Three: Deputy Surgeon-General E. H. Roberts, Army Medical Department, who served with the 72nd Highlanders in the Crimea and with the 79th Highlanders in the Indian Mutiny Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Asst. Surgn. E H Roberts, 79th Highlanders); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, pierced and fitted with rings for suspension, mounted on card for display, light contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £600-£800 --- Edmund Humphrey Roberts was born at Holyhead on 3 May 1832, and was appointed Assistant Surgeon, 72nd Foot, on 23 June 1854; 79th Foot, 14 July 1857; Staff, 14 June 1859; Surgeon, Staff, 7 August 1866; Royal Artillery, 2 October 1866; Staff, 5 May 1869; 9th Foot, 21 August 1872; Brigade Surgeon, 13 November 1881; Deputy Surgeon-General, 4 May 1886; retired, 14 March 1889, having latterly held the position of Principal Medical Officer of the Chatham District. Served as Assistant Surgeon with 72nd Highlanders in the Crimea 1855-56 (Medal with Clasp, Turkish medal); Assistant Surgeon with 79th Highlanders in the Indian Mutiny 1858, including siege and capture of Lucknow, attack on the fort of Rooyah, action at Allygunge and capture of Bareilly (Medal with Clasp). He died at Brighton on 24 November 1894.
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Pair: Quartermaster Sergeant Foreman of Works J. Middleton, Royal Engineers South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (13016, Lce. Corpl. J. Middleton, R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (13016. Q.M.S. F. of Works, J. Middleton. R.E.) light contact marks and minor edge bruise to latter, very fine (2) (2) £600-£800 --- James Middleton was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire, in 1855 and attested for the Royal Engineers at Portsmouth on 15 April 1875. He was appointed Lance-Corporal in November 1878, and served with the Engineers in South Africa from December 1878 to May 1880, and was present at the Battle of Inyezane, 22 January 1879; the Blockade of Eshowe, 23 January to 3 April 1879; and the operations before Ulundi, 4 July 1879. He was promoted Corporal in April 1882; Sergeant in April 1885; and Company Sergeant Major in April 1886. Advanced Quartermaster Sergeant Foreman of Works in April 1892, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1893, and was discharged on 31 May 1901, after 26 years and 47 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extract.
Pair: Corporal A. Angell, 2nd Battalion, West India Regiment East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1891-2 (3267 L/Corpl. A. Angell 2/W.I. Rgt.); Ashanti Star 1896, unnamed as issued, very light pitting, good very fine (2) £400-£500 --- A. Angell served with the 2nd Battalion, West India Regiment, in the Gambia Expedition 1891-92, and the Ashanti Expedition 1895-96, and was also entitled to the clasp 1897-98 to his East and West Africa Medal. He was discharged on 4 November 1898. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.
Five: Private W. Young, Seaforth Highlanders India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (4351. Pte. W. Young. 2d. Bn. Seaforth Highlrs.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4351. Pte: W. Young. 1/Sea: Hrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (4351. Pte. W. Young, 2: Sea: Highrs:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4351. Pte. W. Young. Seaforth Highrs:); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (4351 Pte. W. Young. 1st. Sea. Highrs.) contemporarily engraved naming, scratch to obverse field of QSA, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (5) £700-£900
Pair: Private F. G. Chaplin, Lincolnshire Regiment Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4339 P’te F. G. Chaplin, 1/Lin: R.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (4339 Pte. F. Chaplin 1st Linc. R.) contemporarily engraved naming, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £400-£500 --- Frederick George Chaplin was born in Hadleigh, Suffolk, in 1874 and attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment at Stratford, Essex, on 17 September 1895. He served with the 1st Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from 4 February 1897 to 17 October 1898, and subsequently in India from the latter dated to 25 March 1903. He transferred to the Reserve on 27 March 1903, ands was discharged on 16 September 1907, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service.
Pair: Private C. Gibb, Cameron Highlanders, who was wounded in action at the Battle of Atbara on 8 April 1898 Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3811 Pte. C. Gibb, 1/Cam: Hdrs.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (3811 Pte., C. Gibb 1 Cam. Highrs.) contemporarily engraved in the usual Regimental style, light contact marks, very fine (2) £500-£700 --- Charles Gibb was born in Elgin, Morayshire, in 1878 and attested for the Cameron Highlanders at Inverness on 30 June 1896. He served with the 1st Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from October 1897 to March 1900, and was wounded in action at the Battle of Atbara on 8 April 1898, during which action the Regiment suffered 44 casualties, including 3 officers killed and 1 wounded. Gibb saw further service in South Africa during the Boer War from March 1900 to October 1902 (also entitled to the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902). He transferred to the Army Reserve in June 1908, and was discharged on 29 June 1912, after 16 years’ service. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Signalman W. H. Mortley, Royal Navy and H.M. Coast Guard Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (W. H. Mortley, Siglmn: H.M.S. Sybille); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (170314 W. H. Mortley, Boatman, H.M. Coast Guard.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £180-£220 --- William Henry Mortley was born in the Dover area on 11 May 1877. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy in October 1892 and soon transferred to the Signal Branch, becoming a Qualified Signaller in July 1899. In October 1900 he joined the Sybille for what was to be an interesting deployment when Sybille ran aground on the rocks south of Lamberts Bay on the Cape west coast, early on the morning of 16 January 1901. Fortunately the two hundred and fifty odd members of the crew aboard were rescued without mishap. Mortley saw out the rest of the war in Monarch, Forte and Rattler. In April 1905, he joined the Coastguard serving at Fowey before a transfer to Llantwil in 1906, then Amlwch in 1910. He served here until being moved to Scotland in 1915. However, in August 1917 he was back in Anglesey, being based at Holyhead until his discharge in June 1919. He was awarded his L.S. & G.C. medal on 24 June 1910. Sold with copied record of service.
Pair: Private Charles Edgcomb, Royal Marines Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 (C. Edgcomb, Pte. R.M., H.M.S. Terpsichore.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Chas. Edgcomb, Pte. No. 3683 Plymo. R.M.L.I.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £200-£240 --- Charles Edgcomb was born at Kingston, Devon, on 9 December 1866, and he joined the Royal Marines at Plymouth on 9 January 1886, aged 19 years 1 month. Throughout his service his conduct was ‘VG’ and on 5 June 1901 he was awarded his L.S. & G.C. medal. He joined Terpsichore on 7 February 1901 and served aboard her until 1 July 1904. His documents note that on 10 October 1901 he was ‘Landed for defence of Lamberts Bay (Boer War)’ and that on 31 March 1904 he received his grant for the South African war. He received his Q.S.A. on 2 June 1904 and was invalided out on 11 January 1906. Sold with copied record of service.
Five: Private W. Chappell, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, late Royal Sussex Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (7323 Pte. W. T. Chappell, K.R.R.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7323 Pte. W. T. Chappell. K.R.R.C.); 1914-15 Star (GSSR-18 Pte. W. Chappell. R. Suss: R.); British War and Victory Medals (GSSR-18 Pte. W. Chappell. R. Suss. R.) edge bruising to Boer War pair, light contact marks, generally very fine (5) £200-£240 --- William Chappell attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and with the Royal Sussex Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 January 1915. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 12 February 1919.
Pair: Private R. W. McBride, Border Horse, later Warren’s Mounted Infantry, Kitchener’s Fighting Scouts, and Pietersburg Light Horse (Bushveldt Carabineers) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (9314 Pte. R. W. Mc.Bride. Border Horse.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (404 Tpr: R. W. Mc.Bride. Piettersburg L.H.) edge bruise to KSA, traces of lacquer, good very fine (2) £200-£240 --- Robert Wallace McBride, a native of Templepatrick, Co Antrim, was born in 1880 and attested for the Border Horse on 22 June 1900. He served with them during the Boer War, and subsequently with Warren’s Mounted Infantry from 25 February 1901; Kitchener’s Fighting Scouts from 3 June 1901; and the Pietersburg Light Horse (Bushveldt Carabineers) from 3 December 1901. He was discharged on 2 June 1902. Sold with copied attestation papers ands medal roll extracts.
Three: Private F. W. White, 12th Lancers 1914 Star, with clasp (4721 Pte. F. W. White. 12/Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals (L-5721 Pte. F. W. White. 12-Lrs.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, good very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Frederick W. White attested for the 12th Lancers and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 September 1914.
Three: Private P. Bird, Coldstream Guards 1914 Star, with clasp (6671 Pte. P. Bird. C. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (6671 Pte. P. Bird. C. Gds.) light contact marks, very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Peter Bird attested for the Coldstream Guards and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914. Discharged, he was awarded a Silver War Badge.
Three: Private D. Stewart, Royal Scots 1914 Star, with clasp (7908 Pte. D. Stewart. 2/R. Scots.); British War and Victory Medals (7908 Pte. D. Stewart. R. Scots.) light contact marks, good very fine (3) £120-£160 --- David Stewart attested for the Royal Scots and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 August 1914.
Pair: Private J. S. Wood, Yorkshire Light Infantry 1914 Star (9214 Pte. J. S. Wood. Yorks: L.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (9214 Pte. J. S. Wood. Yorks. L.I.) nearly very fine (2) £70-£90 --- John S. Wood attested for the Yorkshire Light Infantry and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 August 1914 (also entitled to a clap to his 1914 Star). He was discharged on 23 July 1915.
Four: Private H. D. Fordham, Royal Marine Light Infantry, later Royal Naval Reserve 1914-15 Star (Ch.16686. Pte. H. D. Fordham. R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Ch.16686. Pte. H. D. Fordham. R.M.L.I.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Ch.16686. B.2379 H. D. Fordham. Mne. R.F.R.) good very fine (4) £80-£100
Five: Captain N. S. de Brath, 15th Lancers, later 41st Cavalry, Indian Army 1914-15 Star (Lieut. N. S. Debrath, 15 Lcrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. N. S. De Brath); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (Capt. N. S. De Brath.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Capt. N. S. Debrath. 41 Cavy.) light contact marks, very fine and better (5) £400-£500 --- Neville Stanley de Brath was born in 1892 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 15th Lancers in 1913. He was present during the operations against the Mohmands and Swatis in the vicinity of Hafiz Kor and Shadhadar on the Northwest Frontier of India from August to September 1915; in Mesopotamia from May 1916 to June 1917; and during the operations in South Persia, where he took part in the Affair at Ziarat on 13 April 1918 and the action at Dewh Shaikh on 25 May 1918. He subsequently served with the 41st Cavalry, Indian Army, during the Third Afghan War, and was later appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Madras.
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Lieutt. C. J. H. Helbert. 1st. Bn. R.W. Fus.) very fine £240-£280 --- Charles John Helbert Helbert was born in London on 22 April 1864, the son of Captain F. H. Helbert, 5th Madras Light Cavalry, and was commissioned into the Royal West Kent Militia on 23 April 1881. He transferred to a regular commission in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in 1885, and served with the 1st Battalion in India and Burma from 24 April 1886. Returning to England, he resigned his commission on 3 August 1887, and joined the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers on 22 March 1890. Advanced Major on 21 July 1902, he died on 27 January 1903. Sold with copied research.
Three: Lieutenant J. L. King, Somerset Light Infantry, later Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. J. L. King. Som. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut J. L. King) nearly extremely fine Three: Private E. H. Thompson, Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (34400 Pte. E. H. Thompson. M.G.C.) in named card box of issue; Defence Medal, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. E. H. Thompson, 2 Ridge Avenue, Letchworth, Hertfordshire’, traces of adhesive to reverse of DM, otherwise nearly extremely fine (6) £70-£90 --- James Lawrence King was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Somerset Light Infantry on 16 September 1914 and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 November 1915. He was employed with the Army Signalling Service from 8 February 1916, before transferring to the Royal Engineers. Appointed Temporary Lieutenant on 15 June 1919, he relinquished his commission on 15 September 1921, retaining the rank of Lieutenant. Ernest Henry Thompson attested for the Machine Gun Corps on 5 May 1917, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front. He was discharged on 15 November 1917, on account of being permanently physically unfit, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 302,670.
Three: Corporal E. G. Spittles, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (2074 Pte. E. G. Spittles, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2074 Cpl. E. G. Spittles. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) contact marks, nearly very fine Three: Corporal F. T. Taylor, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (2100 Pte. F. T. Taylor. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2100 Cpl. F. T. Taylor. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine Three: Private A. E. Maynard, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (10682 Pte. A. E. Maynard. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (10682 Pte. A. E. Maynard. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) contact marks, nearly very fine Pair: Corporal D. C. L. Crudden, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (267060. Cpl. D. C. L. Crudden. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) light contact marks, very fine (11) £140-£180 --- Ernest Gerald Spittles was born in Buckinghamshire on 8 November 1892 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 31 August 1914. He served during the Great War on the Western Front with the 1st/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion from 30 March 1915 and saw later service with the 2nd/4th Battalion. Disembodied on 17 February 1919, he appears on the 1939 Register as an ARP Messenger. He died in Buckinghamshire, aged 63, on 13 June 1956. Sold with a copied article from an unidentified parish magazine, showing a group photograph, with the recipient identified, on the Western Front, which refers to his work in an observation post. Frederick T. Taylor attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served during the Great War on the Western Front with the 1st/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion from 30 March 1915. Appointed Corporal, he was disembodied on 9 March 1919. Abel Edgar Maynard was born in Great Linford, Buckinghamshire, on 12 February 1878 and served with the 8th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 September 1915. Discharged Class ‘Z’, he died in Luton, Bedfordshire on 12 February 1968, aged 89. David Coupar Lamond Crudden was born in Glasgow and served with the 1st/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front.
Three: Private F. Lawrence, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, later Labour Corps, who died at home on 1 July 1918 1914-15 Star (2246. Pte. F. Lawrence, Yorks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2246 Pte. F. Lawrence. Yorks. L.I.) with two named card boxes of issue, nearly extremely fine Pair: Private E. F. Hollands, East Kent Regiment British War and Victory Medals (G-15792 Pte. E. F. Hollands. E. Kent R.); together with a ‘Chapel Fields Philanthropic Institution’ silver Presidential Star, engraved ‘E. F. Hollands, President, 1936’, good very fine 1914-15 Star (15363 Pte. W. Huson. N. Staff. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (204553 Cpl. E. Hawkins. E. Kent R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (4302 Pte. A. Taylor. Essex R.) nearly very fine and better (9) £100-£140 --- Francis Lawrence was born in Shoreham, Suffolk, and attested for the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at Doncaster. He died at home on 1 July 1918 while serving in the Labour Corps and was buried at Scunthorpe Cemetery. Sold with original transmittal letters.
Four: Staff-Sergeant J. G. Carter, Durham Light Infantry, later Indian Unattached List 1914-15 Star (9609 Pte. J. G. Carter. Durh: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (4334735 S. Sgt. J. G. Carter, I.U.L.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (S-Sgt. J. G. Carter, C.M.S.C.) very fine (4) £100-£140 --- John G. Carter attested for the Durham Light Infantry and served with them during the Great War in the Hedjaz theatre of War from 28 March 1915. He subsequently transferred to the East Yorkshire Regiment, and then to the Indian Unattached List, and saw further service during the Third Afghan War.
Three: Mechanican A. Greig, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (279970 A. Greig. Mech. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (279970 Alexander Greig. Mechn. H.M.S. Hyacinth.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £60-£80 --- Alexander Greig, an Iron Moulder from Edinburgh, was born on 23 June 1876 and attested for the Royal Navy on 2 July 1895. Advanced Mechanican on 17 January 1910, he saw service during the Great War in H.M.S. Hyacinth on the Cape Station in South Africa, during which time she was deployed to German East Africa to blockade the German light cruiser SMS Königsberg. She destroyed a German blockade runner attempting to bring supplies through the blockade in April and sank a German merchant vessel in early 1916. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 29 May 1916 and saw later service in H.M.S. Achilles before being demobilised on 28 February 1919, subsequently joining the Royal Fleet Reserve.
Pair: Able Seaman G. B. Stephenson, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (R.2077 G. B. Stephenson. A.B. R.N.V.R.) very fine Pair: Able Seaman G. P. Dawson, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (R.5437 G. P. Dawson. A.B. R.N.V.R.) light contact marks, very fine Pair: Telegraphist J. R. Jones, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (M.Z.6095 J. R. Jones. Tel. R.N.V.R.) light contact marks, very fine (6) £80-£100 --- George Petty Dawson, a native of Worksop, Nottinghamshire was born on 22 November 1875 and attested for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 10 November 1917. He saw service during the Great War on the Western Front with the British Expeditionary Force from 30 January 1918, and was demobilised on 23 February 1919. James Robert Jones, a Post Office Telegraphist from Rochester, Kent, was born on 14 September 1898 and attested for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 2 November 1916. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Duke in Port Sudan, and was discharged on 3 July 1919.
Pair: Private E. S. Blachford, Canadian Light Horse, Canadian Cavalry, who died on the Western Front, 29 July 1917 British War and Victory Medals (115705 Pte. E. S. Blachford. Can. Cav. Bde.) with named card box of issue; Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (115705 Pte E. S. Blachford) in case of issue with enclosure, nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140 --- Ernest Sydney Blachford was born in February 1886, and was the son of Mr and Mrs A. Blachford of Rushington Lane, Totton, Southampton, England. He served during the Great War with the Canadian Light Horse on the Western Front. Private Blachford died on the Western Front, 29 July 1917, and is buried in the Villers Station Cemetery, France.
Pair: Lance Corporal F. J. Forrest, 54th Battalion (Kootenay), Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 1 March 1917 British War and Victory Medals (760623 A. L. Cpl. F. Forrest. 54-Can. Inf.) nearly extremely fine British War Medal 1914-20 (478031 Pte. C. R. Woodford. 11-Can. Inf.; 3775 Pte. G. Rhodes. H.L.I.; 43757 A. Bmbr. W. McPhee. C.F.A.) first with Silver War Badge, reverse numbered ‘C496’, generally very fine or better (5) £70-£90 --- Frederick John Forrest was born in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland in April 1886. He was the son of Mr and Mrs T. Forrest of 63 Havelock St., Mayfield, Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia. Forrest served during the Great War with the 54th Battalion (Kootenay), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front, and was killed in action, 1 March 1917. Lance Corporal Forrest is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Grant Rhodes was born in Canada and served during the Great War with the 1/5th (City of Glasgow) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry in the Egyptian theatre of war. Private Rhodes was killed in action in Palestine, 30 November 1917, and is buried in the Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel. William McPhee was born in Dalhousie Township, Ontario, Canada in July 1876. He served during the Great War as a Driver with 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Canadian Field Artillery on the Western Front. McPhee Died (Accidental Injuries) - while on duty on the morning of 13 April 1916, between the hours of 6 and 7 o'clock, he was found lying on the floor of a stable in great pain, having been kicked in the abdomen by a horse. He was placed on a stretcher and evacuated to No. 10 Casualty Clearing Station where he died two days later at 1.45 p.m. from wound of abdomen caused by a kick from a horse resulting in a ruptured kidney and internal haemorrhage. Driver McPhee is buried in the Lijjsenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Sold with copied research.
Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Busaco, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (Chas. Tansey, 27th. Foot) clasp carriage altered with solid backplate affixed, light surface marks and minor edge bruising, good very fine £1,800-£2,200 --- Charles Tansey was born in Sligo and attested for the 27th Regiment of Foot in May 1807. He served with the Regiment in the Peninsula and in South America and received a severe wound before Badajoz (service papers refer). He died in West London on 17 October 1858. Sold with copied medal roll extract which confirms that the recipient was not entitled to the Badajoz clasp, and other research.
Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (unsuccessful) (Lieut. C. Home Cockran, R.N., H.M.S. “Valiant” 28 Jan. 1883) lacking integral top riband buckle, light solder marks to obverse from suspension having been re-affixed, minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £200-£240 --- Royal Humane Society Case no. 21,921: ‘At 7.30pm on 28 January 1883, off Tarbert, Stoker Andrew Hooper, of H.M.S. Valiant, was getting from the steam launch to the Jacob’s ladder, in order to board the armoured iron frigate H.M.S. Valiant, when he accidentally fell into the water. The river was one mile wide at this point and seven fathoms deep, the night dark and a gale was blowing. Hooper could scarcely be seen due to the darkness. Able Seaman George Bennett jumped over the stern and supported the unconscious Hooper. Lieutenant Cochrane [sic] observing by the light of a signal that the men were floating astern in the darkness, also jumped overboard and assisted them to the buoy which was hanging over the stern with a glass hawser attached. All three were picked up by boats in due course, though unfortunately Andrew Hooper was dead. The rescue was brought to the attention of the R.H.S. by the Admiralty. The Society, having approved the award of its silver medal to Cochran and Bennett at its committee meeting of 20 February 1883, despatched these to the Secretary of the Naval Reserves on 24 March 1883 for them to organise the presentations. The incident took place ‘Off Tarbert River Shannon’. Charles Home Cochran (spelt ‘Cockran’ on medal) was born in Bath on 22 June 1850, the son of Alexander Cochran (1814-1903), of Ashkirk, Hawick, Roxburghshire, and his first wife Fanny Batsford. He joined the Royal Navy, being nominated as a cadet on 16 June 1863, joining H.M.S. Britannia on 8 September 1863. He was then posted as a Midshipman aboard H.M.S. Royal Oak on 21 January 1865, before going on to serve on a long succession of ships. Cochran was promoted Sub-Lieutenant on 2 February 1870 aboard H.M.S. Juno and saw action in the Ashantee War of 1873-4 when he was serving aboard H.M.S. Barracouta. During the campaign he was mentioned in despatches in October 1873 for raising native levees for the King of Assayboo and was promoted Lieutenant on 17 December that year (Ashantee War Medal, with clasp Coomassie). Promoted to Commander on 30 June 1888 and Captain on 31 December 1895, Cochran commanded H.M.S. Sappho during Queen Victoria’s Review of the Fleet at Spithead on 26 June 1897 and he received the Jubilee Medal issued that year. He accompanied the German Emperor on his Imperial yacht from the Nore to Flushing on 6 February 1901. Cochran received the M.V.O. (Fourth Class) in 1902 (London Gazette, 2 May 1902) and the Coronation Medal. Following a final period as Captain of Devonport Dockyard and King’s Harbourmaster of the Hamoaze, Cochran was placed on the retired list on 22 June 1905. He was promoted Rear Admiral on 31 May 1906 and Vice Admiral on 3 January 1911. Vice-Admiral Cochran died on 14 February 1930 at his home The Retreat, Weston Road, Bath and was buried at Holy Trinity Cemetery, Newton St Loe, Bath, on 19 February following the funeral ceremony in the village church. Sold with various photographic images and copied research.
Memorial Plaque (Percy Walter Peach) good very fine £80-£100 --- Percy Walter Peach was born in Sutton, Cambridgeshire in November 1885. He was employed as an Accountant prior to the war, and resided at 459 Cumberland Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Peach served with the Legion of Frontiersman and with 106th Regiment, Winnipeg Light Infantry. He re-enlisted and was commissioned in the 45th Battalion (Manitoba), Canadian Infantry at Winnipeg, 10 February 1916. Lieutenant Peach served with the Battalion on the Western Front, and was attached to the 52nd Battalion (New Ontario) when he received a gun shot wound to his abdomen on the Somme, 16 September, 1916. He was wounded while the Battalion was moving over open ground to their position by the Sunken Road. Lieutenant Peach died of his wounds 13 October 1916, and is buried St. Leonard’s Churchyard, Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire, England. Sold with copied service papers.
Regimental Temperance Medals. A selection of Army Temperance Association Regimental Medals, comprising those for the Devonshire Regiment; Suffolk Regiment; Somerset Light Infantry; Leicestershire Regiment; Yorkshire Regiment; King’s Own Scottish Borderers; Cameronians (Scottish Rifles); and Inniskilling Fusiliers (Fus. A. B. Flynn.), all silver, all unnamed as issued except where stated, generally very fine and scarce (8) £70-£90
Regimental Temperance Medals. A selection of Army Temperance Association Regimental Medals, comprising those for the Gloucestershire Regiment (2), one named (B. H. Baker.); 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (2) (Bandsman James. Holmes.; 964. Private. P. Little. B Company.); Hampshire Regiment (Corpl. O. R. Withers.); South Lancashire Regiment; Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment; and Royal Berkshire Regiment, all silver, all unnamed as issued except where stated, generally very fine and scarce (8) £70-£90
Renamed Medal: Sutlej 1845-46, for Aliwal 1846, 1 clasp, Sobraon (Captn. A. Wheatley, 5th Bengal Lt. Cavy.) naming unofficially re-impressed, nearly very fine £100-£140 --- Arthur Wheatley was born in 1807, commissioned Cornet in January 1824, and arrived in Calcutta aboard the Berwickshire in May 1824. Posted to the 5th Bengal Light Cavalry, he was promoted to Lieutenant in May 1825, and to Captain in December 1838. He served during the Gwalior campaign including action at Punniar (Bronze Star) but went on leave for 2 years to the Cape on 13 November 1844, and could not therefore have been present at either Aliwal or Sobraon. During the Second Sikh war he commanded the regiment during the latter part of the action at Ramnuggar, where he was slightly wounded, and at the battles of Sadoolapoore, Chilianwala and Goojerat (Medal with 2 clasps). Lieutenant-Colonel, 5th Light Cavalry, May 1854; transferred to 3rd Light Cavalry, October 1855; to 6th Light Cavalry, May 1856; and to newly raised 4th Bengal European Light Cavalry, May 1858. He retired as Hon. Major-General on 31 December 1861, and died on 13 September 1881.
Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol, of contemporary manufacture; together with a Carte de Visite photograph of Corporal J. I. Nunnerley, 17th Lancers, who rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava on 25 October 1854, by Daniel Jones, Liverpool, 94mm x 59mm, the recipient in civilian dress and wearing the Crimea Medal, the Turkish Crimea Medal, the French Medaille Militaire, and the Meritorious Service Medal, good very fine (2) £100-£140 --- James Ikin Nunnerley was born in Wildespool, Cheshire, in 1828 and attested for the 17th Lancers. He attended the Duke of Wellington’s funeral as a Corporal in 1852, and served with the Regiment in the Crimea. He is confirmed as having ridden in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava on 25 October 1854, and during the Charge he assisted Corporal Joseph Malone, V.C., Captain Webb, and Trumpeter Brittain. He was promoted Sergeant the day after the Charge, and left the Regiment on the reduction of the army in 1857. In later life he lived at Inkermann Lodge, Ormskirk, and died on 22 November 1905. Note: Nunnerley’s full sized group of medals sold at Sotheby’s in November 1967 and are now in the 17th Lancers Museum. The recipient’s personal narrative of the Charge, along with a similar photograph of the recipient, is published in Forgotten Heroes by Roy Dutton.
Sir Nicholas Harris, History of the Orders of Knighthood of The British Empire, of the Order of the Guelphs of Hanover and of the Medals, Clasps and Crosses, conferred for Naval and Military Services, published by John Hunter, Maddox Street, London, First Edition, 1842, in four volumes, Vol. I, Introduction and Order of the Garter, i-lxxxviii, i-ii, 1-266; Vol. II, Order of the Garter, 267-515, i-cxi; Vol. III, Order of the Thistle, 1-83, i-xxxvi, i-iv; Order of the Bath, 1-276, i-cv, i-viii; Vol. IV, Order of St. Patrick, 1-92, i-xxvi, i-iv; Order of St. Michael & St. George, 1-100, i-xxi, i-iii; Medals, Chains, Clasps and Crosses, 1-56, i-xxxvii; Orders of India, xxxviii-xl; Miscellaneous, 1-24; Order of the Guelphs of Hanover, 1-28, i-xcii, the volumes complete with sumptuous colour plates, uniformly bound in blue half leather with raised bands to spine and gilt titles; with armourial bookplate of Geoffrey Ronald Codrington [Admiral of the Fleet], some light foxing and occasional small water stains but overall a very fine set (4) £600-£800
Light Infantry Cap Badges. A display of Light Infantry cap badges c.1939, comprising Somerset, Duke of Cornwall’s, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, King’s Own Yorkshire, King’s Shropshire, Durham, and Highland Light Infantry, mounted for display; together with a quantity of miscellaneous militaria and sundry other items, including a Great War Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘B17371’; a copy Victoria Cross and copy Third Reich awards; five Rag Golfing Society Medals, two silver and three bronze, all in somewhat damaged cases of issue; a small selection of original silk ribands; various riband bars with affixed devices; a Victorian Florin, dated 1890; a German 10,000 marks coin, dated 1923; a Wreck of H.M.S. Foudroyant Medal 1897, bronze; and a British-made facsimile Iron Cross for the German siege on Antwerp, Dinant, and Gent 1914, reasonable condition (lot) £100-£140 --- Sold with a Soldier’s Small Book; three Great War era military maps; and a set of 25th West Riding Home Guard instructions.
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (1863. Pte. F. Wheeler. 3rd Husrs.) small edge bruise and contact pitting from star, otherwise better than good fine £220-£260 --- 2 officers and 42 other ranks of the 3rd Hussars served in the Light Camel Regiment on the Nile, all of whom received this single clasp except one man who was also present at Kirbekan. Sold with copied medal roll.
Miscellaneous Military Badges. A selection of Military badges including 7th Hussars, 17th Lancers, Hampshire, Dorsetshire, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Highland Light Infantry, Cameron’s, Norfolk, Grenadier Guards, Berkshire, Cheshire, Manchester, Scots Guards, South Wales Borderers &c., some restrikes, and some with fixings missing, generally good condition (lot) £140-£180
Miscellaneous Military Badges. A selection of Military badges including Royal Scots, Warwickshire, Kings Own, West Riding, Devonshire, Royal Engineers, Highland Light Infantry, Middlesex, Somerset Light Infantry, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, Durham Light Infantry &c., some restrikes, and some with fixings missing, generally good condition (lot) £140-£180
Miscellaneous Military Badges. A selection of Military badges including 17th Lancers, Westminster Dragoons, Grenadier Guards, Northumberland Fusiliers, York and Lancaster, Irish Guards, Wiltshire, Army Service Corps, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, Liverpool Scottish, London Scottish, Royal Marine Light Infantry &c., some restrikes, and some with fixings missing, generally good condition (lot) £140-£180
A 78th Ross-shire Buffs Skean Dhu. The blade 100mm, etched with crowned VR cypher to one side, and crowned ‘78th Highalnders Ross-shire Buffs’ to the other, with wooden grip and leather sheath, the handle complete with Regimental badge, some light rusting to blade; together with an unusual hand-held Great War period bullet maker, unmarked, both in fair condition (2) £60-£80 --- This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (2273 Pte. E. Hill. 18th Husrs.) extremely fine £260-£300 --- 2 officers and 42 other ranks of the 18th Hussars served in the Light Camel Regiment on the Nile, all of whom received this single clasp. Private E. Hill died of enteric fever on 2 February 1885. Sold with copied medal roll.
A John Rose Coalport tea and coffee service in the Curly Pagoda patterncirca 1800-05comprising seven coffee cans, thirteen tea bowls, ten saucers and a slop basin, 16cm diameter, unmarked (31)Tea bowls- 1 with two cracks descending from rimCoffee cans - some moderate rubbing to gilding on rims. One with a crack around lower terminus of handle.Saucers- one with large base rim chip, another with rim chipElsewhere, some light signs of use in the form of surface scratches and a few patches of gilt rubbing.
A group of English bone china and porcelaincomprising a miniature Coalport cabinet cup and saucer, pink ground with gilt details, saucer 8.5cm diameter; a pair of Royal Crown Derby imari twin-handled vases, pattern 2444, 11cm high; a nice quality Coalport dessert tazza, circa 1881-90, painted with a central scene of Muckross Abbey (Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ireland), further decorated with panels of birds to the lemon border and foot, printed factory marks, painted title, 12cm high; a cabinet plate attributed to Copeland and Garrett, circa 1840, painted with a view of Nazareth within turquoise and gilt border, titled to reverse but otherwise unmarked, 24cm diameter; a pair of Davenport landscape painted plates, decorated with two alternate views of Ben Lomond from Tarlet and Lake of Killarney, printed and impressed marks, 22.5cm diameter; a Coalport plate, painted with the rotunda at Hagley Park, Worcestershire, titled verso 'Pope's Temple', circa 1820, pattern number 1/434, 24cm diameter; a pair of Derby plates decorated with flowers, impressed marks, one signed 'M.K Clark' to the reverse, 22.5cm diameter; a Royal Worcester miniature jug painted with a pheasant, together with a further miniature Royal Doulton jug with goats and a miniature Graingers mug with a Peacock and a small Continental porcelain model of a reclining nude lady in a boat, 9cm highCoalport miniature cabinet cup - Crazing to both pieces.RCD imari vases - One with restoration to approximately two-thirds of mouth and neckCoalport tazza - missing two raised enamel white dots to the border around the foot rim. One line of crazing visible through the upper portion of the Abbey, together with further full crazing through the stem and foot. Some patches of surface paint wear to the landscape scene.Nazareth plate - some areas of light wear to the gilding on the raised moulding.Davenport plates - Small foot rim chip to the Lake of Killarney plate.Coalport Hagley Park plate - Small foot rim fault and further small blemishes/areas of kiln grit to the floor rim. Gilding loss to the rim and outer border.
English tea and coffee cups and saucerscomprising a Flight Barr and Barr pink, white and gilt teacup and saucer, impressed marks; a Chelsea Derby coffee cup and saucer, circa 1770, painted with garlands of flowers, gilt anchor/D mark, a Coalport coffee cup and saucer, circa 1881-90, transfer-printed in red with flowering branches; a Royal Crown Derby teacup and saucer, painted with panels of flowers reserved within elaborately gilded cobalt ground, retailed by Gillman Collamore, 5th Avenue and 30th Street New York; a Davenport coffee cup and saucer, decorated with panels of iron red and peach borders, printed factory marks, sold together with a further unmarked English cup and saucer and a Continental cup and saucer, nicely painted with birds on branches with puce and gilt scale borders, faint impressed crossed arrows mark (qty)Birds in branches and woodland cup and saucer- small knock to base of cup.Coalport red printed cup and saucer - both pieces crazed, staining to saucer.Davenport cup and saucer- small chip to foot rim on saucer.Floral and cobalt cup and saucer- both pieces crazed, cup with light staining, some rubbing to gildingFlight, Barr and Barr cup and saucer - some pitting and nicks to the saucers foot rim.RCD cup and saucer- some rubbing to gilt at centre of saucer.Chelsea Derby cup and saucer - saucer scratched, rubbing to gilding around cups rim.
Six Swansea porcelain teacups and three saucers in the Kingfisher patterncirca 1815-17transfer-printed with hand colouring, printed red 'Swansea' mark to three cups and one saucer, teacups 7cm high and saucers 14cm diameter(9)One saucer with small foot rim nibble. One teacup with Y-shaped crack to the body. One teacup with patch of loss to the gilding around the rim. One teacup with firing fissure crack to the upper rim and another to the upper portion of the handle. Elsewhere, some light gilding and surface wear/light scratching.
A Royal Copenhagen porcelain monteith, circa 1894-1900of twin-handled form with multi-cusped rim and an ozier moulded upper border, painted with flowers in polychrome, painted blue three waves lines and printed 'Danmark' factory marks, painted 4/1569, 32cm wideChip to one cusp on the rim, otherwise good with no further damages or repairs. Some very light gilding wear.
A composite doll, early 20th century, unknown maker, of wood, papier mache and painted gesso construction, with lashed sleeping brown eyes and slightly open mouth, blonde wig and jointed body, wearing a cream embroidered gown and white cotton undergarment, 90cm high (playworn).Multiple signs of age and playwear throughout. Wig detached. Light cracklure to face and head. Repair and retouching to both hands/fingers. Some retouching to both legs. Surface fractures to gesso in places. Torso discoloured. Feet fading, cracking and flaking.
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