Four: Lance Corporal J. P. Taylor, East and West Riding Regiment N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, for Former Yugoslavia, no clasp, unnamed as issued; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Kosovo, unnamed as issued; Iraq 2003-11, 1 clasp, 19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003 (25001086 L Cpl J P Taylor E and WRR); Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued, last in card box of issue, nearly extremely fine, the first believed unique to unit (4) £240-£280 --- The East and West Riding Regiment was formed in 1999 by the amalgamation of the 3rd Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment of Yorkshire (Yorkshire Volunteers), the 3rd Battalion, the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (Yorkshire Volunteers), and the King’s Own Yorkshire Yeomanry (Light Infantry), as per the Strategic Defence Review. A British Territorial Regiment, the short-lived East and West Riding Regiment was itself disbanded in 2006; a note accompanying the lot states ‘Iraq medal with clasp, unique to the Regiment’, whilst the dealer who originally sold the group adds: ‘is known to have served on two tours in Bosnia with NATO forces, and saw service in Iraq during Operation Telic 1 attached to the 3/4th Field Hospital in Basra, serving as a bodyguard to the hospital.’
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Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Wm. Perkins A.B. H.M.S. Albion) officially engraved naming in the correct style for this ship, light contact marks, very fine £240-£280 --- William Perkins was born in Milton, Devon, on 5 November 1823. He joined the Royal Navy on 11 January 1842 and witnessed extensive service aboard Iris, Caledonia, Tweed, and the 90-gun second rate ship of the line, H.M.S. Albion. Deployed to the Black Sea during the Crimean War, Perkins fought as part of the Naval Brigade under the command of Captain Stephen Lushington. Tasked with providing vital heavy artillery support for the Allied forces besieging Sebastopol, the sailors proved invaluable in their ground combat role. Perkins received one of the officially engraved medals issued to H.M.S. Albion, with his medal delivered on board on 30 December 1855. Transferred to Impregnable and Eagle, Perkins was discharged from H.M.S. Princess Royal on 31 July 1867, his final four years of service being spent aboard her on the East Indies and China Station.
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Thomas Watkis, Royal Foot Artillery.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, vice mark to lower obverse field, otherwise some light contact marks, very fine £1,600-£2,000 --- Thomas Watkis received the Waterloo medal but it is uncertain whether or not he was present at the battle or with the reserve force on 18 June. He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant on 1 August 1815, and died at the Cape of Good Hope on 29 April 1828.
General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, South Arabia, Northern Ireland, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (23738746 Cpl. W. V. F. Carter. SCLI.) mounted as worn, minor edge bruise, good very fine £120-£160 --- William Victor Francis Carter was born in Paulton, Somerset, on 10 July 1942 and attested for the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry on 4 April 1960. He served with the Regiment in Aden from 26 April to 30 October 1966, where he is recorded in the Regimental Journal as ‘came out unscaved [sic - presumably should read unscathed] from a gunfight in Sheik Othman’, and subsequently in Northern Ireland. Promoted Sergeant and appointed Bugle Major on 3 December 1968, he transferred to Section B Reserve on 17 February 1970, and was discharged on 3 April 1972, after 12 years’ service. He died in North Walsham, Norfolk, on 1 February 1993. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
Three: Private E. Giles, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, later Royal Dublin Fusiliers, who was wounded in August 1917, before being captured and taken Prisoner of War on the first day of the German Spring Offensive, 21 March 1918 1914-15 Star (8728 Pte. E. Giles. D. of Corn. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8727 Pte. E. Giles. D.C.L.I.) nearly extremely fine (3) £70-£90 --- Edward Giles was born in Tonbridge, Kent, in 1899 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry in London on 10 July 1907. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 December 1914, before transferring to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers on 6 November 1915. Wounded on 18 August 1917, he was captured and taken Prisoner of War on 21 March 1918, the first day of the German Spring Offensive, and was repatriated at the end of the War. He was discharged on 9 July 1919, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
Pair: Private A. McGeorge, Royal Highlanders Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 5 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb_Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (701 Pte. A. Mc.George. 1/R.Hrs.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, replacement ring suspension to Star, light contact marks, very fine (2) £700-£900 --- Andrew McGeorge attested for the British Army on 26 October 1881 and saw considerable action in Egypt and the Sudan with the 1st Battalion, Royal Highlanders. Serving as part of the Highland Brigade, he was present at the night attack on Tel El Kebir when the Highlanders advanced, bayonets fixed, and carried a series of trenches and redoubts with the sounds of the pipes spurring them on. Further engagements followed including the Battles of El Teb and Tamai, contemporary accounts describing ‘fresh bodies of the enemy pouring out of a ravine and swarming down to the troops who met them with a steady fire’. Resisting waves of Mahdi warriors, the Highlanders suffered 90 casualties, with Private Thomas Edwards of the 1st Battalion winning the V.C. on 13 March 1884 for displaying conspicuous bravery in defence of a gun of the Naval Brigade; he received a spear wound in the process. Returned briefly to Suakim, McGeorge was next engaged in the expedition of January 1885 to Berber, commencing with a boat journey along the Nile and then a long advance across hostile terrain towards enemy entrenchments near the Shu Kuk Pass - a ring of razor backed hills commanding a fortified gorge with an entrance blocked by loopholed walls. The passage proved fraught with danger and it took the Highlanders four days to work their way through just one whitewater rapid, seven miles long, labouring from dawn to dusk and losing one man drowned and two whaleboats in the process. Advancing over rocks and broken ground the men succeeded in defeating the enemy at the point of the bayonet at Kirbekan, but nature played its part in the return journey and more lives were lost to drowning and accidents. Likely exhausted from the experience, McGeorge took his discharge from the Royal Highlanders on 13 September 1886. Sold with copied research.
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Sapper. R, Gollop. 11th. Compy. Ryl. Engrs.) unit partially officially corrected, some light scratches to reverse, otherwise very fine £160-£200 --- Richard Gollop served during the Indian Mutiny with the 11th Company, Royal Engineers, under the command of Major General Sir Hugh Rose, Central India Field Force. The combined medal roll for the 4th, 11th, 21st and 23rd Companies of the Royal Engineers notes that these units served at Ahwah from 19 to 24 January 1858, Baroda on 31 January 1858, Kotah from 22 to 30 March 1858, and Jhansi from 25 March 1858 to 3 April 1858.
Pair: Private W. R. Hall, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (26079 Pte. W. R. Hall. D. of Corn. L.I.) scratch to obverse field of BWM, otherwise very fine Pair: Private W. J. Harris, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (30205 Pte. W. J. Harris. D. of Corn. L.I.) good very fine Pair: Private J. T. Maunder, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (34969 Pte. J. T. Maunder. D.C.L.I.) scratch marks to edge of BWM (but naming details entirely as originally impressed) and traces of verdigris to reverse of VM, nearly very fine ands a scarce pair to the 6th Battalion, D.C.L.I. (6) £80-£100 --- William Robert Hall attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 6 January 1916 and served with the 12th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 May to 20 November 1916. He was discharged on 16 January 1917, and was awarded a Silver War Badge. W. J. Harris attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and served with the 1/5th and 10th Battalions during the Great War on the Western Front. J. T. Maunder attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, before transferring to the Devonshire Regiment, and seeing further service with the 2nd and 10th Battalions.
The 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot was raised in 1741 and saw extensive service in North America during the latter half of the 18th Century and early 19th Century, including in the Caribbean, and subsequently took part in the Crimean War. It amalgamated with the 32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot in 1881 to become the 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, and saw further service in the Egyptian campaign and in South Africa during the Boer War, as well as extensive service in both the Great War and the Second World War. Following the Second World War the Regiment amalgamated successively with the Somerset Light Infantry to form the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry in 1959; with the Durham Light Infantry, the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, and the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry to form the Light Infantry in 1968; and then with the Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire, and Wiltshire Light Infantry, and the Royal Green Jackets to form The Rifles in 2007. A Second War ‘North Africa’ M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Spiers, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who experienced a meteoric rise through the ranks during the Second World War; was present at the evacuation from Dunkirk; Commanded Troops in Rome; and was twice Mentioned in Despatches The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (Lieut. (Q.M.) J. H. Spiers. D.C.L.I.) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, good very fine (7) £360-£440 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 13 December 1945. The original Recommendation states: ‘During the period under review, in fact from the first day he joined the Administrative Staff of this Headquarters early in November 1942, this officer has been outstanding in his devotion to duty. Joining originally as the Quartermaster he was soon made an assistant Camp Commandant in which capacity he has worked since May 1943. His services throughout have been of an exceptionally high degree of merit, and it can be truly said that on numerous occasions he has undertaken special duties superior to his rank and ordinary work, and has performed them brilliantly. During the move to North Africa from the U.K., the hectic days of settling down in Algiers, the move to Italy in July 1944, and ever since, he has played a major part in the local administration of the British section of A.F.H.Q. Possessing a remarkable knowledge of man-management, a capacity for hard work day in and out without easing up, this officer’s boundless energy, tact, cheerfulness, and contagious enthusiasm for the job in hand has been an inspiration to all around and there is no doubt whatever that he has had a very considerable share in the smooth running of the local administration, and he has earned the respect and friendship of all ranks, both British and American, with whom he has had to deal. The general well-being of the 4,000 British Officers and Men here at A.F.H.Q. has always been his particular concern, and the high standard of messing, accommodation, and general welfare of the other ranks has been ever of the highest priority with him. His exemplary conduct and efficiency throughout the two and a half years he has been with this Headquarters is worthy of special recognition.’ M.I.D. London Gazettes 11 November 1943 and 20 February 1945. John Henry Spiers was born in Guildford, Surrey, on 24 July 1906 and attested for the Somerset Light Infantry at Winchester on 26 May 1925, transferring to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry the same day. He was advanced Colour Sergeant and appointed Company Quartermaster Sergeant on 7 April 1937, and was promoted Warrant Officer Class III on 1 October 1938, and Warrant Officer Class II on 15 November 1938. He served with the British Expeditionary Force during the Second World War in France from 30 September 1939 until being evacuated from Dunkirk on 1 June 1940; given the fact that he was a Platoon Sergeant Major at the time, it is more than likely that Spiers played a key role in the Battalion’s successful evacuation from Dunkirk in H.M.S. Kingfisher on the evening of 1 June 1940, whilst still an effectively formed body with high morale. Promoted Warrant Officer Class I on 29 September 1940, Spiers experienced a meteoric rise during the War, being commissioned Lieutenant (Quartermaster) on 9 December 1941, and posted to the 7th Battalion. He subsequently served as Second in Command to the Camp Commandant of General Headquarters, North Africa, and would thus have got to know well all the great and good of Allied High Command (see M.B.E. Recommendation), before seeing further service in Italy, and was promoted Captain on 9 December 1944; temporary Major on 24 February 1945; and temporary Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 November 1947. For his services during the Second World War he was twice Mentioned in Despatches and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire. He relinquished his commission on 20 October 1948, being granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and died on 29 January 1953. Sold with copied research.
A fine Great War ‘Gallipoli Operations’ M.M. awarded to Battery Quartermaster Sergeant F. A. Granados, Royal Field Artillery, who was wounded in action on the peninsula and later suffered from nervous debility Military Medal, G.V.R. (10019 By: Q.M. Sjt: F. A. Granados. 368/By: R.F.A.) mounted with a hallmarked silver ‘1915’ riband bar, light contact marks, very fine £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916: ‘Gallipoli, 1915. - For excellent work in charge of the wagon line, supplying ammunition and looking after the horses.’ Francisco Antonio Granados was born on Portsea Island, Hampshire, in 1886, the son of Antonio and Emma Granados. Of Italian ancestry, Granados attested for the Royal Field Artillery around fifteen years of age and served in Egypt from 1 April 1915. Posted to Gallipoli with 368th Battery, 147th Field Artillery Brigade, 29th Division, he was wounded in action on 6 June 1915 and awarded the Military Medal alongside Sergeant H. Mackenzie, Corporal J. E. Hughes and Bombardier W. Rayner for bravery displayed in the field between May and August 1915. Evacuated home, it remains unclear whether he served again. Awarded a Silver War Badge, he was admitted to hospital on 26 April 1919 suffering from nervous debility – more commonly known today as shell shock. Transferred to Gateshead, he is later recorded at the War Hospital, St. Mary’s Asylum (Stannington), before being discharged permanently unfit from the Army on 28 May 1919.
‘Unless we can start a special war for him so that he can be posted on active service, his condition will rapidly deteriorate.’ The recipient’s Psychologist’s Report, dated November 1972, refers The remarkable campaign group of six awarded to Corporal R. Roberts, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, late Royal Marines, attached King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and Durham Light Infantry, who later served with the French Foreign Legion in North Africa and French Somaliland, and with the Royal Australian Air Force in Vietnam 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (21182353. Cpl. R. Roberts. D.C.L.I.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (21182353 Pte. R. Roberts. D.L.I.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display purposes, contact marks and minor edge bruising, generally very fine, the GSM scarce to unit (6) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Buckland Dix & Wood, July 1995. Roy Frederick Thacker Roberts (who also served at various points under the aliases Roberson and Dixon) attested for the Royal Marines on 21 July 1942 and served with them for the remainder of the Second World War. He transferred to the Army (General Service Corps) on 18 December 1947, and was posted to the 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 1 April 1948. He served with them in East Africa from 25 September 1948 to 3 August 19149 (during which, on a four week trek through Ethiopia, some bandits stole all his gear); in Malaya from 20 October 1950, attached to the 1st Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry; and then in Korea from 15 March to 25 October 1953, attached to the Durham Light Infantry. He saw further service in Bermuda, Jamaica, and Belize, and was discharged from the British Army in the rank of Corporal on 29 May 1957. Remarkably, Roberts’ time with the British Forces was only a minor part of his career. After a year on civvy street he went to Paris and joined the French Foreign Legion, under the assumed name of Roberson, stating Dutch nationality. He was machine gunner and rifleman and fought against the Arabs in Algeria and in French Somaliland. He was with the Legion for 8 years qualifying after three years as Legionnaire First Class. He lived in the desert on combat rations and in the meantime learned to speak French and German. He left the Legion on 19 August 1966 on completion of his contract and ‘did a couple of trips as a dishwasher on the liner Iberia on the England to Australia run.’ (article in RAAF News refers). On 23 April 1968, while in Perth, Western Australia, Roberts enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force, this time under the assumed name of Dixon, his express reason being that he wished to serve in Vietnam. After overcoming various bureaucratic hurdles he finally received an operational posting to 2 Squadron, and served with them in Vietnam for 16 months, from 18 March 1969 to 19 March 1970, and again from 3 March to 30 June 1971, where, amongst other adventures, ‘he hitched lifts in helicopters so he could act as door gunner.’ But by now age was catching up with him, and after a year on non-active duties, and following some ‘odd’ behaviour, he was interviewed by a R.A.A.F. Psychologist. Their report, dated 23 November 1972, makes interesting reading: ‘After a long history of Military association, he has always been proud of the uniform he has worn; always seeking active service ands engaging in a good deal of fantasy about “engaging the enemy”. He has definite levels of aspirations which are not commensurate with his ability, and this sort of situation is ideal for reinforcing his tendency to reminisce and fantasise. I believe that he as reached a point in this his life when he can no longer fantasise successfully. There is now a crack in is defences and he is thus forced with realities. His is 48 and realises that his chances of active service are less than nil. He has always shown odd behaviour, restlessness, and a need for novelty, change, and excitement. However, he now realises that the R.A.A.F. can no longer provide the environment he seek and (unless we can start a special war for him so that he can be posted on active service) his condition will rapidly deteriorate. I recommend that his is discharged “temperamentally unsuited to Service life”.’ Roberts was finally discharged out of the Royal Australian Air Force, and service life, on 16 November 1973. In addition to the medals in this lot he also received the Vietnam Medal 1964-73; the Republic of Vietnam Medal with clasp 1960-; and the French Médaille Commémorative des Opérations de Sécurité et de Maintien de l’Ordre en Afrique du Nord, with clasp Algérie; as well as the United States of America Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Vietnam Unit Citation Medal and Gallantry Cross with palm. Sold with extensive copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.
A fine Victorian C.B. group of four awarded to Brevet Colonel R. Chalmer, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who served as Brigade Major during the Second Afghan War, served with the Natal Field Force during the First Boer War in 1881, and commanded the 4th Battalion during the Manipore Expedition in 1891, being four times Mentioned in Despatches The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1896, with integral silver-gilt riband buckle; Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Ahmed Khel, Kandahar (Captain Reginald Chalmer. 2/60th. Foot.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Capt. R. Chalmer 2/60 Foot); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, N.E. Frontier 1891 (Lieut. Colonel R. Chalmer 4th. Bn. K.R. Rif. C.) mounted court-style for display, light pitting from star, polished, nearly very fine, the CB good very fine (4) £3,000-£4,000 --- C.B. London Gazette 21 May 1898: Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Reginald Chalmer, half-pay. Reginald Chalmer was born in Stirling, Scotland, on 12 July 1844 and was commissioned Ensign in the 60th Regiment of Foot on 17 March 1863, being promoted Lieutenant on 21 February 1865, and Captain on 2 April 1874. He served with the 2nd Battalion, 60th Rifles in the Second Afghan War from February 1879 to November 1880 during the occupation of Kandahar, and as Brigade Major to Brigadier-General Barter’s Brigade, and was present in the engagements at Ahmed Khel and Urzoo near Ghuznee (Mentioned in Despatches), and in the subsequent operations in the Logar Valley. He then accompanied Sir Frederick Roberts in the march to Kandahar as Brigade Major to Brigadier-General MacGregor’s Brigade, and was present at the Battle of Kandahar (Mentioned in Despatches, and Brevet of Major). He also served as Brigade Major to Brigadier-General MacGregor in the Mari Expedition (Mentioned in Despatches). Promoted Major on 2 March 1881, Chalmer served in the First Boer War with the 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, as part of the Natal Field Force in 1881. Advanced Lieutenant-Colonel on 15 October 1890, he then served in the Manipore Expedition in 1891 in command of the 4th Battalion, K.R.R.C. (Mentioned in Despatches). Promoted Brevet Colonel on 15 October 1894, he transferred to the half-pay list and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1898. He died in London on 28 December 1911.
Three: Private J. Poundsberry, Royal Sussex Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1064 Pte. J. Poundsberry, 1/Rl. Suss. R.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (1064 Pte. J. Poundsberry. 2d Bn. R. Suss. R.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, first two with light pitting from star, otherwise generally good very fine (3) £800-£1,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Payne Collection; Dix Noonan Webb, April 2001 and December 2013. Eight officers and 247 other ranks of the 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, were present at Abu Klea. James Poundberry was born in Brighton in 1860 and attested there for the Royal Sussex Regiment on 5 August 1882. He served with the 1st battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from 16 January 1883 to 17 December 1885; and then with the 2nd Battalion in India from 18 December 1885 to 7 February 1890. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 16 February 1890, and was discharged on 4 August 1894, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
Pair: Private H. Fulcher, 9th Lancers Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (1414. Pte. H. Fulcher. 9th. Lancers.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (1414 Private H. Fulcher 9th Lancers) polishing and light contact marks to first, nearly very fine and better (2) £500-£700 --- H. Fulcher is confirmed on the roll as entitled to the Afghanistan Medal with clasp Kandahar for service during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Serving as part of General Gough’s cavalry brigade, the regiment marched through the Khyber Pass in March 1879 and witnessed extensive action at the Battles of Charasia and Killa Kazi in December 1879. At the latter engagement, the commanding officer of the regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Cleland, was killed leading a charge, his heroic endeavours thwarted by overwhelming numbers of the enemy and terraced ground which impeded the cavalry. The men later undertook a long march under the command of Lieutenant Henry Bushman which led to the relief of Kandahar and defeat of Ayub Khan in September 1880.
Four: Gunner S. Tudball, Royal Garrison Artillery 1914-15 Star (3674 Gnr. S. Tudball. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (37674 Gnr. S. Tudball. R.A.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (37674 Gnr. S. Tudball. R.A.) light contact marks, very find and better (4) £100-£140 --- Samuel Tudball attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery, and is shown on his Medal Index Card as serving during the Great War initially in the Frontier Regions of India theatre from 14 April 1915; however, the Medal Roll for the British War and Victory Medals lists him as serving with the 6th Siege Battery, R.G.A. (which served during the Great War on the Western Front - presumably this is a clerical error, and should read ‘6th Mountain Battery’, which served throughout the Great War in India). Tudball saw further service in India during the Waziristan campaign with the 6th Mountain Battery, and was transferred to Section ‘B’ Army Reserve on 15 January 1921. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Acting Sergeant S. Aukett, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, later Royal Army Medical Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches for Salonika 1914-15 Star (13400 Pte. S. Aukett. D. of Corn. L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (13400 A.Sjt. S. Aukett. D.C.L.I.); together with an erased Victory Medal, with M.I.D. oak leaves, good very fine Pair: Private T. Cole, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was conscripted into the Light Infantry despite only having one eye British War and Victory Medals (26698 Pte. T. Cole. D. of Corn. L.I.) good very fine Pair: Private W. R. Edmonds, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (38058 Pte. W. R. Edmonds. D. of Corn. L.I.) good very fine (7) £90-£120 --- Stanley Aukett was born in Leytonstone, Essex, in 1890 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry at Stratford, Essex, on 3 September 1914. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 January 1915, before transferring to the Army Service Corps on 22 July 1918, and was Mentioned in Despatches for Salonika (London Gazette 30 January 1919). He was discharged, Class ‘Z’, on 30 May 1919, and died in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, on 2 July 1959. Thomas Cole was conscripted into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 11 March 1916, despite only having one eye! He transferred to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 27 March 1916 served with the 12th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 May 1916. William Robert Edmonds attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War. Sold with copied research.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (5390 Pte. C. Smith. 2nd. D. of C.L.I.) good very fine £100-£140 --- Charles Henry Seymour Smith (alias John Lewis) was born (according to the recipient’s attestation papers) in Penzance, Cornwall, in 1879 (although various census records show him as having been born in Redditch, Worcestershire, in 1871), and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry under an alias on 25 January 1898. In June 1899 he was convicted by Court Martial of ‘striking his superior officer’, and was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. This sentence was not carried out to its full extent, for he sailed for South Africa with his battalion on 5 November 1899, and served in South Africa until 17 February 1903 (also entitled to the King’s South Africa Medal with both date clasps), being present at the Battle of Paardeberg on 18 February 1900, when, in the ‘Cornish Charge’, the Battalion suffered total casualties of 28 killed and 52 wounded. Returning home, and after various further periods in the cells or subjected to hard labour, he was discharged ‘incorrigible and worthless’ on 16 March 1904. On 14 August 1909, Charles Henry Seymour Smith was charged by the civil powers with the desertion of his wife and children, and sentenced to six weeks hard labour. He died in London on 8 July 1928, his body being found by the police. Initially unidentified, he was later confirmed as Charles Henry Seymour Smith, aged 57, with a wife, Florence, living in Redditch, and an inquest found he died from a coma as a result of a fracture of the vault of the skull. He was buried in Islington Cemetery, East Finchley, on 13 July 1928. Sold with copied service papers; medal roll extracts; and other research.
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Thomas Troward, 51st Reg. Light Infantry) fitted with contemporary silver hinged bar suspension, a few light marks, otherwise good very fine £3,000-£4,000 --- Thomas Troward was gazetted Ensign in the 51st Foot on 29 April 1813, and promoted to Lieutenant on 29 September 1814. He served in the Peninsula at Bordeaux between March and April 1814, and was present at the battle of Waterloo. He was placed on half-pay in 1818, exchanged to the 55th Foot in October 1820, and retired in 1823. He was afterwards appointed as Adjutant to the Brecknock Militia. He died at Gloucester Place, London, on 17 June 1859, and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg (1370 Pte. A. Holcombe, Cldstm: Gds:) light contact marks and wear to unit, nearly very fine £240-£280 --- Alfred Holcombe was born in Reigate, Surrey, in 1880. A labourer, he attested at Guildford for the Coldstream Guards on 22 January 1898, and served in South Africa during the Boer War from 26 October 1899 to 20 July 1902. The recipient’s Army Service Record adds: ‘Severely wounded at Pretoria, 6.6.1900.’
Three: Private A. Sneddon, 16th (2nd Glasgow Pals’) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916, on which date the Battalion suffered over 500 casualties 1914-15 Star (14830 Pte. A. Sneddon. High: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (14830 Pte. A. Sneddon. High. L.I.) good very fine (3) £240-£280 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Alexander Sneddon attested for the Highland Light Infantry and served with the 16th (2nd Glasgow Pals’) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 November 1915. He was killed in action during the attack on Thiepval on the first day of the battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916 - of the 25 officers and 755 other ranks from the Battalion who went over the top that day, only 5 Officers and 221 other ranks were still standing when the battalion came out of the line on the evening of 3 July. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
Five: Warrant Officer Class II R. F. Burrett, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (5435289 W.O. Cl.2 R. F. Burrett. D.C.L.I.) nearly extremely fine (5) £60-£80 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2015 (LS&GC only). Reginald Frederick Burrett was born in Norwich on 27 November 1908 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 27 May 1930. He was promoted Corporal on 2 February 1940; Sergeant on 19 September 1940; and Colour Sergeant on 7 April 1941. He transferred to the Reserve on 27 March 1951, and was discharged in the rank of Warrant Officer Class II on 3 May 1954, after 24 years and 38 days’ service. He died in Westminster on 5 January 1974, after being hit by a cab whilst crossing the road. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
Pair: Colonel E. Balfe, Indian Staff Corps, Indian Army, late 27th and 49th Regiments of Foot, who was twice ‘Mentioned’ for his administrative prowess in hostile environments, and subsequently served as Judge Advocate of India India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1891 (Major E. Balfe S.C.); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Lieutt.-Coll: E. Balfe. I.S.C.) good very fine (2) £500-£700 --- Edmund Balfe was born on 10 June 1846 and was appointed Ensign in the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot on 30 June 1869. Transferred to the 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) Regiment of Foot 27 April 1870, he was raised Lieutenant 28 October 1871 and posted to the Bombay Staff Corps in October 1872. Promoted Captain, Balfe passed Staff College in December 1882, his reference noting his intelligence, steadiness, and skill as a draughtsman and surveyor, adding: ‘He is a good rider, but does not seem to care about out-door sports, nor does he mix much in general society, in consequence of which his manner is somewhat unformed and peculiar.’ In consequence of the recommendations, Balfe was appointed to Staff as Deputy Judge Advocate for Bombay from 22 June 1883 to 31 March 1888. Transferred to Bengal as Assistant Judge Advocate General, he took part in the Hazara Expedition of 1891 and was mentioned in the despatch of Major-General W. K. Elles on 20 October 1891. The London Gazette adds: ‘Major E. Balfe’s duties as Provost-Marshal were light in respect to the administration of discipline. In the matter of sanitation they were more arduous. I am indebted to him for acting as my Judge-Advocate and legal advisor.’ Appointed Deputy Judge Advocate General for Madras in 1894, Balfe passed final examination at Staff College, Sandhurst, and served from 1897 until 1898 as Principal Provost Marshal with the Tirah Expeditionary Force; he was further mentioned in despatches by General Sir W. S. A. Lockhart in the London Gazette of 5 April 1898. Appointed wing officer to the 12th Bombay Native Infantry, Balfe was raised Colonel and appointed Judge Advocate of India from 1899 to 1903, being further entitled to the Delhi Durbar 1903 Medal. Sold with extensive copied research.
Waterloo 1815 (James Dawson, 2nd Batt. Grenad. Guards.) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £1,600-£2,000 --- Provenance: Glendining’s, April 1920, when sold without clip or suspension. James Dawson was born in Leeds and enlisted into the Grenadier Guards on 13 January 1803. He served 15 years 14 days and was discharged on 26 January 1816, in consequence of ‘a disabled hand, wound from a musket ball at Waterloo’. He was then aged 37 years, a clothier by trade, and had served in Lieutenant-Colonel Cooke’s Company at Waterloo. (Men of the 1st Foot Guards at Waterloo and Beyond, by Barbara J. Chambers, refers).
Four: Major-General T. John, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, late 2nd Regiment of Foot China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (Lieut. Thos. John, 1st Bn. 2nd Regt.) officially impressed naming; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85 (Lt. Col. T. John, 2/D.C.L.I.); Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmanieh, Fourth Class breast badge, silver, gold, and enamel, with rosette on riband, suspension detached between star and crescent, chips to enamel; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn and housed in a fitted glazed display frame, nearly very fine (4) £1,500-£1,800 --- Provenance: Jack Webb Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008. Thomas John was born at Cork on 17 December 1835, and was commissioned Ensign in the 2nd Foot on 10 June 1853, becoming Lieutenant in December 1854. He served in China in 1860, at the capture of the Taku Forts and subsequent operations in the north of the country (Medal with clasp). He exchanged as Captain into the 46th Foot on 2 December 1862, gaining promotion to Major in July 1876, and to Lieutenant-Colonel in July 1881. He served in Egypt at El Magfar, Tel-El-Mahuta, Kassassin (28 August and 9 September, 1882), and commanded the battalion at Tel-el-Kebir after the commanding officer was wounded. He was mentioned in despatches by Major-General Graham, V.C., C.B. for the action at Kassassin on the 28th August 1882 (London Gazette 19 September 1882), received the medal with clasp, Fourth Class of the Osmanieh, and Khedive’s Bronze Star. He also commanded the battalion on the Nile Expedition in 1884-85, and in the advance column under Major-General Earle (Clasp). Placed on half-pay in the rank of Colonel in September 1885, John received promotion to the rank of honorary Major-General in December 1885. He died in Bedford on 17 April 1898. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Private F. Walker, Royal West Surrey Regiment, who was wounded at Colenso on 15 December 1899 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (2699 Pte. A. [sic] Walker, Rl: Wt: Surrey Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2699 Pte. F. Walker. The Queen’s) mounted from a contemporary top silver brooch bar, light contact marks, very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Frank Walker served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War, and was wounded at Colenso on 15 December 1899. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.
Three: Second Lieutenant C. A. Moon, 9th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, late King’s Own Scottish Borderers, who was killed in action in France on 22 March 1918 1914-15 Star (18834 L. Cpl. C. Moon, K.O.S.B.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. C. A. Moon) together with Memorial Plaque (Clifford Abraham Moon) this last in card envelope, nearly extremely fine (4) £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Lance-Corporal Clifford Abraham Moon, K.O.S.B. entered the Gallipoli theatre of War on 24 May 1915. He later served with the Scottish Rifles. Later still, commissioned into the 9th Battalion K.O.Y.L.I., he was killed in action in France on 22 March 1918. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial. His father, Charles Moon of Moor View, Yeadon, Leeds, made a claim for his late son’s medals in November 1920. Sold with copied Medal Index Card.
Royal National Lifeboat Institution, V.R., silver (Gunner Henry Stevens R.A. Voted 6th Feby. 1879) with uniface double-dolphin suspension, light marks, otherwise nearly very fine £600-£800 --- R.N.L.I. Silver Medal Voted 6 February 1879: ‘The silver medal of the Institution, a copy of the vote inscribed on vellum, and One Pound to Henry Stevens, Gunner, 10th Brigade, Royal Artillery, for swimming out twice at very great risk to the brigantine "Princess Royal", with the view of saving some of her crew, that vessel having been wrecked at Camden Fort. near Cork, on the night of the 24th December 1878.’
Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Private. Mamdoo. Scinde Camel. B.C.) locally re-impressed naming as frequently found to this unit, light surface marks, good very fine £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
A rare and deeply poignant Second War ‘Operation Demon’ D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Commissioned Engineer L. F. Bartlett, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds aboard the destroyer H.M.S. Hero during the evacuation of Allied troops from Greece in April and May 1941. Described by one old hand as ‘far worse than Dunkirk’, the traumatic events are largely forgotten today, but bear witness to terrible suffering and loss Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (L. F. Bartlett. Ch. Engn. Room Art. H.M.S. Hero.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M.34517 L. F. Bartlett. E.R.A.1. H.M.S. Courageous.) mounted as worn, the last with minor official correction to ship’s name, good very fine and better (7) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Oliver Stirling Lee Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2004. D.S.M. London Gazette 11 November 1941: ‘For gallantry and distinguished services in operations in Greek waters.’ Leslie Francis Bartlett was born in Weymouth, Dorset, on 23 December 1903. He joined the Royal Navy at Portsmouth on 3 December 1921 as a schoolboy, later witnessing service aboard a wide variety of ships and shore establishments, including Warspite, Crocus, Fisgard, Ross and the light cruiser Cardiff. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in December 1936, he transferred to the destroyer Hero as Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class on 26 July 1939 and was soon in the thick of the action during the Norwegian campaign, and that off Cape Spada on 19 July 1940. The latter encounter proved a short and violent affair where the cruiser H.M.A.S. Sydney successfully despatched one Italian cruiser and severely damaged another off the coast of Crete; it fell to Hero and her consorts to pluck 525 survivors of the Bartolomeo Colleoni from the Mediterranean Sea. Successfully intercepting a Vichy French convoy of four merchant ships off Melilla on 1 January 1941, Hero was soon engaged in the British invasion of the Italian island of Kastelorizo, a prime site for a motor-torpedo base to challenge Italian naval might in the Dodecanese region. Transferred to escort duties in the spring, Bartlett witnessed the bombardment of Tripoli by Allied warships on 20 April 1941, before it soon became clear that the Metaxas defensive line had been overwhelmed and Britain, Australian and New Zealand were facing a critical situation in Greece. Sent to investigate the situation at Kalamata, the account by Leading Torpedo Operator A. L. Ward gives a detailed insight as to the sights witnessed by the crew of Hero at that time: ‘As we approached to within a few miles, we could see what seemed to be huge fires burning and, as we closed, tracer bullets could be seen flying from it seemed in all directions... Both sea boats (whalers) were lowered and, because the regular crews were closed up on the guns, manned by a motley crew, in fact anyone who could use an oar and was willing to have a go. The boats returned with many defiant, angry, worn out, tired and hungry troops... Under the control of the Chief Coxswain, the senior ratings organised the distribution of our passengers around the ship, in every conceivable nook or space on the upper deck, even under the torpedo tubes for the walking fit. A few swimmers did survive and these were, after a hot shower, given a variety of clothes from volunteers whilst their clothes were being dried out in the boiler room.’ Ward continues: ‘Long after collecting my demob suit in 1947, I was still occasionally awakened at night following dreams of the events at Kalamata in the Peloponnese. No other episode or incident such as dive bombing by Stukas, the action at Narvik, night action in the Mediterranean, or involvement in the relief of Tobruk and the later evacuation of Crete, affected me [so much] as did the retrieving of troops from the beaches of Kalamata. The cries of obviously exhausted men, making valiant attempts to swim from the shore, pleading for help, still echoes in my ears. “Can you see me?” some called out, and, peering into the inky night blackness, we would, with an effort of untruthful reassurance answer, “Yes, a few more strokes and you have made it!”; a cry, a gurgle and then silence, absolute silence and nothing that we on the waiting ship could do...’ Awarded the D.S.M., Bartlett later served aboard the minesweeping sloop Fraserburgh and the sloop Folkestone. Advanced Commissioned Engineer, he came ashore in September 1945, ending his career on attachment to the United States Navy Advanced Amphibious Base at Appledore. Sold with copied research.
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1889-92 (2415 Pte. A. Edwards 1st. Bn. D.C.L. Infy.) contact marks and minor edge bruising, very fine £160-£200 --- Approximately 271 India General Service Medals with clasp Burma 1889-92 awarded to the 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Albert Edwards was born in Handsworth, Staffordshire, in 1863 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 21 December 1887. He served with the Regiment in India and Burma from 18 October 1889, seeing active service in the Third Burmese War, and was discharged at Mandalay, unfit due to disease, on 9 February 1892, after 4 years and 51 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service.
Pair: Lance-Corporal B. Westwood, Light Infantry N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Kosovo; Iraq 2003-11, no clasp (25083812 LCpl B Westwood LI) first mounted court-style as worn; the second loose, nearly extremely fine (2) £120-£160 --- B. Westwood served in ‘A’ Company, 2nd Battalion, Light Infantry in Iraq during Operation Telic II.
Five: Private A. H. Rowe, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and Machine Gun Corps, later Corps of Military Police British War Medal 1914-20 (4245 Pte. A. H. Rowe. D.C.L.I.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (4245 Pte. A. H. Rowe. D.C.L.I.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, the Great War pair heavily polished and worn, therefore fair; the rest better (5) £200-£240 --- Albert Henry Rowe was born in Bude, Cornwall, on 27 June 1895 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 2 March 1914, serving with the 5th Battalion during the Great War in India (not entitled to a Victory Medal). Discharged on 20 June 1919, he attested for the Machine Gun Corps the following day, and later the Devonshire Regiment (Territorial Army), before reverting to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (Regular Army) on 9 September 1924, and appears on the Roll for the 1937 Jubilee Medal as ‘7815537, Private, 2nd Battalion, D.C.L.I.’ He saw further service at home during the Second World War, transferring to the Corps of Military Police on 24 August 1942, and after transferring to the Reserve on 5 November 1945, was finally discharged on 7 April 1951, after over 37 years’ service, a decade of which was spent soldiering in India. Sold with copied service papers and other research.
Boer War Shoulder Titles. A miscellaneous selection, including matching pairs of shoulder titles for the Natal Carbineers; Natal Royal Rifles; Imperial Light Horse; and single shoulder titles for the Imperial Yeomanry; Imperial Light Horse; 2nd Railway Pioneer Regiment; 2nd Mounted Infantry; Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry (2); together with a copy Ceylon Mounted Infantry belt buckle; a Natal Carbineers sweetheart brooch; and other miscellaneous militaria, generally good condition (lot) £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Waterloo 1815 (William Burrows, Gunner Royal Foot Artillery.) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, small edge bruise and light contact marks, otherwise very fine £800-£1,200 --- Provenance: Glendining’s, October 1913. William Burrows served as a Gunner in Major J. Broom’s Brigade, Royal Foot Artillery.
Three: Lance Corporal F. Beer, 9th (Service) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (2600 Pte. F. Beer, R. War. R.) gilded; British War and Victory Medals (2600 Pte. F. Beer. R. War. R.) polished, nearly very fine Three: Private G. W. Brooham, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 1914-15 Star (17018 Pte G. W. Brooham. Suff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (17018 Pte. G. W. Brooham. Suff. R.) generally very fine 1914-15 Star (9297 Pte W. Brown. Suff: R.) good very fine (7) £70-£90 --- Frederick Beer served during the Great War with the 9th (Service) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment in Gallipoli from 30 June 1915. He subsequently advanced to Lance Corporal, and transferred to the Shropshire Light Infantry. George W. Brooham served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment in the French theatre of War from 8 June 1915. William Brown served during the Great War with the 8th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment on the Western Front from 25 July 1915 (entitled to Silver War Badge).
Abyssinia 1867 (2696 E. Glenn 33rd. D. W. Regt.) suspension re-affixed, light contact marks, very fine £160-£200 --- Emanuel Glenn was born near the town of Bourne, Lincolnshire, around 1827. A labourer, he attested at Stamford for the 33rd (Duke of Wellington’s) Regiment of Foot, witnessing overseas service in the Crimea, Mauritius, East Indies and Abyssinia. His career cut short due to bronchitis, Glenn was discharged at Portsmouth no longer physically fit for military service on 19 January 1869.
Five: Sergeant R. D. Cooper, Royal Horse Artillery, late Royal Field Artillery and Punjab Police 1914 Star (11584 Cpl. R. D. Cooper. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (11584 Sjt. R. D. Cooper. R.A.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (Sergt. R. D. Cooper. Punjab Police); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (11584 Sjt. R. D. Cooper. R.H.A.) traces of lacquer to Delhi Durbar and LSGC medals, light contact marks, generally very fine (5) £240-£280 --- Richard Dunne Cooper was born in Bangalore, India, on 5 July 1887, the son of Pioneer Sergeant Thomas Cooper of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry. He attested at Aldershot for the Royal Regiment of Artillery on 14 July 1900, serving in South Africa from 1903 to 1908, and with No.3 Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery, at Ambala, India, from 1908 until 1912. Recorded in 1911 as Bombardier, he was awarded the Delhi Durbar medal for service with the Punjab Police whilst afforded the local rank of Police Sergeant. Returned briefly to Aldershot in 1912, Cooper mobilised with 83rd Battery, 11th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, on 31 August 1914. Arriving in Marseilles on 7 November 1914 with the Lahore Division of the Indian Corps, he moved up to Orleans, Abbeville, and then Busnes in freezing cold conditions. The War Diary entries at around this time show that conditions were little short of appalling in the southern Ypres sector. Promoted Sergeant, Cooper moved with his Battery to billets at Riel du Vinage from 1 to 5 March 1915, before marching to a position near Croix Barbee on 6 March 1915. Just a few days later he received a shell wound to the left arm, likely retaliation for the pounding of German machine gunners on the edge of Bois du Biez. He was evacuated soon thereafter, alongside six other men wounded in the same incident. Suitably recovered in England, Cooper spent the remainder of the war at Weedon Depot in Northamptonshire which housed a Troop of Artillery and the horses required to pull the guns. Designated an Army Equestrian School in 1922, Cooper took the opportunity to qualify rough rider before discharge on 13 January 1925. Building upon his short time with the Punjab Police, he is recorded in 1939 as living at Thurrock, Essex, and serving as a Sergeant in the War Office Constabulary. Sold with an attractive painted portrait photograph of the recipient astride his mount, circa 1913, in full dress R.F.A. uniform wearing his Delhi Durbar medal on his tunic, with the insignia of a gun layer above his Corporal’s stripes; and copied research.
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Cr. Serjt. Wm. Thomas. 2nd. Eurn. Bengal Fusrs.) light traces of brooch mounting to reverse, with suspension claw very neatly re-affixed, cleaned, very fine £360-£440 --- Provenance: Spink Medal Circular, December 1995. William Thomas was killed in action at the great assault on Delhi on 14 September 1857; he was the senior N.C.O. of his Regiment killed in action that day. Sold with copied medal roll extract and other research.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B. (Military) Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge and breast star, the badge in 18 carat gold and enamels by Garrard, hallmarked London 1882; the silver star with appliqué centre in gold and enamels, reverse fitted with gold pin for wearing, complete with full-length contemporary silk sash, the set contained in its original R & S Garrard, London fitted case of issue, white enamel outer border inlay partially lacking on one obverse arm, and with similar light enamel damage and cosmetic repair to two reverse arms, the star with small chips to green enamel stalks below the ‘Ich Dien’ scroll, otherwise nearly extremely fine and an impressive mid-Victorian set (2) £5,000-£7,000
Pair: Sergeant A. Jackson, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (5323 Corl. A. Jackson, 2: D. of C. Lt. Inft.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5323 Serjt: A. Jackson. D. of C.L.I.) number partially officially corrected on KSA, heavy contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £160-£200 --- A. Jackson was born in 1873 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 15 September 1897. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, and was present at the Battle of Paardeberg on 18 February 1900, when, in the ‘Cornish Charge’, the Battalion suffered total casualties of 28 killed and 52 wounded. Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research.
A Second War ‘Italian campaign’ M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Regimental Sergeant-Major Robert Webster, 47 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (1455716 W.O. Cl. 1. R. Webster M.B.E. R.A.) good very fine (7) £240-£280 --- M.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 24 August 1944: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.’ The recommendation states: ‘During the Italian campaign this W.O.1. has been called upon to perform exceptional duties in organising Italian personnel operating Italian Searchlights and 20 m.m. guns in control of Lt. A.A. Harbour and Directional barrages. Largely as a result of his ability and tact the Italian personnel reached a high state of efficiency and morale. His management of a Brigade Rest Centre has resulted in the satisfaction of some 2500 O.Rs who have passed through. During the 2 years he has held his rank he has set a high standard of discipline among all N.C.Os. with whom he has come in contact by his personal example and inspiration.’
Five: Corporal D. L. Cowlin, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s original Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; Soldier’s Release Book; and two National Registration Identity Cards, traces of verdigris to Africa Star, otherwise good very fine Four: Private J. E. Brailsford, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, late Royal Artillery 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the recipient’s original Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, nearly extremely fine Five: Attributed to Private A. Courage, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; mounted on a display board together with a DCLI cap badge ands a photograph of the recipient on his wedding day, the reverse inscribed ‘Private Arthur Courage and Mrs Courage’, good very fine (14) £100-£140 --- Donald Lawrence Cowlin was born in Ealing, Middlesex, on 10 April 1916 and attested for the Gloucestershire Regiment on 15 March 1940. He transferred to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 30 June 1943, and served with the 30th Battalion during the Second World War in North Africa from 25 August 1943. He was promoted Corporal on 3 September 1945, and was finally released on 11 February 1946. Sold with D.C.L.I. cap badge, shoulder title, and Corporal’s stripes; and copied research. John Edward Brailsford was born on 8 June 1914, and attested for the Royal Artillery on 12 September 1940. He underwent a gas training course in “D.M. Gas” (an arsenic and chlorine based compound) in January 1942, before undertaking a conversion course to become a Light Infantryman in early 1945, and transferring to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry in February 1945. He served with the D.C.L.I. in Greece in 1946 during the first part of the Greek Civil War, and was demobilised from the 2nd Battalion on 14 March 1946. Sold with an Army pamphlet ‘France’ addressed to the ‘new B.E.F.’ (the post-D-Day force); and copied research. Arthur Courage was born at Falmouth, Cornwall, on 3 April 1919 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 16 October 1939. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Second World War, and was discharged Class ‘W’ on 7 February 1946. He died in Truro in August 1989. Sold with copied research but no original documentation.
Pair: Sergeant S. Hare, Gordon Highlanders India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98, clasp carriage on first clasp rebuilt to accommodate additional clasps (4185 Pte. S. Hare 1st Bn. Gord: Highrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (4185 Cpl. S. Hare, Gordon Highrs:) light contact marks, nearly very fine and better (2) £300-£400 --- Sold with copied medal roll entries confirming entitlement and noting the recipient was further awarded a King’s South Africa Medal with 2 clasps.
Abyssinia 1867 (4301 J. Keown 33rd. D. W. Regt.) heavily polished to the high relief of obverse, the remainder in better condition, overall good fine £160-£200 --- John Keown was born near the town of Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, in 1821. A labourer, he initially served with the Fermanagh Light Infantry Regiment of Militia, before attesting at Dublin for the 33rd (The Duke of Wellington’s) Regiment of Foot on 16 February 1856. Sent overseas to Mauritius, the East Indies and Abyssinia, his Army Service Record notes discharge at Horse Guards on 25 May 1870 in consequence of being no longer fit for military service. It adds: ‘five times entered in the Regimental Defaulter Book, including once tried by Court Martial.’
Pair: Captain J. Murray British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. Murray.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Private S. R. Whittle, Lincolnshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (242238 Pte. S. R. Whittle. Linc. R.) very fine Pair: Private A. G. Lakin, Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the German Spring Offensive, 21 March 1918 British War and Victory Medals (46745 Pte. A. G. Lakin. York. R.) nearly extremely fine (6) £80-£100 --- At least four officers with the name J. Murray received the British War and Victory Medals with the rank of Captain, including Captain James Murray, Durham Light Infantry, who was awarded the Military Cross in 1918. Arthur George Lakin was born at Long Eaton, Derbyshire, and attested for the Yorkshire Regiment at Ilkeston. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 January 1918, and was killed in action on the first day of the German Spring Offensive on 21 March 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.
Family Group: A Great War A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Sister Miss Amy Kaye, later Mrs. Fisher, Territorial Force Nursing Service, who served at the Rawalpindi British Hospital, Wimereux, France, caring for the soldiers wounded at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle 10-13 March 1915 Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, mounted on original lady’s investiture bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; 1914-15 Star (Sister A. Kaye. T.F.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister A. Kaye.); together with the recipient’s British Red Cross Society Proficiency Cross, gilt and enamel, with 'Trained Nurse' riband bar, the reverse engraved ‘531 Amy Kaye’, with top riband buckle; and a British Red Cross Society 'For Service' Lapel Badge, gilt and enamel, the reverse numbered 19184, nearly extremely fine Three: Captain J. C. Fisher, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (Lieut. J. C. Fisher. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. C. Fisher.) light contact marks, good very fine and better (lot) £700-£900 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 18 June 1918: Miss Amy Kaye, Matron, Loughborough General Hospital. Miss Amy Kaye, later Mrs. Fisher, was born in Linthwaite, Yorkshire, on 15 September 1877, and trained as a nurse at the David Lewis Northern Hospital, Great Howard Street, Liverpool, between August 1904 and August 1908, following which she became Outpatient Sister and then Housekeeping Sister at the same hospital. She joined the Territorial Force Nursing Service on 12 August 1909, and in 1912 was appointed Matron of the Cottage Hospital, Lytham, Lancashire. Following the outbreak of the Great War, Miss Kaye was mobilised by the Territorial Force Nursing Service on 12 August 1914 and sent as a Theatre Sister to the 1st Western General Hospital, Fazakerley, Liverpool. On 10 February 1915 she was posted to the Rawalpindi British Hospital in Wimereux, France, where she cared for soldiers wounded in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle (10-13 March 1915). In May 1915 she was forced to resign from the Territorial Force Nursing Service because of a family crisis, the precise nature of which is unknown; she had also received a letter from the Hospital Board in Lytham saying that they had found it very difficult to manage with temporary matrons, and consequently she returned to Lytham as Matron for a short while. Miss Kaye re-enrolled in the Territorial Force Nursing Service on 7 March 1916, and her name was put on the waiting list of the Headquarters Reserve. At the same time she also applied for the position of Matron and Lady Superintendent of Voluntary Aid Detachments at Loughborough General Hospital. She was chosen from 31 applicants for the post and she took up the position on 17 April 1916. Loughborough General Hospital had been designated an Auxiliary Military Hospital and it included 80 beds accommodating wounded soldiers. For her services during the Great War she was awarded the Royal Red Cross (Second Class), and received her insignia from H.M. the King at Buckingham Palace on 31 July 1918. The following year she was also invited to a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace. Following the cessation of hostilities, Miss Kaye remained as Matron in Loughborough until 1933. She then moved to Maidstone, Kent, and in 1934 married Dr. John Cecil Fisher. Dr. Fisher had previously been a visiting surgeon at the Cottage Hospital, Lytham, and had served with the Royal Army Medical Corps as a Captain during the war. Recorded in the 1939 Register as living in Maidstone, she died in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, on 5 October 1969, aged 92. Sold with a Presentation Key, 117mm long, silver-gilt and enamel, the face engraved ‘Miss A. Kaye, A.R.R.C., Matron. Reverse 1928-1933’, the edge engraved ‘*Loughborough General Hospital Extensions*’, in case of issue; a presentation wallet, front titled in gold lettering 'Loughborough & District Hospital Extensions, Miss A. Kaye, Matron’, containing two black and white pictures of the hospital in 1862 and with the extensions 1928-1933; and extensive copied research. John Cecil Fisher was born in Lytham, Lancashire, in 1868, and was educated at Warrington School, Charterhouse, and Brasenose College, Oxford. He was registered as a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons on 21 February 1896, and prior to the Great War was a visiting surgeon at the Cottage Hospital, Lytham. He was commissioned temporary Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 17 July 1915, and served with them during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from October 1915, being promoted Captain on 17 July 1916. Dr. Fisher married Miss Amy Kaye in 1934, by which point he was practising at the General Hospital, Maidstone. He died in Maidstone on 15 July 1941. Sold with copied research.
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (William Daniels.) edges bruising and light polishing to high relief, generally very fine £700-£900 --- William Daniels (a unique name on the Admiralty Claimants’ List) was born in Somerset around 1795, and joined the Royal Navy at Portsmouth on 6 July 1816. Posted as Landsman aboard the 50-gun frigate Leander, he served during the Second Barbary War as part of the British Fleet under Admiral Edward Pellow. Sent to the Mediterranean, Leander took part in the bombardment of Algiers on 27 August 1816, firing 3,680 round shot and sustaining casualties of 17 men killed and 118 wounded. An account of the bombardment was carefully maintained in the ship’s log book, part of which is published here: ‘At 2-47, Leander anchored in her station, close a-head of the Queen Charlotte, in five fathoms water, when the enemy opened a most tremendous fire, which was instantly returned by the broadsides of the Queen Charlotte and Leander, the fleet anchoring in the stations assigned them, and opening a vigorous fire. Observed that our fire had totally destroyed the enemy’s gun boats and row-galleys, and defeated their of boarding. The battle now raged with great fury, officers and men failing very fast... At 3-55, a vigorous firing was recommenced on both sides. Our flat boats throwing rockets with good effect, some magazines were seen to explode. At 4-10, the enemy’s frigate burning with great rapidity, and drifting near us, the commander-in-chief sent an officer to direct us to haul out clear of her... At 6-30, observed the city on fire in several places, and the Mole-head and other batteries near us almost demolished; the enemy re-mounting guns, we continue a smart cannonade.’ Sold with copied research.
Collar Badges. A miscellaneous selection, including OSD bronze examples Royal Marines, Royal West Surrey Regiment, Gloucestershire Regiment, Manchester Regiment, Highland Light Infantry, London Scottish, and First Aid Nursing Yeomanry; together with various other ranks examples including Yorkshire Hussars, Royal Fusiliers, West Yorkshire Regiment, East Yorkshire Regiment, Green Howards, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Hampshire Regiment, and South Staffordshire Regiment, some reproductions and copies, generally good condition (lot) £120-£160
Three: Private G. Ades, Royal Sussex Regiment India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (2241 Pte. G. Ades 2d. Bn. R.Suss R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (2241 Pte. G. Ades, 1st. Rl. Sussex Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2241 Pte. G. Ades. Rl: Sussex Regt.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £280-£340 --- George Ades was born in Hastings, Sussex, in 1866. A labourer, he attested at Chichester for the Royal Sussex Regiment on 17 March 1886, serving in India from 8 October 1886 to 29 November 1893, and South Africa from 10 February 1900 to 24 August 1902. A veteran of the Hazara campaign and the punitive Black Mountain Expedition of 1888, Ades served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, against the mountain tribes of Akazais, Hassanzais, and Chargarzais from 3 October 1888 to 14 November 1888. Fuelled by the murder of two officers and five sepoys of the 5th Gurkhas, the British advanced in four columns and defeated the latter at Kotgai and Maidan. As picked marksmen, the British then continued to wreak revenge at Thakot and Pokal, before the tribesmen finally relented and sought peace. Field Marshal Lord Roberts was later somewhat scathing of what could have been: ‘The expedition was a success from a military point of view, but the determination of the Punjab government to limit the sphere of actions of the troops and to hurry out of the country prevented our reaping any political advantage. We lost a grand opportunity for gaining control of this lawless and troublesome district, no surveys were made, no roads opened out, the tribesmen were not made to feel our power, and, consequently, very soon another costly expedition had to be undertaken.’ Remarkably, Ades re-enlisted for a third term with the Royal Sussex Regiment on 29 October 1914, aged 47 years. His Army Service Record offers limited information regarding this time, but it seems likely that he spent this period training the young lads from his home town of Hastings, and from other Sussex coastal towns such as Brighton, Eastbourne and Chichester, and preparing them for war.
Eight: Victualling Chief Petty Officer W. Brumham, Royal Navy India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (W. Brumham, S. A. Asst., H.M.S. Bacchante.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (W. Brumham. S. S. Asst. H.M.S. Alexandra.); China 1900, no clasp (W. Brumham, Sh. Std., H.M.S. Centurion.); 1914-15 Star (107858, W. Brumham, S. S. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (107858 W. Brumham. V. C. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Wm. Brumham, Ship’s Stewd. H.M.S. Euphrates.) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, mounted on card for display, cleaned, light contact marks overall, generally very fine, and a rare combination of awards (8) £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2008. William Brumham was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, in January 1863. He joined the Royal Navy as a Ship’s Steward’s Boy in February 1879, and served with H.M.S. Alexandra in Egypt, including the bombardment of Alexandria, in 1882. Brumham advanced to Ship’s Steward Assistant, and served as that rate with H.M.S. Bacchante from July 1885 until May 1886. Subsequent service included with H.M.S. Euphrates between September 1890 and May 1891 (awarded L.S. & G.C.). Brumham advanced to Ship’s Steward in July 1889, and served with H.M.S. Centurion from February 1897 until September 1901. He was shore pensioned in June 1906, but recalled for service with the outbreak of the Great War. Brumham served with the cruiser H.M.S. King Albert between August and October 1914, before serving the remainder of the war as Victualling Petty Officer at H.M.S. Victory I. Sold with copied service papers and medal rolls entries.
Three: Lieutenant Colonel T. B. Fanshawe, 33rd (The Duke of Wellington’s) Regiment of Foot, who gave a remarkable eyewitness account of the ‘frightful’ annihilation of British forces at the Storming of the Grand Redan on 18 June 1855 Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (I B. Fanshawe. Captn. 33rd. Regt. 1855) contemporarily engraved naming; Abyssinia 1867 (Major T. B. Fanshawe 3rd. D.W. Regt.); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (J. B. Fanshawe. Captn. 33rd. Regt. 1855.) contemporarily engraved naming, fitted with loop and small ring suspension, contact marks and wear to naming of first, good fine and better (3) £500-£700 --- Thomas Basil Fanshawe was born in Dagenham, Essex, on 3 December 1829. Appointed to a commission in the 33rd Regiment of Foot on 14 April 1846, he served in the Crimea from June 1855 and was present at the Siege of Sebastopol and the Assault on the Redan. Going in at first light on 18 June 1855, the attack proved a disaster. Fully alerted by the ineffectual artillery overture, and heartened by their repulse of the French, the Russians were ready to do likewise with the British, their storm of grapeshot and musketry devastating the men struggling up the slope to the glacis, broken by shell-holes, trenches and old gravel-pits. Within minutes the formed platoons and companies disintegrated into scattered, disordered parties, easily shot down. Fanshawe later described these events in a letter home to his parents - believed to be the only firsthand account of the Regiment’s sufferings that morning: ‘We had to cross, on leaving the trenches, 150 yards of open ground, exposed to a very heavy fire of grape-shot from the enemy. Our loss, I regret to say, was very considerable, having had 50 men killed and wounded. Lieut-Colonel Johnstone has lost his left arm, Mundy is hit in the leg with a bullet, Bennett I am sorry to say is killed; Quayle shot in the elbow and arm. Wickham is so hit in the foot that he is likely to be disabled for some time to come... I have had a bruise on the shoulder which has made it stiff... The loss our Division has sustained is frightful. The Rifle Brigade (2nd Brigade) are almost annihilated! Out of 130 men, 35 only survive. The 23rd nearly cease to exist!...’ Fanshawe remarkably survived the Crimean War and went on to serve as second in command of a wing of the regiment with the Okamundel Field Force at the Siege of Dwarka in 1859. Raised Major in April 1865, he was present at the storming and capture of Magdala in April 1868, before being appointed Lieutenant Colonel in September 1873 and retired to pension on 2 March 1878. Sold with copied Army Service Record and extracts from The History of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment where Fanshawe receives a number of mentions.
Waterloo 1815 (John Jackson, 33rd Regiment Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and split ring suspension, a few light marks, edge bruises and nicks to rim, very fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Note: Two Privates with the name John Jackson served with the 33rd Regiment of Foot during the Waterloo Campaign of 16-18 June 1815, one of whom was wounded at La Haye Sainte, during the Battle itself, when the 33rd Foot suffered heavy losses from French artillery fire and repeated cavalry attacks, and suffered 2 officers and 33 men killed, with a further 8 officer and 92 men wounded, including Private Jackson. Sold with copied research.
A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant F. Sharp, 84th Battery, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (65531 Sjt: F. Sharp. 84th Bty: R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (65531 Sgt. F. Sharp, 84th Batt. R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (85531 Serjt: F. Sharp. R.F.A.) some very light contact marks, otherwise toned, good very fine --- D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901; Army Order 15 of 1902. M.I.D. London Gazette 10 September 1901. Frederick Sharp was born in the Parish of Bickinhill, Birmingham, and attested there for the Royal Field Artillery on 11 January 1888, aged 18 years 2 months. He was discharged at Netley Hospital on 16 February 1909, in consequence of ‘his having been found medically unfit for further service.’ Sold with original Parchment Certificate of Discharge which confirms all medals and clasps; contemporary photograph of the Left Section 84th Battery in South Africa; another of Sharp in uniform wearing medals with his wife and two daughters, and one of Sharp at Netley prior to discharge.
Three: Private T. J. McIntyre, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (5445194 Pte. T. J. Mc.Intyre. DCLI) in named card box of issue, extremely fine (3) £70-£90 --- Thomas John McIntyre was born in Truro, Cornwall, on 6 February 1923 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (Territorial Army) on 29 January 1942. He served with the Regiment in North Africa from 25 August 1943 to 11 May 1944, and then in the Middle East from 19 May 1944 to 18 November 1946, and was disembodied on 23 February 1947. He was finally discharged on 15 December 1953, after 11 years and 321 days’ service. He died in Truro in July 1987. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
Seven: Sergeant R. S. Hambly, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, later South Staffordshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (4378 Pte. R. S. Hambly. D. of Corn. L.I.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (4378 Pte. R. S. Hambly. D.C.L.I.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (201282 Pte. R. S. Hambly. 4/D. of Corn: L.I.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (2307060 Sjt. R. S. Hambly. S. Staff. R.) generally good very fine and better (7) £460-£550 --- Richard Sydney Hambly was bon in St. Austell, Cornwall, on 29 September 1890 and attested there for the 5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 26 May 1909, having previously served in the Regiment’s 2nd Volunteer Battalion. He was embodied on 4 August 1914 and transferred to the 4th Battalion on 11 December 1914. He served overseas during the Great War, first in India from 9 October 1914 to 12 February 1917 (although not in a qualifying theatre of War), and then in Egypt from 13 February 1917 until the cessation of hostilities. He was demobilised on 2 April 1919, and was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 275 of August 1919. Hambly re-enlisted in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (Territorial Army) at St. Austell on 6 March 1933, and was embodied on 2 September 1939. He was promoted Sergeant on 22 April 1940, before transferring to the South Staffordshire Regiment on 17 June 1940. He transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 23 August 1945 and was finally discharged on 10 February 1954. He was awarded his Efficiency Medal per Army Order 28 of 1944, and died in Surrey on December 1965. Sold with copied service records and other research.
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