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Stuart Beam live steam engine plant with displacement lubricator, working governor and twin cylinder drain cocks, driving a spoked flywheel, fed by a Stuart 500 boiler with Bassett-Lowke 0-100 psi pressure gauge, safety valve and water level gauge, fired by a spirit burner, on faux tiled base with hand pump, water tank and exhaust separator, base 36 x 37.5cm
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Postcards, a mixed UK topographical selection of 18 RPs. Includes lifeboat at The Lizard and St Davids, Church in the sand (St Piran's), Widecombe Town Band, Dartmoor Rd Menders (Tuck published (2)), 2 animated street scenes of Fore St Redruth, Owen St Eastney, Beach Mansions Southsea, Portsmouth decorated tram, Portsmouth illuminations for Naval Week, Stockport Fire Engine, Heaton Chapel (shops) etc. Also 2 printed station interiors at Hartford and Greenbank nr Northwich, and Camborne (with train) (mainly gd)
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Model Vehicles, approx. 25 assorted boxed vehicles to include Dinky Striker Anti-Tank Vehicle, Dinky Merryweather Marquis Fire Engine, Corgi Major Simon Snorkel Fire Engine, Triang Jumbo Cement Mixer, Lledo Marathons Island Tours coach and many more. Also a boxed 'BCM CO toy pistol set (models gd/vg, boxes mixed condition, 1 vehicle unboxed)
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China 1900, no clasp (J. J. Mc.Leod, E.R.A.2. Cl., H.M.S. Endymion.) edge bruising and contact marks, polished, nearly very fine £160-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- John James McLeod was born in Sheerness, Kent, on 25 February 1867 and joined the Royal Navy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class on 11 April 1891. Promoted Engine Room Artificer Second Class on 11 April 1898, he served in H.M.S. Endymion from 8 June 1899 to 4 September 1902, and was promoted Chief Engine Room Artificer Second Class on 1 April 1901. He was subsequently commissioned into the Officers Section.
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A Second War ‘North Africa operations’ C.B.E. group of nine awarded to Brigadier L. F. Heard, Royal Engineers, who was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the French Croix de Guerre for his services in North West Europe, and subsequently served as Aide-de-Camp to H.M. the Queen, 1954-57 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E., (Military) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in DS & S case of issue; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Lieut. L. F. Heard. R.E.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1939, with bronze palm on riband, mounted court-style for display, light contact marks, good very fine and better (9) £600-£800 --- C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1943 M.I.D. London Gazette 22 March 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe.’ The original Recommendation for the French Croix de Guerre states: ‘This officer has been General Staff Officer First Class at 21 Army Group Headquarters since its formation. He is an extremely capable Staff Officer with a unique knowledge of staff duties and of the organisation of the Army. His services have been extremely valuable during the planning and execution of the operations for the liberation of France, and he has never failed to give off his best in spite of the pressure of work which has been acute during the period under a view.’ Leonard Ferguson Heard was born on 30 October 1903 and was educated at Shrewsbury School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 29 August 1923, and saw active service on the North West Frontier of India as a Staff Captain, R.E., attached Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners. Advanced Major on 29 August 1940, he saw further service during the Second World War, both in North Africa, for which services he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and subsequently in command of 23rd Assault Group, Royal Engineers, in North West Europe, for which services he was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the French Croix de Guerre with palm. Promoted Colonel in 1947, and Brigadier in 1949, Heard was appointed Aide-de-Camp to H.M. Queen Elizabeth II on 30 December 1953, relinquishing the appointment on his retirement on 21 April 1957. He was lucky to survive a train crash in 1959 when his car was struck by the Belfast to Londonderry express train at 65 miles per hour, whilst he was driving across an unmanned level crossing; the force of impact somersaulted the diesel engine off the track and derailed several carriages, but remarkably both he and all the passengers on the train survived virtually unscathed. He was subsequently sued by the Ulster Transport Authority. Advanced Honorary Major-General on the Retired List, he was appointed High Sheriff of County Londonderry for the year 1964, and also served as a Justice of the Peace. He died on 8 April 1976. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient, and copied research.
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An inter-War George Cross (converted E.G.M.), Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Warrant Officer T. P. McTeague, Royal Air Force, late Royal Irish Rifles, who was awarded the E.G.M. for his gallantry in rescuing the future Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Constantine from the freezing sea after he had crashed off the Isle of Sheppey on 10 December 1928 George Cross (No. 346415 Cpl. Thomas Patrick Mc.Teague, R.A.F. 12th. April 1929.) in Royal Mint case of issue; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8722 L.Cpl. T. P. Mc.Teague. 2/R. Ir: Rif:); War Medal 1939-45, in Air Ministry card box of issue, addressed to ‘T. P. McTeague, Esq., 64 Clifton Street, Belfast, N. Ireland.’, the DCM with edge bruising, polished and worn, this good fine; the GC and War Medal extremely fine (3) £12,000-£16,000 --- E.G.M. London Gazette 12 April 1929: 346415 Corporal Thomas Patrick McTeague, D.C.M., Royal Air Force (in a joint citation with Flying Officer Walter Anderson, Royal Air Force). ‘Pilot Officer H. A. Constantine while flying an aeroplane off Leysdown on 10 December 1928, crashed into the sea, about 200 yards from the shore. Corporal McTeague and Flying Officer Anderson immediately entered the sea from the shore and swam to his assistance. The weather was bitterly cold; an on-shore wind was blowing and the sea was fairly rough. Constantine, fully clothed and suffering from injuries and shock, commenced to swim ashore, but was in a state of collapse when the first swimmer (McTeague) reached him. McTeague, though exhausted himself, supported him until the arrival of Anderson, and Constantine was then brought to safety (this involved swimming for a distance of about 100 yards) by their combined efforts. The extremely prompt and timely action of Anderson and McTeague, and the gallantry and persistence they displayed, undoubtedly saved the life of Constantine.’ D.C.M. London Gazette 22 October 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During an attack he displayed the greatest dash and initiative, and by rushing forward when any signs of resistance were offered he put to flight and captured at least two parties of the enemy. After reaching the objective he carried an important message back to battalion headquarters, and whilst crossing the enemy barrage he was wounded. He delivered his message safely, however, returned at once to his company, and remained on duty doing excellent and gallant work for the remainder of the operation. He refused to have his wound dressed until afterwards.’ Thomas Patrick McTeague was born in Belfast on 2 October 1893, and following the outbreak of the Great War attested for the Royal Irish Rifles, serving with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 September 1914 (entitled to a 1914 Star trio). Promoted Corporal, for his gallantry in 1917 he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Demobilised following the cessation of hostilities, McTeague subsequently enlisted in the Royal Air Force in 1921, and served throughout the 1920s in the Middle East; amongst his Commanding Officers were the future Marshals of the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder and Sir Arthur Harris. As an air-gunner in twin engine bi-planes he later told how he would lean out of the aircraft in order to drop small 5lb bombs by hand onto the insurgents on the ground (One Step Further, by Marion Hebblethwaite refers). Subsequently posted to the Royal Air Force’s Armament and Gunner School on the Isle of Sheppey, McTeague was awarded the Empire Gallantry Medal for his part in rescuing Pilot Officer H. A. Constantine [later Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Constantine, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O.], after he had crashed into the sea off Leysdown on 10 December 1928. He was invested with his Empire Gallantry Medal by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales (later H.M. King Edward VIII) at St. James’s Palace on 9 July 1929, and subsequently with the George Cross by H.M. King George VI at Buckingham Palace on 23 September 1941. Returning to Belfast, McTeague was promoted Sergeant and was stationed at R.A.F. Aldergrove, seeing further service during the Second World War as a Recruiting Sergeant in Belfast. His final posting was as a Warrant Officer at R.A.F. Abingdon. He died in Belfast on 28 February 1961. Sold with a group photograph featuring the recipient. Note: The recipient’s Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal was sold by Spink in April 2009. The location of his 1914 Star trio and 1953 Coronation Medal is unknown.
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An extremely rare Boer War civilian D.C.M. awarded to 1st Class Supernumerary Officer C. W. Baker, St John Ambulance Brigade, for service on the staff of the Langman Hospital Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (1st Cl: Supt: Ofcr: C. W. Baker. St John Amb: Bde:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Sgt. Major C. W. Baker, Langman Hospital) officially re-impressed as typically found on QSAs issued to this unit; Jubilee 1897, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Supt. Cecil W. Baker); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (555. Sergt. C. W. Baker. Met: Corps.) nearly extremely fine (4) £3,000-£4,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 31 October 2002; and London Gazette 24 February 1903 (correction from ‘Superintendent’ to ‘Supernumerary’). One of only five D.C.M.’s awarded to civilians in the Boer War: two Engine Drivers and one Fireman of the Imperial Military Railway, and two to the St John Ambulance Brigade, both of Langman’s Hospital (Recipients of the D.C.M. by P. E. Abbott refers). Cecil W. Baker is confirmed on the roll of the Langman Hospital, which lists 58 names but this figure includes 12 nursing sisters who received the medal under the auspices of the R.A.M.C. Established by Mr. John Langman, this private hospital opened its tented wards for the first time in April 1900, on the cricket ground at Bloemfontein, where, a few days later, it was inspected by Lord Roberts, V.C., who said of it in a telegram to Langman back in London, that its ‘value to our R.A.M.C. and wounded cannot be overestimated’. Indeed, under the efficient command of Langman’s son, Archibald, actually a Lieutenant in the Middlesex Yeomanry, the hospital eventually treated 1211 cases, latterly at a new location in Pretoria. Of these patients, 278 returned to duty, 875 were transferred to other hospitals and 58 died.
Among the handful of Surgeons employed on the 45-strong staff, 18 of whom were from the St. John Ambulance Brigade, was Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle, M.D., he of Sherlock Holmes fame, who had, from the outset, been invited by John Langman to assist in the selection of suitable personnel - it is not without interest therefore that Corporal Weston Burt was, like Conan Doyle, a resident of Southsea, a fact that suggests they may well have been local friends. Be that as it may, both men would certainly have shared in the horrific scenes caused by ever-growing numbers of enteric victims, the famous author being compelled to write:
‘Our hospital was no worse off than the others, and as there were many of them the general condition of the town [Bloemfontein] was very bad. Coffins were out of the question, and the men were lowered in their brown blankets into shallow graves at the average of sixty a day. A sickening smell came from the stricken town. Once when I had ridden out to get an hour or two of change, and was at least six miles from the town, the wind changed and the smell was all around me. You could smell Bloemfontein long before you could see it. Even now if I felt that lowly death smell compounded of disease and disinfectants my heart would sink within me.’
The Hospital was eventually given as a free gift by John Langman to the Government in November 1900, complete with all its equipment, tentage and supplies - he was created a Baronet in 1906, while his son, Archibald, received prompter reward by way of a C.M.G. in 1902. Conan Doyle, too, was among the ex-Langman staff honoured, receiving a knighthood, although he later claimed this was in response to the publication of his pamphlet, The War in South Africa: Its Cause and Conduct. Sold with copied medal roll and article on the Langman Hospital by W. H. Fevyer, published in the O.M.R.S. Journal.
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The rare and particularly fine Second World War ‘1944’ D.F.C., ‘Battle of Berlin’ immediate C.G.M. group of six awarded to Lancaster pilot, Warrant Officer, later Flight Lieutenant, E. S. Ellis, 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew in at least 36 operational sorties - 9 of which were to Berlin - ‘the Big City’ - and back. Ellis’s press-on regardless attitude was illustrated during his C.G.M raid, 2/3 December 1943, when despite taking a new crew on their first raid; being hit by anti-aircraft fire which put his rear gunner out of action; also being attacked by an enemy fighter when his Lancaster was raked ‘from stem to stern’ and his mid upper gunner wounded - Ellis continued his bombing run and then flew his wrecked aircraft home to effect a successful crash landing, after having been hit again by Flak just before crossing the Dutch coast! Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’, mounted on investiture pin, in Royal Mint case of issue; Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying), G.VI.R. (Act. W/O. E. S. Ellis. R.A.F.) mounted on investiture pin; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, campaign awards in named card box of issue addressed to ‘F/L. E. S. Ellis, 263 Marsh Road, Luton, Beds’, nearly extremely fine (6) £24,000-£28,000 --- 1 of only 7 D.F.C., C.G.M. (Flying) combinations awarded. D.F.C. London Gazette 6 June 1944: ‘Since the award of the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal this officer has continued to set a magnificent example of gallantry and skill to the pilots of his unit. In February, 1943, while attacking Leipzig one engine in his aircraft failed. Despite this handicap, Flight Lieutenant Ellis continued his flight and completed the sortie on three engines. He has proved himself an extremely able and courageous pilot and captain of aircraft.’ C.G.M. London Gazette 24 December 1943: ‘One night in December, 1943, Warrant Officer Ellis was the pilot of an aircraft detailed to attack Berlin. During the initial bombing run the aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire, which injured the rear gunner and rendered his turret unserviceable. Warrant Officer Ellis maintained a steady run, however, and made his first attack. Just as the first bombs had been released the aircraft was raked by bullets from a fighter and the rear gunner sustained a further injury; the mid-upper gunner was also wounded. Although the enemy delivered another long burst of fire, Warrant Officer Ellis continued his run and attacked the target exactly as planned. On leaving the target area it was discovered that much damage had been sustained. The inter-communication and hydraulic systems and the turrets were all unserviceable. The mainplane and the fuselage had been damaged, while the bomb doors could not be closed. In spite of this, Warrant Officer Ellis flew on and eventually landed his aircraft safely without the aid of flaps and in spite of punctured tyres. In harassing circumstances, this pilot displayed skill, courage and devotion to duty beyond praise.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1946. Edward Sydney Ellis was born in Luton in May 1914, studied at the British Institute of Engineering Technology, London and was employed by Vauxhall Motors. Ellis attested for the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in October 1940. He was mobilised in April 1941 and carried out initial training in the UK prior to be posted for pilot training in the United States of America in March 1942. Ellis had postings to Turner Field, Georgia and Gunter Field, Alabama throughout 1942, returning to the UK at the end of the year. He carried out further training at No. 15 F.T.S., Carlisle and No. 6 (P) A.F.U., Little Rissington, prior to being posted to No. 30 O.T.U., Seighford, Staffordshire in May 1943. After a brief stint with No. 1656 C.U., Ellis was posted for operational flying as a pilot to 12 Squadron (Lancasters) at Wickenby in September 1943. He flew in at least 9 operational sorties with the Squadron, including: Hanover (3); Mannheim; Bochum; Hagen; Munich; Frankfurt and Stuttgart. Ellis, having advanced to Warrant Officer, was posted to the newly formed 625 Squadron (Lancasters) at Kelstern in October 1943. He flew in at least 19 operational sorties with the Squadron, including: Leipzig (2); Kassel; Modane; Berlin (9 - all during the Battle of Berlin, including the first raid of the Battle on 18/19 November); Stettin; Brunswick; Magdeburg; Schwinefurt; Augsburg and Stuttgart. Ellis, crewed with Sergeants Gallop, Rawlings, Rawston, Bound, Jones, Wightman and Flight Sergeant Moylan, was awarded the C.G.M. for his gallantry during the raid on Berlin, 2/3 December 1943. The latter being one of the nine times that he went to Berlin and back during the Battle of Berlin, November 1943 - March 1944 (out of the 16 Bomber Command raids to ‘the Big City’ for that period). The following additional details are added in Bombers Over Berlin by A. W. Cooper: ‘The Fifth Raid. The onslaught on Berlin continued into December. On the night of 2/3rd December, 440 Lancasters, fifteen Halifaxes of 35 Squadron and eighteen Mosquitos of 139 Squadron were detailed.... During the initial bombing run, Warrant Officer Edward Ellis of 625 Squadron, who was initiating a new crew on their their first operation, had his aircraft hit in the rear turret, wounding the gunner, Sergeant D. Wightman, and knocking out his turret. The bomb run was continued, and bombs released in a long stick on target, but as they went down a fighter attacked from below, raking the aircraft from stem to stern. The rear gunner was wounded again as well as the mid-upper, Sergeant W. Jones. Still Ellis carried on the run, the delay between the HEs and the incendiary bombs being carefully timed as briefed, despite another pass by the fighter. Only then did Ellis take evasive action. After leaving the target the crew took stock of the damage. The intercom was not working, the bomb doors would not close, the gun turrets were U/S and the mainplane and fuselage damaged. The hydraulics were U/S and, as they discovered later, the main wheel tyres were punctured. The oxygen began to run short so height was lost on the return journey. Just before crossing the Dutch coast the aircraft was again hit by flak. As fuel was also running low a landing was made at R.A.F. Bardney, using the emergency method of lowering the undercarriage. Without flaps and with flat tyres, the aircraft nosed over on landing then tipped back again. The crew were uninjured in the landing, but both wounded gunners were taken off to hospital. For his actions and cool courage, Ellis received the C.G.M. - Conspicuous Gallantry Medal - the rarest award in the R.A.F. for operational flying.’ The ‘press-on regardless’ attitude of Ellis was illustrated a number of times over his service career, and stood him and his crew in good stead throughout the Battle of Berlin. On their next raid to Berlin, 16/17 December 1943, they crashed landed again upon their return to base. Ellis was commissioned, and had his gallantry recognised once again - this time as a consequence of flying during the raid on Leipzig, 19/20 February 1944. Alan Cooper in his more recently published book, Bravery Awards For Aerial Combat, Stories Behind The Award of the C.G.M. (Flying), gives additional details about both the flight to Berlin and Leipzig: ‘Berlin raid number five came on 2/3rd December. Warrant Officer Edward Sydney Ellis, born in Luton in 1914, was flying with 625 Squadron on this night. He took off in Lancaster DV362 from Kelstern in Lincolnshire, and bombed Berlin at 8.22pm from 20,000 feet. On the ...
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Five: Sick Berth Petty Officer A. Rayton, Royal Navy, who was among those lost in the armed merchant cruiser Comorin when she caught fire and capsized in the North Atlantic in April 1941 British War Medal 1914-20 (M. 5112 A. Rayton, S.B.A., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (M. 5112 A. Rayton, S.B. P.O., H.M.S. Egmont) together with original Admiralty condolence slip in the name of ‘Arthur Rayton’, good very fine and better (5) £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Arthur Rayton was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire in February 1893 and entered the Royal Navy as a Sick Berth Attendant in October 1912. On the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he was employed at the R.N.H. Haslar but, in April 1915, he commenced a two years’ posting to Malta. He returned to Haslar in November 1917 and was similarly employed at the war’s end (British War Medal 1914-20). He was advanced to Sick Berth Petty Officer in the summer of 1926 and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in December of the following year. By early 1941, he was serving in the armed merchant cruiser Comorin, which liner had been requisitioned by the Admiralty in September 1939. In April 1941 Comorin was on passage from the UK to Freetown; in addition to her own ship’s company she was carrying drafts for other ships and bases, a total of 475 officers and men. On 6 April a fire broke out in her engine rooms and soon engulfed much of the ship. Although two other ships, the destroyers Lincoln and Broke, came to her aid, the weather was bad and it was extremely difficult for the smaller ships to approach the massive liner, rolling heavily in the huge North Atlantic waves. Lieutenant-Commander Peter Scott, aboard the Broke, later wrote: ‘When we drew near, the scene was awe-inspiring. The great liner lay beam on to the seas, drifting very rapidly. A red glow showed in the smoke which belched from her funnel and below that amidships the fire had a strong hold. Clouds of smoke streamed away from her lee side. The crew were assembled aft and we were in communication by lamp and later by semaphore ... To go alongside Comorin seemed an impossibility. The waves were fifty to sixty feet from trough to crest and the liner’s cruiser stern lifted high out of the water at one moment showing rudder and screws and crashed downward in a cloud of spray the next. I thought a destroyer could not possibly survive such an impact ... ’ When Broke arrived on the scene, Lincoln was engaged in rescuing men with her Carley rafts but only a few men could be taken each time and it was a desperately slow business. Also, because the rafts could not go right up to the side of the wildly rolling ship, the men had to go down a rope to them, and several were drowned in the attempt. Broke however managed to go alongside the liner; she repeated this manoeuvre dozens of times, and each time a few men jumped from Comorin to the destroyer’s focsle. It was essential to time the jump correctly; not only were the two ships rapidly moving up and down, but they were also rolling in opposite directions, so that one moment they touched, the next they were ten yards apart. A few men fell between the ships, and many others broke a limb, but the great majority were saved. In fact, 455 men were saved and only 20 were lost; sadly, Arthur Rayton was amongst these casualties. He left a widow, Mrs Elizabeth Rayton. His name is recorded at the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Sold with copied research and a contemporary picture postcard of the Comorin.
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Six: Chief Engine Room Artificer E. E. Holland, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star, 1 clasp, Burma; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (M.35665 E. E. Holland. E.A.2. [sic] H.M.S. Resource.) generally very fine and better (6) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Ernest Edward Holland was born in Woolwich on 4 January 1905 and joined the Royal Navy as an apprentice Engine Room Artificer on 14 August 1920. Advanced Engine Room Artificer Second Class on 1 July 1933, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 22 November 1937, and was promoted Chief Engine Room Artificer on 1 May 1939. He served during the Great War principally in the destroyer H.M.S. Scout, and was serving in her during the evacuation convoy operations immediately prior to the Fall of Singapore. He was finally released from the service on 22 November 1945. Sold with the recipient’s London County Council King’s Medal, 1 clasp, 1919-20 (E. Holland) with integral top L.C.C. riband bar, with crushed named lid of card box of issue; three H.M.S. Resource silver prize medals, all hallmarked, the reverses engraved ‘Interpart Billiards 1931 E.R.A. E. Holland’; ‘Interpart Cricket 1931 E.R.A. E. Holland’; and ‘Interpart Billiards 1932 E.R.A. E. Holland’, all in N.A.A.F.I. cases of issue; Admiralty enclosure for the Second War awards; and copied record of service and other research.
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Three: Stoker Petty Officer W. C. T. Sheepwash, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Inflexible at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, and in H.M.S. Phoebe during the Zeebrugge Raid, 23 April 1918 1914-15 Star (165419 W. C. T. Sheepwash. S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (165419 W. C. T. Sheepwash. S.P.O. R.N.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Walter Charles Thomas Sheepwash was born in Chatham, Kent, on 21 August 1872 and joined the Royal Navy on 11 January 1892. Advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 1 July 1906, he served served during the Great War in H.M.S. Inflexible from the outbreak of War to 30 September 1917, and was present during the Battle of the Falkland Islands, the Dardanelles campaign, ands at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. After a brief period ashore he served next in H.M.S. Phoebe from 11 November 1917 until the cessation of hostilities, and was present during the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918: ‘H.M.S. Phoebe was commanded by Lieutenant-Commander H. E. Gore-Langton. When he saw H.M.S. North Star struck and brought to a standstill he went to her assistance and made a smoke screen to shield her from view. Then H.M.S. Phoebe moved ahead of the North Star and passed a wire across to tow her out of action. The ships drifted some distance to the north east until the North Star lay almost at right angles to the Phoebe and by that time the smoke-screen had dispersed. The two ships were then again lit up by the searchlights and were heavily shelled at close range. The Phoebe again tried to drag the North Star to safety but by then the latter’s engine and boiler rooms were flooded and the strain caused the wire to snap. Gore-Langton then turned the Phoebe alongside the wreck of the North Star with the intention of drawing her further out before attempting to tow her from the front but several shells struck the North Star blowing her capstan overboard and killing and wounding many men. Realising that she was unable to carry out her intention, the Phoebe cast off, made another smoke-screen between the North Star and the shore and then sent a boat to rescue some of the survivors. The North Star also lowered her boats and ferried some men across to the Phoebe. Gore-Langton once again tried to tow the North Star clear under the cover of a smoke screen but again the North Star was hit and seeing that she was sinking he gave orders that she should be abandoned. Men scrambled across from the sinking ship to the Phoebe but it is said that one was left behind. When this was realised the Phoebe re-approached the North Star to rescue him but as she came alongside, the man was killed by a bursting shell. H.M.S. Phoebe had stayed by the North Star for nearly an hour'. Sheepwash was shore demobilised on 8 April 1919. He was not awarded a Long Service Medal. Sold with copied service papers and other research.
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Six: Chief Engine Room Artificer J. Clark, D.S.M., Royal Navy, who was awarded the D.S.M. for his gallantry in H.M.S. Kelvin, most likely on the night of 19-20 January 1943, when Kelvin, alongside H.M.S. Javelin, intercepted and destroyed the Italian’s Tripoli Minesweeping Flotilla 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (M.37902 J. Clark. C.E.R.A.2. H.M.S. Kelvin.); together with a copy Distinguished Service Medal, nearly extremely fine (7) £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.S.M. London Gazette 2 June 1943: ‘For gallantry or outstanding service in the face of the Enemy, or for zeal, patience, and cheerfulness in dangerous waters, and for setting an example of wholehearted devotion to duty, without which the high tradition of the Royal Navy could not have been upheld.’ James Clark was born in Bishops Stortford, Essex, on on 8 February 1908 and joined the Royal Navy as an apprentice Engine Room Artificer on 1 January 1924. Advanced Chief Engine Room Artificer Second Class on 1 April 1939, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal 20 November 1940. He served during the Second World War in H.M.S. Kelvin, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal in 1943, most likely for his service on the night of 19-20 January 1943 when H.M.S. Kelvin, along with H.M.S. Javelin, discovered the Tripoli Minesweeping Flotilla fleeing Tunisia for Italy during the course of the night. They attacked immediately, and destroyed the entire flotilla with the loss of 180 Italian sailors’ lives. He transferred to the Reserve on 12 April 1948. Sold with copied service records and other research.
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The extremely rare inter-war 1932 Empire Gallantry Medal pair awarded to Eric Watt ‘Jock’ Bonar, Chief Pilot of Northern Air Transport Limited and Flight Sergeant, Royal Air Force Reserve, for carrying out the rescue of a R.A.F. pilot from a crashed Siskin - in the face of flames 30 feet high, and with cries of “For God’s sake save me Jock, save me” ringing in his ears. Bonar dragged the pilot free from the burning wreckage in Barton airport, Manchester, but despite his best efforts, the pilot succumbed to the severity of his burns two weeks later. A veteran of the Royal Navy during the Great War, a post-war friend of Lawrence of Arabia, and an extremely skilful pilot - Bonar ‘had been flying since God was a boy.’ Pre-Second World War Bonar was employed as a development pilot for the Merlin Engine - which was to power Hurricanes and Spitfires, amongst others. Continuing in the same vein, Bonar was granted an Honorary Commission in the R.A.F.V.R. in 1940 and was employed as Chief Test Pilot for Napier - testing the Sabre Engine for Typhoons and Tempests. In the latter capacity he received the George Cross, but was unable to return his E.G.M. due to using it to settle an outstanding bill at a garage! Empire Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., Civil Division (Flt. Sergt. Eric Watt Bonar, R.A.F.R.); Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 5th type, bronze (Eric Bonar, Barton Airport. 24-5-32.) fitted with silver straight bar suspension, and contemporary silver riband buckle, mounted on card for display, very fine (2) £5,000-£7,000 --- A total of 130 Empire Gallantry Medals were awarded in the period 1922-40, 62 Military, 64 Civil, and 4 Honorary awards. The Empire Gallantry Medal was superseded by the George Cross in September 1940 and surviving holders of the E.G.M. were required to exchange their award for the George Cross. E.G.M. London Gazette 5 August 1932: ‘For an act of conspicuous courage in rescuing the pilot of a burning aeroplane of the Royal Air Force at Barton in May last. Under the protection of an asbestos blanket he unfastened the straps binding the pilot, released him from his parachute harness, and with assistance dragged him from the burning wreckage. He gave first aid to the airman, who was then conveyed to hospital but died about a fortnight later.’ Eric Watt ‘Jock’ Bonar was born in Edinburgh in 1899, and after school was apprenticed to Scottish Commer Cars - makers of petrol engine lorries. He volunteered during the Great War for service with the 7th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders whilst only aged 16. Bonar’s mother informed the Army that he was underage, and he was forced to return to his apprenticeship. When he was old enough he joined the Royal Navy and served in minesweepers as part of the Dover Patrol (entitled to the British War and Victory Medals). Having advanced to Petty Officer, Bonar was demobilised in 1919. After a brief foray into a motor cycle business in Glasgow, he decided to enlist in the Royal Air Force as a fitter: ‘He managed to secure a place on an NCO pilot course as a leading aircraftsman, and was befriended by a fellow-ranker with an interest in motorcycling - T. E. Shaw, the former Lawrence of Arabia. Bonar was duly posted as a fighter pilot to 25 Squadron as its first NCO pilot, and was selected for the Gloster Grebes’ aerobatic display team. At one display King George V ordered the team by radio telephone to loop the loop, and afterwards Bonar was presented to the King, who was flabbergasted to find an NCO pilot among the officers. When he was offered the choice between a permanent commission and an instructor’s course at the Central Flying School, he opted for the course and in 1929 left the Service at the end of a seven year engagement. His civil aviation career began as a joyride pilot giving flips round Blackpool Tower, and he became an established figure on the flying circus circuit.... A former sergeant pilot in the R.A.F., in 1932 he was chief flying instructor at Barton aerodrome, when Sgt Treadgold, an old friend still serving in the R.A.F., rolled a Siskin over the airfield at low altitude... (Obituary, The Daily Telegraph, 5 March 1991 refers) Further detail as to what happened next is provided by an article written by John Wilson in The Life Saving Awards Research Society Journal, No. 73 (compiled from various newspaper coverage of the incident at the time, including the Daily Express, 25 May 1932): ‘At 14.10 on the afternoon of 24th May 1932, No. 341550, Sergeant Jack Treadwell, R.A.F. together with No. 560860, Leading Aircraftsman William Patrick Lane, R.A.F., No. 5 Training School took off from Sealand, Flintshire in a Siskin aircraft on a training flight. All was well until 14.35 when they were flying over Barton airfield near Manchester, where the airport staff assumed that he was coming in to land. However, the pilot attempted a roll manoeuvre at low altitude but upon reaching the top of the roll the plane stalled, and with insufficient height to recover the aircraft crashed behind a mound in a field near the airport’s perimeter, turned a somersault and caught fire. Jock Bonar was seated in the aerodrome’s fire engine at the time and saw the crash. The fire engine and crew were on duty so were immediately able to speed off to the scene of the crash. At the same time, airport officials who had seen the plane stall, were quick to contact the ambulance. Meanwhile, Police Constable Herbert Hayes, who was on motor cycle patrol near Barton Airport, also saw the airplane crash in flames and he drove his motor cycle across the aerodrome to a fence, and then climbed over and ran to the crash scene. The flames were 30 feet high, but Constable Hayes found Flight Sergeant Treadwell strapped in the rear cockpit surrounded by flames. He immediately began to unstrap him from the seat, when Eric Bonar arrived with an asbestos blanket, which afforded him some protection from the flames. Despite his terrible burns Treadwell was able to recognise Bonar’s voice and cried out, “For God’s sake save me Jock, save me”. With the fire crew and others spraying the flames with fire extinguishers, Bonar was quickly able to cut the remaining straps and Bonar and Hayes then pulled Sergeant Treadwell from the wreckage and into the arms of the bystanders. Doctors were on the scene within minutes and Sergeant Treadwall was rushed to hospital. The Eccles Fire Brigade too were quickly on the scene and put out the fire. LAC William Lane was not so fortunate. He was in the front of the plane and such was the damage that it wasn’t possible to reach him and attempt a rescue. Bonar said that when he first went to the plane it was obvious to him that Lane was already dead, most likely having been killed on impact. His body had to be cut out of the wreckage when the fire had been extinguished. Treadwell was taken by ambulance to the Eccles and Patricroft Hospital where he was treated for serious burns to the face and was in severe shock... At first it was thought that he would survive his terrible burns injuries, and on one occasion he was able to make a statement regarding the accident. However, his condition gradually worsened and he died two weeks after the crash.’ For their bravery during the above incident, Bonar was awarded the E.G.M. and Police Constable Hayes was awarded the K.P.M. They were both also awarded the bronze medal of the Society for the Protection of Life from Fire (the rescue recorded in the Minutes Book No. 7, and Annual Report for 1933). Two years after the above incident took place: ‘Bonar tried to take part...
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A Victorian silver snuff box, by William & Edward Turnpenny, Birmingham 1845?, of shaped oval form, engraved 'Presented to Mr. P Fleming By a Few Friends on his leaving Alloa Station 1856', the body with engine-turned banding and scrolling foliate decoration, 7 x 5cm, and a millenium silver money clip, 73gms (2) Condition Report:Available upon request
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A Modern oblong cigarette holder, the textured body decorated with roses, strikers to both ends, hallmarked by Kigu Ltd., London, 1963 together with a George V silver mounted glass dressing table box, engine turned cover hallmarked Birmingham, 1926 and a Modern engine turned compact, fitted mirrored interior, Birmingham, 1958 weighable silver approx 3.14 ozt (97.6 grams( [3]
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A George V 9ct gold engine turned cigarette case, applied with enamelled MO monogram to upper left section, engraved inscription to interior " MORGAN FROM MARJORIE XMAS 1925" ., New House Repton Derby., hallmarked by W H Haseler Ltd, Birmingham, 1925, gross approx weight 173.9 grams [1]Provenance: Morgan Maddox Morgan-Owen (1877-1950) thence by descent NOTE: Lt-Col Morgan Maddox Morgan-Owen MA DSO JP (1877-1950) Son of the Welsh Historian Timothy Morgan-Owen MA HMI - He was one of the most famous soccer players of the Edwardian period, and judged to be the best centre half of the era . Educated at Shrewsbury School and then Oxford where he played football for both school and university. He captained the Corinthians who he took on several pioneering overseas tours to France, Holland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, the United States and Brazil, and also played for Nottingham. From 1899-1913 he played for and captained Wales winning 12 caps . In WWI he served with the Essex Regiment at Gallipoli and in France was gassed and severely wounded in the left arm. From 1911 he taught at Repton School becoming a housemaster in 1919 and retired in 1937 He was life president of the amateur football association . In 1925 he married Doris Marjorie daughter of Sir John Turner owner of the Moira Collieries in Leicestershire- this cigarette case is her 1925 Christmas present to him.
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A George V 9ct gold engine turned cigarette case, the central cartouch later with later engraved MO monogram, the interior engraved Doris M Turner, .. Ashby de la Zouche., hallmarked Birmingham, 1919., gross approx weight 74.6 gram [1]Note: Miss D Majorie Turner married Morgan Maddox Morgan-Owen in 1925
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An early 20thC pocket watch, keyless wind, circular enamel dial bearing Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, Swiss movement, the case with engine turned decoration, shield reserve, white metal stamped 800, together with a cigarette holder, with a white metal mount, stamped silver, cased, and a Concorde British Airways keyring, boxed. (3)
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Mid-century Har-Bro EPNS engine-turned cigarette case, initialled EPH, the interior engraved with an inscription dated 1960, a leather mounted chrome hip flask, a silver Brownie Thanks badge, a gilt metal onyx mounted oval pill box and a Canadian enamelled copper dish by Claudette Rinfret, Quebec 1965, decorated with an abstract design on gilt ground, gilt marks to reverse, 20cm diameter
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Collection of vintage pens including a celluloid fountain pen with 14K Parker marked nib, an early 20th century silver pencil, assorted boxed pen nibs, a chrome engine-turned penknife and mother-of-pearl handled penknife, within mahogany canteen box with brass escutcheon Condition ReportCanteen has a key but lock does not work. Additional photos of Parker fountain pen uploaded.
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Assorted silver mounted dressing table items, including: an Art Deco engine turned mirror and three brushes, hallmarked Sheffield, 1935, Walker & Hall, two clothes brushes, engraved with entwined Gothic initials and an embossed brush (7) together with silver engine-turned cigarette case, hallmarked London, 1935, makers marks for probably for Walker & Hall, with gilt interior, engraved with inscription Barbara from Cliff, 3.8.36, 5.ozt
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Early 20th century four-piece silver dressing table set, various assay marks and date letters, comprising two silver-backed dressing brushes, a comb and a glass dressing jar with a silver lid, all with engine-turned decoration and engraved with initials, dressing jar 7.5cm high and a German silver 835 standard dish of square form with gadrooned edge by Wilkens, 16cm diameter, 3.35ozt approx.
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A mid 19th century fine18ct gold key wind pocket watch engine turned decoration to both side of case with an empty cartouche to front, Roman numeral chapter ring, subsidiary seconds dial on a white enamel, Chester 1858 hallmark 74.59g with original fitted case, with two winding keys. Condition report, crystal missing, light scratches.
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A Finnigan's of New Bond street ladies travelling / vanity case. Comprising of three glass scent bottles and three glass containers, all with etched decoration and with engine turned, monogrammed 9ct gold tops, 1912 hallmarks. With five tortoiseshell handled brushes with gold monogram inlay, tortoiseshell heavily worn on three, tortoiseshell comb etc. With a pair of Lather kid gloves, marked 26-76 inside.Provenance: The original owner of this case was christened Maria Louise Fleischl von Marxow. Her parents were wealthy Austro Hungarians who emigrated from Vienna to London in 1873. She was always known as Nora, hence the N on the case, however during the early part of the 20th Century she and her brothers changed their name by deed poll from the Germanic sounding Fleischl von Marxow to Fletcher, hence why the V has been scratched off the case and cover. Nora’s mother and aunts were sketched and painted by the artist Singer Sargeant.
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