Pair: Private G. Ellis, Royal Marine Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (5097 Pte. G. Ellis, R.M.L.I, H:M:S: Terrible); China 1900, no clasp (G. Ellis, Pte. R.M., H.M.S. Terrible.) mounted on card for display, contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £300-£400 --- George Ellis was born on 9 May 1871, at Isleworth, Middlesex. He joined the Portsmouth Division of the Royal Marines on 9 October 1889. After several drafts he joined H.M.S. Terrible in August 1897 and served on her until October 1901, during which time he saw service ashore in the Boer War and also the Boxer Rebellion. Ellis had an indifferent character being in cells on a regular basis. He was discharged on 19 February 1902, and died on 14 July 1943. Sold with copied record of service.
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Five: Captain E. Lloyd, East African Mounted Rifles, late Montgomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, Orange Free State (33920 Corpl. E. Lloyd. 89th Coy. Imp: Yeo:) last clasp with unofficial rivets, engraved correction to rank; 1914-15 Star (97 Sjt. E. Lloyd, E. Afr. M. Rif.) ‘Maj.’ privately engraved above ‘Sjt.’; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. E. Lloyd.); Montgomeryshire Tribute Medal, South African Campaign 1901, bronze, unnamed as issued, fitted with small ring suspension, this slack, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine (5) £500-£700 --- Edwin Lloyd was born in the Parish of Bodfari, Denbighshire, and enlisted into the Imperial Yeomanry 18 March 1901, aged 27, giving his occupation as farmer and with previous service in 2nd Volunteer Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He served in South Africa from 7 April 1901 until 27 August 1902, and was discharged on 3 September 1902. He served during the Great War as a Sergeant in the East African Mounted Rifles in East Africa from 8 August 1914. He was promoted to Lieutenant, and later to Captain. He also served afterwards in the East African Labour Corps. Sold with copied research.
Four: Corporal F. J. Thompson, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (12082 [sic] Dvr: F. Thompson. R.H.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (12802 A. Bmbr: T [sic]. Thompson. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (12802 Cpl. F. J. Thompson. R.A.) light pitting from star, otherwise very fine (4) £240-£280 --- Francis Thompson was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, in 1881 and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery at Guernsey on 12 October 1900. He served in South Africa during the Boer War from 10 May to 1 October 1902, ands then in India from 2 October 1902 to 6 December 1907. Recalled for service following the outbreak of the Great War, he was appointed Acting Bombardier on 14 October 1914, and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 November 1914. Promoted Corporal on 19 August 1915, he transferred to the Labour Corps on 6 July 1917, and was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 21 February 1919. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
Pair: Bombardier T. Wainwright, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, unofficial rivets between fifth and sixth clasps (81709 Bomb. T. Wainwright, P.B., R.H.A.) rank officially corrected; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (81709 Bomb: T. Wainwright. R.H.A.) light contact marks, very fine (2) £160-£200 --- Tom Wainwright was born in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, in 1872 and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery on 19 November 1890. He transferred to the Reserve on 19 November 1897, but was recalled to Army Service on 9 October 1899, and served with ‘P’ Battery in South Africa during the Boer War from 28 October 1899 to 6 September 1902. He was appointed Acting Bombardier on 1 August 1900, and was subsequently promoted Bombardier. He was discharged on 18 November 1902, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts (the latter which show his rank on the QSA roll as ‘Acting Bombardier’).
Pair: Private G. E. R. Dartnell, Hampshire Regiment, later Hampshire Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (300 Pte. C. [sic] Dartnell. Vol: Coy. Hants: Regt.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (157 Pte. G. E. R. Dartnell. Hants: Yeo.) light contact marks, nearly extremely fine (2) £200-£240 --- George E. R. Dartnell was born in Lambeth, London, in 1882 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Winchester on 11 February 1902. He served with the Volunteer Company in South Africa during the Boer War, from 8 March to 31 July 1902, and was discharged on 30 August 1902. He subsequently enlisted in the Hampshire Yeomanry (Territorial Force), and was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 11 of January 1913. Sold with copied record of service and copied medal roll extracts.
Five: Warrant Officer Class II W. A. Paine, Northumberland Fusiliers, late Oxfordshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1901, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6090 Pte. W. Paine. Oxford Lt. Infy:); 1914-15 Star (9928 Sjt. W. A. Paine. North’d Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (9928 W.O. Cl. 2. W. A. Paine. North’d Fus.) edge bruise to QSA, generally good very fine (4) £140-£180 --- William A. Paine served with the Northumberland Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 September 1915.
Five: Colour Sergeant C. Freeman, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1901, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (6345 Cpl. C. Freeman O.L.I.) renamed; 1914-15 Star (6345 Sjt. C. Freeman. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6345 C. Sjt. C. Freeman. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Charlie Freeman) good very fine (5) £100-£140 --- I.S.M. London Gazette 11 December 1945 ‘Head Postman, Woking’ Charles Freeman served with the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 May 1915.
Pair: Private J. Berry, Oxfordshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1901, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4786 Pte: J. Berry. Oxfd: L.I.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4786 Pte J. Berry. Oxford: L.I.) edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £120-£160 --- Sold with a postcard portrait photograph of the recipient.
Five: Private R. Blanchard, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1901, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3294 Pte. R. Blanchard. Oxford: Lt Infy:) unofficial affixing between state and date clasps; 1914-Star, with copy clasp (6981 Pte. R. Blanchard. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) Battalion no. officially corrected; British War and Victory Medals (6981 Pte. R. Blanchard. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6931 Pte. R. Blanchard. Oxf & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (5) £200-£240 --- R. Blanchard serve with the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front form 13 August 1914. Sold with photograph cut from a regimental chronicle of ‘Officers and other ranks, 2nd Battalion, 1914-19’ who went to France in August 1914 and came home in 1919, in which the recipient is identified.
Pair: Private W. Cook, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, later York and Lancaster Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (4051 Pte. W. Cook. Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming; British War Medal 1914-20 (209601 Pte. W. Cook. Y. & L.R.) minor edge bruise to QSA, very fine (2) £80-£100 --- William Cook served with the 18th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, during the Great War, and is additionally entitled to the Victory Medal.
Four: Private H. J. Payne, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, later Hampshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (6663 Pte. H. J. Payne. Oxford: L.I.); 1914-15 Star (17207 Pte. H. J. Payne. Hamps: R.); British War and Victory Medals (17207 Pte. H. J. Payne. Hamps. R.) contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Henry J. Payne served with the Hampshire Regiment during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War for 17 July 1915.
Four: Lieutenant-Colonel F. T. T. Moore, 3rd Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, attached 7/8th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, late Imperial Yeomanry and Indian Army Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (Capt: F. T. T. Moore, Imp: Yeo:); Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (Captn. F. T. T. Moore, S. & T. Corps); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. F. T. T. Moore.) mounted for display, good very fine or better (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- Frederick Thornton Trevor Moore was born on 20 May 1870. He was appointed Second Lieutenant, from the Militia, in the Connnaught Rangers on 8 June 1889, and was promoted Lieutenant on 24 September 1890. He transferred to the Indian Army on 5 September 1891, and was promoted Captain, Indian Army on 8 June 1900; Captain, Imperial Yeomanry, from 11 January to 20 October 1902; and Major, Indian Army on 8 June 1907. He retired on 11 August 1911. According to his own statement of services, Moore was Adjutant of the 4th Cavalry, Indian Army; Adjutant of the 28th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, which he helped to raise and took it to South Africa in 1902; raised and commanded the 56th Camel Corps; commanded the 10th Mule Corps on the Tibet Expedition; and was Station Staff Officer at Jubblepore. During the Great War he applied for and was recommended to a vacant Majority in 3rd Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the Battalion on 4 August 1914, and afterwards raised and commanded the 7th Service Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, and served with them for 8 months in France from 18 February 1916, until the battalion was amalgamated, being Mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig’s despatch of 7 November 1917 (London Gazette 1 January 1918). Lieutenant-Colonel Moore died at Richmond, Yorkshire, on 15 November 1925. Sold with copied research.
Five: Able Seaman J. Day, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Challenger in the Naval Brigade ashore in the Cameroons and German East Africa, and was involved in the hunt for and destruction of S.M.S. Königsberg Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (230601 J. Day, A.B.. H.M.S. Fox.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (230601. J. Day. A.B.. H.M.S. Fox); 1914-15 Star (230601. J. Day. A.B. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (230601 J. Day. A.B. R.N.) mounted court style as worn, light contact marks, small stain to lower edge of V.M., overall very fine (5) £400-£500 --- James Day was born in Bristol on 1 January 1887, and was a carter when he commenced naval service on 5 May 1904 as a Boy 2nd Class, H.M.S. Pembroke. He was advanced to Boy 1 Class, H.M.S. Northampton, on 1 July 1904, and to Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Vivid I, on 30 January 1906. He was advanced to Able Seaman in H.M.S. Monmouth on 14 February 1906, and remained as an Able Seaman for the remainder of his naval career. He was retired in 1922 on a reduced pension on reduction of the Navy. He had a slightly chequered disciplinary career having lost good conduct badges on three occasions, but by October 1919 he had attained three, but lost one on 12 August 1921 (restored 10 February 1922), however this meant that he was not eligible for the L.S. & G.C. medal. He served in H.M.S. Fox from 24 June 1908 to 13 July 1910 and in H.M.S. Challenger from 30 July 1914 to 11 January 1918. His service in the Great War was almost entirely in H.M.S. Challenger during which she was engaged in the campaign in German East Africa, including land operations ashore, in which it seems Day was involved. H.M.S. Challenger was involved in operations off the Cameroons and East Africa during the Great War, including the capture of Duala (Cameroons) on 27 September 1914, supporting the destruction of S.M.S. Königsberg on 15 July 1915, and the capture of Dar-es-Salaam on 4 September 1915. H.M.S. Challenger was in action against the Marie, the supply ship for S.M.S. Königsberg, on 26 April 1916, and supplied 5 officers and 50 sailors as part of a Naval Force of 300, under Commander Watson, R.N., to capture Bagamoyo. This they did even though they were shelled by Königsberg guns emplaced ashore. During bayonet charges and hand to hand fighting Captain R. H. Thomas, R.M., and the German officer in command were among the killed. It seems likely that Day also took part in operations ashore in 1916 and 1917, when a small Naval Brigade under Commander H. D. Bridges, R.N., were amongst the force that marched on Dar-es-Salaam which was captured on 4 September 1916. Sold together with a portrait photograph of the recipient wearing the first two medals, and two odd bits of memorabilia, one comprising a German 1 Mark piece soldered to a small plaque engraved "Bombardment of Duala by H.M.S. Challenger 26 Sept 1914", and the second, a ½ Mark piece soldered to a little plaque which is engraved "Kamerun German Bullets 1914" - both reflecting the Cameroon operations in the second month of the Great War.
Four: Sergeant R. A. Harris, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914 Star, with copy clasp (6940 L. Cpl. R. A. Harris. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6940 Cpl. R. A. Harris. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5373053 Sjt. R. A. Harris. Oxf: & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruising to last, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Ronald A. Harris attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. Sold with the recipient’s card identity disc.
Five: Paymaster Lieutenant A. M. Rogers, Royal Navy, later Captain, Section ‘D’, Special Intelligence Service, and Special Operations Executive, who was captured and interrogated by the Gestapo, but survived the experience, his cover as a Consular Clerk holding up 1914-15 Star (Clk. A. McK. Rogers, R.N.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Papr. S. Lt. A. McK. Rogers. R.N.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Payr. S. Lt. A. McK. Rogers. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, generally very fine ands better (5) £600-£800 --- Alan MacKenzie Rogers was born in Portsea, Hampshire, on 19 July 1896, the son of a Naval Officer, and entered the Royal Navy on 15 January 1914, at the age of 17, as a Clerk. He served during the Great War in the Light Cruiser H.M.S. Castor, ands was present at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, where his ship was damaged by German fire, suffering 10 casualties. Advanced Paymaster Lieutenant in 1919, he resigned his commission in February 1921, and subsequently found employment with the Vacuum Oil Company, which was to merge with Standard Oil of New York in 1931. His work took Rogers to Yugoslavia, and in 1940 he was recruited by Section ‘D’ of the Special Intelligence Service on a voluntary basis. In July of that year Section ‘D’ was merged with two other intelligence agencies to form the now famous Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.) which carried on its work in occupied and threatened territories. Section ‘D’ (the 'D' standing for demolition) had been formed within S.I.S. in April 1938, with the purpose of creating disruption and fostering local resistance within territories that were, or were likely to be, occupied by Axis forces. Their primary responsibility was, as their name suggests, sabotage. At that stage Hitler had already occupied the Saarland and the Rhineland, and annexed Austria, and by the time that Section D received authorisation to commence operations, in March 1939, he had annexed the Sudetenland under the terms of the Munich Agreement. In that month, he contravened the agreement by annexing Bohemia and Moravia. This process had been facilitated by the conciliatory policies of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, but from the chronology it is clear that S.I.S. did not share Chamberlain's indulgent view of Hitler. The personnel of Section ‘D’ went to (irregular) war with the Nazis five months before the official declaration of war between Britain and Germany. Their methods tended to involve encouraging and equipping local 'partners' to help them pursue the aims of sabotage and subversion, and such was the case in Yugoslavia, where their objectives included violent interference with traffic on the Danube (vital to the Germans for maintaining the supply of oil from the Balkans) and promoting the interests of local factions likely to resist an Axis invasion. Rogers became part of the effort, working under the cover of a consular clerk, and is described as forming a triumvirate with Trevor Glanville and Major Alexander Lawrenson, running the Croatian and Slovenian networks, at a time when considerable pressure was being exerted on them by the Axis powers - including the attempted murder and murder of two of their colleagues (Section ‘D’ for Destruction, by Malcolm Atkin refers). Yugoslavia was finally invaded by the Axis on 6 April 1941, and four days later Rogers was arrested in Split on the Adriatic coast. Official documents make it clear that he had remained in place and was captured because of his work for S.O.E. The Gestapo held him at a concentration camp near Graz in Styria, on unspecified criminal charges. Correspondence indicates that he was regarded as being in serious danger and instructions were given that German consular officials captured in Iraq be detained by the Foreign Office as a form of security. The following month Rogers’ status was formalised by the granting of a Secret Commission as a Captain on the general list. His cover as a consular clerk held, and he was eventually transferred to a civilian detention camp in Poland (Lager Ilag 8), in December 1941. Liberated in May 1945, he resigned his commission with the honorary rank of Captain in 1949. Returning to the oil industry, he died in Palma in 1970. Sold with copied research, including a photocopy of the recipient’s S.O.E. service file, and a photographic image of the recipient.
Six: Private A. J. Critcher, Royal Marine Light Infantry, later Royal Fleet Reserve 1914-15 Star (Po.16841, Pte. A. J. Critcher, R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Po.16841. Pte. A. J. Critcher. R.M.L.I.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (Po.16841 (Po. B.2056) A. J. Critcher. Mne. R.F.R.) the BWM and LS&GC both cleaned, generally very fine and better (6) £100-£140
Seven: Lieutenant G. E. Middleditch, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (Lieut. G. E. Middleditch. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. G. E. Middleditch.); Defence Medal, good very fine (4) £80-£100 --- G. E. Middleditch was wounded on 23 May 1916 while serving with the 6th (Service) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. During the Second War, he was Adjutant of the 3rd Lancaster City Battalion, Country of Lancaster Home Guard.
Three: Sergeant W. Gomm, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (16871 Pte. W. Gomm. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (16871 Sjt. W. Gomm. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) extremely fine Three: Private A. Davis, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (24396 Pte. A. Davis. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Arthur Davies [sic]) nearly extremely fine British War Medal 1914-20 (19883 C. Sjt. F. Panter. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) extremely fine (7) £80-£100 --- William Gomm, a Carter from Amersham, Buckinghamshire, attested, aged 29, on 16 December 1914, into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry for service during the Great War. He served on the Western Front, from 21 September 1915. Appointed Acting Corporal on 18 August 1916, he was discharged Class ‘Z’ on 19 April 1919. Arthur Davis attested into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry for service during the Great War on 9 December 1915. Serving with the 7th Battalion, he was discharged, aged 27, due to sickness on 13 March 1918 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 351841. Frederick Panter attested into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry for service during the Great War, serving overseas with the 1st Battalion. He was appointed Colour Sergeant.
Three: Private J. Clarke, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (12178 Pte. J. Clarke. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (12178 Pte. J. Clarke. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly extremely fine Three: Private J. W. Maberley, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (9003 Pte. J. W. Maberley. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9003 Pte. J. W. Maberley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) contact marks, some verdigris, very fine Three: Private A. Preston, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (699 Pte. A. Preston. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (699 Pte. A. Preston. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruising and contact marks, some verdigris, good very fine (9) £100-£140 --- John Clarke attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 2 September 1914, and served during the Great War with the 6th Battalion on the Western Front from 22 July 1915. He was discharged due to wounds on 23 December 1918 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B214836. John W. Maberley attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion in Mesopotamia from 15 December 1914. He was discharged Section ‘B’ on 28 April 1919. Albert Preston attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 24 February 1909 and served during the Great War with the 1st/4th Battalion on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. He was discharged due to sickness on 11 March 1916 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 70,238.
Four: Private T. J. Dillow, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (1381 Pte. T. J. Dillow, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (1381 Pte. T. J. Dillow. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (265136 Pte. T. J. Dillon. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine (4) £70-£90 --- Thomas J. Dillon attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Territorial Force), and served with the 1st/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 March 1915. He was disembodied on 18 March 1919.
Three: Private J. Shelton, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (12760 Pte. J. Shelton. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (12760 Pte. J. Shelton. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly extremely fine Three: Private J. Steptoe, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (3234 Pte. J. Steptoe. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (3234 Pte. J. Steptoe. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) contact marks, very fine Three: Private H. Slaymaker, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (2603 Pte. H. Slaymaker Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2603 Pte. H. Slaymaker. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) contact marks, very fine (9) £100-£140 --- John Shelton attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 21 September 1915. He later served with the 7th Battalion and was discharged class ‘Z’ on 30 April 1919. Sold together with a copy of his National Roll of the Great War entry, suggesting that he first served at Gallipoli and later in Salonika. Jesse Shelton attested for the 1st/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 14 December 1914 for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 25 June 1915. He was discharged due to wounds on 31 May 1917 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 209675. Harold Slaymaker attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served with the 1st/4th Battalion on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. Sold together with a hand-written note stating that, according to the Appendix of The War Record of the 1st/4th Battalion, he was named as one of the N.C.O.’s and Men who served throughout the campaign, mentioning him as serving with the Transport section.
Three: Sergeant T. F. Thorogood, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, late Lance Corporal, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (21430 Pte T. F. Thorogood, P.P.C.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (21430 A. L. Cpl. T. F. Thorogood. P.P.C.L.I.); Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (T. F. Thorogood) mounted for display, generally very fine or better (4) £400-£500 --- Thomas Francis Thorogood was born in London in February 1895. He served during the Great War with Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry on the Western Front, and was wounded in action, 19 April 1916 and 30 October 1917. Thorogood was discharged in March 1919, and joined the Manitoba Provincial Police followed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1933. He advanced to Sergeant (awarded his L.S. & G.C. in 1943), and retired in March 1946. Sold with copied research and service papers, including photographic image of recipient in uniform as it appeared in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Quarterly, July 1941.
Three: Private J. Hazan, Zion Mule Corps 1914-15 Star (625 Pte. J. Hazan. Zion Mule C.); British War and Victory Medals (T4-232813 Dvr. J. Hazan. A.S.C.) mounted for wear, contact marks, nearly extremely fine, rare to unit (3) £500-£700 --- Joseph (Joussef) Hazan was born in 1897 and attested in Egypt for service with the Zion Mule Corps, the first Jewish military unit to be raised during the Great War. The idea of a Jewish regiment had been formulated by the Zionist activist, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, who had been instrumental in persuading expelled Palestinian Jews, of both Ashkenazi (Eastern European) and Sephardic (North African, Portuguese and Spanish) heritage, to enlist to fight against the Turks. Together with Joseph Trumpeldor, a one-armed veteran of the Russo-Japanese war, he had lobbied the British Commander in Egypt, General Sir John Maxwell, of the need for a Jewish regiment, but the only suggested response was the Zion Mule Corps, the first draft of whom, left for Gallipoli in April 1915. Although the Corps was only employed in a transport role, some 650 Jewish men enlisted under their first commander, Colonel John Patterson, an Irish Protestant, who was well versed in both Jewish history and the Bible stories of his youth. He ensured that daily orders were given in Hebrew, Kosher food was provided for his men, (including unleavened bread during Passover), and encouraged the depiction of traditional Jewish symbols throughout the unit. Acutely aware that the Jewish people had not possessed an army for almost two millennia, as a boy, Patterson had read about Joab who had been appointed by King David to command his army. He saw himself in a similar light, even looking the other way when some of the Muleteers actually took up arms and fought, during a charge on Turkish positions, alongside the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Yet their role as Muleteers led them to become increasingly frustrated and distant from their aim to oust the Turks from Palestine. In June 1915, just two months following their April arrival in Gallipoli, 75 members of the first draft requested repatriation to Egypt. Patterson, much to Trumpeldor’s exasperation, had the three ringleaders tied to the wheels of a wagon, flogged and put on a punishment ration of bread and water for three days, explaining that, if the Zion Mule Corps was to become the nucleus of a Jewish army, then there had to be both unity and discipline. He recalled the example of Moses berating the wandering and squabbling children of Israel before entering the Promised Land. Due to heavy losses, a second draft left for Gallipoli in September 1915, of which Hazan appears to have been a member, as the date of entry on both of his Medal Index Cards is noted as 3 September 1915. At the end of the Gallipoli campaign, the Zion Mule Corps returned to Egypt before being disbanded on 26 May 1916. Some of their men appear to have transferred to the Army Service Corps, and over a hundred travelled to London to enlist in the 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. After the Great War, and taking the surname of ‘Chazan’, he settled in Glasgow, Scotland, where he died, aged 84, on 10 January 1961. Sold with copy Medal Index Cards, copy medal roll extracts and a scanned photograph of the recipient, with his wife, in later life.
Pair: Private W. E. Latimer, Chatham Division, Royal Marines British War and Victory Medals (CH.20834 W. E. Latimer. Pte. R.M.) VM struck on unusually thin flan, and named below centre line of rim towards edge, better than very fine Pair: Driver E. E. Sapstead, Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (1430 Dvr. E. E. Sapstead. R.A.) very fine Pair: Second Lieutenant S. J. Benton, Somerset Light Infantry, late London Rifle Brigade and 28th Battalion, London Regiment (Artists Rifles) British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. S. J. Benton) nearly extremely fine Pair: Private G. C. Payne, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (25874 Pte. G. C. Payne. D. of Corn. L.I.) very fine Pair: Private H. I. Page, 2nd and 2/4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (202921 Pte. H. I. Page. R. Berks. R.) very fine Pair: Private A. L. Rowley, 1st and 5th Battalions, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (24345 Pte. A. L. Rowley. K.S.L.I.) minor edge nicks, otherwise very fine (12) £160-£200 --- William Ernest Latimer was born at Croydon, Surrey, in April 1899 and enlisted into the Royal Marines at London on 18 July 1916. He served during the Great War in the Chatham Division and in H.M.S. Calliope. He was discharged with neurasthenia in June 1918. Sydney John Benton was born at Aveley, Essex, in 1883 and served in the ranks of the London Rifle Brigade as Private No. 7494, from 1899 to 1905. He attested for service in the 28th Battalion, London Regiment, Artists Rifles O.T.C. in 1915 and subsequently received a commission in he Somerset Light Infantry. He served with the 6th Battalion on the Western Front in 1918, and was released from Service in January 1919. Herbert Isaac Page attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 9 December 1915 and served in the 2nd and 2nd/4th Battalions during the Great War on the Western Front. He was discharged on 12 February 1918, due to sickness and was awarded Silver War Badge No. 327205.
Five: Sergeant O. R. Williams, Denbigh Yeomanry, later Royal Welsh Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (246 Sjt. O. R. Williams. Denbigh. Yeo.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (246 Sjt. O. R. Williams. Denbigh. Yeo.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (345009 Sjt. O. R. Williams. 24-R.W. Fus.) small official correction to regimental number; Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Owen Richard Williams) mounted on card for display, good very fine, the TFWM scarce to unit (5) £700-£900 --- T.E.M. announced in Army Order of August 1922. I.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1949: ‘Postal & Telegraph Officer, Lichfield.’ Sold with a contemporary photograph album containing 60 annotated photographs taken in Egypt and Palestine during 1916-17, and a group photograph of N.C.O.’s at Boulogne in January 1919, including Williams as C.Q.M.S. Sergeant Williams appears to have been serving with the signal section of the Denbighshire Hussars Yeomanry and in early 1917 was stationed at Dakhla Oasis which ‘is situated about 500 miles from nearest town. From this “office” we were in communication with main-body 80 miles back by wire - also with “Light car Patrol” 90 miles out, by heliograph’.
Family Group: Pair: Bombardier A. E. Bond, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (40530 Bmbr. A. E. Bond. R.A.) good very fine Pair: Private S. F. Bond, Royal Irish Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (42004 Pte. S. F. Bond. R. Ir. Fus.) good very fine Family Group: Pair: Private G. R. Hearsey, Durham Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (59705 Pte. G. R. Hearsey. Durh. L.I.) good very fine Pair: Sergeant H. V. Hearsey, Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (79739 Sjt. H. V. Hearsey. M.G.C.) verdigris to VM, nearly very fine (8) £100-£140
Pair: Corporal C. Moore, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (23725 Cpl. C. Moore. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) extremely fine 1914-15 Star (2) (9112 Pte. H. A. Long. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I., 3342 Pte. J. Lowe. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) contact marks, nearly extremely fine (4) £80-£100 --- Cyril Moore attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served during the Great War. Appointed Corporal, he later transferred to the Army Service Corps on 14 November 1917. Harold A. Long attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion in the Asiatic theatre from 5 December 1914. He was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 18 August 1917) for devotion to duty during the Mesopotamian campaign and was later appointed Acting Sergeant. John Randolph Sherbrooke Lowe attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 March 1915. He was killed in action on 13 August 1916 and is buried in the Pozieres Military Cemetery, France.
Three: Private E. Castle, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (6432 Pte. E. Castle. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6423 Pte. E. Castle. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) contact marks, very fine Three: Private H. S. Sills, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (30672 Pte. H. S. Sills, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal; together with an unofficial Belgian Medal for Veterans of King Albert 1909-34, good very fine (7) £70-£90
Pair: Private J. Longland, 2nd/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 2 April 1917 British War and Victory Medals (23808 Pte. J. Longland. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) extremely fine Pair: Private L. Oakley, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 27 September 1917 British War and Victory Medals (235084 Pte. L. Oakley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) extremely fine 1914-15 Star (13351 Pte. R. P. Parker. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (22963 Pte. P. G. Woodley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) extremely fine (6) £120-£160 --- Joseph Longland attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 6th Battalion on the Western Front during the Great War. He later transferred to the 2nd/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, with whom he was killed in action on 2 April 1917. He is buried in Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Leonard Oakley was born in Tring, Hertfordshire and lived in Wing, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. He attested for the Oxfordshire Yeomanry for service during the Great War and later transferred to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, with whom he served on the Western Front. He was killed in action, aged 28, with the 5th Battalion on 27 September 1917 and is buried in Westhof Farm Cemetery, Belgium. Robert Parker attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 3 September 1914 and served during the Great War in Salonika where he was hospitalised with shell shock on 27 September 1916. He later transferred to the Royal Flying Corps on 24 March 1918, a week before it was amalgamated into the Royal Air Force. He died of influenza on 10 December 1918 and is buried in Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece. Sold with copy service record. Percival Charles Woodley was born in St. Ebbes, Oxford and resided in Cassington, Oxfordshire. He attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front during the Great War. He later transferred to the 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, with whom he was killed in action on 9 October 1917. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Pair: Private H. C. Ham, 13th (Kensington) Battalion, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (494264 Pte. C. Ham 13-Lond R.); together with a 13th Battalion London Regiment (Kensington) cap badge and three uniform buttons, very fine Pair: Private W. R. Rookes, 14th (London Scottish) Battalion, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (5137 Cpl. W. R. Rookes. 14-Lond. R.); together with a 14th (London Scottish) Battalion London Regiment large white metal headdress badge, good very fine Pair: Private G. H. Cole, 15th (Prince of Wales Own Civil Service Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (3554 Pte. G. H. Cole. 15-Lond. R.); together with a 15th County of London (Prince of Wales Own) Civil Service Rifles cap badge, light contact marks, very fine (6) £100-£140
Pair: Private H. Maxted, 19th (St. Pancras) Battalion, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (7150 Pte. H. Maxted. 19-Lond. R.); together with a 19th Battalion (St. Pancras) County of London Regiment cap badge, nearly extremely fine Pair: Private H. A. Speight, 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment, who was wounded on the Western Front in October 1916 British War and Victory Medals (5887 Pte. H. A. Speight. 20-Lond. R.); together with a 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment cap badge, light contact marks, very fine Pair: Private H. G. Farrant, 21st (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2814 Pte. F. G. Farrant. 21-Lond. R.); together with a 21st (First Surrey Rifles) County of London Regiment cap badge, good very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Herbert Alexander Speight voluntarily enlisted in November 1915, into 10th Battalion East Surrey Regiment and transferred to the 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment in June 1916. He suffered a shell or shrapnel wound to the back in October 1916 and was initially reported missing, but re-joined and was evacuated to the U.K. He later served in the Labour Corps and was re-numbered 341867. He was discharged in February 1919.
Pair: Captain B. M. Young, 2nd South Western Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. B. M. Young.) light contact marks, very fine (2) £70-£90 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 30 May 1918. Bertram Michell Young was born on 13 April 1872 and was educated at Clifton College, Bristol. He qualified as a doctor at St. Thomas’s Hospital Medical School, London, becoming Demonstrator in Hygiene at King’s College London, and was a Fellow of the Institute of Public Health. In 1905 he was in medical practice at Hassocks in Sussex. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 16 October 1914, and, having been promoted Captain on 16 April 1915, served with the 2nd South Western Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance on the Western Front from June 1916, later becoming part of the 74th (Yeomanry) Division. For his services in the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches. He later resided at the family home at Crocombe House, Taunton, and died in 1948. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.
Pair: Trooper L. Grisdale, Canadian Light Horse, Canadian Cavalry, who was killed in action during a mounted patrol, 9 August 1918 British War and Victory Medals (227022 Pte. L. Grisdale. Can. Cav. Bde.) good very fine 1914-15 Star (2) (77067 Pte E. Smyth. 7/Can: Inf:; 20690 Pte W. M. Tawse. 10/Can: Inf:) last with Silver War Badge, reverse numbered ‘C331’, last with verdigris, generally very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Lionel Grisdale was born in Thorold, Ontario, Canada in July 1897. He served during the Great War with the Canadian Light Horse, Canadian Cavalry on the Western Front. Trooper Grisdale was killed in action on the Western Front, 9 August 1918, when he was in a mounted patrol which went forward into the enemy line in front of Bouchoir to cut off a German ammunition convoy. The objective was safely reached by the patrol, but on its return was caught by flanking enemy machine gun fire, and Trooper Grisdale was instantly killed. He is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Edward Smyth was born in Belfast, Country Antrim in January 1888. He served during the Great War with the 7th Battalion (1st British Columbia), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Private Smyth died of illness, 4 October 1917, and is buried in the Fort Massey Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia. William Michael Tawse was born in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland in January 1888. He served during the Great War with 10th Battalion (Canadians), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front, and was wounded in action at St. Julien 23 April 1915. Private Tawse was discharged due to his wounds, 27 September 1916.
Pair: Trooper G. Lewis, Canadian Light Horse, who was killed in action during the first day of the Battle of Vimy, 9 April 1917
 British War and Victory Medals (551380 Pte. G. Lewis. C.L.H.); Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (551380 Pte. G. Lewis) good very fine (3) £300-£400 --- George Lewis was born in Colwall, Herefordshire in April 1893. He served during the Great War with the Canadian Light Horse in the French theatre of war from April 1916. Trooper Lewis was killed in action during the Battle of Vimy Ridge, 9 April 1917, and is buried in the Bois-Carre British Cemetery, Thelus, Pas de Calais, France. Sold with copied service papers.
A Second War M.B.E., Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of eleven awarded to Major A. Shelton, Royal Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; Military Medal, G.V.R. (39929 Sjt: A. C. Shelton. 48/D.A. R.F.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (39929 Sjt. A. Shelton. R.F.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (39929 W.O. 11. A. Shelton. R.A.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (39929 W.O. 2. A. Shelton. R.A.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (1026026 W.O. Cl.I. A. Shelton. R.A.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1026026 W.O. Cl.II. A. Shelton. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (39929 B.S. Mjr: A. Shelton. R.H.A.); Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated 1950, with integral top riband bar, mounted court-style for display purposes, light pitting from star to both the MM and BWM, these very fine, the rest better (11) £700-£900 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1941. M.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916. M.S.M. London Gazette 18 January 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable service rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders.’ Arthur Shelton attested for the Royal Artillery at Glasgow on 16 November 1905, and served during the Great War initially with the 35th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery on the Western Front from 6 October 1914. He was awarded the Military Medal whilst serving with the 48th Divisional Artillery, and an ‘Immediate’ Meritorious Service Medal whilst serving as Battery Sergeant Major of the 2nd/1st (Warwick) Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (Territorial Force). Discharged on 11 June 1931, he re-enlisted in the Royal Artillery on 10 May 1939, and was commissioned Lieutenant (Quartermaster) in the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army) on 5 August 1939. He was promoted Captain on 5 August 1945, and Major on 1 May 1947, and relinquished his commission having exceeded the age limit on 5 April 1948, retaining the rank of Major. He was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1950 (London Gazette 21 April 1950). Sold with copied research.
Pair: Attributed to D. E. Ridley, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; together with the riband of the Atlantic Star, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. D. E. Ridley, 28 Gilpin Avenue, East Sheen, London’, and inscribed in ink ‘C/LDX 4775’, good very fine Five: Representing the entitlement of Trooper J. McGrath, 41st Royal Tank Regiment T.A., 3rd Kings Own Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps, late Lancashire Fusiliers and Manchester Regiment 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, court mounted, unnamed as issued but accompanied by copies of service records, some laminated, and a statement that the medals had belonged to the former owner’s grandfather, good very fine Three: Attributed to Private R. Williams, Devonshire Regiment 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with one large brass and one smaller bi-metal regimental button; a personalised 1936 Christmas Card from Roy Williams; and two photographs of the recipient, very fine Three: Attributed to Private R. D. Williams, Royal Army Medical Corps 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine One: Attributed to Mr. A. T. W. Daniels Defence Medal; unnamed as issued, with Home Secretary’s enclosure, in named Home Office card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. A. T. W. Daniels, 51 Navarino Mansions, Dalston Lane, Hackney’, and Home Secretary enclosure slip, very fine South Africa Medal for War Service, unnamed as issued, good very fine (15) £80-£100 --- D. E. Ridley, No. X4775 was an Acting Petty Officer Telegrapher, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, and received the Royal Naval Reserve Long Service Medal in October 1945. John McGrath was born on 24 February 1914. He first enlisted into 10th Battalion Manchester Regiment on 12 May 1936, and was transferred to 41st Royal Tank Regiment in September 1939, but was discharged, as he was urgently required for civil employment. He re-enlisted into the Royal Armoured Corps on 24 June 1940, but was posted to 1st/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, until posted to 108th Regiment R.A.C. and then to 142nd Regiment R.A.C. in 1942, serving with that unit in North Africa and Italy. He was transferred to Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve in May 1946. His home address in 1940 was at Oldham, Lancs and later at Warwick Rd., Clacton on Sea, Essex. There is no indication in his service papers that he was mentioned in despatches, and the award has not been traced in the London Gazette. Raymond D. Williams served in the B.E.F. with H.Q. 3rd Field Ambulance R.A.M.C. He later served in No. 10 General Hospital, Gibraltar. His home address was at 29 Penbryn Terrace, Penrhiwceiber, Glamorgan. A handwritten note with the lot states that he assisted in the burial of the first British Casualty in the B.E.F., at Luttange, of a Pte. Priddy [sic] of the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (Private T. W. Priday, K.S.L.I., died on 9 December 1939, and is buried in Luttange Communal Cemetery, France; he is recognised by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as the first British casualty of the Second World War). Sold a with named ‘Toc H’ Pass issued to 7264200 Pte. R. D. Williams, Royal Army Medical Corps dated 9 December 1939; a small personal diary for 1940 issued by the ‘Toc H’ organisation to named to R. D. Williams, H.Q. 3rd Field Ambulance B.E.F. France, containing some faint pencil entries relating to his time in the B.E.F. and being evacuated from Cherbourg on 12/13th June 1940, this distressed with loose pages; a couple of press cuttings in which he is mentioned; and a glossy postcard photo book containing 10 postcard photographs of Gibraltar where he was later stationed
Five: Gunner E. G. Pannell, 610 Regiment ‘The London Scottish’, Royal Artillery 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, light contact marks, very fine Four: Private H. Holder, Suffolk Regiment, who received a Divisional Commanding Officer’s Commendation for devotion to duty and personal courage for the campaign in North West Europe following D-Day 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issue, the address somewhat faded; together with a 3rd British Infantry Division, Divisional Commander’s Commendation card congratulating Pte. H. Holder, 1st Bn., Suffolk Regiment, for his ‘consistent devotion to duty and personal courage during the entire campaign from D Day, acting as rangetaker and wireless operator in the Mortar Platoon’ signed by Major General L. G. Whistler and dated 28 June 1945, nearly extremely fine (9) £80-£100 --- Edwin George Pannell was born on 25 May 1908 and enlisted at Oswestry for the duration of the war on 16 January 1941. His Army Book confirms the award of the Africa Star with 1st Army clasp, and the award of three service chevrons in January 1944. Sold with the recipient’s original Soldier’s Service and Pay Book (Army Book 64); Certificate of Transfer to the Army Reserve, dated March 1946; original Soldier’s Release Book with ‘exemplary’ officers reference, confirming service with 610 Regiment Royal Artillery (Garrison) ‘The London Scottish’, a wedding photograph, and an additional photograph of the recipient’s wife.
Family Group: A Second War M.B.E. group of six awarded to Warrant Officer Class I J. E. Eames, Royal Sussex Regiment, late Hampshire Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War near Amiens on 20 May 1940 - escaping, he was recaptured 24 hours later, and held in captivity for the rest of the War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (24603 Sjt. J. E. Eames. Hamps. R.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (5485467 W.O. Cl. II J. E. Eames. Hamps. R.) generally very fine and better Coronation 1911, County and Borough Police (P.C. Joseph Eames Winchester City Police) good very fine (7) £600-£800 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 29 November 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Field.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘Regimental Sergeant Major Eames, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, served with the Battalion from its inception at the outbreak of War. This Warrant Officer was invaluable in helping lay the foundation of general discipline and in training and building up a healthy structure of non-commissioned officers, in spite of the almost complete lack of any real experience amongst those from whom he had to draw. His assistance in training young officers was also of great importance. He set a fine example to all and his deportment and patience at all times went far in guiding the numbers of young recruits onto the right lines. This example was carried out in full, when, on the weekend of 18-20 May 1940 the Battalion, entirely alone in a French Sector (just west of Amiens) was attacked by General Rommel’s Panzer Division. A very great deal is owing to this fine old soldier (who had been a pensioner and was 52 years old at the time) for the manner in which all ranks carried out their orders and held their ground until he and other survivors had not alternative to being taken Prisoner. After being taken Prisoner he escaped with some others on the same evening (20 May 1940), but they were overtaken by Armoured Cars 24 hours later. I recommend that this Warrant Officer be awarded the M.B.E.’ Joseph Edward Eames was born in 1889, the son of Police Constable Joseph Eames, Winchester City Police, and served during the latter stages of the Great War with the Hampshire Regiment. Advanced Company Sergeant Major, he proceed to Guernsey on 19 December 1924 for posting to the Permanent Staff, 1st Battalion, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, and served on the island for a number of years. Returning to his parent unit, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in April 1933. Eames subsequently transferred to the Royal Sussex Regiment, and served with the 7th Battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force during the Second World War. He was captures and taken Prisoner of War on 21 May 1940 (see M.B.E. Recommendation), and held in captivity for the rest of the War. For his services leading up to his capture he was created a Member of the Order of the British Empire. He died at Ryde, Isle of Wight, on 10 September 1949. Sold with a postcard photograph of the recipient, and copied research.
Pair: Corporal Budhibahadur Thapa, 2nd/6th Gurkha Rifles General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (21138605 Rfn. Budhibahadur. Thapa. 6 GR.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (21138605 Rfn. Budhibahadur Thapa. 2/6 GR.) mounted for wear, light polishing, very fine (2) £80-£100 --- Budhibahadur Thapa was born in 1935 and joined the British Army on 9 August 1950, as Rifleman (No. 21138605) 2nd/6th Battalion, Gurkha Rifles. He is recorded as having served in Malaya, having disembarked at Penang in September 1953 and returning to India in November 1954, he again served in Malaya from March 1959 to July 1961 when he was posted to Hong Kong, and then back to India in November 1961. He moved with his family to resided in Hong Kong in May 1952. He was again posted to Labuan in Indonesia from June 1963, returning to Hong Kong in September 1963. He was appointed Lance Corporal on 10 May 1964 and was posted, with his Battalion to Brunei in September 1964 and subsequently served at Labuan in Indonesia and in 1966 saw further service in Borneo. He was promoted to Acting Corporal in November 1966, and having extended his service to complete 16 years was confirmed in that rank in March 1967. He was discharged on 2 August 1968, his conduct being noted as ‘Exemplary’. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
Pair: Lieutenant C. J. C. Wynne-Edwards, Royal Navy, later Lieutenant Commander who served in Admiralty surveying vessels and also in the nuclear submarine H.M.S. Valiant Korea 1950-53 (Lieut. C. J. C. Wynne-Edwards. R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, a few light surface marks, generally very fine (2) £300-£400 --- C. John C. Wynne-Edwards was born on 16 July 1930. He commenced naval service as Midshipman with seniority 1 May 1948, and served in H.M.S. Superb from October 1948. He was advanced to Acting Sub Lieutenant from 1 September 1949, joining H.M.S. Finisterre in May 1950. He joined H.M.S. Sparrow in June 1951, serving in her in the Far East and off Korea as a confirmed Sub Lieutenant, and as a Lieutenant, appointed 16 April 1952, until joining H.M.S. Vidal as a hydrographic surveyor and 4th Class Assistant Surveyor in September 1953. He joined the small Surveying Motor Launch (S.M.L. 325) in October 1955, and was in command of this small surveying vessel until moving to H.M.S. Protector, the Ice Patrol Ship in late 1956 where, during the Antarctic summers of 1956-57 and 1957-58 he surveyed the Bismark Strait and Grandidier Channel. He then served in the Hydrographic Office briefly before serving in H.M.S. Cook in the South Pacific, and in H.M.S. Scott as First Lieutenant, having been promoted to Lieutenant Commander on 16 April 1960. In the early 1960s, he served in H.M.S. Egeria in the Inshore Survey Squadron, working mainly in the Southern North Sea and then, from 1965, in the new Ocean Surveying Ship H.M.S. Hydra, again as First Lieutenant before going to Hydrographer’s Office in Whitehall, where his rôle was to bring new surveying ships into service and, especially, the Ice Patrol Ship H.M.S. Endurance, previously the ice-strengthened Danish Anita Dan. At some stage at this time, he also joined the fairly-new nuclear-powered submarine H.M.S. Valiant and undertook a 12,000 mile submerged voyage over 28 days from Singapore to U.K. by way of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. He left the Navy at his own request in late 1967 and later emigrated with his wife to South Africa. Sold with research and copy correspondence.
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Richard Down, 6th or Inniskilling Drag.) fitted with original steel clip and German silver bar suspension, light marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £4,000-£5,000 --- Richard Down was appointed Cornet in the 6th Dragoons on 7 March 1811; Lieutenant, 31 March 1814; Captain, 29 September 1824; exchanged to half-pay Unattached, 7 April 1826. Captain Down died at 13 Grand Parade, Brighton, on 9 November 1857, aged 66.
Waterloo 1815 (Captain Boldero, 3rd Batt. Grenad. Guards.) fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, clip a little loose, otherwise light contact marks, very fine £3,000-£4,000 --- Lonsdale Boldero was born on 8 September 1793, and was commissioned Ensign in the Grenadier Guards on 15 December 1809; Lieutenant, 29 December 1813; Captain, 20 October 1814; Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, 22 July 1830; Colonel, 15 April 1845. Boldero served in the Peninsula with the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards from December 1810 to May 1811, and with the 1st Battalion from September 1812 to October 1813. He was present at Cadiz in 1810 and at the battle of Barrosa in 1811, in the Peninsular in 1812 and 1813, in Holland in 1814, and the campaign of 1815, in which he served as Adjutant of the 3rd Battalion at the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo, and at the taking of Peronne. He received the War medal with one clasp for Barrosa. He was the younger brother of Henry Boldero who was also present at Waterloo as a Lieutenant in the 14th Foot. Colonel Boldero died at Lower Beeding, West Sussex, on 20 January 1863.
Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (No. 1613. Charles Davies. 23. R.W.F.) Regimentally impressed naming, light contact marks, very fine £260-£300 --- Charles Davies attested for the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers and served with them in the Crimea, and in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny (slightly wounded, Medal and clasp for Lucknow). He died in India on 7 June 1858. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (3596 Pte. J. Bishop, 1: Leic: Regt.) light contact marks, very fine £260-£300 --- John Bishop was born in Leicester in January 1874 ands attested for the Leicestershire Regiment on 2 November 1892, having previously served in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa from 17 December 1895 to 9 September 1902, including the entirety of the Boer War. He transferred to the Reserve on 20 March 1903, and was discharged on 1 November 1904, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (1402 Pte. E.Pleass, Impl: Lt. Infy.) worn, therefore fine £100-£140 --- Edward Pleass was born at Gosport, Hampshire, on 23 March 1868 and attested for the Royal Artillery on 10 May 1890. Discharged on 28 July 1892, he subsequently enlisted in the British South Africa Police and served in Rhodesia in 1896 (Medal). He saw further service during the Boer War the Imperial Light Infantry, being discharged on 22 October 1901 at Pietermaritzburg, and subsequently with Steinaecker’s Horse from November 1901 to February 1903. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.
1914 Star (2) (8559 Pte. A. Batley. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.; 7280 Pte. A. Pope. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (20934 Pte. G. F. Phillips. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) contact marks, generally very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Arthur Batley attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 16 October 1907 and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. Awarded a clasp to his 1914 Star, he was discharged due to sickness on 21 March 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B220481. Alfred Pope attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 29 October 1902 and served with the 2nd Battalion during the the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. He later served with the 5th Battalion and was discharged on 30 August 1916 due to wounds, being awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 52815. George. F. Phillips attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 10 August 1915 and served with the 1st Battalion during the the Great War. He was discharged due to sickness on 17 January 1919 and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B214806.
British War Medal 1914-20 (7) (206014 A.Sjt. A. H. Chapman. Devon. R.; 15628 Sjt. J. Cade. Som. L.I.; G-19487 Pte. J. Cook. R.W. Kent. R.; 4140. Pte. A. Piper. 9-Lond. R.; 2417 Pte. C. E. Tolley. 16-Lond. R.; 3812 Pte. J. S. Williamson. 16-Lond. R.; 5492 A. Sjt. W. G. Patmore. 22-Lond. R.) some edge bruises and contact marks, generally nearly extremely fine (7) £80-£100 --- Archibald Henry Chapman attested for the Devonshire Regiment during the Great War and served with the 2/6th Battalion. He was disembodied on 25 January 1920. Joseph Cade attested for Somerset Light Infantry during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 8th Battalion from 8 September 1915. Charles E. Tolley attested for the 16th (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 21 January 1915. John S. Williamson attested for the 16th (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment during the Great War, on 15 February 1915. He was discharged on 14 February 1919, aged 30, and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 476970.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (9) (2. Lieut. F. S. Dawson.; 677 Sgt. G. W. Turner. R.A.; 1348 Sjt. R. Butler. R. Lanc. R.; 307716 Pte. E. Illingworth. W. Rid. R.; 46497 Pte. J. Tallentyre. Durh. L. I.; S-10434 Pte. W. Henry. Cam’n. Highrs.; 3-5122 Pte. N. Morrison. Cam’n. Highrs.; 7989 Pte. J. Ross. Cam’n Highrs.; 1367 L-Nk. Sultan Mohd, 29 Mule Cps.; RPCD-378 Bhisty Bahadur Ali.) some edge bruises, some contact marks, a few spots of verdigris, generally very fine (9) £140-£180 --- Frank Stewart Dawson was commissioned into the Royal Engineers and served during the Great War in the Inland Water Transport section. George W. Turner attested for service in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 6 June 1915. He was appointed Sergeant and awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 12 September 1916). Reuben Butler attested for service with the Royal Lancaster Regiment during the Great War. Appointed Sergeant, he served on the Western Front with the 1/5th Battalion from 14 February 1915. Edward Illingworth attested for the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, on 5 December 1915 and served during the Great War with both the 1/5th and 9th Battalions. He was discharged on 26 April 1919 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B233,368. James Tallentyre attested into the Durham Light Infantry for service during the Great War on 19 November 1917. He served with the 15th Battalion and was discharged on 24 July 1919 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B305,317. William Henry was born in Dalkeith, Midlothian and attested at Musselburgh into the Cameron Highlanders on 25 August 1914. He served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 12 November 1914 and was wounded, with a Gun Shot Wound to his face, on Christmas Day 1914. (His name is misspelt as Hendry on the 1914 Star roll). Wounded again in 1916, he was transferred to the Reserve, Class WA, before being recalled and was awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 13 March 1919) for his bravery at Epehy in September 1918. Sold with copied research. Neil Morrison attested for the Cameron Highlanders on 12 November 1909, serving with B (South Uist) Company. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 May 1915 and was wounded the following year. He was discharged as a consequence of those wounds on 8 August 1917 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 236,928. Sold with copied research. James Ross, a Butcher from Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, attested, aged 18, into Cameron Highlanders on 14 August 1907. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 December 1914 and was discharged on 13 August 1919.
A Boer War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant Major W. Marsden, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (5781 Serjt:- Maj: W. Marsden. R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen, Transvaal (5781 S. Major. W. Marsden. R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5781 S. Major. W. Marsden. R.F.A.) recently renamed; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (5781 By Q.M. Sgt: W. Marsden. R.A.) engraved naming; Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Serjt: Maj: W. Marsden. R.A.) light contact marks, generally very fine (5) £1,600-£2,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901. William Marsden was born in Sheffield in 1857 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Nottingham on 11 December 1877. Posted to the 3rd Brigade as a Gunner, he served with the 64th Field Battery in India from 4 February 1887 to 12 December 1888, and in South Africa during the Boer War from 6 November 1899 to 17 September 1902, with the rest of his service being at home. He was advanced Battery Quartermaster Sergeant on 1 July 1889, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 75 of 1896. He received the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his gallantry in South Africa during the Boer War, and was discharged on 10 December 1903, after 26 years’ service. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, together with an annuity of £10, in January 1905, and saw further service during the Great War as an Army Pensioner Canteen Steward with the Territorial Forces. He died on 4 October 1918, and is buried under a C.W.G.C. headstone in Ladywell Cemetery, London. Sold with copied research.
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia 1917’ D.C.M. and M.S.M. group of six awarded to Acting Regimental Sergeant-Major Samuel Gibson, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, late Manchester Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7755 A.R.S. Mjr: S. Gibson. 6/R. Lanc: R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6648 Pte. S. Gibson, Manch: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (7755 C.Q.M. Sjt. S. Gibson. R. Lanc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7755 W.O. Cl.1. S. Gibson. R. Lanc. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (7755 A.R.S. Mjr: S. Gibson. 6/R. Lanc: R.) mounted for display, the 1914-15 Star sometime gilded, light contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 29 August 1917: ‘For gallantry and devotion to duty. He has done consistent good work under fire, and has set a fine example of duty to those under him.’ M.S.M. London Gazette 16 August 1917 (Mesopotamia). Samuel Gibson was born in Manchester and enlisted into the Manchester Regiment on 14 March 1901, aged 19 years 8 months. He served with the Manchester Regiment in South Africa from 9 November 1901 to 8 April 1903 (Queen’s medal with 3 Clasps). He transferred to the Royal Lancaster Regiment on 26 February 1903, and served in India from February 1904 for nearly five years, returning home to the U.K. on 7 January 1909, when he transferred to the Army Reserve as a Lance-Sergeant. He was appointed paid Lance-Sergeant upon mobilisation into the 6th King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment on 13 August 1914, and promoted to Sergeant nine days later. He was appointed Company Quarter-Master Sergeant in February 1915 and proceeded overseas with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on 13 June 1915. Promoted W.O. 2 and appointed Company Sergeant-Major in August 1915, he was appointed Acting Regimental Sergeant-Major the following month and served in that capacity with the 6th Battalion in Mesopotamia from 13 February 1916, until August 1918. He was finally discharged on 17 November 1919. Sold with copied research including discharge papers, 6th Battalion War Diary for 1917 in Mesopotamia, and a copied photographic image of the recipient in uniform with his wife and infant child.
Pair: Private W. E. Berry, 20th Middlesex (Euston Square) Rifle Volunteer Corps, who was awarded the Royal Humane Society Medal in Bronze for saving life at Great Yarmouth in August 1880 Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (2504 Pte. W. E. Berry. 20 / Midd’x. V.R.C.) engraved naming; Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (William Ed. Berry. Aug. 26, 1880. Duplicate) with integral top riband buckle, the RHS Medal a Duplicate, light scratches to first and suspension claw crudely re-affixed on latter, nearly very fine (2) £80-£100 --- William Edward Berry was born on 1857 at Brompton, Middlesex. He was a commercial traveller, and at the age of 21, was commended for an award for saving life at Great Yarmouth and was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Bronze Medal (R.H.S. Case No. 21079). The Norwich Mercury of 6 November 1880 reported, under the heading ‘Reward for Bravery’, that: ‘Mr. W. Berry son of Inspector Berry of Gravesend, and late Inspector of the Great Yarmouth Police Force, has been awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Bronze medal for rescuing a young man named Bartram, who was nearly drowned while bathing on the beach last summer.’ In the 1911 Census he is recorded as a commercial traveller for a galvanised iron manufacturer and was residing at Brownhill Rdoad, Catford. Sold with copied research.
Memorial Plaque (3) (Robert Wheeler Marshall; Ernest Dunnett; William John Moss) two very small holes to the first, traces of verdigris, the second fair, otherwise generally very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Robert Wheeler Marshall attested at Portreath, Cornwall into the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry for service during the Great War. Appointed Sergeant, he was killed in action on 7 June 1917 and is buried Orchard Dump Cemeterey, Arleux-En-Gohelle, France. Ernest Dunnett was born in Holbrook, Suffolk and attested at Ipswich, into the Suffolk Regiment during the Great War. He served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 18 May 1915 and was killed in action just a week later on 25 May 1915. He has no known grave as is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Several men with the name William John Moss appear on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour.
A Great War Western Front ‘Battle of Richebourg, May 1915’ and ‘Battle of Givenchy, September 1915’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant F. Merry, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9140 L. Cpl. F. Merry. 2/O. & B.L.I.); 1914-15 Star (9140 Pte. F. Merry. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9140 Sjt. F. Merry. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) mounted on card for display, contact marks, very fine (4) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 14 January 1916; citation published 11 March 1916: ‘For conspicuous devotion to duty. Although very ill, he refused to go sick, and carried on all his duties, including the voluntary collection of the wounded between the lines, till he became light-headed. He also did very good work on another occasion.’ Annotated Gazette states: ‘Richebourg 15 & 16 May 1915; Givenchy 25 & 26 September 1915’. Fred Merry was born on 26 September 1884, and served 7 years with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry before being transferred to the Reserve. Recalled on the outbreak of war, he re-enlisted on 2 September 1914, at Nuneaton, Warwickshire. He landed in France on 26 January 1915, joining the 2nd Battalion O. & B.L.I., then already on the western front as part of 5th Brigade, 2nd Division. Appointed Lance-Corporal in August 1915, he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his actions during the battles of Festubert in May 1915, and Loos in September 1915. In October 1915 Merry contracted bronchitis and was invalided to England. In May 1916 he departed from Devonport to join the newly reconstituted 1st Battalion in Mesopotamia, landing at Basra on 24 June 1916. He was appointed Corporal in August 1916, and promoted to Sergeant on 3 February 1917, following short periods as Lance-Sergeant and Acting Sergeant. He embarked again at Basra on 22 February 1919, bound for England and subsequent demobilisation on 25 April 1919. Fred Merry was afterwards publican of The Punch Bowl public house at Nuneaton and died at Fleetwood, Lancashire, on 23 May 1981. Sold with original Post Card portrait photograph and Certificate of Transfer to Reserve, together with comprehensive copied research including War Diary extracts.
A Great War D.S.M. group of three awarded to Leading Seaman W. J. W. Newland, Royal Navy, for services in H.M.S. Hecla during a heavy gale in December 1917 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (225861. W. J. W. Newland, Lg. Sean. H.M.S. Hecla. 1917); British War and Victory Medals (225861 W. J. W. Newland. L.S. R.N.) light contact wear, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £700-£900 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 8 March 1918: ‘For services in destroyer and torpedo boat flotillas during the period ending 31st December 1917.’ The recommendation states: ‘H.M.S. Hecla 2nd T.B.Ds. 16 December 1917. At Rathmullan a very heavy gale sprung up at about 3am. This man at very considerable risk to his life, went down into steamboats lying alongside, which had no crew in them, and by his personal exertions prevented the loss of the boats. (ADM 116/1561/MS18 refers). William Johnson Warnes Newland was born on 9 June 1885, at Blakeney, Norfolk. He commenced naval service as Boy 2 Class, H.M.S. Northampton, on 2 April 1903, and advanced to Boy 1 Class on 2 July 1903; Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Cleopatra, 2 October 1903, and to Able Seaman, H.M.S. Brilliant, on 13 October 1904. He became a Seaman Gunner on 14 July 1905; Gunlayer 3rd Class, 31 January 1913, and Gunlayer 2nd Class on 20 March 1915. It was not until 1 October 1915 that he was advanced to Leading Seaman in H.M.S. Tartar. He served in H.M.S. Hecla, at least nominally for pay purposes, from 9 December 1915 to 6 November 1920. He was shore pensioned on 15 June 1925, after 22 years service, joining the Royal Fleet Reserve two days later. Recalled for war service in October 1939, he served in H.M.S. Pembroke I, and H.M.S. Wildfire (Queenborough Pier). He was invalided out of the service in January 1944. He was also entitled to a 1914-15 Star and would have a medal entitlement for his Second World War Service.
A rare Great War 1917 ‘French theatre’ R.E.8 Aerial Gunner’s M.M. group of nine awarded to Air Mechanic 2nd Class T. A. H. Lea, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, late 1/7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment (T.F.). He was wounded in action serving with the Army in Gallipoli in 1915, prior to transferring to the Royal Flying Corps and becoming 1 of the first 12 R.F.C. gunners to be formally trained at Hythe in December 1916. He distinguished himself as an Aerial Gunner whilst serving with 52 Squadron in France, in particular when attacked by 6 hostile enemy aircraft south east of Mory, 18 September 1917. On the latter date he helped fend off the swarm of enemy aircraft, forcing one down, prior to succumbing to the same fate with his pilot Second Lieutenant S. Canning. Lea re-engaged for service as Lieutenant with the Royal Corps of Signals (T.F.) between the wars, and advanced to Major during the Second World War Military Medal, G.V.R. (49338 2. Cl. A.M. T. H. Lea. 52/Sq: R.F.C.); 1914-15 Star (3071 Pte. T. H. Lea. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, loose (401031. 2. A.M. T. H. Lea. R.F.C.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated ‘1944’, with 2 additional G.VI.R. long service award bars, mounted court-style by Spink & Son Ltd as originally worn, with related miniature awards similarly mounted, the last lacking additional award bars, all housed in a leather Spink & Son Ltd case, lacquered, generally nearly very fine or better (lot) (9) £2,000-£3,000 --- M.M. London Gazette 12 December 1917. The original recommendation states: ‘Lea. Thomas Henry 2nd A.M. Aerl. Gunr. No. 52 Squadron, R.F.C. Has shown conspicuous ability in action since joining the R.F.C. in the Field as an Aerial Gunner on 8.5.1917. He has had several combats with hostile aeroplanes and has proved himself to be a gunner upon whom his pilot can rely for protection with absolute confidence. On the eighteenth ultimo [September] he put up a very fine fight against heavy odds, defending his machine against a simultaneous attack by six hostile aeroplanes, and by good shooting succeeded in forcing one of them to land close to the enemy’s front line. Recommended for the Military Medal 4.10.17.’ Approximately 167 M.M.’s, and 2 Second Award Bars were awarded to the Royal Flying Corps for the Great War. Thomas Alfred H. Lea was born in Wilmslow, Cheshire in January 1898. He enlisted in the 1/7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment (T.F.), 12 November 1914, aged 16 years and 10 months. Lea served with the Battalion in the Gallipoli theatre of war from 11 June 1915, and received a gun shot wound to the right thigh the following month being admitted to the Clearing Hospital on ‘W’ Beach, 12 July 1915. Lea transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as an Air Mechanic 2nd Class, 5 September 1916, and was one of the first 12 Royal Flying Corps gunners to be formally trained. He graduated from Hythe, 22 December 1916, and was posted for operational service as an Aerial Gunner with 52 Squadron in France in May 1917. The Squadron was equipped with R.E.8’s and mostly tasked with reconnaissance and light bombing duties. Lea flew with Second Lieutenant S. Canning as his pilot, and they engaged 6 enemy aircraft in aerial combat south east of Mory, 18 September 1917. Lea successfully forced one of the enemy aircraft down, before he and Canning were forced down themselves, landing at an Allied Advanced Landing Ground. Their aircraft was claimed as the 6th ‘Victory’ of Leutnant V. Schobinger of Jasta 12 (he went on to add another 2 to his score, and was awarded the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class, and the Knight’s Cross with Swords of the Hohenzollern House Order). Lea transferred to the Royal Air Force as Private 1 in April 1918. He was posted to No. 1 Officer Cadet Wing in May 1918, and graduated as a Flight Cadet, 5 October 1918. Lea was transferred as Second Lieutenant to the Unemployed List in February 1919. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Corps of Signals (T.F.) in August 1931, and advanced to Major in July 1939 (awarded his Efficiency Decoration in September 1944, and the additional clasps both in January 1955). Major Lea retired in March 1948, and died in Bangor, Wales in October 1966. M.I.D. unconfirmed. Sold with copied research.
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