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Preisdatenbank abonnierenA diamond and turquoise-set gold pendant, North India, 19th centuryThe rectangular casket shaped pendant with floral design set with diamonds on a green enamel ground, now very worn, with small turquoise stones set to borders, the sides set with rows of diamonds and two suspension loops similarly decorated, the reverse enamelled in red, green and blue with flowers on a white ground, red petal border, 2.9cm.x 2.5cm. 15 grams
The mounted group of six miniature dress medals attributed to Colonel R. W. C. Winsloe, 21st Regiment of Foot, later Royal Scots Fusiliers, who Commanded the Garrison throughout the Siege of Potchefstroom during the First Boer War The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with integral gold riband buckle; Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, silver; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol; South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, re-mounted for display, heavy contact marks to the Crimea Medal, this poor; otherwise nearly very fine and better (6) £300-£400 --- Sold with the central roundel from a Royal North British Fusiliers belt buckle and associated badge, both with later suspension loops affixed. For the recipient’s full-sized awards, see Lot 34.
A Boer War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. Clifford, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, later Northumberland Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 20 June 1917 Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, central medallions both loose; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between fourth and fifth clasps (Capt. W. Clifford, D.S.O. L.N. Lancs: Rgt:) engraved naming, small area of erasure before rank; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (Captn. W. Clifford D.S.O. 1st. Bn. N. Fusilrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. W. Clifford.); Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘c’, unnamed, lacking integral top riband bar, the first five mounted court-style, the last loose; together with the related miniature awards for the DSO (in gold and enamel), QSA, and IGS, these mounted as worn, contact marks to the first three, these very fine; the last three extremely fine (6) £2,400-£2,800 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 19 April 1901. Wigram Clifford was born on in Bareilly, India, on 20 February 1876, the son of Major-General R. M. Clifford, and was educated at the United Service College, Westward Ho!, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment on 25 March 1896, and served with the 1st Battalion in Ceylon from 28 May 1896 to 10 February 1899, and then with the Mounted Infantry Company, 1st Battalion, in South Africa from 11 February 1899 to 11 October 1901. He was wounded during the siege of Kimberley on 28 November 1899, and was Mentioned in Despatches on 15 February 1900. For his services during the Boer War he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, and was invested with his insignia by H.M. King Edward VII. Clifford transferred to the Northumberland Fusiliers with the rank of Captain on 12 October 1901, and saw further service on the North West Frontier of India in 1908. Seconded for service as Adjutant of the Indian Volunteers on 17 August 1912, he was promoted Major on 1 September 1915. He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel to command a battalion of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment in September 1916, and was killed in action on the Western Front on 20 June 1917, whilst serving with the 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He is buried in Dickebush New Military Cemetery, Belgium. Sold with copied research. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s sons, see Lots 344 and 350.
A fine inter-War K.C.B. [Great War C.B.], Great War C.M.G. group of twelve awarded to Major-General Sir Henry L. Croker, Leicestershire Regiment, who Commanded the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front in 1914, was wounded, and during the course of his illustrious career was nine times Mentioned in Despatches The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with section of neck riband for display purposes, and breast Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with gold retaining pin, traces of adhesive to reverses of both; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with section of neck riband for display purposes, traces of adhesive to obverse; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, clasp carriage ‘flattened’ for mounting purposes (Capt & Adjt. H. L. Croker. Leic: Regt.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, clasp carriage ‘flattened’ for mounting purposes (Maj. & Adjt. H. L. Croker. Leic: Rgt.) engraved naming; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lt. Col: H. L. Croker. Leic: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Maj. Gen. H. L. Croker.); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer, 2nd type, Grand Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse central medallion missing, with section of neck riband for display purposes, and breast Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, unmarked, with original retaining pin, lacking hook, with two additional retaining hooks, traces of adhesive to reverses of both; Serbia, Kingdom, Order of the White Eagle, Military Division, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, with section of neck riband for display purposes, reverse central ‘1882’ missing with resultant red enamel damage to reverse central medallion, significant blue enamel damage to pendelia and crown suspension detached but present; Greece, Kingdom, War Cross 1916-17, silver, with silver star on riband; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze palm on riband, the medals mounted court-style as worn, traces of verdigris to 1914 Star, except where otherwise stated generally good very fine and better (14) £6,000-£8,000 --- K.C.B. London Gazette 3 July 1926. C.B. London Gazette 2 March 1915. C.M.G. London Gazette 4 June 1917. M.I.D. London Gazettes 8 February 1901; 10 September 1901; 29 July 1902 (these all South Africa); 17 February 1915; 1 January 1916 (these two both France); 6 December 1916; 21 July 1917; 28 November 1917; and 30 January 1919 (these last four all Salonika). Greek Order of the Redeemer Second Class London Gazette 9 November 1918. Serbian Order of the White Eagle Third Class with Swords London Gazette 7 June 1919. Greek War Cross London Gazette 21 July 1919. French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 21 July 1919. Sir Henry Leycester Croker was born in Cheltenham on 17 October 1864, the son of Captain Edward Croker, 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot, and the grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel William Croker, 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot, and was educated at Cheltenham College. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the 4th (Militia) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, on 30 January 1884, and transferred to the Regular Army as a Lieutenant in his family Regiment, the Leicestershire Regiment, on 28 April 1886. He served with the 1st Battalion in the West Indies and North America during the 1890s, and was promoted Captain on 5 February 1894. Appointed Adjutant of the 1st Battalion on 25 November 1899, Croker served with the Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War, and took part in the operations in Natal in 1899-1900, including the action at Talana, the march from Dundee to Ladysmith, the engagement at Lombard’s Kop, and the Defence of Ladysmith, and is one of those officers who was depicted in Dickinson’s and Foster’s famous painting The Defenders of Ladysmith. Present at the action at Laing’s Nek from 6 to 9 June 1900, in the subsequent advance under Sir Redvers Buller through Northern Natal into the Transvaal he took part in the engagements at Armesfoort, Ermelo, Geluk’s Farm, Bergendal, and Badfontein, and was present at the actions at Belfast on 26-27 August 1900, and at Lydenberg from 5 to 8 September 1900. He saw further service in the operations under Sir John French in the Eastern Transvaal and on the Swaziland border, and under Major General W. Kitchener at Blood River Valley, South Eastern Transvaal, and Ilangapies. For his services in South Africa he was three times Mentioned in Despatches, awarded both the Queen’s South Africa Medal with the usual four clasps awarded to the Leicestershire Regiment and the King’s South Africa Medal, and was promoted Brevet Major on 22 August 1902. Confirmed in the rank of Major on 31 May 1904, Croker was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 November 1910, and served during the Great War in command of the 1st Battalion on the Western Front from 7 September 1914 to 18 March 1915. Promoted Major-General, he commanded the 81st Infantry Brigade in France from 21 March 1915 to 20 May 1916, and the 28th Division in Salonika from 21 May 1916 to the cessation of hostilities. Wounded, for his services during the Great War he appointed a Companion of both the Orders of the Bath and of St. Michael and St. George; was six times Mentioned in Despatches; and was honoured by the Governments of Greece, Serbia, and France. Croker married Mabel Tedlie in London on 1 June 1897, and together they had two daughters, including Phyllis Marian Croker. He retired with the rank of Major-General in 1923, and was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1926. He died in Kensington on 20 August 1938, and is buried in Leicester Cathedral. His obituary in the Regimental Journal gave the following personal tribute: ‘Croker was a man who inspired in both his superiors and subordinates feelings of affection, respect, and admiration. He was essentially a regimental officer who identified himself in every way with the Regiment, whose welfare and prestige were very near his heart. One can understand his feelings of loyalty and love of the Regiment when one realises what a long connection his family maintained with the 17th Foot. Not only was his father in the Regiment, but his grandfather commanded it with great distinction at the storming of Khelat in India in 1839. Every officer and man who served with him will mourn his loss.’ Sold with two portrait photographs of the recipient; four bound photograph albums, the first from the West Indies and North America; the second from South Africa; and the last two from Turkey, Greece, and Salonika; and other ephemera.
Pair: Gunner J. J. Kennedy, Royal Horse Artillery 1914-15 Star (78166 Gnr. J. J. Kennedy. R.H.A.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (78166. Gnr. J. J. Kennedy. R.A.) edge bruising, nearly very fine Pair: Driver H. Capstick, Royal Horse Artillery, later Essex Regiment and Labour Corps, who was wounded by gunshot in April 1917 1914-15 Star (59441 Dvr. H. Capstick. R.H.A.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (59441 Dvr. H. Capstick. R.A.) very fine Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (685 Gnr: H. Scarterfield. R.H.A.) edge bruising, nearly very fine The Great War French Medaille Militaire awarded to Second Lieutenant E. G. Kentish, Royal Horse Artillery, who was also Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, and died of disease in Baghdad on 27 February 1918 France, Third Republic, Medaille Militaire, silver, gilt, and enamel, unnamed as issued, in embossed case of issue; together with a named Indian Cavalry Corps letter announcing the approval of the distribution of the award, dated 6 November 1915, good very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- John Joseph Kennedy attested for the Royal Horse Artillery on 4 July 1914 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 April 1915. He was discharged due to sickness on 7 October 1916, and was awarded a Silver War Badge No. 68766. Herbert Capstick attested for the Royal Horse Artillery on 18 November 1914 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 April 1915. He transferred to the 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment on 25 January 1917, and was wounded by gun shot to the right shoulder in France on 9 April 1917. Further transferring to the Labour Corps on 28 May 1918, he was discharged due to sickness on 30 March 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge No. B342491. Sold with copied research. Ernest George Kentish attested for the Royal Horse Artillery and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 412 of October 1914. He served with ‘X’ Battery during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 December 1914, and subsequently with ‘V’ battery in Mesopotamia, and for his services during the Great War in Mesopotamia he was both Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 14 August 1917), and awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette 6 August 1918), having previously been awarded the French Medaille Militaire for his services on the Western Front (London Gazette 25 February 1916). Commissioned Second Lieutenant on 27 October 1917, he died of disease in Baghdad on 27 February 1918, and is buried in Baghdad (North Gate) Cemetery, Iraq. Sold with copied research.
The important C.B. group of six awarded to Colonel R. W. C. Winsloe, 21st Regiment of Foot, later Royal Scots Fusiliers, who Commanded the Garrison throughout the Siege of Potchefstroom during the First Boer War, for which services he was appointed Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria; having previously distinguished himself in the Crimea, and been severely wounded at Ulundi, he later commanded the 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers in Burma, and was three times Mentioned in Despatches The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 18ct gold and enamel, hallmarks for London 1875, with integral gold riband buckle; Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, silver, unnamed as issued; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lieutenant R. W. C. Winsloe, Royal North British Fusiliers, November 4th. 1855.) privately engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Lieutenant R. W. C. Winsloe, Royal North British Fusiliers, November 4th. 1855.) privately engraved naming, plugged and fitted with a small swivel ring suspension; South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Major R. W. C. Winslow [sic]. 2-21st. Foot.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Col. R. W. C. Winsloe. 2d. Bn. R. Sc. Fus.) mounted for display in this order, enamel damage to CB, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (6) £6,000-£8,000 --- C.B. London Gazette 25 May 1889. Richard William Charles Winsloe was commissioned Ensign, by purchase, in the 15th Regiment of Foot on 11 June 1853, and was promoted Lieutenant on 6 October 1854. That same year he transferred to the 21st Regiment of Foot, and the following year went with the Regiment to the Crimea. He distinguished himself before Sebastopol on the night of 15 August 1855, with the following account published in the Ayrshire Post some 30 years later: ‘On the night of 15th August 1885 [sic, for 1855], the Fusiliers furnished the duties on the extreme left of our position in the advance trench. The party numbered about 300 of all ranks, 100 of whom were detached under the command of Lieutenant Winsloe (now Colonel 2nd Battalion R.S. Fusiliers), into the Grave Yard. This was the most advanced position on the British left attack, and could only be occupied during the night. It was situated on the left front of, and under our fifth parallel, on the low ground between the British and Russian batteries, cutting across the head of the Picket House Ravine, and extending almost under the muzzles of the Russian guns. The party could only enter it when dark, retiring from it again at daybreak. On the above night we had taken up our position as described, Lieutenant Winsloe posting a strong line of double sentries a considerable distance in front to guard against surprise. The night was very dark, thus requiring increased vigilance on the part of all. About an hour after midnight, Lieutenant Winsloe, with escort, went out visiting the sentries, when a sound caught his ear. He soon discovered the cause. The enemy were forming up on the plain in front of their creek battery, some of whom had already begun to move forward in the direction of our trenches. Under the cool directions of this young officer our sentries delivered their fire, when all retired within the trench in a most orderly manner and then lined the parapet ready to defend the same. The fire was repeated along the whole line of sentries in front of the advance trench above us. The enemy, seeing that our men were on the alert, did not advance further. Thus a well-organised sortie was frustrated by the cool and daring conduct of Lieutenant Winsloe. The object of the enemy in thus trying to steal upon us on this occasion was to divert British attention away from the attack which they were about to make on the French and Sardinians on the plains of the Tchernaya. It was now about daybreak, and heavy firing could be heard from the direction of the latter. Our party, under Lieutenant Winsloe, now retired from the Grave Yard, and marched to the camp, there to be ready to fall in at a moment's notice to reinforce the French and Sardinians, who were then engaged fighting the ever-memorable battle of the Tchenaya.’ Promoted Captain on 25 June 1861, and Major on 31 August 1874, Winsloe then proceeded with his Regiment to Natal in February 1879. At the Battle of Ulundi, on 4 July, the regiment formed a portion of the right of the hollow square, and with the 58th, bore the brunt of the first desperate onslaught of the enemy, large numbers of whom got to within thirty yards of the line before their advance was stayed. Severely wounded in the chest during the engagement, Winsloe was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 21 August 1879) for his services, and was promoted Brevet of Lieutenant Colonel. Following the Zulu campaign, the Regiment was sent to the Transvaal and was at Pretoria at the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War 1880-81. In December 1880 Colonel Winsloe was ordered to relieve the officer in command at Potchefstroom, arriving on 12 December. Four days later, the Boers launched their attack on the fort, which continued until its surrender on 21 March of the following year. The following extract is taken from Sir H. Mortimer Durand, A Holiday in South Africa, Part IV, Potchefstroom, Blackwood's Magazine, November 1910: ‘There during the course of the unhappy war of 1881, a war remarkable for some painful defeats inflicted upon British troops, and closed by a humiliating peace, a small body of our country men redeemed by a very brave feat the honour of our arms. It is the "Old Fort", in which for three months 140 men of the Scottish Fusiliers, with some artillerymen and a few civilians, held their ground against the attacks of an enemy very superior in numbers. Their only defences were a hastily raised line of earthwork. They were encumbered with women and children and camp-followers. The hot season was upon them and made life a misery. Their supplies and water was insufficient. The round-shot and rifle-fire of the enemy, who had good cover in almost every direction, searched the enclosure side to side, and forced the garrison to take shelter in holes dug under the "wall", the little tents they had put up at first being soon riddled with bullets. From first to last they lost more than a third of their number in killed and wounded, and there was much sickness. Yet under the command of a brave and capable officer, Winsloe, they held out till they were practically without food and even then the enemy brought about their surrender only by a breach of faith which was condemned and repudiated by the Boer Government. It is a fine story, and an Englishman who stands in the little grass grown square, now neglected and almost forgotten, cannot but think with pride and gratitude of the men who held it so long. The war of 1881, for which we were as usual not ready, and the peace which, as even its apologists admit., brought upon us the contempt of our brave enemies, are not pleasant things to think of. One thanks God that a British officer was found in this time of need whose one thought was to do his duty and keep the flag flying. He was not the only one, for our small garrisons in the Transvaal all held out well: but their trials and sufferings were not so great.’ A District Order issued by Colonel Bellairs, C.B., on 7 April 1881 (as quoted in Winsloe's own book Siege of Potchefstroom) states: ‘The fort at Potchefstroom capitulated on the 21st March, but only when its garrison was reduced to extremity, and after as brave a defence as any in military annals; the troops marching out with the honours of war, and proceeding through the Orange Free State to Natal. The sterling qualities for which British soldiers have been so renowned have been brilliantly shown in this instance, durin...
An Order of St. John group of five awarded to Chief Surgeon J. B. Wilkinson, Oldham Corps, St. John Ambulance Brigade, who served for 38 years as Medical Officer for Health in Oldham and took an active part in recruiting ambulance men during both the Boer War and the Great War The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knight of Grace’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; Star, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, with maker’s mark ‘JBC’ to reverse of Star; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Honorary Associate’s breast badge, silver, with heraldic beasts in angles; St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (Chief Surg. J. B. Wilkinson. Oldham Corps.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Service Medal of the Order of St. John, with 5 Years Service bar (Chief Surgeon J. B. Wilkinson, 10. July. 1908.), mounted court-style for display; together with an Oldham Corporation Jubilee Celebration Medal 1899, white metal, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, very fine and better (7) £400-£500 --- James Bates Wilkinson was born at Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire, on 4 July 1857, and was educated at Huntingdon Grammar School, the University of Edinburgh, and the Royal College of Surgeons, graduating Bachelor of Medicine and Master in Surgery in 1883 and Doctor of Medicine in 1885. Initially working for the University of Edinburgh as Demonstrator in Pathology, Wilkinson subsequently went into private practice in London, and later in Peterborough and Manchester. In 1887 he moved to Oldham, and took an active part in sending out ambulance men to the Boer War, for which service he was one of the small number of ‘notables’ awarded an ‘honorary’ St. John Medal for South Africa; during the Boer War, Oldham had the distinction of contributing the largest number of men to the St. John Ambulance Brigade of any provincial town. Wilkinson served as School Medical Officer for Oldham from 1906 until his retirement in 1936. He was made an Honorary Associate of the Order of St. John on 25 April 1899 and was advanced to Knight of Grace on 21 October 1921. During the Great War he repeated his previous training endeavours for ambulance men and by 1930 had signed over 10,000 certificates and approved 13,000 awards in his capacity as Secretary for the Oldham branch of the St. John Ambulance Association. He died on 22 February 1941, his obituary in the Oldham Chronicle, dated 1 March 1941, noting: ‘He will long be remembered as a courteous and gentlemanly public servant of the old school.’ Sold with copied research. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s wife and daughter, see Lots 105 and 106.
Poland, Republic, Cross of Valour 1920, bronze; Roman Catholic Army Chaplain’s Medal, gilt and enamel; People’s Republic, Order of Polonia Restituta, Fifth Class breast badge, gilt and enamel; Order of Virtuti Militari, Fifth Class breast badge, silvered and enamel; Cross of Merit, First Class badge, gilt and enamel; Cross of Valour 1944, bronze; Cross for the Wielkopolski Uprising, bronze and enamel; Cross for the Silesian Uprising, silvered and enamel; Cross for Prisoners of the Concentration Camps (Auschwitz Cross), silvered and enamel; Medal of Merit for Safeguarding National Monuments, silvered and enamel, very fine and better (10) £140-£180
The Order of St. John insignia awarded to Lady Corps Superintendent Mrs. Katherine F. Wilkinson, Oldham Corps, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Dame of Grace’s shoulder badge, silver and enamel, heraldic beasts in angles, on lady’s bow riband; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister's shoulder badge, silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; together with the recipient’s Primrose League, Dame’s badge, second issue, gilt, with integral top riband bar, good very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Katherine Florence Wilkinson was born on 14 July 1858, the daughter of George Thackerary Esq., J.P., of Huntingdon. She married James Bates Wilkinson and served as Lady Corps Superintendent of the Oldham Corps, St. John Ambulance Brigade, and was a member on the original committee of the Poor Children's Holiday Association, which administered the Castleshaw Holiday Home and provided holidays for children of the poor. A stall-holder at the Crimean and Indian Mutiny bazaar, she helped to raise funds to provide military funerals for veterans of both campaigns. Appointed an Honorary Serving Sister of the Order of St. John on 26 May 1916, she was advanced Dame of Grace on 18 July 1924, and died on 2 May 1929. Sold with copied research. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s husband and daughter, see Lots 104 and 106.
A ‘North Russia 1919 Operations’ D.S.O., Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of nine awarded to Major W. O. 'Snapper' White, Royal Canadian Regiment, late 2nd (Eastern Ontario Regiment) Battalion, Canadian Infantry Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, lacking integral top riband bar, with obverse centre slightly depressed; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (8592 R.S. Mjr. W. O. White, 2/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Maj. W. O. White) both officially re-impressed; Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Russia, Empire, Order of St. Anne, Second Class neck Badge, with Swords, gilt and enamel, with neck riband; Order of St. Anne, Third Class breast Badge, with Swords, gilt and enamel; Order of St. Stanislas, Second Class neck Badge, with Swords, gilt and enamel, with neck badge, the Russian awards all base metal copies of Western European manufacture, the breast awards mounted court-style for wear, the mounted group all heavily lacquered, very fine and better (9) £1,800-£2,200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.S.O. London Gazette 3 February 1920: ‘For distinguished service in connection with military operations in Archangel, North Russia, dated 11 November 1919.’ M.C. London Gazette 14 November 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry during operations. He set a fine example throughout a very heavy bombardment, dressed the wounds of several men, and dug-out others who had been buried by shell fire. As Adjutant, he has always been of the greatest assistance to his C.O. and has displayed great coolness and courage.’ Wilfred Ormonde White was born in Milton, Ontario, on 13 December 1887, and enlisted in the Royal Canadian Regiment July 1905, in which capacity, as a Sergeant, he accompanied the regiment’s Coronation Contingent to England in 1911. Mobilised on the outbreak of hostilities, he enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Valcartier in September 1914 and was appointed the first Regimental Sergeant-Major in the 2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Embarked for France in February 1915, White was commissioned as a Lieutenant that September, and was advanced to Captain and appointed Adjutant of the Battalion in June 1916, shortly after which, on 29 July, he was slightly wounded in the left leg and was awarded the Military Cross. Having then served back in England, he returned to France as a Staff Officer in 5th Canadian Division in early 1917, and was appointed Brigade Major to the 14th Canadian Infantry Brigade that March. Once more, however, he returned to England, in order to attend a Staff College Course at Cambridge, following which he went back to France as a Staff Captain in the 10th Infantry Brigade in September 1918 and was similarly employed at the cessation of hostilities. Seconded to the North Russian Expeditionary Force in March 1919, for his services in Archangel White was appointed a companion of the Distinguished Order, as well as being awarded the Russian Orders of St. Anne and St. Stanislas (Russian Army (Northern Region) Command Orders of September 1919 refer). Subsequently appointed to the Royal Canadian Regiment, White was finally discharged from the C.E.F. in May 1920, and later settled in South Africa. Sold with an embroidered Staff cap badge on red band.
The C.S.I. group of eight miniature dress medals worn by Colonel G. B. M. Sarel, 11th King Edward’s Own Lancers (Probyn’s Horse), Indian Army The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I., Companion’s badge, gold (the reverse stamped 18ct) and enamel, with central onyx cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Chitral Rel. Force; China 1900, no clasp; British War and Victory Medals; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Iraq, Kurdistan; Coronation 1902, silver; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, mounted court-style as worn, minor edge bruise to IGS, otherwise good very fine and better (8) £400-£500 --- C.S.I. London Gazette 20 January 1921: ‘For services in Central Kurdistan and Northern Iraq.’ Sold with the original Central Chancery enclosure letter for the C.S.I., named to ‘Colonel George Sarel, C.S.I.’, and dated 19 July 1921. For the recipient’s related full-sized awards, see Lot 88.
Pair: Orderly M. Horsley, Heanor Division, St. John Ambulance Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, right hand side rivet between clasps filed down (1126 Ordly: M. Horsley, St. John Amb: Bde:); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (1126. Pte. M. Horsley. Heanor Div:); together with a gold (9ct., 4.17g) and enamel prize shield, the obverse engraved ‘Derbyshire Cricket Alliance 1902’, the reverse engraved ‘Won by Loscoe C.C. M. Horsley’, edge bruising to QSA, suspension re-soldered on prize shield, nearly very fine and better (3) £400-£500 --- M. Horsley was a member of the Heanor Division, St. John Ambulance Brigade.
International, Military & Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem, Knight of Grace set of insignia, comprising neck badge, 104mm including trophy-of-arms suspension x 57mm, gilt and enamel, unmarked, with neck riband; Star, 94mm, gilt and enamel, with retaining pin and two additional support hooks, housed in a wooden case inscribed ‘From Grateful Pilgrims 25.iii - 6.iv.1962, Jerusalem’, good very fine (2) £100-£140
The mounted group of twelve miniature dress medals worn by Major-General Sir Henry L. Croker, Leicestershire Regiment The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s badge, silver-gilt and enamel; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s badge, silver-gilt and enamel, minor blue enamel damage to mottos around central medallions; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Talana, Def. of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Coronation 1911; Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer, 2nd type, Grand Commander’s badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband, minor blue enamel damage to mottos around central medallions; Serbia, Kingdom, Order of the White Eagle, Military Division, Commander’s badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Greece, Kingdom, War Cross 1916-17, silver; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze palm on riband, mounted as worn, very fine and better (12) £300-£400 --- Sold with a portrait photograph of the recipient; and a small Leicestershire Regiment coaster, with central Aynsley china base with silver surround, with hallmarks for Birmingham 1905.
An unattributed C.M.G. mounted group of five miniature dress medals The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s badge, silver-gilt and enamel; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-9; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Khedive’s Sudan 1910-21, 1 clasp, Darfur 1916, mounted as worn, good very fine An unattributed ‘Great War’ D.S.O. mounted group of four miniature dress medals Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, mounted as worn, good very fine (9) £80-£100
An Order of St. John group of five awarded to Corporal W. Boucher, St. John Ambulance Brigade, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, silver and enamel; British War and Victory Medals (B.Z. 705 W. Boucher. Sig. R.N.V.R.); Defence Medal; Service Medal of the Order of St John, silver, straight bar suspension, with two Additional Award Bars (20605. Corporal William Boucher. Pontypool Rd. Rly. Div. Monmouthshire. 1939) in H. T. Lamb & Co. Clerkenwell, box of issue; together with the related miniature Order of St. John Serving Brother’s badge, very fine (5) £80-£100 --- William Boucher attested into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Bristol Division, on 9 February 1915 for service during the Great War. His service afloat included service in H.M.S. Gunner and he was demobilised on 5 March 1920. Sold copy record of service.
A Great War A.F.C., Serbian Order of the White Eagle group of nine miniature dress medals attributed to Wing Commander E. R. Pretyman, Royal Air Force, late Prince Albert’s Somerset Light Infantry Air Force Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Serbia, Kingdom, Order of the White Eagle, 2nd type, Fifth Class breast badge, with crossed swords, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, mounted for wear, good very fine and better (9) £100-£140 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2002 (when sold alongside his father’s and brother’s miniature medals); the recipient’s full-sized medals were previously sold in these rooms (also alongside his father’s and brother’s full-sized medals) in May 1993. A.F.C. London Gazette 3 June 1919. The following recommendation was extracted from official sources: 'For continuous good work and devotion to duty whilst in command of No. 19 Squadron from 18th September to 5th November 1918. The efficiency of this squadron was undoubtedly due to this officer's inspiring leadership and personal example.' M.I.D. London Gazettes 1 December 1916 and 31 December 1918.
 Serbian Order of the White Eagle London Gazette 15 February 1917. Edward Radclyffe Pretyman was born in Bombay on 29 November 1894, the second son of Major General Sir George Pretyman, K.C.M.G., C.B., Royal Artillery, and the younger brother of Lieutenant-Colonel G.F. Pretyman, D.S.O., O.B.E., Somerset Light Infantry and Royal Flying Corps. Appointed to a commission from Sandhurst in the Somerset Light Infantry on 17 September 1913, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front, and was wounded on 26 April 1915. He was appointed Flying Officer, Royal Flying Corps, on 30 October 1915 and served in Egypt and Palestine with 17 Squadron, before being appointed Commanding Officer of No. 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force, on 24 July 1917; whilst with this Squadron he was fortunate to survive a crash landing at Abu Gander which resulted in the death of Second Lieutenant Girod. He subsequently commanded 19 Squadron in France from March to November 1918, and his services during the Great War he was twice Mentioned in Despatches. Granted a permanent commission as Flight Lieutenant on 1 August 1919, he spent the next four years in Egypt and Constantinople with 56 Squadron. Promoted Squadron Leader on 30 June 1923 and to Wing Commander on 1 July 1931. He was appointed Commanding Officer of R.A.F. Abingdon on 16 October 1936 on 1 July 1937. He was recalled to the R.A.F. at the outbreak of war in 1939 and served in charge of administration at R.A.F. Cranwell until 25 April 1942.
Pair: Private First Class W. I. Rodger, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (68748 Pte. 1. W. T. [sic] Rodger. R.A.F.); together with red card identity disc ‘W. I. Rodger. R.F.C. 68748’, very fine Pair: Air Mechanic First Class S. E. Slaven, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (218294 1. A.M. S. E. Slaven. R.A.F.) mounted court-style for display; together with silver and enamel RAF sweetheart brooch, very fine (4) £80-£100
Six: Chief Technician A. W. Stewart, Royal Air Force, who was Mentioned in Despatches 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (540576 Ch. Tech. A. W. Stewart. R.A.F.); Lebanon, Aviation Order of the Eagle, silver and enamel, with eagle emblem on riband, mounted for wear, edge bruise to LSGC, contact marks, very fine, the last scarce (6) £200-£240 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1946. A. W. Stewart was awarded the Lebanese Aviation Order of the Eagle on 8 August 1963; in common with other Lebanese awards to the Royal Air Force during the period in question it was not Gazetted but is listed in the M.O.D. Register of foreign awards. For further details see an article in the OMRS Autumn 200 Journal.
A mounted display of British Red Cross Society medals and badges, comprising British Red Cross Society Medal for War Service 1914-18 (2), one with Mentioned in Despatches emblem affixed; white embroidered Red Cross uniform badges (2); V.A.D. Detachment embroidered uniform badge; Red Cross and Order of St John, small white metal ‘Penny a Week Fund’ lapel badge (2); Red Cross County of Surrey pin badge, engraved to reverse ‘18862 V. M. Morris’; British Red Cross Society hat or cap badge with enamelled centre (2), one modern bright gilt finish, lacking pin fitting, the other older aged brass lacking one blade fixing; cap ribbon cockade with affixed pin back brass and enamel cap badge; silvered and enamel Junior Red Cross Proficiency badge engraved to reverse ‘O587 Hygiene 8.8.52.’; 4 black bakelite / plastic buttons, two large and two small; 1942 Red Cross qualification clasp, gilt and enamel; brass shoulder title; small 1914-15 lapel stick pin badge, hallmarked silver and enamel; Boy’s Life Brigade Semi Jubilee Fund 1925, gilt and enamel lapel badge with red cross to centre; Junior Red Cross ‘Serve One Another’ lapel pin badge; Boys Brigade First Aid Proficiency badge with red cross to centre; British Red Cross Society gilt and enamelled pin back lapel badge; Proficiency in Red Cross Nursing Medal, engraved to reverse ‘35904 R. S. Bowerman’, generally very fine (lot) £60-£80 --- The British Red Cross Society Medals for War Service 1914-18, have hand-written attributions to ‘D. J. Newell, Mentioned in Despatches’, and ‘Y. M. V. Russell’.
A fine S.G.M. group of eleven awarded to Captain W. A. F. Maltby, a Trinity House Pilot who for many years was ‘choice’ pilot for the Orient Line: he was appointed an Assistant Officer in the Royal Naval Minewatching Service following his retirement as Senior Pilot at Dover between the Wars, and was awarded the Danish Order of the Dannebrog for piloting the Danish ship Kronprincess Ingrid to the port on the occasion of the State Visit by King Frederick and Queen Ingrid Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., bronze (William A. F. Maltby, Wreck of the Blengfell, 17th Oct. 1898) an official ‘exchange issue’ from the original large type; British War Medal and Mercantile Marine War Medals (William A. F. Maltby); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Denmark, Kingdom, Order of Dannebrog, F.IX.R., Knight’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Danish Household Medal, F.IX.R., with crown, gilt, mounted as worn, generally good very fine (11) £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: Spink, June 1989; Dix Noonan Webb, December 2005. William Alfred Flower Maltby was born in Homerton, London on 4 November 1881 and first went to sea as a deck boy in 1895. Serving as a Seaman in the tug Simla, of London, he was awarded the Sea Gallantry Medal for his gallantry in rescuing the survivors of the iron barque Blengfell, of Liverpool, which whilst on passage from New York to London with a cargo of 329,300 gallons of naptha blew up off North Foreland, Margate; the Simla ran alongside and at great risk took off the survivors of her crew. Nine of the crew of the Blengfell, including her Captain, J. Johnson, were drowned; the recipient’s obituary notice in the Lloyd’s Shipping Gazette on 6 January 1956 states that Maltby ‘dived among the burning wreckage of a sinking ship.’ Maltby was licensed as a Trinity House pilot in June 1914; the following article appeared upon his retirement 37 years later: ‘After 57 years at sea, 37 of them as a Trinity House Pilot, Captain W. A. F. Maltby, popular Senior Pilot, who lived in Dover for many years, retires at the end of this month. Captain Maltby, who is seventy, now lives at “Orion”, Beach Street, Deal, and during his long service to the sea has served in practically every type of vessel from sailing ship to modern ocean-going liner. Last year he succeeded Captain Douglas Magub as Senior Pilot at Dover, and in May was responsible for piloting the Danish ship Kronprincess Ingrid to the port on the occasion of the State Visit by King Frederick and Queen Ingrid. He has been “choice” pilot for the Orient Line for a number of years and he recently completed his last mission for the Line when he took the Orion - after which he has named his house - from Brixham to Tilbury at the end of her voyage from the Far East. Up to the end of last year Captain Maltby had piloted 3332 ships into port. The vessels had an aggregate tonnage of well over eight million, and he had taken them 213,637 miles. At the recent trials of the liners Orcades and Oronsay, he was in attendance, and spent 36 hours on the bridge of the Oronsay without a break. In addition to the service medals which he holds, Captain Maltby was awarded the Sea Gallantry Medal in 1901 [sic] for his rescue of a man off Margate after a ship laden with naptha blew up. Last year he was decorated by the Danish King after he had piloted the Kronprincess Ingrid through the Channel. For many years, while he lived in Dover, Captain Maltby occupied Belgrave House, 165 Folkestone Road. Captain Maltby will not go into complete retirement, for he has just been appointed an Assistant Officer for the recently reformed Royal Naval Minewatching Service.’ Maltby died at Deal in January 1956. Sold with copied research.
An unattributed C.B., C.M.G. mounted group of three miniature dress medals The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s badge, gold, with integral gold riband buckle; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s badge, gold and enamel; Coronation 1911, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100
An unattributed D.S.O. and Two Bars, M.C. mounted group of eight miniature dress medals Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with Second and Third Award Bars, with integral top riband bar; Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, with palme, reverse dated 1914-16, mounted as worn, polishing to Great War awards, generally very fine An unattributed M.B.E. mounted group of nine miniature dress medals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1953; Army Emergency Reserve Decoration, E.II.R., with integral top riband bar; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, with integral top riband bar, mounted as worn in this order, good very fine (17) £160-£200
A well-documented Second War C.I.E. group of ten awarded to Major-General R. G. Ekin, 58th Frontier Force Rifles, later 5th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles, Indian Army, who served in Egypt and Palestine during the Great War, where he distinguished himself in the capture of the Turkish stronghold of Tabsor, capturing with just 20 men a target that had been assigned to a Battalion. After seeing much action in Waziristan during the inter-War period, Ekin commanded the 46th Infantry Brigade in Burma during the Second World War, where he swam the 600 yards across the Sittang River to report to Divisional HQ after the bridge had been destroyed in the retreat from Burma. His services for the War effort being ‘of the highest order’, he subsequently served as General Officer Commanding, Bihar and Orissa, prior to Indian Independence, and during the course of his career was five times Mentioned in Despatches The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. R. G. Ekin.); India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Capt. R. G. Ekin. 58 Rfls.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (Lt-Col. R. G. Ekin, 5-13 F.F. Rif.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; India Service Medal; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, good very fine and better (10) £2,400-£2,800 --- C.I.E. London Gazette 13 June 1946. The official citation states: ‘Major-General Roger Gillies Ekin, Indian Army Commander, Nowshera Brigade. Lately as a Brigadier he commanded a Brigade in Burma in 1942 with conspicuous success until owing to lack of numbers his Brigade was merged with another formation. He has since commanded Nowshera Brigade and by his outstanding ability, keenness and personality managed to build up and train raw units into a first class fighting machine in the shortest possible time. Apart from his essential military duties Brigadier Ekin by his example and devotion to duty created a co-operative and happy atmosphere throughout the station. His services to the War effort was of the highest order.’ M.I.D. London Gazettes 22 January 1919; 5 June 1919 (both Egypt); 12 June 1923 (Waziristan 1921); 20 June 1941 (Waziristan); and 28 October 1942 (Burma). Roger Gilles Ekin was born on 18 November 1895, the son of Colonel T. C. Ekin, and was educated at Westminster School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant on the Unattached List for the Indian Army on 1 October 1914, a significant achievement as in those days the Indian Army only accepted those who had passed out in the first 35 in the final Order of Merit; a certain Bernard Montgomery had passed out 36th and had been rejected. Posted to the 55th Rifles, Frontier Rifles, on 16 December 1914, he served during the Great War in Egypt from 1916, escorting a contingent of reinforcement for the Indian Corps on the Western Front, before transferring to the 58th Frontier Force Rifles, and was promoted Lieutenant on 1 October 1916. The following year, Ekin served during General Allenby’s campaign in Palestine, being present at the battles of Gaza, Megiddo, and Jerusalem. During the advance on Jerusalem in November 1917, the 58th Rifles were assigned to picquet the pass north-east of Latrun. The History of Palestine states that throughout history 26 attempts had been made to attack Jerusalem from the west, and all had failed; the 58th were therefore the first ever to penetrate and hold the pass, which allowed for General Allenby’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Subsequently receiving orders to join the 232nd Brigade at Jimsu, Ekin is mentioned in the History of the 5th Battalion, 13 Frontier Force Rifles for his services on 11 December 1917: ‘“A” Company, under Lieutenant R. G. Ekin, assisted the 2/3rd Gurkhas in the capture of Budras village, putting an enemy machine gun out of acting and making prisoners of a Turkish officer and ten men.’ Promoted Captain, Ekin’s final action of the Great War came at the capture of the strongly held village of Tabsor on 19 September 1918, a Turkish strong-point, heavily protected by barbed wire and cactus hedges: ‘The Regiment advanced in two waves at 150 yards interval, “A” Company (under Captain Ekin) on the left of the first wave. Covered by an intense bombardment from our guns the line advanced, and came three minutes later under the enemy counter-barrage. The Turkish front line of defence was taken, and at soon after Tabsor village was encircled, its defenders flying in a westerly direction.’ (ibid). A Record of the 58th Rifles, F.F., in the Great War 1914-19 adds the following detail: ‘During the advance on Tabsor, the Battalion was on a much broader front than was intended [Ekin himself says ‘The Battalion “side-stepped” several hundred yards to fill a gap vacated by a Battalion which had retired], and consequently Tabsor village itself, the assault on which the entire Battalion had been specially detailed, was actually encircled and taken by a mere handful of about twenty men under Captain Ekin and Jemadar Thakur Sing.’ For his services during the Great War in Egypt and Palestine, Ekin was twice Mentioned in Despatches, the latter Mention almost certainly for his gallantry at Tabsor, and was awarded the British War and Victory Medals. Appointed Adjutant of the 58th Frontier Force Rifles in February 1919, Ekin saw further service during the Waziristan campaigns on the North West Frontier of India, taking part in the operations against the Wana Wazirs in 1920 in the column under Sir Walter Leslie, and served at Wana, Rogha Kot, and Dargai Oba in 1921, the fighting described as ‘the most desperate and costly in the whole history of the Frontier.’ For his services Ekin was again Mentioned in Despatches and was awarded the India General Service Medal with two clasps. On 1 December 1922, the 58th Frontier Force Rifles was re-badged as the 5th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles. Appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General in August 1924, in the inter-War years Ekin held various staff and regimental appointments, and saw further service during the campaign on the North West Frontier of 1930 when Peshawar was isolated, receiving a further clasp to his India General Service Medal. Advanced Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel in 1936, Ekin was appointed Commandant of the Battalion in May 1937, then stationed at Thal, on the North-West Frontier, and commanded the Kohat Brigade in operations against Mehr Dil during the unrest fermented by the Faqir of Ipi in Waziristan in 1938, and the subsequent uprising in the Bannu and Kohat districts, where the Battalion was tasked with protecting a 30-mile stretch between Banda Daud Shah and Bannu (Medal and clasp). Promoted Colonel in 1939, following the outbreak of the Second World War Ekin was appointed Commandant of the Tactical School, India, and then in 1941 was given command of the 46th Infantry Brigade, part of the 17th Indian Division; intended for service in Iraq, the division was instead sent to Burma at the end of 1941. In February 1942, having evacuated Moulmein in paddle steamers across the Salween estuary under Japanese shell-fire, and having fought a delaying action on the Bilin River, Major-General Smyth, V.C., the commander of the 17th Indian Division, decided to withdraw across the Sittang river, a more defensible obstacle. Ekin’s Times obituary takes up the story: ‘The ...
A rare inter-War ‘Central Kurdistan and Northern Iraq’ C.S.I. group of eight awarded to Colonel G. B. M. Sarel, 11th King Edward’s Own Lancers (Probyn’s Horse), Indian Army, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, C.S.I., Companion’s neck badge, gold and enamel, with central onyx cameo of a youthful Queen Victoria, the motto of the order set in rose diamonds, suspended from a five-pointed silver star and gold ring suspension, with full and miniature width neck ribands, in Garrard, London, case of issue (the case lacking padded insert); India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Lieutt. G. B. M. Sarel. 11th. Bl. Lcrs.); China 1900, no clasp (Capt. G. B. M. Sarel. 11/Bengal Lcrs:); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col G. B. M. Sarel.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Kurdistan, Iraq (Lt. Col G. B. M. Sarel.); Coronation 1902, silver, unnamed as issued; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued, the medals mounted court-style for display, light contact marks to IGS and China, otherwise good very fine and better, the CSI extremely fine (8) £4,000-£5,000 --- C.S.I. London Gazette 20 January 1921: ‘For services in Central Kurdistan and Northern Iraq.’ George Benedict Molyneux Sarel was born on 21 March 1871, the son of Lieutenant-General Henry Andrew Sarel, C.B. 17th Light Dragoons, and sometime Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey, and was educate at Wellington College, Berkshire. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Scots Fusiliers on 29 November 1890, and was promoted Lieutenant on 7 April 1893, before transferring to the Indian Army on 20 March 1894, being posted to the 11th Bengal Lancers. He served with during the Chitral Relief Expedition of 1895, and saw further service in China during the Boxer Rebellion. Appointed a Squadron Commander and temporary Commandant of the 11th King Edward’s Own Lancers (Probyn’s Horse), as the Regiment had become, on 4 July 1916, he was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 29 November 1916 and served during the latter stages of the Great War. Sarel saw further service post-War in Central Kurdistan and Northern Iraq, as part of Lieutenant-General Haldane’s Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, during which he commanded a mobile column consisting of 170 sabres, two mountain guns, and 500 rifles, that was despatched from Mosul in the spring of 1921 with orders to occupy the village of Sardariah as early as possible. For his services he was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 18 January 1921 and 9 September 1921), and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Star of India. Promoted Colonel, with the date of promotion antedated to 19 May 1920, he retired on 15 June 1922, and died on 29 July 1953. Sold with the Bestowal Document appointed Lieutenant-Colonel George Benedic [sic] Molyneux Sarel a Companion of the Order of the Star of India, dated 20 January 1921; a copy of the Statutes of the Order; and a mounted group of four Second World War medals, comprising 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, these all unnamed. For the recipient’s related miniature awards, see Lot 805.
Family group: Four: Private W. J. Douglas, King’s Own Scottish Borderers British War and Victory Medals (1574 Pte. W. J. Douglas. K.O.S.B.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (3178890 Pte. W. Douglas. K.O.S.B.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (3178890 Pte. W. J. Douglas. K.O.S.B.) 3rd loose, remainder mounted as originally worn, first two worn fine, remainder very fine Four: Lance Corporal R. Douglas, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots, who was wounded in action during the Defence of Hong Kong, taken Prisoner of War at the Fall of Hong Kong, and died of disease in captivity on 11 August 1942 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure slip, and Society Of Miniature Rifle Clubs, Scottish League Prize Medal, bronze and enamel, reverse engraved ‘3rd Division 1934’, nearly extremely fine (lot) £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Robert Douglas was born in Dumfries, Scotland, in January 1910. He attested for the Royal Scots at Dumfries in January 1933, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Second World War. Douglas advanced to Lance Corporal in August 1941, and was wounded in action during the Defence of Hong Kong on 21 December 1941. He was taken Prisoner of War at the Fall of Hong Kong on 25 December 1941, and died of disease whilst in captivity on 11 August 1942. Lance Corporal Douglas is buried in the Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong. Sold with copied service papers.
Pair: Gunner E. Ede, Royal Horse Artillery, who was wounded at Kameelfonteing on 11 June 1900 India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (80120 Gunr. E. Ede. K. By. R.H.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (80120 Gnr: E. Ede. O Bty., R.H.A.); together with the recipient’s Army Temperance Association India 5 Year Meal, silver and enamel, the reverse scratched ‘Gunner E. Ede India 1892’, with 6 Year ‘Watch and be Sober’ top riband bar, these three all mounted court-style for wear; ands a South Africa 1899-1902 Veterans Association lapel badge, light contact marks, very fine (3) £240-£280 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Edwin Ede was born in Sydenham, Kent, in 1871 and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery at London on 28 July 1890. He served in India from 24 September 1892 to 28 March 1898, and saw active service on the Punjab Frontier with ‘K’ Battery. Transferring to the Reserve on 31 March 1898, he was recalled for War service on 9 October 1899 and served with ‘O’ Battery in South Africa during the Boer War from 27 October 1899 to 16 August 1900, being wounded at Kameelfontein on 11 June 1900. He reverted to the Reserve again on 1 April 1902, and was discharged on 27 July 1902, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service, medal roll extracts, and other research.
Four: Lieutenant A. Otten, 320 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force and Royal Netherlands Air Force France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, these both later issues in plastic boxes of issue, with Defence Council enclosure; Netherlands, Kingdom, Flying Cross 1941, silver, the reverse stamped ‘Silver’, in Spink, London, case of issue; War Commemorative Cross, bronze, 2 clasps, Nederland Mei 1940, Oorlogsvluchten 1940-1945, mounted for wear by ‘Fa. A. Tack, Breda; together with the recipient’s Royal Netherlands Air Force Pilot-Navigator’s Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse stamped ‘Silver’, with pin back suspension, nearly extremely fine (5) £600-£800 --- Albert Otten was born in Holland on 7 June 1916 and was an Officer Pilot Third Class in the Netherlands Royal Navy Reserve. He served with 320 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force during the Second World War from 2 June 1941, flying predominately the American Mitchell Mark II bomber, and is recorded as having made 45 operational flights prior to 1944; 22 operational flights in the second quarter of 1944; 23 operations flights in the third quarter of 1944; 4 operations flights in the fourth quarter of 1944; and 21 operational flights in the first quarter of 1945. For his courage, skill, persistence, and devotion to duty he was awarded the Dutch Flying Cross in 1944. He subsequently became a commercial pilot with the Dutch airline K.L.M., and died in Portishead, Bristol, on 24 April 1980. Sold with the recipient’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book, covering the period 7 July 1940 to 18 August 1946; a bound copy of 320 Squadron R.A.F. Memorial 1940-1945, by J. P. Kloos, and inscribed by the author ‘To Andrew Otten, in fond memory of his father Appie with whom I flew 75 “ops” against the enemy in WWII’, the text in a mixture of English and Dutch; two First Day Covers, one commemorating 320 (Dutch) Squadron; the other commemorating the Dropping of Food to the Dutch People by Bomber Command; and various letters and other research documents.
An unusual Great War pair awarded to Lieutenant A. V. Gash, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Reserve and Royal Naval Air Service, who served as Victualling and Pay Officer at No. 6 Kite Balloon Station at Bizerta, Tunisia, in 1918, and was awarded the Tunisian Order of Nichin Iftikhar by the Bey of Tunis British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. A. V. Gash. R.A.F.); Tunisia, French Colonial, Order of Nichan Iftikhar, Officer’s breast badge, 70mm including bow suspension x 51mm, silver and enamel, Mohammed el-Nasir (1906-22) cipher at centre, unmarked, with rosette on riband, mounted for wear, nearly extremely fine; the recipient is not entitled to a Victory Medal and consequently this is his full entitlement and a rare combination (2) £600-£800 --- One of only 44 Tunisian awards awarded to British personnel during the Great War. Tunisian Order of Nichan Iftikhar, Thrid Class (Officer) London Gazette 23 August 1919: ‘For valuable services rendered in connection with the war at Bizerta’. Albert Victor Gash was born at Swansea on 10 September 1890 and was commissioned into the Royal Naval Reserve as a temporary Assistant Paymaster on 11 February 1918; having transferred to the Royal Naval Air Service, he became a founding member of the Royal Air Force as a Lieutenant and Paymaster on 1 April 1918. Shortly afterwards he was posted to the Mediterranean as Victualling and Pay Officer with No. 6 Kite Balloon Station on the North African coast at Bizerta in Tunisia; the purpose of the Kite Balloon Station was to sight submarines, deter their ability to surface, and to restrict their ability to attack Allied shipping. For his services during the Great War he received the British War Medal and was awarded the Tunisian Order of Nichan Iftikhar; he was not entitled to the Victory Medal and consequently this is his full medallic entitlement. Posted home following the cessation of hostilities, Gash contracted pneumonia in April 1919. Recovering, he was granted a short service commission in the Royal Air Force as a Flying Officer in the Administrative Branch on 24 October 1919, transferring to the Reserve on 24 October 1922. He relinquished his commission on 24 October 1926, and died in Ealing on 29 June 1957. Sold with a small newspaper cutting and copied research, including an Article by Marc Parren on Kite Balloon Station No. 6 at Bizerta.
An unattributed D.S.O., M.C. mounted group of nine miniature dress medals Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, heavy polishing to BWM and GSM, nearly very fine and better An unattributed M.C. mounted group of six miniature dress medals Military Cross, G.V.R.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Coronation 1911, mounted as worn, nearly very fine (15) £100-£140
An unattributed mounted group of four miniature dress medals Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol; France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s badge, silver and enamel, lacking central roundel, damage to enamel; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow, mounted in this order on a contemporary Hunt & Roskell quadruple top silver riband buckle, with gold retaining pin, contact marks throughout, the Legion of Honour in relic condition, the rest nearly very fine Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Jowaki 1877-8; Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, these all loose, edge bruising, polished and worn, nearly very fine and better (8) £100-£140
Greece, Kingdom, Medal of Military Merit 1916-17, bronze; Distinguished Conduct Medal 1940, bronze; War Cross 1940, First Class, bronze with gilded crown; War Medal 1940-41, Land Operations issue, blackened bronze; Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (3), First Class, for 20 Years’ Service, gilt; Second Class, for 15 Years’ Service, silvered; Third Class, for 10 Years’ Service, bronze, all on Air Force riband; United Nations Medal for Korea, Greek issue, all unnamed as issued; together with a Belgian Decoration for Workers and Artisans, First Class, bilingual type, silvered and enamel, with gilded crown, in de Greef, Brussels, case of issue; an Italian Allied Victory Medal 1914-19, bronze; and a United States of America Air Force Meritorious Achievement Medal, white metal, with riband bars, in case of issue, good very fine and better (11) £100-£140
An unattributed Japanese Order of the Rising Sun group of eight Japan, Empire, Order of the Rising Sun, Sixth Class breast badge, silver and enamel, with red cabochon in centre; Russo-Japanese War Medal 1904-05, with clasp, bronze; 1914-15 War Medal, with clasp, bronze; 1931-34 Incident War Medal, with clasp, bronze; Allied Victory Medal, bronze; Taisho Enthronement Medal 1915, silver; Showa Enthronement Medal 1928, silver; Red Cross Membership Medal, silver, with rosette on riband, mounted as worn, minor enamel damage to first, otherwise very fine and better (8) £240-£280
Family Group: Four: Major A. Blaikie, 14th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish), who sustained a bullet wound to the thigh in the gallant ‘Halloween’ charge at Messines on 31 October 1914, one of nine officers killed or wounded in this first Territorial Regiment engagement of the Great War, and the first Chartered Accountant to become a casualty 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt: A. Blaikie. 14/Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (Major A. Blaikie.); Defence Medal, the first three mounted as worn, the Defence Medal loose; together with the recipient’s London Scottish Old Comrades Association gilt and enamel badge, good very fine and better Pair: Mrs. B. Blaikie, British Red Cross Society, who served as a Child Welfare Officer in Copthorne, West Sussex Defence Medal, with B.R.C.S. Associate badge pinned to riband; Voluntary Medical Service Medal, silver (Mrs. Brenda Blaikie); together with the recipient’s B.R.C.S. Proficiency in First Aid badge (2722 B. Blaikie) and B.R.C.S. For Merit badge (4041 B. Blaikie) the last in original named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine (8) £400-£500 --- Adrian Blaikie was born on 28 August 1886, the fourth son of James Blaikie of 15 Church Crescent, Finchley. Educated at Dulwich College, he is recorded on the School Register as qualifying A.C.A. in February 1909 and taking employment with the firm of Maclaine & Co. in 1911. Commissioned Lieutenant in April 1914, Blaikie crossed the Channel to France with the 1/14th London Regiment per S.S. Winnifredia on 15 September 1914 as part of a fairly exclusive club; his compatriots were almost entirely composed of white-collar London professionals, headed by private school boys and university-educated men, who had paid a subscription to join and had proven themselves Scottish by birth or parentage. Initially sent to St. Omer, the men spent their first few weeks overseas employed as labour and prisoner escorts, the linguists being assigned liaison duties with French command. Transferred to lines of communication duties, their role soon changed in late October 1914 as the British line began to fragment along a ridge of high ground running south from Ypres known as the Wytschaete-Messines Ridge. Considered strategically vital, if the Germans managed to occupy and hold this position then they could dominate the ground to the west and endanger the British force holding Ypres. The Stand of the London Scottish at Messines Described as a ‘baptism of fire’ on 31 October 1914, the repulsion of four separate German bayonet attacks by men of the 14th London Regiment is perhaps the most significant action in the storied history of the Regiment, later immortalised in a famous artwork by Richard Caton-Woodville. Commencing around 9pm, waves of enemy charged at the British lines and were driven back by rifle fire and a series of counter attacks. Forced to ‘single feed’ rounds one at a time into the newly-issued Mark 1 rifles, the London Scottish immediately compensated for weak springs and incorrect front stop clips through steady shooting and the experience of training; proud of their marksmanship at Bisley, they proved highly proficient in administering the ‘mad minute’ of 15 aimed shots in 60 seconds. A fine firsthand account of the valour of the London Scottish was later published in the Civil & Military Gazette on 5 November 1914: ‘The Scottish were ordered to occupy a ridge crowning beet fields. They advanced in the open, exposed to murderous shrapnel fire from artillery two miles distant, without cover, but they pushed forward to the enemy’s trenches. The Germans in overwhelming numbers rushed out with fixed bayonets. The Scottish also fixed bayonets and did not wait for the attack. They charged the advancing enemy. The impact was terrific. The Scottish were overborne by numbers and recoiled. They reformed, however, and charged repeatedly. Then the Germans turned and ran. Two farmhouses were filled with Scottish wounded carried on stretchers. The Germans shelled them, and the wounded were removed, but only at great risk.’ Another graphic account by a soldier of the 1/14th London Scottish published in the Aberdeen Daily Journal on 6 November 1914, adds: ‘A large number, including myself, never succeeded in reaching the German trenches, falling victims to the hail of lead let loose upon us. The remainder, though blown with the sprint across the field, used their bayonets with all their might. From the shelter of the trees to which I crawled, I could see our men hacking and stabbing at the Germans right and left until the whole was a mass of struggling men. Three times our lines were broken, so desperate was the resistance, and so endless the numbers, but our men reformed on each occasion and charged again and again with bayonets dripping with blood.’ Despite such desperate resistance, enemy forces of the 6th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Division finally broke the British front and succeeded in making their way around the Battalion flank; the London Scottish had no choice but to withdraw west, leaving large numbers of wounded and unfortunate isolated parties to the mercy of the German advance. Eyewitness accounts later mention seeing the medical Officer, Captain A. MacNab, bayonetted and killed whilst attending to the wounded; amidst a scene of total confusion, approximately half the Battalion succeeded in withdrawing to Wulveringhem, casualties numbering 386 men of all ranks from a total strength of 802. Confirmed upon his Officer Service Record as receiving a bullet wound to the right thigh during the engagement, Blaikie was evacuated from Boulogne to Dublin on 3 November 1914 aboard the S.S. Oxfordshire. He arrived two days later and spent the next two months recovering from the wound before returning via Holyhead to Battalion Depot and reporting for general service on 19 January 1915. Advanced Captain, Blaikie was appointed temporary Major in the London Gazette of 27 January 1916 and was later photographed at Sutton Veney in June 1916 with the 2/14th Battalion. Blaikie later settled with his wife in Copthorne and returned to service during the Second World War as Commanding Officer of the local home guard. According to the Crawley and District Observer of 25 July 1947, he collapsed and died from heart failure whilst walking to the local shops to buy a newspaper. Brenda Blaikie (nee Webb) married Major Adrian Blaikie at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Frognal, on 4 June 1914, just a week before her new husband was mobilised. Her obituary was published in the East Grinstead Observer on 4 May 1977 states: ‘A tribute to a founder member of Crawley Down WI was made at a thanksgiving service in Copthorne. The service was held in the chapel in memory of Mrs. Brenda Blaikie who died at her Copthorne home on April 6, aged 84 years. She and her husband had lived in Copthorne since 1921. Major Adrian Blaikie died in 1947. Mrs Blaikie was a member of St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Redhill, for more than 50 years and was also a member of the Copthorne Women’s Fellowship. She belonged to East Grinstead Art Club and was a member of the Red Cross for over 55 years. Copthorne will remember her as the child welfare officer. She subscribed to charities, including the Copthorne Band, Copthorne Residents’ Association and the local Guides and Scouts. She leaves a son, Andrew, and a daughter, Mary, who was casualty sister at Queen Victoria’s Hospital, East Grinstead.’
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with length of neck riband, in Toye Kenning and Spencer, London, case of issue, suspension ring detached from crown, small chip to red enamel, therefore very fine £200-£240
Family Group: The rare Afghanistan Order of the Dooranee Empire badge attributed to Colonel W. Croker, C.B., 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot, who commanded the Regiment at the Storming and Capture of the Fortress of Ghuznee on 23 July 1839 Afghanistan, Order of the Dooranee Empire 1839, Third Class breast badge, with Swords, of Afghan manufacture, 53mm, gold and enamel, the central enamelled Persian inscription encircled by 16 small pearls, the reverse backplate plain, fitted with a gold straight bar suspension and contemporary top gold brooch bar, good very fine and rare Three: Captain E. Croker, 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot, who was present at the Storming and Capture of the Fortress of Ghuznee on 23 July 1839, and later served in the Crimea Ghuznee 1839 (Edward Croker, Ensign 17th. Regiment.) contemporarily engraved naming in upright serif capitals to edge, with top silver brooch bar; Ghuznee 1839, a contemporary good quality tailor’s copy of the so-called ‘Tall Tower’ variety and similar to other examples named to officers of this regiment, the reverse field engraved in small capitals ‘Ensn. Edw. Croker 17th. Regiment.’, with silver ball and gold split ring and straight bar suspension, with contemporary top gold brooch bar; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Edward Croker, Captn. 17th. Regt.) Hunt & Roskell engraved naming, with Hunt & Roskell top silver riband buckle; minor contact marks, generally good very fine and better, the last rare (4) £5,000-£7,000 --- William Croker was born in Co. Limerick, Ireland, in March 1788 and was commissioned Ensign in the 17th Regiment of Foot on 27 March 1803, being promoted Lieutenant on 2 June 1804, and Captain on 20 November 1806. He served in the East Indies from 1804 to 1824, and was present during the Siege of Gurnowri in 1807; the campaign against the Sikhs of 1808-09; in the Nepaul campaign of 1814-15; and in the Mahrattas and Pindarrees campaign of 1817-18. For his services in the Nepaul campaign, Croker was Mentioned in Major-General J. S. Wood’s Despatch: ‘His Majesty’s 17th Regiment of Foot led the column, headed by its gallant commander, Colonel Hardyman, and supported by the grenadiers of the 2nd battalion of the 17th and 14th regiments of Native Infantry, and advanced upon the works; while the grenadiers and one battalion company of His Majesty’s 17th Regiment of Foot succeeded in gaining the hill on the right of the redoubt. This party was led by a brave and cool officer, Captain William Croker, who drove the enemy up the hill, killing a chief, Sooraj Tappah’ (Historical Record of the Seventeenth or The Leicestershire Regiment of Foot, by Richard Cannon, refers). Promoted Brevet Major on 12 August 1819, Croker was confirmed in that rank on 16 June 1825, and served as Assistant Adjutant General to HM Forces in India from 1818 to 1824. After a period of home service from 1826, in 1831 Croker was posted to Australia, where he served as Commandant of Bathurst, New South Wales. Promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 April 1836, he arrived back in Bombay in command of the 17th Regiment of Foot in May 1836, and commanded the Regiment during the Afghan and Beloochistan campaign, including the storming and capture of the fortresses of Ghuznee on 23 July 1839. The Regimental History gives the following account of the role played by Croker: ‘Before daylight on the morning of the 23rd of July, one of the principal gates was destroyed by an explosion of gunpowder; and the British troops rushed in at the opening and captured the strong fortress of Ghuznee by storm. The 17th Regiment of Foot, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Croker, had the honour to take a conspicuous share in the capture of this fortress: it led the assault of the citadel, which was captured with little loss, and at five o'clock in the morning its colours were waving triumphantly on the fortress. The loss of the regiment was limited to one private killed and six men wounded.’ Croker further led the Regiment at the storming and capture of Khelat on 13 November 1839, where he was personally attacked by tribesmen who were fought off. For their services in Afghanistan, the 17th Regiment of Foot received the Battle Honours ‘Afghanistan’, ‘Ghuznee’, and ‘Khelat’, and Croker was nominated a Companion of the Order of the Bath (London Gazette 20 December 1839). He is also recorded in the Regimental History as being awarded the Order of the Dooranee Empire. Following the conclusion of hostilities in 1840, the 17th Regiment of Foot were ordered back to Bombay, and their troopship, The Hannah, was wrecked on a sand-bank off the mouth of the Indus on 17 March 1840, but was evacuated in good order, and not a single man nor horse was lost. After a period spent commanding the Troops at Aden, Croker was promoted Colonel on 9 November 1846, and returned home the following year, resigning by sale of his commission on 5 November 1847. William Croker married Elizabeth Stokes in Calcutta on 14 July 1819; together they had four sons and two daughters, including Captain Edward Croker, 17th Regiment of Foot. William Croker died in Cheltenham on 11 August 1852, and is buried in St. Peter’s Churchyard, Leckhampton, Cheltenham. Under the statutes in force at the time, his insignia of the Order of the Bath would have been returnable upon his death. Edward Croker, the eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel William Croker, was born in Calcutta on 25 April 1820 and was commissioned Ensign in the 17th Regiment of Foot, by purchase, on 27 October 1837. He served with the Regiment in Afghanistan and Beloochistan, and was present at the storming and capture of the fortress of Ghuznee on 23 July 1839, and the storm and capture of Khelat on 13 November 1839. He was promoted Lieutenant on 21 October 1839, and subsequently served as Adjutant. Promoted Captain on 10 March 1848, he saw further service in the Crimea, including the first assault on the Grand Redan at Sebastopol on 18 June 1855. He resigned by sale of his commission that same year. Edward Croker married Catherine Keily in Cheltenham on 14 November 1850, and they had two sons and three daughters together, including Sir Henry Leycester Croker, who commanded the 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment (as the 17th Foot had become) during the initial stages of the Great War. Edward Croker died in Cheltenham on 19 January 1892, and is buried in St. Peter’s Churchyard, Leckhampton, Cheltenham. William Croker’s nephew (and therefore Edward Croker’s cousin), John Lacy Croker, also served in the 17th Regiment of Foot, having been commissioned Ensign on 18 March 183, and promoted Lieutenant on 5 June 1839. He too served with distinction at the storming and capture of the fortress of Ghuznee on 23 July 1839, and it was he who placed the first British Standard (the Regimental Colour of the 17th Foot) on the Citadel of Ghuznee. He was killed in action in the Crimea during the first assault on the Grand Redan on 18 June 1855, the only Officer of the Regiment to be killed, and was buried on Cathcart’s Hill. Sold with a watercolour portrait of William Croker.
The mounted group of ten miniature dress medals worn by Major-General R. G. Ekin, Indian Army The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s badge, gold and enamel; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1930-31; India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; India Service Medal; Jubilee 1935, mounted as worn, good very fine and better (10) £200-£240 --- Sold with the recipient’s Indian Empire Passport, issued at Peshawar on 20 February 1946; and a portrait photograph of the recipient.
An Order of St. John group of four awarded to Divisional Surgeon Gladys E. Wilkinson, Oldham Central Nursing Division, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer's (Sister’s) shoulder badge, small type, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; Defence Medal; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Service Medal of the Order of St John, with 4 Additional Award Bars (17978. D/Sgn. G. E. Wilkinson. Oldham Cen. Nsg. Div. No.4 Dist. S.J.A.B. 1938) mounted court-style for display; together with the recipient's St. John Ambulance War Service Badge, gilt and enamel, the reverse numbered ‘225’, with ‘East Lancashire’ suspension bar, a Royal Life Saving Society Proficiency Medal, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Gladys E. Wilkinson Oct. 1911’; and a Children’s League of Pity Medal, white metal, the reverse engraved ‘Gladys Wilkinson’, very fine and better (7) £80-£100 --- Gladys Elizabeth Wilkinson, the daughter of James Bates Wilkinson and Katherine Florence Wilkinson, was born on 21 April 1892 and graduated L.R.C.P. from the University of London in 1928. A Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, she served as Assistant Schools Medical Officer to Cheshire County Council and later became Assistant Medical Officer at St. Mary’s Hospital, Manchester. She was appointed a Serving Sister of the Order of St. John on 18 November 1938 and was advanced Officer on 30 April 1946. She died on 2 March 1981, and in her will bequeathed £100 to the Oldham Corps, St. John Ambulance Brigade, in order to purchase a competitive shield or cup, thereafter to be known as the 'Wilkinson Memorial’. Sold with Home Secretary’s enclosure for the Defence Medal; and copied research. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s father and mother, see Lots 104 and 105.
Four: G. E. Bryant, British Red Cross 1914-15 Star (G. E. Bryant. B.R.C.S. & O.S.J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (G. E. Bryant. B.R.C. & St. J.J.); Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St. Sava, Fourth Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, Bishop with red robes, silver mark to suspension ring, lacking rosette on riband; very fine and better (4) £240-£280 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Gilbert Ernest Bryant, a scion of the Bryant family behind Bryant and May Matches, was born in Surbiton on 26 January 1878, and following the outbreak of the Great War volunteered as a searcher of the Missing and Wounded Enquiry Bureau with the British Red Cross, serving at Mudros from 8 October 1915. He moved to Salonika in February 1916 and served there until October 1917. He was appointed Stores Officer in June 1916 and served in that capacity until 31 October 1917, rendering useful service despite ill health after the Great Fire of 18 August 1917, which destroyed two thirds of the city. For his services he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 21 July 1917) and was awarded the Serbian Order of St. Sava Fourth Class (London Gazette 7 February 1922). He died in Wandsworth, London, on 23 March 1965. Sold with copied research.
The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s, breast badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, the reverse engraved ‘Thomas Wilson, made Honorary Service Brother July 1922’, traces of brooch mounting to reverse, otherwise very fine £60-£80 --- Sold together with a two St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902, the first erased, the second a later re-strike struck on a thinner flan and unofficially engraved ‘985 Pte. F. Barrowclough Dewsbury & Dist Corps’; a St. John Ambulance Association Re-examination Cross in white metal, the reverse engraved ‘No. William Blundell 71487’; a miniature Order of St. John Officer’s badge; and a Masonic Jewel ‘Sons of England Royal Blue Degree 1904’, silver-gilt and enamel (hallmarks for Birmingham 1925), with top suspension shield engraved ‘Geo. Jackson Orangia Lodge 1927’, with neck riband, in Spencer, London, case. Note: The Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps Natal awarded to 985 Orderly F. Barrowclough, St. John Ambulance Brigade (which was itself a later issue), was sold in these rooms in April 2022.
The Royal Victorian Order, G.C.V.O., Knight Grand Cross Star, a Continental manufactured example by Godet, Berlin, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s name and silver mark ‘800’ to reverse, good very fine £240-£280 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Bulgaria, People’s Republic, Order of the Red Flag, gilt and enamel, reverse impressed ‘11072’, very fine Finland, Republic, Medal for Bravery of the Order of Liberty 1939, Second Class, bonze; Continuation War Commemorative Medal 1941-1945, bronze, good very fine Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, unmarked, very fine Romania, People’s Republic, Order of Military Merit, Third Class breast badge, gilt and enamel, with riband bar, in fitted case of issue, very fine (5) £60-£80
An Elgin gold plated open cased pocket watch, knob wind and with Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds dial. Diameter 47 mm together with a 9 ct gold Albert chain with T bar and clip. Length 26 cm, 17.5 grams. CONDITION REPORT: The watch will wind and tick for a small amount of time before stopping. There is general wear to the outer case particularly to the rear top left-hand side. The enamel dial has a hairline crack leading from the number 5 round to the number 7. There is also a slight loss at 12.02. The glass has a slight loss as well between 10 and 11. The movement number is 10112892. The Albert chain is stamped on the T-bar with the number 9 and .375.
Spittall Paris a champleve enamel mantel clock, the dial marked Spittall Paris. Height +/- 332 cm, comes with gilt stand, pendulum, key etc (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The case is generally tidy, however it is not sitting together quite right. It looks as if it needs to be taken apart and then reassembled. The movement is also not working, however there are no major dents or damage to any of the enamelled sections.
An oak and mahogany longcase clock, eight day movement, the case with swans neck pediment and with brass ball and eagle finial, the arched door with turned columns, the case with mahogany and oak crossbanding and with quarter reeded columns with painted enamel dial decorated with a young girl with caged bird, reputed to have been made by Anthony Simpson of Cockermouth. Height excluding finial 215 cm, width 51 cm, depth 25 cm, with weights and pendulum (see illustration).
A collection of Kingsley Enamels Limited edition lidded boxes, others by Elliott Hall Halcyon Days etc, two Kingsley Enamels small lidded vases and an enamelled beaker (21). CONDITION REPORT: All of the enamelled boxes are in very good condition with the exception of the Kingsley enamelled barn owl box which has a dent and missing enamel of +/- 8 x 4 mm.
A Charles Horner silver and enamelled butterfly, together with a Pietra Dura cross, a micro mosaic small plaque, pair of plated cufflinks etc (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: There is some loss of enamel to the butterfly's thorax, other than this it is just a little grubby. The micro mosaic brooch is in good condition although it does have a slight loss to the top right-hand edge of the main body. The large crucifix has some minor nibbles to the edges and there are some slight losses to the inlay at the very bottom. The lidded pot is in generally good condition, it has some slight wear to the gilding at the top and some slight nibbles to the base. One of the cufflinks has a slight bend to the catch at the rear and they are both slightly misshaped.
A pair of enamel vessels, decorated in yellow, pink and blue with dragons to either side and grotesque masks to the feet. Height including the handle 20 cm, width 14 cm, depth 10 cm. CONDITION REPORT: The first vessel has had restoration work to both handles. The main body is in good condition, no signs of any issues. The second vessel again appears to have had work done on the handles but the main body is in good condition. There is some wear to the bottom of the feet or on the masks chin, however this is nothing untoward.
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