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Preisdatenbank abonnierenFour: Warrant Officer Class II J. B. Harris, 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own), late Royal Armoured Corps Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (7960997 Sjt. J. B. Harris. R.A.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (7960997 W.O.Cl.2. J. B. Harris 13/18 H.) mounted as worn, minor contact marks, good very fine (4) £140-£180
Family Group: A Great War A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Sister Miss Amy Kaye, later Mrs. Fisher, Territorial Force Nursing Service, who served at the Rawalpindi British Hospital, Wimereux, France, caring for the soldiers wounded at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle 10-13 March 1915 Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, mounted on original lady’s investiture bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; 1914-15 Star (Sister A. Kaye. T.F.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister A. Kaye.); together with the recipient’s British Red Cross Society Proficiency Cross, gilt and enamel, with 'Trained Nurse' riband bar, the reverse engraved ‘531 Amy Kaye’, with top riband buckle; and a British Red Cross Society 'For Service' Lapel Badge, gilt and enamel, the reverse numbered 19184, nearly extremely fine Three: Captain J. C. Fisher, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (Lieut. J. C. Fisher. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. C. Fisher.) light contact marks, good very fine and better (lot) £700-£900 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 18 June 1918: Miss Amy Kaye, Matron, Loughborough General Hospital. Miss Amy Kaye, later Mrs. Fisher, was born in Linthwaite, Yorkshire, on 15 September 1877, and trained as a nurse at the David Lewis Northern Hospital, Great Howard Street, Liverpool, between August 1904 and August 1908, following which she became Outpatient Sister and then Housekeeping Sister at the same hospital. She joined the Territorial Force Nursing Service on 12 August 1909, and in 1912 was appointed Matron of the Cottage Hospital, Lytham, Lancashire. Following the outbreak of the Great War, Miss Kaye was mobilised by the Territorial Force Nursing Service on 12 August 1914 and sent as a Theatre Sister to the 1st Western General Hospital, Fazakerley, Liverpool. On 10 February 1915 she was posted to the Rawalpindi British Hospital in Wimereux, France, where she cared for soldiers wounded in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle (10-13 March 1915). In May 1915 she was forced to resign from the Territorial Force Nursing Service because of a family crisis, the precise nature of which is unknown; she had also received a letter from the Hospital Board in Lytham saying that they had found it very difficult to manage with temporary matrons, and consequently she returned to Lytham as Matron for a short while. Miss Kaye re-enrolled in the Territorial Force Nursing Service on 7 March 1916, and her name was put on the waiting list of the Headquarters Reserve. At the same time she also applied for the position of Matron and Lady Superintendent of Voluntary Aid Detachments at Loughborough General Hospital. She was chosen from 31 applicants for the post and she took up the position on 17 April 1916. Loughborough General Hospital had been designated an Auxiliary Military Hospital and it included 80 beds accommodating wounded soldiers. For her services during the Great War she was awarded the Royal Red Cross (Second Class), and received her insignia from H.M. the King at Buckingham Palace on 31 July 1918. The following year she was also invited to a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace. Following the cessation of hostilities, Miss Kaye remained as Matron in Loughborough until 1933. She then moved to Maidstone, Kent, and in 1934 married Dr. John Cecil Fisher. Dr. Fisher had previously been a visiting surgeon at the Cottage Hospital, Lytham, and had served with the Royal Army Medical Corps as a Captain during the war. Recorded in the 1939 Register as living in Maidstone, she died in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, on 5 October 1969, aged 92. Sold with a Presentation Key, 117mm long, silver-gilt and enamel, the face engraved ‘Miss A. Kaye, A.R.R.C., Matron. Reverse 1928-1933’, the edge engraved ‘*Loughborough General Hospital Extensions*’, in case of issue; a presentation wallet, front titled in gold lettering 'Loughborough & District Hospital Extensions, Miss A. Kaye, Matron’, containing two black and white pictures of the hospital in 1862 and with the extensions 1928-1933; and extensive copied research. John Cecil Fisher was born in Lytham, Lancashire, in 1868, and was educated at Warrington School, Charterhouse, and Brasenose College, Oxford. He was registered as a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons on 21 February 1896, and prior to the Great War was a visiting surgeon at the Cottage Hospital, Lytham. He was commissioned temporary Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 17 July 1915, and served with them during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from October 1915, being promoted Captain on 17 July 1916. Dr. Fisher married Miss Amy Kaye in 1934, by which point he was practising at the General Hospital, Maidstone. He died in Maidstone on 15 July 1941. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Farrier Sergeant I. Breedon, 17th Lancers, late 16th Lancers Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846, no clasp (Isaiah Bree--n 16th. Lancers.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (838 Farrier Serjt. Isaiah Breedon 17th. Lancers) the first sometime mounted in swivel brooch suspension, with suspension claw re-affixed and the edge plugged at 6 o’clock, heavily pitted and worn, therefore fair; the LS&GC nearly very fine (2) £240-£280 --- Provenance: Glendining’s, June 1979. Isaiah Breedon was born in Birmingham around 1821 and attested at Westminster for the 17th Lancers on 31 May 1842. A ‘pock pitted’ tool maker, he served 14 years with the 16th Lancers, transferring to the 17th Lancers as Farrier on 30 June 1865. Discharged at Colchester after 23 years with the Colours, Breedon’s papers note almost four years of service in the East Indies, his conduct described as ‘very good’ with just ten appearances in the Regimental Defaulter’s Book over this period. He died in Ipswich on 10 August 1878.
Six: Sergeant J. Cormack, Royal Engineers, late Royal Scots 1914-15 Star (76781. Sjt. J. Cormack, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (76781. Sjt. J. Cormack. R.E.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (121 Sjt: J. Cormack. 9/R.Scots.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, reverse dated 1914-1918, bronze, with bronze star on ribbon; Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (James Cormack) the first five mounted as worn, the ISM loose, very fine and better (6) £160-£200 --- James Cormack was born in Edinburgh in 1883 and worked at the General Post Office as a sorting clerk and telegraphist. He attested for the 9th (Volunteer) Battalion, Royal Scots Territorial Force, in April 1908, and attended annual camps from 1908 to 1914 at Hillerit, Aberdour, West Linton, and Barry. Raised Sergeant 6 April 1912, he was awarded the Territorial Efficiency Medal under Battalion Order 41 of 1915. Transferred to the Royal Engineers as Sapper, Cormack was posted to the Signal Service training centre at Hitchin on 1 February 1915. Rated skilled telegraphist, he embarked for France on 16 July 1915 with No. 10 Corps H.Q. Signal Company and was soon attached to ‘K’ Sound Ranging Section, Royal Engineers. His unit faced their first serious engagement during the Battle of Messines from 7 June to 11 July 1917. Cormack went on to witness extensive service during the Third Battle of Ypres and the advances into Flanders, being subsequently decorated with the French Croix de Guerre on 19 June 1919. Transferred to the Army Reserve at Chatham, he returned to his civilian employment with the Post Office in Edinburgh and was awarded the Imperial Service Medal on 4 February 1943. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Forewoman Jennie F. Henry, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps British War and Victory Medals (6208 Fwn. J. F. Henry. Q.M.A.A.C.) good very fine, scarce to rank Pair: Worker Lilian V. Fisher, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps British War and Victory Medals (8240 Wkr. L. V. Fisher. Q.M.A.A.C.) contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Miss Lilian Victoria Fisher enrolled in Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps on 24 October 1917, and served with them during the Great War in France from 7 November 1917. She was discharged, medically unfit, on 17 September 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B.335907. Sold with copied research.
A 'Special Brigade' Great War Casualty pair awarded to Pioneer Chemist A. E. Simmonds, Royal Engineers, late Rifle Brigade and 2nd Middlesex Volunteers, an early entrant who was selected by his superiors to join the 'Chemical Soldiers' and deliver poison gas on the Western Front British War and Victory Medals (146429 Pnr. A. E. Simmonds. R.E.) the VM unit officially impressed ‘R&E.’, nearly extremely fine (2) £70-£90 --- Albert Ernest Simmonds was born in Brighton, Sussex, in 1880. A resident of Forest Gate in East London, he attested for his local regiment at Bunhill Row, London, on 29 November 1915, witnessing training and home service with the 3/5th Battalion, London Rifle Brigade, until 18 February 1916. It appears that sometime during this period his civilian occupation of chemist caught the attention of the military authorities following the call by General Haig to develop a number of 'Special Brigades' (as the Army's Chemical Warfare Unit had been renamed) from men with experience of handling dangerous substances. Transferred to the Royal Engineers, Simmonds joined 'E' Special Company of No. 2 Battalion, Special Brigade, in France on 10 March 1916. Allocated to Fourth Army, his cylinder unit was soon deployed to the front line trenches tasked with delivering vast quantities of poison gasses among the enemy. The work was particularly dangerous, the cylinders being large, cumbersome and prime targets for enemy artillery; a detonation amongst a stockpile could result in the deployment of clouds of chlorine, phosgene, mustard and tear gasses amongst one’s own troops. Heavily reliant upon wind direction, casualties amongst the Special Brigade amounted to 5,384 men; close to 100% of strength. The cylinders and men of the Special Brigade were also a prime target for snipers. Suffering a gunshot wound to the right leg and right hand on 20 April 1917, Simmonds was himself stretchered from the trenches, spending a long period in convalescence. It wasn't until 16 January 1918 that he returned to 'E' Special Company, just a couple of months prior to the Spring Offensive. In total, the Special Brigade conducted 768 gas operations involving 88,000 gas cylinders and 5,700 tonnes of chemicals; analysis of the recipient's Army Service Record shows that he avoided being poisoned, burned or blinded by his own weapon during more than two years of service on the Western Front, testament to his professionalism and knowledge of chemicals - and good luck.
Four: Driver T. H. Martin, Army Service Corps 1914 Star, with copy clasp (T-24105 Dvr: T. H. Martin. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (T-24105 Dvr. T. H. Martin. A.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (T-24105 Dvr: T. H. Martin. 35/D.T. A.S.C.) heavy polishing and contact marks from Star, therefore good fine (4) £120-£160 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 14 June 1918: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the forces in France during the present war.’ Thomas H. Martin attested for the Army Service Corps in January 1906. Drafted to France 11 August 1914, he served throughout the Battle of Mons with No.5 Field Ambulance, Army Service Corps, joining the subsequent retreat. According to the National Roll of the Great War, he also took an active part in the Battles of the Marne, the Aisne, Ypres (I and II), Neuve Chapelle, Loos, the Somme and Arras, and in the Retreat and Advance of 1918. Awarded the M.S.M. for ‘conspicuously good work’, Martin was discharged in March 1919.
Three: Private G. Ades, Royal Sussex Regiment India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (2241 Pte. G. Ades 2d. Bn. R.Suss R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (2241 Pte. G. Ades, 1st. Rl. Sussex Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2241 Pte. G. Ades. Rl: Sussex Regt.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £280-£340 --- George Ades was born in Hastings, Sussex, in 1866. A labourer, he attested at Chichester for the Royal Sussex Regiment on 17 March 1886, serving in India from 8 October 1886 to 29 November 1893, and South Africa from 10 February 1900 to 24 August 1902. A veteran of the Hazara campaign and the punitive Black Mountain Expedition of 1888, Ades served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, against the mountain tribes of Akazais, Hassanzais, and Chargarzais from 3 October 1888 to 14 November 1888. Fuelled by the murder of two officers and five sepoys of the 5th Gurkhas, the British advanced in four columns and defeated the latter at Kotgai and Maidan. As picked marksmen, the British then continued to wreak revenge at Thakot and Pokal, before the tribesmen finally relented and sought peace. Field Marshal Lord Roberts was later somewhat scathing of what could have been: ‘The expedition was a success from a military point of view, but the determination of the Punjab government to limit the sphere of actions of the troops and to hurry out of the country prevented our reaping any political advantage. We lost a grand opportunity for gaining control of this lawless and troublesome district, no surveys were made, no roads opened out, the tribesmen were not made to feel our power, and, consequently, very soon another costly expedition had to be undertaken.’ Remarkably, Ades re-enlisted for a third term with the Royal Sussex Regiment on 29 October 1914, aged 47 years. His Army Service Record offers limited information regarding this time, but it seems likely that he spent this period training the young lads from his home town of Hastings, and from other Sussex coastal towns such as Brighton, Eastbourne and Chichester, and preparing them for war.
A United States of America Second War Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart group of seven awarded to Sergeant E. F. Covin, United States Cavalry, who was thrice wounded during the Second World War United States of America, Silver Star, unnamed as issued, with riband bar and lapel device, in case of issue; Bronze Star, unnamed as issued, with riband bar and lapel device; Purple Heart, unnamed as issued, with riband bar with two bronze oak leaf clusters and lapel device; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Liberation of the Philippines Medal; Army Good Conduct Medal; together with the recipient’s riband bar and Combat Infantryman Badge, nearly extremely fine (7) £240-£280 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Silver Star awarded 9 May 1944. The official citation states: ‘For gallantry in action at New Guinea on 20 March 1944. His platoon stopped in its advance by heavy machine gun fire, Private first class Covin, with utter disdain for the enemy fire, crawled forward to a position from which he could deliver machine gun fire against an enemy pillbox which was vital to the enemy’s defense. With his concentration of machine gun fire and notwithstanding his own exposure to snipers, he succeeded in eliminating the pillbox, thus facilitating the advance of his platoon.’ Edward F. Covin was born in Beaumont, Texas, on 19 September 1922, and attested for the 7th Cavalry Regiment, United States Army, on 26 February 1943. He was awarded his Combat Infantryman Badge on 23 June 1944 and served during the Second World War in the Asiatic-Pacific campaign in New Guinea, and in the Liberation of the Philippines. Thrice wounded in action - on 20 March 1944, 25 February 1945, and 6 March 1945 - he was awarded both the Silver Star and the Bronze Star, and also received the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Badge. He was honourably discharged on 6 August 1945. Sold with the Bestowal Document for the Silver Star, named to ‘Sergeant Edward F. Covin, 39561335, (then Private First Class, Cavalry), for Gallantry in Action at New Guinea, 20 March 1944’; Bestowal Document for the Bronze Star, named to ‘Sergeant Edward F. Covin, 39561335, (then Private First Class, Cavalry), for Meritorious Achievement in Ground Operations against the Enemy in the Pacific Theater of Operations, during the New Guinea Campaign at New Guinea, 20 March 1944’; Bestowal Document for the Purple Heart, named to ‘Sergeant Edward F. Covin, 39561335, (then Private First Class, Cavalry), for Wounds Received in Action at New Guinea on 20 March 1944’; Bestowal Document for the First Oak Leaf Cluster to the Purple Heart, named to ‘Sergeant Edward F. Covin, 39561335, (then Private First Class, Cavalry), for Wounds Received in Action on the Philippine Islands, 25 February 1945; Bestowal Document for the Second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Purple Heart, named to ‘Sergeant Edward F. Covin, 39561335, Cavalry, for Wounds Received in Action on the Philippine Islands, 6 March 1945; copied record of service; and a photographic image believed to be of the recipient.
An Inter-War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain and Quarter-Master John Sandilands, East Lancashire Regiment, late Royal Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (42654 Serjt J. Sandilands 3rd Fd. By. R.A.); 1914-15 Star (Q.M. & Lieut. J. Sandilands. E. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Q.M. & Lieut. J. Sandilands.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (42654 Bty: Q.M. Serjt: J. Sandilands. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (B.Q.M. Sjt. J. Sandilands R.A.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine or better (7) £300-£400 --- John Sandilands, late Royal Artillery, was commissioned Quarter-Master and Lieutenant in 1914, and served with the 8th (Service) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, in France from August 1915. Sold with copied M.S.M. and Medal Index Cards.
Three: Sergeant F. Kennedy, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (4605149 Sjt F, Kennedy. D.W.R.); Coronation 1937 (No. 4605149 Sgt. F. Kennedy. 2/D.W.R.) privately engraved; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (4605149. Sjt. F. Kennedy. D.W.R.) mounted as worn, very fine and better (3) £100-£140
Three: Lieutenant Colonel T. B. Fanshawe, 33rd (The Duke of Wellington’s) Regiment of Foot, who gave a remarkable eyewitness account of the ‘frightful’ annihilation of British forces at the Storming of the Grand Redan on 18 June 1855 Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (I B. Fanshawe. Captn. 33rd. Regt. 1855) contemporarily engraved naming; Abyssinia 1867 (Major T. B. Fanshawe 3rd. D.W. Regt.); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (J. B. Fanshawe. Captn. 33rd. Regt. 1855.) contemporarily engraved naming, fitted with loop and small ring suspension, contact marks and wear to naming of first, good fine and better (3) £500-£700 --- Thomas Basil Fanshawe was born in Dagenham, Essex, on 3 December 1829. Appointed to a commission in the 33rd Regiment of Foot on 14 April 1846, he served in the Crimea from June 1855 and was present at the Siege of Sebastopol and the Assault on the Redan. Going in at first light on 18 June 1855, the attack proved a disaster. Fully alerted by the ineffectual artillery overture, and heartened by their repulse of the French, the Russians were ready to do likewise with the British, their storm of grapeshot and musketry devastating the men struggling up the slope to the glacis, broken by shell-holes, trenches and old gravel-pits. Within minutes the formed platoons and companies disintegrated into scattered, disordered parties, easily shot down. Fanshawe later described these events in a letter home to his parents - believed to be the only firsthand account of the Regiment’s sufferings that morning: ‘We had to cross, on leaving the trenches, 150 yards of open ground, exposed to a very heavy fire of grape-shot from the enemy. Our loss, I regret to say, was very considerable, having had 50 men killed and wounded. Lieut-Colonel Johnstone has lost his left arm, Mundy is hit in the leg with a bullet, Bennett I am sorry to say is killed; Quayle shot in the elbow and arm. Wickham is so hit in the foot that he is likely to be disabled for some time to come... I have had a bruise on the shoulder which has made it stiff... The loss our Division has sustained is frightful. The Rifle Brigade (2nd Brigade) are almost annihilated! Out of 130 men, 35 only survive. The 23rd nearly cease to exist!...’ Fanshawe remarkably survived the Crimean War and went on to serve as second in command of a wing of the regiment with the Okamundel Field Force at the Siege of Dwarka in 1859. Raised Major in April 1865, he was present at the storming and capture of Magdala in April 1868, before being appointed Lieutenant Colonel in September 1873 and retired to pension on 2 March 1878. Sold with copied Army Service Record and extracts from The History of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment where Fanshawe receives a number of mentions.
A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant F. Sharp, 84th Battery, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (65531 Sjt: F. Sharp. 84th Bty: R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (65531 Sgt. F. Sharp, 84th Batt. R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (85531 Serjt: F. Sharp. R.F.A.) some very light contact marks, otherwise toned, good very fine --- D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901; Army Order 15 of 1902. M.I.D. London Gazette 10 September 1901. Frederick Sharp was born in the Parish of Bickinhill, Birmingham, and attested there for the Royal Field Artillery on 11 January 1888, aged 18 years 2 months. He was discharged at Netley Hospital on 16 February 1909, in consequence of ‘his having been found medically unfit for further service.’ Sold with original Parchment Certificate of Discharge which confirms all medals and clasps; contemporary photograph of the Left Section 84th Battery in South Africa; another of Sharp in uniform wearing medals with his wife and two daughters, and one of Sharp at Netley prior to discharge.
Pair: Warrant Officer Class II E. Newman, Army Cyclist Corps British War and Victory Medals (18917 W.O. Cl.2. E. Newman. A. Cyc. Corps.) edge bruise, traces of lacquer, very fine Pair: Sergeant O. McLean, Army Cyclist Corps British War and Victory Medals (1015 Sjt. O. Mc Lean. A. Cyc. Corps.) very fine (4) £60-£80
An Inter-War M.B.E. and Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of ten awarded to Regimental Sergeant-Major E. H. Simmonds, Royal Field Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarked London 1927e; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (48823 B.S.Mjr: E. H. Simmonds. A./74 Bde: R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (48823 B.S. Mjr. E. H. Simmonds. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (48823 W.O. Cl. 2. E. H. Simmonds. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (1041126 W.O. Cl. 1. E. H. Simmonds. D.C.M. R.A.) mounted as worn, earlier medals with contact marks, nearly very fine or better (10) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 17 September 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in assisting his officer to clear the road of dead and wounded men and horses at a moment when his battery had been thrown into great confusion, coming under heavy fire whilst changing position. His coolness and energy were of great assistance to his officer in controlling the remaining vehicles under fire.’ L.S. & G.C. Army Order 150 of 1937. Ernest H. Simmonds was a native of Leytonstone, London, and served with the Royal Field Artillery in France from 13 July 1915.
British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (40775 Wkr. E. Parkinson. Q.M.A.A.C.; 26769 Wkr. S. L. Povey. Q.M.A.A.C.; 11933 Wkr. F. E. Riley. Q.M.A.A.C.) generally nearly very fine or better (3) £80-£100 --- Miss Sarah Lydia Povey enrolled in Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps on 30 January 1918, and served with them during the Great War in France. She was discharged, medically unfit, on 13 January 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B.79936. Sold with copied research.
Three: Private T. J. McIntyre, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (5445194 Pte. T. J. Mc.Intyre. DCLI) in named card box of issue, extremely fine (3) £70-£90 --- Thomas John McIntyre was born in Truro, Cornwall, on 6 February 1923 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (Territorial Army) on 29 January 1942. He served with the Regiment in North Africa from 25 August 1943 to 11 May 1944, and then in the Middle East from 19 May 1944 to 18 November 1946, and was disembodied on 23 February 1947. He was finally discharged on 15 December 1953, after 11 years and 321 days’ service. He died in Truro in July 1987. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
Four: Sergeant J. Ralph, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (17950 L. Cpl. J. Ralph. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (17950 A. Sjt. J. Ralph. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (185228 Sjt. J. Ralph. R.E.) mounted as worn, very fine (4) £80-£100 --- James Ralph attested for the Royal Engineers and served with them during the Great War in Egypt from 24 May 1915.
Seven: Sergeant R. S. Hambly, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, later South Staffordshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (4378 Pte. R. S. Hambly. D. of Corn. L.I.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (4378 Pte. R. S. Hambly. D.C.L.I.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (201282 Pte. R. S. Hambly. 4/D. of Corn: L.I.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (2307060 Sjt. R. S. Hambly. S. Staff. R.) generally good very fine and better (7) £460-£550 --- Richard Sydney Hambly was bon in St. Austell, Cornwall, on 29 September 1890 and attested there for the 5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 26 May 1909, having previously served in the Regiment’s 2nd Volunteer Battalion. He was embodied on 4 August 1914 and transferred to the 4th Battalion on 11 December 1914. He served overseas during the Great War, first in India from 9 October 1914 to 12 February 1917 (although not in a qualifying theatre of War), and then in Egypt from 13 February 1917 until the cessation of hostilities. He was demobilised on 2 April 1919, and was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 275 of August 1919. Hambly re-enlisted in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (Territorial Army) at St. Austell on 6 March 1933, and was embodied on 2 September 1939. He was promoted Sergeant on 22 April 1940, before transferring to the South Staffordshire Regiment on 17 June 1940. He transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 23 August 1945 and was finally discharged on 10 February 1954. He was awarded his Efficiency Medal per Army Order 28 of 1944, and died in Surrey on December 1965. Sold with copied service records and other research.
An extremely well-documented United States of America Silver Star and Purple Heart group of ten awarded to Staff Sergeant J. W. Wilson, United States Army United States of America, Silver Star (James W. Wilson); Purple Heart (James W. Wilson); Army Good Conduct Medal (2), both named ‘James W. Wilson’; National Defense Medal, with oak leaf cluster; Armed Forces Expeditionary Service Medal; Korean Service Medal, with two bronze stars on riband; U.N. Medal for Korea; Vietnam Service Medal, with two bronze stars on riband; Humanitarian Service Medal; together with the recipient’s Combat Medical Badge; two Marksman’s Badge, one with Rifle Bar, the other with Grenade Bar; and various riband bars and other riband devices, good very fine (lot) £140-£180 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- James W. Wilson served with the United States Army overseas in Korea from 6 March 1953 to 1 July 1954; and in Vietnam from 13 August 1965 to 10 August 1966, and again from 3 March 1968 to 15 January 1969. Sold with the recipient’s Army Commendation Medal Certificate, named to Staff Sergeant James W. Wilson, 415404753, United States Army, for Meritorious Service 12 January 1969 to 30 September 1969; President of the United States of America Certificate for Outstanding Community Achievement of Vietnam Era Veterans; a vast quantity of contemporary photographs, mainly service related, some with annotations to the reverse; other ephemera; and copied research.
Four: Admiral Sir W. R. Mends, G.C.B., Royal Navy, Flag Captain to Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons in the Crimea, later Director of Transports at the Admiralty for which services, especially in relation to the Egyptian War of 1882, he was advanced to G.C.B. Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (W. R. Mends. C.B. Capt. H.M.S. Agamemnon. 17th Octr. 1854.) contemporary engraved naming; France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, gold and enamels; Ottoman Empire, Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, unnamed, fitted with Crimea suspension; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 3rd Class neck badge, silver, gold and enamel, with period silk neck cravat, the first three mounted on a contemporary pin bar as originally worn, the first with light contact pitting, the second with usual damage to enamels, especially points of the arms and reverse centre, otherwise nearly very fine or better and an attractive contemporary group (4) £2,000-£3,000 --- Admiral Sir William Robert Mends was the eldest son of Admiral William Bowen Mends (1781–1864), and nephew of Sir Robert Mends. He was born at Plymouth on 27 February 1812. In May 1825 he entered the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth, and on passing out in December 1826 was shortly afterwards appointed to the Thetis, a 46-gun frigate, going out to the South American station. He was still in the Thetis when she was wrecked on Cape Frio on 5 December 1830. It was Mends's watch at the time the ship struck, but as the night was dark and thick and it was raining heavily, he was held guiltless, the blame falling entirely on the Captain and Master. Mends was considered to have behaved very well in a position extremely difficult for one so young and inexperienced, and several of the members of the court offered to take him with them. After passing his examination he joined the Actæon in the Mediterranean, which in 1832 was at Constantinople when a Russian army of upwards of twenty thousand men was there, consequent on the terrible defeat of the Turks by Ibrahim Pasha at Konieh. The intervention of the Western Powers demanded the withdrawal of this force, and Mends was deeply interested in watching its embarkation, making careful notes of their manner and methods of embarking the cavalry and guns. Men, horses, and guns, with all their stores and baggage, were got on board within 12 hours, and Mends treasured up the experience for future use. In the summer of 1834, the Actæon returned to England and was paid off; in January 1835, Mends was appointed to the Pique with Captain Henry John Rous. In July the ship was sent out to Canada, and on the homeward voyage, on 22 September, it struck heavily on a reef off the coast of Labrador. After several anxious hours she was got off, and, though she was much damaged and leaking badly, and her main and mizen masts were badly sprung, Rous determined to proceed. Five days later her rudder, which had also been injured, was carried away, and the ship left helpless in a heavy westerly gale. With admirable seamanship she was steered for several days by means of a weighted hemp cable towed astern and controlled by a spar lashed across the ship's stern. It was not until 6 October that they were able to ship a jury rudder; and on the 13 they anchored at St. Helen's after a voyage that has no parallel in the annals of the nineteenth century. Mends then learnt that he had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 11 August. In December he was sent out to join the Vernon at Malta. A year later he was moved into the Caledonia and then to the Rodney. In July 1838, he went to be Flag-lieutenant of Sir John Louis, the second in command on the station and superintendent of Malta dockyard. He continued with Louis, sometimes afloat, but mostly at Malta, until July 1843. From November 1843 he was in the Fox frigate with Sir Henry Blackwood on the coast of Ireland and in the East Indies; on 2 January 1847, he received the news of his promotion, on 9 November 1846, to be Commander. In January 1848 he was appointed to the Vanguard, in which, a couple of months later, he had the misfortune to lose some of the fingers of his left hand, which was carried into a block and badly crushed. It was this, more than the loss of the fingers, which caused trouble; and for years afterwards he suffered from severe attacks of neuralgia. The Vanguard went home and was paid off in March 1849. In July 1850, Mends was appointed to the Vengeance, again with Blackwood, who died after a short illness at Portsmouth on 7 January 1851, and was succeeded by Lord Edward Russell. Towards the end of the summer the Vengeance went to the Mediterranean, but came home in December 1862, when, on 10 December, Mends was advanced to post rank in acknowledgement of the excellent order the ship was in. In October 1853 he was selected by Sir Edmund (afterwards Lord) Lyons to be his Flag-Captain in the Mediterranean, if Captain Symonds, then in the Arethusa, should prefer to remain in the frigate. If Symonds should prefer to join Lyons, it was understood that Mends should have the Arethusa; Mends accordingly took the Agamemnon out and joined the fleet in the Sea of Marmora on Christmas Eve, when, as previously arranged, he took command of the Arethusa. In her he took a particularly brilliant part in the bombardment of Odessa on 22 April 1854: 'we stood in twice,' Mends wrote, 'tacked close off the Mole and engaged the works on it in reverse . . . pouring in a destructive fire as we went about.' He was promptly recalled by the Commander-in-Chief, who seems to have considered that he was needlessly risking the ship. 'I expected a reprimand when I went on board the Admiral to report, but the enthusiasm of the fleet and the cheers given to us as we passed along the lines mollified the chief, and I was simply told not to go in again.' The French officers who had witnessed the manoeuvre called on Mends to compliment him on it; and many years afterwards a French writer in the 'Revue des Deux Mondes' referred to it as a brilliant tour de force. In June, Lyons and Symonds had found that they did not get on well together, and it was proposed to Mends to re-exchange into the Agamemnon, which he did. From that time his individuality is lost in that of the Admiral, except that, as chief of Lyons's staff, he had the direction of many points of detail on which much depended. By far the most important of these were the embarkation of the troops at Varna and the subsequent landing of them in the Crimea on 14 September. The whole thing was admirably done without a hitch and without loss; and though, to the world at large, it appeared to be done by Lyons, Lyons himself and the Navy fully recognised that the credit belonged to Mends. In February 1855, Lyons moved his flag to the Royal Albert, with Mends accompanying him. In all the operations of the year he had his full share; he was nominated a C.B. on 5 July, and in December was ordered to take the ship to Malta, the Admiral remaining in the Black Sea with his flag in the Caradoc. While crossing the Sea of Marmora, the stern-gland (the metal bearing of the screw-shaft as it passes through the stern-post) gave way, and an alarming rush of water followed. During the next day the ship pursued her voyage, the engines pumping the water out, but on 28 December Mends decided that it was necessary to beach the ship, which was cleverly done in Port Nicolo, in the island of Zea. There a cofferdam was built inside round the hole, and, the ship's safety being thus secured, she proceeded to Malta under sail, and arrived there on 7 January 1856. Mends continued in command of the Royal Albert till March 1857, when he was appointed to the Hastings, guardship in the Mersey, from which, four years later, he was appointed Deputy-Controller-General of the Coastguard at the Admiralty. He held this office for about a year...
The Victory Medal awarded to Private T. E. Dalton, Canadian Army Medical Corps, who was awarded the Military Medal aged 47 years - possibly the only Etonian to receive the M.M. Victory Medal 1914-19 (524873 Pte. T. E. Dalton C.A.M.C.) good very fine £60-£80 --- M.M. London Gazette 3 July 1919. Thomas Edmonstone Dalton was born in Eton, on 30 September 1872, the son of Thomas Dalton, Clerk of Holy Orders and Senior Mathematics Master at Eton College, and was educated at Eton and later Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. (1895) and M.A. (1901). Taking employment as a schoolmaster, the Eton School List later notes him as headmaster of a preparatory school in Tettenhall, Staffordshire. This was most likely Tettenhall College Preparatory School which specialised in educating the sons of churchmen. Despite his high standing at such a young age, Dalton emigrated to Canada around 1901 and was married on 15 August 1910. He attested for the 62nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force in January 1915, but military life proved in marked contrast to that of a private school teacher. His C.E.F. Service Record makes plain: ‘Not likely to become an efficient soldier.’ Discharged at Vancouver on 15 December 1915, Dalton re-attested for the 138th Battalion, but was released for a second time on 17 April 1916 in consequence of liquor. His C.E.F. Service Record further notes his character as ‘bad’, adding insult to injury with a charge of 23 cents for the loss of a pair of socks. With grim perseverance, Dalton attested for a third time, this time for the Canadian Army Medical Corps. Sent to France as a reinforcement on 11 September 1916, he is mentioned in Stretcher Bearers at the Double: History of the Fifth Field Ambulance: ‘Do you remember those red-letter days on which Tommy Dalton received his periodical remittance check - when he used to collect his cronies, Billy Brown, Horace McKillop, Tommy Hawkey, et al., and adjourn to the nearest estaminet until the money was all gone?’ Admitted to his own Field Ambulance with bronchitis in the winter of 1916, Dalton was fortunate to escape with his life at Passchendaele: ‘States shell burst right beside him causing deafness which has remained’. Awarded the Military Medal, he later returned to Canada and was demobilised at Quebec on 1 July 1919. He died at Lavington, North Okanagan, British Columbia, on 15 May 1929.
Badge. 27th Armoured Brigade embroidered cloth formation sign. Good scarce white edged golden seahorse on blue felt shield. VGC Landed in Normandy on D Day as part of 21st Army Group. Disbanded 30th July 1944. Badge designed by Captain Tony Farrell, 44 RTR PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. Indian Army 70th Burma Rifles WWI cap badge circa 1917-22. Good scarce die-cast silvered Peacock in full display superimposed on cross dha (Burmese swords); 70 between the grips. Loops. VGC 70th Burma Rifles raised in 1917 became 11/20 Burma Rifles in 1922. Bob Betts Collection PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. Army Air Corps WW2 plastic economy issue beret badge by Stanley. Good scarce crowned laurel sprays, voided centre with an eagle on AAC, its upswept wings extending over the laurel. A. Stanley & Sons, Walsall Brass blades. VGC Unit formed in 1942. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. Indian Army. Calcutta Scottish Officer's glengarry badge. Good scarce silvered crowned saltire bearing Arms of Calcutta, resting on a thistle sprays with bi-part scroll inscribed CALCUTTA SCOTTISH. Hamilton & Co, Calcutta Loops. Service wear. Formed as Calcutta Scottish Volunteers on 1st August 1911 becoming 44th Calcutta Scottish on 1st April 1917 and Calcutta Scottish 14th October 1920. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. Indian Army. 6th Burma Bn. 31st Madras Light Infantry Victorian cap badge circa 1893-1901. Good scarce British die-stamped silvered Imperial crowned crossed Burmese Dhas resting on a tri-part scroll MADRAS LIGHT INFANTRY; in the upper angle 6; in the lower XXXI; in the left B and the right B. Three loops. Toned VGC. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. Burma Defence Army WW2 cap badge. Good rare locally stamped brass issue. Laurel sprays surmounted by a five pointed star; cypher to voided centre. Loops GC Formed 1942 from Burma Indep Army under Gen. Aung San. Later fought for 14th Amy under Slim. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. Indian Army. Scots Company, Bombay Volunteer Rifles glengarry badge circa 1914-22. Fine scarce die-stamped white metal saltire bearing the Lion of Scotland and scrolls THE SCOTS COMPANY superimposed on Thistle sprays and circlet BOMBAY VOL RIFLES. Retains backing bow. J.R. Gaunt, London tablet to reverse. Loops. VGC PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. 15th & 17th Service Bns West Yorkshire Regiment (Leeds Pals) WW1 Kitchener Army cap badge. Good scarce die-stamped brass Arms of Leeds. Loops. GC In answer to Kitcheners call 15th (Service) Bn (1st Leeds) West Yorkshire raised September 1914; 17th (Service) Bn (2nd Leeds) raised December 1914. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
Badge. Tynemouth Artillery Volunteers Victorian helmet plate circa 1881-1901. Good scarce die-stamped white metal Royal Arms over a scroll THE; below, a gun resting on a scroll TYNEMOUTH ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS. Three loops (slightly AF) otherwise VGC Formed 16.8.1859 and claims to be the oldest volunteer artillery unit in the British Army. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE
A sterling silver and engine turned enamel butterfly brooch, 4cm wide; a silver and enamel "Baby" brooch; a silver and enamel Royal Army Medical Corps pin badge; a silver goldstone metamorphic brooch/pendant and ring; a base metal and moonstone scorpion brooch; a silver and enamel pendant (7)
Various diecast military vehicles, mostly Dinky, boxed examples include '660 Tank Transporter', '697 25-Pound Field Gun Set', '689 Medium Artillery Tractor', '661 Recovery Tractor', '677 Armoured Command Vehicle', '626 Military Ambulance', '670 Armoured Car', '643 Army Water Tanker', 734 and 736 fighter planes and various unboxed examples (25).
W. BRITAIN (BRITAINS); two boxed diecast military vehicles, comprising '1433 British Army Covered Tender (with Driver), Caterpillar Type, Door Opens, Back Drops', and a '1512 Army Ambulace', '1639 Range Finder', all boxed.Condition Report: - The covered tender looks in good condition and has its driver, but has been played with. The ambulance has the wounded man and also a driver.
A collection of vintage items to include a German army parker (purchased at the vintage concession in TOP SHOP in the 1990s), two pairs of Ravel shoes C1980s, size 39, a tortoiseshell and leopard effect handbag, a Don. Ed Hardy Love Kills Slowly fabric bag, a blue faux leather vanity case and other items. (qty)
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