Four: Lance-Sergeant C. E. Duly, Royal Sussex Regiment 1914-15 Star (5-1180 Pte. C. E. Duly. R. Suss: R.); British War and Victory Medals (1180 Cpl. C. E. Duly. R. Suss. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (240039 Cpl. -L.Sjt.- C. E. Duly. 4/R, Suss: R.) edge bruising, polished and worn, generally fine and better (4) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Charles E. Duly attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment (Territorial Force) on 1 April 1910 and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 April 1915. He was discharged due to sickness on 4 September 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. B1102. He was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 23 of 1 February 1920.
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India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (8100 Pte. J. Thompson 1st. W. Y. Regt.) heavy edge bruising, suspension slightly loose, better than good fine £100-£140 --- Joseph Thompson was born in Leeds and enlisted in the 2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) on 30 January 1906. He witnessed initial overseas service on the North West Frontier before crossing the Channel as part of the British Expeditionary Force on 4 November 1914; his Army Service Records note admittance to No. 25 Field Ambulance at Estaires in March 1916 suffering from trench foot, followed later by a severe bout of bronchitis. Returned to the trenches, Thompson was recorded as ‘missing’ in the field between 27-29 May 1918, later confirmed as a Prisoner of War in German hands. Repatriated on 30 November 1918, he likely returned to civilian employment as a labourer in Yorkshire.
A particularly fine Kaffir War, Crimean War and Indian Mutiny campaign group of five awarded to Captain G. Robertson, who witnessed extensive conflict overseas with the 12th (East Suffolk) and 95th (Derbyshire) Regiments of Foot and was decorated by the Turkish authorities having endured considerable hardship in the trenches before Sebastopol South Africa 1834-53 (Ensign G. Robertson, 12th. Regt.); Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (G-Robertson- Lieut. 95th. Foot.) contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Lieut. G. Robertson, 95th. Regt.); Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, Fifth Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, privately engraved to reverse ‘Lieut. G. Robertson. 95th. Regt.’, minor red enamel loss to crescent suspension; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Lieut. G Robertson. 95th. Regt.) contemporary engraved naming, all five fitted with period unmarked silver top wearing pins, with matching contemporary miniature awards, these mounted from Hunt & Roskell silver riband buckles, all contained within an attractive two-drawer silk and velvet lined fitted case with brass lock and key, named to top lid in gilt lettering ‘Captain Robertson, 95th Derbyshire Regiment’, contact marks to first and second, these good fine, the remainder very fine and better (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- George Robertson was born in Montreal, Canada, on 30 September 1831, and attested for the 12th (East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot as Ensign by purchase on 17 June 1851, aged 19 years and 8 months. Posted to South Africa, he served during the Eighth Kaffir War from 1851 to 1853 in operations against Xhosa and Khoikhoi forces. The campaign later became regarded as one of the most bitter and brutal in the series of Xhosa wars, the tide turned by the successful deployment of British reinforcements via Cape Town, including drafts of the 12th Foot. Exchanged into the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot 5 November 1854, Robertson was promoted Lieutenant (without purchase) on 9 February 1855, and joined the Regiment before Sebastopol from 26 January 1855 to 8 September 1855. His experiences during this time were later detailed in 1929 by Colonel H. C. Wylly, C.B., in Extracts from the History of the Sherwood Foresters, Notts & Derby. 95th Regiment, Volume 2: ‘Another officer of the 95th whose siege diary is available for reference, was Lieut. Robertson, who joined the Service Companies in January, 1855, and he gives the following figures: “The admissions for disease to hospital in December, 1854, amounted to 48 per cent of the strength present; in January, 1855, to 57 per cent, and the deaths exceed 8 per cent; in February, to 39 per cent; and in March to 37 per cent, and the deaths to 19 per cent of the strength present. This is accounted for by the men being, in the fullest sense of the word, ‘worn out’ by numerous and continuous hardships previously endured.”’ Robertson was later keen to point out the attachment of officers to other regiments for trench duty, such was the impact of disease and state of exhaustion in the British Army. On 23 February 1855, The Times published a letter from a Captain of the 95th, written on the second of that month, in which he adds: ‘The weather has been very severe and the Regiment has, I am sorry to say, suffered greatly; on some days we buried as many as five out of our thinned ranks. In fact we are now very nearly hors de combat... Another fortnight will, I fear, reduce us altogether.’ Briefly returned home to England on 18 June 1856, just a couple of months before his 25th birthday, Robertson landed in India with his Regiment on 1 November 1857. He served with the 95th Foot throughout the Mutiny, including the Siege and Capture of Kotah under Major-General Roberts, C.B., on 30 March 1858; early that morning three columns, each of 500 men, attempted to breach the town’s walls, the lead assault being led by Lieutenant-Colonel Raimes of the 95th Foot. The victory came via a clever flanking movement which resulted in the capture of 70 guns of various calibres and a gallant charge by the 8th Hussars. Major-General Roberts, in thanking the Brigade, was keen to note that he had been in field fights, he had been in storming parties, but he had never seen men go steadier: ‘It was more like men upon a parade, or on a field day, than men who were facing death.’ Advanced Captain by purchase on 16 December 1859, Robertson returned home and exchanged to the 2nd Battalion, 25th (King’s Own Scottish Borderers) Regiment of Foot by purchase on 18 May 1860. Confirmed upon the recipient’s Army Service Record as awarded the Turkish Order of Medjidie, he left the Army a short while later and does not appear in Hart’s Army List of 1865. Sold with copied Service Record and a small contemporary envelope containing original silk ribands for the full-size awards.
Three: Private O. Hosking, Canadian Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (957 Pte. O. Hosking. Can: A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (957 Pte. O. Hosking. C.A.S.C.) good very fine Pair: H. H. Ormston, Mercantile Marine British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Henry H. Ormston) both in paper packets, good very fine Pair: Private J. H. Bodkin, Rifle Brigade British War and Victory Medals (P-1731 Pte. J. H. Bodkin. Rif. Brig.) mounted as worn; together with a Rifle Brigade cap badge, very fine 1914-15 Star (20137 Pte. S. Walker. G. Gds:) nearly very fine (8) £120-£160 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Sidney Walker attested for the Grenadier Guards and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 July 1915.
Seven: Orderly F. Morrish, Bristol Corps, St. John Ambulance Brigade, later Warrant Officer Class I, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony, together with an additional unofficial clasp ‘1899 1900-1-2’ (58 Ordely: F. Morrish, St. John Amb: Bde:); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (58. Pte. F. Morrish Bristol Corps.); 1914-15 Star (1293 Sjt. F. Morrish, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (845024 A.W.O. Cl. 1. F. Morrish. R.A.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (455 Sjt: F. Morrish. 1/S. Mid: (Glouc:) B. R.F.A.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with silver star emblem on riband, light contact marks, nearly very fine and better (7) £400-£500 --- Frank Morrish was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 288 of 1 October 1912, and served with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 April 1915. Note: French Croix de Guerre unconfirmed.
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp (2), S.E. Asia 1945-46, unnamed as issued to Indian personnel; Palestine 1945-48 (41956 Pte. Belele Alwali. E.A.A.S.C.) edge bruise to first, this very fine; the second good very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Belele Alwali served with the East Africa Army Service Corps
Three: Private D. C. Smith, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War in the retreat to Dunkirk in 1940 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (5382629. Pte. D. C. Smith. Oxf & Bucks.) verdigris to Star, otherwise very fine (3) £160-£200 --- Dennis Charles Smith attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Territorial Force) on 14 July 1936 and served with the 1st Battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force in 1940. He was taken prisoner of war during the final withdrawal to Dunkirk, and was held at Stalag 344, Lambinowice, Poland. He was awarded the Efficiency Medal per Army Orders of 31 August 1949. Sold with copied research.
Memorial Plaque (Charles John Norman Adams) with Buckingham Palace enclosure, in card envelope, nearly extremely fine £80-£100 --- Charles John Norman Adams was born at Rosario de Santa Fe in the Argentine Republic on 7 January 1889, the younger son of the Reverend George Alophus Samuel Adams, and was educated at King's School, Canterbury, where he was Captain of School, and three years in both the 1st XV and the Cricket 1st XI; and then at St. John’s College, Oxford. He joined the Oxford University Officer Training Corps upon matriculation, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant on the Unattached List for the Territorial Army on 17 December 1912. Appointed an Assistant Master at Marlborough College, he was promoted Lieutenant in the Officer Training Corps on 29 May 1916. Adams was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards on 20 April 1918, ands served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 September 1918, attached to No. 2 Company. On 4 November 1918, the 2nd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards was ordered to advance in support of the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards for an attack on the line of the Fresnay- Wargnies- Le Petit road then to pass through them and secure a second objective some 2,000 yards beyond. No 2 Company was in support of Nos. 3 and 4 Companies who were in the vanguard of the Grenadier's advance. The attack began at 7.30 a.m. Earlier rain had stopped, but a very heavy mist hung over the ground cutting visibility to no more than 200 yards. As the leading companies passed over the high ground south west of Wargnies Le Petit the mist suddenly lifted and they came under devastating machine gun fire from the north and they suffered heavy casualties. They took their objectives and consolidated their position during the afternoon with the 1st Battalion Irish Guards passing through their positions at 6.30pm to continue the advance. Adams was wounded while leading his platoon in this attack and was evacuated to No 8 General Hospital in Rouen. He died of his wounds on 14 November 1918, and is buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen.
Pair: Havildar Bahadur Singh, Indian Signal Corps India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (1767 Hav. Bahadur Singh, I.S.C.); Indian Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R. (1767 Hav. Bahdur Singh, I.S.C.) good very fine (2) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Three: Driver C. Burney, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (87302. Dvr. C. Burney. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (87302. Dvr. C. Burney. R.F.A.) BWM and VM both renamed, very fine Pair: Lieutenant T. A. Cowburn, Natal Light Horse, later Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (Lt. T. A. Cowburn Ntl. Light. Hse.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. T. A. Cowburn); together with the recipient’s identity tag, this engraved ‘Lieut. T. A. Cowburn. A.S.C.’, very fine Pair: W. Graham, Mercantile Marine British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (William Graham) good very fine Pair: Private A. E. Jones, Royal West Surrey Regiment British War and Victory Medals (G-14551 Pte. A. E. Jones. The Queen’s R.); mounted for wear with a War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; and a New Zealand War Service Medal, polished, good fine Pair: Private Biriati, King’s African Rifles British War and Victory Medals (4247 Pte Biriati 1/KAR) locally impressed naming, good very fine Pair: Gunner H. E. Clewlo, Canadian Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (312861 Gnr. H. E. Clewlo. C.F.A.) very fine (15) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Five: Captain J. B. Oakley, Denbighshire Yeomanry British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. B. Oakley.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated 1949, with integral top riband bar, good very fine (5) £120-£160 --- John Bowyer Oakley was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Denbighshire Yeomanry on 23 July 1915, and served with them during the Great War. He was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1949 (London Gazette 1 July 1949) whilst a Captain, General List, Yeomanry, Territorial Army Reserve of Officer, and relinquished his commission, having exceeded the age limit, on 8 June 1949. He later served with the Millfield School Contingent, Combined Cadet Force.
Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada (Capt. A. F. Stafford. RC Sigs); Canadian Forces Decoration (2), G.VI.R. (F/L. F. J. Lowry); E.II.R. (Sgt G. W. Tuggey) good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
A Second War ‘North Africa operations’ C.B.E. group of nine awarded to Brigadier L. F. Heard, Royal Engineers, who was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the French Croix de Guerre for his services in North West Europe, and subsequently served as Aide-de-Camp to H.M. the Queen, 1954-57 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E., (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in DS & S case of issue; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Lieut. L. F. Heard. R.E.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1939, with bronze palm on riband, mounted court-style for display, light contact marks, good very fine and better (9) £600-£800 --- C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1943 M.I.D. London Gazette 22 March 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe.’ The original Recommendation for the French Croix de Guerre states: ‘This officer has been General Staff Officer First Class at 21 Army Group Headquarters since its formation. He is an extremely capable Staff Officer with a unique knowledge of staff duties and of the organisation of the Army. His services have been extremely valuable during the planning and execution of the operations for the liberation of France, and he has never failed to give off his best in spite of the pressure of work which has been acute during the period under a view.’ Leonard Ferguson Heard was born on 30 October 1903 and was educated at Shrewsbury School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 29 August 1923, and saw active service on the North West Frontier of India as a Staff Captain, R.E., attached Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners. Advanced Major on 29 August 1940, he saw further service during the Second World War, both in North Africa, for which services he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and subsequently in command of 23rd Assault Group, Royal Engineers, in North West Europe, for which services he was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the French Croix de Guerre with palm. Promoted Colonel in 1947, and Brigadier in 1949, Heard was appointed Aide-de-Camp to H.M. Queen Elizabeth II on 30 December 1953, relinquishing the appointment on his retirement on 21 April 1957. He was lucky to survive a train crash in 1959 when his car was struck by the Belfast to Londonderry express train at 65 miles per hour, whilst he was driving across an unmanned level crossing; the force of impact somersaulted the diesel engine off the track and derailed several carriages, but remarkably both he and all the passengers on the train survived virtually unscathed. He was subsequently sued by the Ulster Transport Authority. Advanced Honorary Major-General on the Retired List, he was appointed High Sheriff of County Londonderry for the year 1964, and also served as a Justice of the Peace. He died on 8 April 1976. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient, and copied research.
Three: Sergeant H. Templeton, 11th (Lonsdale) Battalion, Border Regiment, who was wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, when the Battalion suffered over 500 casualties, and was subsequently killed in action in April 1918 during the German Spring Offensive 1914-15 Star (16416 Pte. H. Templeton. Bord. R.); British War and Victory Medals (16416 Sjt. H. Templeton. Bord. R.) good very fine (3) £300-£400 --- Hugh Templeton was born at Harrington in 1888, the son of Alexander and Agnes Templeton of Primrose Crescent, Harrington, Cumberland. An original ‘Lonsdale’ entrant, Templeton attested for the 11th Battalion at Workington on 11 November 1914 and served in France from 23 November 1915. According to the recipient’s Army Service Record he suffered a gunshot wound to the scalp on 1 July 1916 and received medical attention at No. 91 Field Ambulance. Passed down the chain of command to No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station the following day, the wound necessitated admittance to No. 4 General Hospital at Camiers. Recovering, Templeton transferred to the 8th Battalion, Border Regiment on 10 August 1916 and continued to witness active service with ‘D’ Company during the later stages of the Battle of the Somme. Advanced Sergeant, he was reported as ‘missing’ at some point between 10-14 April 1918, later confirmed as killed in action during the German Spring Offensive. Aged 30 years, he is commemorated upon the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
The extremely rare ‘Northern Kurdistan’ casualty pair awarded to Wapiti observer, Leading Aircraftman L. G. Edmonds, 55 Squadron, Royal Air Force General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Northern Kurdistan (365222 L.A.C. L. G. Edmonds. R.A.F.) suspension loose; Iraq, Kingdom, Active Service Medal, 1 clasp (in Arabic) South Kurdistan 1930-31, bronze, unnamed as issued, mounted on card for display, nearly very fine (2) £1,800-£2,200 --- Approximately 65 officers and 280 airmen were awarded the ‘Northern Kurdistan’ clasp. Leonard George Edmonds was born in Gillingham, Kent in June 1909, and enlisted in the Royal Air Force as a Halton Apprentice (No. 10 Entry) in September 1924. He advanced to Leading Aircraftman and served as an Observer with 55 Squadron (Wapitis) during the operations in both Southern and Northern Kurdistan. Leading Aircraftman Edmonds was killed in action, 25 May 1932, and the following is given by the Report on the Operations against Shaikh Ahmed of Barzan 1931-32, Air Ministry - May 1933: ‘On the evening of 25 May [1932], during the low flying which was essential at the outset of the operations, 335725 Corporal Haskell, A. B., an air gunner of No. 55 (B) Squadron was seriously wounded in the back. On the same day a Wapiti of No. 55 (B) Squadron failed to return from the dusk patrol, and was subsequently found to have been shot down by rifle fire from the ground near Hupa. The aeroplane was completely destroyed, and the pilot, 364528 Sergeant Basting, L. F. G. and the observer, 365222 L.A.C. Edmonds, L. G., were both killed instantaneously. Their remains were eventually buried with full military honours by a detachment of the Iraqi Army on 26th June. Though the aircraft were subsequently often hit by rifle from the ground, there were, fortunately, no further casualties.’ This being an extremely rare casualty to the Royal Air Force - during the Northern Kurdistan campaign, the service suffered casualties of 1 Officer wounded; 2 Airmen killed in action, 1 died of wounds, and 1 wounded. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Lance-Corporal D. Hiam, 4th/7th Dragoon Guards, later 14th/20th Hussars General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24144763 Tpr. D. Hiam 4/7DG.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24144763 LCpl D Hiam 14/20H) mounted court-style as worn, nearly extremely fine, scarce (2) £140-£180 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
An unattributed group of eight miniature dress medals The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Brother’s), silver, with heraldic beasts in angles; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Service Medal of the Order of St John; St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902, mounted as worn in this order, nearly extremely fine (8) £70-£90
Seven: M. Bosman, South African Forces, Late Union Defence Force South Africa, Pro Merito Medal 1967, edge numbered ‘105’; Permanent Forces Good Service Medal, with Second Award Bar, edge numbered ‘1425’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, the Second War awards all officially impressed ‘35823 M. Bosman’, mounted for wear, contact marks, very fine (7) £100-£140 --- Sold with corresponding contemporary miniature group, mounted for wear, the second medal lacking its bar.
The Victory Medal awarded to Lieutenant V. Oakley Brown, 3rd Dragoon Guards, who was killed in action during the Regiment’s celebrated cavalry charge at Honnechy on 9 October 1918, the last major cavalry charge by the British Army Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. V. O. Brown.) nearly extremely fine £100-£140 --- Valentine Oakley Brown was commissioned Second Lieutenant from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, into the 3rd Dragoon Guards on 7 April 1916, and served with the 3rd Dragoon Guards during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 November 1916. Promoted Captain, he was killed in action during the 3rd Dragoon Guards’ celebrated charge at Honnechy on 9 October 1918. Here, accompanied by the Royals, the 3rd Dragoon Guards galloped for about two miles in squadron column extended, under heavy shelling, over ground swept by gun-fire, toward Honnechy. Half a mile in, the regiment had to close-in to pass under a railway bridge, and here, while still under artillery and enfilade machine-gun-fire and with bombs dropping from low-flying aircraft, they incurred many casualties. Extending on the far side of the bridge they galloped through Honnechy and seized the orchards to the east of the village. The regiment’s comparatively light casualties had provided evidence of the usefulness of fast moving cavalry over reasonable ground, even in the face of heavy defensive fire. A Staff Officer who was present described this advance as the finest thing he had seen in the war; it was also the regiment’s last action of the war and, perhaps most notably, the last ever cavalry charge by the British Army. The Regiment suffered Lieutenant Oakley Brown and two other ranks killed in action; one officer died of wounds; and three officers and 27 other ranks wounded. 90 horses were lost. Collectively, for this charge, the 3rd Dragoon Guards were awarded one D.S.O., four M.C.s, and five M.M.s. Oakley Brown in buried in Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Sold with copied research.
Three: Driver G. Munday, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (860618 Dvr. G. Munday. R.A.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, N.W. Persia (1044034 Gnr. G. Munday. R.A.) contact marks, nearly very fine, the last scarce to unit Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1402565 Sjt. F. H. Rix. R.A.) light contact marks, good very fine (5) £160-£200 --- George Munday served with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War, and subsequently with the Chestnut Troop, Royal Horse Artillery with the North Persia Force, the only Royal Artillery troop to receive the General Service Medal with clasp N. W. Persia. Sold with copied medal roll extracts. Frank H. Rix attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 September 1914 (entitled to a 1914 Star with clasp trio). Sold with an unofficial County of Middlesex Silver Jubilee Medal 1935, in white metal.
Pair: Private J. Weeding, 90th Light Infantry (Perthshire Volunteers) South Africa 1834-53 (J. Weeding. 90th. Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 2nd issue, large letter reverse (1210 Pt. Joseph. Weeding. 90. L.I.) depot impressed naming, edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Joseph Weeding, a labourer by trade, attested at Hitchen for the 90th Light Infantry on 20 January 1836, aged 19 years. Posted overseas to Ceylon and the Cape of Good Hope, he fought in the second campaign of 1846-47 against the uprising of the Gaika Kaffirs under Chief Sandilli. Remaining as Private and the recipient of four good conduct badges, Weeding was discharged from the Colours at Chatham on 13 January 1857 after almost 21 years of military service. His Army Service Record, adds: ‘chronic rheumatism & general debility through long service and exposure in the service.’ Sold with copied service record which notes his intended place of residence as South Hill, Biggleswade.
Four: Company Sergeant Major L. Cotterell, Herefordshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (2121 Pte. L. Cotterell. Hereford. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2121 Pte. L. Cotterell. Hereford. R.); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial (4103561 W. O. Cl. II. L. Cottrell. [sic] Hereford. R.) contact marks, some verdigris stains, very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (1-8186 Pte. T. Hegarty. R. Ir. Rif.) edge bruise, nearly very fine (5) £180-£220 --- Leonard Cotterell attested into the Herefordshire Regiment and served at Gallipoli with the 1st Battalion, landing at Suvla Bay on 9 August 1915. He saw further service with the Welsh Regiment in Egypt before rejoining his old regiment and was discharged on 7 April 1919. Reenlisting into the Herefordshire Regiment (Territorial Army) on 22 July 1921, he was advanced Company Sergeant Major and awarded the Territorial Efficiency Medal. Sold with copied research. Thomas Hegarty, from Dublin, attested into the Royal Irish Fusiliers and served during the Great War on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 6 November 1914. Advanced Sergeant, he was killed in action on 9 May 1915 and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. Sold with copied research.
Family Group: Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Natal, South Africa 1901 (F. Pope: Surgeon) engraved naming; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister A. Roper.) lacquered, minor edge bruise to second, otherwise good very fine and better (2) £260-£300 --- F. Pope served in South Africa during the Boer War, having arrived at No. 4 General Hospital upon mobilisation. He transferred to No. 1 Natal Ambulance Train on 4 July 1900 and was discharged at Kroons’ad and is additionally entitled to the Cape Colony clasp. W. Annie Roper served in South Africa during the Boer War with the Army Nursing Service Reserve. The recipients are believed to have married after the Boer War. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. J. Langdon, King's Liverpool Regiment, who was three times Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major F. J. Langdon); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, Sudan 1899, Gedid (Capt. F. J. Langdon, The King’s (L’pool) Regt.) contemporarily engraved naming; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with silver star emblem on riband, mounted court-style for display in this order, good very fine (5) £1,600-£2,000 --- Provenance: Woodliffe Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, May 2011. D.S.O. London Gazette 3 June 1918. M.I.D. London Gazette 30 January 1900 (Pursuit and defeat of the Khalifa; battle of Gedid); 11 December 1917; 1 January 1918. French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 7 October 1919. Francis John Langdon was born on 18 August 1873, at Clifton, Bristol. He was educated at Waymouth College and was commissioned as Second Lieutenant in 3/4th King’s (Liverpool) Regiment (Militia) on 17 October 1891, becoming Lieutenant in April 1893. He transferred to a commission in the 1st King’s Liverpool Regiment at the end of that year. He was attached to the Egyptian Army from March 1899 to March 1901, and held the rank of Bimbashi with XIIIth Sudanese under Maxse Bey, taking part in the pursuit and defeat of the Khalifa in 1899 and at the battle of Gedid (Um Debeykarat). Langdon returned to the King's Liverpool Regiment in March 1901, retired in April 1910 and was transferred to Reserve of Officers. Mobilised in September 1914 to the 11th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, he transferred to the Army Service Corps in November 1914 and raised the 21st Divisional Train which he commanded until 7 December 1914. Langdon was employed on Staff Duties from 23 January 1915 to 20 December 1918, being appointed D.A.Q.M.G. to the 62nd Division. Promoted to Major in January 1916, he served in France and Belgium from 2 January 1917 to 11 November 1918. He was appointed A.Q.M.G to 7 Corps on 22 September 1918, and held a temporary appointment to H.Q. 4th Army as Liaison Officer with II American Corps in October 1918. In December 1918 he went to Base H.Q. at Havre as temporary Lieutenant-Colonel when A.Q.M.G., and was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel on 28 May 1919, transferring to the unemployed list the following day. Sold with copied research.
A Great War M.C, group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. S. Harper, Manchester Regiment and Machine Gun Corps, one of the first Officers to be awarded the Military Cross in January 1915 when the first awards to the B.E.F. were promulgated, and the first recipient of the Military Cross to the Manchester Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R. unnamed as issued; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut: J. S. Harper, Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. J. S. Harper.) mounted court-style for display, very fine and better (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2004. M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1915 (this being the very first Gazette in which the Military Cross was awarded, and the first gazetted award to the Manchester Regiment). M.I.D., London Gazettes 20 October 1914 and 4 January 1917. James Stuart Harper was born on 3 November 1885 in Ceylon, the son of J. Harper, a tea planter, and Mary Harper. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned in August 1905 and posted to 3rd Battalion the Manchester Regiment. He served with the Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front, was present at Mons, Bavay, Le Cateau, Marne, the crossing of the Aisne, Richebourg and L’Orgies, where he was wounded and repatriated to England, and was promoted to Captain on 27 April 1915. He rejoined 2nd Battalion at Ypres on 27 June 1915, before again being wounded and repatriated to England on 1 August 1915. In November 1916, Harper was appointed Acting Lieutenant Colonel with the Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), and was appointed 93rd Brigade Divisional Machine Gun Officer in August 1917. Following the Great War he was restored to the Manchester Regiment, reverting to the rank of Captain. He was promoted Major on 1 September 1924, and in May 1931 was transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He died in March 1943 at Barnet, Hertfordshire.
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1144 Sergt. J. Williams. Oxf: L.I.) minor edge nicks, nearly extremely fine £80-£100 --- John Williams was born at Dublin and attested for the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Light Infantry at Westminster on 4 May 1868. Arriving in India on 28 September 1872, he was appointed Bandsman on 9 October 1872, and was promoted Corporal on 19 March 1879, and Sergeant on 28 June 1882. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1886, he was discharged medically unfit for further service on 16 June 1887, after 19 years and 44 days service, of which 14 years and 134 days were spent soldiering in India. This is his sole medallic entitlement. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extract.
Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (17553 T.S. Mjr. J. R. Morfitt. R.A.M.C.) nearly extremely fine £70-£90 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919 (Egypt). John Rowland Morfitt attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 August 1914, and then subsequently in Egypt.
Four: Staff Sergeant C. J. Eales, South African Medical Corps, who was awarded both the Meritorious Service Medal, and Mentioned in Despatches, for his services in East Africa during the Great War 1914-15 Star (Sjt. C. J. Eales. 7th F.A. B.S.A.M.C.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (SA/2 C/W. O.. C. J. Eales. S.A.M.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (2012 S. Sjt: C. J. Eales. S.A.M.C.) very fine (4) £260-£300 --- M.S.M. London Gazette, 29 August 1918. M.I.D. London Gazette, 7 March 1918. Sold with copied research.
Three: Warrant Officer Class II G. Gilmour, Rifle Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (6239. Pte. G. Gilmour. Rif. Brig.) engraved naming; British War Medal 1914-20 (6239 A.W.O. Cl. 2 G. Gilmour. Rif. Brig.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6239 C. Sjt: G. Gilmour. Rif: Bde:) mounted court-style for display, minor edge bruise to first, generally very fine and better (3) £200-£240 --- George Gilmour was born on 6 January 1879 and attested for the Rifle Brigade on 6 October 1898. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War. An Orderly Room Clerk for much of his service, he was advanced Acting Warrant Officer Class II and and saw further service during the Great War with the 6th Battalion on Draft Conducting Duties (entitled to a British War Medal only). Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 July 1917, the following year he was appointed Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant of the 2nd Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Volunteer Battalion. He was discharged on 24 July 1921, and saw further service during the Second World War at the Recruiting Office in Southampton. He died in Parkstone on 1 August 1963. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient, medal roll extracts, and copied research.
A Second War ‘Civil Defence’ C.B.E. and Great War St John Life Saving group of six awarded to Captain Frederick Hall, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was awarded the Silver Medal of the Order of St. John for his gallantry and devotion to duty during the bombing of the Brigade’s Hospital at Etaples, 31 May 1918 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. F. Hall. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. F. Hall); Life Saving Medal of the Order of St John, silver (Presented to Capt. Frederick Hall. R.A.M.C. 1918) good very fine (6) £500-£700 --- C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1943: Frederick Hall, Esq., M.D., D.P.H., Medical Officer of Health to the Lancashire County Council. For services to Civil Defence. Fredrick Hall served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Great War on the Western Front, and was awarded the Silver Life Saving Medal of the Order of St. John for his gallantry and devotion to duty during the bombing of the Brigade’s Hospital at Etaples on 31 May 1918. The Knights of St. John in the British Empire, by E. J. King gives the following account: ‘In May, 1918, occurred those incidents so disgraceful to the honour of the German Army which perhaps caused more indignation in England than anything else during the war, the bombing of the hospitals at Etaples. The reasons for this action, which was grossly offensive to the conscience of the civilised world, are not even yet clearly understood. Presumably it was not due to sheer brutality, as was at one time supposed. In that case it must have formed part of a deliberate policy of reprisals for some imaginary or accidental injury, or else it must have been due to honest accident, owing to certain Army depots being in that neighbourhood. But the latter is an explanation extremely difficult, if not impossible, to believe. Whatever the causes may have been, on the night of May 19th German aircraft arrived over the Hospital and dropped a few bombs, doing a certain amount of damage. But this was only a foretaste of the wrath to come, and eleven days later, on the night of May 31st, a most determined attack with bombs and machine-guns was made upon the buildings. One ward received a direct hit and was blown to pieces, six wards were reduced to ruins, and three others were severely damaged. Sister Baines, four orderlies, and eleven patients were killed outright, whilst two doctors, five sisters, and many orderlies and patients were wounded. It is impossible to speak too highly of the way in which the Hospital Staff carried out their duties during that terrible night; no more can be said than that it was worthy of the highest traditions of the Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem. In recognition of the gallantry of their conduct, His Royal Highness the Grand Prior conferred the gold medal of the Order for saving life upon Lieut.-Colonel C. J. Trimble, of whom it was said that during the bombardments “he was constantly passing through the various departments and entrenchments of the Hospital, encouraging the patients and personnel and directing operations. It was largely due to the fact that he displayed such coolness and disregard for his personal safety that so many escaped injury and that no panic occurred”. The silver medal was conferred upon two of the medical officers, Captain Frederick Hall and Captain William Wilson, “in recognition of their gallantry, devotion to duty and saving life on the occasion of air raids on the St. John Ambulance Brigade Hospital at Etaples”. The bronze medal was conferred for the same reasons upon three medical officers, nine other ranks, and one patient.’
Cabul 1842 (Carsan Alexander Lieutt. 60th. Regt. B.N.I. 5th. April 1842) contemporary engraved naming in serif capitals, fitted with replacement small ring and swivelling straight bar suspension, better than very fine £300-£400 --- Carsan Alexander was born on 4 December 1819, the fourth son of oculist Henry Alexander of Cork-street, Burlington Gardens, London. Baptised at the Church of St. James, Westminster, on 8 February 1820, he was privately educated by Dr. Granet of Chelsea and Mr. Amble of Shooters Hill. Appointed Ensign in the Army of the East India Company 31 December 1836, he was raised Lieutenant in the 60th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry, in 1838, and served during the First Anglo-Afghan War in operations against Dost Mohammad Khan. He is later recorded in the Monthly Times of 24 May 1848 as having died on passage to England, whilst aboard the sailing vessel Ellenborough.
Three: Private A. Haines, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (1538, Pte. A. Haines, R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (1538 Pte. A. Haines. R.A.M.C.) mounted for wear, good very fine Three: Captain T. Blackwood, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War on the Western Front on 27 May 1918 British War and Victory Medals (Capt. T. Blackwood); Voluntary Medical Service Medal (Dr. T. Blackwood.) nearly extremely fine (6) £100-£140 --- Alfred Haines attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 March 1915. He was disembodied on 31 March 1919. Sold with various postcard photographs of the recipient, both groups and individual portraits; the recipient’s Freedom of the City of London parchment scroll; and copied research. Thomas Blackwood was born in Hamilton on 13 February 1893, and was educated at the University of Glasgow. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps (Special Reserve) on 25 July 1916, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from autumn 1916. From July 1917 he was serving as a Medical Officer to the 33rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Captured and taken prisoner of war on 27 May 1918 near Berry-au-Bac, he was repatriated on 30 October 1918. He subsequently had a career in general practice in Motherwell, and died on 15 June 1978. Sold with copied research.
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia operations’ C.M.G. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. White, Indian State Railways, who served as Director of Railways, Mesopotamia during the Great War, was Mentioned in Despatches, and subsequently died in Jersey during the German Occupation in August 1942 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, converted for neck wear, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue (the case originally designed to hold a breast badge, but with a new insert for a neck badge); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. J. H. White.); Indian Volunteer Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, the reverse engraved ‘Capt. J. H. White, 2/24th. N.W. Ry. Bn. I.D.F.’, with integral top brooch bar, in case of issue, extremely fine (4) £1,200-£1,600 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 15 August 1917: ‘For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field in Mesopotamia.’ John Henry White was born on 17 February 1868 and was educated at Coopers Hill College and the Royal Indian Engineer College. He entered the Public Works Department of India as an Assistant Engineer on 1 October 1891, and was appointed Superintending Engineer, North West Railway in September 1914. Having initially joined the Burma Railway Volunteer Corps as a Lieutenant on 21 July 1899, and promoted Captain, North West Railway Volunteers on 24 October 1902, he served during the Great War as a temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, Special List, from 25 May 1916, whilst simultaneously holding the appointment of Director of Railways, Mesopotamia, from April 1916; consequently, he was in command of the Railways during part of the Mesopotamia campaign, where the railways played a key role in supporting and supplying the field army. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 15 August 1917), and was appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Post-War, White served as Officiating Agent, East Bengal Railways, and Chief Engineer, India State Railways, from December 1919, and was awarded the Indian Volunteer Forces Decoration on 14 July 1923. He retired in August 1923, and subsequently moved to Jersey. Following the occupation of the Channel Islands during the Second World War he refused to evacuate the Islands, and died in Jersey whilst under German Occupation on 27 August 1942. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Private A. J. Cates, 24th Middlesex (Post Office Rifles) Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Sergeant, Army Post Office Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (549 Pte. A. J. Cates, C.I.V.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (613 Serjt: A. J. Cates. A.P.O. Corps.) light contact marks, good very fine and extremely rare to unit, being one of just 7 men from the 24th Middlesex (Post Office Rifles) to serve with the City Imperial Volunteers (2) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Jack Webb Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, August 2020. Albert John Cates was born in Richmond, Surrey on 17 June 1875. A Post Office sorter, he enlisted into the 24th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers (Post Office Rifles) on 4 December 1895 and served with their detachment of just 7 men in South Africa during the Boer War in the Infantry Battalion of the City Imperial Volunteers. The City Press, reporting on 17 January 1900, that Private Cates together with Private J. W. J. Westwood, had been given a farewell dinner at the ‘Royal Mail’ on Noble Street, by the General Post Office sorting staff on 11 January 1900, and that he had been given a pair of field glasses and a purse. Cates further served in the South African War in the Army Post Office Corps, 1901-1902, qualifying for the King’s South Africa Medal as a Sergeant. Returning to England he was discharged, time expired and re-attested for the Army Post Office Corps (1st Class Army Reserve) at Birmingham on 18 April 1904, serving until discharged, 17 April 1910, in consequence of the termination of his period of engagement. He died in Surrey, England in 1916. Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.
Family Group: Three: Head Conductor J. L. Human, South African Service Corps, late Rand Rifles 1914-15 Star (L/Cpl. J. L. Human Rand. Rfls.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Hd. Condr. J. L. Human. S.A.S.C.) contact marks, some polishing, nearly very fine Four: J. L. W. Human, Union Defence Force 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘17871 J. L. W. Human.’, mounted for wear, very fine Pair: M. E. Human, Union Defence Force War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, both officially impressed ‘316948 M. E. Human’, mounted for wear, very fine (9) £100-£140 --- Sold with a Great War era identity disk, crafted from a German East African silver 1891 one rupee coin, the obverse erased and contemporarily engraved ‘J. L. Human T1950 S.A.S.C.T & R. G.E.A. 1916-17-18’.
A Second World War ‘Burma operations - Battle of Legyi’ stretcher bearer’s M.M. group of six awarded to Private H. C. Jesty, 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment Military Medal, G.VI.R. (5723746 Pte. H. C. Jesty. Dorset. R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (5723746 Pte. H. C. Jesty. M.M. R.A.M.C.) edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine or better (6) £1,400-£1,800 --- M.M. London Gazette 17 January 1946. The original recommendation states: ‘Burma 16 Feb - 15 May 1945. During the period under review, Pte. Jesty has been a stretcher bearer in ‘C’ Coy, 2 Dorset. Throughout the first ten weeks of the period the Bn. was engaged continuously in active operations in the Mandalay Plain. Pte. Jesty took part in every battle, and consistently displayed outstanding personal gallantry and devotion to duty. At Legyi on 5 Apr., a number of Japanese infiltrated into the Bn. perimeter during the night, and harassed some posns, including the R.A.P. When two Japanese attacked the R.A.P Pte. Jesty himself killed one with his revolver at very close range, the other being subsequently dealt with by a neighbouring sec. of ‘C’ Coy. Pte. Jesty displayed the utmost coolness, and his prompt action undoubtedly prevented cas. in the R.A.P. At Leygi on 11 Apr., Pte. Jesty’s Coy posn. was heavily shelled. Pte. Jesty attended cas. spread over a wide area, quite regardless of his personal safety, at a time when it was courting death to move from the comparative cover of a slit trench. In more than one trench Pte. Jesty was confronted with the task of not only attending the cas., but of encouraging and administering to other occupants whose nerves had been affected by the severe shelling. He succeeded in this most difficult task by sheer force of character and determination. On these and many other occasions Pte. Jesty’s high courage, skill, initiative and devotion to duty were an example to his fellow stretcher bearers, and a great comfort to casualties. His conduct at all times would have been worthy of a soldier many times his senior in rank, and for a private solider was quite outstanding.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 10 January 1946 [Burma]. Henry Charles Jesty served as a stretcher bearer with ‘C’ Company, 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment in Burma, February - May 1945.
Five: R. M. Read, Union Defence Force 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘191042 R. M. Read’, mounted for wear, contact marks, edge digs to third, nearly very fine Four: N. A. Lewis, Union Defence Force 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘144808 N. A. Lewis’, mounted for wear, contact marks, very fine Four: H. H. Blair, Union Defence Force 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘41661 H. H. Blair’, mounted for wear, stars gilded, contact marks, nearly very fine (13) £100-£140
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Canal Zone (T/22522685 Dvr A J M Barnes RASC) impressed naming, in named card box of issue, extremely fine £100-£140 --- Sold with named Army Medal Office enclosure, addressed to the recipient in Brighton, and dated 27 July 2004; and a Royal Army Service Corps cap badge.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal F. W. Adams, Army Service Corps, attached 140th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (DM2/168450 Cpl. F. W. Adams. R.A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (DM2-168450 Cpl. F. W. Adams. A.S.C.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Frederick W. Adams) mounted as worn, very fine and better (4) £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1919. Frederick William Adams attested for the Army Service Corps on 30 March 1916, having previously served from 30 October in the 4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment (Territorial Force), and served with the No. 335 Motor Transport Company during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 December 1916. Promoted Corporal on 13 October 1917, he was awarded the Military Medal whilst attached to 140th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Sold with copied research.
An extremely rare Boer War R.R.C. pair awarded to Nursing Sister Helen Hogarth, Army Nursing Service Reserve, one of just three such decorations granted for services in hospital ships in the Boer War, in her case as a hand-picked member of staff aboard the Princess of Wales Royal Red Cross, 1st Class, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister H. Hogarth) enamel somewhat chipped on upper arm of RRC, otherwise good very fine, extremely rare (2) £2,400-£2,800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2008. Only three ladies received the R.R.C. for services in hospital ships during the Boer War: Superintendent Miss M. C. Chadwick; Nursing Sister Miss H. Hogarth (both of the Princess of Wales); and Mrs. G. Cornwallis-West (of the privately funded Maine). The award of the Royal Red Cross itself for the Boer War is scarce, with just 77 awarded – one fewer than the number of Victoria Crosses awarded for the same campaign. R.R.C. London Gazette 26 June 1902: ‘Miss H. Hogarth, Army Nursing Service Reserve, Hospital Ship Princess of Wales.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 17 June 1902. Miss Helen Hogarth was one of just four nursing staff hand picked by H.R.H. Princess Christian to serve on the royal hospital ship Princess of Wales during the Boer War. Hospital Ship Princess of Wales Much of the history behind the creation of the Princess of Wales is well documented in the columns of The Times, Lord Wantage having corresponded with the newspaper in October 1899 about the creation of the Central British Red Cross Committee, including the Army Nursing Service Reserve, whose President was H.R.H. Princess Christian. In turn she became Honorary President of the newly formed Committee, out of which emerged the funding for a fully equipped hospital ship. The vessel in question, the well-known yachting steamer Midnight Sun, was chartered for the purpose and sent to the Armstrong works for the necessary alterations into a 200-bed hospital ship, ready to leave for South Africa by the end of November 1899. In addition to assisting with the cost of fitting the ship, Her Royal Highness spent more than £1,000 in luxuries and comforts for the sick and wounded soldiers and, at the express wish of the Central British Red Cross Committee, consented that the ship be called the Princess of Wales. In the company of her husband, she visited the ship at Tilbury Docks in late November, just before her departure for South Africa - painted white, the Princess of Wales had the Geneva Cross ‘standing out in bold relief on her side’. The Times continues: ‘The interior fittings have been swept away, commodious wards taking the place of dining room, music room, and so on, and the ship now represents a perfectly equipped floating hospital. There are three large wards, and one small one, the last being for officers, and altogether cots are provided for about 200 patients ... The operating room is on the lower deck, in the middle of the ship, and is fitted, not only with a cluster of electric lights showing right down on the operating table, but with the Rontgen rays, as well. Then there is a well-arranged dispensary and also an isolation ward. In addition to the wards already spoken of there are some private cabins available for sick and wounded officers. Three refrigerating rooms with a total capacity of 2,200 feet, have been arranged, in order to allow of an adequate supply of fresh meat being carried for the long voyage. The Principal Medical Officer will be Major Morgan, of the Royal Army Medical Corps, and he will have three assistants from the same corps. Of nursing sisters there will be four – one, who will superintend, from the Army Nursing Service, and three from the Army Nursing Service Reserve of the Central British Red Cross Committee. The three have been personally selected by Princess Christian, who has taken the greatest interest in the arrangements ... The nurses (Sisters Chadwick, Brebner, Hogarth, and Spooner), the staff and the men of the Royal Army Medical Corps who go out with the vessel were drawn up on deck as the Royal party came on board. Passing through commodious wards the Royal visitors entered the officers’ ward, into which the dining and music rooms have been converted, and inspected the numerous appliances provided for the relief of the patients ... To the personnel as well as to the vessel the Princess of Wales devoted much attention. Her Royal Highness presented to each nurse a distinguishing badge and addressed to them individually a few words of encouragement and approbation ... The Princess then proceeded along the line of R.A.M.C. men, 23 in number, and to each she handed a badge. To a similar number of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Her Royal Highness also gave badges and expressed special interest in this branch of the hospital staff, who, for the first time, are being sent abroad for service.’ Those services were much required by the time the Princess of Wales reached South Africa in the wake of ‘Black Week’ in December 1899, unprecedented British casualties having emerged from the battles of Magersfontein, Stormberg and Colenso. In all, the Princess of Wales made three voyages to South Africa and on each occasion that she berthed back at Southampton H.R.H. the Princess of Wales made private visits to the ship to meet the nursing staff and the sick and wounded. And the first such occasion was in February 1900, when she was cheered into port by nearly 500 men about to depart for South Africa in the Goorkha. The Times once more covered events in detail:
‘Then away to the Empress Dock close to the embarkation office where the Princess of Wales, formerly the Midnight Sun, was being slowly warped up to the quayside. Her bulwarks were lined with as healthy looking a lot of men in blue uniform as ever I saw, but one imagined that below there must be many worse cases. But it was comforting to find on asking Major Morgan, who was the R.A.M.C. surgeon in charge, that, as a matter of fact, there was only one man out of the 174 who was not on deck, and that he was carried on deck every day. In fact, the state in which the men arrived did every credit to Major Morgan and Miss Chadwick, the superintendent nursing sister, and to the nurses, female and male, who have been in charge of them. Of limbs lost there appeared to be but a small percentage, but of a sort of partial paralysis following upon a wound from a Mauser bullet there were a good many cases among these victims of Magersfontein and the Modder River ... ’ The Prince and Princess of Wales visited the officers, nursing staff and wounded men on board the ship the day after it had docked at Southampton, carrying out a ‘friendly inspection’ of each and every ward, The Times’ correspondent reporting that ‘there is not one of the 176 men on board the Princess of Wales who cannot boast that the wife of the Prince of Wales has spoken to him words of comfort and encouragement.’ On 14 April 1900, the Princess of Wales left Southampton for Table Bay, Cape Town, where she worked as a floating hospital until returning home with more wounded and invalids that July - as was the case before, H.R.H. the Princess of Wales inspected the ship and met all of the 170 casualties and the nursing staff, Major Morgan and the Nursing Sisters being presented to the Princess as she arrived on board. So, too, on her return from her third and final trip in December 1900, when H.R.H. the Princess of Wales was introduced to two particularly bad cases:
‘The cases that aroused the deepest sympathy of Her Royal Highness were those of two men named Stoney, of the Liverpool Regiment, and Dyer, of the Scots Guards. St...
Three: Private A. E. Martin, Royal Army Medical Corps Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (6061. Pte. A. Martin. M.S. Corps.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (15800 Pte. A. E. Martin. R.A.M.C.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, the Egypt pair with edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (3) £180-£220 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Four: Warrant Officer Class II G. Williams, Royal Army Service Corps, who was awarded an Immediate Meritorious Service Medal British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves [M.I.D. unconfirmed] (S-21036 W.O. Cl.2. G. Williams. A.S.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (S-916 Sjt. G. Williams. R.A.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (S-21036 Cpl. G. Williams. A.S.C.) mounted on the remnants of a bar as worn (missing a 1914 Star), nearly very fine (4) £140-£180 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1917 (France). George Williams attested for the Army Service Corps and served with the 25th Depot Unit of Supply during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 August 1914 (also entitled to a 1914 Star). Advanced Warrant Officer Class I, for his services he was awarded an Immediate Meritorious Service Medal. M.I.D. unconfirmed.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of six awarded to Warrant Officer Class II H. W. Richardson, Royal Engineers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7345 Sjt: H. W. Richardson. 15/F. Coy. R.E.); 1914 Star, with clasp (7345 Sjt. H. W. Richardson. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (7345 A.W.O. Cl.2. H. W. Richardson. R.E); Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (7345 Sjt: H. W. Richardson. D.C.M. R.E.) mounted as worn, edge bruising, nearly very fine (6) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 4 June 1917; citation published 9 July 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has consistently performed good work during the recent operations, and has at all times set a fine example to his men.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 122 June 1915. Henry W. Richardson attested for the Royal Engineers and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 November 1914. Sold with a postcard photograph of the recipient; and copied research.
The Browne Family’s Picton Medal for the Defence of Gibraltar, contemporarily gilded and named to the American-born Major Arthur Browne, 58th Foot, who was standing beside General Wolfe when he was mortally wounded on Quebec’s Plains of Abraham; he defended Gibraltar throughout the Great Siege and commanded Ireland’s largest Military Fortification during the United Irishmen uprising - his medal passed down the remarkable Browne family, whose extensive network of international connections spanned North America, Ireland and India Defence of Gibraltar 1779-83, General Picton’s Medal, silver, with later but still contemporary gilding, fitted within an additional silver rim, 59mm, the edge with contemporary inscription ‘This Medal presented in 1784 to Major Arthur Browne, 58th Regt. for his services during this Memorable Siege and by him when Lt. Govr. of Kinsale to his eldest Son Thomas Browne Lt. Col. 69th Regt. and a Colonel in the Army’, this inscription and the gilding dating from 1810-12, some rubbing to the edge, otherwise nearly extremely fine and very rare Together with a related Portrait Miniature of Mrs. Thomas Browne, painted by her sister-in-law Maria Bellet Browne, circa 1816, 90mm x 71mm, in original Indian horn frame with gilt brass hanger, 168mm x 140mm overall, signed M B Browne and inscribed on the reverse ‘Mrs General Browne/Maria Browne Pinxt’, good original condition (2) £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2004 (Medal); Mellors & Kirk, February 2022 (Portrait). Arthur Browne was born in 1743 at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in what was then British North America, the third son among eight siblings. His father, the Reverend Arthur Browne (1699-1773), was of Scottish ancestry and Irish parentage, and had been born in Drogheda, Ireland. After marriage and ordination, he was expatriated to America in 1729 by the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Arthur Senior had a degree from Trinity College Dublin and was a prominent citizen of Portsmouth, a prosperous Anglican minister and a Tory. His status as a leading New England dignitary is confirmed in a 1757 quarter-length portrait by John Singleton Copley. With Wolfe at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, Quebec On 7 February 1759, aged about 16, Arthur Browne entered military service as a Lieutenant-Fireworker, an artillery officer equivalent to an Ensign. This was probably due to the influence of a relative, Brigadier-General George Williamson, who commanded the Royal Artillery in North America. In the Spring of 1759, Browne embarked with General Wolfe’s expedition to take Quebec. During the Battle of the Plains of Abraham on 13 September 1759, Browne was summoned to act as Brigadier Williamson’s Brigade-Major (Aide de Camp in the field). Lieutenant Browne took post beside Williamson and Wolfe on a small rise near the positions of the 28th Foot and the Louisbourg Grenadiers. Wolfe chose the spot as it enabled him to better observe the attack made by the French under the command of the Marquis de Montcalm. The French forces included about 2,000 irregulars who were good shots and used to guerilla warfare. Wolfe’s command group made a conspicuous target, and early on Wolfe was wounded in the wrist. He allowed the French line to advance within 30 yards of the British before giving the order to fire. Within a few moments he had been hit twice, in the stomach and, mortally, in the chest. The French turned and fled, while a cry went up "They run, see how they run." Wolfe, on the ground, opened his eyes and asked who was running. Upon being told that the French had broken, he turned on his side and said "Now, God be praised, I will die in peace" and expired. The victorious British force spent a miserable winter in the captured city, losing men from scurvy and disease. By the spring of 1760 the garrison had shrunk to 4,000 regulars and before the ice melted Montcalm’s successor marched to Quebec with 7,000 men, aiming to recapture the city before British ships could return with vital supplies and reinforcements. On 28 April 1760, 3,000 men with 22 guns left the city to attack the French at the Heights of Abraham. Arthur Browne was in command of two six-pound field guns and attached to the 35th Regiment. During the battle, Browne was ordered to take one of his guns forward to support Captain Ince’s grenadier company. The grenadiers were massacred, with Ince and 54 men becoming casualties (out of a total of 64 - 86% losses). Two of Browne’s gun team were killed, four wounded and Browne was himself wounded in the hip. The British attack failed completely, with the loss of 1,100 troops and their guns. The survivors retired within the city walls. A month later the British fleet arrived, the French lifted their siege and retreated to Montreal. Further Service in the Seven Years War Soon afterwards, Lieutenant-Colonel William Howe of the 58th Foot (later Commander-in-Chief in America during the Revolutionary War) invited Browne to leave the artillery and join his regiment. On 18 October 1760 Browne was gazetted an Ensign in the 58th Foot. After the capture of Canada was completed, the 58th marched via Lake Champlain to New York. In 1762 the 58th Foot was part of a reinforcement, which, despite the loss of 500 men to French naval attacks while en route from North America, was decisive in enabling the storming of the great Morro Fortress that guarded the entrance to Havana bay and thus the subsequent capture of Havana, the capital of the Spanish West Indies. In February 1763 Browne commanded a detachment of the 58th serving as marines on board H.M.S. Ripon (60). On 29 April 1763 Browne purchased a Lieutenancy in the 58th Foot. After the Peace in 1763, the 58th moved to Ireland. Browne bought a Captain-Lieutenancy in 1770. The Great Siege of Gibraltar In June 1770 Spain forced the British to leave their settlement in the Falkland Islands. The colony was quickly re-established, but the countries nearly declared war. The 58th Foot embarked at Cork and was sent to strengthen the garrison of Gibraltar. Arthur purchased his company in April 1772 aged 29, becoming Captain Browne. Spain entered the American War of Independence on 16 June 1779, at a time when the British were hard pressed. Within a week, Spain began its blockade of Gibraltar. The small (5,400 man) garrison under Governor-General George Eliott was hampered by shortages of men and supplies. Despite these difficulties, Eliott mounted a vigorous defence. Many of the infantry were hand-picked to assist the artillery in serving the guns. Given Browne’s previous artillery experience, he is thought to have been among them. He received his second wound, a severe contusion caused by a shell-splinter, but remained on duty. During the winter of 1779 the garrison began to suffer from lack of fresh provisions, which caused a debilitating outbreak of scurvy among the troops. Small quantities of salt meat and biscuits were the standard meal, with an occasional issue of four ounces of rice as a full day's ration. Due to lack of fuel, fires were only made with difficulty, using salt-encrusted timbers from old ships. Despite their privations, morale remained high, and the troops continued to take their turns in the trenches and batteries. In January 1780 Admiral Rodney defeated the Spanish screening squadron and replenished the Rock with 1,000 reinforcements and a limited quantity of essential supplies. The Spanish stepped up the bombardment and blockade, which was broken a second time by Admiral Darby in April 1781. By this time the garrison consisted of 7,000 British and Hanoverian regulars. The French and Spanish...
A scarce ‘Garjak Nuer operations’ campaign group of three awarded to Aircraftman Second Class A. Foy, 206 Squadron, Royal Air Force British War Medal 1914-20 (84639 3. A.M. A. Foy. R.A.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19, unnamed; Khedive’s Sudan 1910-21, 1 clasp, Garjak Nuer (84639 A.C. 2. A. Fot. R.A.F.) officially impressed naming, mounted on card for display, edge bruising overall, otherwise very fine (3) £400-£500 --- Approximately 28 ‘Garjak Nuer’ clasps awarded to the Royal Air Force - 6 to officers, 22 to other ranks. Austin Foy was born in York in December 1899, and enlisted as a Boy in the Royal Flying Corps in June 1917. He commenced Man Service in December of the same year, and mustered as a Wireless Operator on transfer to the R.A.F. in April 1918 - when he was serving at R.A.F. Halton. Foy served with 9 Squadron (Bristol F.2.B’s) in France from October 1918, and later served with 59 Squadron in Germany as part of the Army of Occupation. Foy returned to the UK in August 1919, only to be posted to 206 Squadron (DH9a’s), Helwan, Egypt in November of the same year. He then served with 58 Squadron, prior to his return to the UK. Foy transferred to the Reserve in July 1921. Sold with copied service papers.
Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (K.34710. S/Sgt. H. Kent.) good very fine £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Howard Kent was born in England and emigrated to Canada in 1926. He attested for the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps in 1939, and served with them overseas during the Second World War, latterly as a Warrant Officer Class II in the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. He died from a heart attack at Seaforth Armoury, Canada, on 8 December 1944, and is buried in Vancouver (Mountain View) Cemetery, B.C.
Five: Private A. Goldsack, Liverpool Regiment, later Army Service Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (3276 Pte. A. Goldsack, L’pool: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3276 Pte. A. Goldsack. Liverpool Regt.); 1914-15 Star (13113 Pte. A. Goldsack. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (13113 Pte. A. Goldsack. A.S.C.) light contact marks, generally good very fine (5) £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Family Group: Five: Sergeant D. A. Nicholson, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (48927 Bmbr. D. A. Nicholson. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (48927 A-Cpl. D. A. Nicholson. R.A.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1030579 Sjt. D. A. Nicholson. R.A.) mounted as worn, good very fine 1914-15 Star (49131 Gnr. W. D. Nicholson. R.F.A.) good very fine (6) £140-£180 --- David Arthur Nicholson attested for the Royal Field Artillery and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 August 1915. He saw further service in the inter-War years, and was advanced Staff Sergeant. He saw further service during the Second World War with the Wardens’ Service of the Civil Defence General Service in the Urban District of Ruislip-Northwood, Middlesex, from 3 January 1944 to 3 May 1945. Laterly an in-pensioner of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, he died in January 1949. Sold with the recipient’s named Buckingham Palace enclosure for the Silver Jubilee Medal 1935; the recipient’s London Region Civil Defence Certificate, with accompanying enclosure; a letter of condolence to the recipient’s widow following his death, from a fellow in-pensioner of the Royal Hospital, dated 20 January 1949; and copied research. Walter David Nicholson, older brother of the above, was born on 16 August 1885 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery on 26 January 1915. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 October 1915, and then with the Indian Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia, from 29 September 1916, and died from heat stroke contracted while on active service at Sandijah on 11 July 1917. He is buried in Baghdad War Cemetery, Iraq. Sold with copied research.
British War Medal 1914-20 (D. H. Darley.) extremely fine £80-£100 --- Miss Daphne Harriot Darley was born in Paris in January 1878, the second daughter of Captain Henry Darley of Aldby Park, Yorkshire. As a young 22 year-old woman she served as a popular Lady Mayoress of Scarborough after the premature death of her mother. She later volunteered for the Y.M.C.A. during the Great War, before transferring to the Church Army in the summer of 1918 and served in Italy from June 1918 to February 1919. Posted to France from February 1919 to April 1919, it seems likely that she spent these final months assisting with conveying families across the Channel so that they could visit loved ones in hospital; with information scant and the scale of loss so huge, it also fell to volunteers to offer spiritual comfort and practical advice for thousands of bereaved families keen to begin a pilgrimage to the battlefields. The sensitive and often upsetting work was unpaid and the Church Army and Y.M.C.A. volunteers had to meet their own living expenses. Returned home to 7 Trevor Square, Knightsbridge, Miss Darley married Lieutenant-Colonel John Acton Brooke in London on 7 May 1930. The couple later returned north to the family seat at Aldby Park before retiring to Sibton Park, Saxmundham, Suffolk. She died there on 28 February 1954. Confirmed as full entitlement. Sold with a portrait photograph of the recipient.
Four: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant P. C. Cherry, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (10736 Sjt. P. C. Cherry, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (10736 B.Q.M. Sjt. P. C. Cherry. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (10736 B.Q.M. Sjt. P. G. [sic] Cherry. R.A.) nearly very fine (4) £70-£90 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Percy C. Cherry attested for the Royal Field Artillery and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 May 1915.
Seven: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant W. J. Alletson, Royal Artillery 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22540885 B.Q.M.S. W. J. Alletson. R.A.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; together with a commemorative 5th Army ‘Entrance of the Allied Armies in Naples’ 1 October 1943 medal, minor edge nicks, very fine and better (8) £120-£160 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2018 (Korea pair only). W. J. Alletson served with the Royal Artillery during the Second World War, and was called up for service in the Korean War from the Army Reserve. Sold with a Second World War Army Council enclosure.
Pair: Driver T. Rees, Army Service Corps 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (T2-13726 Dvr: T. Rees. A.S.C.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (T2-13726 Dvr. T. Rees. A.S.C.) contact marks, some staining, polished, good fine 1939-45 Star (2); Atlantic Star; Africa Star (2); Burma Star (2); Defence Medals (2); War Medal 1939-45 (2), nearly very fine and better (13) £80-£100 --- Thomas Rees, a Sinker and Collier from Bettws, Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, was born around 1883. He attested into the Army Service Corps for service during the Great War declaring that he had seen previous service in South Africa with the 3rd Battalion Welsh Regiment as a Transport Driver. He served on the Western Front from 18 September 1914 before returning home on 13 December 1914. Returning to the Western Front the following March, he was discharged on 14 December 1918. Sold with copied Medal Index Card.
A scarce ‘double issue’ group of four awarded to Orderly G. Murray, Handsworth and Smethwick Corps, St. John Ambulance Brigade, later Sergeant, Royal Army Medical Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1677 Ordly: G. Murray. St. John: Bde:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (1677 Pte. G. Murray. St. John Amb: Bde:) rank officially corrected; St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (1... Murray, Handsworth & Smethw... ps.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (22520 Sjt. G. Murray. R.A.M.C.); together with a Birmingham Boer War Tribute Medal, unnamed, with integral top ‘1899-1902’ riband bar, heavy contact marks to first and third which has partially obscured naming, generally fair to fine; the MSM nearly extremely fine (5) £400-£500 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 21 February 1919 (Home).
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