); 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal; Naval Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Admiral’s bust’ type (J.10616 J.G. McCabe. Sig. H.M.S. Curacoa), nearly extremely fine (8) £200-300 J.10616 Yeoman of the Signals James Graham McCabe was killed in action when H.M.S. Fiji was sunk by German aircraft off Crete, 23.5.1941; on the latter date she participated in the battle of Crete - working inconjunction with H.M.S. Kandahar and Kingston, the Fiji closed towards the stricken Gloucester, in an effort to pick up survivors after she had been hit, ‘and dropped all her floats and boats. She could do no more. The Fiji had practically no ammunition left, the Kingston and Kandahar were not much better off, and their oil fuel was running low. With heavy hearts the little force withdrew to the southward, and the Glouceter’s crew, most of whom were then in the water awaiting machinegunning, cheered them as they went. For three hours after that, air attacks on the Fiji and her attendant destroyers never ceased. For three hours they wove their paths through nearmisses and far-misses, through deluges of water and flying splinters, as if sustained by some enchantment. The Fiji had only pom-pom and machine gun ammunition left. At 7pm when the sky was overcast with low-lying cloud, a bomb struck her, flooding one boiler room and putting the compasses out of action. She listed slowly to port and for a while struggled on at a reduced speed, but at last she lay stopped: the only remaining effective pom-pom continued firing while she waited for the inevitable end. Her company were not kept long in suspense. Another bomb crashed into her, bringing down the mast and tearing open the deck from end to end. Captain P.B.R.W. William-Powlett, R.N., gave the order to abandon ship and the men who had fought so good a fight obeyed calmly and cheerfully’ (The Mediterranean Fleet, refers); McCabe is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

106 Six: Able Seaman E. Dalton, Royal Navy, Killed in Action, 9.6.1940, when H.M.S. Ardent Was Sunk by the German Battle Cruisers Scharnhost and Gneisenau 1914-15 Star (J.37718, E. Dalton. Ord., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.37718 E. Dalton. A.B. R.N.); 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal, the Second War awards all privately impressed ‘D/JX 165895 E. Dalton. A.B. R.N.’, contact marks, nearly very fine, the Second War awards nearly extremely fine, with named condolence slip (6) £110-140 D/JX 165895 Able Seaman Earl Dalton, born Oldham, Lancashire, September 1897; enlisted in the Royal Navy as Boy Second Class, serving in H.M.S. Vivid, 10.4.1915; Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Roxburgh, 28.9.1915; promoted Able Seaman, 1.11.1916; discharged, 27.9.1927, after 12 years’ Service, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve; served during the Second World War in H.M.S. Ardent; killed in action, 9.6.1940, when the Ardent was sunk alongside H.M.S. Acasta and Glorious by the German Battle Cruisers Scharnhost and Gneisenau off Norway with the loss of 1,519 lives; Dalton is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

107 Four: Stoker 1st Class J. Towl, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (301983 J. Towl. Sto.1.R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (301983 J. Towl. Sto.1.R.N.); Naval Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Admiral’s bust’ type (301983. John Towl, Sto.1.Cl. H.M.S. Dido), nearly extremely fine, with Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque ‘John Towl’ (4) £100-140 301983 Stoker 1st Class John Towl died of wounds received in H.M.S. Valkyrie (Flotilla Leader) off the Dutch coast, 23.12.1917; Towl is buried in Launceston (St. Thomas) Churchyard, Cornwall. PROVENANCE:

Christie’s, April 1992

PROVENANCE:

Spink, April 1993

108 Three: Stoker 1st Class G.J.A. Russell, Royal Navy, Killed When H.M.S. Gaillardia Was Blown Up by a Mine Off the Orkney Islands, 22.3.1918 1914-15 Star (SS.115054 G.J.A. Russell. Sto.1. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (SS.115054 G.J.A. Russell. Sto.1. R.N.), good very fine, with Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque, ‘George James Arthur Russell’, and with campaign medal and plaque enclosure slips (3) £100-140 SS.115054 Stoker 1st Class George James Arthur Russell, served during the Great War in H.M.S. Gaillardia (Flower class Convoy Sloop); the latter, initially intended as a Q Ship, was launched in May 1917; she was involved with the laying of the first part of the Northern Barrage Minefield, stretching from the Orkney Islands to the Norwegian Coast; the laying of over 65,000 mines began on 3.3.1918 with a large force of patrol ships including destroyers, sloops and trawlers taking part; numerous problems were experienced with the new type of long antennae mines, culminating with the Gaillardia blowing up, 22.3.1918, whilst buoying one of the new minefields; Russell was killed in this explosion and is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.

See Illustration on page 72 www.spink.com

Page 70

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 71

April 19, 2012 - London

Captain E.J. Garlick

109 Three: Engineer Lieutenant G.L.W. Speck, Royal Naval Reserve 1914-15 Star (Asst. Eng. G.L.W. Speck. R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Eng. S. Lt. G.L.W. Speck. R.N.R.), VM officially renamed, extremely fine Three: Able Seaman J. Russell, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (175737, J. Russell. A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (175737 J. Russell. A.B. R.N.), nearly extremely fine Three: Trimmer H. Johns, Royal Naval Reserve 1914-15 Star (S.T.580. H. Johns, Tr., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (580ST. H. Johns. Tr. R.N.R.), good very fine (9) £110-130 Engineer Lieutenant George L.W. Speck, promoted Engineer Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve, 26.3.1919

110 Three: Engineer C. Kirk, Royal Naval Reserve 1914-15 Star (S.T.1475, C. Kirk, L.Tr., R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal (Charles Kirk); Victory Medal (1475S.T. C. Kirk. Eng. R.N.R.), very fine Pair: Mr. S.B. Brereton, Merchant Navy British War Medal (Sidney B. Brereton); Mercantile Marine War Medal (Sydney B. Brereton), good very fine, with Board of Trade envelopes for both medals (5) £60-80

111 Five: Captain E.J. Garlick, Merchant Navy British War Medal (Edwin J. Garlick); Mercantile Marine War Medal (Edwin J. Garlick); 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal, the Second War awards all privately impressed ‘Capt. E.J. Garlick. M.N.’, extremely fine, with the following documents &c.: - Named Ministry of Transport enclosure for the Second War awards - The recipient’s Continuous Certificate of Discharge - Letter to the recipient from the passengers aboard the Bristol City, thanking him for their safe deliverance from the perils of enemy submarines, dated 10.9.1939 - Ten letters of recommendation - Portrait photograph of the recipient (5) £70-90 Captain Edwin John Garlick, born Bristol, 1900; served with the Merchant Navy aboard the S.S. Toronto City during the Second World War; killed in action, 2.7.1941, when his vessel was torpedoed by an enemy submarine in the North Atlantic whilst bound for St. John’s, Newfoundland; Garlick is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London.

Page 71

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 72

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

108

www.spink.com

Page 72

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 73

April 19, 2012 - London 112 Five: Trimmer J. Dunn, Merchant Navy British War Medal (James Dunn.); Mercantile Marine War Medal (James Dunn); 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal, minor edge nick to first, otherwise extremely fine (5) £60-80 Trimmer James Dunn, served with the Merchant Navy aboard the S.S. Ceramic during the Second World War; killed in action, 7.12.1942, when the vessel was torpedoed by U515 in the North Atlantic whilst bound for St. Helena and sank with the loss of the entire crew of 656 save for one man; Dunn is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London.

113 Five: Fireman G. Small, Merchant Navy British War Medal (George Small); Mercantile Marine War Medal (George Small); 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal, small area of erasure and edge bruise on first, nearly extremely fine, with named card boxes of issue and Board of Trade envelopes for both Great War medals (5) £50-70 Fireman George Small, served with the Merchant Navy aboard the M.V. Seminole during the Second World War; killed in action, 27.2.1943, when she was torpedoed by an enemy submarine in the Mediterranean; Small is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London.

114 Pair: Trimmer C.G. Dudley, Royal Naval Reserve British War and Victory Medals (5654T.S. C.G. Dudley. Tr. R.N.R.), nearly extremely fine Pair: Private R.V. Clarke, Northumberland Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (47028 Pte. R.V. Clarke. North’d Fus.), good very fine Pair: Private R. Draper, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (19075 Pte. R. Draper. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.), toned, nearly extremely fine Pair: Sergeant E. Rudd, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (212075. Sgt. E. Rudd. R.A.F.), extremely fine (8) £80-120 115 Five: Able Seaman J.L.H. Middleton, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (JX.150204 J.L.H. Middleton. A.B. R.N.); 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal, extremely fine (5) £140-180 JX.150204 Able Seaman John Leonard Horace Middleton, born Enfield, Middlesex, 1913; served during the Second World War in H.M.S. Galatea; killed in action, 14.12.1941, when the Galatea was sunk by the U557 off Alexandria with the loss of 469 lives, and is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.

116 Four: N. Walters, South African Forces 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star, with 8th Army Bar; War Medal; Africa Service Medal, all officially named ‘M18985 N. Walters’, nearly very fine Five: C. Stephens, South African Forces 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals; Africa Service Medal, all officially named ‘C288603 C. Stephens’, nearly very fine Four: R.D. McLean, South African Forces 1939-1945 Star; Italy Star; War Medal; Africa Service Medal, all officially named ‘281530 R.D. McLean’, nearly very fine Four: D.D. McDonald, South African Forces Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, Africa Service Medal, all officially named ‘8098 D.D. McDonald’, very fine Pair: H.J. Strydom, South African Forces War Medal; Africa Service Medal, both officially named ‘231474 H.J. Strydom’, nearly very fine (19) £120-150 117 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (17826 Gnr: J. Love. 2nd E.D. R.G.A.), very fine £50-70 The 2nd Company, Eastern Division, Royal Garrison Artillery were awarded no clasp medals for guarding Boer prisoners on St. Helena.

118 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (22729 Corpl: W.H. Corbett. R.E.), nearly extremely fine £50-70 119 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (3668 Pte. C. Swanborough, Wilts: Regt.), extremely fine £50-70 120 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (4536 Pte. W. G. Paston. S. Stafford: Regt.), worn, nearly very fine £40-50 121 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (22336 Pte. D.N. Robertson. Rand Rif.), minor edge bruise, very fine £50-70 122 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Mr. T. Bradley. Imp: Mil: Rly; ), nearly very fine £50-70 Served as a Fitter.

123 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Mr. J. Darlington. Imp: Mil: Rly:), good very fine £50-70

Page 73

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 74

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 124 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Mr. W. Graham. Imp: Mil: Rly:), very fine £50-70 Served as a Brass Finisher.

125 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (J.H. Gratton. Imp: Mil: Rlys:), good very fine £50-70 Served as a Driver; resigned 14.12.1901.

126 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (M.L. Levitt. Imp: Mil: Rlys:), good very fine £50-70 127 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Mr. H. Murrell. Imp: Mil: Rly:), very fine £50-70 Served as a Fitter.

128 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (T.T. Renton. Imp: Mil: Rlys:), very fine £50-70 129 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (J. Robertson. Imp: Mil: Rlys.), good very fine £50-70 Served as a Fitter; resigned 19.7.1901.

130 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Blksth: A. Seel. Imp: Mil: Rlwys:), good very fine £60-80 131 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (J. Shand. Imp: Mil: Rlys.), good very fine £50-70

133 134 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (M. Burns. C.G.R.), very fine £50-70 135 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (J.R. Comyn. C.G.R.), nearly extremely fine £50-70 Served as a Fireman ‘Working in Theatre of War’ with Cape Government Railways (Medal Roll refers).

136 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (J.T. Cooney. C.G.R.), nearly extremely fine £70-90 J.T. Cooney joined Cape Government Railway, 1889; appointed District Locomotive Foreman, Kimberley, 1.6.1901 (with a salary of £300 per annum).

Served as a Fitter.

132 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (G. Watson. Imp. Mil. Rlys.), good very fine £50-70 133 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (G.F. Bedggood. C.G.R.), suspension slack, good very fine £80-100 G.F. Bedggood joined the Cape Government Railway, 1879; appointed Assistant Traffic Manager, Beaufort West, 1896 (with a salary of £500 per annum); during the Second Boer War he travelled with Armoured Troop and Stores Trains in the field of active operations, also with Blockhouse Trains (C.G.R. Medal roll refers); Pensioned 1909.

www.spink.com

Page 74

137 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (J. Griffin. C.G.R.), very fine £60-80 Served as a Driver for the Cape Government Railway, and was ‘Working 21 down on 4.5.1901 - train derailed at 161 miles and destroyed by Boers. Afterwards working trains through district invaded by the enemy’ (WO 100/279 refers).

138 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (G. Proctor. C.G.R.), very fine £50-70 Served as a Fireman ‘Working in Theatre of War’ with Cape Government Railways (Medal Roll refers).

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 75

April 19, 2012 - London 145 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Mr. M. Woodthorpe. Natal Govt: Rlys:), good very fine £50-70 Served as Foreman Platelayer.

146 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Pte. F. Kenward. Durban Road T.G.), extremely fine £60-80 Private Frederick Ernest Kenward was employed as a Postmaster prior to enlisting in the Durban Road Town Guard, June 1901. Approximately 23 Q.S.A.s issued to the Durban Road Town Guard. PROVENANCE:

Spink, October 1991

147 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (817 Cpl. R.H. Peake. Uitenhage T.G.), good very fine £50-70 149 139 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (E.J. Trebble. C.G.R.), toned, extremely fine £50-70 140 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Mr. E. Anderson, Natal Govt: Rlys:), nearly very fine £50-70 Served as Orderly Room Clerk at Intombi Station.

141 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Mr. F.G. Behrens. Natal Govt: Rlys:), nearly extremely fine £60-80

148 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (375 Cpl. F. Ryan. K.W.T.T.G.), very fine £50-70 149 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, bronze, no clasp (35 Muleteer Bhopal.), good very fine £80-120 150 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Cape Colony (81530 Dr: A.W. Barham, R, B, R.H.A.), edge nicks, good very fine £70-90 81530 Driver A.W. Barham, R Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, died of pneumonia in Cape Town Hospital, 23.11.1899.

Served as a Bridge Guard.

142 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Mr. H.J. Dubery. Natal Govt: Rlys:), light scratches, nearly extremely fine £60-80 Served as a Telegraph Clerk, with Special Telegraph Duty in South Africa at Estcourt, Glencoe, and Newcastle.

143 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Mr. J. Morning. Natal Govt: Rlys:), nearly extremely fine £60-80 Served as a Carpenter in reconstruction work.

144 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Mr. W.S. Sutherland. Natal Govt: Rlys:), very fine £70-90

151 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Cape Colony (79465 Gnr: H. Elliston, 38th Bty., R.F.A.), extremely fine £70-90 79465 Gunner H. Elliston, 38th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, died of disease at Kimberley, 14.6.1900.

152 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Cape Colony (98279 Gnr: J. Bell, 2nd S.D., R.G.A.), very fine £50-70 153 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Cape Colony (978 Gnr: F. Waldron, 15th W.D., R.G.A.), very fine £50-70

Served as a Station Master, ‘Rendering valuable assistance to Military at Hatting Spruit’ (WO 100/279 refers)

Page 75

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 76

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

154

154 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Cape Colony (3330 Gnr: W. Clarke, Antrim R.G.A.), extremely fine, scarce £80-120 PROVENANCE:

Lovell Collection

155 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Cape Colony (2298 Bomb: H. Fanphy, Antrim R.G.A.), nearly extremely fine, scarce £80-120 156 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Cape Colony (7167 Gnr: G. Richardson, 1st Nthld: Vol: Art:), very fine £70-90 7167 Gunner G. Richardson served with the Elswick Battery, Northumberland Volunteer Artillery. The Elswick Battery - ‘This splendid Volunteer Battery, manned by the 1st Northumberland Volunteer Artillery, did most excellent work throughout a great part of the campaign. They were furnished with six 12-pounder naval quick-firing guns, weight about 12 cwt., on field-carriages, the guns and carriages being manufactured by the Elswick firm. These guns and carriages were a present from Lady Meux to Lord Roberts.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling refers)

www.spink.com

Page 76

157

157 A Scarce Double Issue Q.S.A. Pair to Civilian Clerk F.M. Shirtliff, Army Service Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (21 Tpr: F.M. Skirtliff [sic], Matjesfontein D.M.T.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Cape Colony (192 Mr. F.M. Shirtliff. A.S.C.), toned, extremely fine (2) £200-250 Approximately 46 Q.S.A.s issued to the Matjesfontein District Mounted Troop.

158 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Cape Colony (Serjt: G. Vassie. I.Y. HP. Staff), officially re-impressed, solder repair to suspension claw, nearly very fine £80-100 Sergeant G. Vassie, Imperial Yeomanry, Hospital Staff died in a train accident at Worcester, 3.3.1900; Vassie was one of the Imperial Yeomanry’s earliest casualties of the War and possibly the first suffered by that force.

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 77

April 19, 2012 - London

159

159 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Cape Colony (Pte. W.H. Wakelin. Border Horse), minor edge nicks, good very fine, scarce casualty £120-160 Private W.H. Wakelin, Border Horse, was killed in action at Labuschagne’s Nek, 5.3.1900 (latest published transcription of casualty roll erronesously gives date ‘5.2.1900’); the Border Horse was formed under Colonel Crewe in February 1900, and ‘when General Brabant was driving the Boers from about Dordrecht, 200 of the corps joined Major Maxwell at Labuschagne’s Nek on 5th March. On the 4th Maxwell’s Colonials had established themselves on a mountain 1500 feet high on the east of the Nek, but the troops in front of the position had been held up, and indeed withdrawn. The Times History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902, vol.iii, mentions that the two sqaudrons of the Border Horse, when they arrived on the 5th, “proceeded to storm the Boer schanzes. By noon the whole Boer force was in full retreat towards Aliwal North,” to which place Brabant and Maxwell followed. On the 5th the Border Horse lost 2 killed and several wounded.’ (The Colonials in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers); thus making Wakelin one of the first two members of the regiment to be killed in action.

160 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Cape Colony (1157 Pte. J.F. Johnson. Cape Rly: Shptrs:), good very fine £80-120 1157 Private J.F. Johnson, a native of Kimberley and a Grocer by profession; enlisted Cape Railway Sharpshooters, 28.12.1901.

162

164

161 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Cape Colony (2) (1725 Tpr: R. Duncan. Scott’s Rly: Gds:; 252 Tpr: A. Thom. Scott’s Rly: Gds:), suspension claw loose to first, nearly very fine, last very fine (2) £120-160 Scott’s Railway Guards - ‘The corps, strength about 500, under Lieut.-Colonel R.G. Scott, V.C., D.S.O., did work on the Orange River-Kimberley line... it was infested by roving bands bent on destruction; and Scott’s Railway Guards had often skirmishes involving losses, and had much dangerous patrol work to undertake.’ (The Colonials in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling refers).

162 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Natal (80618 Bmbr. A. McIlveen, R.F.A.), toned, nearly extremely fine £80-100 PROVENANCE:

A.A. Upfill-Brown Collection, December 1991

163 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Natal (2872 Gnr: W. King, Durham R.G.A.), very fine £80-100 164 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (136135 A-B: C. Barham, H.M.S. Powerful), impressed naming, very fine £380-420 136135 Able Seaman Charles Barham, born Dartford, Kent, 1869; enlisted Royal Navy, as Boy Second Class, 1888; served in H.M.S. Powerful, 8.6.1897-9.3.1900 and in H.M.S. Doris, 10.3.1900-10.6.1900; advanced Petty Officer 1st Class, 14.12.1911, and served during the Great War in H.M.S. Roxburgh (cruiser) and at a number of Shore Establishments; discharged 19.1.1923.

Page 77

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 78

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

Captain A.H. Goldie 165

166

165 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (4374 Pte. T. Page, 5th Dragoon Guards), extremely fine £400-500 4374 Private T. Page (latest published transcription of Casualty Roll gives initial ‘G’) 5th Dragoon Guards, was killed in action near Long Valley, Ladysmith, 3.11.1899, during ‘D’ Squadron’s retirement from ‘a hot and accurate fire’; The Times History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902, Vol. III, gives further incite, ‘On the 3rd General Brocklehurst took out a strong cavalry force, eventually comprising almost the whole of the mounted troops in Ladysmith, with a brigade division of artillery, on a reconnaissance against the Free Staters to the west of the town... haphazard action followed, in which some of the Imperial Light Horse were nearly cut off in a regular blind alley among the hills, and only rescued with difficulty by the 5th Dragoon Guards and the artillery. After some five hours’ fighting the British withdrew with a loss of six killed and 28 wounded.’ Page was the Regiment’s first casualty of the siege, and one of only nine men killed in action whilst serving with the 5th Dragoon Guards during the Boer War. PROVENANCE:

Sotheby, December 1990

166 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (Capt. A.H. Goldie, 14th How’z Bty: R.F.A.), virtually Mint State, with a photographic image of the recipient in uniform £700-800 Captain Adrian Hope Goldie, born 1869; educated at Charterhouse; joined the Royal Artillery, 1889; Lieutenant 1892; Captain 1899; accompanied the 14th Battery to South Africa, November 1899, where it joined the Natal Field Force; he was killed in action whilst serving with his battery at the battle of Colenso, 15.12.1899; The Times History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902, Vol. II, gives the following, ‘The field batteries were in a perilous plight. After shooting wildly for the first minute or two the enemy began to pour in a most deadly fire, for they could scarcely have wanted a better target than was presented by the line of twelve guns drawn up with parade-like regularity in the open. The guns, on the other hand, were in a slight hollow and in a far worse position to reply than if they had been 1000 yards further back. Under a terrific volume of fire officers and men began to fall. The men did not suffer so much, but in the first few minutes Colonel Hunt and three other officers were wounded, and Captain Schreiber and Captain Goldie killed. But the way the guns were fought that day was a splendid example of skill and discipline. Concentrating, at 1250 yards range, on Fort Wylie, from which most of the fire came, they kept up so steady a hail of shrapnel, and made such good practice, that after about fifteen minutes they actually succeeded in considerably beating down the enemy’s fire, though not less than 1000 rifles, and perhaps double that number, were directed upon them’; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adds the following about Goldie’s battery, ‘Capt. Goldie dropped dead, so did Lieut. [sic] Schrieber. Colonel Hunt fell shot in two places. Officers and men were falling fast... One gun on the right was still served by four men who refused to leave it. They seemed to bear charmed lives; first one gasped and fell against the trail, and his comrade sank beside the wheel with his chin upon his breast. The third threw up his hands and pitched forward upon his face, while the survivor a grim, powder-stained figure, stood to attention looking death in the in the eyes until he, too, was struck down’; Captain Goldie’s name is inscribed on the tablet in the War Memorial Cloister erected at Charterhouse. Captain Goldie was entitled to a Q.S.A. with ‘Relief of Ladysmith’ clasp only. It would appear that the medal was issued with the ‘Defence of Ladysmith’ clasp due to human error. The medal appears entirely as issued. PROVENANCE:

Spink, October 1991

www.spink.com

Page 78

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 79

April 19, 2012 - London

167

168

Captain C. Walter

167 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Relief of Ladysmith (21348 Gnr: H. Hindes, 66th Bty: R.F.A.), good very fine, a V.C. action casualty £400-500 21348 Gunner Henry Hindes, born Upper Wallop, Wiltshire; enlisted Royal Artillery, 1897; served with the 66th Battery (latest published casualty roll erroneously gives ‘64th Battery’), Royal Field Artillery, and was killed in action at Colenso, 15.12.1899, the 66th Battery was ‘one of the two batteries which got into difficulties [the other being the 14th]. Lost four guns. Had 1 officer and 3 men killed, 2 officers and 11 men wounded, 2 officers and 24 men being reported missing. For their heroic efforts to recover the guns General Buller in his despatch of 16th December recommended Corporal Nurse for the Victoria Cross and 6 drivers for the Distinguished Conduct Medal; and in the general’s despatch of 30th March 1900, 2 officers - 1 of whom had been killed were mentioned, and 4 other men were recommended for the medal for distinguished conduct on the same occasion.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling refers).

168 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Relief of Ladysmith (Capt. C. Walter. Sco. Rif.), good very fine, with a page from the Illustrated London News, featuring a picture of recipient amongst those listed as ‘Killed at Spion Kop, Ladysmith and Modder River’ £800-1,200 Captain Charles Walter, born 1872, the son of General J.M. Walter, C.B.; educated at Wellington and the Royal Military College; commissioned Second Lieutenant Scottish Rifles, 1892; advanced Captain 1899; was serving with 1st Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in India with the outbreak of the Second Boer War; he immediately volunteered for active service and was sent to Natal; he was killed in action by shell fire at Spion Kop, in operations on the Upper Tugela, 24.1.1900; one of three officers from the regiment to be killed at Spion Kop. PROVENANCE:

A.A. Upfill-Brown Collection, December 1991

Page 79

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 80

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 169 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Orange Free State (Mr. C. Duke. Imp: Mil: Rly:), very fine £70-90 Served as a Station Master.

170 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Transvaal (5937 Pte. G. Toms. Rand Rifles.), good very fine £80-100 171 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Transvaal (Mr. F. Kihn. Imp: Mil: Rly:), good very fine £60-80 Served as a Fireman.

172 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, Relief of Ladysmith (88666 Dvr: A.D. Baseley, 63rd Bty: R.F.A.), very fine, scarce casualty to Artillery £300-350 88666 Driver A.D. Baseley (latest published transcription of casualty roll gives ‘Beaseley’), 63rd Battery Royal Field Artillery, was killed in action at Spion Kop, 20.1.1900; on the latter date, ‘the 19th, 28th and 63rd were posted round Three Tree Hill, their muzzles pointing outwards like the spokes of a wheel... At 1.15 two Boer guns and a pom-pom which had lain low all the morning suddenly opened on Three Tree Hill, scattering the crowd of generals, staff officers, and spectators assembled there. For twenty minutes or so they engaged in an artillery duel with the six batteries on the hill, and then turned aside and devoted their attention to Hart’s advance.’ (The Times History of the War in South Africa 18991902, Vol. III, refers) PROVENANCE:

Glendining, March 1993

173 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg (75203 Gnr: J. Irlam, 15th Coy. S.D., R.G.A.), nearly very fine £50-70 174 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg (2893 Pte. E. Reid. K.O. Scot: Bord:), edge details slightly worn, nearly very fine £120-160 2893 Private E. Reid, 1st Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers, was killed in action at Karee Siding, 29.3.1900; the ‘K.O.S.B. had very heavy work... in the action at Karee Siding, fought on 29th March, to clear some hills held by the Boers north of Bloemfontein... losing 1 officer and 14 men killed, and 3 officers and 42 men wounded.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 18991902, J. Stirling, refers).

175 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (74222 Dvr: C. Terry. Y Bty, R.H.A.), remnants of lacquer, very fine, scarce Battery £70-90 74222 Driver Charles A. Terry, born Maidstone, Kent; enlisted Royal Artillery, 1889, and transferred Royal Horse Artillery later that year; served with Y Battery from 10.10.1900; discharged 1.4.1902.

www.spink.com

Page 80

172 176 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (88556 Gnr: W.C. Pearce, 39th Bty: R.F.A.), light scratches, good very fine £60-80 177 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (34994 Gnr: F.G. Meadows. 44th Bty: R.F.A.), nearly extremely fine £70-90 34994 Gunner F.G. Meadows, 44th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, died of disease at Kimberley, 31.3.1901.

178 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (42221 Gnr. J. Watton, 68th Bty., R.F.A.), nearly extremely fine £80-120 42221 Gunner J. Watton, 68th Battery Royal Field Artillery, was severely wounded at Dewetsdorp, 23.11.1900; 2 guns of the 68th Battery formed the artillery of the garrison at Dewetsdorp under the command of Major W.G. Massy, R.A.; both guns were captured during the action and the section lost 1 officer and 8 men wounded.

179 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (22663 Bomb: G. Manning, 87th Bty: R.F.A.), very fine £60-80 The 87th Battery, originally a Howitzer Battery, converted into mounted rifles under the command of Colonel Dunlop in December 1901.

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 81

April 19, 2012 - London

Sergeant F.W. Shells

180 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (3420 Pte. J.W. Asher, 12th Coy. 3rd Imp: Yeo:), very fine £100-120 3420 Private John William Asher, 12th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars) Company, 3rd Imperial Yeomanry, was wounded at Roodeval, 11.6.1900.

181 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (6296 Sgt. F.W. Shells, 34th Coy Imp: Yeo:), nearly very fine, with photographic image of recipient £250-300 6296 Sergeant Frederick Walter Shells, born Torquay, Devon; enlisted 34th (Middlesex) Company 11th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, 30.12.1899; he was killed in action at Senekal, 25.5.1900; the 34th and the 35th Companies later formed the 11th Battalion which for the greater part of its campaigning was a part of the 17th Brigade commanded by Major-General Boyes; the 34th embarked on the White Star SS Cymric and arrived in South Africa 23.3.1900; after several reconnaissances in and around Ladybrand, Abram’s Kraal, Leeuwfontein and Pardevlei, the 34th Company was given the honour of being the advance guard in General Rundle’s advance towards Senekal; at 5.30am on the day of the advance Major H.S. Dalbiac set off with his sixty men (including Sergeant Shells) at the gallop at the head of the General’s force; by 10.00am Dalbiac’s party had come within sight of Senekal, however due to the arduous pace that had been set by the expert horseman, a number of his men were lagging behind; unsure whether the town was still in enemy hands, Dalbiac spurred on alone and demanded the town’s surrender; after questioning the inhabitants, he was left with

the somewhat dissapointing news that the Boers had left earlier that morning; having returned to his waiting troops, he decided to enter and secure the town for General Rundle’s advance; whilst in the process of doing this the Yeomanry were fired upon from a Kopje overlooking the town; Dalbiac’s immediate reaction was to jump onto his horse and charge the uphill position; despite his horse falling twice during the ascent, he managed to get his men in a position to order the dismount; however, whilst calling for his Sergeant Major (Roller) he received a gun shot through the jugular and was fatally silenced mid call, ‘He was a victim, as so many have been in this campaign, to his own proud disregard of danger’ (‘The Great Boer War’, Conan Doyle, refers); his horse, also fatally wounded, in its panic rolled on top of the Major thus preventing his men from retrieving their commanding officer’s body; fewer than 30 men charged the uphill position,’most of the horses were shot. The Major was killed; he fell dead with a bullet through his neck. The rest lay on the ground, to make a fight and the best of a bad job. They had no cover, except the short grass, which was no protection. More men were wounded, and gallant young Deane, rising on his knee to take a good aim, was shot through the head, falling dead without uttering a sound. When Shells was shot he remarked it was hard luck being taken off before striking a single blow’. Extracts published in The Story of The 34th Company, I.Y. from Private F.J.B. Lee’s diary give the following, ‘On reaching the top, which as usual, was flat and devoid of cover, I found the Major already up, with some half-dozen fellows, among whom was Sergeant Shells, who had his horse short under him, and who immediately afterwards was shot in the back’; the 34th Company suffered five killed, four wounded and thirteen taken prisoner as a result of the action; the rest of the party led by Sergeant Major Roller (later recommended for the Victoria Cross by General Rundle) managing to make it back to Rundle’s advancing troops. PROVENANCE:

Glendining, June 1996

182 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Mr. A. Hewson. Imp: Mil: Rly:), nearly extremely fine £60-80 Served as a Driver.

183 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (868 Pte. P. Hart. Rly: Pnr: Regt.), light scratches, good very fine £60-80 184 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener (76690 Gnr: J. Palfrey, 14th Coy. W.D., R.G.A.), contact marks, nearly very fine, rare £300-350 76690 Gunner James Palfrey, born South Moulton, Devon; enlisted Royal Artillery, 1890; served in South Africa until July 1902 (entitled to K.S.A. with two clasps); discharged 24.12.1906; died whilst residing in Bristol, 6.8.1912.

185 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (704 Gnr: B.W. Yelverton. Cape G.A.), very fine £60-80 Page 81

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 82

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

190

192

186 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen (54412 Dr. J.F. Bennett, 5th Bty: R.F.A.), good very fine £60-80

190 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith (4165, Corpl: J. McHardy. 18/Hrs.), good very fine £300-350

187 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 (987 Pte. A.J. Probert. 1st City Vols:), minor edge nicks, therefore very fine £60-80 188 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Natal, Transvaal (46007 Coy. Qr: Mr: Serjt: C.A. Wood. Edin: Coy. R.G.A.), minor edge bruising, very fine £80-120 46007 Company Quartermaster Sergeant Charles Alfred Wood, born Stonehouse, Devon; enlisted Royal Artillery, 1885; discharged 17.1.1903.

189 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State (7426 Br: G. Lofts, 23rd W.D., R.G.A.), officially re-impressed, very fine £100-140 7426 Bombardier George Lofts, born Sheffield, South Yorkshire; enlisted Royal Artillery, 1894; Bombardier, 1.1.1902 (entitled K.S.A. with two clasps); discharged 12.12.1906.

4165 Corporal J. McHardy served with C Squadron, 18th Hussars, during the Boer War; having been involved at Talana they took part in the Defence of Ladysmith and ‘during the siege the remaining squadrons of the 18th Hussars were frequently engaged. On 8th December 1899 they and the 5th Lancers made a reconnaissance of which Sir George White spoke very favourably’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers); it was on the latter date that McHardy was killed in action. PROVENANCE:

Sotheby, December 1990

191 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith (14186 Dvr. F. Whitworth, 13th Bty., R.F.A.), very fine £140-180 Invalided 25.5.1900.

192 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith (4853. Pte. H.C. Andrews. 5/Lcrs.), extremely fine £550-650 4853 Private H.C. Andrews, 5th Lancers, was killed in action at Ladysmith, 6.1.1900; on the latter date the 5th Lancers ‘were sent to reinforce Wagon Hill in the great attack on 6th January’ (Sir G. White’s despatch of 23rd March 1900 refers); Andrews is listed as the only fatality to befall the Regiment on this occasion. PROVENANCE:

Sotheby, December 1990

www.spink.com

Page 82

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:46

Page 83

April 19, 2012 - London

193

193 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith (14137 Dvr: G. Davis, 21st Bty: R.F.A.), good very fine £250-300 14137 Driver G. Davis, 21st Battery Royal Field Artillery was ‘Invalided to England’ (Medal roll refers). ‘21st Battery - Was in Ladysmith when Sir George White arrived in Natal. Along with the 42nd Battery did excellent work at Elandslaagte, 21st October 1899. Their services at Lombard’s Kop or Ladysmith, 30th October, like those of Sir George White’s other batteries, were invaluable, and prevented a check from being a defeat. The Times historian has laid the greatest possible stress on this point, and undoubtedly Britain owed very much to the six batteries R.F.A. engaged that day. Before the naval guns had arrived the little 15-pounders had actually pushed in under the nose of the 100-lb monster on Pepworth Hill, and had driven his workers from his side. The value of their services was freely acknowledged by Sir George White. After the siege commenced the artillery had plenty to do. On 3rd November the 21st, 42nd, and 53rd were sent out and again earned praise. On the day of the great attack the 21st was at Range Post to prevent reinforcements reaching the enemy from the West.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers) PROVENANCE:

194

195 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (31518 Gnr. P. Moran, 19th Bty., R.F.A.), minor edge nicks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £120-160 31518 Gunner P. Moran, 19th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, died of disease at Modder Spruit, 11.6.1900.

196 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg (82302 Dvr: D. Lloyd, R.H.A.), edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine £60-80 82302 Driver Dennis Lloyd, born Nottingham; enlisted Royal Artillery, 1890; transferred to Army Reserve, 1897; recalled for Army Service, October 1899; served with the Ammunition Column, Royal Horse Artillery in South Africa, October 1899-July 1900.

197 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg (76064 Dvr: W. Tracey, 76th Bty., R.F.A.), very fine £60-80

Spink, September 1978

194 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (195489 Ord: A.E. Terry, H:M:S Terrible), impressed naming, very fine £240-280

198 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Mr. W.P. Thomson. Imp: Mil: Rly:), extremely fine £80-100 Served as a Solicitor.

195489 Leading Seaman Albert Edward Terry, born Westbourne, Sussex, 1879; enlisted Royal Navy, as Boy Second Class, 1897; served with H.M.S. Terrible, 1.11.189821.3.1900; discharged Leading Seaman, 4.6.1914.

Page 83

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:47

Page 84

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

201

203

199 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (67571 Gnr: C. Stacey. 7th Bty., R.F.A.), surname partially officially corrected, good very fine £40-60

203 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (18953 Dvr. T.H. Humphries, 61st Bty., R.F.A.), extremely fine £180-220

200 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Trasvaal, Laing’s Nek (Mr. W. Perfect. Imp: Mil: Rly:), very fine, last clasp scarce to unit £80-100 Served as a Plate Layer.

201 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (Lieut. R.S. Seago, Rly: Pnr: Rgt:), last clasp loose on riband, toned, extremely fine £140-180 202 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (18868 Dvr: P. Alsford, 61st Bty: R.F.A.), very fine £140-180 18868 Driver P. Alsford served with the 61st (Howitzer) Battery Royal Field Artillery, which ‘took part in the fighting about Potgeiter’s Drift and Spion Kop, the engagement at Vaal Krantz, and in the final effort to relieve Ladysmith. In these and in the turning movement via Helpmakaar, Alleman’s Nek, Bergendal, and other actions, the 61st did good work’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers); Alsford died of Enteric Fever at Mooi River, 8.4.1900.

www.spink.com

Page 84

18953 Driver T.H. Humphries (latest published transcription of casualty roll gives ‘Humphreys’), 61st (Howitzer) Battery, Royal Field Artillery, was killed in action at Ladysmith, 26.2.1900.

204 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (11476. Dr. W.E. Smart. A.S.C.), nearly extremely fine £70-90 205 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein (10107 Gnr: C.H. Bloxham, 82nd Bty: R.F.A.), nearly extremely fine £100-130 10107 Gunner C.H. Bloxham, 82nd Battery, Royal Field Artillery, died of disease at Bloemfontein, 4.5.1900.

206 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein (92448 Gnr: J. McMahon, 82nd Bty., R.F.A), contact marks, very fine £60-80

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:47

Page 85

April 19, 2012 - London 207 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein (2563 Pte. R. Knowles, 2nd D. Of C. Lt. Infy.), good very fine £100-130 2563 Private R. Knowles, 2nd Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, died of disease at Naauwpoort, 8.5.1900.

208 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (2) (26828 Gnr: J. Taylor, 62nd Bty: R.F.A.; 2203 Gnr: C.W. Worthington, 62nd Bty: R.F.A.), first partially officially renamed, generally nearly very fine or better (2) £110-130

209 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2) (75599 Gnr: A. Ransome, M’ Bty: R.H.A.; 22971 Gnr: W.R. Young, 17th Bty., R.F.A.), both with official corrections, nearly very fine or better (2) £80-120

210 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (29162 Gnr: A. Deacon, 88th Bty., R.F.A.), very fine £70-90 29162 Gunner A. Deacon, 88th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, died of disease at Krugersdorp 3.6.1901.

211 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (12380 Bomb: Cr: Mr: G. Hervey. 4th Mtn: Bty: R.G.A.), good very fine £80-120 12380 Bombardier Collar Maker G. Hervey, 4th Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, died of disease at Naauwport, 31.7.1901.

212 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2226 Gr. W. Nicholls, Hants: & I. Of W. R.G.A.), suspension slack, very fine £60-80

213 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6277 Sapper W.G.P. Goodridge. Rl. Engineers.), very fine £60-80

214 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6000 Pte. A. Lee. E. Kent Regt.), good very fine £140-180 6000 Private A. Lee, East Kent Regiment, was killed in action at Baakenlaagte, 30.10.1901, on the latter date ‘the Buffs formed part of Colonel Benson’s column when it was attacked at Baakenlaagte... The rear-guard, which was the object of the enemy’s main attack, “was composed of two companies Mounted Infantry, two squadrons Scottish Horse, two guns 84th Battery, and one company 2nd Buffs, the whole under the command of Major Anley, 3rd Mounted Infantry. The guns, the company of Buffs, and 50 Mounted Infantry were posted on a ridge, some Mounted Infantry and Scottish Horse being out as a screen. The screen was ordered to close in, but at the same time it was compelled by a strong force of enemy to retire. The company of the Buffs which formed the original escort, posted well to the front of the guns on the south side of the ridge, was captured by the enemy, as he rode practically into our position almost in touch with our men. Colonel Benson had ordered up two additional companies of the Buffs to reinforce the ridge, but these did not succeed in reaching any positions whence their fire could effectually be brought to bear. Colonel Benson reached the guns, and there he and Colonel Guinness fell. Only one end of the ridge, occupied by some of the Mounted Infantry, remained in our hands when darkness setin. The two guns were captured and removed after dusk’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers); the Buffs suffered casualties of 1 officer and 8 men killed, 3 officers and 39 men wounded.

215 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (16096 Pte. P.F.R. Butterfield. Impl: Yeomanry), very fine £80-120 16096 Private Percy Frederick Butterfield 76th (Rough Riders) Company 20th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry was accidently wounded at Thaba ‘Nchu, 6.10.1900, when ‘the patrolling at night amongst so many detached posts was rather difficult and dangerous work, especially as the men were liable to be mistaken for the enemy by their own comrades. One night one of these patrols was shot at by a rather jumpy sentry, and a man (Trooper Butterfield), was hit. The bullet struck the horse’s withers, passed through the man’s thigh, and out through the saddle.’ (Records of the Rough Riders, M. Rew, refers).

216 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1098 Pte. C. Davies. Victorian M.R.), edge bruise, good very fine £120-160

Page 85

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:47

Page 86

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

217

217 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut: G.H. Thurston, Rly: Pnr: Rgt.), darkly toned, good very fine £200-300 Lieutenant George H. ‘Pham-Pham’ Thurston, born Australia, 1869; was employed as an engineer by Fraser and Chalmers of Chicago prior to moving to Tranvaal, 1893; was associated with Consolidated Gold Fields Company, from 1899 and was Chief Engineer, Simmer & Jack G.M. Co., Ltd; one of the founder members of the Railway Pioneer Regiment he was taken prisoner of war at Rhenoster River, 7.6.1900, and on the latter date ‘the 4th Derbyshire Regiment was attacked at Roodewal, Kroonstad... a detachment about 70 strong of the Railway Pioneer Regiment was present and in the fighting, which ended in the capture of the post. They lost Captain Gale and 4 men killed and about 16 wounded’ (The Colonials in South Africa 18991902, J. Stirling, refers); Thurston escaped twelve days later; after the war he continued his employment with the Consolidated Gold Fields Company, and was based in Johannesburg.

218 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (596 Pte. C.H. Bromfield. Rly: Pnr: Regt.), light scratches, otherwise nearly extremely fine £70-90

Lieutenant G.H. Thurston

219 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2) (1491 Pte. J. Eddy. Rly: Pnr: Regt.; 1409 Pte. B. Fine. Rly: Pnr: Regt.), generally very fine (2) £120-160

220 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (538 Pte. S. Heard. Rly: Pnr: Regt.), good very fine £60-80

221 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2) (1231 Pte. F. Hill. Rly: Pnr: Regt.; 1028 Pte. P. Walter. Rly: Pnr: Regt.), generally very fine (2) £120-160

222 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (739 Bugler H.C. Theron. Rly: Pnr: Regt.), very fine £100-140 739 Bugler H.C. Theron, Railway Pioneer Regiment, was taken prisoner of war at Virginia 2.7.1900.

www.spink.com

Page 86

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:47

Page 87

April 19, 2012 - London 223 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (188 Gnr: E. Fitzgerald. 9th Bty: R.F.A.), very fine £60-80

224 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (2518 Gnr: W. Morgan, Donegal R.G.A.), unofficial rivets between state and date clasps, very fine, scarce £140-180

228 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (2) (21651 Cpl. W. Porteous, 2nd Bty: R.F.A.; 96436 Gnr. J. Kehoe, 77th Bty., R.F.A.), 1st partially officially corrected, minor edge bruising, very fine (2) £110-130

229 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (23843 Gnr: T. Dyer, 79th Bty: R.F.A.), light contact marks, otherwise good very fine £60-80

225 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (2) (8429 Gnr: J. Belcher. 20th Bty: R.F.A.; 9668 Gnr: F.B. Enright. 78th Bty: R.F.A.), 1st nearly very fine, 2nd minor edge bruising therefore very fine (2) £120-160

230 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (76606 Dvr: J. Young, 79th Bty: R.F.A.), good very fine £60-80

226 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Belfast (73773 Cpl: Cr: Mr: J. Daynes. 65th Bty: R.F.A.), minor edge nicks, otherwise good very fine £70-90

231 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (19494 Gnr: R. Whitby, 6th E.D., R.G.A.), minor edge nicks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £60-80

73773 Corporal Collar Maker James Daynes, born Acle, Norfolk; enlisted Eastern Division Royal Artillery (Militia), December 1888; attested Royal Artillery, May 1889; discharged 30.4.1902.

227 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps (2), Cape Colony, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (87515 Gnr: G. Parker, 2nd W.D., R.G.A.); Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (31164 Gnr: J.H. Dolling. 10th W.D. R.G.A.), 1st with minor edge bruising, very fine, 2nd with unofficial rivets between state and date clasps, good very fine (2) £120-160

232 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (1326 Gnr: A.E. Sherman, C.I.V.), good very fine £180-220

Page 87

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:47

Page 88

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

Trooper J.C. Boughton

233 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (6364 Tpr: J. Boughton 34th Coy Imp: Yeo:), good very fine, with photographic image of recipient in uniform £140-180 6364 Trooper John Charles Boughton, born Midhurst, Sussex; enlisted 34th (Middlesex) Company Imperial Yeomanry, 2.1.1900; served as Colonel Mitford’s orderly at General Rundle’s headquarters; rejoined the Company at Harrismith, 2.12.1900; drowned attempting to save the life of Private Kennard (36th Company Imperial Yeomanry) whilst crossing the Maperi River at Clocolan, 2.4.1901; The Story of the 34th Company I.Y. states the following, ‘The horse of young Kennard... fell and rose... The horse rose - to swim - without his rider! There was every reason to believe that the boy had been rendered unconscious, either by a kick or by a hidden rock; he made but little struggle, and for a few seconds was tossed about by the checked but turbulent water immediately below the crossing... Bernard Pitt, of the 36th, a strong and splendid swimmer, was the first to make a practical move. He struck out from our side of the drift... and caught the drowning man by the hair and both were swept into the currents. Pitt was fighting for two lives now... With Boughton, I had rushed down the banks below the drift. Boughton was a good swimmer and strong man. I could not swim. However much I desired to help, I was powerless... Boughton threw off his cloak and tunic and entered the water, close by the bank, where he could stand against it, and eagerly watched Pitt and his charge as they struggled desperately towards the south bank. Williams of the 36th,

www.spink.com

Page 88

who had run some eighty yards down the south bank and watched the couple, now plunged in ahead of them, for Pitt was getting exhausted and there was danger of his being drowned. Williams took Kennard from Pitt’s grasp for a few moments and the situation looked critical for all. Boughton was greatly moved at that. They were slipping into greater danger. “Oh Boughton,” I cried, “don’t go yet, nothing on earth could cross here! But he could not stand by and see his comrades drown without some attempt to save. His face set hard as he struck out to help them. He realised to the full the risk - that could be seen; but there was the chance to save. I shall never see a braver act than that. For a few moments he struck out to help them, to win his way across, but the midcurrent caught him as if he had been a straw and shot him down-stream. Kelsey and I followed along the bank, running at top speed. Boughton was fighting for his own life now and only tried to keep straight on the top of the rapids. I shouted above the roar of waters to him and he turned a stern, resolute face towards me, “Oh, lad, keep up, keep up!” was all I could find to say... A still greater danger threatened him. Ahead was a group of rocks and boulders, and about them were furious waters tumbling and boiling. Into these he was pitched, a second later he rose and then sank. I covered my face for the horror of it. A moment after the body of young Kennard rose on the crest of the cataract and rolled under into the caludron below’; the other two men involved in the rescue were saved and early the following morning ‘In camp we learnt that poor Boughton’s body had just been discovered among the rocks below, and that we were to trek at nine o’clock... A fatigue party of 34th quickly dug a grave close by the camp, and we buried our poor comrade as the Convoy trekked out... Barrington read the service very beautifully, and at the Lord’s Prayer there were few dry eyes. Boughton had died a hero, and he was buried as became a soldier’; Boughton, Pitt and Williams were commended for their gallant conduct in the Commanding Officer’s orders, read out to the men; upon the 34th’s return to England, ‘A collection was there [Wellington Barracks] made among the men for a brass to be erected in memory of Trooper Boughton, who so heroically gave up his life at Maperi Spruit on April 2nd’ (ibid); this Memorial Brass was placed in Lodsworth Church, Sussex. PROVENANCE:

Glendining, June 1993

234 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (2282 Gnr: P. McCarthy, Donegal R.G.A.), last clasp loose on riband as issued, minor edge nicks, good very fine, scarce £140-180 2282 Gunner Patrick McCarthy, born Limerick, Ireland; enlisted Royal Artillery, 1897; posted to Special Service Company, Donegal R.G.A., 13.6.1899; discharged 23.8.1901. PROVENANCE:

Glendining, December 1991

235 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Relief of Mafeking, Orange Free State, Transvaal (77269 Dvr: F. Woolley, M’ Bty: R.H.A.), partially officially corrected, good very fine, scarce £200-240 M Battery - ‘Arrived at the Cape about 20th March 1900. Formed part of Colonel Mahon’s force for the relief of Mafeking. Specially mentioned twice in Colonel Mahon’s report of 23rd May 1900.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers); Only 2 Sections of M Battery R.H.A. took part in the Relief of Mafeking.

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:47

Page 89

April 19, 2012 - London

236 236 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek (317 Tpr: D. Donaldson. Natal M.R.), edge bruise, very fine, scarce £280-320 Glendining, March 1992

237 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (12632 Gnr: P. Appleby, 42nd Bty., R.F.A.), very fine £250-300 42nd Battery - ‘Was at Ladysmith when war broke out. The battery’s work at Elandslaagte, Riefontein, and during the siege was most highly praised. The 42nd was part of the usual garrison of Caesar’s Camp, and was very heavily engaged on 6th January 1900.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 18991902, J. Stirling, refers) PROVENANCE:

Spink, May 1991

238 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (93464 Dvr: W. Barnes, 53rd Bty: R.F.A.), partially officially corrected, very fine £120-160 53rd Battery - ‘Was in Ladysmith when Sir George White arrived in Natal. The 53rd was engaged at Rietfontein on 24th October, and did exceptionally good work at Lombard’s Kop on the 30th. During the siege they had much fighting. On the night of 7th December they took part in a reconnaissance which Sir George White said was well carried out. On 6th January, during the great attack, the battery excelled its previous efforts. “These guns, most ably handled, came into action on Klip River Flats... and inflicted very heavy losses on the enemy.” On the day of the relief the 53rd and 67th were sent out to harass the retreating enemy, but the horses were too far gone.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stiriling, refers).

237 239 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (713 Pte. J. Caddy. Durban L.I.), very fine £130-160 713 Private J. Caddy, Durban Light Infantry is recorded as being wounded at De Jager’s Drift, 1.10.1900; on the latter date the Durban Light Infantry formed part of an escort for a convoy which was attacked eight miles east of De Jager’s Drift, ‘We left De Jager’s Drift early in the morning to proceed via Blood River and meet the Regulars who were coming from Wakkerstroom. Norman Fisher, J.W. Booth, two others, and myself were told to extend out 600 yards to the left fron of the waggons and in advance of the squadron. At about 9.30am I caught a half-caste hiding in a donga. I took him prisoner and he admitted he was a Boer scout. Taken before the O.C. of the convoy, he stated that there were about 40 Boers in the spruit (Riet Spruit) and that they had slept at a nearby farm. I suggested that our best plan was to man the donga which was about a mile long and 6 feet deep. As far as I can remember, the officer said “It can’t be as serious as that”. He ordered me, however, to hold fast with my four men. The squadron had a Hotchkiss gun and the non-commissioned officer in charge of it went ahead with it into the open with about six men. He opened fire and the mules, with the ammunition for the gun, stampeded. His party was now about 200 yards ahead of the main body. The Boers were on a slight ridge and when they opened fire everyone made for an ant-heap. This provided fine sport for the Boers. I told my group to take up positions and as they did so Booth was shot through the stomach and fell back on me. Fisher and I got behind ant-heaps, but he was dangerously wounded in the head, a part of the bone being shot away. The situation deteriorated and became hopeless. Someone away to the right put up a white flag. I decided to prevent as many mules as possible falling into enemy hands and I deliberately stampeded about 9 teams. When I got back to the waggons they were in enemy hands.’ (Private E.A. Mills, Durban Light Infantry, Personal Account, refers); The Volunteer Record by Milligan states that the action lasted some time, with the escort attacked from three sides, ‘three natives were killed, Pte. J.W. Booth of the D.L.I. died of his wounds, and Ptes. J. Caddy, M.B. Hawtrey, and N. Fisher, all of the D.L.I., were wounded.’ The latest published transcription of the casualty roll does not list Caddy.

Page 89

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:47

Page 90

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 240 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (73907 Gnr: J. Tester, 21: B, R.F.A.), light contact marks, nearly very fine £80-100

241 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (33313 Dr. F. Readstone, G Bty., R.H.A.), good very fine £80-120 G Battery - ‘The battery took part in the rush to Kimberley. G and P were the two batteries which accompanied Broadwood in the hurried ride from Kimberley on 17th February 1900, and had the honour of heading Cronje at Koodoesrand Drift, one of the most successful and striking incidents in the campaign. They took part in all the subsequent fighting on the way to Bloemfontein, and afterwards on the way to Pretoria.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers).

242 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (93725 Dvr: J.H. Leeves, O Bty., R.H.A.), very fine £80-120 93725 Driver J.H. Leeves was invalided, 23.6.1900.

244 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (10083 Bomb. J. Stoddart, Q, B., R.H.A.), partial official correction to number, good fine £300-350 10083 Sergeant Joseph Stoddart, born Newcastle, 1871; enlisted in the Royal Horse Artillery, June 1895; promoted Bombardier, April 1899; served with Q Battery, Royal Horse Artillery in South Africa from December 1899; severely wounded at Sannah’s Post, 31.3.1900 (Service Papers refer; latest published casualty roll erroneously lists him as 10838 Bombardier J. Stoddard); Stoddart’s name would have been in the ballot for the Victoria Cross to a gunner from the battery; Four V.C.’s were awarded (one to an officer, one to a non-commissioned officer, one to a gunner and one to a driver) to the gallant battery; subsequently invalided home, 11.6.1900; served in China, November 1900 to October 1901 (Medal, no clasp); promoted Corporal, 24.1.1901; Sergeant, 10.3.1904; posted to P Battery, 13.1.1910; Long Service and G.C. Medal, 1913; discharged, 26.6.1913 after 18 years’ service.

245 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (33017 Gnr: N. Norman, T Bty: R.H.A.), minor edge nicks, good very fine £80-120 33017 Gunner N. Norman served with T Battery, Royal Horse Artillery during the Second Boer War and is shown as ‘Invalided, 18.6.1900.’ PROVENANCE:

243 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (25497 Dr: J. Shaw, P, B, R.H.A.), good very fine £100-130 25497 Driver J. Shaw, P Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, died of disease at Deelfontein, 26.5.1900. P Battery - ‘Was on the lines of communication for a time, then took part in the rush to Kimberley and General French’s other work up to the occupation of Pretoria. G and P accompanied Broadwood in the ride from Kimberley to Koodoesrand Drift, and the first shell which fell among the waggons in the drift and spread consternation through Cronje’s commandos was fired by P Battery.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers). PROVENANCE:

Glendining, June 1991

www.spink.com

Page 90

A.A. Upfill-Brown Collection, December 1991

246 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (85014 Gnr: D.M. Urquhart, T Bty: R.H.A.), light scratches to edge, very fine £80-100

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:47

Page 91

April 19, 2012 - London

248

249

247 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Transvaal, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (2292 Pte. R. Cape. Rly: Pnr: Regt), last two clasps loose on riband, minor edge bruise, good very fine £80-120

249 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal (40 Dvr: E.L. Kenny. Canadian F.A.), top lugs neatly removed, very fine, scarce £240-280

2292 Private Robert Cape served with the 4th Battalion Railway Pioneer Regiment (Transvaal and Tugela Heights clasps), he transferred as a Bearer, Natal Volunteer Ambulance Corps, for service during the Relief of Ladysmith (and additional entitlement to South Africa 1901 clasp).

Canadian Artillery - ‘Canada furnished three batteries of artillery, “C”, “D” and “E”, of six guns each.’ (The Colonials in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers).

248 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut: J.C. Rous [sic], Rly: Pnr: Rgt.), good very fine £180-220 Lieutenant J.C. Rouse, Railway Pioneer Regiment was mentioned in Lord Kitchener’s final despatch, 23.6.1902 (London Gazette 29.7.1902); the medal rolls note that the recipient also served with the Colonial Defence Force and Field Intelligence Department under Colonel Haig. PROVENANCE:

A.A. Upfill-Brown Collection, December 1991

Medal roll confirms clasp entitlement, but also states ‘Replacement 24.1.1913, Address: - 184 Madison Ave., Toronto.’

250 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (4936 Gnr. P.O’Berines, 78th Bty., R.F.A.), edge bruise, very fine £100-140 PROVENANCE:

Glendining, December 1991

251 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps (2), Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (78982 Gnr: A. Mee, 65th Bty: R.F.A.), unofficial rivets between 3rd and 4th clasps; Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (63906 Gnr: H. Green, 86th Bty: R.F.A.), 1st contact marks, nearly very fine, 2nd minor edge nicks, good very fine (2) £130-160

Page 91

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:47

Page 92

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 254 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (71077 B.Q.M. Sgt A. Riches, 87th Bty., R.F.A.), light contact marks, very fine £120-160

253

252 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (3769 Pte. H. Tozer, 2: D. Of C. Lt. Inft.), good very fine £70-90 Medal Roll gives ‘Deceased’. PROVENANCE:

Christie’s, April 1992

253 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (5777 Pte. F.C. White, 1st Border Regt), partially officially corrected, nearly extremely fine £280-320 5777 Private F.C. White served with the 1st Battalion, Border Regiment during the Second Boer War; he was wounded at Spion Kop, 20.1.1900, in the lead up to which his battalion were ‘at Colenso on 15th December 1899... in support of the rest of the brigade in the attack near Brindle Drift. It lost 6 men killed, 3 officers and 42 men wounded. The battalion was specially mentioned by General Buller. At Venter’s Spruit the battalion was heavily engaged on 20th January, and between the 20th and 26th lost 1 officer and 7 men killed, and 4 officers and about 133 men wounded.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers); White died of disease at Litchenberg, 14.6.1900.

www.spink.com

Page 92

71077 Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Arthur Riches, born Harleston, Norfolk, 1867; enlisted Royal Artillery, 1889; Corporal 1894; B.Q.M.S. July 1899; served with the 87th (Howitzer) Battery, Royal Field Artillery during the Second Boer War, and was mentioned in Lord Roberts’ despatch, 29.11.1900 (London Gazette 10.9.1901); the battery ‘arrived [in South Africa] on 20th February 1900, and joined General Clements near Norval’s Pont in March. Got to Bloemfontein in April, and was part of the garrison there till end of August, when two sections went to Johannesburg and one to Springfontein. About the end of 1900 one gun joined Colonel Allenby’s column and one Colonel Pulteney’s column, both of which were in the big operations in the Eastern Transvaal. In December 1901 the personnel of the battery was, like those of many others, converted into mounted rifles, and under Colonel Dunlop took part in many great drives both in the Orange River Colony and the Transvaal.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers); awarded Long Service & G.C. Medal, 1907; Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 21.7.1908; posted Reserve Brigade, 21.8.1914, and served at home until his discharge, 3.7.1919, after 30 years and 136 days service.

255 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (Lieut. E.G. Cowlard, 2/D of C.L.I.), last clasp loose on riband as issued, clasp carriage retaining rod restored, minor official correction to surname, nearly extremely fine £140-180 Lieutenant Edward G. Cowlard, born 1878, a native of Bodmin, he was the second son of C.L. Cowlard, Clerk of Peace for the County of Cornwall; educated at Marlborough; he was a ‘Lieutenant in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, and was granted the rank of Lieutenant in the Army on proceeding to South Africa, March, 1900, as one of the officers of the Volunteer Company attached to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. His name is inscribed on a tablet placed in Marlborough College Chapel in memory of all Marlburians who fell in the War.’ (The Last Post, M.G. Dooner, refers); Cowlard died of enteric fever at Springfontein, 5.3.1901; he is also commemorated in Truro Cathedral. PROVENANCE:

Christie’s, April 1992

256 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (1166 Pte. D.M. Barrie. Rly: Pnr: Regt), last clasp loose on riband, very fine £80-100

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:47

Page 93

April 19, 2012 - London 257 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (1976 Pte. W. Chappell. Rly: Pnr: Regt), unofficial rivets between state and date clasps, nearly extremely fine £80-120

262 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2763 Pte. G. Page. Rl: Fus:), unofficial rivets between state and date clasps, minor edge nicks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £70-90

258 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (2523 3rd Cl. Tpr. T.G. White. S.A.C.), very fine £60-80

263 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps (2) Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (81137 Gnr. J. Stevenson, 83rd Bty., R.F.A.); Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (12781 A. Br: G.F. Wright, 36th S.D., R.G.A.), 1st minor edge nicks, good very fine, 2nd rank officially corrected, nearly very fine (2) £120-160

259 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Belfast (961 Gnr: A. Christmas. J, B, R.H.A.), extremely fine £80-120 961 Gunner A. Christmas, J Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, died of disease at Heidelberg, 21.7.1900. PROVENANCE:

Spink, April 1993

260 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Belfast (25521 Gnr: J. Middlemass, J, B, R.H.A.), minor edge nicks, therefore very fine £80-100 25521 Gunner J. Middlemass, J Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, died of epilepsy at Meerut, 19.7.1903.

264 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (2850 Pte. J. Anderson, W. York: Regt), unofficial rivets between state and date clasps, minor edge bruising, very fine £100-130 2850 Private J. Anderson, 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment; killed in a railway accident at Nylstroom, near Pretoria, 7.6.1901

265 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (31510 Gnr. F.E. Mansell, 67th Bty., R.F.A.), minor edge bruising, therefore very fine £140-180

261 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4269 Dvr: H. Clark. U Bty: R.H.A.), last two clasps loose on riband as issued, nearly extremely fine £70-90

266 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (25412 Gnr: F. Wilkins, 10th M.B., R.G.A.), contact marks, nearly very fine £140-180

U Battery - ‘Went with General French to Kimberley and Bloemfontein. Practically the whole personnel and five guns were taken by the enemy at Sannah’s Post, 31st March 1900. Took part in the initial stages of the operations for surrounding Prinsloo, July 1900, thereafter in the pursuit of De Wet. Towards the close of 1900 the battery was doing fine work in the north of Orange River Colony under General E.C. Know and Colonel Le Gallais. In the action on 27th October two guns and some waggons were captured from De Wet, one of these guns being one which the battery had lost at Sannah’s Post.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 18991902, J. Stirling, refers).

267 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, South Africa 1901 (12121 Dvr: C.J.J. Fountain, 53rd Bty: R.F.A.), unofficial rivets between 3rd and 4th clasps, edge bruise, good very fine £140-180 12121 Driver Charles James Jessop Fountain, born Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire; enlisted Royal Artillery, 1895; served in South Africa, September 1899-October 1901; discharged 17.11.1907.

Page 93

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:47

Page 94

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria day... At Enslin it was much the same, but the artillery did very good work both before and during the action. At Modder River they were invaluable. In his despatch of 1st December 1899 Lord Methuen said: “During the entire action the 75th and 18th Batteries had vied with each one another in showing gallantry and proficiency.”’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers).

270 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Modder River, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901 (31713 Dvr: E. Sweeney, 75th Bty: R.F.A.), edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £80-100 75th Battery - ‘At Modder River the 75th had 2 killed and 12 wounded. Three officers gained mention by Lord Methuen, 2 of whom were wounded. In the latter part of 1900 the battery was employed about Commando Nek and other places north-west of Pretoria. On 3rd December 1900 two guns were with a convoy on the Rustenburg road when attacked by a strong force. The slender escort took up a position on a kopje covering the road, and the enemy were eventually driven off. Lord Kitchener said the escort fought with great gallantry, the enemy, who were also brave, coming close to the guns and being killed with case-shot at 50 yards.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers).

268

268 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg (4097 Sjt. W.F. Skinner. R.M. H.M.S. Powerful), pawnbroker’s mark to edge at 1 o’clock, light contact marks, therefore very fine £500-600 4097 Colour Sergeant William Edward Skinner, born Chelsea, London; enlisted Royal Marines as Private, 1887; attached for service with H.M.S. Powerful, 15.9.18999.3.1900, and ‘19.10.1899 landed with the Naval Brigade attached to Kimberley relief force in the Boer War. Took part in all [four] actions fought by that force, at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River, and Magersfontein’ (service papers refer); Colour Sergeant 1906; service during the Great War included as part of Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division, 1.1.191531.10.1916; discharged 2.8.1919. A unique combination of clasps to H.M.S. Powerful, from approximately 28 four clasps awards to the ship.

269 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (31736 Gnr: A.T. Moody, 18th Batt. R.F.A.), contact marks, nearly very fine £80-120 18th Battery - ‘Sailed on the Zibenghla before war was declared, and had anything but a prosperous voyage, the machinery breaking down frequently and the water running short. Along with the 75th was the only artillery Lord Methuen had in the actions of Belmont, 23rd November 1899, and Enslin, 25th November, and up till late in the afternoon these were the only batteries at Modder River, 28th November. At Belmont the artillery horses, not yet hardened up, were utterly unable to pursue at the close of

www.spink.com

Page 94

271 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (33439 Gnr: M.T. Edwards, U Bty., R.H.A.), edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £240-280 33439 Gunner M.T. Edwards (latest published transcription of casualty roll erroneously gives initial as ‘F’) served with U Battery, Royal Horse Artillery during the Second Boer War, and was taken prisoner of war with ‘practically the whole personnel and five guns’ at Sannah’s Post, 31.3.1900; he ‘Died of Disease Whilst Prisoner of War in Pretoria June 1900’ (service papers refer).

272 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (72107 Gnr: A. Maloney, 4th M.B., R.G.A.), good very fine £90-110 4th Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery - ‘Joined General Buller in January 1900. They do not seem to have got into action at Spion Kop, but they had their guns on the top of Swartz Kop, opposite Vaal Krantz, in the beginning of February, and they were engaged in the final effort at Colenso and Pieter’s Hill.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers) PROVENANCE:

Glendining, September 1991

273 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901 (34662 Gnr: T. Reynolds, 13/Bty: R.F.A.), unofficial rivets between 3rd and 4th clasps, minor official correction to unit, nearly very fine £60-80

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:47

Page 95

April 19, 2012 - London

274

274 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (E.P. Oliver, Gnr. Natal Naval Vols:), minor edge bruising, very fine, scarce £200-300 The ‘Defence of Ladysmith’ clasp was earned whilst with the Natal Naval Volunteers, the other clasps were awarded for service with a different unit or units. PROVENANCE:

A.A. Upfill-Brown Collection, December 1991

275 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (49947 C.S.Major. E. Holmes, 16th S.D., R.G.A.), edge bruise, good very fine £140-180 49947 Company Sergeant Major Edward Holmes, born Broseley, Shropshire; enlisted Royal Artillery, 1885; Sergeant 1891; served during the Second Boer War with the 16th Battery, Southern Division, Royal Garrison Artillery, was severely wounded at Geluks Farm, 24.8.1900; ‘at dawn on the latter date the Boers resumed shelling the British positions on Geluk ridge; the guns of the 16th Battery came under fire from a Pom Pom and were exposed to heavy casualties’ (Duelling With Long Toms: Account of the 16th Battery Southern Division, R.G.A. During the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, D. Martin, refers); discharged 7.8.1906 (entitled to K.S.A. and two clasps and L.S. & G.C.).

275

276

276 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (71409 Gnr: W. Homer, 28: R.F.A.), good very fine £180-220 71409 Gunner W. Homer, 28th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, was killed in action at Moedewil, 30.9.1901, ‘in the second phase of the war the 28th was much employed in the Megaliesberg, the treacherous gulleys of which they have every reason to remember. Two guns of the 28th were with Dixon when he was attacked at Vlakfontein, 29th May 1901. After the screen was driven in it was round these two guns, which were captured and then recaptured, by what was perhaps the finest bayonet charge in the war, that the fight raged with unsurpassed fierceness. Several mentions were gained on this occasion. Three guns of the battery were with the same column, now under Kekewich, when it was attacked by Delarey and Kemp at Moediwill [sic] or Megato, 29th September 1901. The battery again did well. They lost 5 men killed and 9 wounded. Gunner Wooding was mentioned for “lifting two shells from a portable magazine in which the cartridges were burning furiously”. This looks worthy of the “Cross”’(British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers).

Page 95

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:47

Page 96

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 277 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (71578 Dvr: G. Nell, 66th Bty: R.F.A.), minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £120-160 71578 Driver George Nell, born Monk Bretton, Barnsley, South Yorkshire; enlisted Royal Artillery, 1889; transferred Army Reserve 1891; rejoined for active service, 25.7.1898, and was posted to the 14th Battery, Royal Field Artillery in November of the same year; during his service with the 14th in South Africa, the battery ‘was one of the unfortunate batteries which Colonel Long took too close at Colenso. The six guns of the battery were lost. One officer and 5 men were killed, 1 officer and 16 men wounded, and 3 officers and 40 men were reported missing. Lieutenant Holford was mentioned in the despatch of 17th December 1899 for gallantry, and two drivers got the Distinguished Conduct Medal for attempts to rescue the guns. In the same despatch another man was mentioned for good work in the relief operations.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers); Nell was posted to the 66th Battery, 13.2.1900; discharged 20.3.1902.

278 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (12787 Gnr. W.H. Langdon. 78th Bty., R.F.A.), good very fine £120-160 78th Battery - ‘Joined Buller in Natal in time to take part in the operations about Venter’s Spruit, Spion Kop, Brakfontein, Vaal Krantz, and the final fourteen days’ fighting about Colenso. In his despatch of 8th February 1900 General Buller said, “Lieutenant Archdale, 78th Battery, is especially mentioned for the manner in which he withdrew the battery waggons under heavy enfilade fire, which struck two of the three waggons and several horses.” Lieutenant Blake Knox in his ‘Buller’s Campaign’, referring to the retirement at Brakfontein, says: “It so happened that as three of the guns of the 78th Battery were retiring when one of the enemy’s shells struck a gun-carriage and disabled it and at the same time wounded Captain Dawson. Despite a terrific hail of shrapnel the brave gunners repaired the carriage, and putting their horses in motion, rescued their weapon and brought it under the shelter of one of the kopjes, the 73rd covering its retirement.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling refers).

279 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesberg, South Africa 1901 (1185 Pte. J. White, 2: D. of C. Lt. Inf.), last clasp loose on riband as issued, with official corrections, very fine £60-80 280 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (13286 Gnr: H. Ellis. 78th Bty: R.F.A.), very fine £70-90

www.spink.com

Page 96

283

281 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1759 C.Q.M. Sjt. C.R. Dawson. 3/R.P.R.), top lugs neatly removed, cleaned, therefore very fine, possibly a later issue £60-80 Medal Roll states ‘Medal + 3 clasps Retd, 1.8.1906; Medal + 3 clasps re-issued 15.11.1920.’

282 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (J. McDonald. Natal G.R.), top lugs filled with retaining rod, very fine £80-120 Served as a Ganger.

283 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Elandslaagte, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (106 Bomb: G. Jaye. Natal F. Arty:), last clasp loose on riband, very fine £340-380 Last clasp unconfirmed.

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:47

Page 97

April 19, 2012 - London 284 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901 (31081 Gnr: P. White, 13th Bty., R.F.A.), unofficial rivets between 4th and 5th clasps, edge bruising, very fine £120-160

285 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901 (Major H.J.W. Farrell. 75/By: R.F.A.), unofficial rivets between 4th and 5th clasps, very fine, with three photographic images of the recipient in uniform £400-500 Major Henry John William Farrell, born 1867; commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, 1887; advanced Captain 1897; served Second in Command with the 75th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, during the Second Boer War; during which he joined the advance on Kimberley, took part in the actions at Belmont (where he was wounded, 28.11.1899), Enslin, Modder River (Mentioned in Lord Methuen’s Modder River Despatch, 28.11.1899 - “Captain Farrell, wounded a second time, continued to do his duty having first placed a wounded man on one of the carriages”) and the action at Magersfontein, where ‘Once more all honour to the guns which saved us, as they saved us at Magersfontein, which were fought on an open plain where no infantry could stand erect within 900 yards of the enemy’s trenches. In the 75th Field Battery, which was the most exposed, Captain Farrell, who had been shot through the left leg four days before at Belmont, was shot through the right at the Modder, but, declining to be invalided, was with his guns at Magersfontein, and Major Lindsay, wounded in the hand, also refused to be laid by. That is how the Royal Artillery understands “Ubique”’; Farrell took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including those at Paardeberg and the actions at Poplar Grove and Zand River; was present in the action near Johannesburg and Pretoria and From July to 29th November, took part in the operations west of Pretoria, which included the action at Zilikat’s Nek; Farrell distinguished himself again during the Boer attack on a convoy at Buffelspoort, 3.12.1900, ‘the first section, numbering 138 wagons and occupying a mile and a half of road was preceded by one company of the West Yorkshire Regiment, 70 strong, and two guns of the 75th Battery, with an escort of 21 men of the Yorkshire Light Infantry. Another weak company of the West Yorkshire Regiment formed the rearguard, and the whole was under Major Wolrige-Gordon, of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders... Soon after daylight on the 3rd, when the head of the advanced guard had reached the difficult ground around Buffelspoort... a party of 600 Boers under De la Rey and J.C. Smuts, advised by their spies of the weakness of the escort, burst suddenly upon the centre and rear of the convoy and made a prize of it. When the attack began, Gordon, who was with the advance guard, took post with half a company and the guns on a rocky knoll close to the road, and sent his other half company to a commanding hill 400 yards distant. But the greater part of the convoy, owing to the nature of the ground, was out of sight of the advanced guard, and the brunt of the attack fell upon the weak company of the rearguard, which, in spite of stout resistance, was overwhelmed by weight of numbers and captured at 1pm. Looting and burning the waggons, the Boers worked their way to the head of the convoy and delivered a fierce attack

Major H.J.W. Farrell

upon Gordon and the guns. The detached half-company shared the fate of the rearguard, but Gordon, Captain Farrell (commanding the Artillery) and Lieutenant Lowe, with their gallant remnant of Yorkshiremen and gunners, made a superb stand. At dusk, after several hours’ fighting, most of the gunners and many of the escort had been shot down: Farrell was serving a gun himself; there were but two shells left, and the infantry were awaiting the final onset with fixed bayonets. But De la Rey had obtained all he wanted and preferred to let alone these desperate survivors. 138 wagons, 1,832 oxen and 75 prisoners had fallen into his hands; while Gordon’s casualties were 18 killed and 22 wounded’ (The Times History of the Boer War, refers); the following is added by the Official History of the Boer War, ‘The guns - finely commanded by Captain H.J. Farrell RA, an intrepid officer, who when many of his men were down, armed the rest with rifles taken from the slain, and laid the field pieces himself - were run trail to trail, and with depressed muzzles shattered the front of the Boer charge at only forty yards distant with case shot and shrapnel fused to zero’; Farrell was mentioned in despatches again and received his Brevet of Major; he served in the operations in the Transvaal, May - August 1901 and those on the Zululand Frontier of Natal, September - October of the same year (Mentioned in Despatches); Major 1902; retired 1910. PROVENANCE:

Christie’s, April 1991

Page 97

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:47

Page 98

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 286 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901 (728 Pte. A.P. Donaldson. Impl: Lt. Infy), good very fine £140-180 728 Private Andrew Paton Donaldson (published transcription of Casualty Roll erroneously gives initials as ‘A.J.’), was a British subject who enlisted in the Imperial Light Infantry,15.11.1899, and was taken prisoner of war at Spion Kop, 24.1.1900; he was subsequently released 6.6.1900; The Imperial Light Infantry saw comparatively little training and no fighting until they were thrown into the awful combat on Spion Kop... about 1,000 strong... paraded at 10pm on 23rd January, and, as ordered, they took up positions from which they could reinforce General Woodgate, who commanded the force detailed to capture the hill. Sir C. Warren visited the regiment early on the morning of the 24th, and asked the officers if they had seen anything of a mountain battery which he was expecting. They had not. He requested that 2 companies be sent forward to a specified point to be ready to escort the battery to the summit... The companies of Captains Champney and Smith moved out at 6am and waited as ordered for the battery, but about 9am a staff-officer told them to reinforce immediately on the summit. The 2 companies advanced and reached the top shortly after 10am. At this hour the enemy’s fire was appalling, the hail of bullets and shells being ceaseless, but these untried volunteers are said to have pushed up to the shallow trench and the firing-line beyond it without flinching. They at once commenced to suffer very severe losses... Throughout the afternoon and evening the firing was unceasing, and often at very close quarters; after dark it had died away... The regiment having been collected, fell in and marched off. They had barely gone 200 yards, however, when an officer said to Colonel Nash, “Where are you going?” The latter replied that he had been ordered to take down the regiment. The other field officer then said, “I am Colonel Hill of the Middlesex; not a man or regiment is to leave the hill.” The officers of the Imperial Light Infantry then said to their men that a mistake had been made, and the column “about turned”, marched back to the place they had come from, put out pickets, and lay down among the dead and the wounded. The worst feature of this very trying experience was the ceaseless crying of the wounded for water: there was none on the hill. During the night a staff-officer informed Colonel Nash that he had better bring down his men before dawn... Between 3am and 4am the regiment was again collected and finally left the hill.’ (The Colonials in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers); during this action the regiment suffered 2 officers killed, 29 non-commissioned officers and men killed; 3 officers and 110 non-commissioned officers and men wounded; and 19 men missing in action.

287 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (31343 Sh: Sth: A.H. Mackey, 14th Bty., R.F.A.), lefthand side of 2nd clasp facing sprung, partially officially corrected, nearly very fine £120-160 31343 Shoeing Smith A.H. Mackey, 14th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, was wounded at Colenso, 15.12.1899, when the battery ‘was one of the unfortunate batteries which Colonel Long took too close at Colenso. The six guns of the battery were lost. One officer and 5 men were killed, 1 officer and 16 men wounded, and 3 officers and 40 men were reported missing. Lieutenant Holford was mentioned in the despatch of 17th December 1899 for gallantry, and two drivers got the distinguished conduct medal for attempts to rescue the guns.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 18991902, J. Stirling, refers).

288 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (81327 Gnr: A.E. Mileson, 64th Bty., R.F.A.), pawn broker’s mark in obverse field, good very fine £120-160 64th Battery - ‘Along with the 73rd formed Colonel Parson’s Brigade Division, acting with Lyttelton and Hart at Colenso - that is on the left centre. Both batteries did excellent work, and did much towards extricating Hart’s brigade when they got pushed into the loop of the Tugela. Thereafter these batteries moved to the right to endeavour to reduce the fire from the Boer centre, which had over-powered the 14th and 66th. The 64th was at Venter’s Spruit, part of the time on the left, was in action at Vaal Krantz, and in the last fourteen days’ fighting prior to the relief.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers).

289 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (99128 Gnr: T. Carew, 73rd Bty: R.F.A.), unofficial rivets between 3rd and 4th clasps, light contact marks, therefore very fine £100-130 290 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (77307 Corl C. Phillips, A, B, R.H.A.), officially renamed, very fine £60-80 PROVENANCE:

Spink, April 1991

www.spink.com

Page 98

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:47

Page 99

April 19, 2012 - London 293 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (82066 Gnr: J. Kearns, R.F.A.), good very fine £200-250 82066 Gunner J. Kearns (latest published transcription of casualty roll erroneously gives 80266), 85th Battery Royal Field Artillery, killed in action at Naboomspruit, 4.7.1901.

294 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (91453 Dr: G.H. Kebble, A, B, R.H.A.), very fine £130-160 91453 Driver G.H. Kebble, A Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, died of Asphyxia from strangulation, 3.7.1906.

291

295 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (65860 Corpl. R.H. Newman. R.H.A.), nearly extremely fine £120-160 PROVENANCE:

291 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Wittebergen (33709 Gnr: W. Beadle, 81st Bty., R.F.A.), extremely fine £160-200 33709 Gunner W. Beadle, 81st Battery, Royal Field Artillery, was wounded at Driefontein, 10.3.1900, and died of disease at Middelburg, 20.4.1901.

292 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (20296 Gnr: G. Kelly. R.G.A.), top lugs neatly removed, unofficial rivets between 5th and 6th clasps, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine £120-140 PROVENANCE:

Glendining, June 1991

Spink, April 1993

296 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, South Africa 1901 (77122 Gnr: T. Troup, R.H.A.), remnants of lacquer, good very fine £120-160 77122 Gunner Thomas Troup, born Aberdeen; enlisted Royal Artillery 1890; transferred to Army Reserve, 1897; recalled to service, 7.10.1899; and served with the Ammunition Column in South Africa, September 1900-July 1901; discharged 1.4.1902.

297 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, South Africa 1901 (66350 Gnr: B. McManus. 1st Pnr: Maxims R.F.A.), unofficial rivets between 5th and 6th clasps, very fine £120-160

298 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill Belfast, South Africa 1901 (69713 Dvr. C. Matthews, 85th Bty., R.F.A.), unofficial rivets between 5th and 6th clasps, nearly very fine £90-110

Page 99

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:47

Page 100

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

299

303

304

299 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901 (14271 Bomb. J. Shepherd, 67th Bty., R.F.A.), unofficial rivets between 5th and 6th clasps, very fine £160-200

300 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901 (81439 Sejt J. Woods, 69: B, R.F.A.), unofficial rivets between 5th and 6th clasps, light contact marks, therefore very fine £160-200

14271 Bombardier John Shepherd, born Dewsbury, West Yorkshire; enlisted Royal Artillery, 1896; served with the 67th Battery, Royal Field Artillery during the Second Boer War, and the latter, ‘was present at Talana Hill on 20th October 1899. At Lombard’s Kop, 30th October, the battery was chiefly engaged near the centre against Pepworth Hill, and along with the 42nd silenced the Boer big-gun fire from that hill, although greatly out-ranged... Having been attached to Clery’s division, the 67th took part in the turning movement via Helpmakaar, and its work was then praised. They were also in the actions of Botha’s Pass and Laing’s Nek... A convoy to Vryheid was attacked on 14th November 1900. Lord Roberts, referring to this, said, “The Boers were driven off without any casualties (on our side) by the good practice made by the 67th Battery”’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers); Bombardier 30.1.1900; discharged 1.3.1908.

69th Battery - ‘Was, aong with the 13th and 67th, at Talana Hill, 20th October 1899 and at Lombard’s Kop... when along with the 21st, they were sent to support General French. On that occasion their services were most valuable... The battery moved north with General Buller to Volkrust, and was present at the turning of Laing’s Nek... the 69th were said to have distinguished themselves at Amersfoort. In 1901 the battery was employed in the south-east of the Transvaal, and a section was present with Major Gough when his force was cut up and the two guns were captured, 17th September 1901. Two guns were at Fort Itala, Zululand, when that place was attacked on 26th September. On that occasion the section lost 1 officer and 4 men wounded. Five non-commissioned officers and men gained mention for conspicuous gallantry: of these, Driver Bradley gained the V.C.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers).

www.spink.com

Page 100

12002 AM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:47

Page 101

April 19, 2012 - London 301 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901 (96321 Dr: H.G. Parnell, 69: B, R.F.A.), unofficial rivets between 5th and 6th clasps, suspension slack, nearly very fine £110-130 96321 Driver Horace George Parnell, born Suffolk; enlisted Royal Artillery, as Boy, 1893; Driver 1896; served with the 69th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, from 29.4.1898; discharged 5.7.1911, after 18 years and 125 days service.

302 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (31955 Dr: F.C. Watson, P, B, R.H.A.), contact marks, nearly very fine £120-160 31955 Driver Frederick Charles Watson, born Harefield, Middlesex; enlisted Royal Artillery, December 1898; served with P Battery, Royal Horse Artillery during the Second Boer War and the latter, ‘was on the lines of communication for a time, then took part in the rush to Kimberley and General French’s other work up to the occupation of Pretoria. G and P accompanied Broadwood in the ride from Kimberley to Koodoesrand Drift, and the first shell which fell among the waggons in the drift and spread consternation through Cronje’s commandos was fired by P Battery. Was with Clements in action at Nooitgedacht, 13th December 1900, helping greatly to retrieve disaster, and getting away their guns with difficulty. Was afterwards with Cunningham and French driving the enemy out of that district.’ (British Regiments in South Africa 18991902, J. Stirling, refers); discharged 1.12.1910, after 12 years service (entitled to K.S.A. and two clasps).

303 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, seven clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, South Africa 1901 (3088 Pte. W.F. Farndon, 2nd D. Of C. Lt. Infy.), good very fine £240-280 3088 Private William Frederick Farndon, born Birmingham, Warwickshire; enlisted Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, 1890; served in India, November 1892 - March 1898 (entitled to I.G.S. with Punjab Frontier and Tirah clasps), and with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa from November 1899; wounded at Paardeberg, 18.2.1900; on the latter date the Regiment suffered 3 Officers killed (Colonel W. Aldworth, D.S.O., and Captains Wardlaw and Newbury), 4 Officers wounded, 12 men killed, and 55 men wounded; discharged 21.8.1902 after 12 years with the Colours.

and was listed as ‘Missing in Action’ at Houtnek, 30.4.1900, on the latter date ‘the column, consisting of the 19th Brigade, Ridley’s Mounted Infantry, and the 81st and 82nd Batteries, moved north. The Boers were found in another strong position at Houtnek. Their centre and left were beyond Hamilton’s strength; their right, consisting of Thoba Mountain to the west of the pass, was a strong position but weakly held. Kitchener’s Horse gained a footing on the mountain, and two companies of the Shropshires, the 1st Gordons, and four companies of the Canadians were sent to support them. The Cornwalls guarded the rear, and the remainder of the Shropshires made a feint against the enemy’s left. In the afternoon the enemy, realising the importance of Thoba, threw reinforcements on to it; but, thanks to a splendid stand made by Captain Towse with a small party of Gordons and Kitchener’s Horse, our people were able to hold on till darkness and then lay down on the ground gained’ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers); Manley subsequently rejoined and was discharged to England. PROVENANCE:

Christie’s, April 1992

305 Queen’s Mediterranean 1899-1902 (505 Pte. M. Hewett. Rl: W. Kent Regt.), very fine £220-260 306 1914-15 Star (M2-053465 Pte. H. Glency. A.S.C.), good very fine British War Medal (10) (L.5513 A.B. Hubert. O.S.3 R.N.; Capt. E.S. Lucy; 7736 Cpl. G. Hyde. R.War. R.; 20084 Pte. F.E. Webster. Devon. R.; 11642 A.W.O. C I. R. Harwood. Lan. Fus.; 51399 Pte. F. Taylor. R.W.Fus.; 48450 Pte. J.W. Brough. S. Wales Bord.; G26874 Pte. A.E. Savage. R.W. Kent R.; 82444 Pte. J. Sanderson. M.G.C.; 1003 Cpl. C.G. Fynn 4-S.A/H), generally good very fine Mercantile Marine War Medal (2) (Edmund Duffin; Ernest Gamman), good very fine (13) £110-130 L/5513 Officer’s Steward 3rd Class Arthur Bond Hubert, born St. Helier, Jersey; served during the Great War in H.M.S. Penn; died, 1.10.1918, and is buried in Greenwich Cemetery, London. Captain E.S. Lucy, Commissioned Captain, Royal Garrison Artillery, Special Reserve, 30.10.1914.

PROVENANCE:

Spink, October 1991

304 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, seven clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, South Africa 1901 (1293 Pte. H. Manley, 2nd D. Of C. Lt. Infy.), minor edge nicks, good very fine £240-280 1293 Private H. Manley served with the 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry during the Wuntho Expedition, 1891 (entitled to I.G.S. 1854-95 with ‘Burma 1889-92’ clasp); transferred to the 2nd Battalion for service during the Boer War,

307 Africa Service Medal (8) (229986 D. Armstrong; 145789 J.A. Engelbrecht; 1090 J. Forgan; 85771 A.J. van Rensburg; C275813 H. Doty; C273708 J. Messiah; C288068 D.E. Neer; M15236 J. Gledenhuys), generally nearly very fine (8) £60-80

END OF MORNING SESSION Page 101

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:51

Page 102

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

THURSDAY 19 APRIL 2012 Afternoon Session (Lots 308-708) commencing at 2.00 p.m.

HONOURS AND AWARDS BESTOWED UPON LIEUTENANT-COLONEL SIR BLAIR STEWART-WILSON, DEPUTY MASTER OF THE HOUSEHOLD The following 23 Lots all include the case of issue. These have in the majority of cases been labelled by the recipient with the country and date of issue

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Blair Aubyn Stewart-Wilson, K.C.V.O., was born in Chelsea, London, on the 17th July 1929, and was educated at Eton and Sandhurst. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Scots Guards, in 1949, he served with the Regiment on active service in Malaya, and later with the British Army of the Rhine in Germany. In February 1952 he was a subaltern of the Buckingham Palace detachment of the King’s Guard when, overnight, it became the Queen’s Guard, and he was one of the Officers who kept vigil at the catafalque of King George VI as he lay in state in Westminster Hall- the following year he commanded half a company of street liners on the Mall at the Coronation. He served as Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, from 1955-57, when he was appointed Aide-de-Camp to Viscount Cobham, the Governor-General of New Zealand, a post he held for the next two years. His first appointment with the Royal Family was in 1960, when he was appointed Equerry to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester. In 1965 he returned to active duty with the Scots Guards in Borneo, where he commanded the Right Flank of the Regiment during the campaign there, and the following year took up the position of Regimental Adjutant. In 1975 he was appointed Defence, Military, and Air Attaché at the British Embassy in Vienna, a post that was supposed to last three years. However, it was cut short the following year when he was appointed Deputy Master of the Household and Equerry to H.M. The Queen, with particular responsibility for the Queen’s private engagements, as well as helping to run the Household’s biggest department, in charge of food and housekeeping. He was also involved in every aspect of court life, including state visits and banquets, garden parties, foreign tours, and occasions such as the state opening of Parliament, investitures, and Royal Ascot. For a while he was also responsible for the granting of Royal Warrants. Appointed a Member Fourth Class (later Lieutenant) of the Royal Victorian Order in 1983, he was promoted to Commander in 1989, and was created a

www.spink.com

Page 102

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir B.A. Stewart-Wilson Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order on his retirement in 1994. In 2003 he was appointed LieutenantColonel Commanding the Atholl Highlanders, and as Chieftain, took the salute each year at the annual Atholl Gathering and Highland Games. Sir Blair Stewart-Wilson died at home in Somerset on the 24th May 2011.

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:51

Page 103

April 19, 2012 - London 309 Germany, Federal Republic, Order of Merit, Commander’s neck Badge, 60mm, gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine, with neck riband, in Steinhauer and Luck, Ludenscheid, case of issue, with miniature award, lapel rosette, and riband bar, together with the following related documents: - Bestowal Document for the Commander of the Order of Merit, named to Oberstleutnant Blair Stewart-Wilson, and dated 22.5.1978, in presentation booklet - Buckingham Palace Restricted Permission to wear letter, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair StewartWilson, dated 9.4.1979, and signed ‘Philip Moore’ £80-120 Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during H.M. The Queen’s State Visit to West Germany, 22-26.5.1978.

308

308 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy, Order of Civil and Military Merit of Adolphe of Nassau, Military Division, Officer’s breast Badge, with crossed swords and without crown suspension, 38mm, silver-gilt and enamel, very fine, with rosette on riband, in case of issue, with lapel rosette and riband bar, together with the following related documents: - Bestowal Document for the Officer of the Order of Civil and Military Merit of Adolphe of Nassau, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, and dated 8.11.1976 - Buckingham Palace Restricted Permission to wear letter, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair StewartWilson, dated 16.8.1977, and signed ‘Martin Charteris’ - Extract of the Statutes of the Order of Civil and Military Merit of Adolphe of Nassau £200-240 Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during H.M. The Queen’s State Visit to Luxembourg, 8-12.11.1976.

310 Portugal, Republic, Military Order of Aviz, Commander’s set of Insignia, neck Badge, 51mm x 40mm, silver-gilt and enamel; Star, 88mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, silver mark on retaining pin, nearly extremely fine, with neck riband, in case of issue, with miniature award, lapel rosette, and riband bar, together with the following related documents: - Bestowal Document for the Commander of the Military Order of Aviz, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, and dated 18.7.1979 - Buckingham Palace enclosure for the award, dated 13.11.1978 - Buckingham Palace Restricted Permission to wear letter, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair StewartWilson, dated 8.3.1979, and signed ‘Philip Moore’ (2) £140-180 Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of President Eanes of Portugal, 14-17.11.1978.

311 Italy, Republic, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Commander’s neck Badge, 74mm including tower suspension x 56mm, silver-gilt and enamel, extremely fine, with neck riband, in S. Johnson, Milan, case of issue, with lapel rosette, together with the following related documents: - Bestowal Document for the Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, and dated 14.10.1980 - Italian enclosure for the award, undated £120-150 Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during H.M. The Queen’s State Visit to Italy, 14-17.10.1980.

Page 103

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:51

Page 104

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

312 312 Tunisia, Republic, Order of the Republic of Tunisia, Commander’s neck Badge, 67mm, silver and enamel, silver mark on suspension ring, nearly extremely fine, with neck riband, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris, case of issue, with lapel rosette, together with the following related documents: - Bestowal Document for the Commander of the Order of the Republic of Tunisia, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, and dated 21.10.1980 - Tunisian enclosure for the award, dated 1.11.1980 £100-140

313 Morocco, Kingdom, Order of Ouissam Alaouit Cherifien, Commander’s neck Badge, by Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 80mm including wreath suspension x 58mm, gilt and enamel, maker’s mark on suspension ring, gilding worn to top of wreath, otherwise extremely fine, with neck riband, in case of issue, with lapel rosette, together with the following related document: - Bestowal Document for the Commander of the Order of Ouissam Alaouit Cherifien, named (in Arabic) to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, and dated 27.10.1980 £120-150

Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during H.M. The Queen’s State Visit to Tunisia, 21-23.10.1980.

Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during H.M. The Queen’s State Visit to Morocco, 27-30.10.1980.

www.spink.com

Page 104

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:51

Page 105

April 19, 2012 - London

314 314 Nepal, Kingdom, Order of the Gurkha Right Hand, Commander’s neck Badge, 61mm, silver-gilt, silver marks on reverse, nearly extremely fine, scarce, with neck riband, in case of issue, together with the following related documents: - Bestowal Document for the Commander of the Order of the Gurkha Right Hand, named (in Nepalese) to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair StewartWilson, and dated 18.11.1980 - Buckingham Palace enclosure for the award, dated 17.11.1980 - Buckingham Palace Restricted Permission to wear letter, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair StewartWilson, dated 4.6.1981, and signed ‘Philip Moore’ £250-300 Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of H.M. King Birendra of Nepal, 18-21.11.1980.

315 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom, Order of King Abdul Aziz, Commander’s neck Badge, by Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 91mm including suspension x 56mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker’s mark and silver mark on suspension ring, enamel damage to green ring around central medallion, otherwise nearly extremely fine, with neck riband, in case of issue, with lapel rosette and riband bar, together with the following related documents: - Bestowal Document for the Commander of the Order of King Abdul Aziz, named (in Arabic) to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, and dated 9.6.1981 - Buckingham Palace enclosure for the award, dated 8.6.1981 - Buckingham Palace Restricted Permission to wear letter, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair StewartWilson, dated 20.11.1981, and signed ‘Philip Moore’ £500-700 Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of H.M. King Khaled of Saudi Arabia, 9-12.6.1981.

Page 105

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:51

Page 106

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

316

316 Oman, Sultanate, Order of Oman, Military Division, Third Class set of Insignia, by Asprey, London, neck Badge, 43mm, 26.47g, white gold (18 carat, Hallmarks for London 1978) and enamel, maker’s mark on reverse; Star, 63mm, 62.55g, white gold (18 carat, Hallmarks for London 1978) and enamel, maker’s mark on reverse, extremely fine, with neck riband, in case of issue, with related miniature award and riband bar, together with the following related documents: - Buckingham Palace enclosure for the award, dated 15.3.1982 - Buckingham Palace Restricted Permission to wear letter, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair StewartWilson, M.V.O., dated 14.2.1983, and signed ‘Philip Moore’ (2) £1,500-2,000 Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of H.M. Sultan Qaboos of Oman, 16-19.3.1982.

317 Netherlands, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Commander’s neck Badge, 69mm including suspension x 55mm, gilt and enamel, very fine, with neck riband, in Koninklijke Begeer, Voorschoten, case of issue, with lapel rosette and riband bar, together with the following related documents: - Bestowal Document for the Commander of the Order of the Crown to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, and dated 10.11.1982 - Buckingham Palace Restricted Permission to wear letter for the Order of the House of Orange [sic], named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, M.V.O. dated 8.2.1984, and signed ‘Philip Moore’ - Extract of the Statutes of the Order of the House of Orange, as used for the Order of the Crown - Framed photograph of H.M. Queen Beatrix and H.R.H. Prince Claus of the Netherlands, signed ‘Beatrix’ and ‘Claus’ £300-400 Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of H.M. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, 16-19.11.1982. The Order of the Crown was instituted in 1969, replacing the Order of the House of Orange.

www.spink.com

Page 106

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:51

Page 107

April 19, 2012 - London

319

318 318 Sweden, Kingdom, Order of the North Star, Commander’s neck Badge, 80mm including crown suspension x 54mm, silver-gilt and enamel, extremely fine, with neck riband, in C.F. Carlman, Stockholm, case of issue, with lapel rosette, together with the following related document: - Bestowal Document for the Commander of the Order of the Crown to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, M.V.O., and dated 13.9.1983 £250-300 Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during H.M. The Queen’s State Visit to Sweden, 25-28.5.1983.

319 Bahrain, Emirate, Khalifiyyeh Order of Bahrain, Commander’s neck Badge, 57mm, silver, gold, and enamel, with six pearls on suspension loop, good very fine, with full size this damaged and miniature width neck ribands, in Spink and Son, London, case of issue, with related miniature award, two lapel rosettes and four riband bars, together with the following related documents: - Bestowal Document for the Commander of the Order of King Abdul Aziz, named to LieutenantColonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, M.V.O., and dated 10.4.1984 - Buckingham Palace Restricted Permission to wear letter, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair StewartWilson, M.V.O., dated 14.6.1984, and signed ‘Philip Moore’ £400-600 Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of H.H. Emir Isa of Bahrain, 10-13.4.1984.

Page 107

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:51

Page 108

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

321

320 France, Fifth Republic, Order of National Merit, Commander’s neck Badge, 84mm including wreath suspension x 55mm, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel damage to points, therefore good fine, with neck riband, in case of issue, with lapel rosette and riband bar, together with the following related documents: - Bestowal Document for the Commander of the Order of National Merit to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, and dated 5.12.1984 - Buckingham Palace Restricted Permission to wear letter, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair StewartWilson, L.V.O. dated 11.2.1985, and signed ‘Philip Moore’ £80-120 Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of President Mitterrand of France, 23-26.10.1984.

321 Malawi, Republic, Order of the Lion of Malawi, Commander’s neck Badge, 55mm, silver-gilt and enamel, extremely fine, with neck riband, in Spink and Son, London, case of issue, together with the following related documents: - Bestowal Document for the Commander of the Order of the Lion of Malawi to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, L.V.O., and dated 22.3.1985 - Fragment of Buckingham Palace enclosure for the award - Buckingham Palace Restricted Permission to wear letter, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair StewartWilson, L.V.O. dated 10.7.1985, and signed ‘Philip Moore’ - Framed photograph of Life President Banda of Malawi, signed ‘H. Kamuzu Banda, April 1985’ £180-220 Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of Life President Banda of Malawi, 16-19.4.1985.

www.spink.com

Page 108

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:51

Page 109

April 19, 2012 - London 322 Mexico, Republic, Order of the Aztec Eagle, Commander’s neck Badge, 47mm, silver-gilt and enamel, silver mark on reverse, good very fine, with neck riband, in embossed case of issue, with related miniature award and lapel rosette, together with the following related document: - Bestowal Document for the Commander of the Order of the Aztec Eagle, named to LieutenantColonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, and dated 11.6.1985. £80-120 Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of President de la Madrid of Mexico, 11-14.6.1985.

323 Qatar, Emirate, Order of Merit, Grand Officer’s set of Insignia, by Arthus Bertrand, Paris, neck Badge, 83mm including suspension x 54mm, gold, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s mark on suspension ring; Star, 90mm, gold, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s mark on retaining pin, enamel damage to neck Badge, otherwise nearly extremely fine, with neck riband, in case of issue, with lapel rosette, together with the following related documents: - Bestowal Document for the Second Class of the Order of Merit, named (in Arabic) to LieutenantColonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, and dated 12.11.1985 - Buckingham Palace Restricted Permission to wear letter, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair StewartWilson, L.V.O., undated, and signed ‘Philip Moore’ (2) £600-800 Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of H.H. Emir Khalifa of Qatar, 12-15.11.1985.

324 Spain, Kingdom, Order of Isabella the Catholic, Commander’s neck Badge, 76mm including wreath suspension x 57mm, silver-gilt and enamel, about extremely fine, with neck riband, in Cejalvo, Madrid, case of issue, with lapel rosette, together with the following related documents: - Bestowal Document for the Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic to Sr. Blair StewartWilson, L.V.O., and dated 11.4.1986 - Buckingham Palace Restricted Permission to wear letter, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair StewartWilson, L.V.O. dated 14.1.1987, and signed ‘Kenneth Scott’ - Extract of the Statutes of the Order of the House of Orange, as used for the Order of the Crown - Framed photograph of H.M. King Juan Carlos and H.M. Queen Sofia of Spain, signed ‘Juan Carlos R 1986’ and ‘Sofia R’ £140-180 Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of H.M. King Juan Carlos of Spain, 22-25.4.1986.

325 Norway, Kingdom, Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, Commander’s neck Badge, by Tostrop, Oslo, 62mm, gilt and enamel, maker’s cartouche on reverse, about extremely fine, with neck riband, in case of issue, with lapel rosette and riband bar, together with the following related documents: - Bestowal Document for the Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, L.V.O., and dated 12.4.1988, in presentation booklet - Two Buckingham Palace Restricted Permission to wear letters, the first named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, L.V.O., dated 17.8.1988, and signed ‘Bill’, the second named to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Blair Stewart-Wilson, K.C.V.O., dated 10.1.1995, and signed ‘Simon [Gimson]’ - Framed photograph of H.M. King Olav V of Norway, signed ‘Olav R’ £200-250 Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of H.M. King Olav V of Norway, 12-15.4.1988.

326 Senegal, Republic, Order of Merit, Commander’s neck Badge, 59mm, gilt and enamel, extremely fine, with neck riband, in C.F. Suisse, Dakar, case of issue, with lapel rosette, together with the following related documents: - Bestowal Document for the Commander of the Order of Merit to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair StewartWilson, L.V.O., and dated 31.10.1988 - Buckingham Palace enclosure for the award £80-120 Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of President Diouf of Senegal, 8-11.11.1988.

327 Nigeria, Republic, Order of the Niger, Officer’s breast Badge, 38mm, silver-gilt and enamel, extremely fine, in Spink and Son, London, case of issue, together with the following related documents: - Bestowal Document for the Officer of the Order of the Niger, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, L.V.O., and dated 9.5.1989 - Buckingham Palace Restricted Permission to wear letter, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair StewartWilson, L.V.O., dated 6.7.1989, and signed ‘Ken[neth Scott]’ - Copy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette, 24.4.1989, containing the announcement of the award £80-120 Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of President Babangida of Nigeria, 9-12.5.1989.

Page 109

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:51

Page 110

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 328 United Arab Emirates, Federation, Order of Independence, Commander’s neck Badge, 62mm, silver and enamel, extremely fine, with damaged neck riband, in Spink and Son, London, case of issue, with two lapel rosettes, together with the following related document: - Buckingham Palace Restricted Permission to wear letter, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair StewartWilson, C.V.O., dated 24.10.1989, and signed ‘Robert Fellowes’ £180-220 Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of H.H. Emir Zayad of Abu Dhabi, President of the United Arab Emirates, 1821.7.1989.

329 Brunei, Sultanate, Order of Paduka Seri Laila Jasa, Commander’s neck Badge, 60mm, silver and enamel, extremely fine, with neck riband, in Spink and Son, London, case of issue, with related miniature award, together with the following related documents: - Bestowal Document for the Commander of the Order of Paduka Seri Laila Jas, named to LieutenantColonel Blair Stewart Wilson, and dated 3.11.1992 - Buckingham Palace Restricted Permission to wear letter, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair StewartWilson, C.V.O., dated 4.2.1994, and signed ‘Ken[neth Scott]’ £300-400 Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of H.M. Sultan Hassan of Brunei, 3-6.11.1992.

330 Portugal, Republic, Order of Prince Henry of Portugal, Commander’s set of Insignia, neck Badge, 66mm x 57mm, gilt and enamel; Star, 76mm, silver and enamel, silver mark on retaining pin, good very fine, with neck riband, in Costa, Lisbon, case of issue, with related miniature award, lapel rosette, and riband bar, together with the following related documents: - Bestowal Document for the Commander of the Order of Prince Henry of Portugal, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, and dated 27.4.1993 - Buckingham Palace enclosure for the award - Buckingham Palace Restricted Permission to wear letter, named to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair StewartWilson, C.V.O., dated 14.6.1984, and signed ‘Ken[neth Scott]’ (2) £200-250 Awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of President Soares of Portugal, 27-30.4.1993.

328 331 Three Portrait Photographs A Portrait Photograph of President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan, hand inscribed ‘To Lt. Col. Blair Stewart Wilson- with every good wish and best regards, Nancy and Ronald Reagan’, in metal glazed frame, the frame engraved with the crest of the United States of America and a facsimile of the President’s signature. Another Portrait Photograph of President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan, taken in the White House, Washington, with the Washington Monument in the background, signed ‘Nancy Reagan’ and ‘Ronald Reagan’, in glazed frame, the frame embossed with the crest of the United States of America. A Portrait Photograph of President Ramaswamy Venkataraman of India, signed ‘R. Venkataraman’, in wooden glazed frame, the frame embossed with the crest of the Republic of India (3) £50-70 Presented to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson to commemorate the State Visits to the United Kingdom of President Reagan of the United States of America, 79.6.1982; and President Venkataraman of India, 3-6.4.1990.

www.spink.com

Page 110

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:51

Page 111

April 19, 2012 - London

FOREIGN ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MEDALS

334

332 332 Albania, Kingdom, Order of Scanderbeg, 1st type under Italian Occupation, Commander’s neck Badge, by Gardino, Rome, 72mm x 53mm, silver-gilt and enamel, ‘F.E.R.T.’ around centre, maker’s cartouche and silver marks on reverse, central medallion loose, very fine £300-400 333 Austria, Empire, Order of Leopold, Knight’s breast Badge, by Vinc Mayer’s Sohne, Vienna, 55mm including crown suspension x 29mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker’s mark and silver mark on suspension ring, minor enamel damage to crown and chip to obverse central medallion, very fine £80-100

334 Austria, Empire, Order of the Iron Crown, Commander’s breast Badge, by Rothe, Vienna, 55mm including crown suspension x 29mm, silver-gilt, gilt, and enamel, with iron insert in crown and War Decoration wreath, maker’s mark on suspension ring, nearly very fine £140-180 335 Austria, Empire, Order of Franz Joseph, Civil Division, Knight’s breast Badge, by Rothe, Vienna, 58mm including crown suspension x 32mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker’s name on suspension ring, very fine £120-150 336 Austria, Empire, Military Cross of Merit, Third Class breast Badge, 31mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with wreath, nearly very fine, with gilt crossed swords on riband Austria, Empire, Red Cross Decoration, Second Class breast Badge, 45mm x 38mm, silver and enamel, with War Decoration wreath, minor enamel damage, nearly very fine, with Red Cross emblem on riband Austria, Empire, Military Merit Medal ‘Signum Laudis’, Franz Joseph, bronze-gilt, minor pitting, nearly very fine (3) £80-100 Page 111

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:51

Page 112

338 337 Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, Military Division, Knight’s breast Badge, 71mm including crown and crossed swords suspension x 39mm, silver and enamel, French motto, minor enamel damage, very fine Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, Civil Division, Knight’s breast Badge, 64mm including crown suspension x 39mm, silver and enamel, French motto, enamel damage, traces of repair, good fine Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Knight’s breast Badge, 62mm including wreath suspension x 43mm, silver and enamel, nearly extremely fine Belgium, Kingdom, Military Cross, First Class, A.I.R., 66mm including crown suspension x 41mm, silver and enamel, very fine, with rosette on riband Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, with bronze palm on riband, good very fine Belgium, Kingdom, Allied Victory Medal, bronze, nearly very fine (6) £70-90

www.spink.com

Page 112

x338 Belgium, Kingdom, Royal Order of the Lion, Collar Chain, comprising of 20 links made up of ten crowned monograms of Leopold II interspaced with nine medallions featuring the Belgian Lion, and a central medallion featuring the crowned monogram of L.II.R., 790mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with Badge Appendant, 83mm including crown suspension x 55mm, silver-gilt and enamel, French motto, good very fine, rare £5,000-7,000

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:51

Page 113

April 19, 2012 - London x339 Belgium, Kingdom, Royal Order of the Lion, Knight Grand Cross Star, 86mm, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, French motto, silver marks on retaining pin, nearly extremely fine, scarce £400-500 340 Brazil, Republic, Second World War Medal, gilt and enamel, good very fine Chile, Republic, Order of Merit, Knight’s breast Badge, 57mm including condor suspension x 42mm, silver, good very fine Chile, Republic, Order of O’Higgins, Knight’s breast Badge, 48mm, silver-gilt, nearly very fine, with top riband bar Guatemala, Republic, Order of the Quetzal, Knight’s breast Badge, 43mm, silver-gilt and enamel, minor enamel damage to reverse central medallion, otherwise nearly extremely fine Venezuela, Republic, Order of Simon Bolivar, Knight’s breast Badge, 40mm x 38mm, silver-gilt and enamel, good very fine (5) £100-140 341 Bulgaria, Principality, Order of St. Alexander, 1st type, Officer’s breast Badge, with Swords, 38mm, silver and enamel, silver mark to suspension ring, good very fine £60-80

339

342 Bulgaria, Kingdom, Military Order for Bravery, Fourth Class breast Badge, with Swords, Great War issue, 39mm, silver and enamel, good very fine Bulgaria, Principality, Military Order for Bravery, Merit Cross, 37mm, silver, nearly very fine Bulgaria, Kingdom, Military Order for Bravery, Merit Cross, 33mm, bronze, nearly very fine (3) £80-120 343 Bulgaria, Kingdom, Order of National Merit, Civil Division, Officer’s breast Badge, 78mm including crown suspension x 51mm, gilt and enamel, trace of enamel repair to top arm of cross, otherwise good very fine, with rosette on riband £80-120 344 Bulgaria, Kingdom, Order of National Merit, Military Division, Officer’s breast Badge, 80mm including crown suspension x 52mm, gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine Bulgaria, Kingdom, Order of National Merit, Military Division, Knight’s breast Badge, 74mm including crown suspension x 45mm, silver and enamel, very fine (2) £100-140 345 China, Republic, Order of Loyalty and Diligence, breast Badge, 63mm including suspension x 51mm, gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘229309’, of modern manufacture, good very fine £40-60

346 346 China, Republic, Silver Merit Medal, 55mm x 53mm, silver and enamel, good very fine, with original riband with full hook and eye assembly £400-500 Page 113

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:51

Page 114

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

347 347 China, Republic, President Tsao Cun Inauguration Medal, silver and enamel, the obverse central medallion replaced with a red cabochon, minor enamel chipping, therefore nearly very fine £100-140

348 Czechoslovakia, Republic, Order of the White Lion, 1st type, Civil Division, Commander’s neck Badge, 82mm including wreath suspension x 60mm, silvergilt and enamel, very fine, with neck riband £600-800

349 Czechoslovakia, Republic, War Cross 1918, bronze, good very fine Czechoslovakia, Republic, War Cross 1939, bronze, very fine Czechoslovakia, Republic, Medal for Gallantry 1939, bronze, good very fine (3) £80-120

348 www.spink.com

Page 114

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:51

Page 115

April 19, 2012 - London 350 Denmark, Kingdom, Order of the Dannebrog, Knight’s breast Badge, C.X.R. (1912-47), 60mm including crown suspension x 28mm, gold and enamel, small test mark to base and crown, otherwise extremely fine £250-300 351 Finland, Republic, Order of the Cross of Liberty, 3rd type, Second Class breast Badge, 67mm including wreath and swords suspension x 39mm, gold, silvergilt, and white enamel, reverse dated ‘1941’, nearly extremely fine £120-150 352 Finland, Republic, Order of the Cross of Liberty, 4th type, Fourth Class breast Badge, 67mm including wreath and swords suspension x 39mm, silver and silvered-metal, reverse undated, good very fine £60-80 353 France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Commander’s neck Badge, 83mm including wreath suspension x 63mm, silver-gilt and enamel, silver marks on suspension ring and poincon mark on reverse, enamel damage and traces of restoration to points of badge, therefore nearly very fine £120-150 354 France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast Badge, 64mm including crown suspension x 41mm, silver, gold, and enamel, poincon mark on obverse, enamel damage to points of badge, good fine France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast Badge, 55mm including wreath suspension x 41mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, poincon mark on reverse, minor enamel damage and traces of restoration to points of badge, good very fine (2) £100-140 x355 France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast Badge, 58mm including wreath suspension x 43mm, silver, gold, and enamel, with trenched edges to arms, minor enamel damage to tips of arms, good very fine France, Second Empire, Medaille Militaire, Louis Napoleon, 43mm including eagle suspension x 26mm, silver-gilt and enamel, very fine France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated ‘1914-1915’, nearly very fine France, Third Republic, Allied Victory Medal, bronze, good very fine France, Third Republic, Commemorative Medal for the Great War, bronze, extremely fine, in card box of issue (5) £200-300

350 356 France, Second Empire, Medaille Militaire, Louis Napoleon, 43mm including eagle suspension x 26mm, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel damage to reverse central medallion, otherwise very fine France, Third Republic, Medaille Militaire, 45mm including uniface trophy of arms suspension x 26mm, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel damage to reverse central medallion, otherwise very fine France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated ‘1914-1916’, nearly very fine France, Second Empire, St. Helena Medal, bronze, nearly very fine France, Third Republic, Franco-Prussian War Medal 1870-71, bronze, good very fine France, Third Republic, Allied Victory Medal, bronze, nearly very fine (6) £100-120

Page 115

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:51

Page 116

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

357

x357 Germany, Baden, Order of the Lion of Zahringen, Military Division, Knight’s breast Badge, 60mm including Oakleaves suspension x 40mm, silver, silver-gilt, green crystal, and enamel, minor chip to green crystal, otherwise very fine £300-350

358 Germany, Baden, Order of the Lion of Zahringen, Civil Division, Knight’s breast Badge, 39mm, silver, green crystal, and enamel, good very fine £140-180 359

x359 Germany, Baden, Order of Berthold, Commander’s neck Badge, 88mm including crown suspension x 58mm, gold and enamel, gold marks on suspension ring, extremely fine, in fitted case of issue £1,400-1,800

www.spink.com

Page 116

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:51

Page 117

April 19, 2012 - London

360

x360 Germany, Baden, Order of Berthold, a Superb Quality Knight’s breast Badge, c.1880, 61mm including crown suspension x 41mm, gold and enamel, extremely fine, in fitted case of issue £800-1,000

361

x361 Germany, Bavaria, Order of the Bavarian Crown, Commander’s neck Badge, by Jacob Leser, Munich, 80mm including crown suspension x 52mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker’s mark on base of wreath, silver mark on suspension ring, nearly extremely fine, scarce £1,800-2,200

Page 117

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:51

Page 118

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

364

362 Germany, Bavaria, Order of Military Merit, Knight’s breast Badge, with Swords, 47mm x 41mm, silver, bronze, and enamel, good very fine, with wartime riband £100-140

365 Germany, Bremen, Hanseatic Cross, 40mm, silver and enamel, with key central medallion, good very fine Germany, Prussia, Order of the Red Eagle, Knight’s breast Badge, 38mm, silver and enamel, nearly very fine (2) £80-100

363 Germany, Bavaria, Order of Military Merit, Military Merit Cross, with Swords, 47mm x 41mm, silver and enamel, good very fine, with wartime riband £80-100

x366 Germany, Hesse, Order of Philip, Knight’s breast Badge, 37mm, gold and enamel, tiny enamel cracking to reverse central medallion, therefore nearly extremely fine, in fitted case of issue £400-500

x364 Miniature Awards: A Fine Quality Pair of Bavarian Awards Germany, Bavaria, Order of St. Michael, Badge with crown suspension, gold and enamel, motto on both central medallions; Germany, Bavaria, Order of the Bavarian Crown, Badge with crown suspension, gold and enamel, extremely fine, mounted as worn Continental style on a double braided gold chain, with fixing pin at one end and Quellhorst, Munich, button at the other end (2) £250-300

366 www.spink.com

Page 118

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:51

Page 119

April 19, 2012 - London

367 x367 Germany, Prussia, Order of the Crown, Military Division, Commander’s neck Badge, 51mm, gold, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s mark ‘N’ on base of cross, one tip of sword re-affixed, good very fine £600-800

x368 Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1870, First Class breast Badge, by Wagner, Berlin, silver and iron centre, maker’s name on reverse, minor rust spot to one point of cross, therefore good very fine £1,000-1,200 Approximately 1,304 First Class Iron Crosses were awarded for the Franco-Prussian War.

368

Page 119

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:51

Page 120

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

Captain T. Zlocisti

369 Honours and Awards Bestowed Upon Captain T. Zlocisti, Chief Medical Officer of the Red Cross Mission in Constantinople in the Great War a) Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, First Class breast Badge, silver and iron centre, maker’s mark on retaining pin, in box of issue b) Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast Badge, silver and iron centre c) Germany, Prussia, Red Cross Medal, Second Class, silver and enamel d) Germany, Prussia, Red Cross Medal, Third Class, bronze e) Austria, Empire, Cross of Merit, First Class breast Badge, with crown, gilt and enamel f) Austria, Empire, Red Cross Decoration, Second Class breast Badge, silver and enamel, with War Decoration wreath g) Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Red Crescent Medal, silver and enamel, with silver and enamel suspension bar and Oak Leaf Cluster on riband h) Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli Star 1915, silver and enamel, of German manufacture i) Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, Fourth Class breast Badge, 73mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 58mm, silver, gold applique, and enamel, with mint mark and silver marks on reverse, with case of issue, nearly very fine or better, mounted as worn in this order, with the recipient’s riband bar; an additional Gallipoli Star; a Prussian Verdienstkreuze; and the following documents &c.: - The recipient’s parchment identity pass, dated 19.8.1918 - Photograph of the recipient (11) £1,200-1,500 Captain Theodor Zlocisti was born in Borchestowa, East Prussia, in February 1874, and was educated at the University of Berkin, where he read medicine. He graduated as a Doctor in 1900, and practiced his profession throughout his life, first in Berlin and then after the Great War in Tel Aviv and Haifa. During the Great War he was the Chief Medical Officer of the Red Cross Mission in Constantinople and Director of the Red Cross Hospital. Zlocisti took a profound interest in East European Jewry and Yiddish literature, playing a leading role in the Zionist movement in Germany, and publishing a number of German translations of works by Yiddish authors. Whilst at University he was secretary of the Young Israel Society in Berlin, and attended the First Zionist Congress. He died in Haifa in 1943.

www.spink.com

Page 120

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:51

Page 121

April 19, 2012 - London

369

Page 121

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:51

Page 122

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

370 370 The Superb and Extremely Rare Saxe-Coburg Hausordern ‘Prinzessinnenkreuz’ Attributed to Princess Clémentine of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, née Bourbon-Orléans, Daughter of King LouisPhilippe and Mother of King Ferdinand of Bulgaria Germany, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, House Order, Prinzessinnenkreuz, 54mm including bow suspension x 20mm, gold and enamel, nearly extremely fine, extremely rare, with a fine-quality c.1843 miniature portrait of Princess Clémentine painted on ivory, this cracked in parts, after Sir William Charles Ross, R.A., and housed in the original leather case £6,000-8,000 Princess Marie Clémentine Léopoldine Caroline Clotilde of Orléans was born in March 1817 at the Château de Neuilly, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, soon after the Bourbon Restoration, and in 1830 her father ascended to the French throne as King Louis-Philippe I. In April 1843 she married Prince August Ludwig Victor of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the first cousin of Prince Albert, and for the rest of her life remained a favourite companion of Queen Victoria. Her son, Ferdinand, went on to become first Prince, and then King, of Bulgaria. She died in Vienna in February 1907, aged 89. PROVENANCE:

Bestowed upon Princess Clémentine of Saxe-CoburgGotha, and thence by direct descent

www.spink.com

Page 122

370

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:51

Page 123

April 19, 2012 - London

373 371 Germany, Saxony, Order of Albert, 2nd type, Silver Merit Cross, 39mm x 34mm, silver, nearly extremely fine £100-140 x372 Germany, Wurttemberg, Order of Frederick, Military Division, Commander’s neck Badge, 66mm including crossed swords suspension x 53mm, gold, silver-gilt, and enamel, both central medallions bearing the reverse crowned ‘F’, minor enamel damage to central motto on one side, good very fine, with neck riband £300-500 x373 Germany, Empire, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute Medal, 36mm x 30mm, silver-gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine, rare, in fitted case of issue £200-300 The Kaiser Wilhelm Medal was awarded to Members of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, a non-governmental research organisation founded in 1911. Albert Einstein was one of the Society’s main Board Directors. In 1948 the society was renamed the Max Planck Society, after its former President. It focuses on science and technology research, and its members between them have won 32 Nobel Prizes.

374 x374 Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer, 2nd type, a Fine Quality Commander’s neck Badge, 72mm including wreath suspension x 45mm, gold and enamel, extremely fine, with neck riband, in Le Maitre, Paris, fitted case of issue £700-900 375 Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer, 2nd type, Knight’s breast Badge, 55mm including crown suspension x 35mm, silver and enamel, minor enamel damage to points on cross, otherwise good very fine £80-100 376 Greece, Kingdom, Royal Order of George I, Military Division, Knight’s breast Badge, 51mm including crown suspension x 29mm, gilt and enamel, nearly very fine Greece, Kingdom, Royal Order of George I, Military Division, Commemorative Gold Cross, 51mm including crown suspension x 29mm, silver-gilt, nearly very fine Greece, Kingdom, Royal Order of the Phoenix, 2nd type, Knight’s breast Badge, 57mm including crown suspension x 37mm, silver and enamel, star on upper arm of cross, G.II.R. cipher on reverse, nearly very fine (3) £70-90

Page 123

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 124

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

378 377 Greece, Kingdom, Medal for the Greco-Turkish War 1912-13, bronze, good very fine Greece, Kingdom, Medal for the Greco-Bulgarian War 1913, bronze, good very fine Greece, Kingdom, War Cross 1916-17, Third Class, silvered, very fine Greece, Kingdom, Medal of Military Merit, Fourth Class, bronze, very fine Greece, Kingdom, Medal for the Struggle for Macedonia 1903-09, bronze, nearly very fine Greece, Kingdom, Medal for the Struggle for North Epirus 1914, bronze, good very fine Greece, Kingdom, War Medal 1940-41, Land Operations type, bronze, very fine Greece, Kingdom, War Star 1941-45, Land Operations type, bronze, good very fine (8) £70-90 x378 Hawaii, Kingdom, Royal Order of the Crown of Hawaii, an interesting ‘Jeweller’s Pattern’ Knight Grand Cross set of Insignia, sash Badge, 88mm including crown suspension x 54mm, gold and enamel, uniface; Star, 84mm, silver, gold, and enamel, both pieces convex and skeletal in form, enamel damage to one arm of cross, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £800-1,200 www.spink.com

Page 124

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 125

April 19, 2012 - London

379

380

379 Hungary, Regency, Order of Merit, Civil Division, Commander’s neck Badge, 53mm, silver-gilt and enamel, extremely fine £240-280

382 Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Officer’s breast Badge, 36mm, gold and enamel, good very fine, with rosette on riband Italy, Kingdom, Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Knight’s breast Badge, 36mm, gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine Italy, Kingdom, Al Valore Militare, silver, unnamed, good very fine Italy, Kingdom, War Cross, V.E.III.R., bronze, good very fine (4) £80-100

380 Hungary, Regency, Order of the Holy Crown of St. Stephen, Military Division, Knight’s breast Badge, 43mm, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse dated ‘1942’, extremely fine, scarce, in fitted case of issue £250-300 381 Italy, Parma, Order of Constantine of St. George, Knight’s breast Badge, 38mm, silver-gilt and enamel, very fine £140-180

Page 125

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 126

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

383

384

x383 Italy, Kingdom, Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Commander’s neck Badge, 78mm including crown suspension x 52mm, gold and enamel, extremely fine, with neck riband, in Raviolo and Gardino, Rome, fitted case of issue £250-300

386 Japan, Empire, Order of the Rising Sun, Fifth Class breast Badge, 67mm including paulownia flowers x 43mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with red cabochon in centre, minor damage to cabochon centre, nearly very fine Japan, Empire, Order of the Rising Sun, Seventh Class breast Badge, 31mm x 28mm, silver and enamel, minor enamel damage, nearly very fine Japan, Empire, Order of the Rising Sun, Eighth Class breast Badge (2), 31mm x 28mm, silver, very fine (4) £120-150

384 Japan, Empire, Order of the Rising Sun, Third Class neck Badge, 82mm including paulownia flowers x 56mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with red cabochon in centre, nearly extremely fine, with adjustable neck riband £200-250 385 Japan, Empire, Order of the Rising Sun, Fourth Class breast Badge, 70mm including paulownia flowers x 46mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with red cabochon in centre, extremely fine, with rosette on riband £160-200 www.spink.com

Page 126

387 Japan, Empire, Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class neck Badge, 52mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, sacred beads all present, very fine, with neck riband £120-150

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 127

April 19, 2012 - London 388 Japan, Empire, Order of the Sacred Treasure, Fourth Class breast Badge, 43mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, minor damage to sacred beads, therefore nearly very fine, with rosette on riband Japan, Empire, Order of the Sacred Treasure, Sixth Class breast Badge, 38mm, silver and enamel, sacred beads all present, extremely fine, with original riband with full hook and eye assembly Japan, Empire, Order of the Sacred Treasure, Eighth Class breast Badge (2), 37mm, silver, very fine, with original riband with full hook and eye assembly (4) £140-180 389 Japan, Empire, 1904-5 War Medal, bronze-gilt, with Bar, nearly very fine Japan, Empire, Korean Annexation Commemorative Medal, bronze-gilt, nearly very fine, with original riband with full hook and eye assembly Japan, Empire, 1914-15 War Medal, blackened bronze, with Bar, nearly very fine Japan, Empire, 1914-20 War Medal, blackened bronze, with Bar, good very fine, with original riband with full hook and eye assembly, in case of issue Japan, Empire 1931-4 Incident War Medal, bronze, with Bar, very fine Japan, Empire, China Incident War Medal, bronze, with Bar, good very fine, with original riband with full hook and eye assembly (6) £100-120 390 Japan, Empire, Taisho Enthronement Commemorative Medal, silver and silver-gilt, very fine, with original riband with full hook and eye assembly Japan, Empire, First National Census Commemorative Medal, bronze, extremely fine, with original riband with full hook and eye assembly Japan, Empire, Showa Enthronement Commemorative Medal, silver and silver-gilt, very fine Japan, Empire, 2600th National Anniversary Commemorative Medal, bronze, nearly extremely fine, with original riband with full hook and eye assembly Japan, Empire, Red Cross Membership Medal, silver, nearly extremely fine, with rosette on riband Japan, Manchukuo, Red Cross Membership Medal, silver, nearly very fine (6) £70-90 391 Japan, Empire, Red Cross Order of Merit, breast Badge, 47mm, silver and enamel, extremely fine, with original riband with full hook and eye assembly £120-150 392 Japan, Empire, Military Wounds Badge, combat type, 30mm, silver-gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine, in wooden box of issue £100-140

393

393 Japan, Manchukuo, Order of the Pillars of State, Seventh Class breast Badge, 40mm, silver and enamel, with two riband bars, scratch marks to reverse, otherwise nearly very fine £160-200 394 Japan, Manchukuo, National Foundation Merit Medal, blackened silver, good very fine Japan, Manchukuo, National Shrine Foundation Commemorative Medal 1940, silvered bronze, nearly extremely fine, scarce, with original riband with full hook and eye assembly Japan, Manchukuo, National Census Commemorative Medal, silver, very fine (3) £150-180 395 Japan, Manchukuo, Imperial Visit to Japan Medal 1935 (2), silver, very fine, both with original ribands with full hook and eye assembly (2) £70-90 x396 Korea, Empire, Order of the Eight Trigrams, Seventh Class breast Badge, 45mm, silver and enamel, nearly extremely fine, with original riband with full hook and eye assembly United States of America, Legion of Merit, Legionnaire’s breast Badge, 48mm, gilt and enamel, very fine (2) £80-100

Page 127

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 128

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

398

397 Montenegro, Principality, Order of Danilo, 1st type, Knight’s breast Badge, 43mm x 38mm, silver and enamel, good very fine £140-180 398 Montenegro, Kingdom, Order of Danilo, 2nd type, Officer’s breast Badge, 63mm including crown suspension x 41mm, silver-gilt and enamel, suspension loop and crown suspension damaged, the badge itself extremely fine, with rosette on riband £150-200

www.spink.com

Page 128

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 129

April 19, 2012 - London

399 399 Netherlands, Kingdom, Order of Orange Nassau, Civil Division, Grand Officer’s set of Insignia, by Royal Mint, Utrecht, neck Badge, 88mm including crown suspension x 57mm, silver-gilt and enamel, silver marks on obverse and on crown; Star, 87mm, silver and enamel, maker’s cartouche on reverse and silver mark on retaining pin, nearly extremely fine, with neck riband, in fitted case of issue (2) £400-600

Page 129

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 130

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

400

x400 Netherlands, Kingdom, Order of Orange-Nassau, Civil Division, Commander’s neck Badge, 84mm including crown suspension x 54mm, gold and enamel, about extremely fine £400-500 401 Netherlands, Kingdom, Order of Orange-Nassau, Military Division, Officer’s breast Badge, 59mm including crown suspension x 39mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s mark ‘W.R.’ and silver mark on suspension ring, nearly very fine Netherlands, Kingdom, Order of Orange-Nassau, Civil Division, Knight’s breast Badge, 59mm including crown suspension x 39mm, silver and enamel, silver mark on suspension ring, enamel damage to central medallion and to points of cross, balls missing from points of lower arm, therefore fine Netherlands, Kingdom, Long and Faithful Service Medal, bronze, with ‘XVIII’ bronze bar, good very fine (3) £120-160

www.spink.com

Page 130

402

x402 Norway, Kingdom, Order of St. Olav, Commander’s neck Badge, by Tostrop, Oslo, 89mm including crown suspension x 61mm, gold and enamel, maker’s name and gold mark on suspension ring, extremely fine, with neck riband £800-1,000 403 Norway, Kingdom, War Cross 1940-45, bronze, good very fine Norway, Kingdom, Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal 1942, bronze, good very fine (2) £80-100

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 131

April 19, 2012 - London

404

404 Oman, Sultanate, Order of Oman, Civil Division, Third Class set of Insignia, by Asprey, London, neck Badge, 43mm, 26.47g, white gold (18 carat, Hallmarks for London 1978) and enamel, maker’s mark on reverse; Star, 63mm, 62.55g, white gold (18 carat, Hallmarks for London 1978) and enamel, maker’s mark on reverse, extremely fine, with neck riband, in case of issue, with related miniature award and riband bar (2) £1,400-1,800

405 A Fine Omani Pair to Dr. P.M. Balson, Royal Oman Police and Personal Dentist to H.M. Sultan Qaboos Oman, Sultanate, Order of the Special Royal Emblem, Expatriate Officer’s type, silver, with Omani crown emblem on riband, in fitted Asprey, London, case of issue; Oman, Sultanate, Glorious 15th National Day Medal, bronze, extremely fine, with related miniature awards, and Bestowal Document for the Order of the Special Royal Emblem, named to Dr. Peter Montague Balson, and dated 18.11.1985 (2) £500-600

Page 131

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 132

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

406

406 Persia, Empire, Order of Pahlavi, First Class Collar Chain and Badge, Collar Chain, comprising of 13 silver-gilt ‘figure of eight’ links connected an interwoven by 27 silver-gilt and blue enamel rings, with a central link interwoven by a further two enamel rings, with Badge Appendant, 80mm, silver-gilt, silver, and enamel, enamel damage to two rings, otherwise good very fine £2,000-2,500 PROVENANCE:

Spink, 25.11.1998.

www.spink.com

Page 132

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 133

April 19, 2012 - London 407 Poland, Republic, Order of Poland Restored, 1st type, Commander’s neck Badge, 59mm, gilt and enamel, minor enamel damage to horizontal arms of cross adjoining central medallion, otherwise good very fine, with neck riband £80-100

408 Poland, Republic, Order of Virtuti Militari, 1st type, Gold Merit Cross, gilt and enamel, unnumbered, good very fine Poland, Republic, Order of Virtuti Militari, 1st type, Silver Merit Cross, silver and enamel, unnumbered, minor damage to tips of arms of cross, therefore nearly very fine Poland, Republic, Cross of Merit, 1st type, Second Class, silvered and enamel, nearly very fine Poland, Republic, Cross of Valour 1920, bronze, unnumbered as issued, very fine Poland, Republic, Monte Casino Cross 1944, reverse officially numbered ‘19629’, bronze, nearly extremely fine (5) £120-150

412 Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Anne, Second Class neck Badge, by Eduard, St. Petersburg, 44mm, gold (56 zolotniki) and enamel, maker’s mark and court stamp on reverse, 1908-17 kokoshnik mark and gold mark on suspension ring, enamel damage to obverse upper arm of cross and suspension ring, traces of restoration work, nearly very fine £400-600

413 Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Stanislas, Second Class neck Badge, by Keibel, St. Petersburg, 46mm, gold (56 zolotniki) and enamel, maker’s mark and court stamp on reverse, 1865-96 assay office mark and gold mark on suspension ring, slight damage to gold suspension loop, good very fine £600-800

409 Portugal, Kingdom, Order of Christ, Knight’s breast Badge, 61mm including crown suspension x 39mm, gilt and enamel, very fine Portugal, Republic, Order of Christ, Knight’s breast Badge, 34mm x 25mm, silver-gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine, with silver-gilt riband bar (2) £120-160

410 Portugal, Kingdom, Order of the Tower and the Sword, Knight’s breast Badge, c.1840, 44mm x 42mm, silver, gold, and enamel, enamel damage to central medallions, wreath, and to reverse points of star, nearly very fine £130-160

411 Romania, Kingdom, Order of the Star, 1st type, Civil Division, Officer’s breast Badge, by Joseph Resch, Bucharest, 65mm including crown suspension x 44mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker’s name on base of cross, very fine, with rosette on riband Romania, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, 1st type, Military Division, Knight’s breast Badge, 40mm, silver and enamel, extremely fine Romania, Kingdom, Great War Commemorative Cross, bronze, reverse dated 1916-1918, nearly extremely fine Romania, Kingdom, Medal for Steadfast and Loyalty, Second Class, with Crossed Swords for War Services, silvered-bronze, good very fine (4) £80-100

413

Page 133

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 134

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

414 414 A Scarce Russian ‘Non-Christian’ Cross of the Order of St. George Russia, Imperial, Cross of the Order of St. George, Fourth Class, 34mm, silver, with ‘Non-Christian’ Imperial Eagle central medallion on both sides, reverse officially numbered ‘2643’, good very fine, scarce £4,500-6,500 415 Russia, Imperial, Cross of the Order of St. George, Fourth Class, 34mm, silver, reverse numbered ‘135272’, suspension loop altered, nearly very fine £100-140 416 Russia, Imperial, Cross of the Order of St. George, Fourth Class, 34mm, silver, reverse numbered ‘252671’, with contemporary silver ring suspension, good very fine £100-140 417 Russia, Imperial, Medal for Bravery, Nicholas II, Fourth Class, silver, reverse officially numbered ‘1029043’, nearly very fine Russia, Imperial, Medal for Zeal, Nicholas II, silver, edge bruise, nearly very fine Russia, Imperial, Medal for the Pacification of Hungary and Transylvania 1849, silver, nearly very fine Russia, Imperial, Commemorative Medal for the Reign of Tsar Alexander III, silver, good very fine Russia, Imperial, Commemorative Medal for the Tercentenary of the Romanov Dynasty, bronze, nearly very fine (5) £140-180

www.spink.com

Page 134

420 418 Serbia, Kingdom, Order of the White Eagle, 2nd type, Military Division, Commander’s neck Badge, 89mm including crown and crossed swords suspension x 52mm, silver-gilt and enamel, blue enamel damage to pendelia, crossed swords loose, very fine £300-400 419 Serbia, Kingdom, Order of the White Eagle, 2nd type, Civil Division, Knight’s breast Badge, 67mm including crown and crossed swords suspension x 34mm, silver-gilt and enamel, minor chipping to reverse blue enamel, otherwise good very fine £120-150 420 Serbia, Kingdom, Order of the Cross of Takovo, 2nd type, Civil Division, Officer’s breast Badge, 62mm including crown suspension x 42mm, silver and enamel, minor blue enamel damage to central medallion, good very fine £130-160 421 Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St. Sava, 2nd type, Knight’s breast Badge, 62mm including crown suspension x 39mm, silver-gilt and enamel, Bishop with red robes, nearly very fine Yugoslavia, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Knight’s breast Badge, 55mm including wreath suspension x 43mm, silver and enamel, minor enamel damage, nearly very fine (2) £80-100

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 135

April 19, 2012 - London

424

422 Serbia, Kingdom, Soldiers’ Order of the Star of Karageorge with Swords, Silver Cross, 61mm including crown suspension x 40mm, silvered-bronze and gilt, reverse dated 191416, good fine £80-100

423 Serbia, Kingdom, Red Cross Society Decoration, 2nd type, 63mm including crown suspension x 40mm, silver and enamel, silver mark on suspension ring, good very fine Serbia, Kingdom, Milosh Obilich Medal for Bravery, Second Class, silver, very fine Yugoslavia, Kingdom, Commemorative Cross for the 1914-1918 War of Liberation and Union, bronze, good very fine (3) £100-140

x424 Spain, Kingdom, Order of Charles III, Commander’s neck Badge, 69mm including wreath suspension x 46mm, gold and enamel, nearly extremely fine, with neck riband £350-400

425

x425 Spain, Kingdom, Order of Isabella the Catholic, a Fine Quality Commander’s neck Badge, 72mm including wreath suspension x 49mm, gold and enamel, minor green enamel damage to wreath, otherwise extremely fine, with neck riband £200-300

426 Spain, Kingdom, Order of Isabella the Catholic, 2nd type, Commander’s neck Badge, 65mm including wreath suspension x 44mm, gilt and enamel, nearly very fine Spain, Kingdom, Order of Military Merit, Knight’s (Combatant) breast Badge, 50mm including crown suspension x 40mm, gilt and red enamel, undated, silver marks on reverse, nearly very fine, with top gilt riband bar (2) £70-90

Page 135

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 136

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

427

x427 Sweden, Kingdom, Order of the Sword, Commander’s neck Badge, 77mm including crown suspension x 54mm, gold and enamel, nearly extremely fine, with neck riband, in Carlman, Stockholm, fitted case of issue £700-900 428 Sweden, Kingdom, Order of the Sword, Knight’s breast Badge, by C.F. Carlman, Stockholm, 55mm including crown and crossed swords suspension x 36mm, silver and enamel, maker’s mark and silver marks on reverse, nearly extremely fine £80-120 429 Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmania, Third Class neck Badge, 81mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 64mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, enamel damage to reverse, otherwise good very fine £200-240 www.spink.com

Page 136

430 Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, Fifth Class breast Badge, 70mm including Start and Crescent suspension x 48mm, silver, gold applique, and enamel, nearly very fine £150-180 431 Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Medal of Iftihar, silver, reverse unnamed, suspension re-affixed, very fine Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Liyakat Medal, silver, with AH 1332 Bar with crossed swords on riband, good very fine (2) £120-140 432 Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli Star 1915, silver and enamel, ‘B.B. & Co.’ on reverse, good very fine £70-90

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 137

April 19, 2012 - London United States of America, Bronze Star (2), bronze, unnamed, good very fine United States of America, Meritorious Service Medal, bronze, unnamed, nearly extremely fine United States of America, Air Medal, bronze, unnamed, nearly extremely fine United States of America, Army Commendation Medal, bronze, unnamed, good very fine United States of America, Air Force Commendation Medal, bronze, reverse engraved ‘Marvin J. Christmas’, nearly extremely fine United States of America, Navy Achievement Medal, bronze, unnamed, good very fine United States of America, Purple Heart (3), gilt and enamel, nearly very fine or better, together with approximately 20 miscellaneous American Campaign and Long Service Medals (lot) £80-120

433 United States of America, Army Distinguished Service Cross, 1st ‘French’ type, ‘E Pluribus Unum’ below eagle, bronze, good very fine, scarce United States of America, Army Distinguished Service Cross, 2nd type, ‘For Valour’ below eagle, bronze, unnamed, nearly extremely fine United States of America, Air Force Distinguished Service Cross, bronze, gilt, and enamel, unnamed, nearly extremely fine United States of America, Army Distinguished Service Medal, gilt and enamel, unnamed, nearly extremely fine United States of America, Silver Star (2), gilt, unnamed, nearly extremely fine United States of America, Legion of Merit, Officer’s breast Badge, gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine, with miniature device on riband United States of America, Legion of Merit, Legionnaire’s breast Badge, gilt and enamel, extremely fine United States of America, Distinguished Flying Cross (2), bronze, unnamed, very fine or better United States of America, Army Soldiers’ Medal (3), bronze, one crudely numbered ‘2113’, the others unnamed, nearly very fine or better United States of America, Navy and Marine Corps Medal, bronze, unnamed, good very fine United States of America, Airman’s Medal, bronze, unnamed, good very fine

x434 Vatican, Holy See, Chamberlain’s Collar Chain, Pius X (1903-14), comprising of ten medallions inscribed ‘CS’, 1040mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with Badge Appendant, 58mm including Papal tiara suspension x 50mm, silver-gilt and enamel, about extremely fine, rare, in V. Mayer Sohne, Vienna, fitted case of issue £1,000-1,500

434 Page 137

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 138

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

GROUPS AND PAIRS WITH ORDERS AND DECORATIONS FOR GALLANTRY OR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE

435

435 A Superb Great War 1918 ‘German March Offensive’ V.C., M.M. Group of Six to Corporal A.H. Cross, Machine Gun Corps, For SingleHandedly Attacking and Re-Capturing A Most Dangerous Previously-Held British Position and Two Machine-Guns Whilst Armed Only With a Single Revolver; Corporal Cross’s German Prisoners Obliged Him by Carrying his ReCaptured Machine-Guns Back to His Retreated Company Line, Where They Were Quickly Brought into Action and Assisted in Ruining a Major German Attack a) Victoria Cross, reverse of suspension bar engraved ‘62990 Pte. (A/L. Cpl.) A.H. Cross. 40th. Bn. M.G. Corps.’, reverse of Cross engraved ‘25. Mar. 1918.’, with Hancocks, London, case of issue b) Military Medal, G.V.R. (62990 Pte.- A.Cpl.- A.H. Cross. 40/M.G.C.) c) British War and Victory Medals (62990 Cpl. A.H. Cross. M.G.C.) d) Coronation 1937, with box of issue e) Coronation 1953, with box of issue, nearly very fine or better, mounted as originally worn, together with the following comprehensive archive of related items and documents &c.: - Invitation named to Corporal A.H. and Mrs. Cross to a Reception hosted by Their Majesties for Recipients of the Victoria Cross, at Buckingham Palace, 26.6.1920, in glazed frame www.spink.com

Page 138

- Invitation named to A.H. Cross Esq., V.C. to a Dinner hosted by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales for Recipients of the Victoria Cross, at the House of Lords, 9.11.1921, in glazed frame - Programme for a Special Performance of Journey’s End given in honour of recipients of the Victoria Cross, Prince of Wales’ Theatre, London, 10.11.1929, and signed by a number of V.C. recipients - Programme for the Victory Celebrations, 8.6.1946 - Invitation named to Mr. A.H. Cross, V.C., to the Celebrations to mark the Centenary of the institution of the Victoria Cross, London, 25-26.6.1956 - Typed Programme of Events for the Victoria Cross Centenary Celebrations - Invitation named to A.H. Cross Esq., V.C. to a Reception at Simpson Services Club to mark the Centenary of the Victoria Cross, 25.6.1956 - Two tickets for the Service of Commemoration to mark the Centenary of the institution of the Victoria Cross, Westminster Abbey, 25.6.1956 - Programme for the Service of Thanksgiving on the occasion of the Centenary of the institution of the Victoria Cross, Westminster Abbey, 25.6.1956 - Invitation named to Mr. A.H. Cross to Tea in the House of Commons, 25.6.1956 - Invitation named to Mr. A.H. and Mrs. Cross to Tea in Westminster Hall, 25.6.1956 - Two tickets for the Government Reception in Westminster Hall, 25.6.1956

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 139

April 19, 2012 - London - Ticket for the V.C. Centenary Celebrations Parade in Hyde Park, 26.6.1956 - Programme for the Victoria Cross Centenary Review of Holders of the Decoration by Her Majesty the Queen, Hyde Park, 26.6.1956, together with a copy of H.M. The Queen’s address given on the occasion - Order of Form-up for the Victoria Cross Centenary Review, Hyde Park, 26.6.1956 - Typed instructions for Holders of the Victoria Cross for the Hyde Park Review, 26.6.1956 - Two tickets for the Garden Party at Marlborough House to mark the Centenary of the Institution of the Victoria Cross, 26.6.1956 - Copy of the brochure for the Victoria Cross Centenary Exhibition, Marlborough House, 1956, and the accompanying book on the stories of the Winning of the Victoria Crosses represented in the Exhibition - Two tickets for the State Apartments at Windsor Castle to celebrate the Centenary of the Inauguration of the Victoria Cross, 27.6.1956 - Ticket for the Corporation of London Reception at the Guildhall to mark the Centenary of the Institution of the Victoria Cross, 27.6.1956 - Programme for the Corporation of London Reception at the Guildhall to mark the Centenary of the Institution of the Victoria Cross, 27.6.1956 - Invitation named to A.H. Cross Esq., V.C. to a Tea Party and Cabaret at the Lyceum Theatre, London, 28.6.1956 - Programme for the Victoria Cross Centenary Celebrations Tea Party and Cabaret, Lyceum Theatre, 28.6.1956 - Invitation to Mr. A.H. Cross to London County Council’s Annual Reception, County Hall, 5.7.1956, with accompanying letters - Programme for the London County Council’s Annual Reception, County Hall, 5.7.1956 - Programme for the European Premiere of Walt Disney’s The Great Locomotive Chase, Studio One Theatre, London, 16.8.1956 - Invitation to A.H. Cross, Esq., V.C., M.M. to an Afternoon Tea Party given by H.M. The Queen and H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, at Buckingham Palace, 17.7.1962 - Illuminated Certificate announcing that A.H. Cross, Esq., V.C., M.M. has been admitted as a Life Member of the British Legion, dated 17.11.1961 - Four V.C./ V.C. & G.C. Association Christmas Cards - The Recipient’s V.C. and G.C. Association Membership Card and M.G.C. Old Comrades’ Association Membership Card - Various autographs of V.C. Holders - Invitation named to Mr. A.H. Cross, V.C., M.M., for the unveiling ceremony of the Machine Gun Corps Memorial, 10.5.1925, together with a photograph of the Memorial - M.G.C. Old Comrades’ Association Annual Reunion Dinner menu, 10.11.1956 - Three letters to the recipient from Remus Films Ltd regarding the loan of his Victoria Cross for the making of Carrington, V.C., including one hand written and signed by David Niven, dated 28.6.1954 - A large quantity of newspaper cuttings, many featuring the recipient

Corporal A.H. Cross

- Various photographs of the recipient, including two with Admiral of the Fleet Lord Mountbatten of Burma, K.G., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O., D.S.O., and one with the actor David Niven outside the set of Carrington, V.C. - Ten prints of War-time oil sketches by LieutenantColonel G.S. Hutchison, D.S.O., M.C., later Chairman of the M.G.C. Old Comrades’ Association, showing the Machine Gun Corps in action (lot) £110,000-130,000 V.C. London Gazette 4.6.1918 No. 62990 Pte. (A./L./Cpl.) Arthur Henry Cross, M.G. Corps (Camberwell) ‘For most conspicuous bravery and initiative. L./Cpl. Cross volunteered to make a reconnaissance of the position of two machine guns which had been captured by the enemy. He advanced single-handed to the enemy trench and with his revolver forced seven of the enemy to surrender and carry the machine guns with their tripods and ammunition to our lines. He then handed over his prisoners, collected teams for his guns which he brought into action with exceptional dash and skill, annihilating a very heavy attack by the enemy. It is impossible to speak too highly of the extreme gallantry, initiative and dash displayed by this N.C.O., who showed throughout four days of operations supreme devotion to duty.’

Page 139

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 140

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

Victoria Cross (reverse)

Corporal A.H. Cross with Admiral of the Fleet Lord Mountbatten, July 1965

M.M. London Gazette 29.8.1918 62990 Pte. (A./Cpl.) A. H. Cross, M.G. Corps (Camberwell). Corporal Arthur Henry Cross, V.C., M.M., was born in Shipdham, Norfolk, on the 13th December 1884, the son of a local Norfolk wheelwright and carpenter, and was educated at the local village school. His headmaster later described him as ‘a quiet, unostentatious, thoughtful lad- little did we think in those days that he would ever perform such noble deeds.’ (Eastern Daily Press article, 17.9.1918 refers). After working for a while for the local butcher, he left home at the age of 18 and moved to Camberwell, South London, where he was employed on the Great Eastern Railway at the goods station at Bishopgate, and later at Woolwich Dockyard. Soon after he married Frances Coxhead, a local Camberwell girl. Following the outbreak of the Great War he enlisted in 1916 in the 21st Battalion, London Regiment (1st Surrey Rifles), and went to France with the Regiment at the end of 1916 before transferring the following year to the ‘Suicide Club’The Machine Gun Corps. Action at Ervillers The Great German Spring Offensive began on the 21st March, 1918, on which date Cross was serving with 121 Company, 40th Battalion, M.G.C. as part of 40th Division at Ervillers, approximately four miles north of Bapaume. That evening his Company was called up from the reserve to hold the rear trenches, as the 59th Division fell back against the heavy numerical superiority of the enemy, leaving most of their guns behind. The following day the 59th Division was withdrawn, and the 40th Division took over the forward positions. The enemy attack continued unabated, and during the 22nd March 102 Company, Machine Gun Corps lost 59 men out of 96. By the end of the day the Division, which had defended the position so long and so valiantly against overwhelming odds had fallen back, and had dug in on higher ground. The following day the Division rallied, and re-captured some of the previous day’s losses, including the village of Mory. As dawn broke on the 24th March in could be seen that the enemy had massed heavy forces in preparation for an attack on the village of Ervillers. Cross was with a machine-gun section near a line of infantry that had hastily come up from the reserve to help hold Ervillers, but was heavily

www.spink.com

Page 140

outnumbered. By mid-afternoon the battle was at its hottest. The enemy were attacking, two of the four machine-gun teams were isolated and surrounded, and the others had fallen back. Cross decided to attack. Volunteering to go over the top in search of the captured guns, and armed only with a service revolver, he advanced slowly the following morning over No-man’s land. Moving carefully up to the Battalion’s former position, he saw the two guns in the hands of seven German soldiers. His objective was plain. Leaping forward, and pointing his revolver directly at the enemy, he forced their surrender and re-captured the guns. Ordering his prisoners to carry the machine-guns, together with their tripods and ammunition, back to his own retreated line, he then handed over his prisoners and collected teams for the guns, which he soon brought into action, destroying a very heavy German attack and arresting the enemy advance. For his ‘conspicuous bravery and initiative’ in single-handedly recapturing his Company’s guns he was awarded the Victoria Cross. A few weeks later in the same push he was further honoured with the award of the Military Medal, when he held a bridge against an enemy attack, a decoration which, according to his son Harry, he always felt was the harder earned: ‘He always said it was harder to win his M.M. than his V.C.- but he was very proud of his V.C.’ (article in The Express refers). By late April the German advance had ground to a halt, the enemy having suffered heavy casualties and occupying ground which would prove impossible to hold with the fewer manpower reserves now available. In August 1918, the Allies began a counter-offensive, which resulted in the enemy being driven from all of the ground taken in their Spring Offensive, the collapse of the Hindenburg line, and the capitulation of the German Empire that November. Following his V.C. and M.M. winning exploits, Cross returned to England- six hours after his return from France his wife gave birth to a son, Victor, known as ‘the Little V.C.’ Corporal Cross was presented with his Victoria Cross by H.M. King George V at Buckingham Palace on the 4th September 1918; he was later given a period of leave and returned to his home village of Shipdham, where a presentation was made in his honour. He was discharged from the Army in March 1919 with the rank of Corporal, and returned to Camberwell, where he was briefly employed by the Post Office before becoming a City messenger. Following

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 141

April 19, 2012 - London

Corporal A.H. Cross with David Niven, outside the set of Carrington, V.C. the death of his first wife in the 1930s Cross married Minnie Harrison, and with his second wife he had a further two children. In the Second World War, too old for active service, he volunteered as a fire-watcher. One night during the Blitz tragedy struck- whilst on duty during an air raid his wife and their two children were killed when their shelter received a direct hit. Following the Second World War Cross lived on alone in Southwark, and continued his work as a City messenger for the firm Stewarts and Lloyd. Carrington, V.C. In 1954 production began at the Shepperton Studios on the film Carrington, V.C., starring David Niven in the title role. Stage tradition forbids the copying of the Victoria Cross, and Niven, as a former Lieutenant-Colonel in the Rifle Brigade, was eager to borrow a genuine V.C. to wear in the film, a story reported in the gossip pages of The Star. The following day Cross walked into The Star’s offices and, ‘opening a battered suitcase, said “If David Niven would like to borrow this he can.”’ (The Star, 9.6.1954 refers). “This” of course was Cross’s V.C., and the following day the film’s production manager wrote to Cross formally accepting the offer. On the 23rd June Cross was the guest of honour at Shepperton Studios, and met David Niven on the set of Carrington, V.C.: ‘The cameras stopped and Major Carrington- smiling David Niven- stepped from the set to greet his visitor. “I’m proud to meet you,” he said, and chatted with Mr. Cross about winning the V.C. which the old soldier adjusted on the star’s tunic. Film Director Anthony Asquith then found Mr. Cross a seat among the cameras and explained the apparent chaos as, amid the flashing of lights and shouts of “cut”, the court martial scenes were shot.’ (The Star, 24.6.1954 refers). A week later Cross received a letter from David Niven: ‘It was good meeting you the other day and thank you again for your great kindness in lending me your V.C.- I’ll take the greatest care of it.’ Following the completion of filming Cross was reunited with his V.C., and was invited to the film’s West End premiere.

Family Re-union and Later Life Cross’s decision to loan his V.C. to the film Carrington, V.C. also had another happy, and totally unexpected, outcomenews of a long-lost sister. Seeing his name in The Weekly News, Cross’s sister Diana immediately wrote to him through the newspaper: ‘Dear Brother Arthur, I was surprised to see your name in the paper last week. We thought you were killed with your wife and family when Jerry bombed London.’ (The Weekly News, 31.7.1954 refers). Cross was overjoyed: ‘I don’t mind telling you I dropped a few tears reading that letter. To find you have a sister alive after all these years is a wonderful thing. But for the “Weekly News” I would have carried on thinking I was the last of the Cross family. Immediately after reading the letter I wrote back, telling her how pleased I was to hear from her and suggested we might meet at her home. I always remember her as a nice-looking, plump girl. I wonder how she looks now?’ (ibid). The following week Cross enjoyed ‘the most wonderful family reunion of my life’ at his sister’s cottage in Norfolk. (The Star, 7.8.1954 refers). In 1956 Cross took part in the celebrations to mark the Centenary of the institution of the Victoria Cross, the highlight of which was the parade at Hyde Park when, exactly 99 years to the day since Queen Victoria had decorated the first 62 V.C. recipient’s whilst seated on here horse ‘Sunset’, 297 living V.C. recipients paraded in front of H.M. The Queen. The following night he attended the Lord Mayor’s Guildhall reception, where the V.C. recipients and their guests emptied 700 bottles of champagne in the first 85 minutes. A regular attender of Old Comrades’ reunions all his life, and a founder member of the V.C. and G.C. Association, Corporal Cross died at home in Southwark on the 23rd November, 1965, and was buried alongside his second wife and their children at Streatham Vale Cemetery, London. A road in his old home village of Shipdham is named after him. Seven Victoria Crosses were awarded to the Machine Gun Corps; Corporal Cross’s V.C. is the only one accompanied by another British Gallantry Award.

Page 141

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 142

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

436

436 The Extraordinary Great War ‘Otranto Barrage’, ‘Little Ships’ V.C. Group of Five to Chief Skipper J. Watt, Royal Naval Reserve, Captain of H.M. Drifter Gowanlea, Who, to the Cheers of His Entire Crew, Sailed His 87 Foot Wooden Vessel Into History Against the Austro-Hungarian Cruiser Novara a) Victoria Cross, reverse of suspension bar engraved ‘Skipper Joseph Watt. R.N.R.’, reverse of Cross engraved ‘15. May. 1917.’ b) Coronation 1937 c) Serbia, Kingdom, Gold Medal for Good and Zealous Service, bronze d) Italy, Kingdom, Al Valore Militare, silver, reverse officially engraved ‘J. Watt. Basso Adriatico 15 Maggio 1917.’ e) France, Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated ‘1914-1917’, edge bruise to fourth, very fine or better, with the following related items: - Gold Pocket Watch, by Thomas Russell and Son, Liverpool, gold (9 Carat, Hallmarks for Chester 1916), the case inscribed ‘Presented to Skipper Joseph Watt R.N.R. V.C. by Mr. George Walker, Fraserburgh, 5th. Dec. 1917’, hairline crack to dial, otherwise in working order - Commission appointing Mr. Joseph Watt a Skipper in the Royal Naval Reserve, dated 22.3.1915 - Commission appointing Mr. Joseph Watt, V.C., a Chief Skipper in the Royal Naval Reserve, dated 8.10.1917 - Bestowal document for the Serbian Medal for Good and Zealous Service, named to Joseph Watt, and dated 23.6.1916 - Bestowal document for the Italian Al Valore Militare Medal, named to Skipper Joseph Watt, and dated 1.7.1917 - Invitation named to J. Watt Esq., V.C. to a Dinner hosted by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales for Recipients of the Victoria Cross, at the House of Lords, 9.11.1921 www.spink.com

Page 142

- Seven photographs of the recipient, including one of him with H.R.H. The Duke of Kent - Letter to Mr. J. Watt, the recipient’s son, inviting him to the Centenary Celebrations of the Institution of the Victoria Cross, 17.5.1956 - Various newspaper cuttings, poems, and other ephemera relating to the Gowanlea (lot) £120,000-160,000 V.C. London Gazette 29.8.1917 Skipper Joseph Watt, R.N.R., 1206 W.S.A. ‘For most conspicuous gallantry when the Allied Drifter line in the Straits of Otranto was attacked by Austrian light cruisers on the morning of the 15th May, 1917. When hailed by an Austrian cruiser at about 100 yards range and ordered to stop and abandon his drifter the “Gowanlea,” Skipper Watt ordered full speed ahead and called upon his crew to give three cheers and fight to the finish. The cruiser was then engaged, but after one round had been fired, a shot from the enemy disabled the breech of the drifter’s gun. The gun’s crew, however, stuck to the gun, endeavouring to make it work, being under heavy fire all the time. After the cruiser had passed on Skipper Watt took the “Gowanlea” alongside the badly damaged drifter “Floandi” and assisted to remove the dead and wounded.’ Serbia, Gold Medal for Good and Zealous Service London Gazette 1.3.1917 Skipper Joseph Watt, R.N.R., 1206 W.S.A. ‘For distinguished services rendered during the war.’ Italy, Al Valore Militare, silver London Gazette 17.11.1917 Ch. Skpr. Joseph Watt, V.C., R.N.R., 1206 W.S.A. ‘For distinguished services rendered during the war.’ The recommendation (in Italian) states: ‘Once he was within 100 metres of the enemy ship, which ordered him to stop and to disembark the crew, he ordered his men to shout ‘Three Cheers’, and opened fire with their only small calibre gun. He kept closing at the maximum speed and kept firing even though the enemy returned his fire. He not only survived, but he managed to save his boat and crew not only from destruction, but also from being captured by the enemy.’ France, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 4.5.1920 Ch. Skpr. Joseph Watt, V.C., R.N.R., W.S.A. 1206 ‘For distinguished services rendered during the War.’

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 143

April 19, 2012 - London

Chief Skipper J. Watt

Chief Skipper Joseph Watt, V.C., was born in Gardenstown, a small fishing village near Banff on the shore of the Moray Firth, on the 25th June 1887, the son of a local fisherman, and was educated at the local village school. At the age of ten his father was tragically drowned whilst fishing for haddock some 23 miles off the Scottish coast, and soon after his mother remarried, moving the family along the coast to Broadsea. However, despite the family tragedy his future occupation was never in doubt- fishing was a way of life in the community in which he grew up. Upon leaving school he served his apprenticeship in in the White Daisy, and soon proved to be a capable seaman; however, and in common with most fishermen from this period, he never learnt how to swim. In 1907 he left home and moved to Fraserburgh, where a couple of years later he invested in part-ownership of the Dundee-built steam drifter Annie. For the next five years he spent most of his time at sea, earning a reputation among his fellow driftermen for being ‘a daring seaman, who never shrank from facing the wild North Sea in its most stormy moods’. On the outbreak of the Great War, Watt volunteered for the Patrol Service, and was commissioned a Skipper in the Royal Naval Reserve, 11.1.1915. After a few months spent patrolling the North Sea he was posted to Italy, and before leaving for the Mediterranean he married Jessie Ann Noble, a local Broadsea girl. Service in the Gowanlea On arriving in Italy Watt was appointed to the command of H.M. Drifter Gowanlea, an 87-foot wooden vessel that had been completed the very week that the War had begun. With its crew of nine, and armed with a solitary six-pounder gun, the Gowanlea was part of a fleet of steam drifters based in the heel of Italy. The crew, mainly Fraserburgh men, were a close-knit team, and included Fred Lamb, the boat’s Gunner, a cooper in civilian life known for his ‘Herculean strength’ who could regularly turn out 100 barrels per week; and William Noble, the boat’s engineer. Like most ships they also had a mascot- a monkey that had been presented to them by the Italian sailors (unfortunately the monkey was not a success and was soon set free, to be replaced by a small terrier dog that was much more popular with the crew). Their task,

as part of the Otranto Barrage, was to prevent enemy submarines operating out of Cattaro, 140 miles to the north, entering the Mediterranean via the straits separating Italy from Albania. The 120 drifters maintained a net barrier day and night, and were supported by a combined Allied fleet of motor-launches, destroyers, cruisers, and aircraft. For the most part it was a fairly monotonous routine. However, in January 1916 the wearisome pattern of patrol work was interrupted by the need to help evacuate the remnants of the Serbian Army from Albania. Based out of Brindisi, Watt and his crew assisted in the evacuation of the Serbs from Valona to Corfu by helping to guard the transporters from enemy Uboats, and in recognition of his work he was awarded the Serbian Gold Medal for Good and Zealous Service- the first formal recognition of his bravery. Returning to Otranto, the Gowanlea resumed her barrage duties. Though successes against the U-boats during the rest of the year were few, they were sufficient to provoke the Austro-Hungarian Navy into occasional retaliatory hit-andrun raids, and on the 22nd December, 1916, four enemy destroyers and a light cruiser attacked the barrage. The drifters were taken completely by surprise. The Gowanlea was immediately hit by an enemy shell which blew away the boat’s funnel. Watt gave the order to prepare to abandon ship, and as the lifeboat was being lowered, with their only compass aboard it, a second shell hit and sent the lifeboat down. A third shell hit the boat at the waterline, before the enemy were driven off by the timely arrival of six French destroyers. But the Gowanlea was a wreck, and several members of her crew lay dying amongst the debris. Without their compass they were lost, but after steaming around Watt sighted another patrol vessel and ordered more speed. The crew were below, fighting for their lives, and trying to patch up the shell hole. Eventually they caught up with the other drifter and were led back to the safety of port. By spring, her repairs completed, the Gowanlea was back on the patrol line. Nothing had changed as far as the barrage was concerned, but after weeks of little excitement April suddenly saw a marked rise in the number of submarine sightings. Although none was destroyed, a number were forced to turn back, and this spurred the Austrian Navy into action.

Page 143

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 144

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

Victoria Cross (reverse) Attack in the Straits of Otranto On the night of the 14th-15th May, 1917, the AustroHungarian Navy launched a major attack on the Otranto Barrage, determined once and for all to break the barrier to allow their U-boats access to the Mediterranean and the Allied shipping lanes. Under the Command of Captain Miklós Horthy (the future Regent of Hungary), a force of nine ships, including the light cruisers Novara, Saida, and Helgoland, sailed from their base at Cattaro. They separated quickly in order to attack the entire Allied flotilla with their vastly superior guns. The attack on the Barrage began at 3:15am. At the time 47 drifters were stretched across the straits in seven groups. The Gowanlea was on the far western side of Barrage, and, slipping her nets as soon as firing was heard, made for the Italian coast. However, within minutes she ran into the Novara. When the two vessels were within 100 yards the Novara signalled to the Gowanlea by dipping her flags and blowing hard on her siren to abandon ship. The offer was flatly refused. Calling for full steam ahead, Watt roused the fighting spirit of his entire crew by shouting: ‘Three cheers lads and lets fight to the finish!’ As the Gowanlea made straight for the enemy ship, the drifter’s gun team, comprising Deckhands Fred Lamb and Edward Godbald, immediately opened fire with their six-pounder gun, with menacing accuracy. The enemy response was swift, as they soon brought their nine 3.9-inch guns to bear on the Gowanlea. Two heavy blows inflicted terrible damage. One of them carried away the port railings and smashed the boat’s bulwarks and the other plunged through the deck, disabled the gun, and detonated a box of ammunition that severely wounded Lamb, blowing him away from the gun, shattering his right leg and foot, and peppering his face and eyes with shell splinters. Two further shells landed on the boat, before

www.spink.com

Page 144

the Gowanlea was able to limp away, her decks and cabin riddled with shrapnel, though still under her own steam, due to the supreme efforts of their engineer William Noble. The whole raid was over in little more than an hour, during which 14 of the 47 drifters were sunk and several more damaged. As the cruisers withdrew they left behind a scene of carnage with shell-scarred drifters picking their way through a sea strewn with debris in search of survivors. In spite of her own damage, the Gowanlea joined in the rescue effort, and managed to rescue the wounded from the drifter Floandi before making for port. One sad casualty from the Gowanlea was their mascot. The poor terrier never recovered from the shock of the raid and died three days later. For their great gallantry in the Straits of Otranto, Watt was awarded the Victoria Cross for his ‘most conspicuous gallantry’, and was additionally awarded the Italian Al Valore Militare and the French Croix de Guerre. Gunner Fred Lamb was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal and the Al Valore Militare, the official citation for his C.G.M. stating: ‘though severely wounded in the leg by the explosion of a box of ammunition on H.M. Drifter “Gowanlea,” he stuck to his gun endeavouring to make it work.’ The Gowanlea’s Engineer, William Noble, and the Deckhand Edward Godbald were both awarded D.S.M. In total one Victoria Cross, two Distinguished Service Orders; six Distinguished Service Crosses; five Conspicuous Gallantry Medals; eighteen Distinguished Service Medals; and 31 Mentioned in Despatches were awarded for the action, together with a number of foreign awards. In London the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe delivered a speech in which he told of the Gowanlea’s action, and proudly stated: ‘The enemy has been up against the grit of the British sailor. It is this spirit which will win the war and I hope win it quickly, but while you applaud this moment, the spirit of the British sailor, never forget the duty of gratitude this country owes him.’ Back in Scotland to commemorate the gallantry of the crew of the Gowanlea, the Fraserburgh poet W.R. Melvin composed ‘H.M. Drifter “Gowanlea”’, which was later praised by the First Sea Lord as being ‘a fine poem’.

Gold Pocket Watch presented to Skipper Joseph Watt

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 145

April 19, 2012 - London

H.M. Drifter Gowanlea

Four Hundred years have sped since first, Britannia ruled the wave, And history’s page is crowded with, Deeds glorious and brave; But none outshine the story fine, Of Austrian cruisers three, That were faced and fought by a fishing boat, The drifter Gowanlea.

The wheelhouse smashed and her nose sore bashed And the bulwarks all afire, But the flag still flew, and no thought but do Or die was the crew’s desire. A ball came slap through the skipper’s cap, “I still keep my head”, laughed he, “And if down we go, then the world will know We died game on the Gowanlea”!

‘Neath the purple Adriatic night, Our Scotch minesweepers lay, When a Squadron of the foe swooped down, Like a vulture on its prey. “Surrender”! cried the Austrian chief; “Surrender!, No not me; So there, that’s flat”! bawled Skipper Watt, Of the drifter Gowanlea!

And bold Fred Lamb served his gun as calm, As if no darned foe was nigh. Till a shell cam along with a death-like song And mangled his leg and thigh. “That’s one spar gone”, said Fred with a groan, But I’ve still got my fists you see”! And he fought his gun till the foe did run From the drifter Gowanlea!

Then his crew gave three defiant cheers, As they made their pop-gun squirt; Way ‘twas like ten men in armour Against one man in his shirt! The foe’s broadside flamed across the tide, But the drifter- what cared she? With her six pound shot she answered hot, Did the tiny Gowanlea!

Who were those heroes of the main Who won such high renown? A cooper and a fisherman From a quiet Buchan town. Spirit of Nelson and of Drake! Spirit of Victory! Ye are not dead while we’ve Joe and Fred And the drifter Gowanlea!

Page 145

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 146

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

Chief Skipper J. Watt with H.R.H. The Duke of Kent aboard the Benachie

Later Life After spending six weeks in hospital in Malta, Watt was advanced to Chief Skipper, given a period of leave, and allowed to return home. The Fraserburgh town council had planned a hero’s welcome, but Watt had had enough publicity, and he travelled home secretly, arriving back one evening in November 1917. The following day, attired in his fisherman’s clothes, he went to relax down at the harbour. Although well known for his friendliness and happy disposition he was very reticent and never talked about his great gallantry, leading one journalist to describe him as ‘a painfully modest man’. His shyness owed something to his natural reserve, but also to the fact that he felt that his gallantry had been greatly embellished by the press, desperate for a war hero. His one concession to local opinion was to accept a gold watch, given to him by Mr. George Walker, the owner of the Gowanlea. His Victoria Cross was presented to him by H.M. King George V at Buckingham Palace on the 6th April 1918. Following the end of the War, his drifter Annie having been sunk clearing mines a few weeks after the Armistice, he bought another vessel, the drifter Benachie, named after Aberdeenshire’s highest mountain, and went back to fishing for herring. During the Second World War he commanded a drifter serving the Home Fleet, with a crew that included his son, invalided home in 1940 after being wounded whilst serving in the Gordon Highlanders. Between the Wars he was visited on the Benachie by H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, where, unaccustomed to the occasion, the broad smiling skipper forgot to remove his cap. His Victoria Cross, so bravely earned, was kept in a small drawer on his boat, amidst the accumulated junk of a sailor’s life. Joseph Watt died at home in Fraserburgh from cancer of the gullet on the 13th February 1955, and was buried alongside his wife in Kirktown Cemetery. His loss was felt all over the Northeast fishing communities with deep regret. In addition to his unique Victoria Cross for the Otranto Barrage, Joseph Watt was also entitled to a 1914-15 Star trio; however, there is no record of him every applying for, or receiving, his Great War campaign medals.

www.spink.com

Page 146

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:52

Page 147

April 19, 2012 - London 437 The G.C.B., Great War Western Front ‘1918’ D.S.O., ‘1917’ M.C. Group of Eleven to General Sir F.A. Pile, Bt., Royal Horse Artillery, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Anti-Aircraft Command During the Second World War a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Knight Grand Cross (G.C.B.) set of Insignia, sash Badge, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel; Star, silver, gold, and enamel, with gold retaining pin, with short length of sash riband for display purposes b) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse of suspension bar privately engraved ‘Major. F.A. Pile Jan. 1918.’, with integral top riband bar c) Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse privately engraved ‘Captain F.A. Pile, Jan. 2nd. 1917.’ d) 1914 Star, with Bar (Lieut: F.A. Pile. R.H.A.) e) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Major F.A. Pile.) f) Defence and War Medals g) Jubilee 1935 h) Coronation 1937 i) United States of America, Legion of Merit, Commander’s neck Badge, 64mm including wreath suspension x 58mm, gilt and enamel, minor enamel flaking to wreath and central medallion on G.C.B. badge, traces of lacquer, otherwise good very fine or better, with the following related items: - Bestowal Document for the American Legion of Merit, named to General Sir Frederick A. Pile, Bt, G.C.B., D.S.O., M.C., British Army, with minor water damage - Citation for the American Legion of Merit on White House, Washington, writing paper, and signed ‘Harry S Truman’ - Letter to the recipient from the Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill on Chartwell, Kent, writing paper, dated 22.9.1949 and signed ‘Winston S. Churchill’ - The recipient’s four Great War diaries, covering the periods 5.8.1914-5.1.1915; 18.1-15.12.1915; 2.6.1916-9.5.1917; and 16.6.1917-7.10.1918 - The recipient’s operational Log Book, covering the period 6.4-12.8.1917 (12) £5,500-7,500 G.C.B. London Gazette 1.1.1945 General Sir Frederick Alfred Pile, Bt., K.C.B., D.S.O., M.C. (3052), late Royal Tank Corps. K.C.B. London Gazette 1.7.1941 Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Alfred Pile, Bt., C.B., D.S.O., M.C. (3052), late Royal Tank Corps. C.B. London Gazette 1.1.1938 Major-General Sir Frederick Alfred Pile, Bt., D.S.O., M.C. (late Royal Artillery, and Royal Tank Corps), Commander, 1st Anti-Aircraft Division, Territorial Army. D.S.O. London Gazette 1.1.1918 Maj. Frederick Alfred Pile, M.C., R.A. M.C. London Gazette 1.1.1917 Capt. Frederick Alfred Pile, Hqrs., R.A.

General Sir F.A. Pile

United States of America, Legion of Merit, Commander London Gazette 14.11.1947 General Sir Frederick Alfred Pile, Bt., G.C.B., D.S.O., M.C. (3052), late Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, Colonel Commandant, Royal Regiment of Artillery. The Citation states: ‘For exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services from December 1941 to September 1944. In his capacity as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Anti-Aircraft Command, British Army, he made available to the United States forces data with reference to anti-aircraft artillery material, tactics, and technique, which had a marked effect on the development and employment of the anti-aircraft artillery of the United States Army. His keen appreciation of the value of good will and understanding between American and British forces resulted in measures being taken which effectively produced those results. His personal interest in United States antiaircraft units under his command contributed materially to increasing their efficiency for continental operations. General Pile’s outstanding professional zeal and knowledge resulted in the development of effective anti-aircraft artillery defensive measures, which have been adopted by the United States, for action against unusual hostile weapons, and for the defense of ground installations on the European continent.’ General Sir Frederick Alfred Pile, Bt., G.C.B., D.S.O., M.C., was born in September 1884, the eldest son of Thomas Pile, a future Lord Mayor of Dublin who was created a Baronet in 1900. He was Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Artillery, 22.7.1904, and promoted Lieutenant, 29.7.1907.

Page 147

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:53

Page 148

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria The Great War ‘5th August 1914: Mobilization began. My job being Galloper to Colonel Birch, R.H.A. [see lot 1], who Commands the 7th Brigade R.H.A. at Aldershot... 8th August: Made the acquaintances of the Head Quarters Staff, consisting of the Adjutant, Captain H. Scarlett; the Medical Officer, Captain Lewis; and the Veterinary Officer, Captain Stewart. I was given charge of the HQ horses... 9th August: The Brigade practically mobilized now... 13th August: H.M. The King visited Aldershot today... 15th August: Left Aldershot at midnight for Southampton. Lewis and I slept in the train much to the annoyance of the Colonel who tried to keep me awake by asking continuous questions. Arrived Southampton at 3:30am and about 11:00am the ship- a cattle boat- sailed. It was the stuffiest and smelliest boat I have ever seen and why our horses did not die of suffocation I cannot imagine... 17th August: We got into Boulogne on the tide at 4:30am and had every horse off the ship in 40 minutes. As we moved off at 11:00am we were cheered by great crowds of French people. Marched out to camp about 2 miles out of Boulogne and in the afternoon Lewis and I went into the town. He kept on cementing the Entente by waving to all the French girls. But I thought them all very ugly. Our men thoroughly enjoyed talking to the French chiefly in signs... 19th August: Left Boulogne for our first point of concentration. We had a perfectly triumphal procession. They stopped the train at every station where every inhabitant came out with something to give us- cigarettes, cigars, wine, flowers. Everyone, everywhere wanted to give us things and all wished us “Bon Chance”. At Amiens a French Staff Officer got in and jabbered away as fast as he could to the Colonel and myself. From what he said I rather gathered that the War was all but over. I stayed in this happy delusion for another 3 days and then I struck me that the German was not such as fool as he appeared and that we had many days hard fighting ahead of us... 24th August: We could hear the noise of guns. Scarlett and I moved off at 1:00pm with some cavalry machine guns. We got as far the railway line at Roisin. General Allenby told us the only way to the batteries was through the wood. Spent an hour trying to find a way through the wood, and we had hardly got outside when they began to shell us. It was most unpleasant- Lewis got very excited and kept on urging me to go on but it seemed to me that we must have been driven back and that our only means of escape was through the wood...That night the staff went in bivouacs at St. Wast and hoped that the batteries would arrive but they did not. So ended my first day under fire and very unpleasant too.’ (the recipient’s diary refers). Action at Nery On the 31st August Pile moved on to near Nery. ‘L’ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, arrived that night after dark and tied up their horses. ‘1st September 1914: Here happened the most gallant affair in the whole War. While the horses were still tied to the vehicles and the men having breakfast a German brigade of 8 guns suddenly opened fire on the battery at a range of 600 yards. There was a stream between the batteries and the Germans had managed to dig themselves in during the night. Captain Bradbury, together with Sergeant Major Dorrell got one gun into action. Lieutenants Mundy and John Campbell each took another gun but before they could be got into action their detachment were shot. Bradbury then called them over to his gun. Between them they knocked out 4 of the German guns. John Campbell was struck with a shell whilst working the gun in the gallantest fashion. Poor Mundy had half his leg taken off by a shell and died later of his wounds. Captain Bradbury who directed the gun had a leg shot off and continued to direct his gun till another shell took off his other leg. Even then his only thought was the Battery. He asked to be taken to the rear so that the men might not see him or perhaps hear him groan. But no man heard a murmur from his lips. Mundy and John Campbell were hit while bringing up ammunition. There were two others working the gun and one of them was a driver reputed to be the biggest waster in the battery but this day a hero. Dorrell and he continued firing their gun until the ammunition was all expended and then retired at a where the Cavalry Brigade Headquarters were and reported themselves. By this time four guns of ‘I’

www.spink.com

Page 148

Battery had arrived and they knocked out the 8 German guns which were captured and destroyed. A shell grazed SergeantMajor Dorrell’s head but did no harm. Out of the 250 men in the battery at 5:30am when the Germans opened fire there were only 90 left at 6:00am.’ (ibid). For their gallantry in organizing the defence of ‘L’ Battery against heavy odds that morning Captain Bradbury and Sergeant-Major Dorrell (together with Sergeant Nelson) were awarded the Victoria Cross. Pile was promoted Captain, 30.10.1914- by this stage 60% of the Royal Horse Artillery who had left England with him were hors de combat. ‘3rd December 1914: The King inspected the Cavalry division today. We were drawn up on both sides of the road from Fletre to Caestre. H.M. dismounted just before he reached the Horse Artillery and walked all the way down the lines. He was accompanied by the Prince of Wales, who looked very young, and General Allenby, and remarked on how well the men and horses were looking. The men were fantastically pleased’ (ibid); In late December he was given temporary command of ‘I’ Battery, before heading back to England for a period of leave. For the rest of the War Pile served on the staff attached to Headquarters, first as a Staff Captain, 29.10.1915- 2.1.1916; and then as a Brigade Major, 3.1.1916- 28.8.1918, and was promoted Major, 26.8.1916. Three times Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazettes 1.1.1916, 11.12.1917, and 7.7.1919, he was awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry during the period of the Battle of the Somme ‘3rd January 1917: The London papers today of 2nd Jan have a huge honours list, myself amongst the crowd for a M.C. That is a start anyhow...4th January: The most enthusiastic letter from my little Lady on the honours list. The medal is worth fifty times as much today!’ (ibid) and later awarded the Distinguished Service Order ‘2nd January 1918: On reading the papers discovered I had been given a D.S.O.’ (ibid) and appointed Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, 3.6.1919. After the War Pile served as Adjutant, Royal Artillery, 11.3.192028.1.1922; advanced Colonel, 3.6.1923, he was appointed and served as Assistant Director of Mechanisation at the War Office, 21.8.1928- 20.10.1932 and then Brigade Commander of the Canal Brigade in Egypt, 21.10.1932- 21.10.1936. Promoted Major-General, 11.2.1937, he served as Commander, 1st AntiAircraft Division, from 27.11.1937, and was advanced Lieutenant-General, 8.7.1938. Second World War On the 28th July 1939 Pile was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Anti-Aircraft Command, a position he was to hold throughout the Second World War. Amongst his many recommendations and operational changes was the decision to move all the anti-aircraft guns to the coast, which allowed a protective gun-belt to be established for the first time. R.A.F. fighters were prohibited from entering this belt, which thus allowed both fighters and guns to operate within clearly-defined spheres, with greatly improved results. At the peak of operations in May 1941 he had 1,691 Heavy guns, 940 Light guns, and 4,532 Searchlights under his command, manned by just over 300,000 men. Towards the end of the War he was instrumental in preparing to counteract the threat of the long range rockets, the first of which had fallen on London on the 8th September 1944- of the 495 rockets that came within range of his guns, only 66 got through to reach London. As well as his official despatches, he published after the War Ack-Ack: Britain’s Defence against Air Attack during the Second World War, a copy of which he sent to Winston Churchill, receiving the a letter back saying: ‘What days those were, and how well you did!’ (letter included with lot refers). Promoted General, 25.12.1941, he was appointed Colonel Commandant, Royal Regiment of Artillery, 30.1.1945, before retiring from active service after the end of hostilities, 26.11.1945. General Sir Frederick Pile succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet on the 17th January 1931, and died at home in Hertfordshire on the 14th November 1976. In 1948 a locomotive of the Southern Railway SR Battle of Britain Class was named after him. This locomotive is currently being restored, and will the future operate on the Watercress Line in Hampshire.

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:53

Page 149

437

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:53

Page 150

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

x438 The K.C.B. Group of Four to Major-General Sir H.M. Bengough, 77th Foot, Who Commanded the 2nd Battalion Natal Native Contingent at the Battle of Ulundi, 1879, and was Mentioned in Despatches for the Third Burma War a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Knight Commander’s (K.C.B.) set of Insignia, neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Star, silver-gilt and enamel, with gold retaining pin b) Jubilee 1897, silver c) South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1879 (Maj: H.M. Bengough. 2nd. Bn. Nat: N. Contt.) d) India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Colonel H.M. Bengough. C.B.), minor contact marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine, mounted as originally worn, with a miniature gold C.B., and the following related letters &c.: - War Office letter to the recipient informing him of the award of an annuity of £100 per annum, for Distinguished and Meritorious Service, dated 31.10.1896, and signed ‘Wolseley’ - Central Chancery letter to the recipient informing him of the award of the K.C.B., dated 14.8.1908, and signed ‘Douglas Dawson’ - Two Central Chancery letters to the recipient regarding his absence from the K.C.B. Investiture, dated 2.7 and 4.7.1908 respectively, and both signed ‘Douglas Dawson’ - Two copies of the recipient’s typed Record of Service - Portrait photograph of the recipient (5) £3,000-3,400 K.C.B. London Gazette 26.6.1908 Major-General Harcourt Mortimer Bengough, C.B. (Retired). C.B. London Gazette 26.11.1886 Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel Harcourt Mortimer Bengough, on Half-Pay List, Assistant Adjutant-General, Madras. Major-General Sir Hugh Mortimer Bengough, K.C.B., born November 1837; educated at Rugby; Commissioned Ensign, 77th (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Regiment of Foot, March 1855; promoted Lieutenant, October 1855; served with the Regiment in India from 1859; Captain, December 1864; appointed Persian Interpreter and extra Aide-de-Camp to H.E. The Viceroy of India; Brevet Major, October 1877; served in South Africa in Command of 2nd Battalion, Natal Native Contingent during the Zulu War, and was present at the Battle of Ulundi, 3.7.1879 (Mentioned in Despatches, and Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel); promoted Colonel, November 1883; served during the Third Burma War 1885-7 as Assistant Adjutant and Quarter Master General (Mentioned in Lieutenant-General Sir H.N.D. Prendergast’s Despatch, 26.3.1886, as ‘an officer remarkable

www.spink.com

Page 150

Major-General Sir H.M. Bengough

for energy, tact, zeal, and knowledge of military affairs’ (London Gazette 22.6.1886), and appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath); appointed Brigadier-General Commanding Nagpore District, 1886; Hyderabad Subsidiary Force, 1888; Bangalore Division, 1889; promoted MajorGeneral, February 1894, commanding troops in Jamaica, 1893-94, and the 1st Infantry Brigade, Aldershot, 1894-97; retired 1899. Major-General Bengough was advanced Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1908, and died at home in Gloucester in March 1922. For the Queen’s South Africa Medal to Captain D.H.V. Bengough see Lot 607; and for the Great War Medals to Miss I.V. Bengough see Lot 484.

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:53

Page 151

April 19, 2012 - London

438

Page 151

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:53

Page 152

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 439 Family Group: The K.C.B. Group of Six to Admiral Sir C.E. Morgan, [D.S.O.], Royal Navy a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Knight Commander’s (K.C.B.) set of Insignia, neck Badge, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel; Star, silver, gold, and enamel, with gold retaining pin and neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue b) 1939-1945 Star c) Africa Star d) Italy Star e) Defence and War Medals, extremely fine Victory Medal (Lieut. J.C.V. Morgan. R.N.R.), extremely fine (8) £1,000-1,500 K.C.B. London Gazette 13.6.1946 Vice-Admiral Charles Eric Morgan, C.B., D.S.O. C.B. London Gazette 1.1.1945 Rear-Admiral Charles Eric Morgan, D.S.O. D.S.O. London Gazette 27.6.1919 Lieut. Charles Eric Morgan, R.N. ‘For distinguished services as Navigating Officer, H.M.S. “Caledon”, 1st Light Cruiser Squadron.’ Admiral Sir Charles Eric Morgan, K.C.B., D.S.O., born Stafford, May 1889; educated at H.M.S. Conway; Midshipman, 1905; served during the Great War as Navigating Officer in H.M.S. Pelorous, Bellona, Caledon, and Delhi, and was Mentioned in Despatches for services in the Baltic, 1919 (London Gazette 8.3.1920); promoted Lieutenant-Commander, 1.10.1919; Navigating Officer of H.M.S. Repulse during the World Cruise of the Special Service Squadron; Fleet Navigating Officer, H.M.S. Nelson, 1932; advanced Captain, 30.6.1932; appointed to the command of H.M.S. Enterprise on the East India Station, 1936, and conveyed the Emperor of Abyssinia after his abdication from Djbuti to Haifa; Appointed Director of Navigation at the Admiralty, 1938; served during the Second World War as Captain of H.M.S. Valiant, and commanded her at the bombardments of Valona, Bardia, and Tripoli; was also in command when she was attacked by Italian minisubmarines whilst berthed at Alexandria, December 1941- he was portrayed by John Mills in the 1962 film The Valiant; Mentioned in Despatches for bravery and enterprise in the Battle of Cape Matapan (London Gazette 3.2.1942); promoted Rear-Admiral, 6.2.1942; Vice-Admiral, 1.6.1945; served as Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel and Admiral Commanding the Reserves, 1945-47; retired with the rank of Admiral, 22.10.1948. Admiral Morgan married Winifred Eva James in 1915, and had one son, Rear-Admiral Sir Patrick Morgan, K.C.V.O., C.B., D.S.C., and one daughter. A keen sportsman all his life, he represented the Royal Navy at golf and hockey. He died in August 1951. D.S.C. London Gazette 26.11.1918 Lieut. John Claude Vernon Morgan, R.N.R. ‘For services in action with enemy submarines.’ Lieutenant John Claude Vernon Morgan, D.S.C., born May 1890, the younger brother of Admiral Sir Charles Eric Morgan; served during the Great War in the Royal Naval Reserve; died at sea in the mid-Atlantic whilst serving as Master of SS Chagres, 26.4.1937.

www.spink.com

Page 152

440 Family Group: The C.B., Second War 1945 ‘Burma’ C.B.E., 1941 ‘Middle East’ D.S.O. Group of Ten to Brigadier A.F. Hely, Royal Horse Artillery, Commanding Officer, 7th Indian Division in Burma a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion’s (C.B.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with full and miniature width neck ribands, in Garrard, London, case of issue b) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division, Commander’s (C.B.E.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with full and miniature width neck ribands, in Garrard, London, case of issue c) Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse of suspension bar officially dated ‘1941’, with integral top riband bar, with Garrard, London, case of issue d) 1939-1945 Star e) Africa Star f) Burma Star g) Defence and War Medals h) Coronation 1937 i) Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., silver and silver-gilt, reverse officially dated ‘1945’, with top ‘Territorial’ riband bar, good very fine, mounted as worn, together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, the T.D. with three additional award Bars, and the following documents &c.: - Commission appointing Alfred Francis Hely a Second Lieutenant in the Territorial Army, dated 10.3.1926 - Bestowal Document for the C.B., named Brigadier (temporary) Alfred Francis Hely, C.B.E., D.S.O., T.D., and dated 1.1.1951 - Bestowal Document for the C.B.E., named to Brigadier (temporary) Alfred Francis Hely, D.S.O., R.H.A., and dated 8.2.1945 - Bestowal Document for the D.S.O., named to Lieutenant-Colonel A.F. Hely, Royal Horse Artillery, and dated 30.12.1941 - Two Mentioned in Despatches Certificates, named to Lieut.-Colonel A.F. Hely, D.S.O., Royal Horse Artillery and Brigadier (temp.) A.F. Hely, C.B.E., D.S.O., T.D., Royal Artillery, and dated 30.12.1941 and 9.5.1946 respectively, the latter with War Office enclosure - War Office letter to the recipient on his release from active duty, dated 5.4.1946 - Letter to the recipient from the Headquarters British Forces, Palestine and Transjordan, dated 26.3.1941 - Large Portrait photograph of the recipient, and a group photograph of Territorial Army Officers Volunteer Force Long Service & G.C., V.R. (2423. Colr. Sergt. W. Hely. 5th. (Irish) V.B. L’pool.), nearly very fine (11) £2,400-2,800 C.B. London Gazette 1.1.1951 Brigadier (temporary) Alfred Francis Hely, C.B.E., D.S.O., T.D. (34589), late Royal Regiment of Artillery, Territorial Army The recommendation, dated 14.8.1950, states: ‘Brigadier Hely is a shining example of the best type of Territorial Army Officer. Joining the Territorial Army 24 years ago, he has served continuously and with considerable distinction. During the War he was Commander Royal Artillery 7th Indian Division for three years, being awarded the C.B.E.

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:53

Page 153

April 19, 2012 - London and a D.S.O. Since its formation, he has been Commander Royal Artillery 42nd (Lancashire) Infantry Division. In spite of being a busy professional man, he devotes all his spare time to the Territorial Army and every week-end is spent with one or other of his units or on exercises. he is an officer of considerable ability who, by his drive, energy, and keenness, has brought his Divisional Artillery to a very high standard of efficiency for the Territorial Army. He is an outstanding example of a man who from manhood has devoted his spare time to the service of the State.’ C.B.E. London Gazette 8.2.1945 Brigadier (temporary) Alfred Francis Hely, D.S.O. (34589), Royal Horse Artillery. ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Burma and on the Eastern Frontier of India.’ The recommendation, dated 24.5.1944, states: ‘During the operations in the Arakan from the 7th September 1943 to the 15th May 1944, Brigadier Hely has been Commander Royal Artillery 7th Indian Division. Throughout this period he has done splendid work, in organizing and controlling the Artillery Support in a large number of actions with great skill and efficiency. During the operation in February 1944 which ended in the decisive defeat of the Japanese his power of command and devotion to duty were especially evident. After resisting the Japanese attack for some time in the area of Royal Artillery Headquarters he eventually withdrew the whole party in good order to the Administration Box where without delay he re-established his communications and within a few hours was again controlling not only the whole of the Division Artillery but also the Corps Artillery Group. For his gallant leadership and skilful command he is recommended for the award of the C.B.E.’ D.S.O. London Gazette 30.12.1941 Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Francis Hely (34589), Royal Horse Artillery ‘In recognition of distinguished services in the Middle East (including Egypt, East Africa, The Western Desert, The Sudan, Greece, Crete, Syria and Tobruk) during the period February 1941 to July 1941. The recommendation states: ‘Lieutenant-Colonel Hely has been Commanding Officer of 106 (York and Lancaster) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery from its arrival in the Middle East until its disbandment in June 1941 owing to its very severe casualties. His Regiment was in continuous action throughout the first Cyrenaica operation against the Italians in a combined anti-tank and anti-aircraft role, and accounted for many enemy tanks and aircraft. It distinguished itself particularly at Beda Fomm. Late in February 1941 the Regiment was withdrawn from the Ageila area, re-organized as a complete anti-aircraft Regiment, and immediately despatched to Greece where again it accounted for many enemy aircraft. The Regiment suffered severely, and on withdrawal from Greece, Lieutenant-Colonel Hely with the survivors were employed in an Infantry role in the Suda Bay area of Crete, where the Regiment was finally decimated to the extent that necessitated it being disbanded. Owing to the frequent and rapid moves of this Regiment it would appear that recommendations for awards for gallantry were lost. The standard set in operations by this Regiment under trying conditions of re-organization and continual change of Command was very high throughout and reflects most favourably on its Commanding Officer.’ T.D. London Gazette 25.1.1945 Lt.-Col. (T/Brig.) A. F. Hely, D.S.O. (34589), Royal Artillery M.I.D. London Gazette 30.12.1941 Lt.-Col. A. F. Hely, D.S.O. (34589), Royal Horse Artillery ‘In recognition of distinguished services in the Middle East (including Egypt, East Africa, The Western Desert, The Sudan, Greece, Crete, Syria and Tobruk) during the period February 1941 to July 1941.’

Brigadier A.F. Hely

M.I.D. London Gazette 9.5.1946 Brig. (temp.) A. F. Hely, C.B.E., D.S.O., T.D. (34589), Royal Regiment of Artillery ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Burma.’ Brigadier Alfred Francis ‘Tim’ Hely, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., T.D., born 3.8.1902; educated at St. Edward’s College, Liverpool, and Liverpool University; served in the Duke of Lancaster’s Own Imperial Yeomanry, 1925-26; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 106th Lancashire Yeomanry, Royal Horse Artillery, Territorial Army, 10.3.1926; promoted Lieutenant, 10.3.1929; Captain, 18.8.1929; Major, 2.5.1931; Lieutenant-Colonel, 20.10.1937; served as Commanding Officer of the 106th Lancashire Yeomanry, 1937-41; served during the Second World War with the 60th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery in Palestine, the Western Desert, Greece, Crete, and Syria, 1941-42, and present at the action at Beda Fomm, February 1941, and Sidi Rezegh, November 1941 (D.S.O., Mentioned in Despatches); and with 7th Indian Division on the North West Frontier, in India, and in Burma, 1942-45, and present at the Japanese attack on 15 Indian Corps’ administrative base at Sinzweya, Burma, February 1944 (C.B.E., Mentioned in Despatches); Commanded the 7th Indian Division in Burma with the acting rank of Brigadier, 1945; promoted Colonel, 1.1.1947 and Commanded the 42nd (Lancs) Infantry Division, Territorial Army, 1947-50 (C.B.); retired with the rank of Brigadier, 1.1.1951. In Civilian life Hely served as a Deputy Lieutenant of Merseyside, and as the Chief Dental Officer, Cheshire County Council, 1957-68. He died at home in Birkenhead, 24.6.1990.

Page 153

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:53

Page 154

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

441 The Great War C.M.G., 1916 ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. Group of Seven to Lieutenant-Colonel H.A. Boyd, Who Commanded the 94th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery From July 1917 a) The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion’s (C.M.G.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue b) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, centre loose c) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut: H.A. Boyd, 53/B. R.F.A.) d) 1914 Star, with Bar (Capt: H.A. Boyd. R.F.A.) e) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Lt. Col. H.A. Boyd) f) France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast Badge, 55mm including wreath suspension x 40mm, silver, gold, and enamel, minor contact marks, generally good very fine, mounted as worn and housed in a red leather case, with the following related items: - The recipient’s group of seven related miniature awards - British Expeditionary Force Recreational Training silver prize medal, 32mm, the reverse engraved within a wreath ‘1919 94th. Bde. R.F.A. 125 Yds. Officers’ Race Won by Lt. Col. H.A. Boyd C.M.G. D.S.O. R.F.A.’ - The recipient’s riband bars, and various Royal Artillery badges and buttons (7) £1,200-1,600 C.M.G. London Gazette 1.1.1919 Maj. (A./Lt.-Col.) Henry Alexander Boyd, D.S.O., R.A. ‘For services rendered in connection with military operations in France and Flanders.’ D.S.O. London Gazette 3.6.1916 Maj. Henry Alexander Boyd, R.A. ‘For Distinguished Service in the Field.’ France, Legion of Honour, Chevalier London Gazette 22.11.1918 Major (acting Lieutenant-Colonel) Henry Alexander Boyd, D.S.O., Royal Field Artillery ‘For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign.’ Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Alexander Boyd, C.M.G., D.S.O., was born in Dublin in July 1877, the third son of Sir Walter Boyd, Bt., and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he represented the University at Rugby football. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery, 28.3.1900, he was promoted Lieutenant the following year and served in the Boer War, where he was present at operations in the Transvaal from December 1901 to May 1902, and in the Orange River Colony in May 1902. Advanced Captain, 26.2.1909, and Major, 30.10.1914, he served during the Great War on the Western Front from 8.9.1914 to 11.11.1918, first as Adjutant to 24th Brigade, R.F.A. until December 1914, and then afterwards on the Staff and subsequently in command of 94th Brigade, R.F.A. from July 1917 (Four times Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 22.6.1915, 15.6.1916, 15.5.1917, and 23.12.1918). He retired from the Army with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel 8.8.1928, and died in November 1943. A keen golfer all his life, he had won the Irish Open Golf Championship in 1905.

www.spink.com

Page 154

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:53

Page 155

441

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:53

Page 156

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 442 The Remarkable Second War 1943 ‘Aegean Operations’ D.S.O., 1918 ‘Zeebrugge Raid’ D.S.C., Great War Albert Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea Group of Twelve to Captain G.D. Belben, Royal Navy, Posthumously Mentioned in Despatches When H.M.S. Penelope Was Torpedoed and Sunk Off Naples, 18.2.1944, ‘Captain Belben Lost His Life From Ultimate Exhaustion As a Result of His Outstanding Bravery and Self-Sacrifice in Directing the Rescue of Survivors From the Water’ a) Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse of suspension bar officially dated ‘1944’, with integral top riband bar b) Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., silver (Hallmarks for London 1918) c) Albert Medal, Second Class, For Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, bronze and enamel, the reverse officially engraved, ‘Presented By His Majesty To Lieutenant George D. Belben, D.S.C., R.N. For Gallantry in Saving Life On H.M.S. “Glatton” On 16th September, 1918.’ d) 1914-15 Star (Mid. G.D. Belben, R.N.) e) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Lieut. G.D. Belben. R.N.) f) 1939-1945 Star g) Atlantic Star h) Africa Star i) Italy Star j) War Medal, M.I.D. Oak Leaf k) Jubilee 1935, generally very fine or better, housed in a Spink & Son glazed display frame, with the following contemporary related items: - Bestowal Document for the Distinguished Service Order, dated 17.2.1944 - M.I.D. Certificate, dated 1.8.1944, with Admiralty Enclosure Letter, dated 11.8.1944 - Buckingham Palace Condolence Enclosure slip - Two Admiralty Letters to recipient’s wife confirming Belben’s death and his subsequent burial, dated 6.3.1944 and 17.3.1944 - Admiralty Letter confirming the award of the D.S.O., dated 24.4.1944 - Typed Citation For the Albert Medal - Typed extract from a letter describing the loss of H.M.S. Penelope, from Lieutenant-Commander R.L. Matheson, R.N. (senior surviving Executive Officer), dated 9.4.1944 - Letter to recipient’s wife concerning the events surrounding Belben’s death from the Reverend John Lewis, dated 11.9.1944 - Photograph of Belben with H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, during his visit to Portsmouth Dockyard, 1926 - Photograph of Belben with H.R.H. The Duke of York (later King George VI), during an inspection of a guard of honour, Portsmouth; with other copied ephemera (lot) £22,000-26,000 D.S.O. London Gazette 4.4.1944 Captain George Devereux Belben, D.S.C., A.M., Royal Navy (this appointment to date from 17th February, 1944) ‘For undaunted courage, determination and endurance in H.M. Ships... Penelope... in many sweeps against enemy shipping in the Aegean under fierce and constant attack from the air, and in maintaining supplies to the islands of Kos and Leros until they fell to superior enemy forces.’

www.spink.com

Page 156

Captain G.D. Belben

D.S.C. London Gazette 23.7.1918 Act. Lieut. George Devereux Belben, R.N. (Thetis) ‘For carrying out his duties with perfect coolness and judgement under very heavy fire. On abandoning Thetis he took charge of the overcrowded boat, which was holed and partially waterlogged, and handled her most ably, keeping her afloat until picked up by a motor launch.’ A.M. London Gazette 31.1.1919 Lieutenant George Devereux Belben, D.S.C., R.N. [in joint citation with SubLieutenant D.H. Evans, R.N.V.R., Petty Officer E. Stoker and Able Seaman E. Nunn] ‘On September 16,1918, a serious explosion occurred amidships on board H.M.S. Glatton while lying in Dover Harbour. This was followed immediately by an outbreak of fire, the oil fuel burning furiously and spreading fore and aft. Efforts were made to extinguish the fire by means of salvage tugs. The foremost magazines were flooded, but it was found impossible to get to the after magazine flooding positions. The explosion and fire out of the after part of the ship, killing or seriously injuring all the officers who were on board with one exception. The ship might have blown up at any moment. Lieutenant Belben, Sub-Lieutenant Evans, Petty Officer Stoker and Able Seaman Nunn were in boats which were rescuing men who had been blown, or who had jumped, overboard. They proceeded on board H.M.S Glatton on their own initiative and entered the superstructure, which was full of dense smoke, and proceeded down to the deck below. Behaving with the greatest gallantry and contempt of danger, they succeeded in rescuing seven or eight badly injured men

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:53

Page 157

April 19, 2012 - London

442 from the Mess deck, in addition to fifteen whom they found and brought out from inside the superstructure. This work was carried out before the arrival of any gas masks, and though at one time they were driven out by the fire, they proceeded down again after the hoses had been played on the flames. They continued until all chance of rescuing others had passed, and the ship was ordered to be abandoned when she was sunk by torpedo, as the fire was spreading, and it was impossible to flood the after magazines.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 19.2.1919 Lieutenant George A. [sic] Belben, D.S.C., A.M., R.N. (Zeebrugge) M.I.D. (Posthumous) London Gazette 1.8.1944 Captain George Devereux Belben, D.S.O., D.S.C., A.M., Royal Navy Captain George Devereux Belben, D.S.O., D.S.C., A.M., R.N., born Poole, Dorset, 1897; entered Royal Naval College Osborne, as Cadet, 1910, and then went on to Dartmouth, 1912; with the outbreak of the Great War he was serving as Midshipman, H.M.S. Cumberland (cruiser); appointed to H.M.S. Canada (battleship) as part of the Grand Fleet in 1915, before being appointed to H.M.S. Penelope (light cruiser) later the same year; served in the latter, rising to the rank of Lieutenant, as part of the 5th Light Cruiser Squadron, Harwich Force, 1915-1917; the Penelope suffered torpedo damage from a U-boat attack off the Norfolk coast, April 1916; volunteered for service in the Zeebrugge Raid, 23.4.1918, and was appointed to the blockship Thetis.

Zeebrugge Raid - Blocking Operations Keyes’ despatch on the raid offers the following with regard to Thetis’s attempt, as one of three ships, to block the canal, ‘Thetis (Commander Ralph S. Sneyd, D.S.O.) - Sighted the Zeebrugge Mole ahead, and signalled the fact to the ships astern. She was greatly assisted by rockets fired from Vindictive, which showed up the Mole extension and lighthouse, and also by Captain Ralph Collins in a motor launch, who hailed the Thetis and gave her the bearing of the lighthouse. After rounding the latter the barge-boom came into view, and Thetis was steered for the barge furthest from the Mole, opening fire at the lighthouse, and then at the barge, which is reported from subsequent observation to have been sunk. The ship was under a fairly heavy fire from the light guns on the Mole extension, but her captain did not see any firing from the 4.1-inch battery at the Mole head. As the ship approached what appeared to be an opening between the barges and the net obstruction extending to the southeastward from them she commenced to swing to port. She was given full port helm, but ran into the nets between the two end buoys, and continuing to forge ahead, took the nets with her. The piers of the canal entrance were in sight when both engines were reported to have brought up. Thetis had thus cleared the net obstruction away enough to enable the ships following to pass to starboard of her, and she signalled them to do so. Being about 300 yards from the eastern pierhead, and having drifted slightly to port (shoreward), she appears to have grounded. She had a list to starboard, and was settling down, having been frequently holed along the

Page 157

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:53

Page 158

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria starboard side by gunfire. She continued to be hit from the Mole, from craft alongside it, and from guns on shore east of the canal. One or two machine guns were also firing at the ship, her 6-inch forecastle gun engaging these guns until her own smoke made it impossible to see. Communication with the engine-room having broken down, a messenger was sent, and Engineer Lieutenant-Commander Ronald C. Bodie (Hercules) succeeded in starting the starboard engine, which moved the ship ahead; and being still aground aft, her head swung to starboard into the dredged channel. As she appeared to be sinking, the commander cleared the boiler rooms, sent the boat-keepers to their boats, ordered the smoke to be turned on and the ship to be abandoned. Owing to the death of the petty officer in charge of them, the forward firing keys were not in position; smoke and shell fumes prevented their being found, so that the charges were fired by the after keys; they detonated well, and the ship quickly sank. The ship’s company manned the one remaining cutter and pulled to M.L. 526 (Lieutenant Hugh A. Littleton, R.N.V.R.), which was lying near. Although crowded and holed in two or three places, the cutter was got away without confusion, due to the exertions of Lieutenant George A. [sic] Belben (Penelope), Commander Sneyd and Lieutenant Francis J. Lambert (Sir John Moore) being at this time disabled by gas.’

Cold Gallantry In Dover Harbour Having been awarded the D.S.C. for the Zeebrugge raid, Belben was appointed to H.M.S. Trident (destroyer), with whom he served as 1st Lieutenant; on 16.9.1918 he was present at Dover, when an explosion occurred aboard H.M.S. Glatton- having volunteered for Zeebrugge knowing full well what was likely to occur, this time he stepped into the unknown by boarding the blazing ship on his own initiative; At 6:15 on the evening of 16th September, Glatton’s midships 6-inch magazine had a low-order explosion that ignited the cordite stored there; flames shot through the roof of ‘Q’ turret, starboard midside, and started to spread aft; Commander N. W. Diggle ordered the forward magazines flooded, but the crew were unable to flood the rear magazines as the flames blocked access to the magazine flooding controls; the seriousness of the situation was intensified by the fact that the ammunition ship Gransha was moored in close proximity; if Glatton’s rear magazine exploded and set off Gransha’s ammunition then there was a distinct possibility that the strength of explosion could have caused massive civilian casualties in Dover itself; it was into this situation that Belben, and the three other men awarded the Albert Medal for this action, entered; they continued to risk their lives to rescue the Glatton’s crew until the fire was too widespread and the order to torpedo the ship was given; Vice-Admiral Keyes, who had been walking with Commander Diggle when Glatton’s magazine exploded, boarded the recently arrived destroyer Cossack and ordered her to torpedo Glatton in an attempt to flood the magazine before it detonated; Cossack’s first 18-inch torpedo struck the anti-torpedo bulge amidships, but failed to explode because it had been fired too close; she fired again and blew a hole in Glatton, but the torpedo’s warhead was too small to penetrate through her bulge and the flaming ship stayed afloat; Keyes transferred to the destroyer Myngs and she fired her larger torpedoes successfully capsizing the Glatton and extinguishing the fire; approximately 60 men were killed, and 124 were injured, 19 of whom subsequently died of their burns.

In Between The Wars Belben served in H.M.S. Danae, as part of the Special Services Squadron World Cruise, 1923-1924; specialising in gunnery Belben was posted to Whale Island, Portsmouth, and was present in the guard of honour for two royal visits

www.spink.com

Page 158

during his time there; served in H.M.S. Cairo, in the Mediterranean, 1927-29; after a period at Staff College, he served as Lieutenant-Commander, H.M.S. Renown, 193031; promoted Commander and attached to the British delegation at the League of Nations Commission for two years; appointed Gunnery Officer, Home Fleet in H.M.S. Nelson, 1933; commanded the destroyer flotilla on the China Station, 1935-36, firstly from H.M.S. Daring and then in H.M.S. Wishart; served as Executive Officer, H.M.S. York (flagship of the American squadron), based in Bermuda, 1936-39.

Another World War Belben was promoted Captain, 30.6.1939, and appointed to the command of H.M.S. Canton (Armed Merchant Cruiser), October 1939; during the early stages of the war she was mainly engaged on Atlantic Convoys; he served on the staff of the Naval Attaché in Washington, 1941, before being appointed the following year to the command of H.M.S. Penelope whilst she was refitting in Brooklyn after her time in Malta, where she had affectionately been known as H.M.S. Pepperpot due to the number of shell holes she had sustained whilst stationed there; following her re-fit she joined the 12th Cruiser Squadron, as part of the Mediterranean Fleet and took part in the follow up of Operation Torch; in June 1943 she assisted the destroyers Paladin and Petard with the bombardment of the Italian island of Pantelleria; during which the Penelope was hit once, but suffered no major damage; she also took part in the bombardment and assault on the island of Lampedusa which fell to the British forces on 12.6.1943; the following month Penelope carried out several diversionary bombardments (including Catania), as part of Operation Husky, the conquest of Sicily; she was similarly employed for the allied landings at Salerno, Italy, 9.9.1943; at the end of September the Penelope was sent to the Aegean, and in October she helped to support and maintain the British occupation of the Dodecanese Islands Leros, Samos and Kos; on 7.10.1943, ‘one of the finest exploits occurred soon after the recapture of Kos, when a force led by Captain P.W.B. Brooking in the cruiser Sirius, accompanied by the cruiser Penelope (Captain G.D. Belben) and two destroyers completely destroyed an invasion force off Stampalia’ (The Times, December 1943, refers); the British ships had accounted for six enemy landing craft, one ammunition ship and an armed trawler; whilst retiring from this action through the Scarpanto Straits the British ships came under heavy attack from the air, with Penelope suffering bomb damage as a result; Belben was awarded the D.S.O. for his service in the Aegean.

The Loss of the Penelope Belben’s ship was employed during the amphibious assault on Anzio (Operation Shingle), 22.1.1944, and took part in the bombardments of the Formia area; on the morning of the 18th February the Penelope left Naples to return to the Anzio area; she was struck by two torpedoes fired from U-410 and sunk off the Pontine Islands: ‘From the time of the first explosion onwards, the behaviour of the ship’s company was magnificent. There was no outward sign of excitement and even little of tension. This was true of the survivors when in the water also, and their orderly conduct was quite outstanding when the rescue ships were picking us up. I am convinced that all this was due in great measure to the example always set by Captain Belben himself and to the continuous direction and care which he gave to the training of the ship’s company... Of Captain Belben’s actions on the bridge I have very little first hand knowledge, as I was on the bridge for a comparatively short time. He was completely calm then and all his orders were given exactly as they always had been, clearly and decisively. Personally I think there is no doubt that his orders were entirely governed by his

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:53

Page 159

April 19, 2012 - London

Captain G.D. Belben with H.R.H. The Duke of York (later King George VI), during an inspection of a guard of honour, Portsmouth

determination to save the ship. Had we been able to get under way a minute earlier with our one remaining screw, the second salvo might have missed astern with a consequent chance of getting the ship back to harbour. From the information I have been able to gather, I am certain that Captain Belben endangered and then finally lost his life ensuring the safety of others. Captain Belben stepped into the water from the bridge along with the remainder of the bridge personnel. The first report I have is of Captain Belben swimming by himself. Later he was seen with a piece of wood about five feet long collecting any poor swimmers he could find and encouraging them to carry on. Subsequently he was heard directing them towards the nearer L.S.T. when it came close. He brought five ratings to the ship’s side and refused to leave them and accept rescue himself until all the others had been brought on board. Those who were brought alongside by Captain Belben were unable to say what happened in the water after they got on board. At what must have been about that time I came out on deck to see how the rescue work was going on. I noticed there was an American destroyer in the vicinity so I went on the bridge of the L.S.T. to ask the Captain to inform the destroyer that I considered there was a submarine in the vicinity... When I came down Captain Belben had been brought on board.

There were two army doctors on board and I persuaded one of them to direct his attention for some time to Captain Belben. We had no success. He had obviously swallowed a quantity of oil fuel and his clothes were so soaked in oil fuel that it was with difficulty one could see the stripes on his sleeve. Had Captain Belben exerted himself less in his efforts to save others on arrival at L.S.T. 430 I am sure he would have retained enough strength to keep his head above water and oil. I used occasionally to go swimming with Captain Belben. He was a strong swimmer.’ (Extract from LieutenantCommander R.L. Matheson’s letter, refers). 417 of the crew, including Belben, were killed; for his gallant conduct during the sinking of the Penelope he was Posthumously Mentioned in Despatches, and it is possible to speculate that had he survived the action he would have been awarded another decoration; however, given his rank the only posthumous awards available were the Victoria Cross or an M.I.D. Captain Belben is buried in Miano Cemetery, Naples, and he is commemorated with the rest of his crew that lost their lives that day on a memorial in St. Ann’s Church, Portsmouth Dockyard.

Page 159

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:53

Page 160

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

443 443 The Great War 1915 ‘Neuve Chapelle’ D.C.M. and ‘1916’ Bar Group of Four to Corporal G. Smith, Royal Engineers, For Conspicuous Gallantry in Rescuing in Broad Daylight Under Heavy Machine-Gun Fire Two Wounded Men Lying Near The Enemy’s Wire a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (19344 Sapr. G. Smith. 15/F.Co. R.E.) b) 1914 Star (19344 Sapr: G. Smith. R.E.) c) British War and Victory Medals (19344 A. Sjt. G. Smith. R.E.), virtually mint state, with three original named card boxes of issue, and the following related items: - Record Office enclosure for the British War and Victory Medals - The recipient’s 1914 Christmas postcard from Lady Rawlinson - Four photographs of the recipient, including one of him shoeing a horse, c.1908 - Copy of the recipient’s Obituary, reprinted from the Lincolnshire Standard, 2.11.1918 (4) £2,800-3,200 D.C.M. London Gazette 30.6.1915 19344 Sapper Smith, G. 15th Field Company, Royal Engineers ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at Neuve Chapelle, on 10th March, 1915, in continuing to make loopholes and block up openings in a wall, under heavy rifle and machine gun fire, and completing the work though bricks were frequently knocked down after being set in position. Sapper Smith has previously displayed great steadiness under fire.’ D.C.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 22.9.1916 39344 Actg. Cpl. G. Smith, R.E. ‘For conspicuous gallantry. He voluntarily crossed over 300 yards of “No Man’s Land” in broad daylight, and, though fired at by machine guns and rifles, dressed the wounds of men lying near the enemy’s wire. After collecting food and water for them from dead men lying round, he, assisted by a corporal, partly dragged and partly carried the two worst cases back to our lines.’

www.spink.com

Page 160

Corporal G. Smith 19344 Corporal George Smith, D.C.M., was born in Kirton, Lincolnshire, 1888, and prior to his Army service was employed as a village blacksmith. In 1908 he enlisted in the Royal Engineers, and was posted with them to Gibraltar; following the outbreak of the Great War he served on the Western Front for three years from 5.11.1914, before returning to England in 1917 suffering from the effects of gas; advanced Corporal and acting Sergeant, he subsequently served as Drill Instructor for the 1st Reserve Battalion, Royal Engineers at Chatham. Corporal Smith died of pneumonia, 24.10.1918, and is buried in Kirton Old Cemetery, Lincolnshire. Following his death the General Officer Commanding, Brigadier- General A.L. Schrieber, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., paid tribute to him, ‘saying that he had knew Corporal Smith personally as a soldier, and a better soldier he had never met. Not only as a fighting soldier in France, but as a soldier at home, he was one of the best N.C.O.s, and he knew he would sooner have died on the battlefield than have died as he did, and he was proud of having had the honour of pinning the D.C.M. and Bar on his breast.’ (Lincolnshire Standard, 2.11.1918 refers).

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:53

Page 161

April 19, 2012 - London

444 444 The Extremely Rare Great War ‘Battle of Lake Tanganyika’ D.S.M. Group of Four to Chief Engine Room Artificer H. Berry, Royal Naval Reserve, of H.M.S. Fifi, the First German Warship to be Captured During The Great War a) Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (E.A. 1483 H. Berry. E.R.A. 1Cl. L. Tanganyika. 19. Feb. 1916.), surname and initial officially corrected b) 1914-15 Star (E.A. 1483, H. Berry, E.R.A., R.N.R.) c) British War and Victory Medals (1483 E.A. H. Berry. C.E.R.A. R.N.R.), good very fine, with the following related items: - Copy of the London Gazette, 14.7.1916, listing the award of the recipient’s D.S.M. - Two group photographic images of the recipient - Souvenir booklet of Bristol Officers, N.C.O.s, and Men who were awarded Decorations during the Great War, including the recipient - Congratulatory illuminated Certificate named to Chief Engineer Hubert Berry, D.S.M., R.N.R. from the Lord Mayor, Sheriff, and Citizens of Bristol, this damaged (4) £6,000-8,000 D.S.M. London Gazette 14.7.1916 Engine-Room Artificer, 1st Class, R.N.R., Hubert Berry, O.N.E.A. 1483. Battle of Lake Tanganyika At the outbreak of the Great War, Germany’s most valuable colony in Africa, German East Africa, was surrounded by British, Belgian and Portuguese possessions. Almost the entire western border with the Belgian Congo was defined by Lake Tanganyika, 20-40 miles wide and 420 miles long running north to south. If Germany was to hold on to its colony it had to control Lake Tanganyika, as whoever controlled the Lake controlled the border. Control of the Lake would enable the Germans to conduct raids at any point, transport troops by ship quickly to any part of the Lake, and interdict any similar act by its enemies. The Germans lost no time in establishing their dominance of the Lake. Their aim was to eliminate every other vessel on the Lake. By November 1914 their task was complete, and they now had the only two working steamers on the Lake, the Hedwig von Wissmann and the Kingani, with a third, the Graf von Goetzen, under construction, and were thus the undisputed masters. They used this naval power to conduct surprise raids and attacks on

Page 161

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:53

Page 162

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria Belgian and British territories, and conducted regular patrols to ensure that there was no developing threat to their dominance. In April 1915, a scheme was proposed to regain control of the Lake for the British by a professional hunter and ivory poacher called John Lee, who had travelled from South Africa to submit his idea to the Admiralty. Lee was an old Africa hand, having been a scout in the Boer War. He pointed out that, although the Germans had only two armed vessels on the Lake, it was two more than the Royal Navy had, and if they could be eliminated, it would enable the land forces to move more freely, alter the balance of power in the region, and make defeat of the Germans more probable. His proposal was to send out from England two motor-boats of a speed and armament which would outclass those of the German vessels. Lee, knowing the region very well, had thoroughly worked out his plan beforehand, including the route to be taken overland and the means required to achieve it. After consulting with the Belgians, Admiral Sir Henry Jackson, with the comment “It is both the duty and the tradition of the Royal Navy to engage the enemy wherever there is water to float a ship”, approved the plan, and two suitable boats were found. They were forty foot Thorneycroft twin engine motor boats, originally destined as seaplane tenders for the Greek Air Force. They were both fitted with a 3 pounder Hotchiss gun on the foredeck and a Maxim in the stern. Lee was enrolled into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as a Lieutenant. A further four officers and twenty four ratings volunteered for the party, now officially called The Naval Africa Expedition. An advance detachment under Lee was sent ahead to prepare the route. The rest of the Expedition with its two boats, under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey Spicer-Simson, R.N., departed London aboard the Llanstephen Castle, 15.6.1915 for the 6,000 mile voyage to Cape Town. The total length of its journey from Britain to Lake Tanganyika would be over 9,000 miles, taking five months. Arriving at Cape Town, the two boats, which Spicer-Simson had named Mimi and Toutou, were taken 2,300 miles by railway to the rail-head at Fungurume, north of Elizabethville in the Belgian Congo. The next stage, 150 miles overland to Sankisia, was the most difficult through country varying in altitude from 2,000 to 6,000 feet over the Mitumba Mountains. Lee’s advance party had been preparing the way. A track needed to be cut through the bush and many bridges needed to be built to cross the 140 rivers and gorges in their way, and a large number of native helpers and oxen were recruited. In addition to the boats and their special trailers, there were fifty tons of supplies to transport. To help them haul the boats on their trailers, Lee had arranged for two traction engines from Southern Rhodesia to meet them at the Fungurume rail head. They were to haul the boats on their trailers for this part of the route. Managing only a few miles each day, the journey took over a month. From Sankisia they were taken by narrow gauge railway 15 miles to Bukama, from where they were floated 400 miles down the Lualaba River to Kabalo under their own power for part of the journey, and for the rest of the way on lighters. Because it was the dry season, the water level was low and barrels had to be lashed under the boats to reduce their draught. The final stage of the journey was 175 miles by rail from Kabalo to the small Belgian harbour of Lukuga on the western shore of Lake Tanganyika. Spicer-Simson decided the Belgian harbour, at the mouth of the river Lukuga, was in an unsuitable position, and started to build another one a little distance away. On the 23rd December 1915 the boats were successfully launched on the Lake. Three days later they were in action.

www.spink.com

Page 162

Capture of the Kingani The first action took place on Sunday 26th December 1915. At 09.00, while the Expedition members were attending divine service, the German gunboat Kingani was seen about seven miles from Lukuga steaming south west, and reported to Spicer-Simson who, waiting until the service was over, ordered Mimi and Toutou to give chase. Waiting until the Kingani had passed them, they attacked from the northwest. The Kingani continued on her way and probably mistook the two motor boats for local fishing boats. It was not until they were close enough to see their white ensigns and guns did the Kingani realise the danger and turned away 90 degrees to port, then another 90 degrees to the north east to bring her forward gun to bear. With her superior speed, Mimi soon had the Kingani within her range. Attacking her from astern, she fired her 3-pounder Hotchkiss. Toutou came within range soon after and attacked the Kingani from the port quarter. The Kingani was only able to bring her superior gun to bear by tacking from side to side, but was unable to hit either of the British boats due to their speed and manoeuvrability. Eventually the end to this one sided engagement came when a shot hit the Kingani’s gun-shield, killing the two men at the gun and the Captain. After a few more shots the remainder of the crew surrendered, and the damaged Kingani was towed into harbour in a sinking condition. From the first shot, the action had lasted just eleven minutes. The Kingani was soon repaired and renamed H.M.S. Fifi. She was the first German warship to be captured and transferred to the Royal Navy. Her 6-pounder forward gun was moved aft, and a 12-pounder gun was mounted forward. With this latest addition to the British flotilla, its firepower was substantially increased. Action with the Hedwig von Wissmann On the 9th February 1916, the Hedwig von Wissmann was spotted following a similar course to the Kingani, in an apparent attempt to find out what had become of her. Fifi and Mimi were launched, and started the pursuit. The enemy, seeing the two boats, initially turned to engage them, then thinking better of it, turned about and attempted to outrun them. Fifi could only manage 7 knots to the Hedwig von Wissmann’s 8 knots, and so was falling behind and unable to close the range. Mimi being faster quickly closed to within range and opened fire. The Hedwig von Wissmann could not outrun Mimi but could outgun her if the forward gun could be brought to bear. But Mimi kept astern of her and out of range of her aft gun, causing the Hedwig bon Wissmann to keep tacking from side to side, and sometimes coming about in order to fire her heavier forward gun, but Mimi, thanks to her superior speed, was able to avoid all her shots. All these manoeuvrings delayed the Hedwig von Wissmann until Fifi could catch up. This running fight lasted for three hours during which the Fifi, thanks to Mimi continually snapping at the Hedwig von Wissmann’s heels, eventually closed the range and opened fire with her 12 pounder. The initial shots missed, but Fifi kept firing until she obtained a hit on the Hedwig von Wissmann’s hull causing some flooding. Down to her last few shells, Fifi obtained a hit in the Hedwig von Wissmann’s boiler bringing her to a standstill, and starting fires which soon spread. Her captain ordered her to be scuttled and the crew to abandon ship. A flag locker seen amongst the floating debris was retrieved by Mimi and was found to contain a German Naval Ensign, the first one captured in the Great War. Following the sinking of the Hedwig von Wissmann a stalemate now developed on the Lake with the newly

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:53

Page 163

April 19, 2012 - London

Chief Engine Room Artificer H. Berry (front row, second from left)

completed Graf von Goetzen unwilling to leave port and Spicer-Simson unable to attack such a large ship with such superior armament. With the naval stalemate, events on land overtook events on the Lake, and in mid-July the railway to Dar-es-Salaam was captured, cutting Kigoma off. The Graf von Goetzen, too valuable to fall into enemy hands, was scuttled, and the naval battle for the Lake was over. For his gallantry in running the engines of Mimi in terrible heat and without a stoker, Berry was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, one of only four D.S.M.s awarded specifically for one of the two actions on the Lake, as opposed to the expedition as a whole, and later promoted

to Chief Engine Room Artificer. His Commanding Officer, Spicer-Simson, was awarded the D.S.O. ‘in recognition of his services in command of an Allied flotilla on Lake Tanganyika on the 9th February, 1916, when, after a chase and running fight lasting three and a quarter hours, he sank the German gunboat “Hedwig von Wissmann.” As a contemporary writer wrote: ‘No single achievement during World War One was distinguished by more bizarre features than the successfully executed undertaking of twenty eight daring men who transported a “ready-made” navy overland through the wilds of Africa to destroy an enemy flotilla on Lake Tanganyika.’

Page 163

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:53

Page 164

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 445 The Unique 1982 ‘Defence of South Georgia’ D.S.M. Group of Five to Colour Sergeant P.J. Leach, Royal Marines, The Senior N.C.O. and Sniper of The ‘Tiny Force of Less than Two Dozen Men’ Who ‘Held - For More Than Two Hours Two Naval Vessels, Two Helicopters and Eighty Special Assault Troops’, 3.4.1982, Accounting For One of the Helicopters and Severely Damaging the Argentine Frigate Guerrico During the Course of the Action a) Distinguished Service Medal, E.II.R. (Sgt. Peter J Leach P031491S RM) b) General Service 1962-2007, three clasps, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, Northern Ireland (RM.22075 P.J. Leach. Mne. R.M.), second and third clasps loose on riband as issued c) South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (Sgt P J Leach P031491S RM) d) Naval Long Service & G.C., E.II.R. (Sgt P D [sic] J Leach P031491S RM) e) Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medal, generally nearly very fine or better, first four mounted as originally worn, with the following original related items: - Central Chancery letter regarding the Investiture for the recipient’s D.S.M., dated 14.10.1982 - Five Letters of congratulations to the recipient on the occasion of the award of his D.S.M., including from Admiral Sir Desmond Cassidi, K.C.B., Chief of Naval Personnel and Second Sea Lord; Lieutenant General Sir Steuart Pringle, Bt, Commandant General Royal Marines; Rear-Admiral G.M.K. Brewer, C.B., Flag Officer Medway and WO1 W.F. House, R.M., the Regimental Sergeant Major Fleet, all mounted on card - Congratulatory Telegram to recipient’s wife from Alan Clark MP, mounted on card - The Ammunition List written by Leach, 21.3.1982, when planning with Keith Mills for the seizure of Leith Harbour - Specialist Wing Commando Training Centre Royal Marines Certificate of Sniping Ability - Two Half Year Royal Marines Reports on Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Candidates, dated 30.11.1981 and 4.8.1982, both signed by Nick Barker and Keith Mills, both mounted on card - Interim Certificate of Discharge From Royal Marines Service, dated 30.4.1982 - Certificate of Discharge From Regular Service in the Royal Marines, dated 28.7.1982 - Testimonial Certificate, dated 30.4.1986 - Testimonial Letter from Officer Commanding Royal Marines Detachment, H.M.S. Warrior - Certificate of Discharge from the Liverpool & Bootle Constabulary, dated 16.3.1973 - Invitation to the South Georgia Exhibition at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, 2.11.1982 - A large file compiled by the recipient filled with a number of photographs from various stages of his career, newspaper cuttings and copies from various publications regarding the Falklands (lot) £50,000-60,000 D.S.M. London Gazette 4.6.1982 Sergeant Peter James Leach, Royal Marines P031491S ‘Sergeant Leach was responsible for establishing Observation Posts at Leith, South Georgia to monitor the activities of an

www.spink.com

Page 164

Colour Sergeant P.J. Leach Argentine party illegally landed on the island. When it became clear that a full scale Argentine assault was about to begin, on the night of 2/3 April 1982, the decision was taken to recover the men to the main base at Grytviken. Using Gemini inflatable boats Sergeant Leach and his men moved across open seas, although they knew that Argentine warships were nearby. However, they successfully reached the base and whilst the commanding officer conducted initial negotiations with the Argentines, Sergeant Leach acted quickly to consolidate defensive positions. When the attack eventually came he displayed sound judgement, leadership and great discipline although the detachment was heavily outnumbered by the invading forces.’ P031491S Colour Sergeant Peter James Leach, D.S.M., born Woolton, Liverpool, 1944; joined the Royal Marines from the Reserve, 1963; served as a Leading Scout, 40 Commando, during two tours of Borneo; served with H.M.S. Zest, 1966-67, qualifying as an Observer on Sioux and Scout helicopters with the Brigade Air Squadron, 1970; having completed nine years’ service Leach joined the Liverpool and Bootle Constabulary, 1972; after fourteen months as a Police Constable he rejoined the Royal Marines and was advancing to Corporal; further service included in Northern Ireland and in the Intelligence Section in Cyprus, 1974; qualified as Air Photography Instructor and Small Boat Coxswain; promoted Sergeant, 1976, and qualified as a sniper; employed as Seamanship Instructor at H.M.S. Raleigh, 1978-81; joined H.M.S. Endurance (Antarctic Ice Patrol Ship), as part of her R.M. detachment of thirteen men, and sailed with her from Southsea, October 1981, ‘After calling at Gibraltar, Funchal, Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo, the Endurance [Captain N. Barker] reached Bahia Blanca, an important Argentine naval base, on 26th November. The principal Argentine naval unit currently in port was the cruiser General Belgrano. The visit lasted only six days but, during that time, the British established a particularly happy relationship with the ship’s company of the big warship’

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:53

Page 165

April 19, 2012 - London

445

(Operation Paraquat. The Battle for South Georgia, R. Perkins, refers); during the visit several events were held including a football match between the two crews - the final score being H.M.S. Endurance 3, General Belgrano 2, with Leach as Manager and Captain of the British team; the Endurance dropped anchor in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, 6.12.1981; from here the Endurance and her complement embarked upon her survey work and visited many of the research stations in the Antarctic region, also visiting ports in Argentina and Chile, ‘I found the visits [to Argentina] especially interesting, as with the relationship between the two countries continuing to be poor, there was a lot of military activity, especially naval. We had a few opportunities to meet Argentine and Chilean troops, who were generally very friendly and we were always very well looked after. I have often remarked to people, regarding what came after this period, that our ship spent nearly a month of this period in Argentine ports.’ (Typed extract by recipient refers). Included in these visits soon to be ‘enemy waters’ was a trip to Mar del Plata, February 1982, where Leach was able to meet and watch Argentine Marines carry out training including practicing Section Attacks; at ground level there was little to suggest that armed conflict was imminent, despite the increasing level of negative statements being made by the Galtieri regime in relation to the ‘Islas Malvinas’; the Endurance left Mar del Plata on the 22nd of February, arriving at Port Stanley 3 days later; she set sail again, almost immediately, to commence her third and final work period in the Antarctic, ‘on 1st March, in foul weather, she reached the BAS base at Rothera, four months earlier a violent storm had wrecked the two Twin Otter aircraft normally operated by the BAS at this station, so the Endurance’s Wasp flight was particularly welcome. Other bases around the Antarctic Peninsula were visited and serviced, and various evolutions carried out to satisfy the needs of a Royal Naval camera crew filming sequences for a projected public relations feature entitled ‘Endurance’. An important hydrographic survey was completed before she headed back to South Georgia to collect a Joint Services Expedition from Molke Harbour. On

16th March she anchored off King Edward Point’ (Operation Paraquat. The Battle for South Georgia, R. Perkins, refers); with almost all her duties complete for the summer season the Endurance’s crew were scheduled to be back in the United Kingdom by the 20th May; however as things turned out, their much awaited arrival was not to occur until the 20th August. South Georgia Scrap Merchants On the 11th March an Argentine scrap-metal merchant named Constantino Davidoff applied to the British embassy for permission to take up a contract negotiated with a Scottish-based shipping firm called Salvesen; the contract was to clear the abandoned whaling station at Leith in South Georgia; Davidoff’s vessel was the Argentine navy transport Bahia Buen Suceso; the British embassy agreed to Davidoff’s request on the proviso that he would need formal authorisation from the British Antarctic Survey base at Grytviken once he had arrived on the island; Davidoff’s ship arrived unannounced at Leith on the 19th March, the same day that the Endurance returned to Port Stanley; a four man BAS team were carrying out routine transport of stores when they stumbled upon Davidoff’s men in Leith Harbour with the Argentine flag raised; they reported by radio to the Governor in Port Stanley (Rex Hunt) that the Argentines appeared to be a mixture of genuine contractors with a number of other men dressed in military style uniforms; the scientists were told to order the Argentine Captain to lower the flag and seek proper authorisation; the flag was lowered but no further action was taken; all of this information was relayed to H.M.S. Endurance on the night of the 19th and Hunt and Captain Barker came to the conclusion that Davidoff’s landing was ‘nothing more than a cover for the establishment of an Argentine navy base on South Georgia, leading later to assertions of sovereignty over the whole island’ (ibid); on the same night the Governor recommended in his report to London that the entire Argentine group should be ordered immediately off the island; he proposed that ‘H.M.S. Endurance should return to South Georgia as heavyweight bailiff.’

Page 165

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:53

Page 166

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

(Left-right): Captain Nick Barker, R.N.; Governor Rex Hunt, C.M.G.; Lieutenant Keith Mills, R.M.; Sergeant Peter Leach, R.M., H.M.S. Endurance’s arrival in Port Stanley, 6.12.1981

H.M.S. Endurance - The Heavyweight Bailiff The following day, a few hours after sending his report, Rex Hunt was presenting the Stanley Shield to Peter Leach, as the Endurance’s football team had once again triumphed, this time beating the Stanley Football Club 6 goals to 3 in the final, after the celebrations ‘At 0615 on Sunday morning, however, they were awakened by an urgent radio message from the ship, telling them to re-embark immediately. They were sailing in three hours’ (ibid). Mrs Thatcher with ‘remarkable promptness agreed with Lord Carrington to send Endurance from Port Stanley, taking with her two dozen marines from the Port Stanley garrison under the command of a 22 year old Lieutenant named Keith Mills. They arrived of the BAS station at Grytviken four days later and were told to await orders; (The Battle for the Falklands, M. Hastings and S. Jenkins, refers); with the Marines now up to platoon strength, ‘Lt. Mills and Sergeant Leach set about the task of planning the seizure of Leith Harbour. It was assumed that the Royal Marines landing party might encounter armed resistance. Mills prepared his men accordingly. They would go ashore fully equipped, with a generous scale of ammunition and, if it was forced upon them, ready to fight. The prospect of imminent action sent morale soaring’ (Operation Paraquat. The Battle for South Georgia, R. Perkins, refers). On the 23rd March the Bahia Buen Suceso departed from Leith having left a number of workmen ashore; the next day, however, the Argentine naval survey ship Bahia Paraiso (Captain Trombetta) took her place, putting ashore a full marine detachment with orders to ‘protect’ the remaining Leith workmen; on the 24th the Royal Marines took over from the BAS team for the observation of the Argentines at Jason Peak; having noted the arrival of the Bahia Paraiso, it was decided to establish a second observation post much closer to the Argentine position; the new post was set up on Grass Island, 3 miles south of Leith; using the Wasp helicopters from H.M.S. Endurance the marines were covertly flown in at very low altitude each day for three days; the observers were withdrawn to the British ship each night,

www.spink.com

Page 166

‘the Grass Island observation post was able to report activity in general terms, but it did not have a direct line of sight into the area of the buildings. On 27th March, therefore, it was decided that Keith Mills and Peter Leach would make a secret close-range reconnaissance. They were taken by launch to Carlita Bay and put ashore, at first light, at the foot of the Olsen Valley. Carrying their side arms, but with minimal equipment and no radio, the two men trekked through squalls of rain and sleet around the shore of Stromness Bay. They passed through the old abandoned whaling stations of Husvik and Stromness - where there was no sign of Argentine activity - until they came to the high ground south of Leith Harbour. Carefully ascending the 500 foot slopes of Harbour Point, they hid themselves in a rocky outcrop only 600 yards from the settlement. They watched the busy scene on the jetty and counted the oil drums, crates and containers. The Argentines evidently intended to stay on the island for a long time and in strength. After 45 minutes, satisfied that they had noticed everything of importance, Mills and Leach withdrew from Harbour Point. They covered 14 miles. over exposed terrain, without apparently being detected. Shortly after leaving Harbour Point, however, they were forced to take cover in a patch of tussock grass. An Alouette helicopter had taken off from the Bahia Paraiso and it started to patrol the coastline. The two marines lay hidden for a long time as the aircraft cruised back and forth and, for a short while, dipped low over the track which they intended to follow’ (ibid); the two marines safely returned, and over the next few days the two naval forces shadowed each other, with Barker keeping his two Wasps busy with constant reconnaissance. Time to Make a Stand On the afternoon of the 31st March the Endurance received orders to return to Port Stanley with all haste, ‘the mounting volume of evidence arriving in London was indicating that invasion of the Falkland Islands was now a very strong possibility. Barker was told to put ashore his ship’s detachment of Royal Marines at King Edward Point before sailing. In the same way that the Royal Marines on East Falkland gave some credibility to Great Britain’s stance on

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:53

Page 167

April 19, 2012 - London

Governor Hunt presenting the Stanley Shield to the victorious captain, Peter Leach, hours before departing in Endurance for South Georgia

the question of sovereignty there, a military presence was required on South Georgia for the same purpose. The military personnel could also provide protection - if required - for the unarmed BAS civilians. One platoon defending an island a hundred miles in length could be nothing more than a token force, but there was no alternative’ (ibid); that evening the marines and their ammunition were brought ashore and they entrenched themselves at the BAS station; they were alone, as the Endurance made her way back to the Falklands, ‘the Argentine fleet was at sea and within striking distance of the Falklands and South Georgia. Reports spoke of major units to the north of the islands, with a second force approaching from the south, possibly two frigates, armed with Exocet missiles, were deployed somewhere between the Falklands and South Georgia, and a submarine was rumoured to be en-route. To counter this display of power, Rex Hunt and Nick Barker had 73 marines on East Falkland, 22 marines on South Georgia, and the dear old ‘plum’ wallowing along halfway between the two. The nearest support was at Gibraltar, 5,500 miles and two weeks’ steaming away.’ The Argentine landings on East Falkland occurred on the 1st to 2nd April 1982, and despite brave resistance, against overwhelming odds, the Marines were forced to surrender Port Stanley; whilst this was occurring Mills and his marines were preparing as best as they could with the following orders, ‘Firstly, it was his duty to maintain a British military presence on the island. Secondly, he was to protect the BAS personnel at King Edward Point in the event of an “emergency”. Thirdly, he must maintain a continuing surveillance of Leith Harbour’ (ibid); one positive of the situation was that Mills had obtained the detachment’s full war allowance of arms and ammunition before leaving Port Stanley, ‘a quantity of anti-tank missiles; twenty 66mm rockets and a Carl Gustav launcher with twelve rounds. In addition, he had two general purpose machine guns (GPMG) and two Bren guns (LMG). Each marine was armed with the self-loading rifle (SLR), the standard individual infantry weapon. He himself carried a Sterling sub machine gun (SMG) and Sergeant Leach, a qualified sniper marksman, was

armed with the L42 sniper’s rifle’ (ibid); the marines and the BAS personnel on South Georgia had gathered around the radio and listened in shock as the invasion of the Falklands had taken place; they prepared for the worst; it was agreed that the BAS personnel should be removed from the vicinity of the Marines’ main defensive position; Steve Martin, as Base Commander, stayed with the marines whilst the remainder mainly withdrew to the old whaler’s church behind Grytviken, ‘Mills knew that he could not remain for long on King Edward Point if faced with a superior force, but his men were all trained in Arctic warfare techniques and were extremely fit’ Each man had his full issue of Arctic warfare clothing and other equipment. With a little luck, they could sustain themselves for weeks in the empty wastes of the hinterland’ (ibid). Count Down to Contact The basic plan was to resist the initial landing, make a fighting withdrawal under the cover of darkness and then fight a guerrilla campaign from the higher ground; preparatory defensive measures were undertaken, including rigging the landing jetty at King Edward Point with explosives; a seaborne assault was expected and this was problematic considering there were two beaches and Mills lacked the firepower to cover both; Mills employed his explosives expert Marine Les Daniels to build ‘home-made’ mines and bury them along the east beach; these were to be detonated if necessary by electrical impulse from the central control post; slit trenches were also to be dug in front of Shackleton House and continued for approximately 150 yards; the weather was atrocious, with up to Force 10 gales, severely hampering the Marines, ‘by 0930 on that Friday [2nd April] visibility was very limited. The marines were struggling to dig their trenches and Daniels had great difficulty in fixing the petrol drum under the jetty. He had not yet even started to lay his beach mines. In tactical terms, the detachment was extremely vulnerable. It was at this point that a large ship was seen to emerge from the curtain of driving rain at the entrance to Cumberland East Bay. It was the Bahia Paraiso. “Stand to, stand to!” Everyone threw

Page 167

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:53

Page 168

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria themselves flat or tried to crouch in the half-dug water-filled trenches. Mills left Peter Leach in charge and hurried down to the jetty to receive possible visitors’. (ibid) Captain Trombetta spoke via the radio to Steve Martin informing him that he would receive an important message the following morning; having imparted his message the ship turned and left, ‘with hindsight, it is evident that the Argentines intended originally that their seizure of South Georgia should coincide with their invasion of the Falkland Islands. Only the foul weather prevented them... The wind was much too strong for the launching of helicopters and the seas too violent for the operation of landing craft. Thanks to the storm, Keith Mills was granted twenty-four hours of additional breathing space in which to complete his preparations. As Peter Leach commented later: ‘If it hadn’t been for the lousy weather we would have been caught with our pants at half-mast’ (ibid); with the extra time afforded additional defensive measures were untaken including laying booby-traps in Quigley’s House and several other buildings. Leach at the Helm Whilst the majority of the marines were working on the defences, surveillance was still being undertaken on Stromness Bay; a four man team was stationed on Jason Peak around the clock; on the 1st April they had been taken to Jason Harbour at dawn by Peter Leach and Steve Martin in the BAS launch Albatross, ‘the party consisted of Marines Poole, McCallion and Combes under the command of Corporal Nigel Peters. They worked a ‘two on, two off’ routine, one pair watching the Bay and its sea approaches, the other pair resting in the Jason Harbour refuge hut. For communication they relied upon a BAS transceiver’ (ibid); in the early hours of Saturday 3rd April the weather calmed completely and ‘Peter Leach went to his officer and suggested that it was time to retrieve the observation party. They had very little fighting value where they were, but they represented a fifth of the total Royal Marines force on the island. If it came to a fight at King Edward Point, their firepower would be badly needed. Mills agreed and authorised Leach to bring them in. A heated argument then followed between Peter Leach and Steve Martin. With unlimited visibility, this was precisely the wrong sort of day for a secret evacuation by sea. Leach wanted to depart immediately in the Albatross, and with two other marines, motor across Cumberland West Bay to Jason Harbour. He calculated that he could complete the round trip in little more than two hours. Martin was opposed to the plan because he did not believe that the sergeant could handle his boat, especially if its diesel engine failed, and he rightly regarded the venture as extremely hazardous. Apart from the possibility of colliding with the chunks of ice which continually break away from the nearby glaciers, there was a real fear that the launch might be attacked. A radio report had just been received by Nigel Peters, announcing the arrival in Stromness Bay of an Argentine frigate. In the words of Keith Mills, “this threw a whole new light on the situation”. The warship was reported going alongside the Bahia Paraiso and taking on fuel but that task would soon be completed and she would then be free to take the offensive. The powerfully built Leach informed the Base Commander that he intended to take the launch, with or without his permission, and Steve Martin reluctantly agreed to show him how to operate the controls. The Albatross departed King Edward Point shortly after 0630. Astern, she towed a Gemini assault boat. It was Leach’s plan that, if the Albatross was attacked and damaged, he would abandon her and try to make his escape in the smaller boat which was much faster and highly manoeuvrable. Peter Leach stood holding the wheel as the heavy launch plodded northward along the coast at a steady eight knots. There was plenty of time to think, to ponder the curious

www.spink.com

Page 168

circumstances in which he found himself. He was the father figure of the Endurance marines’ detachment. Thirty-seven years of age, a Liverpudlian, married with two children, he could look back over nearly eighteen years’ service with the Royal Marines. Like many other members of the Corps, he was a man of many parts: air photography instructor, qualified helicopter observer, weapons instructor, and unarmed combat expert. In the 1960’s he had seen action as a leading scout in Borneo, had later served a tour in Northern Ireland, and had witnessed the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. It had been a long and varied career, but he could recall no other episode remotely comparable to this one. His immediate worry was the possibility that one of the Bahia Paraiso’s helicopters might see and attack him. Initially he hugged the cliffs of Sappho Point, but then he had nearly six miles of open water, crossing Cumberland West Bay. Peter Leach’s other anxiety was the lack of medical facilities on the island. Unlike the rest of the detachment, Leach had been in battle before. He had seen the horrendous injuries inflicted by modern high velocity ammunition. Each man had been given a morphine ampoule, and they had a small first aid bag and the usual field dressings, but none of the group was medically trained. Given the isolation and severe climate of the island, there was every chance that any man wounded by gunshot would subsequently die from lack of treatment. Peter Leach’s determination was rewarded when he collected his very chilled passengers from the beach at Jason Harbour and brought them safely back, at 0900, to King Edward Point.’ (ibid) Enter the Guerrico Upon their return the men were quickly debriefed and they provided Mills with details on the newly arrived Argentine warship - the frigate Guerrico; her formidable armament included twin MM38 Exocet rocket launchers, a 100mm semi-automatic gun on her forecastle and a 40mm gun on her stern. The two guns were immediate cause for concern; however, like many modern warships her superstructure was mainly composed of aluminium and as such if she were to come close to the shore she could be penetrated by smallarms fire; within half an hour of the observation party’s return, ‘the morning stillness was broken by the sound of a distant engine. Several voices shouted together: “Chopper!”, “Freeze!”, “Take cover!”, “Don’t move!” In the event everyone leapt into his trench except Sergeant Leach. He had been too busy to dig one for himself, so he lay down in a fold in the ground just in front of Shackleton House “Watch your front and report. Don’t shoot. Don’t point your weapons. Pass the word.” Leach shouted his orders to the nearest marines and they shouted to the others on the flanks. Everyone watched as a helicopter circled over Cumberland East Bay and then came lower to make several fast passes over King Edward cove.’ (ibid) The helicopter was one of the Alouettes assigned to the Bahia Paraiso; it carried out a reconnaissance of the area and then flew away after ten minutes; within moments of its departure the Bahia Paraiso came into sight and transmitted a radio message requesting that Steve Martin surrender his position to prevent any further loss of life; Captain Trombetta also asked that Martin bring all of his BAS personnel out into the open so that they could be counted; Martin replied that there was a British military presence on the island and that it would be defended if the Argentines tried to land; it appeared that the Argentine captain did not believe Martin, and he announced that he intended to send troops ashore by helicopter; to add to the tension of the situation the Guerrico appeared with her two guns trained on the shore. Whilst the marines were focusing on the warship, ‘there, only fifty yards away, was the Alouette, already on the rough ground of the Point, with armed men jumping out and running for cover. Mills turned and faced the new arrivals, his SMG slung across his shoulder, with the idea of letting them

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 169

April 19, 2012 - London

Colour Sergeant Leach in front of the ‘downed’ Argentine Puma helicopter

know that he was a soldier, to confirm that there were British troops on the island, he waved to the Argentines and pointed to his combat jacket. The fifth man - just leaving the Alouette - saw Mills and his face registered total surprise. The second soldier swung around, spotted the British officer and started to swing his rifle up to his shoulder. His stance was clearly that of a man about to fire’ (ibid); Mills chose this moment to turn and run back to the defensive positions, ‘On the other side of King Edward Point, immediately in front of Shackleton House, was a section of five marines commanded by Lance-Corporal George Thomson. He and the rotund Marine Jock Hunter lay in a natural fold in the ground, concealed by the long tussock grass. To their right and rear, in a large L-shaped trench were Marines Holding, Hare, and James with a GPMG. This section had been positioned by Keith Mills with the objective of putting enfilade fire across the beach if anyone tried to land on it. They had been told to be prepared for an assault by landing craft, but to stay out of sight until ordered otherwise. One of those crouching in the bottom of the trench, Brasso Hare, an eccentric, otherwise known as the ‘mad axeman’, heard the throb of marine engines. Overcome by curiosity, he peered over the parapet. There, four hundred yards away, was the long low grey shape of the Guerrico. “Hellfire! That ain’t no bloody landing craft!”... Up on the plateau, Peter Leach and the other marines viewed with alarm the scene unfolding before them. Entirely cut off from their officer, they had watched the Guerrico cruising into the cove.’ (ibid) With Argentine troops already landed and advancing towards the Marines’ position, a Puma troop-carrying helicopter hove into sight, ‘Corporal Al Larkin, one of the steadiest men in the detachment, shouted anxiously: “Sir, what are we going to do?”. The thought flashed through Keith Mills mind: “If this thing lands, we’re in the shit”. He hesitated only a few seconds before bellowing the order: “Hit it!” Instantly, every weapon opened up and raked the helicopter at a range of between fifty and one hundred yards. Nearby, concealed in the tussock grass, Peter Leach did not need his telescopic sight to score repeated hits on the huge target with his sniper

rifle.’ The helicopter crash landed and ‘despite the intense excitement of having such an unexpected target at point blank range, Thomsen’s men had not lost sight of the beach, their area of responsibility. They now saw seven Argentine soldiers from the Alouette advancing along the shoreline. Holding shouted up to Sergeant Leach who was some yards to his rear, “Pete, look at those daft buggers in the open down there” Leach bellowed back: “Well, don’t just look at them - shoot the bastards.” (ibid) Thomsen’s men accounted for three of the seven, forcing the remainder to seek cover; up to this point the engagement had gone as well as could be expected from Mills’ perspective, however, ‘at this moment he was startled to see the Guerrico coming back toward the shore. At no more than three knots. This time, her guns were not simply trained on the British position, they were firing. The marines ducked down in their trenches as 100mm high explosive shells screamed over their heads. The 40mm quick-firer at the frigate’s stern came into action, also firing slightly too high, but tearing holes in the ground all around the area. The salvation of the marines was the fact that the Guerrico was so close to her target that the 100mm guns, could not “lob” her shells.’ (ibid) Due to the dangerous Hobart Rocks at the mouth of the cove the Guerrico had to sail closer to the Point than she would have normally wished; in an effort to lure her in closer Mills gave the order to cease fire, ‘obligingly, the Argentine frigate cruised gently into everyone’s gun sights. “Fire!” Mills screamed the command and every weapon on the Point burst into action’ (ibid); the marines hit her with the Carl Gustav rocket launcher and a hail of rifle and machine gun fire, a lot of which penetrated her hull and thin superstructure, damaging equipment and silencing the 100mm gun; the 40mm gun continued its fire on the marines position, ‘as the ship progressed deeper into King Edward Cove, however, they became exposed to Marines Steve Parsons and Steve Chubb. Parsons squinted down the barrel of the Bren. Squeezing the trigger, he sent a series of tightly grouped bursts. Two Argentines fell to the deck and the survivors ran

Page 169

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 170

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria forward to shelter behind the ship’s superstructure. The gun remained silent throughout the remainder of the battle.’ (ibid) A Lesson in the Art of Sniping In an effort to extricate herself the frigate tried to turn in the narrow waters, ‘her manoeuvres could not be followed from the marines’ trenches, so Peter Leach ran into Shackleton House and went upstairs to the first floor. From here he could see almost the entire sweep of the cove. Moving to the extreme right-hand room, he bashed out the window with his rifle butt, dragged a table to the centre of the room and, lying down on it, adopted the prone firing position. Taking a firm grip of his L42, he carefully adjusted his telescopic sight for a range of 500 yards. Slowly the Guerrico turned a half circle, her bows facing towards the sniper. He was presented with a perfect frontal view of the ship’s bridge. Steadily and methodically, he fired the five rounds in the magazine, reloaded, fired five more, and then five more again. His shots went directly through the windows of the bridge housing. The effect of this fire - upon the people who were attempting to con the stricken vessel - must have been devastating. Later reports suggested that Leach’s shots killed the Captain and severely wounded another officer. Having finally turned, the frigate belched a stream of black smoke from her funnel and rapidly gained speed. She started to exit from the cove. As the Guerrico moved from left to right, so did Peter Leach, racing from room to room, smashing windows and loosing two or three shots from each before moving on to the next vantage point. The reserve ammunition dump was sited under one of the windows. Marine Brasso Hare was collecting fresh supplies from here when a shower of glass splinters fell on him. Startled, he looked up and demanded to know what was happening. Leach poked his head out of the empty frame: “Sorry, pal.” The moment of unintentional humour almost ended in tragedy. As Leach hurried to the next window, a burst of Argentine machine gun fire blasted glass and timber work to the rear. He flung himself to the floor, resolving to be more careful in future.’ (ibid) As the Guerrico had retreated out to sea the marines turned their attention to the Alouette which had been constantly ferrying more Argentine troops ashore; despite being up to 1500 yards away they still managed to score several hits on the helicopter; the arrival of more Argentine troops, however, meant that the Marines planned escape route was threatened; the Argentine marines advanced towards Grytviken where the BAS personnel were hidden, and with this in mind, and the fact that the Guerrico’s 100mm gun had started to function again, Mills decided that their time was running out; up until that point only Corporal Peters had been wounded, but the odds were starting to stack up against Mills’ small command. ‘He waited for the next lull in firing and poked his head cautiously over the parapet: “Well, guys, that’s it. We’ve made our point, that’s enough. I’ve decided to surrender. Does anyone have any violent objections?... Good. Because that is what I have decided.” Seventy yards to the rear, high in Shackleton House Peter Leach could hear Mills shouting but did not understand what he was saying. Then the word was passed that his officer wanted to speak with him. Calling for covering fire, Leach ran downstairs, sprinted across the open ground and threw himself down beside Mills’ trench. Despite his initial forebodings, prior to the battle, Leach’s blood was up. “What’s the problem, Sir?” Mills told him of his decision to surrender. “What the hell for? We’re winning hands down.” Mills briefly gave his reasons and confirmed his decision. “Ok, whatever you say. Personally I would like to carry on. But you’re the boss.” Sergeant Leach felt highly incensed by this reversal of their fortunes, but he darted back into the building while the order to stop firing was shouted along to the trenches on the flanks.’ (ibid)

www.spink.com

Page 170

Prisoner of War Mills advanced alone towards the Argentine position to discuss terms, ‘placing his weapon on the ground, Mills approached the man [an officer]: “Hello, do you speak English?” “Yes, I do.” Much relieved, Mills launched into the speech which he had rehearsed on the way down from Shackleton House: “Look, you are in a difficult position. We are well dug in and can go on fighting for a long time. You shall lose more and more of your own men. To avoid needless casualties on both sides, I am prepared to surrender now if you will guarantee good treatment for my men.” The Argentine officer reached out, seized Mills’ hand, and shook it fervently. A smile of delight on his face, he promised there would be no reprisals... Mills was now feeling the reaction of battle and did not fully comprehend the speed with which Argentine troops seemed to appear from every direction. He was told to call his men forward. Gradually they advanced, unarmed, and walked down to the beach. As they arrived, they lined up and were counted. Suddenly there was tension in the air. The Argentines could account for only twenty-two prisoners. Uneasily they fingered their triggers, looking up at the cliffs, searching for the bulk of the British force. They suspected that Mills had tricked them into an ambush. Surely this tiny force of less than two dozen men could not have held off - for more than two hours - two naval vessels, two helicopters and eighty special assault troops?’ (ibid) Having finally convinced the Argentines that this was their entire force, the marines were searched before Mills met with Teniente de Navio Alfredo Astiz (officer commanding the military element of the invasion); the wounded Corporal Peters was brought down to the beach and ‘Peter Leach injected morphine into the back of his thigh and covered him with the spare clothing... Mills and Leach were told that they could return to Shackleton House, under escort, to collect the small valuable possessions of their men. They did so, selecting everything of obvious financial or sentimental value... Before leaving, Peter Leach scribbled a note addressed to the BAS - apologising for the broken windows and promising to return soon ‘to clear up the mess’. It was a prophetic pledge’ (ibid) All the marines, with the exception of Mills, were transported to the Bahia Paraiso by landing craft, ‘crossing the bay, they passed the Guerrico. The guards ordered them to lay down in the well-deck so that they could not admire the damage which they had inflicted on the warship’ (ibid); by 1800 hours the Bahia Paraiso was ready to sail, with Mills and the thirteen BAS personnel having also embarked; the ship sailed at full speed for the next three days heading directly for Argentine waters; Captain Trombetta had a large number of wounded troops aboard who needed proper medical attention; by a quirk of fate several of the guards were Argentine Marines who the men of H.M.S. Endurance had socialised with during their visit to Mar de Plata in February. The British were placed in cabins located under the Bahia Paraiso’s helicopter deck and immediately above the engine room, ‘time passed slowly in the crowded cabins. Conversation centred upon two main topics: the prospect for returning to the United Kingdom, and reminiscences of the recent battle. Peter Leach admitted to Keith Mills that he had been wrong in wanting to fight on when the decision to surrender was made. Steve Martin cleared the air by telling Peter Leach that he now accepted the wisdom of having risked the Albatross on his journey to retrieve the observation party from Jason Harbour.’ (ibid) On the 7th April the Bahia Paraiso arrived off the port of Rio Grande; the wounded, including Peters, were evacuated by several helicopter flights; three days later, after a week of incarceration, the prisoners were allowed on deck for the first

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 171

April 19, 2012 - London

The official surrender of the Argentine Garrison at Thule (Sergeant Leach standing, wearing beret) time; on the 14th April they landed at Bahia Blanca and were transported to the naval base; here they were kept for four days, with Corporal Peters returning to the party on the second day; Peters brought with him the news that he had heard a BBC World Service report announcing the sailing of a British task force; whilst excited by the news they were unsure as to what direct effect this would have on their guards and them as a consequence; however, they continued to be treated well; both Mills and Martin were questioned before a tribunal of naval captains and ‘later it was agreed that Sergeant Leach should appear before the tribunal but, as he declined to offer anything more than his name, rank and number, the Argentines made no further progress.’ (ibid) On the afternoon of the 16th April they were taken to a nearby airfield, and by the early hours of the following morning they had landed at Montevideo International Airport, Uruguay; after 15 days of captivity they had been freed, ‘the former captives were stunned by their reception... Apart from dozens of journalists and cameramen, representing the world’s media services, there was a crowd of cheering British ex-patriots who had fled to Uruguay from Argentina... The British Ambassador was there to welcome them... Blinded by the television lights and trying to fend off the swarm of pressmen, the marines and BAS personnel suddenly realised that their release was world news. Instead of returning as an embarrassment to their government - having been defeated and flung of a British island - they were being hailed as popular heroes.’ (ibid) Repatriation - Straight Back Into the Fray In the early hours of the morning of the 19th April Mills and his men were taken back to the airport and flown home; they arrived at RAF Brize Norton at 0430 on 20th April to a similar reception; after a final debrief Leach was allowed to go home on a short period of leave, ‘now... Mills and his men were equally anxious to get back to their shipmates [H.M.S. Endurance]. Specifically, they wanted to avenge their enforced surrender. South Georgia had been re-occupied by

British forces, on 26th April, but the Argentines still held the Falklands... The detachment departed Poole for the long haul back down to the edge of Antarctica. The convalescent Corporal Peters stayed in England, his place being taken by Corporal Steve Gogerty. After a brief stop at Ascension Island - where they had the quiet satisfaction of guarding Alfredo Astiz for two days - they boarded the Cable ship Iris which delivered them, on 25th May, to their own ship off Grytviken. For Mills and his men, the wheel had turned full circle.’ (ibid) Operation Keyhole With the surrender of all Argentine forces on the Falkland Islands, 14.6.1982, the only British territory still in Argentine hands was Thule Island; an Argentine naval base called Corbetta Uruguay had been established on the tiny island six years prior to the start of this conflict; on the 15th June a task group, of four ships and a force of Marines, under the command of Captain Barker (H.M.S. Endurance) was given orders to clear the island of the Argentine presence; the sailing of the task group was announced on an international distress frequency in an effort to give the Argentine commander the opportunity to surrender prior to any further military action; the message however remained unanswered. The Endurance and H.M.S. Salvageman arrived off Thule in the early hours of the 19th June; at first light a reconnaissance patrol led by Sergeant John Napier was inserted on to the island by helicopter; the conditions were horrendous - the air temperature was minus twenty degrees Celsius, with the wind gusting at 60mph causing a chill factor of minus 52 degrees Celsius; further appeals to the Argentine base were broadcast by the Endurance throughout the night, but they remained unanswered; by 0400 on the 20th June all four ships of the task group were present; the wind eased slightly and at 1140 Captain Barker launched the operation; the Endurance cruised to within a few hundred yards of the naval base but without armed response; the helicopters landed with the

Page 171

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 172

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

Patrol Officer Peter Leach, Merseyside Police, ‘riding shotgun’

assault force, only to be informed that a flag of surrender had raised; the Argentines had spent the previous night destroying equipment and paperwork. The Marines, including the detachment from the Endurance, carefully searched and cleared all the buildings; the prisoners - one civilian and nine military personnel (believed before the attack to number as many as eighty) were flown to the Olmeda; the Captains of the British ships gathered in the Endurance for the surrender document ceremony, at which Leach was also present; once the Argentine base commander Corbeta Enrique Martinez had completed the ceremony the prisoners left almost immediately with the Olmeda and H.M.S. Yarmouth as escort, ‘the Endurance and the Salvageman remained in the vicinity of Hewison Point overnight and, on the morning of 21st June, Lieutenant Keith Mills returned with ‘the plum’s’ detachment to complete the search of the bright orange base buildings, ensuring that no explosives were concealed in the area. Mills and his men were disappointed that the affair had ended so tamely, but they had the satisfaction on this operation of being captors instead of prisoners. According to Lieutenant Mills: “I wasn’t happy when Captain Barker took us so close inshore - I knew the effect of infantry weapons at close range - but the white flag went up as soon as the people ashore saw the ship. The Wessex 5 was ready to go, so I quickly obtained permission to take the detachment ashore. Lieutenant-

www.spink.com

Page 172

Commander Blight put us down by the Argentine base more or less simultaneously with the arrival of the Sea King. It was a great moment. After that it was a race between us and ‘M’ Company to see who could raise the Union Jack first’ (ibid) H.M.S. Endurance finally departed South Georgia on 16th July; she arrived in the UK, via a stop at Port Stanley and the Ascension Islands, on the 20th August, ‘national coverage of her triumphant return began when the Endurance appeared in the Medway at 1400. More than eighty journalists were on hand to record the event. A crowd estimated at fifteen thousand waved from the Strand at Gillingham and thousands more cheered as she passed Grain and the river at Hoo. Hundreds of yachts and pleasure boats trailed in her wake... overhead circled helicopters and light aircraft chartered by television companies. It was all in great contrast to the Endurance’s mundane departure from Portsmouth in October of the previous year.’ (ibid) With the war over Leach subsequently served as Security NCO and Training NCO at H.M.S. Warrior, HQ Northwood, before being discharged as Colour Sergeant to Pension, 4.6.1986; two days after leaving the Marines he joined the Merseyside Police; Leach served six years as a Patrol Officer in Huyton, Merseyside, and as a Sniper Instructor, 1990-99; he joined the Merseyside Police Tactical Aid Unit, 1991, and completed 320 armed operations; Peter Leach retired 14.12.1999.

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 173

April 19, 2012 - London

BRITISH ORDERS AND SINGLE AWARDS

446

446 The Most Noble Order of the Garter, A Mid 19th Century Knight Companion’s (K.G.) ‘Great George’ Collar Badge, by Garrard, London, 42mm x 43mm, 83.7g, gold (22 carat) and enamel, Hallmarks on base and on horse’s tail, St. George with a blue cap and green enamel sword attacking the Dragon with a gold lance, his horse white with black hooves and a red saddle cloth, the Dragon green with red spots and red wings, all resting on an oval green enamel base with rose, thistle, and shamrock on ground, and a salamander in the grass, with a border of red and white ribbons, minor damage in parts, St. George lacking cape, base slightly loose, otherwise good very fine, rare, with additional top gold loop suspension £26,000-30,000

Page 173

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 174

447 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Civil Division, Knight Grand Cross (G.C.B.) set of Insignia, sash Badge, 59mm x 43mm, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1940); Star, 98mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with gold retaining pin, extremely fine, with full sash riband and shorter evening dress sash riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue (2) ÂŁ1,000-1,400 PROVENANCE:

Sotheby, 26.3.1997

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 175

448 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Knight Grand Cross (G.C.M.G.) set of Insignia, sash Badge, 100mm including crown suspension x 75mm, silver-gilt and enamel; Star, 89mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with gold retaining pin, minor enamel damage to reverse central medallion of Badge, otherwise nearly extremely fine, with full sash riband, in Spink and Son, London, case of issue (2) ÂŁ1,400-1,800 PROVENANCE:

Bonhams, 27.3.2007

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 176

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

449

450 x449 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Civil Division, Knight Commander’s (K.C.B.) neck Badge, by Garrard, London, 56mm x 36mm, gold (Hallmarks for London 1877), extremely fine, with neck riband £600-800

x450 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion’s (C.B.) breast Badge, gold (Hallmarks for London 1815) and enamel, wide swivel ring suspension, maker’s mark ‘D.D.’ and gold marks on suspension loop, minor enamel restoration to top arm of cross, reverse centre slightly depressed, therefore very fine, with later gold riband buckle, in fitted leather case of issue £1,400-1,800

www.spink.com

Page 176

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 177

April 19, 2012 - London

454 451 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military Division, Commander’s (C.B.E.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, suspension loop detached and re-affixed with later ring, otherwise good very fine £150-200 452 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Civil Division, Commander’s (C.B.E.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine, with full and miniature width neck ribands, in Fattorini, Birmingham, case of issue £200-240 453 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Civil Division, Officer’s (O.B.E.) breast Badge, silver-gilt, file marks to reverse lower arm, otherwise very fine The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Civil Division, Member’s (M.B.E.) breast Badge, silver (Hallmarks for London 1918), good very fine (2) £100-120 x454 Royal Red Cross, G.V.R., First Class (R.R.C.) Badge, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, nearly extremely fine, with bow riband £120-150 455 A Great War M.C. Attributed to Second Lieutenant J.H. Richards, South Wales Borderers Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, extremely fine, in case of issue, with the recipient’s War Office issued citation £400-450 M.C. London Gazette 9.1.1918 T./2nd Lt. John Hywel Richards, S. Wales Bord. ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in charge of a convoy. He went forward during a hostile counter-attack and reconnoitred the ground to find the best route for the animals through both the barrage and shell-holes, under heavy shell fire, through which he then led them without hesitation, sustaining only a few casualties. He successfully delivered the stores and ammunition which were urgently required. He has on several occasions shown remarkable initiative and great gallantry during similar journeys.’ Second Lieutenant John Hywel Richards, M.C., served with the 6th Battalion, South Wales Borderers during the Great War; died of wounds, 19.4.1918, and is buried in Aire Communal Cemetery, France.

Page 177

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 178

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 456 The Post War A.F.C. and ‘Harrier Test Pilot’s’ Second Award Bar to Group Captain I.H. Keppie, Royal Air Force, Aide-de-Camp to H.M. The Queen, and Station Commander, R.A.F. Wittering, Together With a Vast and Historic Archive of the Recipient’s Original Research into Test Flying the Harrier, ‘The Biggest Step Forward in Aviation Since the Invention of the Jet Engine’ Air Force Cross, E.II.R., reverse officially dated ‘1964’, with Second Award Bar, reverse officially dated ‘1972’, suspension loop re-constituted, otherwise good very fine, in Royal Mint case of issue, with the following related items: - The recipient’s two Flying Log Books, covering the period 11.10.1951 to 31.7.1962 and 1.8.1962 to 10.2.1976 respectively - Commission appointing Ian Haig Keppie a Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force, dated 27.7.1954, in scroll holder - The recipient’s Airtour Pilot’s Flying Log Book, covering the period 17.12.1975 to 13.2.1976 - The recipient’s No.6 (tropical) uniform epaulette complete with the insignia of Aide-de-Camp to H.M. The Queen - The recipient’s Private Pilot’s Licence, dated 14.9.1950; Royal Aero Club Aviator’s Certificate, dated 6.9.1950; Joint Service Pilots Instrument Rating Card; R.A.F. Instrument Pilot Rating Card, dated 3.3.1969; R.A.F. Wittering cloth badge; and Royal Air Force Club Membership Card - Empire Test Pilot’s School Certificate, named to Flt. Lt. I.H. Keppie R.A.F. and dated 8.12.1960 - 1,000 Miles Per Hour Club Certificate, named to Wing Commander I.H. Keppie - Royal Aeronautical Society Certificate electing Ian Haig Keppie a Fellow of the Society, dated 28.11.1985 - Pat Rooney caricature of the recipient, entitled ‘Jock’ and dated Cranwell, 1953 - Framed cartoon strip of the McKenna Dinner at the Empire Test Pilots’ School, 1960, showing Ian Keppie receiving the Hunter Trophy - Fourteen framed photographs of the recipient, the majority taken at R.A.F. Boscombe Down or R.A.F. Wittering, including five of the visit of H.R.H. The Princess Anne - Framed photograph of H.R.H. The Princess Anne at R.A.F. Boscombe Down, presented to the recipient - Photograph of the recipient with The Rt. Hon. Harold Macmillan - Framed painting of an R.A.F. Harrier, present to the recipient by the Officers of ‘A’ Fighter Test Squadron, Boscombe Down, November 1972, with their signatures - Framed R.A.F. Wittering Crest, presented to Group Captain I.H. Keppie, Commanding Officer, February 1975 - Large framed oil painting by Chris Golds of the recipient at the controls of the Short SC1 XG900 after having achieved Vertical take-off, June 1962 - Eleven wooden painted Crests, of George Heriot’s School; R.A.F. College Cranwell; Empire Test Pilots’ School; Royal Aircraft Establishment; Aerospace and Armament Experimental Establishment; Central www.spink.com

Page 178

Group Captain I.H. Keppie, Station Commander, R.A.F. Wittering Fighter Establishment; R.A.F. Wittering; No.33 Squadron; No.264 Squadron; R.A.F. Staff College; and R.A.F. Fighter Command - Empire Test Pilots’ School Hawker Hunter Trophy 1960 silver Tankard (Hallmarks for London 1938), engraved ‘Flt. Lt. I.A. Keppie.’ - Six silver-plated or pewter tankards, engraved ‘Presented to Ian by the Officers and Aircrew of No.33 A.W. (F.) Squadron June 1955-November 1957’; ‘A.W.D.S. Flt. Lt. I.H. Keppie. Nov 1957-Jan 1959’; Flt. Lt. I.H. Keppie Aero/Flight R.A.E. Bedford 1961-1964’; ‘Presented to Sqn. Ldr. I.H. Keppie, A.F.C. by the Officers of the Empire Test Pilots’ School January 1965-May 1967’; ‘Wing Commander Ian Keppie March 1969-November 1972, From the Officers of “A” Squadron A.&A.E.E. Boscombe Down’; and ‘Presented to Gp. Cap. Ian Keppie A.F.C. A.D.C. R.A.F. Station Commander Royal Air Force Wittering Dec 72-Feb 75’ respectively, the last additionally engraved with the signatures of the Station Officers - The recipient’s Station Commander’s staff car pennant from R.A.F. Wittering - George Heriot’s School Session 1946-47 booklet - The recipient’s George Heriot’s School Scottish Leaving Certificate - Royal Air Force College Passing Out Parade programme, No.62 Entry, 27.7.1954 - Empire Test Pilots’ School Twenty Five Years list of Graduates - R.A.F. Wittering Programme for the Visit of H.R.H. The Princess Anne, 10.7.1974 - Wittering View, August 1974, featuring a review of the Royal Visit - Canadian Defence Quarterly, Winter 1973/74, featuring an article by the recipient entitled ‘Operating the Harrier’ - Air Club, August 1970, featuring an article by the recipient entitled ‘Three Men on a Boat’

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 179

April 19, 2012 - London - Harrier Communique, Spring 1973, featuring an article by the recipient entitled ‘Harrier: The first aircraft of the 21st Century’ - Copies of various papers, lectures, and reports written by the recipient regarding the Harrier, including the deck trials on H.M.S. Eagle, 920.3.1970 - A large quantity of photographs of the recipient and his aircraft, including one of the recipient outside Buckingham Palace having received the Second Award Bar to his Air Force Cross, and other related ephemera (lot) £1,800-2,200 A.F.C. London Gazette 13.6.1964 Flight Lieutenant Ian Haig Keppie (607421), Royal Air Force A.F.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 1.1.1972 Wing Commander Ian Haig Keppie, A.F.C. (607421), Royal Air Force. Group Captain Ian Haig ‘Kipper’ Keppie, A.F.C., was born in Edinburgh, 22.7.1933, and educated at George Heriot’s School and R.A.F. College Cranwell, where he won the J.A. Chance Memorial Prize. The seeds of a Service career had obviously been sown early, for, whilst only an eight-yearold, he had written to the War Office in 1942 on the subject of a design of a new gun. Commissioned Pilot Officer, 27.7.1954, his first operational posting was to No.264 Squadron (Meteors) at R.A.F. Linton-on-Ouse. Promoted Flying Officer, 27.7.1955, at the end of that year he embarked upon a four month course at the Fighter Weapons School. Advanced Flight Lieutenant, 27.7.1957, Keppie transferred to No.33 Squadron (Meteors) in September 1957, based at R.A.F. Leeming- his stay with the Squadron was brief, for having helped them win the Ingpen Trophy, awarded annually to the all-weather Squadron recording the best air-firing in Fighter Command, he was seconded to the

All Weather Development Squadron, where he was involved in the trials of the Gloster Javelin. From this point on Keppie’s career was effectively one of a test pilot, and after 14 months with the A.W.D.S. he transferred to the Guided Weapons Trials Squadron in January 1959. The following year he was selected for the No.19 Course at the Empire Test Pilots’ School, a training school for test pilots founded in 1943 at R.A.F. Boscombe Down- of the 502 pilots who had graduated from the previous 18 E.T.P.S. courses, 92 of them- almost 20%- had been killed in flying accidents, a measure of how dangerous the work of a test pilot was. Amongst Keppie’s intake of 24 was John Cochrane, who later became heavily involved with testing Concorde, and was the co-pilot for the maiden flights of both the prototype and preproduction Concordes. Having flown a variety of aircraft, including Hunters, Canberras, Vampires, Varsities, Devons, and Provosts, Keppie completed the Course in December 1960, and moved to the Aerodynamics Flight based at R.A.E. Bedford. It was here that he first flew the Short SC1, the first British fixed-wing Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, designed to study the problems with VTOL flight and the transition to and from forward flight. After three years at Bedford, which culminated in the award of the Air Force Cross, Keppie enrolled in the No.54 Course at the R.A.F. Staff College Bracknell in January 1964, his main research paper whilst at the College being on the Communist threat to the West since the Sino-Soviet rift; promoted Squadron Leader, 1.7.1964, he only took to the skies once in the entire year- a 40 minute Open Day demonstration flight in a Whirlwind. His year at the Staff College over, Keppie took up an appointment as Flying Tutor back at the Empire Test Pilots’ School at Farnborough, where he stayed for the next two and a half years. In 1969 he moved to the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at R.A.F. Boscombe Down, and it was here that he first flew the Harrier jet, instantly forming the belief that ‘the Harrier is the biggest step forward in aviation since the invention of the jet engine...once a pilot has

Keppie at the Controls, having achieved vertical take-off, June 1962 Page 179

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 180

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

Group Captain I.H. Keppie being presented to H.R.H. The Princess Anne at R.A.F. Wittering, 10th July 1974 flown the Harrier, no other aircraft will ever satisfy him’ (Harrier Communique refers). Promoted Wing Commander, 1.7.1969, the following year he was involved in the Harrier deck trials on H.M.S. Eagle, as part of the MoD requirement that the Harrier should be capable of operating from an aircraft carrier. The aim of the trials was to establish the performance of the Harrier from the angled deck in various configurations and wind conditions, and to develop approach and vertical landing techniques. Typically flying up to three times a day, in total 58 sorties were flown from H.M.S. Eagle during the period 9-20.3.1970 off the coast of Cornwall, work which contributed to his award, in 1972, of a Bar to his Air Force Cross. In 1969 the first Harriers arrived at the new ‘Home of the Harrier’, R.A.F. Wittering. As part of the Station’s restructuring, as a training ground for Harrier pilots, it was decided that the Station Commander should have experience of the aircraft, and in December 1972 Keppie was appointed to the post, being advanced Group Captain, 1.1.1973. The

www.spink.com

Page 180

highlight of his period at Wittering was the visit of H.R.H. The Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips on the 10.7.1974; prior to the Royal Visit Keppie had been appointed an Aide-de-Camp to H.M. The Queen, 1.1.1974. Sadly though, opportunities to take to the skies were limited, with his last flight in the Harrier taking place in October 1974, shortly before his retirement from the Royal Air Force, 29.3.1975, where in total over the past 24 years he had clocked up 3,171 hours’ flying, and been awarded the Air Force Cross and Bar. Following his retirement from the R.A.F. Keppie worked for British Caledonian Airways, as the General Operations Control Manager, and then, from 1980 to 1987, in Hong Kong as the General Manager (Operational Services) of Cathay Pacific. He died at home, 27.2.2006. Note: Owing to the large and bulky nature of this lot it is unsuitable for postage and we would recommend collection.

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 181

April 19, 2012 - London

459

458

457 Royal Red Cross, G.V.R., Second Class (A.R.R.C.) Badge, silver and enamel, nearly extremely fine, with bow riband £70-90 x458 Kaisar-i-Hind Medal, G.V.R., 2nd type, First Class, gold, with integral top riband bar, nearly extremely fine, in case of issue £1,200-1,400

463

460 Military Medal, G.V.R. (22672 L.Bmbr: S. Tarry. D.156/Bde: R.F.A.), surname partially officially corrected, minor edge bruise, very fine £80-120 M.M. London Gazette 13.9.1918 22672 L./Bomdr. S. Tarry, R.F.A. (Camberwell).

461 Military Medal, G.V.R. (123046 Sig: A.G.J. Chinery. R.F.A.), good very fine £120-140 M.M. London Gazette 23.7.1919 123046 Sig. Chinery, A.G.J., 504/65th Bde., Royal Field Artillery (South Hackney). PROVENANCE:

J.B. Hayward, April 1968.

459 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (Meteren 203003 Pte. G. Connor. 1/5 W.York: R. 14. April 1918.), location and date additionally engraved in large sans-serif capitals, extremely fine £450-550 D.C.M. London Gazette 3.9.1918 203003 Pte. G. Connor, W. York. R. (Barnsley) ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty while acting as company runner. He carried back a message to battalion headquarters under very heavy shell and machine-gun fire, and thus obtained reinforcements that were needed. On his return he went out 200 yards under heavy fire and helped to bring in a wounded man. He showed high courage and initiative.’ 203003 Private George Connor, D.C.M., served with the 1st/5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment during the Great War, and was awarded his D.C.M. for gallantry at Meteren, during the German (Lys) Offensive in Flanders, 14.4.1918.

462 A Great War 1917 ‘French Theatre’ M.M. to Sergeant W.J. Howe, Royal Munster Fusiliers Military Medal, G.V.R. (8800Sjt: W.J. Howe. 2/R. Muns: Fus:), edge bruise, nearly very fine £200-240 M.M. London Gazette 19.2.1917 8800 Sjt. W.J. Howe, R. Muns. Fus.

463 British Empire Medal, Military Division, G.VI.R. (1061100 Sgt. Alexander H. Mc.Angus, R.H.A.), very fine £180-220 B.E.M. London Gazette 18.2.1943 No. 1061100 Sergeant Alexander Henry McAngus, Royal Horse Artillery (Oxford) ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East during the period May 1942 to October 1942.’

Page 181

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 182

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS

464 465 Three: Private G. Warburton, 16th Lancers Ghuznee 1839 (George Warburton. H.M. 16th. Lancers.), edge engraved in large serif capitals, with contemporary silver clip and straight bar suspender; Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Private George Warburton H.M. 16th. Lancers), with original brass hook; Sutlej 1845-46, for Aliwal, one clasp, Sobraon (Geo: Warburton 16th. Lancers), generally good very fine or better (3) ÂŁ1,200-1,400

464 Pair: Sergeant J. Sawyer, 31st Foot, Late 104th Foot Army of India 1799-1826, long hyphen reverse die type, one clasp, Ava (John Sawyer. 2nd. Beng: Eurn. Regt.), officially impressed, India; Cabul 1842 (Serjeant J. Sawyer. Victy. Deptt. H.M.s. 31st. Foot.), engraved in running script, with original steel clip, this heavily rusted, and contemporary silver straight bar suspender, nearly extremely fine (2) ÂŁ1,300-1,600

465 www.spink.com

Page 182

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 183

April 19, 2012 - London

466

467

x466 Family Group: Pair: Colonel T.S.P. Field, Royal Artillery South Africa 1834-53 (1st. Lieut. T.S.P. Field, Royal Arty.); Indian Mutiny 185758, one clasp, Central India (Capt. T.S.P. Field, 13th. Bde. R. Art.), heavy contact marks, therefore nearly very fine, both with contemporary silver riband buckles Natal 1906 (Tpr: T.S.P. Field, Natal Mtd. Rifles.), planchet only, nearly very fine (3) Estimate £1,200-1,600 Colonel Thomas Samuel Poer Field (1827-91) was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, June 1848, and promoted Lieutenant, November 1848. He served with 4th Company, 5th Battalion Royal Artillery in South Africa during the Kaffir War 1851-52; 4/5 Royal Artillery was the only artillery unit on the frontier at this time and due to the nature of the conflict was often fragmented; Field’s Commanding Officer Captain Eardley-Wilmot, was killed in action on New Year’s Day 1852, and from then on Field took command of the Battery. Promoted Captain, April 1855, he served in India in 1858 commanding No.6 Field Battery, 13th Brigade Royal Artillery, and was present with Sir Hugh Rose’s Central India Field Force at the attack and capture of Fort Lahorie, the attack on Koonch, and the capture of Calpee (Mentioned in Despatches). Promoted Major, November 1858, and LieutenantColonel, November 1870, he finally retired with the rank of Colonel in 1881. Trooper Thomas Samuel Poer Field, the nephew of Colonel T.S.P. Field, served with the Natal Mounted Rifles during the Natal Rebellion. Approximately 14 South Africa 1834-53 Medals awarded to Royal Artillery Officers, of which 6 were for the 1850-53 War.

467 Pair: Private W.J. Roberts, 4th Foot Abyssinia 1867-68 (150 W.J. Roberts 1st. Battn. 4th. The K.O.R. Regt.), suspension re-affixed; Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (150. Pte. W.J. Roberts, 1-4th. Foot), traces of lacquer, good very fine (2) £380-420 150 Private William James Roberts, born Bethnal Green, Middlesex, 1836; enlisted in the 4th (King’s Own Royal) Regiment of Foot, November 1858; discharged September 1877 after 18 years and 302 days with the Colours.

Page 183

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 184

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

468

468 Pair: Private W. Curtis, King’s Royal Rifle Corps South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1879 (1780. Pte. W. Curtis. 3/60th. Foot.); Egypt 1882-89, dated, three clasps, Tel-el-Kebir, Suakin 1884, ElTeb_Tamaai (1780. Pte. W. Curtis. 3/K.R.Rif: C.), light contact marks, nearly very fine or better (2) £600-800 1780 Private William Curtis, born Whitchurch, Hampsire, 1846; served with the Hampshire Militia; enlisted in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, May 1868; served with the Regiment in Canada from November 1868 to June 1869, and from October 1871 to January 1877; in South Africa from February 1879 to Febuary 1882; and in Egypt nd the Sudan from July 1882 to August 1884; discharged, June 1889, after 21 years and 23 days with the Colours.

www.spink.com

Page 184

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 185

April 19, 2012 - London

469

469 Five: Colonel G.W.N. Rogers, Royal Irish Regiment Jubilee 1897, silver; Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Tel-el-Kebir (Maj: G.W.N. Rogers. 2/R.Ir: R.); India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Hazara 1888 (Colonel G.W.N. Rogers. 2d. Bn. R.Ir.R.); Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmania, Fourth Class breast Badge, 82mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 60mm, silver, gold, and enamel, suspension loop tightened; Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed, enamel damage, otherwise good very fine, mounted as originally worn, together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, shoulder title, and a large portrait photograph of the recipient (5) £800-1,200 Colonel George William Nesbit Rogers, born June 1846; Commissioned Ensign, Royal Irish Regiment, January 1865; promoted Lieutenant, February 1868; served with the Regiment in Malta and India from 1872; Captain, June 1876; Major, July 1881; served with the 2nd Battalion in Egypt, and was present at the action of Kassasin, 9.9.1882, and at the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir, 13.9.1882 (Mentioned in Despatches, Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel, and Fourth Class Order of Osmania); served as Commandant, School of Instruction for Auxiliary Forces, Aldershot, September 1883 to March 1884; Colonel, November 1886; assumed command of the 2nd Battalion, July 1888, and commanded them during the Hazara Expedition, October to November 1888 (Mentioned in Despatches); transferred to the Reserve, March 1900.

Colonel G.W.N. Rogers

Page 185

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 186

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 470 Pair: Private W. Falconer, Highland Light Infantry Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Tel-el-Kebir (426 Pte. W. Falconer. 2/Highd. L.I.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, good very fine (2) £160-200

471 Pair: Private F. Allen, 19th Hussars Egypt 1882-89, undated, three clasps, ElTeb_Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (2378 Pte. F. Allen. 19th. Hussars.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, light pitting and minor edge bruise, obverse worn therefore good fine or better (2) £600-700

472 Four: Private R. Simpson, Seaforth Highlanders Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4774 Pte. R. Simpson. 1/Sea. Hrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal, Wittebergen (4774 Pte. R. Simpson, 2: Sea: Highrs:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (4774 Pte. R. Simpson. Seaforth Highrs:); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, two clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (4774 Pte. R. Simpson 1/Sea. Highrs.), QSA partially officially corrected, Khartoum clasp a tailor’s copy on KS, minor edge bruising, generally nearly very fine (4) £400-450

473 Pair: Private W. Smith, Cameron Highlanders Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3758. Pte. W. Smith. 1/Cam: Hdrs.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, one clasp, Khartoum, unnamed as issued, minor contact marks, good very fine (2) £340-380 3758 Private William Smith, born Dunfermline, Fife, 1871; enlisted in the Cameron Highlanders, January 1896; served with the Regiment in Egypt and the Sudan, October 1897 to March 1900, and in South Africa from March 1900 to October 1902, where he was present at the actions in the Cape Colony, at Johannesburg, 31.5.1900; Diamond Hill, 11-12.6.1900; and Wittebergen, 1-29.7.1900 (Queen’s South Africa Medal with four clasps and King’s South Africa Medal); discharged January 1908 after 12 years with the Colours.

474 Four: Gunner W.E. Long, Royal Field Artillery India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., three clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 189798 (98277 Gunner W. Long 11th. Fd. By. R.A.); 1914-15 Star (98277 Gnr. W.E. Long, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (98277 Gnr. W.E. Long. R.A.), suspension slack on first, traces of lacquer, good fine or better (4) £120-160

www.spink.com

Page 186

473

475 Five: Warrant Officer Class II H. Westlake, West Yorkshire Regiment, Late Rifle Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (7688. Cr. Serjt. H. Westlake. Rif. Bde.); 1914-15 Star (1149 Q.M.Sjt. H. Westlake. W.York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (1149 W.O.Cl.II. H. Westlake. W.York. R.); Army Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (7688 Q.M.Sjt: H. Westlake. Rifle Bde:), generally very fine or better (5) £180-220 PROVENANCE:

J.B. Hayward, July 1969.

476 Five: Second Lieutenant C.W. Henshaw, Army Service Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (9484 Sgt. C.W. Henshaw. A.S.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (9484 Serjt: C.W. Henshaw. A.S.C.); 1914-15 Star (M2-034870. M.S.Mjr. C.W. Henshaw, A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. C.W. Henshaw.), edge bruising to KSA, nearly very fine, the Great War medals good very fine (5) £140-180

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 187

April 19, 2012 - London 477 Seven: Warrant Officer Class I F.G. Payne, Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment, Late Royal Army Service Corps and Royal Army Medical Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (14147 Pte. F.G. Payne. R.A.M.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (14147 Pte. F.G. Payne. R.A.M.C.); 1914-15 Star (T4039964, Dvr. F.G. Payne, A.S.C.); British War Medal (T4039964 A.W.O. Cl.1 E.G. [sic] Payne. A.S.C.); Victory Medal, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (T4-039964 A.W.O. Cl.1 F.G. Payne. A.S.C.); Defence and War Medals, cleaned, nearly very fine or better, mounted as originally worn, and contained in a leather case, embossed ‘F.G.P. 1900-1945’, with the following related documentation &c.: - Warrant appointing Frederick George Payne a Warrant Officer Class II in the Royal Army Service Corps, dated 28.8.1920 - Mentioned in Despatches Certificate, dated 25.3.1918 - Photograph of the recipient leading a R.A.M.C. waggon train in South Africa - Two newspaper cuttings regarding the recipient’s death - WOOD, Frederick J., The History of the Maidstone Companies, Royal Army Medical Corps (Volunteers), Maidstone 1907, Crown Octavo, 89 pages, with illustrations - WILSON, H.W., With the Flag to Pretoria, A History of the Boer War 1899-1900, 2 Volumes, London 1900, Medium Quarto, 716 pages, with illustrations, bound in red cloth, binding and spine damaged - WILSON, H.W., After Pretoria: The Guerilla War, 2 Volumes, London 1902, Medium Quarto, 1008 pages, with illustrations, bound in red cloth, considerable damage to binding and spine - The recipient’s South Africa 1900 Soldier’s New Testament (7) £200-250 M.I.D. London Gazette 11.6.1918 T4/039964 Payne, Sjt. F.G., A.S.C. 039964 Warrant Officer Class I Frederick George ‘Punch’ Payne was born in Maidstone, Kent, in 1882 and educated at Holy Trinity School, Maidstone. Upon leaving school he worked as a builder, before volunteering for service in South Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. Enlisted into the Fourth Contingent, Maidstone Companies, R.A.M.C., Payne left Kent for South Africa on the 16th May 1900. In South Africa he served first on No.5 Hospital Train, employed as an assistant cook, and reached Mafeking on the 31st August 1900, one day after the great cyclone. While at Bloemfontein a few weeks later he contracted ptomaine poisoning, and was in hospital for fourteen days. Upon leaving Bloemfontein he was sent to the Artillery Barracks at Pretoria, for duty with the 2nd Cavalry Brigade under General French. He joined the Brigade at Kalfontein, and soon afterwards started on their great drive in the South-Eastern Transvaal, during which he saw much fighting, especially at Bethel. Posted to Brigade Headquarters, in charge of Medical Stores, he occasionally accompanied one of the mobile columns as a mounted orderly, and was thus employed for a further three months, after which he was sent to Naauwpoort for duty. He stayed there for a further two months, before returning to England in March 1902, having spent 1 year and 301 days in South Africa (The History of the Maidstone Companies, R.A.M.C. refers). On the 28th May 1902 H.R.H. Princess Henry of Battenberg presented Queen’s South Africa Medals to thirty-two members of the Maidstone Companies at a parade in Vinters Park, Maidstone. The following month Payne was part of a detachment of the Maidstone Companies selected for duty in London on the occasion of the Coronation of H.M. King Edward VII. However, whilst

Warrant Officer Class I F.G. Payne

encamped in Kensington Gardens, the detachment learnt of the King’s serious illness and the indefinite postponement of the Coronation, and were stood down. At the postponed Coronation in August the Companies were again represented, but only by a smaller detachment, and Payne was not selected this time, missing out on the Coronation Medal (ibid). At the outbreak of the Great War Payne enlisted in the Army Service Corps on the 7th August 1914, and served with the Corps on the Western Front throughout the Great War; was advanced to Company Sergeant Major; and was Mentioned in Despatches. Following the War he was instrumental in forming the Maidstone Branch of the British Legion, serving as the Branch’s Parade Marshal. At the start of the Second World War he enlisted on the 26th October 1939 in the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment, and served with them for 2 years and 27 days before being transferred to the Reserve for the remainder of the War. He died at home in Maidstone in 1955.

478 Pair: Private C. Sharp, Grenadier Guards Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Belfast (6202 Pte. C. Sharp, Gren: Gds:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (6202 Corpl: C. Sharpe [sic]. Grenadier Guards.), contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £120-160 6202 Private Charles Sharp, born Northampton, 1878; enlisted in the Grenadier Guards, December 1896; served with the Regiment in South Africa from October 1899 to October 1902; discharged December 1908 after 12 years with the Colours.

Page 187

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 188

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

480

479 Pair: Trooper S.M .Wheeler, Natal Carbineers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (904 Tpr: S.M. Wheeler. Natal Carbnrs:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (262 Tpr: S.M. Wheeler. Natal V.C.R.), minor edge bruise to first, very fine (2) £100-140 480 Seven: Private J.J. Stanton, Durham Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6414 Pte. J. Stanton, Durham Lt. Infy.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (6414 Pte. J. Stanton. Durham L.I.); 1914 Star, with Bar (6414 Pte. J. Stanton. 2/Durh: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6414 Pte. J.J. Stanton. Durh. L.I.); Delhi Durbar 1911 (6414 Pte: J. Stanton. 1st. D.L.I. Delhi - 1911); Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Field Marshal’s bust’ type (6414 Pte. J.J. Stanton. Durh: L.I.), contact marks, the Boer War medals nearly very fine, the rest good very fine or better, with the recipient’s cap badge, riband bars, and a silver shooting prize medal, the reverse engraved ‘Pte. Stanton C in C’s Cup 1909’, all housed in a glazed display frame (7) £300-350 6414 Private James J. Stanton, served with the Durham Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 8.9.1914.

www.spink.com

Page 188

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 189

April 19, 2012 - London

483

481 Pair: Sergeant C. Puryer, King’s Royal Rifle Corps King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (4654 Corpl: C. Puryer. K.R.R.C.); Army Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (4654 Sjt: C. Puryer. K.R.R.C.), edge bruise to latter, contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £60-80 482 Four: Corporal R.W. Thornton, Northumberland Fusiliers India General Service 1908-35, E.VII.R., one clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (614 Pte. R.W. Thornton 1st. Bn. Northd. Fus.); 1914 Star (614 Cpl. R.W. Thornton. 1/North’d Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (614 Cpl. R.W. Thornton. North’d Fus.), VM officially renamed, edge bruise to first, good very fine (4) £150-200 614 Corporal Richard W. Thornton, born Aldershot, Hampshire; served with the 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front from 13.8.1914; died of wounds, 6.11.1914, and is buried in Mons (Bergen) Communal Cemetery, Belgium.

483 Three: Trooper A.A. Edwards, Life Guards 1914 Star, with Bar (2890 Tpr. A.A. Edwards. 2/Life Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (2890 Tpr. A.A. Edwards. 2-L. Gds.), good very fine (3) £160-200 2890 Trooper Arthur A. Edwards, served with the 2nd Life Guards during the Great War on the Western Front from 26.8.1914.

Page 189

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 190

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

Special Military Probationer Miss I.V. Bengough x484 Three: Special Military Probationer Miss I.V. Bengough, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service 1914-15 Star (I.V. Bengough. S.M.P. Att: Q.A.I.M.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals (S.M.P. I.V. Bengough. Q.A.I.M.N.S.), good very fine, with a portrait photograph of the recipient (3) £80-120 Miss Ina Violet Bengough (1885-1973) served as a Special Military Probationer attached to Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service during the Great War. For the K.C.B. Group of Medals to Major-General Sir H.M. Bengough see Lot 438; and for the Queen’s South Africa Medal to Captain D.H.V. Bengough see Lot 607.

485 Pair: Private T.C. Jones, Australian Imperial Force 1914-15 Star (2157 Pte. T.C. Jones. 2/Bn. A.I.F.); Victory Medal (2157 Pte. T. Jones. 2-Bn. A.I.F.), good very fine Pair: Private C. Rutland, Australian Imperial Force 1914-15 Star (1800 Pte. C. Rutland. 3/Bn. A.I.F.); Victory Medal (1800 Pte. C. Rutland. 3 Bn. A.I.F.), VM renamed, good very fine Pair: Bombardier E. Delaney, Australian Imperial Force British War and Victory Medals (2137 Bdr. E. Delaney. 25 Bn. A.I.F.), very fine Pair: Private C.D.S. McLean, Australian Imperial Force

www.spink.com

Page 190

British War and Victory Medals (3846 Pte. C.D.S. McLean. 32 Bn. A.I.F.), edge bruise, very fine (8) £200-250 2157 Private Thomas Christopher Jones, served with the 2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry during the Great War; died 6.8.1915, and is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli. 3846 Private Colin Donald S. McLean, of Murrayville, Victoria; served with the 32nd and 50th Battalions, Australian Infantry during the Great War; died 13.8.1918, and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.

486 Pair: Reservist Dost Muhammad Khan, 15th Lancers 1914-15 Star (No. 1962 Resvt. Dost Muhd Khan, 15/Lncrs.); Victory Medal (1962 Resvt Dost Muhd Khan, 15 Lcrs.), good very fine Pair: Sepoy Qutab Din, 31st Punjabis 1914-15 Star (No. 4147 Sepoy Qutab Din, 31/ Punjabis.); Victory Medal (4147 Sepoy Qutab Din, 31 Pjbis.), very fine Three: Sowar Kalab Hussain, 15th Lancers British War and Victory Medals (2472 Sowar Kalab Hussain, 15 Lcrs.); General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, S. Persia (2472 Sowar Kalab Hussain. 15Lancers.), edge bruising, nearly very fine Pair: Sepoy Umar Bakhsh, 20th Infantry British Wart and Victory Medals (3658 Sepoy Umar Bakhsh, 20 Infy.), nearly very fine (9) £80-100

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 191

April 19, 2012 - London

Warrant Officer Class I H.A. Davies

487 Pair: Signalman J. Owen, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (W.Z.3844 J. Owen. Sig. R.N.V.R.), good very fine 1914-15 Star (Lieut. J. Jenkins. Welsh R.), good very fine War Medal, extremely fine Coronation 1953, good very fine British Red Cross Society Medal, gilt and enamel, with ‘County of Carmarthen’ suspension bar, good very fine, together with four bars, ‘1920’, ‘1924’, ‘1927’, and ‘20 Years 1949’, the reverse of all four bars numbered ‘156186’ (6) £60-80 Captain J. Jenkins served during the Great War with the 8th (Service) Battalion, Welsh Regiment (Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 15.8.1917); promoted Captain, 1.5.1918.

489 A Second War ‘Prisoner of War’ Group of Eight to Warrant Officer Class I H.A. Davies, Royal Army Service Corps, Later Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defen Camp group photograph, June 1944 - Portrait photograph of the recipient - Pre-Unit Training Grade Course No. 10 group photograph, March 1952 - 52 Company, Royal Army Service Corps group photograph - Headquarters 3rd Commando Brigade Clerical Staff group photograph, June 1957 - Two R.E.M.E. cap badges - Four family photographs and two newspaper cuttings (lot) £700-800

488 Pair: Head Schoolmaster H.E. Roe, Royal Navy British War Medal (Hd. Schlmr. H.E. Roe. R.N.); Jubilee 1935, extremely fine, mounted as originally worn Pair: Sergeant J.R. Loane, Wiltshire Regiment General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine (5565350. Cpl. J. Loane. Wilts. R.); Army Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R., with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension (5565350 Sjt. J.R. Loane. Wilts. R.), extremely fine (4) £80-120

61173 Warrant Officer Class I Hugh Alexander Davies, served during the Second World War with the Royal Army Service Corps in North Africa; taken Prisoner of War at Tobruk and held at Stalag IV-B; whilst a Prisoner of War he was awarded the Y.M.C.A. Sports Medal. The citation reads: ‘Whilst a Prisoner of War in Italy he gave instructions in tumbling and acrobats in order to keep himself fit. On arrival at Stalag IV-B, finding at the time there was not the opportunity to continue until recently, he took up wrestling. He has taken the keenest interest ever since and is capable of giving instruction which he does daily.’ After the War Davies was promoted to Warrant Officer and transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, serving with them in Malaya, Cyprus, and the Near East. Note: Owing to the large and bulky nature of this lot it is unsuitable for postage and we would recommend collection.

Page 191

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 192

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

490

490 Five: Major G.G.E. Matthews, 16th Airborne Division, Royal Army Service Corps Territorial Force France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, one clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Capt. G.G.E. Matthews. R.A.S.C.); Coronation 1953, nearly extremely fine, mounted as originally worn, last with card box of issue, with the following related items: - A solid silver (Hallmarks for London 1954) presentation figure of a fully equipped paratrooper, on a wooden plinth, 140mm, with silver plaque engraved ‘Presented to Major G.G.E. Matthews by Officers 16 A.B. Div. Coln’ - The recipient’s identity tags, Royal Berkshire cap badge, enamelled parachute Badge, and whistle - Various cloth unit and rank insignia (5) £350-400 Major Graham George Emil Matthews, Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Army Service Corps, Territorial Army, 4.12.1943; promoted Lieutenant, 4.6.1944; Captain, 18.1.1949; Major, 10.3.1950; transferred to the Reserve, 16.8.1954. Major Matthews served with the 16th Airborne Division. Commanded by Major-General R.E. Urquhart, of Market Garden fame, the Division was raised in 1947 and had three Parachute Brigades each with three Territorial Battalions of the Parachute Regiment.

Solid silver figure of a fully equipped paratrooper

www.spink.com

Page 192

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 193

April 19, 2012 - London

494

491 Pair: Private W.J. Loebar, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment Korea 1950-53, 1st ‘Britt: Omn:’ type (22601754 Pte. W.J. Loebar. D.W.R.); United Nations Medal for Korea, good very fine (2) £160-200 492 Pair: Trooper R.T. Phillips, Royal Tank Regiment Korea 1950-53, 1st ‘Britt: Omn:’ type (22795275 Tpr. R.T. Phillips. 1st. R. Tks.); United Nations Medal for Korea, good very fine (2) £140-180 493 Pair: Private G.R. Manning, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment Vietnam 1964-73 (628379 Pte G R Manning RNZIR); South Vietnam Campaign Medal, with Bar, reverse engraved ‘628379 G R Manning’, minor edge nicks, otherwise extremely fine (2) £200-240 494 Pair: Guardsman S.A. Brennan, Welsh Guards General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, Northern Ireland (24520159 Gdsm S A Brennan WG); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24520159 Gdsm S A Brennan WG), good very fine, mounted Court-style as originally worn (2) £800-1,000

Page 193

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:54

Page 194

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

SINGLE CAMPAIGN MEDALS

495 495 General Picton’s Medal for the Defence of Gibraltar 1782, 59mm, silver, with contemporary ring suspension, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine £700-900

496 Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Trafalgar (Richd. Marsh.), very fine £5,500-6,500 Richard Marsh served as Landsman in H.M.S. Dreadnought during the major fleet action off Cape Trafalgar between the British fleet under the command of Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson and the Franco-Spanish fleet under the command of Vice-Admiral P.C. de Villeneuve, 21.10.1805. At Trafalgar the Dreadnought ‘was one of the rearmost ships in Collingwood’s division; but met with and gave some hard knocks. At one time she was engaged with two Spanish ships and one French vessel. She tackled the Spanish 74, San Juan Nepomucheno, which had already been severely handled, and although that ship was to some extent supported by the Spanish 112, Principe de Asturias, and the French 80-gun Indomptable, she ran on board the San Juan in little more than a quarter of an hour. But the Principe de Asturias, to which she next devoted her attention, got away. The Dreadnought’s losses in the battle amounted to thirty-three killed and wounded. She had her masts cut with shot and her maintop sail-yard shot away.’ (The Trafalgar Roll, The Officers, The Men, The Ships, Colonel R.H. Mackenzie refers). Richard Marsh, born circa 1787; joined the Royal Navy as a volunteer at Port Mahon, Minorca, April 1803; after service in the Dreadnought he was discharged to H.M.S. Captain, June 1806; whilst serving with the latter in the West Indies he was discharged to the Naval Hospital at Barbados as ‘Sick’, July 1808 and the following month took passage in H.M.S. Ramillies back to England. PROVENANCE:

Glendining, July 1956 Glendining, May 1973 Sotheby, November 1977

www.spink.com

Page 194

496

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 195

April 19, 2012 - London 497 Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria (William Griffiths.), good very fine £400-450 Five men of this name appear on the Admiralty Claimants List, of which three are single clasp awards for Syria.

498 Military General Service 1793-1814, two clasps, St. Sebastian, Nivelle (J. Walker. 82nd. Foot.), edge bruising, scratches to reverse field, otherwise nearly very fine £500-700 Private Joseph Walker, of Tarporley, Cheshire; served with the 82nd (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers) Regiment of Foot in the Peninsula; ‘Wounded arm Ft. Erie.’ (WO 116/61 refers). PROVENANCE:

Spink, December 1985.

499 Military General Service 1793-1814, four clasps, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive (Alexr. Steel, Serjt. 1st. Foot), traces of file marks to unit, pawnbroker’s mark on edge, minor edge bruise, very fine Estimate £650-750

499

PROVENANCE:

Glendining, October 1912.

500 500 Alexander Davison’s Medal for the Nile 1798, 48mm, bronze, with contemporary ring suspension, edge bruising, very fine £150-200 Page 195

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 196

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

501

501 The Rare Four Clasp Army of India Medal to Captain N. Shairp, Bengal Native Infantry, Who Served at Aide-de-Camp to General Lake During the Second Mahratta War 1803-05, And Was Wounded During the First Assault on Bhurtpore, 9.1.1805 Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die type, four clasps, Allighur, Battle of Delhi, Laswarree, Capture of Deig (Lieut. N. Shairp, 12th. N.I.), officially impressed, Royal Mint, extremely fine ÂŁ8,000-12,000 Captain Norman Shairp, of Houstoun, born Ayrhall, Scotland, October 1879; Commissioned Ensign, October 1799; promoted Lieutenant in the same month; arrived in India, September 1800, and posted to the 12th Bengal Native Infantry, April 1801. Served with the Regiment at the operations in Jumna Doab and Sasni, 1803, and in the Second Mahratta War as sometime Aide-de-Camp to General Lake, 1803-05, where he was present at the action at Koil; the capture of Allighur, 4.9.1803; the Battle of Delhi, 11.9.1803; the capture of Agra, 17.10.1803; and the Battle of Laswarree, 1.11.1803; the siege and capture of the fortress of Deig, 1125.12.1804; and the first assault on Bhurtpore, 9.1.1805, in which last action he was wounded. Appointed and served as Adjutant and Quarter Master, 12th Bengal Native Infantry, 1805-07; Brigade Major at Berhampore, 1807-09; and Brigade Major at Presdy, 1809-10. Promoted Captain, October 1808, he last saw action at the Capture of Mauritius, 3.12.1810. Captain Shairp married Elizabeth Binning Campbell in Calcutta, March 1808, and had twelve children. Upon his retirement from the Army in May 1816 and subsequent return to Scotland he was appointed a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant for Linlithgow. He died in April 1864. Approximately 23 four clasp Army of India medals awarded to Europeans, of which nine (three to Officers) are with this clasp combination.

www.spink.com

Page 196

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 197

April 19, 2012 - London

502

504

505

502 Waterloo 1815 (Will Wyett, Wheeler, Royal Horse Artillery), edge bruising, very fine, with original steel clip and split ring suspension £1,000-1,200 Wheeler William Wyett (surname spelt as Wyatt on the published transcript of the roll) served as a member of Major Whingate’s Rocket Troop, Royal Horse Artillery during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815. PROVENANCE:

Whitaker Collection, 1908.

503 Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Serjt. Wm. Smale. 41st. Regt.), engraved in large serif capitals, heavy contact marks and edge bruising, scratches to obverse field, otherwise nearly very fine, with original steel clip and straight bar suspender £350-450 PROVENANCE:

Spink, October 1970

504 China 1842 (Brunswick Harrison, Royal Marines.), with contemporary silver straight bar and screw loop suspension, pawn broker’s mark to obverse field, good very fine £450-500 Private Brunswick Harrison, born Bath, Somerset, 1829; enlisted in the Royal Marines, August 1837; served during the First China War in H.M.S. Clio; discharged, March 1843.

505 China 1842 (Major F. Whittingham, C.B. 26th Reg. Foot, A.D.C.), minor edge bruising, polished, therefore good fine £800-1,200 C.B. London Gazette 27.12.1842 Major Ferdinand Whittingham, of the 26th Foot. Major-General Ferdinand Whittingham, C.B., Commissioned Ensign, 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot, November 1832; promoted Lieutenant, 7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot, February 1836; transferred to the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot, December 1837; Captain, 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot, April 1841; transferred to the 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot, May 1841; served as Aide-de-Camp to Sir Hugh Gough throughout the operations in China, 1842, and was present at Segoan, Chapoo, Woosung, Shanghae, and Chin Kiang Foo (C.B. and Brevet Major); Major, October 1847; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, June 1854; Brevet Colonel, October 1858; retired with the honorary rank of Major-General, April 1865.

Page 197

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 198

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

506

509

512

506 Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee, two clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (John Simpson 9th. Regt.), good very fine £600-800

512 Punjab 1848-49, two clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Cornet F.C.J. Brownlow, 1st. Bengal Cavy.), minor edge bruise, good very fine £600-700

Private John Simpson, wounded at Ferozeshuhur, 21.12.1845.

Captain F.C.J. Brownlow, Commissioned Cornet, October 1845; served with the 1st Bengal European Cavalry during the Punjab Campaign, 1848-49, and present at the passage of the Chenab, and the actions at Chilianwala and Goojerat; promoted Lieutenant, January 1852; Captain, November 1856.

507 Sutlej 1845-46, for Aliwal, no clasp (Thomas Jones 53rd. Regt.), good very fine £280-320 508 Punjab 1848-49, no clasp (Sepoy Hunnooman Sing, 50th. N.I.), pitted, nearly very fine £140-180 509 Punjab 1848-49, one clasp, Mooltan (Gunr. Thos. Lee. Arty.), officially engraved as claimed in India, minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £200-240 510 Punjab 1848-49, one clasp, Goojerat (Anthy. Sheppard, 53rd. Foot.), edge bruising, nearly very fine £300-350 511 Punjab 1848-49, two clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (J. Lilley, 1st. Bn. 60th. R. Rifles.), edge bruising, very fine £400-450

www.spink.com

Page 198

513 South Africa 1834-53 (G. Roberts. 45th. Regt.), edge bruising, nearly very fine, with top silver riband bar £300-340 1623 Private George Roberts, born Liverpool, Lancashire, 1817; enlisted in the 45th (Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot, October 1838; discharged, February 1860, after 21 years and 35 days with the Colours, of which 12 years and 10 months were spent in South Africa.

514 South Africa 1834-53 (P. Lavin. 91st. Regt.), contact marks, therefore nearly very fine £300-350 515 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Northwest Frontier (3938 Sergt. J. Roach H.Ms. 1st. Bn. 6th. Regt.), pawn broker’s mark in obverse field, light contact marks, therefore very fine £180-220 3938 Sergeant J. Roach served with the 6th Foot on the North West Frontier as part of Major-General A.T. Wilde’s expedition against the Bazoti Black Mountain tribes, October 1868.

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 199

April 19, 2012 - London

519

522

526

516 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Pegu (Serjt. Mathias Field. 18th. Royal Irish Regt.), edge bruising, heavy contact marks, therefore good fine £160-200

521 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Perak (D. Smith. Stoker. H.M.S. “Ringdove”.), pitted, otherwise very fine £160-200

517 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Pegu (Colr. Serjt. Willm. Day. 51st. K.O. Lt. Infy.), contact marks, nearly very fine £160-200

522 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Jowaki 1877-8 (193 Pte. Jeremiah Sheon. 2/9th. Foot.), edge bruise, good very fine £160-200

518 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Persia (Gunner P. Doherty. Artillery.), edge bruising, very fine £340-380

523 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1885-7 (916 Pte. J. Hines 2d. Bn. L’pool R.), pawnbroker’s mark to reverse field, good very fine £90-110

42 Gunner Phillip Doherty, born 1826; enlisted in the Bombay Artillery, July 1850; discharged, August 1859; reenlisted in the Royal Artillery, May 1861; discharged, October 1869 after 18 years and 17 days with the Colours, of which 16 years and 324 days were spent in India.

519 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Umbeyla (704 P Mullholand H.Ms. 101st. Regt.), good very fine £200-240 520 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Umbeyla (Sepoy Khurruck Sing 23d. Punjab Pioneers), good fine £90-110

524 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1885-7 (555 Pte. J. Beggs 2d. Bn. R. Sco. Fus.), suspension claw loose, very fine £70-90 525 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1885-7 (1013 Pte. J. Jenkins 2d. Bn. Som L.I.), good very fine £100-130 526 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Sikkim 1888 (1318 Pte. J. Good 2d. Bn. Derby. R.), minor edge bruise, good very fine £240-280

Page 199

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 200

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 527 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1889-92 (2334 Pte. A. Cheshire. 2d. Bn. Oxf. Lt. Infy:), suspension re-affixed, good very fine Estimate £100-140

533 Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (Pte. Jas. Chamberlain, Rl. Dgns.), privately engraved in large serif capitals, minor edge bruising, very fine £130-160

PROVENANCE:

J.B. Hayward, May 1968.

528 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, ChinLushai 1889-90 (999 Pte. R. Hay. 1st. Bn. K.O. Sco. Bord.), initial officially corrected, very fine £120-150

529 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp (2), N.E. Frontier 1891 (1001 Sepoy Bhagatbir Thapa (5th.) 44th. Bl. Infy.); Waziristan 1894-5 (2146 Sepoy Badal Khan 3rd. Sikh Infy.), top lugs present on first, generally nearly very fine (2) £120-160

530 Baltic 1854, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine, with distressed card box of issue £140-180

531 Baltic 1854, unnamed as issued, very fine £90-110

532 Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (79 Cp. James Garland. Royal Marines.), privately contemporarily impressed in large serif capitals, heavy contact marks, nearly very fine £80-100

www.spink.com

Page 200

534 Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (J. Davidson. Gr. & Dr. 9th. Batn. Rl. Arty.), officially impressed, nearly very fine £110-130 3150 Gunner John Davidson, born Kilmore, Armagh, 1828; enlisted in the Royal Artillery, March 1847; served with the Artillery in the Crimea for 11 months; awarded Long Service & G.C. Medal and a gratuity of £5, December 1869; discharged, March 1870 after 23 years and 22 days with the Colours.

535 Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (S. Higginson. 14th. Regt.), officially impressed, minor edge nick, very fine £170-220

536 Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (James Hogan 14th. Regt.), regimentally impressed, good very fine £100-130

537 Crimea 1854-56, three clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (A. Graham. 2nd. Dragoons.), officially impressed, minor edge bruising, good very fine £800-1,200 538 Crimea 1854-56, three clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued, extremely fine £240-280

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 201

April 19, 2012 - London

537

539 Crimea 1854-56, four clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (W. Eaton. 17th. Lancers.), officially impressed, unofficial rivets between clasps, nearly extremely fine £850-1,200 900 Private William Eaton, enlisted in the 17th Lancers, 1846; served with the Regiment in the Crimea, and was present with the Regiment on the occasion of the Charge of the Light Brigade, 25.10.1854; sent to Scutari, 13.12.1854; died at Scutari, 20.1.1855. Although Private Eaton’s name does appear on the list of confirmed ‘Chargers’, this does not preclude him from having taken part in the Charge of the Light Brigade. Most members of the Light Brigade entitled to the Balaklava clasp, in the absence of any evidence or status details to the contrary, took part in the Charge. Verified on Muster Roll. PROVENANCE:

J.B. Hayward, December 1969.

540 Crimea 1854-56, four clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (G. Cherrell. Coldstream Gds.), officially impressed, left hand lug from first clasp broken, minor edge bruise, good very fine £500-600

538

539

541 Crimea 1854-56, four clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (G. Williams. 30th. Regt.), contemporarily engraved in large serif capitals, heavy contact marks, good fine £280-320

542 Turkish Crimea (2), British die (Samuel French Assistt. Store Keeper Commissariat), contemporarily engraved in large sans-serif capitals; Sardinian die (2844. P. Crawley. 47th. Regt.), contemporarily impressed in large serif capitals, both pierced as issued, good very fine (2) £70-90 543 Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die (Wr. Sutherland 71st. Regt.), contemporarily engraved in large serif capitals, with ornate silver bar suspension, good very fine £40-60

544 Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (John. Watt. 1st. Bn. 8th Foot), contact marks, therefore good fine £140-180

Page 201

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 202

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

545

545 Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Defence of Lucknow (P. Finnigan, 32nd. L.I.), minor edge bruise, good very fine £1,000-1,200 3593 Private Patrick Finnigan, served with the 32nd Foot during the Indian Mutiny, and was killed in action at the disastrous Battle of Chinhut, 30.6.1857. Casualties for the Battle, when Sir Henry Lawrence, on hearing of the fall of Cawnpore, led his men out of Lucknow to meet the much larger rebel army, were 118 Europeans and 182 loyal Indian soldiers killed or missing. As a result of having his force so severely weaken, Lawrence ordered the entire Lucknow force to retire to the Residency. Mortally wounded two days later during the Defence of the Residency, his last words were “to ask the poor fellows who I exposed at Chinhut to forgive me. Bid them remember Cawnpore and never surrender.”

546 Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (Serjt. Robt. Jones, 1st. Bn. 23rd. R.W. Fusrs.), suspension claw tightened, contact marks, nearly very fine £220-260

www.spink.com

Page 202

547

549

547 Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (John. Taylor. 3rd. Bn. Rifle Bde.), minor edge nicks, good very fine £260-300 548 Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Central India (Alexr. Harraway, 71st. Highd. L.I.), suspension claw loose, contact marks, cleaned, nearly very fine £200-240 549 Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Central India (Serjt. Edwd. Morton, 3rd. Madrs. Eurpn. Regt.), nearly extremely fine £280-320 550 China 1857-60, no clasp (H. Dilks. 2nd. Bn. 60th. Rl. Rifles), suspension claw re-affixed, good very fine, with original riband £80-120

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 203

April 19, 2012 - London

553

551 China 1857-60, one clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (Gunr. John Mathews, No.3 B. 13th Bde. R.Art.), file marks to rank, bruising to obverse field, therefore very fine £160-200 552 China 1857-60, three clasps, Canton 1857, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860, unnamed as issued, contact marks, suspension post tightened, nearly very fine £140-180 553 New Zealand 1854-66, reverse dated 1863-1866 (304. Richd. Eales. 43rd. Lt. Inftry.), good very fine £340-380

554

555 Family Group: Abyssinia 1867-68 (4370 J. Braggins 33rd. D.W. Regt.), very fine India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (3638 Corpl. J.C. Braggins 1st. Bn. Bedford Regt.), light contact marks, very fine (2) £380-420 4370 Private James Braggins, born Enfield, Middlesex, 1834; enlisted in the 33rd (Duke of Wellington’s) Regiment of Foot, February 1856; served with the Regiment in Mauritius, India, and Abyssinia; discharged, December 1871, after 15 years and 294 days with the Colours. 3638 Corporal James Charles Braggins, born Hatfield, Hertfordshire, September 1872, the son of Private James Braggins; enlisted in the Bedfordshire Regiment, September 1890; served with the Regiment in India from September 1892; promoted Corporal, October 1894; discharged, June 1902, after 11 years and 277 days with the Colours.

PROVENANCE:

J.B. Hayward, July 1968

554 New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1863-1866 (3181 Henry Mc.Cormick, 50th. Qn’s. Own Rgt.), very fine £340-380

556 Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (841 J. Carney. 2.Bn. 23. R.W.Fus. 1873-4.), nearly very fine £180-220

Page 203

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 204

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

557

558

557 The South African Campaign Medal to Private J. Bartles, 1st Battalion, 24th Foot, Killed in Action at the Battle of Isandhlwana, 22.1.1879 South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1877-8-9 (1476. Pte. J. Bartles. 1/24th. Foot.), minor edge bruising, signs of having been cleaned by acid, therefore nearly very fine £3,500-4,500

560 Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (150. Drumr. C. Murphy. 1/5th. Fusrs.), polished, good fine £60-80

1476 Private J. Bartles, served with the 1st Battalion, 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot in the South African Campaign, 1877-79; killed in action at the Battle of Isandhlwana, 22.1.1879.

558 South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1879 (1907. Pte. J. Evans. 1-24th. Foot.), surname partially erased, nearly extremely fine £300-340 559 Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1638, Armr. Sgt. W. Hall, 10th. Rl. Hussars), plugged at base, suspension claw re-pinned, unit partially officially corrected, good very fine £100-140

www.spink.com

Page 204

150 Drummer Charles Murphy, born Tipperary, 1843; enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers, December 1857; served with the Regiment in India and Afghanistan from August 1866 to December 1880; discharged, March 1882, after 24 years and 88 days with the Colours.

561 Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1417. Pte. W. Belcher. 66th. Foot), minor edge bruise, very fine £100-140 1417 Colour Sergeant William Belcher, born Newbury, Berkshire, 1851; enlisted in the 2nd Battalion, Berkshire Regiment, June 1869; served with the Regiment in India and Afghanistan from February 1870 to January 1881; promoted Corporal, January 1881; Colour Sergeant, February 1883; discharged, August 1895, after 26 years and 69 days with the Colours.

562 Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Ali Musjid (1735. Pte. S. Berry. 81st. Foot.), good very fine £220-250

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 205

April 19, 2012 - London 563 Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Ali Musjid (1895 Pte. C.J. Ashton. 4th. Bn. Rifle Bde.), minor edge bruising, very fine £180-220 1895 Private Christopher J. Ashton, born Taunton, Somerset, 1848; enlisted in the Rifle Brigade, September 1870; served with the Regiment in India and Afghanistan from October 1873 to December 1888 and in Burma from December 1888 to January 1890, and took part in the Jowaki Expedition, 1877-8 (Medal and clasp); discharged, March 1892, after 21 years and 177 days with the Colours.

564 Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Peiwar Kotal (443. Pte. J. Grant. 2/8th. Regt.), very fine £200-240 565 Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Ahmed Khel (Sowar Ummur Singh 19th. Bengal Lancers), nearly very fine £140-180 566 Afghanistan 1878-80, two clasps, Ahmed Khel, Kandahar (1726. Pte. F. Butcher. 2/60th. Foot.), light pitting, nearly very fine £300-340 568 567 Afghanistan 1878-80, two clasps, Ahmed Khel, Kandahar (2158. Pte. W.G. Robinson. 2/60th. Foot.), light pitting, therefore nearly very fine £300-340 2158 Private Walter George Robinson, born Islington, London, 1858; enlisted in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, November 1877; served with the Regiment in India and Afghanistan from October 1878 to January 1881, in South Africa from January 1881 to January 1882, and in Egypt from September to November 1882 (medal and Khedive’s star); discharged November 1889 after 12 years with the Colours.

568 Afghanistan 1878-80, four clasps, Peiwar Kotal, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (2077. Pte. A. Mill. 72nd. Highrs.), edge bruise, light pitting, therefore good fine £600-700 569 Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (1040 Private Thos. Hyde 2/60 Foot), extremely fine £150-200 1040 Private Thomas Hyde, born Thatcham, Berkshire, 1841; enlsited in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, November 1862; served with the Regiment in India and Afghanistan from September 1867 to January 1881, and in South Africa from January 1881 to January 1882; discharged, March 1882, after 19 years and 32 days with the Colours.

570 Egypt 1882-89, dated, no clasp (16395. Sapr. R. Purchase. C. Tp: R.E.), light pitting, nearly very fine £60-80 571 Egypt 1882-89, dated, no clasp (1855. Pte. G. Hopkinson. 2/ Derby. R.), surname partially officially corrected, pitting, very fine £70-90 572 Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Alexandria 11th. July (W.H. Slater. Ord: H.M.S. “Invincible”), pitting, nearly very fine £160-200 573 Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Tel-el-Kebir (4342. Pte. G. Lovie. 1/Scots Gds.), pitting, very fine £140-160 4342 Private George Lovie, born Aberdeen, 1859; enlisted in the Scots Guards, February 1878; served with the Regiment in Egypt from July to November 1882, and present at the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir, 13.9.1882; discharged, April 1890, after 12 years with the Colours.

Page 205

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 206

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

574

578

574 Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (1280. Drumr. A. Neal. 1/R.W. Kent. R.), pawnbroker’s mark to rim, pitting, nearly very fine £140-180

577 Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, good very fine £50-70

575 Egypt 1882-89, undated, no clasp (172. Pte. E. Harper. 2/Durh: L.I.), very fine £70-90 PROVENANCE:

J.B. Hayward, June 1968.

576 Egypt 1882-89, undated, one clasp, Suakin 1885 (5736. Pte. A. Marshall. M.S. Corps.), pitting, nearly very fine £100-140

www.spink.com

Page 206

578 British South Africa Company’s Medal 1890-97, for Matabeleland 1893, no clasp (Troopr. W.H. Kenney. Salisbury Horse.), extremely fine £200-250 579 British South Africa Company’s Medal 1890-97, for Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Troopr. S.C. Carey. “E” Troop. B.F.F.), heavy edge bruising, scratches to obverse field, nearly very fine £180-220

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 207

April 19, 2012 - London

580

586

580 India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp, Defence of Chitral 1895 (699 Sepoy Dhan Singh 4th. Kashmir Rifles.), nearly extremely fine £1,200-1,400

586 India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4738 Pte. W. Connor 2d. Bn. K.O. Sco. Bord:), minor edge bruising, good very fine £180-220

581 India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (3046 Pte. W. Howarth 1st. Bn. E Lanc Regt.), good very fine £120-140

4738 Private William Connor, born India, 1875; served in the Militia with the Highland Light Infantry; enlisted in the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, November 1893; served with the Regiment in India from November 1895 to November 1903, and in Burma from November 1903 to November 1905; discharge November 1905 after 12 years with the Colours.

582 India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (4032 Pte. A. Imeson 4th. Dragoon Gds.), polished, good fine £80-120 583 India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (1099. Sowar Khan Mohammad Khan. 10th. Bl. Lcrs.), good very fine £60-80 584 India General Service 1895-1902, E.VII.R., one clasp, Waziristan 1901-2 (3905 Sepoy Aladin 29th. Pjb Infy), minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £60-80 585 India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (5020 Pte. F. Childs 1st. Bn. The Queen’s (R.W.S.) Regt.), very fine £150-180

587 India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4224 Pte. J. Wren 2d. Bn. Oxf: Lt. Infy.), edge bruising, suspension loose, good very fine £150-180 PROVENANCE:

J.B. Hayward, May 1968.

588 Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (862 Gun’r G. Edwards. R.A.), heavy contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £180-220 589 Queen’s Sudan 1896-98, unnamed as issued, good very fine £120-160

Page 207

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 208

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 590 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Belmont, Modder River (7674 Pte. R. Smith, Gren: Gds:), good very fine £120-150 7674 Private R. Smith, wounded at Magersfontein, 11.12.1899.

591 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (2770 Pte. A. Russell, W. Yorkshire Regt.), nearly very fine £80-100

592 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (5469 Pte. R. West, Durham Lt. Infy.), toned, very fine King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (5011 Pte. C. Fairfield. North’d Fus:), edge bruise, nearly very fine (2) £120-150

594

PROVENANCE:

(i) J.B. Hayward, June 1968 (ii) J.B. Hayward, June 1968.

593 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg (5447 Pte. J. Williams, Yorkshire Regt.), edge bruising, nearly very fine £100-140 5447 Private J. Williams, wounded at Paardeberg, 18.2.1900.

594 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (4498 Pte. C. Ediker, 1st. Rl. Innis: Fus:), good very fine £80-120 4498 Private Charles Ediker, born Blackfriars, London, 1875; enlisted in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, January 1894; served with the Regiment in South Africa from November 1899 to April 1900; discharged January 1901 after 7 years and 2 days with the Colours.

595 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Wittebergen (3791 Pte. W. Mc’Gerr, 1: High: Lt. Infy.), surname partially officially corrected, very fine £80-100 3791 Private W. McGerr, served with the 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry during the Boer War; taken Prisoner of War at Dewetsdorp, 23.11.1900. PROVENANCE:

J.B. Hayward, June 1968.

www.spink.com

Page 208

596 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (2412 Shg: Sth: A. Rutledge, 18th. Bty: R.F.A.), edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £60-80

597 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (1665 Pte. S. Bugby, 2: Yorks: Lt. Inf:), good very fine £60-80 1665 Sylvester Bugby, born Rutlandshire, 1865; enlisted in the Yorkshire Light Infantry, February 1885; served with the Regiment in India from February 1887 to December 1892, and took part in the Zhob Valley Expedition 1890, and the March to Vishawa; served with the Regiment in South Africa from March 1900 to January 1902; discharged February 1902 after 17 years with the Colours.

598 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (4302 Pte. J. Taylor, Yorkshire Regt.), nearly very fine £80-100

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 209

April 19, 2012 - London 602 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3050 Pte. C. Saddington, 2: Nthptn: Regt.), contact marks, nearly very fine £80-100 3050 Private Charles Saddington, born Northamptonshire, 1872; enlisted in the Northamptonshire Regiment, March 1891; served with the Regiment in India from October 1892 to January 1899, and took part in the operations on the Punjab Frontier with the Tirah Field Force, 1897-98 (medal and clasp); and in South Africa from October 1899 to September 1902; discharged March 1903 after 12 years with the Colours.

603 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5860 Pte. M. Mc.Farland. Rl: Irish Rif:), minor edge bruising, very fine £120-150 PROVENANCE:

Spink, November 1999.

606

599 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (9872 Pte. R. Greenwood. W. Yorkshire Regt.), edge bruise, minor contact marks, lacquered, very fine £80-100

600 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith (3366 Pte. M. Fennell. 14th. Hussars.), toned, minor contact marks, otherwise good very fine £100-140

601 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (3407 Pte. G.A. Wheeler, Shrops: Lt. Infy.), edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine £60-80

604 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (30346 Tpr: W. Reader. 70th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:), nearly extremely fine £100-120 30346 Trooper W. Reader served during the Boer War with the 70th (Sharpshooters) Company, 18th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry.

605 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (1238 Pte. P. Joyce, Yorkshire Regt.), nearly extremely fine £100-140

x606 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (246 Tpr: C.F. Tunmer. Natal M.R.), nearly extremely fine £250-300

Page 209

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 210

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

607

608

x607 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between last two clasps (Lieut. D.H.V. Bengough. Rl. War. Rgt.), good very fine, together with two South Africa 1900 Christmas tins, and a newspaper cutting recording the recipient’s death £240-280

609 King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (3) (4697 Pte. F. Knight. 18th. Hussars.; 6050 Pte. C. Preston. Rl: Lanc: Regt.; 12420 Dvr: E.T. Willis. A.S.C.), contact marks, generally very fine or better (3) £90-120

Captain Douglas Henry Victor Bengough, born November 1878; the son of Major-General Sir H.M. Bengough; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 7.5.1898; promoted Lieutenant, 24.1.1900; served with the Regiment in South Africa; Captain, 11.6.1902; seconded for service with the Egyptian Army, 4.5.1905; died of blackwater fever in the Sudan whilst on active duty, 1907. For the K.C.B. Group of Medals to Major-General Sir H.M. Bengough see Lot 438; and for the Great War Medals to Miss I.V. Bengough see Lot 484.

608 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (2684 Pte. G. Fensom, Bedford Regt.), edge bruise, very fine £140-180

www.spink.com

Page 210

610 Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (472 Dvr. Fazal Jeewan. 107th. Pnrs.), test cut to rim, otherwise good very fine £80-100 611 Africa General Service 1902-56, E.II.R., one clasp, Kenya (23029438 Pte. K. Elgey. K.O.Y.L.I.), nearly very fine £50-70 612 Africa General Service 1902-56, E.II.R., one clasp, Kenya (22549636 Sgt. J.G. Stanley. R. Sigs.), very fine £80-100 613 Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (3292 Sepoy Jahan Daob 40th. Pathans), light contact marks to obverse, very fine £180-220

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 211

April 19, 2012 - London

614

615

614 Tibet 1903-04, one clasp, Gyantse (4555 Pte. A. Smith 1st. Bn. Ryl. Fuslrs.), edge nicks, very fine £550-650

619 India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (F-Offr. H.A. Dinnage. R.A.F.), officially renamed, nearly extremely fine £60-80

615 Tibet 1903-04, bronze issue, one clasp, Gyantse (Cooly Jaibahadur Rai S.& T.C.), minor edge nicks, extremely fine £240-280

Flying Officer Harry Alexander Dinnage, promoted Flying Officer, 12.12.1919; transferred to the reserve, 12.12.1926.

616 India General Service 1908-35, E.VII.R., one clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (3896 Lce-Corpl. W. Day. 1st. W.Y. Rgt.), very fine £70-90 617 India General Service 1908-35 (3), E.VII.R., one clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (746 Dvr. Mohammed Alam No. 8 Mtn.B. R.G.A.); G.V.R., one clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (2) (40 Havr. Khushal Khan, 2/27/Pjbs.; RP-CD-3043 Peon Sam Gul, S & T.C.), generally very fine (3) £70-90 618 India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp (2), Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (9201 Sgt C Crawley, 2 Bn Som. L.I.); Waziristan 1921-24 (3948902 Pte. M.R. Pring. Welch R.), contact marks, nearly very fine or better (2) £110-130

620 India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp (3), Waziristan 1919-21 (4856 Sepoy Shadama Khan, 22 Pjbis.); Waziristan 1921-24 (9900 Nk. Ali Bahadur, R. Bo. S & M.); Mohmand 1933 (G12149 2-W. Carr. Amar Nath, 1 I.H.C., one letter of name officially corrected on last, generally very fine or better (3) £70-90 621 India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp (4), Malabar 1921-22 (2) (232 Rfmn. Sitab Sing Negi, 1-18 R. Garh. Rfls.; 11537 Spr. Santiagoo, 2 S&M.); North West Frontier 1930-31 (2) (5056 Sep. Khan Zaman, S.W. Scouts; 35294 Dvr. Mohd. Fazal, 3 Mtn. Bty.), nearly very fine or better (4) £80-100 622 India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (2815192 Pte. G.H. Lindsay. Seaforth.), top rivets filled, nearly very fine £50-70

Page 211

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 212

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 627 1914 Star (851 C.Q.M.Sjt. E.U. Green. H.A.C.), nearly extremely fine Estimate £150-200 M.C. London Gazette 1.1.1917 Temp. 2nd Lt. (temp. Capt.) Edward Unsworth Green, N. Lan. R.

627

623 India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5175645 Pte. A.E. Prosser. Oxf, & Bucks. L.I.), lacquered, very fine £60-80 PROVENANCE:

J.B. Hayward, May 1968.

624 India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., two clasps (2), Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21 (1515 C.H.M. Ghulam Mohd, 2-76 Pjbis.), unit partially officially corrected; Burma 1930-32, North West Frontier 1935 (8590 Sep. Fazal Dad, 2-15 Punjab R.), nearly very fine (2) £70-90 625 1914 Star, with Bar (3158 Sjt: O.P. Gosling. S. Gds.), good very fine £80-100 626 1914 Star (L-5839 Sjt. G.C. Walton. 2/Middx: R.), very fine £200-250 Sergeant L-5839 Sergeant George Cecil Walton; born Weedon, Northamptonshire; served with the Middlesex Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 7.11.1914; killed in action on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, 1.7.1916, whilst serving with the 4th Battalion, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

www.spink.com

Page 212

Captain Edward Unsworth Green, M.C., was born in Richmond, Surrey, in January 1880, the son of a local wine merchant, and educated at Dulwich College; on leaving school he worked as a Brewers Clerk with Whitbread Brewers, and was admitted as a Member of the Honourable Artillery Company, 18.1.1900. On the outbreak of the Great War he was mobilised in Armoury House, Finsbury, 4.8.1914, and promoted Company Quarter Master Sergeant, 8.8.1914. He went to France as part of the 1/1st Battalion H.A.C., 18.9.1914, and took part in the battles of Rouge Croix and Croix Barbe. In June 1915 the 1/1st were in trenches in Zouave Wood and took part in the attack on ‘Y’ Wood, 15.6.1915, where they suffered over 200 casualties. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 18.12.1915, Green served with the Loyal North Lancs during the Battle of the Somme as part of 74th Brigade, 25th Division, and took part in operations in the La Boiselle Sector, fighting around Bouzincourt, Senlis, Forceville and Mailly-Maillet. On the 7th July, while attacking from the Hessian Trench, he was twice wounded, first in the back of the head in the advance on La Boiselle, and later in the day hit by a ‘Shrapnel Gun Shot’ in the left knee. In recognition of his actions during the Battle of the Somme he was subsequently awarded the Military Cross. Evacuated from Le Havre to Southampton, 12.7.1916, following hospital treatment he went on leave to Richmond. On his recovery he rejoined the 9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, and was killed in action at the Battle of Westhoek, 10.8.1917, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

628 1914 Star (5) (No. 402 Sepoy Fazal Khan, 1/129/ Baluchis.; No. 1505 Bugr. Khaleli, 41/ Dogras.; No. 2397 Sowar Rajwali Khan, 9/ Horse.; No. 2290 Sepoy Mardana, 58/ Rfls.; No. 2975 Sepoy Kishen Singh, 1/34/ Sikh Pionrs.), generally nearly very fine or better (5) £150-180 629 1914-15 Star (A-423 Pte. A. Sheppard. K.R.Rif: C.), very fine British War Medal (17366 Pte. M. Byrne. York. R.), toned, good very fine Victory Medal (M2-021705 Pte. J. Lyon. A.S.C.), extremely fine Second World War Medals (13) 1939-1945 Star (2), one named ‘Boot’s style’ ‘3864129 Cpl R. Dixon K.O.Y.L.I.’; Atlantic Star; Africa Star (2), one named ‘Boot’s style’ ‘3864129 Cpl R. Dixon K.O.Y.L.I.’; Burma Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal (3); India Service Medal, generally very fine or better (16) £100-140

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 213

April 19, 2012 - London 630 1914-15 Star (5) (R-9 Sjt. F.W. Circuit. Manch. R.; 75626 L.Cpl. C.J. Everitt. 29/Can: Inf:; 3/507 Cpl. W.C. Porter. N.Z.E.F.; Sjt. P.R. Britz Waterberg Kdo.; Pte. G.H. Cross Rand Rfls.), generally very fine or better British War Medal (2) (Capt. F.W.K. Hodgson; 5817 Pte. A.H. Geering. 8-Lond. R.), good very fine Mercantile Marine War Medal (William H. Trotman), good very fine Victory Medal (1351 Cpl. W. Wyness. R.E.), very fine (9) £60-80 75626 Corporal Cyril James Everitt, served with the 29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War; died, 15.9.1916, and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, France. 3/507 Corporal W.C. Porter, served with the New Zealand Medical Corps during the Great War; died,14.10.1917, and is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Captain F.W.K. Hodgson, promoted Captain, Special List, 20.11.1916.

631 1914-15 Star (4) (3261 Pte. C. Cunningham. 5/Bn. A.I.F.; 3519 Pte. F.B. Arnold. 6/Bn. A.I.F.; 2868 Pte. R. Lagden. 13/Bn. A.I.F.; 2226 Pte. E.M. Smith. 27 Bn. A.I.F.), number partially officially corrected on second, very fine (4) £120-150 3519 Private Francis Benjamin Arnold, of Warragull, Victoria; served with the 6th Battalion, Australian Infantry during the Great War; died, 25.8.1916, and is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.

632 1914-15 Star (3) (1946 Pte. T.F. Whiting. 10 Bn A.I.F.; 598 Pte. A. Levey. 18/Bn. A.I.F.; 1140 Pte. S.A. Malcolm. 23/Bn A.I.F.), very fine or better British War Medal (2) (1116 Pte. R.S. Beales. 6/Bn. A.I.F.; 10966 Sjt. E.N. Lear 3 Div. Trn. A.I.F.), good very fine Victory Medal (2519 L-Cpl. E. Backhouse. 38 Bn. A.I.F.), good very fine (6) £120-150 1946 Private T.F. Whiting, served with the 10th Battalion, Australian Infantry during the Great War; died, 4.7.1918, and is buried in Borre British Cemetery, France. 598 Private Arthur Levey, served with the 18th Battalion, Australian Infantry during the Great War; died, 9.11.1916, and is buried in Bulls Road Cemetery, France. 1140 Lance-Corporal Sydney Arthur Malcolm, of Windsor, Victoria; served with the 23rd Battalion, Australian Infantry during the Great War; died, 29.11.1915, and is buried in Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli.

633 1914-15 Star (10) (No. 1941 A.L.D./ Bhagwan Singh, 18/ Lncrs.; No. 2027 Sepoy Ismail Khan, 1/69/ Punjabis.; No. 2410 Sepoy Faqir Mohd, 1/17/ Infy.; No. 1230 Sepoy Fateh Khan, 1/The 101/ Grndrs.; No. 2080 Sepoy Nur Jang, Khyber Rfls.; No. 3345 Sepoy Shan Khan, 1/91/ Punjabis.; No. 1318 Havr. Ghulam Hussain, 1/89/ Punjabis; No. 1332 Nk. Mardan Ali, 2/ Kashmir Rfls.; Ghulam Hussan Mochi, 25/ Mtn. Bty.; No. 4333 L.Nk. Imam Ali, 29/ Punjabis.), generally nearly very fine or better (10) £60-80 634 1914-15 Star (10) (No. 864 Sepoy Shiraz Gul, 51/ Sikhs F.F.; No. 4922 Sepoy Ramadhar Dichhit, 1/3/ Brahmans.; No. 385 Dfdr. Mula Dad Khan, 12/ Cavy.; No. 1075 L. Nk. Mir Alam, 16/ Mule Corps.; No. 2169 Nk. Karam Illahi, 109 Infy.; No. 3252 Sepoy Lahrasab Khan, 53/ Sikhs F.F.; No. 3945 Sepoy Fateh Nur, 124/ Infy.; No. 455 Sepoy Khan Bahadur, 1/130/ Baluchis.; No. 1907 Havr. Gopal Singh, 1/4/ Rajputs.; No. 2831 Sepoy Nathu Singh, 13/ Rajputs.), generally nearly very fine or better (10) £60-80 635 1914-15 Star (10) (No. 1943 L.Nk. Raja Khan, 2/67/ Punjabis.; No. 1703 L. Nk. Nur Khan, 74/ Punjabis.; No. 848 Sowar Gulam Gaus, 12/ Cavy.; No. 1244 Sowar Kapur Singh, 22/ Cavy. F.F.; 1471 Driver Feroze. 7 Mule Corps.; No. 4435 Sepoy Baz Khan, 40/ Pathans.; No. 16101 Havr-Maj. Mehar Din, R.F.A.; No. 2512 Nk. Jafir Ali, 1/ S.& M.; No. 3984 Sowar Bostan Khan, 25/ Cavy.; No. 4863 Sepoy Faqir Mohd, 124/ Infy.), generally nearly very fine or better (10) £60-80 636 1914-15 Star (10) (No. 1653 Farr. Lal Khan, 23/ Cavy.; No. 1107 Gunr. Ghulab Khan, 27/ Mtn. By.; No. 1303 Nk. Mahr Mohd., 1/19/ Pjbs.; No. 1653 Rfmn. Mawaz Khan, 1/123/ Rfls.; No. 4749 Spr. Rahim Ali, 3/ S.& M.; No. 1606 Sepoy Fateh Sher, Chindwin Bn. Attd. 57 Rfls.; No. 697 Spr. Rahim Ali Ry. Bn. S.& M.; No. 1933 Sepoy Fazal Khan, Reserve Bn. B.M.P.; No. 2105 Sepoy Nur Hussain, 62/ Punjabis.; Buta, Basrah Survey Party.), generally nearly very fine or better, last scarce (10) £60-80

10966 Sergeant Eric Nightingale Lear, of South Yarra, Victoria; served with the 3rd Divisional Train, Australian Army Service Corps during the Great War; died, 24.7.1917, and is buried in Trois Arbres Cemetery, France.

Page 213

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 214

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 637 British War Medal (7) (2233 Havr. Jaffar Khan, 1125 N. Rfls.; 3969 L-Dfdr. Ghulam Mohd. 25 Cavy.; 3872 Sepoy Fateh Khan. 57 Rfls. F.F.; 1782 Sepoy Kamar Din, 1-69 Pjbis.; 877 Havr. Sher Zaman, 1-66 Pjbis.; 2463 Sepoy Ali Bahadur, 1-56 Rfls. F.F.; 437 Gnr. Bara Khan, 26 Mtn. Baty.), generally nearly very fine or better (7) £60-80

638 Victory Medal (13) (1021 Dvr. Channu Khan, M.G.Cps.; 4059 Swr. Pir Gul, F.C.; 3176 Sepoy Sardar Khan, 109 Infy.; 2003 Sepoy Sikandar Khan, 59 Rfls. F.F.; 2969 Sepoy Khalas Khan, 87 Pjbis.; 2707 Sepoy Sharif Khan, 91 Pjbis.; 4949 Spr. Nur Din, 3 S&M.; 4581 Sowar Sher Mohd. 25 Cavy.; 4339 Sepoy Allah Khan. 53 Sikhs F.F.; 2560 Sepoy Subhram. 10 Jats.; 7112 Sepoy Shah Sowar Shah, 2-113 Infy.; 1933 Sowar Alim Hussain. 22 Cavy. F.F.; 0254 1/2 Sepoy Burhan Ali, 2 Guides Infy.), good fine or better (13) £70-90

639 Victory Medal (14) (2290 Sep. Ghasi Khan, 108 Infy.; 1838 Sepoy Karm Dad, 51 Sikhs; 214 Sepoy Mohd. Nawaz Khan, 92 Pjbis; 610 Dvr. Atta Mohd, 24 P. Bty. F.F.; 3022 Rfmn. Buhadar Ali, 123 Otrm Rfls.; 595 Dvr. Mehr. Mohd, 5 Mule Cps.; 4607 Sepoy Muzaffar Din, 1-112 Infy.; 2540 Sepoy Fakir Mohd. 1-26 Pjbs.; 1574 L-Nk. Mahod Hasham, 2-125 N. Rfls.; 259 Gnr. Mohd. Khan, 23 P. Mtn. Baty.; 380 Sl-Havr. Allah Dad. 103 P. Baty.; 1824 Sepoy Reham Ali, 28 Pjbis.; 888 Sepoy Mohd. Hasham, 57 Rfls. F.F.; Jem. Dost Mohd. Khan, R.A.), last two officially renamed, good fine or better (14) £70-90

640 Territorial Force War Medal (825374 Cpl. L.E.J. Oldfield. R.A.), good very fine £80-100

641 Naval General Service 1915-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (M6559. J.T. Wood, Shpt. 2Cl. H.M.S. Odin.), light pitting, nearly very fine £80-100

642 Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (JX.136205 A.W. Gregory. P.O.Tel. R.N.), toned, extremely fine £80-100 www.spink.com

Page 214

643 Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (P/JX.716414 T. Staveley. A B. R.N.), minor edge bruise, good very fine £80-100

644 Naval General Service 1915-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Near East (C/J. 936718. L.K. Hall. Ord. R.N.), nearly extremely fine £60-80

645 General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Kurdistan (4526640 Pte. J.J. McAuliffe. W.York. R.), nearly very fine £60-80

646 General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Iraq (25830 Pte. W. Wright. R.Ir. Rif.), good very fine £70-90

647 General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Iraq (2) (1249 Naik Muhamed. 106-Pioneers.; 1175 Sepoy Harbans. 99-Inf.), minor edge bruise to second, good very fine (2) £60-80

648 General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp (2), Palestine (6343242. Pte. A. Whiting. R.W. Kent R.); Palestine 1945-48 (19025466 Spr. W.G. Barfoot. ‘R.E.), good very fine (2) £80-100

649 General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (2) (14994367 Pte. J.R. Remfry, E. Yorks.; 19048165 Pte. W. Kay. A.& S.H.), very fine (2) £60-80 PROVENANCE:

(i) J.B. Hayward, March 1970.

650 General Service 1918-62 (2), G.VI.R., one clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (21280 Sep. Charan Singh, 9 Bn., F.F.R.); E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (21140456 Rfn. Kulbahadur Gurung 1/6 GR), minor official correction to first, very fine or better (2) £50-60

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 215

April 19, 2012 - London 651 General Service 1918-62 (2), G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (3771398 Cpl. S. Prince. Manch.); E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (4028067 A.C.I. J. Gray. R.A.F.), contact marks, very fine or better (2) £80-100

656 India General Service 1936-39, one clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (3) (13902 Sep. Mohd. Hussain, 4-13 F.F. Rif.; 35294 Dvr. Mohd. Fazal, 17 Mtn. Bty.; Svt. Soofi, 2-12 F.F.R.), good very fine (3) £60-80

652 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Cyprus (22262004 Gnr. C. Tomlinson. R.A.), good very fine India General Service 1936-39, one clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (1866657 Sjt. J.K. Wren. R.E.), minor pitting, good very fine (2) £80-120

657 Second World War Medals (12), Atlantic Star; Africa Star, reverse impressed ‘1008 Hav. Ram Nath, Mewar Sajjan Infy., S.F.’; Pacific Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, engraved in serif capitals ‘1431895. Bor: G. Trethowan. R.A.’; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; Australia Service Medal (V390076 H.J. Coles); New Zealand War Service Medal; India Service Medal; Africa Service Medal (W546910 N.E.C. Friggens), generally very fine or better (12) £60-80

653 General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., two clasps (2), Kurdistan, Iraq (965 Sepoy Suja Singh. 45-Sikhs.), unit officially corrected; Kurdistan, N.W. Persia (2881 Sowar Waris. C. Of Guides (Cav.)), minor edge bruising, very fine (2) £100-120

654 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., two clasps, Near East, Cyprus (23012468 Pte. R.S.J. Martin. R.W.K.), edge bruise, very fine £100-140

655 India General Service 1936-39, one clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (3) (9331 Sepoy Tara Chand, 315 Punjab R.; 6296 Sepoy Khial Gul. Tochi Scouts.; 9107 Sepoy Mand Ali Khan. Kurram Militia), number partially officially corrected on first, unit partially officially corrected on last, minor edge bruising, generally very fine or better (3) £60-80

658 Korea 1950-53, 1st ‘Britt: Omn:’ type (22560250 Dvr. J. Hibbert. R.Sigs), minor edge bruise, good very fine £80-120

659 General Service 1962-2007, one clasp (2), Borneo (23959605 Pte. J. Tole. Gordons.); South Arabia (24045300 Pte. J.E. Loader. R. Sussex.), heavy edge bruising and contact marks to obverse field to first, therefore very fine, the second good very fine (2) £60-80

Page 215

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 216

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

CORONATION, MERITORIOUS, LONG SERVICE AND EFFICIENCY DECORATIONS AND MEDALS

662

662 Badge of the Certificate of Honour for Gambia, G.VI.R., neck Badge, 68mm x 50mm, bronze, elephant and palm tree on reverse, nearly extremely fine £120-150

660 Badge of the Certificate of Honour for Basutoland, G.VI.R., neck Badge, 68mm x 50mm, bronze, crowned cipher on reverse, nearly extremely fine £120-150 661 Badge of the Certificate of Honour for Bechuanaland Protectorate, G.VI.R., neck Badge, 68mm x 50mm, bronze, crowned cipher on reverse, good very fine £120-150

663 Badge of the Certificate of Honour for Gold Coast, G.VI.R., neck Badge, 68mm x 50mm, bronze, elephant and palm tree on reverse, nearly extremely fine £120-150

665 www.spink.com

Page 216

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 217

April 19, 2012 - London

668

664 Badge of the Certificate of Honour for Nigeria, G.VI.R., neck Badge, 68mm x 50mm, bronze, crown within six-pointed star on reverse, good very fine £120-150

667 Badge of the Certificate of Honour for Swaziland, G.VI.R., neck Badge, 68mm x 50mm, bronze, crowned cipher on reverse, nearly extremely fine £120-150

665 Badge of the Certificate of Honour for Northern Rhodesia, G.VI.R., neck Badge, 68mm x 50mm, bronze, eagle with fish in its claws flying over the Victoria Falls on reverse, nearly extremely fine £120-150

668 Badge of the Certificate of Honour for Tanganyika Territory, G.VI.R., neck Badge, 68mm x 50mm, bronze, giraffe on reverse, extremely fine £120-150 669 Badge of the Certificate of Honour for Uganda Protectorate, G.VI.R., neck Badge, 68mm x 50mm, bronze, grey crowned crane on reverse, nearly extremely fine £120-150

666 Badge of the Certificate of Honour for Nyasaland Protectorate, G.VI.R., neck Badge, 68mm x 50mm, bronze, leopard and rising sun on reverse, small rust spot on obverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine £120-150

669 Page 217

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 218

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

671

672

670 Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued, good very fine Delhi Durbar 1911 (No. 2552 Rifleman Sham Sing Negi 1/39th. G.), engraved in upright sans serif capitals, nearly very fine Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, good very fine Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, edge bruise, contact marks, therefore very fine (4) £70-90

673 Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd ‘Fid: Def:’ type (3377692 S.Sjt. L. Conway. E.Lan.R.), good very fine £140-180

671 Meritorious Service Medal, V.R. (Band Mr. ... W. Davies. Late 1/11th. Foot.), rank partially erased, file mark near suspension claw, otherwise nearly extremely fine £220-260 1833 Band Master William Davies, born Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, 1827; enlisted as a Private in the 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot, June 1842; promoted Corporal, June 1854; Sergeant, January 1863; awarded Long Service & Good Conduct Medal and a gratuity of £5, October 1863; promoted Band Master, July 1864; discharged January 1875 after 29 years and 218 days with the Colours.

672 Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st ‘Field Marshal’s bust’ type (47464 C.Q.M. Sjt. W.J. Amos. 13/R. Innis: Fus.), good very fine £110-130 M.S.M. London Gazette 3.6.1919 47464 Coy./Q.M. Sjt. Amos, W. J., 13th Bn., Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (Nuneaton) ‘In recognition of valuable service rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders.’

www.spink.com

Page 218

674 Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (No. 1559, Pte. William Mc.Cotter, 30th. Regt. - 1856.), toned, good very fine £120-160 1559 Private William McCotter, born Co. Londonderry, 1817; enlisted in the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot, November 1838; discharged November 1859 after 21 years and 9 days with the Colours.

675 Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (2919. B, Serjt. Maj: H.B. Shrivell, C. Bde. R.A.), minor edge bruise, good very fine £80-100 676 Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (19691 Serjt. Majr. Philip Mc.Carthy Depot R A), minor official correction to one digit of number, very fine £70-90 19691 Brigade Sergeant Major Philip McCarthy, enlisted in the Bengal Artillery, June 1847; served with the Artillery in the Second Sikh War and present at the Battle of Goojerat, 21.2.1849 (medal and clasp); promoted Bombardier, May 1854; Corporal, July 1854; Sergeant, March 1855; SergeantMajor, August 1856; transferred to the Royal Artillery, May 1861; discharged, July 1867 after 22 years and 23 days with the Colours, of which 18 years and 273 days were spent in India.

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 219

April 19, 2012 - London

674

684

677 Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (2211. Pte. H. Buckingham. North’d Fus:), very fine, with ornate silver top riband bar £80-100

680 Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (32 Colr. Sergt. W. Smith 2nd., Bn. 22nd. Foot), minor edge bruise, polished, shield on obverse worn, otherwise very fine £70-90

2211 Private Henry Buckingham, born Hadley, Middlesex, 1849; enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers, December 1870; served with the Regiment in India from January 1880 to January 1889; awarded Long Service & Good Conduct Medal and a gratuity of £5, 1889; discharged December 1891 after 21 years with the Colours

681 Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (3761 Pte. T. Sullivan, 55th. Foot), edge bruising, very fine £70-90

678 Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (3269 Serjt. J. O’Smothely 1st. Bn. 7th. Foot), nearly very fine £80-100 3269 Sergeant James O’Smothely, born London, 1835; enlisted in the 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot, December 1852; transferred to the Royal Fusiliers, March 1854; served with the Regiment in the Crimea, and present at the Battles of the Alma, Inkermann, and Sebastopol (medal and three clasps); promoted Corporal, November 1855; Sergeant, March 1857; discharged March 1874, after 21 years and 7 days with the Colours.

679 Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (748. Pte. J. Peters, 1-20th. Foot), pawnbroker’s mark to rim, nearly extremely fine £80-100 748 Private J. Peters, born Cambridge, 1837; enlisted in the 20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot, November 1858; discharged October 1879 after 20 years and 315 days with the Colours.

3761 Private Thomas Sullivan, born Rockhill, Limerick, 1836; enlisted in the 55th (Westmoreland) Regiment of Foot, November 1854; served with the Regiment in the Crimea and present at Sebastopol (medal and clasp), and in India for 12 years, where he took part in the Bhootan Expedition, December 1864 to February 1866 (medal and clasp); discharged October 1875 after 20 years and 340 days with the Colours.

682 Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (3108. Pte. G. King. C & T.C.), edge nick, nearly extremely fine £60-80 683 Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (1262. Serjt. J. Toney. 2nd. W.I. Regt.), edge bruising, suspension slightly loose, good very fine £70-90 684 Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (658. Cr.-Sjt. A. Salarmone. Rl. Malta Fncbs.), edge bruising, suspension claw tightened, very fine, scarce £140-180 Page 219

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 220

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria 685 Army Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (3) (71540 Sdlr. Sjt: J.M. Greenway. R.G.A.; 2592 Pte. C. Pope. Devon: Regt.; 2052 C. Sjt: J.H. Brooke. Rifle Bde.), contact marks, generally nearly very fine or better (3) £120-150

690 Indian Army Long Service & G.C. (2), V.R. (466 Sowar Gujar Singh, 2d. Regt. Central India Horse); E.VII.R. (2393 Sepoy Majja Singh 30th. Punjabis), suspension re-affixed and edge bruising to first, generally nearly very fine or better (2) £100-120

686 Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Field Marshal’s bust’ type (2) (3918 L.Cpl. M. Dunne. Linc: Regt.; 7109037 C.Q.M. Sjt. J. Lawlor. R.Ir. Regt.), edge bruise to second, nearly very fine (2) £50-70

691 Indian Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Kaisar-i-Hind’ type (3) (83 Trumpeter Wariam Din Viceroy’s Bodyguard; 40 Swr. Fateh Mohd. Khan, C.I. Horse.; 31 Sepoy Rahmat Ullah, 45/ Rattray’s Sikhs), contact marks to last, this good fine, the others very fine or better (3) £80-100

687 Naval Long Service & G.C., V.R. (E.G. Harding, Comd. Boatn. H.M. Coast Guard.), one letter of surname officially corrected, lacquered, contact marks to obverse, otherwise good very fine £60-80 Commissioned Boatman Edward George Harding, born Buckland, Hampshire, June 1865; enlisted in the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. St. Vincent, December 1880; advanced Boatman, Weymouth station, June 1893; Commissioned Boatman, September 1896; awarded Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, February 1901; transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve at Portsmouth, August 1904; discharged, May 1808.

688 Naval Long Service & G.C., V.R. (Jas. Smith, P.O. 1st. Cl., H.M.S. Dreadnought.), edge nicks, good very fine £70-90

689 Naval Long Service & G.C. (3), E.VII.R. (J.A. Miller, Dom. 2Cl., H.M.S. Excellent); G.V.R. (2), 1st ‘Admiral’s bust’ type (PO.11267. A.J. Turner. Sergeant. R.M.L.I.); 2nd ‘coinage head’ type (J.28002 W. Joell. A.B. H.M.S. Victory), generally good very fine Royal Air Force Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R. (355646. Cpl. A.R. Kennedy. R.A.F.), scratches to reverse, good very fine Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Admiral’s bust’ type (6/117. F.R. Cramb, A.B. R.N.V.R. Sussex Divn.), one letter of surname officially corrected, good very fine Royal Fleet Reserve Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd ‘coinage head’ type (SS.5260 (Ch.B.14597) T.J. Dicker. A.B. R.F.R.), very fine (6) £140-180

www.spink.com

Page 220

692 Indian Army Long Service & G.C. (3), G.V.R., 2nd ‘Ind: Imp:’ type (2) (9117 L-Nk. Karam Din, 2-2 Punjab R.; TC-24461 L-Nk. Sultan Ahmad, 21 A.T. Coy.); G.VI.R. (908F W-Carr. Muhammad Khan, R Bombay S&M), retaining rod loose on last, very fine or better (3) £70-90

693 Indian Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st ‘Kaisar-i-Hind’ type (2) (099 Havr. Maj. Budha Khan, 2/Bn., Q.V.O. Corps. of Guides. (F.F.); 1574 Dfdr. (Farr. Maj.) Kala Khan, Corps of Guides Cavy. (F.F.)), good very fine (2) £120-150

694 Volunteer Officer’s Decoration, V.R., silver (Hallmarks for London 1897) and silver-gilt, gilding rubbed, lacking top riband bar, good very fine, with silver riband buckle, on H.A.C. riband £70-90

695 Volunteer Force Long Service & G.C. (2), V.R. (2914. Gunr. C.R. Salter. 1st. Essex V.A. (E.D.R.A.)); E.VII.R. (Lt: G.S. Spence, 6/V.B. Gordon Hdrs:), this additionally lightly engraved ‘1904’, pawnbroker’s mark and edge bruise to first, good very fine (2) £80-100

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 221

April 19, 2012 - London

698

702

696 Volunteer Force Long Service & G.C., G.V.R. (2) (Pte. K.M. Balfour, 16/ Cawnpore Rfls. I.D.F.; Pte. E. Petras, Bang. Bn., A.F.I.), good very fine (2) £80-120

699 Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (2) (85 Cpl. T.H. Dorsett. 19/(C. of L.)B. Lon: Regt.; 348 Dvr: H.T. Rust. 3/London B. R.F.A.), second with ornate top silver riband bar, the first good very fine, the second extremely fine (2) £120-140

697 Volunteer Force Long Service & G.C., G.V.R. (3) (Colour Serjt. A. Bell 2d. Bn. BB & C.I. Ry: Vol: Rifles; Serjt. B.W. Wilson 1st. Bn. B.B. & C.I. Ry. Vol. Rfls.; Vol: A. Nowlan E.I. Ry: Voltr Rifles), unit partially officially corrected on first, good very fine or better (3) £100-140

698 Militia Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (787 Pte. G. Barton. 3rd. York: & Lanc: Regt. Mil.), slight edge bruise and nick, otherwise nearly extremely fine £300-350 787 Private G. Barton, awarded Militia L.S. & G.C. by Army Order February 1905. 3 Medals awarded to the 3rd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment.

700 Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (2) (846498 B.S.Mjr:- A.R.S. Mjr:- J.W. Taylor. R.F.A.; 46 Sjt: H.J. Lavender, Hants (F.) R.E.), good very fine (2) £70-90

701 Efficiency Medal (3), G.V.R., with ‘India’ scroll suspension (Cpl. R. Goodall, N.W. Ry. Bn., A.F.I.); G.VI.R., with ‘Territorial’ scroll suspension (2580415. Cpl. C. Henshall. R. Sigs.); E.II.R., with ‘Territorial’ scroll suspension (11008630 Sgt. J.P. Irvine. R.A.), minor official corrections to last, generally good very fine (3) £80-120

702 Naval Good Shooting Medal, E.VII.R. (160423 G. W. Eaton, P.O. 1.Cl., H.M.S. Natal. 1909 7.5 In. B.L.), contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £240-280 Page 221

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 222

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

703 703 A Scarce Hong Kong Civil Defence Group of Three to Senior Section Officer K-K Poon, Hong Kong Civil Aid Service Civil Defence Long Service Medal, E.II.R., unnamed; Hong Kong Civil Aid Service Long Service Gold Medal (Poon Kwok-Kuen); Hong Kong Civil Aid Service Long Service Platinum Medal (Poon Kwok Kuen), extremely fine, all in cases of issue (3) £400-500 Civil Aid Service Long Service Platinum Medal Hong Kong Government Gazette 20.4.2001 Poon Kwok-keun, Senior Grade III Officer Senior Section Officer Poon Kwok-Kuen served with the Hong Kong Civil Aid Service from December 1971, and was awarded the Platinum Medal 21.12.2001. The Civil Defence Long Service Medal was awarded to members of the Hong Kong Civil Aid Service after 15 years’ service. Following the hand-over of Hong Kong in 1997, the British medal was replaced with the new Hong Kong Civil Aid Service Long Service Medal, which came in four classes, Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum, and was awarded to members of the C.A.S. after 15, 20, 25, and 30 years’ service respectively.

MISCELLANEOUS 704 Indian Title Badge, Rai Sahib (Hindu 3rd Class), G.V.R., silver and enamel, reverse engraved ‘Babu Phani Bhusan Basu 1st. Jany. 1918’, good very fine Indian Independence Medal (1103828 Gnr. Pachimuthu, R.I.A.), nearly very fine Pakistan Independence Medal (3030 Lo. Sub/Maj Mohd Khan. 14 Punjab. R.), rank partially officially corrected, very fine India, Republic, General Service Medal 1947-75, one clasp (3), Jammu and Kashmir 1947-48 (1015329 A-L-Dfd. Kirpal Singh, 7 Lt. Cav); Naga Hills (4437103 Sep. Karam Singh, S.L.I.); Mizo Hills (13723151 Rfn. Bhakshi Singh, J&K. Rif.), unit officially corrected on last, nearly very fine India, Republic, Samar Seva Star 1965 (2637679 Nk Bharat Singh), good very fine India, Republic, Poorvi Star (8006897 L/Nk K Lal Pnr), very fine India, Republic, Paschimi Star, unnamed, nearly very fine India, Republic, Defence Medal 1965 (3135561 Hav Birkha Ram), very fine India, Republic, Sangram Medal, unnamed, very fine India, Republic, Services Medal, one clasp, Jammu and Kashmir (4432642 L-Nk. T Ota Singh Sikh L.I.), nearly very fine India, Republic, 25th Anniversary Independence Medal 1972, unnamed, nearly extremely fine India, Republic, Long Service & G.C. (3930060 Nk. Balak Ram, Dogra R.), nearly extremely fine India, Republic, 9 Years Long Service Medal (2) (1428601 L-Nk J Ram, Bengal Engrs; 6585561 Nk. Joginder Lal, ASC-MT.), nearly very fine Pair: Sepoy Sultan Khan, Punjab Regiment Pakistan, Republic, Service Medal 1957, one clasp, Kutch 1965 (2224511 Sep Sultan Khan Punjab R); Pakistan, Republic, War Star 1965 (2224511 Sep Sultan Khan Punjab R.), very fine Pakistan, Republic, Service Medal 1957, one clasp (2), Kashmir 1948, unnamed; Dir-Bajaur 1960-62, unnamed, good very fine Pakistan, Republic, War Medal 1965, unnamed, good very fine (21) £80-120 www.spink.com

Page 222

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 223

April 19, 2012 - London 705 Miniature Awards: An Unattributed Group of Seven Egypt 1882-89, dated, two clasps, Tel-el-Kebir, Suakin 1885; East and West Africa 1887-1900, two clasps, 1897-98, 1898; Ashanti Star 1896; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Natal, Transvaal; King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps; Army Long Service & G.C., V.R.; Khedive’s Star 1882, generally very fine, mounted as originally worn, the L.S. & G.C. detached (7) £60-80 x706 Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment Officer’s Helmet Plate 1881-1901 A fine gilt example of a universal crowned star pattern mounted with laurel wreath surrounding a Garter, the centre with Prince of Wales’s crest and motto, with scroll below reading ‘Central India’, all in silver on a black velvet ground, to the base of the wreath an applied silver scroll reading ‘Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment’, four fasteners to reverse £150-200 707 A Collection of Primrose League Medals a) The Honourable Order of the Grand Star of the Primrose League, silver, gilt, and enamel, with primrose at centre surmounted by an Imperial Crown, with Crowned ‘Special Service 1887’ riband Bar b) The Honourable Order of the Grand Star of the Primrose League, silver, gilt, and enamel, with primrose at centre surmounted by an Imperial Crown c) Knight of the League Badge, gilt, with Crowned ‘Special Service 1891’ riband Bar; 14 ‘Special Service’ Bars for 1982, 1894, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908, and 1910; ‘PL Delegate 1897’ Bar; and ‘General Election 1906’ Bar d) Knight of the League Badge, gilt e) Primrose League Warden’s Badge, gilt and enamel, with Crowned ‘Special Service 1904’ riband Bar; 8 ‘Special Service’ Bars for 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, and 1912; and 2 ‘General Election’ Bars for 1906 and 1910

706

f) Primrose League Warden’s Badge, gilt and enamel, with Crowned ‘Special Service 1905’ riband Bar; 6 ‘Special Service’ Bars for 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, and 1912; and 2 ‘General Election’ Bars for 1906 and 1910 g) Honorary Dame of the League Badge, gilt and enamel h) Honorary Secretary of the League Badge, gilt and enamel i) Six ‘Rose’ Badges, gilt and enamel j) Five ‘Rose’ Pins, gilt and enamel, generally nearly very fine or better (19) £250-300 708 National Pony Society Silver Medal, by Mappin and Webb, London, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1933), the obverse depicting four ponies in a field, the reverse depicting a polo player and engraved ‘Major T.R. Ronald’s 5299 Caer Beris Dazzle, Swansea, 1935’, nearly extremely fine, in fitted case £40-50

THE END OF THE SALE Page 223

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:55

Page 224

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

Auction Notes

www.spink.com

Page 224

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:56

Page 225

You can also bid real time on Spinklive. Just visit www.spink.com to register

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

Written Bids Form This form should be sent or faxed to be received by Spink Commission Bids Office in advance of the sale. References should be supplied in good time to be taken up before the sale. Bids received later than one hour before the start of the sale may not be processed.

69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET Tel: (020) 7563 4020/4005 Fax: (020) 7563 4037

19 April 2012 • London

Sale Title

Date

Code Name

Sale No.

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

Thursday 19 April 2012 at 10.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m.

NIVEN

12002

I request Spink, without legal obligations of any kind on its part, to bid on the following Lots up to the price given below. I understand that if my bid is successful the Purchase Price payable will be the sum of the final bid and a premium as a percentage of the final bid (together with any VAT chargeable). The Rate of Premium is 20% of the final hammer price of each lot; VAT is chargeable on the purchase price of daggered (†) and (Ω) lots at the standard rate (currently 20%), and on lots marked (x) at the reduced rate (currently 5% on the hammer and 20% on the premium). VAT on Margin Scheme lots is payable at 20% on the premium only. All bids shall be treated as offers made on the Terms and Conditions of Buyers printed in the catalogue. I also understand that Spink provides the service of executing bids on behalf of clients for the convenience of clients and that Spink will not be held responsible for failing to execute bids. If identical commission bids are received for the same Lot, the commission bid received first by Spink will take precedence. Please note that you will not be notified if there are higher written bids received. If you require such notification then this is available on bids made via Spink’s online service.

PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY IN BLOCK LETTERS AND ENSURE THAT BIDS ARE IN STERLING Lot Number (in numerical order)

Price Bid £ (excluding Buyer’s Premium)

Lot Number (in numerical order)

Price Bid £ (excluding Buyer’s Premium)

Lot Number (in numerical order)

Price Bid £ (excluding Buyer’s Premium)

Client Number (if known): ................................................Name: ..................................................................................... (Invoice name, please print) Address: ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................................................................Postcode: ................................................... Tel. (Home): .................................................................................(Office): ............................................................................................... Fax: ................................................................................................E-mail: ................................................................................................. Signature: ......................................................................................VAT number: ....................................................................................... Please indicate the type of card:

Visa

Visa Debit

Mastercard

Switch

American Express

Payment made by Mastercard or Visa are subject to a 2% surcharge and American Express 4%. Card No: Signature

Start Date: Expiry Date

Issue No:

Security Code:

Name (on credit card)

Please charge all purchases to my card Do not charge my card. I will arrange to send payment. (Spink will only charge your card should you default on the payment terms agreed) Please hold my purchased lots for collection

Continued...

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:56

Page 226

Sale No. 12002

Date: Thursday 19 April, 2012

PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY IN BLOCK LETTERS AND ENSURE THAT BIDS ARE IN STERLING Lot Number (in numerical order)

Price Bid £ (excluding Buyer’s Premium)

Lot Number (in numerical order)

Price Bid £ (excluding Buyer’s Premium)

Lot Number (in numerical order)

Price Bid £ (excluding Buyer’s Premium)

References required for clients not yet known to Spink Bank Name: ..................................................................................................................... Bank Address: ................................................................................................................................. ......................................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................... Postcode: ................................................ Account Number: ........................................................................................................................... Date: ..............................................................................................................................................

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:56

Page 227

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:56

Page 228

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:56

Page 229

AUCTION RESULTS Sale:

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria

Sale No:

11011

Date:

Thursday 24 November 2011

Venue:

London

Spink & Son Ltd 69 Southampton Row Bloomsbury London WC1B 4ET Telephone: (020) 7563 4000

The following prices in sterling do not include the buyer’s premium and are rounded to the nearest pound. Lots which did not sell are not shown. Spink & Son are not responsible for typographical errors or omissions. Lot 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

Price £2,000 £2,100 £1,200 £16,000 £5,800 £350 £400 £1,800 £750 £1,700 £3,500 £12,500 £12,500 £5,800 £1,700 £580 £5,500 £900 £280 £320 £350 £320 £280 £520 £1,400 £18,000 £10,500 £650 £38,000 £50,000 £900 £380 £900

Lot 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 63 64 65 66 67 68 69

Price £750 £45,000 £270 £220 £120 £100 £280 £950 £480 £500 £260 £6,800 £1,300 £2,100 £2,300 £750 £950 £650 £650 £280 £1,100 £2,000 £1,100 £550 £300 £650 £1,500 £140 £380 £850 £420 £500 £420

Lot 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103

Price £480 £420 £420 £420 £420 £380 £420 £800 £450 £450 £520 £500 £750 £1,600 £150 £100 £800 £800 £240 £40 £210 £8,500 £2,600 £400 £450 £220 £280 £600 £7,000 £220 £230 £220 £180

Lot 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136

Price £500 £350 £300 £220 £250 £600 £260 £290 £170 £420 £320 £480 £230 £1,100 £900 £230 £450 £170 £110 £320 £135 £290 £240 £350 £180 £130 £650 £240 £350 £700 £120 £150 £420

Lot 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169

Price £130 £100 £220 £950 £210 £160 £2,200 £2,200 £13,500 £2,300 £3,500 £240 £180 £350 £150 £140 £220 £280 £270 £2,000 £500 £210 £320 £480 £90 £130 £140 £120 £2,600 £260 £350 £70 £120

Lot 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202

Price £290 £300 £170 £350 £130 £130 £160 £140 £130 £210 £130 £80 £1,300 £280 £150 £420 £100 £80 £110 £100 £170 £210 £130 £110 £90 £130 £160 £650 £210 £110 £100 £160 £90

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:56

Page 230

Lot

Price

Lot

Price

Lot

Price

Lot

Price

Lot

Price

Lot

Price

203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225

£90 £100 £90 £320 £120 £100 £90 £90 £100 £290 £130 £140 £150 £110 £180 £230 £260 £260 £520 £2,400 £190 £150 £100

226 227 228 230 231 232 233 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253

£150 £140 £100 £600 £150 £1,500 £1,200 £400 £300 £600 £600 £320 £110 £50 £50 £80 £40 £400 £220 £40 £80 £3,200 £750

254 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 268 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279

£420 £200 £850 £400 £380 £450 £240 £260 £230 £550 £270 £130 £420 £240 £180 £380 £110 £270 £220 £350 £60 £300 £300

280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302

£170 £190 £180 £190 £280 £110 £160 £150 £230 £170 £170 £210 £80 £180 £280 £170 £140 £400 £140 £150 £350 £160 £70

303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325

£220 £170 £80 £90 £230 £110 £90 £300 £420 £140 £80 £100 £130 £120 £150 £140 £310 £240 £120 £380 £700 £380 £400

326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340

£70 £200 £60 £210 £110 £150 £200 £240 £130 £230 £900 £500 £220 £110 £90

ARE YOU THINKING OF SELLING A COLLECTION OR SINGLE ITEM AT AUCTION? WITH OVER 60 AUCTIONS PER YEAR, HELD AROUND THE GLOBE, SPINK ARE HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR NEEDS TO ACHIEVE THE BEST RESULTS. PLEASE CONTACT OUR SPECIALISTS TODAY FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

www.spink.com

Page 230

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12

11:56

Page 231

July 21, 2011 - London

Page 231

12002 PM pages:Layout 1

29/3/12