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A Second World War M.B.E. and Lloyds War Medal for Bravery at Sea group of seven awarded to Second Engineer Officer Norman Makepeace, Merchant Navy, for services aboard the S.S. Toorak, 16 January 1942 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Members 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War Medal 1914-20 (Norman Makepeace); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Lloyds War Medal for Bravery at Sea (Second Engineer Officer Norman Makepeace, S.S. ôToorakö, 16th January 1942) mounted for wear, good very fine and better (7) £1600-1800 M.B.E. London Gazette 27 April 1943. Lloyds War Medal for Bravery at Sea Lloyds List & Shipping Gazette 3 February 1944. Norman Makepeace, Second Engineer Officer, Toorak. When the ship was torpedoed the wireless was put out of action and the boiler room fires were extinguished. Temporary repairs were effected and the ship proceeded at reduced speed. Second Engineer Makepeace remained alone in the engine-room and kept the engines running, and his courage and devotion to duty greatly contributed to the vessels safe arrival in port. The S.S. Toorak, 8,627 tons, a British tanker of the Standard Transportation Company, was torpedoed by the U.86 in the North Atlantic on 16 January 1942. Despite serious damage she managed to reach the safety of a port and survived the war. For their services in preserving their ship, Captain Frederick Henry Graham was awarded the O.B.E., and Second Engineer Makepeace, the M.B.E. and Lloyds War Medal for Bravery.
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Hartley Colliery Medal 1862, a die struck silver medal, 51mm, obverse: an angel looks on as two miners dig to uncover their comrades from the rubble; reverse inscription in raised letters, Presented to those who risked their own lives in attempting to save the lives of their fellow workmen buried in Hartley Colliery, January 1862, the edge inscribed, Richard Johnston, fitted with claw and straight silver bar suspension, crimson ribbon and silver buckle brooch, in J. S. Wyon, London case of issue, obverse with die flaw, nearly extremely fine (lot) £1400-1800 On 10 January 1862 disaster struck at the New Hartley Colliery in Northumberland, leaving in its wake a death toll of some 202 miners. A cage carrying eight people proved too much weight for the massive pumping engine beam which, although weighing over 40 tons, gave way and tumbled down the shaft, carrying with it a mass of machinery and debris. Much of it came to rest a little over 400 feet from the surface on the immense oak beams which held the centre set of pumps in the shaft. The unwalled sides of the shaft collapsed, piling tons of rock and rubble on top of the initial fall, sealing the shaft. It took six days of dangerous and strenuous work by the rescuers to reach the men trapped by the fall, but all were found to be dead. One of the dead, by the name of James Armour, kept notes of the ordeal in a book whilst trapped underground. These notes were referred to in the official enquiry into the case It appears to be certain from the date of the entry in the book found on the person of the overman, Armour, that all had died not later than the afternoon of the day following the accident, having fallen victims of the noxious gasses generated in the pit. Subsequent to the disaster there were many expressions of opinion in favour of some reward being made to the sinkers and others, who had so nobly risked their lives in their ill-fated attempts to rescue the entombed miners. In accordance with this widely expressed desire a special fund was instituted under the direction of a Committee with Mr T. G. Hurst as its secretary. At the outset it was determined that the testimonial should assume the form of a medal, and ultimately, Mr Wyon, of the Mint, whose designs had been approved by the committee, was engaged to execute the dies and strike the medals. A total of 1 gold and thirty seven silver medals were awarded. For his services, Richard Johnston was awarded a medal in silver, together with the sum of ú17. The amount of money paid was a reflection of the amount of time their assistance was given; ú30 being the highest and ú4 the lowest. With a copied extract from the Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin of March 1983 which relates to the medal. The medal and case set in a glass-fronted wooden case, 430 x 225mm. (approx.), together with a clay pipe and leather pit tokens (2) recovered from a dead miner, and a tooth from a pit pony killed in the disaster.
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The outstanding post-war C.B., Second World War D.S.O., D.S.C. and Bar group of nine awarded to to Rear-Admiral C. T. Jellicoe, a kinsman of Jellicoe of Jutland: the epitome of the gallant destroyer captain, who survived the loss of two commands in the Mediterranean, he added a third decoration to his accolades for his role as Senior Officer Operations in the Duke of York at the destruction of the Scharnhorst in December 1943 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companions neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., 1st issue, the reverse of the suspension bar officially dated 1942; Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar, hallmarks for London 1939, the reverse of the Cross privately inscribed, Comdr. C. T. Jellicoe, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N. and officially dated 1939, the reverse of the Bar similarly dated 1944; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D.oakleaf, these last five privately inscribed, Capt. C. T. Jellicoe, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N.; Coronation 1953, good very fine and better (9) £8000-10000 C.B. London Gazette 9 June 1955. D.S.O. London Gazette 8 September 1942: For gallantry, skill and seamanship in a brilliant action against strong enemy forces, which were driven off and severely damaged. This action resulted in the safe passage to Malta of an important convoy. D.S.C. London Gazette 23 December 1939: For successful actions against enemy submarines. Bar to D.S.C. London Gazette 7 March 1944: For gallantry, devotion to duty and distinguished service on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet during the action in which the Scharnhorst was engaged and sunk. The original recommendation states: He showed a quick and accurate appreciation of events throughout the action which, combined with his sound judgement and careful planning of earlier movements, was of very great assistance to me in bringing the enemy to action in an advantageous position. Mention in despatches London Gazette 17 November 1942: For bravery and devotion to duty while serving in the Mediterranean. The original recommendation states: His coolness and leadership when his ship H.M.S. Jackal was badly damaged by aircraft bombs at about 2000 hours on 11 May 1942. Badly shaken and slightly wounded as he was, with his boiler rooms and one engine room flooded, and a fire spreading from another, he made every effort to save his ship. She was taken in tow at about 0100 hours on 12 May and it was not until 0300 hours that he was reluctantly compelled to report that the situation was hopeless. The good control he maintained throughout was most marked. Christopher Theodore Jellicoe was born at Chailey, near Lewes, Sussex in June 1903, the son of a clergyman, and entered the Royal Navy as Cadet at the R.N.C. Osborne in March 1917, but had not completed his training before the end of hostilities, when he was attending the R.N.C. Dartmouth. D.S.C.: anti-submarine patrols in home waters 1939 Gaining steady advancement between the Wars, Jellicoe was serving in the rank of Commander on the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, when he held command of the destroyer H.M.S. Winchelsea. Deployed at Portland as part of the 11th Destroyer Flotilla, the Winchelsea escorted convoys O.B. 2 and O.B. 3 in September, prior to removing to Western Approaches Command for similar duties. And for his command in these opening months of the War in successful anti-submarine operations, Jellicoe was awarded his first D.S.C., which distinction he received at a Buckingham Palace investiture held on 6 February 1940. D.S.O. and ômentionö: Malta convoys and the Mediterranean 1941-42 A brief period of service having ensued at the Admiralty, Jellicoe assumed command of another destroyer, the Southwold, in 1941, a ship of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla which he also commanded. And it was in this capacity that he won his D.S.O. for great gallantry in Malta convoy MW. 10, part of Operation ôM.G. 1ö, one of the most heavily contested convoys of the War, Jellicoe estimating that on one occasion the escorts and merchantmen were under attack from no less than 60 bombers and nine torpedo-aircraft - and reporting early on in the convoy that he had expended 40% of his 4-inch ammunition after nine successive attacks. Nor were the incoming threats limited to enemy aircraft, Admiral Vian famously leading his force against capital Italian ships and compelling their hasty retreat in what became known as the 2nd Battle of the Sirte. But it was while offering assistance to a crippled merchantman outside Malta harbour on the 25th, that the Southwold met her end, striking a recently laid mine - official Admiralty sources take up the story: Southwold was aiding Breconshire in the Mediterranean when a mine exploded under the engine room. The hull was severely damaged, engine and gearing rooms wrecked, and the upper deck was split over the engine room. Slow flooding of the engine room from the gearing room through bulkhead shaft glands, spread to the after boiler room through a fracture in the bulkhead. Both boiler rooms were shut down and the ship listed slightly to starboard. All lighting was temporarily lost but it was later restored with diesel generators. Whilst in tow, the side plating port and starboard in the vicinity of the engine room split to the upper deck. During the tow an enemy aircraft attacked Southwold and near miss bombs possibly caused further damage and flooding. Southwold settled slowly with considerable sag and an increased list to starboard and was finally abandoned, afterwards sinking. For his own part, at the end of the same month, Jellicoe submitted no less than 16 recommendations for decorations or a mention in despatches for his crew. His own ômentionö followed for like services in the destroyer Jackal in Operation ôM.G. 2ö (London Gazette 17 November 1942 refers), when his ship was again lost to enemy action on 11 May, the Evening Standard reporting: Twice within a month has Commander Jellicoe, nephew of the famous Admiral, had his ship sunk under him. On 26 April it was announced that the Southwold had been lost. Temporarily placed in command of the Jackal, Jellicoe, after a gallant stand against one of the hottest attacks by Nazis in the Mediterranean, had to abandon his ship which was ablaze from stem to stern. Although wounded, the Commander was the last man to leave the destroyer. This was, in fact, the famous occasion on which Jackals consorts Lively and Kipling were also sunk, a episode captured in some spectacular footage (sse Destroyers at War, by Geoffrey Haines). Jackal lost nine crew. Bar to D.S.C.: sinking of the Scharnhorst 1943 Returning home shortly afterwards, Jellicoe was appointed Staff Officer Operations (S.O.O.) to the C.-in-C. Home Fleet in the battleship Duke of York - and was invested with his D.S.O. at a Buckingham Palace investiture held on 15 December 1942. As it transpired, however, his new appointment in the Duke of York would result in yet another encounter with the King, for, famously, in December 1943, as the flagship of Admiral Bruce Fraser, she orchestrated the destruction of the mighty Scharnhorst on 26 December 1943: Meanwhile, the Duke of York with the rest of Admiral Frasers force had been working up from the S.W. and the flagship made contact with the Scharnhorst at 4.15 p.m., by which time darkness had closed in. Shortly afterwards the 14-inch guns of the Duke of York obtained a hit below the water-line and the Scharnhorst turned away to the northward and then eastward with a slight diminution in speed. Admiral Fraser ordered a torpedo attack by the destroyers Savage, Saumarez, Scorpion and Stor. These ships steamed ahead of the raider beyond a point where they could expect any assistance from their heavy consorts, and then turned in and discharged their torpedoes, securing at least three hits. There was an immediate drop in the German battleships speed and the
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A particularly fine Second World War D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer S. J. L. Evans, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in Unshaken of the famous ôFighting Tenthö: in addition to sinking an impressive array of enemy shipping, Unshaken several times embarked Major ôAppleö Appleyards S.A.S. ôSmall-Scale Raiding Forceö and captured the Italian submarine Menotti, Evans skipper being handed a unique receipt from his Flotilla C.O. on bringing the latter prize into Grand Harbour Valetta on 11 September 1943 - Received from Lieutenant J. Whitton, R.N., one Italian submarine named Menotti and sixty-one crew Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (C.E.R.A. S. J. L. Evans, PM/X. 46521); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (MX. 46521 S. J. L. Evans, C.E.R.A., H.M.S. Unshaken), mounted as worn, together with a set of related miniature dress medals, the first and last polished, thus generally nearly very fine or better (14) £1800-2200 D.S.M. London Gazette 18 April 1944: For gallantry, skill and devotion to duty in successful patrols in H.M. submarines. The original recommendation states: During 12 Mediterranean patrols Unshaken has sunk by torpedo one destroyer, three merchantmen and two schooners. By gun action, one schooner destroyed, one 4,000-ton merchantman damaged and a suspension bridge on the Tunisian coast shelled. Other incidents include three special operations with military personnel on Pantellaria, the machine-gunning of German troops evacuating from Castia, and enforcing the surrender of the Italian submarine Menotti, deliberately contravening the armistice regulations. For outstanding efficiency and devotion to duty as C.E.R.A. in charge of the Engine Room Department of Unshaken during the above patrols and showing coolness and determination under difficult conditions. Samuel Joseph Lindop Evans, a native of Weymouth, Dorset, was decorated for his gallant deeds in Unshaken during successful war patrols in the Mediterranean in the period March to September 1943. The Unshaken arrived at the Fighting Tenths base at Lazaretto, Malta in March 1943, in the middle of a ôSpriteö alert, intelligence having reported the high risk of an Italian human-torpedo attack, but was quickly out on patrol. The definitive history of the Flotilla, The Fighting Tenth, by John Wingate, D.S.C., takes up the story: Unshaken, being the newcomer, sailed for her first patrol to the ostensibly quieter area east of Tunisia ... First she shelled a schooner hauled up on a beach, but was warned off by spirited action from shore batteries. Then off Sousse on 8 April, Jack Whitton sank the 1,245-ton Foggia with one of his three torpedoes. Lingering off Kelibia in the hope of catching a reported convoy, Unshaken continued southwards to beat up an important road bridge until shore batteries again forced her to desist. In common with other submarines of the Fighting Tenth, Unshakens operational agenda extended to clandestine operations, Wingate describing a series of intelligence gathering patrols in the lead-up to operations ôHuskyö, Major J. G. ôAppleö Appleyard, D.S.O., M.C.* and fellow members of 2nd S.A.S. being embarked: Then on the 18th [May 1943], Appleyard and his No. 1 Small-Scale Raiding Force sailed in Unshaken (Lieutenant Whitton) to make a periscope observation of the islands beaches where assault troops could be landed. The recce proving satisfactory, on 20 May Unshaken turned for home. Halfway back to Malta she was met by an M.T.B. with an aerial escort which Jack Whitton describes as an impressive and lively umbrella of three Spitfires, each clearing the periscope standards by inches. The M.T.B. had come to collect Appleyard, to save time. He was safely transferred and soon disappeared with his escort. Unshaken returned to Lazaretto the following day. The second attempt at the snatch job began on the 24th, when Unshaken again sailed with the S.A.S. party. The conditions being good, the inflatable dinghies paddled off into the darkness. After scaling the vertical and crumbling cliff, they eventually pounced on a sentry whose terrified yells alerted the defenders. Reinforcements were immediately on the spot, a burst of automatic fire killing Sergeant Herstall, a policeman from Bristol. The raiders escaped down the cliff by sliding down it from top to bottom. Whitton and Unshaken were waiting for them and they reached Lazaretto on 30 May. And of operations in June, Wingate continues: Immediately to the south of Unison was Unshaken (Lieutenant Jack Whitton), released from her expeditions with Major Appleyard and now patrolling off Syracuse and Augusta. Close inshore, on the afternoon of 22 June, she hit a laden schooner, Giovanni G. (69 tons), with two torpedoes at a range of 2,400 yards. The schooner disintegrated. This was a historic moment. Small though she was, this schooner earned a place in the history of the Fighting Tenth, for she had been sunk by the one thousandth torpedo to have been fired in action by a U-class submarine of the Tenth Flotilla. Capture of the Italian submarine ôMenottiö Having then had two close encounters with enemy submarines, one of which tailed Unshaken back to Malta in mid-July, but was attacked by the Polish submarine Dzik, thereby saving her from almost certain destruction, and sunk the naval transport Asmara,Unshaken achieved her greatest success - the capture of the Italian submarine Menotti on 9 September 1943, at the time of Italys capitulation. Wingate continues: On the morning of 9 September she [Unshaken] was making her way south around the heel of Italy when the hydrophone operator reported: High Speed revs. Suspecting an enemy submarine, Whitton ordered Diving Stations. The problem was whether this was a German U-boat or an Italian one. Through the periscope it was hard to tell: the enemy submarine was hull-down, the conning tower glinting in the bright morning sun. Whitton takes up the tale: At about 1500 yards range, and with but a few minutes to go before firing torpedoes, I had a long and careful look at the target: the submarine was Italian. She was also flying her ensign and had an unusually large number of chaps on her bridge, whom I could clearly see were gazing north-west and, no doubt, at their beloved country a few miles away. With that bunch on the bridge, she was hardly in a position to do a quick dive ... We would try to stop her, then board her. By chance, Whittons great friend and the flotillas spare C.O., Lieutenant ôShaverö Swanston, happened to be along for the ride. Whitton now appointed him commander of the boarding party, with orders to take over the Italian submarine. Unshaken surfaced and fired a warning shot across the U-boats bows: There were even more chaps on the bridge than before; I suppose they had come up to see what the hell was coming next. By this time Unshaken was alongside, stopped, with our bows against the Italians bow. The boarding party, led by Shaver brandishing a .45 were jumping across. They raced along the forward casing and climbed up the enemys conning tower. The objective: to secure the conning tower hatch and so stop him diving, then to subdue any further resistance. But there was no resistance. The enemy C.O. wanted to go to Brindisi; Whitton wanted to go back to Malta. A somewhat heated exchange followed, Whitton writes, as the two COs, each on his own bridge, side by side, voiced their intentions: Brindisi, he shouted. Malta, I yelled. Brindisi ... Malta ... Percy Westmacott, the Number One, passed up Whittons uniform cap, to give proceedings a little more dignity. I put it on. Also the 3-inch gun, still manned, and ready for action, was ordered: Load one round HE. The loading number, a seaman with considerable initiative, held up the 3-inch high explosive shell; he displayed it, rather like a music hall conjuror, to a very impressed Italian audience. He then slipped the round home into the gun, slamming the breech shut. The muzzle of the gun was trained on the Italian captains stomach, at a range of about thirteen feet. Shaver, who was standing close to him, was requested to stand aside. With a shrug of his shoulder and hands in the air, the Italian agreed: Malta. We were both now singing from the same song sheet - and I dont think my cap did the trick. With Shaver Swanston and the boarding party in control, the Italian boat, Menotti, would sail for Malta. Four Italian hostages were kept in Unshaken to encourage their shipmates to behave. Now began the two-day passage for Malta, mainly on the surface so that Unshaken could keep an eye on her charge. Each evening the two submarines closed while Whitton made sure all was well. Swanston complained at the dirt and lack of discipline, but he evidently had no problems with the officers who roundly expressed their loathing of the Germans in particular and the war in general. Menottis captain later told Whitton: He had no orders to proceed to an Allied port, except a signal which he considered false, the Allies having made use of captured Italian cyphers. He was upset at being defeated; he loathed the Germans but did not mind surrendering to the British. Unshaken, with her prize, arrived back at Malta on 11 September, as Whitton says, to pass through an impressive collection of Italian naval ships anchored off the Grand Harbour. That afternoon Unshakens CO was handed what must be one of the most unusual receipts noted in history. Typed on HMSO crown-embossed paper by the Lazaretto type-writer, it was addressed to His Majestys Submarine Unshaken and dated Saturday 11 September 1943. Signed by George Phillips as Captain (S) 10, it read: Received from Lieutenant J. Whitton, R.N., one Italian submarine named Menotti and sixty-one crew. As a result of this, and other actions, Whitton and his ôJimmy the Oneö, Westmacott, were awarded D.S.Cs, three ratings D.S.Ms and several crew members mentioned in despatches. Evans received his D.S.M. at a Buckingham Palace investiture held on 31 October 1944; also see Lot 487 for his fathers Honours & Awards.
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Three: Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class V. Sands, Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy 1914-15 Star (268445 C.E.R.A. 2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (268445 C.E.R.A. 2, R.N.) good very fine (3). £70-90 Valentine Sands was born in Portadown, Armagh, on 7 February 1874. A Turner and Fitter by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Navy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class in March 1895. Confirmed in that rank in February 1897 when on Vivid II, he was advanced to E.R.A. 3 in August 1898 when on Pigeon, E.R.A. 2 in June 1903 when on Melampus, and E.R.A. 1 in August 1907 when on Pelorus. Sands was rated as Acting C.E.R.A. 2 in September 1910 when on Gibraltar and was confirmed in that rank in September 1911 when aboard the Challenger. Sands was transferred to the Challengers sister ship Encounter in June 1912 and served aboard her until April 1919, being twice rated as C.E.R.A. 1. As such he served as a member of the Royal Australian Navy, the ship being transferred to the R.A.N. in 1912. Following the outbreak of war, H.M.A.S. Encounter was part of the force which occupied German New Guinea - capturing the steamer Zambezi on 12 August 1914, bombarding the Toma Ridge in support of Australian forces, 14 September, and covering the landing at Madang on 24 December 1914. The remainder of her war was spent on patrol in the Pacific Ocean and the waters around the East Indies. C.E.R.A.1 Sands was demobilised in January 1920. With copied service paper and research concerning H.M.S. Encounter.
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A rare British War and Victory Medal pair awarded to Driver A. Hobbs, 420th Battery Royal Field Artillery, who drowned in the Jolly Roger incident on Lake Onega, south of Murmansk, on 8 July 1919 British War and Victory Medals (8796 Dvr., R.A.) nearly extremely fine (2) £200-250 The Jolly Roger was a 40-foot American-built submarine chaser with a speed of 30 knots armed with one 3-pdr. semi-automatic naval gun borrowed from a French armoured train, seven Vicker`s Machine Guns mounted on tripods and two Lewis Guns. The Captain of the Jolly Roger was Captain Herbert Francis Littledale, R.G.A.; his second in command was 2nd Lieutenant William Colston Wannell, R.A.S.C. The ships crew was made up of R.F.A. N.C.Os. and men from 420th Bty., with one R.E. Corporal from the Syren Force Signal Company. The ship was a component of the Onega Lake Flotilla, part of the Murmansk Force. On 10 June 1919, the Jolly Roger proceeded to Shunga and was sent north to shell the village of Fedotova, which she accomplished, destroying a bridge and killing 30 Bolsheviks. Throughout June 1919 she bombarded enemy villages and transported troops, guns and supplies to the troops at Shunga. On 8 July 1919 "the Jolly Roger was proceeding on a reconnaissance when a large explosion occurred in her starboard petrol tank. The force of the explosion blew three men and two Vickers guns overboard, and in a second the whole of the mid-ship portion of the vessel was burning furiously. The mechanics were assisted out of the engine room which was full of flames and an attempt was made to run her ashore. When about one mile from the shore, however, the engines stopped, and although most of the ammunition had been thrown overboard, one box, containing lyddite, had become ignited, and it was, therefore necessary to "abandon ship." All ranks behaved magnificently, men who could swim volunteering to assist men who could not, and of these there were a large proportion. Five men were unfortunately drowned, including two of those blown overboard. The remainder swam ashore safely, except four, who were picked up by a seaplane which had been sent out to ascertain the cause of the heavy column of smoke, caused by the explosion and subsequent fire." Littledale was subsequently commended in the report made by the aircrew of the R.A.F. seaplanes of the incident: Capt Littledale who had been in the water about 40 minutes had during the whole of this time been supporting one of his crew (an elderly man unable to swim and who was exhausted). His splendid action most assuredly saved this mans life. Capt. Littledale and 2nd Lieutenant Wannell were both subsequently awarded the Military Cross; Littledales being published in the London Gazette without citation on 3 February 1920 For distinguished service in connection with Military Operations in Murmansk, North Russia. and Wannells on 3 October 1919, the citation reading, When carrying out a reconnaissance on Lake Onega on 8th July, 1919, in close touch with enemy vessels, the motor-boat caught fire and a petrol tank exploded. Though badly shaken himself he assisted three wounded mechanics on to the upper deck, and then returned to the engine room and drove the one engine, which was still working, until the boat was within a mile of the shore, when a second explosion wrecked her. His pluck and devotion to duty in driving the engine, at great risk to himself, got the boat near the shore and saved lives. Captain Littledale was also awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal for his bravery in saving the life of one of the men who could not swim by keeping him afloat until they were rescued. Driver Arthur Hobbs, R.F.A. had entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 31 May 1915 (entitled to the 1914-15 Star). Hobbs and the four other men who were killed in the Jolly Roger incident are commemorated on the Archangel Memorial to the Missing. Captain. Herbert Francis Littledale, R.G.A. wrote an article some time after the Jolly Roger incident entitled Gunners as Sailors on the Murmansk Front, published in the Royal Artillery journal ôThe Gunnerö..
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A rare and impressive Palestine 1947 operations B.E.M. awarded to Gunner F. D. Keillor, Royal Artillery, for great gallantry in responding to a terrorist attack in Haifa - severely wounded by two through and through revolver shots fired at close range, and in great pain, he nonetheless drove his wounded comrades in a jeep to the nearest hospital British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 2nd issue (14148108 Gnr. Frederick D. Keillor, R.A.), minor official correction to surname, nearly extremely fine £800-1000 B.E.M. London Gazette 2 July 1948: In recognition of gallant conduct in carrying out hazardous work in a very brave manner. The original recommendation states: On 12 December 1947, at about 1300 hours, Gunner Keillor was driving a jeep along Herzl Street, Haifa, proceeding north in the direction of Acre. An officer, together with two other gunners who were acting as escorts to the party, were also travelling in the vehicle. Opposite the New Cinema, the jeep was stopped in a small traffic jam. At this moment two or three dissidents, believed to be Jews, came out of a side turning and, at point blank range, fired at them with revolvers. All were hit several times and seriously wounded; one of the escort later died after admission to hospital. Gunner Keillor received a through and through gun shot wound of the right upper arm and a through and through gun shot wound of the left shoulder. Despite the severity of his wounds, which had the effect of almost completely paralysing his arms, and of causing him very considerable pain, Gunner Keillor drew his revolver to return the fire but the attackers, in keeping with their character, had disappeared. One effect of the firing was completely to clear Herzl Street of all traffic, shoppers and pedestrians. No one, therefore, either Jew or Arab, came forward to render assistance to the wounded men though some could be seen peering fearfully at them from doorways and windows. The officer was seriously wounded, having been shot in the stomach, and the two escorts were already unconscious. Gunner Keillor, realising the necessity of reaching medical assistance as soon as possible, managed to start the engine and get the jeep going. By this time his right arm had become completely useless and little strength remained in his left. Nonetheless, however, he drove the jeep to a British Military Hospital, a distance of some two miles, along a route with many turns and steep inclines. The conduct of this young soldier throughout this incident is deserving of the highest praise. Though severely wounded, he showed that he had in him the best qualities of the British soldier of courage, determination and devotion to duty. Frederick Davidson Keillor was from Angus, Forfar. On the day he won his his B.E.M., Haganah terrorists launched a series of attacks against Arab and British targets in Haifa and Ramleh, over 20 people being killed and another 30 wounded - two of the former were British soldiers, and one of them, as cited above, a comrade of Keillor.
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A LATE GEORGE III SNUFF BOX, maker possibly John Lamb, London 1819, of plain D end rectangular form, the hinged cover chased, engraved and repousse with two figures conversing beside a tree, a cottage beyond, the sides and base with traces of engine turning, 3 1/2" x 1 1/4" x 1 1/4", 2ozs 6dwts (Illustrated)
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An shaped oval platter, decorated with a reeded rim detailed 800, a silver cylindrical box, with a floral finial, a silver cased pencil, Birmingham 1945, a silver and blue enameled decanter label, detailed PORT, a folding comb in a plated case, with engine turned and scroll engraved decoration.
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A gentleman`s hunting cased Loehr patent perpetual pocket watch, with a weight driven automatic movement, the inner case detailed Perpetuale Patent No 1600, the enameled dial with black Roman hour numerals and with a subsidiary dial at 9 o`clock, otherwise detailed Loehr Patent, the case with engine turned decoration.
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A First World War period sepia photograph of an R.F.C. 2nd Air Mechanic, within a brass and composition frame, possibly constructed from a nine cylinder radial engine distributor, overall diameter approx 19cm, together with a small R.F.C. gilded sterling silver medal, inscribed `Drill Competition February 28th 1918 2/A.M. C. McCormack`.
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