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‘One of nine children born to two impoverished alcoholics - all of whom were removed by the courts from their parent’s custody by the age of two - is hardly the start that would be attributed to a hero of the R.A.F., but that was how Victor started.’ (Zero To Hero, From a Boy’s Home to R.A.F. Hero, by P. W. Bodle refers) The outstanding and rare Second War C.G.M., ‘Immediate’ D.F.M. group of five awarded to Lancaster Rear Gunner V. A. Roe, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew in 14 operational sorties in Wellingtons and Halifaxes with 466 Squadron, prior to flying the remainder of his operational service with 35 Squadron - which amounted to a remarkable 84 operational sorties with the Squadron, 50 of which were with Flying Officer John Forde as his pilot, and out of the total of 84, 11 were as Master Bomber crew and 7 as Deputy Master Bomber crew, all with Pathfinder Force. An accomplished ‘Tail-End Charlie’, Roe successfully fought off an Me. 110 during the raid on Haine-St-Pierre, 8-9 May 1944, ‘which made four successive attacks using cannon and machine-gun fire... Roe returned fire and on each occasion although his turret had been hit and become unserviceable, resulting in Sergeant Roe being covered with oil. When the Me. 110 made the fourth attack, it was seen to have caught fire in one engine and it is claimed as probably destroyed. Throughout the combat, Sergeant Roe handled his guns with cool determination, clearing stoppages in between attacks although he had received a slight injury in his right arm from a cannon splinter early in the encounter.’ Warrant Officer Roe was killed in action on a raid to Chemnitz, carrying out his 98th operational sortie, 5-6 March 1945. He was 21 years old Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying), G.VI.R. (Act. W/O. (1813968) V. A. Roe. R.A.F.); Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1813968 Sgt. V. A. Roe. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star, 1 clasp, Bomber Command; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45, first two on investiture pins and in named card boxes of issue, remainder later issues, in Royal Mint boxes of issue, with enclosure, extremely fine (5) £30,000-£40,000 --- One of only 11 men to be awarded the combination of the C.G.M. and D.F.M. C.G.M. London Gazette 13 April 1945: ‘Since the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal, Warrant Officer Roe has participated in a further large number of operational sorties. He has proved himself to be a most enthusiastic and skilful air gunner and has continued to operate with undiminished determination and courage. By his magnificent record of achievement and unfailing devotion to duty, this gallant Warrant Officer has set a sterling example to all air gunners.’ D.F.M. London Gazette 13 June 1944: ‘On the night of 8/9th May, 1944, Sergeant Roe was rear gunner in a Lancaster detailed to attack Haine-St. Pierre. As the aircraft was approaching the target, two Ju. 88’s were encountered but successfully evaded. Shortly afterwards, and Me. 110 was encountered which made four successive attacks using cannon and machine-gun fire. Sergeant Roe returned fire and on each occasion although his turret had been hit and become unserviceable, resulting in Sergeant Roe being covered with oil. When the Me. 110 made the fourth attack, it was seen to have caught fire in one engine and it is claimed as probably destroyed. Throughout the combat, Sergeant Roe handled his guns with cool determination, clearing stoppages in between attacks although he had received a slight injury in his right arm from a cannon splinter early in the encounter. He carried on, showing a fine offensive spirit. Sergeant Roe is a very reliable Air Gunner who has always carried out his duties most conscientiously. At all times his courage, skill and determination are a fine inspiration to his crew. In recognition of his courage and devotion to duty during the combats of the night of 8/9th May, 1944, this N.C.O. is recommended for an immediate award of the Distinguished Flying Medals. Remarks by Station Commander: Recommended. This N.C.O. displayed courage and determination of a high order throughout the attacks.’ Victor Arthur Roe was born at Old Barge Yard, Norwich in May 1923. He was one of nine children, all removed from the custody of his parents, who were sadly alcoholics, and placed in various Children’s Homes around Norwich. Roe was educated at the Surrey Road Primary School and the Nelson Street Senior Boys’ School - and his father died whilst he was at primary school. Aged 11, Roe was transferred to Mr Fegan’s Home for Boys in Yardley Gobion, near Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire. The latter institution had a rigid approach to preparing the boys for later life through discipline and hard work, which culminated in working at the Goudhurst Farm prior to ‘release’ into the wider world. Roe moved to work at the farm in April 1938, and having completed his time in Fegan system was subsequently employed at Copping Farm, part of the Bernstein Estate near Tonbridge in Kent. Roe enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in January 1943, and was posted to No. 14 Initial Training Wing, Bridlington. He trained as an Air Gunner at No. 8 Bombing and Air Gunnery School, Evanton, and advanced to Leading Aircraftsman. Roe, having advanced to Sergeant, was subsequently posted to 20 O.T.U., Lossiemouth. Whilst at the latter he trained in Wellingtons and formed his first crew with Warrant Officer J. Forde (Pilot), Warrant Officer H. Warner (Bomb Aimer), Warrant Officer J. Rollins (Navigator) and Sergeant D. Carruthers (Radio Operator). They were posted for operational service to 466 Squadron (Wellingtons) at Driffield in August 1943. They carried out 7 operational sorties, 5 of which were Mining, before being posted to 1652 CU to convert to Halifax bombers. Here they were joined by Sergeants D. Cole (Flight Engineer) and W. Quirke (Mid Upper Gunner), and upon return to their Squadron they carried out another 7 operational sorties, including: Frankfurt; Berlin; Magdeburg; Schweinfurt; Trappes and Le Mans. As Peter Bodle notes in Zero To Hero, From a Boys’ Home to R.A.F. Hero: ‘This time the seven operations more or less spanned the Christmas and New Year period of 1943-44. Their first Halifax sortie was on 20 December... On the third sortie, ‘The Big City’, Berlin was the target, but it was not until the raid following the Berlin run that Victor mentioned anything about enemy action. In that post raid report it was noted that their plane HX266 had collected some flak damaged from what was believed to be radar controlled ack-ack guns in the Wilhelmshaven area. Fortunately according to this report after the raid, it produced only a slight amount of damage to the aircraft and none to the crew. The other high point Victor noted from his time on the Halifax occurred just three days later, landing out at Tangmere, as their Halifax LV837 ran low on fuel and their pilot John Forde made a precautionary diversion into the Kent fighter airfield to take on more. In all the Halifax raids, they were led to the target area by the Lancasters of the Pathfinder Force, whom they were to join in just a few weeks’ time. This way, like many others before them, Victor and the rest of the John Forde team had been given a good insight into what was needed to be a Pathfinder crew, long before they ever started their PFF training.’ The PFF - Lancaster ‘Tail-End Charlie’ Roe was posted to Warboys for PFF training, prior to being posted for operational flying with 35 Squadron (Lancasters) in April 1944: ‘So just six months after stepping into a Bomber for ...
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A Great War D.S.M. group of four awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer R. J. Beardshaw, Royal Naval Reserve, probably for his services in the light cruiser action on 5 June 1917, when the German destroyer S20 was sunk Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (E.A.1100 R. J. Beardshaw, C.E.R.A. R.N.R. H.M.S. Centaur. 1916-7.); 1914-15 Star (E.A. 1100. R. J. Beardshaw. E.R.A. R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (1100E.A. R. J. Beardshaw. C.E.R.A. R.N.R.) mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £800-£1,000 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 11 August 1917: ‘The following awards have been approved.’ The recommendation states: ‘H.M.S. Centaur 5th Light Cruiser Squadron, Harwich Force 1916-7.’ On 5 June 1917, the light cruisers Canterbury, Centaur and Conquest sank the German destroyer S20 in the North Sea near the Shouwen Bank, off Zeebrugge, Belgium. This award is probably related to this action.
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Pair: Engine Room Artificer P. A. Watson, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was amongst the 36 officers and men lost at sea when H.M.C.S. Galiano sunk in a gale in Queen Charlotte Sound, 30 October 1918. British War and Victory Medals (P. A. Watson E.R.A. 2. 2717 R.N.C.V.R.); Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (P. A. Watson E.R.A. V.R.2717) very fine, scarce (3) £200-£300 --- Phillip Alexander Watson was born in Penistone, Yorkshire. He emigrated to Canada around 1903, and served for 12 years with the Merchant Marine out of Victoria, British Columbia. Watson initially attested for the Canadian Army Service Corps, before requesting a transfer to the Overseas Division, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve in September 1916. After a number of shore based postings, and service with H.M.S. Bacchante, Watson was finally posted to H.M.C.S. Galiano (a government fisheries patrol vessel pressed into service with the Royal Canadian Navy in 1917). The latter was employed on patrol duties on the west coast of Canada, and was lost in a gale in Queen Charlotte Sound, 30 October 1918.

Watson was amongst the 36 officers and men lost at sea, and is commemorated with them on the memorial at Ross Bay Cemetery, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The Galiano was the only Canadian warship lost during the Great War. Sold with copied research.
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Six: Engine Room Artificer Second Class W. Cope, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1936-1939, Minesweeping 1945-51 (MX.51967 W. Cope. E.R.A.4. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (MX.51957 W. Cope. E.R.A.2. H.M.S. Saker.) mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £200-£240 --- William Cope was born in Derby on 19 December 1908, and joined the Royal Navy on 9 April 1929. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 11 March 1944.
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A rare group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 2nd Class, H. Little, Royal Naval Air Service, one of Commander C. R. Samson’s ‘Dunkirk Circus’ or the ‘Motorised Bandits’ as they were also known - who was later commissioned in to the Royal Air Force, and served as a Wing Commander in the Technical Branch during the Second War 1914 Star, with copy clasp (272011. H. Little, C.P.O. Mech. 2. R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (W.O. 2 H. Little. R.N.A.S.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wear, with brass R.N.A.S. Armoured Car Division cap badge, 2 buttons and cloth R.N.A.S. insignia, generally nearly very fine or better (5) £500-£700 --- Herbert Little was born in Barton Regis, Bristol in February 1890. He joined the Royal Navy as Boy Artificer 3rd Class in August 1905, and advanced to Engine Room Artificer 4th Class in June 1911. Little was attached to the Royal Naval Air Service in May 1913, and advanced to Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class in the same month. He was reclassified as Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 2nd Class, 1 July 1914. Little was attached to the R.N.A.S. at Eastchurch in September 1914, and served on the Western Front with 1 and 3 Squadrons as part of Commander C. R. Samson’s ‘Motorised Bandits’. Little returned to Eastchurch, and advanced to Chief Petty Officer 1st Class in August 1916. He was posted as Warrant Officer Class II for ‘Engineering Duties’ at R.N.A.S. Calshott (Seaplane School) in May 1917. Little transferred to the Royal Air Force in April 1918. He advanced to Squadron Leader in April 1937, and served in the Technical Branch of the Royal Air Force during the Second War, advancing to Wing Commander. Sold with copied research.
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A rare Great War campaign service group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer, later Sub Lieutenant, H. A. Stevens, Royal Navy, who served in H.M’s Armoured Train Déguise in support of the Royal Naval Division in Belgium, 1914-15, and was twice decorated for his service by the Belgian Government 1914 Star, with clasp (201399. H. A. Stevens, Act. C.P.O. Armd. Trains.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (S. Lt. H. A. Stevens. R.N.V.R.); Belgium, Kingdom, Military Decoration, A.I.R., 1st class, gilt, with palm emblem on riband, on bravery and devotion riband; Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, with Naval Armoured Trains badge, bronze, and bullion cap badge generally very fine or better (5) £1,800-£2,200 --- Only 77 1914 Stars issued to R.N. Armoured Trains. It is believed that only 2 Belgian Military Decorations were awarded to the Royal Navy, and 1 to the Royal Marines, for the Great War. Henry Adolphus Stevens was born in Schull, County Cork, Ireland in May 1883. He was educated at Greenwich Hospital School, from which he entered the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class in October 1898. Stevens advanced to Able Seaman in May 1902, and to Petty Officer in September 1912. He served with H.M.S. Royal Arthur from October 1912, and H.M.S. Excellent from February 1913. Whilst serving at the latter, Stevens was drafted for service with the Royal Navy Armoured Trains in Belgium. He served with H.M.A.T. Déguise in Belgium, September-December 1914. Three Heavy Armoured Trains were built in Antwerp in September and October 1914, mounted with British naval guns, and placed under the overall command of Commander A. S. Littlejohns, R.N., with Lieutenant-Commander P. H. Riddler, R.N., as his second-in-command. Known from 9th November as H.M. Armoured Trains Jellicoe (Cdr. Littlejohns) with three 4.7-inch guns, H.M.A.T. Déguise (Belgian Captain Servais) with three 4.7-inch guns, and H.M.A.T. Churchill (Lt.-Cdr. Riddler) with two 6-inch guns, these three armoured trains fought around Antwerp until 7th October, then retreated via Ghent, in support of General Rawlinson’s advance to Ypres. H.M.A.T. Churchill became operational at Oostende after the retreat from Antwerp and in December went into action in the area around Oostkerke against German batteries to the south of Dixmude. From the end of December 1914 to March 1915, the three trains were continuously in action, sometimes in support of an assault (Jellicoe at la Bassée on 10 January), but in particular in counter-battery or bombardment missions in action to neutralise trench lines (Jellicoe at Beuvry 20-24 January, Churchill at Oosterkerke on 28-29 January, and against an observation post at Ennetieres on 11 February, Déguise at Beuvry firing on a rail junction on the 15th, among other targets, and Churchill against a battery at Fleur d’Ecosse on 3 March). The guns of the trains were extremely effective, notably against troop concentrations. On 18 February, H.M.A.T. Déguise fired seven shells at German troops to the South-West of la Bassée. These actions brought the trains within range of the German artillery. The Germans scored hits, but the armour protection and swift manoeuvring of the trains normally protected the crews, except on 25 January when Jellicoe was hit, wounding two men and killing the Belgian engine driver. Between 10 and 13 March, the three trains supported the action at Neuve Chapelle. On that occasion, Field Marshal Sir John French paid a surprise visit to H.M.A.T. Churchill, which was the command train for Commander Littlejohns. Towards the end of March 1915, the three trains were withdrawn from service. Stevens advanced to Acting Chief Petty Officer in December 1914, and was commissioned Temporary Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in March 1915. He advanced to Temporary Lieutenant in March 1917, and was attached to the Royal Naval Depot at Crystal in 1918. Stevens was demobilised in January 1920. For his services with Déguise he was awarded the Belgian Military Decoration - ‘awarded by Belgian Govt. for service while connected with armoured trains in Belgium’; and the Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 14 September 1918). M.I.D. unconfirmed. Sold with copied research, including correspondence from Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris from when the above group was in his collection.
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Commemorative Plaque for the Zeebrugge Raid 1918. A near rectangular plaque, by Pieter de Soete, 81mm x 42mm, bronze, the obverse featuring Victory rising from a cloud, St George slaying the dragon in the background, ‘Zeebrugge on St. George’s Day. April 23d. 1918’ at base; the reverse inscribed ‘To six very gallant Gentlemen: Lt. R. D. Sandford, V.C., R.N., Lt. J. Howell-Price, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N.R., Sto. H. C. Bendall, C.G.M., Ldg. Sea. W. G. Cleaver, C.G.M., D.S.M., Petty Officer W. Harner, C.G.M., E.R.A. A. G. Roxburgh, C.G.M. 1918-1927’, in Fisch, Brussels, card box of issue, good very fine £100-£140 --- London Gazette 23 July 1918: Honours for Services in the Operations against Zeebrugge and Ostend on the night of the 22nd-23rd April 1918: V.C.: Lieutenant Richard Douglas Sandford, R.N. ‘For most conspicuous gallantry. This officer was in command of submarine C.3, and most skilfully placed that vessel in between the piles of the viaduct before lighting her fuse and abandoning her. He eagerly undertook this hazardous enterprise, although well aware (as were all his crew) that if the means of rescue failed and he or any of his crew were in the water at the moment of the explosion, they would be killed outright by the force of such explosion. Yet Lieutenant Sandford disdained to use the gyro steering, which would have enabled him and his crew to abandon the submarine at a safe distance, and preferred to make sure, as far as was humanly possible, of the accomplishment of his duty.’ D.S.O.: Lieutenant John Howell-Price, D.S.C., R.N.R. ‘His assistance in placing Submarine C.3 between the piles of the viaduct before the fuse was lighted and she was abandoned was invaluable. His behaviour in a position of extreme danger was exemplary.’ C.G.M.: Stoker 1st Class Henry Cullis Bendall; Petty Officer Waler Harner; Leading Seaman William Gladstone Cleaver; and Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Allan Gordon Roxburgh: ‘These four ratings were members of the crew of the Submarine C.3, which was skilfully placed between the piles of the Zeebrugge mole viaduct and there blown up, the fuse being lighted before the submarine was abandoned. They volunteered for and, under the command of an officer, eagerly undertook this hazardous enterprise, although they were well aware that if the means of rescue failed, and that if any of them were in the water at the time of the explosion, they would be killed outright.’ The above plaque commemorated the exploits of the crew of the submarine C.3 during the attack on the heavily fortified Mole at Zeebrugge, Belgium, on St. George’s Day, 23 April 1918. C.3’s role was to destroy the railway viaduct connecting the Mole with the main land installations. Towed by H.M.S. Trident, the C.3 moored alongside her objective under very heavy fire. The six man crew (all of whom were decorated for their gallantry) abandoned the submarine, making use of a motor skiff which had been installed on the vessel. At 12:20 a.m. on 23 April 1918 the C.3’s packed cargo of high explosives was detonated leaving a 100 foot gap in the viaduct.
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The ‘Tirah 1897-98’ D.S.O. group of three awarded to Captain J. A. L. Haldane, Gordon Highlanders, afterwards General Sir Aylmer Haldane, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., D.S.O., who famously commanded the armoured train at Chieveley when he and Winston Churchill were captured with others and imprisoned in Pretoria from where they each escaped; after the Great War he rose to be G.O.C. in Mesopotamia where he successfully suppressed the Arab Rebellion of 1920-22 - his published writings included How We Escaped from Pretoria (1901) and his autobiography A Soldier’s Saga (1948) Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top ribbon bar, the ribbon additionally fitted with 1st type ‘laurel’ Second and Third Award Bars [to which he is not entitled]; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-5 (Capt. J. A. L. Haldane 1st Bn. Gordon Highrs.) naming officially engraved in running script as usual; India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Captn. J. A. L. Haldane 1st Bn. Gord: Highrs.) naming officially engraved in running script as usual, mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (3) £4,000-£6,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 20 May 1898: ‘James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane, Captain, Gordon Highlanders. In recognition of services during the recent operations on the North-West Frontier of India.’ The insignia were presented to him by the Queen at Windsor on 25 June 1898. James Aylmer Lowthorpe Haldane was born on 17 November 1862, only son of the late D. Rutherford Haldane, M.D., and Mrs Haldane. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Wimbledon School, and passed with Honours, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, joining the Gordon Highlanders on 9 September 1882, as Lieutenant. He was Adjutant from 1 September 1888 to 31 January 1892, and became Captain on 8 April 1892. Captain Haldane served with the Waziristan Field Force in 1894-95, as Orderly Officer to Sir William Lockhart, Commanding the Force (Medal with Clasp). He served with the Chitral Relief Force under Sir Robert Low in 1895 with the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders (Medal with Clasp). He was A.D.C. to General Sir William Lockhart, 1896-99, and served in the campaign on the North West Frontier of India under Sir William Lockhart in 1897-98 with the Tirah Expeditionary Force as Deputy Assistant Adjutant Head Quarters Staff, and was present at the actions of Chagra Kotal and Dargai, and at the capture of the Sampagha and Arhanga Passes. Reconnaissance at and around Dwatoi and action of 24 November 1897. Operations against the Khani Khel Chamkanis. Operations in the Bara Valley 7 to 14 December 1897. Operations in the Bazar Valley 25 to 30 December 1897. He was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 5 April 1898); received two Clasps to his India medal, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. Haldane served in South Africa 1899-1902, with the 2nd Gordon Highlanders, taking part in the operations in Natal in 1899, including the action at Elandslaagte, where he was severely wounded. He was in command of the Chieveley Armoured Train on 15 November 1899, when it was ambushed by the Boers. The incident is chiefly remembered by the fact that Winston Churchill, who was present whilst serving as a newspaper correspondent for The Morning Post, was also taken Prisoner of War that day - his gallant conduct in action and daring escape from captivity captured the public’s imagination, propelled him into Parliament, and set him on the road to becoming Prime Minister. A full account of the incident is recorded in his Autobiography, My Early Life: ‘Nothing looks more formidable and impressive than an armoured train; but nothing is in fact more vulnerable and helpless. It was only necessary to blow up a bridge or culvert to leave the monster stranded, far from home and help, at the mercy of the enemy. This situation did not seem to have occurred to our commander. He decided to put a company of the Dublin Fusiliers and a company of the Durban Light Infantry into an armoured train of six trucks, and add a small six-pounder naval gun with some sailors landed from H.M.S. Terrible, together with a breakdown gang, and to send this considerable portion of his force out to reconnoitre towards Colenso. Captain Haldane was the officer he selected for the duty of commanding this operation. Haldane told me on the night of November 14 of the task which had been set him for the next day and on which he was to start at dawn. He did not conceal his misgivings on the imprudence of the enterprise, but he was of course, like everyone else at the beginning of a war, very keen upon adventure and a brush with the enemy. 'Would I come with him?' He would like it if I did! Out of comradeship, and because I thought it was my duty to gather as much information as I could for the Morning Post, also because I was eager for trouble, I accepted the invitation without demur. The military events which followed are well known and have often been discussed. The armoured train proceeded about fourteen miles towards the enemy and got as far as Chieveley station without a sign of opposition or indeed of life or movement on the broad undulations of the Natal landscape. We stopped for a few moments at Chieveley to report our arrival at this point by telegraph to the General. No sooner had we done this than we saw, on a hill between us and home which overlooked the line at about 600 yards distance, a number of small figures moving about and hurrying forward. Certainly they were Boers. Certainly they were behind us. What would they be doing with the railway line? There was not an instant to lose. We started immediately on our return journey. As we approached the hill, I was standing on a box with my head and shoulders above the steel plating of the rear armoured truck. I saw a cluster of Boers on the crest. Suddenly three wheeled things appeared among them, and instantly bright flashes of light opened and shut ten or twelve times. A huge white ball of smoke sprang into being and tore out into a cone, only as it seemed a few feet above my head. It was shrapnel - the first I had ever seen in war, and very nearly the last! The steel sides of the truck tanged with a patter of bullets. There was a crash from the front of the train, and a series of sharp explosions. The railway line curved round the base of the hill on a steep down gradient, and under the stimulus of the enemy’s fire, as well as of the slope, our pace increased enormously. The Boer artillery (two guns and a pom-pom) had only time for one discharge before we were round the corner out of their sight. It had flashed across my mind that there must be some trap farther on. I was just turning to Haldane to suggest that someone should scramble along the train and make the engine-driver reduce speed, when suddenly there was a tremendous shock, and he and I and all the soldiers in the truck were pitched head over heels on to its floor. The armoured train travelling at not less than forty miles an hour had been thrown off the metals by some obstruction, or by some injury to the line. In our truck no one was seriously hurt, and it took but a few seconds for me to scramble to my feet and look over the top of the armour. The train lay in a valley about 1,200 yards on the homeward side of the enemy’s hill. On the top of this hill were scores of figures running forward and throwing themselves down in the grass, from which there came almost immediately an accurate and heavy rifle fire. The bullets whistled overhead and rang and splattered on the steel plates like a hailstorm. I got down from my perch, and Haldane and I debated what to do. It was agreed that he with the little naval gun and his Dublin Fusiliers in the rear tru...
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Various boxed and loose diecast vehicles to include a limited edition Corgi Dulux Omnibus, boxed, a Premium Edition Vintage Glory of Steam Garrett 4CD Tractor and Trailer - War Department, boxed, three boxed Models of Yesteryear and Days Gone, various Corgi steam wagons to include Ashworth, Bishop & Sons, Shepherd Neame Limited and an ERTL Thomas the Tank Engine trailer, etc.
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Various vintage Dinky, Corgi and other diecast vehicles, to include a Ford Sedan blue, a Lucozade Delivery Van, a Garbage Wagon, a Wall's Ice Cream, AA Road Service Van, fire engine, tractor, clockwork tank, dumper trucks, steamrollers, caravans, etc. CONDITION REPORT: All in a playworn condition. We cannot guarantee that all parts are present.
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A Zenith gentleman's 18ct gold pocket watch, open faced, keyless wind, circular enamel dial bearing Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, the 18ct gold cuvette engraved Grand Prix Paris 1900, sixteen jewelled movement, patent October 18 1904, number 1518640, the case with engine turned back, vacant shield reserve, 85.9g all in, on a plated fob chain.
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A Victorian silver pocket watch by Thomas Russell and Son of Liverpool, open face, key wind, the circular enamel dial bearing Roman numerals, subsidary seconds dial, the case with engine turned decoration, vacant shield and garter reserve, Chester 1873, together with an Art Deco gold plated pocket watch, open face, keyless wind, circular silver dial with engine turned decoration bearing Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, fifteen dial movement, glass lacking, and a Queen Victoria crown 1895, with ring suspension (3).
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A lady's 18ct gold open face pocket watchDate: Circa 1900Movement: Unsigned, bridge plate, stem wind and setDial: Gold engraved and engine-turned, black Roman hour markers, black handsCase: Densley engraved with flowers around a cartouche inscribed 'EL', hinged dust cover engraved for Kemp Bros, Union Street, BristolSize: 33mmWeight: 29.8g grossAccompaniments: 9ct gold belcher-type chain, 115cm (45.25in) long, 25g
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An 18ct open face pocket watch, George IV Date: Circa 1823Movement: Unsigned lever fusee, key wind and setDial: White enamel, black Roman hour markers, black minutes track, subsidiary seconds at 6Case: Engine-turned body, polished bezel and back, foliate moulded bowSize: 52mmWeight: 144g grossAccompaniments: Key
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