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Preisdatenbank abonnierenA CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL FROM THE TEK SING CARGO, C1822, 10.5CM DIAM, A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN BOY AT THE WINDOW PATTERN BOWL AND A PAIR OF 20TH C CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE, COVERS AND WOOD STANDS (8) Boy at the Window bowl broken and restuck, Tek sing cargo bowl with two small faults on rim. Cloisonne vase etc in good condition
A VICTORIAN NICKEL PLATED BRASS ROUND WHISTLE, J H HUDSON & CO, BIRMINGHAM DATED 1900, STAMPED GOVERNMENT PROPERTY BROAD ARROW MARK AND N.W.R., 55MM L, AN ARP WHISTLE BY THE SAME AND AN ESCARGOT WHISTLE AND A RAILWAY GUARD'S ENAMEL BADGE BY J R GAUNT, LONDON (4) Round whistle with typical wear but complete and in working order, the other items in good condition
TWO PAIRS OF ENAMEL CANDLESTICKS, LATE 19TH C, IN LATE 18TH C ENGLISH STYLE, PAINTED WITH SPRAYS AND SCATTERED FLOWERS, ONE BETWEEN MAZARINE BLUE AND RAISED GILT PANELS, 16CM H White candlesticks - stem of one almost detached from base and top chipped. The other in good condition. Blue candlesticks - both tops damaged, one with old restoration
A FRENCH BRASS AND CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL ROCOCO REVIVAL HAND MIRROR, 26CM L, A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL BOWL AND DISH AND A MIDDLE EASTERN PAINTED ENAMEL TOBACCO PIPE (4) Mirror with slight loss to enamel but not too apparent. Tobacco pipe with chip on underside of bowl. Two cloisonne items in good condition
A set of five silver Fiddle pattern teaspoons, London 1859, together with five silver and enamel coffee spoons, four Old English pattern silver teaspoons, two pairs of silver sugar tongs, a pair of silver plated sugar tongs, two silver topped glass dressing table bottles/jars, a cased set of six silver handled side knives, a corkscrew and two mason's plates
A group of 18th century Chinese porcelain, including an export famille rose punch bowl, 26cm dia., two famille rose slop bowls, 14cm dia., three various famille rose teabowls, three various saucers, a coffee cup, an octagonal soup plate, 21.5cm, and two blue and white saucer dishes, 15cm dia., together with three wood vase or curio stands (all at fault).Condition report: Including but not limited to the following:Punch bowl: broken into several parts and repaired visibly.Slop bowls: One chipped and cracked, the other chipped, cracked and repaired.Teabowls: One repaired, two with hairlines.Saucers: One chipped and repaired, one with a hairline.Coffee cup: handle broken, hairline to rim.Soup plate: broken and repaired, enamel rubbed.Vase/curio stands: all worn.
A Chinese enamelled silver makeup box, circa 1900, of ovoid form, the top and sides embossed and chased with butterflies and flowers, enamelled in shades of blue and turquoise, indistinct mark, 13cm wide, 10oz (289g).Condition report: Hinge at fault, cover adrift. Losses to enamel in places. Dents to cover edge and case rim. General wear throughout.
An assembled group of Japanese and Chinese ceramics and enamels, including a lobed oval Imari dish, 38cm, a small Imari dish, 22cm dia., a small Chinese famille rose pot and cover 6.5cm, and a pair of cloisonne circular pots and covers decorated with dragons, 8cm dia.(5)Condition report: Oval dish: rim repaired into places, further signs of age and use including light surface abrasions and enamel wear.Plate: minor signs of age and use including light surface abrasions and enamel wear.Chinese pot: gilt rubbed to finial, some small chips to the foot rim.Cloisonné pots: surface wear to both one with significant chip to the underside the other with small chip to the interior.
A George V mahogany fusee type circular wall clock, the 12" enamelled dial with black Roman numerals and GvR cypher, 37cm dia.Condition report: Movement winds and runs. Dial yellowed and with wear to the minute track between 11 and 12 positions. Dial also has some chips to the enamel, two of which have been retouched. Case missing side door. Lower door has no key.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA C.I.E. pair awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. J. Macleod, Behar Light Horse The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 2nd type breast badge, gold and enamel, with integral top suspension brooch, in Garrard, London, case of issue; Volunteer Officer’s Decoration, V.R.I. cypher, silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for Birmingham 1894, the reverse inscribed ‘Major J. J. Macleod, Behar Light Horse’, with integral top riband bar, nearly extremely fine (2) £700-£900 --- Provenance: Richard Magor Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, July 2003. James John Macleod was born at Snizort, Isle of Skye, on 9 November 1891, the fourth surviving son of the Reverend R. Macleod of Snizort. He was educated at the Edinburgh Institution and University of Edinburgh, and became an indigo planter at Tirhoot, India. He joined the Behar Light Horse in October 1873, becoming Major in June 1884 and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel in September 1895. He received the Volunteer Decoration in January 1895 and was created a Companion of the Indian Empire in May 1895, in recognition of his being a leading indigo planter and a prominent member of the Behar Light Horse, having officiated as Commandant on several occasions. He died on 24 February 1919.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA Great War R.R.C. group of five awarded to Sister Miss Emilie E. Wraxall, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, with Garrard, London, case of issue; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister E. E. Wraxall.); 1914-15 Star (Sister E. E. Wraxall. Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Sister E. E. Wraxall.); together with the recipient's Soldiers’, Sailors’, and Airmen’s Families Association badge, with ‘Ten Years’ top riband bar and two further ‘Five Years’ Additional Award Bars, silver, the reverse engraved ‘”Alexandra” Nurse E. Wraxall, 1932’, all mounted court-style for display purposes, the R.R.C. with lady’s bow riband, good very fine (6) £700-£900 --- R.R.C. London Gazette 3 June 1919. A.R.R.C. London Gazette 3 June 1916. Miss Emilie Elizabeth Wraxall was born in Agra, India, on 13 March 1865, the daughter of Sir Morville Wraxall, Bt., and trained at Crumpsall Infirmary, Manchester. She joined the Army Nursing Service Reserve on 24 July 1900, and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War. Appointed to the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, she served with them in Egypt during the Great War from 17 November 1914, attached to the Reception Station at Mustapha. For her services during the Great War she was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 21 June 1916) and was awarded the Royal Red Cross 2nd Class in 1916, being advanced 1st Class in 1919. She was demobilised on 7 May 1920, and died in 1955.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA fine and most interesting Great War 1917 ‘Passchendaele’ D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Lembcke, Northumberland Fusiliers, late Royal Fusiliers and Gloucestershire Regiment: having been sentenced to death as a spy in German South West Africa in 1914, he was later released and went on to hold several commands on the Western Front, being twice wounded before continuing to serve with distinction in revolutionary Peru Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 (Lieut. C. E. Lembeke. [sic] Glouc. Rgt.) officially engraved naming; 1914-15 Star (Capt: C. E. Lembcke. R. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. C. E. Lembcke.) mounted as worn and housed in a contemporary Spink & Son fitted leather case; Chile, Republic, Order of Merit, Commander’s neck badge, 65mm including condor suspension x 60mm, silver, gilt and white enamel, damage to enamel and finial balls in places, in case of issue; Peru, Republic, Commander of the Order of Ayucucho, 70mm x 51mm, gilt and enamel, in case of issue; Order of Aeronautical Merit, 64mm including condor suspension x 46mm, 1st issue, gold (54g), in case of issue; Bronze Cross of the Society of the Founders of Independence, 1st issue; Centenary of Independence Medal 1921, gold (30g); Centenary of the Battle of Ayacucho Medal 1924, gold (24g); together with the recipient’s Peruvian Aviation Observer’s wings, silver, early issue, light contact marks to Q.S.A. and B.W.M., otherwise very fine or better (12) £2,400-£2,800 --- Provenance: The foreign awards acquired by the vendor direct from the granddaughter of the recipient and reunited with the British awards. D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1918. M.I.D. London Gazettes 18 December 1917 and 27 December 1918. Charles Edward Lembcke was born Carlos Eduardo Lembcke in 1882 in Lima, Peru. The son of a Peruvian diplomat, he moved with his family to England in 1886 and was educated at Harrow. Wishing to join the British Army, he became a British subject on 24 July 1900 at the age of 18 and, having anglicised his name, was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 4th (Militia) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment on 10 September. He served with them on St. Helena, guarding Boer prisoners at Deadwood Camp, and was promoted Lieutenant in the Militia in October 1901 (Q.S.A. with no clasp). Leaving St. Helena, he served on Malta from 28 November 1901, having been seconded for service with the royal Garrison Regiment. Appointed Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers on 3 June 1905, he was then placed in the Special Reserve of Officers, and was appointed Lieutenant, Regular Army in February 1908. Assigned to the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Special Reserve in 1907, he was promoted to Captain in June 1911. A man of wide ranging interests, he had been elected a member of the Aero Club of the United Kingdom in 1909 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1912. In early 1914, while still a Captain in the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, Lembcke was granted special permission by the War Office to spend a shooting holiday in German South West Africa. Planning to hunt in Ovamboland, and push on into Angola before returning to England, he was still in the German colony when war was declared in Europe. Immediately arrested by the German authorities, he was accused of being a spy, which he probably was, and sentenced to be shot. But with South African forces invading from the south, he was moved to a jail in Windhoek and after eight and a half months in the common gaol on criminal rations, he was liberated by Brigadier General Brits’ South Africans on 8 July 1915. Lembcke’s unfortunate yet fascinating adventures during this period are told in some detail in his sworn statement to the subsequent Court of Enquiry on 21 July 1915 and in his letter written to the War Office in June 1919, in which he admits to his spying activities while in Africa. This letter was then forwarded to MI.2, suggesting that he was most likely working for the Intelligence Services. While in captivity, Lembcke had been appointed to a permanent commission in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in the rank of Acting Captain but, after his arrival back in England on 17 August 1915, he was quickly attached to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers and joined his new regiment in France on 5 September 1915. Promoted Temporary Major in October 1915, he served with his battalion on the first day of the Battle of the Somme as part of Lieutenant-General Congreve’s 30th Division on the extreme British right. On the 12 October 1916, the battalion also took part in a local attack in the Flers sector, finding the enemy well prepared, they failed to reach their first objective and the battalion’s casualties totalled 9 officers and 261 other ranks, Lembcke being wounded. He was wounded a second time on 14 November. On 28 December 1916, Lembcke was was appointed to the command of the 18th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (3rd Manchester Pals - Clerks’ and Warehousemen’s Battalion) with the rank of Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel. The battalion took part in fierce fighting in an attack on the German trenches North-West of Neuville-Vitasse on 18 May 1917, with 15 officers (including every company commander in the attack) and 346 other ranks either killed, wounded or missing. Losses on similar scale occurred on 31 July at Sanctuary Wood during the 3rd Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) when the company attacked through the wood, securing their objectives east of Strirling Castle. Lembcke was hospitalised shortly afterwards and he relinquished command of the battalion on 12 December 1917. He was mentioned in despatches in the London Gazette on 18 December 1917 and awarded the D.S.O. on 1 January 1918, undoubtedly for his leadership of the Battalion at Sanctuary Wood. After being discharged from medical care, Lembcke was next appointed to take command of the 25th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, taking part in the 2nd Battle of the Somme in August 1918 and the grand advance in Artois and Flanders during October and November, seeing particularly hard fighting on the Scheldt. On 14 December 1918, he took up an appointment as General Staff Officer 3rd Grade at the War Office and was promoted to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 January 1919. He was again Mentioned In Despatches for his services with the 25th Liverpool, most likely for his ‘determination and endurance on the Scheldt displayed between 18 and 21 October’, for which he had received the appreciation of the Corps Commander. He was promoted to GSO 2 on 23 June 1919 and was made a permanent Lieutenant-Colonel on 5th November 1920, relinquishing his appointment at the War Office the same day. On 15th November 1920 he was sent to Spain with Sir Esme Howard (later 1st Baron Howard of Penrith), the new British Ambassador based in Madrid, as Military Attaché. While there he was presented with a Wilkinson sword inscribed inscribed ‘A nuestro camarada el Mayor Lembcke D.S.O. A mas contrarios mas bri...
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThe exceptional Second War ‘Photo Reconnaissance Unit’ D.S.O., D.F.C. and Second Award Bar, post-war A.F.C., United States of America D.F.C. and Korean War ‘Sabre Jet’ Pilot’s United States of America Air Medal group of twelve awarded to Group Captain J. R. H. Merifield, Royal Air Force, widely recognised as one of the finest Mosquito and PRU pilots of the Second War, he flew in over 160 operational sorties and took the first photograph of a V1 rocket on a launch ramp - over the Luftwaffe Test Installation, Peenemunde West, Usedom Island Merifield went on to break two flying records, one over the Atlantic and one in South East Asia, prior to serving in Korea. At the outbreak of the Korean War, Merifield was one of a small number of R.A.F. officers seconded to the United States Air Force. He served with the 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing and flew in 20 combat missions with the U.S.A.F. against the communists in the famed F-86 Sabre Jet. Group Captain Merifield was killed during a flying accident, along with his instructor, whilst carrying out a Whirlwind helicopter conversion course at R.A.F. Upavon in 1961. Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated ‘1944’, reverse centre loose, with integral top riband bar; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar, reverse of cross officially dated ‘1942’, and additionally engraved ‘J. R. H. Merifield 1.6.42’, the reverse of Bar officially dated ‘1944’; Air Force Cross, E.II.R., reverse officially dated ‘1956’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, Air Crew Europe; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (Sqn. Ldr. J. R. H. Merifield. R.A.F.); U.N. Korea 1950-54; Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Act. Wg. Cdr. J. R. H. Merifield. R.A.F.V.R.); United States of America, Distinguished Flying Cross, reverse engraved ‘John H. Merifield.’; Air Medal, unnamed as issued, mounted as orginally worn, remnants of lacquer, generally very fine (12) £20,000-£30,000 --- Provenance: J. B. Hayward Collection - which was then sold in Hayward’s Gazette, 3 October 1974, when it was described as ‘The finest combination of Decorations to the R.A.F. that has appeared for sale.’ D.S.O. London Gazette 11 February 1944, the original Recommendation states: ‘This officer has proved himself an exceptionally able photographic reconnaissance pilot. He has taken part in many long range flights. In addition he has also undertaken several successful night photographic sorties. Squadron Leader Merifield has been a most distinguished flight commander. He has completed much valuable experimental work.’ D.F.C. London Gazette 2 June 1942, the original Recommendation states: ‘This officer has carried out important long distance reconnaissance flights with highly successful results. He has displayed great skill and determination.’ D.F.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 3 October 1944, the original Recommendation states: ‘Since the invasion of Northern France the squadron has completed many sorties against the enemy communication systems and military installations. Much success has been achieved in which Wing Commander Merifield has played a leading part. He planned the missions, advised of the tactics to be adopted and invariably undertook the more dangerous tasks himself. On two of these his brilliant work was well proved by the perfection of the photographs which he secured.’ A.F.C. London Gazette 2 January 1956. United States of America D.F.C. London Gazette 17 October 1950: ‘For services during the period 1939-45.’ United States of America Air Medal London Gazette 6 August 1954: ‘For valuable service in Korea. For courage, aggressiveness and proficiency in frequent encounters with high performance enemy jet aircraft’ John Roy Hugh Merifield was born in March 1920, and was the son of Captain J. H. Merifield, D.S.O. of 232 Hill Lane, Southampton. Merifield was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton, and joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1939 having cut short his studies at Oxford University (where he was a member of the Oxford University Air Squadron). He carried out initial training as a Pilot, and was posted to the School of Army Cooperation at Old Sarum in early 1940. Merifield was then posted for operational flying with 540 Squadron as part of the Photo Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) at Leuchars, and went on to complete over 160 sorties in Mosquitos. Merifield carried out reconnaissance missions to Norway, and long-range trips to German and Polish Baltic ports. He became widely regarded as one of the best Photo Reconnaissance pilots of the Second War, and took the first photograph of a V1 rocket on a launch ramp - over the Luftwaffe Test Installation, Peenemunde West, Usedom Island. This was the photograph from which Flight Officer Constance Babington-Smith, a photographic interpreter at the Allied Central Interpretation Unit, R.A.F. Medenham, confirmed the existence of the V1. She later went on to write Photographic Intelligence in World War II, Evidence in Camera, in which she relates the following: ‘It so happened that, while this search was in progress, on the morning of November 28th, 1943, a Mosquito was on its way across the North Sea from Scotland to try for “D.A.” cover of Berlin. It was a time of steady bad weather over central Europe, and a whole series of attempts to photograph Berlin had failed. The pilot was Squadron Leader John Merifield, who since Alistair Taylor went missing was quietly emerging as the steadiest and most talented of the Mosquito pilots at Leuchars. It was Merifield (when war broke out he was a nineteen-year-old undergraduate at Oxford) who in March 1942 had flown the cover of Königsberg - a landmark of great significance: for the first time the whole of northern Germany was within range. Merifield and his navigator, Flying Officer [W. N.] Whalley, approached the Berlin area from the north, but when they reached the city they realised that they would not be able to take any photographs there. The cloud was solid below them. Merifield knew, however, that it was much clearer on the Baltic coast, as they had come in that way. So he turned northwards and set course for the alternative targets that had been picked for him at briefing. There were some shipping targets at Stettin and Swinemünde, a flock of airfields, a suspected radar installation at Zinnowitz on the island of Usedom, and various other odd jobs. One after another Merifield photographed them. After Zinnowitz there was still some film left, and Merifield always made a point of using up every scrap. What targets were left? The airfield at Peenemünde. That would just about do it. Flying westwards, Merifield switched on his cameras as he reached the northern tip of Usedom, and they clicked away as he crossed the airfield. Then home! Three days later, on December 1st, while Kendall was arguing his case at the meeting in London, explaining step b...
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA well-documented post-War ‘Air Observation Post’ D.S.O group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. H. Hailes, Royal Artillery, who specialised in the hazardous task of flying light, slow, cramped and unarmed Auster spotter planes over hostile territory in Palestine, Malaya, and Korea in the face of determined opposition and dangerous circumstances but nonetheless always attempted to engage enemy targets, efforts that also saw him twice Mentioned in Despatches; in Korea he identified and fixed Chinese artillery positions for counter-bombardments by 1 Commonwealth Division or by US heavy guns Distinguished Service Order, E.II.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse undated, with integral top riband bar; 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 3 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, Cyprus, additional clasps unofficially attached, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. J. M. H. Hailes. R.A.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (Major J. M. H. Haines [sic]. D.S.O. R.A.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, generally very fine and better (6) £6,000-£8,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 24 April 1953: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished flying services in Korea’. The original recommendation states: ‘Major Hailes has been in command of 1903 Air OP Flight RAF since July 1952. He joined the Flight at a time when two pilots had been shot down and two others had changed. There was therefore concern at the possibility of the operational efficiency of the Flight dropping considerably. In the event this did not happen and, in fact, the reverse was the case as the Flight went from strength to strength. The credit for this rests entirely with Major Hailes. From the very outset he was complete master of the situation and displayed leadership of the highest order in all spheres but most particularly from the operational aspect. He himself did far more flying than his duties as Flight Commander called for and it was characteristic of his him that he would always use the most doubtful aircraft leaving the others for the remaining pilots. His magnificent example, efficiency and courage during this difficult period was a great inspiration to the more experienced pilots and filled the younger ones with unshakeable confidence. While going to great pains to train his younger pilots he carried, at the same time, an even greater share of the operational sorties than would have been his in a normal situation. He has personally flown 125 sorties and conducted 166 shoots with guns of the Divisional and Corps artillery. In doing this he has been responsible for inflicting many casualties of both men and equipment on the enemy. The whole Division has the greatest respect and admiration for the Air OP Flight and this is a direct result of the magnificent leadership, courage and conscientiousness consistently displayed by Major Hailes throughout the period. His work in all spheres has been far above what one would expect in the normal line of duty and I recommend services of such a high order be recognised in the form of an appropriate award.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 7 January 1949 (Palestine) ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Palestine during the period 27 March to 26 September 1947.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 27 April 1951: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Malaya during the period 1 July to 31 December 1950.’ John Martin Hunter ‘Jack’ Hailes was born on 27 January 1920 in Maymyo, a pleasant hill station in central Burma where, in the early 1920’s, George Orwell served as Assistant District Superintendent of Police. As a young boy he lived in Mandalay, where his father was a District Superintendent of Railways. He was educated at Cheltenham College, his father’s alma mater. As war approached, Hailes decided to join the regular army and entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich in January 1939. As war became inevitable, the pace of his training was accelerated and he was sent to 122 Officer Cadet Training Unit in August. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, on 9 December 1939, with regimental seniority from 4 November 1939, and was posted as a Troop Commander to 51st Anti-tank Regiment, 51st (Highland) Division, which landed in France in January 1940 to join the British Expeditionary Force. The Battle of France On 19 April 1940 the 51st Division was detached from the rest of the B.E.F. It was put under French command and moved to a section of the Franco-German frontier just south of Luxembourg and in front of one of the most powerful and impressive showpiece underground fortresses of the Maginot Line, the Ouvrage Hackenburg, which had been inspected by King George VI. The intent was to stiffen Allied defences at the northern end of the Maginot Line in case of a German attack on the western front during the invasion of Norway. France had briefly invaded German Saar in this sector in September 1940 when its ally Poland was attacked. Since Norway was now under German attack, the French High Command deemed it prudent to anticipate possible enemy action on the Western Front. The Germans did not oblige the French generals by attacking their Maginot defence works. They simply outflanked them and by the end of May had trapped the entire Allied northern forces in the Dunkirk beachhead. Meanwhile, the French desperately tried to form a new defence line along the River Somme in Picardy. Fortress Hackenburg was harassed by German forces but never directly attacked. The 51st Division was withdrawn from Lorraine and moved by train and road to Picardy. It saw much action assisting the French in their futile attempts to repulse the Germans from the Somme bridgeheads at Abbeville. After further clashes at Huchenneville, the Division was reduced to half its fighting strength by 6 June and was desperately short of supplies, especially ammunition. The only remaining option was evacuation by sea. 154 Brigade was rescued from Le Havre and Cherbourg but the rest of the Division was encircled. The Royal Navy landed at the small port of St Valery-en-Caux near Dieppe on 10 June to try to snatch as many men as possible. Unfortunately, the retreat of 51th Division to the coast had been held up, and a thick fog descended during the night of 11-12 which made it too risky for ships to enter and leave the port. All artillery ammunition had run out and the Division was forced to surrender to overwhelming German forces on 12 June. Hailes joined some 10,000 men who were marched off to prisoner-of-war camps in the Reich. Hailes was promoted to Lieutenant on 9 June 1941 and remained a Prisoner of War in various camps in Poland, Germany and Austria until 13 April 1945. After his return to England, Hailes was assigned to a number of refresher courses and training appointments to prepare him for his promotion to Captain on 1 July 1946. Northern Italy, Egypt, Palestine and Malaya Early in 1946 Hailes decided that he wished to become a Royal Artillery Air Observer. The tethered kite balloons of the Great War had been very effective in acquiring targets far behind the frontlines and directing artillery to neutralise them, but balloo...
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA Second War O.B.E., Order of St. John and post-War K.P.F.S.M. group of eleven awarded to Captain A. T. N. Evans, Chief Constable of Pembrokeshire, late West Riding Regiment, who was severely wounded at the Battle of Messines on 10 June 1917 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knight of Justice’s set of insignia (post-1926), comprising neck badge, 54mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, and breast star, 72mm, silver-gilt and enamel, plain angles, with neck riband, in slightly damaged case of issue; King’s Police and Fire Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, for Distinguished Service (Alfred T. N. Evans, O.B.E., Ch. Const. Pembrokeshire Constab.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. T. Evans.) rank neatly but unofficially altered on both; Defence Medal (Capt. A. T. N. Evans. O.B.E. C. St. J. Chief Constable of Pembrokeshire) contemporarily impressed naming; Jubilee 1935 (Captain A. T. Evans. Chief Constable of Pembrokeshire) contemporarily engraved naming; Coronation 1937 (Captain A. T. N. Evans - Chief Constable of Pembrokeshire) contemporarily engraved naming; Coronation 1953 (Capt. A. T. N. Evans, C. St. J., O.B.E., Chief Constable of Pembrokeshire) contemporarily engraved naming; Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (Alfred T. N. Evans Ch. Const.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, silver, straight bar suspension, with 1 Additional Award Bar (40531. Capt. A. T. N. Evans. O.B.E. P. for W. 1950); together with the recipient’s St. John Ambulance Association Re-examination Cross, Priory for Wales, silver, the reverse engraved ‘W.A. 4285 Alfred Evans 1926’ with 15 date labels, in silver for the years 1927-1933, and base metal for the years 1946-1954, those up to year 1946 all engraved ‘WA 4285’ on reverse; Royal Masonic Institution for Boys Steward’s Medal, presented at 167th Anniversary Festival, 2 June 1965, gilt and enamel, in J. R. Gaunt & Son box of issue; Carnarvonshire Constabulary cap badge; Pembrokeshire Police badge; identity bracelet, engraved ‘2nd Lieut. A. T. Evans, C.E., 8th Duke of Wellington’s Regt.’; another in silver, London hallmarks for 1918, engraved ‘Lieut: A. T. Evans. C.E., Adjt: St. Martin’s Camp. 9th Bn. Duke of Wellington’s Regt.’, generally good very fine (12) £1,400-£1,800 --- O.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 1 January 1942 ‘Captain Alfred Thomas Neale Evans, Chief Constable of Pembrokeshire.’ Knight of Justice, Order of St. John of Jerusalem London Gazette 25 June 1954 ‘Captain Alfred Thomas Neale Evans, O.B.E.’ K.P.F.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1951 ‘Alfred Thomas Neale Evans, O.B.E., Chief Constable, Pembrokeshire Constabulary.’ Alfred Thomas Neale Evans was born on 16 March 1893 in Dolgelly, Merionethshire, Wales, the son of John Evans, a Police Sergeant, and his wife Elizabeth, and joined the Carnarvonshire Police as a Constable. Following the outbreak of the Great War he made several applications to join the Army but, having initially had his release from the Police Force denied, he attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps on 11 August 1915 and then, on 1 January 1916, transferred to the the 22nd (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers. Promoted Sergeant within a month, he was soon recommended for a commission and after 6 months at No. 1 Officer Cadet Battalion he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 8th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) on 28 March 1917, arriving in France with them one month later. He was badly injured on 10 June, during the Battle of Messines, and sent to No. 3 General Hospital at Le Touquet, from where, having only partially recuperated, he rejoined his unit on 12 October and was given sedentary duties as Assistant Adjutant in the transport lines. On 3 February 1918, however, the Battalion Medical Officer considered him unfit for further duties in the front line, his commanding officer Lieutenant - Colonel C. S. Worthington - stating at the time: ‘This officer was wounded in the back in June 1917 by the nose-cap of a shell. He returned to duty with his unit on 12 October, when still far from fit, but volunteered to return, although he might easily have got to England had he desired. He has found it quite impossible to carry on the duties of platoon commander in the front line on account of his lameness and pain in the leg. I can strongly recommend him for a sedentary job as Adjutant or Assistant Adjutant, and preferably where he could carry out his duties outside, or in a motor car.’ Still suffering from the effects of his wounds, on 13 February Evans was admitted to No. 35 Field Ambulance and the next day moved to No. 20 General Hospital before, on 7 March, he was moved to No. 5 Rest Camp, Boulogne. He remained on the strength of his unit as Adjutant until, in April 1918, he was medically downgraded, and transferred to the 9th West Riding Regiment where he became Adjutant of a large base camp. In November 1918 Evans was instrumental in quelling a serious disorder at St. Martin’s Military Dispersal camp in France, and was thanked by the G.O.C. for his actions. Evans was advanced Captain on 28 November 1918 (after the cut off date for this rank to appear on his British War and Victory Medals) and was appointed to interrogate British prisoners of war returning from Germany before being released on request of the Chief Constable of Caernarvon in order to resume his duties in the Deputy Chief Constable’s office. In part due to his former army responsibilities and his having retained the honorary title of Captain, he received rapid promotion, becoming Police Sergeant on 13 November 1919 having served less than two years as a Constable. Further advancements to Inspector in 1923 and Superintendent in 1926 were followed by his appointment to Chief Constable of Pembrokeshire in April 1933 at the age of 40. Having joined the Carnarvon Great Western Railway Division of the St. John Ambulance in 1926, Evans’s ongoing work saw him admitted to the Order of St. John as a serving brother in 1936 followed by promotions to the grade of Officer in the Order of St. John in February 1939, St. John Ambulance County Commissioner for Pembrokeshire in 1945 and Commander in the Order of St. John in May 1948. He was awarded the O.B.E. in 1942, probably for the re-organisation of the Pembrokeshire Police Force and Pembrokeshire Civil Defence organisations following the German bombing of Llanreath oil refinery in August 1940. On 1 January 1951, Evans was gazetted with the King’s Police Medal and Fire Services Medal for Distinguished Service, the same year receiving the Police Long Service Medal at the time of its institution, having by now served 11 years in Pembrokeshire – plus 19 years and 56 days service with Caernarvonshire Constabulary. Evans was promoted to the grade of Knight of Justice of the Order of St. John on 18 June 1954 in recognition of his services to the Order of St. John and the St. John Ambulance Brigade in Pembrokeshire. He became Hi...
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteSold by Order of the Family. ‘Our receiving station told us that the message was full of errors in transmission, and that the sending operator had omitted his security check message. Now the operator was a certain Sergeant of Signals, K. A. J. Scott, who had the reputation of being one of the best operators our school had turned out. It was unthinkable that these errors could be accidental. We were forced to conclude that he had been captured and was operating under duress...playing back a set in enemy hands is a skilled operation involving double and sometimes triple bluff...So long as they were convinced that they were fooling us, Scott would be safe...We kept up this elaborate game for three months’ (Baker Street Irregular by Bickham Sweet-Escott refers) The exceptional and important Second War S.O.E. ‘Force 133’ Balkan Operations D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Sergeant K. A. J. B. Scott, Royal Signals and Special Operations Executive, late King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was ‘dropped’ into Eastern Serbia in April 1944, linking up with Major Frank Thompson’s ill-fated Operation Claridges in support of Bulgarian Communist Partisans. As anti-partisan reprisal operations closed in, Thompson took the fateful decision to lead his private army ‘T. E. Lawrence Style’ into Bulgaria, where, with Scott continuing to serve as wireless operator, they were repeatedly ambushed and fought running battles with the Bulgarian Army and Gendarmerie before being ultimately broken up. Starving and exhausted, Scott and Thompson were encircled and captured before being subjected to brutal beatings and threats under Gestapo interrogation. Learning of Thompson’s execution, Scott was then compelled to extract intelligence from S.O.E. Cairo via his wireless set but, cleverly ensuring that Cairo were not deceived, at great danger to himself he disclosed nothing, surviving fourteen nerve-wracking weeks under Gestapo orders until finally, with the Red Army closing on Sofia, he was released, finding his way to London via Istanbul and Cairo as the only British survivor of the mission. To be sold together with an important associated archive of material, elements of which include the recipient’s unpublished autobiography of his war years; private correspondence regarding the Claridges Mission between the recipient and both the author Stowers Johnson and the eminent historian E. P. Thompson, and a rare surviving S.O.E. original typescript of the recipient’s D.C.M. recommendation Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (6897910 Sjt. K. A. J. Scott. R. Signals) with named card box of issue; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (6897910. Sjt. K. A. J. B. Scott. D.C.M. R. Sigs.); Bulgaria, People’s Republic, Order of People’s Liberty, breast star, gilt and enamel; Honoured Medal of Georgi Dimitrov 1923-1944, gilt and enamel; together with the recipient’s riband bar, cloth S.O.E. parachute qualification wings and King’s Royal Rifle Corps cap badge, nearly extremely fine (8) £60,000-£80,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 9 August 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the field.’ The rare, surviving S.O.E. recommendation, not previously publicly available or held by the National Archives - an original typescript of which is with the lot - submitted by S.O.E. Cairo staff officer and author of the renowned S.O.E. memoir ‘Baker Street Irregular’, Major Bickham Sweet-Escott, states: ‘Sergeant Scott was dropped to join a mission in East Serbia on 7 April 1944. The mission crossed into Bulgaria in early May and on 11 May [sic - actually 18 May], was ambushed by a large party of Bulgarian troops. In the fighting the mission and the Partisans to whom they attached were split up, and Sergeant Scott, together with an officer, were the only British survivors. The wireless transmitting apparatus of the mission which had been dropped into a river during the fighting was rescued by Sergeant Scott at a great personal risk of being captured by the enemy. Several days of flight ensued during which the officer was ill and Sergeant Scott was left alone to face heavy responsibilities. By tact and perseverance he managed to keep the depleted Partisan band together. On 31 May, a second ambush was encountered and Sergeant Scott together with the officer were captured. Questioned under threats and beating by the Gestapo and Bulgar Secret Police, Sergeant Scott consistently refused to give away any vital military or technical information to the enemy. He was kept imprisoned until 9 September, at Bulgar anti-Partisan Headquarters in Sofia, and during the whole of this time made every effort to gain what information he could about the enemy’s activities. He was then compelled to work his wireless transmitting set to Cairo, but by great ingenuity succeeded in indicating that he was operating under duress, with the result that the messages thus sent by the enemy completely failed to deceive us. By this behaviour he put himself in considerable personal danger, since had he been discovered, he would certainly have been shot. Throughout the whole period, 7 April to 9 September, Sergeant Scott has shown considerable initiative, fortitude and steadfastness to duty and has thus contributed positively to the work of the Force in Bulgaria.’ Kenneth Alec John Baliol Scott was born on 1 March 1920 in Lewisham, London and was educated at Dulwich College. On leaving school he joined the The Rangers, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps - Territorial Army and was mobilised in August 1939, being quickly promoted to Signal Sergeant. Volunteering for Special Duties at the first opportunity, he was transferred to the Royal Corps of Signals in August 1943 and, before long, identified as suitable for Special Operations: ‘Eventually Kenneth Scott found himself at one of the most important finishing schools of the war: S.O.E. Middle East Training School for Wireless Operators. Men here had been selected (after volunteering) from every type of unit, and anticipated being sent to work behind the enemy lines with partisans in the Balkans, or on small Allied craft in enemy waters - anywhere, in fact, where danger was greatest and communication most vital. It mattered not what their previous military experience had been, for it was this that really united them - the consciousness that they had left unit and regiment behind, and all belonged to the same firm; and this indeed was the cognomen for their outfit: the ‘Firm’, Force 133 of S.O.E.’ (Agents Extraordinary by Stowers Johnson refers) Completing specialist training - including a five jump parachute course at Ramat David, near Haifa, in late 1943 - he was driven to a privileged district of Cairo serving as the home of S.O.E. Middle East H.Q., where he was to spend a lazy three months relaxing in S.O.E. surroundings, enjoying not just comfortable furnishings but Arab waiters, cooks and houseboys, pending further orders. Then, suddenly at midday on 5 April 1944, orders arrived for him to ...
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThe Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, partial maker’s mark ‘TD’ [over HD] for Thomas and Henry Davies, fitted with wide gold swivel-ring bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle, refurbished overall, minor chips to several arms and some loss of enamel to both wreaths, otherwise very fine and a very presentable badge £2,400-£2,800
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In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteAn Order of St. John, Edward Medal of the Second Class group of four awarded to Mr. C. W. Hudson, for the gallant ten-hour rescue of an entombed miner at the Ireland Colliery, Staveley, Derbyshire, on 28 February 1916 The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, 1st type (1892-1939), silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background; Edward Medal (Mines), G.V.R., 1st issue, bronze (Charles William Hudson); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, Long Service 1939 (Charles Hudson.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, with Three Additional Award Bars (5836 C/Offr. C. W. Hudson. Staveley Ireland Col. Div. No. 5 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1927.) contact marks, nearly very fine and better (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- E.M. London Gazette 27 June 1916: Charles William Hudson, Contractor, employed at the Ireland Colliery, Staveley, Derbyshire (in a joint citation with Harold Gregory, Under Manager; Charles Benjamin Franklin, Day Deputy; Edward Nurse, Stallman; and Thomas Smith, Stallman, all similarly employed) ‘On the 28th February 1916, at 7:00 a.m., a fall of roof occurred at the Ireland Colliery, by which a filler named John William Fieldsend was imprisoned. Gregory, Franklin, Hudson, Nurse, and Smith at once set to work to open a passage through the fallen roof in order to rescue their fellow workman. The roof was everywhere very uneasy and a further fall was liable to occur at any moment. Owing to the narrowness of the place, only one man could work at the head of the passage (the most dangerous place), while the remaining four, one behind the other, passed out the material removed, the men taking by turns the post of danger. After about three hours’ work, at 10:00 a.m. a further fall occurred, closing the passage which had been made for three yards. Fortunately the workers escaped without injury. Work was at once resumed, and Fieldsend was reached. As soon, however, as an attempt was made to remove him from under a piece of timber, by which he was pinned down, a third fall occurred, blocking up the passage for about four yards, and displacing much of the timber which had been used to prop up the roof and walls of the passage as it was made. Finally, at 5:00 p.m., after 10 hours’ continuous work, Fieldsend was reached and taken out of the pit. He was not much injured. All five men ran continuous risk, during the whole 10 hours, of serious injury or death from falls of roof.’ Charles William Hudson’s own statement reads: ‘I was at the top of Inkersall jinney when a messenger came from the undermanager to say that a man was buried in 105s stall. I went to the place at once and found a heavy fall of roof had occurred. Ted Nurse and Tom Smith were the only two men there, the deputy Franklin came very soon after. Kelly and some others were working at the fall from 106s side. We set to and got some stone cleared away and some props set and some sprags between the coal and the fall to hold it, and then proceeded with getting the dirt away to make a way through. The loose stones of the fall were pushing all the time towards the face and were in very large pieces. The place was very uneasy and weighting all the time more or less.’ Harold Gregory’s own statement reads: ‘I am Under Manager at the Colliery. I heard of the fall at about 8:00 a.m. and I went to the place following Hudson, a contractor, and got there at about 8:30 a.m., where I found the place on left side broken down for about 15 yards along the face to the buttock end, and for about 7 yards back towards the goaf from the face. Charles Franklin, the deputy of the District, and Tom Smith and Ted Nurse (Stallmen in 105 stall adjoining) were working at the fall in 105 stall, and John Kelly and John Davis were working at it at the other end of the fall in 106 stall, but they were later withdrawn, as gas was coming off strong and there was a danger of a further fall occurring here. Work was therefore confined to the 105 stall end. Fieldsend replied to a shout. We set to timber sprags from the coal to hold back the fallen material. We had set about 5 split bars and 2 long props and got close to Fieldsend at bout 10:00 a.m. when a further fall of about 10 tons occurred and closed the place again for 3 yards back. Hudson, Franklin, Nurse, Smith, and myself were engaged in Indian file fashion removing the dirt as there was only room for one man at a time at the place. The place was on weight all the time. We removed the second fall and got to Fieldsend again and could see he was fastened down by a gob prop across his back and neck and there was little dirt on him also. We could not get at him because of a piece of bind at the end of the tub barring progress. As soon as we broke this bind a further fall occurred about 1:30 p.m. This time about 30 tons fell and closed the place again for about 4 yards back; it also pushed 3 or 4 props out about 12 inches at the foot. Work was proceeded with and we got this third face cleared sufficiently by 5:00 p.m. to enable us to get at Fieldsend and pull him out. He was not much injured but was bruised and was taken out of the pit and examined by Dr. Court and then taken home.’ Charles Benjamin Franklin’s own statement adds the following: ‘I am the Day Deputy of the District. I had just got to the jinney top about 200 yards from the stall when I was informed that a fall had occurred in 105s and that a man was buried. I at once went to the place and found a heavy fall had occurred right up to the face and about 15 to 20 yards long and had closed up the gob. I examined both sides of it. No one was working at it then, it was about 7:00 a.m. I started men working at both ends... At about 5:00 p.m. got through to Fieldsend and dragged him out. Charles Hudson, a stoneman, Ted Nurse and Tom Smith assisted me. We had to work in single file and hand the dirt back to each other as there was only room for one at a time at the front and we took it in turn to work there. The fall had a very steep side and stones kept sliding down from a big cavity in the roof on the right side.’ For their gallantry the five rescuers were invested with their Edward Medals by H.M. the King at Buckingham Palace on 11 July 1916; they were also each awarded £20, and a framed certificate, from the Carnegie Hero Fund Trust. Sold with copied research.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteDistinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, in Garrard, London, case of issue, gilding somewhat rubbed, nearly very fine £700-£900
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In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteAn Order of St. John group of six awarded to Miss Doris L. Cuff, Superintendent of Chorley Nursing Division, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister’s badge, 1st type (1892-1939), silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background; British War and Victory Medals (D. L. Cuff, O.St.J.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Service Medal of the Order of St John, with Four Additional Award Bars (7950 L/Supt. D. L. Cuff. Chorley Nsg. Div. No.4 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1929.) minor contact marks, otherwise good very fine (6) £240-£280 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 1998. Miss Doris Lindsay Cuff first joined the St. John Ambulance Brigade in March 1915 in Preston (Fulwood Division) and worked as a V.A.D. at Moor Park Hospital in Preston and then at the 2nd London General Hospital. On 25 February 1917 she was taken on to the strength of the St John Ambulance Brigade Hospital at Etaples, near Boulogne. She was at Etaples when the hospital was bombed in May and June 1918, and continued to work in the St. John Ambulance Brigade hospital when it was moved to Trouville until demobilisation on 17 January 1919. She then moved to Chorley and became Superintendent of the nursing division in 1920, remaining in Chorley for the rest of her career up until at least 1950. She was one of the four representatives of the Chorley Nursing Division at the Coronation Parade in London in May 1937. During the Second World War Miss Cuff served on the A.R.P. Committee of Chorley Borough & Rural District, was in charge of the First Aid Post Personnel (female) and carried out the training of Casualty Services in the area. She also ran the P.O.W. Relatives Association and was in charge of Welfare of P.O.W.’s returning to the Chorley District. She died on 9 March 1955. Sold with copied research and various photographic images featuring the recipient.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteEight: Quartermaster and Captain C. M. Taylor, Royal Army Veterinary Corps, late Army Service Corps Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (T/7346 Sgt. C. M. Taylor. A.S.C.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (7346 Co. Sgt. Maj. C. M. Taylor. A.S.C.); 1914-15 Star, erased; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Q.M. & Capt. C. M. Taylor.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R (7345 S. Sjt: Maj: C. M. Taylor. A.S.C.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp (7346 Sergt., C. M. Taylor A.S.C.); Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus, 3rd Class breast badge, by Eduard, St. Petersburg, gold and enamel, ‘56’ gold mark on eyelet, cleaned, some with contact marks, nearly very fine and better (8) £1,400-£1,800 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 5 June 1919. ‘In recognition of distinguished and gallant services during the period from 1st October, 1918, to the 1st March, 1919. (Milne, C-in-C. Salonika)’ Charles Matthew Taylor, Company Sergeant-Major, 27th Company, A.S.C. was invalided to England from South Africa on 2 June 1900. Appointed a temporary Quartermaster with the honorary rank of Lieutenant in February 1915 (London Gazette 6 February 1915); advanced to Honorary Captain in February 1918 (London Gazette 12 March 1918. As a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 16 April 1915. For his service in Salonika during October 1918-March 1919, as a Quartermaster and Temporary Captain in the R.A.V.C., he was mentioned in despatches. Taylor was additionally awarded the Russian Order of St. Stanislaus 3rd Class. Captain Taylor relinquished his commission on the completion of his service, whilst retaining his rank, on 29 September 1920 (London Gazette 12 April 1922). With copied research and an original photograph.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThree: Private T. Dunleavy, Connaught Rangers 1914-15 Star (3039 Pte. T. Dunleavy. Conn. Rang.) scratches to reverse; British War and Victory Medals (3039 Pte. T. Dunleavy. Conn. Rang.) with antediluvian medal, bronze, with enamel shield ‘World’s War for Justice’, reveres of medal engraved ‘Presented to Bro. T. Dunleavy by the Golden Fleece lodge. 2207 for services rendered in the Great War Feb 21st 1921.’, in Fattorini & Sons Ltd case, mounted as originally worn, generally good very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Thomas Dunleavy served during the Great War with the Connaught Rangers in the Gallipoli from 29 July 1915. He subsequently served with the Royal Munster Fusiliers. After the war Dunleavy resided at 22 Northgate, Horbury, Wakefield, Yorkshire.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA rare and extremely well documented Great War group of seven awarded to Sister Adelaide R. Poole, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, later United States Army Nursing Service, who served with both British and American Forces during the Great War, before post-War service in Serbia and Montenegro with the American Red Cross; her entire service is chronicled in her detailed, most comprehensive, and often poignant hand-written diaries covering the years 1908-21 1914-15 Star (Nurse A. R. Poole); British War and Victory Medals (Sister A. R. Poole); Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St. Sava, Fifth Class badge, silver and enamel, Bishop with green robes; Red Cross Medal of Merit, silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; United States of America, Victory Medal, bronze, 1 clasp, France; New York State Service Medal 1917-19, bronze; together with the recipient’s Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve cape badge, silver; and United States of America Red Cross Service Medal, gilt and enamel, with top ‘Foreign Service’ riband bar, traces of verdigis particularly to the British Victory Medal, otherwise generally very fine (9) £800-£1,200 --- Adelaide Rebecca Poole was born in Kilburn, London on 30 July 1876, ands was educated at Westbourne Park High School. Moving to the United States of America, she trained as a nurse at New York City Hospital, before working as a private nurse whilst living in Rochester, New York State, where she was also actively engaged in work to combat the spread of tuberculosis. Returning to the United Kingdom, she enlisted in Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve on 24 October 1910, whilst working at View Mount Nursing Home, Inverness. Mobilised for War service, Miss Poole served during the Great War in the Hospital Ship Dieppe from 15 May 1915, before resigning her position in an emotive letter dated 25 February 1916, citing her need to avoid ‘a complete breakdown in health’, whilst serving at No. 1 Stationary Hospital, Rouen. Released on 15 April 1916, she returned to the United States of America. After recovering her health Miss Poole subsequently enlisted in the United States Army Nursing Service, taking her oath of office on 25 March 1918, and was posted to Base Hospital 19 in Vichy-Allier on 19 June 1918, before further service at a number of hospitals in France. Honourably discharged on 20 August 1919, she subsequently saw foreign service with the American Red Cross in Serbia and Montenegro until January 1921, before returning to the United States of America. On 2 December 1927, the Adjutant General’s Office of the War Department, Washington, informed her that she had been awarded the Order of St. Sava, Fifth Class, for her service in Serbia and Montenegro. (Original notification enclosed). Later retiring to Sussex, United Kingdom, Miss Poole died on 10 November 1961, aged 85. Sold together with an astonishing archive of original material including her original service records; an original Chartwell headed letter from Grace Hamblin, personal secretary to Sir Winston and Lady Churchill; Various press cuttings relating to her nursing work in the United States of America and the award of the Order of St. Sava; Original Carte de Viste photos from when she was a child and young lady; an archive of photos from her time nursing in Serbia and Montenegro; newspaper cutting from Rochester, USA. dated 1921 including an interview ‘Nurse, last to return of those who went out with Base Hospital No. 19’; together with her detailed, most comprehensive and often poignant hand-written diaries covering the years 1908-21, this a rare archive, worthy of publication.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteFamily Group: Pair: Corporal H. Sheppard, Royal Berkshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (201146 Cpl. H. Sheppard. R. Berks. R.) mounted as worn, very fine Defence Medal, attributed to D. R. Sheppard, Air Raid Precautions; together with two Safe Driver Medals, for Five Years safe driving, silvered, with ‘1952’ top riband bar, and additional 1953, 1954, 1955, and 1956 date bars; and for Ten Years safe driving, gilt and enamel, with ‘1957’ top riband bar; and additional 1962 ‘15 Consecutive Years’ Bar, very fine (5) £50-£70 --- Henry Sheppard was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, in 1881 and attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment at Newbury, Berkshire, on 21 September 1901. He served with the Regiment in India and Egypt, before transferring to the Reserve. Recalled to the Colours on 29 December 1914, he served with the Berkshires during the Great War overseas from 1916 onwards. He was discharged on account of wounds on 15 July 1918, and was additionally entitled to a Silver War Badge. He died in Newbury, Berkshire, in 1957. Sold together with the recipient’s ‘Small Book’; label from card box of issue for the Great War awards; and copied research.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThree: Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class the Reverend C. G. Cavalier, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department British War and Victory Medals (Rev. C. G. Cavalier); Romania, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, 1st type, Knight’s breast badge, with crossed swords, silver and enamel, mounted for wear, minor enamel damage, otherwise generally good very fine, and scarce (3) £300-£400 --- Romania, Order of the Crown, Knight London Gazette 20 September 1919. Cyril Gordon Cavilier studied at the University of Durham (B.A. 1908 and M.A. 1913). He was employed as an Assistant Master at St. John’s School Leatherhead, 1913-1915, and served during the Great War as a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department in the French theatre of war from 25 January 1916. In later life he resided at ‘Dingley’, Alexandra Road, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, and died 13 October 1953.
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In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteFamily Group: Pair: Lieutenant E. D. Whittles, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps and Artists Rifles British War and Victory Medals (Lieut E. D. Whittles. R.A.F.) Five: Mrs. Florence B. Whittles, British Red Cross Society Three British Red Cross Society Medals, bronze and enamel, all named to the reverse ‘F. B. Whittles’, with top riband bars for Proficiency in Red Cross Nursing, Red Cross First Aid, and Anti-Gas Training’; a British Red Cross Society Long Service Medal, for 3 Years’ Service with integral top riband bar, bronze and enamel, the reverse officially numbered 15172; British Red Cross Society ‘For Merit’ badge, bronze and enamel, named to the reverse ‘F. B. Whittles’ together with a British Red Cross Society Proficiency Voucher, certifying Mrs Florence Beatrice Whittles to be proficient in Anti-Gas Training, dated 5 June 1939, nearly extremely fine (lot) £180-£220 --- Edward Deric Whittles was born on 11 August 1897 at Leek, Staffordshire. A silk manufacturer by occupation, he attested for the 28th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Artists Rifles) on 24 November 1915 and was discharged on 9 September 1916 in consequence of being appointed Second Lieutenant on the General List for duty with the Royal Flying Corps. Having completed flying training in April 1917, he joined 54 Squadron (Sopwith Camels) in France on 14 March 1918 and was promoted Lieutenant on 1 April 1918, on which date he also transferred to the Royal Air Force upon its formation. A Medical Board having determined that his deteriorating health rendered him fit only for light duty at Home, he returned to England on 20 April and was appointed to a Temporary Commission in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment on 13 July, reverting to the rank of Second Lieutenant, and was released with effect from 26 April 1919. He died in Staffordshire in 1975. Sold with copied service records and the following original items: Officer’s Record of Services Army Book 439; Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, British Empire Aviator’s Certificate in blue leather binding with photograph of the recipient in uniform; Air Ministry transmittal letter for Great War medals; Royal Flying Corps (Officers) Central Flying School graduation certificate; Royal Flying Corps cloth wings; photograph album containing twenty captioned photographs of the recipient, taken during 1918, mostly in R.F.C. uniform, both individual and group shots, one photograph captioned ‘E.D.W. winning the 100 Yds Open at Denstone 3.4.1913’, also containing another set of R.F.C. cloth wings; framed fine studio portrait photograph of the recipient in Royal Flying Corps uniform with metal R.F.C wings affixed to head of wooden backed, metal plated frame (17cm x 27cm). Florence Beatrice Whittles (neé Wildblood), the wife of the above, was born in 1897 in Burslem, Staffordshire and died in Leek, Staffordshire in 1988.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA post-War I.S.O., M.B.E. group of six awarded to K. J. Wilson, Esq., Commissioner, National Savings Committee, late Acting Captain, Army Cyclist Corps The Imperial Service Order, E.II.R., silver, gold and enamel; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut. K. J. Wilson.); Defence Medal; Civil Defence Long Service Medal, E.II.R., unnamed as issued, good very fine and better (6) £400-£500 --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008. I.S.O. London Gazette 1 June 1953: Kenneth John Wilson, Esq., M.B.E., Commissioner, National Savings Committee.’ M.B.E. London Gazette 9 January 1946: Kenneth John Wilson, Esq., Regional Commissioner for National Savings, National Savings Committee.’ Kenneth John Wilson was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the East Anglian Divisional Cyclist Company (Territorial Force), and served with the Army Cyclist Corps during the Great War as a Lieutenant on the Western Front from 30 April 1917,subsequently being advanced Acting Captain. For his services he was Mentioned in General Sir Herbert Plumer’s Despatch of 18 April 1918 (London Gazette 30 May 1918). He resigned his commission on 30 September 1921, retaining the rank of Lieutenant. Entering (or returning to) a career in the Civil Service, Wilson was employed in the National Savings Movement. He was ranked as an Executive Officer in 1930 and by 1946 was a Commissioner. In about 1956 he was Commissioner of the South East Region of the National Savings Committee. For his services he was awarded the M.B.E. in 1946 and I.S.O. in 1953. Sold with copied research.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteSix: Group Captain D. W. Bayne, Royal Air Force India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, North West Frontier 1930-31, Mohmand 1933, North West Frontier 1935 (F/O D. W. Bayne. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star, 1 clasp, Battle of Britain; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, good very fine, the three clasp IGS rare to a RAF Officer (6) £3,000-£4,000 --- David Walter Bayne was born in Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, on 17 April 1908, and emigrating to England was educated at Haileybury College. He joined the Royal Air Force as a Flight Cadet at R.A.F. Cranwell in 1926 and was commissioned Pilot Officer on 15 December 1928. Posted to 12 Squadron at Andover, he served overseas with 5 (Army Co-operation) Squadron at Quetta, India, from 21 January 1930, flying Bristol Fighters, moving to 20 (Army Co-operation) Squadron at Peshawar on 1 September 1933. Back in England and serving with 3 Squadron at Duxford he was seriously injured when landing at night in fog in a Bristol Bulldog. One leg was amputated resulting in him being taken off flying duties for just over two years while he attended various R.A.F. hospitals and rehabilitation units. Equipped with a wooden leg he returned to flying in mid-1937, and became a great friend of Douglas Bader, who had lost both legs in a Bulldog crash in 1931. On 1 July 1937 Bayne was appointed to the staff at Uxbridge and moved on to the HQ staff at Kenley on 8 August 1938. He was advanced Squadron Leader in the Administration Branch on 1 January 1939 and served during the initial stages of the Second World War as Sector Controller at Kenley. Charged with the re-formation of 257 Squadron, initially with Spitfires at R.A.F. Hendon, before re-converting to Hurricanes, it was with this squadron between 1 and 22 July 1940 that he flew about twenty sorties during the early stages of the Battle of Britain. At the end of July 1940, and now 32 years old, Bayne was, against his will, promoted to Wing Commander and posted to Fighter Command HQ at Bentley Priory, the official reason given for his transfer off operational duties being ‘it was impractical to have an operational commander with a wooden leg’ (although of course his great friend Bader, who was given Squadron Command, had two wooden legs!). Nevertheless, he served with great distinction at R.A.F. Bentley Priory, and remained in service post-War, serving as Military and Air Attaché in Rio de Janeiro. He retired with the rank of Group Captain on 29 August 1955, and died in Dorset on 11 June 1986. Sold together with the recipient’s identity tags; a 3 Fighter Squadron silver and enamel lapel brooch; and the recipient’s Club de Aeronautica Pass, with a photograph of the recipient.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. N. Semmens, 78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top ribbon bar; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. J. N. Semmens); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, these last two unnamed as issued, mounted for display, obverse centre a little depressed on the first and minor enamel damage to wreaths, very fine, otherwise nearly extremely fine (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 3 June 1918: ‘Major John Nelson Semmens, Inf.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 28 December 1917 and 28 May 1918.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThe Orders and Medals attributed to P. E. Lembcke, Peruvian Army, later Peru’s Consular General and Charge d’affaires in London Coronation 1902, silver, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Peru, Republic, Cross for Callao (1866), being a five pointed star, silver and enamel, damage to enamel and one finial ball bent; Spain, Kingdom, Order of Isabella the Catholic, Grand Cross Star, silver, gold and enamel, in case of issue, damage to red enamel on second arm; Peru, Republic, Veterans Society Commemorative Medal for the 1866 Battle of Callao, silver-gilt; Veterans Society Commemorative Medal for the 1879 Battle of Tarapaca, silver-gilt, generally very fine (6) £400-£500 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor direct from the great granddaughter of the recipient. Pedro Eduardo Lembcke was born in Lima in 1846 into a family with origins in Prussia. He served as an officer in the Peruvian Army, participating in the Battle of Callao in 1866 against the Spanish during the Cincha Islands War. He later took part in the War of the Pacific against Chile, being present at the Battle of Tarapacá in 1879 following which, with Peru under pressure after the withdrawal of their Bolivian allies, Chilean forces marched on Lima where they met the remains of the Peruvian forces at Miraflores in January 1881. Here Lembcke served as second in command of the 12th Reserve Battalion holding redoubt No. 7. The battle, a bloody affair which saw both sides losing about thirty percent of their combatants, culminated in a defeat for the Peruvians, and the Chileans occupied Lima. Leaving his military career behind him, Lembcke turned to commerce and, in 1886, he took his family to London where, as befitting a wealthy merchant, they lived in some comfort, renting a property on Queen Anne’s Gate and employing eight servants. In 1895 he was appointed as Consul-General of Peru at London - there was at that time no Peruvian ambassador to the Court of St. James as these duties were covered by a resident minister based in Paris: ‘The resident representative of the Republic in London is Senor Don Eduardo Lembcke, Charge d'Afaires and Consul-General. The Legation is at 104, Victoria Street, S.W. Senor Don Lembcke is a highly cultured and accomplished man, well versed in diplomatic matters, and both speaking and writing English with great fluency and accuracy. Senor Lembcke creates an immediately favourable and sympathetic impression with all who have business with the Legation, and his ability in dealing with the complicated questions which not infrequently arise, show him to be a thorough man of the world’. (Peru Of The Twentieth Century by Percy F. Martin, F.R.G.S refers) Now moving in very fashionable circles, in 1902 Lembcke attended the Coronation of King Edward VII and in 1906, Senora de Lembcke, as the wife of the Peruvian Charge d’affaires, was invited to launch the cruiser ‘Coronel Bolognesi’ which was built by Vickers at Barrow for the Peruvian Navy. After the launch she was given a gold bracelet, set with emeralds, as a souvenir of the occasion. Lembcke was also present at the funeral of King Edward VII in 1910, as one of the 25 dignitaries who walked behind the carriage bearing HM Queen Alexandra and the Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia during the procession to Westminster Abbey. The following year he was present the coronation of HM King George V. In 1912, following the upgrading of the status of the Peruvian embassy, Don Carlos Lembcke became Peru’s Minister Plenipotentiary, a diplomat of the second class, ranking between an Ambassador and a Minister Resident. He retired late during the Great War due to poor health and died in 1919. On 27th September 1919, the Catholic News Weekly, reported: ‘We regret to announce the death of Mr. Edward Lembcke, a Knight of the Order of St. Isabella the Catholic, which sad event took place on the 17th inst., at the age of seventy-four, at his residence, 121, Cromwell Road, S.W. Mr. Lembcke had been ill for some time, but the end came rather suddenly, to the deep sorrow of a very large circle of friends, by whom he was extremely respected. He was well known in British and South American diplomatic and commercial circles, and during the war did a great deal of active and useful work for the Allies' cause in various parts of South America. The funeral took place on Monday, at St. Mary's Cemetery, Kensal Green, after a Requiem at the Church of Our Lady of Victories, Kensington, celebrated by Father Dillon Doyle. The chief mourners were: Mrs. E. Lembcke (widow), Major Charles E. Lembcke, D.S.O., of the Intelligence Department, War Office (son), and Mrs. C. E. Lembcke, and Miss Lembcke (daughter). Two other sons, Mr. Richard Lembcke, and Mr. Michael Lembcke and Mrs. M. Lembcke, being abroad, were unable to attend.—R.I.P.’ For the recipient’s son’s medals see lot 183 For the recipient’s miniature medals see lot 722.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteEaling Fire Brigade Medal for Services Rendered during the Great War, bronze, unnamed as issued, with integral top riband bar, in case of issue; Nottingham City Special Constable Fire Brigade lapel badge, silver and enamel; Corporation of the City of London Private Fire Brigades Challenge Shield Competition Prize Medal, silver, the obverse depicting firemen fighting a building building, the reverse engraved ‘O. Waring. 1930.’; together with a B.C.Y. Fire Brigade Guildhall Competition Shield Medal, gold (9ct., 8.04g) and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘1930 O. Waring’; an unnamed Fire Brigades prize medal, silver; and a Liverpool Special Constabulary Shield for Services Rendered during the Great War, inscribed ‘Sergt. W. J. Colson 1915-1918’, generally very fine (6) £80-£120 --- Sold together with a Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. Christmas Greetings 1902 compass; and a Kent Fire Brigade shoulder patch, numbered ‘B6129’.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA Selection of Licensed Victuallers Asylum, Benevolent Institution, and School Badges, comprising the Asylum Coronation Medal 1902; Trustee’s Badge; and Governor’s Badge; the Benevolent Institution Stewards Badges for the 97th Anniversary Dinner in 1924; the Centenary Anniversary Dinner in 1927; the 102nd Anniversary Festival in 1929; and the 106th Anniversary Festival in 1933; three School Badges, for 1900, 1901, and undated; a City of London Committee Member’s Badge; a York Member’s Badge; ands a Licensed Victuallers Association (Ireland) President’s Badge 1900, the obverse impressed ‘W. T. Paulin Esq. President’, silver, silver-gilt, gilt, and enamel, generally good very fine (13) £140-£180
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In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThe mounted group of eight miniature dress medals worn by the Great War fighter Ace W. G. ‘Billy’ Barker, VC., D.S.O. and Bar, M.C. and Two Bars, Canadian Mounted Rifles, Royal Flying Corps, and Royal Canadian Air Force, who with three foreign decorations and three Mentioned in Despatches, is the most decorated serviceman in the history of Canada Victoria Cross; Distinguished Service Order, gilt and enamel, with Second Award Bar and integral top riband bar, lacking central medallions; Military Cross, G.V.R., with unofficial Second Award Bar, suspension broken and cross unofficially re-affixed; British War and Victory Medals; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, mounted as originally worn on a J. R. Gaunt, Montreal, riband bar, light traces of adhesive to reverse, generally very fine (6) £1,800-£2,200 --- Provenance: Donated by the recipient’s family to Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame Museum. A letter written in August 1995 by Captain Jack Boddington, Curator of Honours at the Museum, states: ‘When received the group of miniature medals was in damaged condition (DSO centre missing and MC suspender broken) and incomplete when compared to Barker’s full sized group, and was therefore relinquished by the Hall of Fame. The Hall Curator has studied the group and has come to the conclusion that when additional medals were to be added (about 1919-20) the damaged condition caused the group to be left as is, and another full group assembled for use by Barker.’ V.C. London Gazette 30 November 1918: ‘On the morning of the 27 October 1918, this officer observed an enemy two-seater over the Foret de Mormal. He attacked this machine and after a short burst it broke up in the air. At the same time a Fokker biplane attacked him, and he was wounded in the right thigh, but managed, despite this, to shoot down the enemy aeroplane in flames. He then found himself in the middle of a large formation of Fokkers who attacked him from all directions, and was again severely wounded in the left thigh, but succeeded in driving down two of the enemy in a spin. He lost consciousness after that, and his machine fell out of control. On recovery, he found himself being again attacked heavily by a large formation, and singling out one machine he deliberately charged and drove it down in flames. During this fight his left elbow was shattered and he again fainted, and on regaining consciousness he found himself still being attacked, but notwithstanding that he was now severely wounded in both legs and his left arm shattered, he dived on the nearest machine and shot it down in flames. Being greatly exhausted, he dived out of the fight to regain our lines, but was met by another formation, which attacked and endeavoured to cut him off, but after a hard fight he succeeded in breaking up this formation and reached our lines, where he crashed on landing. This combat, in which Major Barker destroyed four enemy machines (three of them in flames), brought his total successes to fifty enemy machines destroyed, and is a notable example of the exceptional bravery and disregard of danger which this very gallant officer has always displayed throughout his distinguished career.’ William George ‘Billy’ Barker was born at Dauphin, Manitoba, on 3 November 1894 and attested for the Manitoba Regiment on 1 November 1914, and served on attachment with the Royal Air Force. ‘The value of his services may be measured by the number of decorations and ‘Mentions’ he received - no fewer than twelve - including the Victoria Cross, and French and Italian ones. He began by obtaining the Military Cross for contact patrol at the capture of Beaumont Hamel on 20 November 1916. At the capture of Bullecourt he obtained a Bar to the Military Cross on 9 April 1917, again for contact patrol. He then received the Companionship of the Distinguished Service Order, for destroying enemy aircraft on 5 January 1918. He was awarded a Second Bar to the Military Cross, for destroying enemy aircraft on 24 April 1918; a Bar to the Distinguished Service Order for destroying enemy aircraft on the Western Front, 26 May 1918; the French Croix de Guerre; and the Italian Bronze and Silver Medals for valour for destroying aircraft on the Italian Front. This magnificent record was crowned by the award of the Victoria Cross. He was also three times Mentioned in Despatches.’ (The V.C. and the D.S.O. refers). Barker returned to Canada after the War as Canada’s most decorated serviceman: his ‘haul’ of six British gallantry medals put him level with Mick Manncok and James McCudden, but with his three foreign medals and three Mentions in Despatches, he received a total of 12 awards for gallantry. He was killed in a demonstration flight for the R.C.A.F. at Ottawa on 12 March 1930, aged 35; over 50,000 spectators lined the streets of Toronto for his funeral. Sold together with a signed photograph of the recipient; and an autograph album page signed by the recipient (and several other notable personalities, including the Antarctic explorer Thomas Orde-Lees; the sculptor Kathleen Scott (the widow of Captain Robert Scott, of Antarctic fame); the actor Leslie Faber; the pioneering aviator Herbert G. Brackley; and the Russian Princess Nina and Xenia). Note: Despite being entitled to the 1914-15 Star, for some reason Barker never never wore it, with contemporary photographs of the recipient showing it missing from his chest. it was only after the recipient’s death that his widow, Jean, applied for the Star, prior to donating his medals to the Canadian War Museum.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThe mounted group of four miniature dress medals worn by Physician Frederick Montizambert, C.M.G., I.S.O., Medical Officer, Quebec Military District, during Fenian Raid 1866 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, silver-gilt and enamels; The Imperial Service Order, G.V.R., silver, gilt and enamels; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, silver and enamel; Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866, very fine (4) £150-£200 --- Frederick Montizambert was born in Quebec on 3 February 1843. He was educated at Montreal High School; Grammar School, St Johns, Quebec; Upper Canada College; Laval University; Edinburgh University (M.D., 1864)’ Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.; Lennoxville University (D.C.L., 1888). He practised at Quebec up to the time of entering public health service of Canada; served as Principal Medical Officer, Quebec Military District, during the Fenian Raid of 1866 (Medal and Clasp); Medical Superintendent, St Lawrence Service, 1869; General Superintendent, St Lawrence Service, 1894; Director-General of Public Health and Sanitary Adviser of the Government of Canada, 1899; Deputy Minister by Order-in-Council, 1899; Deputy Minister by Statute, 1905; C.M.G., 1916; F.R.C.S., Edinburgh, 1884; I.S.O., 1903; President, Canadian Branch, St John’s Ambulance Association, 1910-14; Knight of Grace, Order of St John of Jerusalem, in England, 1911; author of numerous reports and papers bearing on public health. Confirmed on the roll for Fenian Raid 1866 as Surgeon, Quebec Garrison Artillery.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThe Lembcke family group of miniature medals: The D.S.O. group of ten miniature dress medals attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Lembcke, Northumberland Fusiliers, late Royal Fusiliers and Gloucestershire Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, these first five mounted as worn; Peru, Republic, Commander of the Order of Ayucucho, silver-gilt and enamel; Order of Aeronautical Merit, including condor suspension, 1st issue, silver-gilt and enamel; Bronze Cross of the Society of the Founders of Independence, 1st issue; Centenary of Independence Medal 1921, silver-gilt; Centenary of the Battle of Ayacucho Medal 1924, silver-gilt, these last five mounted as worn, good very fine The group of three miniature dress medals attributed to P. E. Lembcke, Peruvian Army, later Peru’s Consular General and Charge d’affaires in London Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911, silver; Peru, Republic, Cross for Callao (1866), being a five pointed star, silver and enamel, mounted as worn, minor enamel damage to last, good very fine (13) £200-£300 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor direct from the granddaughter of Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Lembcke. For the two recipient’s full-sized medals see Lots 183 and 604.
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThe group of six miniature dress medals worn by Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. H. Hailes, Royal Artillery Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R. [sic], silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue; U.N. Korea 1950-54, mounted as worn, generally very fine and better (6) £200-£300 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 24 April 1953: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished flying services in Korea’. The original recommendation states: ‘Major Hailes has been in command of 1903 Air OP Flight RAF since July 1952. He joined the Flight at a time when two pilots had been shot down and two others had changed. There was therefore concern at the possibility of the operational efficiency of the Flight dropping considerably. In the event this did not happen and, in fact, the reverse was the case as the Flight went from strength to strength. The credit for this rests entirely with Major Hailes. From the very outset he was complete master of the situation and displayed leadership of the highest order in all spheres but most particularly from the operational aspect. He himself did far more flying than his duties as Flight Commander called for and it was characteristic of his him that he would always use the most doubtful aircraft leaving the others for the remaining pilots. His magnificent example, efficiency and courage during this difficult period was a great inspiration to the more experienced pilots and filled the younger ones with unshakeable confidence. While going to great pains to train his younger pilots he carried, at the same time, an even greater share of the operational sorties than would have been his in a normal situation. He has personally flown 125 sorties and conducted 166 shoots with guns of the Divisional and Corps artillery. In doing this he has been responsible for inflicting many casualties of both men and equipment on the enemy. The whole Division has the greatest respect and admiration for the Air OP Flight and this is a direct result of the magnificent leadership, courage and conscientiousness consistently displayed by Major Hailes throughout the period. His work in all spheres has been far above what one would expect in the normal line of duty and I recommend services of such a high order be recognised in the form of an appropriate award.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 7 January 1949 (Palestine) ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Palestine during the period 27 March to 26 September 1947.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 27 April 1951: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Malaya during the period 1 July to 31 December 1950.’ John Martin Hunter ‘Jack’ Hailes was born on 27 January 1920 in Maymyo, a pleasant hill station in central Burma where, in the early 1920’s, George Orwell served as Assistant District Superintendent of Police. As a young boy he lived in Mandalay, where his father was a District Superintendent of Railways. He was educated at Cheltenham College, his father’s alma mater. As war approached, Hailes decided to join the regular army and entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich in January 1939. As war became inevitable, the pace of his training was accelerated and he was sent to 122 Officer Cadet Training Unit in August. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, on 9 December 1939, with regimental seniority from 4 November 1939, and was posted as a Troop Commander to 51st Anti-tank Regiment, 51st (Highland) Division, which landed in France in January 1940 to join the British Expeditionary Force. The Battle of France On 19 April 1940 the 51st Division was detached from the rest of the B.E.F. It was put under French command and moved to a section of the Franco-German frontier just south of Luxembourg and in front of one of the most powerful and impressive showpiece underground fortresses of the Maginot Line, the Ouvrage Hackenburg, which had been inspected by King George VI. The intent was to stiffen Allied defences at the northern end of the Maginot Line in case of a German attack on the western front during the invasion of Norway. France had briefly invaded German Saar in this sector in September 1940 when its ally Poland was attacked. Since Norway was now under German attack, the French High Command deemed it prudent to anticipate possible enemy action on the Western Front. The Germans did not oblige the French generals by attacking their Maginot defence works. They simply outflanked them and by the end of May had trapped the entire Allied northern forces in the Dunkirk beachhead. Meanwhile, the French desperately tried to form a new defence line along the River Somme in Picardy. Fortress Hackenburg was harassed by German forces but never directly attacked. The 51st Division was withdrawn from Lorraine and moved by train and road to Picardy. It saw much action assisting the French in their futile attempts to repulse the Germans from the Somme bridgeheads at Abbeville. After further clashes at Huchenneville, the Division was reduced to half its fighting strength by 6 June and was desperately short of supplies, especially ammunition. The only remaining option was evacuation by sea. 154 Brigade was rescued from Le Havre and Cherbourg but the rest of the Division was encircled. The Royal Navy landed at the small port of St Valery-en-Caux near Dieppe on 10 June to try to snatch as many men as possible. Unfortunately, the retreat of 51th Division to the coast had been held up, and a thick fog descended during the night of 11-12 which made it too risky for ships to enter and leave the port. All artillery ammunition had run out and the Division was forced to surrender to overwhelming German forces on 12 June. Hailes joined some 10,000 men who were marched off to prisoner-of-war camps in the Reich. Hailes was promoted to Lieutenant on 9 June 1941 and remained a Prisoner of War in various camps in Poland, Germany and Austria until 13 April 1945. After his return to England, Hailes was assigned to a number of refresher courses and training appointments to prepare him for his promotion to Captain on 1 July 1946. Northern Italy, Egypt, Palestine and Malaya Early in 1946 Hailes decided that he wished to become a Royal Artillery Air Observer. The tethered kite balloons of the Great War had been very effective in acquiring targets far behind the frontlines and directing artillery to neutralise them, but balloons were useless for mobile warfare. They were replaced by small light aircraft, fitted with radios. Controlling artillery from the air was a specialised and technical skill, which the RAF had no interest in developing. However, since the days of Trenchard, the RAF hierarchy had insisted that anything that flew ‘belonged to them’. The agreed compromise was that the Air Observation Post (AOP) units themselves were part of the RAF, as were the aircraft and the more skilled members of the ground crew. The artillery would provide all the observers, and the non-technical ground staff. To be an air observer, Hailes had first to learn to fly a...
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