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SALE CALENDAR 2014 GROUP CHAIRMAN AND CEO Olivier D. Stocker YOUR SPECIALISTS STAMPS UK - Tim Hirsch Guy Croton David Parsons Nick Startup Neill Granger Paul Mathews Dominic Savastano Tom Smith Ian Shapiro (Consultant) USA - George Eveleth Richard Debney EUROPE - Guido Craveri Fernando Martínez CHINA - Anna Lee COINS UK - Mike Veissid Richard Bishop William MacKay Eleanor Charlotte Dix Tim Robson Edouard Wyngaard Barbara Mears John Pett USA - Stephen Goldsmith Greg Cole CHINA - Kin Choi Cheung BANKNOTES, BONDS & SHARES
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The Drs. Joanne and Edward Dauer Collection of Great Britain The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale Specialised Great Britain Stamp Sale The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale The “Garrison” Collection of New Guinea “G.R.I.” Surcharges The “Lionheart” Collection of Great Britain and British Empire, Part III The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale Stamps and Covers of South East Asia
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The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
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Château le Puy Charity Dinner & Wine Auction Silver Seal and Independent Bottlers Auction An Evening of Exceptional Wines An Evening of Exceptional Wines
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COINS UK - Barnaby Faull Mike Veissid Andrew Pattison Monica Kruber USA - Stephen Goldsmith EUROPE - Peter Christen CHINA - Paul Pei Po Chow Kelvin Cheung ORDERS, DECORATIONS, MEDALS & MILITARIA UK - Mark Quayle Oliver Pepys John Hayward BOOKS UK - Philip Skingley Jennifer Mulholland AUTOGRAPHS USA - Stephen Goldsmith WINES CHINA - Anna Lee Guillaume Willk-Fabia YOUR EUROPE TEAM (LONDON - LUGANO) Chairman’s Office Charles Blane Directors Tim Hirsch Anthony Spink Auction & Client Management Team Miroslava Adusei-Poku Edward Rivers Luca Borgo Rita Ariete Dora Szigeti John Winchcombe Kenichiro Imase María Martínez Maurizio Schenini Finance Alison Bennet Marco Fiori Mina Bhagat Dennis Muriu Billy Tumelty Dean Dowdall IT & Administration Berdia Qamarauli Leszek Woronowicz Liz Cones Curlene Spencer Tom Robinson Cristina Dugoni Giacomo Canzi
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Groups and Pairs with Orders and Decorations for Gallantry or Distinguished Service ........................................................................
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British Orders and Single Awards .............................................................. 35- 67 A Collection of British Medals ‘The Property of a Gentleman’ .............. 68-160 Campaign Groups and Pairs .................................................................... 161-294 Foreign Orders, Decorations and Medals ................................................ 295-488 Single Campaign Medals .......................................................................... 489-794 Coronation, Jubilee, Meritorious, Long Service, and Efficiency Decorations and Medals ...................................................................... 795-827 Life Saving Awards .................................................................................. 828-829 Miniature Awards...................................................................................... 830-836 Miscellaneous............................................................................................. 837-842
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THURSDAY 24 APRIL 2014 Commencing at 10.00 a.m. All Sales are subject to the Terms and Conditions for Buyers printed at the back of this catalogue. Please note that bidders who acquire lots on the-saleroom.com will have a fee of 3% on the hammer price added to their invoice for using this facility. Spink is pleased to continue to offer our brand new on-line bidding platform Spink Live for no charge through www.spink.com. 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.
GROUPS AND PAIRS WITH ORDERS AND DECORATIONS FOR GALLANTRY OR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
1 The Great War K.B.E. Pair to Sir Robert Waley Cohen, Petroleum Adviser to the War Office, Later General Technical Director, The Royal Dutch Shell Company a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Civil Division, Knight Commander’s (K.B.E.) set of Insignia, neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with gold retaining pin, with neck riband, in Garrard, London case of issue b) Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St. Sava, 3rd type, Commander’s neck Badge, 86mm including crown suspension x 52mm, silvergilt and enamel, Bishop with green robes, with neck riband, in Huguenin Frères, Le Locle, case of issue, generally good very fine, with the recipient’s related miniature awards, including additionally an Associate Order of St. John, housed in a Spink, London, leather case (3) £800-1,200 K.B.E. London Gazette 30.3.1920 Robert Waley Cohen, Esq., Petroleum Adviser to the War Office ‘For services in connection with the War.’ Serbian Order of St. Sava, Third Class London Gazette 23.7.1926 Sir Robert Waley Cohen, K.B.E., General Technical Director of the Royal Dutch Shell Company ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered by him.’ Sir Robert Waley Cohen, K.B.E., (1877-1952), the son of Nathanial Louis Cohen, and the nephew of Sir Benjamin Louis Cohen, Bt.; educated at Clifton College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge; joined the Shell Transport and Trading Company, 1901; served during the Great War as petroleum adviser to the War Office, and appointed K.B.E. at the end of the War; advanced Managing Director, Shell Transport and Trading Company, and subsequently negotiated its merger with the Royal Dutch Oil Company. Amongst other appointments Cohen served as ViceChairman of University College, London; and President of the United Synagogue.
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2 Honours and Awards Bestowed Upon Sir Bernard Nathaniel Waley-Cohen, Bt., Sheriff and Lord Mayor of London a) Knight Bachelor’s breast Badge, 63mm x 46mm, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1958) and enamel, in Garrard, London, case of issue b) The Most Venerable Order of St. John, Knight of Grace’s set of insignia, neck Badge, silver and enamel, lions and unicorns in angles, suspension detached but present; Star, silver and enamel, lions and unicorns in angles, with Associate’s neck riband, in case of issue; together with an Officer’s breast Badge, 42mm, silver and enamel, lions and unicorns in angles c) Defence Medal d) Portugal, Republic, Military Order of Christ, Commander’s neck Badge, 57mm x 43mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband e) Iraq, Kingdom, Order of the Two Rivers, Civil Division, Commander’s neck Badge, 87mm including wreath suspension x 66mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband and lapel rosette, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris, case of issue f) Senegal, Republic, National Order, Grand Officer’s set of Insignia, breast Badge, 55mm including leaves suspension x 41mm, gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Star, 80mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, with silver mark on retaining pin, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris, case of issue, generally nearly extremely fine, with the following related items: - Bestowal Document for the National Order of Senegal, named to ‘The Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor Alderman Sir Bernard Waley Cohen’, and dated October 1961 - Medal presented to the recipient’s wife, the reverse inscribed ‘To the Honorable Mrs. B.N. Waley-Cohen from Mrs. Robert F. Wagner May 3, 1956’, in embossed case of issue (lot) £600-800
Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen
Sir Bernard Nathaniel Waley-Cohen, Bt., (1914-91), the son of Sir Robert Waley Cohen, K.B.E., and the greatnephew of Sir Benjamin Louis Cohen, Bt.; educated at Clifton College and Magdalene College, Cambridge; employed in the City, ultimately as Director, Lloyds Bank Ltd., and Master of the Clothworkers’ Company. Enlisted as a Gunner with the Honourable Artillery Company, 1937; during the War was employed as Principal, Ministry of Fuel and Power; after the War served as an Alderman of the City of London, 1949-84; Sheriff, 1955-56; and Lord Mayor, 1960-61, and created a Baronet at the end of his term of office. Amongst other appointments Waley-Cohen served as Chairman of University College, London; and Vice-President of the United Synagogue. The Portuguese Military Order of Christ was awarded to Bernard Waley-Cohen, Sheriff of the City of London, during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of His Excellency General Lopes, President of the Portuguese Republic, on the occasion of his visit to the City, 26.10.1955. The Iraqi Order of the Two Rivers was awarded to Bernard Waley-Cohen, Sheriff of the City of London, during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of His Majesty King Faisal II of Iraq, on the occasion of his visit to the City, 17.7.1956. The Senegal National Order was awarded to Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen, Lord Mayor of the City of London, during the Visit to London of His Excellency Léopold Sédar Senghor, President of Senegal, October 1961. Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen was succeeded in the Baronetcy by his son, Sir Stephen Waley-Cohen, Bt.
Baronet London Gazette 12.12.1961 Sir Bernard Nathaniel Waley-Cohen of Honeymead in the County of Somerset, Knight Knight Bachelor London Gazette 1.1.1957 Alderman Bernard Nathaniel Waley-Cohen Order of St. John, Associate Knight London Gazette 6.1.1961 Sir Bernard Nathaniel Waley-Cohen Order of St. John, Associate Officer London Gazette 6.1.1956 Bernard Nathaniel Waley-Cohen
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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA x3 A Good Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ C.B., ‘1916’ C.M.G., Boer War D.S.O. Group of Thirteen to Brigadier-General A.C. Lewin, Connaught Rangers and Liverpool Regiment, Who Commanded the 3rd Battalion Connaught Rangers During the Great War; Was Appointed Aide-de-Camp to H.M. the King, and as the ‘Flying General’ was Appointed an Honorary Air Commodore, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Serving in the Second War with East African Command a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion’s (C.B.) breast Badge, subsequently converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamel b) The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion’s (C.M.G.) breast Badge, subsequently converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamel c) Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar d) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal, Wittebergen (Capt. A.C. Lewin. L’pool R.) e) King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (Capt. A.C. Lewin. D.S.O. L’pool. Rgt.), minor official correction to name f) 1914-15 Star (Lt: Col: A.C. Lewin. Conn: Rang:) g) British War and Victory Medals (Brig. Gen. A.C. Lewin) h) 1939-1945 Star i) Africa Star j) War Medal, the Second War awards all impressed ‘Brig. Gen. A.C. Lewin. C.B. C.M.G. D.S.O.’ k) Jubilee 1935 l) Coronation 1937, light contact marks and minor green enamel damage to wreaths, generally good very fine, housed in a named Spink, London leather case (13) £3,500-4,500 C.B. London Gazette 22.12.1916 Lt.-Col. (temp. Brig.-Gen.) Arthur Corrie Lewin, C.M.G., D.S.O., Capt., ret. pay, Conn. Rang., Spec. Res. ‘For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field in Mesopotamia.’ C.M.G. London Gazette 3.6.1916 Lt.-Col. Arthur Corrie Lewin, D.S.O., Conn. Rang., Spec. Res. ‘For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field.’ D.S.O. London Gazette 31.10.1902 Captain Arthur Corrie Lewin, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment) ‘In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa.’ Brigadier-General Arthur Corrie Lewin, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., born Edinburgh, July 1864, the son of Frederick T. Lewin, D.L., of Cloghans, Co. Mayo and Castlegrove, Co. Galway; educated at Cheltenham College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment), December 1895; promoted Lieutenant, February 1899; Served with the Liverpool Regiment during the Boer War; employed with the Mounted Infantry at the Relief of Kimberley; present at operations in
Brigadier-General A.C. Lewin
the Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including the operations at Paardeberg, 17-26.2.1900, and the actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Vet River, and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal, June 1900; and operations in the Orange River Colony, June to November 1900, including the actions at Rhenoster River and Wittebergen; promoted Captain, 5.12.1900; present at operations in the Cape Colony, December 1900 to March 1901; and operations in the Orange River Colony, March 1901 to May 1902; Awarded the Distinguished Service Order and twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 10.9.1901 and 29.7.1902); exchanged to the 19th Hussars, with the rank of Captain, 24.5.1905; transferred to the 3rd Battalion, Connaught Rangers, 25.1.1908; promoted Major, 8.10.1910; Lieutenant-Colonel, 6.8.1913; Served during the Great War in the Dardanelles Campaign; appointed Commanding Officer, 5th Wiltshire Regiment, 4.9.1915; Promoted Brigadier-General, 40th Infantry Brigade, October 1915; present at the evacuation of Suvla and the final withdrawal from Helles; served in Mesopotamia, 1916 to 1919, and took part in the actions with the Kut Relieving Force; operations in North Persia; and the advance on Baghdad, including the final overthrow of the Turkish forces on the Tigris at the Battle of Shergat, October 1918, where he commanded the column operating against the Turkish right wing; for his War Services Lewin was promoted Brevet Colonel; created a Companion of the Order of the Bath and the Order of St. Michael and St. George; Six times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 13.7.1916, 19.10.1916, 15.8.1917, 12.3.1918, 27.8.1918, and 5.6.1919); awarded the Russian Order of St. Anne, Second Class, with Swords (London Gazette 15.5.1917); and appointed Aide-de-Camp to H.M. the King, 3.6.1918.
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Returning to Ireland after the War, Lewin was appointed High Sheriff of Co. Mayo in 1919, and defended, along with men from his Regiment, the family seat, Cloghans, when it came under attack during the ‘Troubles’; the other family seat, Castlegrove, was burnt down. Relinquishing command of the 3rd Battalion, Connaught Rangers, he was granted the honorary rank of Brigadier-General, 27.6.1919, and appointed Honorary Colonel of the Battalion, 10.8.1920. In 1931, at the age of 57, he learnt to fly, and after only 50 hours’ solo experience flew solo from Britain to begin a new life in Kenya, where he became a celebrated aviator, being known as the ‘Flying General’- in 1937 he was runner-up in the King’s Cup Air Race, and in March 1952, flying a Tiger Moth, won the East African Aerial Derby. He flew between Kenya and Britain on several more occasions; on one such flight, in October 1937, he and his wife were marooned for
ten days on a tiny, mosquito-infested island in the Sudan swamp after he had been forced to make an emergency landing- they extricated themselves from the damaged aircraft, to find that they only had a packet of sandwiches and a gallon of water between them, which they managed to make last for three days. Luckily after four days they were spotted by an Empire Flying Boat, which dropped food supplies, and organised a rescue mission by telephone from 150 miles away- “the distance of the nearest white man”which was successfully carried out by Dinka tribesmen. Appointed an honorary Air Commodore, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 28.12.1937, he served during the Second World War as Commandant, Officers’ Training Unit, and Commander, No.5 Sub-Area, East African Command. He died in Nairobi 16.9.1952.
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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA 4 The Remarkable Second War C.B., ‘Southern Desert, Iraq’ O.B.E., Great War Fighter “Aces” D.F.C. Group of Fifteen to Dolphin Pilot Air Commodore F. Woolley, Royal Air Force, He Was Credited With 4 Victories, With Other Sources Suggesting As Many As 8 During July to November 1918. He Served as a Special Service Officer With Air Staff Intelligence in Iraq, Where He Spent Three Years in the Desert With Bedouin Tribesmen Collating Intelligence. During the Second War He Served as Chief Intelligence Officer, Headquarters Mediterranean Allied Air Forces, 1943-45 a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion’s (C.B.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue b) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military Division, Officer’s (O.B.E.) breast Badge, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1930) c) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued d) British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F. Woolley. R.A.F.) e) General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Southern Desert, Iraq (F/L. F. Woolley. R.A.F.) f) 1939-1945 Star g) Africa Star, with North Africa 1942-43 Bar h) Pacific Star i) Italy Star j) Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaf k) Coronation 1953 l) United States of America, Legion of Merit, Officer’s breast Badge, gilt and enamel, reverse officially named ‘F. Woolley’, with miniature Star emblem on riband m) Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, generally very fine or better, mounted as worn, the Pacific Star loose, with the following related items: - The recipient’s Flying Log Book, covering the period 18.11.1932- 7.8.1941 - Commission Appointing Frank Woolley a Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force, dated 1.11.1918 - Commission Appointing Frank Woolley a Flying Officer in the Royal Air Force, dated 10.7.1929 - Bestowal Document for the C.B., named to Acting Air Commodore Frank Woolley, O.B.E., D.F.C., R.A.F., and dated 1.1.1946, together with Central Chancery enclosure - Bestowal Document for the O.B.E., named to Flight Lieutenant Frank Woolley, D.F.C., R.A.F., and dated 3.6.1931 - Bestowal Document for the American Legion of Merit, named to Air Commodore Frank Woolley, Royal Air Force, together with a copy of the citation, on White House, Washington, headed paper, and signed ‘Harry Truman’ - The recipient’s riband bars, showing the additional entitlement to the Pacific Star - Various photographs of the recipient, including one of him being presented with the American Legion of Merit by Major-General B. Giles, U.S. Army Headquarters, Cairo, 24.1.1946 - Box of issue for the American Legion of Merit
Air Commodore F. Woolley
- Air Commodore’s rank insignia; Group Captain’s epaulettes; various cloth insignia, buttons, and other ephemera - Copy of the recipient’s obituary (lot) £7,000-9,000 C.B. London Gazette 1.1.1946 Acting Air Commodore Frank Woolley, O.B.E., D.F.C., Royal Air Force. O.B.E. London Gazette 3.6.1931 Flight Lieutenant Frank Woolley, D.F.C., Royal Air Force. The Recommendation states: ‘This Officer has been a Special Service Officer in Iraq since March 1928. Although occupying the most lonely and isolated post in the whole Command, he has consistently displayed, under extremely trying conditions, a tact, patience, and perseverance which are worthy of the highest praise.’ D.F.C. London Gazette 3.6.1919 Lt. Frank Woolley ‘In recognition of distinguished services rendered during the war.’ American Legion of Merit, Officer London Gazette 27.11.1945 Acting Air Commodore Frank Woolley, O.B.E., D.F.C., R.A.F.
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4 ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the war.’ The Recommendation states: ‘Air Commodore Frank Woolley, Royal Air Force, as Chief Intelligence Officer, Headquarters Mediterranean Allied Air Forces from February 1943 to May 1945, displayed wise judgment and unqualified devotion to duty in the successful fulfilment of his assignment. Called upon to furnish a synthesis of all intelligence information regarding conduct of operations and to integrate the Anglo-American intelligence structure of the
headquarters, he overcame many obstacles to provide source information of high value and veracity and at the same time achieved a smoothly functioning, closely knit intelligence organization. Commodore Woolley’s exceptional ability was of great benefit to the conduct of air operations.’ Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 15.7.1919 Lieut. Frank Woolley, D.F.C., 79th Sqn. M.I.D. London Gazette 2.6.1943 Acting Air Commodore F. Woolley, O.B.E., D.F.C.
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‘Like father, like son: The Woolley Family’ (also see lot 5)
Air Commodore Frank Woolley, C.B., O.B.E., D.F.C., (1899-1981), was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, and was educated at the County Secondary School. On his 18th birthday he joined the Army straight from his school O.T.C., and was accepted for a Commission in the Territorial Forces Association. Posted to the 7th Training Reserve Battalion at Rugeley, he subsequently applied to join the Royal Flying Corps, and after initial tutoring at Denham was Commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the R.F.C. on the 7th November 1917. After spending six months at Upavon, he went to France in July 1918, posted to No.1 Aero Supply Depot, before receiving his first operational posting with No.79 Fighter Squadron (Sopwith Dolphins), based at St. Marie Cappel, east of St. Omer, on the 14th July, with whom he fought and flew for the rest of the War. He was without doubt heavily engaged with the enemy for the next four months, ‘...and the local papers in his home town of Ilkeston credited him with eight victories, and recorded that he himself had been shot or forced down no fewer than three times, evidence of an exciting four months’ flying.’ (Winged Warriors, Derbyshire Fighter Pilots in World War I, by Barry Marsden refers). His first victory was on the 27th September, when, according to an account that appeared in the Ilkeston Advertiser, ‘he was on readiness at his home base when word was received that an enemy two seater was busy on a reconnaissance over the British front line. He was ordered to intercept the hostile aircraft, and, piloting a Dolphin, sighted it below him somewhere north-west of Armentieres. The first burst from his twin Vickers killed the enemy observer, and the subsequent running battle took both warplanes over the
town, where the observation machine suddenly dived away to smash through the roof of a building. When Frank landed back at his home airfield his delighted CO praised his “splendid effort”, and promised that “the facts would be reported to the proper quarter.”’ (ibid). Woolley’s own account of the action confirms this: ‘I was at 2,000 feet among the clouds South West of Armentieres when I saw a hostile 2-seater, probably an Albatros, about 1,000 feet below me. On being engaged the enemy aircraft dived towards Armentieres. I dived after him and fired two bursts into him at close range. The enemy aircraft spun and crashed into a house in Armentieres.’ (recipient’s combat report refers). The following day Woolley shot down another aircraft: ‘I saw 10 Fokker Biplanes attacking a Bristol Fighter. I climbed into a cloud at 6,000 feet whilst Lieutenant McNeaney attacked the enemy machines. A dog fight ensued in which I saw two Fokkers go down after which Lieutenant McNeaney went down, followed by a Fokker. I attacked this enemy aircraft and fired a short burst at point blank range, and saw him go down and crash.’ (ibid). A month later, on the 26th October, Woolley despatched an L.V.G. two-seater at 3,000 feet south-east of Renaix, before recording his final confirmed victory on the 4th November, when ‘at 9,000 feet I spotted a Halberstadt two-seater working over Renaix. I flew north and then east and so got east of him and in the sun. I then dived on the enemy aircraft who turned west and then north. I fired a burst at very close range. The enemy aircraft went into a vertical dive and crashed in a gulley between Sulsique and Renaix.’ (ibid). After the Armistice Woolley took up adjutant duties with the Squadron, and became a Flight Commander. In December the Squadron became part of the Allied Occupation Force, and moved to Cologne. Here he accepted the opportunity to fly numerous German aircraft that had been surrendered, including Fokker DVIIs, Rumplers, and Halberstadts. Whilst stationed in Germany he learnt of the award of his D.F.C., and also received the Belgian Croix de Guerre, having the latter pinned on his chest by King Albert himself. He transferred to the unemployed list in October 1919, but was recalled to a short-service Commission the following June, and served at R.A.F. Lee-on-Solent and Calshot. Qualifying as a pilot flying seaplanes and multi-engined flying boats, he fell in love with the Solent area, and wrote to tell his fiancée: ‘I am sure that you will love this place too, and if I live long enough to retire this is where we shall live.’ Southern Desert, Iraq- With the Bedouin In July 1927 Woolley was appointed to a permanent Commission in the General Duties branch of the Royal Air Force, and having been promoted Flight Lieutenant, 1.1.1928, he embarked upon a course in Arabic at the School of Oriental Studies in London. After completing the course in March 1928 he was immediately posted to HQ Iraq as a Special Service Officer with Air Staff Intelligence, and for the next three years was responsible for the collection of intelligence in the vast unmapped desert west of Basra, spending the time living with the Bedouin tribesmen, ‘sharing the hardships of their primitive, nomadic lifestyle, enduring searing heat, frequent dust and sandstorms, plagues of flies, and living off revolting food and foul water.’ (Winged Warriors, Derbyshire Fighter Pilots in World War I, by Barry Marsden refers). Separated from any form of civilisation by hundreds of miles of desert, with wireless transmitted Morse code his only form of contact, his task was to obtain information on the activities of hostile tribes operating from Saudi Arabia. During his time in Iraq he maintained close contact with Major (later Sir John) Glubb, Glubb Pasha, the founder of the Arab Legion, who had been seconded from the Royal Engineers to the Iraqi Government as Administrative Inspector. In recognition of his sterling service under the most trying conditions, Woolley was awarded a richly-deserved O.B.E. in June 1931. His next job in the Middle East was to visit and provide intelligence on the
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Southern Desert, Iraq: Woolley with Hafidh Wahaba, Prime Minister of Iraq, February 1930 local Sheikhs through whose territory the pipeline was being built from the Arabian oil fields to the sea ports at Haifa and Tripoli, before returning to flying duties in the United Kingdom, including torpedo bombing in co-operation with the Royal Navy.
rudimentary intelligence facilities in that area, perceived as vital if Britain were to be successfully involved in any hostilities, which at a time seemed likely, and was promoted Squadron Leader, 1.6.1936. When the crisis came to an end he went to Singapore as Senior Air Staff Officer to Air Commodore (later Marshal of the Royal Air Force) Tedder, AOC Far East Command. Promoted Wing Commander, 1.4.1939, he served during the Second World War, first in Singapore; then in Ceylon, with the rank of Group Captain, where he formed and commanded No. 222 Group, a task which involved the construction of airfields and other bases for operating bombers, fighters, and reconnaissance aircraft to combat a Japanese attack on the island; and then, with the rank of acting Air Commodore, in Algiers on the staff of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder as Chief Intelligence Officer, Mediterranean Air Command HQ, a post he held until in various guises the end of the War. Recommended for a C.B.E. at the end of hostilities, the recommendation stating: ‘this Officer has been Chief Intelligence Staff Officer since September 1943, and has not only been responsible for the whole range of intelligence activities in the Mediterranean and North-African theatres, but also the organisation and building up of an integrated Anglo-American intelligence structure.’, he was instead created a Companion of the Order of the Bath, and awarded the American Legion of Merit, receiving the latter in Cairo from Major General Benjamin Giles, Commander of United States Forces Middle East. On his return to the United Kingdom, Woolley was given the command of R.A.F. Lyneham, during which period it became the main base for the British contribution to the Berlin Airlift in 1947, before returning to staff duties as Assistant Director of the Joint Intelligence Bureau at the Ministry of Defence. He retired on the 6th August 1954, with the rank of Air Commodore, after 37 years with the Royal Air Force, during which period he had flown 54 different types of aircraft, from a Dolphin to a Vampire. Air Commodore Woolley married Gladys Willgoose at Ilkeston in August 1921, and as promised retired to Lee-onSolent, where in 1971 they celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. His son, Frank Geoffrey Woolley, served with the Royal Air Force in the Second World War, and like his father received a D.F.C. before his twentieth birthday.
A New War- The Same Game On the outbreak of the Italian- Abyssinian War, Woolley was speedily posted to the Sudan by air to reorganise the
Woolley receiving his American Legion of Merit from Major-General Benjamin Giles, Cairo, 24.1.1946
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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA 5 A Scarce and Most Unusual ‘Immediate’ 1941 Middle East Vincent Vickers Pilot’s D.F.C. and 1945 Second Award Bar, 1954 A.F.C. Group of Six to Wing Commander F.G. Woolley, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, For a Daring Air to Land Rescue Carried Out On His First Operational Sortie and in the Face of Rapidly Advancing Enemy Troops. He Was Shot Down and Wounded Over Persia, 26.8.1941; Having Been Rescued By the 17th Lancers, He Returned to the UK to Recuperate and Re-Train On Spitfires. He Went On to Claim At Least 4 Destroyed, 1 Probable and 1 Damaged; He Commanded 350 (Belgian) Squadron, March-May 1945. Wolley Was Killed in a Flying Accident, 28.11.1959 a) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1941’ and additionally privately engraved ‘F.G. Woolley’, with Second Award Bar, reverse officially dated ‘1945’ b) Air Force Cross, E.II.R., reverse officially dated ‘1956’ c) 1939-1945 Star d) Air Crew Europe Star e) Defence and War Medals, light contact marks, good very fine, with the following related items: - The recipient’s four Flying Log Books, covering the period 30.1.1940- 20.11.1959 - The recipient’s King’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air Certificate, dated 1.1.1949 - Royal Air Force Certificate of Good Service, dated 1.7.1946 - Named Buckingham Palace enclosure for the D.F.C. - The recipient’s Empire Central Flying School graduation certificate, dated 22.6.1949 - Various newspaper cuttings - Various photographs of the recipient (6) £5,000-7,000 D.F.C. London Gazette 15.7.1941 Pilot Officer Frank Geoffrey Woolley, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 244 Squadron. ‘In May, 1941, one of our aircraft crashed during an attack on an armoured train in enemy territory. In spite of difficult ground, Pilot Officer Woolley landed his aircraft beside the wreckage and picked up the injured pilot and airman. Enemy forces, who had detrained, came towards his aircraft but Pilot Officer Woolley took off over the bad ground with the injured crew and flew safely back to his base. By his prompt and gallant action, Pilot Officer Woolley undoubtedly prevented these airmen from falling into the hands of the enemy and enabled the pilot to receive the medical attention he so urgently needed.’ D.F.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 24.7.1945 Squadron Leader Frank Geoffrey Woolley, D.F.C. (105174), R.A.F.V.R., 130 Sqn. The Recommendation, dated 18.5.1945, states: ‘Since the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross, this Officer has completed a large number of operational sorties including dive-bombing operations, fighter sweeps, escorts and armed reconnaissances, and has destroyed four enemy aircraft and damaged a further two in air combat. On ground attack sorties he has destroyed or damaged 77 assorted pieces of enemy transport often in spite of heavy opposition from enemy ground defences. Squadron Leader Woolley’s courageous leadership and cheerful devotion to duty have contributed in no small way to the outstanding success of his Squadron.’
Wing Commander F.G. Woolley
Remarks of Commander of Wing: ‘Squadron Leader Woolley is a determined and aggressive Leader whose fighting capabilities are reflected in the success achieved by his Squadron. In April alone his Squadron destroyed 38 enemy aircraft with a further 13 either probably destroyed or damaged. Strongly recommended for the non-immediate award of a Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross.’ Remarks of Air Officer Commanding: ‘Squadron Leader Woolley’s tour as a fighter Squadron Commander has been outstandingly successful and his personal score of enemy aircraft destroyed alone has well earned the non-immediate award of a Bar to his Distinguished Flying Cross for which I recommend him.’ A.F.C. London Gazette 31.5.1956 Wing Commander Frank Geoffrey Woolley, D.F.C. (105174), Royal Air Force. King’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air London Gazette 1.1.1949 Flight Lieutenant F.G. Woolley, D.F.C. (105174), R.A.F. Wing Commander Frank Geoffrey Woolley, D.F.C., A.F.C., was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, on the 1st June 1922, the son of the then Flying Officer Frank Woolley and his wife Gladys. Brought up in an Air Force family: ‘They live and talk in air force terms in the Woolley household’, as one newspaper scribe put it (Derbyshire Fighter Aces of World War Two, by Barry Marsden refers), he was destined for Cranwell, but upon the outbreak of the Second World War the College closed. Desperately keen to learn to fly, he wrote to his father,
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5 who by then was on Tedder’s staff out in Singapore, asking permission to join him by working his passage to the Far East. Arriving in Singapore in January 1940, he joined the Singapore Flying Club and his father took him for his ab initio training in an Avro Tutor- the name ‘W/Cdr: Woolley’ featuring prominently as 1st Pilot in the first few pages of the young Frank’s Flying Log Book. Born to fly, ‘his father thought him competent to solo after just 4 hours and 10 minutes of instruction.’ (ibid). Having gained his ‘A’ Licence, he was posted to No. 4 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit at Kallang in July 1940, and then joined No. 4 Service Flying Training School at Habbaniya, Iraq, in September. Commissioned Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 29.3.1941, his first operational posting was to No. 244 Squadron (Vickers Vincents), at Shaibah, near Basra. He was in action soon after- the Axis powers had established a pro-German government in the country, and to counter this Britain sent a Brigade from India under the command of General Wavell. Arriving on the 18th April, the Iraqis responded by besieging the R.A.F. base at Habbaniya, but without any air support were forced to retreat. Wavell followed up by launching an assault on Baghdad, and on the 2nd May Woolley flew his first operational mission, as part of a two-plane sortie to bomb the railway line 60 miles southwest of Ur. It was to prove quite a baptism of fire.
engine gradually dying, and smashed into the ground not far from the track that they had been attacking. Circling the wreckage, Woolley made the decision to land and try to rescue the injured crew of the downed warplane. The ground, sandy and rock-strewn, looked most unsuitable for the purpose but, helped by the robust and massive undercarriage, he managed to put down his Vincent near the broken remnants of the other machine. He and Howard hastily dragged the two aircrew out of their shattered cockpits, administered emergency first aid, and stowed them in the fuselage. Suddenly bullets began whistling around the Vincent as Iraqi soldiers appeared in the distance. To his dismay, Woolley found that his aircraft’s wheels were stuck in the soft sand. With the enemy only a few hundred yards away, he leapt into his cockpit and revved up the motor, as Howard deterred the advancing soldiery by bursts from his Lewis gun. He taxied the ponderous aircraft out of the soft sand onto a stretch of firmer ground and then, heart in mouth, opened the throttle. The lumbering Vincent slowly came unstuck and climbed away to safety.’ (ibid). Through his gallantry and presence of mind Woolley not only saved Haywood and his airman from falling into enemy hands, but by getting them back to base so they could receive urgent medical attention he undoubtedly saved their lives. For this he was awarded an Immediate D.F.C.; the only comment he made in his Log Book on the matter was a pencilled-in ‘Shakey Do’. Baghdad fell to Wavell’s forces on the 30th May, but No. 244 Squadron continued to support the British Forces in the Middle East. On the 26th August he was shot down ten miles south of Ahwaz, Persia, before being rescued by the 17th Lancers. After a period recovering from wounds received in the crash, he rejoined No. 244 Squadron a month later, and was promoted Flying Officer, 29.3.1942. In the autumn of 1942 Woolley returned to England to train as a fighter pilot, joining No. 57 O.T.U. at Hawarden, near Chester- the social life proved ‘a hell of a change from Iraq’,
First Operational Sortie- and First D.F.C.- a ‘Shakey Do’ Piloting his Vincent, with Leading Aircraftman Howard as his observer, Woolley took off from Habbaniya, carrying four 250-lb bombs, and headed for the target around 100 miles from base. ‘As the Vincents sighted the railway, they noticed an armoured train loaded with troops on the line, and manoeuvred to release their bombs on this opportune target. As they pulled out of their runs with bombs gone, Woolley’s companion aircraft, another Vincent piloted by Flight Lieutenant G.B. Haywood, suddenly lurched away, damaged by the blasts of its own bombs. It staggered along, with its
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Woolley in ‘Ethel Marsden’, the Presentation Spitfire paid for by a Lancashire Mill-Owner who named it after his wife, No. 132 Squadron, mid-1943 as he wrote in a letter to his father. Posted to No. 132 Squadron (Spitfires), Martlesham, January 1943, and promoted Flight Lieutenant, 29.3.1943, in August Woolley went on a Fighter Leaders’ course at the School of Tactics, Charmey Down, before being posted as a Flight Commander to No. 602 Squadron (Spitfires), Detling, November 1943. On the 2nd May 1944, he took part in with a force of 11 Spitfires from the Squadron in an attack on the great railway viaduct at Mirville, on the mainline between Paris and Le Havre, diving from 10,000 feet to release their bombs at 3,000 feet, scoring several direct hits, and taking out two of the 39 spans; a week later, on the 10th May, for the first time in eighteen months of combat flying, he opened fire on a German aircraft: ‘Attacked by 10 long nosed FW190’s. Had three squirts at one 190. Range too great. E/A could apparently outrun and outclimb us.’ (Log Book refers). On DDay he flew over the bay of the Seine and Cherbourg Peninsula to provide cover to the American Forces landing on the beaches. On the 15th June the Squadron landed in France for the first time- the overnight stay was not appreciated: ‘Bombed and general bloody shambles all night. Airfield worse than Desert! (ibid). Later that month the Squadron moved to France permanently, and embarked on a series of low level sweeps, strafing enemy transport. On the afternoon of the 2nd July, Woolley, leading a formation of six fighters, finally opened his account: ‘six of us engaged 30 FW190’s and ME109’s. Hell of a scrap. Had many squirts. Final count 2 Destroyed and 4 Damaged. No Loss. Claim 1 FW190 Damaged.’ (ibid). It was just in time, as two days later he finished his first tour. After a spell on the staff of the Fighter Leader School at Millfield, Woolley joined No. 41 Squadron (Spitfires), based in Holland, in January 1945. On the morning of St.
Valentine’s Day, he led two other aircraft in an armed patrol between Lingen and Osnabruck at 3,000 feet. ‘At 8:15 a.m., one mile south of Rheinie airfield, an absolute hotbed of German light AA- he saw twelve enemy aircraft wheeling in the circuit. As he closed the range, traced flashed by him from a FW190, some 400 yards astern. He swiftly broke into the treat, causing his pursuer to turn away for the airfield. Intense light flak opened up, speckling the air round the two fighters. Woolley flinched as a shell smacked into his tailplane. He discovered later that it was a 40mm round, which blew off a large part of his rudder and partly jammed his elevators. Despite his unpromising position, he pressed on grittily, aiming three short bursts at his target from 300 yards. Although he saw no hits, the FW190 pulled up sharply in front of him, and two objects fell away, which he thought was the hood and the pilot baling out. The German warplane turned over and went down, possibly hit by its own flak. Diving away at under 300 feet there seemed little chance that the machine could recover, and Woolley was able to claim a Probable.’ (Derbyshire Fighter Aces of World War Two, by Barry Marsden refers). He recorded the incident in his Log Book: ‘Diced with 12 FW190’s round Rheine Aerodrome: Hit by 40mm flak in tail. Claim one FW190 Probable.’ A First Command, and Victories At Last On the 2nd March Woolley was rewarded with his first Command, when he was posted to No. 350 (Belgian) Squadron (Spitfires), Eindhoven. Leading from the front, he chalked up his first Destroyed on the 13th March, ten miles north-east of Hamm: ‘Bounced 20 FW190’s. Claim 1 FW190 Destroyed (Flamer)’ (Log Book refers). On the 24th April he got another ‘Flamer’, this time a ME108 south of Wismar at 3,000 feet, and the following day he destroyed a
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Siebel 204 during an armed recce over Pritzwalk. His fourth confirmed Destroyed came on the 30th April, during a patrol over the Lauenberg-Elbe bridgehead at 2,000 feet: ‘One FW190 Destroyed “Flamer”’ (ibid). With three victories in 7 days he was closing in on ‘Ace’ status, but time was running out. He had a final run in with the Luffwaffe on the 2nd May, whilst patrolling Wittenber-Schwerin, and chased 8 FW190’s and 1 ME262, but unfortunately the ‘Bastards got away in cloud.’ (ibid). Five days later the War in Europe ended. Although not strictly an Ace, with four confirmed Destroyed, one probable, and one damaged, Woolley had come within a fraction of achieving that coveted status, and, for his leadership of No. 350 Squadron, during which period they destroyed at least 38 enemy aircraft, he was awarded a Bar to his Distinguished Flying Cross. After the War, and following in his father’s footsteps, he decided to make the Royal Air Force his full-time career. Appointed to the Command of No. 130 Squadron (Spitfires), he received a permanent Commission as a Flight Lieutenant, 1.7.1946, before converting to jet aircraft prior to joining HQ No. 11 Group in December 1946. Appointed a Flight Commander with No. 54 Squadron (Vampires), January 1948, in July of that year he took part in the Squadron’s goodwill tour of Canada and the United States of America- the tour involved the first ever crossing of the Atlantic by jet aircraft, a hazardous flight, with strong headwinds and cloudbanks up to 40,000 feet. The tour was a huge success, with the local press describing Woolley and his colleagues as ‘the slickest airborne ambassadors of goodwill you’ll ever have a look-see at, these personable lads with their charm and rugged good looks are doing a jam up job of cementing international relations.’ One performance, at Greenville, South Carolina, was described as ‘the most
remarkable precision flying in aviation history here.’ Awarded a King’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air in the New Year’s Honours, 1949, Woolley was promoted Squadron Leader, 1.7.1949, before moving to an Air Ministry posting in 1951. Promoted Wing Commander, 1.3.1954, and posted as Wing Commander (Flying) to 123 Wing, R.A.F. Wunsdorf, he was awarded the Air Force Cross in 1956 primarily as a result of his work with the Wing. There followed three years as an instructor at the R.A.F. Staff College before he went on a course to the R.A.F. Flying College at Manby, Lincolnshire. ‘At midday on the 28th November, 1959, a Canberra jet bomber took off from Manby for Malta, with Frank Woolley acting as navigator. The pilot climbed to 1,500 feet when he felt himself losing control of the aircraft and ordered the other two crew members to eject. Ejecting aircrew had to clear the aircraft at a safe height to survive the low-level baleout and then operate their own parachutes. Breaking his arm as he left the doomed bomber, the pain and shock from his injury prevented him from using his arm to pull the ripcord. His body was found in a field, with the unopened parachute still strapped in place. An inquest judged that the severe injury to his arm was the cause of his untimely end, with the immediate trauma paralysing him for the critical period which meant the difference between life and death. He was undoubtedly marked for high command, and might well, like his father before him, have achieved Air rank but for his tragic end. His body was cremated and his ashes were brought back to Ilkeston to lie with those of his family.’ (Portraits of Heroes, by Barry Marsden refers).
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6 The Group of Fourteen Miniature Awards worn by Air Commodore F. Woolley, Royal Air Force The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion’s (C.B.) Badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military Division, Officer’s (O.B.E.) Badge, silver-gilt; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals; General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Southern Desert, Iraq; 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star, with rosette on riband; Pacific Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals United States of America, Legion of Merit, Officer’s breast Badge, gilt and enamel, with miniature Star emblem on riband; Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, the Coronation Medal not represented, nearly very fine or better, mounted as worn The Group of Six Miniature Awards worn by Wing Commander F.G. Woolley, Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar; Air Force Cross, G.VI.R.; 1939-1945 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, with France and Germany Bar; Defence and War Medals, very fine (20) £300-400
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7 A Good ‘Crimea’ C.B. Group of Six to Colonel H.C.C. Owen, Royal Engineers, Who Was Thanked For His Services in South Africa, 1846-7, And Lost a Leg as a Result of a Wound Received in the Trenches in Front of the Redan, 19.4.1855 a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion’s (C.B.) breast Badge, gold (indistinct Hallmarks for London) and enamel, 1st 1815 wide suspension type, with swivel ring, maker’s initials ‘IN’ on suspension loop, with its integral gold riband buckle b) South Africa 1834-53 (2nd Capt. H.C.C. Owen, Rl. Engrs.), edge bruising c) Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued, foliate suspension ends smoothed, possibly to facilitate mounting d) France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast Badge, 62mm including crown suspension x 42mm, silver, gold applique, and enamel, enamel damage e) Turkey, Order of Medjidieh, Fifth Class breast Badge, 73mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 49mm, silver, gold, and enamel, minor enamel damage to altered suspension, with additional contemporary silver riband buckle f) Turkish Crimea, British die, neatly plugged with ring and ball suspension, light contact marks overall, minor enamel damage to the Medjidieh, nearly very fine or better, with several photographic images of recipient (lot) £3,500-4,500 C.B. London Gazette 5.2.1856 Major Henry Charles Cunliffe Owen, Royal Engineers.
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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA Colonel Henry Charles Cunliffe Owen, C.B., was born Lausanne, Switzerland, October 1821, the son of Captain C.C. Owen, R.N., and was educated privately and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers, March 1839, he was promoted Lieutenant, September 1841, and served in South Africa during the Kaffir War of 1846-47, where he supervised the construction of the boat bridge over the Fish River. He was thanked for his services in General Orders by Sir P. Maitland and Sir G. Pechels, and promoted Second Captain, October 1847. In November 1850 Owen was permitted by the Commander-in-Chief to accept an appointment under the Royal Commission for the Great Exhibition of 1851, and was employed firstly as computer of space for the United Kingdom, then as superintendent of the Foreign Departments, and finally, after the Exhibition was opened, as its General Superintendent; after the Exhibition closed he was appointed to another civilian post as Inspector of Art Schools, Department of Practical Art, Board of Trade, and was elected as an Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, February 1852. With the outbreak of the Crimean War Owen re-joined the British forces before Sebastopol, where he was wounded by a musketball, when engaged in the trenches directing his men to turn some rifle-pits in front of the Redan which had just been captured from the Russians, 19.4.1855 (London Gazette 1.5.1855 refers); he lost his leg and was invalided home; the History of the Corps of Royal Engineers by Whitworth Porter gives the following: ‘On the night of April 19th two large rifle-pits which had been constructed by the Russians, well in front of their post at the Quarries, and which, owing to the advance of our trenches on the left of our right attack, had become perilously close, were assaulted. For the purpose of the attack 600 men of the 77th Regiment under Colonel Egerton were brought into the trenches, and Lieutenant Colonel Tylden, R.E., in charge of the right attack, explained the proposed course of proceeding. At 9.30pm the dash was made, the enemy driven out after a sharp resistance, and the working party brought forward to make the necessary lodgement. This consisted of 150 men, who were in the charge of Captain Owen, R.E., and Lieutenant Baynes, R.E., with a brigade of Sappers. The nearest rifle-pit was promptly reversed, so as to give cover from the Quarries, and connected on its left with our advanced boyeau, whilst on the right it was prolonged to form a more extended lodgement. The enemy returned repeatedly to the attack during the night, and a very heavy fire was kept up on the working party. The British were, however, not to be dislodged, and the pit from that moment became part of our advanced attack. Unfortunately, this success was not secured without heavy loss, Colonel Egerton, who led the assault, was killed, and both of the Engineers, Owen and Baynes, wounded, the latter mortally; Captain Owen had his leg shattered by a grape shot, necessitating amputation’. For his services in the Crimea Owen was promoted Brevet Major; appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath; Mentioned in Lord Raglan’s Despatches; awarded the French Legion of Honour and the Turkish Order of the Medjidieh; and awarded a pension of £100 per annum). Upon returning home he was appointed Assistant InspectorGeneral of Fortifications at the War Office, October 1855; he later served as Deputy Inspector-General of Fortifications under Sir John Fax Burgoyne, 1856-60, before being appointed Commanding Royal Engineer of the Western District; and was advanced Brevet Colonel, November 1861. Colonel Owen died in 1867, and is buried in Plymouth Cemetery. A stained-glass window was erected to his memory in the Chancel of St. James’s Church, Plymouth. PROVENANCE:
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Lieutenant-Colonel James Cairns, C.I.E., O.B.E., E.D. (1885-1939), born Glasgow; educated at Allan Glen’s School, and the University of Glasgow; prior to the Great War practised as resident House Surgeon and Physician Royal, Victoria Infirmaries, Glasgow, and Resident Assistant Physician, Knightswood and Ruchill Hospitals, Glasgow. Commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps, he served during the Great War with the R.A.M.C. in India (entitled to British War Medal only) and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and Mentioned in Despatches. After the War transferred to the Auxiliary Force Medical Corps, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Appointed Assistant Medical Officer of Health, Bombay, 1919; Principal Medical Officer of Health of the G.I.P. Railway, March 1920; Chief Medical Officer, North Western Railway, 1927. Served with the St. John Ambulance Brigade, No.1 District, India, from 1927, and honorary president, Punjab Branch, British Medical Association. On the occasion of the Quetta Earthquake, 31.5.1935, which claimed the lives of between 30,000 and 60,000 people, Cairns went to Quetta in charge of the medical contingent, which left Lahore fully equipped within a few hours of the disaster (largely thanks to his forethought and preparations for emergencies), and ‘for his brilliant work on this occasion he was granted the C.I.E.’ (the recipient’s Obituary in The British Medical Journal refers)- a rare instance of a C.I.E. being awarded for specific geographic service. Awarded the Efficiency Decoration, 3.6.1939; died Lahore.
8 A Scarce India ‘Quetta Earthquake’ C.I.E., Great War O.B.E. Group of Eight to Lieutenant-Colonel J. Cairns, Royal Army Medical Corps, Who Was The Officer Commanding the Medical Response Contingent Sent to Deal With the Aftermath of the Natural Disaster, Which Caused the Loss of Tens of Thousands of Lives a) The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Companion’s (C.I.E.) neck Badge, gold and enamel b) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military Division, Officer’s (O.B.E.) breast Badge, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1919) c) The Most Venerable Order of St. John, Commander’s neck Badge, silver and enamel d) British War Medal (Major J. Cairns.) e) Jubilee 1935 f) Coronation 1937 g) Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., silver and silvergilt, the reverse engraved ‘Major (Hony.Lt.-Col.). J. Cairns, A.F. (Med.Corps)’, with integral top ‘India’ riband bar h) Service Medal of the Order of St. John (2263. Asst./Commr. J. Cairns. No.1 Dis. India. S.J.A.B.O. 1938.), nearly extremely fine or better, with a photographic image of the recipient (8) £800-1,200 C.I.E. London Gazette 1.1.1936 James Cairns, Esq., O.B.E., Chief Medical and Health Officer, North-Western Railway, Punjab. O.B.E. London Gazette 12.9.1919 Cairns, T./Capt. James, R.A.M.C. (T.F.) ‘In recognition of distinguished services rendered in India in connection with the War.’ Commander, Order of St. John London Gazette 3.1.1936 James Cairns, O.B.E., M.B.
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9 9 A ‘Burra Sahib’s’ C.I.E. Group of Five to Captain A.R. Leishman, Assam-Bengal Railway Volunteer Rifles a) The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Companion’s (C.I.E.) neck Badge, gold and enamel b) British War Medal (Capt. A.R. Leishman) c) Delhi Durbar 1911, silver d) Indian Volunteer Forces Officer’s Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, the reverse engraved ‘Capt. A.R. Leishman, The A.B. Rly. Bn. (A.F.I.)’, with integral top riband bar e) Volunteer Force Long Service & G.C., G.V.R. (Lieutt. A.R. Leishman, Assam Bl. Ry. Vol. Rfls.), good very fine, all mounted court style for display purposes, together with a portrait photograph of the recipient (5) £800-1,200 C.I.E. London Gazette 3.6.1931 Alan Ross Leishman, Esq., V.D., Manager, James Finlay and Company, Chittagong, Bengal. Captain Alan Ross Leishman, C.I.E., born 1878, and educated at Aldenham School; worked in India with James Finlay & Co., Chittagong, and subsequently served as President of the local Chamber of Commerce, and Chairman of the Port Commissioners (1929-34); Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Assam-Bengal Railway Volunteer Rifles, October 1908; promoted Lieutenant, September 1909; awarded the Indian Volunteer L.S. & G.C. Medal, June 1915; promoted Captain, July 1916, and served during the Great War with the Indian Defence Force (entitled to British War Medal only); awarded the Indian Volunteer Forces Officer’s Decoration, September 1923. Created a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire for his services
Captain A.R. Leishman as Manager of James Finlay & Co., June 1931, he retired to England, where he died at Bromley, Kent in December 1937, after having been knocked down and fatally injured by a motor-cyclist - the latter being driven by an R.A.F. Sergeant based at R.A.F. Biggin Hill.
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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA 10 The Outstanding Spitfire Ace’s C.B.E., Second War 1943 ‘Immediate’ D.S.O., 1940 ‘Immediate’ Battle of Britain D.F.C. and Bar Group of Eight to Pilot Officer, Later Air Commodore, R. ‘Ras’ Berry, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Accredited With At Least 14 Destroyed, 10 Shared Destroyed, 9 Probables, 17 Damaged and 7 Destroyed on the Ground. The “Mighty Atom” was Involved in One of the Earliest Interceptions Of the War Over the United Kingdom, Claiming a He.III Damaged, 7.12.1939, Before Going On To Rack Up 30 Claims On Enemy Aircraft with 603 Squadron During 1940. He Commanded 81 Squadron in North Africa, Before Commanding 322 (Spitfire) Wing, North Africa, March-June 1943 a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division, Commander’s (C.B.E.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard & Co. case of issue b) Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse of suspension bar officially dated ‘1943’, with integral top-riband bar c) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1940’, with Second Award Bar, reverse officially dated ‘1943’ d) 1939-1945 Star, with Battle of Britain Bar e) Air Crew Europe Star, with Atlantic Bar f) Africa Star, with North Africa 1942-43 Bar g) Defence and War Medals h) Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R. (Act. Sqn. Ldr. R. Berry. R.A.F.V.R.), generally very fine or better, mounted as originally worn, with the following related items: - The recipient’s associated miniature awards, mounted for wear; riband bar, buttons and various cloth insignia - D.F.C. Royal Mint case of issue - Bestowal document for the C.B.E., named to Group Captain Ronald Berry, D.S.O., O.B.E., D.F.C., dated 1.1.1965 - Three R.A.F. Pilot’s Flying Log Books (25.4.193723.8.1946; 8.10.1947-30.11.1956 and 7.2.195715.7.1959) - Original Caricature in pastels of the recipient as “The Mighty Atom”, as published in Airmail - Seven R.A.F. War Issue Editions of aviation maps of Great Britain, with annotations by recipient - A number of photographs from various stages of recipient’s career - A Cassette recording of an interview with recipient for a BBC Radio Scotland programme called ‘Scotland’s Golden Years In The Air’; a signed print called the ‘The Scenic Route’, by Alan S. Holt, signed by the artist, a limited edition of 500 - A large R.A.F. ‘Themed’ Leaving Card, commemorating Berry’s years in the service, with 20 signatures - Newspaper cuttings and other emphera (lot) £80,000-120,000 C.B.E. London Gazette 1.1.1965 Group Captain Ronald Berry, D.S.O., O.B.E., D.F.C., Royal Air Force D.S.O. London Gazette 1.6.1943 Acting Wing Commander Ronald Berry, D.F.C. (78538), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Air Commodore R. Berry
The Recommendation states: ‘Out of a total of 412 operational sorties this Officer has carried out 45 Sweeps over France and no less than 85 Sweeps since coming to North Africa six months ago. The work carried out by Fighter Squadrons at Bone under his leadership during the first few months of this campaign was largely responsible for the sea supply lines being kept open. More later as Wing Commander Flying 322 Wing and then as O.C. 322 Wing his organising and directive ability coupled with sound leadership both in the air and on the ground have greatly contributed to the success of the Wing. He personally has been responsible for the destruction of 17E/A, and the probable destruction of 8 others. In addition he has damaged a further 12 E/A. His gallantry and determination to engage the enemy at all times are outstanding and I strongly recommend him for this Award.’ O.B.E. London Gazette 1.1.1946 Acting Wing Commander Ronald Berry, D.S.O., D.F.C. (78538), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve D.F.C. London Gazette 25.10.1940 Pilot Officer Ronald Berry (78538), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve The Recommendation states: ‘Pilot Officer Berry joined his Squadron as a Sergeant Pilot in the R.A.F.V.R. in October 1939. Whilst with his Squadron in Scotland, his section was responsible for the destruction of a Ju.88, a Do.17 and a He.111. His Squadron moved to S.E. England on 27th August, 1940, and Pilot Officer Berry, leading his Section, has displayed great skill and courage in all his engagements with the enemy. In these operations he has, himself, destroyed 6 Me.109’s and shared in the destruction of a further 2 Me.109’s and a Do.17. He has also probably destroyed at least 4 Me.109’s. This gallant young Officer, throughout innumerable
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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA engagements with the enemy, has shown great bravery and determination in pressing home his attacks to close range. His example, coupled with his cheerfulness and hard work in the Squadron, have done much to ensure its success in action.’ Remarks of the Air Officer Commanding, Air Vice Marshall K.R. Park: ‘This young pilot has shown great bravery and determination in pressing home his attacks to close range. He has also led his section with skill and dash. He is cheerful and hard working. He has shot down six enemy aircraft and probably several others. I strongly recommend him for the Immediate award of the Distinguished Flying Cross.’ D.F.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 2.3.1943 Squadron Leader Ronald Berry, D.F.C. (78538), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 81 Squadron The Recommendation states: ‘S/Ldr. Berry has been on operational flying since the beginning of the war, and at all times has shown himself to be a keen, courageous and resourceful pilot. At Hornchurch and again in North Africa he has acted as deputy Wing Commander Flying in an exemplary manner. He has destroyed 15 aircraft, probably destroyed nine, and damaged many others.’ Covering Remarks of Air Officer Commander, No.242 Group: ‘Wing Commander Berry took over the Wing leadership of 322 Wing whilst commanding a Squadron and has led Squadrons successfully on numerous sorties. He has shown great determination and courage over a long period both as a Squadron Commander and Wing Leader. Strongly recommended for the award of a Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross.’ Air Commodore Ronald “Ras” Berry, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C. (1917-2000), born Hull; educated at the Hull Technical School and subsequently employed in the City Treasurer’s Department; joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as Sergeant Pilot, 24.4.1937; he carried out his weekend flying training in Hawker Harts and Hinds at No. 4 E & R.F.T.S., Brough; after further training at No. 8 A.O.S. he was called up with the outbreak of the Second War, and posted as a Pilot Officer for operational service to 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force (Spitfires), Turnhouse, November 1939; he was one the detachment sent to Montrose to protect the airfield there; Berry was involved in one of the earliest interceptions of the war over the United Kingdom, when he damaged a He.III south east of Montrose, 7.12.1939; during the “phoney” war the squadron flew numerous defensive patrols over Scotland; he was active against convoy raiders off the coast of the Scotland, and on 30.6.1940, ‘Engaged Ju.88 80m E. of Peterhead’ (Log Book refers); the latter was claimed as Damaged; Richard Hillary (a squadron conteporary of Berry) gives the following incite in his book The Last Enemy, published in 1942, ‘Pilot Officer Berry, commonly known as Raspberry, came from Hull. He was short and stocky, with a ruddy complexion and a mouth that was always grinning or coming out with some broad Yorkshire witticism impossible to answer. Above that mouth, surprisingly, sprouted a heavy black moustache, which induced me to call him the organgrinder. His reply to this was always unprintable but very much to the point. Even on the blackest days he radiated an infectious good-humour. His aggressive spirit chafed at the Squadron’s present inactivity and he was always the first to hear any rumour of our moving south.’ Thankfully for Berry the following month was far busier, with the squadron adding 10 enemy aircraft to their score; Berry shared a Ju.88, a Do.17 and a He.III during this month, the first being 3.7.1940, ‘Shot Down Ju.88 10 miles N. Montrose. I claim this destroyed myself although 2 others fired it 15 minutes before without result’ (Log Book refers); Battle Over Britain by Francis Mason gives further insight into the squadron’s activity for the day, ‘the most successful pilots on the 3rd July were those of No. 603 (City of
Mission Completed- R.A.F. Turnhouse, Edinburgh, January 1941 Edinburgh) Squadron which was at this early stage of the Battle operating Sections and Flights of Spitfires at Dyce, Montrose and Turnhouse. At 13.46 hours Green Section (Fg. Off. B.J.G. Carbury, Plt. Off. R. Berry and Plt. Off. B. Stapleton) was ordered off to investigate an aircraft in the neighbourhood of Montrose and found a Junkers Ju.88A-2 of 8 Staffel, KG 30, which they shot down into the sea. Three of the crew were seen to survive the combat. At 16.15 hours Red Section (Sqdn. Ldr. G.L. Denholm, Plt. Off. D. StewartClark and Sgt. I.K. Arber) intercepted another Ju.88 from the same Staffel, twenty-five miles noth-east of Peterhead; in shooting this aircraft down, all three Spitfires suffered damage from the German gunners. Yet a third Ju.88 of 8./KG 30 was destroyed by 603 Squadron when Plt. Off. I.S. Ritchie, Plt. Off. G.K. Gilroy and Sgt. J.R. Caister came upon a raider off Stonehaven.’ Hornchurch - A Happy Hunting Ground As a consequence of mounting casualities south of the border, 603 Squadron was posted to Hornchurch; Berry was delighted with this turn of events, as Hillary recorded: ‘It had come at last. The whole Squadron was moving down to Turnhouse. That was only Edinburgh, but with the German offensive in full swing in the south, it could mean only one thing. In a very few days we should be further south and in it. Broody Benson was hopping up and down like a madman. “Now we’ll show the bastards! Jesus, will we show ‘em!” Stapme was capering about shaking everyone by the hand, and Raspberry’s moustache looked as though it would fall off with excitment. “Eh, now they’ll cop it and no mistake,” he chortled. “I’ve had just about enough of bulling about up here!”
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‘The Mighty Atom’ Berry arrived at Hornchurch, 27.8.1940, and was immediately into the action the following day, ‘Patrol 30,000 Dover Area. 1 Me. 109 Probable. 1 Me. 109 Damaged’ (Log Book refers); on the 31st August he accounted for three enemy aircraft in one day, ‘Ras remembered that day particularly clearly and drew on it to graphically describe a typical day’s readiness for recording in the squadron history. “The batman’s knock on the door before dawn signalled the beginning of another day.... and we were required to report almost immediately for dawn-to-breakfast standby; a quick cup of tea in the Mess, a few quips from the chaps, then onto the three ton truck which took the pilots to Squadron dispersal point, a hut on the far side of the airfield. Wearing my Mae West, and after briefing by the C.O., I went to meet my ground crew, two devoted airmen who treated and cared for my Spitfire like the thoroughbred she was. After that, back to dispersal to report aircraft OK. The squadron came to ‘readiness’. It was still dark... The first sortie was usually about breakfast time, the last about 2000hrs. We had egg, bacon and beans which was sent over from the Mess. Other times we ate when we could. Some didn’t live to enjoy breakfast.”’ (Ronald Berry Hull’s Spitfire ‘Ace’, D. Chester refers) During his second scramble of the morning Berry found himself over the Canterbury area ‘in the thick of a mass of wheeling, milling Me. 109s, which were protecting their big brothers, the Heinkel and Dornier bombers.
The squadron split up and in seconds I was in a dogfight with a 109. The turn got tighter. The question was which of us would straighten up - would the 109 roll over and disappear or stay long enough for me to get a bead on him? He left it too late. I got in a long burst, then another, and he burst into flames… Another 109 crossed below and in front. I rolled over and followed him. He never saw me. I gave him a long burst as I closed rapidly on his tail. There was a long trail of smoke and flame and he went straight into the ground.’ (Obituary refers) Scrambled again in the early evening Berry chased a Me. 109 heading east and shot it down over Shoeburyness; as a consequence of this eventful days’ flying he acquired for himself the nickname of “The Mighty Atom.” The Mighty Atom The squadron was hard pressed during September 1940, and often involved in three or four fierce battles against overwhelming odds on a daily basis, “when I saw Heinkel bombers unleashing their load onto the poor populace of London it had an effect of making me hopping mad and I think from that moment on I had the feeling there was something much more serious than just having dofights in the air... I was enraged at that sort of bombing. I acquired what I can only describe as being a ‘bloodlust’. I was just getting on with my job at first - I never thought of killing anybody - but then I felt pretty bloody minded about it - and
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North Africa, 1943 I kept this attitude, this bloodlust, through-out the war, as far as I could” (Ronald Berry Hull’s Spitfire ‘Ace’, D. Chester refers); casualties mounted amongst the original members of the weekend fliers, but Berry’s record during this month was both constant and outstanding: 1.9.1940 Me.109 Shared. Canterbury 2.9.1940 Me.109 Damaged. Chatham 9.9.1940 He.III Damaged. North of Ford 11.9.1940 Me.110 Damaged. South London 15.9.1940 Me.109 Probable. Dungeness 15.9.1940 Me.109 Probable. South-east Chatham 15.9.1940 Do.17 Destroyed. South-east of Chatham 17.9.1940 Me.109 Probable. Chatham 27.9.1940 Me.109 Destroyed. Gravesend 27.9.1940 Me.109 Shared. Gravesend 27.9.1940 Me.109 Probable. Gravesend 29.9.1940 Me.109 Probable. Hornchurch 29.9.1940 Me.109 Damaged. Hornchurch 30.9.1940 Two Me.109s Destroyed. Biggin Hill By the end of September Berry had earned a weekend of leave, and he used this to good effect by popping back up to Hull to get married; he was also recommended for the first of his D.F.C.s; fighting activities began to tail off by the end of October and into November, however, Berry still managed to damage a Me.109, 27.10.1940; in November Berry shared a Me.110, damaged a He.113 and destroyed a Me.109 before encountering the Italian Air Force for the first time; the latter was during only its second raid on England, 23.11.1940; off Dover Berry ‘Shot Down CR.42 & 1 Prob. CR.42. First Italian Victim - Dog Fight with Biplane-Fighter’ (Log Book refers) C/O 81 Squadron Berry returned with the squadron to Scotland in December 1940 - of the 24 pilots that had been originally posted to Hornchurch in August, only 8 were to fly back to Scotland;
he was promoted ‘A’ Flight Commander, January 1941; his operational tour ended in April, and he was posted as Fighter Controller at Turnhouse; promoted Squadron Leader, 1.12.1941; despite his role Berry still managed to fit in several scrambles in Hurricanes; his relative rest over Berry was appointed to the command of 81 Squadron (Spitfires), Ouston, 16.1.1942; the squadron were employed with convoy patrols until May, when Berry took them to Hornchurch; whilst stationed at the latter they carried out offensive sweeps as part of the Hornchurch Wing over Europe, including 14.7.1942, ‘Offensive Sweep Ostend. 3 Ships Attacked. P/O Smackleton Picked Up in Sea. Flak!! + Some’ and 15.7.1942, ‘Offensive Sweep Etaples. Gun Posts Attacked. W/C Finucane Crash Landed & Drowned’ (Log Book refers); he carried out 4 offensive patrols as part of the air cover for the Dieppe Raid, 19.8.1942; as summer progressed Berry led the Wing more frequently, often acting as escort for formations of Flying Fortresses; in October the squadron became non-operational to prepare for a posting overseas; moving up to Scotland they embarked on M.V. Leinster at Greenock, 25.10.1942. North Africa - Operation Torch The squadron disembarked at Gibraltar, 6.11.1942; they were re-equipped with tropical Spitfire Vc’s and took off for Algiers with 90 gallon tanks, 8.11.1942; as the Allied Landings of Operation Torch commenced the squadron touched down at Maison Blanche; Berry’s squadron was the first Allied Squadron to land in French North Africa; as Sergeant Alan Peart (81 Squadron) recorded, they did not receive the warmest of welcomes, “The airfield was still in French hands. Ras on landing got into an argument with the local French Commander, each claiming the other as his prisoner, until a British tank appeared which settled the matter”; Berry did not waste any time and had the squadron up on a scramble the same day; success for the squadron, and indeed Berry, was immediate during their first full day of
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operational flying, ‘Patrol Algiers. First Big Air Fights 81’s Day Out! (7 Destroyed)’ (Log Book refers); Berry’s score was boosted by one Ju.88 destroyed, another shared and a He.111 shared; he damaged another Ju.88, 11.11.1942, ‘Patrol Bougie. 1 Damaged Ju.88. Convoy In Harbour Attacked By 6 Ju.88s Followed By 4 Savoias Carrying Out Torpedo Attack. Carried Out Dummy Attacks On Wops. No Ammo Left. P/O Rigby. F/O Large Shot Down At Bougie’ (Log Book refers); two days later the squadron moved to Bone; on the 14th the squadron was caught on the ground by raiders and suffered heavy casualties, Berry managed to get up in time and damage a Macci; on his return from the sortie Berry was delighted to see that RAF Command had sent forward ten aircraft of 111 Squadron to further reinforce the base, Berry greeted 111 Squadron’s C.O., “Thank God you’ve arrived... we’ve flown our arses off, most of our aircraft have been bombed or shot up and there is no early warning system. We’re sitting ducks” (Ronald Berry Hull’s Spitfire ‘Ace’, D. Chester, refers); Berry records the following for the day, ‘1 Macci Damaged. Chased A Ju.88 & 2 109’s. They Escaped In Cloud. Ju.88’s Attacked The Drome All Day. F/Lt. Bedford Badly Burnt. P/O Fenwick Slightly Injured. F/S Friar Killed In Air Combat Over Drome’; the squadron suffered another pilot wounded, and one missing in action from a similar attack two days later; Berry continued to lead from the front claiming 2 Me. 109s damaged, 26.11.1942, and sharing another two days later; on the 28.11.1942, due to Group Captain Appleton, D.S.O., D.F.C. becoming a casualty, “Dutch” Hugo (see Spink 22.4.2010 sale for Hugo’s medals) moved up from Wing Leader to C/O of 322 Wing and Berry was appointed Acting Wing Leader; in December he shared a FW 190 over Bone, destroyed another over Terbouba, and destroyed an Italian S.79 over the same area. 322 Wing On the 5th January 1943 Berry’s Log Book gives the following, ‘Squadron Moved To Constantine For A Well Earned Rest. Having Destroyed 29 and a third - Probably Destroyed 141⁄ 2 - And 38 Damaged From 8. Nov. 1942 - 4. Jan. 1943. F/Lt. Waud - D.F.C. P/O Fenwick - D.F.C. Sgt. Moston - D.F.M. F/Lt Walker - D.F.C. & Bar F/Lt Bedford - D.F.C. Self Bar To D.F.C. Squadron Total Ops. Hrs. 2,260’; Berry was promoted Wing Commander, 22.1.1943; he took over the Command of 322 Wing from Hugo in March 1943, handing command of 81 Squadron over to Squadron Leader C. Gray; the Wing comprised of Nos. 81, 152, 154, 232 and 242 Squadrons, all whom were Spitfire squadrons; as the Tunisian campaign progressed the Wing carried out more and more close-support work attacking Army targets and escorting bomber attacks; Berry undaunted by his new role took up where he had left off, 31.1.1943, ‘Shot Down 109G2. 20 Miles E of Bone. Pilot Baled Out 20,000 & Captured’; he destroyed another Me.109, 25.2.1943, with the Pilot once again having to bale-out; Hugo also liked to keep his hand in, as Berry records on an Escort and Cover mission for 12 Mitchells, 1.3.1943, just before he handed over command of the Wing, ‘G/Capt. Hugo D.S.O., D.FC. x 2 et Croix de Guerre & Bronze Palme!! My No. 2!!’; the following day, on a similar operation, Berry added a Me. 109 as a Probable over Mateur;
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he claimed another damaged, 8.3.1943, ‘Beja - 6 Me.109G’s - Had A Head-On Squirt 22,000’; having been awarded a Bar to his D.F.C., his combat record for April re-inforced his obvious desire to engage the enemy head-on: 3.4.1943 FW 190 Damaged. 5.4.1943 Ju.87 Damaged. Pont du Fahs 13.4.1943 Me.109 Probable. Enfidaville - Ponts du Fahs 25.4.1943 Me.109 Damaged. Medjez 26.4.1943 Me.109 Damaged. May heralded the end of the campaign in Tunisia, however, there was still time for Berry to destroy a Ju.52 on the ground, 6.5.1943, and six Me.109’s on the ground the following day; he and Hugo also liberated a ‘Captured Hun Recce Plane’ flying it back to base together on the 10th; on the 15th May Berry recorded the following in his Log Book, ‘Awarded the D.S.O. - Victories 171⁄ 2 Dest. 9 Prob. Dest. 17 Dam. 1 Ju.52 On Ground. 126 Fighter Sweeps. 560 Ops. Hrs.’ The ‘Quiet’ Life On the 20th May Berry led Nos. 154, 232 and 242 Squadrons in the Fly Past for the Victory Parade in Tunis; a few days later he was posted for service in the UK; his journey, as a passenger, was almost as ‘hairy’ as if he had been flying his Spitfire, ‘Algiers- Oran - Oran - Gibraltar Gibraltar - Tempsford. 3 Hun Officers On Plane - I Guess They’d “Had It”. Shot At By Guns Of Spain & Spanish Morroco Over Spain Portugal France. Ceiling 300! At Base’; recognised as one of the leading fighter pilots of the day Berry was posted as Officer Commanding Training Wing to 53 (Spitfire) O.T.U., Kirton-in-Lindsey, June 1943; despite his busy schedule he still managed to fit in the odd social engagement, 13-15.9.1943, ‘Visit to Hornchurch - (B. Of B. Luncheon At Simpsons 14th); 20-27.9.1943, ‘Battle Of Britain Parade - Rehearsal’ and 21.4.1944, ‘Dinner At Tangmere For General Eisenhower’; after attending the Army Staff College at Camberley Berry was posted as Wing Commander Training and Plans A.D. G.B. - H.Q.F.C., February 1944; he was posted as Chief Flying Instructor, Flight Leaders’ School, Milfield, August 1944; after the war he formed the Central Fighter Establishment at Tangmere, commanded R.A.F. Acklington and served at No.12 Group as Wing Commander Operations; he was posted to command the Air Fighting Development Unit, West Raynham, 1947, before being sent on an exchange to the United States Air Force in the early 1950s; during the latter he flew in many types of aircraft at the air proving ground; upon his return Berry was appointed Wing Commander Plans at Fighter Command; in 1954 he attended the Joint Services Staff College prior to taking a Bomber Course; having completed the course he was appointed Wing Commander Flying at Wittering on Valiant Jet bombers; with the appointment of former fighter leader, Air Chief Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst, to lead Bomber Command, he sent Berry to command 543 Squadron one of the new Valiant nuclear deterrent squadrons; Berry left the squadron in 1959, when he was promoted Group Captain, and appointed Director of Operations, Navigation and Air Traffic Control at the Air Ministry; after two years at the Air Ministry he was posted to command R.A.F. Lindholme; promoted Air Commodore, Berry was one of 13 serving Group Captains and one Air Commodore who had fought in the Battle of Britain chosen to march at the head of Sir Winston Churchill’s funeral procession in 1965; briefly employed at the Board of Trade he retired in 1969. Berry’s Spitfire 1X, code EN199, bearing the initials R-B, flown by him from January 1943 to the end of Operation Torch has been restored and is on display at the Malta Aviation Museum at the former RAF base at Ta’ Qali.
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11 A Second War ‘1943’ C.B.E. Group of Eight to Brigadier and Noted Artillery Historian O.F.G. Hogg, Royal Artillery a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division, Commander’s neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel b) 1914 Star, with Bar (Lieut: O.F.G. Hogg. R.G.A.) c) British War and Victory Medals (Capt. O.F.G. Hogg.) d) Defence and War Medals e) Coronation 1937 f) Poland, Republic, Order of Poland Restored, 1st type, Commander’s neck Badge, 58mm, silver-gilt and enamel, minor blue enamel damage to motto on last, good very fine or better, the medals contained in a Spink, London, fitted case with the recipient’s brother’s intitals ‘C.C.H.H.’ embossed on the lid; the Polish award in Spink, London, case of issue (8) £500-600 C.B.E. London Gazette 2.6.1943 Colonel (temporary Brigadier) Oliver Frederick Gillilan Hogg (4083), late Royal Artillery Poland, Order of Poland Restored, Commander London Gazette 7.12.1944 Colonel (Temporary Brigadier) Oliver Frederick Gillian Hogg, C.B.E. (4083), late Royal Artillery ‘In recognition of distinguished services in the cause of the Allies.’ Brigadier Oliver Frederick Gillilan Hogg, C.B.E., (1887-1979), born Bedford; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, 23.7.1907; promoted Lieutenant, 23.7.1910; served during the Great War with No 2 Section Anti-Aircraft, Royal Garrison Artillery, on the Western Front from 26.8.1914; promoted Captain, 30.10.1914; Major, 22.5.1926; appointed Assistant Master-General of Ordnances, War Office, with the temporary rank of Brigadier, 1939; Deputy Director of Military Administration, Ministry of Supply, 1939; Director of Military Administration, 1941; retired, 1946. A distinguished historian and writer, Brigadier Hogg devoted his retirement years to the study and history of Artillery, his greatest works being the monumental two volume history of the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. He also wrote Artillery: Its Origin, Heyday and Decline; Clubs to Cannon: Warfare and Weapons Before the Introduction of Gunpowder; and English artillery, 1326-1716: The history of artillery in this country prior to the formation of the Royal Regiment of Artillery.
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12 A Great War C.B.E. Group of Four to Commander A.E. Acheson, Royal Navy, Late Naval Transport Staff a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military Division, Commander’s (C.B.E.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel b) 1914 Star (Commdr A.E. Acheson, R.N., Transport Staff.) c) British War and Victory Medals (Commr. A.E. Acheson. R.N.), good very fine, the 1914 Star scarce to unit (4) £350-400 C.B.E. London Gazette 4.7.1919 Commander Albert Edward Acheson, O.B.E., R.N. ‘For valuable services as Divisional Naval Transport Officer, Manchester. O.B.E. London Gazette 7.6.1918 Commander Albert Edward Acheson, R.N., Divisional Naval Transport Officer, Manchester ‘For services in connection with the War.’ Commander Albert Edward Acheson, C.B.E., (1863-1945), born Dublin; Commissioned Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Navy, 22.8.1891; promoted Liuetenant, 31.10.1895; Commander, 2.5.1907; served during the Great War initially with the Naval Transport Staff at Marseilles, France, the gateway port for the disembarkation of Indian divisions, and subsequent reinforcements for the Indian Corps sent to France from India in 1914; subsequently as Divisional Naval Transport Officer at Manchester; died Brooklands, Cheshire.
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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA 13 A Rare ‘Uganda 1899’ D.S.O., and Superb Campaign Combination Group of Nine to Brigadier-General J.T. Evatt, 39th Garhwal Rifles and Uganda Rifles, Who Successfully Defeated and Captured Kabarega and Mwanga, The Kings of Unyoro and Uganda; Before Leading the Military Operations Against the Nandi, July-October 1900. With a ‘Face Like An Old Walrus, Running Them All With An Iron Hand - He Was Almost a Prototype Of An Indomitable ‘C.O.’ He Went On To Raise the 2nd Battalion of the 39th Garhwal Rifles, He Was Also The First Colonel of The Regiment a) Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, obverse centre slightly depressed, minor enamel damage b) India General Service 1854-95, two clasps, Burma 1889-92, Chin Hills 1892-93 (Lieut. J.T. Evatt 39th Bl. Infy.) c) India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Capt. J.T. Evatt 39th Bl. Infy.) d) East and Central Africa 1897-99, two clasps, 1898, Uganda 1899 (Maj: J.T. Evatt, 1/Uganda Rif:) e) Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp, Uganda 1900 (Lt: Col: J.T. Evatt. D.S.O. Uganda Rif:) f) British War and Victory Medals (Brig. Gen. J.T. Evatt.) g) Jubilee 1935 h) Coronation 1937, generally very fine or better, mounted as originally worn (9) £7,000-9,000 D.S.O. London Gazette 9.1.1900 Capt. John Thorold Evatt, Indian Staff Corps, ‘In recognition of services in Uganda.’ Brigadier-General John Thorold Evatt, D.S.O., born 1861, son Henry Ashmore, late 90th Light Infantry and Public Works Department, Ceylon; educated at Whitgift School, Croydon; served in the Royal South Middlesex Militia prior to being commissioned Second Lieutenant, 54th Foot, 1881; transferred as Lieutenant to the Indian Staff Corps, 1883; served with the 39th Bengal Infantry as part of the Tlang-Tlang and Tashon Columns in Burma 1891-92; Captain 1892; served with the regiment during the operations on the North West Frontier, 1897-98, including in the Mohmand and Malakand operations in Bajaur; he also served with the Tirah Expeditionary Force prior to service in Africa; advanced Major and served with the 1st Battalion Uganda Rifles in British East Africa; took part in the expedition against the Ogaden Somalis, 1898; serving in Uganda, 1898-99, Evatt commanded the forces which advanced down the Nile defeating and capturing Kabarega and Mwanga, Kings of Unyoro and Uganda (D.S.O.; Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 2.1.1900); Acting Commissioner Ternan’s despatch to the Marquis of Salisbury, dated 31.5.1899, Kampala, gives the following:
Brigadier-General J.T. Evatt
‘I have the honour to forward herewith Lieutenant-Colonel Evatt’s Report upon the recent operations so successfully carried out by him agains Kabarega, late King of Unyoro. As your Lordship is aware, Kabarega, after carrying on hostilities against this Administration for some years, was defeated in 1896, and finally driven out of Unyoro into the Wakedi country, where he settled down with a large number of his following. Since that time, however, he has never ceased to carry on by every means in his power a desultory war against the Government, and, by a series of raids, directed against the Wanyoro living on the west bank of the Nile, has caused the greatest suffering to his former subjects, and kept Unyoro itself in a state of excitement which prevented it from quietly settling down, and much interfered with its satisfactory administration.
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In February last I decided that the time had come when a decisive blow might be struck which would finally put a stop to this state of things, and arrangements were accordingly made to collect a force at Mruli, with a view to acting against Kabarega in the Wakedi country, and either capturing him or breaking his power. In forwarding Lieutenant-Colonel Evatt’s Report on the subsequent operations, I would point out to your Lordship that the nature of the country, the hositility of its inhabitants, and the want of reliable maps and information, made the task assigned to Lieutenant-Colonel Evatt one of peculiar difficulty, and the extremely able and thorough manner in which he accomplished his object is, therefore, all the more striking. I venture to submit Lieutenant-Colonel Evatt’s name for your Lordship’s favourable consideration.’ Magor adds the following in African General Service Medals, ‘They crossed Lake Kwania by canoe and captured Mwanga and Kaberega. This action was described as ‘an unexpected and unspectacular conclusion to two long and troublesome careers.’ In one account it is stated that Kaberega was wounded in his last fight and taken to a military hospital, but as some other African was treated before him, he became incensed, jumped off his stretcher and kicked the European doctor in the bottom. The doctor however took the assault philosophically, ‘After all, it’s not every day that one is kicked by a king.’ Evatt was presented with his D.S.O. by the Commissioner and Consul-General in Uganda. He stayed in Uganda, and led the military operations against the Nandi between JulyOctober 1900. Magor gives the following, ‘the Nandi had
remained hostile and the situation was aggravated by the approach of the Uganda Railway. Persistent looting and attacks necessitated another expedition. This was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel J.T. Evatt, D.S.O., who was described as ‘brawny, thick and glaring, a bit gray and a face like an old walrus, running them all with an iron hand...’ - he was almost a prototype of an indomitable ‘C.O.’ In June, Captain Parkin (Northants Regt.) and a small expedition of 25 rifles and some Masai spearmen killed 25 Nandi and captured 229 cattle and 1,800 sheep and goats. However they were followed up by the Nandi and lost 2 killed and 1 wounded. The action precipitated Evatt’s expedition which absorbed virtually all the resources of the Uganda Rifles. The Nandi dispersed and refused to fight, but cut up a number of small parties, even annihilating 20 Sudanese in one skirmish. Evatt was reinforced by Masai irregulars, who were adept at finding the cattle which the Nandi had hidden in the caves of the Escarpment. Thus quite severe pecuniary losses were inflicted on the Nandi as large numbers of cattle and goats were captured. Evatt’s camp was attacked and might well have been overwhelmed if the Nandi, who fought with great courage, had not been driven off by fire from the maxim gun.’ Evatt’s report of the expedition given to Colonel A.H. Coles, Officer Commanding Uganda Rifles, dated December 1900, gives more detail: It was not until the advent of some 300 Masai and Kamasia spearmen that really effective results were obtained. After the arrival of these auxiliaries the operations assumed the nature
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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA of a series of raids of two or three days’ duration, when columns consisting of about 40 rifles and 100 Masai (generally under a British officer) moved from a central camp on the lightest possible scale of baggage. It was on these occasions that the heaviest casualties were inflicted on the Nandi. These operations involved some independent fighting, mostly borne by the auxiliaries, who, from their superior mobility, were generally in advance of the troops, who thus acted as a support. In spite of their alertness by day, the Nandi were on several occasions taken completely by surprise at night, and heavy damage inflicted upon them. In this manner the Nandi country was a second time traversed, i.e. from east to west, columns being sent in all directions as the main body of the force moved forward. In the vicinity of the western extremity of the escarpment operations were undertaken against the cave strongholds of the Nandi, which they regarded as impregnable.... Situated amongst the rocks and boulders it is almost impossible without a guide to locate their entrances. Of these there are generally several, barricaded with rocks and stones, and loopholed in such a manner that to take them with troops armed with rifles and with no protective arrangement against arrows would result in disproportionate loss of life. The caves were, however, taken with comparatively inconsiderable casualties by employing bodies of auxiliaries, who advanced against the entrances under cover of their shields and were supported by rifles. The barricades were then pulled away and an entrance forced. After the reduction of the second cave the enemy evacuated the remainder, in some of which considerable quantities of grain were found..... Acting on information which consistently pointed to the majority of the Nandi live stock (and therefore fighting men) being in the low-lying hills between the Lumbwa Escarpment and the Nyando River, I proceeded with the remainder of the force, consisting of 145 rifles (local troops) and 300 Masai, in a southerly direction from Nandi Station... I had on the previous day received authentic information as to the whereabouts of the most troublesome leaders of the rebellion, the two Laibons, or medicine men, Kibiles and Goitalel, and of the intention of the enemy to break back to the Nandi Escarpment as soon as the troops should arrive in the vicinity of Fort Ternan. I therefore decided to attack at once. Leaving a sufficient guard in camp I divided the remainder of the force into two columns, which left camp at 11pm on the 12th October. One column under ColourSergeant J. Ellison, was to proceed to the east, cross the Nyando River, and attacking the Bomas or zaribas... to drive the enemy west, returning to camp, if possible, before nightfall.... Colour-Sergeant Ellison... inflicted severe loss on the enemy. With the other column I proceeded with the intention of surprising the Boma of the Laibons, and of subsequently acting as circumstances might demand. After marching continuously until about 4am on the 13th the zariba was surrounded and taken after considerable opposition. The column then continued its advance, and after making large captures of livestock, and inflicting severe losses on the
enemy, a suitable site was selected (at about 1pm on the 13th) for a bivouac, as it was impossible to reach camp before nightfall. Owing to various circumstances it was found impracticable to complete more than a zariba for the captured livestock. The troops and the auxiliaries were placed in the most favourable positions for protecting the captures and resisting an attack, and were warned of the extreme probability of this being made. The attack in fact, took place at about 11pm, when it appears that the enemy assaulted in three bodies, one of which, breaking through the Masai spearmen, entered the cattle zariba, and thence inflicted most of the losses which occurred. The night was pitch dark, and nothing could be seen at more than a few yards distance. Fire was opened at once, and no entrance was affected through the troops, who generally behaved with commendable steadiness. Some confusion was occasioned by the Masai spearmen crowding round the Maxim gun and preventing it from coming into action. This was, however, soon rectified, and after the gun commenced fire the enemy made no further attacks... I regret that in this engagement Dr. J.L. Sherlock, Uganda Medical Service, and 10 native ranks were killed, and Lieutenant K. Henderson, Indian Staff Corps, and 18 native ranks were wounded. The enemy left 21 dead in close proximity to the Boma; their total losses during the operations of the 12th and 13th October being 74 authenticated killed, including the Laibon Goitalel, 1,039 cattle, and 3,100 sheep and goats. This was the last event of the expedition, the Lumbwa and Nandi tribes having since submitted and peace having been concluded.... In adopting the tactics dictated by those of the enemy, I have been guided by the ordinary military principle of making the destruction or deprivation of what they prize most as my first object. This undoubtedly their livestock, the capture of which has, I firmly believe, been the only means through which it was possible to kill an exemplary number of an extremely mobile enemy, who (from a record of hostility, treachery, and murder probably unexampled in the history of the Protectorate) have called on themselves such punishment as has been meted to them.’ Evatt was Mentioned in Despatches and given Brevet of Lieutenant Colonel in recognition of his services in Uganda. He raised and commanded the first Indian Contingent for Uganda, and commanded the Uganda Military Force. In March 1901 Evatt raised and commanded the 49th (The Garhwal Rifle) Regiment of Bengal Infantry. The nucleus was provided by the 39th Royal Garhwal Rifles and in November of the same year the two battalions were redesignated as the 1st and 2nd Battalions 39th Garhwal Rifles. Evatt advanced to Colonel, 23.11.1907. He served as Temporary BrigadierGeneral, Commanding the Madras Brigade, 1907-1910. Retiring with the rank of Brigadier-General, 1913, Evatt was appointed as the first Colonel of the Regiment (39th Garhwal Rifles) the following year. He re-engaged for service as a Brigade Commander during the Great War (Mentioned in the Secretary of State’s Despatch London Gazette 25.1.1917). He served as Deputy Assistant Censor, 1916-17, and as Area Commandant in France in 1917.
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14 Distinguished Proficiency, and prizes for chemistry, tactics, military engineering, artillery, military topography, geometrical drawing, infantry drill, and free hand drawing; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers, 27.7.1905; promoted Lieutenant, 11.1.1908; employed with the Egyptian Army, 24.1.1908- 14.12.1912, present during the operations in Southern Kordofan, November to December 1910, and awarded the Turkish Order of the Medjidieh; after returning to England he was one of six officers from the Royal Engineers to be personally presented to H.M. the King; served with the Royal Engineers during the Great War on the Western Front; promoted Captain, 30.10.1914, acting Major, 9.5.1917, awarded the Military Cross and twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 22.6.1915 and 7.7.1919); after the Great War appointed Deputy Assistant Director of Railways and Roads at the War Office, with the temporary rank of Major, 1.6.1919; appointed Deputy Assistant Director of Fortifications and Works, 25.5.1922; retired with the rank of Major, 15.7.1925; re-employed at the start of the Second World War as an Assistant Director of Fortifications and Works, with the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, 1.9.1939; died at Aldershot, Hampshire, 10.7.1946, and his ashes are buried in Golders Green Crematorium, London. A personal tribute to him that appeared in The Times, 3.8.1946, recalled: ‘In my opinion no other Sapper contributed more than Sinauer to the Army’s success in the Air Defence of Great Britain. When he eventually left the War Office to join the Headquarters of Anti-Aircraft Command, we missed his wise council, his great knowledge and his never failing good humour.’
14 A Scarce Second War O.B.E., Great War ‘1916’ M.C. Group of Seven to Lieutenant-Colonel E.M. Sinauer, Royal Engineers a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division, Officer’s (O.B.E.) breast Badge, silver-gilt b) Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse privately engraved in sans-serif capitals ‘Capt. E.M. Sinauer. R.E. 1916’ c) 1914 Star, with Bar (Lieut. E.M. Sinauer. R.E.) d) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Major E.M. Sinauer) e) Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Medjidieh, Fourth Class breast Badge, 70mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 53mm, silver, gold applique, and enamel, with rosette on riband f) Khedive’s Sudan 1910-22, one clasp, S. Kordofan 1910 (Lieut. E.M. Sinauer. R.E.), officially engraved, generally very fine or better, mounted court style for display purposes (7) £3,000-4,000 O.B.E. London Gazette 1.1.1941 Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Esmond Moreton Sinauer, M.C., retired pay, late Royal Engineers. M.C. London Gazette 3.6.1916 Capt. Esmond Moreton Sinauer, R.E. ‘For Distinguished Service in the Field.’
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15 15 A Second War M.B.E. Group of Nine to Squadron Leader J. Holt, Royal Air Force, Who Served With the Lancashire Fusiliers During The Great War, and Landed With Them At Gallipoli, 25.4.1915, When the Regiment Won ‘Six V.C.s Before Breakfast’ a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division, Member’s (M.B.E.) breast Badge, silver b) The Most Venerable Order of St. John, Officer’s breast Badge, silver and enamel c) 1914-15 Star (1222 Cpl. J. Holt. Lan. Fus.) d) British War and Victory Medals (1222 Cpl. J. Holt. Lan. Fus.) e) Defence and War Medals f) Delhi Durbar 1911, silver g) Royal Air Force Long Service & G.C., G.V.R. (104814 S.M.1. J. Holt. R.A.F.), the M.B.E. mounted with Civil Division riband, good very fine, mounted court style as worn (9) £350-450 M.B.E. London Gazette 14.6.1945 Squadron Leader John Holt (23106), Royal Air Force. Order of St. John, Officer London Gazette 8.7.1947 Squadron Leader John Holt, M.B.E., R.A.F. Squadron Leader John Holt, M.B.E., served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 25.4.1915 (Lancashire Landings day); transferred to the Royal Air Force, and awarded L.S. & G.C., 2.6.1925, whilst holding the rank of Sergeant Major 1st Class; Commissioned Medical Quartermaster and Flying Officer, 8.9.1930; promoted Flight Lieutenant, 1.8.1938; Squadron Leader, 1.7.1943; retired, 26.12.1946.
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16 16 An M.B.E. Group of Six to Assistant Chief Constable W.E. Glover, Liverpool City Police Force a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Civil Division, Member’s (M.B.E.) breast Badge, silver (Hallmarks for London 1919) b) The Most Venerable Order of St. John, Serving Brother’s breast Badge, circular type, silver and enamel c) Defence Medal d) Jubilee 1935 e) Coronation 1937 f) Liverpool City Police Good Service Medal, silver, with ‘Service Over 30 Years’, ‘Service Over 35 Years’, and ‘Service Over 40 Years’ clasps, final clasp handengraved, reverse engraved ‘Presented by The Watch Committee 24th July 1930’, edge engraved ‘Asst Chief Constable William Egerton Glover M.B.E.’, generally good very fine or better, final clasp rare, the last lacking its integral top riband bar, mounted as worn and housed in a Kenning, London, leather case, together with a photographic image of the recipient (6) £400-500 M.B.E. London Gazette 3.6.1925 William Egerton Glover, Esq., Chief Superintendent, Liverpool Police Order of St. John, Serving Brother London Gazette 26.6.1934 William Egerton Glover, M.B.E.
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17 17 A Post-War M.B.E., Group of Seven to Lieutenant-Colonel J. Fox, Simla Volunteer Rifles, Late Cheshire Regiment a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military Division, Member’s (M.B.E.) breast Badge, silver, (Hallmarks for London 1919) b) British War Medal (Lieut. J. Fox) c) Victory Medal (Lieut. James Fox) d) Delhi Durbar 1911, silver e) Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Field Marshal’s bust’ type (Sub-Condtr. James Fox. India Misc List) f) Volunteer Force Long Service & G.C., G.V.R. (Serjt. J. Fox. Simla Vol. Rfls.) g) Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st ‘Field Marshal’s bust’ type (Condr. J. Fox. I.M.L.), generally good very fine, mounted court style for wear, together with a photographic image of the recipient (7) £600-800 M.B.E. London Gazette 2.6.1923 Deputy Commissary and Captain James Fox, Indian Miscellaneous List M.S.M. London Gazette 3.6.1919 Condr., Fox, J., Misc. List ‘In recognition of valuable service rendered in connection with the War.’ Lieutenant-Colonel James Fox, M.B.E., (1878-1949), born Chester; enlisted in the 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, as a Band Boy, August 1893; transferred to the 2nd Battalion, February 1894, and served with the Battalion in India as a Bandsman; advanced Sergeant, June 1901; SubConductor, August 1905; awarded L.S. & G.C., March 1912; promoted Conductor, April 1913; served during the Great War with the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force; awarded Volunteer Force L.S. & G.C. as a Sergeant in the Simla Volunteer Rifles, January 1917; promoted Assistant Commissary with the rank of Lieutenant, June 1918; served as Personal Assistant to the Quartermaster General, August 1921 to March 1924; promoted Deputy Commissary and
Lieutenant-Colonel J. Fox Captain, March 1923; appointed Officer Supervisor to the Quarter Master General, March 1924; promoted Commissary and Major, June 1924; Commissary and Lieutenant-Colonel, November 1927; retired 1931; and subsequently served as President of the India Army Headquarters Association. PROVENANCE:
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18 18 A Scarce ‘Malaya’ M.B.E. Group of Four to Lieutenant-Colonel J.C. Flitch, Royal Army Dental Corps a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division, Member’s (M.B.E.) breast Badge, silver b) Defence and War Medals c) General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (Major J.C. Flitch, R.A.D.C.), good very fine or better, mounted court style for wear (4) £300-350 M.B.E. London Gazette 30.10.1953 Major John Crawford Flitch (263425), Royal Army Dental Corps ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Malaya during the period 1st January to 30th June, 1953.’ The Recommendation, dated 16.6.1953, states: ‘Throughout the period covered by this citation [January 1952 - June 1953] Major Flitch has had the dental care of all ranks of GHQ, FARELF, among other units. His professional work has constantly been of the very highest quality and has earned the unstinted praise not only of patients but also of inspecting Dental Officers. Major Flitch has shown a zeal, steadfastness and devotion to duty which have been a great inspiration to all those with whom he has come in contact.’ Lieutenant-Colonel John Crawford Flitch, M.B.E., born November 1919; Commissioned Lieutenant, Army Dental Corps, 15.3.1943; promoted Captain, Royal Army Dental Corps, 15.3.1944; Major, 15.3.1951; Lieutenant-Colonel, 15.3.1958; retired, 25.11.1963.
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19 The Second War 1942 ‘Dieppe Raid’ D.S.C. Group of Nine to Lieutenant-Commander (E.) A.J. Lee, Royal Navy, For His Gallantry When the Destroyer H.M.S. Brocklesby Grounded on ‘White Beach’ During the Evacuation Operations, Where Under Point Blank Fire From German Shore Batteries, he Effected Repairs Enabling the Ship to Get Under Way, Thus Saving Her From Certain Loss. A Great War Veteran, Lee Served at Dunkirk, St. Nazaire- For Which He Was Recommended For a D.S.C.- and Dieppe; When He Participated in the Last Two Raids He Was Nearly 50 Years of Age a) Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1942’ (Hallmarks for London 1942) b) 1914-15 Star (M.1138, A.J. Lee, E.R.A. 4., R.N.) c) British War and Victory Medals (M.1138 A.J. Lee. E.R.A. 3 R.N.) d) 1939-1945 Star e) Atlantic Star f) Africa Star g) Defence and War Medals, generally very fine or better, mounted court-style for display (9) £6,000-8,000 D.S.C. London Gazette 2.10.1942 Lt (E) Albert James Lee, R.N. (Dieppe), H.M.S. Brocklesby The Recommendation, dated 22.8.1942, states: ‘Whilst under heavy fire, showed coolness and skill in effecting repairs to forced lubrication system, thus enabling the ship to get under way again. As the ship was under fire at point blank range from shore batteries, his promptness saved the ship from becoming a total loss.’
Lieutenant-Commander (E.) Albert James Lee, D.S.C. (1893-1970); served with the Royal Navy during the Great War as an Engine Room Artificer, and progressed through the rates being made Warrant Engineer, 1.4.1925; service between the Wars included in the destroyer H.M.S. Tyrant, of which his then commanding officer wrote: ‘In every way that I am competent to judge, he is a model engineer officer of a destroyer. I cannot imagine a better one... his opinions are shrewd and well expressed.’ (Service Papers refer); commissioned Lieutenant (Engineer), 1.7.1939; served in the destroyer H.M.S. Saladin, July 1938 to June 1940, during which period she took part in the evacuation of allied troops from the beaches of Dunkirk, May 1940, sustaining severe damage from enemy air attacks; later that year Lee transferred to H.M.S. Brocklesby, a ‘Hunt’ Class Destroyer launched 30.9.1940 and completed 1.4.1941; on completion she joined the 15th Destroyer Flotilla, Plymouth Command. The St. Nazaire Raid Brocklesby was employed with convoy escort duties until 1942, when she was tasked to participate in ‘The Greatest Raid of All’, the St. Nazaire Raid, 27.3.1942: ‘The naval forces comprised one motor gunboat as headquarters ship, in which were embarked the Senior naval officer (Commander R.E.D. Ryder) and the military commander (LieutenantColonel A.C. Newman), 16 motor launches (M.L.s), some carrying troops and some armed with torpedoes, and one motor torpedo boat (M.T.B.). The Campbeltown (Lieutenant Commander S.H. Beattie) also carried troops. For the outward passage all the headquarters staff embarked in the destroyer Atherstone. She and her sister ship the Tynedale formed the escort force, while two more ‘Hunt’ Class destroyers (the Cleveland and the Brocklesby) were to reinforce the expedition for the homeward passage’ (The War at Sea, Vol. II, Captain S.W. Roskill, D.S.C., R.N., refers).
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April 24, 2014 - London H.M.S.’s Brockelsby and Cleveland came under heavy and constant air attack whilst assisting in the return of H.M. Motor Torpedo Boat 314, and H.M. Motor Launches 270 and 446 from St. Nazaire. For his gallant conduct during the St. Nazaire raid operations Lee was recommended for the award of an Immediate D.S.C., 9.4.1942.
White Beach, actually arrived on Red, where six were quickly hit by shellfire and destroyed. These were the last craft even to attempt a landing on Red Beach. The two surviving craft got away - one carrying no fewer than eighty men - but were so badly damaged that they sank shortly after delivering their passengers to the destroyers.’ (ibid) Due to the distinct lack of small craft, ‘the Royal Navy were doing all they could to support the troops ashore while under air attack from dive-bombers and being shelled from the cliffs. H.M.S. Brocklesby went within 500 yards of the shore off the main Dieppe beach to bombard the headlands and ran briefly aground. H.M.S. Berkeley, also sailing close to the beach, was hit amidships by a bomb which killed a number of the crew and broke the ship’s back.’ The situation was desperate, and given Brocklesby’s proximity to the beach a lot of the troops decided to swim for it. The latter included Royal Marine Richard McConkey of ‘A’ Commando, ‘I swam... we were picked up by H.M.S. Brocklesby, and they gave us dry gear and put us below, but then their Skipper came down and said, ‘Can any of you Marines use an Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun?’ So my mate Knocker White went up and soon had it blazing away. We got hit six times on the Brocklesby and went aground once, but they stayed to pick up survivors - what guts that Skipper had! We came back to Pompey doing four knots under air attack most of the way!’ The incident when the Brocklesby ran aground to which McConkey refers, was the moment in which Lee saved the destroyer and the lives of all those aboard. His Skipper gives more incite, ‘The smoke almost brought disaster to Brocklesby when the destroyer moved into White Beach during the evacuation. “I approached as close as I considered navigationally safe in thick smoke and then turned parallel to the beach’, said her Captain, Lieutenant-Commander [Edward] Nigel Pumphrey. “Since I could give no assistance commensurate with the risk to my ship from staying so close inshore I altered to port to open from the shore but as the ship turned her stern grounded. I continued to go ahead and she came off but hits from shells emptied the lubricating oil reserve tank and shot away the lubricating pipes, putting both engines out of action.’ As Brocklesby drifted helplessly Lt. Albert Lee saved the ship by repairing the system while under fire, and within three minutes the destroyer was under way again.’ (Dieppe 1942 - The Jubilee Disaster, R. Atkin refers). For this act, carried out under heavy shell and small arms fire, Lee was this time awarded the D.S.C. - the only one given to H.M.S. Brocklesby for the Dieppe Raid. His Skipper received a Bar to his D.S.O. When Brocklesby and her complement finally managed to limp home, it took six weeks to repair the damage done to her during the course of the raid. Lee remained with the Brocklesby until May 1943, when he was placed on the retirement list, being appointed Lieutenant Commander (E) Retd, 1.7.1947. A veteran in all senses of the word, Lee was nearly 50 years of age when he took part in both the St. Nazaire and Dieppe Raids.
The Dieppe Raid Five months later Lee and the Brocklesby were involved in another daring Commando raid, this time on Dieppe, 19.8.1942; as one of eight small destroyers (H.M.S.s Albrighton, Berkeley, Bleasdale, Brocklesby, Calpe, Fernie, Garth and the Polish Destroyer Slazak) she travelled out from Newhaven the night before the raid, taking up a sentinel position on the eastern side of the Jubilee assault fleet. In the early hours of the 19th the raid’s supporting destroyers bombarded Dieppe seafront and the two headland positions prior to the first waves on of troops landing at 05.23hrs. As the raid progressed the destroyers continued to engage the larger German gun emplacements and provide what covering fire they could with their 4 inch guns for both the landing craft and the assaulting British Commandos and Canadian troops. As the raid started to stall, and eventually go from worse to worse with grievous losses being suffered by both the land and sea forces, the withdrawal was ordered, ‘The signal to withdraw, the codeword ‘Vanquish’, went out at 0950hrs when the withdrawal was set for forty minutes later at 1030hrs. This was swiftly amended to 1100hrs... HughesHallett then had to send word to Commander H.V. McClintock, the officer in charge of the boat pool, ordering the landing craft into the beaches for evacuation. Orders also went out to the bombardment destroyers, urging them to shell the German positions on the headlands and reduce their ability to hamper the evacuation. H.M.S. Brocklesby duly shelled the slopes around Pourville, and H.M.S. Garth, though low on 4 inch ammunition, engaged the guns on the eastern headland.’ (The Dieppe Raid, R. Neillands refers). The communication of Hughes-Hallett’s order was misinterpreted by several of his officers and in consequence, ‘a considerable number of LCP (L)s.... duly crossed the Channel and were back in Newhaven that evening, without a single soldier on board.’ (ibid). This was to prove catastrophic as these small craft were vital for enabling the evacuation of the retreating troops directly from the beaches, ‘The premature departure of those landing craft to the UK was now taking effect. There were no more boats to send in and those reaching the beach were in trouble... The scenes on Red and White Beaches during this time were quite terrible, each a larger replica of those taking place at Pourville. Of the four LCAs that made up the first wave into White Beach, all were immediately rushed by troops, one was promptly overturned and then hit by artillery fire, all on board being killed. The other three craft managed to limp out to the destroyers, each carrying some seventy men, about twice the safe number. Another eight LCAs, supposed to land on
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- Letter to the same effect from Major General J.C. Hardy, M.V.O., Chief of Staff, Department of The Commandant General Royal Marines, dated 22.6.1982 - Letter of congratulation to recipient’s father from Captain N. Barker, R.N., dated 1.8.1982 - Copy of recipient’s Official Record of Proceedings for the action at Grytviken to his C/O, original dated 7.5.1982 - Copy of Mills’ recommendations for Operational Awards for his men as a consequence of the engagement with Argentine forces at Grytviken, 3.4.1982, originally dated 7.5.1982 - Carbon Service Certificate for the period 30.6.198216.9.1982, signed by Captain N. Barker, H.M.S. Endurance - A number of photographs from various stages of recipient’s career, and a quantity of original newspaper cuttings - Correspondence relating to Mills joining the Royal Marines, and copies of Officers’ Confidential Report - a quantity of Airmail Envelopes for ships’ complements use, stamped ‘H.M.S. Endurance, Antarctica, 9.6.1982’ - H.M.S. Endurance Christmas Card; Return of H.M.S. Endurance cover, with British Forces Postal Service Centenary cancellation; two South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Official First Day Covers, each featuring 25p, 50p, 60p, and £1.05
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20 Captain Keith Paul Mills, D.S.C., R.M., was born in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, and grew up in Amlwch on Anglesey. The son ‘of a nuclear engineer, he attended Sir Thomas Jones’ School before entering the Royal Marines, in September 1978, as a Probationary Second Lieutenant. After training in England and Brunei, and a tour of duty with 41 Commando RM in Northern Ireland, he attended a Professional Studies Course at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. At the suggestion of one of his troop sergeants, Barry Nelms, he applied for the appointment of Officer Commanding Royal Marines Detachment, H.M.S. Endurance, and was mildly surprised when his application was approved in the spring of 1981. Of medium height, lightly framed, he was physically well adapted for the various sports which interested him. A subaqua diver, skier and mountaineer, he was also a light middleweight boxer and judo black belt. The angular face and deep-set brilliant eyes reflected great vitality and a driving ambition to live life to the full... Perhaps the ultimate tribute to Keith Mills was the comment - made after the war of 1982 - by one of his contemporaries: ‘We were bloody lucky in the character of the bloke who happened to be in command down there.’ (Operation Paraquat, The Battle for South Georgia, R. Perkins refers)
stamps, the latter showing Mills Peak, with cancellations, both signed ‘Guy Sheridan’ and ‘Keith Mills’; and postcard of Grytviken Church, in envelope addressed to the recipient, with South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands cancellation - Admiralty Chart of South Georgia, showing the location of Mills Peak - Limited edition Print “Action at Grytviken - 3rd April 1982” by Bert Felstead, number 100 of 100, signed by Mills - Order of Service for the Rededication of H.M.S. Endurance, dated 8.10.1981; Order of Service to Commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Liberation of South Georgia, 25.4.1982 (lot) £140,000-180,000 D.S.C. London Gazette 4.6.1982 Acting Lieutenant Keith Paul Mills, Royal Marines. ‘Lieutenant Mills was the Commanding Officer of a 22-man Royal Marines contingent despatched to South Georgia on 31st March 1982 to monitor the activities of a group of Argentines illegally landed on the island and to protect a British Antarctic Survey Team based there. On 3rd April 1982 a major Argentine assault began on the island and, following his unsuccessful attempts to forestall the attack by negotiation, Lieutenant Mills conducted a valiant defence in the face of overwhelming odds. In spite of the fact that his unit was impossibly outnumbered, extensive damage was inflicted on the Argentine corvette Guerrico, one helicopter was shot down and another damaged. Only when the detachment was completely surrounded, and it was obvious that further resistance would serve no purpose, did he order a ceasefire, placing himself at great personal risk to convey this fact to the invading forces. Lieutenant Mills’ resolute leadership during this action reflected the finest traditions of the Corps.’
Argentina - A Brief Stop-Over Having been appointed Officer Commanding Royal Marines Detachment, H.M.S. Endurance (Antarctic Ice Patrol Ship) Mills set sail with her and his 13 men, from Southsea in October 1981. After ‘calling at Gibraltar, Funchal, Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo, the Endurance reached Bahia Blanca, an 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. (Ibid)
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(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 With no inkling of future hostilities the Endurance left Bahia Blanca on the 1st December and dropped anchor in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, four days later. 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. Included in these visits soon to be ‘enemy waters’ was a trip to Mar del Plata, February 1982, where Mills’ Marine Detachment were 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’ (Ibid). 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. “Any Old Iron” 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. The BAS team 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. Hunt proposed that ‘H.M.S. Endurance should return to South Georgia as heavyweight bailiff.’ 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 (senior Non-Com of the R.M. Detachment - see Lot 445 Spink April 2012), as the Endurance’s football team triumphed against 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
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The Royal Marines Force which defended King Edward Point on the morning of the 3rd April, 1982 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 off 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 Mills’ command 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). It would take three days for the Endurance and her Marine Detachment to reach South Georgia. In the interim period the BAS team was requested to keep a covert watch on Leith Harbour pending the return of the British ship. They established themselves on Jason Peak, the main feature of the Busen Peninsula. On the 23rd March they reported the departure of the Bahia Buen Suceso from Leith. She had unloaded a large number of fuel drums and had 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 March Nick Barker anchored the Endurance off Grytviken, awaiting further orders from London. 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, ‘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) Mills and Leach returned safely, and over the next few days the two naval forces shadowed each other, with Barker keeping his two Wasps busy with constant reconnaissance. 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 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
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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.’ (Ibid) It was decided that both the marines and the scientists would live together in the large building called Shackleton House. Mills took over Quigley’s House to act as his store and armoury. The platoon was dependent on the BAS for food and drink so Mills set up a strict rationing system. 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, ‘Like any other young officer ever given the chance to show his mettle, Mills was fully aware of the opportunity which suddenly had presented itself. Apart from any fresh instructions which might come to him by radio, he was free of any constraining influence by officers of higher rank. It did not require a vivid imagination to understand that his reputation in the Corps might be made or marred by his personal decisions in the coming hours and days. His situation was in every respect unique. It is not possible to recall any other episode in British military history when such a small force has been placed in such an isolated position and with so much hanging on its conduct.’ (Ibid) Down to Business Mills 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 BAS 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
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April 24, 2014 - London clothing and other equipment. With a little luck, they could sustain themselves for weeks in the empty wastes of the hinterland’ (Ibid). 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. Mills ‘ordered his men to pack their Bergen rucksacks with spare clothing, food and ammunition. The packs were loaded onto the BAS tractor and trailer and hauled around the edge of the Cove to Grytviken where they were dumped at the church. Having resisted the initial landing, the marines would make a fighting withdrawal, under cover of darkness, recover their packs, and then move inland. The intended route would take them up the steep 2,000-foot slopes of Mount Hodges and northward to Maiviken. Mills hoped to hide his small force among the rock caves and snow pinnacles and conduct a guerrilla campaign until such time as a relief force might appear. He also counted upon being able to make use of the BAS hut and emergency food dump at Maiviken.’ (Ibid)
then decided that - allowing for the limitations of the homemade code - this signal more or less permitted him to use his own on-the-spot judgement. The question of surrender had not previously surfaced in the orders given to him. Reasonably happy with this interpretation, he left Steve Martin alone in the radio shack and went up to Shackleton House to talk to Peter Leach. A short time later, at 1320, Martin received another message from the Endurance: ‘The Officer Commanding Royal Marines is not repeat not to take any action which may endanger life.’ Martin called Mills back to the shack and they stared in amazement at the slit of paper. This was something entirely new. If followed, this instruction did not allow Keith Mills even the modest latitude of the Yellow Card rules. Literally it denied him the right to open fire under any circumstances. He concluded that ‘nobody wanted to take the rap for dead men’ and tried to dismiss the message from his mind. It seemed that he had been ‘dumped in at the deep end’ and could expect little official support if things went wrong.’ (Ibid)
Roll Out the Red Carpet Mills undertook preparatory defensive measures 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 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). Before the marines disembarked from the Endurance an ad hoc transmitting device had been manufactured for them. This meant that the troops on shore could communicate simple messages in code with H.M.S. Endurance. At 10.30 ‘on 2 April, Mills used this... to signal the Endurance. He reported the visit to Cumberland East Bay of the Bahai Paraiso and asked for instructions. Forty-five minutes later the reply came through: ‘When the Argentines again make contact you are not to co-operate.’ It required fifteen minutes for Mills to encode his second signal: ‘Your last message ambiguous. Please clarify.’ There was now a long pause before the Endurance again responded. At approximately 1300, Mills was told: ‘When asked to do so you are not to surrender.’ Mills and Martin studied the words and looked at each other. ‘Christ! What does that mean?’ They debated the matter for a few minutes and Keith Mills
Time To Dig In Faced with limited resources and man-power Mills set about creating his defence works, ‘the left flank trenches had a good view of the beach and their arcs of fire covered the area where Marine Daniels intended to plant his home-made minefield. The field of vision for the centre and right flank trenches was restricted because it was partly blocked by the roofs of the buildings in the area of the jetty. However, the weapons in these trenches could be brought to bear upon the track leading up from the jetty, upon anyone attempting to occupy the buildings, and upon anyone advancing across the open ground, near the radio shack, normally used as the helicopter landing area. Concealment of the trenches was aided by the fact that they were set back from the edge of the Shackleton House plateau. This ground is approximately thirty feet higher than that on which stand the other buildings of King Edward Point. Furthermore, the thick tussock grass still had its summer foliage and this helped to camouflage the marines’ positions. The only isolated trench was one of the Bren gun positions. It was sited on higher ground, two hundred yards away, on Hope Point (where Ernest Shackleton’s memorial cross forms a prominent landmark). The Bren’s accuracy over long ranges made it ideal for this dominant feature. It covered the sea approaches to Hope Point, could fire down onto King Edward Point, or could rake the beach in front of Shackleton House. The home-made mines were buried in the sand and pebbles of the beach and the final connections made. Daniels still had some explosives in hand, so he proceeded to booby-trap Quigley’s House and several other buildings. These were clearly unconventional measures, but Mills believed that it was his prime duty to protect the lives of his men and to sustain their fighting capability. To achieve this aim he used whatever materials were available. Mills inspected Daniels’ handiwork and felt satisfied that he had created an effective killing ground. If necessary, any hostile force coming ashore on the beach could be shredded with scrap metal. Alternatively, any craft coming alongside the jetty could be engulfed in a fireball. He had done everything possible to protect the BAS personnel and their property. His methods clearly breached the spirit of the instructions received that morning via H.M.S. Endurance, but he was determined to ensure a hot reception for any Argentines who might insist upon making an armed landing.’ (Ibid) On the 3rd April it was decided to bring the four man surveillance team back from Jason Peak. Leach went to collect them and with his return brought back well timed intelligence. Three hours earlier they had radioed in with the news of the arrival of an Argentine frigate in Stromness Bay, ‘in the words of Keith Mills, ‘this threw a whole new light on the situation.’
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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA Leach and his party were ‘quickly debriefed by Keith Mills. He wanted full details of the warship entering Stromness Bay... He knew that his detachment would be helpless if subjected to sustained gunfire from a ship standing off beyond the limited range of his own weaponry.’ (Ibid) The warship was 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 small-arms fire. This vital information had been on the whole provided by Marine Paddy McCallion who had worked in shipyards prior to joining the Marines, and had always been fascinated by all things naval. 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 Captain Trombetta delivered the following message: ‘Following our successful operation in the Malvinas Islands the ex-Governor has surrendered the islands and dependencies to Argentina. We suggest you adopt a similar course of action to prevent any further loss of life. A ceasefire is now in force.’ Martin acknowledged the Argentine’s message and asked for five minutes to consider, ‘Trombetta’s ultimatum contained two blatant lies. Governor Hunt had not surrendered the dependencies, only the Falkland Islands. Martin and Mills quickly agreed that they were not being told the truth on this point. The use of ‘ceasefire’ was, however, a different matter. They now knew that the United Nations Security Council had been in emergency session since Thursday night. All manner of peace initiatives were in the air. The BBC World Service was broadcasting regular reports on the diplomatic developments. Was it possible, wondered Mills, that the British Government had agreed to a formal ceasefire in the past few hours? If so, what would be the consequences, for himself and for his country, if he opened fire? Of all the pressures placed upon him, this was the one which caused him the greatest anxiety.’ (Ibid) Captain Trombetta also asked that Martin bring all of his BAS personnel out into the open so that they could be counted. Martin, after consultation with Mills, replied that there was a British military presence on the island and that it would be defended if the Argentines tried to land. Mills ‘realised that the Endurance might not be able to monitor these exchanges. He suggested to Martin that he should switch to a high frequency channel. On the pretext that the VHF reception was not good, Steve Martin changed to a different channel and slowly read back Trombetta’s ultimatum ‘to be certain that he had understood it correctly.’ The Endurance’s operators did indeed pick up this transmission. They also heard, shortly afterwards, an announcement by Trombetta that he intended to send troops ashore by helicopter, and Steve Martin’s repeated warning that any such illegal landing would be resisted by force.’ (Ibid)
To add to the tension of the situation the Guerrico appeared with her two guns trained on the shore, ‘as they stood in the radio shack, debating what should be done next, Mills and Martin glanced out of the window. There, on the far side of Cumberland East Bay, was the Bahia Paraiso. Around her, circling low over the water, was her Alouette helicopter. It was tracking backwards and forwards at a range of about 5,000 yards from the British position. Suddenly, moving slowly, and very much closer, appeared the grey bows of the Guerrico... Keith Mills had the distinct impression that their point of aim was him, personally... with hindsight, it is evident that the Guerrico was trailing her coat-tails to see if she could provoke a response from King Edward Point. Mills’ belief at the time, however, was that she had come close inshore to launch a small boat and send ashore an envoy to discuss surrender terms. The likeliest landing point would be the jetty. Leaving Steve Martin to stand by the radio, Mills left the shack and walked down to the jetty, two hundred yards away. With him he took the explosives party - Daniels, Church and Porter - as his personal escort. While he stood waiting on the jetty, the Guerrico entered the Cove, turned, and started to make her way out again. Puzzled, Keith Mills gazed at the ship, looking for a sign of any signs of a boat being lowered overside. There was no such activity, but the ship’s guns had been relaid and were again pointing at the King Edward Point buildings. At this point he heard the clatter of helicopter blades to his left. 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 know that he was a soldier, to confirm that there were British troops on the island, he waived to the Argentines and pointed to his combat jacket. The fifth man - just leaving the Alouette - saw Mills and his face registered total surprise. After a moment’s hesitation he reached forward and tapped his nearest companion on the shoulder, shouting and pointing at Mills. 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. Keith Mills took to his heels and ran. Ducking and weaving, making use of dead ground, he covered the three hundred yards up to Shackleton House in record time. At any moment he expected a bullet through his back, but in fact no shots were fired at him. As he ran, he took Les Daniels and the two other marines with him. ‘Come on, get back.’ There was no point in leaving the engineer at the mines control post. The Argentines were not landing by boat, as expected, so that part of the original defence plan was now useless.’ (Ibid) Contact! By Land, Sea and Air With the Guerrico cruising into the cove and the Bahia Paraiso on the other side of the bay, the stricken marines watched as armed troops landed from the helicopter advanced towards them, ‘then Keith Mills came running over the crest and dropped, panting, into the trench occupied by Marine Knocker White. ‘What’s the score, Sir? What’s happening?’ Mills had no time to reply or explain. As he turned and looked back to the shore, he saw a Puma troop-carrying helicopter closing fast. White and several other marines shouted a warning. They had all spent much time, during their service careers, in and around helicopters. It was obvious to them that this one was preparing to land. Hovering thirty feet above the flat ground of the shoreline, the pilot started the usual pre-landing manoeuvres... the side doors were open. Two machine guns were pointing out of the door and a number of men could be seen inside, holding rifles at the ready. Corporal Al Larkin, one of the steadiest men in the detachment, shouted anxiously: ‘Sir, what are we going to do?’ It was a good question. The thought flashed through
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April 24, 2014 - London In an effort to extricate herself the Guerrico tried to turn in the narrow waters. Sensing the opportunity to inflict more suffering on the vessel Peter Leach grabbed his sniper rifle and ran into Shackleton House for a better vantage point. Moving from window to window he emptied round after round into the ships’ bridge with devastating effect. Having ‘finally turned, the frigate belched a stream of black smoke from her funnel and rapidly gained speed... Once again she was obliged to run the Royal Marines’ gauntlet and again she was subjected to a barrage of small arms fire. The sound of the bullets punching through her hull made the noise of a dozen riveting machines... Keith Mills and Knocker White had a narrow escape. Standing shoulder-to-shoulder in their trench, they were shaken by a bullet which cracked past between them, plucking at their sleeves. Startled, they fell to the floor. ‘Shit, that was close!’ The two young men burst into loud relieved laughter. Corporal Peters now had another 66mm launcher on his shoulder, ready to fire, but he was denied any further chance of scoring a hit. Standing head and shoulders out of his trench, he was suddenly knocked off his feet and flung to the bottom of the trench. Two sub machine gun bullets had struck his upper left arm, breaking the bone and throwing the arm behind his back at an unnatural angle. He lay there, shocked and stunned, while Marines McCallion and Poole crouched anxiously over him. ‘Sir! Corporal Peters has been hit.’ Mills barely heard the shout, he was too absorbed in controlling his battle. ‘Sir, Corporal Peters has been shot in the arm.’ The response was brusque: ‘Yes, alright, stick a field dressing on it then.’ It was a surprisingly mature response from a young officer who had just received his first battle casualty.’ (Ibid) As the action raged around King Edward Point, ‘Keith Mills did not lose sight of the activity on the far side of the Cove. The Bahia Paraiso’s Alouette was maintaining a constant shuttle between ship and shore, evacuating the wounded from the crashed Puma and ferrying fresh troops to the strip of hidden ground near the old radio station. At least one machine gun position had been established by the Argentines in that area and it was bringing harassing fire to bear on the Royal Marines’ position.... A greater worry was the number of riflemen who could be seen moving around the shoreline toward the whaler’s cemetery, the football pitch, and Grytviken settlement itself. They were advancing steadily, making skilful use of cover. These troops would eventually reach the church, capture the BAS people, and cut off the marines’ only possible escape route. To counter this threat, Mills passed the order along the line of trenches that fire should be brought down on the fleeting figures... With so few solid targets now available, Keith Mills gave the order for fire to be directed at the Alouette as it flitted to and from the far shore.... The helicopter’s emergency flotation gear was punctured and numerous holes were made in the fuselage. The battered Guerrico now made her presence felt once again. Having moved two miles out toward the open sea, she turned around and, almost stationary, again started to fire her 100mm gun.... The Guerrico was the threat and, rather depressingly, there was nothing Mills could do about it. With practice, the Argentine was steadily improving his fall of shot. The shellbursts crept ever closer to the trenches and to Shackleton House. Shells arriving in series of four or five - at twenty-second intervals.... Mills now had a chance to review his situation and decide upon the next move. The battle had started sometime after 1030, two and a half hours earlier. On the positive side, his command was still intact and holding its ground. He had suffered only one casualty. He still had plenty of ammunition and his men were in excellent spirits. Fire discipline had been exemplary. He had given his enemy a very sharp blow and, in theory, he could fight on. The Guerrico’s shellfire was becoming increasingly effective, however, and it could only be a matter of only ten or fifteen minutes before the Argentine mastered
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... Mills himself opened fire, loosing off half a magazine (fifteen rounds)... Hundreds of rounds were pumped into it, killing or wounding nearly all of the passengers... the machine wobbled around in the sky, emitting thick clouds of black smoke... and staggered across King Edward Cove... The marines saw the machine drop suddenly into semi-hidden ground its blades flailing vertically and clearly having rolled over.’ (Ibid) The excitement created by the helicopter had temporarily distracted the marines from the Argentines landed by the Alouette. They advanced towards Lance-Corporal Thomsen’s position, ‘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) Three of the Argentine men were accounted for with the rest sent scattering, ‘Keith Mills looked around and assessed the situation. So far, so good. The big Puma had been driven off. The landing party had been forced into cover and made to keep their heads down. The Alouette had taken off and presumably returned to the Bahia Paraiso... the situation was basically encouraging. The Guerrico - A Floating Wreck 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.... Overcoming a natural inclination to remain at the bottom of his own trench, Keith Mills stood up and watched the advancing ship. Her menacing grey shape and low speed seemed almost to say. ‘We are the Argentine navy, we are too powerful for you.’ Mills felt irritated. He also realised that the Guerrico’s captain was placing his head in a noose. The dangerous Hobart Rocks, at the mouth of the Cove, were obliging him to sail closer to the Point than he might have wished. Mills shouted the order ‘Stop firing, pass the word,’ and waited to see what might happen next. To his delight, the frigate came straight on. It was a golden opportunity. ‘Nobody fire ‘til I give the word. We’ll wait ‘til he’s committed himself.’ Obligingly, the Argentine cruised gently into everyone’s gunsights. ‘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. They damaged equipment and silenced the 100mm gun. Her 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 forward to shelter behind the ship’s superstructure. The gun remained silent throughout the remainder of the battle... As Keith Mills later commented: ‘One minute she was a complete fighting ship - the next she was just about dead in the water. Just us alone, we wrecked that ship.’ (Ibid)
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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA the knack of pointing his ship in the right direction. A few rounds of high explosive impacting on this small plateau might kill half of the defending force. Furthermore, Mills realised that the Argentine troops in the Grytviken area would eventually approach his right flank and he would be unable to fire at them. His ‘overs’ would imperil the civilians in Grytviken church. With his escape route already cut, he decided that the sands of time had run out. He had done his best to protect the people and property on the island. His men had done everything, and more, that he had asked of them. If his superiors were to decide later that he had acted improperly, that would be just bad luck. His own conscience was clear. 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 objection?’ (Ibid) A Step In To The Unknown After a frank discussion with Peter Leach, Mills confirmed his intentions, ‘and wondered how best to communicate his intentions to the Argentines... Taking off his Arctic waterproof, he turned it inside out to expose the white facings. Using Knocker White’s SLR, he poked the jacket high in the air. Its appearance was met by a burst of fire from the King Edward Point buildings. Thoughtfully he took it down and waited a few moments before repeating the process. This time there were no shots. After a short debate with himself, Mills decided that the moment had come to take the initiative. Drawing in a deep breath, and hoping that his sphincters would continue to function normally, he climbed out of the trench and stood in the open. Nothing happened. The only sound was the whirr of the distant Alouette. After a brief pause he started to walk down the track toward the jetty, his SMG slung across his back. It was a long and lonely journey. Then, passing through the buildings, he saw a strange uniform. It was an Argentine officer. Placing his weapon on the ground, Mills approached the man: ‘Hello, do you speak English?’ ‘Yes, I do.’ Much relieved, Mills launched into a 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. We shall all get killed, but we don’t care. You will 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 that there would be no reprisals. Later in the day, he admitted that he and his fellow officers had fully expected the defenders to fight on to the death. Mills was now feeling the reaction of battle and did not fully comprehend the speed with which the 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? Only with difficulty did Mills convince his captors that the muddy little group was indeed his complete force. Thereafter the Argentines seemed almost respectful in their treatment of the marines.’ (Ibid) The marines were searched before Mills met with Teniente de Navio Alfredo Astiz (officer commanding the military element of the invasion). Mills informed him of the boobytraps and mines laid. 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. Several cameras went into the kitbag. These were first opened by the guards, and the film ripped out and destroyed. When they reached Keith Mills’ own camera - an Olympus OMIO- the inexpert Argentine failed to discover the knack of opening it. He gave up the struggle and threw the camera into the bag.’ (Ibid) By sheer luck the historic photograph taken of the Royal Marines force which defended King Edward Point on the morning of 3.4.1982 survived, the negative for which is included in the lot. All of the marines, with the exception of Mills, were transported to the Bahia Paraiso by landing craft. Mills went with Astiz to round up the BAS civilians. By 1800 hours the Bahia Paraiso was ready to sail, with Mills and the thirteen BAS personnel having also embarked. Captain Trombetta had a large number of wounded troops aboard who needed proper medical attention and as a consequence the ship sailed at full speed for the next three days heading directly for Argentine waters. 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 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. Mills ‘was invited to go for a stroll with a suave Argentine army major who spoke polished English and who was clearly an intelligence expert. He asked a few questions regarding the battle - which Mills declined to answer - but the main drift of his subtle questioning was aimed at the sailing of the Task Force. ‘Do you think Mrs Thatcher is bluffing? Do you believe that your navy be prepared to fight? Will your army try to reoccupy the islands? How would the British public react to battle casualties?’ Mills himself had no means of replying accurately to these questions even if he had wished to do so, and he privately did not yet believe that the British government would commit itself to full-scale war over the issue; but he firmly assured the major that the Argentine navy would be blown out of the water in the very near future.’ (Ibid) Later Mills appeared in front of a tribunal of three senior naval officers. He was questioned for two hours before release. On the afternoon of the 16th April, whilst playing a game of football the marines were informed of their impending return to England. They were taken to a nearby airfield, and by the early hours of the following morning they had landed at Montevideo International Airport, Uruguay.
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A Hero’s Welcome. Mills leads his men off the plane at R.A.F. Brize Norton, to be greeted by Governor Rex Hunt, 20.4.1982 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 off a British island - they were being hailed as popular heroes... For Keith Mills, the style and scale of the reception confirmed his personal conviction that he had indeed done what was required of him on 3 April at King Edward Point. He had deliberately rejected the constraints of the order not to endanger life when he gave the order to open fire on the Puma, but common sense told him at the time that it was the only acceptable course. This unreserved welcome seemed to make it clear that his superiors shared the same view.’ (Ibid). Mills carried out a debrief at the British Embassy, before he and his men were returned to the airport in the early hours of the 19th April. At 4.30am the following day they touched down at RAF Brize Norton, where once again, they were met with a rapturous reception from ‘dignitaries, senior officers, pressmen and relatives, all headed by Governor Rex Hunt... The Corps of Royal Marines had taken to heart the lessons learned when the men captured at Port Stanley had returned to England some days earlier. That group had been filmed and photographed in the same dirty uniforms which they had worn throughout their battle and brief captivity. Mills’ group was ushered into a room where each man was able to change into a completely new outfit. Their personal records had been checked to ensure a correct fit, and their entitlements to medal ribbons and insignia of rank. Outside waited a fleet of staff cars, ready to take each of them directly to their homes. It was, by any standard, a superbly well organised affair and the images appearing later that day on television screens around the world gave a very positive impression of British resolve and military competence.’ (Ibid)
Into The Limelight Whilst most of the marines were released for leave, Mills was flown to Northwood for a further debrief with Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse, C-in-C Fleet. The latter ‘wanted to hear every detail of the battle... He talked privately with Mills and stated bluntly that he had ‘written off’ the detachment when, on the morning of 3 April, he had heard of the ultimatum then being delivered by Captain Trombetta, ‘I could have tried to save you by letting Captain Barker have a go with his Wasps - attacking the Argentines with the AS12s - but the risks would have been enormous and I couldn’t afford to lose the Endurance.’ Fieldhouse was plainly delighted that Mills and his men should not only have survived, but had also given the aggressor nation a very bloody nose. Leaving Fieldhouse’s office, Mills found himself being rushed in a staff car into central London. By midday he was sitting in a BBC news studio, being interviewed on live television. Then there was another dash, this time to the ITN studios to be interviewed on the one o’clock news. He had not slept properly for four nights and, although he was still feeling euphoric, the viewers saw a young man who appeared drawn and ill, his speech slurring and indistinct. Somehow he got through the ordeal and was then taken to Whitehall where he gave a half-hour lecture to a gathering of senior Royal Marines officers. ‘I was shattered by now, but I wanted to go on telling the story for as long as anyone wanted to listen. And everyone seemed to want to listen.’ (Ibid) Mills was finally allowed a short period of leave, however, very shortly he was to be asked whether he wanted to return to the fray, ‘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).
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Mills ‘doing the media rounds’- BBC news studio, shortly after his return to the UK, April 1982
Operation Keyhole - Role Reversal 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 the 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 was not met with an armed response. The helicopters landed with the assault force, only to be informed that a flag of surrender had been 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. 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-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 of 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)
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The Union Flag flies once more over the Island of Thule
After the Falklands Mills was employed on a UN tour with 40 Commando in Cyprus. He carried out another tour of Northern Ireland as OCRM for Operation Interknit, before carrying out training duties at Lympstone and RMR Merseyside. Mills was promoted Captain and appointed Adjutant at the Royal Marine Barracks at Deal, 1989. He was serving in this capacity when the IRA bombed the barracks killing 11 marines and wounding another 21, 22.9.1989. Mills served as the Exchange Officer with the Royal
Netherlands Marine Corps for three years. He was appointed as a liaison officer for service in Bosnia and Croatia at the height of the Balkan War. Mills retired in 1996. In 1989 both Mills and Guy Sheridan had peaks named after them on South Georgia. He returned to South Georgia with Guy Sheridan for the official commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the liberation of the island from Argentine forces. Both Mills and Sheridan were flown to their respective “peaks� during the visit.
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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA 21 An Outstanding Great War 1917 ‘Shumran Crossing’ Victoria Cross Action M.C. and 1917 Second Award Bar Group of Five to LieutenantColonel R. Blandy, 9th Gurkha Rifles, Late Royal Munster Fusiliers a) Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘Captain R. Blandy 2-9th Gurkha Rifles 23-2-17 3-12-17’ b) India General Service 1908-35, E.VII.R., two clasps, North West Frontier 1908, Waziristan 19191921, second clasp a tailor’s copy (2nd. Lt. R Blandy 1st. Rl. M. Fus:) c) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Capt. R. Blandy.) d) Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, toned, good very fine, mounted court style as originally worn, together with the recipient’s riband bar; two portrait photographs of the recipient; and a full-length coloured caricature of the recipient, dated 1913, this slightly water damaged (5) £2,800-3,000 M.C. London Gazette 25.8.1917 Capt. Raleigh Blandy, Ind. A. ‘For Distinguished Service in the Field in Mesopotamia.’ M.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 11.1.1919 Capt. Raleigh Blandy, M.C., 2/9th Gurkha Rifs. (Mesopotamia) ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He commanded with great-ability a patrol which, under the fire of the enemy, discovered after dark a ford over the river by which the troops crossed on the following night. But for his intrepid action the troops would not have been able to cross.’ Lieutenant-Colonel Raleigh Blandy, M.C., (1884-1967), born Funchal, Maderia, into the famous Blandy family that controlled- then as now- the Maderia Wine and Shipping trades; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Indian Army, 29.8.1906, and served during the Mohmand Campaign of 1908 with the 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers; posted to 2nd Battalion 9th Gurkha Rifles, 1909; assigned to join the official Survey of India ‘Pamir Triangulation Survey Party 1913’ in command of a group of 11 Gurkhas from 2/9 Gurkha Rifles who were to act mostly as signallers to the expedition, and served in the Pamirs between April and October 1913; promoted Captain, 29.8.1915; served during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 1916, and awarded the Military Cross for gallantry during the crossing of the Tigris River at ‘Shumran Crossing’, 23.2.1917- an epic action for 2nd Battalion 9th Gurkha Rifles, and their seminal battle honour for the Great War: Major Wheeler, leading the first ‘assault tow’ was awarded the Victoria Cross, and Lieutenant Russell an immediate D.S.O. Blandy himself was in command of the ‘Second Tow’, and the regimental history of 9 Gurkha
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Rifles describes his part in the forced landings at Shumran, as follows: ‘Immediately after landing the first tow, the ten boats started on their return journey. But shelling and small arms fire permitted only six to reach. These were loaded with ‘C’ Company under Captain R. Blandy and Lieutenant S.D. Gladstone, but gain came under heavy small arms fire, wounding or killing the rowers. Captain Blandy seized the oar and guided the boat in, collecting two bullets through his left sleeve and whilst disembarking, was wounded in the abdomen by a bullet which providentially deflected off his belf buckle, thus not proving fatal.’ During the crossing of the ‘Shumran Bend’, 2/9 Gurkha Rifles suffered a total of 107 casualties, including 7 British Officers, of whom 2 were killed and another 5 (including Blandy) were wounded. Awarded a Bar to the M.C. for reconnaisance work in advance of another river crossing later in 1917; and twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 15.8.1917 and 12.3.1918); appointed Second in Command of the Battalion, with the rank of Major, 3.9.1917; promoted LieutenantColonel, and appointed Commandant of the 2/9 Gurkha Rifles, 3.6.1932; retired, 1.1.1935.
22 The Great War 1918 M.C. Group of Three to Lieutenant W.S. Reed, Royal Artillery a) Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued b) British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. W.S. Reed.), good very fine (3) £700-900 M.C. London Gazette 16.9.1918 2nd Lt. William Stephen Reed, R.F.A., Spec. Res. ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When the battery had to withdraw this officer supervised the manhandling of the three forward guns and their stores back 500 yards, being slightly wounded, but completing the work. On the following days he did excellent work as forward observation officer, transmitting information at great risk until he was severely wounded.’ Lieutenant William Stephen Reed, M.C., Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery, 30.7.1917; promoted Lieutenant, 30.1.1919.
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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA 23 A Fine Second War ‘1944’ Lancaster Pilot’s D.F.C. Group of Four to Flight Lieutenant T.W. Rowland, 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Who Flew in 29 Operational Sorties, Including the Epic Peenemunde Raid, 17.8.1943, and To Berlin and Back 7 Times. He Was Killed in Action, 14.1.1944, On An ‘A.B.C.’ Mission to Braunschweig a) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’ and additionally engraved in upright sans-serif capitals ‘F/Lieut. T.W. Rowland.’, in Royal Mint case of issue b) 1939-1945 Star c) Atlantic Star d) War Medal, very fine, with the following related items: - Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book (24.2.194314.1.1944), stamped ‘Death Presumed. Central Depository Aug 1946 Royal Air Force’ - 101 Squadron Wall Plaque - Named Enclosure slip for campaign awards - Holy Bible, Active Service Edition, inside cover inscribed ‘Thomas Wilson Rowland For Xmas 1941. From Mother.’ A comprehensive Scrap Book compiled by the family including: - Telegram to Rowland’s wife, informing her that he is ‘Missing in Action’; letter to same effect from Air Ministry Casualty Branch, dated 23.1.1944 - Letter to recipient’s wife from Commanding Officer, 101 Squadron, dated 16.1.1944 - A number of Air Ministry letters referring to effects and pay; newspaper cuttings and photographs from various stages of his family life and career - Another Scrap Book compiled by the wife of Rowland’s Navigator (D. Higgs) for the raid on which they were both killed, chronicling her visit in 1986 to the aircraft crash site just outside the village of Lautenthal, Germany - Three signed and dedicated copies of Special Operations No. 101 Squadron, by Raymond Alexander, in which there is a chapter dedicated to the recipient’s wife, called ‘The Widow of Ludford Magna’ (lot) £2,400-2,800 D.F.C. London Gazette 11.2.1944 A/FL. Thomas Rowland (127942), R.A.F.V.R., 101 Squadron The Recommendation states: ‘Flight Lieutenant Rowland has completed 24 very successful sorties with this Squadron on Lancaster aircraft. They have covered a wide variety of targets including 4 attacks on Berlin. This officer possesses coolness and always displays exceptional fearlessness in the face of danger, while his complete confidence in his aircraft and crew are an inspiration to all concerned. At all times cheerful and disdainful of all forms of enemy opposition he carried out his attacks with a tenacity of purpose worthy of high praise.
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It is recommended that this officer’s fine record be recognised by an award of the D.F.C.’ Remarks By Station Commander: ‘Flight Lieutenant Rowland, throughout his first operational tour has displayed a keeness and determination to complete his allotted tasks which are worthy of high praise. His consistency and reliability has been equalled only by his skilful airmanship and have set a magnificent example not only to his crew who hold him in high esteem but indeed to the whole Squadron. I regard the fine record achieved by Flight Lieutenant Rowland which has included sorties to many heavily defended targets in Germany is deserving of recognition by the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross.’
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April 24, 2014 - London Flight Lieutenant Thomas Wilson Rowland, D.F.C., served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second War; the early stages of which are related by his wife in Raymond Alexander’s book Special Operations No. 101 Squadron, ‘My husband and I were married on 1st June 1938. He was the Village Postman [Cuddington]... We had our first child in September 1939, and as things turned out, he was my only son. My husband volunteered for service in 1940 and did his initial training at Blackpool. We used to watch him drilling on the Front at Blackpool, then after his training he went to Grantham... After various postings, however, he was sent to America to gain his wings and I remember his letters telling me of how well they were treated [included in lot], and invited to all the houses in Florida.... Eventually my husband was on his way home from America... He was a proud man with his wings in place, and so were we. He looked smart in his uniform as an officer, and all thought how well he had done even though he had acquired just an ordinary village school education, no scholarship to help him along; he had got by on his own merits. Whilst completing his further training he flew over our little village in a Wellington Bomber finding his way from Lincoln to Cuddington. He came right low over the bungalow where we lived causing all the neighbours to come out waving their tea towels. They knew it was Tom Rowland by the way he was flying up and down the road to his mother’s place which was about a mile away from us, then he would turn and come back over us before soaring away to base.’ Rowland carried out Pilot training at No.5 F.T.S. Clewiston, Florida, at the end of 1942. He returned to the UK and was posted for additional training at No.30 O.T.U., Hixon. After time spent at No.27 O.T.U. and 1656 Conversion Unit he was posted for operational flying as a Pilot to 101 Squadron (Lancasters), Ludford Magna, June 1943. He flew on 29 operational sorties with the squadron, including: La Rochelle; Cologne; Gelsenkirchen; Turin; Essen, 25.7.1943, ‘Caught By Two Cones of Searchlights Over Duisberg. Held 4 Mins.’ (Log Book refers); Mannheim (3); Milan (2); Peenemunde, 17.8.1943, he flew one of 20 of the squadron’s Lancasters that took part in the epic raid, and despite heavy night-fighter defence all the aircraft got back; Nurburg; Berlin (7); Munich; Hanover (2); Bochum, 29.9.1943, ‘Returned On Three Engines. Diverted To Lindholme’ (Ibid); Kassel; Stuttgart; Modane; and Leipzig. In October 1943 the squadron’s aircraft had been fitted with A.B.C. jamming equipment, ‘this apparatus, which searched out and then jammed enemy R/T frequencies, was vital to the “Battle of the Ether”, and a specially-trained German speaking operator accompanied the crew. The special Lancasters - they were readily distinguishable from normal aircraft by their two large dorsal masts - carried a normal bomb load less the weight of the operator and the A.B.C. apparatus.... like many other highly ingenious radio counter-measures devices, it was, of course, top secret.’ (Bomber Squadrons of the R.A.F. and Their Aircraft, P.J.R. Moyes, refers) At the start of December 1943 Rowland had been recommended for the D.F.C., something that his family was not to find out until much later, and he did not live to receive, ‘In December 1943, he came on what was to be his last leave. Because he had to go back to base for Christmas, we made our Christmas then with him. We had as happy time as we could, never dreaming of that fateful day of 15th January 1944. The first thing to arrive was the dreaded telegram. His relatives and I were beside ourselves with shock and grief but we kept on hoping. The waiting continued, on and on it went interrupted by official letters saying that as soon as they heard something they would let us know. I received many letters of sympathy; one in particular, from his former Head Post Master [included with the lot] said he
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hoped the dark clouds would soon pass and bring my brave smiling husband back to me, but it was not to be. However, we kept on hoping and waiting until we received notification that he had been awarded the DFC - more tears and heartbreak. My husband’s mother and I went to Buckingham Palace to receive the decoration from the late King George. It was a very moving and proud moment. Back home the waiting and hoping recommenced and continued day after day, week after week.’ (Special Operations No. 101 Squadron, R. Alexander refers) On the 14/15.1.1944 Rowland piloted Lancaster III LM367 SR-C for a sortie to Braunschweig, ‘T/O Ludford Magna on A.B.C. duties. Outbound shot down by a nightfighter, crashing into (or near) a slate quarry at Lautenthal, 10km SW of Goslar.’ (Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, W.R. Chorley refers) The crew of eight (including the specialist operator) were all killed. Rowland is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
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24 A Fine Kaisar-i-Hind Group of Three to LieutenantColonel F.J. Dewes, Indian Medical Service a) Kaisar-i-Hind, E.VII.R., Second Class, silver, with integral top riband bar b) India General Service 1854-95, two clasps, Burma 188789, Chin-Lushai 1889-90, top lugs removed from first clasp as issue, second clasp neatly soldered above (Surgeon F.J. Dewes, I.M.S.) c) India General Service 1895-1902, two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 97-98 (Surgn. Captn. E.J. [sic] Dewes, I.M.S.), good very fine or better, mounted court style for display purposes (3) £800-1,200 Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Joseph Dewes, born India, January 1861; educated at St. Thomas’s Hospital, London; appointed Surgeon, Indian Medical Services, October 1887; served in Burma 1888-89; on the North East Frontier, 1889-90; and on the North West Frontier, 1897-98; promoted Major, October 1899; Lieutenant-Colonel, October 1907; awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind Second Class, 1.1.1909; retired, 12.9.1921.
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April 24, 2014 - London 25 An Order of St. John Group of Six to LieutenantColonel F.W. Gibbon, Royal Army Medical Corps a) The Most Venerable Order of St. John, Knight of Grace’s set of Insignia, neck Badge, silver and enamel; Star, silver and enamel, with gold retaining pin b) Coronation 1902, silver c) Coronation 1911 d) Volunteer Officers’ Decoration, V.R., silver (Hallmarks for London 1892) and silver-gilt, reverse engrved ‘Surg.-Major F. W. Gibbon, 1st Durham R.E.’, with integral top riband bar e) Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R. (Surgeon Captain F. W. Gibbon, 1st. D.V.R.E. May 1896 Army Med. Res.) f) Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver (Hallmarks for London 1919) and silver-gilt, unnamed, with integral top riband bar, generally very fine or better, mounted court style for wear, together with a portrait photograph of the recipient (7) £700-900 Knight of Grace, Order of St. John London Gazette 20.4.1906 Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick William Gibbon, V.D., L.R.C.P. V.D. London Gazette 4.12.1900 Surgeon-Major Frederick William Gibbon, 1st Durham Royal Engineers (Volunteers) T.D. London Gazette 14.1.1920 Lt.-Col. Frederick W. Gibbon, V.D., Royal Army Medical Corps, attd. Tyne Electrical Engrs. Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick William Gibbon (18621938), born Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham; educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and at Durham University; College of Medicine; elected a Fellow of the Obstetricians Society of London, he served as a Medical Examiner of Army and Militia Recruits, Surgeon to the Juvenile Oddfellows, and Medical Referee to a number of Assurance Companies. He later became a Member of the British Medical Association, a Fellow of the British Institute of Public Health, Medical Officer of the Tyne Dock and West Harton District, Public Vaccinator to the West Harton District, and Consulting Physician to the Victoria Home for Diseases of Women in Newcastle. Within the Order of St. John, appointed an Examiner of the St. John Ambulance Association, 1899; Assistant Commissioner in Charge of the 6th District of the S.J.A.B., 1904; Deputy Commissioner, 1908. After joining the ranks of the Volunteers in 1875, Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 2nd Northumberland Rifle Corps, May 1881; promoted Lieutenant, July 1881; Captain, February 1882; appointed Acting Surgeon, 5th Volunteer Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, May 1884; Acting Surgeon, 1st Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Durham Royal Engineer Volunteers, May 1887; promoted Surgeon, February 1889; awarded the Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, April 1896 (Army Order 77); promoted SurgeonMajor, September 1900; awarded Volunteer Officers’ Decoration, this published in London Gazette 4 December 1900; appointed Medical Officer, Tyne Division, Royal Engineer Volunteers, May 1903; promoted Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel, March 1906. During the Great War served as Officer Commanding the Military Hospital at Gosport, at Ripon, and at Grimsby, 1914-16, and subsequently President of No.1 Travelling Medical Board, Northern Command; retired, November 1921. LieutenantColonel Gibbon, V.D., was awarded the T.D. on 14 January 1920. He retired on 10 November 1921.
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26 A Great War 1916 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. Pair to Private J. Cairns, Highland Light Infantry a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (16366 Pte. J. Cairns. 1/High: L.I.) b) British War Medal (16366 Pte. J. Cairns. High. L.I.), minor edge knocks to first, nearly extremely fine (2) £500-600 D.C.M. London Gazette 14.11.1916 16366 Pte. J. Cairns, High. L.I. ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. Although wounded he continued to carry out his duty with great courage and determination. He was again wounded while bandaging a wounded man.’ 16366 Private Joseph Cairns, D.C.M., served with the Highland Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 24.3.1915.
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April 24, 2014 - London 27 A Fine Second World War ‘Persistent Escaper’s’ D.C.M. Group of Three to Private R. Dunbar, Gordon Highlanders, Taken POW, 12.6.1940, After the Fall of Dunkirk; He Escaped, Evaded and Was Recaptured a Number of Times, Including Being Shot in the Hip During One of His Escapes Attempts a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (2879107 Pte. R. Dunbar, Gordons) b) 1939-1945 Star c) War Medal, minor edge bruise, good very fine or better, mounted court style as originally worn (3) £3,500-4,500 D.C.M. London Gazette 12.2.1942 No. 2879107 Private Robert Dunbar, The Gordon Highlanders ‘In recognition of distinguished services in the field.’ 2879107 Private Robert Dunbar, D.C.M., born Scotland, 1919; served with the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders during the Second World War; captured at St. Valery-enCaux, 12.6.1940, as part of the 51st Highland Division- the last British Division to fight on in France after Dunkirk. The official M.I.9 report, which became the recommendation for his award, states: ‘I was captured at St. Valery on 12 June 1940 and was marched via St. Pol to Bethune. We reached Bethune on 20 June and I escaped in company with Privates A. Harper and S. Westland. We fell out on the road and hid behind some houses until the column was past. The inhabitants then gave us civilian clothes, and we walked back eight miles to Auchel. We all separated in Auchel but I used often to see Harper and Westland until I was recaptured. I spent three months at Auchel as the guest of a cafe proprietor, but a Polish girl, whose name I do not know, told a German Officer that I was English. I was arrested about 20 September and taken to Lille where I was tried for attempted sabotage. I was acquitted on this charge, but was sentenced to undergo four months solitary confinement for having escaped. I was taken to Stuttgart in a cattle-truck and driven to a camp a few miles outside the city. I never knew its name. I was in solitary confinement until the end of January 1941 and had no chance to escape. When my sentence expired, I found that the camp was full of French prisoners and that the only other Englishman was a Private R. Herring, Royal Signals (escape recorded from Stalag 190; date unknown). He had a French wife, a school teacher, living near Lille and she had been arrested by the Germans. The camp was so well guarded by wire and M.G. posts that we planned to escape while we were working outside it. We made a dash for it on 14 February, during the afternoon, while we were shovelling coal in a railway siding and ran along a short curving tunnel to avoid the fire of our guards. We were fired at, but, at the far end of the tunnel we hid in an air-raid shelter until dark. We boarded a goods train, having no idea where it was going, and hid in a truck. In the morning we slipped off and found ourselves in Holland. I cannot remember where we left the train, but we spent some three weeks wandering around Holland and Belgium. We reached Lille on 12 April and Herring left me to look for his wife. I went on alone to Auchel where I found my host and hostess of the previous year had been sentenced to seven years imprisonment each for harbouring me. I returned to Bethune, where another cafe proprietress, who knew about
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this, nevertheless gave me shelter and clothes and procured false identity papers for me. I stayed with her for some days. On 20 April I left by train for Paris assisted by a French guide. I do not know his name. I stayed 12 days in Paris and then went down to Dompiere, where I crossed the demarcation line on 2 May with the aid of a butcher’s assistant. After crossing the line I was directed to Montlucon, where I was arrested and sent to St. Hippolyte. I escaped from St. Hippolyte on 7 May but was recaptured three days later and given 14 days imprisonment. Early in June I escaped again and got as far as Narbonne, where I was recaptured at the beginning of July. This time I was given 30 days imprisonment. On 17 August I escaped with Gunner A. V. Badman by sawing through the bars of a room near the dining-hall. We were directed to Nines, Perpignan and Banyuls. From Banyuls we crossed the Pyrenees in a party of seven, not including a Spanish guide. It took three days and two nights to cross because the guide missed the way twice. The others who were guided across were: Lance-Corporal H. J. Warnett; Driver J. Dulan; Corporal H. Monaghan; Driver D. Ower; Private W. Winslade and Gunner A. V. Badman. On 27 August we were arrested at Figueras and sent to a concentration camp at Miranda. I was released on 14 October and taken to Gibraltar.’ According to the recipient’s diary, subsequently published in Press and Journal, Dunbar was ‘shot in the hip’ during one of his escapes. PROVENANCE:
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28 A ‘Baluchistan 1920’ I.D.S.M. Group of Four to Subadar-Major and Honorary Captain Ali Beg, Sardar Bahadur, [O.B.I.], 15th Punjab Regiment, Late 22nd Punjabis, Indian Army a) Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (Subdr. Ali Beg, 1/22/Pjbs) b) India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., three clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Malakand 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (4316 Sepoy Alibaz, 22d Pjb. Infy.) c) India General Service 1908-35, E.VII.R., two clasps, North West Frontier 1908, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (4316 Naick Ali Beg, 22d Pjbis.) d) British War Medal (Subdr. Ali Beg, 1-22 Pjbis.), nearly very fine, a scarce combination of clasps (4) £650-750 I.D.S.M. Indian Government General Order 23 1920 Ali Beg, Subadar, 22nd Punjabis (Baluchistan) M.I.D. Indian Government General Order 1846 1920 Ali Beg, Subadar, 22nd Punjabis (Baluchistan) Subadar-Major and Honorary Captain Ali Beg, O.B.I., I.D.S.M., enlisted in the Indian Army, September 1895; served with the 22nd Punjabis on the North West Frontier of India, 1897-98, at the relief of Malakand and operations in Bajour and Mohmand; in Tirah 1897-98; on the North West Frontier of India, 1902, in the operations against the Darwesh Khel Waziris; and on the North West Frontier of India, 1908; advanced Jemadar, April 1911; served during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 1914; promoted Subadar, April 1916; served in Afghanistan and on the North West Frontier, 1919; awarded the Order of British India (1st Class) and title ‘Sardar Bahadur’, 1926.
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29 The Great War M.M. Group of Five to Corporal W. Griffiths, Northumberland Fusiliers a) Military Medal, G.V.R. (6838 Cpl. W. Griffiths. 3/North’d Fus:) b) 1914-15 Star (6838 Pte. W.Griffiths, North’d Fus.) c) British War and Victory Medals (6838 Cpl. W. Griffiths. North’d Fus.) d) General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Iraq (6838 Cpl. W. Griffiths. North’d Fus.), traces of lacquer throughout, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine (5) £400-600
30 A Great War 1916 ‘French Theatre’ M.M. Group of Four to Sergeant F.W.G. Lyne, Middlesex Regiment, Killed in Action on the First Day of the Battle of Arras, 9.4.1917 a) Military Medal, G.V.R. (2368 Sjt: F.W. Lyne. 1/8 Middx: R.- T.F.) b) 1914-15 Star (8-2368. Pte. F.W. Lyne. Middx. R.) c) British War and Victory Medals (2368 Sjt. F. Lyne. Midd’x R.), traces of lacquer, nearly extremely fine (4) £350-450
M.M. London Gazette 17.6.1919 6838 Cpl. Griffiths, W., 3rd Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers (West Hampton)
2309 Sergeant Francis William George Lyne, M.M., born Walworth, London; served with the 1st/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 18.4.1915; killed in action on the First Day of the Battle of Arras, 9.4.1917, on which date the Battalion, as part of the 167th Brigade, ‘had the task of capturing the southern half of Neuville-Vitasse. Two platoons of the 3rd London Regiment with a half section of the 167th Light TrenchMortar Battery and supported by a tank attacked Neuville Mill as a separate operation, and took it without difficulty. The 1st/8th Middlesex had harder work. It was held up in front of the second of its four objectives, the church and the parallelogram of trenches around it, by a “pocket” of the enemy protected by wire which had been hidden by the houses and had not been cut. After a sharp fight it took the place with 68 prisoners and four machine guns. Having lost the barrage, it was only with difficulty that the battalion struggled up to the Blue Line, which it did not reach till 4:00pm.’ (Official History of the Great War refers). Lyne is commemorated on the Neuville-Vitasse Mill Cemetery Memorial, France.
M.M. London Gazette 27.10.1916 2368 Sjt. F.W. Lyne, Midd’x R.
6838 Corporal William Griffiths, M.M., a native of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire; served with the Northumberland Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front from 6.3.1915.
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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA 31 A Great War M.M. Group of Three to Private W. Jack, Seaforth Highlanders a) Military Medal, G.V.R. (265437 Pte. W. Jack. 1/5 Sea: Highrs:) b) British War and Victory Medals (1746 Pte. W. Jack. Seaforth.), toned, extremely fine, with the recipient’s Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (William Jack) (4) £300-400 M.M. London Gazette 2.8.1918 265437 Pte. W. Jack, Sea. Highrs. (Aberdeen) 1746 Private William Jack, M.M., born Elgin, Morayshire, 1898; served during the Great War with the 5th (Caithness) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders; died at home, 28.10.1918, and is buried in Allenvale Cemetery, Aberdeen.
32 Family Group: A Good Great War 1917 ‘Western Front’ M.M. Group of Three to Private W. Ebbs, Post Office Rifles, London Regiment, Who Distinguished Himself at the Battle of Menin Road Ridge, Ypres, 20.9.1917; Sergeant A.J. Knight, of Ebbs’ Battalion, was Awarded the Victoria Cross For This Action a) Military Medal, G.V.R. (373116 Pte. W. Ebbs. 2/8 Lond: R.), unit partially officially corrected b) British War and Victory Medals (6113 Pte. W. Ebbs. 8-Lond. R.), nearly extremely fine, with the following documents &c.: - 58th (London) Division Certificate of Gallant Conduct, named to No. 373116 Rfn. W. Ebbs, London Regiment, and dated ‘20th Sept. 1917 near St. Julien’ - The recipient’s travel Pass for Recruits - The recipient’s Certificate of Transfer to the Reserve - The recipient’s Certificate of Employment during the War - Two of the recipient’s 1918 Christmas Greetings Cards, signed ‘Rfn. W. Ebbs M.M., 8th London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), B.E.F.’; and a quantity of other Post Office Rifles 1918 Christmas Greetings Cards Victory Medal (2) (45553 Pte. W. Ebbs. The Queen’s R.; G-31456. Pte. P.C. Ebbs. R.W. Kent R.), very fine, with the latter recipient’s Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Percy Charles Ebbs) (5) £250-300 M.M. London Gazette 12.12.1917 373116 Pte. W. Ebbs, Lond. R. (Wood Green). 373116 Private William Ebbs, born Wood Green, London, January 1898, the son of Private William Ebbs, Royal West Surrey Regiment; enlisted in the 8th Battalion (Post Office Rifles), London Regiment, 18.2.1916; served during the Great War on the Western Front as part of the 58th (London) Division; noted for his gallant conduct, 20.9.1917, on which date the Battalion, as part of 174th Brigade, was involved in the Battle of Menin Road Ridge, Ypres: ‘The 174th Brigade delivered the main thrust between St. Julien and Langemarke with three London Battalions following one another on a battalion frontage. The strong points immediately ahead, in front of Vancouver Farm and Keerselaere, were overrun, the only resistance coming from Hubner Farm at the edge of the spur where the garrison, including over seventy fit men, surrendered to an enveloping attack. The two rear battalions then passed through, swinging half right up the rise of the spur. Keeping to the high ground, they took in reverse the several strong points along the spur and reached the dominating area about Wurst Farm, their objective, close behind the barrage. A definite objective, pillbox, or emplacement, had been allotted to each platoon or section to clear and occupy; and once outflanked a strongpoint was as good as captured. Six Officers and 285 men were taken prisoner, as well as 50 machine guns. The success of this difficult operation, carried out by the 2/8th (Post Office Rifles), 2/5th (London Rifle Brigade), and 2/6th (Rifles), London Regiment, in that order, was mainly due to the thoroughness of the preliminary training.’ (Official History of the Great War refers). For his gallantry that day Sergeant Alfred Knight, 2/8th (Post Office Rifles), was awarded the Victoria Cross for single-handedly rushing and capturing an enemy machine gun post when his platoon had come under heavy fire; it is probable that Ebbs’ Military Medal was awarded for the same action. Transferred to the reserve, 25.9.1919, Ebbs took up civilian employment as a Postman; he died at home in Wood Green, London, 3.1.1981. 45553 Private William Ebbs, born 1877; married Elizabeth Maude Mary Dowler, August 1897; served during the Great War in the Royal West Surrey Regiment; died, 28.12.1930 G-31456 Private Percy Charles Ebbs, born Notting Hill, London, 1900, the son of Private William Ebbs, Royal West Surrey Regiment, and the brother of Private William Ebbs, M.M., London Regiment; enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War; killed in action on the Western Front, 27.8.1918, and is buried in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, France.
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33 A Scarce Second War B.E.M. Pair to Staff Sergeant G.G. Lashmar, Army Dental Corps a) British Empire Medal, Military Division, G.VI.R. (7536216 S/Sgt. Guiness G. Lashmar) b) General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine (7536213 Cpl. G.G. Lashmar. A.D.C., nearly extremely fine, scarce to unit, the GSM with enclosure in named card box of issue (2) £250-300 B.E.M. London Gazette 1.1.1945 7536216 S/Sgt. Guiness George Lashmar, Army Dental Corps The Recommendation, dated 18.8.1944, states: ‘This N.C.O. has been employed as chief clerk to ADDS at Headquarters of a District since 9 August 1940. For the last two years of this period he has been serving as chief clerk to the officer making this recommendation. During the whole period he has shown great devotion to duty, often under very difficult circumstances, particularly during the period when great pressure of work devolved on this department owing to large commitments for priority dental work for the Second Army. It is felt that his services have been of outstanding merit, and that he has willingly and cheerfully carried through a very desirious task in a manner that is worthy of the highest commendation.’ 7536216 Staff Sergeant Guiness George Lashmar, B.E.M. (1905-1945), born Lower Holloway, London; served with the Army Dental Corps in Palestine, and during the Second World War with the A.D.C., Norfolk and Cambridge District.
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34 A Post-War ‘Military Division’ B.E.M. Group of Five to Warrant Officer Class II D. Comrie, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders a) British Empire Medal, Military Division, E.II.R. (2979203 W./O. Cl.2. D. Comrie. A. & S.H.) b) Defence and War Medals c) General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (2979203 Sgt. D. Comrie. B.E.M. A. & S.H.) d) Army Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R., with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension (2979203 Sjt. D. Comrie. A. & S.H.) minor contact marks, very fine or better, the GSM scarce to unit, mounted court style for display purposes, together with a photographic image of the recipient (5) £300-350 B.E.M. London Gazette 1.6.1953 No. 2979203 Warrant Officer Class II (acting) Daniel Comrie, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise’s) The Recommendation, dated 23.1.1953, states: ‘In February 1951 as a result of non-availability of a relief for an officer S.S.M. Comrie took over command of Division I of this Office (Records Office, Nigeria District, Lagos, Nigeria), a post which is regarded in all Record Offices as requiring a very high degree of initiative and administrative ability. The work for which he is responsible includes the detailed control of postings and promotions in the 60 units in the District, the ministering and distribution of tradesmen in 94 trades, the control of potential tradesmen and filling trade course vacancies, and the maintenance and production of all African statistical information and related returns. He has been untiring in his efforts to improve the efficiency of his Division, and as a result of extremely hard work and the exercise of initiative far beyond that to be expected of his rank, he has organised his command to an extent where it is vastly more efficient than when it was commanded by an Officer, and has himself acquired a knowledge of procedures which is a great asset to the District. Whilst carrying out these clerical duties he has always maintained a correct and soldierly bearing, and although he has suffered misfortunes in his private life, he has never let the slightest reflection of these troubles appear in his work. His wholehearted absorption in his work and the ability and high sense of responsibility which he has displayed have been far beyond the call of duty, and his service and example are worthy of recognition.’
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35 The Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Companion’s (K.G.) bullion and cloth Star, 117mm, silver bullion, the rays of the star, covered with overlapping silver scales, eyelets for sewing at each point, the reverse paper backing inscribed ‘The Star worn by Queen Anne’, adhesive applied to four reverse points, about very fine, rare £1,000-1,400
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36 Baronet’s Badge, United Kingdom, 46mm x 37mm, silvergilt (Hallmarks for London 1929) and enamel, reverse engraved ‘Cohen of Highfield 1905’, good very fine, with miniature width neck riband £500-700 Baronet London Gazette 26.12.1905 Benjamin Louis Cohen of Highfield in the parish of Shoreham and county of Kent, Esquire Sir Benjamin Louis Cohen, Bt., (1877-1909), was born in London, the son of Louis Cohen, and educated privately. Aside from his business interests working for the family firm of stockbrokers, he held a number of public and charitable appointments, serving as President of the Board of Guardians for the Relief of the Jewish Poor; President of the London Orphan Asylum; and Governor of St. Bartholomew’s, Bridewell, and Bethlem Hospitals. In 1889 he was elected as one of the first members of the newly-instituted London County Council, representing the City of London, a seat he held until 1904; and in 1892 was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Islington East. Created a Baronet in recognition of his public and political services in 1905, he died at home in London four years later. Sir Benjamin Cohen was succeeded in the Baronetcy by his son, Sir Herbert Benjamin Cohen, Bt., O.B.E., T.D.; upon his death in 1968 the title became extinct.
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37 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, extremely fine (2) £1,400-1,800 K.C.M.G. London Gazette 11.6.1942 Sir Henry Edward Barker, lately Ministry of War Transport representative, Middle East. Sir Henry Edward Barker, K.C.M.G., born Alexandria, Egypt, March 1872; educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh; served as President of the British Chamber of Commerce in Egypt and of the British Community in Alexandria; during the Second World War served as the Ministry of War Transport Representative, Middle East; died 20.7.1942
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38 Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 1st type, 77mm x 56mm, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1926) and enamel, the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘Sir Henry Edward Barker, Created, Buckingham Palace 7th July 1927.’, extremely fine £200-240 Knight Bachelor London Gazette 3.6.1927 Henry Edward Barker, Esq. ‘For public services in Alexandria.’
39 Egypt, Kingdom, Order of the Nile, First Class set of Insignia, by J. Lattes, Cairo, sash Badge, 92mm including crown suspension x 63mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s name on reverse, suspension loop missing; Star, 94mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s name on reverse, good very fine, with short section of sash riband for display purposes (2) £500-700
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40 40 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Knight Commander’s (K.C.M.G.) set of Insignia, neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with gold retaining pin, extremely fine, with full and miniature width neck ribands, in Spink, London, case of issue (2) £1,400-1,800 x41 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michel and St. George, Knight Commander’s (K.C.M.G.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, minor enamel damage to reverse central medallion and motto, otherwise good very fine £600-800
x42 Knight Bachelor’s breast Badge, 62mm x 46mm, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1936) and enamel, the reverse engraved in large serif capitals ‘R. McDougall. Cheadle Hulme’, nearly extremely fine, in Royal Mint case of issue £250-300 Knight Bachelor London Gazette 11.5.1937 Robert McDougall, Esq., J.P. ‘For public and philanthropic services, especially to the National Trust.’ Sir Robert McDougall, of Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire; born Chadderton, Lancashire, November 1871; educated at Manchester University; subsequently had a business career in the milling industry, and served as a Director of the New Peterborough Brick Company; served as a J.P. for Cheshire, and was a Member of the Dovedale Management Committee of the National Trust; Knighted for his public and philanthropic services in the Coronation Honours, May 1937; died, December 1938.
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47 Imperial Service Order, E.VII.R., Companion’s (I.S.O.) breast Badge, silver, gold applique, and enamel, nearly extremely fine £140-180
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x43 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion’s (C.M.G.) neck Badge, silvergilt and enamel, minor enamel damage to reverse central medallion and motto, the reverse medallion slightly depressed, otherwise good very fine, with neck riband £300-350
48 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Civil Division, Member’s (M.B.E.) Badge, silver (Hallmarks for London 1917), nearly extremely fine, on lady’s bow riband £70-90
44 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Civil Division, Commander’s (C.B.E.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, extremely fine, with neck riband, in David Sutton & Sons, London, case of issue £200-240
49 Royal Red Cross, G.V.R., First Class (R.R.C.) Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, extremely fine, with bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue £180-220 50 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, light scratch marks to reverse, good very fine £450-500
x45 The Royal Victorian Order, Lieutenant’s (L.V.O.) breast Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘96’, good very fine £180-220
x51 Air Force Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine £700-900
46 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Civil Division, Officer’s (O.B.E.) Badge, silvergilt, nearly extremely fine, on lady’s bow riband £80-100 73
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Lance-Corporal J. Collins outside Buckingham Palace, having received his Albert Medal to throw a bomb at him. Collins closed with the man, who then withdrew the pin from the bomb and let it fall in the trench. In an endeavour to save the patient and two other soldiers who were near, Collins put his foot upon the bomb, which exploded, killing the lunatic and injuring Collins severely; fortunately the two soldiers were not hurt. Collins, who could easily have got out of the way, ran the gravest risk of losing his life in order to save others.’
54 A Superb Great War 1917 Albert Medal in Gold to Lance-Corporal J. Collins, Royal Army Medical Corps, For Gallantry in Attempting to Save the Life of an Armed Lunatic Who Had Escaped His Charge at an Advanced Field Dressing Station. Having Entered the Trench System He Could Not Save the Man’s Life, Although He Did Manage to Save the Life of Two Others By His Actions; Despite Having His Leg Nearly Blown Off by a Primed Grenade Dropped by the Lunatic, and Requiring 14 Operations to Remove Shrapnel, He Went Onto Play Professional Football For 15 Years With Swansea Town A.F.C. Albert Medal, 1st Class, For Gallantry in Saving Life on Land, gold and enamel, the reverse officially engraved ‘Presented by His Majesty to Pte. (Acting Lce-Corpl.) James Collins, 14th. Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C. for Gallantry in Saving Life in France on the 11th. November 1917.’, extremely fine, scarce, with a photograph of the recipient outside Buckingham Palace having received his Albert Medal, and two photographs of him as a Swansea Town Footballer £5,000-7,000
49809 Lance-Corporal James Collins, A.M., (18971963), was born in Lochee, Dundee, where before the Great War he was a keen footballer, playing centre-half with St. Joseph’s F.C., and considered by many to be one of the city’s most promising young footballers. Following the outbreak of the Great War he enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps, served with the 14th Field Ambulance on the Western Front, and was awarded the Albert Medal for gallantry near the advanced dressing station at La Bergere, south-west of Monshyn-le-Roux, France. Severely wounded in the leg during his gallant exploits, his feet were so riddled with shrapnel that in hospital back in England he was told that his only hope was amputation. However, he refused, his burning ambition being to one day play football again. After 14 operations over a period of almost two years, and with shrapnel still in his toes and ankles, he was signed by Swansea Town A.F.C. (now Swansea City, the Premiership team). He played with the ‘Swans’ for 15 years, and was their captain when the team won the Third Division Championship in 1924-25; the following season the team reached the SemiFinal of the F.A. Cup for the first time, beating Arsenal along the way. On a number of occasions he won Welsh League caps. His playing days over he moved into coaching, and had a spell as a trainer with Chester F.C. On the outbreak of the Second World War he volunteered again for service with the Royal Engineers. He died in Dundee.
A.M. London Gazette 1.1.1918 Private (acting LanceCorporal) James Collins, 14th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps ‘In recognition of his gallant action in saving life in France in the following circumstances: On the 11th November, 1917, near an advanced dressing station in France, a lunatic soldier escaped from his escort and ran away along a trench. Collins ran after him, and when he got near him the man threatened
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55 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (9520 Pte. W.T. Adams, 2nd. Rifle Brigade 23-2-00), minor edge bruise, good very fine £1,200-1,600
56 A Great War 1917 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. to Lance Corporal F.A. Holmes, Royal Fusiliers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (19919 A.L.Cpl. F.A. Holmes. 26/R. Fus:), good very fine £500-600
D.C.M. London Gazette 19.4.1901 Private T. Adams, The Rifle Brigade (the Prince Consort’s Own) ‘For gallantry in repeatedly carrying wounded to dressing station under very heavy fire.’ 9520 Private W.T. Adams, D.C.M., served with the 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade in South Africa, and awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry, 23.2.1900, on which date the Rifle Brigade were involved in the Relief of Ladysmith.
D.C.M. London Gazette 19.11.1917 19919 Pte. (L./Cpl.) F.A. Holmes, R. Fus. (Bethnal Green) ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He advanced with three or four men under intense fire and brought back several prisoners; he also did excellent work during the attack. His gallantry and utter disregard of personal danger set a splendid example to all ranks.’ Lance Corporal Frederick Arthur Holmes, D.C.M., born Bethnal Green, London, February 1897; served with the 26th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front; died 23.9.1917, and is buried in Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, France.
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April 24, 2014 - London 57 A Rare Second War ‘Normandy Operations’ D.S.M. to Able Seaman D.E. Halladay, Royal Navy, For His Gallantry in the Destruction of an Enemy Torpedo off ‘Juno’ Anchorage Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (A.B. D.E. Halladay, C/JX. 353658), extremely fine £1,000-1,200 D.S.M. London Gazette 13.3.1945 Able Seaman Donald Edward Halladay, C/JX.353658 The Recommendation, dated 5.8.1944, states: ‘For the recovery of a circling torpedo from the centre of Juno anchorage adjacent to ‘Cap Tourane’, and for towing it away and destroying it by gunfire.’ C/JX.353658 Able Seaman Donald Edward Halladay, D.S.M., a native of Northampton, served during the Second World War in Landing Craft Gun (Large) No. 1, armed with two 4.7-inch guns, manned by Royal Marines, and several 20mm. Oerlikons. One of Halladay’s shipmates, Richard Blyth, wrote an account of No. 1’s part in the Normandy operations, which also makes direct reference to the recovery and destruction of the enemy torpedo: ‘When we got to Sword Beach [on D-Day], it seemed as though every gun ever made was firing at the same time. You could hear the 15inch warship shells going overhead, which sounded like a steam train. I could hear the Belfast’s 6-inch guns fired in anger and L.C.G. (L.) 1 was firing at the gun emplacements that were attacking our forces going ashore. Having a flat bottom and shallow draught, we were able to get quite close ashore, so we could see more where the firing was coming from. Our skipper was quite a huntsman, as every time we went into action he blew his hunting horn and said ‘Tally Ho!’ We were firing for nearly four days continuously, until the beachhead was well established. We would re-arm our craft then go along the beach where we were needed and then started firing again, sometimes 5 or 6 miles inland. We had a Field Officer ashore who was watching the shortfall and who sent back corrections to the gun crews. As we progressed we came to Le Havre, where the Germans were hauled up of a night time, and we had what was called the ‘Trout Line’ which was a line of L.C.G’s and L.C.F’s in line from Le Havre to Arromanches. At night, ‘Jerry’ came out to cause havoc on one-man torpedoes; they also had high explosive remote controlled motor boats, with which they tried to get us. They moved at about 35 knots. One day we had been doing an indirect shoot for the Army, and as we arrived back at the harbour of Arromanches, our look-out saw a spent German torpedo floating in the harbour - towards the end the Germans adapted the torpedoes to float instead of sink, so that it acted like a mine. A Marine Officer and two sailors [Halladay and another] got in a small boat and went out to it. One of the sailors went over the side with a rope, dived down and secured it, and swam back to the small boat and then back to our craft and towed it out of the harbour for about a mile, then blew it up with gun fire. The sailors were recommended for the Distinguished Service Medal (D.S.M.). When we got back in the harbour all the ships and craft saluted us with sirens and klaxons blaring. We went out on D-Day and came back in September, having done 4 hours on, 4 hours off, 24/7. At that time we had a
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refit and more exercises, then the Support Squadron Eastern Flank (S.S.E.F.) was formed and we went out to Walcheren, Holland.’ Richard Blyth later submitted an account of No. 1’s part in this operation on 1 November 1944, a disastrous action in terms of losses for the S.S.E.F., nine craft being sunk and nine others seriously damaged, with a total loss of 172 killed and 200 wounded. However, the Walcheren landings witnessed great gallantry on the part of the landing craft crew, and a total on 1 D.S.O., 23 D.S.C.s, 2 C.G.M.s, and 27 D.S.M.s were awarded. Of No. 1’s fate, Blyth states: ‘In the Northern Group, L.C.G. (L.) No. 1 went in with her guns blazing independently and closed to 600 yards in spite of being hit three times by shells. Now she got hit several more times and then came the big one, which hit the bridge - there was a tremendous explosion. Our skipper, Lieutenant Ballard, R.N.R., was wounded. The shell took the compass from his hand before it exploded, then another shell blasted away the compass pedestal and voice-pipe. All the officers were now wounded and the craft came to a stop with two dead and 20 wounded. The survivors were rescued by L.C.S. 510. L.C.G. (L.) No. 17 tried to take No. 1 in tow, but the stricken craft sank. The skipper of No. 17, Lieutenant Scammell, received wounds coming to No. 1’s assistance, wounds from which he died.’ Able Seaman Halladay received his D.S.M. at a Buckingham Palace, 6.11.1945.
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M.M. London Gazette 4.2.1918 265454 Pte, A. Foster, North’d Fus. (Babblesworth).
x58 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (C.P.O. Tel. H.B. Fawcett. D/J. 42285), nearly extremely fine, in case of issue £600-800 D.S.M. London Gazette 14.6.1945 Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist Herbert Bradley Fawcett, D/J.42285 (Bradford). ‘For gallantry or outstanding service in the face of the enemy, or for zeal, patience and cheerfulness in dangerous waters, and for setting an example of wholehearted devotion to duty, upholding the high tradition of the Royal Navy.’ The Recommendation, dated 1.8.1944, states: ‘For zeal and devotion to duty in the Convoy Service in which he has served since its inception. This Chief Petty Officer’s knowledge and experience of W/T in Convoy have been of great help to the Convoy Signal Officer, Naval Control Service, Mersey.’ D/J.42285 Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist Herbert Bradley Fawcett, D.S.M., born York, October 1899; enlisted in the Royal Navy, as a Boy 2nd Class, 9.7.1915; served during the Great War as a Telegraphist in H.M.S. Lucia; after the War served as Boatman with the Coast Guard, advanced Leading Telegraphist, 24.10.1925; served during the Second World War on ocean convoy duty as Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist, H.M.S. Eaglet, with Naval Control (Mersey), Western Approaches Command.
265454 Private Armstrong Foster, M.M., served with the Northumberland Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front from 20.4.1915.
61 Military Medal, G.V.R. (R-39323 Pte.- L.Cpl.G.E. Wingfield 13/K.R. Rif: C.), good very fine £120-160 M.M. London Gazette 11.2.1919 R/39323 Pte. (L./C.) Wingfield, G.E., 13th Bn., King’s Royal Rifle Corps (Deptford, S.E.).
62 Military Medal, G.V.R. (57548 Pte. C.H. Halfhide. 7/Manch: R.), minor edge bruising, nearly very fine £180-220 M.M. London Gazette 13.3.1919 57548 Pte. Halfhide, C.H., 7th Bn., Manchester Regiment (Tottenham)
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64 A Scarce Inter-War ‘Kurdistan’ D.F.M. to Sergeant S.C. Spink, Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Medal, G.V.R. (31105 Sgt. S.C. Spink. R.A.F.), suspension slack, very fine, together with two named Royal Air Force Records letters regarding the award, and London Gazette extract letter £3,000-3,500
M.M. London Gazette 1.3.1945 No. 3913670 LanceCorporal Gwyn George Davies, The South Wales Borderers (Brecon). The Recommendation (originally for an Immediate D.C.M.), dated 1.11.1944, states: ‘On 23 Oct 1944 near Hertogenbosch, L/Cpl Davies’s Company was ordered to attack the village of Bruggen. Soon after crossing the Start Line, the leading platoon came under heavy machine gun and rifle fire from the German positions. The platoon commander became a casualty and L/Cpl Davies immediately assumed command of the platoon. Without hesitation, he ordered and personally led, a bayonet charge by his platoon on a party of 15 Germans dug-in on a slight reverse slope, who could not quickly be dealt with in any other way. In spite of heavy enemy fire, the charge was completely successful. All the Germans, except one, were killed - the majority with the bayonet - and the only survivor taken prisoner. L/Cpl Davies continued to command the platoon with great dash until the platoon commander had recovered sufficiently to resume command, when he (L/Cpl Davies) took over his section again, he led it with outstanding skill and bravery until the final objective was reached. L/Cpl Davies’s conduct throughout the action contributed materially to the success of his Company and the whole operation, and he set a very fine example to all around him.’
D.F.M. London Gazette 12.7.1920 31105 Serjeant Sidney Claud Spink (63rd Squadron, Kurdistan) ‘For gallantry and distinguished services.’ The Recommendation states: ‘For gallantry and devotion to duty. Owing to lack of Qualified Observers and Aerial Gunners, this N.C.O. has always been to the fore in volunteering for these duties. He has continually acted in this capacity in minor operations over the difficult and mountainous country of Kurdistan machine-gunning hostile tribesmen from low altitudes under heavy rifle fire. By his keenness and disregard of danger he has set an excellent example to all ranks.’ 31105 Sergeant Sidney Claud Spink, D.F.M., of Pudsey, Leeds, served with ‘A’ Flight, No. 63 Squadron, 31st Wing, Royal Air Force during the operations against the Kurdish chief Sheik Mahmoud, 23.5- 6.12.1919. 4 D.F.M.s were awarded for operations in Kurdistan, May to December 1919.
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65 A Good Second War 1941 North Atlantic ‘Convoy Duties’ B.E.M. to Able Seaman P.W. Needham, Royal Navy, For Brave Conduct In the S.S. San Florentino During A Five Hour Night-Time Battle With an Enemy U-Boat, 2.10.1941; For His Gallantry the Second Officer was Awarded the George Medal British Empire Medal, Civil Division, G.VI.R. (Paul W. Needham), minor edge bruising, good very fine £600-800 B.E.M. London Gazette 3.3.1942 Paul William Needham, Able Seaman [in a joint citation with Stanley Miller, Esq., Chief Officer (awarded the O.B.E.); Leonard Victor Grinstead, Esq., Third Engineer (awarded the M.B.E.); George Taylor, Esq., Second Officer (awarded the G.M.); and Sidney Freeman, Gunner (awarded the B.E.M.)] ‘The ship was attacked by a submarine and torpedoed. For over five hours the two vessels fought in very heavy seas. Later, a second U-boat joined in the attack. The Chief Officer directed gun-fire from the monkey-island and, by his skilful conning of the ship and his fine defence control, succeeded in keeping the enemy at bay through the long hours of darkness. The Third Engineer was on watch in the engine-room and, only with difficulty, was persuaded to leave his post when the ship at last had to be abandoned. The Second Officer was in charge of the gun and stood to his post throughout the action, shooting magnificently. Freeman and Needham loaded and fired under his orders. The three men fought until they had only three shells left. Later, the Second Officer manned one of the falls to lower a boat and, when it was clear, jumped overboard, swam to it and took charge. By his courage and fortitude he kept up the spirits of the tired men until they at last came to safety. Freeman and Needham did good service in this boat.’ The Attack on the San Florentino At 23:57 hours on 1st October, 1941, the San Florentino, a 12,842 ton steam tanker owned by the Eagle Oil and Shipping Co. Ltd, London, commanded by Master Robert William Davis, whilst on convoy duty with convoy ON-19, en-route from Glasgow to Halifax, was hit amidships by a torpedo fired from U-94 whilst in the North Atlantic approximately 1,000 miles west of Georgetown, British Guiana. The tanker had been spotted at 18:10 hours, and missed by a first torpedo fired at 23:36 hours. At 02:49 hours on the 2nd October, she was hit in the bow by a second torpedo, and then hit in the bow by a third torpedo at 04:26 hours. After evading another torpedo twenty five minutes later, she broke in two at 05:02. The bow remained afloat upright, whilst the stern slowly sank, and she was fired upon throughout from the gun-deck of the U-boat. The captain, 21 crew members, and one gunner were lost, and are commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial. 31 crew members and four gunners survived, to be picked up by H.M.C.S. Mayflower, and landed at St. John’s.
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66 British Empire Medal, Civil Division, G.VI.R. (Antonio Vergera), good very fine £100-140 B.E.M. London Gazette 1.1.1946 Antonio Vergera, Donkeyman and Greaser, S.S. “Verand” (Baltic Trading Company Ltd.) Antonio Vergera, B.E.M., born Peru, October 1894; emigrated to England and employed as a Trimmer and Greaser in North Shields; became a British subject, 30.6.1936; served during the Second War in the Merchant Navy, and awarded the British Empire Medal; died at Tynemouth, Northumberland, 1973. There is no record that Vergera ever claimed, or received, any campaign medals for his seagoing service during the Second World War.
67 Sudan Defence Force Distinguished Service Medal, silver, nearly extremely fine, rare £250-300
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68 An Impressive Great War ‘Salonika Theatre’ C.M.G., ‘1916’ D.S.O. Group of Eleven to Colonel G.I. Fraser, Cameron Highlanders a) The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion’s (C.M.G.) breast Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with riband buckle b) Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, lacking reverse central cipher, with integral top riband bar c) Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2/Lt. G.I. Fraser. 1/Cam: Hrs:), rank partially officially corrected d) 1914-15 Star (Capt. G.I. Fraser. Cam’n Highrs.) e) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Lt. Col. G.I. Fraser.) f) Serbia, Kingdom, Order of the White Eagle, 2nd type, Military Division, Officer’s breast Badge, 64mm including crown and crossed swords suspension x 36mm, silver-gilt and enamel g) Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer, 2nd type, Officer’s breast Badge, 55mm including crown suspension x 35mm, silver-gilt and enamel h) Greece, Kingdom, Medal for Military Merit, Third Class, bronze, with bronze laurel wreath on riband i) France, Republic, Croix de Guerre, reverse dated ‘1914-1918’, with bronze palm j) Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, one clasp, Khartoum (G.I. Fraser. 1st. Cam. Highrs.), engraved in running script, traces of lacquer, generally very fine or better, unless otherwise stated, together with a framed photographic image of the recipient (11) £2,400-2,800
C.M.G. London Gazette 1.1.1919 Maj. and Bt. Lt.-Col. (T./Lt.-Col.) George Ireland Fraser, D.S.O., Cam. Highrs. ‘For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Salonika.’ D.S.O. London Gazette 3.6.1916 Maj. George Ireland Fraser, Cam. Highrs. ‘For Distinguished Service in the Field’ Serbia, Order of the White Eagle, Officer (with Swords) London Gazette 3.10.1917 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) George Ireland Fraser, D.S.O., Cameron Highlanders. ‘For distinguished service rendered during the course of the campaign.’ Greece, Order of the Redeemer, Officer London Gazette 9.11.1918 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) George Ireland Fraser, D.S.O., Cameron Highlanders ‘For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign.’ Greece, Medal for Military Merit, Third Class London Gazette 21.8.1919 Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George Ireland Fraser, C.M.G., D.S.O., Cameron Highlanders ‘For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign.’ France, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 21.7.1919 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) George Ireland Fraser, C.M.G., D.S.O., Cameron Highlanders ‘For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign.’
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Colonel George Ireland Fraser, C.M.G., D.S.O. (1876-1929), commissioned Second Lieutenant Cameron Highlanders, May 1898, and was immediately posted to Darmali for service with the 1st Battalion in the Sudan; advanced Lieutenant, December 1898; was serving with the regiment in Malta in 1903 when ‘on the 16th of April His Majesty King Edward arrived in Malta, and the Cameron Highlanders were employed in lining the streets, being posted in Strada Reale and the Palace Square. On reaching the Palace His Majesty inspected a Guard of Honour under Captain G.I. Fraser’ (Records of the Cameron Highlanders, Vol. 2 refers); served as Adjutant 4th Battalion, from 20.4.1904; attended a court levée held by King Edward VII at St. James’ Palace 11.5.1908; at the outbreak of the Great War he was serving with the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion, before appointed Brigade Major, 59th Infantry Brigade, 30.9.1914; served as D.A.A. & Q.M.G. 12th Army Corps, British Salonika Force, September 1915-February 1917; advanced Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, 3.6.1917; served as Acting Quartermaster General, G.H.Q., British Salonika Force, February 1917June 1919 (Four times M.I.D. London Gazette 13.7.1916, 11.6.1918, 30.1.1919 and 5.6.1919); served as D.A.A. & Q.M.G. 53rd (Welsh) Division, Western Command, May 1920-January 1923; Colonel 3.6.1921; appointed Instructor at Senior Officers’ School, Sheerness, 1927; he died whilst serving at the latter as recorded in the regimental history, ‘all ranks were grieved to hear on 9th April of the death of Colonel G.I. Fraser, C.M.G., D.S.O., Instructor at the Senior Officers’ School at Sheerness, who passed away quite suddenly when on duty. He had recently vacated the command of the 2nd Battalion, with all ranks of which, being of a cheery warm-hearted nature, he had been very popular. It was generally felt that the regiment, which, during his period of command, had won a great name for itself for military efficiency and skill in all forms of manly sport, had lost a loyal comrade and true friend. He had shared with one or two others the task and the credit of reconstructing the 2nd Battalion after the war. He was buried, in accordance with a wish which he had expressed, in Tomnahurich Cemetery, Inverness, in which town he was well known and much respected, having held for several years there the Adjutancy of our Volunteer battalion’; in later life he had resided at Barony House, Lasswade, Mid Lothian.
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69 A Second War 1945 D.S.O. Group of Seven Attributed to Dakota Pilot, Squadron Leader R.A. Browne, 267 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Who Flew in At Least 137 Operational Sorties Over Yugoslavia and Burma a) Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse of suspension bar officially dated ‘1945’, with integral top riband bar b) 1939-1945 Star c) Africa Star, with North Africa 1942-43 Bar d) Burma Star e) Italy Star f) France and Germany Star g) War Medal, generally very fine, campaign awards engraved in sans-serif capitals ‘Flt. Lt. R.A. Browne D.S.O. RAF’ (7) £1,000-1,200 D.S.O. London Gazette 16.10.1945 Acting Squadron Leader Robert Abraham Browne (119835), R.A.F.V.R., 267 Squadron The Recommendation states: ‘Squadron Leader Browne has now been operating for more than twelve months on Transport Supply operations, and on Routine passenger work in the Italian-Jugoslavian theatre of operations and also the Burma theatre. He has made many sorties over enemy occupied territory, landing supplies and ammunition to the Jugoslav Partisans. After unloading his supplies he has flown out casualties from very small fields, which could not even be termed airstrips. He has led formations of transport aircraft over the enemy occupied territory of Jugoslavia and due to his extreme skill and high sense of leadership not one aircraft was ever lost, his being the first aircraft to land at Athens after the occupation. The Squadron has now moved to the Burma theatre, and has been supplying the 14th Army, this officer operating continuously. By his extremely fine leadership, courage and devotion to duty, his earnest endeavour to reach his objective no matter what the weather, he has been, and is, an inspiring example to both ground crews and air crews alike. I have no hesitation in strongly recommending this officer for the undermentioned award.’
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Squadron Leader Robert Abraham Browne, D.S.O. served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second War, and by June 1945 had flown 137 operational sorties, all of which were supply dropping and supply landings in Yugoslavia and Burma; he served for at least 12 months with 267 Squadron (Dakotas) whose role included the movement of personnel and equipment, casualty evacuation and supply dropping missions to guerrillas in Italy and the Balkans; operating out of Italy from November 1943, the squadron moved to Burma in February 1945; whilst flying in the latter theatre of war the squadron supported the 14th Army’s final offensive that cleared Burma of the Japanese.
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70 A Scarce and Extremely Well Documented 1945 ‘Military Division’ O.B.E., Great War ‘Mediterranean Theatre’ D.F.C. Group of Seven to D.H.4 and D.H.9 Observer, Lieutenant, Later Wing Commander L.A. Jessop, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, Who Carried Out a Series of Long Range Bombing Raids on Constantinople, Including The First Night Raid On the City, 19.8.1918 a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division, Officer’s (O.B.E.) breast Badge b) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., upper arm of reverse engraved ‘L.A. Jessop’ c) British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. L.A. Jessop. R.A.F.) d) Italy Star e) Defence Medal f) War Medal, M.I.D. Oak Leaf, generally very fine, mounted as originally worn, with the following contemporary related items: - Observer’s Brevet - Two Royal Naval Air Service Pilot’s Flying Log Books (12.3.1917-26.9.1917 and 22.10.1917-18.11.1918), both well annotated; and R.A.F. Pilot’s Flying Log Book (August 1936-December 1949) - Bestowal Document for the Order of the British Empire, dated 1.1.1945, with named enclosure for document and award - Three M.I.D. Certificates, dated 24.9.1941, 1.1.1942 and 11.6.1942 - Commission appointing Laurence Arthur Jessop an Observer Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Air Service, dated 22.10.1917 - Commission appointing recipient a Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force, dated 1.11.1918 - Commission appointing recipient a Flying Officer in the Reserve of Air Force Officers, dated 23.11.1938 - Commission appointing recipient a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, dated 16.12.1939 - Two Portrait photographs of recipient in uniform, a number of photocopied images from various stages of his career and several newspaper cuttings - Copy of recipient’s typed account of services during the Great War (lot) £2,800-3,200 O.B.E. London Gazette 1.1.1945 Wing Commander Laurence Arthur Jessop (76181), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve D.F.C. London Gazette 3.12.1918 Lieut. Laurence Arthur Jessop. (Sea Patrol, Mediterranean) ‘An officer of fine courage and resolution. He has rendered most valuable service in bombing an important enemy town on a long-distance raid, bringing back a valuable reconnaissance report.’
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Wing Commander L.A. Jessop
Wing Commander Laurence Arthur Jessop, O.B.E., D.F.C., born 1898, the son of Major G.W. Jessop, J.P., of Cliffe Cottage, Rawdon, Leeds; educated at Uppingham and Oriel College, Oxford; in the ‘autumn of 1916 I applied to the Admiralty to join the Royal Naval Air Service, and just after my eighteenth birthday on November 8th was commanded to attend for interview and medical examination... I had the usual searching kind of interview when you were asked all kinds of questions, some of which seemed at first to have little relevance, such as “could you referee a hockey match”. The medical examination was very thorough, and at one stage you had to climb a rope, and at another while the examiner held a very sensitive portion of your anatomy you were told to “cough”. It was generally believed that one applicant thought the examiner said “Jump” with painful results.’ (Personal Account refers); Jessop was appointed Probationary Flight Officer (Temp.) Royal Naval Air Service, 31.12.1916, and told to report to Crystal Palace for training; in March 1917 ‘I was posted to the Naval Air Station at Redcar in North Yorkshire, to learn to fly. We were divided into squads for lectures and flying instruction... I had my first flight on March 12th, found it very interesting and exciting, but rather baffling. The aircraft was a Caudron, with a rotary engine and blip switch, not an easy aircraft to start on. My instructor’s idea was to hit you on the head and shout at you if you did anything wrong. Each flight averaged about 12 minutes, in some cases only 4 or 5 minutes, and it was difficult in such short periods to get the feel of the aircraft’; after a period of illness he returned to carry out the rest of his training in a Maurice Farman, ‘sad to relate on my second solo on May 7th I crashed the aircraft and wrote it off completely, after a stall. Just previously I had taxied another Maurice Farman into the saluting base and flag staff. Not at all a popular move... It was suggested to me quite kindly that I wouldn’t make a pilot and would I like to become a Kite balloon pilot or a Naval Observer.’ Jessop was posted as Probationary Observer Officer, to R.N.A.S. Eastchurch, 31.5.1917; he carried out further training and was promoted Observer SubLieutenant, 5.10.1917; posted to No.2 Aeroplane Wing, R.N.A.S., British Aegean Squadron, Mudros, Lemnos, November 1917; on the ‘24th November I was posted to “B” Squadron, Kalloni on the island of Mitylene, or to give its ancient name of Lesbos... I joined up with my first operational pilot, Flight Sub-Lieutenant Evans at Mitylene, and we stayed together from our first flight on December 11th 1917 until June 8th 1918... The aircraft were two seater Sopwith Fighters, and single seater
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The aerial got stuck on one sortie and I had to climb onto the wing to release it. Sounds very dangerous, but it wasn’t, as aircraft flew so slowly that there wasn’t much slipstream. In Mudros harbour later I thumbed a lift in a Short Seaplane, and rather to the annoyance of the pilot I sat out on the fuselage and wrote a letter home to Mother while in flight’ (Personal Account refers). ‘B’ Squadron was disbanded in April 1918, with Jessop’s flight leaving Mitylene for Mudros, and forming ‘F’ Squadron; the latter was equipped with D.H.4’s and was ‘a mobile squadron... this squadron operated from a number of island airfields, Lemnos, Mitylene, Thasos, Imbros and Marian and Stavros on the mainland near Salonica. From Imbros we bombed Gallipoli and from Thasos the airfields and seaplane station at Drama and Gereviz... From Marian on the Serbian border we bombed dumps at Marinopol and Livuno... On June 5th 1918 Evans and I set out to bomb Kuleli-Burgas when forty miles inside Bulgarian territory the oil tank began to leak very heavily so we turned back for home, crossing over enemy territory at about 1,000 feet, at Enos. The aircraft lost power gradually, and eventually with a large puff of smoke and flame gave up altogether, so we had to land in the sea in the Gulf of Saros, some miles from Imbros. There was a debate in the Mess the day before as to whether a D.H.4 would sink at once, and we proved it wouldn’t. The only casualty to ourselves apart from the shock on landing, was my pair of shoes which I took off expecting to have to swim. They sank and until I got a new pair of shoes I had to appear in slippers... We were rescued by the Royal Naval M.L. 186, and eventually landed at Mudros.’ In July 1918 Jessop went with ‘A’ Flight to Marsh Aerodrome, near Mudros; they were equipped with D.H.9’s and ‘I was now observer to the Flight Commander, Captain “Bud” Wiser, a Canadian. One of my duties was to look after his dog Zum, a Sealyham, who always went with me in the cockpit on our travels... In June and July 1918 plans were made to bomb Constantinople.. The aircraft had to have a number of extensive modifications to carry more petrol and to fit extra radiator capacity. On 6th July 1918 we landed on the airfield on Imbros, the nearest airfield to the target... The formation of five D.H.9’s took off at 7.10am, landing at Imbros at 11.55, a flight of four hours and forty five minutes. I dropped my bombs from 4,000 feet, on Haidar-Pasha and the Oriental Railway stations, also on the powder works at Makrikeui, scoring direct hits... Three enemy aircraft attacked the formation, our aircraft had a number of bullet holes through the bottom wing... The aircraft were operating at the extreme limit of their range, and at the end of the flight had to locate a small aerodrome on a little island... On 23rd July we repeated the raid on Constantinople with six D.H.9’s. I dropped bombs on the docks, Taxim Pera barracks and San Stefano aerodrome. There was a festival in the town which we disturbed somewhat’; on the 19th August Jessop took part in the first night attack on Constantinople; he followed this up on the 27th August, where he was met with heavy anti-aircraft fire, and a crash landing on his return to base; at the end of September the flight was attached to 17 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps; based in Amboukoi, north of Salonica, they were tasked with harrassing the Bulgarian retreat through Serbia; throughout this month Jessop and his pilot carried out a number of low-level attacks on retreating troops and transport; with the surrender of Bulgaria the flight returned to Marsh Aerodrome, October 1918; he continued to fly reconaissance until peace was declared with Turkey at the end of the month, ‘I sailed from Mudros on 12th December... docked at Southampton on New Year’s Day 1919... Later in January I reported at the Air Ministry in the Cecil Hotel, where I was greeted with some surprise as I had been posted to Russia. Luckily for me the posting had never reached the Headquarters in Mudros and it was eventually, after some argument, agreed that I could be demobilised’; Jessop transferred into the Reserve of Officers, and was employed with Transport Command, from 1936; he was appointed Adjutant of Advanced Training Squadron at No.3 Flying Training School; Flying Officer, Royal Air Force Reserve, 24.4.1938; he transferred to Coastal Command and was posted to R.A.F. Station Pembroke Dock, April 1939; Flight Lieutenant, 1.9.1939; served at Coastal Command HQ, Northwood,1942-45, flying in a large number of different aircraft; subsequent post-war appointments included with the Air Division in Austria, and with Fighter Command; after the war Jessop contributed to Task For Coastal Command by Hector Bolitho.
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71 A Well Documented Great War ‘Military Division’ O.B.E. Group of Four to Major D.A.B. Morle, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military Division, Officer’s (O.B.E.) breast Badge, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1919) b) 1914-15 Star (F.1001, D.A.B. Morle. P.O.M., R.N.A.S.) c) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Major D.A.B. Morle. R.A.F.), good very fine or better, mounted as originally worn, with the following related items: - The recipient’s related miniature awards - Bestowal Document for the Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., named to Major Denzil Adair Bartlett-Morle, dated 3.6.1919 - M.I.D. Certificate, dated 1.5.1918, glazed and framed - Commission appointing Denzil Adair Bartlett-Morle, Temporary Major, Royal Air Force, dated 1.12.1918 - Membership Card for the Old Comrades’ Association, No.2. Coy. A.C.C., R.N.A.S., giving recipient as President - Portrait Photograph of recipient in uniform, glazed and framed - Various photographs from service in France, 1918-19 (4) £600-800 O.B.E. London Gazette 3.6.1919 Maj. Denzil Adair Bartlett Morle, Royal Air Force ‘In recognition of distinguished services rendered during the War.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 1.5.1918 Lieut, (actg. Lieut.-Cdr.) Denzil Adair Bartlett Morle, R.N.V.R. ‘For zeal and devotion to duty with the Royal Naval Air Service, July-December 1917’ Major Denzil Adair Bartlett Morle, O.B.E., born St. James’s, London, 1879; prior to the war was employed as a Surveyor and resided at 162 Warwick Street, Ecclestone Square; joined the Royal Naval Air Service as Petty Officer Mechanic, 28.10.1914; served at H.M.S. Pembroke and H.M.S. President before being commissioned Temporary Lieutenant, R.N.V.R., for duty with the Air Service Constructional Company, 29.6.1916; he served in this capacity at: Vendome Air Station, from August 1916; Pulham Airship Station, from January 1917; Dover Air Station, from February 1917; Mullion Airship Station, from March 1917; Scapa Air Station, from September 1917 and both Pulham Airship Station and West Drayton Air Station in December 1917 (M.I.D.); Temporary Acting Lieutenant Commander, 1.10.1917; transferred Captain, Royal Air Force, 1.4.1918, and served once again in the French theatre of war, from September 1918; after the war he continued to serve as a Civil Engineer with the R.A.F., and advanced to Honorary Squadron Leader (Technical), 15.6.1920; he retired the following year.
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73 A Great War 1917 ‘Mesopotamia’ M.C. Group of Four to Captain A. Budd, Royal Army Medical Corps a) Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse contemporarily engraved ‘Mesopotamia Jan. 25th 1917 Capt. Arthur Budd, R.A.M.C. Investiture Oct. 19th 1917’ b) 1914-15 Star (Lieut. A. Budd. R.A.M.C.) c) British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. Budd.), nearly extremely fine, mounted as originally worn and housed in a leather Spink & Son case; with related miniature awards housed in a Hunt & Roskell leather case, and a reduced sized M.C. brooch, in gold, silver and enamel, reverse stamped 18ct (4) £700-900 M.C. London Gazette 25.8.1917 Temp. Capt. Arthur Budd., R.A.M.C. (Mesopotamia) Captain Arthur Budd, M.C., Commissioned Temporary Captain R.A.M.C., 27.9.1916; he resided in later life in Launceston, Cornwall.
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D.F.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 16.1.1945 Flight Lieutenant Edward O’Connor (174075), R.A.F.V.R., 405 (RCAF) Squadron The Recommendation states: ‘Flight Lieutenant O’Connor is a highly efficient Pilot and Captain of a crew which has now completed two tours of operations. The targets attacked by this Officer include such heavily-defended German cities as Berlin, Kiel and Stuttgart. Throughout his long and varied operational career, this Officer has evinced a keenness for offensive action against the enemy, which has made him stand out amongst his comrades. He is of a quiet, reserved nature, but possesses daring and initiative which are his most outstanding qualities. Undoubtedly, this Officer has done much by his own personal example of devotion to duty, to keep the morale of Aircrew at a high standard.’
74 A Second War D.F.C. and Second Award Bar Group of Five attributed to Halifax and Lancaster Pilot, Flight Lieutenant E. O’Connor, 405 (Vancouver) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Who Flew in At Least 56 Operational Sorties, Over Two Tours, With 8 Group Path Finder Force a) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’ and contemporarily engraved ‘F/Lt. E. O’Connor’, with Second Award Bar, reverse officially dated ‘1945’ b) 1939-1945 Star c) Air Crew Europe Star d) Defence and War Medals, remnants of lacquer throughout, generally very fine, campaign awards engraved in sans-serif capitals ‘F/Lt. E. O’Connor D.F.C. R.A.F.’ (5) £1,400-1,800
Flight Lieutenant Edward O’Connor, D.F.C., served as a Pilot with 405 (Vancouver) Squadron (Halifaxes and Lancasters), R.C.A.F., Gransden Lodge, Bedfordshire, as part of 8 Group Path Finder Force from August 1943; he flew in at least 56 operational sorties with the squadron over two operational tours including: Nuremburg; Munchen Gladbach; Mannheim (2); Hanover (2); Kassel (2); Cannes; Leverkusen; Berlin (3); Stuttgart; Frankfurt (2); Essen; Montzen; Montdidier; Mantes Gassicourt; Boulogne; Mont Couple; Le Mans; Rennes (2); Dunkerque; Toures; Cambrai; Lens; Renescure; Oisemont-Neuvelle-au-Bois (3); Metz; Caen; Paris; Russelheim (2); Stettin (2); Bremen; Kiel (2); Calais; Saarbrucken; Dortmund and Duisburg; commissioned Flying Officer, 3.10.1944.
D.F.C. London Gazette 13.10.1944 Acting Flying Officer Edward O’Connor (174075), R.A.F.V.R., 405 (RCAF) Squadron The Recommendation states: ‘This Officer is a very capable and determined Captain. Most of the sorties in which he has participated have been against heavily defended enemy targets. On many occasions he and his crew have been in great personal danger, having been attacked by enemy fighters and shot up by enemy anti-aircraft fire, but by skilful handling of his aircraft and superb leadership, this Officer has brought his aircraft and crew back safely to friendly territory. The fine example set by this Officer is worthy of high praise.’
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75 75 A Scarce 1945 South East Asia Command ‘Special Duties’ D.F.C Group of Five to Liberator Captain, Flying Officer S.H. Seed, 357 Squadron, Royal Air Force a) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’ b) 1939-1945 Star c) Burma Star d) War Medal e) France, Croix de Guerre, reverse dated ‘1939’, with Silver Star, generally very fine, with the following related documents: - Two R.A.F. Pilot’s Flying Log Books (23.6.1941-31.8.1942 and 1.9.194230.11.1967) first slightly water-damaged - Named Buckingham Palace Enclosure - Original Citation for Croix de Guerre with Silver Star (5) £2,000-2,500 D.F.C. London Gazette 19.10.1945 PO. Samuel Henry Seed (56737), 357 Sqn, R.A.F. The Recommendation states: ‘P/O Seed has carried out special operations over Burma, French-IndoChina and Malaya and has carried out a total of 321 operational hours. As a captain of aircraft he has proved himself capable of successfully completing the most difficult tasks, and he and his crew have a very large number of highlysuccessful sorties to their credit. He has carried out long-range operations to Malaya of 19 and 22 hours’ endurance, and on these operations he has shown outstanding determination. Throughout his operational tour this officer has shown great efficiency and has at all times set an excellent example.’ Station Commander’s Remarks: ‘He is a most capable and determined Captain, who can always be relied upon to complete the most difficult sorties successfully. I fully endorse this recommendation.’
France, Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, Flying Officer Samuel Henry Seed, D.F.C. (56737) Royal Air Force The Citation states: ‘A very valuable officer pilot. Carried out numerous flights over Indo-China including 10 successful parachute operations under exceptionally difficult conditions for the IndoChinese Resistance.’ Flying Officer Samuel Henry Seed, D.F.C. initially served during the Second War as a Sergeant; he carried out Pilot training at No. 6 E.F.T.S., Sywell, from June 1941; he flew his first solo in a DH82, 8.7.1941; Seed carried out further training at No. 3 E.F.T.S. and No. 22 E.F.T.S. before training in Oxfords with No. 37 E.F.T.S. from January 1942; later that year he was posted to the Canada, and after a period at C.F.S. Trenton he was posted to instruct in Oxfords and Harvards at No. 34 S.F.T.S., Medicine Hat, Alberta; Seed stayed in this capacity until April 1944 when he was posted to No.1 C.R.S. Summerside; after undertaking a conversion course on Mitchells and Liberators at No. 5 O.T.U. Boundary Bay he was posted as Warrant Officer for operational flying to 357 (Special Duties) Squadron (Liberators), Jessore, India, January 1945; the latter squadron was part of South East Asia Command and was primarily tasked with flying supply drops to guerilla forces in Burma and long-range flights to Malaya and Sumatra, where agents and supplies were landed on the coast; Seed flew on numerous such operations, including in February ‘this operation was successful. Reception of 1 fire and 1 torch came on as a/c approached. Reception seemed to have been moved on to the side of a hill to clear valley mist. The dropping could not be straight owing to the shape of the valley. 6 containers and 5 packages were dropped.. at 600’ all the chutes opened correctly’ (Squadron Operations Record Book refers); and in April, having been promoted to Pilot Officer on Probation, ‘Successful... correct reception of ‘H’ of panels and smoked fires were seen. 2 Agents, 11 containers and 3 packages were dropped... from 1200-1600ft.... 18 packets of nickels dropped on Papun’ (Ibid); Seed completed his first tour of operations 3.5.1945; he was posted to Transport Command with 53 Squadron (Liberators), Merryfield, November 1945; subsequent postings, before his release from the R.A.F. at the end of 1946, included to 86 Squadron, 1665 H.T.C.U. and 1332 H.T.C.U.; after the war Seed was employed by Ulster Aviation Ltd and Curtiss Reid Ltd, continuing to fly until 1967. PROVENANCE:
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Pilot Officer D. Northridge (right), together with his pilot, Flying Officer D.J. Hannigan, R.N.Z.A.F., in front of their Mosquito, April 1945
Pilot Officer Denis Northridge, D.F.C., served with the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second War; he carried out training as a Navigator at No.2 Air Observers School, R.A.A.F., Mount Gambier, from September 1943; he undertook further training at No.3 A.O.S. Port Pirie before transferring to the UK, for a posting to 29 E.F.T.S., Clyffe Pypard, June 1944; converted to Mosquitos with 1655 M.T.U. at Warboys and Wyton, before being posted for operational flying to 142 Squadron (Mosquitos), Gransden Lodge, November 1944; the squadron served as Mosquito light-bomber unit of No.8 (Path Finder Force) Group’s Light Night Striking Force; Northridge flew in 36 operational sorties with the squadron, including: Dortmund; Wanne Eickel; Stuttgart (2), including 21.11.1944, ‘Bombed Red T.I’s 3/500lb m.c. Attacked by Jet fighter twice’ (Log Book refers); Nurnberg (2); Osnabruck (2); Hanover (2); Karlsruhe; Hanau; Sieburg; Berlin (11); Mannheim; Magdeburg (2); Wiesbaden; Duisburg; Worms; Erfurt, 25.2.1945, ‘Bombed Glow 4/500 m.c. 4000ft. Iced badly. Challenged by Night Fighter’ (Ibid); Kassel; Essen; Lutzkendorf; Keil and Munich; he carried out his last flight with the squadron, as a “Cook’s Tour” encompassing Dover - Boulogne - Charleroi - St. Vith - Karlsruhe - Mannheim Weisbaden - Worms - Bonn - Remagen - Cologne - Aachen - Liege - Calais - Base, 8.6.1945; returned to Australia November 1945.
76 A Second War ‘1945’ D.F.C. attributed to Mosquito Navigator, Pilot Officer D. Northridge, Royal Australian Air Force, Who Flew in 36 Operational Sorties with 142 Squadron, As Part of No.8 (Path Finder Force) Group’s Light Night Striking Force Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’, in Royal Mint case of issue, with R.A.A.F. Observer’s, Air Gunner’s and W/T Operator’s Flying Log Book (24.9.1943 - 8.6.1945), and photographic image of recipient £1,200-1,600 D.F.C. London Gazette 25.9.1945 Pilot Officer Denis Northridge (Aus. 437055), R.A.A.F., 142 Squadron The Recommendation states: ‘This Officer is reserved in his manner but his efficiency as a Navigator and zest for operations stimulates confidence. He is precise and careful in his work, and his keenness and accuracy on operations is exemplary. He is well worthy of the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross.’
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77 A ‘1947’ A.F.C. Group of Five attributed to York Pilot, Flight Lieutenant E.W. Bartlett, 242 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve a) Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1947’ b) 1939-1945 Star c) Air Crew Europe Star d) Defence and War Medals, generally good very fine, with named Buckingham Palace enclosure, and letter of congratulations to recipient from Air Commodore (later Air Vice-Marshal) L.G. Harvey, dated 13.6.1947, this affixed to a page torn from a log book (5) £800-1,000 A.F.C. London Gazette 12.6.1947 Flight Lieutenant Ernest William Bartlett (139599), R.A.F.V.R., 242 Squadron The Recommendation states: ‘Flight Lieutenant Bartlett has been a captain of aircraft in Transport Command for two years. During the two years that he has been in his present squadron, he has accomplished 17 route services, 11 of which have been on passenger carrying York aircraft. He has been flying on the route almost continuously in some of the most adverse weather conditions. Shortly after his transfer to 242 Squadron Flight Lieutenant Bartlett showed himself to be an outstanding and excellent pilot, with a sound sense of responsibility and initiative. He has always challenged bad weather in a firm and intelligent manner but never takes unnecessary risks. Because of his thoroughness he has been employed on route checking, again proving his efficiency. He has always shown the utmost keenness in his flying duties and his devotion to his task, both in the air and on the ground has been an example to all ranks.’ Flight Lieutenant Ernest William Bartlett, A.F.C., was commissioned Flying Officer, 18.9.1943; he served during the Second War with 242 Squadron (Sterlings and Yorks), Stoney Cross, from April 1945; between 1946-47 he mainly flew the Lyneham to Changi route; posted to H.Q. 47 Group, Milton Ernest, May 1948.
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78 A Scarce Great War ‘Capture of Schwaben Redoubt’ M.M. Group of Eight to Corporal H. Tabor, 1/1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, Later Sergeant, Royal Engineers a) Military Medal, G.V.R. (2568 L.Cpl. H. Tabor. 1/1 Camb: R.-T.F.) b) 1914-15 Star (2568 Pte. H. Tabor Camb. R.) c) British War and Victory Medals (2568 Pte. H. Tabor. Camb. R.) d) Defence and War Medals e) Coronation 1937 f) Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., with ‘Territorial’ scroll suspension (5820877 Sjt. H. Tabor. R.E.), light contact marks overall, generally very fine, mounted court-style as originally worn, with the related miniature awards (8) £600-800 M.M. London Gazette 6.1.1917 2568 L/Cpl. H. Tabor 1/1 Cambridgeshire Regiment Sergeant Horace Tabor, M.M., a native of 75 Selwyn Road, Cambridge; he served during the Great War with 1/1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, in the French theatre of war, from 14.2.1915; he was serving with B Company 1/1st Battalion on the Somme in 1916, when ‘Probably the most outstanding exploit of the 1/1st Battalion was the capture of the Schwaben Redoubt in October 1916. This strong fortress dominated Thiepval and the Ancre and successive attacks by the 18th Division had failed to take it. It was finally gained on 15 October by 1/1st Cambridgeshires with 4/5th Black Watch after hours of bitter fighting and severe losses. The action was the subject of a special commendation by Field Marshal The Earl Haig, Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force - the BEF, who referred to it as ‘one of the finest feats of arms in the history of the British Army’. In the course of the battle a reconnaissance aircraft dropped a message at brigade headquarters saying simply ‘Cambridgeshires going over as if on parade’. This achievement cost the Battalion 13 Officers and 200 Other Ranks killed or wounded’ (The History of The Cambridgeshire Regiment, P. Macdonald, refers); Tabor is also mentioned in the Regimental History of the action at St. Julien, 31.7.1917-1.8.1917.
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79 An Extremely Rare Second War D.F.M., A.F.M. Group of Six to Whitley and Wellington Wireless Operator, Flight Sergeant A. Sayner, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Who Flew in At Least 27 Operational Sorties, Including Having to Bale Out at 9,500 Feet Returning From Bremen, 11.2.1941. He Was Killed in Action On A Raid to Cologne, 15/16.10.1942 a) Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (939971. Sgt. A. Sayner. R.A.F.) b) Air Force Medal, G.VI.R. (939971. F/Sgt. A. Sayner. R.A.F.) c) 1939-1945 Star d) Air Crew Europe Star e) Defence and War Medals, generally very fine or better, with photographic image of recipient, photocopies of two poems written by Sayner in the year of his death, and other research (6) £6,000-8,000 D.F.M. London Gazette 7.3.1941 939971 Sergeant Arthur Saynor [sic], 58 Squadron The Recommendation states: ‘As Wireless Operator, this airman has completed 20 operational flights including four bombing attacks on Berlin. It has been largely due to his skill that aircraft returning from long distance targets have landed safely at their base. This young Sergeant has a very fine operational record and has set a splendid example.’ A.F.M. London Gazette 1.1.1943 939971 Flight Sergeant Arthur Sayner, No. 10 O.T.U. The Recommendation (covering the period 1.2.1942-31.7.1942) states: ‘For the past twelve months this airman has been employed as a screened wireless operator/air gunner and has completed 743 hours of flying of which 210 hours have been at night. Although this flying has been of a rather dull and routine nature, by his enthusiasm and untiring energy Flight Sergeant Sayner has set an outstanding example to all.’
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Flight Sergeant A. Sayner 939971 Flight Sergeant Arthur Sayner, D.F.M., A.F.M., born Hessle, Yorkshire; educated at the Malet Lambert High School, Hull, and was apprenticed as a Poster Artist to Harvey’s Advertising Agency; joined Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, August 1939; posted as a Wireless Operator to 58 Squadron (Whitley’s), Linton-on-Ouse; he flew in at least 24 operational sorties with the squadron, between September 1940 - May 1941; these sorties included to Berlin (4); Ostend Harbour, 15.9.1940, ‘Attack made from 3,000 feet at 00.05 hours. Bombs seen to burst across docks. Second stick of bombs across No. 2 Basin. A large transport vessel believed hit was seen to catch fire. Returned to base.’ (Squadron Operations Record Book refers); Zeebrugge; Gelsenkirchen; Levna; Stettin; the Skoda Works at Pilsen; Lorient (2); Antwerp; Mannheim; Bremen (2), including 11/12.2.1941, ‘On return owing to shortage of petrol crew forced to bale out at 9,500 feet and aircraft crashed near Wishaw, Lanarkshire. All crew successful descents by parachute and were uninjured’ (Ibid); Brest (3); Wilhelmshaven; Dusseldorf (2); Kiel; and Rotterdam; he was subsequently posted to No. 10 O.T.U., (Whitleys) Abingdon, before returning to operational flying as part of Path Finder Force with 156 Squadron (Wellingtons), Warboys; he flew in at least 3 operational sorties with the squadron between September-October 1942, including to Bremen; Frankfurt and Dusseldorf; Sayner’s final sortie was in Wellington III BK339 GT- piloted by Squadron Leader J. Hobbs to Cologne, 15/16.10.1942; the aircraft failed to return from the mission, and the crew of five, including Sayner, are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. The following poem was written by Sayner before his fatal ‘moon light’ raid: ‘It is a lovely moonlit night. Just six words; but do not read them as if they had been announced by a radio commentator. I regret that it is not possible to set down in black ink upon a white sheet how my mind intoned that phrase. The lunar orb, half apparent as a backcloth to the silhouetted trees on the horizon, rises slowly diffuses its light over the lower eastern sky; changing in colour as it ascends and leaves the screen of the earth mists, from orange to silver. Now it is hidden behind a blanket of cirrus clouds which hang from the sky like a half drawn blind. It is a lovely moonlit night. Soon the moon will be at its height casting long shadows across the roads, rivers and fields of England; of Europe. It is a harvest moon; a lover’s moon; a bomber’s moon. Friendly light that sends the dark spectre of night scurrying into unlit corners. Terrible light that turns night into half day, and becomes a fighter’s moon. “Thirty of our aircraft failed to return from all these operations.” Harsh words that read as they are written. It was a lovely moonlit night.’ 1 of 17 D.F.M., A.F.M. combinations awarded, of which only 4 were awarded during the Second World War.
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80 A Scarce Great War ‘French Theatre’ D.F.M. Group of Four to Corporal C.R.C. Shorland, Royal Flying Corps, Who Served With Nos.1 and 18 Balloon Sections, 191518 a) Distinguished Flying Medal, G.V.R. (7958 L.A.C. (A. Corpl) Shorland. C.R.C., R.A.F.), with official corrections b) 1914-15 Star (7958 2.A.M. C.R. Shorland. R.F.C.) c) British War and Victory Medals (7958. 1.A.M. C.R. Shorland. R.A.F.), generally very fine or better (4) £1,400-1,800 D.F.M. London Gazette 3.6.1919 7958 L.A.C. (A./Cpl.) Charles Robert Cooper Shorland (Margate) (France) Belgium, Decoration Militaire London Gazette 8.2.1919 7958 A./Corpl. Clerk, Charles Robert Shorland (Margate) 7958 Corporal Charles Robert Cooper Shorland, D.F.M., born 1891; a native of Margate, Kent, he was employed prior to the Great War as an Accountant’s Clerk by the Borough Council; he enlisted as Aircraftman Second Class, Royal Flying Corps, October 1915; served as Clerk with No.1 Balloon Section, in the French theatre of War from, October 1915; posted in a similar capacity to No.18 Balloon Section, May 1917; transferred as R.A.F. Clerk 1 to the Royal Air Force, 1.4.1918; advanced Corporal Clerk, 12.9.1918; he returned to UK, 31.12.1918 and was discharged 30.4.1920
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81 A Second War 1943 D.F.M. Group of Seven to Halifax Wireless Operator, Warrant Officer S.C. Hemson, Royal Air Force, Who Flew in At Least 22 Operational Sorties with 78 Squadron a) Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1199374 Sgt. S.C. Hemson R.A.F.) b) 1939-1945 Star c) Air Crew Europe Star d) Defence and War Medals e) Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R. (Stanley Colin Hemson) f) Jubilee 1977, generally very fine or better, mounted as originally worn, with R.A.F. Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book (8.10.1942 - 29.9.1952), and letter informing recipient of the award of his Imperial Service Medal from the Director of the Quality Assurance Directorate, dated 29.12.1980 (7) £2,000-2,400 D.F.M. London Gazette 15.2.1944 1199374 Sergeant Stanley Colin Hemson, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 78 Squadron The Recommendation states: ‘This N.C.O. has now completed his first operational tour consisting of 22 sorties. He has been a member of one of our most successful operational crews and has contributed largely to their success and to the safety of his aircraft. His work on the ground has been as keenly and efficiently carried out as his work in the air and he has given most valuable assistance in his section. He has taken part in sorties against the most heavily defended targets and has always conducted himself with the utmost coolness in the face of the enemy. For his courage and devotion to duty, he is strongly recommended for the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal.’ I.S.M. London Gazette 19.12.1980 Stanley Colin Hemson, Examiner I, Ministry of Defence 1199374 Warrant Officer Stanley Colin Hemson, D.F.M., served during the Second War from 1942, and was posted for training at No. 4 Signals School in October of that year; posted as a Wireless Operator for operational flying to 78 Squadron (Halifaxes), Breighton, Yorkshire, June 1943; he carried out 22 operational sorties with the squadron including: Krefeld; Mulheim; Wuppertal; Gelsenkirchen (2); Cologne (2); Hamburg (4); Essen; Remscheid; Mannheim (2); Nurnburg (2); Milan; Munich; Mont Lucon; Hanover and Dusseldorf; subsequent war-time postings included for instructorial duties to No.1667 Heavy Conversion Unit, R.A.F. Faldingworth, from January 1944; post-war employment included No. 85 O.T.U. and Wellington Squadron No. 2 A.N.S.
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82 A Good Second War ‘1945’ Lancaster Mid-Upper Gunner’s D.F.M. Group of Four to Flight Sergeant E. Hall, 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Who Flew in At Least 36 Operational Sorties, During Which He Accounted For One Confirmed Ju 88, and Another Shared With His Rear-Gunner a) Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1759021 F/Sgt. E. Hall. R.A.F.) b) 1939-1945 Star c) France and Germany Star d) War Medal, very fine, with R.A.F. Flying Log Book For Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners, Flight Engineers (21.1.1944-22.8.1945) (4) £2,200-2,600 D.F.M. London Gazette 21.9.1945 Flight Sergeant Ernest Hall (1759021), R.A.F., 207 Squadron The Recommendation states: ‘This N.C.O. has now completed his first tour of 36 successful sorties, as the Mid-upper gunner of a Lancaster aircraft, involving no less than 252 operational flying hours. Nearly all his sorties were against highly defended targets in Germany itself and many of these were at long-range such as Munich (twice), Bohlen (twice), Politz (twice), Gdynia, Brux, Trondheim, and Lutzkendorf. On December 4th, 1944, whilst his aircraft was on its bombing run on Heilbronn a JU 88 attacked. F/Sgt Hall took immediate action and with a well-placed burst of fire drove off the enemy aircraft with flames smoke pouring from it. The crew went on to complete their mission, and the enemy aircraft was claimed as damaged. Again on February 8th, 1945, when approaching the target at Politz, his aircraft was attacked by a JU 88, which scored a direct hit on the port tail plane and elevator before being seen, making the Lancaster very difficult for the pilot to handle. F/Sgt Hall spotted the fighter and coolly instructed his pilot as to the position required for combat. His fire, together with that of the tail gunner, resulted in the confirmed destruction of the enemy aircraft. The target was then successfully bombed. F/Sgt Hall has at all times shown exceptional gallantry and keenness on operations, and has always been willing and eager to fly as a spare, with the result that he has finished his operational tour before the rest of his crew. His work both in the air and on the ground, has been of an exceptionally high standard, worth of much praise. His courage and devotion to duty have been an inspiring example to his crew and to his fellow gunners.’ 1759021 Flight Sergeant Ernest Hall, D.F.M., served with the Royal Air Force during the Second War, and was posted for training as an Air Gunner to 11 A.G.S. Andreas, Isle of Man, January 1944; he undertook further training at No.16 O.T.U. Heyford, from April of the same year; after stints at 1660 Conversion Unit, Swinderby and No.5 L.F.S., Syerston he was posted for operational flying to 207 Squadron (Lancasters), Spilsby, September 1944; he flew in 36 operational sorties with the squadron, including: Karlsruhe; Kaiserlautern; Wilhelmshaven; Flushing; Brunswick; Walacheren; Nurnburg; Dusseldorf; Dortmund (2); Gravenhorst (3); Harburg (2); Duren; Trondheim, 22.11.1944 ‘U-Boats & Supplies’ (Log Book refers); Munich (2); Heilbronn, 4.12.1944, ‘Oil Nr. Karlsruhe (Ju 88 Probably Destroyed) “Confirmed” ‘(Ibid); Geisson; Gdynia; Horton; Houffalize; Ladbergen (2); Royan; Politz (2), including 8.2.1945, ‘Oil Nr. Stettin Shot up by Ju 88. (Ju 88 Probably Destroyed) “Confirmed”’ (Ibid); Brux; Rositz; Bohlen (2); Essen and Lutzkendorf; having completed his tour Hall’s subsequent postings included No. 84 O.T.U., Desborough and No.17 O.T.U. Silverstone.
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83 A Fine 1940 Military Division ‘Blenheim Crash Rescue’ B.E.M. Group of Five to Aircraftman 2nd Class S. Ward, Royal Air Force, A Member of the Fire Tender Crew at R.A.F. Wattisham a) British Empire Medal, G.VI.R. (1001638 A.C.2. S. Ward R.A.F.) b) 1939-1945 Star c) France and Germany Star d) Defence and War Medals, generally very fine (5) £600-800 B.E.M. London Gazette 21.1.1941 1001638 Aircraftman 2nd Class Stanley Ward (jointly listed with 335107 Corporal Harry Spencer) The Recommendation states: ‘During the night of the 30th September, 1940, these airmen were members of the fire tender crew on duty when an aircraft crashed on taking off at Wattisham and burst into flames. Though fully aware that the aircraft was carrying a full load of bombs and ammunition, Corporal Spencer rushed into the fire and endeavoured to extricate the injured observer, who was lying under the port wing. Aircraftman Ward, also knowing the aircraft was loaded, went to his assistance and they were able to carry the injured man to safety. Corporal Spencer then returned to the fire in an attempt to rescue other members of the crew. One of the two 250lb bombs exploded and threw him to the ground ten yards away but without causing him serious injury. Both airmen displayed a complete disregard for their personal safety, and the injured observer undoubtedly owes his life to their gallantry.’
84 Pair: Private W. Mason, Coldstream Guards Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (4580. W. Mason. Coldm. Guards.), contemporarily engraved in upright serif capitals, top lugs removed, contact marks; Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (4580 Pte. W Mason - Coldstream - Gds.), first good fine, second very fine (2) £180-220 4580 Private William Mason, 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, was wounded in front of Sebastopol, 29.7.1855 (London Gazette 10.8.1855).
85 Three: Bombardier C. Montgomery, Royal Artillery Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (16779. Gnr. C. Montgomery. A/1. Bde. R.A.); Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (16779. Bombr. C. Montgomery. R.A.); Khedive’s Star 1882, generally nearly very fine or better (3) £240-280
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88 Pair: Private W. Bonnett, Leicestershire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (3778 Pte. W. Bonnett, 1: Leic: Regt:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (3778 Pte. W. Bonnett. Leicester: Regt.), surname partially officially corrected on last, edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine or better (2) £140-180
86 Three: Sergeant W. Dodd, Shropshire Light Infantry, Late Coldstream Guards Egypt 1882-89, undated, two clasps, The Nile 188485, Abu Klea (4717 Pte. W. Dodd. Coldm. Gds.), suspension slack; Volunteer Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (2145 Sjt: W. Dodd. 2/V.B. Shrops: L.I.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, pitting from Star overall, nearly very fine (3) £600-800
3778 Private William Bonnett, born Leicester; enlisted Leicestershire Regiment, 1893; discharged 11.7.1905, after 12 years with the Colours.
87 Four: Private J. Studholme, Cameron Highlanders Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3303. Pte. J. Studholme. Cam’n. Highrs), number officially corrected; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (3303 Pte. J. Studholme. Cam’n. Highrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (3303 Pte. J. Studholme. Cam’n Highrs.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, two clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (3303. Pte. J. Studholme. Cameron Highrs. (Replacement.) ), all later impressed replacement issues, generally very fine (4) £160-200
89 Family Group: Four: Private A. Geall, 8th Hussars Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Belfast (3922 Pte. A. Geall. 8th Hussars.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (3922 Pte. A. Geall. 8th Hussars.), top lugs removed; British War and Victory Medals (35226 Pte. A. Geall. 8-Hrs.), generally good very fine Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (140. Pte. A. Geall, 6th Dragns.), minor edge bruising, therefore very fine (5) £180-220 35226 Private Alfred Geall, born Lewes, Sussex; enlisted 8th Hussars, 1895; served with the Regiment in South Africa, 13.2.1900-26.6.1903. 140 Private Alfred Geall, born Lewes, Sussex; served in the Royal Sussex Artillery Militia prior to enlisting in the 6th Dragoon Guards, 1857; discharged 1877, after 19 years and 72 days service with the Colours.
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90 Six: Private E.F.I. Graham, Army Service Corps, Late Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (913 Pte. E.F. Graham Th’Crofts M.I.), last two clasps loose on riband; 1914-15 Star (M2-019056 Pte. E.FI. Graham. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M2-019056 Pte. E.F.I. Graham. A.S.C.); Defence Medal, generally good very fine, with Silver War Badge, reverse numbered ‘377200’, and a portrait photograph of recipient in later life (6) £100-140
91 Three: G.K. Gandy, Merchant Navy Transport 1899-1902, one clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902 (G.K. Gandy), partially officially corrected; British War Medal (Gerard K. Gandy); Mercantile Marine War Medal (Gerard K. Gandy), good very fine (3) £500-600 Gerard Knipe Gandy (incorrectly listed as ‘Gaudy’ in latest published transcription of medal roll), born Mold, Flintshire, 1859; served as Chief in S.S. Kildonan Castle (Union Castle S.S. Company); his Transport Medal was presented to him by H.M. the King, 4.11.1903.
M2-019056 Private Edward Francis Irvine Graham, born St. Peter Port, Guernsey; son of Colonel Graham, and as a result of a second marriage he was brought up in Castle Crine, Country Clare, Ireland; worked in Queensland, Australia prior to service during the Boer War; served during the Great War in the French theatre of war, from 25.12.1914; after the war Graham farmed near Shifnal, Shropshire.
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93 Five: Flight Sergeant A.B. Collins, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (4383. Sgt. A.B. Collins. R.A.F.); General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Iraq (4383 F/Sjt. A.B. Collins R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., two clasps, North West Frontier 1930-31, Mohmand 1933 (4383. F/Sgt. A.B. Collins. R.A.F.), unofficial rivets between clasps; Royal Air Force Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., ‘coinage head’ type (4383. F/Sgt. A.B. Collins. R.A.F.), generally nearly very fine (5) £500-700
92 Five: Warrant Officer Class II J. Doig, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force 1914-15 Star (3307. A.M. J. Doig. R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (3307 F. Sgt. J. Doig. R.A.F.); Coronation 1937; Royal Air Force Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., ‘coinage head’ type (3307. W.O.2. J. Doig. R.A.F.), generally very fine, mounted for wear, with recipient’s Identity Disk (5) £140-180 3307 Warrant Officer Class II J. Doig served during the Great War with the Royal Flying Corps in the French theatre of war, from 14.2.1915.
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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA 94 Pair: Second Lieutenant W.G. Davis, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (2/Lieut. W.G. Davis. R.A.F), good very fine Pair: Flight Sergeant L.J. Asher, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (11524. F. Sgt. L.J. Asher. R.A.F.), good very fine Pair: Aircraftman 1st Class W.T. Beetlestone, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (401332. 1.A.M. W.T. Beetlestone. R.A.F.), good very fine Pair: Aircraftman 1st Class F. Allen, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (14011. 1.A.M. F. Allen. R.A.F.), good very fine Pair: Aircraftman 2nd Class W.K. George, Royal Air Force and Royal Naval Air Service British War Medal (239163. 2.A.M. W.K. George. R.A.F.); Victory Medal (F.39163 W.K. George. A.M.2 R.N.A.S.), very fine, mounted for wear Pair: Private D, Cerise, Australian Army British War and Victory Medals (5052 Pte. D. Cerise 3 Bn. A.I.F.), good very fine British War Medal (403470. Sgt. E.P.T. Elyard. R.A.F.), edge bruise, very fine (13) £180-220 R.A.F. Communiques 1918 gives ‘Lt. W.G. Davis, 98 Sqn. as having brought down an enemy aircraft under review.’ M.I.D. Unconfirmed.
95 Pair: Private W. Bloomfield, Hampshire Regiment India General Service 1936-39, one clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (5497345 Pte. W. Bloomfield. Hamps. R.); General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine (5497345. Pte. W. Bloomfield. Hamps. R.), very fine (2) £140-180 96 Five: Aircraftman 1st Class M.A. Liddell, Royal Air Force India General Service 1936-39, one clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (530264 A.C.1. M.A. Liddell. R.A.F.); 1939-1945 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, generally very fine or better (5) £70-90
97 An Interesting Second War Campaign Group of Five to Flight Lieutenant A.F.H. Barber, Royal Air Force, An Air Gunner in Fairey Battles and Blenheims, He Was Wounded in Action, 6.6.1940, After a Combat With 4 Me. 109s; He Flew in Hampdens for Operational Sorties with 106 and 44 Squadrons, Before Converting to Catalinas for Service with 202 (Flying Boat) Squadron Against U-Boats 1939-1945 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, with Atlantic bar; Defence and War Medals; General Service 191862, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (Flt. Lt. A.F.H. Barber. R.A.F.), light contact marks overall, very fine, with three Identity Tags and R.A.F. Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book (28.4.193926.8.1958), front cover loose, first page annotated time carried forward from previous log 85 hours and 30 minutes (5) £350-450 Flight Lieutenant A.F.H. Barber, born 1920; joined the Royal Air Force as a Aircraftman 2nd Class prior to the outbreak of the Second War; he qualified as an Air Gunner, 21.1.1939; he was posted to 40 Squadron (Fairey Battles) and was serving with them at Abingdon, from April 1939; flew with the squadron to their first wartime base, at Bethenivelle, France, 2.9.1939; and took part in their first operational sortie of the war, 21.9.1939, ‘H. Level Recco (25,000ft) Over Enemy Country. French Escort’ (Log Book refers); he flew in another operational sortie six days later, before the squadron returned to the UK at the beginning of December; having returned the squadron was re-equipped with Blenheims; he flew on a further 12 operational sorties with the squadron including: 12.4.1940, ‘Raid On Enemy Warships’ [Stavangar]; Wilhelmshaven; The Hague; Dinant; Abbeville; Calais, 25.5.1940, ‘W/T Ident. Machine. Hit By A/A. Attacked By Me.109. 50 Rounds Fired’ (Ibid); Courtrai; Arras-Menin Road; Bridges at Nieuport, 31.5.1940, ‘W/T. Ident. & Homing. 100 Rounds Fired At A/A & Balloon’ (Ibid); and Raid on Transport at Bernaville, 6.6.1940, ‘W/T. Ident. Attacked By 4 Me. 109’s . One Believed Shot Down. 600 Rounds Fired’ (Ibid); after the last raid the Log Book is annotated ‘Temporarily Grounded owing to injuries received in enemy action June 6th 1940’ ; after a period of recuperation Barber was posted for operational flying to 106 Squadron (Hampdens), Cottesmore, September 1940; he flew in two operational sorties with the squadron, to Kiel and Brest, before transferring to 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron (Hampdens), Waddington, November 1940; he flew in six operational sorties with the squadron, including: Dortmund; Hamburg; Lorient; Brest and an ‘Interuption Patrol’ to Bristol, 6.12.1940; served in an instructional capacity with No.25 O.T.U., from April 1941; subsequent postings included to 1447 Flight and No.131 O.T.U.; he converted with the latter to Catalinas and was posted for operational flying to 202 (Flying Boat) Squadron (Catalinas), Gibraltar, April 1943; he flew in convoy escorts and patrols, including 8.1.1944, ‘AS Patrol (East) U/Boat Attacked. One of Crew injured and aircraft damaged’ (Log Book refers); he returned to the UK in March 1944, and transferred to Transport Command in July of the same year; he was posted as a Radio Operator to No.45 (Atlantic Transport) Group, R.A.F. Dorval, Canada; he flew in a number of aircraft including Hudsons, Coronados and Flying Fortresses; post-war postings included to H.Q. Bomber Command, Communication Flight; advanced Flight Lieutenant, 9.3.1947; retired 1.11.1961
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1941; moved to the UK, and was posted for operational flying as a Navigator to 49 Squadron (Hampdens), Scampton, November 1941; he flew in 31 operational sorties with the squadron including: Cherbourg; Essen (5); Lorient (2); Emden; Hamburg (4); Wilhelmshaven (2); Huls; Leeuwarden; Brest (5); Mannheim; Renault; Heligoland Bay; Lubeck and Dortmund (2); having completed his first tour of operational flying he transferred to No.14 O.T.U., Cottesmore, May 1942; whilst serving with the latter he volunteered and took part in the first ‘Thousand Bomber Raids’ to Cologne, 30.5.1942, and Essen, 1.6.1942; posted to No.26 O.T.U., November 1943; converted to Lancasters at 1653 C.U., before returning to operational flying with 625 Squadron (Lancasters), Kelstern, April 1944; after flying in three aborted operations he took part in the raid on Maillyle-Camp, 3/4.5.1944, with Warrant Officer C.D.A. Short as his pilot, they ‘T/o 2202 Kelstern to attack the military camp. Shot down on the bombing run, crashing at Poivres (Aube), 20 km NNE of Arcis-sur-Aube’ (Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, refers); the crew of seven were all killed, and are all buried in Poivres Churchyard.
98 A Second War Casualty Group of Five to Lancaster Navigator, Flying Officer R.E. Haddock, Royal Canadian Air Force, Who Flew in 34 Operational Sorties, Including The First ‘Thousand Bomber Raids’ to Cologne and Essen, Before Being Killed in Action On the Raid to Mailly-le-Camp, 3/4.5.1944 1939-1945 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with Bar; War Medal, very fine, with the recipient’s Royal Canadian Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book (16.1.1941-3.5.1944), stamped ‘Death Presumed. Central Depository Aug 1947 Royal Air Force’ (lot) £300-400 135016 Flying Officer Robert Edward Haddock, initially served as an L.A.C. in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second War; trained as a Navigator at No.5 A.O.S., Winnipeg, from January 1941 and as a Bomb Aimer and Air Gunner at No.3 B. & G.S., Macdonald Man, from March
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99 A Second War Group of Four to Wellington Air Gunner, Warrant Officer S. Jones, 36 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Who Flew Anti-Submarine Patrols During His Tour of Operations with the Squadron, Sinking A U-Boat in the Mediterranean, 3.11.1943 1939-1945 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, very fine, with R.A.F. Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book (10.6.1942-7.10.1944) (4) £150-200 1069921 Warrant Officer S. Jones, joined the Royal Air Force for service during the Second War; trained as a Wireless Operator at No. 2 Signals School, from June 1942; and qualified as am Air Gunner after training at No.1 A.G.S. Pembrey; posted to No.7 (C) O.T.U., Limavady, October 1942; served at No.303 F.T.U., Stornoway before being posted for operational service with 36 Squadron (Wellingtons), Dhubalia, Bengal, May 1943; he mainly flew in anti-submarine patrols and convoy escorts; moved with the squadron to Tafaraoui, Algeria in October 1943; he continued to carry out anti-submarine patrols including 3.11.1943, ‘U.Boat Hunt To Kill…. Two Attacks Sgt. G. [his pilot Sergeant Gallagher] U. Boat Sunk. A/C Damaged. Sgt. Nixon Crash Landed At Base. Crewe All OK.’ (Log Book refers); he completed his operational tour in August 1944.
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100 Waterloo 1815 (George Wilding, 3rd Batt. Grenad. Guards.), minor edge bruising, nearly very fine, with later steel clip and split ring suspension £1,400-1,800 Private George Wilding served with the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards in Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. H.P. Townshend’s Company during the Waterloo Campaign, 1618.6.1815.
101 China 1842 (Thomas Kersey, Royal Marines.), suspension bar re-affixed and traces of glue, nearly very fine £300-400 102 Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Private Benjamin Harrop H.M. 39th. Regt.), good very fine, original brass riveted hook replaced with later straight bar suspension £380-420
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from the tree, with his musket and made his way through the forest to join his comrades. Some of the men, seeing him running among the thorn-trees on their right flank, mistook him for an enemy trying to outflank them. Various shots were fired at him, but happily without taking effect. He raised his musket in the air and fired it off. We then observed that he was one of our men and a few minutes afterwards we recognised Hall, who was completely exhausted with the race and the momentary expectation of sudden death. Doctor Frazer gave him a little brandy, which revived him, but for months afterwards the tent that he belonged to was mightily alarmed by him springing up in his sleep and shouting out “There they comethere they are- murder, murder” or some other sudden and dreadful outcry. A few more years sufficed for him in this world, for he became of a melancholic temperament and died, adding another victim to the War’s Account.’ (Reminisces of the Last Kaffir War by James McKay, late Sergeant in H.M. 74th Highlanders refers).
103 Punniar Star 1843 (Private John Devanny. 50th. Queen’s Own Regt.), nearly very fine, with original brass riveted hook and later ring suspension £380-420 104 Punjab 1848-49, two clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Edwd. Power Nolan, 1st. Eur. Fus.), edge bruising, good very fine £400-450 105 South Africa 1834-53 (Hugh Hall. 74th. Regt.), edge bruising, very fine £340-380 Private Hugh Hall, served with the 74th Highlanders during the Third Kaffir War, 1850-53: ‘During the course of the fighting in the Kroome range, a Kaffir stronghold, a soldier named Karrigan ran one Kaffir through with his bayonet, shot another who was coming to his rescue, and killed a third with the butt-end of his musket. Some say he killed a fourth. A comrade, Private Hall, who ran to assist him, was caught by the straps of his blanket by a powerful savage and thrown down the deep bank on our left. He lay there insensible for a short time and when his senses returned to him, he was lying at the foot of a deep water gorge. He looked up the slope, down which he had been thrown so unceremoniously, and observing his firelock near at hand, he grasped it eagerly and then crept among the branches of a tall tree. There, with trembling heart and aching bones, he observed the Kaffirs in hundreds pass down the road and close to the foot of the tree where he had hidden, in pursuit of the retiring troops, who were lost to his sight. He noticed that the Kaffirs, shortly after they passed him, crossed into the bush on the left side of the path. Having remained concealed until he thought the Kaffirs were all passed, he descended
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106 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Northwest Frontier (1233. H. Baxendale H M’s 1st. Bn. 6th. Regt.), initial officially corrected, minor edge bruise, good very fine £160-200 107 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Pegu (Thomas Dible. 51st. K.O. Lt. Infy.), traces of brooch mounting, suspension claw re-affixed, nearly very fine £120-140
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108 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Persia (Corpl. B. Park, 78th. Highlanders), very fine £350-400 109 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Umbeyla (966 J Burnett 71st. Higlrs.), very fine £200-240 110 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Bhootan (918 J. Rogers H Ms. 55th. Regt.), very fine £200-240 111 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Perak (1465. Gunr. W. Francis. R.A.), nearly very fine £180-220 112 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Jowaki 1877-8 (1454 Trumpr. J. Collier. 13/9th. R.A.), nearly very fine £140-160 113 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Sikkim 1888 (282 Pte. W. Brown 2nd. Bn. Derby. R.), minor official correction to unit, pawnbroker’s mark to edge, minor edge bruising, otherwise nearly extremely fine £140-180
114 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1887-89 (2180 Qr. Mr. Sergt. W. Wood 2d. Bn. Ches. R.), officially renamed, good very fine, with contemporary top silver riband bar £70-90 115 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Samana 1891 (3252 Pte. J. Brunton 1st. Bn. K.R. Rif. C.), slight abrasion to name, minor edge bruise, nearly very fine £80-120 116 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, N.E. Frontier 1891 (3655 Pte. J. Kendall 4th. Bn. K.R. Rif. C.), nearly extremely fine £220-260 3655 Private John Kendall, born Lynn, Norfolk, 1862; enlisted in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, June 1886; served with the Regiment in Burma in the Manipur Campaign, October 1890 to December 1892; discharged, June 1898, after 12 years with the Colours.
117 India General Service 1854-95, two clasps, Hazara 1888, Chin-Lushai 1889-90 (2397 Pte. J. O’Callaghan 1st. Bn. K.O. Sco. Bord.), very fine £280-320 Clasps confirmed
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118 India General Service 1854-95, two clasps, Hazara 1891, Samana 1891 (3547 Pte. G. Johnson 1st. Bn. K.R. Rif. C.), good very fine £240-280 3547 Private George Johnson, born King’s Langley, Hertfordshire, 1867; enlisted in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, April 1886; served with the 1st Battalion in the Hazara Expedition, March to May 1891, and with the Miranzai Expeditionary Force in Samana, April to May 1891; discharged, April 1898, after 12 years with the Colours.
121 Indian Mutiny 1857-58, two clasps, Lucknow, Defence of Lucknow, clasps in this order (Archd. Higgins, 84th. Regt.), suspension reaffixed, good very fine, with contemporary top silver riband buckle £500-700
119 Crimea 1854-56, four clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps, as issued (J. Smith. 63rd. Regt.), officially impressed, light contact marks, very fine, with contemporary silver top riband buckle £400-500
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122 China 1857-60, two clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Serjt. J.W. Hayes, Commt. Staff Corps), nearly extremely fine £280-320 123 New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (821 Pte. D. Sullivan. 57th. Foot.), a post-1873 issue, suspension claw slightly loose, edge bruise, very fine £220-260
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124 Canada General Service 1866-70, one clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Private. J. Donnelly Huntingdon I. Co.), extremely fine £240-280
128 Afghanistan 1878-80, three clasps, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (986. Pte. F. Vincent. 9th. Lancers.), light pitting, otherwise very fine £380-420
125 Ashantee 1873-74, one clasp, Coomassie (1942. Pte. T. Lacey, 2 Bn. Rifle Bde. 1873-4), edge bruise, very fine £280-320
986 Private Frank Vincent, born Liverpool, 1846; enlisted in the 9th Lancers, December 1886; served with the Regiment in Afghanistan, March 1879 to December 1880, and present at the Battle of Charasia, 6.10.1879; operations at Kabul, December 1879; and the march to and action at Kandahar, August 1880; discharged, April 1889, after 22 years and 92 days with the Colours.
126 South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1879 (1133. Pte. J. Haw. 1/13” Foot.), right hand side clasp carriage repaired, edge bruising, good very fine £280-320
129 Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, one clasp, Bechuanaland (Pte. F.T. Brown. D.E.O.V.R.), good very fine £140-180
127 Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Peiwar Kotal (965. Sergt. M. Birmingham. 2/8th. Regt.), good very fine £200-240
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134 Egypt 1882-89, undated, one clasp, Gemaizah 1888 (2437, Pte. G. Graham, 2/K.O.S. Bord:), pitting from Star, very fine £180-220 135 Egypt 1882-89, undated, two clasps, Suakin 1885, Tofrek (756. Pte. R. Church, 1/Berks: R:), very fine £220-260
131 Egypt 1882-89, dated, two clasps, Suakin 1884, ElTeb_Tamaai (4717. Pte. J. Mason. 3/K.R. Rif: C.), good very fine £240-280
136 Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, very fine
132 Egypt 1882-89, dated, two clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (2261. Pte. H. Morris. 1/S. Staff: R.), minor edge bruise, light pitting, otherwise good very fine £220-260
£40-50 137 East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, 1887-8 (2325. Pte. F. Rock. 1/W.I. Rgt.), small collector’s number by suspension claw, nearly very fine £200-240
133 Egypt 1882-89, undated, one clasp, El-Teb_Tamaai (1755 Pte. H. Tucker 10th. Rl. Hussars), light pitting, good very fine £200-240 PROVENANCE:
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139 East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (26 Pte. Robert Mendi, W.A.R.), good very fine £160-200
140 British South Africa Company’s Medal 1890-97, for Matabeleland 1893, no clasp (1785. Troopr. J.W. Discombe. B.B. Police.), nearly extremely fine £220-260 141 British South Africa Company’s Medal 1890-97, for Rhodesia 1896, one clasp, Mashonaland 1897 (Corpl. F.L. Morgan. R.H.V.), extremely fine £340-380 142 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Defence of Kimberley (Pte. D. Suttie. Kimberley Town Gd:), minor edge nick, nearly extremely fine £180-220
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143 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein (Capt. N.G.H. Turner, W. Rid: Rgt:), extremely fine £180-220
145 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3981 Pte. A. Blake, Glouc: Regt.), good very fine £180-220
Captain Neville George Harry Turner, born December 1864; Commissioned Lieutenant, West Riding Regiment, December 1886, having previously served with the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry; promoted Captain, November 1895; served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa, died of entric fever at Wynberg, 25.5.1900.
146 China 1900, one clasp, Relief of Pekin (R.J. Willis, Ord., H.M.S. Centurion.), good very fine £280-320 147 Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp, Nandi 1905-06 (323 L. Serjt: Bwana Asman. E.A.P.F.), nearly very fine £100-140
144 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Rhodesia, Relief of Mafeking, Transvaal (816 Tpr. J. Gardiner. S: Rhod: Vols:), minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £280-320
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148 Tibet 1903-04, one clasp, Gyantse (7906 Pte. F. Thorne 1st. Bn. Ryl. Fuslrs.), edge bruising, nearly very fine £450-550 149 India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (348885. A.C.1. A.C. Tait. R.A.F.), nearly very fine £120-160 150 India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (353988. L.A.C. J.F. Thorns. R.A.F.), extremely fine £100-140 151 General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Iraq (242162. A.C.1. H.W. Day. R.A.F.), good very fine £140-180 152 General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Southern Desert, Iraq (362699. L.A.C. R. Tingle. R.A.F.), minor edge nicks, nearly extremely fine, scarce £400-500 153 General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Northern Kurdistan (511401. A.C.1. C.W. Underwood. R.A.F.), nearly extremely fine, scarce £650-750 154 General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., two clasps, Iraq, N.W. Persia (75920. Pte. C.E. Hargreaves. Manch. R.), suspension claw re-soldered, nearly very fine £60-80
153 155 Second World War Medals (10), 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star, with 1st Army Bar; Pacific Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal, very fine or better (10) £220-250 156 Second World War Medals (10), 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star, with 8th Army Bar; Pacific Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal, very fine or better (10) £220-250 157 Second World War Medals (28), 1939-1945 Star (4); Atlantic Star (2), one with France and Germany Bar; Africa Star (3), one with 1st Army Bar; one with North Africa 1942-43 Bar; Pacific Star; Defence Medal (5), one a Canadian issue in silver; War Medal (13), two Canadian issues in silver; two with M.I.D. Oak Leaf; one named ‘226053 G.W. Lotter’, generally very fine or better (28) £80-100 158 Air Crew Europe Star, good very fine £160-200 159 Air Crew Europe Star, good very fine £160-200 160 General Service 1962-2007 (2), one clasp, Dhofar (E8092652 SAC I R Stirrat RAF); two clasps, Radfan, South Arabia, second clasp loose on riband as issued (1941223 SAC. M. Frith. R.A.F.), first a slightly later issue, nearly extremely fine (2) £140-180
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161 161 Three: Able Seaman D. Culley, Royal Navy Baltic 1854 (D. Culley), contemporarily engraved in large sans-serif capitals; Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (D. Culley), contemporarily engraved in large serif capitals; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die (D. Culley), contemporarily engraved in large sans-serif capitals, with Baltic style silver suspension, very fine or better, each with contemporary silver top riband brooch bar, engraved respectively ‘Baltic’, ‘Crimea’, and ‘Turkey’, the last lacking its retaining pin (3) £340-380 Able Seaman Daniel Culley served in H.M.S. Prince Regent during the Baltic Campaign, and in H.M.S. Royal Albert during the Crimean War, having previously served with the Coast Guard Station at Belmullet, Co. Mayo.
162 162 Three: Yeoman Signaller G.M. Webb, Royal Navy Baltic 1854, unnamed as issued; China 1857-60, one clasp, Taku Forts 1860, with tops lugs, unnamed as issued; Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (G.M. Webb, Signaln., H.M.S. Druid, 73-74), light contact marks, very fine or better (3) £380-420
Yeoman Signaller George Mellish Webb, born Dartford, Kent, November 1835; enlisted in the Royal Navy, July 1854; served in H.M.S. Pembroke, March 1855 to June 1856, and present during operations in the Baltic; served in H.M.S. Chesapeake, June 1857 to October 1861, and present during operations on and off the coast of China (received War bounty of £5); advanced Signalman, and served in H.M.S. Druid, January 1873 to May 1874; promoted Yeoman Signaller, July 1875; shore pensioned, February 1876.
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163 A Crimea Group of Three to Private J. Martin, 8th Hussars, Who Rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade, 25.10.1854 Crimea 1854-56, four clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pte J Martin, 8th Hussars), impressed in serif capitals; France, Second Empire, Medaille Militaire, silver-gilt, silver, and enamel, enamel damage to obverse, lacking reverse central medallion; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die, pierced, unnamed as issued, good very fine (3) £3,000-3,500 992 Private John Martin, served with the 8th Hussars in the Crimea; the citation for the French Medaille Militaire states: ‘Charged with the Light Brigade at Balaklava; also present in the ranks at the Alma and Inkermann, and served with the Regiment throughout the War’ (Forgotten Heroes, The Charge of the Light Brigade refers); subsequently served on the Expedition to Kertch in 1855. PROVENANCE:
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164 Pair: Sergeant Instructor R. Myles, Scots Fusilier Guards Crimea 1854, four clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps; one rivet popped (3922 Robert Myles. Corporal. 1 Bn. S.F. Guards.), Regimentally impressed in large serif capitals; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die (156 Serjt. Instr. R. Myles, S.F. Gds.), contemporarily engraved in sloping serif capitals, pierced as issued, heavy contact marks, therefore nearly very fine (2) £500-700 WWW.SPinK.Com
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165 165 Four: Deputy Surgeon General W. Perry, Royal Artillery and Army Medical Department Crimea 1854-56, three clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol, last clasp loose on riband, as issued (Surgeon Perry Royal Artillery), lightly contemporarily engraved in large serif capitals; Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Medjidieh, Fifth Class breast Badge, 69mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 49mm, silver, gold applique, and enamel, suspension altered; Italy, Sardinia, Al Valore Militare, silver, reverse officially engraved ‘Staff Surgeon Wm. Perry. Rl. Artry.’; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die, unnamed, pierced as issued, generally very fine, all with contemporary silver riband buckles, together with a portrait photograph of the recipient (4) £1,200-1,600 Deputy Surgeon General William Perry, Commissioned Assistant Surgeon, Ordnance Medical Department, October 1849; served with the Royal Artillery in the Crimea, and present at the Battles of Alma and Inkermann, the Siege and fall of Sebastopol, and the sortie on the 26th October 1854; promoted Surgeon, July 1855; Surgeon-Major, September 1869; retired with the rank of Honorary Deputy Surgeon General, October 1879.
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166 Pair: Master Gunner R. Jessiman, Royal Artillery Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (Sgt. Rbt. Jessiman: Rl. Ary.), contemporarily engraved in large serif capitals; Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (3037. Mastr. Gunr. R Jessiman, Coast. Bde. R.A.), contact marks, edge bruise to first, nearly very fine or better (2) £220-260
167 Pair: Corporal J. George, Royal Artillery Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Delhi (Gunner Josh. George, 2nd Compy. 4th Bn. Art.); China 185760, two clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Bombr. Josh. George, No. 6 B. 12th Bde. R. Art.), suspension claw loose on both, nearly very fine, scarce (2) £450-500
3037 Master Gunner Robert Jessiman, born Huntly, Aberdeenshire, February 1831; enlisted in the Royal Artillery, February 1848; promoted Corporal, April 1854; served with the Royal Artillery in the Crimea, and wounded before Sebastopol by a shell to the right hip, 17.10.1854; promoted Sergeant, April 1856; transferred to the Coastguard Brigade, February 1865; promoted Master Gunner, July 1868; discharged, August 1875, after 26 years and 202 days’ service.
Corporal Joseph George, born Kilpatrick, Glasgow, 1835; enlisted in the Honourable East India Company’s, Bengal Army, and served at the siege of Delhi in 1857 with the 2nd Company 4th Battalion Bengal Field Artillery; transferred to the Royal Artillery, November 1859; promoted Bombardier, June 1861; Corporal, October 1863; discharged, July 1865.
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168 Three: Colour Sergeant Thomas Ward, 84th Regiment Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (Cr. Serjt. Thos. Ward, 84th. Regt.); Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (1443 Cr. Sergt. Thos. Ward 84th. Foot); Meritorious Service Medal, V.R. (Color Serjt. Thos. Ward 84th. Regt.), minor contact marks, very fine (3) £500-600
169 Pair: Sergeant G. Kennedy, Royal Artillery China 1857-60, one clasp, Canton 1857 (Serjt. Geo. Kennedy, No.4 B. 12th. Bde. Rl. Arty.); Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (5123 Serjt. Geoe. Kennedy Depot R A), good very fine (2) £280-320
1443 Colour Sergeant Thomas Ward, born Buttevant, Co. Cork, 1825; enlisted in the 84th Foot, June 1839; advanced Colour Sergeant; awarded Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, May 1862; discharged, June 1864, after 21 years and 21 days with the Colours, of which 17 years 5 months were spent in India; his intended place of residence after taking his discharge from the army was Grosvenor Square, London.
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5123 Sergeant George Kennedy, born Shankill, Lurgan, Co. Antrim, 1824; enlisted in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, September 1846; discharged, October 1867, after 21 years and 21 days’ service.
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170 Pair: Private W. Southam, King’s Royal Rifle Corps China 1857-60, two clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Wm. Southam, 2nd. Bn. 60th. Rl. Rifles); Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (189. Pte. W. Southam, 2-60th. Foot), very fine, mounted court style for display purposes (2) £350-400
171 Pair: Private J. Boxall, Rifle Brigade India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Jowaki 1877-8 (2565 Pte. James Boxall. 4 Bn. Rifle Bde.); Egypt 188289, dated, one clasp, Tel-el-Kebir (5264. Pte. J. Boxall. 4/Rifle Bde.), nearly extremely fine (2) £380-420
189 Private William Southam, born Aylesford, Buckinghamshire, 1836; enlisted in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, November 1858; served with the Regiment in China; discharged, April 1879, after 20 years and 150 days with the Colours.
172 Four: Private W. Bailey, 24th Foot South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1879 (1886, Pte. W. Bailey, 1/24th. Foot.); Egypt 1882-89, dated, two clasps, Tel-el-Kebir, Suakin 1884 (...W. Bailey. 3.K.R. Rif...); India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1887-89 (...W. Bailey. 4th. Bn. Rif...); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, heavy contact marks and acid cleaned, therefore fair to fine (4) £500-700
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173 Three: Private J. James, South Staffordshire Regiment South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1879 (823. Pte. J. James, 80th. Foot.); Egypt 1882-89, dated, no clasp (823. Pte. J. James. 1/S. Staff. R.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, edge bruising, nearly very fine (3) £550-750 823 Private Joseph James, born Walsall, Staffordshire, 1857; enlisted in the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Foot, October 1876; transferred to the 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Foot, May 1879; served with the Regiment in South Africa, May 1879 to May 1880; re-joined the 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment (formerly the 38th Foot), October 1881; served with the Regiment in Egypt, July 1882 to March 1883; discharged, October 1888, after 12 years with the Colours.
174 Pair: Gunner R. Dover, Royal Artillery Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Ali Musjid (6544 Driv: R. Dover. E/3 Bde. R A.); Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (10797. Gunr. R. Dover. No.8. Div: Cst. Bde. R.A.), good very fine (2) £260-300
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10797 Gunner Robert Dover, born Wymondham, Norfolk, 1848; enlisted in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, January 1866; discharged, January 1887, after 21 years and 4 days’ service.
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175 Four: Band Sergeant H. Waterfield, Manchester Regiment Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1695. Pte. H. Waterfield. 63rd. Regt.); Egypt 1882-89, dated, no clasp (1695. Pte H. Waterfield. Manch: R.); Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (1695. Corpl. H. Waterfield. Manch: R.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, heavy contact marks, good fine or better, mounted court style for display purposes, together with various group photographs of the recipient (4) £300-400 1695 Band Sergeant Henry Waterfield born Glasgow, 1853; enlisted in the 63rd Foot, July 1870; promoted Bandsman, February 1876; served with the Regiment in Afghanistan, August 1880 to September 1881, and in Egypt, September to November 1882; promoted Lance Corporal, August 1884; Corporal, October 1886; Band Sergeant, August 1889; discharged, September 1897, after 27 years and 75 days with the Colours.
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176 Pair: Private J. Gammon, Gordon Highlanders Egypt 1882-89, dated, three clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1923. Pte. J. Gammon, 1/Gord: Highrs.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, pitting from Star, nearly very fine, scarce to unit (2) £650-750
177 Pair: Private J. Barrie, Royal Highlanders Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (449, Pte. J. Barrie, 1/R. Hrs.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, good very fine (2) £200-240 449 Private John Barrie, born Glasgow, 1855; enlisted in the Royal Highlanders (Black Watch), April 1874; discharged, September 1884, after 10 years and 153 days with the Colours.
Approximately 30 Abu Klea clasps awarded to the Gordon Highlanders, to 2 Officers and 28 other ranks who served as Mounted Infantry.
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178 Three: Quartermaster Captain H. Folson, Coldstream Guards Jubilee 1887, silver; Egypt 1882-89, undated, one clasp, Suakin 1885 (Qr. Mr. H. Folson, 1/Coldm. Gds.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, light pitting from Star, good very fine, mounted as originally worn (3) £350-400 Quartermaster and Honorary Captain Henry Folson was granted the honorary Rank of Captain, April 1895; retired, May 1895. Prior to the Great War, Coronation and Jubilee Medals were worn before Campaign Medals.
179 Pair: Private G. Minifie, Royal Warwickshire Regiment Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4221 Pte. G. Minifie, 1/R. War: R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, last clasp loose on riband as issued (4221 Pte. G.J. Minifie, Rl. Warwick: Regt.), contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £280-320 4221 Private George Joseph Minifie, born Camberwell, London, 1876; enlisted in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, April 1894, having previously served in the Middlesex Militia; served with the Regiment in Egypt and the Sudan, January 1897 to November 1898, and present at the Battle of the Atbara, 8.4.1898; and in South Africa, January 1900 to March 1902; transferred to the Reserve, 29.7.1902; discharged, 23.4.1910, after 16 years with the Colours.
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183 Pair: Corporal T. Matthews, Military Foot Police Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (587 Corpl: T. Mathews [sic], Mil: Foot Police); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (587 Corpl: T. Matthews. Mil: Foot Police.), QSA repinned, light contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £100-140
180 Pair: Private E. Tooley, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3197. Pte. E. Tooley. 1/Cam: Hdrs.); Khedives Sudan 1896-1908, one clasp, The Atbara (3197 Pte Tooley 1 Cam Highrs.), edge bruise to latter, good very fine (2) £400-500 3197 Private Edward Tooley, served with ‘F’ Company, 1st Battalion, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders during the Sudanese Campaign; wounded in action at the Battle of the Atbara, 8.4.1898; died of wounds, 9.4.1898.
184 Pair: Private S. Griffiths, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (718 Pte. S. Griffiths, K.R.R.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (718 Pte. S. Griffiths. K.R.R.C.), edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £100-140
181 Pair: Sapper Masum Shah, Bombay Sappers and Miners India General Service 1895-02, V.R., two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (2016 Sapper Driver Masum Shah, No 3 Coy. Bombay S. & M.); China 1900, one clasp, Relief of Pekin (2016 Sapper Driver Masum Shah, No 3 Coy. Bombay S. & M.), both later issues, good very fine (2) £200-250
185 Pair: Private A.J. Garrett, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (3085 Pte. A.J. Garrett, 2nd. D. of C. Lt. Infy.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (3085 Pte. A. Garrett. D. of C. L.I.), good very fine (2) £100-140
182 Pair: Sergeant W.H. Richards, Royal West Kent Regiment, Later Army Ordnance Department India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (1956 Lce Sergt W. Richards 1st. Bn. Ryl. W. Kent Regt.); Army Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (Sergt. W.H. Richards, Ordce: Dept.), contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £120-160
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187 An Interesting Boer War Pair to Major H.P. Young, Indian Staff Corps, Late Poona Horse, ‘Head of Intelligence’ at Delagoa Bay, Portuguese East Africa, When Winston Churchill Made His Escape From Pretoria Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Major H.P. Young, Staff); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (Maj. H.P. Young. I.S.C.), edge bruise to latter, minor contact marks, good very fine (2) £600-800 Major Henry Pottinger Young, (1850-1929), the son of Major Charles Colville Young, C.B., Royal Horse Artillery; educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Commissioned Ensign, 49th Foot, February 1869; promoted Lieutenant, Indian Staff Corps, March 1871; Captain, February 1881; Major, February 1889; ‘served with the Imperial Forces, and was attached later to the Poona Horse and Bombay Cavalry. Whilst in India he commanded a party in the long distance trial rides of 1887, and rode 184 miles in 60 hours with one horse. He rendered distinguished service in the Afghan and South African wars, being wounded several times. On one occasion his horse was shot under him. He was thanked in despatches by Lord Methuen for a most courageous attempt to blow up a bridge and train. From 1899 to 1900 he was head of the Intelligence Service at Lourenco Marques, Portuguese East Africa, and was thanked by the authorities for good work there’ (Recipient’s obituary in the Albany Advertiser refers); served as Head of Intelligence in Portuguese East Africa during the period in which Winston Churchill and Aylmer Haldane made their successful escapes by rail from Pretoria; at the time his main task in Portuguese East Africa was to monitor and disrupt the flow of foreign munitions being landed at Delagoa Bay and then railed through to the Northern Transvaal; after the South African War migrated to Albany, Western Australia. PROVENANCE:
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188 Four: Staff Sergeant W.H. Sneade, Army Service Corps, Late Cheshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (3085 Pte. W. Sneade, Cheshire Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (3085 Pte. W. Sneade. Cheshire Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (S2SR-03732 A.S.Sjt W.H. Sneade. A.S.C.), good very fine (4) £120-160 189 Three: Private F.G. Greenyer, Royal Sussex Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (3650 Pte. F. Greenyer, 1: R: Sussex Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (3650 Pte. F. Greenyer. Rl: Sussex Regt.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Frank G. Greenyer), minor edge bruising, very fine (3) £120-160
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190 Six: Sergeant W. Nance, 10th Hussars, Later Flight Sergeant, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4921 Pte. W. Nance. 10th. Hussars); 1914 Star (4921 Sjt. W. Nance. 10/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (4921 Sjt. W. Nance. 10-Hrs.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; Royal Air Force Long Service & G.C., G.V.R. (65852 Flt./Sgt. W.A. Nance. R.A.F.), edge bruising to first, otherwise generally very fine or better (6) £350-450
191 Three: Sergeant W.H. Gordge, West Riding Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (2076 Sejt. W.H. Gordge, W. Riding Regt.), partially officially corrected; King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (2076 Serjt: H. Gordge. W. Riding Regt.); Army Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (2076 Serjt: W.H. Gordge. W. Rid: Regt.), good very fine (3) £120-160
65852 Flight Sergeant Walter Nance, born Warminster, Wiltshire, June 1881; enlisted in the 10th Hussars, 14.12.1900; served with the Regiment in South Africa and India; advanced Sergeant; served in the Great War on the Western Front from 6.10.1914; transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, 6.3.1917; appointed Flight Sergeant, 1.9.1917; awarded Long Service & G.C. Medal, April 1920; discharged, 13.12.1921, after 21 years’ service.
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192 Five: Mechanician James Robert Diaper, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (J.R. Diaper, Sto: H.M.S. Powerful);1914-15 Star (353530. J.R. Diaper, Mech., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (353530. J.R. Diaper, Mech. R.N.); Naval Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Admiral’s bust’ type (353530. J.R. Diaper, Mechn, H.M.S. Monarch.), extremely fine (5) £200-240 353530 Mechanician James Robert Diaper, born Carnarvon, August 1876.
193 Three: Lieutenant J. Harries, Royal Naval Reserve Transport Medal 1899-1902, one clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902 (J. Harries); British War Medal (Lieut. J. Harries. R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal (James Harries), extremely fine (3) £800-1,000
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Lieutenant James Harries served as 2nd Officer for the Canada (Richard Mills and Company).
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194 Four: Able Seaman W. Drew, Royal Navy, A ‘Deck-Gunner’ Who Sighted and Engaged an Enemy U-Boat, Survived, and Reported the Sinking of his Defensively Armed Merchant Ship Rosalind Following the ‘Torpedo’ Action, 6.4.1917 China 1900, no clasp (199811 W. Drew. Boy 1 Cl., H.M.S. Barfleur); 1914-15 Star (199811. W. Drew, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (199811. W. Drew, A.B., R.N.), the China Medal a Great War period official replacement, extremely fine, together with damaged named card boxes of issue for Great War Medals; the recipient’s original vellum Certificate of Service; and a fascinating- and scarce for a rating from the lower decks- typescript, official detailed report of the loss of the Rosalind in a torpedo attack, this account jointly written by Leading Seaman Drew (4) £300-400 199811 Leading Seaman William Drew, born Poplar, London, January 1883; enlisted in the Royal Navy, June 1898; served during the Third China War in H.M.S. Barfleur, and during the Great War in the defensively armed Merchant Ship Rosalind; Drew’s official report of her attack and sinking states: ‘Homeward bound, loaded-On Friday 6th April 1917 while on watch about 3:15pm I sighted an enemy submarine about two points off the port bow. Gun would not bear, she fired a torpedo at about 800 yards range, the torpedo ran on the surface and struck the ship about 100 yards above the bridge, port side. The next I saw of him was about 100 yards on the port quarter, I trained my gun ‘Deck-Gunner’ (after loading it myself) but I was to late as she disappeared. My number three then came on the gun platform and then came number two, after having difficulty to come aft over the broken deck. I again sighted the submarine on the starboard quarter and opened fire at 600 yards shot going over, I came down 200 yards and fired again, dismantling her periscope. I then fired two more rounds rapidly but she disappeared again, in the meantime she fired another torpedo which struck the ship in exactly the same place on the starboard side, leaving the ship holding by the mid-ship fore and aft bulkhead, the remainder of my gun’s crew then closed up. The Captain came aft and ordered us to our boat, which was the last to leave after picking up two men who were hanging by the foremost boat’s fall, port side. We were just about 12 yards away from the ship when the submarine opened fire keeping well ahead. Her first shot fell just astern of our boat, she fired in all 75 rounds, so many on each side of the ship and from what I could see there were about ten hits on the port side. Then steaming round to the starboard beam on the surface, she fired a third torpedo, which I think must have struck the engine room, after that she steamed to the North as hard as she could, not troubling about the boats. It took the ship about three and a half hours to sink and one man was drowned.’
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195 Pair: Company Quartermaster Havildar Niaz Mohammad, 113th Infantry, Indian Army Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (3872 L. Naik Niaz Muhammad. 113/Inf.); General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Iraq (3872 C.Q.M. Hvldr. Niaz Mohammad. 1113-Infantry), edge bruising, about very fine (2) £120-160 196 Three: Private A. Pratten, Rifle Brigade 1914 Star, with Bar (6521 Pte. E. [sic] Pratten. 1/Rif: Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (6521 Pte. A. Pratten. Rif. Brig.), good very fine (3) £70-90 197 Three: Corporal A. Ward, West Yorkshire Regiment 1914 Star, with copy Bar (9728 L. Cpl. A. Ward. 1/W. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9728 Cpl. A. Ward. W. York. R.), worn, fair, the reverses better Three: Corporal W. Rand, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (86075 Gnr. W. Rand. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (86075 Cpl. W. Rand. R.A.), nearly extremely fine Pair: Private J. Atkins, Royal Marine Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (Ply.1866 -S- Pte. J. Atkins. R.M.L.I.), good very fine Pair: Driver H. Wood, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (109890 Dvr. H. Wood. R.A.), good very fine (10) £120-160
198 Three: Corporal F. Hawkins, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1914 Star (8803 Pte. F. Hawkins. R. Innis: Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (8803 Cpl. F. Hawkins. R. Innis. Fus.), nearly very fine (3) £80-120 199 Four: Sergeant R.H. Wallis, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1914 Star (S-5138 L.Cpl. R.H. Wallis. A.O.C.); British War and Victory Medals (S-5138 A.S.Sjt. R.H. Wallis. A.O.C.); Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Field Marshal’s bust’ type (7574196 Sjt. R.H. Wallis. R.A.O.C.), good very fine, mounted as originally worn (4) £100-140 S-5138 Sergeant Robert H. Wallis served during the Great War with the Army Ordnance Corps on the Western Front from 11.8.1914.
200 Four: Sergeant C.F. Kaufman, Army Service Corps, Late East London Royal Engineers Volunteers 1914 Star (SS-2335 Pte. C.F. Kaufmann. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2335 Sjt. C.F. Kaufman. A.S.C.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (3952 Sapr. C. Kaufmann E. London. R.E.V.), nearly very fine or better (4) £120-160 2335 Sergeant Charles Ferdinand Kaufman, born Paris, France, 1866; served during the Great War with the 4th Labour Company, Army Service Corps on the Western Front from 12.10.1914; transferred to the Labour Corps, 1.8.1917.
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201 Three: Private C.B. Stokes, North Somerset Yeomanry 1914 Star (328 Pte. C.B. Stokes, 1/1 N. Som: Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (328 Pte. C.B. Stokes, N. Som. Yeo.), nearly extremely fine, mounted court style as originally worn (3) £140-180
202 Four: Private A. Ritchie, Machine Gun Corps, Late London Regiment 1914-15 Star (2110 Pte. A.S. Ritchie. 11-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2110 Pte. A. Ritchie. 11-Lond R.); Khedive’s Sudan 1910-22, one clasp, Darfur 1916 (2110 Pte. A.S. Ritchie. 1-11. Lond. R.), officially impressed, nearly extremely fine, scarce (4) £600-800
328 Private Clarence Bruce Stokes, born Gillingham, Somerset, August 1893; enlisted in the North Somerset Yeomanry, 15.4.1911; served with the Regiment on the Western Front from 2.11.1914; discharged, 14.4.1916.
2110 Private Archibald Stanley Ritchie, born Tooting, Surrey, 1893; enlisted in the 11th (Finsbury Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment, 8.8.1914; served with the Regiment in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 10.8.1915; posted to the 162 Brigade Machine Gun Corps, and served with the Corps in Sudan during the Darfur campaign of 1916; discharged 30.3.1918; died at home in Morden, Surrey, 26.10.1957.
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203 Five: Warrant Officer Class I F.E. Willis, Confidential Clerk to Political Officer, North Persia Force, Late East Kent Regiment 1914-15 Star (834 Sjt. F.E. Willis. E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (240043 A.W.O. Cl.1. F.E. Willis. E. Kent R.); General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, N.W. Persia (F.E. Willis.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (240043 C.Q.M.Sjt. A.S.Mjr.- F.E. Willis. 5/E. Kent R.), number officially corrected on BWM and TFEM, nearly extremely fine, mounted as originally worn (5) £300-400
204 Five: Sergeant B. Priest, South Staffordshire Regiment, Late Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (30048 Pte. B. Priest, Notts. & Derby. R.); British War and Victory Medals (30048 Pte. B. Priest. Notts. & Derby. R.); Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd ‘Coronation robes’ type, with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension (4906088 Sjt. B. Priest. S. Staff.R.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R. (4906088 Sjt. B. Priest. S.Staffords.R.), campaign medals good fine, otherwise good very fine (5) £200-300
M.I.D. London Gazette 5.6.1919 Willis, 240043 Clr. Sjt. (A./W.O. Cl. I.) F.E., 1/5th Bn., E. Kent R. (T.F.) ‘For distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty.’
4906088 Sergeant Bert Priest, served during the Great War with the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment in the Balkan theatre of War from 7.11.1915.
240043 Warrant Officer Class I F.E. Willis, served with the 5th Battalion East Kent Regiment during the Great War in Mesopotamian Theatre of War from 9.12.1915; awarded Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, 1919 (Army Order 275); served as Confidential Clerk to Political Officer North Persia Force, August to December 1920, and recommended to receive the General Service Medal by The High Commissioner for Iraq.
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205 Four: Captain G. Bullen, Royal West Kent Regiment and Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps, Late London Regiment 1914-15 Star (1977 Pte. G. Bullen. 28-Lon’d.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt G. Bullen); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., with ‘Ceylon’ scroll suspension, and additional service Bar (Rfn. G. Bullen. C.P.R.C), very fine, mounted court style for display purposes (4) £180-220
206 Three: Surgeon Commander G. H. Hayes, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (Surgn. G.H. Hayes, M.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Lt. Cr. G.H. Hayes. R.N.), very fine, mounted as originally worn (3) £80-100 Surgeon Commander George H. Hayes served on the China Station in H.M.S. Tamar, the Royal Navy depot at Hong Kong; advanced Surgeon Commander, 5.10.1925, and served in H.M.S. Osprey.
E.M. Ceylon Government Gazette 22.6.1934 3240 Rifleman G. Bullen, Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps E.M. Second Award Bar Ceylon Government Gazette 27.8.1937 Acting Sergeant G. Bullen, Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
207 Three: Lieutenant P. Irwin-Packington, Royal Garrison Artillery 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. P. Irwin-Packington. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. P. IrwinPackington.), extremely fine (3) £70-90
Captain Geoffrey Bullen, born Cambridge; enlisted in the 28th (Artists Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment, 1.9.1914, and served with the Regiment on the Western Front from 29.12.1914; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal West Kent Regiment, 15.5.1915, and served with the 1st Battalion; received a gunshot wound to the shoulder in the disastrous attack on ‘Wood Lane’ (High Wood), 22.7.1916, on which occasion the Royal West Kents suffered 400 Officers and Men killed or wounded; retired with the rank of Captain, and emigrated to Ceylon, where he was employed as a rubber planter.
Lieutenant P. Irwin-Packington, promoted Lieutenant, 4.3.1916; relinquished his commission on account of illhealth caused by wounds, 14.3.1919.
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210 Three: Private R. McKechnie, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 1914-15 Star (1930 Pte. R. McKechnie, Fife & Forfar Y.); British War and Victory Medals (1930 Pte. R. Mc.Kechnie. Fife & Forfar Y.), good very fine, scarce (3) £200-240
211 Three: Private W. Andrews, Lothian and Border Horse 1914-15 Star (1727 Pte. W. Andrews. Loth. & Bord. H.); British War and Victory Medals (1727 Pte. W. Andrews. Loth. & Bord. H.), extremely fine, rare (3) £240-280 1727 Private William Andrews served during the Great War with the Lothian and Border Horse on the Western Front from 22.9.1915.
212 Three: Second Lieutenant A.M.J. Tucker, Australian Imperial Force 1914-15 Star (177 Sjt. A.M.J. Tucker. 10/Bn. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (2-Lieut. A.M.J. Tucker. A.I.F.), extremely fine (3) £200-240 Second Lieutenant Alfred Martin James Tucker, born Melbourne, Victoria, 1893; enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, 20.8.1914; promoted Acting Sergeant, 28.8.1914; served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War; wounded at Gallipoli by a bullet wound to the head and right leg, 29.4.1915; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 1.10.1916.
Major James Hill Fawcett, Commissioned Lieutenant, East Surrey Regiment, 11.9.1914, having previously served in the 1st Volunteer Battalion, West Surrey Rifles; promoted Captain, and seconded for service with the Machine Gun Corps, 11.9.1916.
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213 A Scarce Great War Nurse’s Group of Three to Lady Wardlaw-Milne, née Bolton, French Red Cross 1914-15 Star (Nurse. V. Bolton. F.R.C.); British War and Victory Medals (V. Bolton), nearly extremely fine, scarce, with two National Union of Conservative & Unionist Associations Women’s Organisation badges, gilt and enamel, one with ‘Divisional Vice President’ suspension bars; the other with ‘Divisional Chairman’ suspension bars (3) £200-300 Lady (Vyvien Mary) Wardlaw-Milne, née Bolton, the wife of Sir John Sydney Wardlaw-Milne, K.B.E., Unionist Politician and Member of Parliament for the Kidderminster Division of Worcestershire, served during the Great War with the French Red Cross.
214 Family Group: Pair: Sapper H.A.T. Marsh, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (31085 Spr: H.A.T. Marsh. R.E.); Victory Medal (31085 Spr. H.A.T. Marsh. R.E.), good very fine Six: Sapper F.W. Marsh, Royal Engineers 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., with ‘Territorial’ scroll suspension (2053365 Spr. F.W. Marsh. R.E.), good very fine Six: Sapper N.A. Marsh, Royal Engineers 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., with ‘Territorial’ scroll suspension (2055182 Spr. N.A. Marsh. R.E.), good very fine (14) £100-140
24518 Private Alfred Reeves, born Meopham, Kent; served with the 8th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment during the Great War; died of wounds on the Western Front, 6.10.1917, and is buried in Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, France.
216 Pair: C. Scaliaris, Merchant Navy British War Medal (Constantinos Scaliaris); Mercantile Marine War Medal (Constantinos Scaliaris), good very fine, mounted court style for display purposes (2) £40-50 Constantinos Scaliaris, born on the island of Andros, Greece, 1878.
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217 Four: Lieutenant-Colonel P.E. Wylie, Kings Own Scottish Borderers, Who Commanded the Arab Battalion of the Camel Corps British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. P.E. Wylie); Egypt, Kingdom, Order of the Nile, Fourth Class breast Badge, by Lattes, Cairo, 74mm including suspension x 52mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, silver marks on reverse, rosette on ribbon; Khedive’s Sudan 1910-22, no clasp, unnamed as issued, good very fine or better (4) £1,000-1,200 Egypt, Order of the Nile, Fourth Class London Gazette 22.4.1921 Captain Percy Edward Wylie ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered.’ Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Edward Wylie, born Calcutta, August 1884, and educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 23.4.1904; promoted Lieutenant, 21.11.1906; employed with the Egyptian Army, 1.10.1911, and served in the Kassala District of Sudan, October 1911 to December 1912, and the Blue Nile District, January to December 1913; promoted Captain, 19.2.1914; served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force during the Great War, and in the Sudan as Officer Commanding the Arab Battalion Camel Corps, in operations in Eastern Sudan against poachers and slavers; took part in the Darfur operations, 1916; retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, 26.8.1922; died in Cape Town, 10.3.1953. PROVENANCE:
Woodliffe Collection, May 2011.
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218 Five: Private A.J. Herridge, Dorset Regiment British War and Victory Medals (1258 Pte. A.J. Herridge. Dorset. R.); Territorial Force War Medal (1258 Pte. A.J. Herridge. Dorset. R.); India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (200063 Pte A J Herridge, Dorset. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal (200063 Pte. A.J. Herridge. 4/Dorset: R), VM and TFWM silvered, otherwise very fine (5) ÂŁ250-300
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219 A Scarce Campaign Group of Eight to Brigadier D.R.G. Peal, Indian Army, Late 5th Mahratta Light Infantry, 16th Rajputs, 1st Lancers (Skinners Horse), and 67th Punjab Infantry British War and Victory Medals (Lt. D.R.G. Peal); India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., four clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, Burma 1930-32 (2-Lt. D.R.G. Peal. 1 Lrs.), officially renamed; 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star, with 8th Army Bar; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, the Second War awards all named ‘I.A.771 Brig D.R.G. Peal’, generally good very fine or better, mounted in an unconventional court style as worn, and housed in a leather case, together with the enclosure for the Second War awards (8) £300-400
220 Three: Private T.H. Roberts, Royal Welsh Fusiliers British War Medal (203729 Pte. T.H. Roberts. R.S. [sic] Fus.); Victory Medal (203729 Pte. T.H. Roberts. R.W. Fus.); India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., two clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, second clasp loose on riband as issued (4180156 Pte. T.H. Roberts, R.W. Fus.), light contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £140-180
Brigadier Daryl Robert George Peal, born April 1899; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 13.2.1918; served during the Great War with 2/67th Punjabis; promoted Lieutenant, 13.2.1919; transferred to 1st Lancers, April 1919; 16th Rajputs, February 1921; 110th Mahratta Light Infantry, January 1922; promoted Captain, 13.2.1923; transferred to 2/5th Mahratta Light Infantry, October 1923; promoted Major, September 1935.
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221 Six: Colonel C.V.D. Rose, Indian Medical Service, Late Royal Army Medical Corps, Royal Air Force, and Royal Artillery, Who Was Wounded on the Western Front During the Great War, and Was Taken Prisoner-of-War at the Fall of Singapore, 15.1.1942, While in Command of the 20th Combined Hospital in Malaya and Singapore British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C.V.D. Rose); India General Service 1908-35, North West Frontier 1935 (Maj. C.V.D. Rose, I.M.S.); 1939-1945 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal, nearly extremely fine, first three mounted as worn (6) ÂŁ300-400 Colonel Charles Vincent Douglas Rose, born Southport, Lancashire, November 1897, and educated at University College, London, where he served in the London Officer Training Corps. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery, 10.9.1916; served with the Artillery on the Western Front from 27.12.1916; wounded, June 1917; promoted Lieutenant, 10.3.1918; Commissioned Royal Air Force (Medical Branch) November 1922; transferred to the Royal Army Medical Corps with the rank of Captain, 16.2.1928; served with the Artillery in India 1929-33 (Ferozapore 1931, Razmak 1932); transferred to Indian Medical Service with the rank of Major, 14.2.1933; served on the North West Frontier in the Loe Agra Operations, February to April 1935; promoted Lieutenant-Colonel, 25.4.1939. Appointed Officer Commanding 20th Combined General Hospital in Malaya and Singapore, 1940; taken Prisoner-of-War at the Fall of Singapore, 15.1.1942; retired with the rank of Honorary Colonel, 13.8.1948; died, 1.1.1960.
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222 Seven: Lieutenant-Commander J.W. Passmore-Edwards, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, late Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (Mid. J.W. PassmoreEdwards. R.N.); 1939-1945 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (Lt.Cdr. J.W.P. Edwards. R.N.V.R.), nearly extremely fine (7) ÂŁ350-400
223 Four: Corporal F. Rogers, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (3215 Cpl. F. Rogers. 6Lond. R.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., with three Additional Long Service Bars, dated 1947, 1957, and 1967 respectively (Frederick Rogers), BWM officially corrected, nearly very fine (4) ÂŁ50-70
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224 Four: Private J. Houghton, Army Cyclist Corps, Later Police Constable, Liverpool City Police British War and Victory Medals (18190 Pte. J. Houghton. A. Cyc. Corps.); Liverpool City Police Good Service Medal, silver, with ‘Service Over 30 Years’ clasp, reverse engraved ‘Presented by Watch Committee To Con. 223.E. J. Houghton 15-9-44’; Liverpool City Police Good Service Medal, bronze, no clasp, reverse engraved ‘Presented by Watch Committee 15th. Sept. 1939.’, edge engraved ‘Con: 223 “E” John Houghton.’, good very fine or better, both Police awards with integral top riband brooch bars, together with the recipient’s St. John Ambulance Association Medallion, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘317220 John Houghton’, in named card box of issue; registered addressed envelope for the Great War medals, addressed to Mr. J. Houghton, 3 Guildhall Road, Aintree, Liverpool; and a quantity of various dated original hand-written letters from circa 1919 addressed to the recipient and his wife at 45 Rufford Road, Crossens, Southport, Lancashire (5) £160-200 18190 Private John Houghton, born St. Helens, Lancashire, 1891; enlisted in the Army Cyclist Corps, 4.2.1916, and served with the 2/1 West Lancashire Divisional Company, Army Cyclist Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from 16.3.1917; Wounded in Action by gunshot and shrapnel wounds to legs and feet; 29.10.1918; discharged, 28.2.1919.
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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA A Collection of Medals to the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry 225 Pair: Private A.T. Ayling, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, Killed in Action on the Western Front, 13.4.1918 British War and Victory Medals (1766 Pte. A.T. Ayling. R. Guernsey L.I.), traces of lacquer, nearly extremely fine, with the recipient’s Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Arthur Thomas Ayling) (2) £250-300 1766 Private Arthur Thomas Ayling, born Stratford, London; served with the 1st Battalion, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry during the Great War; killed in action on the Western Front, 13.4.1918, and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
226 Pair: Private T.F. Howlett, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (940 Pte. T.F. Howlett. R. Guernsey L.I.), good very fine (2) £180-220 940 Private Thomas Frederick Howlett, born Guernsey, c.1887; served with the 1st Battalion, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry during the Great War; killed in action on the Western Front, 1.12.1917 during the Battle of Cambrai, and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, France.
227 Pair: Private G.H. Ashley, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (1889 Pte. G.H. Ashley. R. Guernsey L.I.), nearly extremely fine (2) £140-180 228 Pair: Private E.W. Guilliard, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (3577 Pte. E.W. Guilliard. R. Guernsey L.I.), good very fine (2) £140-180 229 Pair: Private A.F. Hearnden, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (1932 Pte. A.F. Hearnden. R. Guernsey L.I.), nearly extremely fine (2) £140-180 230 Pair: Private F.A. Le Feuvre, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (3571 Pte. F.A. Le Feuvre. R. Guernsey L.I.), contact marks, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £100-140 231 Pair: Private J.F. Lezan, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (1085 Pte. J.F. Lezan. R. Guernsey L.I.), good very fine (2) £140-180 232 Pair: Corporal S. Stent, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (1208 Cpl. S. Stent. R. Guernsey L.I.), good very fine (2) £140-180 233 Pair: Private W.L. Wakeford, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (1162 Pte. W.L. Wakeford. R. Guernsey L.I.), good very fine (2) £140-180 WWW.SPinK.Com
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234 The Rare ‘Southern Desert, Iraq’ Campaign Group of Six to Major C.L.M. Voules, Mahratta Light Infantry, Indian Army, Who Subsequently Died of Wounds in Eritrea, 17.3.1941 India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., three clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24 (Lt. C.L.M. Voles, 110 M.L. Infy.); General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Southern Desert, Iraq (Capt. C.L.M. Voules, 10-5Mahratta L.I.), rank officially corrected; 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, generally good very fine or better, the GSM Regimentally unique to an Officer (6) £1,200-1,600 Major Charles Lyons Mervyn Voules, born 25.1.1900; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 15.4.1919; promoted Captain, 15.4.1925; served in the operations against the Akhwan in the Southern Desert, Iraq, with the 3rd Battalion, 5th Maharatta Light Infantry, whilst on attachment from the 10th Battalion, January to June 1928: this was principally a Royal Air Force Operation and Voules was one of just a small handful of non-R.A.F. personnel to be awarded the General Service Medal with this clasp; served during the Second World War; died of wounds, 17.3.1941, and is buried in Keren War Cemetery, Eritrea. Approximately 67 ‘Southern Desert, Iraq’ clasps awarded to non-R.A.F. personnel: 36 to Iraqi civilians serving with AKFORCE; 29 to 3/5 Maharatta Light Infantry, and 2 to 10/5 Maharatta Light Infantry, whilst on attachment to 3/5 M.L.I.: Captain Voules and his servant Motilal.
235 Pair: Lance Naik Lall Hussain, 4th Mountain Battery India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., two clasps, North West Frontier 1930-31, Mohmand 1933 (31343 Gnr. L-Nk. Lall Hussain, 4 Mtn. Bty.); India General Service 1936-39, one clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (31343 Gnr. L-Naik Lall Hussain, 4 Mtn. Bty.), polished, nearly very fine India General Service 1936-39 (3), one clasp (2), North West Frontier 1936-37 (38312 Signlr. Lal Hussain, 5 Mtn. Bty.); North West Frontier 193739 (12438 Sep. Gurbhajan Singh, 2-12 F.F.); two clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (14232 Sepoy Kesho Ram, 1-10 Baluch R.), nearly very fine (5) £120-160 236 Four: Subadar Ramsing Gurung, 1st Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (1397 Rfm. Ramsing Gurung, 1-1 G.R.); India General Service 1936-39, one clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (1397 Nk. Ramsing Gurung, 1-1 G.R.); War Medal (I.O.28459 Subdr. Ramsingh Gurung, 1 G.R.); India Service Medal, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, generally very fine, mounted court style for display purposes (4) £60-80
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237 Three: Instructor Lieutenant Commander F.J.D. Williams, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine 1936-39 (Schlmr. F.J.D. Williams. R.N.); Defence and War Medals, light contact marks, edge bruise to last, nearly extremely fine, scarce to rank, mounted as originally worn (3) £140-180
238 Five: Major R.I.G. Clark, Royal Army Service Corps, late Gordon Highlanders General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine (2876002 L Cpl. R.I.G. Clark. Gordons); 1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaf, nearly extremely fine, GSM rare to unit, mounted as worn (5) £100-140
Instructor Lieutenant Commander F.J.D. Williams, served as a Naval Schoolmaster; Commissioned Instructor Lieutenant, 1.7.1939; retired, 7.9.1957, with the rank of Instructor Lieutenant Commander.
M.I.D. London Gazette 8.11.1945 Maj. (temp.) R.I.G. Clark (105686), Royal Army Service Corps ‘In recognition of Gallant and Distinguished service in North West Europe.’ Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald Ireland Gordon Clark, enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders, and served as part of a section of just one Officer and 22 men from the Gordons in Palestine whilst on attachment to the 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment ; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Army Service Corps, 5.10.1939; promoted Lieutenant, 29.11.1939; Captain, 1.9.1943.
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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA 239 Four: Lieutenant W.H. Clark, Sea Cadet Corps, Royal Naval Reserve, Late Port and Marine Section, Palestine Police, and Middlesex Regiment General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine (131 B/Const. W.H. Clark. Pal. Police.), officially corrected; Defence and War Medals; Cadet Forces Medal, E.II.R (Ty.Lt. (S.C.C.) W.H. Clark. R.N.R.), good very fine, mounted as worn, together with a photograph of the recipient in Alexandria (4) £120-160 Lieutenant W.H. Clark served with the 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment in Egypt and Palestine, 1931-35; joined the Palestine Police Force in May 1938.
240 Three: British Constable H. Wilson, Palestine Police General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine (3192 B.Const. H. Wilson. Pal. Police); Defence and War Medals, the Defence Medal impressed in large sans-serif capitals ‘2059 B/Const. J. Bickley. Pal. Police’, nearly extremely fine (3) £60-80 3192 British Constable H. Wilson, joined the Palestine Police Force, 29.11.1938; served in Nazareth throughout the period 17.12.1938- 4.2.1948, and also received the clasp ‘Palestine 1945-48’ to his General Service Medal.
Lieutenant W.H. Clark
241 Pair: Sergeant G.A. Wilks, Military Provost Staff Corps, Late Northumberland Fusiliers General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine (4336866 Sjt. G.A. Wilks. R. North’d. Fus.), rank officially corrected; Army Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R., with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension (4336866 Sjt. G.A. Wilks. M.P.S.C.). good very fine (2) £60-80
242 Eight: Regimental Sergeant Major J.C. Grieve, Royal Signals India General Service 1936-39, two clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (2868603 R.S.M. J.C. Grieve, R. Sigs.), officially renamed with minor official correction; 1939-1945 Star; Burma Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953; Army Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R., with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension (2868603 Sjt. J.C. Grieve R. Signals), good very fine or better, mounted as worn (8) £120-160
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April 24, 2014 - London 246 Five: Acting Inspector of Boilermakers J. Flick, H.M. Dockyard Malta 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; War Medal; Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R. (John Flick), good very fine, the last in Royal Mint case of issue (5) £50-60 I.S.M. London Gazette 13.7.1951 Flick, John, Acting Inspector of Boilermakers, H.M. Dockyard, Malta.
247 Six: Lieutenant-Colonel W.A. Forrest, Royal Army Medical Corps, Late Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Who Served With the Submarine Service in H.M.S. Scythian 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (Major W.A. Forrest. R.A.M.C.), good very fine (6) £240-280 Lieutenant-Colonel William Alistair Forrest, born Wandsworth, London, 23.7.1924; Commissioned SubLieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 23.7.1944; volunteered for the ‘Submarine Service’ and served in H.M.S. Scythian from 11.10.1944, during which period the submarine earned the battle honours ‘Atlantic 1944’ and ‘Malaya 1945’- during her patrols in the Straits of Malacca, Scythian is recorded to have sunk several Japanese vessels; after the War qualified as a Doctor at St. Mary’s Hospital, London, and joined the Royal Army Medical Corps with the rank of Lieutenant, 13.10.1951; promoted Captain, 13.10.1952; Major, 13.10.1959; served with the Far East Land Forces in Malaya 1959-62; Senior Instructor, First Aid Training School, R.A.M.C., 1963-64; promoted LieutenantColonel, 13.10.1964; Officer Commanding Training Wing R.A.M.C. Depot 1964-66; Senior Medical Officer, 19th Infantry Brigade and Commanding Officer 19th Field Ambulance, 1966-68; retired, 5.4.1970.
243 243 Pair: Warrant Officer R.C. Breeze, Royal Air Force India General Service 1936-39, two clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (519273. Cpl. R.C. Breeze. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force Long Service & G.C., E.II.R. (W/O. R.C. Breeze (519273) R.A.F.), edge bruise to latter, good very fine (2) £160-200
248 Seven: Captain B.M. Roberts, Royal Engineers, Severely Wounded When His Dingo Scout Car Ran into a Minefield in Italy, June 1944 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star, with 1st Army Bar; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal; G.VI.R., with ‘Territorial’ scroll suspension (Lt. B.M. Roberts, R.E.); Jubilee 1977, very fine or better, mounted as originally worn in this order, together with a G.VI.R. ‘For Loyal Service’ badge (7) £250-300
244 Five: Private D. Campbell, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders India General Service 1936-39, one clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (2979560 Pte. D. Campbell, A. & S.H.); 1939-1945 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals, nearly extremely fine (5) £100-140 2979560 Private Duncan Campbell, born Alexandria, Dumbartonshire, 1916; enlisted in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, April 1936; killed in action, 13.1.1942, and is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial.
Captain Brian Meiric Roberts, born Cardiff, 1917; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers at the start of the Second World War and served in the Middle East, March 1943; present at the final battles of the Tunisian Campaign, and promoted Captain; appointed the C.R.E’s Reconnaissance Officer, following which he moved to the Italian front, and present in the final battle for Cassino and part of the R.E. team that constructed the famous ‘Amazon’ bridge over the Rapido river; severely wounded, June 1944, as the campaign moved through central Italy, when his Dingo scout car ran into a minefield; repatriated to the U.K. and ended the War as a Mine Warfare Instructor at the R.E. O.C.T.U., Newark. After the War served as Chief Engineer, Crawley Development Corporation, and awarded the 1977 Silver Jubilee Medal for services as Chief Engineer of the New Towns Commission. He died in 2000.
245 Pair: Warrant Officer Class II D.A. Walker, Royal Army Educational Corps India General Service 1936-39, one clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (2607862 W.O. Cl.2. D.A. Walker, R.A.E.C.), partially officially corrected; Army Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R., with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension (2607862 W.O. Cl.II. D.A. Walker. A.E.C.), extremely fine, scarce to unit (2) £80-120 2607862 Warrant Officer Class II D.A. Walker served with the Royal Army Educational Corps in India attached variously to 2nd Battalion Green Howards and 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment.
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249 A Second War Prisoner-of-War’s Campaign Group of Eight to Corporal J. Wright, East Yorkshire Regiment, late York and Lancaster Regiment and Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Korea 1950-53, 1st ‘Britt: Omn:’ type (68689 Fus. J. Wright, R.N.F.); United Nations Medal for Korea; General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (68689 Cpl. J. Wright, E. Yorks), minor contact marks, generally good very fine, mounted as originally worn (8) £300-350 68689 Fusilier J. Wright, served during the Second World War with the York & Lancaster Regiment; taken Prisoner-of-War and imprisoned in Stalag 4F at Hartmansdorf Chemnitz.
250 A Second War ‘Tobruk’ Prisoner-of-War’s Campaign Group of Five to Private J.H. Fowkes, Worcestershire Regiment 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; War Medal; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (5248333 Pte. J. Fokwes, Worc. R.), number partially officially corrected; Army Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R., with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension (5248333 Pte. J.H. Fowkes, Worc. R.), nearly extremely fine (5) £180-220 5248333 Private Joseph Harry Fowkes, born Blackheath, Worcestershire, 25.12.1912; enlisted in the Worcester Regiment, 30.3.1931; served with the Regiment in Malta, China, and India; served during the Second World War in Sudan, September 1939 to July 1941, and in Egypt, July 1941 to June 1942; taken Prisoner-of-War at Tobruk, 21.6.1942, and subsequently held in Stalag IVB; released, May 1945; served with the B.A.O.R., and in the Far East, May 1950 to August 1951; Awarded the Long Service Medal, 1952; discharged, October 1952; died, 11.5.1954.
251 Five: Chief Petty Officer J.J. Fitzsimons, Royal Navy 1939-1945 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals; Naval Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R. (JX.141844 J.J. Fitzsimons. C.P.O. H.M.S. Highflyer.), number officially corrected, light contact marks, good very fine, mounted as originally worn (5) £50-70 JX.141844 Chief Petty Officer James Joseph Fitzsimons, awarded Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, 29.11.1951, whilst serving at the shore base H.M.S. Highflyer, Trincomalee, Ceylon.
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252 A Second War ‘Fall of Hong Kong’ Prisoner-ofWar’s Campaign Group of Five to Sergeant A.L. Sinclair, Army Catering Corps, late Royal Army Medical Corps 1939-1945 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., with ‘Territorial’ scroll suspension and two additional Service Bars, these both tailor’s copies (21017022 Sgt. A.L. Sinclair ACC), first initial officially corrected, good very fine, mounted as originally worn (5) £80-120
254 Six: Major A.B. Whale, Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry, Late Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, Tanganyika Rifles Battalion, King’s African Rifles, and Leicestershire Regiment 1939-1945 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; Africa General Service 1902-56, E.II.R., one clasp, Kenya (Capt A.B. Whale KAR.); General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Arabian Peninsula (Major A B Whale SCLI), good very fine, last scarce to unit (6) £500-600 Major Alec Bruce Whale, (1922-87), born Cornwall; Commission Second Lieutenant, Leicestershire Regiment on 31.5.1941 and served during the Second World War in Burma; transferred to the King’s African Rifles and served with the 6th Tanganyika Rifles Battalion, K.A.R. during the Burma campaign; promoted Lieutenant, 2.12.1944; after the end of the War transferred to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, and served with the Regiment in Germany and in Somaliland; promoted Captain, 2.6.1949; served on attachment with the Kings African Rifles (7th Kenya Rifles Battalion) during the ‘Mau Mau’ rebellion in Kenya, and later with a K.A.R. battalion in Mauritius; promoted Major, 2.6.1956; retired, 30.11.1961.
21017022 Sergeant Arthur Lawrence Sinclair, born 7.1.1915; served during the Second World War with the 27th Company Royal Army Medical Corps, at Bowen Road Military Hospital, Hong Kong; taken Prisoner-of-War at the Fall of Hong Kong, 25.12.1941; transferred to Shamshuipo Camp, Kowloon, March 1945; died Bath, Somerset, 1978.
253 Four: Bombardier C.W. Dick, Royal Artillery 1939-1945 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., with ‘Territorial’ scroll suspension (902352 Bdr. C.W. Dick. R.A.), nearly extremely fine (4) £80-120
255 Six: Warrant Officer II. W. Harrison, Royal Artillery 1939-1945 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Cyprus (933329 W.O. Cl.2. W. Harrison. R.A.); Army Long Service & G.C., E.II.R., with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension (933329 W.O. Cl.2. W. Harrison. R.A.), good very fine, mounted court style as originally worn (6) £90-110
902352 Bombardier Charles Dick, taken Prisoner-of-War at the Fall of Singapore, 15.2.1942
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261 Six: Sergeant R.J. Ellis, Royal Army Pay Corps, Late Royal Artillery 1939-1945 Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (861562 Cpl. R.J. Ellis. R.A.P.C.); Army Long Service & G.C., E.II.R., with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension (861562 Sgt. R.J. Ellis. R.A.P.C.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., with ‘Territorial’ scroll suspension (861562 Gnr. R.J. Ellis. R.A.), good very fine, mounted court style as originally worn (6) £120-160
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262 A Scarce and Interesting Campaign Group of Three to Sergeant P. Caveney, Highland Light Infantry and 13th Parachute Battalion, Army Air Corps, Who Remained Loyal During the Infamous Mutiny of the 13th Parachute Battalion in Malaya, 13.5.1946 France and Germany Star; War Medal; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., two clasps, S.E. Asia 1945-46, Palestine 1945-48 (14851156 Sjt. P. Caveney. H.L.I.), extremely fine, together with two photographs of the recipient and various letters (3) £200-300 14851156 Sergeant Patrick Caveney, born Paisely, Scotland, the son of Private James Caveney, M.M.; enlisted in the Highland Light Infantry, 9.11.1944; transferred to the Army Air Corps, 1.2.1945; served during the Second World War in North West Europe, ‘jumping’ in Operation Varsity, the largest airborne operation of the War, 24.3.1945; subsequently served in the South East Asia with the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion, September to December 1945, and the Dutch East Indies, December 1945 to May 1946; promoted Corporal, 24.10.1945; Sergeant, 1.6.1946; posted back to Singapore, June 1946, following the mutiny of the 13th Parachute Battalion. Mutiny of the 13th Parachute Battalion The infamous mutiny of the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion in Malaya in 1946 had serious consequences for all members of that unit, both mutineers and those that
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262 263 Five: Private D.R. White, Royal Military Police, Late Palestine Police Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (2501 B. Const. D.R. White, Pal. Police.); Korea 1950-53, 1st ‘Britt: Omn:’ type (22247224 Pte. D.R. White. R.M.P.), number partially officially corrected; United Nations Medal for Korea, good very fine, mounted court style for display purposes, together with a photocopied passport-style photograph of the recipient (5) £120-160
remained loyal. Military command invoked strict security censorship, and rapidly worked to diffuse and cover-up the shambolic incident, not least by convicting 252 men of the battalion for Mutiny, disbanding the unit, and positing-out former loyal members of the battalion to other army units. In Cavaney’s case he was posted back to his parent Regiment, the 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry. Cavaney had evidently wanted to remain a ‘Para’ and even tried to get transferred back to the Parachute Regiment, but without success, having been ‘tainted’ by association as having served with 13/Para. A letter to him from a former Parachute Regiment officer Lieutenant-Colonel P.J. Luard, D.S.O., O.B.E., under whom he had served, clearly conveys the disgust with which the 13/Paras were held in contempt, and how their actions had affected his career prospects: ‘Dear Caveney, I have your letter of the 13th December and am so sorry to hear that you are no longer in the regiment. I find that there is little that I can do directly. If however, you apply officially through your Commanding Officer, to go back to the Parachute Regiment you can certainly use my name as being very pleased to have you back under my command, and also as a recommendation for your service in the Regiment. It is very sad to think of all the good chaps being dispersed because of the scandalous behaviour of an irresponsible and gutless few. With every good wish and for good luck in your effort to return.’ Caveney rejoined the Highland Light Infantry, and served with the 1st Battalion in Palestine; transferred to the Reserve, 19.2.1948; discharged, 30.6.1959.
22247224 Private Dennis Reuben White, born Eldersfield, Gloucestershire, 15.11.1927; joined the Palestine Police, 7.3.1947, and served with the Haifa Urban Division.
264 Four: Major S.J. Singer, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Late Royal Artillery Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (Major S.J. Singer. R.A.O.C.), surname partially officially corrected; Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd ‘Coronation robes’ type, with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension (1413861 W.O.Cl.II. S. J. Singer. R.A.), nearly extremely fine (4) £120-160 Major Sydney James Singer, born Middlesbrough, 21.1.1900; enlisted in the Royal Artillery, 1918, but did not serve during the Great War; advanced Sergeant Major, 3.3.1937; Commissioned Lieutenant, 25.11.1939; served during the Second World War as Staff Captain at the War Office; promoted Captain and transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps; 29.7.1942; served as Deputy Assistant Director of Warlike Stores, Quartermaster Generals Department, War Office, 1942-45; promoted Major, 25.11.1952; retired, 1.9.1953.
Approximately 7 S.E. Asia 1945-46 clasps awarded to the Highland Light Infantry: 2 to officers serving attached to the Indian Army, 1 to a Physical Training Instructor attached to 12th Yorkshire Parachute Battalion, and 4 to men attached to 13th Parachute Battalion.
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268 Pair: Lance Corporal E.J. Batchelor, Seaforth Highlanders War Medal; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (14987597. L. Cpl. E. Batchelor. Seaforth), extremely fine, the War Medal a later issue in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. E.J. Batchelor, 1 Star Hill, Lessingham, Norwich’ (2) £50-70 269 Pair: Guardsman J. Greene, Irish Guards War Medal; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (2725825 Gdsm. J. Greene. I.G.), rank partially officially corrected, very fine, toned (2) £70-90
Squadron Leader G.W. Cockerill
270 Pair: Private F.J. Santer, South Wales Borderers, late Royal Artillery General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (6012471 Pte. F. Santer. S.W.B.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., with ‘Territorial’ scroll suspension (6012471 Gnr. F.J. Santer. R.A.), good very fine (2) £70-90 271 Three: Sergeant R. Crewdson, Royal Army Pay Corps, Late Royal Artillery General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14154372 Gnr R. Crewdson. R.A.); General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, South Arabia (22233639 Sgt. R. Crewdson. RAPC.); Army Long Service & G.C., E.II.R., with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension (22233639 Cpl. R. Crewdson. RAPC.), good very fine (3) £120-160 272 Pair: Able Seaman R. Stacey, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (P/SSX. 878557 R. Stacey. A.B. R.N.); United Nations Medal for Korea, good very fine (2) £60-80
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273 273 Three: Sergeant R.B. Walker, Royal Air Force General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (4021804 Cpl. R.B. Walker. R.A.F.); General Service 1962-2007, two clasps, Radfan, South Arabia (4021804 Sgt. R.B. Walker. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force Long Service & G.C., E.II.R. (H4021804 Sgt. R.B. Walker. R.A.F.), toned, nearly extremely fine, mounted as originally worn (3) £120-160
274 Pair: Gunner J. Sullivan, Royal Artillery General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (853189 Gnr. J. Sullivan. R.A.); Army Long Service & G.C., E.II.R., with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension (843189 Gnr. J. Sullivan. R.A.), good very fine Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., with ‘Territorial’ scroll suspension (907355 Bdr. G.A. Thomas. R.A.), very fine (3) £90-110 275 Three: Able Seaman S.A. Tooby, Royal Navy Korea 1950-53, 1st ‘Britt: Omn:’ type (P/JX.890453 S.A. Tooby Boy. R.N.); United Nations Medal for Korea; Naval General Service 1915-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Near East (P/SSX.890453 S.A. Tooby. A.B. R.N.), edge bruise to last, good very fine (3) £160-200
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276 277 Three: Lieutenant-Commander J.R. Ball, Royal Navy Korea 1950-53, 1st ‘Britt: Omn:’ type (A/S. Lt. J.R. Ball. R.N.); United Nations Medal for Korea; General Service 1962-2007, two clasps, Radfan, Malay Peninsula, second clasp loose on riband as issued (Lt. Cdr. J.R. Ball. R.N.), good very fine, mounted as originally worn (3) £280-320
276 Four: Sergeant R. Davison, Prince of Wales’s Own, Late Royal Army Ordnance Corps Korea 1950-53, 2nd ‘Dei Gratia’ type (22247329 Pte. R. Davison, R.A.O.C.); United Nations Medal for Korea; General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Arabian Peninsula (22247329 Pte. R. Davison. P.W.O.); General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, South Arabia (22247329 Sgt. R. Davison. PWO.), very fine, mounted court style as worn (4) £200-250
Lieutenant-Commander James Roger Ball, joined the Royal Navy as Midshipman, 1.10.1951; promoted SubLieutenant, 1.5.1952; Lieutenant, 1.10.1954; LieutenantCommander; 1.10.1962; retired, 3.9.1977; died in Portsmouth, 2.11.2010.
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April 24, 2014 - London 278 Three: Captain L. Simpkins, Army Catering Corps Korea 1950-53, 1st Britt: Omn:’ type (22559345 Cpl. L. Simpkins. A.C.C.); United Nations Medal for Korea; Army Long Service & G.C., E.II.R., with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension (22559345 W.O.1. L. Simpkins. A.C.C.), good very fine or better (3) £120-160 Captain Lawrence Simpkins, Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Army Catering Corps, 30.6.1965; promoted Lieutenant, 30.6.1967; Captain, 30.6.1971; appointed Quarter Master, 10.10.1972; retired, 2.4.1973
279 Pair: Trooper J. Meaden, 5th Dragoon Guards Korea 1950-53, 1st ‘Britt: Omn:’ type (22483692 Tpr. J. Meaden. 5th D.G.); United Nations Medal for Korea, good very fine (2) £160-200 280 Pair: Fusilier R. Bush, Royal Fusiliers Korea 1950-53, 2nd ‘Dei Gratia’ type (22486540 Fus. M.P. Bush. R.F.); United Nations Medal for Korea, good very fine (2) £100-140 286
281 Pair: Private D. McGrail, Welch Regiment Korea 1950-53, 1st ‘Britt: Omn:’ type (22426334 Pte D. Mc.Grail. Welch.); United Nations Medal for Korea, good very fine (2) £120-140
284 Pair: Sergeant J.C.V. Green, Royal Army Pay Corps, Late Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (22212095 Cfn. J. Green. R.E.M.E.); General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, Radfan (22212095 Sgt. J.C.V. Green. RAPC.), edge bruise to first, very fine, mounted as originally worn (2) £80-100
282 Three: Staff Sergeant M.J. Jackson, Royal Army Pay Corps United Nations Medal for Korea; General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (22660731 Sgt. K. [sic] Jackson. R.A.P.C.); Army Long Service & G.C., E.II.R., with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension (22660731 Sgt. M.J. Jackson. R.A.P.C.), nearly extremely fine, mounted as originally worn (3) £80-120
285 Pair: Trooper B.T.P. McGillivray, 11th Hussars General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (22541130 Tpr. B.T.P. McGillivray. 11 H); United Nations Medal for Cyprus, edge bruise to first, very fine (2) £50-70
283 Pair: Corporal T.J. Bowen, Royal Army Medical Corps General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (23068915 Cpl. T.J. Bowen. R.A.M.C.); Africa General Service 1902-56, E.II.R., one clasp, Kenya (23068915 Cpl. T.J. Bowen R.A.M.C.). number and rank officially corrected on AGS, scratch to obverse field on latter, very fine (2) £90-110
286 Pair: Private G.N. Greenaway, Gloucestershire Regiment General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., two clasps, Cyprus, Arabian Peninsula, second clasp loose on riband as issued (23230119 Pte. G.N. Greenaway. Glosters.); Africa General Service 1902-56, E.II.R., one clasp, Kenya (23230119 Pte. G. Greenway [sic], Glosters.), extremely fine (2) £160-200
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287 Pair: Petty Officer Cook P.E. Pulman, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1915-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Near East (P/Mx.53392 P.E. Pulman. P.O.Ck. (S) R.N.); Naval Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R. (Mx.53392 P.E. Pulman. P.O.Ck. (S) H.M.S. Daedalus), number partially officially corrected on latter, good very fine (2) £100-140 288 Pair: Leading Aircraftman B.S. Pavett, Royal Air Force General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Arabian Peninsula (3526382 A.C.1. B.S. Pavett. R.A.F.); General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, Malay Peninsula (3526382 L.A.C. B.S. Pavett. R.A.F.), nearly extremely fine, mounted court style for display purposes (2) £80-120 289 Pair: Private K.P. Hamilton, Queen’s Own Highlanders General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Brunei (23532870 Pte. K. Hamilton. Q.O. Hldrs.); General Service 1962-2007, two clasps, Borneo, Northern Ireland, unofficial rivets between clasps (23532870 Pte. K.P. Hamilton. Q.O. Hldrs.), edge bruise to first, good very fine (2) £140-180
290 Pair: Sergeant C.H. Lymburn, Royal Air Force General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, South Arabia (K1925719 Sgt. C.H. Lymburn. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force Long Service & G.C., E.II.R. (K 1925719 Sgt. C.H. Lymburn. R.A.F.), good very fine, mounted as originally worn (2) £70-90 291 Pair: Corporal D. J. Miles, Royal Air Force General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, Malay Peninsula (S 1944880 SAC. D.J. Miles. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force Long Service & G.C., E.II.R. (Cpl D J Miles (S1944880) RAF), good very fine (2) £70-90 292 A Rare Combination Group of Four to Lieutenant Birbahadur Limbu, Gurkha Reserve Unit, Late 7th Gurkha Rifles Brunei, Sultanate, Gurkha Reserve Unit Service Medal, silver; Brunei, Sultanate, Silver Jubilee Medal 1992, bronze; South Atlantic 1982 (21160752 L Cpl Birbahadur Limbu 7GR); Army Long Service & G.C., E.II.R., with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension (21160752 Sgt Birbahadur Limbu 7GR), nearly extremely fine, the combination rare, mounted as originally worn (4) £500-700 Lieutenant Birbahadur Limbu, served as a Lieutenant the Gurkha Reserve Unit in Brunei. The GRU provides the personal bodyguard to the Brunei Royal Family, and guards key oilfield installations.
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293 Four: Lance Corporal T.R. Clarke, Royal Corps of Transport General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, Northern Ireland (24557715 L Cpl T R Clarke RCT); Gulf 1990-91, one clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24557715 L Cpl T R Clarke RCT); Saudi Arabia, Kingdom, Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait, silvered and gilt; Kuwait, Emirate, Liberation Medal, Fourth Class, bronze and enamel, good very fine (4) ÂŁ120-160
294 Three: Chef First Class K.T. Price, Royal Navy General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, Air Operations Iraq (CH 1 K T Price D238361D RN); Iraq 2003-11, one clasp,19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003 (CH 1 K T Price D238361D RN); Jubilee 2002, nearly extremely fine, mounted as originally worn (3) ÂŁ400-500
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x295 Afghanistan, Kingdom, Order of the Gold Star, Second Class Star, 85mm, silver and silver-gilt, ‘925’ silver mark on retaining pin, extremely fine, rare, with full sash riband, in case of issue, this labelled by the recipient with the country and year (1971) of award £300-400 PROVENANCE:
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x296 Albania, Kingdom, Order of Scanderbeg, 1st type, Grand Cross Star, by Cravanzola, Rome, 86mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, wreath of King Zog around centre, maker’s cartouche on reverse, very fine £500-700
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x297 Albania, Kingdom, Order of Fidelity, Italian Occupation type, Knight’s breast Badge, 44mm x 40mm, gilt and enamel, ‘F.E.R.T.’ around centre, good very fine £140-180 x298 Andorra, Principality, Order of Merit, Commander’s neck Badge, 57mm including crown suspension x 44mm, gilt and enamel, traces of adhesive to reverse, very fine, with neck riband £50-70 x299 Austria, Empire, Order of Leopold, Commander’s neck Badge, War-time issue, 74mm including crown suspension x 40mm, bronze-gilt and enamel, good very fine £140-180 x300 Austria, Empire, Order of the Iron Crown, Commander’s neck Badge, by Köchert, Vienna, 65mm including crown suspension x 34mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with iron insert in crown and War Decoration wreath, maker’s name on reverse, good very fine £200-250
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301 x301 Austria, Empire, Order of Franz Joseph, Military Division, Commander’s neck Badge, by Rothe, Vienna, 70mm including crown and crossed swords suspension x 39mm, gilt and enamel, very fine, with neck riband £200-250
x302 Austria, Empire, Order of Franz Joseph, Civil Division, Commander’s neck Badge, by Vinc Mayer’s Söhne, Vienna, 69mm including crown suspension x 36mm, gilt and enamel, with additional green enamel band around central medallion, maker’s mark on suspension ring, good very fine £250-300
x303 Austria, Empire, Order of Franz Joseph, Civil Division, Commander’s pin-back Badge, by Vinc Mayer’s Söhne, Vienna, 75mm including crown suspension x 40mm, gold and enamel, with additional green enamel bands from crown, maker’s cartouche and gold marks on reverse, nearly extremely fine, scarce £300-400
x304 Austria, Empire, Order of Franz Joseph, Civil Division, Knight’s breast Badge, by Vinc Mayer’s Söhne, Vienna, 56mm including crown suspension x 31mm, gold and enamel, with hinged reverse central medallion, maker’s name on suspension ring, minor enamel damage to one reverse arm of cross, nearly extremely fine £300-400
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x305 Austria, Empire, Military Cross of Merit, Third Class breast Badge, 31mm, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with wreath, good very fine, with miniature badge with crossed swords on riband £60-80
x306 Austria, Empire, Cross of Merit, Silver Merit Cross, silver and enamel, nearly very fine Austria, Empire, Medal for Bravery, small silver Medal (2), Ferdinand; Franz Joseph, silver, light contact marks to latter, good very fine Austria, Empire, Commemorative Medal for the Tirol Campaign 1848, silver, nearly extremely fine (4) £140-180
307 Austria, Empire, Field Pilot’s Badge 1913, Franz Joseph, 63mm x 62mm, bronze-gilt and enamel, by J. Zimbler, Vienna, reverse fitted with twin clips, nearly extremely fine, rare £600-800
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x308 Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, Military Division, Commander’s neck Badge, 100mm including crown and crossed swords suspension x 57mm, gold and enamel, French motto, minor enamel damage to top of wreath, one gold ball at tip re-soldered, another missing, otherwise nearly extremely fine, with neck riband £300-400
PROVENANCE:
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x309 Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Commander’s neck Badge, 75mm including wreath suspension x 58mm, silver-gilt and enamel, silver marks to wreath suspension, good very fine, with neck riband £50-70
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310 An Interesting Belgian B.E.M. Group of Fifteen to Adjutant A.F.H.A. Buekens, Belgian Ministry of National Defence, Who Served in the 1940 Campaign and Participated in the Resistance Movement a) Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Knight’s breast Badge, 60mm including wreath suspension x 45mm, silver and enamel, obverse central medallion lacking crown b) Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold II, Knight’s breast Badge, 60mm including crown suspension x 38mm, silver and enamel c) Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, L.III.R., bronze d) Belgium, Kingdom, Medal of the Resistance 1940-45, bronze e) Belgium, Kingdom, War Medal 1940-45, bronze, with crossed swords emblem on riband f) Belgium, Kingdom, Medal for Combat Volunteers of the Resistance, bronze, with ‘Pugnator’ bar g) Belgium, Kingdom, Medal for Prisoners of War 1940-45, bronze, with bronze riband bar h) Belgium, Kingdom, Military Decoration, Second Class, for Long Service, silver i) Belgium, Kingdom, Albert I Silver Jubilee Medal 1934 j) France, Cross of Resistance of Réseau Sylvestre Farmer, bronze k) Great Britain, British Empire Medal, Military Division, G.VI.R. (Adjudant Albert F H A Buekens), silver l) United States of America, Medal of Freedom, bronze m) France, Republic, Croix du Guerre, reverse dated ‘1939’, bronze, with bronze star emblem on riband n) France, Republic, War Medal 1939-45, gilt, with ‘France’ bar o) France, Republic, Medal of Liberated France 1944, bronze, generally good very fine or better, a scarce combination (15) £300-500 B.E.M. 140.22381 Adjudant Albert Ferdinand Hector Adrien Buekens, Chef du Service des Decorations Adjoint, Belgian Ministry of National Defence The Recommendation, dated 3.4.1946, and signed by Montgomery of Alamein, states: ‘Went through 1940 campaign. Participated in Resistance Movement. As NCO attached to 2nd Bureau showed ability and devotion to duty in manifold missions including particularly questions of awards to representatives of Liberation Armies.’
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311 x311 Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold II, Grand Cross Star, by de Greef, Brussels, 85mm, silver, silvergilt, and enamel, French motto, maker’s cartouche on reverse, good very fine £250-300
x312 Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold II, Commander’s neck Badge, 83mm including crown suspension x 52mm, gilt and enamel, bi-lingual motto, very fine, with neck riband £50-70
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313 x313 Belgium, Kingdom, Order of African Star, Grand Cross set of Insignia, by de Greef, Brussels, sash Badge, 87mm including crown suspension x 59mm, gilt and enamel; Star, with Crown decoration, 92mm x 80mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s cartouche on reverse, good very fine, rare in this class, with full sash riband, in case of issue (2) £800-1,200 169
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314 x314 Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the African Star, Commander’s neck Badge, 91mm including crown suspension x 58mm, gilt and enamel, extremely fine, with neck riband £300-400 x315 Brazil, Empire, Order of the Rose, Knight’s Star, no crown, 54mm, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, extremely fine, rare, in embossed case of issue £1,200-1,600 316 x316 Brunei, Sultanate, Order of Loyalty, Officer’s breast Badge, by Spink and Son, London, 71mm including wreath suspension x 45mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker’s mark to reverse, extremely fine £80-120 WWW.SPinK.Com
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x317 Bulgaria, Kingdom, Order of National Merit, Military Division, Grand Officer’s set of Insignia, neck Badge, 95mm including crown suspension x 64mm, gilt and enamel; Star, 98mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, minor enamel damage, very fine, with neck riband (2) £300-400
x318 Bulgaria, Principality, Order of National Merit, 1st type, Civil Division, Commander’s neck Badge, 97mm including princely crown suspension x 64mm, silvergilt and enamel, good very fine, with neck riband £250-300
x319 Bulgaria, Kingdom, Order of National Merit, Civil Division, Commander’s neck Badge, 95mm including crown suspension x 65mm, gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine, with neck riband £140-180
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320 x320 Burundi, Kingdom, Royal Order of the Karyenda, Grand Cross sash Badge, 92mm including crown suspension x 64mm, gilt and enamel, good very fine, with full sash riband ÂŁ400-500 WWW.SPinK.Com
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x322 Cambodia, French Colonial, Order of the Muniseraphon, First Class Star, 93mm x 88mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, good very fine, scarce £250-300
x323 Cambodia, French Colonial, Order of Cambodia, Commander’s neck Badge, by Boullanger, Paris, 98mm including crown suspension x 66mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker’s cartouche on reverse, nearly extremely fine, with neck riband, in case of issue £200-250
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x321 Cambodia, Kingdom, Royal Order of Sahametrei, Commander’s neck Badge, 90mm including crown suspension x 55mm, gilt and enamel, extremely fine, with neck riband £100-140
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x324 Central Africa, Empire, Order of Bokassa I, Grand Cross set of Insignia, sash Badge, 86mm including wreath suspension x 60mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel; Star, 83mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, silver marks on retaining pin, minor enamel restoration to wreath suspension on badge, otherwise nearly extremely fine, scarce, with full sash riband, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris, case of issue (2) ÂŁ400-500 WWW.SPinK.Com
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325 China, Empire, Order of the Double Dragon, 2nd type, First Class, Third Division set of Insignia, neck Badge, 50mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with pink coral at centre and top, French import stamp on suspension loop; Star, 84mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with pink coral at centre and top, and eight pearls, French import stamp to retaining pin, good very fine, in original brown lacquered wooden box of issue (2) ÂŁ6,000-8,000
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327 China, Empire, Order of the Double Dragon, 2nd type, Third Class, First Grade neck Badge, 93mm, silver and enamel, sapphire at centre, pink coral at top, nearly extremely fine £2,000-3,000
328 China, Empire, Order of the Double Dragon, 2nd type, Third Class, First Grade Star, by Bacqueville, Paris, 87mm, silver and enamel, sapphire at centre, pink coral at top, maker’s cartouche on reverse, French import stamp to retaining pin, with additional neck badge loop, extremely fine £800-1,000
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x329 China, Empire, Order of the Double Dragon, 2nd type, Third Class, Second Grade neck Badge, 77mm, silver and enamel, sapphire at centre, coral at top, nearly extremely fine, housed in a circular wooden frame ÂŁ2,500-3,500
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331 China, Republic, Order of Extreme Bravery, Third Class Medal, 71mm x 63mm, bronze, bronze-gilt, and enamel, scratch marks to reverse, nearly very fine £300-400
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x330 China, Republic, Order of the Golden Grain, Fourth Class breast Badge, 54mm, silver-gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine, with rosette on riband, in original fabric covered fitted case of issue, together with the Bestowal Document, inscribed (in Chinese) ‘The Great President of the Great Republic of China hereby gifts to the American “Suo Ke Bin” the Fourth Class Medal of the Order of the Striped Tiger, presented in the 12th Year [1923] of the Great Republic of China, by the Minister of Civil Service’, contained in scroll holder £500-600
The Order of Extreme Bravery was instituted by Tsang TsoLin (1875-1928), Generalissimo; Supreme Commander of Manchuria and the 3 Eastern States.
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x332 Comoros, French Colonial, Order of the Star of Comoros, Chevalier’s breast Badge, 60mm including crescent suspension x 45mm, silver and enamel, monogram of Sultan Said Ali bin Said Omar (18861916), nearly extremely fine £80-120 x333 Croatia, Kingdom, Order of Merit, Grand Cross Star, for Christians, 84mm, silver and enamel, silver marks on retaining pin, good very fine, scarce £250-300 x334 Czechoslovakia, Republic, Military Order of the White Lion, 1st type, Second Class Star, by Karneta Kysely, Prague, 55mm, silver and enamel, with silver crossed swords below central medallion, maker’s name on reverse and maker’s mark and silver marks on pin, nearly extremely fine £400-600 x335 Denmark, Kingdom, Order of the Dannebrog, C.X.R. (1912-47), Commander’s neck badge, by A. Michelsen, Copenhagen, 82mm including crown suspension x 41mm, silver-gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine, with neck riband £500-700
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336 x336 Egypt, Kingdom, Order of the Nile, First Class set of Insignia, by Tewfik Bichai, Cairo, sash Badge, 92mm including crown suspension x 63mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s name on reverse; Star, 94mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s name on reverse, nearly extremely fine, with full sash riband, in case of issue (2) £500-700
x337 Egypt, Kingdom, Order of the Nile, Commander’s neck Badge, by J. Lattes, Cairo, 90mm including crown suspension x 63mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s name on reverse, extremely fine, with neck riband, in case of issue £250-300 Bestowed upon Colonel R.M. Feilden, C.B.E. Oxfordshire Light Infantry and Egyptian Army, Governor and Officer Commanding Bahr-El-Ghazal, January 1915 PROVENANCE:
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338 x339 Ethiopia, Empire, Order of Menelik II, Commander’s neck Badge, 75mm including crown suspension x 51mm, gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine, with neck riband £200-250
x338 Ethiopia, Empire, Order of Menelik II, Grand Cross set of Insignia, sash Badge, 75mm including crown suspension x 49mm, silver-gilt, gilt, and enamel; Star, 79mm, silver-gilt, gilt, and enamel, minor enamel damage to obverse central medallion on Badge, otherwise nearly extremely fine, with full sash riband (2) £500-700
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x340 Ethiopia, Empire, Order of King Solomon’s seal, Grand Cross set of Insignia, by B.A. Sevadjian, Addis Ababa, sash Badge, 80mm including suspension x 52mm, gilt, maker’s name on reverse; Star, 86mm, gilt, maker’s name on retaining pin, nearly extremely fine, with full sash riband (2) £400-500
x341 Ethiopia, Empire, Order of King Solomon’s Seal, Commander’s neck Badge, 89mm including crown suspension x 53mm, gilt, nearly extremely fine, with section of neck riband £80-120
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342 Finland, Republic, Order of the Lion, Civil Division, Grand Officer’s set of Insignia, neck Badge, 49mm, silver-gilt and enamel, silver marks on suspension ring; Star, 79mm, silver and enamel, silver marks and date letter for 1967 on reverse, nearly extremely fine, with neck riband, in Tillander, Helsinki, case of issue (2) £300-400
x344 France, Kingdom, Royal and Military Order of St. Louis, Knight’s breast Badge, 36mm, gold and enamel, fleur-de-lys lacking from angles of arms of cross, enamel damage to motto, nearly very fine £300-400
343 Finland, Republic, Order of the Lion, Civil Division, Commander’s neck Badge, 49mm, silver-gilt and enamel, silver marks on suspension ring, very fine, with neck riband £100-140
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x345 France, Kingdom, July Monarchy 1830-48, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast Badge, 58mm including crown suspension x 45mm, silver, gold applique, and enamel, Hallmarked on obverse tassel, minor enamel damage to wreath, otherwise good very fine £200-250 346 France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Grand Officer’s Star, by Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 92mm, silver, maker’s mark and silver poincon mark on retaining pin, extremely fine £300-400 347 France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast Badge, 53mm including wreath suspension x 41mm, silver, gold applique, and enamel, very fine France, Republic, Geneva Cross 1870-71, bronze, good very fine, with original riband Spain, Kingdom, Medal for the Universal Exposition of Barcelona 1888, bronze, with gold crown, unnamed, extremely fine, in Castells, Barcelona, fitted case (3) £80-120
349 348 France, Kingdom, July Monarchy 1830-48, July Medal 1830, silver, good very fine £80-120 x349 Germany, Baden, Order of the Lion of Zahringen, Civil Division, Commander’s neck Badge, 61mm, gold, green crystal, and enamel, extremely fine £1,400-1,800 WWW.SPinK.Com
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353 x351 Germany, Hohenzollern, House Order, Grand Cross Star, 84mm, silver, gold, and enamel, minor chip to blue enamel, nearly extremely fine, scarce £1,200-1,600 352 Germany, Hohenzollern, House Order, Knight Third Class’s breast Badge, 39mm, silver and enamel, good very fine £100-140 x353 Germany, Lippe, Order of the Cross of Honour, 2nd type, Commander’s neck Badge, 61mm, silver-gilt and enamel, extremely fine, with section of neck riband £600-800 x354 Germany, Oldenburg, House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis, Civil Division, Grand Cross Star, 85mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, nearly extremely fine £800-1,200
354 x350 Germany, Bavaria, Order of Military Merit, Knight’s breast Badge, with Swords, by Gebruder Hemmerle, Munich, 47mm x 41mm, silver and enamel, maker’s mark and silver mark to reverse, nearly extremely fine, with crossed swords emblem on riband, in case of issue £140-180
355 Germany, Prussia, Order of the Red Eagle, Knight’s breast Badge, 38mm, silver and enamel, nearly extremely fine £100-140 185
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356 x356 Germany, Prussia, Order of the Crown, Second Class set of Insignia, by Sy and Wagner, Berlin, neck Badge, 52mm, gold and enamel, maker’s mark between arms of cross; Star, 80mm, silver, gold, and enamel, with gold retaining pin, minor enamel damage to reverse of badge, otherwise extremely fine, with neck riband (2) £800-1,000 357 Germany, Prussia, Order of the Crown, Commander’s neck Badge, 51mm, gold and enamel, base of cross marked ‘N’, central medallions toned, nearly extremely fine, with neck riband, in embossed case of issue £400-500 x358 Germany, Prussia, Order of the Crown, Knight’s breast Badge, by Wilm, Berlin, 43mm, gold and enamel, maker’s mark between arms of cross, extremely fine £200-250
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x359 An Imperial German 1870 Iron Cross Pair Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1870, Second Class breast Badge, silver and iron centre; Germany, Prussia, War Medal 1870-71, bronze, very fine, mounted as worn (2) £250-300
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360 Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914 (2), First Class breast Badge; Second Class breast Badge, silver and iron centre, good very fine Germany, Hanseatic States, Hanseatic Cross, 40mm, silver and enamel, with tower central medallion for Hamburg, good very fine Germany, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Military Merit Cross 1914, Second Class breast Badge, gilt, good very fine Germany, Prussia, Officer’s Twenty Five Years’ Service Cross, bronze-gilt, extremely fine (5) £140-180 x361 Germany, Saxe-Weimar, Order of the White Falcon, for General Merit, Grand Cross Star, by Muller, Weimar, 87mm, silver, gold, and enamel, maker’s name on reverse, extremely fine £1,000-1,400 x362 Germany, Saxony, Order of Albert, 2nd type, Military Division, Knight’s breast Badge, 43mm x 38mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker’s mark ‘5’ on lower arm of cross, good very fine £200-250 363 Germany, Saxony, Order of Albert, 2nd type, Civil Division, Knight Second Class’s breast Badge, 43mm x 39mm, silver, gold applique, and enamel, extremely fine £70-90
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364 x364 Germany, Saxon Duchies, Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 2nd type, Civil Division, Knight First Class’s breast Badge, 69mm including crown suspension x 43mm, gold and enamel, extremely fine £400-500
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365 Germany, Saxony, Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 2nd type, Knight’s breast Badge, 68mm including crown suspension x 44mm, silver and enamel, enamel damage to reverse lower arm of cross, good very fine, in Saxe-Coburg-Gotha fitted case of issue £200-250 x366 Germany, Wurttemberg, Order of the Crown, Civil Division, Grand Cross Star, 86mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, extremely fine £800-1,200 x367 Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer, 2nd type, Knight Grand Cross set of Insignia, sash Badge, 84mm including crown suspension x 56mm, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel damage to points of cross; Star, 95mm, silver and enamel, silver marks on retaining pin, nearly very fine, with frayed full sash riband, in Huguenin Frères, Le Locle, case of issue (2) £1,000-1,200
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369 Greece, Kingdom, Royal Order of George I, Civil Division, Commander’s neck Badge, by Spink and Son, London, 79mm including crown suspension x 46mm, silver-gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine, with miniature width neck riband, in case of issue £100-140
x368 Greece, Kingdom, Order of George I, Grand Cross set of Insignia, by Kelaidis, Athens, sash Badge, 84mm including crown suspension x 46mm, silver-gilt and enamel; Star, 82mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s mark on pin, nearly extremely fine, with evening dress section of sash riband, in case of issue (2) £500-700 189
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370 x370 Greece, Kingdom, Royal Order of the Phoenix, 4th type, Grand Cross set of Insignia, by S. Anagnostopoulos, Athens, sash Badge, 82mm including crown suspension x 57mm, silver-gilt and enamel, star on upper arm of cross, P.I.R. cipher on reverse; Star, 86mm, silver and silver-gilt, maker’s mark on retaining pin, minor enamel cracking, otherwise good very fine, with full sash riband, in case of issue (2) £300-400 WWW.SPinK.Com
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371 x371 Greece, Kingdom, Royal Family Order of St. George and St. Constantine, Grand Cross with Collar set of Insignia, by Spink and Son, London, Collar Chain, 680mm, gilt and enamel, sixteen medallions in alternate lion and crowned cipher arrangement, with two central double headed eagle links; Badge Appendant, 75mm x 46mm, silver-gilt and enamel; Star, 73mm x 56mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker’s cartouche on reverse, about extremely fine, in case of issue (3) £4,000-5,000 191
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372 x372 Haiti, Empire, Imperial and Military Order of St. Faustin, Grand Officer’s set of Insignia, by Arthus Bertrand, Paris, neck Badge, 82mm including crown suspension x 62mm, silver-gilt and enamel; Star, 74mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s mark and silver marks on retaining pin, nearly extremely fine, scarce, with neck riband, in case of issue (2) £350-450 x373 Hungary, Regency, Order of the Holy Crown of St. Stephen, Military Division, Commander’s neck Badge, 53mm, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse dated ‘1942’, extremely fine, scarce, with neck riband £400-500
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374 Honours and Awards Bestowed Upon Sir Gerald Dodson, Recorder of the City of London a) Iraq, Kingdom, Order of the Two Rivers, Civil Division, Commander’s neck Badge, 87mm including wreath suspension x 66mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband and lapel rosette, b) Germany, Federal Republic, Order of Merit, Commander’s neck Badge, 60mm, gilt and enamel, with neck riband and two lapel rosettes, extremely fine, together with the following documents &c.: - Souvenir Programme for the Reception and Luncheon held in His Majesty the King of Iraq’s honour at the Guildhall, 17.7.1956 - Bestowal Certificate for the Coronation Medal 1953, named to Sir Gerald Dodson, M.A., LL.M. - The recipient’s scrapbook, containing a large number of newspaper cuttings relating to his Legal career - Letter to the recipient from the Lord Chancellor, Lord Dilhorne, on the occasion of his retirement, dated 31.7.1963, and signed ‘Reggie’ - Letter to the recipient from the Lord Chief Justice of England, Lord Parker, on the occasion of his retirement, dated 31.7.1963, and signed ‘Hubert Parker’ - Various photographs of the recipient - Service sheet for the recipient’s funeral, together with a copy of the Address (lot) £300-400 Sir Gerald Dodson was born in August 1884, the son of Mr. John Dodson, J.P., a former Sheriff of Norwich, and was educated privately and at Downing College, Cambridge. Called to the Bar of the Inner Temple in 1907, he served during the Great War as a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Hydrophone Service, before being appointed K.C. in 1925. After serving as Judge of the Mayor’s and City of London Court from 1934, he was elected Recorder of the City of London in September 1937 by the unanimous vote of the Court of Aldermen, and was knighted in 1939. He retired as Recorder on 1959, after having held the post for the longest period of time in its 800 year history, and even after retirement often continued to sit at the Old Bailey as a Commissioner. The Iraqi Order of the Two Rivers was awarded to Sir Gerald Dodson during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of His Majesty King Faisal II of Iraq, on the occasion of his visit to the City, 17.7.1956. The German Order of Merit was awarded to Sir Gerald Dodson during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of His Excellency Theodor Heuss, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, on the occasion of his visit to the City, 21.10.1958.
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x375 Iraq, Kingdom, Order of the Two Rivers, Civil Division, Commander’s neck Badge, by Garrard, London, 87mm including wreath suspension x 66mm, silver-gilt and enamel, extremely fine, with neck riband, in case of issue £400-500
Sir Gerald Dodson’s other Foreign Orders were sold at Spink, 21.11.2013.
x376 Iraq, Kingdom, Order of the Two Rivers, Military Division, Officer’s breast Badge, by Garrard, London, 62mm including wreath suspension x 47mm, silvergilt and enamel, extremely fine, with crown emblem on riband, in case of issue £350-450 193
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379 377 x377 Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Commander’s neck Badge, 52mm, gold and enamel, extremely fine, with neck riband, in Gardino, Rome, embossed case of issue £120-160 x378 Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Knight’s breast Badge, 37mm, gold and enamel, nearly extremely fine, in Cravanzola, Rome, embossed case of issue £70-90 x379 Italy, Kingdom, Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Grand Cross Star, 83mm, silver and enamel, silver mark to reverse, good very fine £200-250 x380 Italy, Kingdom, Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Commander’s neck Badge, 84mm including crown suspension x 53mm, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, nearly extremely fine, with neck riband and two lapel rosettes, in case of issue £200-250 x381 Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Roman Eagle, Commander’s neck Badge, with Swords, 51mm, silver-gilt and enamel, good very fine, rare, with neck riband £350-450 381 195
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x382 Italy, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Royal Order of Francis I, Commander’s neck Badge, 84mm x 52mm, silver-gilt and enamel, minor blue enamel damage to obverse central medallion and traces of restoration to one arm of reverse, otherwise good very fine, of slightly later manufacture, with short section of neck riband £400-500 x383 Japan, Empire, Order of the Rising Sun, Second Class Star, 90mm, silver, silver-gilt, and red cabochon in centre, nearly extremely fine £250-300 x384 Japan, Empire, Order of the Rising Sun, Third Class neck Badge, 82mm including paulownia flowers x 54mm, silver-gilt and enamel, red cabochon in centre, nearly extremely fine, with neck riband £180-220 385 Japan, Empire, Order of the Sacred Treasure, Second Class Star, 74mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, nearly extremely fine, in embossed leather fitted case £250-300 384 WWW.SPinK.Com
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389 x387 Japan, Empire, Order of the Golden Kite, Fifth Class breast Badge, 46mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, minor enamel damage to top tip, otherwise nearly extremely fine, in later rio-nuri lacquer case £140-180 x388 Japan, Empire, Order of the Golden Kite, Seventh Class breast Badge (2), 53mm x 41mm, silver and silver-gilt, good very fine, one on original ribbon with full hook and eye assembly, in slightly damaged rionuri lacquer case of issue (2) £100-140 387 x389 Japan, Manchukuo, Order of the Auspicious Clouds, Third Class neck Badge, 91mm including orchid suspension x 62mm, silver-gilt and enamel, damage to central medallion, heavy scratch marks to reverse, therefore nearly very fine £400-500
x386 Japan, Empire, Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class neck Badge, 52mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, sacred beads all present, nearly extremely fine, with miniature width neck riband £120-160 197
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x390 Japan, Manchukuo, Order of the Auspicious Clouds, Fifth Class breast Badge, 77mm including orchid suspension x 48mm, silver and enamel, nearly extremely fine, with original riband with full hook and eye assembly £400-500
x392 Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom, Order of the Star, First Class Star, by Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 98mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, marker’s mark and silver mark on retaining pin, significant green enamel damage, otherwise extremely fine £100-140
x391 Japan, Manchukuo, Order of the Pillars of State, Third Class neck Badge, 63mm, silver-gilt and enamel, extremely fine, scarce, with neck riband with clasp attachment £1,600-2,000
x393 Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom, Order of the Star, Commander’s neck Badge, 70mm including star suspension x 61mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, extremely fine, with neck riband, miniature award, and lapel rosette, in Huguenin, Switzerland, case of issue £250-300
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x394 Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom, Order of Independence, Second Class set of Insignia, by Garrard, London, neck Badge, 62mm including suspension x 38mm, silver, silvergilt, and enamel, maker’s mark on reverse; Star, 85mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s mark on reverse, extremely fine, with neck riband and lapel rosette, in case of issue (2) £400-500
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x395 Korea, Empire, Order of the Taeguk, Second Class set of Insignia, neck Badge, 79mm including plum flower suspension x 56mm, silver-gilt and enamel; Star, 88mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, very fine (2) ÂŁ1,000-1,400
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396 x396 Kuwait, Emirate, Order of Kuwait, First Class set of Insignia, sash Badge, 58mm, gilt and enamel; Star, 87mm, gilt and enamel, about extremely fine, with full sash riband and riband bar with emblem, in case of issue (2) ÂŁ400-500 201
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397 x397 Laos, Kingdom, Order of the Million Elephants and the White Parasol, Commander’s neck Badge, 62mm x 38mm, silver-gilt and enamel, uniface issue, nearly extremely fine, with neck riband £250-300 x398 Laos, Kingdom, Order of the Million Elephants and the White Parasol, Knight’s breast Badge, 62mm x 38mm, silver-gilt and enamel, uniface issue, reverse of scroll impressed ‘Auger Froment-Meurice’, enamel damage to two elephants, therefore nearly very fine £100-140 x399 Libya, Kingdom, Order of Independence, Second Class Star, 75mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, mint mark on reverse, good very fine £140-180
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x400 Liechtenstein, Principality, Order of Merit, Commander’s neck Badge, 54mm, gilt and enamel, extremely fine, with neck riband £400-500 x401 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy, Order of Civil and Military Merit of Adolph of Nassau, Military Division, Commander’s neck Badge, with crossed swords and without crown suspension, 46mm, silver-gilt and enamel, extremely fine, with neck riband, in case of issue, this labelled by the recipient with the country and year (1972) of award £400-500 PROVENANCE:
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x402 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy, Order of the Oak Crown, Grand Cross Star, 88mm, silver and enamel, minor file marks to one letter in motto, otherwise extremely fine £500-700 402 203
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403 x403 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy, Order of the Oak Crown, Grand Officer’s Star, by Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 72mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s name on reverse, minor red enamel damage to motto, otherwise nearly extremely fine Luxembourg, Grand Duchy, Order of the Oak Crown, Commander’s neck Badge, 52mm, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel damage and traces of restoration, nearly very fine, with section of neck riband (2) £400-500 404 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy, Order of the Oak Crown, Officer’s breast Badge, 35mm, gold and enamel, very fine, with rosette on riband, in embossed case of issue £100-140 x405 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy, Order of Merit, Grand Cross Star, 84mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, extremely fine £200-250 405 WWW.SPinK.Com
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406 x406 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy, Order of Merit, Commander’s neck Badge, 52mm, silver-gilt and enamel, silver mark on suspension ring, nearly extremely fine £120-160
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x407 Malaysia, Federation, The Most Distinguished Order of the Defender of the Realm, Commander’s neck Badge, by Toye, Kenning, and Spencer, London, 58mm, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1969) and enamel, extremely fine, with neck riband, in P.H. Hendry, Kuala Lumpur, case of issue, this labelled by the recipient with the country and year (1974) of award £200-250 PROVENANCE:
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x408 Malaysia, Federation, Order of the Crown, Third Class neck Badge, 57mm, silver, good very fine £80-120 x409 Malaysia, Johore, Order of Loyalty to Sultan Ismail, Second Class Star, by Benson, London, 70mm, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1979), gold, and enamel, with gold retaining pin, maker’s mark on reverse, extremely fine £400-500
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413 x410 Malta, Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Grand Officer’s Star, by Gardino, Rome, 80mm, silver, silvergilt, and enamel, maker’s cartouche on reverse, extremely fine £140-180 x411 Monaco, Principality, Order of St. Charles, A Fine Quality Commander’s neck Badge, 83mm including crown suspension x 55mm, gold and enamel, nearly extremely fine, with neck riband, in Bronfort, Monaco, case of issue £800-1,200 x412 Montenegro, Kingdom, Order of Danilo, 2nd type, Commander’s neck Badge, 79mm including crown suspension x 54mm, silver-gilt and enamel, crown suspension loose, minor enamel damage to two reverse arms, good very fine, with neck riband £400-500
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x413 Montenegro, Kingdom, Order of Danilo, 3rd type, Commander’s neck Badge, 75mm including crown suspension x 50mm, silver-gilt and enamel, extremely fine, with neck riband £400-500 WWW.SPinK.Com
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x414 Montenegro, Kingdom, Order of the Freedom of Montenegro, breast Badge, 45mm x 40mm, gilt and enamel, extremely fine, scarce £200-300
x415 Morocco, Kingdom, Order of Ouissam Alaouit Cherifien, Grand Officer’s set of Insignia, by Arthus Bertrand, Rabat, breast Badge, 60mm including wreath suspension x 41mm, gilt and enamel; Star, 75mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, extremely fine, with rosette on riband, in case of issue, this labelled by the recipient with the country and year (1987) of award (2) £200-250 PROVENANCE:
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x416 Morocco, Kingdom, Order of the Throne, First Class Star, 76mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, nearly extremely fine £200-250
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417 x417 Nepal, Kingdom, Order of Birendra, First Class set of Insignia, sash Badge, 65mm, silver, gold, and enamel; Star, 92mm, silver, gold, and enamel, nearly extremely fine, scarce, with full sash riband £400-500
x418 Nepal, Kingdom, Order of the Gurkha Right Hand, Commander’s neck Badge, 61mm, silver-gilt, silver marks on reverse, extremely fine, scarce, with neck riband, in case of issue, this labelled by the recipient with the country and year (1980) of award £100-140 PROVENANCE:
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420 x419 Nepal, Kingdom, Order of the Gurkha Right Hand, Commander’s neck Badge, 61mm, gilt, good very fine, scarce, with neck riband £70-90 x420 Netherlands, Kingdom, Order of Orange Nassau, Military Division, Grand Officer’s set of Insignia, by Royal Mint, Utrecht, neck Badge, 88mm including crown suspension x 57mm, silver-gilt and enamel; Star, 82mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s cartouche on reverse and silver mark on retaining pin, tip of one sword loose, nearly extremely fine, with neck riband and lapel rosette, in case of issue (2) £600-800 x421 Norway, Kingdom, Order of St. Olav, Commander’s Star, by Tostrup, Oslo, 75mm, silver, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, maker’s cartouche on reverse, extremely fine, in case of issue £400-500 421 209
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x422 Persia, Empire, Order of the Lion and the Sun, Commander’s neck Badge, 75mm including suspension x 70mm, silver and enamel, good very fine, with section of neck riband £250-300 x423 Portugal, Kingdom, Military Order of Christ, Commander’s Star, by da Costa, Lisbon, 82mm x 69mm, silver and enamel, with Sacred Heart decoration, maker’s cartouche on reverse and silver marks on retaining pin, about extremely fine £250-300 424 Portugal, Republic, Military Order of Christ, Commander’s neck Badge, 57mm x 43mm, silver-gilt and enamel, good very fine, with neck riband £80-100 425 Portugal, Republic, Military Order of Christ, Commander’s neck Badge, 57mm x 43mm, silver-gilt and enamel, good very fine, with neck riband £80-100 WWW.SPinK.Com
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426 x426 Portugal, Republic, Military Order of the Tower and Sword, Grand Cross with Collar set of Insignia, by da Costa, Lisbon, Collar Chain, 850mm, silver and enamel, twenty medallions in alternate Tower and Sword arrangement, with central maker’s cartouche link; Badge Appendant, 75mm x 66mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel; Star, with Tower decoration, 78mm x 65mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker’s cartouche on reverse, nearly extremely fine, in case of issue (3) £1,000-1,400 211
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428 x427 Portugal, Kingdom, Order of Villa Vicosa, A Late 19th Century Grand Cross Star, 97mm including crown x 77mm, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, extremely fine £300-400 x428 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 and lapel rosette, in case of issue, together with the following related documents: - Bestowal Document for the Second Class of the Order of Merit, named (in Arabic) to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, and dated 12.11.1985 - Buckingham Palace Restricted Permission to wear letter, named to LieutenantColonel Blair Stewart-Wilson, L.V.O., undated, and signed ‘Philip Moore’ (2) £800-1,200 Bestowed upon Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Blair Stewart-Wilson, K.C.V.O., Deputy Master of the Household, during the State Visit to the United Kingdom of H.H. Emir Khalifa of Qatar, 12-15.11.1985 PROVENANCE:
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x429 Romania, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, 2nd type, Grand Officer’s set of Insignia, by Joseph Resch, Bucharest, neck Badge, 45mm, silver-gilt and enamel, silver mark on suspension ring; Star, 66mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s cartouche on reverse and silver marks on pin, about extremely fine, with neck riband (2) £500-700 x430 Romania, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, 2nd type, Commander’s neck Badge, 46mm, silver-gilt and enamel, silver marks on suspension ring, extremely fine, with neck riband, in Weiss, Bucharest, case of issue £160-200 x431 Romania, Kingdom, Order of the Star, 1st type, Civil Division, Knight Grand Cross set of Insignia, by Resch, Bucharest, sash Badge, 113mm including crown suspension x 75mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with eagle at centre, maker’s name on base, and silver marks on suspension ring; Star, 95mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with eagle at centre, maker’s cartouche on reverse, and silver mark on pin, minor hairline cracks to blue enamel, nearly extremely fine (2) £400-500
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432 x432 Romania, Kingdom, Order of the Star, 2nd type, Military Division, Grand Officer’s set of Insignia, by C.F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim, neck Badge, 76mm including crown suspension x 50mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker’s mark and silver marks on suspension ring; Star, 66mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s mark and silver marks on retaining pin, nearly extremely fine, with neck riband (2) £400-500 x433 Romania, Kingdom, Order of the Star, 1st type, Civil Division, Commander’s neck Badge, by Resch, Bucharest, 95mm including crown suspension x 66mm, gilt and enamel, with eagle at centre, maker’s name on base, good very fine, with neck riband £180-220
x435 Romania, Kingdom, Order of the Star, 2nd type, Civil Division, Commander’s neck Badge, by Resch, Bucharest, 97mm including crown suspension x 67mm, silver-gilt, gilt, and enamel, maker’s name on base of cross, reverse central medallion re-affixed, otherwise good very fine, in case of issue £180-220 436 Romania, Kingdom, Order of the Star, 1st type, Military Division, Officer’s breast Badge, 66mm including crown and crossed swords suspension x 42mm, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel damage to one arm of cross and motto around central medallion, therefore nearly very fine, with rosette on riband, in Resch, Bucharest, embossed case of issue £80-120
x434 Romania, Kingdom, Order of the Star, 1st type, Civil Division, Commander’s neck Badge, 97mm including crown suspension x 65mm, gilt and enamel, obverse central wreath loose, nearly very fine, with neck riband £180-220 WWW.SPinK.Com
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x437 Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Stanislas, Second Class neck Badge, with Swords, 46mm, War-time issue in bronze-gilt and enamel, maker’s name on reverse, very fine, with section of neck riband £140-180 x438 Russia, Imperial, Order of St. Stanislas, Second Class neck Badge, with Swords, 48mm, War-time issue in bronze-gilt and enamel, maker’s name on reverse, very fine £140-180
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440 Senegal, Republic, National Order, Grand Officer’s set of Insignia, breast Badge, 55mm including leaves suspension x 41mm, gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Star, 80mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, with silver mark on retaining pin, extremely fine, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris, case of issue (2) £100-140
x439 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, extremely fine, with neck riband and lapel rosette, in case of issue £350-450
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x441 Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St. Sava, Grand Officer’s set of Insignia, 3rd type, neck Badge, 86mm including crown suspension x 52mm, gilt and enamel, Bishop with green robes; Star, 78mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, Bishop with green robes, good very fine, with neck riband, in Huguenin Frères, Le Locle, case of issue (2) £400-500
x442 Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St Sava, 3rd type, Commander’s neck Badge, by Hugenin Frères, Le Locle, 86mm including crown suspension x 52mm, silver-gilt and enamel, Bishop with green robes, good very fine, with neck riband, in case of issue £160-200
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443 x443 Serbia, Principality, Order of Cross of Takovo, Civil Division, Commander’s neck Badge, by Rothe, Vienna, M.O.IV, 71mm including crown suspension x 42mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker’s mark and silver mark on obverse and suspension ring, good very fine, with neck riband £300-400
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x444 Serbia, Principality, Order of Takova, M.III.O., Knight’s breast Badge, 41mm x 36mm, gilt, good very fine £40-60
x446 Spain, Kingdom, Royal Order of St. Hermenegildo, Grand Cross set of Insignia, sash Badge, 55mm including crown suspension x 46mm, gilt and enamel; Star, 63mm, silvered, gilt, and enamel, very fine, with full sash riband (2) £160-200
x445 Spain, Kingdom, Order of Charles III, Commander’s Star, 74mm x 69mm, silver, gold, and enamel, C.III.R. cipher at centre, extremely fine £180-220
x447 Spain, Kingdom, Order of Isabella the Catholic, 1st type, Grand Officer’s Star, by Lemaitre, Paris, 66mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker’s cartouche on reverse, minor enamel damage to top arm of cross, good very fine £140-180 217
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450 452 x449 Spain, Kingdom, Order of Civil Merit, Commander’s neck Badge, 71mm including crown and wreath suspension x 49mm, silver-gilt and enamel, good very fine, with neck riband and lapel rosette, in Cejalvo, Madrid, case of issue £140-180 x450 Sweden, Kingdom, Order of the Sword, Knight’s breast Badge, 55mm including crown and crossed swords suspension x 36mm, gold and enamel, extremely fine £200-250 x451 Sweden, Kingdom, Order of the North Star, Commander First Class Star, 75mm, silver, extremely fine £180-220 Bestowed upon Sir Robert Edward Bredon, K.C.M.G., Acting Inspector-General of the Imperial Chinese Maritime Customs, Peking, November 1909 PROVENANCE: Spink, November 2008
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x448 Spain, Kingdom, Order of Isabella the Catholic, Commander’s neck Badge, 70mm including wreath suspension x 52mm, silver-gilt and enamel, minor enamel damage to reverse lower arm, good very fine, with neck riband £120-160
x452 Sweden, Kingdom, Order of the North Star, Commander’s neck Badge, 79mm including crown suspension x 55mm, silver-gilt and enamel, extremely fine, with neck riband, in C.F. Carlman, Stockholm, case of issue £250-300
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454 x453 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 £250-300 x454 Sweden, Kingdom, Order of the North Star, Knight’s breast Badge, 56mm including crown suspension x 38mm, gold and enamel, extremely fine £200-250 x455 Sweden, Kingdom, Order of Vasa, Grand Officer’s Star, by Carlman, Sweden, 74mm, silver, maker’s mark and silver marks for Stockholm 1882 on hinge, extremely fine, in case of issue £300-400 456 Sweden, Kingdom, Order of Vasa, Commander’s neck Badge, 80mm including crown suspension x 55mm, silver-gilt and enamel, extremely fine, with neck riband, in Carlman, Stockholm, case of issue £250-300
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457 x457 Thailand, Kingdom, Order of the White Elephant, A Scarce Ladies First Class set of Insignia, sash Badge, 93mm including crown suspension x 49mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel; Star, 65mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, silver marks on reverse, minor enamel damage to elephants on sash badge, otherwise extremely fine, with full ladies sash riband, in case of issue (2) £600-800
x458 Thailand, Kingdom, Order of the White Elephant, Commander’s neck Badge, 93mm including suspension x 54mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, extremely fine, with neck riband Thailand, Kingdom, Order of the White Elephant, Officer’s breast Badge, 59mm including suspension x 35mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, very fine, with rosette on riband (2) £100-140
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459 x459 Thailand, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, First Class set of Insignia, sash Badge, 89mm including suspension x 57mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s name on reverse of suspension; Star, 80mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s name on retaining pin, nearly extremely fine, with full sash riband, riband bar, and lapel rosette, in case of issue (2) £400-500 221
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460 x460 Tunisia, Kingdom, Order of Nichan Iftikah, 2nd type, First Class set of Insignia, sash Badge, 88mm including bow suspension x 58mm, silver and enamel, monogram of Ahmed Bey (1929-42); Star, 85mm, silver and enamel, silver marks on retaining pin, nearly extremely fine, with full sash riband, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris, case of issue (2) ÂŁ300-400
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x461 Tunisia, Kingdom, Order of Nichan Iftikah, 2nd type, First Class Star, 85mm, silver and enamel, monogram of Mohammed Al Hadi Bey (1902-06), silver marks on retaining pin, good very fine £120-160 x462 Tunisia, Kingdom, Order of Nichan Iftikah, 2nd type, First Class Star, 85mm, silver and enamel, monogram of Sedi Mohamed al Amin Bey (1943-57), silver marks on retaining pin, good very fine £100-140 x463 Tunisia, Kingdom, Order of Nichan Iftikah, 2nd type, Second Class Star, 80mm, silver and enamel, monogram of Sidi Mohammed Al Nasr Bey (1906-22), retaining pin hook re-soldered, good very fine £100-140
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x464 Tunisia, Kingdom, Order of Nichan Iftikah, 2nd type, Commander’s neck Badge, 85mm including bow suspension x 61mm, silver and enamel, mint mark to reverse, monogram of Sidi Mohammed Al Hadi Bey (1902-06), very fine, with section of neck riband £100-140 x465 Tunisia, Kingdom, Order of Nichan Iftikah, 2nd type, Commander’s neck Badge, 83mm including bow suspension x 57mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, monogram of Mohammed Al Habib Bey (1922-29), minor enamel damage to top ray of star, therefore good very fine, with neck riband £140-180
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x466 Tunisia, Kingdom, Order of Nichan Iftikah, 2nd type, Commander’s neck Badge, 75mm including bow suspension x 51mm, silver and enamel, monogram of Sidi Ahmed Bey (1929-42), good very fine, with section of neck riband £100-140 x467 Tunisia, Republic, Order of Independence, Commander’s neck Badge, 87mm including bow suspension x 58mm, silver and enamel, silver mark on suspension ring, reverse plate loose, otherwise extremely fine, with neck riband £60-80
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468 x469 Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmania, Third Class neck Badge, 82mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 64mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, minor enamel damage to green band around central medallion, otherwise about extremely fine, with neck riband ÂŁ250-300
x468 Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmania, First Class set of Insignia, sash Badge, 80mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 64mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel; Star, 93mm, silver and enamel, mint mark and silver mark on reverse, nearly extremely fine, with full sash riband, in case of issue (2) ÂŁ1,000-1,400
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470 x470 Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Medjidieh, First Class set of Insignia, sash Badge, 80mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 62mm, silver, gold applique, and enamel, mint mark and silver mark on reverse; Star, 97mm, silver, gold applique, and enamel, mint mark and silver mark on reverse, good very fine, with full sash riband, in case of issue (2) ÂŁ800-1,200 WWW.SPinK.Com
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x471 Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Medjidieh, First Class Star, 94mm x 89mm, silver, gold applique, and enamel, silver mark on reverse, minor restoration work to three tips of Star, good very fine £300-350 x472 Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Medjidieh, Third Class neck Badge, 76mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 63mm, silver, gold applique, and enamel, good very fine, with neck riband £200-250 x473 Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Medjidieh, Fourth Class breast Badge, 74mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 58mm, silver, gold applique, and enamel, with mint mark and silver mark in reverse, nearly very fine, with rosette on riband £100-150 x474 Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Medjidieh, Fourth Class breast Badge, 72mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 57mm, silver, gold applique, and enamel, with mint mark and silver mark on reverse, good very fine £100-150
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475 Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Karadag Medal 1862 (AH 1279), silver, pierced as issued with decorative silver suspension bar, good very fine, with contemporary top silver riband bar £80-100 x476 Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Crete War Medal 1868 (AH 1285), silver, pierced as issued with ring suspension, good very fine £100-140 x477 United Arab Emirates, Federation, Order of Military Merit, Knight’s breast Badge, 44mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, extremely fine £140-180 478 United Nations Medal for Korea, Dutch language type, good very fine, scarce £80-120
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479 Vatican, Holy See, Order of the Holy Sepulchre, an Early bullion and cloth Star, 98mm, gilt bullion with cloth centre, minor dinting to tips of star, nearly very fine, scarce £400-500
x480 Vatican, Holy See, Order of Pius, Commander’s set of Insignia, by Tanfani and Bertarelli, Rome, neck Badge, 56mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker’s cartouche on reverse; Star, 67mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s cartouche on reverse, nearly extremely fine (2) £400-500
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481 x481 Vatican, Holy See, Order of St. Gregory, Grand Officer’s set of Insignia, by Rothe, Vienna, neck Badge, 74mm including wreath suspension x 48mm, silver-gilt and enamel; Star, 84mm, silver, gold, and enamel, silver marks on reverse and maker’s name on retaining pin, nearly extremely fine, with neck riband, in case of issue (2) £400-500
x482 Vatican, Holy See, Advocates of St. Peter breast Badge, 62mm including Crossed Keys suspension x 40mm, gilt and enamel, minor enamel damage to obverse motto, good very fine, scarce, in case of issue £60-80
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x483 Vietnam, French Colonial, Order of the Dragon of Annam, Commander’s neck Badge, by Lemaitre, Paris, 115mm including crown and dragon suspension x 69mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s cartouche on reverse, nearly extremely fine, with neck riband £300-400
x484 Vietnam, French Colonial, Order of the Dragon of Annam, Commander’s neck Badge, 110mm including crown and dragon suspension x 56mm, silver-gilt and enamel, about extremely fine, with neck riband £300-400
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488 x485 Vietnam, Republic, National Order of Vietnam, Commander’s neck Badge, 85mm including dragon’s head suspension x 59mm, gilt and enamel, nearly extremely fine, with neck riband £80-120
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x486 Yugoslavia, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Grand Officer’s Star, 76mm, silver-gilt and enamel, good very fine £250-300 x487 Yugoslavia, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Commander’s neck Badge, 73mm including wreath suspension x 55mm, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel restored in parts, therefore good very fine, with neck riband £70-90 x488 Zanzibar, Sultanate, Order of the Brilliant Star, Commander’s neck Badge, 88mm including wreath suspension x 61mm, silver-gilt, gold applique, and enamel, monogram of Sultan Ali Bin Hamud (190211), silver marks on suspension ring, minor white enamel damage to obverse central medallion, otherwise nearly extremely fine £400-500
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x489 Carib War Medal 1773, 54mm, silver, one of the finest known examples of this cast and tooled award, the entire design skillfully enhanced and embellished with fine engraving and chasing, slight scuff marks to edge otherwise extremely fine, with integral large ring suspension £2,400-2,800 The Carib War was an important victory over French attempts to recover commercial settlements in the Americas and West Indies lost to Britain during the Seven Years War.
490 Honourable East India Company’s Medal for Mysore 1790-92, large silver medal, 42mm, silver, straight grained edge, test cut to obverse rim at 8 o’clock, otherwise very fine, rare, pierced with ring suspension £1,000-1,400 PROVENANCE:
Alan Wolfe Collection, December 2005
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of over four hundred killed and wounded, a white handkerchief was waved from her in token of submission, and Captain Atcherley, Royal Marines, and a party from the Conqueror was sent on board. There they received the swords of the French Commander-in-Chief, Villeneuve, and the senior military officer, General Contamin. The Conqueror, with the Neptune, then turned her attention to the Santissima Trinidad, whose main, mizen, and fore-masts were soon shot away, and she also struck to the two Britishers, which were immediately borne down upon by five of the enemy’s ships until other British ships came to the assistance. While the remainder of the combined fleet were making their escape to Cadiz, the Conqueror hauled across the course of one of them which only had her foresail set. Her brave captain stood upon the poop holding the lower corner of a small French jack while he pinned the upper corner with his sword to the stump of the mizen-mast. She fired two or three guns, probably to provoke a return and so perhaps spare the discredit of a tame surrender. The Conqueror’s broadside was ready, but Captain Pellew, unwilling to injure the brave French officer, fired a single shot across her bow. The captain lowered the flag, took off his hat, and bowed his surrender. The Conqueror’s losses in the battle amounted to twelve killed and wounded, including four officers. She had her mizen topmast and main top-gallant mast shot away. Her fore and main-masts were badly wounded, and her rigging of every sort much cut, while several shot had struck her on the larboard side between wind and water. One of the enemy’s shot also cut away the head of the figure at the ship’s bow, and the crew, through the first lieutenant, asked permission to have it replaced by one of Lord Nelson. The request was granted, and when the Conqueror arrived at Plymouth after towing the Africa to Gibraltar, a figure of the hero, remarkable for the correct likeness and superior workmanship, and which the crew ornamented at their own expense, was placed at her bow.’ (The Trafalgar Roll, The Officers, The Men, The Ships, Colonel R.H. Mackensie, refers); three other man of this name appear on the Admiralty Claimants’ List, all for single clasp awards for Syria.
491 Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801 (Wm. Gilbert.), backstrap of clasp slightly distorted, edge bruise and traces of lacquer, otherwise good very fine £2,000-2,500 William Gilbert served as Ordinary Seaman in the 80-gun H.M.S. Caesar, the flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir James Saumarez, as part of the successful attack upon the FrancoSpanish squadrons under the enemy batteries in Algeçiras Bay, 12.7.1801, which resulted in the destruction of the Spanish three-decker, 112-gun Real Carlos and San Hermenegildo, together with the French 74-gun St. Antione; one other man of this name appears on the Admiralty Claimants’ List for a single clasp award for Syria. PROVENANCE:
Glendining, February 1980 Sotheby, October 1983.
492 Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Trafalgar (Thomas Adams), minor edge bruising, nearly very fine £3,000-4,000 Thomas Adams served as Landsman in H.M.S. Conqueror for 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 ViceAdmiral P.C. de Villeneuve, 21.10.1805. At Trafalgar the Conqueror was the fourth ship in the weather column, following immediately after the Victory, Temeraire and Neptune, ‘she engaged the French flagship Bucentaure and the Spanish four-decker Santissima Trinidad. She shot away the former’s main and mizen-masts by the board, her foremast in a few minutes sharing the same fate; when, after a loss
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493 Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Blanche 19 July 1806 (David Evans.), light scratches, good very fine £2,200-2,600 David Evans served as Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Blanche for the capture of the French 40 gun frigate Guerriere off the Faroe Islands, 19.7.1806; one other man of this name appears on the Admiralty Claimants’ List for a single clasp award for Algiers. Approximately 22 clasps claimed for this action. PROVENANCE:
Whitaker Collection 1890 J.B. Hayward, June 1975 Lee E. Bishop Collection, Spink, July 2009
494 Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, 23 Nov Boat Service 1810 (Chas. Cork, Midshipman.), reverse of suspension claw missing, minor edge bruising, very fine £2,800-3,200 Charles Cork served as Midshipman in H.M.S. St. Albans, when bomb-vessels together with a number of English and Spanish mortar and gunboats under the command of Captain Robert Hall attacked a French flotilla of gunboats at Port St. Mary, Cadiz, 23.11.1810. Approximately 42 clasps claimed for this action. PROVENANCE:
Glendining, December 1966 Spink, April 2009
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495 Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Navarino (David Rind.), extremely fine £800-1,000 David Rind served as Able Seaman in H.M.S. Asia during the battle of Navarino in which the combined fleets of Britain, France, and Russia engaged and routed the Turkish fleet, 20.10.1827.
496 Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria (Robert Herd.), light contact marks, good very fine £450-500 Robert Herd served as Able Seaman in H.M.S. Powerful during operations on and off the coast of Syria, 1840.
497 Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria (Joseph Pattison.), good very fine £400-500 Joseph Pattison served as Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Vanguard during operations on and off the coast of Syria, 1840.
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498 Field Officer’s Small Army Gold Medal for Corunna (Major Chichester Mc.Donnell, 82nd. Foot), good very fine, glazed in lunettes, the reverse lunette a replacement, with original gold riband buckle £14,000-18,000 Lieutenant-Colonel Chichester McDonnell, born Scotland; promoted Captain, Fifth West India Regiment of Foot, July 1797; Major, March 1804; transferred to 82nd (Prince of Wales’ Volunteers) Regiment of Foot, August 1804; served at the Battle of Corunna, 16.1.1809, when the 1/82nd Regiment were part of the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division under the command of the LieutenantGeneral A. G. Fraser; promoted Lieutenant-Colonel, March 1809; transferred 34th Foot, and commanded the 1st Battalion in India, 1809-11; died 1811. PROVENANCE:
Barnet Collection, Glendining 1963
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499 Military General Service 1793-1814, six clasps, Albuhera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, Toulouse (J. Finnagan, Corporal, Waggon Train.), very fine £1,200-1,500 Private John Finnagan, born Folksmill, Co. Cork; enlisted in the Waggon Train, October 1808, having previously served in the Commissariat for six years; served in the Peninsula and present at Albuhera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle and Toulouse; discharged, August 1814, in consequence of ‘a reduction of part of the Corps and likewise having lost an eye from an accident on board a transport while escorting French prisoners from the Peninsula to England in the year 1812’, after 11 years and 276 days with the Colours. PROVENANCE:
Kermack Ford Collection, 1884 Glendining, September 1989
500 Military General Service 1793-1814, nine clasps, Busaco, Fuentes d’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse (John Langley, 43rd. Foot.), edge bruise, very fine £2,800-3,200 Private John Langley, born Killishandra, Co. Cavan, Ireland; enlisted in the 43rd Light Infantry, 1804; ‘served with the Regiment in the Expedition to Copenhagen in 1807, in General Moore’s retreat, and in every Siege, Storm and Action in which the Regiment was engaged in the Peninsula, from the Battle of the Coa, 24th July 1810, to the end of the War in the South of France, served in the Expedition to New Orleans, America, was present at the capitulation of Paris; wounded in the left shoulder at Sabugal, 3rd April 1811’ (Service Papers refer); discharged, April 1825, after 21 years with the Colours. PROVENANCE:
Glendining, 1979.
501 Military General Service 1793-1814, nine clasps, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (J. Kettles, 52nd. Foot.), third clasp with contemporary engraved replacement clasp facing, otherwise extremely fine £2,000-2,500 Private James Kettles, born Denham, Cheshire, 1792; enlisted in the 52nd Light Infantry, May 1812; served with the 1st Battalion in the Peninsula and received a wound to the foot, 10.11.1813, at Sare, during the storming of the heights of Vera in the Pyrenees, where the 52nd suffered heavy casualties largely at the taking of the strategic ‘Star Redoubt’ on the ridge; discharged, January 1815, after 2 years and 244 days with the Colours.
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Spink, April 2009
503 Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die type, one clasp, Ava (J. Garratt, 38th. Foot.), nearly extremely fine £700-900 235 Private John Garratt, born Cork, Ireland, 1803; enlisted in the 55th Foot, September 1817; transferred to the 38th Foot; March 1822; discharged, July 1838, after 20 years and 68 days with the Colours, of which 14 years were spent in India and Burma.
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504 Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die type, one clasp, Ava (Ensign W.W. Childers, 41st. Foot), officially impressed, Royal Mint, good very fine £900-1,100 Lieutenant William W. Childers, Commissioned Ensign, 10th Regiment of Foot, July 1821; transferred to the 41st Regiment of Foot, April 1822; promoted Lieutenant, May 1825
505 Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die type, one clasp, Ava (Asst. Surg. W. Stevenson. 2nd. Locl. Hse.), officially engraved in serif capitals, India, traces of lacquer, light contact marks, therefore very fine £1,000-1,200 506 Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die type, one clasp, Bhurtpoor (B. Cooper, 14th. Foot.), officially impressed, Royal Mint, suspension claw reaffixed, good very fine £800-1,000 Private Benjamin Cooper, served with the 14th Foot in Captain C. Wilson’s Company during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815. PROVENANCE:
Spink, April 2005
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507 Waterloo 1815 (Rich. Greenhalgh, 1st. Reg. Dragoon Guards.), heavy contact marks, edge bruising, good fine, with later steel clip and split ring suspension £1,400-1,800 Private Richard Greenhalgh, born Bolton, Lancashire, 1791; enlisted in the 2nd Dragoon Guards, February 1809; discharged, May 1810; re-enlisted in the 1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards, November 1811; served with the Regiment during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815, and severely wounded in several parts of the body with a sword at the Battle of Waterloo, 18.6.1815; discharged, July 1832, after 23 years and 327 days with the Colours.
508 Waterloo 1815 (William Greenhalgh. 2nd Batt. Coldstream Gds.), edge bruising, nearly very fine, with later steel clip and split ring suspension £1,600-2,000 Private William Greenhalgh, born Bolton, Lancashire, 1792; enlisted in the Coldstream Guards, May 1800; served with the Regiment in Egypt, 1801; during the Peninsula Campaign, 1809-13, where he was present at the Battles of Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes d’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, and Nive; and in LieutenantColonel Henry Dawkins’ Company during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815; discharged, August 1816, after 18 years and 85 days with the Colours.
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509 Waterloo 1815 (Corp. Wm. Donaldson, 2nd Batt. 3rd Reg. Guards.), nearly very fine, with replacement steel clip and contemporary straight bar suspension £1,400-1,800 Sergeant William Donaldson, born Dalkeith, Midlothian, 1787; enlisted in the 3rd Foot Guards, December 1811; promoted Corporal, May 1814; served with the Regiment in Lieutenant-Colonel Charles West’s Company during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815, and was wounded in the body in the fighting in the vicinity of the beleaguered farm of Hougemount, 18.6.1815; promoted Sergeant, April 1826; served with the British intervention force in Portugal, 182728; discharged, April 1831, after 21 years and 107 days with the Colours.
x510 Waterloo 1815 (Serj. William Hill. 2nd Batt. 30th Reg. Foot.), worn, fair, with original steel clip and split ring suspension £600-700 Sergeant William Hill served in Captain James Skerrow’s Company, 2nd Battalion, 30th Foot during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815.
511 Waterloo 1815 (John Pike, 1st Batt. 40th Reg. Foot.), very fine, with original steel clip and split ring suspension £1,400-1,800 Private John Pike, served in Captain G. Morrow’s Company during the Waterloo Campaign, 16-18.6.1815.
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512 Cabul 1842 (Simon Jacob 3rd. Lt. Dragns.), impressed naming, minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine, with original steel clip and ring suspension £550-650
x514 Sutlej 1845-46, for Aliwal, one clasp, Sobraon (Captn. A. Wheatley, 5th. Bengal Lt. Cavy.), officially renamed in India in small serif capitals, good very fine £200-250
513 Candahar Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Serjt. Jeremiah Ryan. 41st. Regt.), engraved in upright serif capitals, good very fine, with contemporary silver clip and straight silver bar suspension £600-700
Major-General Arthur Wheatley, born 1807, Commissioned Cornet, January 1824 and arrived in Calcutta aboard the Berwickshire, May 1824; posted to the 5th Bengal Light Cavalry; promoted Lieutenant, May 1825; Captain, December 1838; served during the First and Second Sikh Wars and wounded in action near Ramnuggur, 22.11.1848; Commanded the 5th Bengal Light Cavalry at the Battle of Chilianwala, 13.1.1849, and Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 3.3.1849); promoted Brevet Major, June 1849; Major, April 1850; Lieutenant Colonel, November 1853; and Brevet Colonel, November 1854; transferred to the 4th European Light Cavalry, 1858; retired with the rank of Major-General; died, September 1881.
867 Sergeant Jeremiah Ryan, born Maryborough, Queens County, Ireland, 1808; enlisted in the 20th Foot, February 1826; transferred to the 41st Foot, October 1836; promoted Sergeant, June 1841; discharged, May 1848, after more than 21 years with the Colours, of which 16 years were spent in India, Scinde (Medal), and Afghanistan.
515 Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon, no clasp (Samuel Wilcott 53rd. Regt.), edge bruising, very fine £300-400 PROVENANCE:
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x516 Punjab 1848-49, two clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Corpl. G. Gull. 1st. Bn. 60th. R. Rifles.), old repair to suspension, edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £300-350
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517 Punjab 1848-49, two clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Havildar. Gunga Passee. Scinde. Camel. B.C.), very fine £300-400
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521 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Northwest Frontier (533 Gunr P Hogan, No. 2 By. 24th. Bde. R.A.), good very fine £200-250 PROVENANCE:
518 Punjab 1848-49, two clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (W. Thomas, 24th Foot.), nearly extremely fine £600-700 3130 Private William Thomas, died 7.6.1849.
519 South Africa 1834-53 (J. Mc.Minn, 75th Regt.) light contact marks, edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £500-600 Private James McMinn, born Hertford, 1812; enlisted in the 75th Foot, April 1831; served with the Regiment in South Africa during the First Kaffir War 1834-35; discharged, September 1851, after 20 years and 165 days with the Colours. Approximately 128 South Africa 1834-53 Medals to the 75th Foot, the fewest for any Regiment present. PROVENANCE:
J.A. Henderson Collection, September 2007
520 South Africa 1834-53 (A. Blount. 1st. Btn. Rifle Bde.), heavy edge bruising, nearly very fine £350-400
Seaby, February 1976
522 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Northwest Frontier (3002 T. Parling. 1st. Bn. 22nd. Regt.), pawnbroker’s mark to edge, suspension claw tightened, good very fine £200-250 523 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Northwest Frontier (1919 Pte. W. Norman. 3 Bn. Rif. Bde.), nearly very fine £200-250 PROVENANCE:
Spink, January 1993
524 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Northwest Frontier (1726 Pte. J. Prior. 3 Bn. Rif. Bde.), surname officially corrected, nearly extremely fine £120-160 1726 Private John Prior, served with the 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade, as part of Brevet Colonel A.D. Macdonell’s Expedition against Sultan Muhammed Khan on the North West Frontier of India, December 1863- January 1864; discharged, March 1868.
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525 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Northwest Frontier (1071. Pte. J. Wilson. 3 Bn. Rif. Bde.), good very fine £180-220
529 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Pegu (John Pollard. 18th. Royal Irish Regt.), suspension slightly loose, toned, very fine £200-250
526 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Northwest Frontier (Sepoy Ramdyal Misser 21st. Regt. N.I.), toned, good very fine £100-140
530 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Pegu (2nd. Lieut. John Fredrick Wing. 1st. Madras Fusrs.), nearly extremely fine £300-350
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531 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Persia (C. Hughes, O.S. Falkland, Sloop), good very fine, scarce £700-900
Spink, September 1999
527 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Northwest Frontier (2380 Sepoy Sundar 6th. Punjab Infy.), worn, good fine £70-90
Approximately 114 India General Service Medals with clasp Persia awarded to the crew of the Indian Navy Sloop Falkland (18 guns).
528 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Pegu (Wm. Crute. Gunrs. Mate. “Salamander”), good very fine £200-250
532 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Persia (Gunner T. Owens. Artillery.), very fine £400-500
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Spink, September 1998
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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA 533 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Persia (Capt. C.P. Rigby, Supt. Bazaars.), good very fine, a unique rank and unit combination, together with a copy of General Rigby, Zanzibar and the Slave Trade, edited by the recipient’s daughter, Mrs. Charles Russell, which included extracts from the recipient’s journals and despatches throughout his life £2,000-3,000 Major-General Christopher Palmer Rigby, (1820-85), was born at Yately Lodge, Yately, Hampshire, and educated at Abingdon Grammar School and Addiscombe. Commissioned an Ensign in the 5th Regiment of Native Infantry, 1836, he remained in India, except for a posting in Aden from 1840 to 1843, until 1850. During these years of service overseas he acquired fluency in eight oriental and African languages. In 1853 he visited Russia, and whilst in St. Petersburg was granted an audience with the Czar, ‘who talked to him for about twenty minutes on various subjects connected with India, asking particularly about the organisation of our Native Army, the fortifications of Aden, our treatment of cholera &c.’ (General Rigby, Zanzibar, and the Slave Trade, edited by his daughter, Mrs. Charles Russell refers). After a period of leave back in England, he returned to India via Constantinople, arriving back in April 1854, and was appointed President of the Civil and Military Examination Committee for native languages, his latest recreation being the study of Turkish. In September 1855 Rigby embarked for the Persian Gulf on a secret service mission, whilst holding the official title of Superintendent of Bazaars and Police. On his arrival he was asked if he would take charge of the town of Bushire. ‘His big challenge was how to govern the populous city. Not the slightest preparation for such a situation had been made by the Bombay authorities. Not a policeman, or even a single pair of handcuffs, had been sent. Undeterred, Rigby engaged a house, erected a flagstaff, and established a Police Office, himself being the only policeman! He immediately issued a notice liberating all slaves and forbidding the sale of liquor to our soldiers and sailors. There being no gaol, summary punishment by public flogging was the only resource. He at once set about enlisting Persians to form a Police Corp, and at the first opportunity ordered from Bombay uniform and equipment for 200 men. Complaints were made by Armenian ladies that they were unable to appear in the streets during the day as they were insulted by Persians. To put a stop to this, Rigby procured the disguise of a lady. He mixed with a party of Armenian ladies, and followed by two of his policemen, armed with a hidden rope and cat-o’-nine tails, strolled through the main streets. Any Persian using insulting language found himself suddenly seized from behind, tied up to the nearest door-post, and given two dozen lashes. This soon put a stop to the annoyance of the Armenian ladies.’ (ibid). Rigby was in Persia, based at Bushire, throughout the Persian Campaign, during which he was appointed variously Military Commandant, Civil Commissioner, Magistrate, and Superintendent of Bazaars and Police. For his service in Persia he was Mentioned in the farewell General Order issued on the break-up of the Persian Expeditionary Force by General Jacob: ‘The services of this officer have been most valuable. He has very greatly improved the town of Bushire, and has maintained justice, peace, quiet, and excellent order among the inhabitants. His duties have been of a most delicate and important nature, he has been most zealous and industrious in their performance, and he is well worthy of a favourable notice’, and was Mentioned in Major-General Stalker’s Despatch. He returned to Bombay in February 1858, and
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was thus the first to embark from India and the last to quit Persian territory during the Persian War. After returning to Bombay in 1858 Rigby was appointed the East India Company’s agent in Zanzibar and British Consul, arriving in July 1858. Whilst stationed in Zanzibar he met and assisted several celebrated explorers, including Burton, Speke, Livingstone, and Grant. He also worked with ardour to suppress the traffic in slaves and his efforts to enforce the 1845 treaty which restricted the East African slave-trade were unremitting. Furthermore, he ordered the emancipation of all slaves owned by British subjects residing in Zanzibar; it is believed that he set free 8000 slaves up to the time of his leaving Zanzibar. In September 1861 Rigby left Zanzibar because of ill health and returned to England. In January 1864 he was appointed commissioner for the settlement of boundary disputes between the states of Baroda and Jamnagar. He resigned from the army in August 1867 with the rank of majorgeneral, and retired to London. He died at his home in Portland Place; shortly before his death he lost all his savings in the collapse of the Oriental Bank.
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534 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Bhootan (401 Gunr. J. Brown No. 6 By. 25th. Bde. R), very fine £200-250
539 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1887-89 (Captn. P.J. Cunningham 1st. Bn. Rif. Brig.), nearly extremely fine £240-280
PROVENANCE:
Captain Patrick Joseph Cunningham, Commissioned Second Lieutenant, East Yorkshire Regiment, May 1878; promoted Lieutenant, July 1881; seconded for service with the Army Pay Department, as Paymaster, 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, December 1885; promoted Captain, May 1887; served with the Rifle Brigade in Burma; died 1888.
Seaby, December 1975
535 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Bhootan (733 N. Buxton H.M.s 55th Regt.), good very fine £240-280
x540 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1887-89 (Lieut. F.V. Whittall, 3rd. Infy: Hydd. Contgt.), officially renamed in running script, right hand side clasp facing repaired, suspension re-affixed, good very fine £120-160
Sergeant Nathan Buxton, born London, 1838; enlisted in the 55th Foot, May 1861; promoted Corporal, August 1868; Sergerant, December 1872; discharged April 1882, after 20 years and 357 days with the Colours.
536 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Naga-187980 (Sepoy Dhunbeer Khurga 44th. Regt. N.I.), suspension claw reaffixed, fire damage to obverse left field, therefore good fine £80-120
Colonel Francis Vaughan Whittall, born Agra, India, March 1861; educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Leinster Regiment, July 1881; transferred to the Indian Army and posted to the Hyderabad Contingent; promoted Lieutenant, August 1883; served with the 3rd Infantry Battalion in Burma, 1887-88; as a Special Service Officer in China, 1900 (Medal), and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 13.9.1901); advanced Lieutenant-Colonel, June 1904; retired with the Brevet rank of Colonel, 1912; rejoined, 1914, and Commanded the 10th (Service) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment and the 2nd (Home Service) Garrison Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment during the Great War (awarded 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, and Victory Medal); died at home in East Grinstead, 6.10.1939.
537 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1885-7 (373 Pte. J. Vale 2d. Bn. L’pool R.), nearly very fine £100-140 538 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1887-89 (1973 Pte. J. Marlow 1st. Bn. Hamps. R.), suspension loose, light scratch marks to reverse, nearly very fine £100-140
Colonel Whittall’s China Medal and Great War Medals were sold at auction, 2.12.2009.
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Seaby, June 1976
547 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Samana 1891 (1933 Pte. J. Howard 2d. Bn. Manch. R.), minor edge bruise, good very fine £200-240
548 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, N.E. Frontier 1891 (1467 Rifleman Asoo Gurung 44th. Bl. Infy.), good very fine £80-120
549 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Waziristan 1894-95 (3817 Pte. B. Ralton 2d. Bn. Border Regt.), edge nick, nearly very fine £140-180
547 541 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Sikkim 1888 (434 Pte. F. Davis 2d. Bn. Derby. R.), good very fine £200-250
542 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Sikkim 1888 (661 Pte. G. Hazlehurst 2nd. Bn. Derby. R.), minor edge bruising, good very fine £200-250 PROVENANCE:
Spink, January 1993
543 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Hazara 1888 (173 Pte. J. Jackson 2d. Bn. R. Suss. R.), nearly very fine £140-180
544 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, ChinLushai 1889-90 (1124 Sepoy Champa Singh Gharti Surma Valley Mily. Police), good very fine £140-180
545 India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Burma 1889-92 (2178 Lce. Corpl. J.H. Bicknell 1st. Bn. D.C.L. Infy:), worn, nearly very fine £70-90
PROVENANCE:
Seaby, May 1975
550 India General Service 1854-95, two clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (2263 Pte. D. Sullivan 2d. Bn. R. Sco. Fus.), unofficial lugs between first and second clasps, minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £140-180
551 India General Service 1854-95, two clasps, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1885-7, clasps mounted in this order (814 Pte. H. Smith 2d. Bn. S. Wales. Bord.), suspension re-affixed and one rivet popped between clasps, edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine £100-140
552 India General Service 1854-95, two clasps, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1885-7 (4974 Pte. P. Diamond 1st. Bn. Rif. Brig.), clasps remounted in this order, top clasp side carriage additionally pierced, good very fine £120-160 4974 Private Patrick Diamond, born Maghera, Co. Londonderry, 1858; enlisted in the Rifle Brigade, July 1881; served with the 1st Battalion in Upper Burma, October 1886 to February 1889; discharged, August 1893, after 12 years and 37 days’ service.
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553 India General Service 1854-95, two clasps, Chin Hills 1892-93, Burma 1885-7, clasps in this order (1351 Pte. Noor Sherief 21st. Madras Infy.), good very fine £200-250
558 Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Alma, unnamed as issued, nearly very fine £100-140
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559 Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (W. Pearman. H.M.S. Princess. Royal.), depot impressed in large serif capitals, good very fine £200-250
Spink, June 1996
554 India General Service 1854-95, two clasps, Burma 1889-92, Burma 1887-89, clasps remounted in this order (5473 Corpl. D. Ward 4th. Bn. Rif. Brig.), minor edge bruising, good very fine £120-160
560 Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (G. Slater. Coldstream Gds.), officially impressed, good very fine £250-300
555 India General Service 1854-95, two clasps, Hazara 1891, Samana 1891 (5401 Pte. M. Elliott. 1st. Bn. K.R. Rif. C.), partially officially corrected, unofficial rivets between clasps, nearly very fine £140-180
4629 Private George Slater, served with the 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards during the Crimean War; slightly wounded during the first attack on the Grand Redan, 18.6.1855, one of only two casualties in the regiment on that day; died at Portsea, April 1856.
561 Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (Corpl. G. Jarvis. 72nd. Regt.), officially impressed, edge bruising, very fine £180-220
556 India General Service 1854-95, three clasps, Northwest Frontier, Looshai, Umbeyla (Sepoy Rutton Sing Soonar 4th. Goorkha Regt.), suspension claw tightened, nearly very fine £200-250
3325 Corporal George Jarvis (surname spelt as Jervis on Medal roll) served with the 72nd Highlanders in the Crimea from 16.7.1855; died before Sebastopol, 2.8.1855.
557 Crimea 1854-56, no clasp, unnamed as issued, very fine £80-120
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563 Crimea 1854-56, three clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Gunr. & Driver M. Dew. R. Arty.), officially impressed, toned, good very fine £400-450 2277 Gunner and Driver Michael Dew, served in the Crimea with ‘B’ Battery, 8th Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Artillery; died whilst on active service in the Crimea.
564 Crimea 1854-56, three clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pvte. Richd. Cheer Scots Fs. Gds.), contemporarily engraved in large serif capitals, nearly very fine £200-300 3542 Private Richard Cheer, born Abingdon, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), 1827; enlisted in the Scots Fusilier Guards, June 1847; served with the Regiment in the Crimea, February 1854 to April 1856; awarded Long Service & Good Conduct Medal; discharged, July 1868, after 21 years and 47 days with the Colours. The recipient’s entitlement to the medal, but not the clasps, is confirmed per the respective medal roll of 1st Battalion Scots Fusiliers Guards (ref WO 100/25). As the rivets on the medal all appear original as issued, it would suggest that the recipient was issued a three clasp medal in error.
565 Crimea 1854-56, three clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol, last clasp loose on riband as issued later (Major Thos. N Dalton 49th. Foot), contemporarily engraved in ‘Hunt and Roskell’ style, extremely fine £1,200-1,600 Major Thomas Norcliffe Dalton, Commissioned Ensign, 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot, June 1837; promoted Lieutenant, December 1840; Captain, April 1846; served with the Regiment during the Second Sikh War 184849, and was present at the passage of the Chenab, and in the Battles of Sadoolapore, Chilianwala, 13.1.1849, and Goojerat, 21.2.1849 (Medal with two clasps); later served with the Field Force in pursuit of the enemy to the Khyber Pass, March 1849; promoted Major, February 1851; transferred to the 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) Regiment of Foot, 1853, and served with the Regiment in the Crimea; Mentioned in Lord Raglan’s Despatch (London Gazette 10.10.1854); killed in action at the Battle of Inkermann, 5.11.1854- whilst leading his men in an assault he was struck by a musket ball in the head, and died on the battlefield. Had he survived, Major Dalton would have been recommended for the honour of the Third Class of the Order of the Bath (London Gazette 31.7.1855).
565 566 Crimea 1854-56, three clasps, Balaklava, Sebastopol, Inkermann, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps, unnamed as issued, contact marks, nearly very fine, with contemporary silver riband buckle £200-250 567 Crimea 1854-56, four clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Josh. Read. Grenr. Gds.), officially impressed, unofficial rivets between last three clasps, light contact marks, very fine £350-450 Clasps confirmed
568 Crimea 1854-56, four clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (W.H. Smith. Scots Fusilier Gds.), officially impressed, unofficial rivets between first and second, and between third and fourth clasps, nearly extremely fine £700-900 569 Crimea 1854-56, four clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (G. Brand. 20th. Regt.), officially impressed, good very fine £500-700 2663 Private George Brand listed on the Medal roll as ‘since dead’, most likely of having died of disease whilst serving in the Crimea.
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x574 Turkish Crimea (3), British die, unnamed as issued, with contemporary foliate suspension; Sardinian die (2), one unnamed as issued, with contemporary silver scroll bar suspension, the other with indecipherable scratched naming, and pierced for ring suspension as issued, generally nearly very fine or better (3) £100-140
570 Crimea 1854-56, four clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (J. Davis. 21st. Regt.), officially impressed, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps, toned, good very fine £500-700 Private James Davis, served with the 21st Fusiliers in the Crimea; died before Sebastopol, 5.1.1855.
575 Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Martin Maher, 3rd. Bengal Eurpn. Regt.), suspension claw tightened, very fine £200-250
571 Crimea 1854-56, four clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Alexr. Sturgian. 44th. Foot.), officially impressed, light contact marks, good very fine £700-900
576 Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp (Thos. Smith, 3rd. Madrs. Eurpn. Regt.), suspension re-affixed, worn, nearly very fine £120-160
4026 Private Alexander Sturgian, served with the 44th Foot during the Crimean War; wounded at the bombardment of Sebastopol, 7.9.1855.
572 Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die (D. Davies. 1. R.B.), contemporarily engraved in large serif capitals, pierced as issued, good very fine £40-60
577 Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Delhi (J. Lawlor, 1st. Bn. 60th. Rifles), minor edge bruise, contact marks, nearly very fine £200-250
573 Turkish Crimea (2), British die, unnamed; Sardinian die, unnamed, both pierced as issued with ring suspension, nearly very fine (2) £100-140 249
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578 Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (Edwd. Evans, 1st Bn. 23rd R.W. Fusrs.), suspension post reaffixed, otherwise nearly extremely fine £180-220 5512 Private Edward Evans, born Oswestry; served with the 23rd Foot during the Indian Mutiny; died, 25.1.1859. One other man with the name Edward Evans, of the 1st Battalion, 23rd Foot appears on the latest published transcript of the Indian Mutiny Medal roll, entitled to the clasps Relief of Lucknow and Lucknow.
579 Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (John Pearce, 1st. Bn. 23rd. R.W. Fusrs.), good very fine £300-350 580 Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Central India (Wm. Corke, 3rd. Bombay Eupn. Regt.), good very fine £300-350
581 Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Central India (Facker Odeen 1st. Regiment N.I.), minor edge bruising, very fine £240-280 582 Indian Mutiny 1857-58, two clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Jas. Phillips, 93rd. Highlanders), second clasp backstrap re-soldered, good very fine £400-500 583 Indian Mutiny 1857-58, two clasps, Central India, Lucknow (John. Spillman. 3rd. Bn. Rifle Bde.), clasps remounted in this order, minor edge knock, good very fine £450-550 1001 Private John Spillman served with the 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade during the Indian Mutiny at Lucknow; attached to the Camel Corps during service in Central India. Clasps confirmed
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584 China 1857-60, no clasp, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine, with contemporary top silver riband buckle £80-120
589 China 1857-60, one clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (Wm. Hague. 44th. Regt.), minor edge bruising, reverse of suspension claw removed, good very fine £180-220
585 China 1857-60, one clasp, Fatshan 1857, unnamed as issued, minor edge bruise, good very fine £120-160
590 China 1857-60, one clasp, Taku Forts 1860, unnamed as issued, very fine £140-180
586 China 1857-60, one clasp, Canton 1857, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, good very fine £120-160
591 New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated, 1860-1865 (127 John Kennedy, 65th Regt.), contact marks, good very fine, with contemporary top riband buckle £300-350
587 China 1857-60, one clasp, Canton 1857, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine £140-180
592 New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1863-1865 (496. Corpl. Jas. Faine, 70th. Regt.), suspension claw tightened, very fine £280-320
588 China 1857-60, one clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (Gunr. Mathw. Byrne, No.3 B. 13th Bde. R. Art.), minor edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine £240-280
496 Sergeant James Faine, born Cork, Ireland, 1833; enlisted in the 70th Foot, June 1858; promoted Sergeant, 1874; discharged, June 1878, after 19 years and 351 days with the Colours.
Gunner Matthew Byrne, born Gorey, Co. Wexford, 1834; enlisted in the Royal Artillery, January 1856; having previously served in the Dublin Artillery (Militia); served with the Royal Artillery in India during the Indian Mutiny (Medal with no clasp) and in China; awarded Long Service and Good Conduct Medal; discharged, April 1890, after 34 years and 65 days’ service.
593 Canada General Service 1866-70, one clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (528 Drummer C. Cawte, 1/15th Foot) impressed naming, minor edge bruising, scratch marks to reverse, very fine £300-350
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594 Canada General Service 1866-70, one clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (No. 852 Pte. N. Yates Rifle Bde.), suspension claw loose, very fine £220-260 595 Canada General Service 1866-70, one clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Pte. W. Foster, Tilsonburg I. Co.), extremely fine £250-300 596 Abyssinia 1867-68 (Lieut W.H. Childers H.M.S. Octavia), extremely fine £600-800 Lieutenant William Henry Childers, born June 1837; appointed Midshipman, H.M.S. Tribune, June 1853, and served with the force in the Baltic and Crimea (Baltic Medal, Crimea Medal with clasp Sebastopol, and Turkish Crimea Medal) and during the Second China War (Medal and clasp for Fatshan 1857), where he was employed with the Force that took part in the capture and destruction of Chinese War Vessels at Escape Creek, 25.5.1857; and in the destruction of the Fatshan Flotilla of War Junks, 1.6.1857 (London Gazette 1.8.1857); promoted Mate, July 1857; Lieutenant, August 1859; served in H.M.S. Firebrand, June to November 1860; H.M.S. Charybdis, November 1860 to June 1865; H.M.S. Excellent, October 1865 to January 1867; H.M.S. Octavia, September 1867 to August 1868; appointed Resident Transport Officer, Aden, and employed on Transport Service during the Abyssinian Expedition, 1867-68; died suddenly in active service onboard H.M.S. Black Prince from a rupture of a blood vessel, April 1869.
601 597 Abyssinia 1867-68 (Boy 1.Cl. J. Mondey H.M.S. Octavia), nearly extremely fine £250-300 598 Abyssinia 1867-68 (1048. J. Thornton. 26th Regt.), nearly extremely fine £180-220 599 Abyssinia 1867-68 (981, Pte. D. Mc.Coy. 45th. Foot.), light contact marks, good very fine £200-250 600 Ashantee 1873-74, one clasp, Coomassie (135. Pte. W. Davies. 2 Bn. 23. R.W.Fus: 1873-4.), nearly extremely fine £300-350 601 Ashantee 1873-74, one clasp, Coomassie (2255, Pte. J. Lewis, 2 Bn. Rifle Bde. 1873-4), good very fine, with contemporary silver slide on riband £280-320
Childers’ Abysinia Medal was sent to his widow, June 1870. For the Miniature Awards attributed to Lieutenant W.H. Childers, see Lot 833
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605 Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (C. of Armrs. 418. Armr: Sgt. R. Honnor. 2nd. Bn. 14th. Regt.), number and rank officially corrected, good very fine, scarce £80-120
x602 South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1879 (3046. Sgt. J. Britton. 3/60th. Foot.), good very fine £380-420 603 South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1879 (289. Pte. C. Cole. 91st. Foot.), extremely fine, with top silver riband buckle, and related contemporary miniature award £400-450
418 Armourer Sergeant Robert Honnor, born Enfield, Middlesex, 1854; enlisted in the Corps of Armourers, May 1877; served attached variously with the 2nd Battalion 14th Regiment, 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry, and the 3rd Battalion Connaught Rangers; discharged, May 1898, reenlisted for limited engagement, April 1900; discharged, April 1901, after 22 years and 3 days’ service.
604 South Africa 1877-79, one clasp, 1879 (T/1370. Corpl. W.W. King. A.S. Corps), very fine £380-420
606 Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (42/388. Pte. T. Rogers 85th Foot.), edge bruising, good very fine £80-120
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607 Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Ali Musjid (6447. Farr: Sgt. J. Green. E/3 Bde. R.A.), minor edge bruise, very fine £200-250
610 Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Kabul (Sepoy Mohkum Din 3rd. Sikh Infantry), nearly very fine £140-180 PROVENANCE:
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608 Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Ali Musjid (27 B/153. Pte. T. Gay. 1/17th Regt.), pawn broker’s mark to obverse field, minor edge bruising, good very fine £200-240 153 Private Thomas Gay, born Bristol, April 1848; enlisted in the 17th Foot, April 1865; served with the Regiment in Afghanistan, November 1878 to August 1879, and present at the capture of the Fortress at Ali Musjid, 21.11.1878; discharged, April 1886, after 21 years and 8 days with the Colours.
609 Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Charasia (7152. Gr. W. Curran. G/3rd. R.A.), good very fine £180-220 7152 Gunner William Curran, born Barony, Glasgow, 1838; enlisted in the Royal Artillery, February 1862; discharged, April 1882, after 20 years and 47 days’ service, of which 18 years and 153 days were spent in India and Afghanistan.
611 Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Ahmed Khel (3796. Gunr. J. Connor. 11/11th. Bde. R.A.), very fine £200-250 612 Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Ahmed Khel (2d Class Hospl. Asst. Wahabul Shair, 19th Bengal Lancers), very fine, scarce £140-180 613 Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Kandahar (58.B/2694 Pte. A. Webster. 72nd. Highrs.), partially officially corrected, heavy pitting from Star, nearly very fine £140-180
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April 24, 2014 - London 614 Afghanistan 1878-80, two clasps, Charasia, Kabul (1577. Pte. A. Hook. 67th Foot.), nearly very fine £280-320 1577 Private Amos Hook, born Godalming, Surrey, 1852; enlisted in the 67th Foot, July 1869; served with the Regiment in Afghanistan, and present at the Battle of Charasia, 6.10.1879, and subsequent operations at Kabul; served with the Regiment during the Burma Campaign, 1885-7 (Medal and clasp); awarded Long Service & Good Conduct Medal; discharged, April 1889, after 19 years and 271 days with the Colours.
615 Afghanistan 1878-80, two clasps, Charasia, Kabul (B/629 Pte. J. McArthur, 92nd Highrs.), contact marks, nearly very fine £260-300 616 Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Driver Mohumdah No.6 By. 8th. Bde. R.A.), one letter of name officially corrected, very fine £120-160 617 Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Subadar Nehal Sing, 23rd Regiment N.I.), very fine £140-180
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623 Egypt 1882-89, undated, one clasp, Gemaizah 1888 (2505. Pte. J. Potts. 2/K.O.Sco: Bord:), good very fine £200-240
618 Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, one clasp, Bechuanaland (Trpr. R. Saunders. Diam F Horse.), edge tooled prior to naming, good very fine £120-160
624 Egypt 1882-89, undated, two clasps, Suakin 1885, Tofrek (J. Hurley. Pte. R.M.L.I.), attempted erasure to name, light pitting, nearly very fine £140-180
619 Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (4142. Pte. T. Keefe. 2/Cdm. Gds.), minor edge bruise and light pitting, nearly very fine £100-140
625 Egypt 1882-89, undated, two clasps, Gemaizah 1888, Toski 1889, engraved in Arabic script, very fine £200-250
620 Egypt 1882-89, dated, one clasp, Tel-el-Kebir (2198. Pte. J. Fraser. 1/Cam’n. Highrs:), nearly extremely fine £160-200
626 Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, very fine £40-60
621 Egypt 1882-89, dated, two clasps, Tel-el-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85 (57 Pte. J. Starr. 2/D of C. L.I.), pitting from Star, very fine £200-250
627 Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, very fine £50-70
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£40-60
622 Egypt 1882-89, undated, one clasp, Suakin 1885 (6239 Pte. J. Cadman. 2/Scots. Gds.), heavy pitting from Star, nearly very fine £120-160
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629 Khedive’s Star 1884, with Tokar Bar, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine £100-140 630 Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, good very fine £40-60 631 East and West Africa 1887-90, for Mwele 1895-6, no clasp (1080 Sepoy Zahid Gul 24th. Bo: Infy.), partially officially corrected, nearly extremely fine £80-120 632 East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, Gambia 1894 (F. Foster, Sto. H.M.S. Satellite.), very fine £240-280 633 British South Africa Company’s Medal 1890-97, for Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Troopr. J.F. Buske. “L”. Troop. B.F.F.), nearly extremely fine £200-240
634 British South Africa Company’s Medal 1890-97, for Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Troopr. J. Berry. M.F.F.), good very fine £200-240 635 British South Africa Company’s Medal 1890-97, for Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Troopr. W. Premier. “C”. Troop. M.M.P.), pawn broker’s mark to obverse field, surname partially officially corrected, good very fine £160-200 Approximately 42 Medals for Rhodesia 1896 awarded to the Mashonaland Mounted Police.
636 British South Africa Company’s Medal 1890-97, for Rhodesia 1896, one clasp, Mashonaland 1897 (Troopr. W.C.E. Koek. U.V.), very fine £350-400 Approximately 198 Medals for Rhodesia 1896 awarded to the Umtali Volunteers
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641 India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (2d. Lieut. J.F.H. Kane. 3d. Bn. Rif: Bde.), minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £200-250 Second Lieutenant John Feilding Hill Kane, Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Worcestershire Regiment, January 1895; resigned his Commission, November 1895; entered the Royal Military College, and Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Rifle Brigade, June 1897; served with the 3rd Battalion on the Punjab Frontier; died November 1897.
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637 Hunza Nagar Badge 1891, the reverse impressed ‘Gurney & Son, Woodstock Street, London’, nearly extremely fine, with original reverse fittings £400-450
642 India General Service 1895-1902, E.VII.R., one clasp, Waziristan 1901-2 (456 Naick Phula Singh 4th. Sikhs), suspension claw tightened, contact marks, nearly very fine £60-80
638 Hong Kong Plague Medal 1894 (Sapper W. Brown, R.E.), good very fine £800-1,200
643 India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Malakand 1897 (1330 Sapper Virabhadrn Q.O. Madras S. & M.), unit partially officially corrected, good very fine £80-120
639 India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (1418 Pte. J. Mullen 1st. Bn. E. Lanc. Regt.), good very fine £80-120
644 India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., bronze issue, two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Malakand 1897 (Dooly Bearer Boddu Pappaya Q. O. Madras S. & M.), nearly extremely fine £120-160
640 India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., bronze issue, one clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Bhisti Manohar Q. O.C. of Guides Infy), minor edge bruising, very fine £80-120
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649 645 India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3179 Pte. J. Salter, 1st. Bn. Devon: Regt.), nearly extremely fine £140-180 646 India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3756 Pte. R. Quinn 2d Bn. Ryl. Innis Fus:), pawn broker’s mark to obverse field, good very fine £180-220 647 India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., bronze issue, two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Cook Hira Singh, 34th Pioneers), good very fine £80-120 648 India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., three clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 189798 (1461 Sepoy Nagahya Singh 36 Sikhs), nearly very fine £140-180 649 India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., bronze issue, three clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (196 Dooley Bearer Gootapoody Daragaloo C.T. Dept.), good very fine £120-160
650 Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Lt. A.Y. Spearman, 1/R. War: R.), very fine £600-800 Major Alexander Young Spearman, born Prome, Burma, 1872, the son of Colonel H.R. Spearman, Indian Army; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, June 1892; promoted Lieutenant, December 1896; served with the 1st Battalion in the Sudan, and present at the Battle of Khartoum, 2.9.1898; promoted Captain, December 1899; served with the 28th Mounted Infantry in South Africa, and took part in the operations in the Transvaal, the Orange River Colony, and Cape Colony; taken Prisoner-of-War at Boschbult, 31.3.1902; promoted Brevet Major, 22.8.1902; served with the Royal Warwickshires on the North West Frontier of India,1908, where he took part in the operations in Zakka Khel country, the Mohmand country, and the engagements of Matta and Kargha; died of morphia poisoning at home in London, October 1911.
651 Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2762 Pte. T. Ward. 1/Lin: R.), contact marks, nearly very fine £200-250 652 Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4861 Pte. J. Lunt. 2/Lan: Fus:), contact marks, very fine £200-250 653 Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, one clasp, Khartoum (…1 Bd. Mn. W. Bullen. 5th Fusers.), contact marks, nearly very fine £80-120
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April 24, 2014 - London 662 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, three clasps riveted together but loose on riband, as issued (7304 Pte. R.P. Graham, V. Co: A. & S. Highrs:), extremely fine £60-80
654 Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, one clasp, Khartoum, unnamed as issued, very fine £80-120 655 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (8221 Pte. J.A. Mc’Lean, 1. High: Lt. Inft.), pawn broker’s mark to obverse field, good very fine £40-50
7304 Private Robert Patrick Graham, born Kirkintilloch, Dumbartonshire, 1877; enlisted in the Volunteer Service Company of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 16.1.1900, having previously served with the Dumbarton Rifles Volunteers; served with the Regiment in South Africa,17.2.1900-18.5.1901; discharged ‘Insane’.
8221 Private J.A. McLean served during the Boer War with the Volunteer Service Company, attached 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry, and entitled to clasps Cape Colony and Wittebergen.
Clasps confirmed, together with an additional later authorised date clasp for 1901.
656 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Cape Colony (781 Pte. N.StC. Mc.Leod. Cape Town Highrs:), minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £100-140
663 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (Lieut: H.C.B. Osborne. Rifle Brigade), very fine £120-160
781 Private N.StC. McLeod, died of wounds at Malmesbury, 12.11.1901.
Lieutenant Herbert Coventry Basset Osborne, born December 1880; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Rifle Brigade, 19.1.1900; promoted Lieutenant, and served with the Rifle Brigade during operations in the Cape Colony and Orange River Colony, January to May 1902; retired 1905.
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657 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Defence of Kimberley (C. Qr: Mr: Sjt: C. Duggan. Kimberley Town Gd:), good very fine £140-180
664 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (5244 Pte. P. Moore, Rl. Irish Fus:), nearly very fine £60-80
658 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Natal, Transvaal (1060 Pte. J. Heath, Devon: Regt.), minor edge bruising, very fine £70-90
665 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (1077 Pte. J. Stanley. Manch: Regt.), nearly extremely fine £70-90
659 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg (3329 Pte. F. Marvel. Rifle Brigade.), nearly extremely fine £70-90
666 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between State and date clasps (1851 Pte. J. Wheatcroft, Derby: Regt.), one clasp sprung, nearly extremely fine £60-80
3329 Private F. Marvel, served with the 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade in the Boer War; wounded at Paardeberg, 18.2.1900, on which date the Battalion, along with the Durham Light Infantry, successfully attacked the nek between Greenhill and Monte Cristo during the relief of Ladysmith; in the fourteen days’ fighting between the 13th and 27th February, the 1st Rifle Brigade suffered 14 men killed and 8 Officers and 117 men wounded.
667 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (8204 Pte. D. Thomson. Vol: Coy. Rl: Scots), edge bruise, very fine £70-90
660 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (7167 Pte. T. West. Vol: Coy. Manch: Regt.), good very fine £50-70
8204 Private David Thomson, born Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, 1879; enlisted in the Volunteer Service Company of the Royal Scots for service during the Boer War, 4.2.1902, having previously served with the Queen’s Rifles Volunteer Battalion Royal Scots; served with the Regiment in South Africa from 24.2.1902; discharged, 14.7.1902, after 161 days with the Colours.
661 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2404 Pte. G. Thomson, Gordon Highrs:), minor edge bruise, good very fine £70-90
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668 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (Capt. P.A. Cox, Rifle Bde:), light contact marks, very fine £160-200
671 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (Lieut: P.G.L. Leeb. D.E.O.V.R.), unofficial rivets between clasps, good very fine £180-220
Major Patrick Godfrey Ashley Cox, born, November 1871; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Rifle Brigade, February 1894; promoted Lieutenant, August 1896; Captain, 15.8.1900; employed on Special Service in South Africa, 3.4.1900- 31.12.1901; appointed Aide-de-Camp to Sir H.J. Goold-Adams; promoted Brevet Major, 22.8.1902.
Lieutenant P.G.L. Leeb, served in South Africa initially with the Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Volunteer Rifles; transferred Rimmington’s Scouts; then later Damant’s Horse.
669 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (3282 Pte. J.J. Cronin. Cape M.R.), good very fine £380-420 3282 Private J.J. Cronin, served during the Boer War with the Cape Mounted Rifles; severely wounded during the Baattle of Wepener, 9-24.4.1900. The Cape Mounted Rifles bore the brunt of the enemy attack during the siege of Wepener, suffering 21 killed and 75 wounded out of total British casualties of 33 killed and 133 wounded.
670 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901, last clasp loose on riband as issued (8713 Pte. G. Craig. Lovat’s Scouts), good very fine £80-100
Clasps Confirmed.
672 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Transvaal, Wittebergen (4781 Pte. J. Lawrence, 2: Yorks: Lt. Inft.), good very fine £70-90 673 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6142 Pte. J. Smith. 1st. Nthld. Fus.), toned, good very fine £160-200 6142 Private John Smith, born Leeds, 1881; enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers, November 1899, having previously served in the 3rd Militia Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment; served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa; severely wounded at Klerksdorf, 25.2.1902; discharged, 12.11.1911, after 12 years with the Colours.
8713 Private Graham Craig, born Oyne, Aberdeenshire, 1876; enlisted in the Special Highland Scouting Corps (Lovat Scouts), 6.2.1900; served with the Scouts in South Africa, 11.3.1900-13.8.1901; attached Provisional Transvaal Constabulary, 10.10.1900-30.6.1901
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April 24, 2014 - London 678 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (4937 Pte. H.F. Channing. L’pool Regt. M.I.), nearly extremely fine £100-140 679 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (14149 Dr: C. Delany, A.S.C.), unofficial rivets between second and third clasps, very fine £100-140 680 China 1900, one clasp, Relief of Pekin (A. Semple, Pte. R.M., H.M.S. Endymion.), edge nick, nearly very fine £300-350 681 China 1900, one clasp, Relief of Pekin (5345 L. Corpl: F. Prosser. 2nd. Rl: Welsh Fus:), edge bruise, good very fine £380-420 681
5345 Lance Corporal Francis Prosser, born Wigan, Lancashire, 1878; enlisted in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, October 1897, having previously served in the 3rd Battalion Welsh Regiment; served with the 2nd Battalion in China and India; discharged, 3.10.1909, after 12 years with the Colours.
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674 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5906 Pte. N. Burton. Manch: Regt.), edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £80-100
682 China 1900, one clasp, Relief of Pekin (Jemdr. Krishna Appaji. No. 2 Coy: Bo: S. & M.), light contact marks, nearly very fine £200-240
5906 Private N. Burton, served with the 23rd Mounted Infantry in South Africa; died of disease at Elandsfontein, 5.2.1902.
683 Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., one clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (3587 Pte. H. Hinde. 3rd. Rifle Bde.), light contact marks, very fine £80-120
675 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between State and date clasps (25915 Pte. J. Rowe. 62nd. Coy. Imp: Yeo:), very fine £70-90
684 Africa General Service 1902-56, E.II.R., one clasp, Kenya (23039151 Pte A Tappenden Devon), number partially officially corrected, good very fine £60-80
676 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (35679 Pte. G.W. Gill. 112th Coy. Imp: Yeo:), good very fine £70-90
685 Africa General Service 1902-56, E.II.R., one clasp, Kenya (22542438 Sgt. D. Ellis. R.A.P.C.), very fine £70-90 686 Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., two clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi (3553 Serjt. J. Tubb. 1st Hamp: Regt.), nearly extremely fine £280-320
677 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (1868 Pte. L. Bending, Devon: Regt.), cleaned, very fine King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (4697 Pte. F. Knight. 18th. Hussars.), contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £120-160
3553 Company Sergeant Major James Tubb, born Basingstoke, Hampshire, 1875; served with the Hampshire Regiment and advanced Sergeant; re-enlisted for service in the Great War, 14.9.1914; promoted Company Sergeant Major, 4.9.1915; served with the Regiment on the Western Front from 18.12.1915; awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette 17.6.1918); discharged, 17.3.1919.
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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA 693 Natal 1906, one clasp, 1906 (Tpr: A.E. Kelly, Natal Carbineers.), nearly extremely fine £80-120 694 India General Service 1908-35, E.VII.R., one clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (3115 Sowar Ahmad Khan 19th Lancers), very fine £50-70 695 India General Service 1908-35, E.VII.R., one clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (9619 Pte. F. Hall 1st R. War. R.), minor edge bruise, very fine £80-120 696 India General Service 1908-35, E.VII.R., one clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (6095 Pte. T. Johnson. 1st. W.Y. Regt.), minor edge bruise, very fine £70-90 697 India General Service 1908-35, E.VII.R., bronze issue, one clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (Bearer Fatteh Muhd Kyhber Rifles), good very fine £80-100
697
687 Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (366 Lce. Naick: Madad Khan 15th Pack Mule Corps), heavily cleaned, therefore nearly very fine £100-140 688 Tibet 1903-04, bronze issue, no clasp (1790 Cooly Amarary S. & T. Corps), nearly extremely fine £70-90 689 Tibet 1903-04, bronze issue, no clasp (Cooly Mahasutu Rai S.& T. Corps), good very fine £70-90 690 Tibet 1903-04, bronze issue, no clasp (Cooly Mandan Singh Tamang S. & T. Corps), good very fine £60-80 691 Natal 1906, no clasp (Pte. J.G. Bailey, Natal Royal Regt.), good very fine £80-120 692 Natal 1906, no clasp (Tpr. E. Short, Transvaal Mtd. Rifles.), toned, nearly extremely fine £80-120
698 India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, Abor 1911-12 (597 Dvr Razak 26th Mule Corps), nearly very fine £100-140 699 India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (101888 Pte. W. Saunders, M.G.C.), nearly extremely fine £50-70 700 India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (7177935 Cpl. P. Campbell, Leins. R.), surname and number partially officially corrected, good very fine £80-120 701 India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (3948704 Pte. G.W. Sims. Welch R.), nearly extremely fine £60-90 702 India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (4029804 Pte. J.G. Birchall. K.S.L.I.), good very fine £50-70 PROVENANCE:
J.B. Hayward, 1971
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April 24, 2014 - London 703 India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (2815358 Pte. A. Bain. Seaforth.), toned, nearly extremely fine £60-80 704 India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, Burma 1930-32 (3522647 Pte. P. Harding. Manch. R.), pawn broker’s mark to edge, toned, extremely fine £60-80 705 India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, Burma 1930-32 (3521015 Pte. G. Hughes., Manch. R.), good very fine £60-80 706 India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (2979416 Pte. R. Jackson. A. & S.H.), edge nick, good very fine £60-80 707 India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., two clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24 (7817650 Pte. W. Morphus, M.G.C.), number, rank and initial corrected, nearly very fine £50-70
703
712 1914 Star, with copy Bar (8868 Pte. A. Richard. 1/R. Sc: Fus.), very fine 1914-15 Star (T4-083646. Pte. W. Bligh. A.S.C.), silvered, good very fine British War Medal (T Goudie), good very fine Mercantile Marine War Medal (Richard Ashmore), nearly very fine Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (William T. Robson.), nearly extremely fine (5) £50-70
708 India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., three clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1921-24 (1968 Spr. Fazal Dad, Rly. Bn. S. & M.), nearly very fine £60-80 PROVENANCE:
Seaby, September 1975
709 India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., three clasps, North West Frontier 1930-31, Mohmand 1933, North West Frontier 1935 (9542 Dvr. L-Nk. Achhar Singh, 4 Mtn. Bty.), good very fine £70-90
713 1914 Star (4340 Pte. E. Baldwin. 15/Hrs.), extremely fine £60-80 714 1914 Star (10009 Pte. W. Arbour. 4/R. Fus.), nearly very fine £50-70
710 Khedive’s Sudan 1910-22, 2nd type, bronze issue, no clasp, unnamed as issued, extremely fine £140-180
715 1914 Star (Capt: R.C. Burton. Rif: Brig.), very fine £120-160
711 Khedive’s Sudan 1910-22, 1st type, one clasp, Mandal, numbered (in Arabic) ‘3072’, nearly extremely fine £220-260
Captain Robert Cecil Burton, born November 1882; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Rifle Brigade, 15.6.1904; promoted Lieutenant, 15.12.1907; Captain, 4.10.1913; served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion; died of wounds 16.3.1915, and is buried in St. Andrew’s Churchyard, Fairlight, Sussex.
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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA 716 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. S. Mitchell. Manch. R.), nearly extremely fine Victory Medal (Capt. H.F. Cortlandt-Anderson.), extremely fine (2) £60-80 Lieutenant-Colonel Spencer Mitchell, born June 1860; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Queen’s Own, August 1880; transferred to the Border Regiment, September 1880; promoted Lieutenant, July 1881; appointed Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, February 1885; resigned, April 1887; on the outbreak of the Great War re-Commissioned as Captain, 17.8.1914, and subsequently attached to the 24th (Oldham) Battalion, Manchester Regiment; promoted Major, 24.3.1915; appointed Commanding Officer of the 20th (5th City) Battalion, Manchester Regiment, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, 20.7.1915; whilst based at Scarborough he was briefly the Commanding Officer of the War-poet Wilfred Owen. Captain Harry Frederick Cortlandt-Anderson, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Cortlandt-Anderson; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 102nd King Edward’s Own Grenadiers, 22.2.1915; promoted Lieutenant, 23.12.1915; died 14.2.1917, and is buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.
717 British War Medal (3) (1844 Pte. W.T. Angling. R. Guernsey L.I.; 1259 Pte. L.R. Butt. R. Guernsey L.I.; 1830 Pte. H.G. Coster. R. Guernsey L.I.), edge bruising to second, generally very fine or better (3) £100-140 1844 Private William Thomas Angling, born Deptford, London; served with the 1st Battalion, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry during the Great War; died of wounds on the Western Front, 12.6.1918, and is buried in Lille Southern Cemetery, France.
718 British War Medal (3) (3589 Pte. P.J. Pinney. R. Guernsey L.I.; 1006 Pte. F. Pirouet. R. Guernsey L.I.; 1539 Pte. S.W. Tough. R. Guernsey L.I.), edge bruise to second, generally good very fine or better (3) £100-140 719 Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Arthur Parker), good very fine, housed in a contemporary circular wooden frame with a silver plaque (Hallmarks for Sheffield 1921) inscribed ‘Arthur Parker 12th King’s Liverpool 1st May 1917’ £50-70 14811 Sergeant Arthur Parker, born Leyland, Lancashire; served with the 12th Battalion, King’s (Liverpool Regiment) during the Great War; killed in action on the Western Front, 1.5.1917, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
720 Naval General Service 1915-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (Ast. Surg. P.N. McGrath, R.I.M.S. “Lawrence”), edge bruise, good very fine £160-200 Assistant Surgeon Percy N. McGrath, Indian Medical Department, died in India, 22.2.1917, and is commemorated on the Madras Memorial, India.
721 Naval General Service 1915-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (225734. A.J. Wheeler, A.B., H.M.S. Dartmouth.), light pitting, nearly very fine £100-140 722 Naval General Service 1915-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (290156. A.S. Arnold. Sto. 1Cl. H.M.S. Swiftsure.), light pitting, very fine £120-150 290156 Stoker 1st Class Arthur Stephen Arnold, born Axminster, Devon, July 1876; enlisted in the Royal Navy, October 1898; promoted Stoker 1st Class, 1.7.1906; served in H.M.S. Swiftsure, 20.3.1913- 10.5.1916; H.M.S. Royal Oak, 11.7.1916- 31.12.1918; discharged, 12.2.1919.
723 Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (Lieut. Commdr. A.F. Cochrane. R.N.), nearly extremely fine £160-200 Commander Alexander Francis Cochrane, born 29.3.1902, the son of Major Charles FitzGerald Thomas Cochrane; Commissioned Midshipman on 1.5.1918, and served during the great War in H.M.S. Columbine; promoted Lieutenant, 15.12.1923; Lieutenant-Commander, 15.12.1931; retired with the rank of Commander, 29.3.1947; died in Truro, Cornwall, 3.3.1985.
724 Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (JX.129091 G.E. Ward. A/L.S. R.N.), good very fine £80-120 PROVENANCE:
Spink, April 1997
725 Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (D/JX146844 R.W.C. Bonstow. P.O. R.N.), good very fine £100-140 726 Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (C/JX.156330 D.J. Wright. P.O. R.N.), number partially officially corrected, good very fine £80-120 727 Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Minesweeping 1945-51 (S. Lt. E.H. Noden. R.N.V.R.), good very fine £160-200 728 Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (D/SSX. 830682 W. Kirkwood, Ord. R.N.) good very fine £80-100
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April 24, 2014 - London 737 General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Iraq (1977 Sjt. W. Bailey. North’d Fus.), very fine £70-90
729 Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (RM.8805 I.R. Blackburn Mne. R M), toned, extremely fine £60-80
1977 Sergeant William Bailey, served with the 2nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front from 23.2.1915.
730 Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (R.M. 7042 P.D. Skinner. Mne. R.M.), partially officially corrected, good very fine £40-60
738 General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Iraq (21510 Sjt. T. Carroll. E. York. R.), traces of lacquer, good very fine £70-90
731 Naval General Service 1915-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Brunei (Midn. D.M. Sparkes. R.N.), officially renamed, good very fine £160-200
21510 Sergeant Thomas Carroll, born Sunderland, Co Durham; enlisted in the Durham Light Infantry, and served with the Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 26.1.1915; later transferred to the East Yorkshire Regiment.
Midshipman David Sparkes, educated at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth; Commissioned Midshipman 1.9.1962; Appointed to the Battle class destroyer H.M.S. Barossa, and served as part of the Far East Inshore Flotilla in support of ground troops during the revolt in the British Protectorate of Brunei, December 1962.
739 General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Iraq (52672 Pte. W.H. Bournes. Rif. Brig.), contact marks, nearly very fine £70-90
732 Naval General Service 1915-62, G.VI.R., two clasps, Palestine 1936-1939, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (K. 55404 A.J, Cox. Ch.Mech. 2, R.N.), nearly very fine £100-140
740 General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Iraq (7253917 Pte. W. Allen. R.A.M.C.), minor edge bruise, nearly very fine £70-90
K. 55404 Chief Mechanic Albert John Cox, born Sittingbourne, Kent, 17.2.1900; awarded Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, whilst serving in H.M.S. Renown, 27.5.1934.
741 General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Iraq (7658066 Cpl. V.G. Taylor. R.A.P.C.), nearly very fine £70-90
733 General Service 1918-62 (3), G.V.R., one clasp, S. Persia (403 Sowar Maskin Shah. Burma M. Rif.); G.VI.R., one clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (14819 Sep. Lal Singh, 1 Bn., Dogra R.), locally named; E.II.R., one clasp, Arabian Peninsula (1131 L.Cpl. Salah Ilahi. T.O.S.), suspension re-soldered on second, nearly very fine or better (3) £70-90
742 General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp (2), Palestine (3528718 L.Cpl. W.P. Rodan. Manch. R.); Malaya (22753390 Pte. C. Davies. Manch.), first officially renamed, good very fine (2) £80-120
734 General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Kurdistan (3233647 Pte. W. Sawyers. Sco. Rif.), very fine £60-80
743 General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine (7720857 Sjt. L. Smith. A.E.C.), toned, good very fine £80-120
735 General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Iraq (2) (532449 Pte. J. Paxon. 8-Hrs.; 1044978 Gnr. A. Bramley. R.A.), heavy contact marks, therefore good fine (2) £80-120
7720857 Sergeant L. Smith, served in Palestine with the Army Educational Corps, whilst attached to the 2nd Battalion, Black Watch.
744 General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine (2790 B.Const. J.H. Pirie. Pal. Police.), good very fine £60-80
736 General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Iraq (257119 Gnr. H.W.J. Cox. R.A.), very fine £70-90
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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA 746 General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (96253 Hav. Ratan Sing Bist, 3/9 G.R.), very fine £40-50 747 General Service 1918-62 (2), G.VI.R., one clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14091732 Pte. H. Ingle. R. Lincolns.); E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (23320531 Pte. C. Gilbert. R. Lincolns.), minor official correction to part of number on first, edge bruise to latter, good very fine (2) £60-80 748 General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp (2), Palestine 1945-48 (3526220 Pte. G. Hegarty. Manch.); Malaya (22219702 Pte. K. Lister. Manch.), edge bruising, generally very fine (2) £60-80 749 General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (22470511 Pte. S. Crabbe. Gordons.), edge bruising, very fine £40-50
745
745 General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (7203 L/Nk Balbahadur Bura, 3/5 R.G.R.), very fine £250-350 7203 Lance Naik Balbahadur Bura, M.M., also known by his clan name, Balbahadur Rana, served during the Second World War with the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force), Indian Army, and awarded the Military Medal for gallantry at Imphal (London Gazette 5.10.1944), the Recommendation, dated 14.6.1944, states: ‘During a counter attack on “Scraggy” Hill feature, Imphal/ Tamu Road on the 10th June 1944, No.7203 Rifleman Balbahadur Rana was No.2. of a Bren Gun Team. During the ensuing action No.1 of the Gun was wounded and his place was immediately filled by this Rifleman. At a later period, just prior to the withdrawal of the platoon, the platoon commander was severely wounded his foot being blown off. Having heard orders to withdraw, Rifleman Balbahadur Rana, carrying his L.M.G. rushed across to his platoon commander, picked up his Tommy Gun, seized his commander and proceeded to half-carry-half-drag him back to our own position. Carrying as he was both L.M.G. and Tommy Gun he made slow progress and was left far behind the remainder of his platoon. During the whole of this time grenades were being thrown at him by the enemy. Eventually this Rifleman, under intense grenade fire and entirely alone, reached our own position dragging his platoon commander and still carrying both L.M.G. and Tommy Gun. The complete disregard shown for his personal safety by this rifleman and his coolness under fire set an inspiring example to his comrades and merits the highest praise.’; subsequently served in the Dutch East Indies, and wounded in action, 28.11.1945.
750 General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (22522216 Tpr. A.G. Christie. R. Tks.), nearly extremely fine £50-60 751 General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (22454798 Sgt. P.J. Wright. R.A.E.C.), good very fine £50-60 752 General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya (W/67486 W.O. Cl.2. A. Black. W.R.A.C.), rank and initial partially officially corrected, good very fine, scarce to unit £40-50 753 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (22722769 Tpr. J. Bigland. 11 H.), lacquered, nearly extremely fine £40-50 754 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (21188101 Tpr. K. Cresswell. 13/18 H.), nearly extremely fine £40-50
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April 24, 2014 - London 755 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (23305705 Tpr. W. Scott. 15/19 H.), minor edge nick, cleaned, good very fine £40-50 756 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (23219728 Cpl. J.C. Maley. R.A.C.), nearly extremely fine £40-50 757 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (23236223 Fus. J. Lyons, R.S.F.), minor edge nick, very fine £40-50 758 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (22813140 Pte. R.J. Mc.Kenna. W. Yorks.), very fine £40-50 759 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (23631288 Pte. W.J. Green. 3. E. Anglian. R.), good very fine £40-50
765
765 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (23502164 Pte. K.B. Driscoll. Int. Corps.), extremely fine £60-80
760 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (23253564 Rfn. M.D. Turner. R.B.), good very fine £40-50
766 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (W361821 Cpl. D.D. Fincham. W.R.A.C.), light pitting, otherwise good very fine £50-60
761 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp (2), Malaya (23534610 Pte. A.R. Williams. R.A.O.C.); Near East (23308682 Spr. R.A. Lowe. R.E.), edge nick to latter, good very fine or better (2) £60-80
767 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (LAC. B.D. Jones. R.N.Z.A.F.), good very fine £50-60
762 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (1157447 Sgt. C. Clayton. M.P.S.C.), good very fine £40-50
768 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Canal Zone (AC1 P B Dunn (2597340) RAF), nearly extremely fine £160-200
763 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (22739883 Pte. J. Millington. RPC.), good very fine £40-50 764 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya (23131578 Pte. V.C. Comley. R.A.V.C.), good very fine £40-50
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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA 769 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Cyprus (23469052 Sigmn. F.P. McCauley. R. Sigs.), nearly extremely fine £40-50 770 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Cyprus (1927931 Jnr. Tech. A. Lett. R.A.F.), nearly extremely fine £40-50 771 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp (2), Cyprus (4188773 S.A.C. W.R. Morris R.A.F.); Arabian Peninsula (591429 F. Sgt. R.M. Brown. R.A.F.), nearly extremely fine (2) £100-140 772 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Near East (22971020 Fus. E.T. Brien. R.F.), extremely fine General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, Northern Ireland (24197183 Fus. A. Bell RRF), minor edge bruise, very fine (2) £100-140 773 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Near East (23237095 Pte. J. Bonaccorsi. A. & S.H.), edge nicks, good very fine £60-80 774 General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Brunei (21152521 Spr. Krishnaram Thapa. Gurkha Engrs.), good very fine £80-120 775 General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., two clasps, Iraq, N.W. Persia (27439 Pte. J. Toman. R. Ir. Fus.), good very fine £100-140 776 General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., two clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, second clasp loose on riband, as issued (2628535 Gdsm F. Rann. Gren. Gds.), nearly extremely fine £80-120
777 Sudan Defence Force General Service Medal 1933, unnamed as issued, extremely fine £100-140 778 India General Service 1936-39, one clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (Cook Pawaswamy, 9 L.T. Coy., R.T.C.), very fine, scarce £80-100 Recipient was a locally attested Indian ‘Follower’ serving as a ‘Cook’ with the 9th Light Tank Company, Royal Tank Corps.
779 India General Service 1936-39, one clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (7887105 Pte. E.M.C. Edwards. R. Tank. C.), good very fine £60-80 7887105 Private E.M.C. Edwards served with the 11th Armoured Car Company Royal Tank Corps.
780 Second World War Medals (23), 1939-1945 Star (3); Atlantic Star; Africa Star (4), one with 8th Army Bar, one with North Africa 1942-43 Bar; Pacific Star; Burma Star; Italy Star (2); France and Germany Star (3); Defence Medal (4); War Medal (3); India Service Medal, generally very fine or better (23) £80-120 781 Second World War Medals (13), 1939-1945 Star (2); Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star (2); Defence Medal (2); War Medal (2), generally very fine or better (13) £60-90 782 Air Crew Europe Star, extremely fine £160-200 783 Korea 1950-53, 1st ‘Britt: Omn:’ type (PO/X 6628 J.E. Waller. Mne. R.M.), nearly extremely fine £100-140
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April 24, 2014 - London 788 General Service 1962-2007, one clasp (2), Borneo (23736042 Gnr. E.J. Watts RA.); Malay Peninsula (23529653 Pte. B.S. Marrable. RAMC.), good very fine (2) £60-80 789 General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, Borneo (Lt. Siwaprosad Newar. 1/7 GR.), light contact marks, good very fine £80-120 Lieutenant Siwaprosad Newar, Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion 7th Gurkha Rifles, 14.1.1962, having previously served in the ranks; retired, 5.2.1967
790 General Service 1962-2007 (2), one clasp, South Arabia (24068935 Pte. R.K. Locke. Kings own Border.); two clasps, Radfan, Borneo (23871125 Pte. H.H. Semple. KOSB.), good very fine (2) £100-140 784 791 General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, Northern Ireland (24511597 Rgr P S Cowden R Irish), edge nick, nearly extremely fine £60-80
784 Korea 1950-53, 1st ‘Britt: Omn:’ type (22463270 Pte. R. Hatcher. Welch.), nearly extremely fine £250-300 22463270 Private R.P. Hatcher, served with the Welch Regiment in Korea; wounded, 24.5.1952
792 General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, Northern Ireland (24527927 LCpl S A Smith AAC), extremely fine £70-90
785 Korea 1950-53, 1st ‘Britt: Omn:’ type (22285763 Pte J. Brown. R.A.O.C.), nearly extremely fine £80-120
793 General Service 1962-2007, two clasps, Malay Peninsula, Borneo (24005854 Rfn. W. Molyneux. 2 Green Jackets.), retaining rod between clasps, good very fine £70-90
786 General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, Borneo (K.970306 W. Roberts. A/P.O.M.(E). R.N.), good very fine £50-70
794 General Service 1962-2007, two clasps, Radfan, South Arabia (1929603 SAC. D. J. Gruar. R.A.F.), nearly extremely fine £80-120
787 General Service 1962-2007, one clasp (2), Borneo (076388 D.G. Larkham. M.(E.).1. R.N.); Malay Peninsula (KX.878265 T. Fay. P.O.M.(E). R.N.), minor edge bruise to latter, good very fine (2) £100-140
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795 Pair: Corporal T.H. Williams, Royal Engineeers Volunteers Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd ‘coinage head’ type (Thomas Henry Williams.); Volunteer Force Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (497 Cpl. T.H. Williams. Severn Div: (E.E.) R.E.V.), toned, extremely fine (2) £60-80 497 Corporal Thomas Henry Williams served with the Severn Division (Electrical Engineers), Royal Engineers Volunteers.
796 Jubilee (Mayors and Provosts) 1897, silver, extremely fine, scarce, in embossed case of issue £200-250 x797 Coronation 1902, silver, unnamed as issued, good very fine £80-100
798 Visit to Ireland 1911, unnamed as issued, good very fine £60-80 799 Pair: Captain ‘Master at Arms’ A.L. Judge, Army Physical Training Corps Jubilee 1977; Army Long Service & G.C., E.II.R., with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension (22847015 W.O. CL.I. A.L. Judge APTC.), nearly extremely fine (2) £180-220 Captain Arthur Leslie Judge, promoted Captain (Master at Arms), Army Physical Training Corps, 16.1.1974; Appointed Chief Instructor, Physical Training Wing, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, 7.6.1976.
800 Meritorious Service Medal, V.R. (Qr. Mr. Serjt. F: Hewison Rifle Brigade 1st. Bat:), edge bruising, good fine £180-220
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April 24, 2014 - London 804 Army Long Service & G.C. (2), G.V.R. (3281. Pte. H. Healey. Rif: Bde.); G.VI.R., with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension (6909246 Rfmn. J.A. Watts. Rif. Brig.), nearly very fine or better Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (213420 Pte. W.H. Wilson 25/Rif: Brig), surname partially corrected, very fine (3) £90-110 805 Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ‘Field Marshal’s bust’ type (7720561 W.O. Cl.1. H.R. Cooke, A.E.C.), nearly extremely fine £40-50 Schoolmaster H.R. Cooke served during the Great War with the Army Corps of Schoolmasters (entitled to a single British War Medal), and subsequently with the Army Educational Corps.
806 Army Long Service & G.C., E.II.R., with ‘Regular Army’ bar suspension (24357912 Cpl D G Facer D and D), nearly extremely fine £30-40 24357912 Corporal D.G. Facer served with the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment.
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807 Indian Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R. (1382 Regtl. Qmr. Dfdr. Net Ram, 8 Lt. Cav.), good very fine £60-80
801 Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (S-8141 L. Cpl. H. Inglis, 2/Gord. Hdrs.), nearly extremely fine £120-160
808 Colonial Police Long Service & G.C., G.V.R. (473 2nd Cl. Const. & Acting Cpl. A. D. Clarke.), polished, good very fine £100-140
M.S.M. London Gazette 1.1.1917 S/8141 L./Cpl. H. Inglis, Gord. Highrs. S/8141 Warrant Officer Class II Harry Inglis, served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders on the Western Front from 15.2.1915; Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 15.6.1916), and awarded an Immediate ‘French Theatre’ M.S.M.
473 Corporal A.D. Clarke, entered the Kingston Division, Jamaica Constabulary, December 1917; promoted Acting Corporal, December 1932; awarded his Colonial Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal by the Acting Governor of Jamaica, 31.7.1936; promoted Corporal, April 1946. A typical example of his policing, as reported in The Gleaner, 11.9.1937, was: ‘Acting Corporal A.D. Clarke arrested Constantine Morgan of Fishers Row, at premises No 41 Santa Prado last night. Charged with vagrancy, to wit, being found climbing into premises of a dress making parlour at the above mentioned place.’
Approximately 87 ‘Immediate’ Meritorious Service Medals awarded to the Gordon Highlanders, 1916-28.
802 Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (No. 704. Color Sergt. Abraham Trew. 1st. Battn. Rifle Brigade. 1851.), nearly very fine, with original steel clip and ring suspension £100-140
809 Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (3) (7171 Serjt: W. Causer. 2nd. V.B. Manch: Regt.; 7877 Pte. T. Hammond. 5th. V.B. Manch: Regt.; 3992 Pte. J. Corcoran. 6th. V.B. Manch. Regt.), pawn broker’s mark to edge of second, edge bruise to last, generally good very fine or better, the first with contemporary top silver riband bar (3) £120-160
803 Army Long Service & G.C., V.R. (8. Corpl. J. Spencer. 96th. Regt.), edge bruising, nearly extremely fine £70-90
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810 Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (No. 5191 Pte. Tikiri Banda Tennekoon, Ceylon Light Infy.), good very fine £70-90
813 Imperial Yeomanry Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (633 Pte. G. Shaw. York: Dgns: I.Y.), nearly extremely fine £350-400
5191 Private Tikiri Banda Tennekoon, awarded Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, 15.8.1919
633 Private G. Shaw, awarded Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C. by Army Order February 1905. 65 Medals awarded to the Yorkshire Dragoons Imperial Yeomanry
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811 Militia Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (1546 Sjt: P. McDonnell. 5th R. Muns: Fus Mil.), nearly extremely fine £350-400 1546 Sergeant P. McDonnell, awarded Militia L.S. & G.C. by Army Order February 1907. 20 Medals awarded to the 5th Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers (Militia).
812 Militia Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (8073 Pte. J.G.H. Hackett. 7th. Rifle Bde. Mil.), nearly extremely fine £300-350 8073 Private J.G.H. Hackett, served with the 7th Rifle Brigade Militia; awarded Militia L.S. & G.C., February 1905 13 Medals awarded to the 7th Battalion Rifle Brigade.
814 Territorial Decoration, E.VII.R., silver (Hallmarks for London 1908) and silver-gilt, lacking top riband bar, good very fine £80-100 815 Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., undated, with integral top riband bar, good very fine £80-120 816 Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., silver and silver-gilt, reverse officially dated 1947, with four Additional Long Service Bars, G.VI.R. dated ‘1951’, E.II.R. dated ‘1952, E.II.R. dated ‘1957’, and E.II.R. dated ‘1962’, with integral top ‘Territorial’ riband bar, nearly extremely fine £80-120 817 Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (502 Pte. J. Hinde. 8/ Manch: Regt.), nearly extremely fine £80-120
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818 Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (27 Pte. J. Stewart. Sco: H. Yeo.), minor edge bruising, very fine £80-120
821 Hong Kong Royal Naval Dockyard Police Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd ‘Fid: Def:’ type (Sgt. Ahmed Din, No. 92), nearly extremely fine, rare £500-600
819 Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., with ‘T. & A.V.R.’ scroll suspension, with additional award bar and two silver rosettes on riband (22758881 Gnr. M. Lovell. R.A.), partially officially corrected, good very fine £30-40
92 Sergeant Ahmed Din awarded Hong Kong Royal Naval Dockyard Police Long Service Medal 1947. Approximately 281 Dockyard Police Medals were awarded during the period of issue 1922-73; approximately 33 G.VI.R. 2nd type medals awarded during the period 194752. PROVENANCE:
820 Pair: Mr. M.S. Philip, [M.B.E.], Uganda Forestry Service, Late Uganda Auxiliary Police Force Colonial Special Constabulary Long Service & G.C. (MA/1 M. S. Philip, Uganda.), officially corrected; Uganda Independence Medal 1964, edge bruise to first, good very fine (2) £60-80
J.M.A. Tamplin Collection, September 2008.
822 Malay States, Sarawak, Government Service Long Service Decoration, Charles Vyner Brooke at centre, silver, extremely fine £140-180 Attributed to George C. Gillan, Treasurer of Sarawak, at Kuching between 1906-30.
M.B.E. London Gazette 1.1.1965 Michael Stuart Philip, Esq., Conservator of Forests, Uganda.
Approximately 282 medals issued during the period of issue 1924-46.
Mr. Michael Stuart Philip, M.B.E., served in Uganda with the Forestry Service, 1947-64.
823 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Condominium) Police Meritorious Service Medal, silver, unnamed as issued, extremely fine, rare £140-180 824 Sudan Defence Force Long Service & G.C., bronze, unnamed as issued, extremely fine, rare £120-150
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825 Pair: Police Constable A.J. Jacques, Liverpool City Police Liverpool City Police Good Service Medal, silver, with ‘Service Over 30 Years’ clasp, reverse engraved ‘Presented by Watch Committee To Con. 217.F. A.J. Jacques 15-9-44’; Liverpool City Police Good Service Medal, bronze, no clasp, reverse engraved ‘Presented by Watch Committee 15th. Sept. 1939.’, edge engraved ‘Con: 217 “F” Arthur John Jacques.’, nearly extremely fine, both with integral top riband brooch bars, first in fitted case of issue, together with the recipient’s St. John Ambulance Association Medallion, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘310965 Arthur J. Jacques’ (3) £140-180 826 Liverpool City Police Good Service Medal, silver, with ‘Service Over 30 Years’ clasp, reverse engraved ‘Presented by Watch Committee To Con. 210.K. J.A. Airey 20-8-44’, good very fine, with integral top riband brooch bar £80-100 210 Police Constable J.A. Airey is reported to have remained Loyal during the Police Strike of 1919, and was entitled to receive a Watch Committee Baton for his Loyalty during the strike and riots of that year.
827 Liverpool City Police Good Service Medal, bronze, no clasp, reverse engraved ‘Presented by Watch Committee To Con. 115.G. E. Hughes 4-12-44’, extremely fine, with integral top riband brooch bar, in case of issue £50-70
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828 Pair: Police Sergeant W. Wyatt, Liverpool City Police Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society General Medal, bronze (To P.S. 12F William Wyall [sic], For Gallant Service. 14th. December 1907.), with integral top riband buckle; Liverpool City Police Good Service Medal, bronze, with ‘Service Over 30 Years’ clasp, reverse engraved ‘Presented by The Watch Committee 30 November 1914’, edge engraved ‘P.S. 28E. William Wyatt’, with integral top riband brooch bar, good very fine, both in cases of issue (2) £180-220 12F Sergeant William Wyatt, born Swinton, Lancashire, 1869; awarded Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society Bronze Medal, 5.12.1908 for gallantry the previous year.
829 Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society General Medal, bronze (To P.S. 32.F. George Hy. Brennan. For Meritorious Service. 25th Novr 1920), good very fine, lacking integral top riband buckle, in case of issue £120-150 32F Police Sergeant George Henry Brennan, Liverpool City Police, was awarded the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society Bronze Medal and a Certificate of Thanks for stopping a runaway horse attached to a lorry in Upper Parliament Street, on the 25.11.1920.
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830 Miniature Awards: Victoria Cross; George Cross; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., gold and enamel, lacking suspension and integral top riband bars; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division, Officer’s (O.B.E.) Badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.VI.R., enamel flaking to D.S.O., therefore nearly very fine or better (5) £50-70
831 Miniature Awards: The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, an early ‘bulbous’ Companion’s (C.B.) Badge, gold and enamel; The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, Companion’s (C.S.I.) Badge, gold, silver, and enamel, with a central onyx cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria, with top riband bar; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion’s (C.M.G.) Badge, gold and enamel, with an unusually large gold crown suspension, and with gold riband buckle; The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Companion’s (C.I.E.) Badge, gold and enamel, with top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division, Member’s (M.B.E.) Badge, silver, minor enamel damage in places, generally very fine or better, the C.M.G. extremely fine (5) £140-180
832 Miniature Awards: An Unattributed D.C.M. Group of Eight Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R.; 1914 Star; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves; War Medal; India Service Medal; Coronation 1937; Army Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., ‘Admiral’s bust’ [sic] type, nearly very fine, mounted as worn Miniature Awards: An Unattributed Group of Seven Queen’s Sudan 1896-98; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg; King’s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps; 191415 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Army Long Service & G.C., 1st ‘Field Marshal’s bust’ type, good very fine, mounted as worn (15) £80-120 833 Miniature Awards: A Group of Four Attributed to Lieutenant W.H. Childers, Royal Navy Baltic 1854; Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol; China 1857-60, two clasps, Fatshan 1857, Canton 1857; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die, nearly very fine or better, all with contemporary Hunt and Roskell top silver riband buckles, the first three mounted together in reverse order (4) £100-150 Lieutenant William Henry Childers, born June 1837; appointed Midshipman, H.M.S. Tribune, June 1853, and served with the force in the Baltic and Crimea, and during the Second China War, where he was employed with the Force that took part in the capture and destruction of Chinese War Vessels at Escape Creek, 25.5.1857; and in the destruction of the Fatshan Flotilla of War Junks, 1.6.1857 (London Gazette 1.8.1857); promoted Mate, July 1857; Lieutenant, August 1859; served in H.M.S. Octavia, September 1867 to August 1868; appointed Resident Transport Officer, Aden, and employed on Transport Service during the Abyssinian Expedition, 1867-68; died suddenly in active service onboard H.M.S. Black Prince from a rupture of a blood vessel, 29th April 1869, less than two months after the Abyssinia Medal was sanctioned. For Lieutenant W.H. Childers’ full-size Abyssinia Medal, see Lot 596
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April 24, 2014 - London 834 Miniature Awards: An Unattributed Crimean Group of Three Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol; Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, silver and enamel; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die, good very fine, mounted as worn from a triple Hunt and Roskell top silver riband buckle, with gold retaining pin Miniature Awards: An Unattributed Crimean Pair Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die, good very fine, mounted as worn from a double Hunt and Roskell top silver riband buckle (5) £80-120
836 Miniature Awards: Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, Civil Division, gold and enamel, French motto; Egypt, Kingdom, Order of the Nile, silver and enamel; Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, silvergilt and enamel; Philippines, Republic, Meritorious Service Medal, gilt and enamel; Poland, Republic, Cross of Valour, bronze; Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmanieh, silver, gold, and enamel; Vatican, Holy See, Order of St. Gregory, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, minor enamel damage to wreath on first, otherwise generally very fine or better (7) £50-70
835 Miniature Awards: India General Service 1854-95, one clasp, Bhootan, with Hunt and Roskell top silver riband buckle, with gold retaining pin; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die; Indian Mutiny 1857-58, two clasps, Lucknow, Relief of Lucknow, clasps mounted in this order, with top silver riband buckle; New Zealand 1845-66, undated reverse; Ashantee 1873-74, one clasp, Coomassie; Afghanistan 1878-80, one clasp, Kandahar; Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880; Egypt 188289, dated, no clasp; Khedive’s Star 1882; East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, 1897-98; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3); British War Medal, five clasps, Falkland Islands 8. Dec. 14, Mediterranean 1918, North Sea 1916, North Sea 1917, Mediterranean 1917, genertally good very fine (14) £80-120 Naval clasps for the British War Medal were authorised in August 1920.
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837 Arctic 1818-55, unnamed as issued, good very fine
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£500-600 838 A Devonshire Regiment Helmet Plate An other ranks two part helmet plate, standard pattern crowned star back plate with detachable metal centre, 1881-1901 pattern, with nine additional metal centres, of the Royal Lancaster, Devonshire, Leicestershire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, South Lancashire, Royal Berkshire, Middlesex, and York and Lancaster Regiments, the majority of fastners present, and all mounted on a framed display board A Collection of British Military Badges A selection of approximately of 240 items, mainly other ranks’ cap-badges, some reproductions, mounted on 16 framed display boards (lot) £200-400 Note: This lot is sold as seen and is not subject to return. Owing to its large and bulky nature it is not suitable for postage and we would recommend collection.
839 A Seaforth Highlanders Point-to-Point Trophy A three-handled cup, 135mm in height x 106mm in diameter, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1928), engraved with the Regimental badge and inscribed ‘1st. Bn. The Seaforth Highlanders. Point-to-Point. Postling. 20th. March 1929. Won by Capt. J.E. Stirling’s “Tattoo” (Mr. J.C. Powell.) This Replica is Presented by the Wives of the Officers of the Battalion.’; the reverse inscribed ‘1st. Capt: J.E. Stirling’s “Tattoo” (Mr. J.C. Powell). 2nd. Capt: J.E. Stirling’s “Loppy” (Owner). 3rd. Mr. E.H.B. Neill’s “Bonzo” (Owner).’ £200-300 Brigadier James Erskine Stirling, D.S.O., T.D., (18981968), the son of Major William Stirling; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Seaforth Highlanders, 12.9.1917; served with the Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 31.10.1917; promoted Lieutenant, 12.3.1919; appointed Adjutant, 1.9.1927; promoted Captain, 9.1.1928; Brevet Major, 1.1.1936; Major, 8.7.1939; served during the Second War; promoted Colonel and temporary Brigadier; appointed to the Command of 154th Brigade, North Africa 1943; Awarded the Distinguished Service Order ‘in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East’ (London Gazette 4.5.1943) and Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 13.1.1944). In retirement he served as a J.P. and Lord Lieutenant of Nairnshire.
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840 The Falklands War 1982 Honours and Awards Riband Chart A riband chart comprising the ribands of all 32 Honours and Awards given during the Falklands War 1982, including the Defence and Repossession of South Georgia, together with the numbers of each awarded, starting with the riband for the Victoria Cross awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Jones and Sergeant Ian McKay, complete with emblem; and ending with the riband for the South Atlantic Medal 1982, complete with rosette and Mentioned in Despatches, Queen’s Commendation for Brave Conduct, and Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air emblems, the centrepiece of the display being a miniature South Atlantic Medal, with rosette and M.I.D. Oak Leaf, mounted in a glazed frame, together with a copy of the relevant London Gazette, 8.10.1982, giving full citations £80-100 A total of 494 medallic awards for Gallantry or Distinguished Service, ranging from the V.C. to the B.E.M., were given for the Falklands War, as well as 1 Life Peerage, and 312 Mentioned in Despatches and 27 Queen’s Commendations.
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orderS, deCorAtionS, CAmPAign medALS And miLitAriA 841 The Gulf War 1990-91 Honours and Awards Riband Chart A riband chart comprising the ribands of all 37 Honours and Awards given during the Gulf War 1990-91, together with the numbers of each awarded, starting with the broad sash riband for a Knight Grand Cross of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire; and ending with the riband for the Gulf Medal 1990-91, complete with rosette and Mentioned in Despatches, Queen’s Commendation for Brave Conduct, and Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air emblems, alongside the ribands for the Saudi Arabian Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait, and the Kuwaiti Liberation Medal, the centrepiece of the display being a miniature Gulf War Medal, with both clasps and M.I.D. Oak Leaf; a miniature Saudi Arabian Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait; and miniatures of the Second, Third, and Fourth Classes of the Kuwaiti Liberation Medal, mounted in a glazed frame, together with a copy of the relevant London Gazette, 28.6.1991, giving full citations £80-100 A total of 569 medallic awards for Gallantry or Distinguished Service, ranging from the G.B.E. to the Q.P.M., were given for the Gulf War, as well as 1 Life Peerage, and 137 Mentioned in Despatches and 4 Queen’s Commendations.
842 The Iraq War 2003 Honours and Awards Riband Chart A riband chart comprising the ribands of all 28 Honours and Awards given during the Iraq War 2003, covering only the period of the actual invasion of Iraq, 19.3-28.4.2003, together with the numbers of each awarded, starting with the riband for the George Cross awarded to Trooper Christopher Finney, complete with emblem; and ending with the riband for the Iraq Medal 2003, complete with rosette and Mentioned in Despatches, Queen’s Commendation for Bravery, and Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service emblems, alongside the ribands for the American Legion of Merit and Bronze Star, the centrepiece of the display being a miniature George Cross and Iraq War Medal, with clasp 19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003, representative of those worn by Trooper Christopher Finney, G.C., Blues and Royals, mounted in a glazed frame, together with a copy of the relevant London Gazette, 30.10.2003 £80-100 A total of 227 medallic awards for Gallantry or Distinguished Service, ranging from the G.C. to the Q.G.M., were given for the Invasion of Iraq, 19.3-28.4.2003, as well as 69 Mentioned in Despatches and 140 Queen’s Commendations, and 12 American Awards.
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AUCTION RESULTS SALe:
Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
SALe no:
13003
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Thursday 21 November 2013
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London
Spink & Son Ltd 69 Southampton Row Bloomsbury London WC1B 4ET Tel: (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 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41
Price £1,600 £5,500 £2,900 £7,000 £4,800 £85,000 £2,100 £8,500 £14,500 £5,000 £3,500 £1,200 £1,300 £2,300 £2,300 £8,000 £30,000 £2,600 £82,000 £10,500 £800 £2,200 £2,900 £750 £800 £46,000 £1,900 £900 £500 £750 £190 £260 £70 £500 £500 £1,000 £1,200 £1,200
Lot 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
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Price
£1,300 £290 £3,000 £1,100 £800 £2,600 £400 £300 £170 £1,500 £480 £800 £900 £320 £400 £580 £210 £250 £550 £800 £220 £220 £230 £1,100 £140 £210 £200 £700 £120 £160 £150 £220 £350 £130 £120 £380 £160 £230
80 81 82 83 84 85 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 100 101 102 103 104 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120
£480 £3,800 £2,300 £380 £260 £270 £48,000 £3,000 £950 £1,000 £1,400 £2,200 £2,100 £8,000 £1,400 £2,000 £2,900 £3,500 £200 £260 £320 £250 £1,900 £5,200 £2,500 £2,700 £1,300 £2,100 £950 £700 £500 £450 £650 £420 £270 £230 £160 £380
121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158
£70 £130 £140 £900 £1,700 £1,000 £2,000 £280 £240 £260 £2,700 £350 £210 £400 £120 £2,500 £250 £160 £90 £140 £200 £110 £1,800 £50 £120 £650 £140 £110 £220 £250 £150 £520 £170 £140 £140 £90 £80 £160
159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196
£120 £200 £250 £400 £260 £210 £170 £300 £90 £90 £120 £80 £230 £150 £130 £60 £70 £170 £80 £70 £50 £80 £80 £100 £210 £270 £120 £190 £180 £500 £900 £100 £70 £160 £900 £1,300 £900 £1,100
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197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228
£900 £850 £600 £1,300 £800 £1,400 £580 £1,900 £1,200 £650 £550 £500 £850 £900 £900 £1,500 £1,900 £700 £850 £750 £650 £1,400 £1,400 £580 £2,100 £1,100 £1,000 £380 £1,700 £2,300 £700 £650
229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260
£850 £500 £800 £2,100 £2,000 £2,100 £950 £1,700 £1,400 £1,600 £850 £150 £1,000 £2,200 £2,000 £400 £1,500 £800 £520 £1,500 £1,000 £1,400 £2,300 £2,300 £750 £550 £800 £2,600 £800 £1,700 £1,400 £2,300
261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292
£1,800 £850 £2,100 £580 £260 £5,800 £500 £1,500 £350 £1,600 £1,600 £70 £80 £320 £1,100 £320 £180 £150 £110 £280 £80 £270 £520 £480 £350 £400 £410 £320 £170 £190 £420 £350
293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 321 323 324 325 327 328 329 331 332 333
£130 £190 £420 £750 £120 £1,200 £170 £100 £450 £200 £100 £100 £260 £120 £120 £120 £210 £230 £110 £550 £120 £160 £80 £850 £7,500 £210 £90 £90 £40 £110 £80 £50
334 335 336 337 338 339 340 342 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 359 360 361 362 363 364 365
£110 £160 £110 £160 £420 £180 £450 £30 £260 £580 £90 £220 £80 £90 £750 £100 £80 £580 £330 £140 £420 £1,100 £650 £60 £60 £1,200 £600 £180 £250
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR BUYERS These conditions set out the terms on which we (Spink and Son Limited of 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury London WC1B 4ET (company no. 04369748)) contract with you (Buyer) either as agent on behalf of the Seller or as principal if we are the Seller. You should read these conditions carefully. 1
DEFINITIONS The following definitions apply in these conditions: Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme means a VAT margin scheme as defined by HM Revenue & Customs; Buyer’s Premium means the charge payable by you as a percentage of the Hammer Price, at the rates set out in clause 5.1 below; Certificate of Authenticity means a certificate issued by an Expert Committee confirming the authenticity of a Lot; Expert Committee means a committee of experts to whom a Lot may be sent for an extension in accordance with clause 3.4.3; Forgery means a Lot constituting an imitation originally conceived and executed as a whole with a fraudulent intention to deceive as to authorship, origin, age, period, culture or source where the correct description as to such matters is not reflected by the description in the catalogue and which at the date of the auction had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been in accordance with the description in the catalogue. Accordingly, no Lot shall be capable of being a Forgery by reason of any damage and/or restoration work of any kind (including re-enamelling); Hammer Price means the amount of the highest bid accepted by the auctioneer in relation to a Lot; Lot means any item deposited with us for sale at auction and, in particular, the item or items described against any Lot number in any catalogue; Reserve the amount below which we agree with the Seller that the Lot cannot be sold; Seller means the owner of the Lot being sold by us; Spink Group Spink and Son Limited, our subsidiaries and associated companies. VAT value added tax chargeable under VAT and any similar replacement or additional tax; and VAT Symbols means the symbols detailing the VAT status of the Lot details of which are set out at the back of the catalogue.
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SPINK’S ROLE AS AGENT 2.1
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genuineness or description of the Lot for the purposes of clause 5.13 (Refund in the case of Forgery) of these Terms and Conditions and the provisions of clause 5.13 (Refund in the case of Forgery) shall apply accordingly.
All sales undertaken by us either at auction or privately are undertaken either as agent on behalf of the Seller or from time to time, as principal if we are the owner of the Lot. Please note that even if we are acting as agent on behalf of the Seller rather than as principal, we may have a financial interest in the Lot.
3.4.2 Notice of a request for an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity must give the reason why such opinion is required and specify the identity of your proposed expert which will be subject to agreement by us. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to refuse a request for an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity including (without limitation) where the proposed expert is not known to us.
The contract for the sale of the Lot will be between you and the Seller.
BEFORE THE SALE 3.1
3.2
Examination of goods You are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which you are interested, before the auction takes place. Condition reports are usually available on request. We provide no guarantee to you other than in relation to Forgeries, as set out in clause 5.13 of these Terms and Conditions.
3.4.3 If we accept a request for an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity we will submit the Lot to the Expert Committee. You acknowledge and accept that the length of time taken by an Expert Committee to reach an opinion will vary depending on the circumstances and in any event is beyond our control.
Catalogue descriptions
3.4.4 We will not accept a request for an extension on account of condition. Any Lot described in the catalogue as having faults or defects may not be returned even if an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity cites other faults or defects not included in the catalogue description, other than in the case of a Forgery.
3.2.1 Statements by us in the catalogue or condition report, or made orally or in writing elsewhere, regarding the authorship, origin, date, age, size, medium, attribution, genuineness, provenance, condition or estimated selling price of any Lot are merely statements of opinion, and are not to be relied on as statements of definitive fact. Catalogue and web illustrations are for guidance only, and should not be relied on either to determine the tone or colour of any item. No lot shall be rejected on the grounds of inaccurate reproduction. No lot illustrated in the catalogue and online shall be rejected on the grounds of cancellation, centring, margins, perforation or other characteristics apparent from the illustration. Estimates of the selling price should not be relied on as a statement that this price is either the price at which the Lot will sell or its value for any other purpose. 3.2.2 Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and the absence of such a reference does not imply that an item is free from defects or restoration nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. 3.2.3 Other than as set out in clause 5.13, and in the absence of fraud, neither the Seller nor we, nor any of our employees or agents, are responsible for the correctness of any statement as to the authorship, origin, date, age, attribution, genuineness or provenance of any Lot nor for any other errors of description or for any faults or defects in any Lot. Every person interested should exercise and rely on his own judgment as to such matters. 3.3
Your Responsibility You are responsible for satisfying yourself as to the condition of the goods and the matters referred to in the catalogue description.
3.4
Extensions – Stamps only 3.4.1 If you wish to obtain an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticity on any Lot (other than a mixed Lot or Lot containing undescribed stamps) you must notify us in writing not less than forty-eight hours before the time fixed for the commencement of the first session of the sale. If accepted by us, such request shall have the same effect as notice of an intention to question the
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3.4.5 Should Spink accept a request for an extension under the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the fact may be stated by the Auctioneer from the rostrum prior to the sale of the Lot. 3.4.6 It should be noted that any stamp accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity is sold on the basis of that Certificate only and not on the basis of any other description or warranty as to authenticity. No request for an extension will be accepted on such a stamp and the return of such a stamp will not be accepted. 3.4.7 If you receive any correspondence from the Expert Committee in relation to the Lot, including but not limited to a Certificate of Authenticity, you must provide us with copies of such correspondence no later than 7 days after you receive such correspondence. 4
AT THE SALE 4.1
Refusal of admission Our sales usually take place on our own premises or premises over which we have control for the sale, and we have the right, exercisable at our complete discretion, to refuse admission to the premises or attendance at an auction.
4.2
Registration before bidding You must complete and sign a registration form and provide identification before making a bid at auction. Please be aware that we usually require buyers to undergo a credit check. If you have not bid successfully with Spink in the past, or you are registering with us for the first time, we reserve the right to require a deposit of up to 50% of the amount you intend to spend. Such deposit will be deducted from your invoice should you be successful. If you are unsuccessful at auction, your deposit will be returned by the same means it was paid to Spink. Some lots may be designated, prior to the auction, as “Premium Lots”, which means a deposit may be required before placing a bid on the item for sale. Information will be posted on our website in such an event.
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Bidding as Principal When making a bid (whether such bids are made in person or by way of telephone bids operated by Spink, commission or online or email bids), you will be deemed to be acting as principal and will be accepting personal liability, unless it has been agreed in writing, at the time of registration, that you are acting as agent on behalf of a third party buyer acceptable to us.
4.4
Commission Bids If you give us instructions to bid on your behalf, by using the form provided in our catalogues or via our website, we shall use reasonable endeavours to do so, provided these instructions are received not later than 24 hours before the auction. If we receive commission bids on a particular Lot for identical amounts, and at auction these bids are the highest bids for the Lot, it will be sold to the person whose bid was received first. Commission bids are undertaken subject to other commitments at the time of the sale, and the conduct of the auction may be such that we are unable to bid as requested. Since this is undertaken as a free service to prospective buyers on the terms stated, we cannot accept liability for failure to make a commission bid. You should therefore always attend personally if you wish to be certain of bidding.
4.5
On-line Bidding We offer internet services as a convenience to our clients. We will not be responsible for errors or failures to execute bids placed on the internet, including, without limitation, errors or failures caused by (i) a loss of internet connection by either party for whatever reason; (ii) a breakdown or problems with the online bidding software and/or (iii) a breakdown or problems with your internet connection, computer or system. Execution of on-line internet bids on www.spink.com and Spink Live is a free service undertaken subject to other commitments at the time of the auction and we do not accept liability for failing to execute an online internet bid or for errors or omissions in connection with this activity. Buyers who acquire lots on the-saleroom.com will have a fee of 3% on the hammer price added to their invoice for using this facility.
4.6
Telephone Bids If you make arrangements with us not less than 24 hours before the sale, we shall use reasonable endeavours to contact you to enable you to participate in bidding by telephone, but in no circumstances will we be liable to either the Seller or you as a result of failure to do so.
4.7
Currency Converter At some auctions, a currency converter will be operated, based on the one month forward rates of exchange quoted to us by Barclays Bank Plc or any other appropriate rate determined by us, at opening on the date of the auction. Bidding will take place in a currency determined by us, which is usually sterling for auctions held in London. The currency converter is not always reliable, and errors may occur beyond our control either in the accuracy of the Lot number displayed on the converter, or the foreign currency equivalent of sterling bids. We shall not be liable to you for any loss suffered as a result of you following the currency converter.
4.8
Video images At some auctions there will be a video screen. Mistakes may occur in its operation, and we cannot be liable to you regarding either the correspondence of the image to the Lot being sold or the quality of the image as a reproduction of the original.
4.9
Bidding Increments Bidding generally opens below the low estimate and advances in the following order although the auctioneer may vary the bidding increments during the course of the auction. The normal bidding increments are: Up to £100 by £5 £100 to £300 by £10 £300 to £600 £320-£350-£380-£400 etc. £600 to £1,000 by £50 £1,000 to £3,000 by £100 £3,000 to £6,000 £3,200-£3,500-£3,800-£4,000 etc. £6,000 to £20,000 by £500 £20,000 and up Auctioneer’s discretion
4.10 Bidding by Spink 4.10.1 We reserve the right to bid on Lots on the Seller’s behalf up to the amount of the Reserve (if any), which will never be above the low estimate printed in the auction catalogue. 4.10.2 The Spink Group reserves the right to bid on and purchase Lots as principal. 4.11 The Auctioneer’s Discretion The auctioneer has the right at his absolute discretion to refuse any bid to advance the bidding in such manner as he may decide to withdraw or divide any Lot, to combine any two or more Lots and, in the case of error or dispute, to put an item up for bidding again. Spink Uni (12/13) (20)
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4.12 Successful Bid Subject to the auctioneer’s discretion, the striking of his hammer marks the acceptance of the highest bid, provided always that such bid is higher than the Reserve (where applicable), and the conclusion of a contract for sale between you and the Seller. 4.13 After Sale Arrangements If you enter into any private sale agreements for any Lot with the Seller within 60 days of the auction, we, as exclusive agents of the Seller reserve the right to charge you the applicable Buyer’s Premium in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, and the Seller a commission in accordance with the terms of the Seller’s agreement. 4.14 Return of Lot Once your bid has been accepted for a Lot then you are liable to pay for that Lot in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. If there are any problems with a Lot then you must notify us within 7 days of receipt of the Lot, specifying the nature of the problem. We may then request that the Lot is returned to us for inspection. Save as set out in clause 5.13, the cancellation of the sale of any Lot and the refund of the corresponding purchase price is entirely at our sole discretion. We will not normally exercise that discretion if the Lot is not received by us in the same condition that it was in at the auction date. AFTER THE AUCTION 5.1 Buyer’s Premium and other charges In addition to the Hammer Price, you must pay us the Buyer’s Premium at a rate of 20% of the final Hammer price of each lot, a fee of 3% on the hammer price total for using the-saleroom.com and a surcharge for paying by credit card. 5.2 Value Added Tax Other than in respect of Zero-rated Lots (o) VAT is chargeable on the Hammer price and the Buyer’s premium 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 price and 20% on the Buyer’s premium). VAT on Margin scheme lots (identified by the absence of any VAT symbol next to the lot number) is payable at 20% on the Buyer’s premium only. 5.3 VAT Refunds General 5.3.1 As we remain liable to account for VAT on all Lots unless they have been exported outside the EU within 3 months of the date of sale, you will generally be asked to deposit all amounts of VAT invoiced. However, if a Spink nominated shipper is instructed, then any refundable VAT will not be collected. In all other cases credits will be made when proof of export is provided. If you export the Lot yourself you must obtain shipping documents from the Shipping Department for which a charge of £50 will be made. 5.3.2 If you export the Lot you must return the valid proof of export certificate to us within 3 months of the date of sale. If you fail to return the proof of export certificate to us within such period and you have not already accounted to us for the VAT, you will be liable to us for the full amount of the VAT due on such Lot and we shall be entitled to invoice you for this sum. 5.3.3 To apply for a refund of any VAT paid, the proof of export certificate must be sent to our Shipping Department clearly marked ‘VAT Refund’ within 3 months of the date of sale. No payment will be made where the total amount of VAT refundable is less than £50 and Spink will charge £50 for each refund processed. VAT Refunds - Buyers from within the EU 5.3.4 VAT refunds are available on the Hammer Price and Buyer’s Premium of Daggered (†) and Investment Gold (g) Lots. You must certify that you are registered for VAT in another EU country and that the Lot is to be removed from the United Kingdom within 3 months of the date of sale. 5.3.5 Where an EU buyer purchases a Lot on which import VAT has been charged, no refund of VAT is available from us. It may be possible to apply directly for a refund on form VAT 65 to HM Revenue & Customs Overeseas Repayment Section, Londonderry. VAT Refunds – Buyers from outside the EU 5.3.6 Where a Lot is included within the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme and evidence of export from the EU is produced within 3 months of the date of sale, the VAT on Buyer’s Premium may be refunded. 5.3.7 Where the Lot is marked as a Daggered (†) or Investment Gold (g) Lot the VAT charged on the Hammer Price may be refunded where evidence of export from the EU is produced within 3 months of the date of sale. A refund of VAT charged on the Buyer’s Premium can also be made on receipt of proof of business as a collectibles dealer. 5.3.8 Where the Lot is marked as an Omega (Ω) Lot or an Import VAT (x) Lot and evidence of export from the EU is produced within 3 months of the date of sale, the VAT charged on both the Hammer Price and Buyer’s Premium may be refunded. Where required, we can advise you on how to export such Lots as a specific form of export evidence is required. Where we advise you on the export of the Lots, please be aware that the ultimate responsibility in respect of obtaining a valid proof of export certificate will lie with you and we will not be responsible for your failure to obtain such certificate.
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Payment 5.4.1 You must provide us with your full name and permanent address and, if so requested, details of the bank from which any payments to us will be made. You must pay the full amount due (comprising the Hammer Price, the Buyer’s Premium and any applicable VAT) within seven days after the date of the sale. This applies even if you wish to export the Lot and an export licence is (or may be) required. 5.4.2 You will not acquire title to the Lot until all amounts due have been paid in full. This includes instances where special arrangements were made for release of Lot prior to full settlement. 5.4.3 Payment should be made in sterling by one of the following methods: II(i) Direct bank transfer to our account details of which are set out on the invoice. All bank charges shall be met by you. Please ensure that your client number is noted on the transfer. i(ii) By cheque or bank draft made payable to Spink and Son Ltd and sent to Spink at 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET. Please note that the processing charges for payments made by cheques or bank drafts drawn on a non-U.K bank shall be met by you. Please ensure that the remittance slip printed at the bottom of the invoice is enclosed with your payment. (iii) By Visa or Mastercard. A charge of 2% will be applied. Payments exceeding £5,000 can normally only be made by the card holder in person whilst on our premises. 5.4.4 Payments should be made by the registered buyer and not by third parties, unless it has been agreed at the time of registration that you are acting as an agent on behalf of a third party. 5.5 Invoices Invoices may consist of one or more pages and will show: Zero rated Lots (o); no symbol Lots sold under the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme; Lots marked (g) special scheme Investment Gold; Daggered Lots (†), imported Lots marked (x) and (Ω), (e) Lots with Zero rated hammer for EU VAT registered buyers. 5.6 Collection of Purchases 5.6.1 Unless specifically agreed to the contrary, we shall retain lots purchased until all amounts due to us, or to the Spink Group, have been paid in full. Buyers will be required to pay for their lots when they wish to take possession of the same, which must be within 7 days of the date of the sale, unless prior arrangements have been made with Spink. Without prior agreement, lots will not be released until cleared funds are received with regard to payments made by cheque. 5.6.2 Unless we notify you to the contrary, items retained by us will be covered in accordance with our policy which is available for inspection at our offices from the date of sale for a period of seven days or until the time of collection, whichever is sooner. After seven days or from the time of collection, whichever is the earlier, the Lot will be entirely at your risk. 5.6.3 Our policy will not cover and we are unable to accept responsibility for damage caused by woodworm, changes in atmospheric conditions or acts of terrorism. 5.7 Notification We are not able to notify successful bidders by telephone. While Invoices are sent out by mail after the auction we do not accept responsibility for notifying you of the result of your bid. You are requested to contact us by telephone or in person as soon as possible after the auction to obtain details of the outcome of your bids to avoid incurring charges for late payment. 5.8 Packing and handling 5.8.1 We shall use all reasonable endeavours to take care when handling and packing a purchased Lot but remind you that after seven days or from the time of collection, whichever is sooner, the Lot is entirely at your risk. Our postage charges are set out at the back of the catalogue. 5.8.2 It is the responsibility of the Buyer to be aware of any Import Duties that may be incurred upon importation to the final destination. Spink will not accept return of any package in order to avoid these duties. The onus is also on the Buyer to be aware of any Customs import restrictions that prohibit the importation of certain collectibles. Spink will not accept return of the Lot(s) under these circumstances. Spink will not accept responsibility for Lot(s) seized or destroyed by Customs. 5.8.3 If the Buyer requires delivery of the Lot to an address other than the invoice address this will be carried out at the discretion of Spink. 5.9 Recommended packers and shippers If required our shipping department may arrange shipment as your agent. Although we may suggest carriers if specifically requested, our suggestions are made on the basis of our general experience of such parties in the past and we are not responsible to any person to whom we have made a recommendation for the acts or omissions of the third parties concerned. 5.10 Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases 5.10.1 If you fail to make payment within seven days of your stipulated payment date set out in your invoice, we shall be entitled to exercise one or more of the following rights or remedies:
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5.10.1.1 to charge interest at the rate of 2% per month compound interest, calculated on a daily basis, from the date the full amount is due; 5.10.1.2 to set off against any amounts which the Spink Group may owe you in any other transaction the outstanding amount remaining unpaid by you; 5.10.1.3 we may keep hold of all or some of your Lots or other property in the possession of the Spink Group until you have paid all the amounts you owe us or the Spink Group, even if the unpaid amounts do not relate to those Lots or other property. Following fourteen days’ notice to you of the amount outstanding and remaining unpaid, the Spink Group shall have the right to arrange the sale of such Lots or other property. We shall apply the proceeds in discharge of the amount outstanding to us or the Spink Group, and pay any balance to you; 5.10.1.4 where several amounts are owed by you to the Spink Group in respect of different transactions, to apply any amount paid to discharge any amount owed in respect of any particular transaction, whether or not you so direct; 5.10.1.5 to reject at any future auction any bids made by you or on your behalf or obtain a deposit from you before accepting any bids. 5.10.2 If you fail to make payment within thirty-five days, we shall in addition be entitled: 5.10.2.1 to cancel the sale of the Lot or any other item sold to you at the same or any other auction; 5.10.2.2 to arrange a resale of the Lot, publicly or privately, and, if this results in a lower price being obtained, claim the balance from you together with all reasonable costs including a 20% seller’s commission, expenses, damages, legal fees, commissions and premiums of whatever kind associated with both sales or otherwise, incurred in connection with your failure to make payment; or 5.10.2.3 take any other appropriate action as we deem fit. 5.11 Failure to collect Where purchases are not collected within seven days after the sale, whether or not payment has been made, you will be required to pay a storage charge of £2 per item per day plus any additional handling cost that may apply. You will not be entitled to collect the Lot until all outstanding charges are met, together with payment of all other amounts due to us. 5.12 Export Licence 5.12.1 If required we can, at our discretion, advise you on the detailed provisions of the export licensing regulations. Where we advise you in relation to export licensing regulations the ultimate responsibility in respect of any export will lie with you and we will not be responsible for your failure to apply for any necessary licences. 5.12.2 If the Lot is going to be hand carried by you, you may be required to produce a valid export licence to us or sign a waiver document stating that a licence will be applied for. 5.12.3 You should always check whether an export licence is required before exporting. Export licences are usually obtained within two or three weeks but delays can occur. 5.12.4 Unless otherwise agreed by us in writing, the fact that you wish to apply for an export licence does not affect your obligation to make payment within seven days nor our right to charge interest on late payment. 5.12.5 If you request that we apply for an export licence on your behalf, we shall be entitled to recover from you our disbursements and out of pocket expenses in relation to such application, together with any relevant VAT. 5.12.6 We will not be obliged to rescind a sale nor to refund any interest or other expenses incurred by you where payment is made by you despite the fact that an export licence is required. 5.13 Refund in the case of Forgery 5.13.1 A sale will be cancelled, and the amount paid refunded to you if a Lot (other than a miscellaneous item not described in the catalogue) sold by us proves to have been a Forgery. We shall not however be obliged to refund any amounts if either (a) the catalogue description or saleroom notice at the auction date corresponded to the generally accepted opinion of scholars or experts at that time, or fairly indicated that there was a conflict of opinions, or (b) it can be demonstrated that the Lot is a Forgery only by means of either a scientific process not generally accepted for use until after publication of the catalogue or a process which at the date of the auction was unreasonably expensive or impracticable or likely to have caused damage to the Lot. Furthermore, you should note that this refund can be obtained only if the following conditions are met: 5.13.1.1 you must notify us in writing, within seven days of the receipt of the Lot(s), that in your view the Lot concerned is a Forgery; 5.13.1.2 you must then return the item to us within fourteen days from receipt of the Lot(s), in the same condition as at the auction date; and
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5.13.1.3 as soon as possible following return of the Lot, you must produce evidence satisfactory to us that the Lot is a Forgery and that you are able to transfer good title to us, free from any third party claims. 5.13.1.4 you must provide to us all evidence obtained by you that a Lot is a Forgery no later than 7 days after you receive such evidence. 5.13.2 In no circumstances shall we be required to pay you any more than the amount paid by you for the Lot concerned and you shall have no claim for interest. 5.13.3 The benefit of this guarantee is not capable of being transferred, and is solely for the benefit of the person to whom the original invoice was made out by us in respect of the Lot when sold and who, since the sale, has remained the owner of the Lot without disposing of any interest in it to any third party. 5.13.4 We shall be entitled to rely on any scientific or other process to establish that the Lot is not a Forgery, whether or not such process was used or in use at the date of the auction. 6 LIABILITY Nothing in these Terms and Conditions limits or excludes our liability for: 6.1 death or personal injury resulting from negligence; or 6.2 any damage or liability incurred by you as a result of our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation. 7 COPYRIGHT 7.1 We shall have the right (on a non-exclusive basis) to photograph, video or otherwise produce an image of the Lot. All rights in such an image will belong to us, and we shall have the right to use it in whatever way we see fit. 7.2 The copyright in all images, illustrations and written material relating to a Lot is and shall remain at all times our property and we shall have the right to use it in whatever way we see fit. You shall not use or allow anyone else to use such images, illustrations or written material without our prior written consent. 8 VAT You shall give us all relevant information about your VAT status and that of the Lot to ensure that the correct information is printed in the catalogues. Once printed, the information cannot be changed. If we incur any unforeseen cost or expense as a result of the information being incorrect, you will reimburse to us on demand the full amount incurred. 9 NOTICES All notices given under these Terms and Conditions may be served personally, sent by 1st class post, or faxed to the address given to the sender by the other party. Any notice sent by post will be deemed to have been received on the second working day after posting or, if the addressee is overseas, on the fifth working day after posting. Any notice sent by fax or served personally will be deemed to be delivered on the first working day following despatch. 10 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS The following provisions of this clause 10 shall apply only if you are acting for the purposes of your business. 10.1 Limitation of Liability Subject to clause 6, we shall not be liable, whether in tort (including for negligence) or breach of statutory duty, contract, misrepresentation or otherwise for any: 10.1.1 loss of profits, loss of business, depletion of goodwill and/or similar losses, loss of anticipated savings, loss of goods, loss of contract, loss of use, loss of corruption of data or information; or 10.1.2 any special, indirect, consequential or pure economic loss, costs, damages, charges or expenses. 10.2 Severability If any part of these Terms and Condition is found by any court to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that part may be discounted and the rest of the conditions shall continue to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. 10.3 Force majeure We shall have no liability to you if we are prevented from, or delayed in performing, our obligations under these Terms and Conditions or from carrying on our business by acts, events, omissions or accidents beyond our reasonable control, including (without limitation) strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving our workforce or the workforce of any other party), failure of a utility service or transport network, act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, malicious damage, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule, regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery, fire, flood, storm or default of suppliers or subcontractors. 10.4 Waiver 10.4.1 A waiver of any right under these Terms and Conditions is only effective if it is in writing and it applies only to the circumstances for which it is given. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right or remedy under these Terms and Conditions or by law shall constitute a waiver of that (or any other) right or remedy, nor preclude or restrict its further exercise. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall preclude or restrict the further exercise of that (or any other) right or remedy. 10.4.2 Unless specifically provided otherwise, rights arising under these Terms and Conditions are cumulative and do not exclude rights provided by law. Spink Uni (12/13) (20)
10.5 Law and Jurisdiction 10.5.1 These Terms and Conditions and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of England and Wales. 10.5.2 The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim that arises out of, or in connection with, Terms and Conditions or their subject matter.
Postal Charges Prices for books (items sent by this method are not covered by insurance) Weight
UK
EU
Rest of the World
Up to 1kg
£8 for any weight
£12
£15
Up to 2kg
£8 for any weight
£18
£25
Prices for all other items including postage and packaging Invoice Value
UK
EU
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Up to £1,500
£10
£15
£20
Up to £10,000
£20
£30
£40
Above £10,001
£20
£50
£60
Shipments of more than 2kg or volumetric measurement of more than 2kg have to be sent by courier. Certain countries may incur extra charge when courier services are required by our insurance policy. For lots sent by courier please contact Auctionteam@spink.com for calculation of any further relevant cost in addition to the above charges. Value Added Tax (VAT) Charging of (VAT) at Auction The information shown on this page sets out the way in which Spink intends to account for VAT. i.
Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme 1. Where possible, we will offer Lots for sale under the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme. Such Lots can be identified by the absence of any VAT symbol next to the Lot number in the catalogue and will not be subject to VAT on the Hammer Price. 2. Where Lots are sold using the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme to UK VAT–registered businesses, the VAT on Buyers’ Premium is not recoverable as input tax. Upon request on sale day, we will issue invoices that show VAT separately on both the Hammer Price and the Buyer’s Premium. This will enable VAT-registered businesses to recover the VAT charged as input tax, subject to the normal rules for recovering input tax.
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Zero-Rated Lots Limited Categories of goods, such as books, are Zero-rated (o) for VAT in the United Kingdom. Such Lots are offered under the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme. In these circumstances no VAT will be added to the Buyer’s premium.
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Daggered Lots Lots which are Daggered (†) in the catalogue are subject to VAT at 20% on both the Hammer Price and the Buyer’s Premium.
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Imported and Omega Lots Lots which are marked (x) in the catalogue are subject to VAT at 5% on the Hammer price plus 20% on the Buyer’s premium. Lots which bear the Omega symbol (Ω) are subject to VAT at 20% on the Hammer Price and on the Buyer’s Premium. This VAT is payable on items imported from outside the EU. In these cases we have used a temporary importation procedure, which in effect means that the point of importation is deferred until the Lot has been sold. At this point the Buyer is treated as the importer and is liable to pay the import VAT due. We will collect the VAT from you and pay it to HM Customs and Excise on your behalf.
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Investment Gold Lots Lots marked (g) in the catalogue are exempt from VAT on the Hammer Price and are subject to VAT at 20% on the Buyer’s Premium. A refund of VAT charged on the Buyer’s Premium can also be made on receipt of proof of business as a collectibles dealer outside of the EU.
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SALE CALENDAR 2014 GROUP CHAIRMAN AND CEO Olivier D. Stocker YOUR SPECIALISTS STAMPS UK - Tim Hirsch Guy Croton David Parsons Nick Startup Neill Granger Paul Mathews Dominic Savastano Tom Smith Ian Shapiro (Consultant) USA - George Eveleth Richard Debney EUROPE - Guido Craveri Fernando Martínez CHINA - Anna Lee COINS UK - Mike Veissid Richard Bishop William MacKay Eleanor Charlotte Dix Tim Robson Edouard Wyngaard Barbara Mears John Pett USA - Stephen Goldsmith Greg Cole CHINA - Kin Choi Cheung BANKNOTES, BONDS & SHARES
STAMPS 14 April 26 April 29/30 April 1 May 14 May 7 June 7 June 18 June 19 June 10 July 10 September 20 September 21 September
The Drs. Joanne and Edward Dauer Collection of Great Britain The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale Specialised Great Britain Stamp Sale The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale The “Garrison” Collection of New Guinea “G.R.I.” Surcharges The “Lionheart” Collection of Great Britain and British Empire, Part III The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale Stamps and Covers of South East Asia
London Hong Kong London London London Hong Kong Lugano London London London London Hong Kong Singapore
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The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
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Orders, Decoration, Campaign Medals & Militaria Orders, Decoration, Campaign Medals & Militaria Orders, Decoration, Campaign Medals & Militaria
London London London
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Bonds and Share Certificates of the World Bonds and Share Certificates of the World Stocks and Bonds of the World The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
London Lugano New York Hong Kong Hong Kong London
The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale
New York New York
Château le Puy Charity Dinner & Wine Auction Silver Seal and Independent Bottlers Auction An Evening of Exceptional Wines An Evening of Exceptional Wines
Tokyo Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong
COINS UK - Barnaby Faull Mike Veissid Andrew Pattison Monica Kruber USA - Stephen Goldsmith EUROPE - Peter Christen CHINA - Paul Pei Po Chow Kelvin Cheung ORDERS, DECORATIONS, MEDALS & MILITARIA UK - Mark Quayle Oliver Pepys John Hayward BOOKS UK - Philip Skingley Jennifer Mulholland AUTOGRAPHS USA - Stephen Goldsmith WINES CHINA - Anna Lee Guillaume Willk-Fabia YOUR EUROPE TEAM (LONDON - LUGANO) Chairman’s Office Charles Blane Directors Tim Hirsch Anthony Spink Auction & Client Management Team Miroslava Adusei-Poku Edward Rivers Luca Borgo Rita Ariete Dora Szigeti John Winchcombe Kenichiro Imase María Martínez Maurizio Schenini Finance Alison Bennet Marco Fiori Mina Bhagat Dennis Muriu Billy Tumelty Dean Dowdall IT & Administration Berdia Qamarauli Leszek Woronowicz Liz Cones Curlene Spencer Tom Robinson Cristina Dugoni Giacomo Canzi
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