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Preisdatenbank abonnierenAN ENAMELLED SILVER BEAKER, PROBABLY KANGRA, HIMACHAL PRADESH, CIRCA 1900 of gently flared cylindrical form, the sides decorated with repeated cusped arches with stylise flower motif on alternating green and enamel ground, similarly decorated scrolling borders around top and bottom, 10cm highFor a tea set from Kangra, see Untracht 1993, no.110, p.61.
A Chinese Yixing enamelled bowl, Qing Dynasty, with deep rounded sides flaring at the rim, the exterior painted on one side with bamboos issuing from rockeries, the reverse inscribed with calligraphies, the base incised underneath the enamel, 17cm wide清 宜興紫砂加彩"行有恆堂"款竹石圖盌 Condition Report: one crack possibly from firing on the rimCondition Report Disclaimer
A good Chinese green-enamelled 'Dragon' plate, mark of Kangxi and of the period, nicely enamelled in rich tones of green at the centre with a five-clawed dragon depicted in pursuit of a flaming pearl, amidst stylised cloud scroll, the exterior with two green five-clawed dragons striding in mutual pursuit of flaming pearls, the base inscribed with a six-character kangxi mark and of the period, 18.3cm diameterCompare with a green-glazed dragon dish, Kangxi, Lot 393, Christie's, New York, 19th September, 2006Provenance: Property of a lady and by family decent清康熙 "大清康熙年制"款綠彩龍戲珠紋盤拍品來源：英國女士私人珍藏 Condition Report: minor wears and scratches to the enamel and surfaceone small chip to the rim, approximately 6mm x 1mmone hairline crack to the rim, approximately 4.5cm Condition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese Sancai glazed Figure of Guanyin, Kangxi, wearing a high bun covered with a shawl falling over her shoulders, the robe with splashed aubergine, orange, green and brown glazes, traces of black enamel to hair knot, with Bluett & Sons and Radcliffe collection labels, 'A33', 18.5cm high Provenance: Major Edward Copleston Radcliffe (1898-1967) collection and listed in the family archive, 'A33', as purchased Bluett & Sons, and recorded in the Bluett archive as sold to Major Radcliffe on the 29th July 1964, for £125-00, having been bought at Sotheby's, 23rd July 1964, lot 126, for £75.00清康熙 三彩观音像拍品来源：Edward Copleston Radcliffe (1898-1967) 少校私人收藏，其于1964年7月29日以125英镑购自英国著名古董商Bluett & Sons，并于其家族档案中标号A33，同年7月23日由苏富比释出，拍品编号126号 Condition Report: right hand restored, chips to all fingers of left hand and loss above hand on wrist area, losses to ribbons on robe and other losses, base with 2.5cm chip on lower right side, hair crack to back and other small chips and loss of black enamel to hair knot Condition Report Disclaimer
A good pair of Famille Rose vases, Daoguang, of square section, painted with figures, the neck with shou marks in gilt, 35.5cm high, wood stands (2)Provenance: The Property of a lady from a Derbyshire Estate and by repute collected by a relation living in China in the early 20th century. 清道光 粉彩描金侍女圖方瓶一對拍品來源：英國德比郡女士私人收藏，其親屬於20世紀早期於中國所購 Condition Report: both in very presentable condition one with shallow chip to one corner at base of vase about 7mm x 5mm and some discoloration to white enamel on one vase and slightly wear to enamelsthe other vase with one small chip to the rimsee additional images for visual reference to the condition Condition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese Famille Rose turquoise-ground footed bowl, Tongzhi-Guangxi period (1862-1908), decorated en grisaille with birds in flight above amongst chrysanthemum blooms and other flowers with leafy stems on a turquoise ground, inscribed on the interior with a Dayazhai ('Studio of Great Elegance') mark and a cartouche with Tian di yi jia chun ('Spring throughout heaven and earth') seal in iron-red enamel, 7cm high x 11cm wideProvenance: By repute formerly in the collection of the artist Cambier Guy (1923-2008) who is thought to have purchased this item either in China or Japan 1960's and 1970's 同治/光緒 大雅齋款鬆石綠地墨彩高足杯拍品來源：比利時藝術家Cambier Guy (1923-2008) 收藏，其于上世紀六十-七十年代購自中國或日本 Condition Report: minor wear to the gildingCondition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese green-enamelled 'Dragon' dish, Qianlong seal mark and period, with flaring rounded sides, enamelled at the centre to the interior with a central medallion enclosing a green writhing five-clawed dragon with a flaming pearl, all outlined in black enamel, the exterior with a continuous scene of two dragons chasing flaming pearls above a delicately incised wave ground in anhua, the base inscribed with a six-character Qianlong seal mark, 18cm diameterCompare with a green-enamelled Qianlong period 'Dragon' dish, Christie's London, Lot 13, 8th Nov 2016, and with other examples, decorated with similar dragon motifs and anhua technique, dated to the Yongzheng and Jiaqing period in the Qing court collection, currently housed in the Palace Museum, Beijing and illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains Plain Tricoloured Porcelain, Shanghai, 2009, pp. 95-96, no. 76 & 77.Provenance: From a private collection in the West Midlands.清乾隆 "大清乾隆年制"款白地暗刻海水綠彩龍紋盤拍品來源：英國西密德蘭郡私人紳士收藏 Condition Report: restored, small chips to the rim Condition Report Disclaimer
A rare Chinese Doucai 'Dragon' bowl, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, the exterior is decorated with two dragons, one in green enamel, the other iron-red, racing through green, yellow and iron-red flames in pursuit of flaming pearls above a band of overlapping petals, the decoration is reserved on a ground of blue wash, with a further upright dragon medallion in green on the interior, the base inscribed with six-character Qianlong seal mark, 14.1cm diameterCompare with a blue-ground polychrome enamel 'Dragon' bowl, Qianlong seal mark and period, sold at Sotheby's London, Lot 79, 7th November 2012Provenance: From a private collection in the West Midlands.清乾隆 "大清乾隆年制"款鬥彩趕珠雲龍圖盌 拍品來源：英國西密德蘭郡私人紳士收藏 Condition Report: restored with over spray Condition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese Doucai 'Lotus' bowl, Qianlong seal mark and period, painted around the sides with bright enamels over an underglaze blue decoration of stylised blossoms borne on foliate scrolls above a band of linked ruyi-heads, all between double-line borders, the base inscribed with a six-character Qianlong seal mark, 14.2cm diameterCompare with a Doucai 'Lotus' bowl, Qianlong period, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, Lot 3705, 15 October 2015. The Doucai style of decoration, whereby the design is outlined in underglaze blue and filled in with overglaze enamel, was derived from the technique of cloisonné introduced to China during the Yuan Dynasty. One of the peak periods for Doucai production was during the reign of the Chenghua Emperor, which saw the manufacture of the famous Doucai chicken bowls and stem cups prized and imitated throughout subsequent generations.Provenance: From a private collection in the West Midlands. 清乾隆 "大清乾隆年制"款鬥彩纏枝蓮紋盌 拍品來源：英國西密德蘭郡私人紳士收藏 Condition Report: restored, small chips to the rimtwo hairline cracks to the rimCondition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese turquoise-ground and gilt 'Dragon' water pot, 18th or 19th century, enamelled with six five-clawed dragons in various vibrant postures, all amidst swirling crested waves highlighted in white enamel, 9cm highProvenance: From a private collection in the West Midlands.清十八至十九世紀 松石綠地礬紅描金海水龍紋水呈拍品來源：英國西密德蘭郡私人紳士收藏 Condition Report: wear to the gildings one firing crack to the bodyneck reduced and with later silver mountsCondition Report Disclaimer
Y A pair of Chinese canton enamel 'Peach' brush washers, 18th/19th century, 10cm wide; a small Chinese archaic style bronze vase, 11cm high; and a Chinese boxwood silver-mounted and tortoise shell model of a junk, 12.5cm long, wood stand (4)清十八/十九世紀 銅胎畫琺瑯桃型水呈一對等一組四件 Condition Report: one silver wire broken on the junkCondition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese canton enamel baluster vase, 18th century, Qing Dynasty, the body moulded in relief with the Eight Buddhist Emblems, 44.5cm high清十八世紀 銅胎畫琺瑯佛教八寶圖瓶 Condition Report: small areas of enamel losses to the rimminor wear to the enamel and faint stress cracks to the inside of the rimCondition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese canton enamel rectangular box and cover, Qianlong, the cover painted with a landscape scene, the sides modelled in relief with stylised chilong dragons, 5.4cm long x 4.6cm wide x 3.6cm highProvenance: By repute formerly in the collection of the artist Cambier Guy (1923-2008) who is thought to have purchased this item either in China or Japan 1960's and 1970's 清乾隆 銅胎畫琺瑯山水螭龍紋長方小盒拍品來源：比利時藝術家Cambier Guy (1923-2008) 收藏，其于上世紀六十-七十年代自中購國或日本 Condition Report: stains and dirt to the surfaceencrustation to the gilding on the rimsmall area of stress cracks to the inside of the coverCondition Report Disclaimer
A good Chinese Canton enamel three-tiered box and cover, 18th century, Qing Dynasty, the top painted with a peacock resting amongst floral sprays issuing from rockwork, each side decorated with rectangular panels enclosing floral sprays, 11.5cm high x 9cm diameter; and a Canton enamel square dish, 18th century, painted with fishing scene, the base inscribed with a two-character shangxin mark, 13cm wide (2)清十八世紀 銅胎畫琺瑯孔雀圖三層蓋盒及漁夫圖小方盤 Condition Report: each tier of the cover box with minor stress cracks on the bottom. The dish with two chips to the base and stress cracksCondition Report Disclaimer
A Canton enamel sweetmeat or supper set, 19th century, painted with white bamboo detailed in black on a mauve ground, the white base and cover interior with dragon roundels, the interior complete with six shaped sectional dishes around a central circular dish, 26.5cm diameter 清十九世紀 銅胎畫琺瑯竹紋甜點盤 Condition Report: in good overall condition with some very minor enamel chips to bases of a few sectional dishesCondition Report Disclaimer
A rare pair of Chinese cloisonné enamel 'Lotus' sections from imperial Buddhist emblems, Qianlong, naturalistically cast as a lotus pod, its petals finely detailed in red and white enamels with gilt outlines, 6cm high x 8.5cm wide清乾隆 御製掐絲琺瑯佛教八吉祥蓮華座一對 Condition Report: loss to enamels under the rim and one censer with some old petwer restoration to the baseCondition Report Disclaimer
A late 19th/early 20th American Waterbury Clock co wall clock, painted white enamel roman dial, the case with glazed picture pendulum operative door, with two weights key and pendulum, along with a leather cased folding Zeiss Ikon Rapid film camera vintage hole punch and a carrying setLocation
A silver and yellow guilloche enamel three-piece dressing table, a similar hairbrush and an Oriental tortoise shell effect hairbrushCondition:The hand mirror has damage to the enamel at the bottom of the handle, has some deeper surface scratches and the silver is slightly dented.the enamel handled brush also has scratches to the enamel, the backing is loose as well, some smaller dents and wear.The other two enamelled brushes have scratches and small dents.The tortoiseshell effect brush has no visible issues.
The post-war C.B., Great War D.S.C. group of eleven awarded to Vice-Admiral M. H. A. Kelsey, Royal Navy, a veteran of Dogger Bank and Jutland, who went on to command the cruiser Naiad (1940-42) and battleship Warspite (1944), the latter commissions including extensive action in the Mediterranean and off Normandy, including his unique order in the annals of Naval gunnery on D-Day, 6 June 1944: ‘Fifty rounds 15-inch rapid fire’ The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1920; 1914-15 Star (S. Lt. M. H. A. Kelsey, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. M. H. A. Kelsey, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, generally very fine and better (11) £5,000-£6,000 --- Provenance: R. C. Witte Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2007. C.B. London Gazette 10 June 1948. D.S.C. London Gazette 11 June 1919: ‘For distinguished services whilst in command of a destroyer.’ Marcel Harcourt Attwood Kelsey was born in February 1894 and attended Eastman’s, Winchester prior to entering the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet in January 1907. Appointed Midshipman in the cruiser Good Hope in September 1911, he was advanced to Sub. Lieutenant in September 1914, while serving in Dryad. Then, in January 1915, he joined the destroyer Defender, in which ship he was present at Dogger Bank before removing to another destroyer, the Obdurate, in April 1916 - on this occasion as a newly promoted Lieutenant and “Jimmy the One”. A fellow officer in Obdurate later described Kelsey as ‘tall, blond and intrepid’, and ‘a polished product of the new Navy, trained to a strong sense of active duty’ - in point of fact ‘[h]e kept the ship’s company on the hop and, although they groused at times, he soon had them worked up to a fair state of war efficiency’. And this was fortuitous, for the Obdurate had a busy time at Jutland, participating in the 13th Destroyer Flotilla’s attack on German destroyers in the afternoon of 31 May 1916, during which she was hit by a 4.1-inch shell from the Regensburg, in addition to suffering a ‘burst’ 4-inch gun of her own. Nonetheless, she managed to stop and pick up three survivors from the Ardent. Kelsey removed to the Valentine in November 1917, in which ship he remained actively employed until the War’s end, a period that witnessed at least one action with a U-Boat patrol and, ultimately, the award of his D.S.C. Advanced to Commander in June 1930 and to Captain in December 1936, he was serving at the Admiralty as Deputy Director of Personnel by the renewal of hostilities. In April 1940, however, he was given command of the cruiser Naiad, in which capacity he would see a great deal of action in the Mediterranean, and serve on the staff of Rear-Admirals Vian and King, in addition to acting at other times as S.N.O. of 15th Cruiser Squadron. Naiad was heavily employed in the operations leading to the evacuation of Greece and Crete in April-May 1941, and took several hits off the latter place on 22 May: ‘The light cruiser Naiad had two turrets put out of action, and near misses caused several of her compartments to be flooded and her speed to be reduced to 17 or 18 knots. In the course of ten minutes there were 36 misses, and during a period of two hours 181 bombs were counted. Only two of her turrets remained in action ... ’ Added to which, she lost 7 men killed and a further 31 wounded. Having then fought an engagement with a French destroyer off Beirut, the Naiad was involved in several further engagements in December 1941, among them the action off Bardia, in which the Barham was lost, and the bombardment of Derna. In January 1942, Kelsey was appointed Commodore at Freetown, but he returned to sea with command of the battleship Warspite in March 1944, a commission that would witness significant support being lent to the Normandy landings, not least on D-Day itself, when she was one of the very first ships to engage the enemy ashore, her 15-inch broadsides silencing the enemy coastal batteries at Benerville and Villerville - the latter target was treated to no less than 73 rounds of 15-inch, 9 of them resulting in direct hits. A few days later, off the “Gold” area, Kelsey had occasion to issue his famous command: ‘Fifty rounds 15-inch rapid fire’, an ‘order which must be unique in the annals of British naval gunnery’. Unsurprisingly, his target, a large concentration of enemy troops and tanks hidden in woodland, rapidly dispersed! That evening, the Warspite returned to Portsmouth to embark still more ammunition, following which she journeyed to Rosyth to replace her worn guns - this entailing the first passage of the Dover Straits by a capital ship since the famous ‘Channel Dash’ back in 1942. The German batteries on ‘the whole French coast were ablaze with their gun flashes’, luckily, however, without effect. Back off Brest by late August, Kelsey got his new guns into action on behalf of the Americans, Warspite firing 147 rounds of 15-inch high explosive, and 66 armour-piercing shells, on the 25 alone - she, too, was subjected to heavy fire from enemy batteries, but was only hit by a few shell splinters. In the following month, off Le Havre, she engaged enemy gun positions at her maximum range of 32,000 yards, assisted by our aircraft spotting for her, and wiped out a troublesome 6.7-inch battery. Better still, she lent valuable assistance to the Royal Marines during the subsequent Walcheren operations, but this proved to be the last time her 15-inch guns were fired in anger, and Kelsey came ashore in early 1945 to take up the post of Commodore, Chatham. He had, meanwhile, been Mentioned in Despatches for ‘Neptune’ (London Gazette 28 November 1944 refers). Advanced to Rear-Admiral in January 1946, and awarded the C.B. in the Birthday Honours List of 1948, he was placed on the Retired List in the rank of Vice-Admiral in the following year. His last post had been as Flag Officer, Malta, where he oversaw the clearing of Valetta Harbour, in addition to boarding operations in connection with immigrant ships trying to run the blockade of Palestine. The Admiral died in 1965. Sold with a fine run of original ship’s ‘flimsies’ 1911-40 (approximately 40).
A post-War ‘Royal Yacht’ C.V.O., C.B.E. group of nine awarded to Captain J. S. ‘Fish’ Dalglish, Royal Navy, who served aboard H.M.S. London during the Yangtze incident and was the first Commanding Officer of Her Majesty’s Yacht Britannia The Royal Victorian Order, C.V.O., Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘C553’, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (Cdr. J. S. Dalglish. R.N.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; together with the related miniature dress medals, both sets mounted for display, good very fine (9) £2,800-£3,400 --- C.V.O. London Gazette 1 January 1955: ‘For services in H.M. Yacht Britannia.’ C.B.E. London Gazette 8 June 1963. M.I.D. London Gazette 11 June 1946: ‘For winding-up operations in the Far East.’ James Stephen Dalglish, widely known as ‘Fish’, was born in Kensington, London, on 1 October 1913, eldest son of Robin Campsie Dalglish, later Rear-Admiral. He was educated at Ampleforth and Dartmouth, and in January 1931 joined the battleship Rodney as a Naval Cadet. He was promoted to Acting Sub-Lieutenant on 1 January 1934; Sub-Lieutenant, 1 May 1934; Lieutenant, 1 June 1935; Lieutenant-Commander, 1 June 1943; Commander, 30 June 1948; Captain, 30 June 1954; retired, 31 August 1963. In August 1939 Dalglish was appointed to Kempenfelt as Gunnery Officer of the 18th Destroyer Flotilla, but after less than a month he was posted back to Excellent, where his duties included gunnery training of the armed merchant cruisers. In February 1940 he began a two-year posting in Faulknor, leader of the 8th Destroyer Flotilla, engaged on patrols in the North Sea, off the coast of Norway, and then to Gibraltar as part of Force H, escorting warships and convoys to Malta. In February 1942, following a refit at Southampton, Faulknor escorted convoy PQ9 to Murmansk. In April 1942, Dalglish commenced an 18-month appointment on the staff of the gunnery school at Chatham. Having been promoted to Lieutenant-Commander, Dalglish was appointed to the cruiser Swiftsure in September 1943. He served in this ship for the rest of the war, at home and in the Mediterranean, before sailing for the Far East in October 1944, where Swiftsure took part in Operation Iceberg which lasted until the end of May 1945, when the last Japanese resistance on Okinawa was crushed. Following an appointment in April 1947 as Staff Officer Force T, the naval component of the British occupation force in Japan, Dalglish was appointed Staff Gunnery Officer of the 5th Cruiser Squadron at Hong Kong and serving in Sussex. After his promotion to Commander in June 1948, he successfully applied to remain in Hong Kong as Fleet Gunnery Officer on the staff of Admiral Alec Madden. In April 1949, Admiral Madden decided to visit Shanghai for St George’s Day, and he and his staff embarked in the cruiser London. At this time civil war was raging between the Communists and the Nationalists. The capital of Nationalist China was Chungking, which lay on the upper Yangtze. On 20 April the frigate Amethyst was proceeding upstream to relieve another ship as guard-ship there. As she approached Chungking, about 140 miles upstream from Shanghai, she suddenly came under heavy fire from communist batteries on the north bank. One of the first shots struck the bridge, badly injuring the captain and helmsman. Amethyst then went aground and while thus immobilised was hit several more times, suffering 17 killed and 10 wounded. Some of the ship’s company, including the wounded, were evacuated to the south and an uneasy truce developed. Admiral Madden decided that London should go to the assistance of Amethyst and, on the 21st, advanced upstream with her battle ensigns flying. As a staff officer, Dalglish had no particular duties but was assigned to “A” turret where, in his own words, ‘I had precisely nothing to do but to sit at the back of the gunhouse talking with the Ordnance Artificer’. Long before reaching Amethyst, London came under heavy fire, ‘the Communists opened fire at a range of less than a mile with solid armour-piercing (anti-tank) bullets and larger high explosive shells from field guns. London was a very big ship and difficult to miss at that close range, the former penetrated the ship like butter and the latter wreaked terrible damage... London opened fire with everything and I have little doubt that our 8-inch, 4-inch and pom-pom gunfire caused havoc ashore... Poor London was hit over 250 times! The turret I was in was put out of action by armour-piercing bullets severing the electric cables and then an H.E. hit on the turret roof flipped off one of the three armour plates and we were open to the sky! We were achieving nothing for Amethyst so we eventually turned in the river and retreated, with nineteen dead and many more wounded.’ London returned to the U.K. and was eventually scrapped. Admiral Madden and his staff, meanwhile, transferred to the cruiser Belfast, and returned to Hong Kong. Soon after, Dalglish returned to the U.K. and was cheered to receive news during the voyage of Amethyst’s successful escape from the Yangtze. On his return from the Far East Dalglish had a period ashore, first attending the Joint Services Staff Course, then instructing the Sub-Lieutenant courses at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Towards the end of 1952, he was selected to be Executive Officer of the Royal Yacht which was still under construction on the Clyde. First, however, he had to have experience in command and, for the first three months of 1953, he commanded the destroyer Aisne. He took up his appointment to the Royal Yacht (subsequently named Britannia) on 8 April 1953. He and the other officers supervised the final stages of construction, fitting out and selection of the ratings - it was a sought after posting, with over 1,000 applicants for just 200 vacancies. The new company then had to be trained in the peculiarities of service in a Royal Yacht - for example, orders had to be given and executed silently. Dalglish was gratified to learn that the Queen would tour the Commonwealth in early 1954 in the liner Gothic and that the Flag Officer Royal Yachts would accompany her which meant that Dalglish would be the first (acting) Captain of the Britannia. On 14 April 1954, Prince Charles and Princess Anne embarked, escorted by various members of the royal household, and Britannia sailed for Malta, where she arrived on 22 April. The Flag Officer and other officers from Gothic took up their appointments, and Dalglish reverted to his role as Executive Officer. Britannia then sailed for Tobruk where, on 1 May, the Queen and Prince Philip embarked for the final stage of their journey. The following day, the Mediterranean Fleet, commanded by Lord Mountbatten, executed an impressive manoeuvre, steaming past Britannia at 25 knots at a distance of only 300 to 400 yards. On 15 May Britannia conveyed the Queen up the Thames to the Pool of London, right by the Tower. It was a grand occasion, with hundreds of thousands of spectators, hundreds of boats crammed with people, everyone cheering and waving and sirens hooting. Dalglish was still aboard Britannia for the July/August trip to Canada but, having been promoted to Captain in June 1954, left the Yacht in October. He received further recognition for his services to the roy...
An unusual Boer War D.S.O., Great War 1918 O.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant Colonel C. P. Crane, 12th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, and Royal Irish Constabulary. He served as an officer with the latter in Kerry, Dongegal and the South Eastern Province between 1880 and 1894, and as Private Secretary to the Inspector General, Sir Andrew Reed between 1895 and 1897. Crane served during the Great War with the 11th (Service) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, and in command of the 2/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment from June 1915 until July 1916 Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1917; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (Capt. & Adjt. C. P. Crane 12/Impl. Yeo); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. Col. C. P. Crane.) mounted for wear, with (4) related miniature awards also mounted for wear, and both housed in a custom made Spink & Son Ltd, Piccadilly leather case, generally good very fine or better (lot) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 27 September 1901. O.B.E. London Gazette 7 January 1918. Charles Paston Crane was born at Holden Clough, Yorkshire in August 1857, and was son of the Reverend Canon Crane of Killarney, Ireland. He was educated at home and later at Exeter College, Oxford (B.A.; Honours in Modern History, 1878; M.A., 1901). Crane joined the Royal Irish Constabulary as a Cadet in 1879, and served through the Land Agitation in Kerry from 1880 to 1889. He served on special duty in Donegal and the South Eastern Province in 1889 and 1894, and was Private Secretary to the Inspector-General (Sir Andrew Reed) between 1895 and 1897. Crane was employed as Resident Magistrate in Donegal from 1897 to 1900, and was seconded in 1900 to serve as Captain and Adjutant of the 12th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, in the South African Campaign up until May 1901. Crane subsequently served as Adjutant of the 12th Battalion until June 1901, and then in the same capacity of the Mounted Troops, Potchefstroom Column from 26 August 1900 until 30 January 1901 (Imperial Yeomanry). He served in operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, between March and May 1900; in operations in Orange River Colony between May and August of the same year, including actions at Rhenoster River and Wittehergen (1 to 29 July); in operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, from August up to 29 November 1900; in operations in the Transvaal from 30 November 1900 until March 1901; and in operations in Orange River Colony between March and April 1901 (D.S.O., M.I.D. - and presented with his D.S.O. by H.M. the King on 29 October 1901). Crane was seconded for service with the Army in September 1914, and was appointed Major in the 11th (Service) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. He served in this capacity until March 1915, when he was subsequently appointed to the command of the 2/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Crane commanded the latter from June 1915 until July 1916, and then the 43rd Provisional Battalion from July until October 1916 (O..B.E., M.I.D.). Crane advanced to Lieutenant Colonel, and in later life wrote the travel guide to Kerry in the Little Guide Series. In 1908 he married Mary Alice Caroline, the second daughter of Colonel and Lady Mary Skrine of Warleigh Manor, Somerset. Colonel Crane died at Sloane Gardens, London in January 1939.
An inter-War C.B.E., Order of St. John group of eight awarded to Captain J. M. Robertson, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s (Brother’s), breast badge, silver, with heraldic beasts in angles; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. J. Mck. Robertson, R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. Mck. Robertson, R.N.V.R.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration, G.V.R, silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1922, mounted as worn, generally very fine and better (8) £600-£800 --- C.B.E. London Gazette 11 May 1937 O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1932. John McKellar Robertson was born in Glasgow on 20 May 1883, the son of Ship-owner William Robertson, and was educated at Glasgow High School and Glasgow University. Commissioned Lieutenant in the Clyde Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, on 15 May 1913, he was appointed Captain, C.O. East Scottish Division in 1928, and C.O. Clyde Division in 1930. A Justice of the Peace and Honorary President of the Glasgow and District Naval Association, he retired in 1937 and died on 17 March 1939.
A fine Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of five awarded to Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Scarlett, Royal Field Artillery, late Royal Horse Artillery, who kept a terrific record of his experiences in France, Belgium and Salonika, from the very earliest days of the Great War Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt: J. A. Scarlett. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. J. A. Scarlett.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, reverse dated 1914-1918, bronze, with bronze star on ribbon, nearly extremely fine (5) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 23 June 1915. James Alexander Scarlett was born at Rossington, Doncaster, on 16 June 1877. Educated at Aysgarth School and Charterhouse, he went to Trinity College, Cambridge, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1899. Appointed to a commission with 116th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, on 17 February 1900, Scarlett served overseas in South Africa and India before crossing the Channel to France on 17 August 1914. Advanced Major on 30 November 1914, Scarlett was decorated with the D.S.O. and awarded the first of three ‘mentions’ in April 1915, before being posted to Salonika on 1 December 1915. Here, he witnessed the capture of Karajakois and capture of Yenikoi on 4 October 1916. The latter village fell after a 30-minute bombardment and a disastrous Bulgarian counter-attack, where the guns of 3 Brigade R.F.A. created havoc with their deadly shrapnel shells, causing the enemy ranks to break and flee. The War Diary adds: ‘The Bulgars withdrew having given the Brigade dream targets.’ Advanced Acting Lieutenant Colonel on 18 August 1917, Scarlett then transferred to 99th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, and took part in the attack on Doiran ‘P’ Ridge on 18 September 1917. This involved two days of wire cutting, which was followed by a creeping barrage moving 100 yards every two minutes, with 100-yard lifts, each gun firing four rounds per minute. Although initially successful, no breakthrough was made and casualties were heavy. Renewed the following morning, the assault again proved a failure - the Gunners becoming exhausted, stricken with fatigue and sickness. Returned to France in April 1918, presumably to replace losses from the Spring Offensive, Scarlett joined 26 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery and witnessed the breakout at the Battle of the Selle in October 1918. Awarded the Croix de Guerre in January 1919, he remained in France post-Armistice, and served with the Army of Occupation until 9 May 1919, followed by spells in Palestine, Syria and India. Placed on half-pay on account of ill health on 27 October 1925, he died at Galphay on 29 December 1925 in consequence of infection, boils, fever, and pneumonia. Sold with a particularly fine typed manuscript, titled ‘Copy of Diary 1914-1917, J. A. Scarlett, Captain R.H.A., Adjutant 3rd Brigade, R.H.A., 2nd Cavalry Division’, 108 pages, professionally bound, detailing the military life of the recipient from 4 August 1914 to 14 February 1917. This unpublished account offers regular and very personal insights, commencing with mobilisation at Newbridge, early experiences in France, and an outstanding record of his location throughout the war, from Remigny (August 1914) to Braisne (September 1914), Vieux Berquin (February 1915), Vlamertynghe and Ypres (May 1915), Givesne (May 1916), Lauana and Mosgoe (June 1916), Mirova (December 1916), and Beshanli (January 1917); a rare firsthand officer’s account, in particular regarding the early engagements: ‘August 24th (1914). Up before it was light and moved, messed about a bit and finally retired, then came into action again to relieve the 5th Division. We got some good targets, but so did the Germans. The 9th got into some wire and got rather potted. We then withdrew through a wood. The Lord defend us from woods. We were shelled and found the road came to an abrupt end. However we got out finally, and marched back to Wargines Le Grand.’ ‘August 25th (1914). Off again in the morning we were covering the Infantry and joined the 1st Cavalry Brigade. I lost my wire cutters much to my annoyance. Our horses were getting done. The roads were strewn with food, and odds and ends of units. It is very easy for men to get lost. We were back and nearly attacked a French Battery, which suddenly appeared from nowhere. Marched on till night more or less among a mob of Infantry, and finally got into Le Cateau but came out again and slept in a field.’
A fine and superbly well-documented Second War Hurricane and Spitfire fighter Ace’s ‘Western Desert’ D.F.C. group of eight awarded to Wing Commander J. M. Morgan, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He had distinguished himself pre-War by saving the life of a fellow trainee pilot from a crashed aircraft at No. 10 F.T.S. on 19 December 1938, and optimistically chased an enemy aircraft in a Hawker Henley during the height of the Battle of Britain whilst posted with No. 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit - Morgan followed it all the way to Swansea before ‘allowing’ a Spitfire to take over. Destined for more glamorous flying opportunities, Morgan was posted to the famous 92 (East India) Squadron at the end of 1941. Like the rest of the squadron’s pilots he was attached to 80 Squadron in the Western Desert, whilst his parent unit was eventually kitted out with aircraft. Having destroyed several enemy aircraft whilst flying Hurricanes, Morgan was now unleashed on 92’s newly acquired Spitfires. Morgan’s flying prowess quickly came to the fore, with him rapidly being appointed a Flight Commander, before receiving the ultimate accolade: the command of 92 Squadron in December 1942 - January 1943. He led from the front, ‘in the course of the fight [7 January 1943] I shot a 109G down in flames, crashing in the sea... and damaged a second. I finally had to fight two 109’s without ammunition for 30 minutes until my aircraft received hits from a head on attack which forced me to take evasive action - the 109’s then beat it home. This was a very shaky engagement with the bullets narrowly missing my head!!!’ Morgan subsequently commanded No. 234 Wing during the short-lived defence of the island of Kos, before being appointed to the command of 274 Squadron in October 1943. Now flying Spitfires as fighter bombers, Morgan led the Squadron into Italy and on many low-level attacks: ‘we attacked several Tiger tanks and armoured cars with front guns in the Capestrano area [24 January 1944]. I strafed a tank on a mountain pass which rolled over the side into the valley below...’ Morgan was shot down by anti-aircraft fire whilst carrying out a low-level strafe near Terni, 28 February 1944. In his words: ‘Shot down over the lines after gun fight - parachuted into captivity.’ He arrived to be interned at the infamous Stalag Luft III, Sagan, just three days after the ‘Great Escape’. Carrying on in service after the war, Morgan commanded 208 Squadron in the Canal Zone at the time of the fighting following the creation of the state of Israel Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1943’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany, this loose; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 5th type (1902-83), silver (John Milne Morgan, Bletchley. 19-12-38) with integral top riband bar, in John Pinches, London leather case of issue; Queen’s Messenger Badge, E.II.R., silver-gilt and enamel with pendant silver greyhound, badge reverse inscribed, ‘75’, hallmarks for London ‘1964’, in Garrard & Co. Ltd case of issue, Second War awards mounted as worn, generally good very fine (lot) (9) £10,000-£15,000 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 5 February 1943. The original recommendation states: ‘This Officer arrived in the Western Desert with No. 92 Squadron at the beginning of July when the Squadron was flying Hurricane aircraft of No. 80 Squadron. Since then he has shown great courage and considerable skill as a leader, both of a Flight and of the Squadron. In fact, a large proportion of the Squadron’s score in the Middle East has been due to this Officer’s determined leading of his Flight. He, personally, has destroyed 5 enemy aircraft, probably destroyed 1 more and damaged 4 others. By his courage, qualities of leadership and his personal example, he has made his Flight into an efficient fighting unit.’ Society for the Protection of Life from Fire: Case No. 17,324: Flight Lieutenant John Milne Morgan, Royal Air Force: Silver medal An account of the circumstances is given in Air Council Letter, dated 31 March 1939, thus: 'To Air Officer Commanding, No. 23 (Training Group), RAF Grantham, Lincs. Sir, With reference to your letter dated 7th February 1939 (No. 23G735/102/P(20)), I am commanded by the Air Council to inform you that they have noted with satisfaction the gallantry and perseverance displayed by Acting Pilot Officer J M Morgan in attempting to rescue Acting Pilot Officer W A Jenns following an aircraft accident at Bletchley on 19th December 1938. The council have caused a suitable note to be made in Acting Pilot Officer Morgan's record and I am to request that the officer may be informed accordingly'. The award was then noted in the SPLF Letter, dated 17 August 1939, thus: ‘To The Under Secretary of State, Air Ministry, S7D, Adastral House, Kingsway, London, WC2. Re: Acting Pilot Officer J M Morgan in Aeroplane crash at Bletchley, near Tern Hill - 19th December 1938. The circumstances of this case have been reported to us and the Trustees have decided to make an award of the Society's Silver Medal to Acting Pilot Officer J M Morgan. At the request of the Group Captain, No. 10 Flying Training School, Market Drayton, I am forwarding the medal to you under separate cover today. We should be greatly obliged if you would advise us of its safe receipt and be so good as to give such instructions as may commend themselves to you for its presentation to the recipient'. Both letter and medal were forwarded for conferral, the details being recorded in RAF correspondence thus: ‘HQ, No. 22 Group, RAF letter - 24 August 1939. To No. 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit - Re: Pilot Officer J M Morgan. The attached copy of a letter received from the Society for the Protection of Life from Fire is forwarded together with the Silver Medal referred to therein, and it is requested that you will arrange for this award to be presented to the above named officer in a suitable manner, details of the presentation being notified to this Headquarters in due course.’ John Milne Morgan was a native of Balham, London, and was born in 1916. He was educated at Bonneville Road School, Clapham Park and the Henry Thornton School, Clapham Common. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1935, and was commissioned Pilot Officer in 1938. Morgan carried out his initial pilot training at No. 8 E.F.T.S., Reading and No. 10 F.T.S., Tern Hill - being stationed at the latter when he saved the life of Pilot Officer W. A. Jenns when Hart K5795 crashed on 19 December 1938. He was posted as a pilot to No. 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, Farnborough in March 1939, and was still serving with the unit when was war was declared in September of the same year. Morgan carried on serving with the unit with its various moves to Carew Cheriton and Cleave, and was doubtless frustrated by his posting as the Battle of Britain evolved. His limited aircraft - the Hawker Henley - did not stop him from having an optimistic go at an enemy aircraft on 6 September 1940: ‘Z.C. 6000. Spotted enemy aircraft 1,000ft below chased to Swansea, Spitfire took over.’ (Log Book refers). Despite such incidences as above, and the ‘ticker tape’ entitlement slip which shows Morgan as entitled to the Battle of Britain clasp, there is no other evidence to suggest that he qualified for the clasp. However, that did not preclude him from other sightings and scrapes with enemy aircraft during the...
Three: Lieutenant-Colonel N. Macnamara, Royal Marine Artillery Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Sebastopol, Azoff (Lieut. N. Macnamara, R.M. Arty.) depot impressed naming; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, Fifth Class breast badge, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, unnamed, fitted with Crimea suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £700-£900 --- Provenance: Clive Nowell Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009. Note: A similar group to this recipient but with an engraved Crimea medal was sold by Buckland Dix & Wood in June 1994. Nugent Macnamara was born in Guernsey and entered the Royal Marine Artillery as a 2nd Lieutenant, aged 19 years, on 30 December 1847. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant in April 1849, he saw service on the West Coast of Africa prior to participating in the Crimea War, when he was present at the siege and fall of Sebastopol, and as the Senior Officer, R.M.A., employed in the Sea of Azoff in June 1855. The latter post resulted in his landing at Ghirsk, Marionpol and Taganrog, where he destroyed government stores (despatches). He was also present at the bombardment and surrender of Kinburn and received the 5th class badge of the Turkish Order of Medjidjie, the latter decoration being referred to in a letter of his to the Deputy Adjutant General (R.M.), dated 1 November 1877: “... the importance of the Expedition, which was signally successful, was marked by the 'Azoff' clasp being added to the Crimea Medal and by an extensive Naval Promotion in which from the rank I then held I was unable to share. On obtaining my Company in 1859, I submitted an application for Brevet rank but was unsuccessful so that my services together with those of the Force I commanded remained unrecognised beyond the award of the 5th class of the Medjidjie which the officers serving under my orders received. In fact Macnamara received his promotion to Captain in 1859 and to Brevet Major in 1872. He held several sea-going appointments during this period, including one aboard the famous ironclad, H.M.S. Warrior, between 1867-69 (Warrior has now been restored to her former glory and is open to the public at Portsmouth). He was subsequently appointed Staff Captain at R.M.A. Headquarters in 1870 and retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1876. Recipient of a Greenwich Hospital Pension in 1903, Macnamara died on 3 May 1917.
The Royal Victorian Order, K.C.V.O., Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘K278’, with full neck riband; Star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with gold retaining pin, the reverse officially numbered ‘278’, in Collingwood, London, case of issue, the case also numbered ‘K278’, extremely fine (2) £800-£1,000 --- According to extensive research carried out by the present vendor, this set of insignia was likely awarded on 12 December 1911, at around the time of the Delhi Durbar in India.
The Royal Victorian Order, K.C.V.O., Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘K405’, with short section of miniature-width neck riband; Star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse officially marked ‘405’, with gold retaining pin, good very fine (2) £700-£900
A Great War C.M.G. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. T. Cantan, Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was killed in action in the front line at Arras on 16 April 1916 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (Capt. H. T. Cantan. 2/ D. of C.L.I.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 Cpt. H. T. Cantan. D. of C.L.I.) engraved naming; 1914 Star (Major. H. T. Cantan. D. of Corn: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. H. T. Cantan.); together the related miniature Boer War pair, these mounted as worn, minor enamel damage to the central medallions of the CMG and light contact marks to the Boer War pair, otherwise good very fine and better (6) £2,400-£2,800 --- C.M.G. London Gazette: 23 June 1915. M.I.D. London Gazettes 22 June 1915 and 15 June 1916. Henry Thomas Cantan was born in Kent in 1867 and served in the ranks of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, rising to the rank of Colour Sergeant, prior to being commissioned into the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 18 May 1892. He served as Captain in South Africa during the Boer War, on duty under the Military Governor of Pretoria, and afterwards served commanding a section of 4th Mounted Infantry, where he was present at the Relief of Kimberley and took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, including the actions at Paardeberg and Driefontein. The medal roll for the Q.S.A. additionally notes that he also served attached to the South African Constabulary from December 1900 to August 1902. He was taken Prisoner of War on 31 March 1900 at Koornspruit, and was released at Waterval on 6 June 1900. In 1902 he was appointed Superintendent of Gymnasia at the Curragh. Cantan served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 November 1914, and was promoted temporary Lieutenant-Colonel on 16 December 1914, being confirmed in that rank on 1 March 1916. He was killed in action when in command of his battalion, in the front line at Arras, on 16 April 1916, and is buried at Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, France. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.
The historically important C.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant J. E. M. Carvell, 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), London Regiment, who was twice wounded during the Great War - rather than take a discharge he took a posting as an Instructor to the Portuguese Army from 1917-18, and then as a Staff Captain, HQ London District, 1918-19. A career diplomat, Carvell, when acting British Consul General in Munich in the 1930s, secured the freedom of some 300 Jews from Dachau, and in 2018 was posthumously recognised by the British Government as a ‘British Hero of the Holocaust’ The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with full and miniature width neck ribands, in DS&S case of issue; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. J. E. M. Carvell. 16/Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. E. M. Carvell); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, in card box of issue, the Great War trio lacquered and mounted court-style by Spink, London, the Coronation Medal loose, good very fine (5) £1,800-£2,200 --- C.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 2 January 1950: ‘John Eric Maclean Carvell Esq., His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Quito.’ John Eric MacLean Carvell was born on 12 August 1894 and was educated at Berkhamsted. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 9 September 1914 and was posted to the 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen's Westminster Rifles), London Regiment as temporary Lieutenant on 30 November 1914. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 January 1915, and was promoted Captain on 28 April 1917. Twice wounded (on the second occasion the bullet reputedly lodged between his heart and his lung), rather than take a discharge he took a posting as an Instructor to the Portuguese Army from 1917-18, and then as a Staff Captain, HQ London District, 1918-19. He transferred to the Territorial Force Reserve on 30 July 1919. A career diplomat, Carvell had various postings, firstly as British Consul to the Republic of Haiti, at Port au Prince, in 1920, followed by postings to Finisterre, France; Munich, Bavaria; State of Rio Grande do Sul at Porto Alegre, Brazil; and again at Munich, Bavaria, in the late 1930’. He was appointed British Consul General at Algiers, in 1942; Arizona, in 1946; Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Quito, Equador, in 1948; and Sofia, Bulgaria in 1951. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1954, and died at Bungay, Suffolk on 29 April 1978. As Consul General in Munich, Carvell used his position to issue certificates to 300 Jewish men imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp for ‘race defilement’ (marrying or having relationships with non-Jewish German women). These certificates enabled the men to leave the camp and travel to British Mandated Palestine in 1937. As a result of his and his colleagues’ efforts to aid the escape of Jews from Germany, a memorial plaque was unveiled at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. The plaque reads, 'To commemorate those British diplomats who by their personal endeavours helped to rescue victims of Nazi oppression’. Carvell was posthumously awarded the title ‘British Hero of the Holocaust’ in 2018, along with his counterpart in Lithuania, Sir Thomas Preston. The title ‘British Hero of the Holocaust’ is a special award given by the British Government to people who helped or rescued Jews and others facing Nazi persecution before and during the Second World War. The award was created in 2009 following a campaign by the Holocaust Educational Trust to ensure that their actions were properly recognised; the first awards were given in 2010.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O., M.C. group of five awarded to Major H. McMaster, Royal Field Artillery, who was thrice wounded, twice Mentioned in Despatches, and died of wounds on the Western Front on 2 December 1917 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, in Garrard, London, case of issue and outer card box, the case with considerable loss to black leather finish; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in slightly damaged case of issue and with outer maroon card box; 1914 Star (Lieut: H. Mc Master. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Major H. Mc Master.) with named card boxes of issue; Memorial Plaque (Hugh Mc Master) in original card envelope and outer transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mrs Mc Master, The Camp, Steeple Clayton, Bucks’, and redirected to ‘Braydon Manor, Purton Wilts.’, and again redirected to ‘The Imperial Hotel, Exmouth’, about extremely fine (6) £2,200-£2,600 --- D.S.O., London Gazette: 1 January 1918. M.C. London Gazette: 1 January 1917: Capt. Hugh Mc Master, R.F.A. M.I.D. London Gazettes 15 June 1916 and 11 December 1917. Hugh McMaster was born in 1887 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery on 1 August 1907. He served with the 41st Battery, 42nd Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 August 1914, and was seriously wounded in both 1914 and 1916. He was mortally wounded in 1917, and consequently died on the Western Front on 2 December 1917. He is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France. Sold with the recipient’s original Commission Document, appointing Hugh McMaster, Second Lieutenant, Land Forces, dated 1 August, 1907.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O., M.C. group of five awarded to Captain G. la C. Baudains, 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), London Regiment, attached 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2132 Pte. G. Baudains, 2-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. G. La C. Baudains.); together with British Expeditionary Force, Recreational Training silver fob prize medal, engraved ‘4th Army Infantry School, Individual Bayonet Competition, won by Cpt. G. La. C. Baudains M.C., 9th Roy. Fus.’, very fine and better (5) £2,400-£2,800 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 26 July 1918 ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in action. When in command of the right front company of his battalion, a heavy enemy attack drove back the battalion on his right, leaving his flank exposed. In spite of this, he held his support line position against greatly superior numbers, and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy. Subsequently he was entirely cut off, but continued to hold on until he judged that the troops in his rear had had time to take up a new position, when he fought his way out, being wounded while so doing. By his splendid courage and coolness he set a fine example to all with him.’ M.C. London Gazette 18 October 1917. M.I.D. London Gazette 30 December 1918. George La Croix Baudains was born at St. Helier, Jersey, in 1892 and was educated at Jersey Modern School and King’s College, London. He served initially with the 2nd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 January 1915, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), London Regiment on 25 October 1916, and served as a Lieutenant and Captain attached to the 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He resigned his commission on 21 April 1921. He later served as an Assistant Inspector of Taxes, Inland Revenue Department, and died in Clapham, London, in October 1942.
A Great War ‘Minesweeping’ D.S.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant F. Ellis, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and Mercantile Marine, who subsequently received a scarce Portuguese Institute for Lifesaving’s Silver Medal Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1917, unnamed as issued; British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. F. Ellis. R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Francis Ellis); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. F. Ellis. R.N.R.); mounted as worn together with a Portuguese Institute For Lifesaving Medal for Humanity, Courage and Selflessness for saving life at sea, silver and enamel, unnamed, with silver slide bar on riband, suspension broken and re-affixed; together with the related miniature awards for the four British medals, these similarly mounted as worn and housed in an Ince, Newport, jeweller’s case; and riband bars, oxidisation to the obverse of the third and fourth medals, otherwise very fine (5) £1,800-£2,200 --- D.S.C. London Gazette 5 October 1918: ‘For very good service as officer in command of a group of minesweepers.’ Francis Ellis was born in 1872. A Merchant Seaman, he obtained his Board of Trade Certificate of Competency as Second Mate in October 1893, and as First Mate, in July 1895, and as Master Mariner in March 1897. He was commissioned Temporary Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve on 1 March 1917, and was promptly sent on a course to learn minefield sweeping. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Halcyon, for service in the Armed Trawler Kinoki, and for his services in command of a group of minesweepers was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. He was demobilised from H.M.S. Victory on 24 April 1919. Remaining in the Mercantile Marine, he subsequently received the Portuguese Institute for Lifesaving’s Silver Medal in the 1920s, and died in Bristol in January 1948. Sold together with the following family medals: Pair: H. F. Ellis, Mercantile Marine British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Harold F. Ellis) very fine Harold Francis Ellis was born in Dinas Powys, Glamorganshire in 1898, the son of the above, and passed his Board of Trade Certificate of Competency as Second Mate on 18 January 1919. He died at Bath, Somerset, in 1971.
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Captain F. E. Douglas, West Yorkshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. F. E. Douglas. W. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with small M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. F. E. Douglas.) with unusual narrow silver and enamel ‘1918’ riband brooch to the BWM, nearly extremely fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.C. London Gazette 19 November 1917; citation published 22 March 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He led his company with great courage and ability to its objective, and organised it for the assault so well that all objectives were attained and consolidated in less time than expected. He personally killed three of the enemy in the advance. He set a fine example of coolness and serenity to all ranks not only in attack but in the heavy work of digging in.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 5 June 1919 (Italy). Francis Eric Douglas was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the West Yorkshire Regiment on 7 December 1914, and served with the 11th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 August 1915, being both Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Military Cross. He died in Canterbury, Kent, in 1973.
A Great War A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to The Hon. Georgina M. Cross, Voluntary Aid Detachment, who was additionally Mentioned in Despatches Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, with lady’s bow riband but adjusted and worn from a straight riband with additional suspension ring; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Hon. G. M. Cross. V.A.D.), in named card boxes of issue, and outer O.H.M.S. transmission envelope addressed to ‘The. Honble. Georgina M. Cross, Ash House. Broughton-in-Furness’; Defence Medal, with Home Secretary’s enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Miss G. M. Cross, Ash House, Broughton-in-Furness, Lancs.’, nearly extremely fine (4) £500-£700 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 3 June 1919. M.I.D. London Gazette 25 May 1918. The Hon. Georgina Marjorie Cross was born on 6 September 1886, the daughter of the Hon. William Henry Cross, and the granddaughter of Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, sometime Home Secretary. She served during the Great War as an Assistant Nurse with the Royal Red Cross (Cumberland 10) from 8 July 1916 to 10 November 1919, landing in France on 8 July 1916, and for her services was both Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the A.R.R.C., being invested with her Royal Red Cross insignia by H.M. the King on 12 July 1919. In the 1939 Register she describes herself as an Artist, and also British Red Cross Society, Nursing Auxiliary. She died unmarried on 4 February 1958 and is buried at St. Anne’s Church, Thwaites, Cumberland. Sold with a possibly related enamelled British Red Cross pin badge, Red Cross Proficiency in Nursing enamelled medal (28990 I. M. E. Cross) and British Red Cross Society County of Cumberland pin badge (010329 E. M. Riley).
A Great War A.R.R.C. pair awarded to Mrs. Nesta F. Williams, Voluntary Aid Detachment, later Commandant, Monmouth Red Cross Auxiliary Hospital Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; Voluntary Medical Service Medal, silver, with two additional ‘Geneva cross’ award bars (Nesta F. Williams) good very fine (2) £240-£280 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 5 August 1919. Mrs Nesta Faith Williams commenced service as a V.A.D. Volunteer Nurse at the Monmouth Red Cross Hospital in February 1915, becoming Officer in Charge and Commandant of the Monmouth Red Cross Auxiliary Hospital. Her home address was at Chippenham House, Monmouth.
Three: Fleet Engineer G. Hunt, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (G. Hunt. Ch. Engr. R.N. H.M.S. “Sultan”.); Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, Third Class neck badge, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, unmarked, with full neck riband; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, about extremely fine (3) £400-£500 --- George Hunt was advanced Fleet Engineer on 17 February 1886, and is confirmed in the 1885 Navy List as receiving the Order of the Medjidieh, Third Class.
A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant P. Wray, Yorkshire Regiment and Machine Gun Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5195 Sjt. P. Wray. 37/M.G.C.); British War and Victory Medals (5195 A. Sjt. P. Wray. M.G.C.); together with an Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity Jewel, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Scarborough District - P. Wray 1961’, very fine and better (4) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919; citation published 11 March 1920: ‘For great courage and good leadership in the attack on Louvignies and Jolimetz in October, 1918. When his section came under very heavy shell fire, one limber being knocked out and the section badly shaken, he showed great coolness in reorganising the section and pushing forward to support the attacking infantry.’ Percy Wray, a native of Harrogate, Yorkshire, attested for the Yorkshire Regiment, and served with the 37th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps during the Great War on the Western Front. Awarded the D.C.M. for his gallantry in the final push to Victory, he was transferred to Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve on 15 February 1919. Sold with copied research.
Family Group: Four: Warrant Officer Class II F. R. West, 9th Lancers 1914 Star, with clasp (1087 Sjt. F. R. West. 9/Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals (L-1087 Sjt. F. West. 9-Lrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (311892 W.O. Cl. II. F. R. West. 9-Lrs.) mounted as worn, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (Sergt. G. West. E. I. Ry. Volr. Rifle Corps.) engraved naming, good very fine (5) £260-£300 --- Frederick R. West was born at Ranikett, India, and attested for service in the 9th Lancers at Hounslow in 1908 at the age of 20. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 August 1914, and following the Great War he was re-numbered 311893. He was discharged ‘time expired’ as Staff Sergeant Major at Canterbury on 25 December 1929, his conduct being described as exemplary. Sold with an empty Princess Mary 1914 Christmas Tin; and a 9th Lancers Old Comrades Association lapel badge in gilt and enamel.
Four: Colour Sergeant W. A. Chamberlain, 13th (County of London) Battalion (Princess Louise’s Kensington Battalion), London Regiment, late 4th Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps, who was commissioned Temporary Captain in the Scottish Rifles in 1916 1914 Star, with clasp (29 C. Sjt. W. A. Chamberlain. 1/13 Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (29 A/W.O. Cl. II. W. A. Chamberlain. 13-Lond. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (29 C. Sjt. W. A. Chamberlain. 13 Lond: Regt.) nearly extremely fine (4) £360-£440 --- William Angel Chamberlain was born at Hammersmith in 1880. He attested for service in 13th (County of London) Battalion (Princess Louise’s Kensington Battalion), London Regiment at Kensington on 2 April 1908, at the age of 27, declaring prior service with the 4th Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps, and served with the Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 November 1914. He was wounded in action by gun shot to the left leg in May 1915 and was evacuated to England, his home address being at Elgin Crescent, North Kensington. He was discharged in 1916 ‘on termination of his period of engagement’. Chamberlain was subsequently commissioned Captain in the 20th Battalion, Scottish Rifles, on 15 December 1916, for home service, and was appointed to the 16th Scottish Rifles (Transport Workers Battalion) to be a Courts Martial Officer on 29 August 1919. He relinquished his commission on 6 January 1920, and died at Battersea in October 1952. Sold with a 4th Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps bronze fob medal in gilt embossed fitted case, dated 1905; two additional named and hallmarked silver prize fob medals, one dated 1895-6 and another dated 1901-1902; two named sterling silver hallmarked crested shield badges, one for ‘Territorial Course No. 29’, the other for ‘Regular Soldiers Course 1913’; also with a cased un-attributed gilt metal and enamel pin back ‘Stewards Badge’ with pendant ribbon; St. John Ambulance, attendance at training fob, named to reverse ‘A. 58451 W. A. Chamberlain’; and an almost empty Princess Mary 1914 Christmas Tin, with Christmas Card and ‘Best Wishes’ card.
Four: Major A. Houghton, Army Service Corps, who was awarded the Serbian Order of the White Eagle for his services in the Salonika campaign 1914 Star (2. Lieut: A. Houghton. A.S.C.) with rosette on riband; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major. A. Houghton.) all in named card boxes of issue; Serbia, Kingdom, Order of the White Eagle, Fifth Class breast badge, with swords, silver-gilt and enamel, in Huguenin Freres, Le Locle, case of issue, some chipping and loss to blue enamel ‘ribbon’ to reverse of the Serbian Order, otherwise nearly extremely fine (4) £400-£500 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 28 November 1917. Serbian Order of the White Eagle, with Swords, Fifth Class, London Gazette 26 February 1920. Alfred Houghton was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps on 19 September 1914 and served with the Special Reserve during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 October 1914. Proceeding to Salonika, he was advanced temporary Major on 27 January 1918 and was demobilised on 24 January 1919. He resigned his commission on 12 February 1920, and was granted the honorary rank of Major. Sold with War Office statement of services.
An interesting C.B. group of eight awarded to Paymaster Rear-Admiral Henry Horniman, Royal Navy The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Paymaster H. Horniman, H.M.S. Barracouta.); 1914-15 Star (Ft. Payr. H. Horniman. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Payr. Commr. H. Horniman. R.N.); Jubilee 1935; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Fifth Class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, these last six mounted as worn; Russia, Empire, Order of St Stanislas, Second Class neck badge with swords, 48mm, by Eduard, St Petersburg, gilt and enamel, some minor enamel chips, otherwise good very fine (8) £2,200-£2,600 --- Henry Horniman was born in 1870, the son of Paymaster-in-Chief William Horniman, R.N. After attending Christ’s Hospital School, he entered the Royal Navy in January 1887, as an assistant clerk in the paymaster’s department. He spent the next year in various ships and establishments on the Mediterranean station, including the battleship Dreadnought. Here he first came into contact with Prince Louis of Battenberg, for whom he acquired a lasting admiration. In December 1888 he joined the cruiser Amphion, whose other officers included George Warrender and R. F. Scott (of Antarctic fame), for a three year commission with the Pacific Squadron. After further service in Home waters, he was appointed in January 1896 to the Ramillies, the flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet. His next appointment, in October 1897, was to the Surprise, a despatch vessel used as the Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean's yacht, and so he was able to study Sir John Fisher, who assumed command of the station in 1899, at close quarters. Horniman was never impressed by Fisher and was at a loss to understand the "extraordinary ascendancy Fisher exercised over his contemporaries.” In 1901 Horniman was appointed to the 3rd class cruiser Barracouta on the Cape station, but the ship, which was kept as smart as a millionaire's yacht, was only intermittently involved with the military operations ashore. Further service in Home waters followed until, in 1906, he joined the battleship Duncan, the flagship of the Atlantic Fleet. From 1908 to November 1912, Horniman served successively in the battleships Venerable and Implacable, the cruiser Shannon and the battle cruiser Indomitable, but none of these commissions was especially eventful. He was then appointed to the battle cruiser Inflexible (Captain A N Loxley), the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean, Admiral Sir Berkeley Milne. On 4 August 1914 Inflexible encountered the German battle cruiser Goeben and the light cruiser Breslau but, not being yet at war with Germany, Milne shadowed the Germans until ordered home on 18 August. Inflexible afterwards took part in the battle of the Falkland Islands, the Dardanelles campaign and the battle of Jutland. From 1917-19, Horniman was Paymaster at the Admiralty Controllers’ Department, and then joined Iron Duke, as Paymaster Commander and Fleet Accountant Officer on the Mediterranean station from March 1919, and took part in the post-armistice operations in the Black Sea during the Russian civil war. He was created C.B. in 1922, and was placed on the retired list in 1925. He died at Worthing on 21 May 1956. Sold with photocopies of ‘Sailing Through, The Autobiography of Henry Horniman, Royal Navy’, 142pp typescript, and ‘Diary of Henry Horniman, Fleet Paymaster R.N. Kept while serving in H.M.S. Inflexible 4 Nov 1914 to 25 April 1915 - Together with a narrative of the first part of the Ship’s Commission from 4 Nov 1912 to 4 Nov 1914’, 73pp typescript transcript. The originals of both are held by the Imperial War Museum Department of Documents. The papers ‘include very interesting assessments of several distinguished officers under whom he served, notably Admirals of the Fleet Lord Fisher of Kilverstone, Prince Louis of Battenberg, Sir Doveton Sturdee, Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe and Sir John de Robeck and Admirals Sir Assheton Curzon-Howe, Sir Ernest Troubridge and Sir Richard Phillimore, while they also reflect his life long admiration for the lower deck.’
Three: General W. C. F. Gosling, Royal Horse Artillery, late Turkish Contingent and Madras Horse Artillery Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Captn. W. C. F. Gosling, F. Tp. H Bde. Madras Art.); Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, Fourth class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed as issued, the first mounted on ornate contemporary wearing brooch, the second and third mounted together on a larger foliate design brooch, contact marks to Mutiny Medal, this nearly very fine, the Ottoman awards good very fine (3) £700-£900 --- William Clarke Francis Gosling was born in Bath, Somerset, on 9 August 1822. He joined the Army of the Honourable East India Company and was appointed to a commission in the Madras Artillery on 11 June 1840. He was raised Lieutenant on 31 December 1842, Brevet Captain on 11 June 1855, and Captain on 9 October 1856. Gosling was employed in the Crimean Campaign of 1855-56, subsequent to the fall of Sebastopol, for which service he obtained the Order of Medjidie 4th Class and the Turkish Crimea medal whilst Assistant Adjutant General in the Turkish Contingent. Gosling witnessed further service with General Whitelock’s Field Force in Bundelcund, being present at the Battle of Banda on 19 April 1858, and the affair at Jheengan. He was further promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 11 February 1865, Lieutenant-General on 12 May 1882, and General in 1883. He died at Folkestone on 14 June 1885. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Ordinary Seaman H. E. Dye, H.M.S. Terrible, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (H. E. Dye, Ord. H.M.S. Terrible.); China 1900, no clasp (H. E. Dye, Ord., H.M.S. Terrible.); together with the recipient’s Borough of Portsmouth Tribute Medal 1899-1900, silver (hallmarks for Birmingham 1902) and enamel, the reverse inscribed, ‘Naval Brigade, H. E. Dye, South Africa 1899-1900; North China 1900’, mounted from a fob chain, light blue enamel lacking from last, minor edge bruising and contact marks, generally very fine (3) £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Herbert Ernest Dye was born at Tidal Basin, London, on 19 March 1881 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 24 July 1898. He was posted to H.M.S. Terrible on 5 September 1899, and served with them as part of the Naval Brigade in South Africa and China. He was promoted Able Seaman on 14 April 1901, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve on 17 June 1905. He was discharged, time expired, on 18 March 1911.
Five: Engineer Commander P. M. Kelt, Royal Naval Reserve and Mercantile Marine, who survived the loss of the S.S. Aden in June 1897, spending 17 days on the wreck, and later received his Transport Medal from the hands of H.M. King Edward VII Transport 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902 (P. Mc.L. Kelt.); British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Peter Mc.L. Kelt.); Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1911; Persia, Empire, Order of the Lion and the Sun, Fifth Class breast badge, silver and enamel, unmarked but most likely of French manufacture, mounted for wear, lightly polished, very fine and better (5) £1,200-£1,600 --- Peter McLaren Kelt was born in Musselburgh on 22 May 1871 and joined the Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. He was serving as 4th Engineer in the S.S. Aden when, on the night of 8-9 June, en route from Yokohama to London, she struck a submerged reef off the island of Socotra at the southern entrance to the Red Sea during a heavy gale. Various lifeboats were got away, but these were all smashed and lost, and after the Captain had been washed overboard, Kelt became the senior surviving Officer. The remaining survivors, 36 crew and 9 passengers, then spent 17 days on the stricken wreck, during which time they subsisted partly on Barcelona nuts and suffered great hardships, before they were rescued by the Royal Indian Marine’s S.S. Mayo and conveyed to Aden. Kelt qualified for his Transport Medal as 3rd Engineer in the Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company’s Simla, receiving his Medal from H.M. The King at Buckingham Palace on 4 November 1903. He joined the Royal Naval Reserve as an Engineer on 15 January 1903, and was promoted Senior Engineer (subsequently redesignated Engineer Lieutenant-Commander) on 18 July 1914. He was awarded the Royal Naval Reserve Decoration in 1916 (London Gazette 4 January 1916), and transferred to the Retired List with the rank of Engineer Commander in January 1920. He was awarded the Persian Order of the Lion and the Sun in June 1920 (receiving Restricted Permission to wear in on 24 June 1920), and died in Edinburgh on 2 August 1949. Sold with copied research, including various newspaper cuttings.
Five: Sapper W. T. Hawkins, Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia), who was captured and taken Prisoner of War during the Second World War 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Militia (1984623 Spr. W. T. Hawkins. R.E.); together with R.A.O.B. Jewels, both silver-gilt and enamel, the first with suspension crudely re-affixed and engraved ‘Br. William T. Hawkins Welsh Border Lodge No.905 , 1st. Deg. 22-2-49, 2nd. Deg. 28-2-51, Exalted 27-10-54’; the second engraved ‘Presented to Bro. W. T. Hawkins C.P., Welsh Border Lodge No.906, for services rendered as Secretary, 27th. Feb. 1953’, edge bruise to EM, very fine and better and scarce to unit (7) £120-£160 --- William T. Hawkins attested for the Royal Monmouthshire Roya Engineers (Militia), and served with them during the Second World War. Captured and taken Prisoner of War, he was held at Stalag 20A at Thorn Podgorz. Sold with four postcard photographs, the majority sent home by the recipient from his Prisoner of War camp.
Seven: Petty Officer W. E. Heath, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve 1914-15 Star (198285. W. E. Heath. P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (198285. W. E. Heath. P.O. R.N.); Defence Medal; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (198285. Dev. A.6509. W. E. Heath. P.O. R.F.R.); Italy, Kingdom, Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, unnamed as issued; United States of America, American Legion Paris Convention Medal 1927, bronze and enamel, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style, polished and worn, therefore fine and better (7) £300-£400 --- William Ernest Heath was born at Shorncliffe, Kent, on 2 December 1880 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class, serving in H.M.S. Northampton, from 15 February 1898. He was advanced Able Seaman in H.M.S. Antelope on 28 November 1901, and Leading Seaman in H.M.S. Vivid on 7 November 1905, and served in H.M.S. Sutlej from 7 May 1908 to 8 March 1909, during which time he participated in the rescue operations after the Messina Earthquake in December 1908, and was one of the men from the Navy who landed from the ships to give assistance. He was advanced Petty Officer in H.M.S. Indefatigable on 1 August 1913, and served during the Great War, before transferring to the Royal Fleet Reserve on 2 December 1920. Sold with copied record of service.
Three: Signalman E. Bowen, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Good Hope sank with the loss of all hands at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November 1914 1914-15 Star (230362. E. Bowen. Sig., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (230362 E. Bowen. Sig. R.N.); together with a Buffalo Lodge Jewel, bronze and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘R.W.B. Pr. E. Bowen. County Lodge March 3rd. 1913.’, good very fine (4) £160-£200 --- Edward Bowen, a native of Swindon, Wiltshire, served during the early stages of the Great War in the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Good Hope and was killed in action serving in her at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November 1914. Early in August 1914, a force - consisting of the old armoured cruisers Good Hope and Monmouth, the light cruiser Glasgow and the armed merchant cruiser Otranto, all under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock, R.N. - was sent to protect the southern trade routes and to intercept German cruisers operating on the high seas. In October 1914 the squadron was reinforced by the addition of the old battleship Canopus, but reports of the ship’s lack of speed led the admiral to leave her behind as he searched for the German East Asiatic Squadron. The German squadron, commanded by Admiral Graf von Spee, consisted of the armoured cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the light cruisers Leipzig, Nurnberg and Dresden. Both admirals became aware of the proximity of the other on 31 October. At 6.40 p.m. on 1 November the squadrons made contact off Coronel, Chile and at 7.04 p.m. the battle opened at a range of 11,500 yards. As the German ships had a greater number of heavier guns, Cradock’s tactics were to close the range to allow his ships’ more numerous smaller calibre guns to come into play; this however was partly negated by the rough seas and high speeds which prevented many of the British armoured cruisers’ casement guns being brought into action. The British armoured cruisers were repeatedly hit as the range was reduced. As the range reduced to 5,500 yards, the Good Hope was on fire in several places and in a bad way. Endeavouring to reduce the range even further, so as to be able to fire torpedoes in a last ditch attempt to do damage to his adversary, the ship was repeatedly hit by heavy calibre shells and at 7.53 Good Hope blew up, taking the Admiral and all hands with her. At about 9.30 the Monmouth too was hunted down and sunk; the Glasgow and Otranto were able to make their escape under the cover of darkness. Bowen is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
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